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One thing I have found in my years of entrepreneurship is that smart marketing is the key to success. I have worked with many different types of small business owners, entrepreneurs, coaches and consultants from all kinds of industries. No matter what their business is I have found that if the person does not know how to market it, and they do not get help to do so, the business will not survive.
The following 10 items are what I consider a good small business start up checklist. If you are in business or thinking about getting into business, you will want to ensure you have or are working on all of these things constantly. The right mix of these items works well to maximize your exposure, credibility, expert status as well as to build your database and help you make informed marketing decisions.
1. Realistically Defined Target Market - Most small business owners actually have too large of a target market to be realistic and to be able market to them all with their limited time and budget. Most likely, you will want to narrow your market or define your niche even further with specific demographics and psychographics. In doing so, you will begin to see unique opportunities surface in that market. Do not forget about all your referral sources. Remember, they are your target market too!
2. Marketing Plan - This plan should outline everything you could possibly do in your marketing, based upon who your target market (ideal client) is and the best ways to reach them, including various guerilla marketing techniques, ideas, promotions, and co-promotions. You will need to stick to your well-researched plan and not be tempted to steer away by random advertising opportunities. This should also include a Publicity Plan. The Publicity Plan should include pertinent media contacts, press releases, article submissions and event listings for ongoing exposure. If you are not submitting press releases regularly to the local media and/or local organizations you belong to, you are missing FREE opportunities to get additional exposure for your business.
3. Database - Input all clients, prospective clients, referral sources, and contacts you will need in one place. Be sure to include everyone you have ever known or done business with so that it is easily mail merged for one. In addition, format the database so that you can sort them by hot, warm or cold prospect or referral source. Next, stay in regular contact with your database through effective Database Marketing and Follow Up. This will allow you to be on the top of their minds when the topic of your service and/or product arises in conversation. This process can include letter and email templates, a system for following up with 'hot', 'warm' or 'cold' prospects and ongoing database marketing. Remember, if you do not do a quick follow up after you meet someone, you are missing opportunities and they might forget about you. You want to follow up with everyone you meet within 48 hours of your meeting. In addition, you will want to ensure you continuously follow up. You need to make this system automatic, systematic and practical so that it will get done. Delegate the process it if you have to.
4. Company Web site - Including domain name(s), hosting, reciprocal links, and Internet submission. You are missing sales if you do not have a Web site. However, a professional Web site is a must, not a home-made, amateur site as it will harm your credibility. It does not have to cost a fortune to be professional. The goal is to design it so it will inform, entice and capture your audience.
5. Email Marketing - Distribution lists, program for email marketing, newsletters, promotions - email marketing is the cheapest form of marketing that anyone can do. However, these days there are spam laws that a business must follow as well as email etiquette that you should strive to follow so that you are portrayed as a professional business. There are programs that you can use to truly make your emails pop, but remember you must send people information that your audience wants to read, not just what you want them to read.
6. Effective Ads & Advertising Plan - Including Timeline & Budget - More than likely you are not spending enough money on advertising. If it you advertise in the right places, places that reach your target market, with a good message or headline and for a reasonable length of time you should see good results. If you only try it once, go too small, or have no idea how to design your ad effectively, you will not get results. Learn about all the advertising mediums in your target area, who they reach, their demographics, what kind of circulation they have based on their cost, etc.
7. Professional Marketing Materials - Business Cards, letterhead, envelopes, brochure, sales packet, flyer, and postcard - whatever is necessary to reach your target market. The materials must be professionally designed, printed and presented.
8. Branding - Includes signage like nametags, shirts with logo, vehicle signs, banner, promotional products and giveaways - the more your name is in front of people, the better. You will want people to recognize your brand on everything you do.
9. Networking Plan - Includes any pertinent organizations, associations, chambers or other professional group that brings in referrals or is an effective venue for prospecting or business development. Pick some organizations (between 2 - 5) you believe are the best at either promoting or building your business. Join them and become as active as you possibly can so you become the well-known expert in your field. Volunteer your time generously and most of all put their events on your calendar before any other client meeting or job because these are advertising dollars that you are not spending.
10. Good, Reliable Vendors - Includes industry vendors as well as those for your business development such as printers, mailing houses, delivery services, rental companies. You would be surprised to know that you are probably spending too much money in one or more of these areas right now. Find reliable, inexpensive sources.
If you are thinking that there is absolutely no way you can get all this done yourself, or you just do not know how to do something on this list then, I would suggest that you find an expert in that field to help you. Delegate that task to someone who knows best how to accomplish it and can do it much more efficiently than you can.
Remember, the cost of outsourcing such tasks far outweighs the valuable time you spent trying to figure it out. Your marketing is the most important thing you will ever do in running your own business. If you do not believe me, save this article in a safe place. When you go out of business in 2-5 years , find it and read it again.


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“Marlborough House” is a building I’ve walked past possibly hundreds of times, and yet have had no idea what was located inside. A bit of googling reveals this massive building is home to fashion graphic designers, fashion designers, furniture designers etc.
I only really discovered it today when I went walking along Marlborough Street as part of my ongoing photographic project, Surry Streets. I actually thought it was one of those massive residential apartment blocks springing up around Surry Hills, but apparently not.
It absolutely dominates one end of Marlborough Street which stretches from Cleveland Street right up over the hill to the other side of Devonshire Street.
As you walk along the street you pass interesting old terrace houses, interesting businesses, Ward Park, and St Peter’s Catholic Church to name but a few of the sites you encounter.
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I have some BIG things up in the air right now on where life is headed for me - all good stuff - no worries... & I'll be talking about it soon enough, but yeah. Life is totally off balance right now for me.
When I'm up at 4AM bright eyed because of wondering & worry & decision making? That's off balance. Dont mess with my sleep.
I am someone that needs sound around me. Music, or a TV - just background noise. I dont really have to have it super loud. I keep my radio on at my desk so low that if i walk 5 steps away from my desk, you cant hear it - but when I'm sitting there, I can hear it. I just hate total silence. I'm the only one in the office that uses a radio & I dont understand how everyone does it.
I think I'm way over thinking this question.... because I'm like, "Tradition? Like something that always happens?"... & "Feel at home? Like comfortable - or you mean, like a kid feeling at home again?" Or it is talking about is there something you do when you move that is a tradition that makes it feel like home? But people dont move that often.... Or is it talking about if you're traveling & do you do something while you're away from home to feel like home.... or is it talking about what i do every day when I get home that makes me feel finally relaxed? I'M SO CONFUSED!!!!
The first thing that came to mind - a song by KISS... my husband would be so proud.
I'm starting to give up on some shows.
I've stopped watching How to get Away with Murder... & I gave up Designated Survivor... & I'm teetering on the edge of not caring about Scandal either (I reallllly dont like evil Olivia Pope)... my DVR is thankful.
But I'm not giving up on my Survivor, The Walking Dead, This is Us & of course, Dancing with the Stars!
Can't wait to hear about the new things in your life. Even making decisions about "good" change can be scary!
I am savoring every episode of The Middle right now since it is the last season...boo!
I don't like evil Olivia either!! I told my husband that last week. Hope you have a great week and all the wonderful things up in the air come to fruition.
GIRL! I've been up since 2AM! Gonna be a long day for sure! I remember Kiss's Beth! And I quit watching TV a long time ago. Still stuck on This Is Us and American Housewife though! Have a great day!
I embarrassingly must admit I haven't watched The Walking Dead for over 2 years. I'm SO behind. I have them all recorded but I just can't seem to get motivated enough to watch them.
Sorry to hear things are off balance right now but happy to hear it's for good things :) Fingers crossed that it works out just like you want it to!
#3 girl you are cracking me up! But yes, I agree, no good when sleep is taken away :( Praying for wisdom right now!
Who is your favorite on DWTS? I can't say I'm sad the Lachey's are gone, especially the Mrs. We are loving The Good Doctor right now. Hope your decisions are made and rest returns. Have a happy Wednesday!
I hope your balance is restored soon - that is a hard way to live, even if it's all good stuff.
HTGAWM is ridiculous at this point. But I keep watching. Not sure why.
I always need sound around me when I'm working, too.
I am horribly off balance right now, too, and I hope yours is restored soon because living sideways isn't fun at all.
I'm super hopeful that the upcoming changes mean a job with health care coverage for you!
Better days are ahead my friend. I hope the changes are for the better. I too don't like to be in total silence. I always have music on in the background.
I can't wait to hear the news about where life is headed for you! Sounds exciting! KISS, oh my did that bring back some memories. When I was 18 I dated a guy who played the drums for a cover band for KISS. They dressed up in full costume and played locally. I hadn't heard that song in a long time! I'm becoming unhappy with Designated Survivor too. Maybe because all the characters do the same thing week after week, she fights alone, he stops a worldwide threat, he feels neglected... I loved it in the beginning but now, meh. Hope you have a good week!
We quit How to Get Away With Murder in the first season, I am not quite sure how you have gone on this long lol. And UGHHH to evil Olivia. I know, same here. Chris and I were just discussing that we don't like her at all anymore after the last episode we watched. Since it is the last season I am sticking with it though. I guess I will just be less sad that the show is going away haha.
I am dying at the Twerk at Work thing because I feel like I sometimes do that. No one can see me unless they walk by. But I need some sort of music or something around me at work as well. I haven't seen Scandal or Getting Away with Murder. I love This is Us though. I still want to start Walking Dead too.
We have given up on Scorpion and Blacklist. I understand where you are coming from!! I enjoyed your HP!!
Hoping you can reveal your big changes soon...feeling off balance isn't fun. It always makes me feel like I'm wasting time.
The only show I really anticipated this fall was Shameless. I can binge Jane, and Riverdale, and etc when it all comes to Netflix.
Hope you get your balance back soon. I like your song choice. I also like the verse you shared.
I stopped watching Survivor, at least this season anyway. So far I. Ok with this decision. I keep hearing about This is Us. I need to check that one out, I guess. My can’t miss shows are NCIS and Bull.
If your life has to be off balance in some way, shape, or form I'm glad it's for GOOD changes. Praying for ya, girl friend!
I love the "girl in a song title" question. So unique!
Sometimes you've just gotta give up on the shows that aren't cutting it.

