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...also of the Miley Cyrus one. It's a story as old as The Beverly Hillbillies, but instead of the blue-state-red-state cultural differences being played off each other, they are set in counterbalance. In Miley-the-creation and Miley-the-girl, we have someone who's cool but wholesome, sophisticated but innocent, glamorous but sweet. Her appeal crosses cultural lines and, accordingly, elicits different reactions. On Access Hollywood, a bespectacled boy gives her flowers, while a 20-something asks where she wants her first tattoo...
...little people are led to believe that once a neighborhood, restaurant or trend has crept into our consciousness, it's no longer authentically cool. In this study, Currid and Williams take aim at that adage. Surveying 300,000 snapshots taken by the photo agency Getty Images at more than 6,000 parties, openings and premieres in 2006 and 2007, the authors attempt to map the cultural epicenters of Los Angeles and New York. Their findings are somewhat surprising: The buzziest neighborhoods aren't blossoming ones like the Lower East Side or Los Feliz, but rather the stalwarts on every basic...
...loss means that Harvard (7-19, 5-3 Ivy) will play in the consolation game of the Beanpot Tournament next Monday at Fenway Park.Harvard banged out 11 hits, but none of its three pitchers—sophomore Anthony Nutter, senior Ryan Watson, and sophomore Zach Hofeld—could cool the Huskies’ hot bats. “We keep coming out hard every day, but there’s just not much you can do when a team puts 17 hits on you,” captain Harry Douglas said.Star Mike Tamsin, who Crimson coach Joe Walsh...
...Americans fighting in the Korengal Valley illustrates how difficult the war in Afghanistan is - but also how it can still be won. Over the past nine months, Bravo Company, a 150-strong unit of the 1st Battalion 26th Infantry Regiment, lost seven men in the Korengal while trying to cool down a toxic cauldron of local insurgents, Taliban leaders, foreign jihadis and al-Qaeda members that has some calling this cedar-studded gorge the "Valley of Death." The villages of Korengal have had their losses too, but they are deaths mourned in secret. Elders say the Americans haven't killed...
...characters. Twitter’s user base swelled 900% last year. Companies, in turn, are quickly catching onto the service as a marketing tool.“There’s so much opportunity to have dialogue with people in a very authentic way. That’s the cool thing about Twitter,” Olinto said. “Most companies have to speak in press releases...[but Twitter] allows you to be yourself.”LET’S GET PERSONALIZEDTwitter’s form of communication can provide uniquely personalized dialogue with customers. On April...