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Wednesday September 25th, 2013 - 10:57AM
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Built NY has announced the addition of Melissa Gross as svp/product development.
Gross brings nearly two decades of experience in product development, sourcing, buying and merchandising within the home and accessories markets, according to Built. Most recently, she was vp/product development at Springs Global US, Inc.
"Gross has been instrumental in successfully developing and launching new categories and brands," Built CEO Chris Knauf said in a statement. "We welcome her leadership and expertise as we seek to secure Built's positioning as the leading creator of innovative, stylish, design-driven lifestyle products."
Prior to Springs Global US, Inc., Gross was director of product development and merchandising at Ralph Lauren, where she developed and merchandised home collections for Chaps at Kohls, American Living at JCPenney and Lauren for Ralph Lauren. She has also held the position of sourcing manager for Target.
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Tour de France hits East Anglia
After the hills and dales of Yorkshire, the Tour de France hits the flatter lands of East Anglia on Monday for the third stage from Cambridge to London via Essex.
The cyclists will depart from Cambridge city centre at 12.15pm on the 155 km stage (96 miles).
Two hours ahead of the cyclists is the Tour's publicity caravan - a procession of colourfully decorated trucks and cars of the race's sponsors.
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Been to a cannabis trade show lately? The floors are crawling with barely-clothed women pitching products. People shrug and say that's what happens at trade shows, but why does that have to be the case at our shows?


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Can Merck Continue to Surge Higher?
With shares of Merck (NYSE:MRK) trading around $53, is MRK an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE, or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
T = Trends for a Stock's Movement
Merck is a global health care company that delivers health solutions through its prescription medicines, vaccines, biologic therapies, animal health, and consumer care products, which it markets directly and through its joint ventures. The company consists of four operating segments: the Pharmaceutical, Animal Health, Consumer Care, and Alliances segments, and one reportable segment in the Pharmaceutical segment. Merck aims to provide valuable health care products and services to consumers, animals, and companies in need worldwide. Look for the company to see rising profits as it advances the products and services of the health care field.
Merck is considering its options for its animal health and consumer-care operations and plans to carry out any moves this year. The pharmaceutical company said it "could reach different decisions" about the businesses. Merck's comments follow reports last week that the company is in talks with Novartis (NYSE:NVS) about the Swiss pharmaceuticals company swapping its animal-health and human vaccines businesses for the U.S. drug maker's over-the-counter health-products unit. As part of a plan announced in October, Merck expects to cut annual operating costs by $2.5B by the end of 2015 versus 2012, with $1B to be realized by the end of this year. Meanwhile, Merck has started the process of applying for approval of its MK-3475 immunotherapy for patients with advanced melanoma who have stopped responding to Bristol-Myer Squibb's Yervoy. Merck expects to complete the initial filing this year.


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Photos: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Solange, Deerhunter, More at FYF Fest 2013
By Pitchfork on August 26, 2013 at 5:22 p.m. EDT
Photos by Lindsey Best
This year's FYF Fest in Los Angeles included sets by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio, MGMT, Deerhunter, Solange, Washed Out, The Breeders, Glasser, Yo La Tengo, No Age, Mikal Cronin, Waxahatchee, and many more. Photographer Lindsey Best was there. (My Bloody Valentine didn't allow photographs.)
Watch: Baroness Play "March to the Sea", Talk Bus Accident and Return to Touring on Pitchfork.tv's "+1"
By Pitchfork on August 14, 2013 at 11:37 a.m. EDT
During their show at House of Vans in Brooklyn late last month, Pitchfork.tv caught up with Baroness for a new installment of "+1". In addition to performing their Yellow & Green highlight "March to the Sea", they talked about the aftermath of last year's bus accident and their return to touring.
Photos: The Cure, Phoenix, Cat Power, Beach House, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, More at Lollapalooza
By Pitchfork on August 5, 2013 at 4:47 p.m. EDT
Photos by Will Deitz and Kirstie Shanley. Above: The Cure by Kirstie Shanley
Lollapalooza came to a close yesterday with sets by The Cure, Phoenix, Cat Power, Beach House, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear, and many more. Photos by Will Deitz and Kirstie Shanley.
Photos: A$AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, David Byrne & St. Vincent, The National, Tame Impala, More at Bonnaroo
By Pitchfork on June 17, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. EDT
Photos by Mitch Manzella and Pooneh Ghana. Above photo by Pooneh Ghana
The final day of Bonnaroo had sets by Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, David Byrne & St. Vincent, The National, Tame Impala, Swans, and many more. Photographers Mitch Manzella and Pooneh Ghana were there. Check out a selection of shots after the jump, then head over to our slideshow and Facebook page for even more photos.
Photos: DIIV, Iceage, Baroness, Grouper, the Men, the Field, Merchandise, More at Chaos in Tejas
By Pitchfork on June 4, 2013 at 5:14 p.m. EDT
Photos by Trent Maxwell. Above: Iceage
The Austin, Texas festival Chaos in Tejas took place at venues around the city over the weekend. The lineup included Iceage, Grouper, Baroness, the Men, Milk Music, Parquet Courts, DIIV, the Field, Merchandise, Andy Stott, Pharmakon, and many more.
Watch Baroness Play Their First Full-Band Song Since Bus Accident
By Evan Minsker on May 25, 2013 at 2:16 p.m. EDT
Photo by Doug Seymour
Last night, Baroness made the first stop on their first U.S. tour since last year's near-fatal bus crash in England. It was also their first show with bassist Nick Jost and drummer Sebastian Thomson. Below, watch footage of them playing the Yellow & Green track "Take My Bones Away" in Philadelphia (via Stereogum).
Baroness Extend North American Tour
By Jenn Pelly on May 13, 2013 at 4:10 p.m. EDT
Photo by Doug Seymour
Baroness have extended their upcoming U.S. tour, their first trip since last year's near-fatal bus crash in England. The newly-added dates will take them around North America throughout August accompanied by Royal Thunder. The band shared a video with the announcement, below, in which John Baizley calls tour his "rehab" and asserts his extreme disinterest in exploiting the sympathy of his fans.
