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Wakau! Amitabh Bachchan launches video blogging app In a quest to constantly keep his fans abreast of his activities and surroundings, megastar Amitabh Bachchan will now let his "extended family" into his candid thoughts and moments via freemium celebrity video blogging app Wakau. READ: Amitabh Bachchan ... read moreAmitabh Bachchan launches video blogging app Wakau Mumbai: In a quest to constantly keep his fans abreast of his activities and surroundings, megastar Amitabh Bachchan will now let his "extended family" into his candid thoughts and moments via freemium celebrity video blogging app Wakau. The 73-year-old ... read more
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Behold the weird, transgressive world of Halloween makeup blogging
Beauty blogging is a massive, multibillion dollar industry that consumes the time and eyeballs of millions of people. There are nearly 15 billion beauty videos on YouTube, alone — with more than 123 million subscribers.
If you've somehow avoided this corner of the Internet, however, or if it has historically seemed too cosmetic/feminine for your particular tastes, now is the time to check it out. Because beauty blogs and vlogs go crazy for Halloween.
We are not talking about your run-of-the-mill, lingerie-with-ears-on-it, "sexy Halloween" get-ups. This stuff is creepy. Imaginative. Frequently grotesque. And a lot of time and skill go into it.
"I love doing the creepier looks simply because they are creative and unexpected," said Shannon Harris, the 23-year-old proprietor of one of YouTube's top beauty channels. "I feel that over the past few years, so many people were resorting to the 'pretty' costumes. These scary/creepy ones are a great way to break out of the norm ... they are challenging as well."
Harris's most popular videos, historically, have been pretty conventional: an overview of her morning routine, a tutorial on doing acrylic nails at home. For Halloween, however, Harris goes dark: Think zombies with gaping wounds on their faces. Or stapled, cheek-to-forehead scars.
There's more where those came from in the beauty blogosphere, too: Bloggers who usually post smokey eyes and weight loss tips suddenly go in for gore, scars and fangs. On Instagram, accounts like @HalloweenMakeupIdeas try to round them all up; half a million photos have been posted on the #halloweenmakeup hashtag to date.
The cool thing about these tutorials — besides the obvious fact that they look really cool — is the degree to which they showcase these bloggers breaking out of their prescribed social roles.
Communications scholars like Temple University's Brooke Erin Duffy have long documented the problematic gender and labor implications of beauty blogging: among other things, these women often put enormous amounts of time and effort into their blogs — promoting specific products and companies — without getting paid. Many also promote a specific, narrow vision of femininity; they've been criticized for parroting stereotypes of women on a medium where that could take a different approach.
("There's nothing wrong with beauty and fashion," YouTuber Rosianna Halse Rojas told The Washington Post recently. "But aren't we just replicating on YouTube what the media already says about women?")
The Halloween makeup tutorials, on the other hand, don't fit neatly into any of our stereotypes about how women should look or behave. In fact, they feel kind of transgressive. We'll leave it to more academic minds to parse what, exactly, it Might All Mean. But it's definitely pretty neat to see women taking products advertised to up their sex appeal, and turning them toward ... zombies.
Happy Halloween!
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Friday, October 30, 2015
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Republican presidential debate III: Live-blogging the CNBC event OK, we're done. You can head over to the World Series game, if you're so inclined. I'll start working on my major takeaways from the debate. Quick preview: Carson did fine...Trump didn't hurt himself...This debate didn't seem to shake up the race.. read moreLive-Blogging The CNBC Republican Presidential Debate Welcome to The Daily Caller's live blog of the first Democratic presidential debate! This is about you. Click the "Comments" button to share your thoughts, rants, insights and questions. Information about live-streaming the debate from CNBC can be ... read more
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Amber Marchese's Blog: Overcoming My Fear of Radiation and Learning to Always Ask the 'Silly' Questions
Amber Marchese, star of The Real Housewives of New Jersey , is blogging about her second battle with cancer for PEOPLE. After surviving breast cancer in 2009, she discovered a lump, which turned out to be cancerous, in her right breast in April. Marchese will share updates on her treatment and how she is coping with this second round of the deadly disease with prayer, a positive outlook and the help of her family.
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Wow! October has been a busy month! Pink, pink, pink everywhere. A little secret about myself: I hate the color pink. I don't associate with the color pink. To me, pink is cute for cute, little girls. I am not a girl, and I am not cute. However, if it gets people to grope themselves (or better yet, get a doctor to do an exam), take more seriously one of those suspicious lumps that "appeared out of nowhere" and bring so much damn awareness that we find a cure, then let there be pink!
