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B&H
By some (but not all) accounts, it's been nearly 20 years since the cell-phone camera was invented on the fly — while technologist Phillippe Kahn awaited the arrival of a daughter — so to transmit a photo of the newborn to the world. Since that time, mobile photography has evolved into an omnipresent way of life and a multifaceted world view, with the proliferation of latest-generation mobile devices offering users more options and better quality than ever before.
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Skyword
For years, it was the same conversation:
Person: "So what do you do for a living?"
Me: "I'm a freelance writer. I write web pages and help companies sell more online."
Person: "Like a designer?"
Me: "No, I'm not a designer. I do the writing."
Person: "Oh, so you're a content writer?"
Me (in my head): Hold on a second while I strangle you.
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Pew Research Center
When it comes to technology's influence on America's young adults, reading is not dead — at least not the news. When asked whether one prefers to read, watch or listen to their news, younger adults are far more likely than older ones to opt for text, and most of that reading takes place on the web.
Overall, more Americans prefer to watch their news (46%) than to read it (35%) or listen to it (17%), a Pew Research Center survey found.
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The Media Briefing
Recent announcements from Silicon Valley giants are giving the impression that we're on the brink of an age where everything — and everyone — is completely connected, from the fitness devices on their wrists to the appliances in their homes.
However, Deloitte's 'There's no place like phone: Consumer usage patterns in the era of peak smartphone' report sheds a very different light on the matter.
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Digital Book World
Digital publishing has drastically changed the landscape of the publishing industry, opening up new paths to success. Once upon a time, the only way for an author to get their books into the hands of readers was to land a deal with a publisher and allow them to distribute your title. This took a lot of time, and many authors were turned away time and time again.
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A hardworking, first-of-its-kind solution for small space gardening! The new “Take 2” combos from Burpee plants feature a slicer AND cherry tomato trialed together for habit and fruit timing. Gardeners will get a steady supply of tomatoes from one container all summer long! Available in three recipes for garden centers in 2017. BurpeeHomeGardens.com
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Deseret News
When Minnesota resident Heather Galway needs to liven up a Tuesday, she heads for the closest Barnes and Noble. It means coffee and adult conversation for the stay-at-home mom, but she thinks it's as good for her kids as any playground.
A voluntary Luddite, Galway, 36, eschews social media, lets her husband handle the email and carries a battered flip phone she refers to as a "dumb" phone.
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Fast Company
Let's be honest: One of the perks of working from home is that you can do it in your pajamas. The term "dress for success" need not apply when you can roll out of bed and be on duty in a minute or less.
I work from home, and I confess that my yoga pants serve as both my workout and work attire. I like to be comfortable while I write, but is my relaxed dress impacting my work?
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Horticulture Week
Harper Adams University in Newport, United Kingdom, is bringing new entrants into technical roles in fresh produce while avoiding the term "horticulture" in its undergraduate courses, the director of its Fresh Produce Research Centre has said.
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Grower Talks
It's a debate about what the founders of organic farming intended and it's also become, in large part, about whether or not soilless media, bioponics and perhaps even containers, can carry the USDA Organic label in the future.
One side of the organic industry argues that soil (and sunlight) must be present to create an organic system. The other side argues that these containerized production methods can conform with organic if they use the correct inputs and support balanced biological processes that cycle nutrients.
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Lonicera Honey Baby® the unique bush, sweet scented honeysuckle! Place in the garden as a specimen, hedge or container planting to enjoy the wonderful perfume and beauty from dawn until dusk!
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Innovation and education make the Worm Factory 360 the #1 vermicomposter in the U.S. The patented Worm Ladder and thermosiphon airflow system improve efficiency and ease of operation. A 72-page manual, instructional DVD, and information packed web site make experts out of novices.
Watch How the Worm Factory® 360 Works
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Greenhouse Grower
Low maintenance, pollinator friendly, naturalistic, long-lasting — perennials are all that and more. With consumer demand up for pollinator-attracting plants and low maintenance varieties, perennials are a must-have to round out your product mix. It's tough to find a perennial that isn't a perfect fit for flower beds, borders, mass plantings, small space gardens and containers, so you'll want to have plenty on hand for your customers.
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American Nurseryman
It's been said that if you want to learn something, ask somebody who knows. Every landscape professional knows something about spring-flowering bulbs. But there's one group of professionals who knows a great deal about bulbs, because they work with bulbs year-round and get feedback from landscapers across the country. They are the flower bulb experts who provide the bulbs that landscape crews plant.
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Greenhouse Grower
Greenhouse Grower's 2016 Young Plant Grower survey, which yielded responses from 93 producers, was about more than just production numbers and crop mixes. It also included questions about several issues of importance to young plant growers, including shipping concerns.
For example, in this year's survey, we asked young plant producers how shipping costs have affected both their operations and their customers.
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BuzzFeed News
Instagram shipped a slew of new features and updates in 2016, many of them controversial. In March, it irked people by changing the way it displays updates in its feed, moving from purely chronological to an algorithmic ordering. In May, it set off a ruckus with a change to the familiar Instagram logo. And in August it absolutely, positively steamed the internet by rolling out a new Stories feature that obviously cloned a marquee Snapchat feature.
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Journalism.co.uk
Having a successful social media strategy, whether it aims to reach a wider audience or drive more traffic back to the website, is crucial for any organization who has invested heavily in their online presence. But how can publishers determine where to concentrate their efforts?
Frédérique Lancien, WAN-IFRA global advisory consultant, explained that publishers are too quick to jump on each and every platform in the chance that they might boost their brand.
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Media Shift
Social media has become such an important part of the fabric of our culture and society. And that means it is really important for journalists to be social media literate ... beyond just the basics of knowing how to tweet or post to Facebook! Journalists need to know how to sift through, analyze, understand and interpret what is going on.
A couple of months ago, I published The Social Media Reporter, which aims to help journalists do just that.
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GWA
I began my career as a nursery/landscape buyer in the early 1980s. One of my first impressions after being promoted to this position was, to borrow a famous cliché, "Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore!" I was suddenly responsible for stocking three thriving retail operations in the Houston, Texas, area and a landscape division complete with multiple architects on staff.
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GWA
Join GWA Members and Mountain States Wholesale Nursery for an exciting Connect Meeting, complete with selection of new plants, nursery tours, food and friends. Mountain States "Back to the Future" theme will showcase the Mountain States journey starting in 1969, celebrating 47 years of growing!
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GWA
Join GWA in Region V as we spend the day touring two amazing Tulsa gardens, Tulsa Garden Center and Tulsa Botanic Garden, culminating in a trunk show and GWA Connect meeting.
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GWA
As part of best practices, GWA leaderships and management team (Kellen), completed a full review all governance documents, policies and procedures as part of the transition process earlier this year. This review included a comprehensive examination of GWA Bylaws. Most of the amendments were not to change procedures, but to accurately reflect what the current procedures are.
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