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"Great location and amenities"
The Westin is located near the waterfront. I'm not sure you can go wrong with a Westin. It's the closest thing to being at home. Beds are comfy and rooms well appointed.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Awesome hotel"
Good location, center of city. Staff was super helpful.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Room with a View"
There is a solution to all those new high rises in Totonto blocking everyone's view of the lake. Stay at the Westin and insist on a water view. Watch all those Porter flights coming and going (which should be your means of transportation anyway.) See that ferry doen below? The hop on for a short ride back and forth. Live a little.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Westin Harbor Castle exceeds expectations"
The hotel exceeded my expectations. While one could say the the hotel might be slightly dated, the friendliness/helpfulness of the staff made my stay great. A tip of the hat to Gerry at the front desk who checked me in early (when he certainly didn't have to ).......that was very much appreciated.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"First time to Canada"
Great customer service great rooms amazing view Very nice valetGenuine Expedia guest review
"Very nice"
Treated like a King for a fair price. Very close to the ACC. Great view of the water. Would stay again.Genuine Expedia guest review
"central to our sights"
Pool was great...wish I brought workout clothes. Hotel rooms were probably really nice twenty years ago. Just needs update.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"nice but noisy"
Had a very noisy room. Took multiple calls to the front desk before getting moved @2am in the morning.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Toronto for Valentine's Day weekend"
The room and location were exactly what we were looking for. However, the hotel was packed with tweens/teens for some sort of convention at the time.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great hotel!"
My sister and I stayed at the Westin while seeing a concert in Toronto. The hotel was very upscale, but at a very affordable rate. Very clean, very friendly staff, very pretty. Set in a prime location in the middle of downtown Toronto, we were in walking distance to restaurants and entertainment. As soon as we left, my sister and I said we would definitely […] stay there again!! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"I'd Do It Again"
The room was clean, the staff was helpful and polite, and aside from an ice storm that hit in the middle of the night, it was a great weekend.Genuine Expedia guest review
We had a king-sized bed and a very cozy room! It almost didn't feel like a hotel really. Everything was clean just the way I like it and the staff was incredibly nice and accommodating. I recommend this hotel to anyone that would like to stay with the best of the best. I know I will definitely be back soon! Thank you!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Lovely, comfortable and superb service"
Friendly and couteous staff made us feel like we were important and we were well taken care of from the moment we checked in to when we left in the pre-arraanged taxi.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great location"
service was good, location greatGenuine Hotels.com guest review
Pleasant stay overall, My third stay at this propertyGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"On the lake, close to everything!"
I always like returning to the Harbour Castle. They must be doing something right because the staff (concierge, bell men, waiters, bartender) are still the same...not only are they still there but are enthusiastic about what they do! They make you feel like you're "home", which to a person on the road all the time is a wonderful feeling. I look forward […] to my next stay there. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
I have stayed at this hotel before, and was impressed, so I returned. The staff were excellent, particularly at reception. The room was beautiful, and I was upgrated upon my arrival. In general I wouldn't have had any complaints, but I was in a room next to a very noisy couple. The noise continued all evening, through the night, and into the next morning. […] It felt like I was in a brothel. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Loved the location and general upkeep of the hotel. Very friendly and accommodating staff. Drinks and dessert at the Toula Restaurant which was lovely. Was not impressed with the room. The beds were wonderful and the washroom was great. The condition of the easy chair, occasional table and other tables in the room was not up to standards. The chair […] looked worn and shabby, the occasional table and other tables were very scratched and worn looking. $200 is a lot of money to pay for this condition of room. Booked through Hotels.com and that caused several problems also. Perhaps this is the quality of room given these clients. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Luxury at a great price!"
The room was very clean and nice. The hotel staff was friendly and helpful. The location is perfect... one of the few places with a great view of the lake. Be sure to check out the 360 view in the restaurant/bar at the top of the hotel... fabulous views! We couldn't ask for more! We will definitely stay here again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Excellent just like royal castle!"
I paid less than $200 for a room at the top floor with full sea view. It's a beyond 5 star hotel among other Westin hotels, which are always one of my favorite hotel brands. Upon entrance of hotel, you'll definitely feel luxury! My family enjoyed staying over there, including my 2 year old daughter.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Lake views of a building"
We paid for a lake view room but our room faced the side of another building. If you sat next to the window. you could see a portion of the lake. We asked to be moved to a full lake view room but were told they didn't have any others available. We asked the concierge desk for suggestions of a restaurant with "American" bar food but she couldn't think […] of any. Then she directed us, with poor directions, to restaurants that were either closed or not the type of food we were looking for. Make sure to check out all of the add-one at this hotel because you get nickled and dimes for everything. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Room condition 2 star, maximum"
The staff is outstanding friendly... the view, we had a view at the sea is breathtaking... the cleanliness of the room unacceptable. Dirty wallpaper and bed head board. Chipped furnitures. Cover boards on AC defect not adjusted and showing significant amount of dust. Matrass extremely dirty, yet covered by sheets still disgusting. 1 star for the matress, […] maximum 2 for the condition of the room, 5 for the staff. For business and in and out a good location, to get to know Toronto a hotel downtown is recommended. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Not worth it"
The room we were assigned initially had an odor. The room we moved to wasn't much better. We called to have our car brought up from the valet and when we went down to get the car, they said they never got a call. Valet parking costs $45. We found mistakes on our statement which they willing corrected. Overall the experience was not worth the costGenuine Hotels.com guest review
One of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed in and all of the staff was extremely nice and helpful.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Hotel with a View!!!"
We checked in directly at 2:00. We got to our room, opened the curtains and WOW! There were boats moving through the harbor. There were people walking through the commons areas. It was absolutely amazing. The location of the hotel is ideal. We were within walking distance of just about everything we wanted to do. We would recommend staying at this hotel […] to whoever might ask. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Just OK..."
