The Sundance Film Festival is Only a Short Distance From Weber State Housing

download (32)Located only 63 miles from most of Weber State housing is Park City, Utah. One of the great yearly attractions in Park City, Utah is the Sundance Film Festival. Every January this 10 day event is the most attended independent film showcase in the USA showing more than 100 films to over 40,000 people. The festival is attended by celebrities, movie industry executives and lucky members of the general public who are able to purchase tickets.

Originally chaired by Robert Redford, the first incarnation of the Sundance Film Festival took place in Salt Lake City in 1978 and under the name “Utah/US Film Festival.” Among the films shown at this first festival were A Streetcar Named Desire starring Marlon Brando and Deliverance starring Burt Reynolds. The festival moved to Park City in 1981 and was renamed the Sundance Film Festival in 1991 after The Sundance Kid, a character famously portrayed by Robert Redford in the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969.

TRAVEL A SHORT DISTANCE FROM WEBER STATE HOUSING

TO SEE INDEPENDENT FILMS

The Sundance Film Festival has been the vehicle to launch many now famous independent directors to prominence. Notable independent directors receiving their start at Sundance include Quentin Tarantino with his movie Reservoir Dogs in 1992 and Kevin Smith for his movie Clerks in 1994. In recent years many other independent films showcased at the Sundance Film Festival have gone on to mainstream success including Whiplash in 2014 which was subsequently nominated for Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Supporting Actor (J.K. Simmons) at the Academy Awards.

The Sundance Film Festival is one of many attractions that draw tourism to Park City adding by some estimates $80,000,000 to the local economy annually. Tourism, including skiing and other outdoor activities has been the mainstay of the Park City economy since the 1990s. Prior to this, mining was the main economic force in the area. But it is tourism that now makes commercial real estate in Park City such a hot commodity.

The Signs and Banners That Never Were

IMG_0699My neighbor has not displayed signs and banners from his porch in some time. Susan, his neighbor to whom his signs were directed has presumably finished her treatment and is doing well. Moreover, we know that the home owner’s association sent him a letter to stop hanging signs from his front porch because many of the neighbors complained. It is clear to me that this sign hanging neighbor has a creative urge to communicate to the public through the use of signs. It is equally clear to me that this urge has been squelched by the powers that be. I have to wonder, however, if this urge had not been squelched what new signs might we have seen?

WHAT SIGNS AND BANNERS MIGHT WE HAVE SEEN?

One has to wonder what new signs we might have seen displayed from my neighbor’s porch. Perhaps he might have found another neighbor who was suffering from a sickness or other misfortune to whom he might address a whole new series of signs. Perhaps he might start a running commentary on the current political situation. Perhaps he might continue his sign dialog (or monologue) with Susan on some topic other than her sickness and treatment.

The possibilities are literally limitless. Conceivably and idea could be translated into an image or words and then displayed from a sign. What if everybody started displaying signs from their porches to the people living across the street from them. What kind of world might evolve from that situation? What if we were all mandated by law to display signs from our front porch indicating our thoughts on various subjects? Obviously, in our free society, such a law would be unenforceable as well as unconstitutional. Still, we are free to speculate on what is, what is not and what might be.

Another Case of Water Damage Ogden

download (6)It is with extreme reluctance and a heavy heart that the Home and Garden Top 100 blog must report the existence of water damage Ogden this week. The water damage happened to a house in Ogden late on Monday evening. The water damage seems to be the result of heavy rains and the resultant flooding. Rising waters began to surround the house around 6:00 Pm in the evening. The inhabitants of the house did not see a reason to leave at that time but their anxiety levels were clearly rising. By 8:00 PM the water had risen to a level where it became apparent that the family should seek higher ground.

FAMILY ESCAPES WATER DAMAGE OGDEN

The family left their house around 9:00 PM with as many possessions as they could pack and carry with them. They found accommodations in a nearby town and waited out the rains. On the following day they returned to the house to assess the damage. Unfortunately the water seems to have inundated the first floor of the house as well as the basement. At first glance there appeared to be minimal structural damage. The most significant damage was to the sheet rock in the walls of the first floor.

The carpeting and wood floors on the first floor and in the basement will have to be removed and replaced. Obviously the saturated sheet rock will have to be removed and replaced as well. As of yet there does not appear to be any significant mold issues but that is always a concern after a house has undergone water damage. A mitigation crew has been assigned to the house. This crew will remove the damaged materials and deploy fans and heaters to dry out the affected areas of the house. By all estimates it will take a month or so to return the house to its pre-flood state.

