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  • 05-20-13 *CDOT News* Colorado Ramps Up Enforcement for Click It or Ticket, May 20th – June 2nd…


    BARN OnAir & OnLine 24/7/365 — Authority Authority: 146
    STATEWIDE – The Colorado State Patrol and 63 law enforcement agencies across Colorado are joining the nationwide Click It or Ticket campaign by increasing enforcement of seat belt and child passenger safety laws.  The ramped up enforcement takes place Monday, May 20 through Sunday, June 2. The goal is to get ...
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  • The sense of things improper


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    Alison Dye’s novel The Sense of Things (1994) has a conversation between the narrator, Joanie, and her friend-to-be, Jesus, in which Jesus nervously corrects himself twice in an effort to speak more properly. Joanie has gone to Jesus to order new flooring for the shop she works in, and Jesus is explaining the ...
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  • Is “go viral” going viral?


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    Q: Why are so many things going viral? Pictures of cute puppies or kittens or kids may be widely seen on YouTube, but “viral”? An ugly image, and it’s wildly overused. Thanks for letting me get this off my chest. And now you can move on to your next complainer. A: The verbal phrase “go viral” may be going ...
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  • Photo Usage, Copyright Infringement and You – How Not to Be a Thieving D-bag (Part 1)


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    Part 1 of a 2 part series on how you can obtain permission to use photos for free in a legal and moral way. Part 1 looks into how little actual time and effort is required to obtain permission to use photos, as well as some handy tips to help you get the photos youre after.
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  • Mutterings - May 12


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    This weeks free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:537 :: odd Horizon :: Ringed by the flat.. (George Benjamin work and a quote from Eliots The Waste Land)Episode :: Soap Character :: Set (and gives me a chance to link to a recent xkcd! Crossed :: Palm (with silver) Shipping :: Lanes Jump :: to it! ...
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  • A Lesson on "Fewer" and "Less"


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    This past week, when I led the online class Writing Tune-Up for Peak Performance, I was surprised at the number of people who used the word less where they should have used fewer. Test yourself on the items below to...
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  • Should Hummers be Outlawed for the Sake of the Environment?


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    The Hummer. It is unmistakable on the roadway, and it is probably the closest a civilian will ever get to driving a tank . That’s not surprising, since the Hummer is essentially a military vehicle that was re-purposed for civilian use. It looks a lot like the army’s Humvee because it essentially has the same ...
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  • Change WordPress Permalink Structure and Manage Redirection on IIS


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    A lot of us start our wordpress blogs with the default permalink structure and realize changing to pretty permalink format has better benefits. Usually wordpress blogs hosted on either Linux or IIS based servers. On the internet I have found lot of posts about how to configure the permalinks and manage redirection on ...
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  • The singularity of Mother’s Day


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    Q: Which is correct, Mother’s Day or Mothers’ Day? I have a customer who wants to use the name as an imprint on promotional gifts for the holiday. I think of Mother’s Day as singular possessive, my mother, but in this case is it correct? A: We also think it’s Mother’s Day, and so do the six standard ...
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  • New language blog: Caxton


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    Caxton is a new blog about language from Barrie England, an Oxford graduate who has studied English literature, foreign languages, and older varieties of English. It is named after printing pioneer William Caxton, who, as Barrie writes, “by using technology to reach a wider public . . . can be seen as the ...
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  • Week’s Weakest Word: multifaceted


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    I hate the word multifaceted. Corporate writers habitually add this piece of jargon to sentences for no clear reason – and PR people should stick well clear of it. The word is supposed to refer to something with more than one facet. But I wonder if, in business memos and corporate brochures, it has literally no ...
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  • iOS 7 Traffic Spikes Ahead Of WWDC


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    There is too much to be expected from Apple because there’s only one month left for the Worldwide Developers Conference, the most awaited conference of the year. iOS 7, Apple’s up-coming software is expected to be released this year, and to prove it various sites have been seeing iOS 7 beta in their traffic logs. ...
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  • 52% of Top 100 Blogs Use WordPress


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    According to a report from Pingdom.com , 52 out of the Technorati Top 100 blogs use WordPress as their platform of choice, up from 48 blogs last year. Four years ago, that number stood at 32. These numbers are somewhat affected by one organization, the NY Times, having seven blogs on the list and another ...
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  • Don’t Expect Congestion Pricing In The U.S. Anytime Soon


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    By Aaron Crowe Americans have bought into being charged more at peak demand times, with tickets for airlines, baseball games and plays costing more at popular times of the day, and electricity costing more at peak times. But when it comes to driving, they’re not buying it. The simple economic theory of supply ...
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  • Energy Rate and Efficiency Comparison


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    Depending on where you live in the United States, you’ll see that your electricity and energy rates will fluctuate. Electricity providers calculate your energy usage and electricity prices by kilowatt usage , meaning that how much you pay is dependent on how many cents it costs per kilowatt for whatever provider ...
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  • Tiny Green Building


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    If you’re reading this article (or any article on Tiny House Blog) it means that you’re more than likely a fan of tiny houses. It also means you’re probably aware of how energy efficient and eco-friendly most tiny homes are. Simply due to their size, tiny homes are much more “green” than standard or ...
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  • Is “offshore of” off-putting?


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    Q: Several times recently I’ve come across the usage “offshore of” in copy I’m editing. It sounds dead wrong to my ears, but I’m having difficulty explaining why to my client. Can you clarify?  A: You’re right in thinking that the “of” is unnecessary in a phrase like “offshore of Cuba.” But ...
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  • The Reason Why This Is Correct


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    There’s a long-running debate over whether the construction reason why is acceptable. Critics generally argue that why essentially means reason , so saying reason why is like saying reason twice. Saying something twice is redundant, and redundancy is bad; ergo, reason why is bad. This is really a rather ...
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  • Why Small Business Needs Social Media?


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    Are you a smal l business owner , ent repreneur , service provider, executive or professional? How are you marketing your small business on one o r more of these key social media networks? The Key Bene fits of Social Media , according to Social Media Examiner , include: ...
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  • Why “stereo” in “stereotypical”?


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    Q: Can you tell me what’s “stereo” about the adjective “stereotypical”? A: The combining form “stereo-” that shows up in such words as “stereotype” and “stereophonic” is derived from stereos , a classical Greek word meaning solid. John Ayto’s Dictionary of Word Origins says the first ...
    2 weeks ago

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