I will look like a walking bottle of Pepto-Bismol, but it is time for a cure. Far, f ar too many women, grandmothers, young mothers, even young teenagers now are getting diagnosed with breast cancer. This is unacceptable. There needs to be a cure. And, I am telling you right now, if I find out any non-profit is lining their pockets instead of putting most, if not all, of their funds into research, I will cut them off and publicly announce it.
Life is about perspective. Each situation can have many views and, depending on our mindset, thoughts that we choose to give energy to. What we allow to grow in our thoughts will form who are. Sometimes I can get as mad as can be for having to go through this twice. It's just not fair! I have dedicated my life to being a mother and have put all of my resources into my children. Yet breast cancer keeps getting in the way of that. It could be in the form of my precious time with them, the time I spend in fear or when the mounting medical bills keep rolling in and take income that we work hard for away from my children. Tru st me, I could spend thousands of dollars on myself for designer clothing, but I choose to spend it on giving my children the opportunities that I did not have, but breast cancer robs them.
However, this is not what I choose to focus on. I was invited to be a keynote speaker for a community lecture on "Women at Risk for Breast Cancer: The Role of Genetics" this past week. It was presented by an amazing group of physicians and administrators at Summit Medical Group. The audience was a mix of doctors and nurses, past and present breast cancer survivors. As I was speaking, I could see my fellow breast cancer warriors shaking their heads in affirmation of what I was saying. They understood me, I understood them. I was positively affecting them, and the feelings were mutual. I knew in that moment, I was exactly walking the path that God was leading me to walk. I felt so confident, secure and protected. All of my heartache and fear was alleviated in one high vibrational moment. Than k you, God.
I was also really happy to work St. Michael's "In the Pink" program this past week in Newark, New Jersey. St. Michael's was giving breast exams and, if needed, free mammograms! This amazing program targeted the under insured women who would otherwise not have the ability to get this done. These particular populations have become huge on my radar to help. These ladies are typically low-income, with no or little insurance to cover their health costs who, in turn, ignore their health because they are extremely busy and have no ability to take time for their health.
I have heard so many times that many of these women ignore a lump for years before seeking medical care because they "just did not have the time or money to address it." As a result, it is usually at an advanced stage that forces them into the hospital. This is just heartbreaking to hear and reminds me never to take my position for granted. It also lets me know that there is much work that needs to be done with these ladies. If I have to pound the streets of these cities to educate and promote self-exams, then I will. ALL lives matter, and I will do what I can to help.
RELATED VIDEO: Sandra Lee Opens Up About Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis I remember feeling so happy with the thought that I did not need to get radiation the first time around with breast cancer. It just was not the protocol after mastectomy for stage 1, and I was so happy about that. Radiation on top of chemotherapy just seemed like so much, like it would have put me right over the edge. Unfortunately, I was not so lucky this time.Or was I?
Something that seemed so scary actually ended up being the easiest, most uneventful aspect of my entire journey so far. Even when I get my Herceptin and Perjeta infusions every three weeks, I get poked in the arm to run an IV. God really gives us what we can handle. I was able to handle this.
My oncologist, Dr. Nissenblatt, recommended that I go to Dr. Khan from Robert Wood Medical Center. So my husband journeyed up to his office on one of my many days of booking four plus appointments in one day. I was so nervous, but I cracked some funny jokes with Jim to lighten the mood while waiting to meet him. D r. Khan walked in with two young resident doctors, and none of them were too bad to look at, oy vey. Dr. Khan was not exactly what I expected from such a well-respected radiation oncologist. He is a very young, slender, tall, handsome doctor who is clearly highly intelligent. This made me uneasy because they are literally checking out my boobs. I just tried to repeat to myself that they are doctors, that they see me as a patient and that they see many patients in a day. But again: Oy vey!
The mood in these appointments is always so intense. Fear, anxiety, gloom just fills the room, so, of course, I had to crack a couple of jokes about my boobs to ease the tension because I am so sensitive to it that I literally have to just start laughing sometimes or my head will just pop off.
Right out of the gate, Dr. Khan proceeded to tell me that, although, my case is uncommon, that everyone associated with my case is really positive about my prognosis. That is an unfortunate and un expected bump in the road, but one that I can easily overcome. This set a wonderful tone for the meeting. I loved his bedside manner and was instantly at peace. Dr. Khan spared my boobs being on display in front of a room full of doctors, instead taking the time to explain everything that I needed to know about radiation. "Radiation beams can get to places where chemotherapy may not due to poor circulation and, as result, limited penetrance," he tole me. This piece of the puzzle was very important in my case, especially, because if this was recurrent even after chemotherapy, perhaps my recurrence could have been because chemotherapy could not get to the area where the tumor was; in other words, no blood supply to the tumor.