Important Facts Regarding Weber State Housing

WSUFor those of you in the market for Weber State housing there are several factors that you should be aware of. The first factor that you should be aware of is that there are a great deal of options available close to the Weber State University campus. These options include private rentals and apartment building style housing. Having an apartment near campus should be a top priority for any Weber State University student. This is true because having a home that is conveniently located near campus will decrease the time spent commuting to campus and thus providing more time for studying and attending class.

WEBER STATE HOUSING OPTIONS ABOUND!

Another very important factor that a prospective Weber State University student should consider are the pros and cons related to living with a room mate. On the one hand, living with a room mate will generally reduce the living expenses associated with housing. This makes sense because a room mate will decrease the monthly amount of money spent on rent as well as potentially decreasing the amount spent on food if these sorts of expenses are shared between room mates. On the other hand, however, living with a room mate can be difficult especially if there are personality differences between the two (or possibly more) people sharing a common living space.

The final most important factor that a prospective Weber State University student should be aware of is the condition of the housing he or she may ultimately choose. An old, dilapidated building might save a person a few extra dollars a month but this might not be worth it if the living conditions are too low. For example, it is important that the heat work properly, that there is a reliable internet connection, that the water is drinkable and that the housing is free of mold.

A Closer Look at Utah Travel Agencies

(1) - 1There are many Utah travel agencies to choose from if you are looking to take a trip in 2017. When considering the right travel agency for you the Home and Garden Top 100 Blogs suggests you also consider the following factors. First of all you need to make sure that the travel agency has a good reputation. This determination can be easily accomplished by reading online reviews about the travel agency in question. If there are no reviews at all you might want to consider that a red flag. Yelp.com is always a good reference for this type of research. Second of all you will want to know if the travel agency can make the arrangements you want them to make. For this information you can ask your friends and associates, check out the travel agency’s website or even call up the travel agency and ask them in person. You will want to know that they can do what you want them to do before you engage their services.

Do Your Research About Utah Travel Agencies

Effective travel agencies have connections in the world of travel and tourism. This means that they should know all the tricks of the trade. They will know what sort of travel you will need to get to the destination of your choice. For example, the effective travel agency will know if the best way to get from where you are to where you want to be is by train, plane, bus, car, boat or some other mode of transportation. They will also know or be able to find out what tourist locations are available in the vicinity of the location to which you intend to travel. This might include museums, monuments, restaurants and other attractions. A good travel agent will also be able to make suggestions that you might not have considered about your destination.

Don’t Build On a Flood Plain without Flood Insurance

noahs_arkMost loyal readers of the Home and Garden Top 100 blog should be well aware of the necessity to protect their home from water damage Utah. This is true regardless of whether they live in Utah or any other state. Certainly if said reader lived in a state other that Utah they would be protecting their home from water damage (whatever the name of their state is). But really, this distinction is of no matter because water damage is water damage no matter what state (or country for that matter) it happens to occur. So in that respect, water damage Utah can really happen in any state when you think about it.

Proceeding from the well established proposition that water damage Utah can happen in any state let us now discuss how a reader of the Home and Garden Top 100 blog should go about protecting their house therefrom. One of the best ways to do this is to not build your house on a flood plain. It goes without saying that floods are more likely to happen on flood plains than areas that are not designated as flood plains. Accordingly, it also goes without saying that it is a good practice to avoid building a house on a flood plain in order to avoid that same house incurring water damage.

Another way to protect a house from water damage is to make sure that it is ensured against flood damage. Of course this type of protection occurs after the water damage has been incurred. Nevertheless, most home owner’s insurance policies do not protect against flood damage. It is for this reason that the Home and Garden Top 100 Blog strongly recommends home owners purchase a separate flood insurance policy. This is especially true if the house in question has been built upon a flood plain.

The Road to Enlightenment

decorative gravelDriving a car on the highway is an allegory for the highway we all travel on the road to enlightenment. When a person drives a car he or she must maintain a focus on the activity of operating the vehicle. At the same time he or she may not be acutely aware of what he or she is doing. This is because driving (particularly on the highway) becomes a sort of meditative activity. The driver of the car maintains an awareness but is also operating instinctually to a large degree.

Obviously, the driver cannot loose all appreciation of reality lest they find themselves in a collision repair Salt Lake City. If they are lucky they will be there and not in a hospital. But meditation is by no means a loss of contact with reality. Indeed, meditation is a focusing of attention upon reality itself. It is an exercise in seeing reality for what it actually is independent of judgment, bias and other intellectual overlays the human mind tends to paint it with. Accordingly, it become imperative that the driver and the meditator perform their activities impeccably otherwise they may find themselves in a state of extreme danger.