With the exception of Rochelle, the concierge, and the baggage handling guys, who were excellent, everything else about this hotel was just OK. The room, the beds, the service, etc all just ok. Even our view, from the 25th floor.looking at the Toronto Star, just ok. For the $$$ was expecting moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
Hotel is situated in a great spot, close to the Rogers Ctr and CN Tower, Union Station all within walking distance. Our room was clean but wallpaper, paint and bedding was dated. Mattress and Pillows were however very comfortable. Non-Smoking room smelled like it had been a smoking room at one point. Overall a little pricey for the condition.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Too many extra charges"
The rates for this hotel seemed reasonable, but they add on charges galore when you get there. $45 to park for a night? $17 for use of their wifi? The staff is cold and almost rude. I would not stay here again or recommend this to anyone.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Definitely stay here again"
I would stay here again. Like all the other reviews, there is construction right in front of the hotel but it's no big deal. It doesn't affect your room or anything else. They are very accomodating. Very nice rooms. We ran out of towels and called for more and got them literally within 3 minutes. Great service. Location is great. A few blocks from Hockey […] Hall of Fame and the CN Tower. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"You can always count on the Westin"
Lots of construction in Toronto. Not the best of time to be there.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Long wait to check in. good location, nice bed"
Westin Harbour Castle was ok. It's a VERY large hotel (1,200 rooms I think) (which if I were to do over I'd explore smaller size hotels) the location was good, on the waterfront with the Ferry directly behind the hotel. walkable to the area including Hockey Hall of Fame, St Lawrence market. we also walked to the Distillery District (though it was a […] bit of a distance). The lines to checkin were like a theme park line, we tried at noon, 3, and 5p and at all times (on a Saturday) the lines were ridiculous. at 9pm it was tolerable but by then my reserved room type was not available. an upgrade was offered at no cost. The bellhop did hold our luggage the entire day without issue as well. Rooms were clean, bedding comfortable - everything worked out fine, my next stay I will check for smaller size hotels in similar area, and if that's not available I'd stay here again. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Close to Rogers Center"
Myself, my husband and two sons were only in town for one night. We were there to see a Blue Jays game. We loved that the hotel was so close to Rogers Center and the CN Tower. We were able to walk over to those two things within a matter of minutes. The hotel is also located on Lake Ontario which was beautiful. There is a boardwalk with restaurants […] and other things that we enjoyed. The hotel itself is beautiful upon entering it. It looks like a 4 star hotel. I was a little bit bothered by the cleanliness of the room though. Considering it is a 4 star hotel, I would have thought that the room would have been cleaner. There was a lot of dust in our room along all the baseboards and in the air conditioning vents. There had also been a spill of something on the wall below the window and it was never cleaned up. I don't think that housekeeping couldn't see it. I ended up cleaning it when I got in there. Also, in the bathroom there was alot of dust on the shelf under the sink. I don't think that the rooms have been properly dusted in a very long time. I just felt that for a 4 star hotel the rooms should be spotless. Other than the dust, the beds were very comfortable and everything else was nice. I do think that the valet parking was pricey, but I guess that is what you get in the city. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"There was so much so much construction!"
The experience at the hotel was wonderful, but the dinner experience left much to be desiredGenuine Expedia guest review
over priced. had to pay for wifi even though free almost everywhere else. construction created chaos. info provided by workers not very useful.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Expensive , expected more for the price . The rooms were very small. They should be a water fountain on each floor .Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great location, great service, great stay"
Had a wonderful stay at the Westin Harbour Castle. Would highly recommend for 1st time travelers to Toronto, as this was my first time and the hotel is located in a great spot to really take in the city without getting yourself too lost.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Toronto harbour"
I stayed at the Westin for one day with my husband and 7 year old son. We been to Toronto before but my son was too young to remember so before we headed back home to NY we decided to stop by . The hotel was great , the guy at the check in desk was very nice and courteous , my son got a Westin kids club goody bag and he was so happy. The room was super […] clean with a nice view of the islands, the pool was also great and it was a must traveling with a child in the summertime. The main entrance is under construction or being remodel and we missed the entrance but besides that we had a great experience. Had to pay for the parking but didnt mind since we took our new car and didnt want to take a chance . The only bad thing to me was not having free wifi, you have to pay for it. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"TORONTO riverfront"
lots of options pool,spa,tennis...valet parking...very comfortableGenuine Expedia guest review
"Very nice rooms. Loved the decor and special soap!"
Beautiful location with lake view. Big rooms and very friendly staff. The hotel was 100% booked. Our double room smelled like smoke, but was very quickly changed. Highly recommend!Genuine Expedia guest review
"Blue Jays games."
Road construction in front of the hotel made it a challenge for hotel valets to keep up with the incoming guests, but they did a valliant job nonetheless.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Lovely lake front hotel."