Each doctor took the time with me to help me understand the plan in great detail. Dr. Green, Dr. Khan's resident, began by showing me a sectional Computer Tomography (CT) of my thoracic cavity with precise digital mapping of where the radiation beams would enter and exit. I had no idea that radiation beams could be so precise. Obviously, one of my biggest concerns was radiating body parts that should not be radiated, such as the pleural cavity or lungs, so this was really impressive to me. They targeted under my arm, around my breast, extending all the way up to the middle of my neck. I was able to meet the entire team of technicians that would help effectuate the plan that the radiation oncologist puts into place. There is a state-of-the-art imaging machine with many layers of checks and balances to make sure that the computer, along with at least three technicians, is properly administering the radiation. It truly takes a village!
Dr. Khan explained that my plan would be the typical protocol: six weeks, five days a week. This treatment plan sounded so daunting to me. I was not happy that I would need to leave my children during the summer for three hours a day, including travel time. I half-jokingly asked, "Wouldn't it be bett er if we could just crank up the radiation for a shorter period of time?!" I felt kind of stupid and silly asking a room full of doctors, technicians and nurses this question.
"Well," he said, "funny you should ask that, there are many different strategies and methods to deliver radiation therapy for breast cancer. For many decades, we thought about radiation after lumpectomy and mastectomy with a one-size-fits-all approach. This is different now."
He went on to explain, "We can deliver radiation to the whole breast over a shorter period of time, we call this hypofractionation." In simple terms, hypofractionated radiation therapy is "the total dose of radiation divided into larger individual treatments over a shorter period of time than standard radiation therapy," according to the National Cancer Institute.
"Oh my dear Lord, Halleluiah, praise the good Lord!!!! Sign me up, immediately; I don't even need to hear anything further!" I said excitedly. This was amazing news to me. This all came about because I simply asked! There was one hitch though – hypofractionation has been used mostly for women getting radiation after an initial lumpectomy. Its use after mastectomy, especially with a reconstruction, is less certain.
Of course, as with any treatment, we have to do our fair share of research before we decide. So we took the next couple of days to do a little research and what we found was nothing short of amazing. This therapy was presented in the 56th annual meeting of the American Society of Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), and it was found that hypofractioned breast irradiation was "associated with much less acute toxicity during radiation therapy compared with conventional fractioned breast irradiation and also led to improved physical well-being and less physical-reported and patient-reported fatigue six months later," according to The ASCO Post, which also found that trials that have compared "hypofractioned vs. conventionally fracti oned whole-breast irradiation showed equivalent rates of local control, overall survival and cosmesis."
This was quickly becoming the best news I heard in a long time. Jim and I had so many concerns with radiation. First and most importantly, was this treatment just as effective as conventional therapy? I certainly would not want to go through radiation if there was a lesser chance of a success. Secondly, conventional radiation therapy is extremely time-consuming! I would literally be required to travel 45 minutes a day to and from on top of the 40 minutes in the hospital to receive treatment for six, possibly seven, weeks! This was far too taxing on me and my family. Lastly, would the appearance of my skin and breast implants be compromised? Intuitively, I thought hypofractionaed would cause a greater chance of skin irritation and ruin my otherwise marvelous boob job, which, to my surprise, was the exact opposite! It was found to be less skin irritation! Bonus.
Jim thou ght long and hard, he did his usual research and Dr. Khan was nice enough to send him several articles published in peer review literature. I was sold right from the beginning, and after reading the studies we decided to go for it!
It is funny, I feared radiation the most and yet it was the easiest part. Do not get me wrong, it was a pain traveling to the hospital five times a week, but the actual treatment was much less invasive than getting blood work, scans and especially IV chemotherapy. The team at Robert Wood Johnson Radiation Oncology were fantastic, always greeting us smiles and ready to answer questions. We are blessed to have a facility, physicians and nurses of this quality so close to home. Funny how the things you feared most are the easiest.
Advice 1: Always ask the "silly" questions. If I had never asked about shortening my treatment plan, I may have never known about the hypofractioned therapy and had such a pleasant experience.
Advice 2: Check your breast every month, not just in October! As Jim says, "Squeeze a boob, save a life!" (Yep, that was his corniest joke.)
God bless!Amber Marchese
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
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We Are Live Blogging the GOP Presidential Debate in Colorado This debate was a zoo. The candidates started yelling for attention after every question like a cage of howler monkeys, and spent about as much time accusing the CNBC crew of mopery and dopery as they did answering questions. Then, in an epic show of ... read moreRepublican debate: Live updates (CNN)Welcome to the CNN live blog, where we'll be bringing you all the best moments from the debate -- on the stage, on social media and behind the scenes. read more
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Wakau! Amitabh Bachchan launches video blogging app
In a quest to constantly keep his fans abreast of his activities and surroundings, megastar Amitabh Bachchan will now let his "extended family" into his candid thoughts and moments via freemium celebrity video blogging app Wakau.