But who can truly differentiate between the driver and the meditator? In a solipsistic universe the mind is all there is. All perception of an outside world is merely a projection of the mind perceiving it. This includes the world itself, all other people seemingly acting within the world and perhaps even God himself. Within this framework the question arises as to whether it is important that a driver crashes a car and ends up in a collision repair Salt Lake City? There is the sense that in the solipsistic universe the crash did not “really” happen. But when the mind is all that exists and a crash happens within that mind is the crash not as important as it otherwise would be?

The Importance of External Links

-1x-1As a cutting edge SEO Salt Lake City company what would you say is the best way for a web site to achieve a high rank in a search engine’s listings?

 

BF : The most effective method for a website to increase its search engine listings rank is to obtain external links.

 

What exactly is an external link?

 

BF : Simply put an external link is any hyperlink on another website that links back to the primary website.

 

Why is this important?

 

BF : External links pointing to a primary website are important because they are an easy and objective way to measure how popular the primary website happens to be.

 

So website rankings are determined primarily by the number of links pointing to them in combination with specific search terms?

 

BF : Primarily yes, but there are other factors at play as well. For example, if the linking domain is determined to untrustworthy then it will likely not help to augment the primary website’s rank.

 

What factors determine whether a website is trustworthy or not?

 

BF : A website containing nonsensical or spam content is typically flagged by web crawlers as untrustworthy. Also websites designed for the sole purpose of embedding a link to a primary website is also likely to be labeled as untrustworthy.

 

Are those types of websites easy to spot?

 

BF : It depends on the content. Many Utah SEO companies employ freelance writers to create content. When content is created by a person it is less likely to be flagged as spam by a search engine web crawler.

 

What other factors come into play?

 

BF : Web crawlers also look at the popularity of the referring website as well as the content relevancy relative to the primary webpage it links to. There are many other factors but the ones we have so far discussed are very important in terms of SEO.

To Name a Few Scents…

Tips for WinterizationDreams as commonly defined are characterized as a progression of mental images, feelings and other sensations that seem to transpire outside the volition of the person experiencing the dream during a state of sleep. Another commonly used definition of the word dream is in the context of an aspiration or goal. These types of dreams are goals to achieve and are very much more within the volition of the aspirant although not entirely so in every situation.

 

One situation where a dream lies squarely within the volitional powers of the aspirant is the situation where the aspirant makes the very fateful and impactful decision to join Scentsy. This decision is both fateful and impactful because it both changes the future of the aspirant and because it alters the living standard of the aspirant in a very significant manner. One might say that to aspire to this dream is to dream the dream unlimited.

 

Whether a person chooses to join Scentsy or whether that person chooses to remain a civilian it must be declared with much certitude that scents abound in everything and everywhere. It is these very scents that are the stock and trade of a Scentsy sales consultant. There are a myriad of scents to choose from including but by no means limited to the adored Scentsy Bar, the Amazon Rain Scentsy Bar, the Apple S’mores Scentsy Bar, the Aussie Plum Scentsy Bar, the Baked Apple Pie Scentsy Bar, the Bamboo Yuzu Scentsy Bar, the Beach Scentsy Bar, the Berry Bubble Blue Scentsy Bar, the Black Raspberry Vanilla Scentsy Bar, the Blackberry Merinque Scentsy Bar, the Blond Wood and Moon Flower Scentsy Bar, the Blueberry Cheesecake Scentsy Bar, the Blueberry Rush Scentsy Bar, the Bonfire Beach Scentsy Bar, the Bora Bora Blossom Scentsy Bar, the Braeburn Scentsy Bar and the Brazilian Grapes Scentsy

The Axiomatic Essence of Signs and Banners

It is axiomatic that signs and banners exist to convey information to the people who view the sign or banner. By the very nature of a sign or banner it will convey whatever information it contains to whoever happens to see it. It is in its essence non-discriminatory in other words. Now, a sign or banner can certainly be placed in a location where it is more likely to be seen by a specific audience, however, the exposure to this particular audience is only a statistical likelihood and by no means a certainty.

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It is also axiomatic that signs and banners are non-interactive modes of conveying information to an audience. Put another way the person who views the sign or banner can not derive additional information from the sign or banner over and above that which is displayed within the content of the sign or banner. Of course with technology it is possible to design a sign or even banner that is more interactive through the use of electronic touch screens, however, the traditional sign or banner does not generally possess this ability.

 

Finally, even though a sign or banner displays information and is positioned in such a way as to be available to a specific intend audience there is no guarantee that said intended audience will react in the way the designer of the sign or banner intended. The audience might not see the sign or banner, for example. Even if the intended audience sees the sign or banner they might choose not to react to it either because they misconstrued the information displayed or the information was not compelling to them for whatever reason. Because all people possess