This is a favorite. Wonderful location on Toronto's ever improving lakefront. The hotel is in top shape and the staff was attentive and kind. Worth paying for lakeside room overlooking the islands.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Perfect Location"
We were looking for a 4 star hotel at 3 star rates for our stay in Toronto. What a gem we found in the Westin Harbour Castle. After a taxi from the airport to the hotel, we found absolutely everything we had planned to do was within walking distance; Ferry to the Islands (right outside the door!) , a great comedy show at Second City, a baseball game […] at Rogers Stadium and a tour of CN Tower, a fabulous meal at Canoe ( a premiere Canadian restaurant that is out of this world), St. Lawrence Market, Union Station (with subways and trains to get anywhere), Eaton Center and ChinaTown. It was a great stay with waterfront views, incredible concierge staff who patiently helped make our activity schedule work and sent us to great food and fun. Loved this trip, loved the city, loved the people and loved the hotel. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"The Extras Add Up Quick"
Was disappointed. Glad that we didn't pay rate that hotel had advertised. There was no parking available at the hotel and had to park 3 blocks away. 25.00 to park overnight and then 20.00 to remove the car the next morning!! None of the parking that the hotel had said would be available was due to construction. They should know better. They are a downtown […] TO hotel! Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Right on the Harbour to Relax with a Beautiful Vie"
We had a wonderful stay. I must say the hotel employees are wonderful and really helpful. The hotel offered free maps of the city with popular areas of interest. There were only two things that I would recommend improving. It really would be nice to have free coffee in the lobby for those staying in the hotel. The two cups that you can make in your […] room just isn't enough. Secondly, the whirlpool maintenance should be done after hours and rooms should be notified. We went down to the pool area to relax and it was closed. We couldn't wait around for two hours and were checking out that day so we didn't get to use it. It was disappointing. Overall though the hotel is beautiful and the location is perfect. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"excellent stay"
Perfect locationGenuine Hotels.com guest review
The Hotel is Okay but the people working there are rude. When I get there on Saturday it was a mess, no parking space at the hotel and no valet parking! I had to go to another parking down couple of blocks. The location of the hotel is nice but right now a lot of work area and building going on. I forgot the breakfast cost 27$ and nothing exception […] nal. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great central location"
People in Toronto and Westin in particular are very friendly and helpful. Location of Westin within walking distance to Blue Jays games, restaurants, island ferry, entertainment and public transportation. Pool and patio area perfect for families.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great experience"
The hotel was easy to get to, but very busy weekend in Toronto, so we couldn't use valet parking. Hotel was beautiful and the view overlooking the lake was gorgeous! I would gladly stay at the Westin Harbour Castle again.Genuine Expedia guest review
"nice view and convenient location"
overall the location was nice, however there was a lot of construction going on which made it hard to get around. The rooms were clean, but the view was not good because of the window glass needed cleaning..Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Excellent overall - I'll probably stay at the Westin Harbour Castle the next time I visit Toronto.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
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In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty - NYTimes.com (via iamdanw)
What was that Paul Graham quote about Uber being so virtuous that you can measure how corrupt cities are by their resistance to it?
Here's the problem with bigger numbers and endless possibility: They don't go well with humans. We don't have the processing power. Dating is not simply about finding like-minded people, but about limiting your potential set of choices. When we're making a selection from what sociologists call a bounded set of choices, we can "satisfice" — that is, reach a kind of threshold of satisfaction. Once we find something above that level, great, let's try it.
When the number of options increases, we become maximizers — unsatisfied with those options, and wanting more. On Tinder, we can judge, swipe and date as if there is an unlimited number of matches. When faced with boundless choices, can we ever choose?"—Playing the Numbers in Digital Dating - NYTimes.com
The Gangster's Guide to Upward Mobility
Not always the biggest Malcolm Gladwell fan, but this piece was pretty prescient in advance of the events in Ferguson, Missouri.
The problem, it seemed to me on that day, was that Clinton is a little haphazard at picking what to care about and whom to share it with. (This turned out to be, as insights go, an understatement.) He had made an unlucky Vulcan mind-meld with me on the subject of Bangladesh. And then he turned to Hunter Thompson, of all people, and said with wholehearted fervor, "We're going to put one hundred thousand new police officers on the street."
I was up all night persuading Hunter that this was not a personal threat."—
The Atlantic | Feb 2001 | Bill Clinton and His Consequences | O'Rourke
In light of the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, I was reminded of this Hunter Thompson/Bill Clinton anecdote, which I found hilarious at the beginning of my think-piece reading career in 2001 and still find pretty amusing today.
Isn't it striking that the most-typical and most-maligned genres of Instagram imagery happen to correspond to the primary genres of Western secular art? All that #foodporn is still-life; all those #selfies, self-portraits. All those vacation vistas are #landscape; art-historically speaking, #beachday pics evoke the hoariest cliché of middle-class leisure iconography. (As for the #nudes, I guess they are going on over on Snapchat.)
Why this (largely unintentional) echo? Because there is a sneaky continuity between the motivations behind such casual images and the power dynamics that not-so-secretly governed classic art.
Technology has so democratized image-making that it has put the artistic power once mainly associated with aristocrats—to stylize your image and project yourself to an audience as desirable—into everyone's hands. (Although the parallel to art as "celebration of private property" is probably most vivid in the case of those who most closely resemble modern-day aristocrats. See: "Rich Kids of Instagram"). But images retain their function as game pieces in the competition for social status. "Doesn't this look delicious?" "Aren't I fabulous?" "Look where I am!" "Look what I have!""—Instagram and Art Theory (via Bill Couch)
One map from the 1650s combined the "Island of California," a famous cartographical error, with an imagined inland strait that would have carried mariners southwest from the icy north of Canada, through a Mer Glaciale (Icy Sea) and past the mythical cities of Cibola and what it called the Apaches Vaqueros ("cowboy Apaches") of New Mexico. This hypothetical passage ends in the relatively balmy, sea otter–friendly waters off Point Reyes and Cape Mendocino, near Humboldt County.
The commercial advantages of such a route were obvious from the beginning, but for [Alchemist/Wizard John] Dee, as usual, things ran deeper. He was searching not only for trade with China but for the ultimate alchemical object: the Philosopher's Stone. In 1582, Dee speculated in his angelic diaries that the stone might be "hid in the secret of the depths, in the uttermost part" of the King of Spain's dominions. The Pacific-facing lands stretching far to the west of British North America, Dee hoped, might shelter the Philosopher's Stone as well as the Northwest Passage.