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I was really enjoying this until the pages went blank. Literally there are several blank pages. Author needs to reload.
This has been fixed. I've been having problems with my FTP server. There is an unidentified bad batch of scripts that got uploaded.
Cool, is the writer around? Want to make sure before I dig in.
Hi, glad you've been enjoying it so far, the problem seems fixed and the whole script appears intact.
Wow! I really enjoyed this one. Excellent stuff here. I didn't think I would read through the whole thing, but I was enamored by the story.
- I fell in love with the characters, which I think is probably the most important part of a rom-com. Well done!
- The fourth-wall breaking felt a wee bit like an unnecessary flourish. Something that seems more like a stylistic subversion as opposed to a meaningful one. Maybe this would work better if it was more closely tied to Alex's podcast?
- Interesting thematic stuff going on with the names. The Alex/Laura and Mel/George stuff was very cool.
- Funny moments. The ending podcast calls and S.A.A meeting stick out.
- I felt that Joey's scene where she gets upset at the customer felt a little too cruel for me to stay with the character. I understand that she's brash, but the meanness tips over to "too much," in my opinion.
- This read like a breeze, but I couldn't help but think that you could've done more with fleshed out descriptions of both character and setting, to give us a better feel of the world and its situations. It's awesome that this story has an Asian character and overweight character as its leads, but the fact that we don't know any of this until it comes up in dialogue is kind of telling.
- Alex and Mel reading each others' texts to the other was a great scene.
- I felt there were lots of instances where the characters were a bit too honest in their dialogue, to a fault. It seems like people would usually work their way around the conflict in question, as opposed to harshly cutting to the point. It's fine if it's one or two particular characters who do it, but the fact that most everyone approaches conversation this way was a little off-putting.
And that's it! Again, really liked this one, keep it up!
Hi Josh, thank you for reading the script and for your notes. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
The 4th wall break was carried over from its prequel, but you make a great point especially if I want this to be standalone.
Joey was my favourite character to write, one of the reasons being that she required the least amount of thought dialogue-wise, almost as if she refuses to let me decide for her what to say. But you make another great point in her going too far sometimes.
The descriptions of the characters were any carry-over from the prequel, as both Mel and Alex were already established. But again, I definitely see the benefit of re-establishing them for this to be standalone.
Your comments were very valuable to me as a writer, so thank you again!

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As much as possible, I try not to write anything too personal in this blog.
I guess it’s enough that my best 3 readers know that I am a neurotic drama queen easily obsessed with androgynous looking Asian boys (read: Japanese). Beyond that, I try not to dwell too much on my personal life even if I managed to post my husband’s face and that of the circle of friends that I maintain.
So even if there are days when my heart is breaking, or my chest is too painful that I can’t breathe…for days when I’d rather say things I want to say, or even write the things that I am too much of a coward to even utter — I try to stay away from this blog. There are days when I feel like my heart is breaking and I needed an outlet to say what I really feel…my natural recourse was to write, but I keep on editing myself, not wanting to divulge anything too personal.
The purpose of this long discourse is my decision earlier to attend Fr. Fernando Suarez’ healing mass held at Glorietta 5. Fr. Fernando Suarez is a Filipino-Canadian priest known for his healing gift. Through his intercession, countless wheelchair bound patients have managed to walk again, the sick was healed and the distressed was given strength.
I have been depressed for almost a month now due to financial, emotional and physical problems that have been hounding me repeatedly. I have been suffering from chronic headache, colds and cough; the hubby was diagnosed with gallstones and might have to undergo surgery (right at the exact moment when we were very low on funds); I was stressed at work plus all these baggage were adding up to put strain in my marriage. Plus, I have been asking the Lord for one thing that I wholeheartedly desire.
Honestly, I am not a very religious person. Yes, I am spiritual and very attuned to my beliefs…but I am not the type to spend hours and hours at the church. Plus, I have a serious aversion to deeply religious people (case in point: my own mother) who are very active in the church yet seriously lacking on fellowship to common folk. So, when I had the chance to get tickets to the healing mass, I was approaching it with a very open yet (slightly pessimistic) mind.
And I am glad to be proven wrong.
The mass was serene and hopeful, very solemn in spite the fact it was held at the middle of a busy mall, with attendees close to 500 people. Fr. Suarez has a way of connecting to his audience. His words are moving and easy to understand. He speaks humbly about his gift and stresses that he is not the one who should be credited with the power of healing, but Jesus Christ and The Lord alone. He is just an instrument, he says.
How do you explain faith? This is what I asked myself when right in front of me, I saw old men and women–feebled, their bodies ravaged by sickness–stand up from the very wheelchair that they used to occupy. I saw an old lady wheeled in by her daughter…only to stand up after the blessed father laid his hand on her chest. I saw people, overcame by the Holy Spirit, fall to their knees (to the waiting hands of some volunteers from the Landmark), only to wake up a few seconds later. I saw men–big burly men–crumple to the ground like a used sack of clothes, crying while praying. I wish I was making this up — but I saw it.
Here’s the funny part — when I started seeing people fall to the ground, my overactive, mildly neurotic mind started to wonder. I really do not want to fall in public. One, your face and your fall due to His grace will be beamed live to the four corners of Glorietta 5 courtesy of the ever present camera documenting those who were crying, who were healed and most importantly, the neat row of people lying on the ground after they have felt. I keep on thinking, “I don’t wanna fall and resume consciousness surrounded by worn shoes plus with a camera sticking to my face”.
I guess this was the reason why I didn’t fall right the moment Fr. Suarez held my hand and prayed over me. I reached out and touched him and said my solemn prayer invoking his intercession. When I looked up, I was still standing, while a neat row of unconscious people were laid at my feet. At first, I was sad that I didn’t collapsed, does that mean that I didn’t get the Holy Spirit? The thing is, right after Fr. Suarez uttered his prayers, I felt a very light feeling in my chest. As if a load has been lifted.
In my heart I know that I believed and that He heard my prayers. I believe that in due time , the Lord will give me his answers.
Faith is a very tricky word–prone to misuse and abuse. At the end of the day, it depends on what your heart desired. For someone who is crying out for His help, there is no need for words. In my mind, faith is the language that our heart uses when we talk to our Maker.


