Justin Bieber, Ke$ha to Tie Up Traffic Around GMU

Patriot Center show Tuesday evening is expected to cause traffic headaches around the Fairfax campus.

A concert featuring Justin Bieber, PSY, Enrique Iglesias and other popular stars to tie up traffic around George Mason University Tuesday evening. The Patriot Center will host musicians for the Hot 99.5 Jingle Ball concert starting at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m. This concert also features Ke$ha, Flo Rida, Cher Lloyd with Becky G., Ed Sheeran, Austin Mahone and PSY (of Gangnam Style fame). Motorists should anticipate a car crawl along the edges of George Mason University and long lines at the Braddock Road-Route 123 and Braddock-Patriot Circle, Braddock-Sideburn and Route 123-University Drive intersections. Avoid these areas for at least an hour before and after the concert start time. Traffic will also be heavy after the concert ends from …

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Using Twitter Hashtags to Follow Events

When an event has everyone's attention, join the conversation using Twitter hashtags.

Twitter is changing the way we interact during special events. By searching a topic via hashtag (the symbol # and a keyword following) you can get on-the-ground updates, news, insights and trivia from those on the social network. Following the space jump This Sunday my family was transfixed by the space jump by Felix Baumgartner. In the midst of a relaxing Sunday afternoon my husband was reminded via Twitter that the rescheduled event was on. He jumped onto the YouTube stream. Walking by the home office I noticed the video image and jumped on my own computer to watch. I was never able to get onto the YouTube stream (over three million people were watching at that point), but the various data such as altitude, speed, temperature all were …

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