The 73-year-old, an avid user of social media platforms that bring him closer to his fans, launched Wakau on Thursday.
Talking about this association, Amitabh told IANS: "It's very unique. It's an application that needs to be downloaded on your smartphone, and once you download the application, you get a list of various celebrities that are on Wakau.
"You can punch in your favourite celebrity and they will speak on various issues... they could be very intimate conversations, important moments in their lives, or they could do a tour of their house."
He said this "is just another fantastic facility for celebrities to be able to interact with well-wishers and fans".
Other celebrities who will connect with their fans via Wakau include names like Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana, Nirahua, Shaan, Manju Warrier, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sophie Choudry, Arman Malik and Elli Avram.
Asked if this application will help in greater connect with the audience, the "Paa" actor said: "Yes, of course, how many fans get an opportunity to hear their celebrities in person... So here is an added advantage."
The video blogging application is available across iOS, Windows and Android formats.
Officials who have been involved in its development feel it will satiate cinema and sports buffs' desire to know more about the stars.
"Wakau is a great opportunity for celebrities to connect with their fans and share personal stories, interests, sepia moments and cherished thoughts through their video blogs," Rishi Negi, executive vice president - Operations, CA Media India, said in a statement.
Rajan Navani, vice chairman and managing director, Jetsynthesys, said: "With a deep focus on creating a personal connect with the consumer through leveraging analytics, the Wakau experience will eventually pave the way towards many firsts for the world."
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
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Blogging: a Powerful Outlet for Caregivers Being a caregiver brings fulfillment, purpose and joy. Being a caregiver is stressful, lonely and depressing. Finding a balance within the caregiving continuum can be challenging. Caregivers cope in diverse ways. Some attend support groups where they learn ... read moreAARP Recognized by Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregiving Mrs. Carter first became a family caregiver at age 12 when her father was diagnosed with terminal leukemia, and went on to care for other family members over the years. Today she stands as a powerful voice for family caregivers as president of the Rosalynn ... read more
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Ed Silverman of Pharmalot on building longevity — and audience loyalty — in blogging
Oct. 28, 2015, 9:30 a.m.
The popular blog on the pharmaceutical industry has lived many lives since 2007. It's starting its next one at Stat, the new life sciences site from The Boston Globe.
It's only fitting that a blog about pharmaceutical companies would be adept at staving off death.
For almost a decade, Ed Silverman has gained a reputation for his encyclopedic knowledge of the world of drug manufacturers and his ability to keep Pharmalot, his one-man blog dedicated to that subject alive.
But it's been a long journey. Pharmalot started life as an early example of newspaper blogging by the Newark Star-Ledger. "The editor was looking for ideas of some sort, to create new sites. I wasn't sure if he was looking for a full website or something else. But I suggested something about the pharmaceutical industry," Silverman told me. In 2007, Pharmalot officially launched; a year later, as newspapers reeled from the financial crisis, Silverman took a buyout.
At each point in its life cycle, Silverman fought hard for Pharmalot, negotiating to keep the rights to the name readers recognized. "I happened to suggest Pharmalot at the right time, if only because there were a lot of shifts and opportunities to start something new," Silverman says.
At a time when even longstanding blogs can be shut down in an instant, that Silverman has been able to keep Pharmalot alive and develop a loyal audience is remarkable. Silverman says he still hears from people who were readers back in the Star-Ledger days, eight years ago.
I recently spoke with Silverman about what it took to keep Pharmalot growing, how blogging has changed over the years, and what information readers expect on drug makers and the agencies that oversee them. Here's a lightly edited transcript of our conversation.
Justin Ellis: How would you describe the mission of Pharmalot?
Ed Silverman: I see it as a vehicle for providing a mix of news and analysis, a little commentary and conversation. There's a place for people to comment — sometimes that kicks in and other times not. That's how I see it overall.
Ellis: Why continue on with it? There were several times you could have gone in a different direction.
Silverman: Well, my larger calculation was this: I've been a journalist for a few decades and I'm in a stage in life where I've got experience and some professional visibility. I still have one child at home. I have one who's out of college, one who's halfway through, and I think he's more or less taken care of. Candidly, it's not like I'm ready to retire.I suggested Pharmalot at a time when the Internet was really starting to change the newspaper business and journalism — the media business as it's called now. I happened to suggest Pharmalot at the right time, if only because there were a lot of shifts and opportunities to start something new. At a newspaper, before they were cutting back, there was a willingness to start something. It didn't cost anything.
