tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72305253085462598342024-03-08T02:58:26.948-08:00Pittsburgh GreatnessThis blog's main authors wrote a book supporting the idea that Pittsburgh is the greatest city in the world, based on hundreds of facts, statistics, and rankings. The authors provide a variety of fun content, facts, ideas, and event details about great things going on in The Burgh, and pose discussion questions to inspire interest and laughter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230525308546259834.post-69236060388249248642010-03-02T12:49:00.000-08:002010-03-02T12:55:43.598-08:00Knock it off with the chairs already!OK. I know that the ritual of placing chairs to save your spot when you had to excavate your car out of the snow has been around for a long time, but let's get real. We got nailed with snow and we ALL had to spend two hours or more digging out our cars. If you had to dig your car out for two hours then WELCOME TO THE CLUB! There is nothing unique about that. If you drove, you dug.<br /><br />I understand that people have a sense of TEMPORARY ownership over that space, although they have NO LEGAL RIGHT TO IT (LOOK IT UP). However, it's been almost a month, guys. If you are still placing a chair to hog up a space that you are not even using for hours at a time, you are just being greedy. Let it go.<br /><br />Part of being a great city is being reasonable. Folks from other cities look at this kind of territorialism as being provincial. We're better than this. Your time spent working on an area of space does not give you indefinite rights to it for a month at a time. If so, then the trash men should be able to reserve a spot in front of your house because they picked up the garbage there.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230525308546259834.post-10284964388739359642010-02-09T15:43:00.000-08:002010-02-09T15:55:19.094-08:00Pittsburgh weather in perspectiveJust a note about Pittsburgh weather - One criticism of Pittsburgh that I will admit to... is that we are spoiled. You thought I was going to say the weather, didn't you? The weather can be miserable here, but it can be pretty miserable almost anywhere, depending upon your location, preferences, and attitude. We just got over 20 inches of snow and we are getting ready for about another 10. OK - 30 inches of snow in a week kind of sucks, but let's get real. This is the first time this kind of snow has come down since when... 1993? We have it really good here. Bad weather to us means a few closed schools and businesses, a missed trip to the bar, maybe a missed Superbowl party. Of course, we have had some injuries, and even a few fatalities related to the weather, and that is HORRIBLE. I am not down-playing the plight of those who are really struggling because of all of this. I am merely pointing out that our struggles here are minor when you look at it on a global level, and that we should be very grateful. When we have REALLY BAD weather, it's a major inconvenience and (God forbid) there may be a few injuries or even deaths. When other places have REALLY BAD weather, hundreds of thousands of people die and millions are left homeless. The good thing about all of this snow is that it tends to bring out the best in many locals. I don't know how many people I have seen digging each other out of glaciers around here. If nothing else, we know that this will all seem like a half-forgotten dream when it's July and we're all sitting in front of a fan. We are in one of the safest areas of the world, with very little to no chance of a major earthquake, hurricane, tornado, forest fire, or catastrophic flood. If this is the worst that we are going to have to deal with - a crap-load of snow every seventeen years or so, I'm staying right here at home in the Greatest City in the World.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230525308546259834.post-13738749950728846162010-01-29T07:58:00.000-08:002010-02-02T13:45:47.416-08:00Pittsburghers - Check out Fansided.com!!If you are a Pittsburgh sports fan, no matter your present location, you have GOT to check out Fansided.com. This is a beautiful site (the best sports site I have even seen) run by a great guy, Chris Viola. This thing is pretty damned impressive - visually stunning, smooth-running, and well-written, truly a professional production. I am very happy to announce that Chris has been kind enough to agree to be a guest author on this brand new blog you are reading right now. We are JUST getting started, and we can use his help. He will post once in a while (no obligation, Chris) when he wants to mix things up a bit, and it will be great to have his experience and insights into all things Pittsburgh. Although he may share sports wisdom with us, you will need to go to <a href="http://fansided.com">fansided.com</a> to get the really in-depth stuff. Thanks!<a href="http://fansided.com"></a><a href="http://fansided.com"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230525308546259834.post-20919918742871728452010-01-24T10:35:00.000-08:002010-01-24T11:45:04.919-08:00Pittsburgh: Home of the ZombiePittsburgh is truly a city of firsts. Just to name a few, Pittsburgh is home to the first Big Mac sandwich, the first robotics institute, and the first World Series game. However, for me, all these firsts pale in comparison to George Romero's epic first: <span style="font-style: italic;">"Night of the Living Dead,"</span> the first modern zombie film.<br /><br />Before<span style="font-style: italic;"> "Night of the Living Dead" </span>(1968), a shoestring independent effort shot in Pittsburgh by locals, zombies were, well...kind of lame. They appeared in a handful of films, including <span style="font-style: italic;">"White Zombie"</span> (1932), and <span style="font-style: italic;">"I Walked with a Zombie"</span> (1943). These "old school" zombies were usually dead people resurrected to do the bidding of their living masters. For example, the zombies in <span style="font-style: italic;">"White Zombie"</span> were put to work on a plantation. Hey, no overhead, that's a great business strategy. Note to self...<br /><br />Anyway, George Romero and co-writer John Russo came up with the idea to give the walking dead in their film (originally titled <span style="font-style: italic;">"Night of the Flesheaters"</span>) an extra punch. These zombies would not submit to mortals as the zombies of yesteryear once did. Nay, they would bite the hand of the living...right off! By making their zombies cannibals, not only did Romero and Russo scare the hell out of millions, but they also created an entire genre of horror film: the zombie movie.<br /><br />Following the realease of <span style="font-style: italic;">"Night of The Living Dead,"</span> and again upon the release of its uber-bloody sequel <span style="font-style: italic;">"Dawn of the Dead"</span> (1978), the world caught zombie fever. Directors the world over created their own variations on Romero's theme. Canadian director David Cronenberg's films <span style="font-style: italic;">"Shivers" </span>(1974) and <span style="font-style: italic;">"Rabid"</span> (1977) owe a lot to <span style="font-style: italic;">"NOTLD.