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"We Aren't Who We Are: How to Become" by Dustin Ogle is a self-help book that offers readers simple steps to unlock their full potential. Ogle emphasizes the power of sustained intentional thinking and reframing stress and daily obligations. He encourages meditation as a way to redirect focus to the present and advises readers to use their inner drives to propel them forward. Ogle includes step-by-step exercises throughout the book, although some techniques may seem unusual. Overall, those willing to put in the hard work required for change will appreciate Ogle's unconventional approach. [Extracted from the article]

"The Midlife Edit: A Transformative Self-Help Journey for Women" by Gail McNeil is a guide aimed at middle-aged women looking to improve their mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. The author shares her personal experience of relocating to Portugal and finding solace during the Covid pandemic through self-care strategies and lifestyle changes. However, the book has been criticized for its vague and familiar advice, as well as the lack of specific details in dietary suggestions. The reviewer suggests considering alternative books, such as Sharon Malone's "Grown Woman Talk." [Extracted from the article]

"The Villain Edit" by Laurie Devore is a cynical take on reality dating shows, with the focus on behind-the-scenes drama rather than the love story. Jacqueline "Jac" Matthis, a romance author, joins a Bacheloresque reality show to boost her book sales. She has a one-night stand with Henry, who turns out to be a producer on the show. Jac develops genuine chemistry with the leading man, Marcus, while trying to keep her tryst with Henry a secret. The story revolves around Jac's attempts to outsmart the producers and manage her image, resulting in more drama than a true love story. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses The Edit, The Site Magazine's latest publication, which delves into the role of designers in actively shaping our built environment and its impact on the equity of public spaces. It explores themes of representation, erasure, and reconstruction within cities, prompting critical reflection on the political, cultural, and social dynamics embedded in architectural design.

The article offers suggestions on how authors can work with sensitivity readers to keep an eye out for sensitive issues. It mentions that authors should not wait until they have received edits, made revisions, and are ready for publishing to send a manuscript to a sensitivity reader. It also mentions that authors should always work with sensitivity readers under a confidentiality clause.

"The Adnronaut's Journey" by Daryl L. Scott is a science fiction adventure that explores the relationship between humans and advanced AI in the face of climate change. The story follows Andronaut Zaylen, an autonomous android, and his human crew as they navigate a dangerous alien planet to secure an isotope that can save Earth. The book delves into the tensions and debates surrounding the integration of AI into society, raising questions about the potential replacement of humanity by androids and the possibility of rogue AI. This thought-provoking narrative sparks meaningful discussions about the role of technology in our civilization. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers methods for journalists for reporting including high-quality reporting, writing, editing, photography and design. Topics include views of Alicia Zuckerman, editorial director at radio station WLRN, on how colleagues celebrating each other's work as it happens, in real time; challenge in journalism; and awards in journalism.

The article focuses on the use of the free Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia by teachers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology to teach students how to check the validity of sources and proper bibliographic citation. It states librarian Davida Scharf designed a course on effective editing of Wikipedia to teach students how to edit definitions and properly cite articles using valid information sources. It mentions that the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation contacted Scharf concerning her project.

The article offers suggestions on how to choose an editor. It mentions that an editor should be responsive and accessible, whether by phone, email, Zoom, or in person. It also mentions that editors should provide a free sample edit of a few pages of the book so one can get a feel for how they work, what they do with book's writing.

Meta, Google and Snap are preparing for generative AI, as the technology has caught on with consumers through products such as ChatGPT and they see it as a powerful tool in advertising and creator economies. Google's all-in on AI Pichai opened Google's Feb. 2 earnings call with a litany of AI developments. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers the reviews of Melodyne 5.1 from Celemony.

The article explores As we begin 2022, local news sites should look to video to take their content to the next level and create new advertising opportunities. On the content side, video provides several benefits. Video is eye-catching, compelling and takes the reader to a scene more than most still photographs do. People want to see what's happening and feel the emotion, and video takes you there. It's more of a draw than text and still pictures.

An interview is presented with literary agent Sterling Lord about his memoir, "Lord of Publishing." He discusses his representation of Beat author Jack Kerouac, his relationship with his client author Jimmy Breslin, and the lack of focus on editing and copyediting in the modern commercial publishing industry.

The article discusses the influence of classic documentary and cinematic wedding videos on the new documentary-style wedding video. The classic wedding documentary is a long-form, cleaned-up archive edit, including almost all scenes from the wedding. The shortform cinematic style wedding video is known for its goal of evoking emotion. Common themes of the new documentary wedding style video include judicious use of time-shifting, fast cuts, ambient audio, L-cuts and sometimes interviews.

The article presents the comments of Mike Sechrist, general manager of WKRN-TV in Nashville, Tennessee about the management of video journalists (VJs) believes in hiring a lean number of VJs and doing news on a two-day cycle instead of daily basis as is the industry standard. Sechrist is of the opinion that one VJ can do an excellent news report work given the training in modern technology and equipment.

