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Author Archives: Taylor

The Mega-machine of Super Bowl Commercials

By Taylor | Published: January 31, 2012
The Super Bowl has become much more than a sporting event and the culmination of the NFL season. It’s become a cultural phenomenon, a pop culture bellwether that more than 111 million Americans watched in 2011. That’s more than one third of all the people living in the U.S. at the time. If you have [...]
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Stone Soup: A Truckee Community Event

By Taylor | Published: January 27, 2012
The first Stone Soup of the 2012 season took place Sunday, Jan. 22, 5-7 p.m., at the Community Arts Center, 10046 Church St., Downtown Truckee, Stone Soup is a community based, volunteer staffed evening of soup and friendship. A different business or organization sponsors this weekly event, the volunteer group chopping, dicing, sautéing and cooking [...]
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The Snow Is Here, Be Avalanche Aware!

By Taylor | Published: January 23, 2012
Mother nature has finally decided to bring us some of that fluffy white stuff. Naturally, it’s a race to the gates to get the freshest tracks. As responsible snowsport enthusiasts, we should all have an awareness of the prevention and safety of avalanche emergencies.  Here is a link to a video of a real burial [...]
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Ghostly Morals

By Taylor | Published: January 20, 2012
A recent featured blog post on ActiveRain.com brought up the topic of selling a home with a morbid history. The blog post was this… “I was doing a staging consultation for a Realtor I work with and as I walked through the home taking notes the homeowner, Karen, a very nice woman talked about the [...]
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‘Dream Big’ Artist Creates from Rubix Cubes

By Taylor | Published: January 19, 2012
Dream big For his artwork Dream Big Peter Fecteau used 4.242 Rubik’s Cubes to make a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. Technicals: The mosaic is made of 4,242 officially licensed Rubik’s Cubes. It measures 19′ x 8’6″ x 2.25″ (5.8m x 2.6m x 5.7cm ). It weighs roughly 1000 pounds (454kg). Each cube has [...]
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Futuristic and Innovative Homes for Sale Right Now

By Taylor | Published: January 17, 2012
Here is a selection of futuristic abodes that challenge traditional McMansion layouts.  These homes are handpicked as the sleekest, most avant-garde, in some cases zaniest, homes currently or recently on the market. They conjure images of science fiction lore, and in many cases, have actually been rented out by movie and television studios for that [...]
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Debunking the Rumors of Squaw

By Taylor | Published: January 9, 2012
For all the non-Squawpine pass holders, here is an email from Andy Wirth, President and CEO of Squaw Valley, in an attempt to debunk all those nasty circulating rumors. Last year was a record breaking season for snowfall as most of you will fondly remember. This year is also record breaking, but for lack of [...]
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Biggest Scientific Breakthroughs of 2011

By Taylor | Published: January 5, 2012
A new year has officially begun. As we embrace 2012 and a new beginning, here are a few of the most amazing scientific breakthroughs of 2011. The World’s Lowest Density Material With a density of less than one milligram per cubic centimeter (that’s about 1000 times less dense than water), this surprisingly squishy material is [...]
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Ski Area Environmental Report Card

By Taylor | Published: December 26, 2011
Ski Area Environmental Report Card It’s a bluebird powder day, and you are second in line for the lift. In front of you are two men you recognize from every other bluebird day when you are second in line. They are well into their 60’s and their gear looks like it came from a time [...]
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A Legacy Lost: Warren Hellman

By Taylor | Published: December 20, 2011
Hellman, a sharp business mind known for his extraordinary philanthropic generosity and a renegade intellectual wit, was revered equally for his professional accomplishments in business as he was for his charitable endeavors and warm personality that served to bring out the best in everyone he knew. Born in New York City in 1934 and growing [...]
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