Dee never made it to California, nor did he really know it as a distinct geographical place—but that didn't stop him from dreaming about it."—Paris Review – Wizards of the Coast, Benjamin Breen
Everyone is interested in doing fun things with their bodies. But the impulse to systematize, replicate, package, sell, and build an ideology around it is uniquely Silicon Valley. Part of what drives app makers and investors is the urge to bend the world to their desires—turn a thing on its side to see if it works better that way. In the personal realm, that translates to a libertine sense of entitlement and the pursuit of total optimization. OM seems ideally designed to meet those goals.
Many of OneTaste's employees and devotees work in the startup sector. Reese Jones, Daedone's sometime boyfriend, is also a venture capitalist and serial inventor credited with the first sound-recording software. During a presentation at the conference, Jones would compare the "OM container"—which refers both to the pillow-and-blanket covered "nest" one is supposed to construct and to the time limits and emotional boundaries of the practice—to the Internet communications protocol TCP/IP.
This past April, during the interactive portion of South by Southwest, Daedone delivered a talk titled "Female Orgasm: The Regenerative Human Technology" to a packed room. She relayed an endorsement from foundational futurist Ray Kurzweil, whose Singularity University counts Reese Jones as a board member. "The next thing we knew we were invited into all of these tech circles and, whoa, man, the testing there was rigorous and crazy," she said. "But finally we got the blessing of Ray Kurzweil that we are officially a technology, and they said it's based on scientific knowledge about physiology and psychology and it goes far beyond insight or a piece of advice."
"In fact," she said, "I would go even further to say orgasm can do for physical connection what the internet has done for us in terms of virtual connection.""—Nitisha Tiku: My Life With the Thrill-Clit Cult
Nobody ever joins a cult. One joins a nonprofit group that promotes green technology, animal rights, or transcendental meditation. One joins a yoga class or an entrepreneurial workshop. One begins practicing an Eastern religion that preaches peace and forbearance. The first rule of recruitment, writes Margaret Singer, the doyenne of cult scholarship, is that a recruit must never suspect he or she is being recruited. The second rule is that the cult must monopolize the recruit's time.
The psychological methods used by a cult leader are the same as those used by con men, advertisers, and politicians. As Margaret Singer writes in Cults in Our Midst:
'Cult leaders and con artists are opportunists who read the times and the ever-changing culture and adapt their pitch to what will appeal at a given moment. These manipulators survive because they adapt and because they are chameleon-like. So, at some times we get cults based on health fads, business-training programs, get-rich-quick schemes, and relationship improvement seminars; at others we get fundamentalist religious cults, Eastern meditation groups, identity or hate groups, longevity groups, and so forth.'"—Nathaniel Rich: "The Man Who Saves You from Yourself" (via Nitasha Tiku)
The new tech bros have one thing on their brains—making money. They are different than the programmers I knew from '90s, many of whom were also artists—musicians, photographers, DJs, involved in underground and alternative subcultures. They were freaks. Coding was as much a creative activity as a means to making money. If you got into computers in the '90s, you were already a little weirder than the rest of the world, you already thought differently. Now that computing is trendy—and economically fruitful—it's attracting a different kind of person altogether.
"I can see exactly how the tech group in the '90s may have been more interesting because they actually were disrupting things. They changed culture, and you can't do that without not only a driven focus but also a wide lens," said Violet.
Today, she said, "I went out with so many guys who thought they were a part of some big revolution, but who looked to me like any establishment dude in a suit. There was a lack of awareness that they are the establishment now. They wanted it all, to be treated like a tech revolutionary and to be fawned over like a millionaire banker. Who I was got completely lost in the mix.""—Tricia Romano: Amazon is killing my sex life
Those affiliated with the humanities—who interest themselves in all the things that can't be measured, but must be judged instead, like moral, aesthetic and philosophical questions—are experiencing a daily low-grade fever of dissatisfaction (or generalized rage, in the case of Sam Biddle) as we are daily sold on the inevitability of catastrophic ideas. In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld told a reporter that the OMB had estimated that the Iraq War would cost something less than $50 billion—the total sum, to be shared by the US and its allies. There would be "smart bombs," plans laid by expert warmongerers, all kinds of precision.
None of this persuaded the people who'd read their history and learned about the politics, who were warning against the likelihood of disaster and of civil war and the emboldening of extremists, and who marched in their millions (many, many millions) in the streets of the world's capital cities in early 2003. So it rankles in a particular way to see that the true cost of the Iraq War topped $2 trillion not long ago.
What is the study of humanities for? It's to prevent this. To apply the lessons of history, and consider the possible costs to the future. To consider not only what will profit us but what will be right for us to do, and why. Andreessen, a dyed-in-the-wool measurer and chart-monger if there ever was one, is a man who would never even dream of a just world, where all would sit at the same table. He is the living example of what is lost when we value things only through the money they represent."—
Marc Andreessen and the Inevitability of Catastrophic Ideas - The Awl
This is exactly why so much the tech industry's rhetoric these days makes broadly educated people feel like they're taking crazy pills. When Marc Andreesen claims, for example, that we're about to enter a robot utopia where we all paint and compose symphonies in perfect economic harmony (and that any unpleasantness in the intervening period will be smoothed over by a form of trickle down economics that demands nothing of the rich while ensuring that society doesn't collapse under the weight of crushing economic inequality), it's hard not to wonder if he knows anything at all about, oh, say, the entire history of humanity. When he attempts to undermine a critic by mocking her liberal arts credentials and pointing out that she surely can't be as smart as him because she probably knows nothing about real, scienc-ey things like "quantum entanglement," he only demonstrates that, like so many blinkered, self-proclaimed rationalists in tech, he knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
You can see how a Silicon Valley software programmer would naturally be attracted to the self-reinforcing integrity built into this feedback loop. The prosperity generated by letting Silicon Valley do what it wants without burdensome regulation or restrictions on trade will pay for the safety net that will protect the people displaced by trade or disruptive tech innovation. Perfect. Call it trickle-down techno-capitalism.