This article reviews the audio-video editing software Final Cut Studio from Apple Computer Inc.

Evaluates the Avid Xpress Studio HD editing suite from Avid. Key features and components; Computer software applications included in the package; Specification and application.

The article focuses on the application of high definition video on digital filmmaking. The less expensive postproduction process for cinematic presentations includes offline editing, finishing with compressed high definition solution, finishing with high definition or higher resolution equipment and using some of the new solutions specially designed for digital intermediate work. The author has presented new technologies used in the postproduction process.

The article focuses on the working style of several photojournalists. One thing that photojournalist Tom Stanford repeatedly works on with new photographers is cutlines, the major area of ongoing training. He is the photography editor at The Tenessean in Nashville, Tennessee. Cutlines are also an issue at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where copy editor Trudi Hahn has written the 5-page Star Tribune Caption Guide for Photographers and the 12-page reference, Building Bridges with Captions. Both are distributed within the photography department. Recognizing the importance of writing skills to future newspaper photographers, photojournalist Joe Lippincott has made captions and writing a full 30 percent of each project grade in the course he teaches at Boston University. Lippincott, a former picture editor for The PatriotLedger and The Detroit News, is inclined to push the things in class that he found to be problems when he was dealing with photographers and interns at the newspaper everyday.

This article presents information regarding equipments related to video editing. At IBC 2004, Automatic Duck adds to its NLE mediator duties with the unveiling of its latest timeline integration solution, Pro Import PPro, for users of Adobe Premiere Pro. While the list of SD, HD, and even combo SD/HD cards grows, not many include integrated effects for both SD and HD. With more standard-definition NLEs adding HD capabilities, users will have to compare feature sets once again to find the best deals.

There is no such thing as an objective photograph or graphic. The nature of the news process edits out information. So every decision a photojournalist, producer, editor, or reporter makes is subjective, based on his or her own opinions, experience, and judgment about what is newsworthy and important. Beyond that, photojournalists and graphic designers make other decisions that can affect the viewer's perceptions, including these elements: the background; use of file tape; the camera angle; the lighting; use of special effects; music, sound effects, and "sliding" sound; and cropping and framing. Background colors portray strong emotional signals. Psychologists say blue, green, and purple have "cooling" properties. Red, orange, and yellow are seen as "warm" colors with energy, stimulation, and a sense of urgency. Depending on how the photojournalist frames a picture, scenes may appear close or far away, almost touching or separated by great space.

Deals with the application of the concept of still image panning and zooming in software design and purchasing for non-linear editing (NLE). Significance of still image panning and zooming to NLE; Advantages and disadvantages of still image panning and zooming approach; Features of the MovingPicture software launched by Stage Tools in 1999. INSETS: Tips AND tidbits;One size CAN fit all;Eye ON Apple.

Delves into the 2004 NAB Conference in the U.S. Identification of companies that are using the metadata generated during production to offer many new capabilities; Camcorders available in the industry today; Discussion of the editing technology.

Reviews the KDDI MPEG Edit Studio Pro LE 1.2 from KDDI Corp. based in Japan. Features of the system; Advantages to users; Process of using the program.

Delves into the 2004 NAB Conference in the U.S. Identification of companies that are using the metadata generated during production to offer many new capabilities; Camcorders available in the industry today; Discussion of the editing technology.

Presents a buyer's guide on non-linear editing software and DVD authoring tools as of December 2003. Premiere Pro non-linear editing software by Adobe; EDIUS non-linear editing software by Canopus Corp.; PowerProducer 2 DVD authoring tools by Cyberlink Corp.; MovieFactory 2 DVD authoring tools by Ulead.

Discusses top digital audio workstation solutions that bring sophisticated sound editing as of December 2003. Main strength of the Digital Performer 4.0 of MOTU; Price of Apple's Logic Platinum 6; Comments from Jason Davies, vice president of worldwide sales at BIAS Inc., on Deck 3.5. INSETS: Merger Madness;Digidesign's Pro Tools;The Surround Sound Star of the North.

Presents several presentation equipment for schools in the U.S. Audio products including PresentationPro PA-300+UHF wireless amplifier from Califone; Devices for editing including Tableaux from Curriculum Advantage; Electronic white boards including InterWrite SchoolPad from GTCO Calcomp.

Focuses on the fourteenth annual Stan Kalish picture editing workshop of 2003 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Reasons given by faculty members and Kalish students for being at the workshop; Information on multiple picture packages; Goal of the Kalish workshops.

Evaluates two turnkey digital video editing systems. DVC1PRO-XPDV from Laird Telemedia; Gateway 700XL Digital Film Maker from Gateway.

