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The Beautiful Ones

Submitted 08-20-2010 under OPINION

I've lived in Grand Rapids long enough to know there are two charismatic figures you do not criticize publicly.  But I'm just naive enough to express concerns about a decision made by one of them.  Damn the torpedos.   Here goes: I...

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Interaction with The Rapidian helps generate coverage ideas

Submitted 08-18-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff*: A major element of The Rapidian, if not the most important, is community involvement. Without interaction between readers and reporters, the Rapidian wouldn't be able to offer much, which is why we try to encourage...

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Four or five new features we may just develop next

Submitted 08-10-2010 under OPINION

Features, features, features. It’s nearly all we can think about in The Rapidian’s IT HQ. While we may have unveiled our newest, most solid suite of updates a mere two weeks ago, we are quick to look at what’s coming next. After some deep...

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Chase You Down Until You Love Me

Submitted 08-05-2010 under OPINION

Ten years ago I had a daily walk from a Hell's Kitchen apartment, to an Upper West Side bartending job.  By the time I hit 80th Street, I swear to God, I always ended up behind a quarreling Basinger and Alec Baldwin.  Their walking...

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Media literacy: Distinguishing political coverage

Submitted 08-03-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: Right around fall time every year, the city is caught in a maelstrom of election coverage. There is so much news coverage pouring out of papers, screens and in 1s and 0s that it can be difficult to wade through the type...

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The Local Beet: Celebrating the bounty of the season as a member of a community supported agriculture farm

Submitted 08-02-2010 under OPINION

Besides growing your own food, being a member of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm is an excellent way to be connected to local farmers and the land they cultivate. As a member of a CSA, a family (or individual) pays the farmer a fee...

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The Rapidian celebrates volunteers with SUPER-latives!

Submitted 08-02-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: On July 22, we threw our first volunteer bash. Named SUPER-latives!, we wanted to celebrate everyone who had contributed to The Rapidian, from readers to Flickr groupies to contributors to staff. The event took...

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NEW FEATURE TUESDAY – New article pages: Better images, sharing, sidebars and author information

Submitted 07-27-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian Staff: Bake a cupcake and light a candle, because it’s New Feature Tuesday here at The Rapidian. NFT is a semi-regular holiday I have just made up to mark the release of new features that make The Rapidian look and work better...

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Communicating with police to get the details

Submitted 07-20-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: You probably wouldn’t imagine being a contributor to the Rapidian would put you on the police department’s radar but sometimes that’s exactly where you want to be. Reporters often find situations where the information...

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Online tools: Resources to create cool multimedia for The Rapidian

Submitted 07-06-2010 under OPINION

From The Rapidian staff: It's astonishing how easy it is to create interactive media with free tools right at your fingertips (literally)—that is, if you know where to look. We covered a couple tools in a previous editorial, but here are a few more...

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