Baroness Relief Auction Begins Monday
By Laura Snapes on May 11, 2013 at 12:35 p.m. EDT
Photo by Jimmy Hubbard
It's nearly nine months since Baroness' tour bus crashed over a viaduct in Bath, England, leaving the band members with severe injuries and huge medical bills. In order to help the band with those costs, a group of their friends-- Jason "Loopy" Lupietuu, their sound engineer; Rennie Jaffe, manager of Relapse records; Nath Cöre, Baroness' webmaster-- set up Baroness Relief, which, as previously reported, is running a benefit auction to raise money for the victims of the crash.
Baroness Announce First Tour Since Bus Accident
By Jenn Pelly on April 1, 2013 at 3:22 p.m. EDT
Photo by Jimmy Hubbard
Savannah metal band Baroness have announced their first tour since the 2012 crash that put the band in the hospital and paused their entire tour schedule. They'll travel North America this summer, including appearances at Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, and Chaos in Tejas.
Baroness Drummer, Bassist Leave Band After 2012 Crash
By Jenn Pelly on March 25, 2013 at 4:10 p.m. EDT
Photo by Jimmy Hubbard
Today Baroness guitarist/vocalist John Baizley has posted a statement on the band's website confirming the departure of drummer Allen Bickle and bassist Matt Maggioni, as Lambgoat notes. Both lineup changes are a result of last year's serious bus accident in England.
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Taking the ongoing frenzy of sharing BBM PINs to a new level, all members of a family from Delhi have tattooed their PINs on their forehead to share it with entire universe.
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If passed, the amendment would prohibit the state from recognizing laws of other states in making legal decisions if they violate the public policy of Alabama. Further, it would prohibit applying foreign law in violation of the rights of citizens.
Previous versions of the bill failed. This time around, there was no direct mention of Shariah law, but legislators were aware of prior attempts by sponsor Sen.
Gerald Allen, a Republican from Cottondale, to ban the use of Islamic law in Alabama courts.
The House, under pressure to act on local legislation in the last minutes of the Session, heard no discussion of the bill.
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CRICKET: Coleman misses opener in Parks (From thisisoxfordshire)
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CRICKET: Coleman misses opener in Parks
Updated 10:19am Friday 22nd March 2013 in Sport By Russell Smith, Sports reporter specialising in horse racing. Call me on 01865 425453
BATSMAN Freddie Coleman will miss Oxford MCCU's opening fixture against Gloucestershire in the Parks tomorrow with a broken finger.
The 21-year-old Oxford Brookes University student suffered the injury in training while on tour to Barbados with Warwickshire, for whom he has recently signed a professional contract.
Coleman, who made a first-class century with 110 against Worcestershire in the Parks last April, is expected to be out for up to a month.
Seamer Charlie Ellison is another who will be missing as he is in the combined MCC Universities squad, who are playing in the United Arab Emirates.
Their fixtures include a 40-over match against Lancashire at the Emirates 7evens Ground in Dubai on Saturday.
Oxford will also be without Sam Agarwal, Ben Williams, Owain Jones and Johnny Marsden, who are on tour with the Blues in South Africa. They have won two of their seven matches, with both victories coming at Newlands in Cape Town, against Cape Town University of Technology and Cape Cobras Combined Emerging XI.
Oxford are captained by Charlie Morris this season, and their side for the opener includes Banbury batsman Lloyd Sabin, who is one seven possible debutants.
Officials are keeping their fingers crossed that the game will go ahead.
Despite the bad weather, the ground was reported to be in a good condition yesterday, although the forecast is poor.
The 40-over friendly starts at 11.30am.
Oxford MCCU: from L Sabin, T Fell, W Marriott, H Edwards, S Davidson, C Bodenstein, C Morris (capt), A Neale, J Thompson, B Kemp, M Kidd, A Martin.
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Situato nel centro storico di Indipendenza, il palazzo, costruito nel 1900 e completamente ristrutturato / restaurato nel 2000, si siede su una tenuta di due ettari con diversi giardini paesaggistici. Sei grandi camere extra, tutte con bagno privato, sono arredate con gusto.
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4,8 su agosto 06, 2014
A quick jaunt from home in a luxurious stay.
5 su agosto 01, 2014
My two friends & I (69 year old ladies) go to a B&B once a year & this was one of the best. In fact it only matched the one in Lindsborg which is now closed. A beautiful, comfortable, & friendly place which was even better than we thought it would be. In fact, we're going back in December to see all the Christmas trees & lights in it & the Independence mansions.
5 su luglio 29, 2014
My husband and I stayed at the B&B for our one year anniversary. We had such a wonderful time! Jim and Wendy were wonderful hosts. The breakfasts we had each morning were DELICIOUS!!! The rooms were very comfy and very comparable prices to hotels in the area. The B&B was also conveniently located, being within 15 minutes of the plaza and power and light. I would definitely recommend this place and plan to go back in the future!
5 su luglio 26, 2014
Jim and Wendy were gracious hosts. The Hawthorn is a beautiful home and the atmosphere was light and pleasant. Jim's breakfast is world class. Thank you Jim and Wendy for a great first B&B stay. Would definitely stay again. Best wishes Perry and Roz.
5 su luglio 25, 2014
From the first personal greeting at the front door to the gracious send off at check out, my husband and I were served with a perfect balance of attention and privacy in beautiful, immaculate surroundings. Comfort, care, and attention to details are the standards in this lovely facility.
4,8 su luglio 10, 2014
We five sisters try to hold a family reunion at Hawthorn B&B at least every other year. Jim and Wendy go above and beyond in taking care of us!
5 su luglio 05, 2014
Deb and I enjoyed thoroughly our short but delightful stay at the Hawthorn. It was our 5th anniversary and we had never stayed here before but it was so worth the trip. We were in KC for the weekend and we love bed and breakfasts so much more than any hotel. Hawthorn is simply gorgeous. What a house! Breakfast was amazing and Jim and Wendy are so delightful to chat with. that had to be our favorite thing, talking with them and hearing details of their home and lives. Try that with a hotel clerk.....all in all it was a short stay as one nighters go but well worth the money to have home away from home like that.