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We are having such a good time that we thought that we’d better let you know about it.
We just got started a few months ago and before we knew it we were up and running tweeting (join Twitter at: www.twitter.com) for all we were worth and linking in www.linkedin.com to all our contacts.
Some of the folks on LinkedIn also tweet some of the tweeters are also on LinkedIn many are linked to Facebook www.facebook.com and everyone seems to have an iphone www.apple.com/uk/iphone/# (or similar).
I have totally got to admit that it can be pretty addictive and you really need to ration what you have to say and who you want to say it to (to a certain extent) but what the heck as long as its relevant to your business or lifestyle.
I have been amazed at how up-to-date I suddenly am with news views and even sports!
For me, tweeting for the firm is great fun; the tweets are linked to our web site www.pierce.co.uk and are also linked to my LinkedIn page.
Everyone in the firm is starting to get involved, either following us on Twitter or LinkedIn or just logging on to our website to see what we are up to.
Some of our good folks are letting me have twitter tips to post and we are enjoying the interaction that is building by using these modern communication tools.
One of the hardest things to understand and perhaps the greatest barrier to folks ‘giving it a go’ is the positive dictionary of new terms; however once you get started it all starts to make sense.
It is thought that the term Blog is derived from the use of the words ‘Web Log’. A Blog can be a website with things like a report on your daily life, like a diary. People use them to do things like express opinions or engage in debates, all through a computer. A Blog can also contain things like pictures, video and sound.
Twitter abbreviations: you will note when you visit twitter that the messages are very short, 140 characters including spaces, so abbreviated terms are common.
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Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken invites guests to deck the halls this season with the ultimate holiday-inspired sandwich, The Holiday Helper. This irresistible combination of traditional favorites returns for the month of December, making all days merry and bright this holiday season.
Starting with the Bromberg Brothers’ signature matzo-coated fried chicken, the Holiday Helper also includes a generous helping of home-style smoked mac & cheese, topped with shredded lettuce, tomato, pickled cucumber, and crispy bacon. But wait-there’s “myrrh,” the ultimate holiday sandwich is finished with a coating of signature BRBBQ for an extra, warming kick.
Get a little help this holiday season, with Blue Ribbon’s crispy fried chicken of course, and enjoy the Holiday Helper at Blue Ribbon Fried Chicken throughout the month of December for just $9.25.
Founded by chefs and owners Bruce and Eric Bromberg, Blue Ribbon Restaurants now owns and operates 19 premiere culinary destinations across the country. Blue Ribbon Restaurants was born in 1992 with the groundbreaking Blue Ribbon Brasserie in SoHo, renowned as an industry and chef’s hangout. Each Blue Ribbon Restaurant offers its own unique and authentic dining experience inspired by its surroundings. They range in scope from eclectic brasseries, a wine bar, a beer garden, casual fried chicken spots, the Brooklyn Bowls and, through their partnership with Sushi Master Toshi Ueki, seven unique Blue Ribbon Sushi restaurants, including Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill in Columbus Circle in Manhattan, at The Grove in Los Angeles, and at The Plymouth in South Beach. Blue Ribbon also provides restaurant consulting services. Bruce and Eric Bromberg’s cookbook, The Blue Ribbon Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2010) offers recipes for Blue Ribbon Restaurants signature dishes and insider culinary wisdom. For more information on Blue Ribbon Restaurants and the Bromberg Brothers, visit www.blueribbonrestaurants.com.

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The thread colors you see on this web site match the actual thread colors as closely as possible. Most Robison-Anton thread colors have a standardized Pantone color associated with them, and we have used the best computer representation of each Pantone color in designing this site.
Images on many of our thread pages, including Quilting Thread, Twister Tweeds, Metallics and Moonglow pages are made from digital photos of the actual thread, and we have tried to preserve the natural color as closely as possible.
However, every computer monitor displays colors slightly differently, so we can make no guarantee as to the accuracy of the colors you'll see on your screen as compared to the real thread color.
If precise color matching is necessary in the thread you buy, we highly recommend that you purchase a Robison-Anton Thread Color Card.

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Shirley Jackson is the Black woman who invented the touch tone telephone, the portable fax machine, solar cell and fiber optic cables necessary in overseas telecommunication.
Jackson was the first Black female to graduate from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) receiving all three graduate level degrees to include bachelor, master and doctorate in the area of physics.
Dr. Jackson is currently the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) which is the oldest technological university in the United States and located in Troy, NY.

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NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. – The Manchester University wrestling team will be back in action tomorrow Tuesday February 12 at Thomas More College in Kentucky. The Spartans and Saints are set to wrestle beginning at 7 p.m.
Manchester will be wrestling for the fourth time since February 3. During that span, the Spartans wrestled at both Indiana Tech and Trine in dual meet action. This past weekend, Manchester traveled to Alma College in Michigan for the 2019 Mid-States Invitational. At Mid-States, MU faced wrestlers from 11 different programs from across the Midwest.
Following Tuesday's meet at Thomas More, the Spartans will prepare for the 2019 NCAA Division III Central Region Championships, which will be held Friday-Saturday February 22 and 23 at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana.

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by: AndreaKZ: What the world is coming into?!
globe price hike - oh yes, im still not over with this issue. im starting to feel the effect of it actually. i dont get to receive good morning, afternoon, night, happy lunchtime, happy meal time (McDonalds?), greetings as often as i usually do. let's include the kmsta? zup? questions as well... good side: they cant annoy or disturb my sleep now. (haha!) bad side: i somewhat miss it. especially if you have nothing to do and you wanna have someone to text to. oh well... we'll see what happens next.
PACQUIAO to enter politics - its not that i don't like him... i just think that if he does this, it might ruin the heroic image he has or something. i just don't feel comfortable with it.
ME, BBDOYZ, TERE - working... thinking about business... getting serious with life??? this is something new actually. although we've all had experienced working before (or something), we're starting to look forward into, you know, that 'responsible' thing that everyone talks about. this is now the start of getting old... or growing old... whichever. putting direction in life like most of them says.
Tere, Inlove? - no its not that she's incapable of feeling this. what's weird is that she's talking about it. leaving me with no idea to whom or how... oh well, must be the aura of the Feb-ibig craze. hehe..


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Shelter’s response to the government’s proposals on longer tenancies.
“This is an important step forward. Losing a tenancy is the main driver of homelessness and also causes huge instability for renting families so everyone who rents will be very pleased to see a move towards longer tenancies. But if the government really wants to stand up and provide stability for renters, they can and should go beyond three years to provide real protection from eviction, and the huge upheaval of having to move home, jobs and schools.


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PyeongChang, South Korea – One year from now, the best winter sport athletes in the world will descend upon PyeongChang, South Korea for the 23rd Olympic Winter Games. This week, the World Cup moguls and aerials athletes will get their first taste of the Olympic venues when they compete in an official test event Friday and Saturday.
Located 25 minutes from the Alpensia Sports Park in the PyeongChang mountain cluster, Bokwang Phoenix Park will play host to freestyle and snowboarding events in 2018. The mogul and aerials events are part of a series of test events throughout the month of February, giving athletes and staff a chance to familiarize themselves with the competition sites and surroundings.
After a successful showing on home soil last week, including podium finishes from Kiley McKinnon (Madison, Conn.), Jaelin Kauf (Alta, Wyo.) and Morgan Schild (Rochester, N.Y.), both U.S. teams are heading full steam ahead into the second half of the World Cup season, which includes the test event as well as qualifying events for the 2017 World Championships.
Competition in PyeongChang beings on Friday with the men’s and women’s aerials competition. Qualifications will begin at 1:40 p.m. local time, with finals at 7:00 p.m. Saturday’s mogul qualifications kick off at 3:20 p.m., with finals at 7:00 p.m.


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I’m very, very slowly being converted to the dark side or light side depending on your perspective. Ubuntu is a great linux distribution with a breadth of opensource apps that can be installed. The synaptic package manager makes installing anything as easy as ever.
I’ve just tried Fedora7 64 bit as my first Linux Distro and I have to say i am impressed. Fast and easy to use.