But there's a humongous bug in this code. There is very little evidence that the people who are getting rich off technological innovation are eager to pay for a robust social welfare net, no matter how rich they get. Quite the opposite. Translated into a political program, the Andreessen solution has no constituency. The political coalition that pushes for "letting markets work" is dead set against tax increases and social welfare expansion. To take only the most obvious example: Ro Khanna, a Democratic congressional candidate backed by Silicon Valley's elite to represent Silicon Valley, wants to keep capital gains taxes low and cut taxes on businesses."—Tech's toxic political culture: The stealth libertarianism of Silicon Valley bigwigs - Salon.com
I'd read each issue from cover-to-cover, deciding on its predominant "themes," and record this data in an elaborate database program on my Apple IIe. As a finishing touch, I'd give each issue a "grade," emulating EW's own, then-novel system of affixing a grade to the media products it reviewed.
In my North Idaho town of 30,000, we had three movie screens and I wasn't allowed to watch cable. But EW's approach to media appealed to me in the way that all broad, detail-oriented taxonomies appeal to children: It provided me with a field to master and the tools to do so. Eleven-year-old me was an expert on the Weinsteins, Sundance, and the phenomena of sex, lies, and videotape and The Crying Game—without ever even seeing the movies, or really even knowing what they were about."—
The Trials of 'Entertainment Weekly': One Magazine's 24 Years of Corporate Torture (via iamdanw)
This resonates with me in a big way. I grew up as a precocious child in a fairly conservative household in Denver, and for awhile in the early 90s my cover-to-cover reading of Newsweek and Entertainment Weekly served as a covert window into the sort of big time, edgy American culture being produced in places like New York and LA. I was very aware of art world events I couldn't possibly attend (like the '93 Whitney Biennial with its "I can't imagine ever wanting to be white" tags) and I closely followed on a meta level movies I wasn't actually allowed to see ("Silence of the Lambs" remains one of my favorite movies to this day, partly, I'm sure, due to my following its release and subsequent acclaim in the pages of EW). As this piece explains, the early 90s were an interesting time for media: the Epiphanator was still at the apex of its cultural power, but thanks to mergers, a growing focus on "synergy," and the general "meta"-ness of the 90s, there was an unprecedented level of popular media savviness. On one hand you might guess that things like Twitter would have accelerated this, but I think in reality the Internet has eroded the prestige of "big media" in such a way that fewer people are concerned with who Michael Ovitz or the Weinsteins or Tina Brown are like I was as a nerd-ish 16 year old.
Zappos has apparently decided it is no longer good enough to be a qualified hire who is interested in the job. An interested applicant must also spend unremunerated time pretending to engage in virtual social relationships with existing employees. The American economy has become so warped that it now appears reasonable to a subsidiary of a leading public company to require people who may never be hired to spent large amounts of time pretending to be friends with people with whom they may never work.
This represents the convergence of at least three disturbing trends in the current American economy: the long-term unemployment of large numbers of people and the consequent power given to any company which is hiring; the technology industry's revival of old prejudices under catchy new names; and the way that technology increasingly erodes any sense that our work selves are merely a component of our lives, rather than the entirety of our existence."—Friends without Benefits | Blog | The Baffler
Some of the men at this party are more eccentric than those we received as matches. A programmer who donated "several hundred dollars" to the Crowdtilt likens the donation to "giving $2 to a homeless person." In an affectless voice, he analyzes the relative Asian-ness of each of my facial features, then explains his frustration with online dating: "I prefer to use reality as my platform. There's zero latency, no lag. Do you know what lag is? When you do something online, you don't get a response right away. Meeting women in reality — boom! — fully responsive." As he says this, he begins to touch me. I flee. Soon thereafter, Emma Tessler points out a different man she believes to be "obsessed with" me. She offers to run interference, and I do not see him again.
I meet an angel investor who admits he gave to the Crowdtilt to butter up CEO Lauren Kay so she'd accept his money. "With these Y Combinator companies, sometimes so many people want to invest that they end up turning down money," he explained. He'd given money to the Dating Ring to secure the chance to give even more money to the Dating Ring. He wouldn't tell me how much he invested, but did mention a desire to buy an airplane."—I Got Shipped to California to Date Tech Guys - The Cut (via iamdanw)


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Fri, December 07, 2012 - 12:08 AM
Rihanna must be singing her song Cheers and celebrating with a glass of champagne for her three Grammy 2013 nods announced Wednesday night.
She took to Twitter to congratulate her fans after she received three nominations. She tweeted: "Congrats guys, we got #3 Grammy Nods!!! #ThugLife".
The You Da One star's Grammy haul stands at five, including a pair of wins at the 2010 ceremony, and she will be hoping to add to that collection on February 10.
The Bajan star is in the Best Pop Solo Performance category against Adele, Katy Perry, Carly Rae Jepsen and Kelly Clarkson. For Best Rap/Sung Colab she has Talk That Talk with Jay-Z, ironically also going up against Jay-Z and Kanye West for No Church In The Wild and also against Flo Rida. (NS)Please read the full story in today's WEEKEND NATION, or in the eNATION edition.
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- Posted by Frank Husbands 1 year, 8 months ago
- I am tempted to wish her good luck but she seems to have so much of that. I will simply wish her the best.
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THAT's where her head is at?
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- She always professes the THUGLIFE, go girrrrrrrrrlllllll!!!!!! With that said, we all should wish her GOOD LUCK and continue to wish her good luck, because if she continues at the rate she is going the LUCK IS GOING TO RUN OUT!!!
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IT'S BEEN a historic tennis season already for Jackson County, and both the boys' and girls' teams aim to make it even more historic next week.