I saw this as a career path. I would not necessarily have the same cachet or calling card as if I remained, essentially, a specialist. Even within a large organization like The Wall Street Journal, you're looking at a collection of people, many of whom are specialists in a way. Now, within an organization, people move around, but there's value to be had if you specialize and continue to generate ideas that have meaning to the audience you're aiming at.
I felt that if I continued on this path, I could more readily have an opportunity to remain in journalism, if there was continued opportunity to track the topic I've been covering all this time. And I've been covering pharma for 20 years now. Or, on a related note, perhaps that expertise and skills could position me for a related career change — working off my knowledge of the industry and related health matters, should I want or need to do that.
Pharmalot itself developed into a brand name. As I said to people, I didn't have the financing to build a niche site that could become like a TechCrunch, because TechCrunch itself is pretty broad — it covers technology, and technology is pervasive. Pharmaceuticals is an extremely far reaching and important industry. It's not, on the other hand, politics or sex or sports.I didn't build it into a multimillion dollar business. But on the other hand, I did build a valuable brand name. And, selfishly, it has value. It's provided me with an additional calling card. For better or worse, I'm closely identified with it.
Ellis: You've been covering this industry — drug makers, research and development, the FDA — for a long time. How has the beat changed?
Silverman: Like any industry, it changes over time, but that's to be expected. When I started covering it 20 years ago, companies were fat and happy. They made money, the stock prices went up, the profits went up. Then other issues emerged. Safety issues with certain drugs, which led to a different, more interesting and troubling issue about disclosing side effect data properly, whether that was known through clinical trials or adverse event reports.Then pricing starts to become an issue, because of generics and access to medicines in poor countries, and seniors taking buses to Canada. We know in the last dozen years what's happened with pricing. It's just continued to become more problematic and contentious.
So the industry itself has changed a lot. The big companies lost patent protections on the biggest sellers and had to cut back. There were some mergers as a result, or as a notion that it could solve problems. The industry is transforming in some ways its business model, gradually. And there have been, through it all, some new, important — if not breakthrough — discoveries that are finally starting to change health care.
If you put aside pricing issues for a moment, it is pretty remarkable we have something that can effectively take care of hepatitis C for most people. We have new cancer treatments that are showing signs of truly making a difference for at least some patients, depending on the type of cancer.
That all puts pressure on the FDA. It's put pressure on employees. It's put pressure on lawmakers. Because there's more clamor for more medicines faster. People want more medicines faster, they want access faster. They want affordability. It's all inter-connected, of course. The pressure that's been placed on the industry and regulators has been an interesting story to tell.
Ellis: Is there a greater demand now for information to make these things clearer to people?
Silverman: Newspapers for the most part are not in the same position they were to provide the same quantity or quality of information. They're trying to do certain things well.Then we have other forms of media on the Internet that are picking up the slack. And while they may not consistently cover something, they'll suddenly appear with a story that's worth reading. Whether that's Vox or Quartz or Business Insider or Salon. They may not all cover health care, let alone the pharmaceutical industry, regularly, but they'll seize on a particular story or topic and write something interesting that you file away and say, Hey, that contributed to my understanding.
It's fragmented and faster-paced. But people want more information. The flip side to having more access to information means you're getting more information — and then you want more and more to explain what you've read.
Ellis: How has your reporting changed as a result of writing Pharmalot for so long?
Silverman: When I first started it in early 2007, the pieces were shorter and I aggregated as much as I wrote something of my own. By aggregate, I mean I'd see something interesting on Reuters or The New York Times and I'd condense it to four grafs and hit the publish button.I would put up eight, nine, items a day. But after a while of doing that, I realized there was no longer much value in trying to outgun websites, Reuters, Bloomberg, the Journal, and say I could do it faster, if not better. To say: "I can do it just as well" and see if I can get it out there 20 minutes before them. At the end of the day, it doesn't quite matter that much, because the stuff circulates and you have to have something different to bring to the party beyond the same headline everyone has. But just to do it for the sake of it meant less.
That evolved, over the years, to the point where I don't do six to eight items a day. Most days, I just do two or three. Because there's so much on the Internet: Reuters, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, they have teams of people. If the Journal team is busy, they still have a spot news desk. So the news gets out there, it gets picked up on Yahoo Finance, even if it's only a four-paragraph item. But that's maybe the same four paragraphs I could have done. So do I spend all that energy?