4,2 su luglio 04, 2014
My husband and I enjoyed our stay at the Hawthorne Mansion. The inn keeper stayed past check in time to accommodate our late arrival. The Breakfast was so beautiful and scrumptious. We especially loved the potatoes cooked with a hint of maple syrup. The bed and pillows were exceptionally comfortable. The whole mansion was impeccably clean. We were the only guest for the night and all the rooms were locked. I would have liked to see the other rooms. I will definitely recommend this B&B to friends and family.
5 su giugno 19, 2014
I highly recommend Hawthorn B&B. We stayed with Jim and Amy Friday and Saturday night. They were both so warm and friendly and made us feel right at home. Their home is lovely! It's full of antiques and had a romantic cozy feel throughout. Jim made breakfast each morning and it was delicious. On Saturday we didn't eat again until dinnertime because the meal was so hearty. Both mornings we had fresh fruit to begin. The first morning we had omelets, potatoes and fresh from the oven raspberry muffins. The second day was homemade pancakes. I can't say enough about the comfort and hospitality of Hawthorn B&B!
3,8 su giugno 19, 2014
The Hawthorn B&B was lovely. We enjoyed our stay. It is convenient to many Independence & KC sites, the breakfasts were excellent, the hosts very pleasant & helpful, the rooms were very nice & the common areas (enclosed porch, living room, etc) were very inviting.
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Dall'aeroporto o punti dal Nord: Da Nord via I-35 (Des Moines) ... prendere la I-35 South fino alla I-435 in direzione sud (verso St. Louis) fino all'uscita 60 (Truman Road). Alla fine della rampa, girare a sinistra e "andare su per la collina e giù per la collina" per il vostro primo semaforo (incrocio di Truman Road e vincitore Road). Girare a destra su Winner Road e proseguire circa mezzo miglio, guardando per Hawthorne Place sulla vostra destra. Girare su Hawthorne Place e vedrete il palazzo in pietra situato in posizione arretrata nella tenuta. Parcheggiare lungo il lato del palazzo nel nostro parcheggio. Da Nord via I-29 (Lincoln / Omaha) ... prendere la I-29 South fino all'uscita 9A (Route 152 est) di I-435 in direzione sud (verso St. Louis) fino all'uscita 60 (Truman Road). Alla fine della rampa, girare a sinistra e "andare su per la collina e giù per la collina" per il vostro primo semaforo (incrocio di Truman Road e vincitore Road). Girare a destra su Winner Road e proseguire circa mezzo miglio, guardando per Hawthorne Place sulla vostra destra. Girare su Hawthorne Place e vedrete il palazzo arretrato nella tenuta. Parcheggiare lungo il lato del palazzo nel nostro parcheggio.
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Washington's Constitution auctioned
(CNN) -- A priceless piece of American presidential history will go on sale next week in New York.
President George Washington's personal copy of the Acts of Congress, including the United States Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights with his own handwritten notations will be sold at auction.
It is estimated to fetch between $2 million and $3 million, according to Christie's Auction House.
"It gives us a very clear picture of the first president and his determination to be president according to the rules bound by the Constitution and later by the Bill of Rights," said Chris Coover, senior specialist in books and manuscripts at Christie's....
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"We had to clean him up the best we could," Fire Chief Kevin Lemoine said.
The man, who works for Stewart's Septic Service, accidentally fell into the sewage shortly after 3 p.m., Lemoine said.
Jude Gates, the county's director of facilities, said the pump house is located in front of the Rockingham County jail on North Road and manages sewage from the jail and the Rockingham County Nursing Home.
The facility is used to pump sewage to the wastewater treatment plant.
"We've never had any problems there before," she said.
Lemoine's son Gary, a Brentwood firefighter and emergency medical technician who responded to the scene, said a coworker helped the man climb out of the sewage.
The worker was standing outside the pump house when Brentwood fire and rescue personnel arrived.
"He was in good spirits," said Gary Lemoine, adding that the man still had some sewage on his body.
He suffered minor injuries and was transported to Exeter Hospital where he was expected to be decontaminated by medical personnel.
"Once we got him to the hospital we had to decontaminate the ambulance and anything that got touched," he said.
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The group handed out more than $190,000 in grants to 15 Evansville organizations in need of some 'brick and mortar' projects, like air conditioning for Joshua Academy, security fencing for the Albion Fellows Bacon Center, and a new roof for the Christian Life Center. These projects are big ticket items that the groups normally can't afford with operating funds.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new report from a child welfare organization shows that children in Ohio's Appalachian counties are worse off than kids in inner-city neighborhoods. 109 more words
"Women Against Feminism are asking the right questions. And they deserve to be heard, not harangued." So excited to be part of this movement, even though I have gotten some wrinkles in the past week from the lack of sleep. The disadvantage of the world wide net is that there are always so many interesting people awake when you should be asleep :) But this is no time for sleeping. There is a very good reason that I am posting criticism of Feminism on a page that has Pakistan in the title. All I can see on the media pages that I read is the desire to uncriticially copy this ideology and send Pakistan and it's neighbourinng countries down the same path that 'Western' countries have been going since the 1960s. During the past few weeks I was often thinking about the comment that a woman had posted under an Express Tribune article once: "Everything from Western countries comes 20/30 years later to Pakistan." It was in relation to materialism, which seemed quite rampant to me when I was there. Especially considering that Europe is experiencing the generation Y. I am not sure if that means because they keep asking 'Why?' but there is certainly a different attitude to how it was in the 90s when people wanted to make much money and buy whatever they could. NOw people have come to the conclusion that a new car doesn't make you happy and that children don't need a mass of toys but a couple are fine and much better if their parents and their family have some time for them. Many people are consciously deciding to work less, thus earn less but have more time for relationships with other humans. When I looked at a phd programme with my house mate and she read 'after this programme you will be ready for top positions' her conclusion "no, you won't have a life anymore if you do that". Last year at a conference I met a woman who was doing a 30 hour work week in order to have to have time for her friends. Humans are social animals. Only being at work where you can't openly share everything will only send us to an early grave. Warren Farrell once asked his ex-wife, who was the vice CEO of Cathy Pacific if she was aiming for the top post: "OMG, Warren, why would I? I have more money than I can ever spend. What I need is time with my family, my husband and my