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This book provides a provocative look at the issues and controversies surrounding grade inflation, and, more generally, grading practices in American higher education. The contributors confront the issues from a number of different disciplines and varying points of view. Topics explored include empirical evidence for and against the claim that there is a general upward trend in grading, whether grade inflation (if it exists) is a problem, which ethical considerations are relevant to grading, and whether heavy reliance on anonymous student evaluations of teaching excellence has a distorting effect on grading practices. Finally, the contributors offer contrasting perspectives on the prospects for reform.
Contributors include Clifford Adelman, David T. Beito, Mary Biggs, Harry Brighouse, Lester H. Hunt, Richard Kamber, Alfie Kohn, Charles W. Nuckolls, Francis K. Schrag, and John D. Wiley.
Lester H. Hunt is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and the author of Character and Culture and Nietzsche and the Origin of Virtue.
4. Grade Inflation and Grade Variation:What’s All the Fuss About?

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The Dallas Cowboys completed a winless and desultory pre-season Thursday night with a lifeless 14-6 loss to the Houston Texans.
Running from 7 to 10:11 p.m. on CBS11, the game drooped to 320,495 total D-FW viewers, with less than one-third of them (106,100) within the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old demographic.
The regular CBS lineup was exiled over to sister station TXA21, where an 8 p.m. episode of Big Brother made the best showing against the Cowboys with 128,198 total viewers and 53,050 in the 18-to-49 realm.
ESPN’s prime-time college football attraction, a Big Ten matchup between Northwestern and Purdue, averaged just 35,611 total viewers while Fox Sports 1’s Oklahoma State-Missouri State game did worse with 21,366.
TEGNA8 won a downsized three-way race at 10 p.m. in total viewers while Fox4 drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 again crunched the competition with twin wins at 6 a.m. In both ratings measurements, the station had more than the combined audience for the waker-uppers on NBC5, TEGNA8 and CBS11.
NBC5 enjoyed the early evening, sweeping at both 5 and 6 p.m. CBS11’s local newscasts at those hours were rubbed out by a pair of Cowboys specials.
So exactly what was TEGNA8 anchor Cynthia Izaguirre apologizing for?
Another follower, Gabe (@raiderduke505), also praised Izaguirre for her honesty and strength of character. “Even though I missed what happened,” he added.
At the midway point of Thursday’s 5 p.m. edition, co-anchor John McCaa read a short piece about a New York City “Map Hack” that led to an apology from Snapchat. TEGNA8 showed the offending graphic (pictured above) and McCaa said the word “Jewtropolis” (NYC’s fake new name) before Izaguirre could be heard laughing loudly off-camera.
Izaguirre, who regularly is called “Izzy” on the air, also encouraged viewers to phone her directly at the station if they wanted to talk further.
It’s true that one mark of true character is a willingness to admit one’s mistakes. Izaguirre has never been hesitant to do that. And it goes a long way toward winning viewers over -- as long as it’s not constant. In that respect, Thursday’s misstep and Izaguirre’s apology ended up receiving rave reviews from her Twitter followers.
“You’re awesome, Cynthia! Your apology shows your utmost professionalism,” enthused Terry (@Terrys508).
“Sigh and thank you,” Izaguirre replied.
The long, hot summer continues to wind down while ABC’s America’s Got Talent and CBS’ Big Brother heat up down the home stretch of their final verdicts.
AGT paced all of Wednesday’s prime-time programming in total D-FW viewers by pulling in 220,785 in the 7 p.m. hour. And the competing BB as usual led with advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds (78,015).
Fox4’s local 9 p.m. newscast otherwise again fared well against network entertainment programming. winning from 9 to 10 p.m. in both total viewers (156,686) and among 18-to-49ers (40,568).
And now for Wednesday’s four-way local news derby results.
Fox4 won among total viewers, but got nipped by TEGNA8 in the fight for 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
The 6 a.m. sweep once again went to Fox4 while the 6 p.m. firsts were split between NBC5 in total viewers and TEGNA8 in the 25-to-54 realm.
At 5 p.m., Fox4 and NBC5 tied for the most total viewers, with Fox4 alone on top with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Summertime -- and the viewing is cheesy.
Although it dominated as usual Tuesday among total D-FW viewers, NBC’s America’s Got Talent got gonged by ABC’s competing Bachelor In Paradise among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.
BIP drew 74,894 of ‘em from 7 to 9 p.m. while AGT took the silver with 68,653. In total viewers, though, it was no contest. AGT had 313,372 compared to BIP’s 121,076. CBS’ NCIS and Bull repeats also beat BIP from 7 to 9 p.m. in total viewers.
In the 9 p.m. hour, Fox4’s local newscast won in both total viewers (178,053) and with 18-to-49ers (46,809).
Monday’s prime-time Nielsens were paced by Fox4’s 9 p.m. news in total viewers (199,419) while NBC’s two-hour American Ninja Warrior took the 18-to-49 crown with 56,171.
Monday -- Two stations scooped up all the spoils. Fox4 won at 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in total viewers and among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming). NBC5 swept both the 5 and 6 p.m. competitions.
Tuesday -- Same story. Fox4 ran the table at 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. while the Peacock had doubleheader wins at both 5 and 6 p.m.
The rapid ascent of Hanna Battah continues.
After joining Dallas-based Fox4 in June to replace Jenny Anchondo as the weekend Good Day anchor, Battah has been bumped up to weekday editions of the show. When Good Day expands another hour to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 4th, Battah will co-anchor the 4 to 6 a.m. portion of the program and then report during the remaining morning hours.
Incumbent anchors Tim Ryan and Lauren Przybyl get to start their shift two hours later and preside from 6 to 10 a.m., Fox4 announced Wednesday. Meteorologist Evan Andrews and traffic anchor Chip Waggoner will soldier through “the entirety of the newscast,” vice president and news director Robin Whitmeyer said in the station’s publicity release.
Battah made a quantum leap from Bakersfield, CA’s KBAK/KBFX-TV when she joined Fox4. Bakersfield is the country’s 126th television market while Dallas-Fort Worth is No. 5 and slowly closing in on No. 4 Philadelphia.
“In the short time since Hanna joined Fox4, she has proven she has the talent and intelligence to take on this important role,” Whitmeyer said.
Battah’s 4 to 6 a.m. desk mate is yet to be named, and there could be a series of tryouts for that spot. “It has not been filled yet. We will let you know when it is,” a Fox4 corporate spokesperson told unclebarky.com Wednesday.
The 6 to 7 a.m. weekday portion of Good Day has been a dominant force in the D-FW ratings and hasn’t been beaten on a single day since early spring. Good Day also usually outdraws the three competing network morning shows from 7 to 9 a.m.
Fox4 remains the only D-FW station to start its early morning weekday newscast at 4 a.m., which it has been doing since Wednesday, May 9th. NBC5, TEGNA8 and CBS11 all still begin at 4:30 a.m., although that is likely to change at some point.
The new 9 to 10 a.m. portion of Good Day will be competing against back-to-back episodes of Let’s Make A Deal on CBS, the third hour of NBC’s Today show and TEGNA8’s homegrown Good Morning Texas.
The old axiom is that people love to see a car wreck. But where the Dallas Cowboys are concerned, nope.
Sunday night’s Game 3 of the pre-season, a 27-3 loss to the visiting Arizona Cardinals, ran from 7:07 to 10:09 p.m. on NBC’s showcase Sunday Night Football stage. Dallas didn’t score until the final seconds of the game. And by that time, the D-FW audience had shrunk considerably.
Overall, Cowboys-Cardinals averaged 505,669 total viewers and 187,236 within the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old demographic. Last year’s Game 3, a 24-19 win over the Indianapolis Colts on CBS11, pulled in 559,875 total viewers, with 192,426 in the 18-to-49 age range.
Neither game was a so-called “dress rehearsal” in which starters played much of the first half. In 2017, Dallas was scheduled to play five pre-season games, with Game 4 ending up as the dress rehearsal. Game 5, against the Houston Texans, was canceled in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Also notable: Last year’s Game 3 was played on a Saturday night when many potential viewers tend to be out and about. But it still out-performed this year’s game versus Arizona, which got a more visible stay-at-home Sunday slot.
Of course the score didn’t help. The Cowboys had eight turnovers and basically were out of the game at halftime. Reacting accordingly, D-FW viewers tuned out as the game wore on. In total viewers, the crowd decreased in each 15-minute increment from 9 p.m. until the end, when just 313,372 viewers remained, some of them possibly asleep. Among 18-to-49ers, the steady drop-off started at 8:15 p.m. By the end of the game, only 112,342 remained.
The Cowboys still decimated all competing Sunday night programming. CBS’ 7 p.m. hour of Big Brother fared the best, with 156,686 total viewers and 65,533 within the 18-to-49 motherlode. As usual, that’s a higher percentage of 18-to-49-year-olds than the Cowboys managed.
In Friday’s prime-time Nielsens, NBC’s 9 p.m. edition of Dateline led all programming with 95,436 total viewers and also edged the 9 to 10 p.m. portion of CBS’ Detroit Lions-Tampa Bay Buccaneers game among 18-to-49-year-olds.
NBC5 had the most total viewers at 10 p.m. while the Peacock and Fox4 tied with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming.
Fox4 continued its lengthy 6 a.m. winning streak with another sweep. NBC5 drew the most total viewers at 5 and 6 p.m., and Fox4 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds at those hours.
CBS, which used to have Thursday Night Football, took the measure of Fox’s version with a competing 8 p.m. episode of Big Brother.
Not in total viewers, as it turns out. But in the audience demographic of most value to advertisers -- 18-to-49-year-olds.
Big Bro pulled in 89,873 D-FW viewers in this age range to nip the 8 to 9 p.m. portion of the Cleveland Browns-Philadelphia Eagles pre-season game (88,937). The NFL otherwise narrowly prevailed among total viewers in head-to-head competition with 213,663 to Big Bro’s 192,297. CBS’ summer moneymaker had a higher percentage of 18-to-49ers than Browns-Eagles, which Cleveland won by a 5-0 baseball score.
In Wednesday’s prime-time Nielsens, NBC’s America’s Got Talent had the most total viewers (235,029) while a 7 p.m. episode of Big Bro led all TV attractions among 18-to-49-year-olds (93,618).
Here are the local news derby results for Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday -- TEGNA8 ran first at 10 p.m. in total viewers, but Fox4 won among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 methodically swept the 6 a.m. competitions again. Fox4, NBC5 and TEGNA8 shared the total viewers lead at 6 p.m., with TEGNA8 alone on top with 25-to-54-year-olds.
At 5 p.m., NBC5 won in total viewers and Fox4 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Thursday -- TEGNA8 swept a downsized three-way competition at 10 p.m., with Fox4’s news delayed by football.
The 6 a.m. spoils again went to Fox4 while NBC5 rode to a 6 p.m. sweep. At 5 p.m., the Peacock had the most total viewers and Fox4 prevailed with 25-t-54-year-olds.