What I've gradually done is go for items I think are more informative. The notion of an impact story, I think, is becoming a bit overused. We know that it means "something lots of people will hopefully notice." There's nothing wrong with that. Not every item I can do on Pharmalot is going to be an impact item. But what I can try to do is cover topics that aren't covered elsewhere, or aren't covered much at all, or they're overlooked gems. I have to search for other ideas or angles of my own to provide understanding and move the ball forward.
One other change that was part of that was my little morning roundup post, instead of just having a few headlines for links, I actually flushed it out to something that isn't quite a newsletter, but there's quite a lot of stories to read and link to.
I'm trying to compensate and provide a useful take on the industry, and then go off and do the items I think hopefully have enough value. That also gives me a chance, if I get organized, to get out once in a while and meet people and learn stuff that is just impossible when you sit in front of your computer all the time.
The pace has changed a lot. I remember after the Mumbai terror attacks in 2008, Twitter took off. Twitter pretty soon after that started transforming coverage. Until then, most people weren't using their own instantaneous way of exchanging links or issuing information.
Of course, Twitter has really transformed the way everyone digests information. But for those of us in the media business, at least for me, it changed the way I go about looking for information, disseminating information, and helping me fine tune my choices when it comes to what to cover, or how to cover something. Because I have to always be mindful of what's already out there.
Ellis: How has your audience grown? Have they followed you across publications?
Silverman: I still get notes from people. During my transition this year from the Journal to the Globe, I'm getting notes from people saying, "Hey, it's good to see you back. I remember you from the Star-Ledger." I can't assume because I've revived Pharmalot, people will find me. To get up on Google Alerts, you have to have good search engine optimization. With The Wall Street Journal, it was really easy because I was on The Wall Street Journal platform. I had WSJ.com in the url. Now, I'm starting from scratch in the sense that it's just Pharmalot.com and I'm not part of a big machine. So that's got to build over time.So how are people finding me? I try to be as aggressive as I can: I use Facebook, I use Twitter, I use LinkedIn. I send out reminder emails to about a gazillion people so that they'll know I'm here. And a lot of have written back and said, "Yeah, I know! I've seen your stuff already!"
My Twitter following is one way of measuring it, and there's more over time. And I'm getting comments from people who have been commenting since 2007.
Every time I enter a new iteration, I can't assume people follow me. I have to be patient and recognize that it takes time to get their attention again and land on their radar in the right way.
Source: Ed Silverman of Pharmalot on building longevity — and audience loyalty — in blogging
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
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Physics Blogging Round-Up: Football, Harmonic Oscillation, Parallel Worlds, Citizen Science, and Optics
I was out of town last week, and doing talk prep leading up to that, so it's been a little while since my last collection of Forbes links. Here's the latest from over there:
— Football Physics: The Forces Behind Those Big Hits: A look at force, momentum, and acceleration in tackling.
— The Science Of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: What Is Quantum Harmonic Oscillation? A question on Twitter provides an excuse to use some video of The Pip bouncing on playground equipment to discuss the physics of the harmonic oscillator in both classical and quantum forms.
— The Science Of Alternate Worlds: The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D thing was prompted by some technobabble about how to move to another dimension, which indirectly led to this post about ideas in modern physics that sorta-kinda look like the alternate worlds of science fiction.
— Football Physics: What Fantasy Sports Players Have In Common With Planet Hunters: A look at "citizen science" as a possible analogue of fantasy sports for science.
— Football Physics: Removing The Chains: A look at the physics of GPS with an eye toward improving the spotting of the ball in football.
— Physics Still Hasn't Solved Some Everyday Mysteries: I got a photo of a "glory" while flying back from California, and was mildly surprised to find the explanation of the effect isn't completely settled. But maybe that shouldn't be a surprise.
I'll also throw in a reminder here that Paige Jarreau is doing a survey of science blog readers, for SCIENCE! (in the form of her postdoctoral research on communication online). If you've got a few minutes, please go over there and help her build up a good data set.
Anyway, that's a bunch of stuff. As usual, some of it is less successful than I'd like, but it was all fun to write, which is the key thing.
Source: Physics Blogging Round-Up: Football, Harmonic Oscillation, Parallel Worlds, Citizen Science, and Optics
Monday, October 26, 2015
Self-publishing 101: Social media and #Blogging for writers #
Self-publishing 101: Social media and blogging for writers This past weekend, I had the honor of speaking on a panel titled "Social Media and Blogging for Writers" at Cincinnati's Books by the Banks festival with Chuck Sambuchino, author of Create Your Writer Platform. The panel and festival opened up ideas ... read moreMike Matheny and Managing in the Social Media Age Mike Matheny is the first manager in Cardinals history to lead a team during the fully evolved era of social media. Every move ... I use Twitter as a conduit, providing links to my blogs and podcasts. The experience is varied. I can find intelligent ... read more
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Kushal Tandon reveals how Ameesha Patel disrespected National Anthem
The Bigg Boss 7 contestant Kushal Tandon is back in news but for national integrity purpose. The actor has revealed on the micro-blogging site Twitter how a B-town actress disrespected the National Anthem in a cinema hall. It was none other than the 'Kaho Naa… Pyaar Hai' actress Ameesha Patel. This twitter war has definitely grabbed the nation's attention when Ameesha Patel gave a lame reason when Kushal revealed what was she doing when the National Anthem was been played.