With both teams enjoying their best showing ever in region play, the Panthers and Lady Panthers will try to qualify for the state tournament for the first time in school history when they take part in the Region 8-AAA tournament at Oconee County next Wednesday (April 16) and Thursday (April 17).
"I'm thrilled," coach Natalie Peterson said. "This is our best region standing in school history."
Both teams are 4-3 in region play and enter the region tournament as no. 4 seeds.
The Panthers play Elbert County at 9:30 a.m. on April 16, while the Lady Panthers play Elbert County at 11 a.m. on the same day. Both teams will match up with North Oconee in the next round if they win.
Of course, one win for either team at region would be historic as it would assure a spot in the state tournament.
Peterson pointed to the play of the boys' singles players — Blake Bingham, Dylan McDonald and Nate Konarski — this season. Bingham and McDonald both moved up from doubles to play no. 1 and no. 2 singles.
"(It was) a move they weren't really happy with, but they've fought hard for the wins they've brought us at singles," she said.
Peterson added that Konarski enjoyed an "amazing season at no. 3 singles."
"The amped up competition level in our singles play has helped to fuel the entire team," Peterson said. "The confidence of our doubles players has hit an all time high. With the competitive drive and the confidence both in gear I feel we are ready for the tournament. All we have to do is 'be a tree' and keep it in play."
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MONKTON Someone took an illegal shot through their truck window at a deer early Wednesday, but hit another vehicle on the road instead, police said.
Michael Deforge, 30, of Essex Junction told Vermont State Police he was driving on the Monkton-Vergennes Road after midnight when he came upon another truck that had stopped for a deer that crossed the road.
The driver of the other truck shot at the deer but missed and hit Deforges truck instead, police said.
The shooter then fled, driving northeast on the road, according to Deforge, who was uninjured.
Police did not release a description of the truck but said Deforge had provided details of the other vehicle.
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In addition to thousands of homes and businesses, numerous traffic lights across the city also lost power Wednesday, making intersections dangerous for drivers.
More than 30 traffic lights lost power throughout the day, causing a lot of confusion on the road.
As of 6 p.m. 1,700 Penelec customers were still without power.
"The hardest-hit area is on the city's West side," said Penelec spokesperson, Bill Jerin. "We have 1,100 customers in that area, alone, without power," he said.
Jerin said the outage is largely due to powerful gusts of wind.
Many businesses were also hit hard by the mass outages. Business owners said, what was already a slow day for business, got even worse when the power went out. "All we know, the lights started flickering and then the power went out," said shift manager at Country Fair, Sabreina Jordan. "We've had to turn a ton of customers away," she said.Harley Davidson of Erie, also lost power for an extended period of time. "Ours was out for about an hour," said Susan Lapping, co-owner, Harley Davidson. "It came back on about 11:30 but then we lost it again for a couple minutes. Once we lost power, we obviously couldn't ring anybody up," she said.An officer from the Erie Police Department stopped by the station and asked us to remind people that if they do come to an intersection where the traffic lights are out, to treat it like a 4-way stop.
Penelec is at full-staff, working overtime to make sure that all customers are restored in a timely manner.


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Lib Dems fear NHS overspend may close services
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams says the Wales Audit Office report predicting that the Welsh health service could end the year up to £131m in the red is 'of grave concern.' She added:
This is a serious amount of money and I am deeply concerned that towards the end of the financial year, when budgets will be extremely tight, vital services will have to close putting patient care and safety at risk.
We saw this happen last year and some LHBs didn't even manage to meet their financial targets. I fear that towards the end of this financial year, patients across Wales will start to really feel the consequences of Labour's mismanagement of our NHS.


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Saban laments early NFL draft entriesAlex Scarborough
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Nick Saban likes to refer to the NFL draft as a "business decision." Of course he'd love it if his most talented players finished out their eligibility at Alabama, but the promise of long-term financial security is enough to sway ...Blog | January 24, 2014
AJ McCarron took a chance in returning to Alabama Crimson TideAlex Scarborough
AJ McCarron chose to stay in school rather than jump to the NFL. Then he watched as three QBs who one year before him made the same decision took a tumble on draft day.Story | Conversation | April 28, 2013
Anthony Steen quietly perfect for Alabama Crimson Tide in 2012Alex Scarborough
Alabama offensive guard Athony Steen pitched the equivalent of 14 consecutive perfect games: no penalties and no sacks all season. It wasn't enough to get him much recognition on a stellar offensive line, however.Story | Conversation | April 02, 2013
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Much like the Crimson Tide's showing at the NFL combine last month, Wednesday's pro day on the University of Alabama campus will have a distinctly limited feel as many of its participants are still battling injuries sustained duri...Blog | March 12, 2013
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MOBILE, Ala. -- Winning 49 games and three national championships only got Nico Johnson so far. The former Alabama linebacker enters the thick of Senior Bowl practice this week with plenty of questions about his game. Is he fast enough to play in ...Blog | January 22, 2013
LB Hubbard to return next seasonAlex Scarborough
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- The buzz that Alabama redshirt sophomore linebacker Adrian Hubbard might be leaving early for the NFL draft can be put to rest as he announced through the university that he would return for another season. "I had a chance to t...Blog | January 11, 2013
Tide could have five taken in first roundGreg Ostendorf
Thursday night could prove to be a historic night for the University of Alabama. Coming off its second national championship in three years, the Crimson Tide could have up to five players selected in the first round of the NFL draft, the most ever...Blog | April 26, 2012
Upshaw fails to impress at NFL combineAlex Scarborough
A little more than a month ago, Courtney Upshaw was the talk of the NFL draft, rising up many draft boards with his impressive showing at the Senior Bowl in Mobile, Ala. Going against the best seniors in the country, the former University of Alabama ...Blog | March 02, 2012
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zeb's medicine team that he has been working with this month came for dinner on friday night. to say they are a talented group is an understatement. sam was so excited about them coming. he carried his green and orange plastic whistle around all day waiting on them. they were kind enough to let him play a long a bit! it was such a fun night!