children." When you then see feminists complaining loudly that not even women are CEOs you just wonder whether these people have been living under a rock. Warren Farrell says it perfectly: "Women are cleverer than men" (in that aspect). They have realised what really counts. In does worry me a great deal that people in Pakistan want to copy this ideology while completely ignoring that it has not made women happy in those countries where it was implemented. No one would argue, that women's quality of life in Pakistan needs to be improved, but so does men's. When I was there I saw both having different challenges. Feminism ignores the challenges that men face as the ideology is based on the assumption that women have challenges and men have privileges. In reality both, men and women have privileges and challenges. While Feminists see pregancy as a burden I feel extremely privileged that I will once day have my and my beloved's child grow inside of me. I am sure that especially at the end it is going to be a challenge (walking, sleeping, clothes), however, so is climbing a mountain and I have done that quite a few times. I feel terribly sad for men that they can't go through that experience. While I am certainly not advocating for traditional gender roles (but not judging anyone who lives that way) I will also have the privilege to spend some time bonding with my child. While I hope that in the instance there would be enough financial stability for her or his father to stay with us as well I know that this is conditional whereas my time with her or him is granted by my being female. Another reason why I detest Feminism. Feminists refer to child rearing as 'unpaid labour'. While it can certainly be hard work as I know from many hours of babysitting I have always found the time with children priceless. And again, I believe that adult humans also need contact with other adult humans and more brain stimulation that talk with children can give - -after babysitting my brain always craved intellectual feeding - so would not want to stay home until they go to school but will certainly prefer a flexible work schedule, something that men are only beginning to be granted at. Ironically it was the Conservative government that introduced extensive paternal leave in Germany. I always used to see myself as leftist as they always claim to be for social justice but recently with more reding on the matter I have come to realise that they send to things often only from the women's perspective. Such a biased view tends not to help anyone in the end. PS: my dad used to have a very unflexible job at the German railways but during the holidays he would just lie to his colleagues that the holiday club was closed and he had no other option but to take me to his office, where I would sit all day and read Mickey Mouse comics and then go to the cafeteria with or ride the escalator (it was a special open one called paternoster).


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High school drill: Champions of drill crowned in state's lower classifications
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
OREM — The Utah state drill team championships concluded Saturday night at the UCCU Center with Uintah clinching its seventh title under head coach Robin McClellan. A strong contingent of family, friends and fans turned Orem into Vernal-West for the daylong competition.
"Vernal people know how to travel," McClellan said. "We've had amazing support. Our student body has been absolutely amazing this season."
While the win adds another title to McClellan's impressive collection, it was earned by the hard work of many first-year members of the team, she pointed out.
"I've had a really young team this year," McClellan said. "I had 24 first-year members and only had eight returners, so it's been quite a story. We've worked our butts off and I'm so proud of them. Just like any team in any sport, we've had our challenges, but that just makes this sweet — so sweet."
Manti picked up the 2A title and Duchesne snagged the 1A championship to round out the winners of the two-day event. Aside from the winners, a team that did not place in the top five in any category showed the crowd how to face adversity.
San Juan took the stage for their kick-entry when the sound system went out halfway through. The girls didn't miss a beat and counted out the steps and finished their routine as if nothing went wrong. Once the sound was fixed, they were asked to repeat what they had just performed and stepped up to the plate, if only slightly winded.
Juab head coach Lisa Blackett picked up the national coach of the year award to headline the list of coaches named the top of their class.
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2A - 1st, Manti; 2nd, South Sevier; 3rd, South Summit; 4th Emery; 5th Richfield
3A - 1st, Uintah; 2nd, Cedar City; 3rd, Canyon View; 4th Dixie; 5th, Union
1A - 1st, Rockwell; 2nd, Duchesne; 3rd, Piute; 4th, Monticello; 5th, Tabiona
2A - 1st, Manti; 2nd, Emery; 3rd, North Summit; 4th, South Sevier; 5th South Summit
3A - 1st, Uintah; 2nd, Canyon View; 3rd, Cedar City; 4th, Dixie; 5th, Union
1A - 1st, Rockwell; 2nd, Duchesne; 3rd, Piute; 4th, Monticello; 5th, Tabiona
2A - 1st, South Sevier; 2nd, Manti; 3rd, South Summit; 4th, Richfield; 5th, Kanab
3A - 1st, Uintah; 2nd, Cedar City; 3rd, Canyon View; 4th, Union; 5th, Spanish Fork
1A - 1st, Duchesne; 2nd, Piute; 3rd, Rockwell; 4th, Rich; 5th, Milford
2A - 1st, Emery; 2nd, South Sevier; 3rd, Manti; 4th, South Summit; 5th Richfield
3A - 1st, Uintah; 2nd, Cedar City; 3rd, Dixie; 4th, Canyon View; 5th, Spanish Fork
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As I'm sure you've heard many times over, you should be yourself. I just went to one of my best friend's college graduation. The main speaker, Mary Spio, was very inspiring. She spoke about how you should be yourself. Don't diminish your dreams to fit someone else's. Don't let someone else's negativity weigh you down or hold you back. Don't let labels define you.
Be yourself.
Hairfalls I purchased from I Kick Shins
If you want to have rainbow hair, you should do it. Don't let your fears of what your friends and family would say stop you. If you're working at a career that wouldn't allow rainbow hair, be realistic about it and get clip-in hair or wigs. You can now get full hair extenion clip-in sets from I Kick Shins(not an affiliate link), my absolute favorite place to buy custom braids and extensions and hair falls.
If you want to have hair in the normal hair color spectrum, you should do that too! Embrace whatever color makes you happy! If it's icy blonde, red, rich chocolate brown or inky black, do it! Don't sit around and go 'I wish I had the courage to try that.' Instead, do it! Make it happen!
If you want to wear blue eyeshadow, or rock out with neutrals, wear what makes you happy. Don't worry about someone else going 'How tacky! you'd look better in browns.' Experiment! Try new things! Makeup is all about trying new things. So if you want to color block, do it. If you want to wear a one wash color all over, do it! Or wear the rainbow! Look at people like Lauren the Queen of Blending for inspiration. At the very worst, if you hate it you can wash it off and start all over again.
I dye my hair whatever color I want because it makes me happy. I do it for myself, not someone else. I wear whatever makeup I want – bright or dark – because it makes me happy and it's what I want. I don't do it for someone else.
You're in charge of you.