LOCAL TV PROGRAMMING NOTE -- Pulling Together, a CBS11 special tied to a day of charity tug of war competitions on behalf of the Children’s Cancer Fund, will air at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 25th and be repeated at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27th by sister station TXA21. CBS11 anchors Karen Borta and Doug Dunbar both fielded teams.
CBS11, which sponsored the Aug. 11th event, on Friday exceeded a goal of $200,000 in funds raised, according to CBS11/TXA21 communications director Lori Conrad.
After another too short and too hot summer, most Dallas school kids trudged back to their classrooms Monday.
D-FW’s early morning news programs again were happy to see the ratings upsides, with larger pools of parents both back from vacations and more attuned to any weather, traffic or other issues that might affect their backpacking broods.
Fox4’s Good Day jumped higher for joy than the rival attractions on NBC5, TEGNA8 and CBS11. Pole-vaulted is more accurate, particularly among the key news demographic of 25-to-54-year-olds.
In the most-watched 6 to 7 a.m. slot Monday, Fox4 pulled in 88,239 viewers in the 25-to-54 age range, far more than the combined crowds for TEGNA8 (26,472), CBS11 (17,648) and NBC5 (14,707).
Tuesday’s Nielsens delivered another spanking, with Fox4 drawing 70,591 viewers in the 25-to-54 realm, compared to 29,413 for TEGNA8, 11,765 for NBC5 and 8,824 for CBS11.
On both mornings, Good Day also easily won the 6 a.m. hour in total viewers, with CBS11 placing a distant second on Monday and TEGNA8 taking the far behind runner-up spot on Tuesday. The 7 to 9 a.m. portions of Good Day also whipped the three competing network morning shows in both ratings measurements on Monday and Tuesday.
Tuesday’s prime-time numbers as usual were dominated by NBC’s America’s Got Talent, which had 334,739 total viewers and 118,583 within the 18-to-49-year-old demographic (main advertiser target audience for entertainment programming).
On Monday night, Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast led all programming in total viewers (149,564) while ABC’s Bachelor In Paradise was tops with 18-to-49ers (53,050).
CBS’ extended one-hour When Corden Met McCartney, which aired from 7 to 8 p.m., drew 113,954 total viewers and 24,965 in the 18-to-49 motherlode. Both were good for third place finishes at that hour against competition on the other three major broadcast networks. Fox’s 7 to 8 p.m. slice of So You Think You Can Dance twice ran out of the money in fourth place.
Here are the Monday and Tuesday local news derby results (with 6 a.m. already accounted for).
Monday -- NBC5 swept both the 10 p.m. and 5 p.m. competitions in total viewers and among 25-to-54-year-olds. The Peacock and TEGNA8 tied for the most total viewers at 6 p.m., but NBC5 had the gold to itself in the 25-to-54 demo.
Tuesday -- Fox4 ran the table at 10 p.m. and NBC5 enjoyed the early evening with sweeps at both 5 and 6 p.m.
Game 2 of the Dallas Cowboys’ latest largely meaningless pre-season fell just slightly below last August’s second contest.
Starting at 6 p.m. and seeping past 9 p.m. Saturday on CBS11, the Cowboys’ 21-13 loss to the visiting Cincinnati Bengals averaged 384,593 total D-FW viewers and 121,703 in the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old demographic. In last August’s Game 2, a 13-10 loss to the Los Angeles Rams pulled in 407,182 total viewers and 121,870 within the 18-to-49 motherlode.
Of more concern to the Cowboys, and to the NFL in general, are the continued low percentages of 18-to-49-year-olds tuning in. Getting 50 percent or better of these viewers is a demographic success story, but the audience of 18-to-49-year-olds for each of these pre-season games was less than 33 percent.
In contrast, CBS’ regular 7 p.m. Sunday episode of Big Brother had 249,274 total viewers and 121,704 in the 18-to-49 age range. That’s the same number of 18-to-49ers drawn by Cowboys-Bengals -- and also right on the cusp of the 50 percent mark. The Cowboys game and Big Brother were the biggest draws in both ratings measurements on their respective nights.
On Friday, CBS also led all prime-time TV attractions in total viewers with an 8 p.m. hour of Whistleblower (106,832 viewers). And the network’s 7 p.m. offering, TKO: Total Knock Out ranked as the top draw among 18-to-49-year-olds, but with a comparatively puny 31,206 of ‘em. But hey, it was a Friday.
NBC5 swept the 10 p.m. competitions in both total viewers and with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 once again crushed the opposition with twin wins at 6 a.m. The 6 p.m. golds went to TEGNA8 in total viewers and Fox4 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
At 5 p.m., NBC5 won in total viewers while tying CBS11 for the top spot with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Out of harm’s way -- namely Wednesday night’s competing America’s Got Talent with its first live results show of the season -- CBS’ Big Brother returned to dominance Thursday.
BB easily led all prime-time TV attractions in both total D-FW viewers (213,663) and with advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds (112,342). Which means that more than half the show’s audience was in the “desired” 18-to-49-year-old motherlode. No other CBS show, including new episodes of The Big Bang Theory, can match that.
ABC plugged in a one-hour Aretha Franklin tribute at 7 p.m. It drew 56,977 total viewers, with 15,603 in the 18-to-49 realm. The “Queen of Soul” died Thursday at the age of 76.
NBC5 and TEGNA8 tied for the most total viewers at 10 p.m., but TEGNA8 was alone in first among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 as usual/always swept the 6 a.m. competitions. At 6 p.m., TEGNA8 had the most total viewers while tying Fox4 and NBC5 for the lead with 25-to-54-year-olds.
The 5 p.m. golds went to NBC5 in total viewers and Fox4 in the 25-to-54 demographic.
NBC’s America’s Got Talent went to the first live results show of its latest season Wednesday night, and it showed in direct competition with the usual 7 p.m. winner, CBS’ Big Brother.
AGT pulled in 348,983 D-FW viewers in crunching BB’s runner-up 220,785. But Big Brother fought back among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds, drawing 106,100 in pounding America’s Got Talent down into second place with 71,738.
NBC then won the 8 to 9 p.m. hour in total viewers with the first half of World of Dance (142,442) before narrowly losing from 9 to 10 p.m. to Fox4’s local newscast (149,564). The hour-to-hour results were the same among 18-to-49-year-olds.
In Tuesday’s prime-time proceedings, AGT easily ranked as the night’s biggest scorer in both total viewers (341,861) and with 18-to-49ers (71,774).
Tuesday -- Fox4 swept the 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. races in both total viewers and with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
TEGNA8 drew the most total viewers at 6 p.m. while NBC5 took the top spot with 25-to-54-year-olds. At 5 p.m., Fox4 and the Peacock tied for the lead in total viewers, with Fox4 along in first among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Wednesday -- NBC5 had the most total viewers at 10 p.m., and Fox4 again won with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 remained impregnable at 6 a.m. with another sweep. NBC5 and TEGNA8 tied for the most total viewers at 6 p.m. while the Peacock had the 25-to-54 gold to itself.
CBS11 broke through for a 5 p.m. win with 25-to-54-year-olds, with NBC5 drawing the most total viewers.
It’s been an up and down ride for Laurie Passman, who on Thursday was named D-FW-based CBS11’s vice president and news director after being bypassed for that position in January 2017.
Passman had been acting news director for five months after CBS11 parted ways with Mike Garber in August 2016. But the station eventually went outside to hire Andrea Parquet-Taylor as news director. She arrived in February of last year from WNCN-TV in Raleigh-Durham, NC, where she’d been news director since 2011.
Passman returned to her assistant news director post at CBS11. But in July of this year, Parquet-Taylor was promoted to vice president and station manager of CBS11 and its sister station, TXA21. Passman again became interim news director, and now finally has the job on a permanent basis.
Before joining CBS11, Passman had been assistant news director at KTVK-TV in Phoenix.
Ex-TEGNA8 investigator Brett Shipp as pictured on his new website.
Former TEGNA8 investigative reporter Brett Shipp is hoping to reinvent his wheelhouse after leaving the Dallas-based station late last year to run unsuccessfully for Congress.
Shipp surprised many of his TEGNA8 colleagues and fellow local journalists by abruptly quitting the station in December to enter the Democratic primary in the 32nd congressional district, where Republican Pete Sessions is the incumbent. He was 59 at the time and had spent 22 years at TEGNA8, where Shipp and colleague Byron Harris (who retired in October 2015) won multiple prestigious national Peabody and duPont Columbia awards.
Never shy about touting his accomplishments, Shipp tells prospective clients that “to this day I remain one of the most highly decorated local television reporters in the country.” He also has sometimes taunted the subjects of his investigations. In 2010, Shipp’s probe into Southlake Carroll’s high-powered football program included his grandstanding promo in a Facebook post that was deleted after unclebarky.com called attention to it.
Shipp is by no means the only D-FW television journalist to fire up his own company in hopes of generating stories for consumption by various media outlets. David Margulies (TEGNA8), Susan Risdon (NBC5), Jeff Crilley (Fox4), Mike Androvett (NBC5) and Paul Adrian (Fox4) are among the many who are in business for themselves. Former TEGNA8 anchor-reporter Jeff Brady tried for a while to go the same route but eventually gave up and joined San Antonio’s KENS-TV as a weeknight news anchor.
Videos of five investigations from his time at TEGNA8 are posted on brettshippmedia.com, in addition to one by former colleague Rebeca Lopez.
Shipp at times also doesn’t like his own toes being stepped on. He has not talked to your friendly content provider since October of 2016, when he strongly objected to being accurately quoted while moderating a Dallas VideoFest event titled “How the News Got Made.” Neither of Shipp’s two remarks about TEGNA8 were played prominently in the story. One of them concerned sports anchor Dale Hansen’s contributions to the Southern Methodist University “death penalty” investigation in 1987 and the other was on how he’d “get fired” by TEGNA8 if he disclosed his opinion on the quality of today’s television news.
He refused to engage further on the matter, but promises to be his usual pit bull self in the interests of any clients that brettshippmedia obtains.
He’d like to keep it that way.
Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast carried the day and the night Monday, ranking as D-FW’s most-watched TV attraction in two major ratings food groups.
It drew the most total viewers (163,808) while also ranking tops with advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds (46,809 viewers).
In the preceding 7 to 9 p.m. slot, NBC’s American Ninja Warrior won in total viewers with 128,198, and ABC’s competing Bachelor in Paradise had the upper hand with 18-to-49ers (43,688).
CBS’ 8 p.m. episode of Salvation bottomed out with 71,221 total viewers and 9,362 in the 18-to-49 realm to rank last in that hour among the Big Four broadcast networks.
Fox4 won at both 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. in total viewers and with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming). The 6 to 9 a.m. portion of its Good Day outdrew the combined audience for local and network programming on rivals NBC5, TEGNA8 and CBS11. In the 6 a.m. hour, CBS11’s local offering continued its late summer mini-resurgence with a runner-up finish among 25-to-54-year-olds.