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Zeb, Anna, Sara Beth, Leigh and Sam
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PSA: School Pics can lead to a Broken Arm
I sent this picture to some of our family and told them that Leigh had broken her arm. The reasonable assumption was that she broke it doing gymnastics. Not the case. That's just when I realized she was serious about it hurting. We went to gymnastics on Thursday and she didn't use her arm AT ALL!
This is how she broke her arm (on Wednesday morning at 7:30)...taking back to school pictures! They took a silly picture and a silly picture with bookbags on their backs led to some unsteady feet. Leigh ended up on the bottom of a few kids and she hit her arm against the curb. Now...she let out the EXACT same scream she did two days prior when she got bitten by a bug so I didn't really think it was hurt. Lesson learned! She now has her own personal "don't cry wolf" story.
See this poor pained face...yep...well, I told her teacher she had fallen, but that it was just nerves! I know I deserve the Mother of the Year Award!
We got it x-rayed on Thursday after gymnastics, but the cast people were already gone for the day. So she had a splint overnight and got a really cool tye-dyed cast on Thursday!
Now she will never forget breaking her arm on the 1st day of 1st grade and her momma not believing her!
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
And...our back to school pictures...
Last night we had our annual back to school pictures. I had all of these things from past parties, so I didn't have to buy anything this year. (All of the printables I found last year until free printables.) I didn't look at pictures from the past so that I would do something a little different! It was so fun!
I found these notebook page napkins from Target last year for 25 cents each. I bought 4 packs, so I will definitely be using these in the future!
I cashed in my groupon for a cookie cake! YUMMY!
The girls decided on dinner. Sara Beth decided on steak and asparagus and Leigh picked macaroni and cheese and broccoli. I can't believe it was actually balanced!
All ready for the big day!
The Jordan's are ready too!
Mrs. Bowman and Leigh
Mrs. Randolph and Sara Beth
Both girls came out with huge smiles and said "This is going to be a great year!!" I am so thankful!
While the girls were having their big day, Sam went to a first grade meeting, then played cars in the FPC workroom while I stuffed notebooks for MOMS. While I was wrapping things up, he made himself at home in Weezie's office! This was the Sea of Galilee and the 12 disciples! And the green was dry land! Weezie, I hope we cleaned your office up! Poor guy is going to be ready for school to start! Tomorrow he's going with me to get my hair cut and then physical therapy for my neck! His school starts in one week!
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
back to school tea party
my mom has been taking me to friend's in brandon for as long as i remember. my kiddos can say the same thing! she loves to take them for a tea party to celebrate big events! we went last week to celebrate back to school!
this guy asked me if boys go to tea parties. i told him usually not but i reminded him that he got to eat those yummy muffins. i'm pretty sure those muffins will keep this boy going for many many years!
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The Mirror brands the England captaincy a 'farce' after Fabio Capello apparently moved to confirm that Rio Ferdinand will remain his permanent skipper, while previous incumbent John Terry will be reinstated to face Wales and Ghana later this month.
In other snippets, The Mirror picks up on ManUtd.com's announcement that Anders Lindegaard will miss roughly five weeks of action as he prepares to undergo knee surgery, while The Sun claims supposed United target Ashley Young has told close friends he wishes to leave Aston Villa this summer.
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Conservative Republican legislators in major states are trying to block efforts by more pragmatic governors of their own party to accept health insurance for more low-income residents under President Barack Obama's health care law.
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At the time the legislation was enacted, Arizona was one of only five states that did not provide either nighttime driving restrictions or passenger limitations for new teenage drivers.
New law will reduce accidents, save lives
At the time the legislation was enacted, Arizona was one of only five states that did not provide either nighttime driving restrictions or passenger limitations for new teenage drivers.
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Bob Hisserich ("More government in your life?," Opinion 2, July 28) recognizes that states with graduated driver license laws for teenagers have experienced reductions in teen-related fatal crashes. According to a study released by Johns Hopkins School of Public Affairs and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, jurisdictions that have enacted graduated driver license laws have reported reductions of 11 percent to 32 percent in fatal crash rates of novice drivers.
During the 2007 legislative debate, a handful of legislators raised similar objections to those expressed by Hisserich regarding the perceived encroachment on parental rights. Of course, that argument was not persuasive, as parental decisions on teenage driving and the effects of those actions are not limited to the teen driver.
Across the country, 63.5 percent of the individuals killed in teen-driver crashes are people other than the teen driver; in Arizona, that number increases to 74.5 percent.
From a traffic safety perspective, the Teenage Driver Safety Act does not replace family decisions on new teen drivers. Rather, the law will increase parental involvement by providing additional tools to assist parents and guardians in improving the driving capabilities of new teen drivers. The statistical data clearly demonstrates that the provisions contained in this law will reduce teen-related accidents and the tragic events that often follow such an incident.
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2-parent argument doesn't hold up
Once again I've read a letter arguing against the right of homosexuals to marry by stating "every child is entitled to a father and a mother."
I do not see the correlation. That type of statement should be attached to an article encouraging adoption.
Children are born every day to couples who are not married. States have thick books full of biographies of children waiting to be adopted; waiting for someone to call mother or father. To their credit, some homosexual couples are adopting children overlooked by heterosexual couples. I do not see the connection between couples who love each other being allowed to marry and children having a mother and a father.
I would love to see every child have such, but life does not work out that way. Let's use that argument to promote adoption.
