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Media Shift
Many scholars believe that consuming diverse media content helps us check our own thoughts and listen to others, and thus holds communities and nations from falling apart. Being diverse means we read about both sports and politics, scan both left- and right-leaning media outlets, and visit both domestic and international news websites. It's easier said than done, especially when search engines and social media use various algorithms to cater to everyone's preference and comfort.
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Media Shift
Whatever happens next, I am always going to blame Hunter Page and his damn fool questions for starting me off on this journey. Hunter: "Pete, how are we going to save journalism?" Me: "Save journalism? I dunno." Hunter: "But you must, we must. How are we going to know what's going on when all the journos are sacked?"
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Horticultural Research Institute
The Horticultural Research Institute, the research affiliate of AmericanHort, is pleased to announce the creation of new point-of-purchase materials designed for garden retail display. The signage promotes the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a national movement to plant more forage habitat for pollinators throughout North America.
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National Geographic
Tristram Stuart has 24 hours to produce a restaurant meal for 50 people — to plan a menu, gather food, then welcome guests to a venue in a city not his own. Complicating what sounds like a reality-show contest is a singular rule: Nearly all the ingredients must be sourced from farms and vendors intending to throw them out.
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Business Insider
Taboola — the content recommendation platform that works with companies including Business Insider, AOL, and USA Today — is rolling out a new product that will let publishers know precisely which articles are generating the most ad revenue.
The analytics tool also lets publishers compare which referral platforms — like Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, or Google Search — are bringing in the most advertising dollars.
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Try a cold hardy, easy to prune, sun loving Clematis Ristimagi. This is truly a spectacular performer, with its showy violet blue tepals accented by a red-purple central bar and creamy center. Ristimagi is well suited for cold climates and can be pruned 30cm from the ground and then mulched, has been bred and tested for the climates of Estonia.
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Nature’s Footprint’s patented Smart Soil Separator creates a permanent air space below the roots of container plants. This lets the soil breathe keeping roots healthy and efficient. Air below the soil also helps eliminate stagnant water buildup in the bottom of the container. Learn more at Nature’s Footprint, Inc. http://naturesfootprint.com/products/smart-soil-separator/
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American Nurseryman
Things are looking up. That, in a nutshell, is what the massive study known as the USDA Census of Agriculture, Census of Horticultural Specialties, tells us. It's welcome news following a long and slow recovery from the Great Recession, but it's not enough just to say that the outlook is rosy. The figures reported by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service tell the real story.
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Digital Book World
When it comes to the potential for selling a book, not all social media channels are created equal. Some are definitely wired for selling, while others are not. Some contain a variety of commerce tools that naturally lead people toward a sale, and some do not. Add your audience demographics and the culture of each social media channel to the mix, and you have a three-step test for finding out which channels are a fit for selling your books.
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Greenhouse Grower
With more than 1.4 billion users, Facebook is the dominant social media outlet among all age groups online, including 66% of men and 77% of women. Almost half of Facebook users log in daily, which means growers and retailers have an opportunity every day to inspire and educate through pictures, along with plant information and other tips for success.
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Clover Comeback: Mini-Clover is a surefire sustainable, solution to a lush, green, easy, eco-smart lawn alternative or ground cover.
Mini-Clover stays greener longer, grows fast, thrives in sun or shade and acts as a natural fertilizer.
Mini-Clover is eco-friendly, dollar smart, needs less water and is a solution for erosion control.
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Are you looking to promote your business? The GWA News Clippings is delivered to the inboxes of professional garden writers across the country! To find out how to feature your company in the GWA News Clippings, contact Geoff Forneret today at 469-420-2629.
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Wired
If clutter drives you nuts, you're in good company. There's been a burst of excitement recently about neatness, propelled by The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, Marie Kondo's best-selling guide that urges us to toss out anything that doesn't "spark joy." If we can succeed at decluttering, Kondo says, we will feel pure bliss. "The lives of those who tidy thoroughly and completely," she writes, "in a single shot, are without exception dramatically altered."
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Publishers Weekly
E-book sales plunged in October, with sales of adult e-books dropping 22.0% in the month, compared to October 2014. Sales of children/ya e-books fell 44.7%, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers through its StatShot program. Through October, e-book sales of adult books were down 6.5% compared to the first 10 months of 2014, and tumbled 44.7% in the children/ya category.
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The Associated Press via KTAR-TV
Monarch butterflies have made a big comeback in their wintering grounds in Mexico, after suffering serious declines, experts said.
The area covered by the orange-and-black insects in the mountains west of Mexico City this season was more than three and a half times greater than last winter. The butterflies clump so densely in the pine and fir forests they are counted by the area they cover rather than by individual insects.
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Grower Talks
In the nursery industry, bark has been the main ingredient in nursery container mixes for many years because it adds weight and is economically priced. However, not all bark mixes are the same; certain factors have a large impact on bark's physical and chemical characteristics, as well as their interaction with other components including CRFs (controlled-release fertilizers).
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