CBS11 also ran the table at 6 p.m. and drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds at 5 p.m. NBC5 won in total viewers at 5 p.m.
Tiger Woods was in it to win it, and the D-FW ratings reacted accordingly for Sunday’s final round of the PGA Championship on CBS.
The resurgent Woods ended up second, just two strokes behind winner Brooks Koepka. His closing six under par 64 built the audience throughout the afternoon and early evening before Koepka prevailed just a minute after 6 p.m.. After starting with 85,465 total viewers for the initial 1 to 1:15 p.m. segment, the PGA peaked at 284,884 viewers from 5 to 5:15 p.m. The overall average of 185,175 viewers more than doubled the crowd of 87,253 for last August’s PGA, which was won by Justin Thomas.
In 2017, the closing 18 holes of the PGA Championship averaged a puny 22,450 viewers in the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old motherlode. With a Tiger in its tank, Sunday’s final round pulled in 62,412 viewers in this key audience demographic.
CBS’ prime-time scheduled was pushed back roughly a half-hour by the PGA Championship’s post-match coverage. And although the golfers weren’t swinging their clubs anymore, the 6 to 6:15 portion of that coverage drew Sunday’s biggest crowd in total viewers with 313,372. Some of those viewers may have been expecting 60 Minutes to start on time.
Saturday’s Round 3 of the PGA averaged more total viewers (135,320) than any other D-FW TV attraction in the day or night.
Friday’s prime-time pacesetters were CBS’ 9 p.m. repeat of Blue Bloods in total viewers (121,076) and CBS’ 7 p.m. attraction, TKO: Total Knockout, in the 18-to-49 realm (31,206 viewers).
TEGNA8 had the most total viewers at 10 p.m., while NBC5 won among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 scored twin wins at 6 a.m., with CBS11 maintaining some momentum by again climbing to the No. 2 spot with 25-to-54-year-olds. We’ll see if the station can stay in play when the kids go back to school on Mon., Aug. 20th. The early morning news ratings generally inflate at that point, with extra thousands of parents tuning in at least briefly to check on the weather, etc.
At 6 p.m., CBS11 won in total viewers and NBC5 had the most 25-to-54-year-olds. The 5 p.m. golds went to the Peacock in total viewers and Fox4 in the 25-to-54-year-old measurement.
The Dallas Cowboys’ opening preseason game, a 24-21 loss at San Francisco, rolled to the usual winning numbers in the D-FW Nielsens.
The CBS11 telecast, which fired up at 9:05 p.m. Thursday, averaged 413,082 total viewers and drew 162,271 within the advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-old demographic. The ratings peaked from 9:15 to 9:30 p.m., when 584,012 total viewers tuned in. From 10 to 10:30 p.m., Cowboys-49ers had 477,181 total viewers, easily outdrawing the combined 334,739 viewers for local newscasts on Fox4, NBC5 and TEGNA8.
Thursday night’s usual big hitter, Big Brother, was sent from CBS to sister station TXA21 in the 8 p.m. hour to accommodate CBS11’s pre-game show. BB ended up with a Siberia-sized 113,954 total viewers and 49,930 in the 18-to-49 realm.
Last Thursday in its regular home on CBS11, BB pulled in 192,297 total viewers and 102,980 in the 18-to-49 age range. On Cowboys game night, the countdown show beat BB in both ratings measurements.
Fox4’s resilient 9 p.m. local newscast fared best opposite the Cowboys game with 170,930 total viewers and 40,568 in the 18-to-49 motherlode.
Here are Thursday’s four-way local news derby results.
TEGNA8 won the downsized 10 p.m. race in total viewers but Fox4 was tops with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 remained unbeatable at 6 a.m. with another sweep and NBC5 ran the table at 6 p.m.
The Peacock and Fox4 tied for the most total viewers at 5 p.m. while Fox4 won outright among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast ranked as Wednesday’s overall top prime-time performer while CBS’ Big Brother as usual took the 18-to-49-year-old cake.
Drawing close to double the crowd for the competing final hour of ABC’s CMA Fest, the news roped in 199,419 total D-FW viewers. CBS’ 7 p.m. hour of Big Brother led all TV attractions among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49ers (81,136) while Fox4’s newscast came in second for the night with 56,171.
Prime-time’s biggest overall loser, NBC’s 9 p.m. episode of the new Reverie, dozed with just 42,733 total viewers.
TEGNA8 won at 10 p.m. in total viewers while Fox4 led with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 extended its multi-month unbeaten streak with two more 6 a.m. wins, and also led at 5 and 6 p.m. among 25-to-54-year-olds. NBC5 drew the most total viewers at both 5 and 6 p.m.
Of note: CBS11 has been perking up a bit lately in the 6 a.m. race among 25-to-54-year-olds. On Wednesday, the station ran a solid second in this key demographic, with TEGNA8 third and a still slumping NBC5 placing last. CBS11 also took the 6 a.m. runner-up spot on Tuesday in the 25-to-54 measurement. It’s only the summer, and early morning viewing levels are lower than during the school year. But at least CBS11 is showing a pulse.
NBC again swooped in for the kill Tuesday night, with America’s Got Talent easily topping the prime-time charts.
Airing in its usual 7 to 9 p.m. slot, AGT drew 327,617 D-FW viewers in decimating ABC’s competing season premiere of Bachelor In Paradise (99,709 viewers). AGT also reigned among advertiser-craved 18-to-49-year-olds with 71,774 while B In P took the runner-up spot (46,809).
The only downside for AGT is its “skew old” percentage of 18 to 49ers. Less than 25 percent of its audience is in that realm.
Episode 2 of NBC’s artsy crafty Making It, from Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman, had 113,954 total viewers at 9 p.m., placing second in that hour to Fox4’s local newscast (149,564 viewers). But Making It comfortably won from 9 to 10 p.m. among 18-to-49-year-olds with 40,568. Also airing at 9 p.m., the premiere of ABC’s Survivor ripoff, Castaways, ran fourth in total viewers in the Big Four broadcast network universe and moved up to a second-place tie with Fox4’s news among 18-to-49-year-olds.
In Monday’s prime-time festivities, ABC’s three-hour season finale of The Bachelorette won from start to stop in both total viewers (142,442) and with 18-to-49-year-olds (62,412).
And now for the local news derby results.
Monday -- Fox4 swept the 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. competitions in total viewers and among 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
At 6 p.m., NBC5 and TEGNA8 tied for the top spot in total viewers while the Peacock had the 25-to-54 gold to itself.
The 5 p.m. firsts went to NBC5 in total viewers and TEGNA8 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Tuesday -- In a rarity, Fox4 and TEGNA8 tied for first place at 10 p.m. in both ratings measurements.
It almost goes without saying that Fox4 again had twin wins at 6 a.m. while the 7 to 9 a.m. portion of Good Day also continues to dominate the three network morning offerings.
NBC5 ran first in total viewers at 5 and 6 p.m.; Fox4 won both of the 25-to-54 competitions at those hours.
Mark Ginther, who joined Fort Worth-based NBC5 on September 14, 2015 as vice president of news, has been fired after an in-house investigation by the Human Resources department.
Word came Monday afternoon from numerous sources. Ginther had been hired from Seattle’s NBC affiliate, KING-TV, where he was news director from 2008 to 2015. Prior to that he had been assistant news director at Dallas-based WFAA-TV from 2006-’08.
NBC5 has not issued any official statement on Ginther’s termination. Brian Hocker, who reportedly is handling all inquiries, said via automated email that he’s “out of the office traveling on business” until Thursday of this week. Ginther could not be reached for comment Monday.
A number of sources close to the situation say that Ginther’s firing had nothing to do with any allegations of sexual misconduct. Instead the station determined that his management style was no longer a good fit, according to sources.
NBC5 also underwent numerous personnel changes during Ginther’s time at the station. And NBC5’s early morning ratings, particularly in the key 6 a.m. hour, have fallen into serious decline in the past year in the key news demographic of 25-to-54-year-olds.
It’s expected that assistant news director John Stone will step in as the interim newsroom boss while NBC5 searches for Ginther’s replacement.
After several days in Cleveland, your friendly content provider is back servicing unclebarky.com.
But before summarizing the latest available D-FW Nielsen ratings, here’s a Dale Hansen update which earlier was tweeted from afar on @unclebarkycom. The dean of local sports anchors, who just turned 70, has signed another two-year deal with TEGNA8 that will take him through 2020.
Hansen has been in this market since August 1980. He’s spent the last 35 years at TEGNA8 (previously Belo-owned WFAA-TV) after being fired by rival KDFW-TV (now branded as Fox4) in March 1983. The highly opinionated Hansen was almost immediately snapped up by his current employer. In the fall of 2017, he re-upped at TEGNA8 for just a single year through 2018 while also cutting his workload back to the Monday-Friday 10 p.m. newscasts, plus his longrunning Sunday night Sports Special.
“I hope to leave before they kick me out,” Hansen said after signing that earlier contract. But if anything, TEGNA8 just can’t get enough of him. So this time around, his new deal is for twice as long.
The NFL returned Thursday night with the annual Hall of Fame game on NBC. But in the 8 to 9 p.m. hour, the Chicago Bears-Baltimore Ravens face-off got narrowly outpointed by CBS’ Big Brother.
BB drew 192,297 total viewers while Bears-Ravens had 185,175 in their hour opposite one another. Among advertiser-prized 18-to-49-year-olds, BB won by a score of 102,980 viewers to the NFL’s 93,618. Bears-Ravens otherwise outdrew all other competing TV attractions.
On Wednesday night, Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast racked up the most total viewers with 220,785, knocking Big Brother into second place for the night with 170,930. But BB crunched the competition in the 18-to-49-year-old demographic with a prime-time high of 93,618. Fox4’s news pulled in second with 49,930.
The Tuesday night ratings spoils again went overwhelmingly to NBC’s America’s Got Talent, which reeled in 341,861 total viewers and 71,774 in the 18-to-49 realm.
Monday’s prime-time leaders were Fox4’s 9 p.m. local newscast in total viewers (199,419) and ABC’s The Bachelorette in the 18-to-49 age range (78,015).
Here are the Monday-Thursday local news derby results.
Monday -- NBC5 swept the 10 p.m. competitions in both total viewers and with 25-to-54-year-olds (main advertiser target audience for news programming).
Fox4 as usual had twin wins at 6 a.m. and also drew the most 25-to-54-year-olds at 5 and 6 p.m. NBC5 had the most total viewers for both early evening newscasts.
Tuesday -- Fox4 ran the able at both 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. while NBC5 did likewise at 5 p.m. The 6 p.m. wins went to the Peacock in total viewers and TEGNA8 with 25-to-54-year-olds.
Wednesday -- Fox4 finished no worse than first in all four time slots, but twice had company. The station again had clean sweeps at 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and also won outright among 25-to-54-year-olds at 5 and 6 p.m. In the total viewer results, Fox4, NBC5 and CBS11 tied for No. 1 at 6 p.m. while Fox4 shared the 5 p.m. lead with the Peacock.
Thursday -- The 10 p.m. wins went to Fox4 in total viewers and NBC5 among 25-to-54-year-olds.
Fox4 continued its long winning streak at 6 a.m. with two more lopsided wins. But NBC5 basked at 5 and 6 p.m., where it ran first in both ratings measurements.