Bill Clothier
Tests aren't the problem, money is
Twelve years ago when AIMS began, and every year since, I sit in my department with my colleagues and say, "Why don't we just have all students take the ACT or the SAT to determine how smart they are or if they should graduate?" Just figure out an acceptable figure that shows a student should graduate from high school.
Why spend $12.6 million on the new AIMS test when the ACT and SAT already exist? I looked up the Michigan Merit Exam the article speaks of ("Lawmakers put AIMS on chopping block," July 16). It is like the AIMS test, but they added the ACT with writing and science and social studies.
And, by the way, students don't have to pass it to graduate. The motivation is $4,000 toward college or trade school. We have a similar reward of free tuition to Arizona colleges if a student exceeds all portions of the AIMS.
As a teacher, I know some students are going to blow the test off if there are no consequences, and this will sway test results that affect district goals under the No Child Left Behind Act. Without this consequence, students won't take it seriously, and schools will receive less funding.
The real problem for state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is that Arizona is allotted $11 per student for these tests while Michigan receives $115 per student to take these tests.
So, what is the answer? Money, as usual. Arizona's student population is 1.15 million and Michigan's student population is 1.79 million. At $115 per student for these tests, it's obvious Michigan is an education state and we are still a retirement state. When are we going to get serious about money in education in this state?
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In response to "Supervisor questions deputies' response times, (Tribune, July 24)" Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley is finally asking tough questions of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office that should have been addressed long ago.
In asking for an explanation from Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his department about the spiking response times across the county, the Board of Supervisors is beginning to address the concerns of many Maricopa County residents. However, there is still a long way to go, and the current leadership on the Board of Supervisors has proven inadequate.
Taxpayers should know how the county budget is being spent and how the sheriff's department plans to protect them. I would like to see some accountability and concern for public safety in the county government. That is why I will be voting for Ed Hermes for Maricopa County supervisor on Nov. 4; he is committed to asking the questions that need to be asked, and to increasing standards of public safety in Maricopa County. That should be able to bring all residents peace of mind.
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During this election year, District 18 will have a most important decision to make. For the first time in as long as I can remember, there will not be an incumbent running for the same office. We must now decide who will be the best representation for us. I am supporting Kevin Gibbons for the Arizona Senate.
Kevin Gibbons values the same virtues and character of our stalwart forebears — faith in God, courage, industry, frugality, self-reliance and integrity.
Gibbons understands that the government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives. He knows that we are not free unless government is limited. He will fight for individual rights, to lower taxes and to limit government.
Gibbons is a champion of family values. As a husband and father, he believes in the sanctity of life, the blessedness of marriage and the preservation of the family unit.
As a conservative, he will demand that the government take any and all steps necessary to immediately enforce our laws, secure our borders and protect our nation. He also realizes the necessity of providing more work visas to allow individuals to come to the United States to improve their lives. He will encourage legal immigration and assimilation in the United States.
Kevin Gibbons is a common-sense conservative, and that is why we should all support him.
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Gibbons plays with other party
I wonder what could be next for Kevin Gibbons in his quest for District 18's Republican State Senate seat, an endorsement by Janet Napolitano? It is not surprising he did not keep Jim Pederson's money, but what is shocking is that it he took it in the first place!
With the state's budget negotiations that are sure to continue next year, we need someone who is going to look out for the taxpayer and will stand up to the shady practices that have been going on. Republicans should not be for sale, especially not to the former Democratic Party chairman!
Littlefield: I'm voting for Lane
It is well known that, in the upcoming race between incumbent Mayor Mary Manross and challenger Councilman Jim Lane, I differ sharply with both candidates on issues that I care about deeply.
I have clashed with both of them over how best to preserve Scottsdale's special character and high quality of life and the creation of a Scottsdale Fire Department, to name just two of these issues. So it is tempting for me to just sit this race out and not take sides.
It is tempting, but it would be a mistake. The bottom line is that one of these two candidates is going to be the mayor of the city I love. Who that mayor is will make a huge difference to Scottsdale's future.
With those high stakes in mind I will be marking my ballot for Jim Lane and I urge all Scottsdale voters to do the same.
One reason for this is money. Over the next few years, our city will be facing a slowdown in revenues and increase in costs. Scottsdale will desperately need budgetary discipline from the mayor and council members to keep our finances healthy.
In the four years that Lane has been on the Scottsdale City Council, he has been its most consistent fiscal conservative. He has always opposed throwing taxpayer dollars away on subsidies to favored special interests. And he has fought for setting responsible budget targets in advance of budget development, true zero-based budgeting, and appointing an independent city treasurer as a full-time watchdog for taxpayer dollars.
But the biggest reason that I am voting for Lane is that he has consistently supported greater openness and accountability in city government.
For example, when Manross and her allies voted to spend your taxpayer dollars on legal fees to keep you from seeing performance documents about your top city officials, Lane, Councilman Tony Nelssen and I fought to have those documents made available to the public, which a judge ultimately ordered the city to do.
In a Jim Lane administration, residents would not have to fight their own representatives to see how the business of their city government is done.
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Huppenthal is easy choice
How many years, or decades, of dedicated, selfless community service will it take before everyone realizes that Sen. John Huppenthal, R-Chandler, is the right man for the job in District 20? He was (and is) the right man, first on the Chandler City Council, then in the Arizona House and now as our state senator.
That he had to write a column (Opinion 2, July 27) defending himself against the ridiculous notion that he somehow failed in efforts to assist the students at Corona del Sol High School was reprehensible. How much do his few detractors think his competitors helped Corona? What did they do besides wringing their hands while Huppenthal and Reps. John McComish, R-Ahwatukee Foothills, and Bob Robson, R-Chandler, stepped up for their constituents?
Men like John Huppenthal are hard to find. Voting to keep him in office should be the easiest choice on the ballot.
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