</span>" Italy spawned dozens of zombie movies in the wake of <span style="font-style: italic;">"Dawn of the Dead," </span>including Umberto Lenzi's <span style="font-style: italic;">"Nightmare City"</span> (1980), which was the first movie to feature fast-moving, weapon-wielding zombies, and Lucio Fulci's <span style="font-style: italic;">"Zombie"</span> (1979), <span style="font-style: italic;">"The Beyond"</span> (1981) and<span style="font-style: italic;"> "City of The Living Dead"</span> (1980). Spain's Jorge Grau directed <span style="font-style: italic;">"Let Sleeping Corpses Lie"</span> (1974). France's erotic filmmaker Jean Rollin helmed <span style="font-style: italic;"> "The Grapes of Death"</span> (1978), and the racy<span style="font-style: italic;"> "Zombie Lake"</span> (1981), featuring Nazi zombies and lots of naked women. Portugal's Amando de Ossorio directed <span style="font-style: italic;">"The Blind Dead"</span> (1971) and its sequels, featuring zombie knights from the Inquisition back to wreak vengeance on sinners. In other words, <span style="font-style: italic;">everybody.</span><br /><br />In the 42 years since the release of <span style="font-style: italic;">"NOTLD"</span> the horror world hasn't had a more significant (or influential) breakthrough than the zombie film. George Romero is still making zombie movies today, and the number of zombie films just keeps on growing. Hopefully, the zombie film will never die.Mikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469751505110768013noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230525308546259834.post-10217589144075198162010-01-17T12:51:00.000-08:002010-01-17T12:59:53.591-08:00FundraisersPittsburgh is remarkable in terms of charitable organizations (among other things). We have an enormous number of fundraisers going on for more causes than I can count. My co-authors and I have decided to add a couple of new options. We are working with a club at North Hills High School to create a fundraiser through which they will sell Doing Good Works and Pittsburgh, the Greatest City in the World and split the profits with us 50 / 50. We have many expenses to cover, but I think 50% is pretty respectable. Once we try this out with them, we will open up this option to all schools and registered charities. We think that this will be a great way for organizations to raise money, and it is a better option than the junk food that they usually try to sell. If you have ideas of places that could use new fundraiser idea. please let us know. We are also interested in getting the word out through local media. We sent a Pittsburgh book to WDVE. You would think that a book that uses over 300 research items to prove that this is the greatest city in the world would have gotten their attention, but we never heard anything. We are going to have to gently remind them to take a look. The Pittsburghers need to know about this. I would love for the book to help rake in cash for as many local schools and charities as possible. The more we make, the more we can afford to give. Once we get loans and other expenses paid off, maybe we can offer even more than 50% of the profits.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7230525308546259834.post-13805334269102484982010-01-08T14:05:00.000-08:002010-01-08T14:29:19.337-08:00Greetings from the Greatest City in the World!Hello everyone! If you are checking out this weblog, you are probably a Pittsburgher, a Pittsburgh sports fan, a former Pittsburgher, or just someone I badgered into checking this out to make sure it was working. This weblog is for anyone who is interested in Pittsburgh and all that it has to offer. We will discuss hidden treasures, great restaurants, great activities, positive events, what we love about the Burgh, and what we can do to make it better. No place is perfect, but after living in twelve cities around the country and visiting places around the world, this is my favorite. Of course, it is cold as hell right now, but you can't blame that on the city. This is just a brief introduction today, but we will be pulling in all kinds of valuable and fascinating info about our area. Over the summer, I wrote a book with my star pupil, Heath Curran, called
<br />Pittsburgh, The Greatest City in the World. We will be pulling much of our info from that, because it was a ton of work and we have the research right there. We will try to update at least once per week, and I can't wait to see what everyone has to say. Since I don't have much time at the moment, I will include a list of Pittsburgh's #1 rankings, just as a warm-up. Thanks SO MUCH for your interest. -- Sean (Sean Elliot Martin, Ph.D. / Grandmaster)
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<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">#1 greatest number of bridges of all world cities (446)</span><o:p style="font-family: arial;"></o:p><span style="font-family:arial;">#1 Best metropolitan area for
<br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">relocating families – </span><i style="font-family: arial;">Worldwide ERC</i><span style="font-family:arial;"> and </span><i style=""><span style="font-family:arial;">Primacy </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">Relocation</span><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 best place to raise a family among metro areas in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> – <i style="">Reader’s Digest<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 transportation program in the nation to assist seniors and people with disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 bike trails in the world – </span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >The <a href="http://www.atatrail.org/" target="_blank" title="Use this link to visit the 'Allegheny Passage Trail' site"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Great Allegheny Passage Trail</span></a><u><span style="color:black;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Best</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Mid-sized</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">City</st1:placetype></st1:place> for Art Lovers – <i style="">American Style Magazine<o:p></o:p></i></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 Poetry Series in the World – the International Poetry Forum<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 installation art facility in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> – The Mattress Factory<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 most comprehensive museum dedicated to a single artist – Andy Warhol <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 traditional amusement park in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> – Kennywood <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 riverboat fleet in <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> – Gateway Clipper Fleet<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest inland regatta in the <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> – The Three Rivers Regatta<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>’s Best Fries and Hot Dogs Original Hot Dog Shop - <i style="">AOL City Guide</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >#1 “nation’s best Major League Baseball park” – <a href="http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/" target="_blank" title="Use this link to visit the 'Pittsburgh Pirates' site"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pittsburgh Pirates</span></a>’ <a href="http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/pit/ballpark/index.jsp" target="_blank" title="Use this link to visit the 'PNC Park' site"><span style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">PNC Park</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >(<st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><em><span style="font-family:Arial;">USA</span></em></st1:place></st1:country-region><em><span style="font-family:Arial;"> Today</span></em><em><span style="font-style: normal;font-family:Arial;" >, ESPN</span></em>) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 "best all-time work of American architecture" – “Fallingwater” (American <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >Institute</span></st1:placetype><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" > of <st1:placename st="on">Architects</st1:placename></span></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 bird zoo in the country – <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:city>’s National Aviary<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest “green” building in the world – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">David</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">L.</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Lawrence</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Convention Center</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 most energy efficient conservatory in the world – Phipps Conservatory and <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >Botanical Gardens <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest Silver LEED-certified green museum in the country – Children’s <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on"><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >Museum</span></st1:placetype><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" > of <st1:placename st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:placename></span></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 “Urban Adventurer” award from <i style="">National Geographic</i> magazine for outdoor <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >adventure opportunities available close to a city<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 <st1:placename st="on">Transplant</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Center</st1:placetype> in the World – University of <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Medical</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Center</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 Conference and Exposition on laboratory science in the world – Pittcon<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest and most comprehensive robotics exhibition in the world at the <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on"><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >Carnegie</span></st1:placename><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" > <st1:placename st="on">Science</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Center</st1:placetype></span></st1:place></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" > – Roboworld<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest robotics research center in the world – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">Mellon</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype></st1:place> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 world’s largest “science of sport” exhibition – The Carnegie Science Center<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 collection of Jurassic period fossils in the world – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Carnegie</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Museum</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 airport in the country according to J.D. Power – <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:placename> <st1:placename st="on">International</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Airport</st1:placetype></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest vintage auto race in <st1:country-region st="on">America</st1:country-region> benefits the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placename st="on">Allegheny</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">Valley</st1:placetype> <st1:placetype st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> and Autism <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >Society of <st1:city st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city> – The <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:city> International Vintage Grand Prix<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 largest and most comprehensive inner city sports program for kids in the country – <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >BIG League Sports of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:place></st1:city> (<i style="">Citiparks Summer Magazine 2009)</i><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 lowest crime rate for any metropolitan area (<st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Pittsburgh</st1:city></st1:place> proper and surrounding area) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >in the <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">U.S.</st1:country-region></st1:place> with over 1,000,000 citizens, according to the FBI<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" >#1 American Football team of all time (six Super Bowl victories including 2009) – The <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span style=";font-family:Arial;color:black;" >Pittsburgh</span></st1:place></st1:city></span><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:black;" > Steelers<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=";font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;" >#1 football fans according to ESPN – The Pittsburgh Steelers fans<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b style=""><span style="font-family:Arial;">WE HAVE A <st1:place st="on">LOT</st1:place> TO BE PROUD OF!!!<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
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