Kushal who visited PVR, Juhu for a movie noticed Ameesha when she did not stand up for the National Anthem. When he revealed that on social media platform, Ameesha gave a weird reason that people will surely find hard to accept. She said that she was down with the 'girly problem' (menstruation). She preferred Kushal to ask her personally rather making a big fuss on social media platform. She even said that it is a method through which he is trying to gain publicity. (ALSO SEE: Detective Byomkesh Bakshi: Sushant Singh Rajput and Kushal Tandon spotted at Yash Raj studio)
Here are the tweets posted by Ameesha Patel in defence when Kushal Tandon said she disrespected the National Anthem:
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— KUSHAL TANDON (@KushalT2803) October 23, 2015
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— KUSHAL TANDON (@KushalT2803) October 23, 2015
Idiot kushal Tandon had the nerve to tweet that I didn't get up during national anthem. Did the jackass ask why
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
Women we all need to slap kushal. I had the monthly girly problem. Getting up wud have caused a blood flow on the theatre ground
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
I waited for the film to start so I cud address my GirLY problem in the bathroom. Didn't know that kushal wud make it a national issue
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
Assholes like kushal who invade the privacy of a woman n their problems need 2 b slapped.idiot culdnt even win big boss
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
Oppss pic.twitter.com/5A5hXnYZlq
— KUSHAL TANDON (@KushalT2803) October 26, 2015
I feel like laughing because no one including me n my friends even recognised him. He needed 2 tweet for publicity. What a jackass
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
Obviously kushal had no mothers n sisters or any steady girlfriend so he doesn't know when to open his durty mouth n respect girly intimacy
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
It is disgusting to all women that I had to openly justify a regular problem that women face evry month Kushal is an asshole
— ameesha patel (@ameesha_patel) October 26, 2015
So do you think this would be a technique of Ameesha to gain sympathy when Kushal revealed her acts when the National Anthem was been played? Or was Kushal trying to seek some attention from the nation? Post your views in the comments below. (Image Credits – Pinterest) (ALSO READ: Gauhar Khan is NOT getting married!)
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
Alleged New Jersey Gang Members Accused of #Trafficking Guns Over #Twitter #Greg_Hardy
Alleged New Jersey Gang Members Accused of Trafficking Guns Over Twitter Three New Jersey teenagers were indicted by an Essex County grand jury Friday on charges that they used Twitter to facilitate a variety of gang and gun-related crimes, NJ Advance Media reports. Essex County Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Katherine ... read moreN.J. teens accused of hawking guns on Twitter Duncan and other alleged gang members also reportedly congregated at a firing range in Randolph, New Jersey ... is accused of attempting to purchase a revolver from Duncan without a gun permit, and in turn, vending a handgun to Duncan over Twitter ... read more
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Saturday, October 24, 2015
WTM #London 2015 announces #Blogging sessions line-up #
WTM London 2015 announces blogging sessions line-up World Travel Market (WTM) London 2015, the leading global event for the travel industry, has announced its most comprehensive blogging programme to date, with sessions spread over three days and almost twice the number of bloggers at its Blogger Speed ... read moreWTM London's fourth day is packed with events and networking (Forimmediaterelease.net) A packed program covering social media, responsible tourism, careers and blogging is lined up for the fourth day of World Travel Market London 2015 – the leading ... and leading figures. The line-up of industry's brightest ... read more
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Friday, October 23, 2015
Falcons vs Titans: Q and A With #Blogging Dirty #
Falcons vs Titans: Q and A With Blogging Dirty The Tennessee Titans will host the Atlanta Falcons this Sunday at Nissan Stadium for the last game of a four-game, five-week home stand. It has been a tale of two cities since the Titans played Atlanta in the Georgia Dome for the start of the preseason. read moreReport: Marcus Mariota could miss Falcons game with knee injury Next up on the schedule for the Atlanta Falcons is the Tennessee Titans, and they could be without quarterback ... issue and he is ready for the game next week. Stay tuned to Blogging Dirty for further updates. read more
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Giants vs. Cowboys, Week 7: "Five Questions" with Blogging The Boys
Brandon Weeden (left) is out and Matt Cassel is in at QB for the Cowboys - Mike Stone/Getty Images
Let's talk Cowboys with Dave Halprin of Blogging The Boys.