Every day I see someone on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, etc. lamenting that they don't have the confidence to wear the clothes they want, bright makeup or dye their hair. We hear about Makeup Rules – about what people should or should not do. Well guess what! You're in charge of what you can and can't wear. No one else is. You are.
If you are someone who is shy, has anxiety, or lacks confidence in expressing yourself, I can tell you from my experience that having bright hair has been an advantage for me. Any time I go out, I get compliments on my hair. At conventions, people come up and talk to me. it's a great way to help boost your self confidence. It helps you to learn to express yourself more. If you're not confident enough to start with bright hair, try bright eyeliner to begin, then move on to bold eyeshadow. Clip-in streaks for hair also work great for this too, not only for work/school but also if you're not ready to take the plunge and bleach and dye your hair.
Don't let labels define you.
Humans like to classify things. People like labels. Labels make things easier for our minds to process. But it's far too easy to be pigeon holed because of labels. Labels can be a good starting point, but don't let them hold you back. Dress how you like. Wear what you want. Do what makes YOU happy. Don't worry so much about the people next door gossiping. They're not important. This has been a hard lesson for me to learn, but it's true.
Be yourself, not a second rate version of someone else.
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I loved this post, I will share it tomorrow for sure!
so, nice pic
Love the article!
I find this post very inspiring and I really like it. I agree with your opinion, to be yourself is the most important thing, no matter what people say!
Thanks Courtney, this is great, I think I'll put on my bright eyeliner and move on with the day!!!
Great post and I really needed to read this today. Thank you!
I love this post! Holding back from being your true self makes for a really miserable life. It'd be such a shame for people to live their life for others. We have only one life – live it, and live it well!
Great post, and I agree with you about doing what makes you happy, and
not worry about the people gossiping. Still working on that one!! x
LOVE IT! I'm almost 54 and I wear bright eyeliners a lot of the time….I love your blog!
I loved this. I think a lot of it was stuff I knew intellectually, but I think I needed to see someone else say it; sometimes the most important things are so close to the surface that we forget them.
I love this post and I love that you wrote it. I'd like to send it to a few teens I know who struggle with issues like this.
Fantastic post, Phyrra – you put it perfectly! I'm bookmarking this so I can read it when I need a boost or send it to friends when are struggling. I'd like to give you a big hug – you're awesome!
Great post Phyrra. Even at my age, it's a good reminder to me to keep marching to the beat of my own drummer instead of someone else's. I never have been one for going for what is traditional for my age. I have long hair instead of short, even though 'they' (whoever they are) say since I'm over 40, I should have short hair. I like bold bright colors instead of muted. I have tattoo's, have my ears pierced 3 times and might be planning on getting a body piercing or two. I'm a non-traditional 47 year old and I'm proud of it. :0)
beauty with nature.
This is something that everyone needs to be reminded of from time to time. It's so easy to fall into the trap of what other's expectations are and forget yourself. Thank you for this amazing reminder!
P.S. Love your hair and batman necklace. =)
I love these falls! Gorgeous!
Plus what a beautiful message! Spreading the positive message.
Thank you! I'm so glad you like the message.. The falls are from I Kick Shins. Her work is beautiful.
wow your hair is beautiful
very beautiful hair
so nyc colourful hair
it is fabulous …
great post Pyrra…rockin hair too!
I love this post!
I love this! I have 3 daughters, ages 15, 12 and 11. The 15 yo is very artistic and creative and truly has more confidence at age 15 than most women will ever have! She currently sports purple hair. She's also done a myriad of rainbow streaks. The only thing I don't want her doing yet is bleaching, as that's so damaging to her hair and I'm afraid it will all break off (and I really don't want to be living under the same roof with her if that happens, lol). My middle child is more mainstream, but she's the one who loves makeup and fashion and likes to experiment. She stays within the boundaries of "normal" at this point, but has a ton of fun anyhow. The 11-yo is another creative one…I dyed the lower 6″ of her platinum-blonde (natural color) hair electric blue last week, and she was rockin' the two-tone ponytail! I love that they're each so completely individual and true to themselves. Phyrra, you're a great example to my girls because you, too, march to the beat of your own drummer. I show them your posts all the time to help inspire them to try new looks…I get a lot of inspiration from you too! Keep on keepin' on, girlfriend.
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Oh, how I wish I would have come to these conclusions earlier in life. These last few years I really have been learning a lot about expressing, not suppressing, who I am. The freedom is exhilarating. The way you said it was eloquent and relatable. You do great work.
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Magnus, from the Latin 'Great', is a latest-generation Cray XC30 system that will be used for supercomputing projects across the entire range of scientific fields serviced by iVEC. Magnus currently comprises two compute cabinets, each holding 52 compute blades, with four nodes per blade and each node supporting two 8-core Intel Sandy Bridge Xeon E5-2670 processors running at 2.6 GHz, for a total of 3328 cores delivering around 69 TFLOPS. The compute nodes communicate amongst themselves over Cray's high-speed, low-latency Aries interconnect. Storage consists of two petabytes of scratch file system space, provided by Cray's Sonexion Lustre appliances, and is connected via 56 Gbit/s FDR Infiniband.
Magnus will be expanded in Q3 2014 with additional cabinets and processors that will see the Pawsey Centre become a petascale supercomputing facility, delivering processing power in excess of a petaflop (one quadrillion floating point operations per second). The final configuration of Magnus will provide users with over 35,000 cores, using the future Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 product family (former codename Haswell), and it is expected to be the most powerful supercomputer in the southern hemisphere.
Vital statistics
Manufacturer: Cray Inc. (USA)
Model: XC30 Series Supercomputer
Compute Processors: Intel Xeon E5-2670 "Sandy Bridge"
Computing Power: 69 teraFLOPS, from 208 dual-socket compute nodes
Memory: 13 terabytes (64 gigabytes of DDR3-1866 per compute node, at 1,600 MHz)
Interconnect: Cray Aries interconnect, at 72 gigabits/sec per node
Network Topology: Cray Dragonfly
Weight: 1.7 tonnes/cabinet
Power consumption: circa. 50 kWatts/cabinet
Local storage: Sonnexion 1600 Data Storage System, 2 petabytes
Interesting facts
•The XC30 is the first Cray series to feature Intel Xeon processors.