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Pre-filing of bills starts today.
In 2018, 303 bills – 54 percent of 558 bills considered – were filed before the start of formal business.
Although pre-filed bills are not official until December, the Missouri Constitution and Senate rules allow the secretary of the Senate to begin accepting draft legislation as early as July 1. Bills are sorted by sponsoring senator and assigned numbers in order of the author’s seniority. Traditionally, the longest-serving member of the Senate claims the coveted Senate Bill 1 slot during the first session of each General Assembly.
Staff from the Senate’s Enrolling and Engrossing office proofread bills submitted to the Missouri Senate.
With the election season behind us, I decided to ask about an issue to and see if it yielded any insights. I asked a few questions about road funding. See the full results here.
Survey conducted November 28 through November 29, 2018. 932 likely 2020 General Election voters participated in the survey. Survey weighted to match expected turnout demographics for the 2020 General Election. Margin of Error is +/-3.2%.
Q: What condition would you consider Missouri roads and bridges to be in?
Q: If Missouri must invest money for roads and bridges, which of the following options would you prefer?
Q: If you had to choose one reason you don’t like tolling, which of the following would it be?
MOScout’s Hallway Index: What Might Blow Up the Senate this Session?
The other possibilities mentioned: Abortion, and Tax Reform / Tax Policy.
Political Consultants – The early talk is making 2020 look like a promising year for the state’s dozens of political consultants. Even without a US Senate race, there will be most of the other state-wides up for re-election, plus talk already of initiative petitions like Medicaid expansion, and an anti-CLEAN Missouri.
Dan Hegeman – Gets one of the most sought after committee chairs as Pro Tem Schatz hands him the gavel to the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Jo Mannies and Alderman Terry Kennedy – Two old school pros stand for a round of applause as they transition to a new phase in their careers. Mannies will head to semi-retirement next years after decades of chronicling the state’s political scene, and Kennedy takes over as the first African America clerk of St. Louis City’s Board of Aldermen.
In this week’s Jewish Light, there’s a commentary from Chris Koster from a speech he gave at U. City Shul Gala. I can’t decide if the tone is more gubernatorial or senatorial. See it here.
Sometimes in my career, I was successful at bringing people together but, unfortunately, often I was not.
My time in elective office spanned from 1994 until 2016. Ironically, it was during these years, I would argue, when division as a political strategy became a more potent tool for victory than our efforts to foster unity were able to combat.
We live in a time when the levers of division are all around us. Social media, 24-hour cable television, political gerrymandering and the tech industry’s ability to predict my next Google search have taken the analysis of our differences to unprecedented heights. These new levers have proven far more successful at exploding and exploiting our differences than they have at illuminating our similarities.
When I look back at my campaign of 2016, I admit my frustration and even sadness that a campaign that aspired to “bring people together to build roads and fund schools” would lose so badly to a campaign that actually used a machine gun and an exploding barrel to illustrate its promise to “blow up Jefferson City as we know it.” Yet it is the world we live in.
Caroline Hoover added Chargepoint Inc.
Ginger Steinmetz added Orexo US Inc.
Gary Burton, Tony Dugger, Chris Liese, Andrew Foley and James Foley deleted Saint Louis Police Officers Association, and Missouri State Fraternal Order of Police.
Jay Riechard, Angela Schulte, Ginger Steinmetz, Andrew Blunt, Chris Moody, and Noel Torpey deleted St. Louis Blues, and Kiel Center Partners / Scottrade Center.
Trent Watson deleted Missouri Society Of Professional Engineers, American Council Of Engineering Companies Of Missouri, and RGA Enterprise Services Company.
Rodney Boyd and Katherine Casas deleted McDonald’s Corporation.
Missouri Senate Campaign Committee - $10,000 from CFM Insurance.