Discusses how newspaper editors and writers can determine the proper lengths of any journalistic writings. Things that editors and writers must consider when determining story length; Relationship between the length of the story and its impact on the rest of a newspaper section; Importance of determining reader expectations. INSET: The Zen of project story length decision-making.

The author argues that librarians should learn to write. Topics discussed include the need for librarians to develop their writing and editing skills, how digital technology can help librarians in their writing, and the call on the next generation of librarians to learn the skills of effective composition.

The article discusses a call to action to promote diversity in the book publishing industry. The We Need Diverse Books social media movement and other efforts are recognized for renewing the industry's awareness about its lack of diversity. The industry is advised to raise the awareness about how words, and editing choices, can exclude or include readers.

Discusses the broad areas of editing behavior that reporters widely recognize and appreciate. Most common complaint of writers against editors; Qualities of collaborative editors; Challenges in reporting and writing; Common threats to newsroom trust.

The article focuses on the initiatives of the University of Regina Press publisher in Saskatchewan to made the book "Free Knowledge: Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery" an open access and samples of Window 10 operating system (OS) guides. The press works with indigenous authors and its sales coordinator Morgan Tunzelman attends an editing workshop. British publisher In Easy Steps Ltd. produces OS programming guide. The Oxford Research Encyclopedias project is also mentioned.

The article presents author's views on the role of an editor in the process of editing and publishing of a book. It mentions details on the published of her first story collections. It mentions difficulties faced by the author in the editing process. It also mentions university press that published author's book asked author for peer review a book.

The article reports that Sophie Mackintosh had three editors for her book "The Water Cure." Topics discussed include how Hermione Thompson, an assistant editor at Hamish Hamilton in Great Britain, discovered the book, comments from Deborah Sun de la Cruz, an assistant director at Penguin Canada, and editor Margo Shickmanter, about the book, and reason that the three editors saw the book's potential to be a success in the indie category.

In this article, the author shares her views on encouraging writers to push through rejection. It mentions that book publishing depends on an agent's familiarity with the protagonist's experiences and not necessarily the quality of the writing or the significance of the story. It also mentions hiring an independent publicist for authenticity editing, line editing and page proofing.

The article focuses on multiclip editing of long video shoots like wedding ceremonies. When editing your Multiclip in the Timeline, do not forget to set the Playhead Sync to Open. Select all (Cmd+A) and then right-click on the highlighted footage and select Collapse Multiclip. By Command-clicking, select Camera 1, Camera 3, and the second Sub Clip of Camera 2 all together, right-click, and select Make Multiclip. With your Playhead in the Timeline at the very end of the first half of the ceremony, hit F10, or the Overwrite button in the Viewer to drop it into the Timeline just behind the first half of the ceremony.

The article discusses the basic video editing tools. The line between each of the individual clips is the edit joint. The clip to the left of an edit point is the outgoing clip. If one puts a crossfade at that edit point, the clip to the left would be the one fading out -- thus, the outgoing clip. The clip to the right is the incoming clip, because in the crossfade it is the clip fading in. If one opens a clip in the Viewer, the point set for a clip to start is the in point, and the point set for a clip to end is the out point.

The article evaluates the PhotoImpact 11 image editing suite from Ulead Systems Inc. and offers information on its features.

The article presents the rules for the 2006 Best of Photojournalism picture editing competition sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association. The contestants should fill out a contest registration form to get their contest identification code. The code shall be used irrespective of the number of entries. A single online registration system has been adopted for the contest. Changes in the judging criteria encompass photo editing division, still photo division, still photo and photo editing.

Presents several new educational technology products. Introduction of Web sites database of netTrekker; Features of the drawing and image-editing tools of Tech4Learning; Uses of the SchoolMarshal content Web filter.

The article presents instructions for managing HDV video camera output for editing on HD systems. HDV video format comes in two versions--720p29.97 and 1080i29.97. The former has been shipping from JVC for over a year. Sony recently started shipping the latter in the United States. In the article, the author shows method to bring 720p30 HDV format into an HD editing system. The author's experiments convinced him that post houses that handle HDCAM and DVCPRO HD can also handle MPEG-2-based HD format.

Features several video editing applications. Key features of professional nonlinear video editing applications from Boxx Technologies Inc.; Introduction of VICON MX optical motion-capture systems from VICON; Pros and cons of Maya 6 from Alias.

Reviews the sound editing software Sonicfire Pro 3.2 developed by SmartSound. Features of the software; Format for using the software; Advantages of the software application.

Reports that Sony outlined an upbeat, wide-ranging vision for its future, albeit one beset by a difficult economic reality. Proliferation of common access to high-speed networks for consumers and professionals alike; Introduction of Anycast at the IBC 2002 conference as key to the company's business strategy; Discovery of the percentage of time spent by people editing video is actually consumed while searching and browsing for the material to be edited.