•Magnus Phase 1 is equivalent to 36,315 Cray -2 systems.
•Internode communications are more than 9,300-times faster than the NBN.
•Magnus (Phase 1) is 70-times more powerful than iVEC's first teraFLOPS-capable supercomputer, named Cognac, which began production in 2005.
•Each cabinet of Magnus (Phase 1) has 3 chassis. Each chassis contains 16 blades. Each blade has 4 nodes. Each node has 2 sockets and each socket has an 8-core Sandy Bridge processor, giving a total core count of 3,328.


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Every weekend there is something new at the Boyce Thompson Arboretum. From plants of the Bible walks to Butterfly tours and more. See our calendar for details!
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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
what reeks? oh yeah...
Deal with that, beatnik.
Apparently, you're not allowed to buy anything with money because currency, like, makes the world work and allows us all to live privileged lives of leisure, so you have to cheerily trade mix tapes for lentils or something. Whatever.
Fine, I will barter my 57 issues of In Touch Magazine for a Lady Bic. Oh wait. That's impossible.
But Spots, you're saying. Burning Man isn't all hippies.
No, it's not.
It's also people like Obnoxious Mark, the yuppie poser I know who thinks he's doing the world a favor by riding a Vespa, spending $42 on organic camembert at Urban Harvest and listening to lots of Beth Orton. All he does is drop how often he hangs out in Berkeley, goes to galleries his friends own and befriends hobos. Like that makes up for his being a complete closet-materialist, humorless shithead.
HE goes to Burning Man. And probably hates every second of it. But it's all worth it when he can bore some normal person at snoozer cocktail party with his escapades of setting things on fire and communing with poor people.
Big deal.
I once set my stove on fire and told a boxcar willie that my car wasn't his personal boudoir. No one's patting me on the back.
I will go to Burning Man when they've got a Starbuck's kiosk, a Gap Outlet and an energy-sucking indoor spa with well-showered, non-dreadlocked staff who don't posses a horrible disdain for my refusal to sleep in a room that opens and closes by zipper…
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Beth, I want to be just like you someday!
Ha! Good to see you this weekend!
- greg dewar said...
I light my lighter in honor of this entry...becuase it ROCKS!
My brother was a casino manager at the biggest resort in Reno for 10 years and used to tell me about how they could tell when "Burning Man" was done- the hotel would suddenly have LOTS of "self reliant" smelly hippieesque types infiltrating the checkin of their deluxe AIR CONDITIONED NON PC CASINO PALACE. Funny how a shower, A/C and a deluxe buffet + loose slots can change a person.
And now we have to have the BM folks continue to dis us nonhipster types in the Inner Sunset via the Guardian....sigh...it was a great birthday though...they were all gone a week ago...
- Spots said...
I was afraid a hippie would read this and get mad at me. But then I remembered they don't know about computers yet...
lentils... pure magic, Spots!
- kung foodie said...
wha??? all that heckling and you forgot to mention the raver kids, chicks with dicks, cosplay addicts, grandpas, burner babies, hot pregnant moms, gearheads, belgian artists, fire freaks, art car builders, nerds, and circus creatures??? they are were all there too ya know....oh the horror, the horror.


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A third accuser has emerged with claims that Kevin Clash, the puppeteer of "Sesame Street" character "Elmo," engaged in sexual activity with a minor.
In a lawsuit filed last week, an anonymous man claims that Clash lured him to his residence for sex when he was just 16 years old, according to The New York Daily News.
The lawsuit claims Clash plied the young man, now 29, with alcohol during his first visit to his New York apartment.
The man also claims that Clash called him repeatedly after the encounter to arrange another meeting.
Clash's lawyer dismissed the suit as having "no merit."
The longtime puppeteer resigned from "Sesame Street" last week after a second accuser came forward with allegations of underage sexual abuse.
The first accuser, who came forward earlier this month, recanted his claim and said he and Clash engaged in a consensual relationship between two adults.
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The Board of Directors of Leadership Florida, the president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce and four Florida Leadership graduates nominated Sarasota's Pam Truitt, of Truitt Consulting, for a position on the board of directors. Truitt has 20 years of combined employment in the private sector, local government and public institutions.
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Idiocracy was released in far fewer theaters because of the way companies like Starbucks and Carl's Jr. were portrayed in it.
Fox, the distributor, allegedly didn't like that its advertisers were being treated unkindly. This is probably just one of many reasons to, even now, eight years later, watch the movie, which runs from time to time on cable TV.
I caught it on Comedy Central last night and thought it was hilarious. Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph play an average soldier and a prostitute respectively who get shipped 500 years into the future in a military experiment gone awry.
Once there, they encounter an America that has seen its gene pool deteriorate to the point where nobody is literate and people sit on their toilet loungers watching TV shows that make today's reality television look like Lawrence of Arabia.
Someone could easily say Idiocracy is, like what the Washington Post called the musical comedy I wrote with Dan Sullivan called Wiener Sausage: The Musical!, "tasteless and popular." But you can't even really say that. Sure, it's tasteless, but not many people saw it. Over the years, it has built a cult following and is becoming relatively more popular.
But if you're a fan of other Judge offerings, like Beavis and Butt-Head, Office Space, and Extract, go quickly to your DVR to schedule Idiocracy.
**** out of ***** stars
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I've always been pretty ravenous about pop culture, highbrow and lowbrow. - St. Vincent
Thursday, August 28, 2014
Yes, We Could Get More Stupid, and Idiocracy Shows Us How
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Thursday, August 21, 2014
A Wiggle, Protected Lanes, and Bikeshare Bring Hope to San Francisco Bicycle Commuting
This article was originally published at Mobility Lab.
I got to explore San Francisco by bicycle over a couple of days during this month's crucially educational Association for Commuter Transportation conference.
There's no doubt the city is a leader at promoting bike riding. However, even in San Francisco, where dozens of riders pour down the protected bike lanes of Market Street every minute all day long, it is amazing that so much work remains to get Americans on board with doing something fun, healthy, efficient, and, yes, safe. (I mean, like, radically safe. So safe, in fact, that there has never been a death of anyone on a U.S. bikeshare bike.)
Start with the numbers: Commuter stats are a way to get a good read of a city's bikability because if the streets are no good for urban bike commuting, then they're probably not good for any other bike trips or for sightseeing bicycle tourists.