When it comes to Sunday's critical NFC East matchup between the New York Giants and Dallas Cowboys yours truly is as conflicted as I have possibly ever been about what to expect -- from either team. I have no idea what we will see from the sometimes good/sometimes mystifyingly awful Giants. The Cowboys? They are a team that has lost three straight, is starting a quarterback who has never played for them, a new running back, and has some defensive players who weren't there when the teams met in Week 1.
So, to try and figure all of this out we turn to Dave Halprin of Blogging The Boys for this week's "Five Questions" segment. This, for me, was one of the most interesting "Five Questions" posts I have participated in for quite some time. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Ed: Why did the Cowboys make the switch from Brandon Weeden to Matt Cassel and what do they hope to gain from it?
Dave: The main reason is the Cowboys went 0-3 under Weeden. Even though he didn't play poorly, he also didn't make the plays needed to win games. He was somewhere in the middle and played very conservatively. The Cowboys could no longer continue on that path so they switched to Cassel. The hope with Cassel is two-fold. One, that he'll take a few more chances downfield. Weeden was checking down and rarely stretching the defense, Cassel should throw more of the mid-range stuff that will hopefully open up the running game a bit by pushing the Giants defense back. Secondly, Cassel has won in this league before, most observers think he'll have better command in the huddle and handle the leadership role better. They are banking on some of his intangibles.
Must Reads When the Cowboys have the ball Chris Pflum How does the Giants' defense match up with Matt Cassel and the Cowboys' offense.
When the Giants have the ball Alex Sinclair How does the Giants' offense match up with the Dallas defense?
Ed: I don't see any dominant team in the NFC East. Do you agree with the notion that it might take only nine, maybe 10, victories to win the division?
Dave: Absolutely, every team in the NFC East is flawed and the division is likely to only produce one playoff team and that will be the division winner. With everybody in the division sitting at .500 or worse, and we're already heading into Week 7 of the season, that shows you just how poor the division is playing. The Giants, Cowboys and Eagles all have a pretty even shot at the East, but I don't think Washington is ready to compete for the crown just yet.
Ed: What is your take on the Giants? Do you see them as a better team than the past couple of years, or as the same bumbling group that can't get out of its own way?
Dave: It's hard to say as an outside observer, I don't necessarily get to watch all of their games. So a lot of what I take in is from people's opinions and highlights, etc. Still, from the games I've seen, the Giants are just killing themselves with unforced errors. Of course there was the debacle at the end of the first Cowboys games, and the defensive penalties that allowed drives to continue during the Eagles game on Monday night. These are things that flawed teams have to avoid to win, not to mention the turnovers. So right now they look like the bumbling team that can't get out of their own way. The upside of that is if they can finally figure out how to limit the mistakes, they could be a good football team.
Ed: Where do you see advantages the Cowboys can exploit Sunday? On the flip side what, if anything, worries you about the Giants?
Dave: The Cowboys finally have their full arsenal of front-seven players on defense. That is going to be something that are going to try and exploit. Greg Hardy and Randy Gregory will be playing along with the other regulars, so that will make our pass rush much stronger. The Cowboys were able to get to Tom Brady two weeks ago, but the offense couldn't do anything to help them out. But that is what Dallas is going to try and do, get pressure on Eli from all angles. For the Giants, I would make sure Dallas can't run the ball, make them one-dimensional and force Matt Cassel to win the game. He hasn't played for a while and he hasn't been with Dallas long, so if it's all on him, it could be an issue.
Ed: Greg Hardy is, obviously, a polarizing figure. The guy is a terrific player, but he isn't helping the perception of himself with some of the things he has said since returning to action. What are your thoughts on Hardy, on the field AND off?
Dave: On the field, he's as good a pass rusher as they come. He was phenomenal two weeks ago against the Patriots and he makes the Dallas defense much stronger. He forces the other team to account for him and double-team him. That frees up other players. Off the field, I have nothing good to say. Whatever actually happened on the night of his domestic violence incident, he bears some if not all of the responsibility. The things he's said since, especially a couple of weeks ago, were poorly thought out if he thought them out at all. So off the field, it brings me no pride that he plays for Dallas. And I'm a guy who believes in second chances and that people are still entitled to earn a living after arrests, etc. But for me to support you, you have to show that you "get it", it doesn't seem like he gets it.
Thanks, as always, to Dave. Behave yourselves -- please -- when you visit BTB in the coming days.
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