Portland's bicycle commuters make up 6.3 percent of its population, based on 2011 numbers from the League of American Bicyclists. That's as good as it gets in the U.S. and, frankly, it's still pretty pathetic. San Francisco, Minneapolis, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Madison hover somewhere in the 3 to 4 percent range. Anywhere besides those places and seeing a bicycle taking up a lane may be a little like seeing a UFO for drivers.
If you ask me, protected bike lanes are where it's at for getting children and elderly people bicycling on city streets. Once there, much of the rest of the population might follow. And there are not nearly enough protected bike lanes in San Francisco.
That said, the protected bike lanes there are the best I've seen in the U.S. The medians installed to buffer cars and bike traffic in front of Twitter headquarters are even pretty. They have cactuses in them, and Heath Maddox, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's bikeshare program manager, told me the first time they planted the cacti, they were all stolen. Now they are anchor locked beneath the ground.
The Wiggle is another highlight of bicycling in San Francisco. It's a mile's worth of green street markings and signage that allows riders to get from Market Street up to the Panhandle Bikeway leading into Golden Gate Park without having to climb any of the city's infamous hills. I didn't see any similar guidance in other parts of the city, although more wiggles would be most welcome elsewhere, as well as in other hilly parts of other cities.
And perhaps most hopeful of all towards improving bike commute share is the nearly year-old Bay Area Bikeshare, which has 350 bikes and 35 stations in and around downtown San Francisco and 35 stations along the Caltrain corridor in other cities like Redwood City, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and San Jose.
Introducing bikesharing to the city was a goal of former Mayor Gavin Newsom, and the SFMTA gave Maddox, a bicycle and pedestrian planner in the agency's Livable Streets subdivision, the job of leading the effort. Taking some time out from our conference, several of us from Mobility Lab and partner organizations goDCgo, Arlington Transportation Partners, and Arlington County Commuter Services were lucky enough to get a personal tour of the city on BABS from Maddox.
Like Capital Bikeshare in D.C., the system is managed by Alta Bike Share and it is publicly funded, by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Maddox is currently waiting to tabulate some of the first ridership survey data, but until then, we know that in San Francisco there are already about 3,000 members, and each of the 350 bikes average about three trips per day.
Maddox said there have not been that many complaints from riders, probably because there have been no major rebalancing issues. It's relatively easy to keep the stations stocked since BABS is still confined to the areas north and south of Market Street and no further west than Van Ness Avenue.
Maddox said, "Mainly we just get questions about when we're going to expand the system. We've reassessed that we can do things less densely. We can still do a little infill of adding stations in neighborhoods where stations already exist, but we're planning to introduce bikeshare to new places earlier than we had originally planned. We hope to go next into the Casto and the Mission districts."
He added that he hopes BABS can expand to about 3,000 more bikes in the future, although that would depend upon getting a big sponsorship of some kind and about $25 million.
Concerns that he noted to work on include:
- The overwhelming majority of bikeshare members are white, well-off males.
- San Francisco's "very well-developed bike-rental industry is really concerned that bikeshare will hurt their businesses and they're hyper involved." But he cited Capital Bikeshare's data showing that companies located near stations see an increase in business because of traffic from bikeshare riders, so he hopes those concerns can be alleviated. (I rented a bike overnight for $36 from Blazing Saddles on Mason Street near Union Square and there certainly appeared to be no shortage of customers.)
- Taxi drivers may be unhappy because about 50 percent of bikeshare trips appear to have been trips formerly taken by taxi. (So that leads me to think that the smart taxi drivers will mount bike racks on their vehicles.)
San Francisco is on the right course, promoting bicycling through protected lanes, The Wiggle, and Bay Area Bikeshare. These are all tools that will need to continue to be enhanced if the city has any realistic hopes of reaching its goal of 20 percent bike commuting by 2020, which was set in its 2009 Bicycle Plan and even harkens back somewhat to its 1973 "Transit First" policy, which noted that "travel by public transit, by bicycle, and on foot must be an attractive alternative to travel by private automobile."
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Boyhood Perfectly Captures Exactly What Ages 6 to 18 Are Like
I saw Boyhood several weeks ago and never got around to blogging about it. But I just can't get it out of my head.
It's a beautiful film, and I'm pretty sure it will be my favorite of 2014. Following a boy in real life from age 6 to 18, Boyhood succeeds because it reminds us of the touchstones of our own lives growing up during those years. Nothing much happens. Everyday life unfolds. Minor occurrences seem major to a teenage boy, and to the other teens and other adults in his midst.
If you're a fan of director Richard Linklater's other classics like Dazed and Confused, School of Rock, Before Sunrise, Slacker, Fast Food Nation, and Bernie, then you will surely think this is brilliant.
Ethan Hawke, who continues to be one of Generation X's best movie actors, plays the dad to best-actor-worthy Ellar Coltrane (who plays Mason Jr. to Hawke's Senior). The way they age and adapt and bond to each other is simply what life is all about and in turn mesmerizing.
Linklater allegedly told Hawke that he would have to finish the 12-year project if he died. Another interesting sidenote is that the film was originally supposed to be called 12 Years, but then Linklater heard about 12 Years a Slave and changed it to Boyhood.
***** out of ***** stars
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Robin Williams' Top 10 Performances
Robin Williams has supplied humor to the world in parallel to my own life. I was a kid when his beloved alien hit network TV. Mork and Mindy is my 61st favorite TV show of all time. I grew up into my teens as he nailed some of the wildest standup comedy you'll ever see. Good Morning, Vietnam is one of my favorite movies, although it is sorely missing from my list of 60 funniest movies and list of 90 favorite movies of all time.
R.I.P. Robin, and here are my favorite performances. The top five are true powerhouses.
10. The World According to Garp (1982)
09. One Hour Photo (2002)
08. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
07. Deconstructing Harry (1997)
06. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)
05. Dead Poets Society (1989)
04. Good Will Hunting (1997)
03. Mork and Mindy (1978-1982)
02. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
01. Live at the Met (1986) and other early standup routines like Off the Wall (1978) and An Evening with (1982)
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Saturday, July 26, 2014
The Apes are Slowly Making Their Move Towards World Domination
Dawn of the Planet of Apes is the second episode in a new series of prequels to 1968's classic Planet of the Apes.
Much like after 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes (I saw both of these new ones with Dan), it is still not apparent how these will connect with the original, in which humans annihilate themselves with a nuclear bomb.
In that respect, nothing much happens in the evolutionary course of events with this 3-D movie. It's a transitional piece.
Caesar was raised a decade ago by a scientist (played by James Franco). He is now leader of the apes in Muir Woods. A plague has since wiped out 499 of every 500 humans, but a few hundred are living in a tower in downtown San Francisco.
When some of them venture into the woods as a last-ditch effort to fix a dam that would provide them with enough energy to survive, the humans and the apes rekindle a relationship that has a bunch of miscommunications that could have resulted in eternal peace but instead ends ominously for what lies ahead when the next prequel is released.
The apes are stunning and, if I had to cheer for a side, it wouldn't be the dumb humans. Barring Charleton Heston in the first couple of original films, humans have never really been the interesting ones in Ape movies. They are particularly unworthy of cheering for in this one. All unlikeable and clueless, even stars Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman (usually entirely reliable), and Keri Russell seem to sleepwalk in the shadow of Andy Serkis, who again plays Caesar with endless heart worthy of Oscar consideration.
I also really miss the music of the original series, which was so creepy in a late 1960s kind of way. (Although the song that comes on at the gas station when the power starts working again does work pretty well.)
The stage is set. The next in this series should be a doozie, and I would say the humans are in big trouble.
**** out of ***** stars
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Thursday, July 17, 2014
Tips for Effective Transportation Blogging
Here's an article By Paul Goddin from Mobility Lab that nicely quotes me at the end.
This article was also published by Greater Greater Washington.
Begin with your most important point. Use short sentences and clear, non-jargony language. Remember your end goal.
These were among the tips BeyondDC creator and Greater Greater Washington (GGW) blogger Dan Malouff imparted at this week's Lunch at the Lab. Malouff discussed effective blogging and how to get published by websites such as GGW and Mobility Lab.
Among his main points:
Mobility Lab Communications Director Paul Mackie facilitated the lecture. He called blogging an inherently democratizing medium. He said that institutions such as the New York Times are no longer the gatekeepers of information. Anyone with a keyboard now has a voice. Mackie described blogging as a way to "become a thought leader."
(Author's note: This article is 374 words long and, therefore, perfect.)
Photos by M.V. Jantzen
This article was also published by Greater Greater Washington.
Begin with your most important point. Use short sentences and clear, non-jargony language. Remember your end goal.
These were among the tips BeyondDC creator and Greater Greater Washington (GGW) blogger Dan Malouff imparted at this week's Lunch at the Lab. Malouff discussed effective blogging and how to get published by websites such as GGW and Mobility Lab.
Among his main points:
- Put the most important information up front, in the first paragraph, with more specific details and supportive facts following. The glut of information and competition demands clarity and incisiveness. "Lead with the takeaway," Malouff said.
- Inform before you persuade. The best articles use a piece of news or data as a starting point, and then use it to draw conclusions or make an argument. It's important to explain the context, as readers are not all experts already.
- Transportation and city planners (not to mention lawyers) like to use jargony language. Blog readers respond better to simple language. Complicated, wordy prose can make an otherwise compelling article unreadable and/or suspicious. Use the rule that easier-to-read is better.
- Don't use the passive voice much if at all. If you can insert "by zombies" after the verb, then you are using it. For example, the sentence "The use of passive voice is discouraged" is easy to identify as passive voice since one could add "by zombies" to its end and the sentence would still make sense. Instead, the sentence should read "Don't use the passive voice." (Avoid nominalizations, like "the utilization of this grammatical construction leads to complication of the communication," too.)
- Keep articles short. A thousand words is typically too long. The "sweet spot" for web writing is 300 to 600 words.
- Keep the blog post to one main idea. If you want readers to remember more than one big takeaway, then split the article up into multiple posts.
Mobility Lab Communications Director Paul Mackie facilitated the lecture. He called blogging an inherently democratizing medium. He said that institutions such as the New York Times are no longer the gatekeepers of information. Anyone with a keyboard now has a voice. Mackie described blogging as a way to "become a thought leader."
(Author's note: This article is 374 words long and, therefore, perfect.)
Photos by M.V. Jantzen
Posted by Paul Mackie at 9:00 AM
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Labels: Blogging, Blogs, Communications, Greater Greater Washington, Mobility Lab, Transportation, Writing
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Anchorman 2 Sucker Punches Ratings-Inspired Cable News Coverage
I'm glad I skipped Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues when it was released several months ago. Letting the overwhelming hype and crass over-commercialization die down gave me more reasonable expectations.
Of course I heard that it received very mixed reviews, and several people have flat-out told me not to watch it. But in the end, I'm a sucker for Ron Burgundy and his brand of wacked-out humor.
The biggest problem I have with the movie is its slow start. The worse choice by the filmmakers was to make it so unfunny for so long. I counted to the 17-minute mark before laughing, which happens when Paul Rudd enters as a cat photographer.
Rudd actually doesn't garner many laughs after that. Steve Carell plays, for me, the most consistently funny role as Brick the off-the-wall weatherman. His relationship with similarly nuts Kristen Wiig is endearing, his "pre-funeral" is kind of creative, and his laughing fit in the RV as the gang gets reacquainted on their way to big new cable-TV jobs in New York is equally laugh-out-loud for the viewer.
The worst parts of the movie are when it drifts into Spoils of Babylon-like family drama. It's no coincidence that those first 17 minutes are heavy with Christina Applegate, who has no chemistry with Will Ferrell as his newscaster wife. Every star in the universe appears in the climatic news-personality fight scene, which again doesn't work that well.
However, most of the main characters are likeable enough to spend a couple hours of your life with. The social commentary on the rise of ratings-at-all-costs media is insightful. And the 70s yacht-rock soundtrack (from Christopher Cross to John Waite to Kenny Loggins and much more) makes Anchorman 2 a slice of media pleasure.
*** out of ***** stars
Posted by Paul Mackie at 5:23 PM
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Labels: Anchorman 2, Comedy, Kristen Wiig, Media, Movies, Music, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell
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