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Orangutans and humans share 97% of their DNA sequence and spend their lives up in the trees of Borneo and Sumatra. The biggest factor for their very precarious status is habitat loss due to the razing of rainforest trees to plant palm oil plantations, often separating babies from their mothers for the pet trade, usually killing the adults in the process. Scientists estimate that there are only 13,000 Sumatran and 800 Tapanuli Orangutans left. Learn more about the critically endangered orangutans here.


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List of the best Lost episodes, as voted on by other fans of the series. Fans will also enjoy these cool tattoos inspired by Lost and a ranking of the best characters on Lost. This thrilling, landmark show from J.J. Abrams kept audiences on the edge of their seats over its many mysteries. With so many memorable episodes of the show, it's hard to trust just one person's opinion of what the top Lost episodes of all time are. Fans of Lost are extremely passionate about the show, and there is often debate over which episodes are better than others. That's why this list exists- so you can vote for your favorites and we can find out once and for all what everyone thinks the best episode is.
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text: Jeff Kennett and Sunrise, well there's a combination that oozes credibility. NOT!!!


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Singapore, April 5, 2019 – Sentinel Protocol announces the launch of a new product, the Crypto Analysis Transaction Visualization (CATV) tool. This tool, available within the Sentinel Portal, tracks funds traversing through the blockchain space, including stolen cryptocurrencies. CATV provides a flow visualization and proprietary algorithm that utilizes Sentinel Protocol’s Threat Reputation Database (TRDB) to flag crypto addresses engaged in malicious behavior.
After entering a specific wallet address, CATV displays a visualization graph showing where that wallet receives its cryptos from, where it sends them to, and provides a list of transactions used to create flow visualizations that can be further analyzed.
For centralized exchanges and decentralized exchanges dealing with cryptocurrencies, the CATV tool prevents transactions with suspected cybercriminals by showing TRDB-verified whitelists of safe addresses and blacklists of suspicious addresses associated with scams and phishing attacks. Organizations will be able to prevent money laundering and terrorist financing with the help of this tracking tool as well as saving valuable time during investigations into these crimes.
Scalability - accepts increased volume without impacting presentation.
Security - features top technical protection while providing secure access.
User experience – displays a holistic view of tracking transactions with centralized checklists and automated management processes.
Availability - offers continuous availability throughout the platform.
“Since the inception of blockchain technology, cryptocurrency transactions have been seen as an obscure method of moving money, creating a negative perception about the underlying technology. Blockchain technology is revolutionary but it can’t scale without cybersecurity. CATV tool enables not only end users to visually comprehend the flow of their crypto assets, but also gives businesses and organizations access to a visually crowdsourced transaction stream. The CATV is the ultimate tool to investigate hacks, money laundering, and terrorist financing. Such innovative cybersecurity solutions are paving the road towards true decentralization,” said Nobel Tan, Chief Technology Officer of Sentinel Protocol.
The TRDB collects threat data from distributed sources—including public communities, cryptocurrency exchanges, wallet services, payment providers, and cybersecurity organizations. The TRDB disseminates confirmed security intelligence data throughout our ecosystem of partners, organizations, and individual users.
Sentinel Protocol is the world’s first crowd-sourced threat intelligence platform utilizing the advantages of decentralization to protect cyberspace with blockchain security. It aims to equip individuals and organizations with cybersecurity solutions that help protect their valuable cryptocurrency assets from malicious threats, attacks, and fraudulent transactions. Sentinel Protocol is headquartered in Singapore and has offices in Seoul, South Korea and Tokyo, Japan. Follow Sentinel Protocol on Telegram, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Medium.
But it will be better if team add UPP utility i.e. some fees maybe 1-10 usd for each request in UPP token or need to hold minimum 10k to 100k to use this product.
I didn’t find any utility of UPP. Maybe I missed some.
Again good job Sentinel team.
Thank you for your review of the product. We appreciate it.
There are plans for us to eventually charge for usage of the product through the portal. However we are currently focus on driving adoption and making a great product which is why we have open up registration to 1000 beta users for public usage and request for feedback of any improvements that is required on the product.

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Fabrication is the process of changing something from one form to another form. Of the various forms of fabrication, the sheet metal fabrication is one of the most useful types.
It is believed that metal was discovered even before Man had started to read and write. It was at this phase that human beings started using metal to create rudimentary tools and weapons such as spears and arrowheads. Since then, metal fabrication has moved a long way into metal forming, metal bending, metal cutting, laser application and much more – increasing its usage far beyond the domain of basic tools and weapons.
Most metal types are malleable, which means they can be molded into shapes. When metal is shaped into flat and thin pieces, it is termed as sheet metal. The best thing about sheet metal fabrication is that these metal sheets can be then bent and cut into a number of shapes and sizes. They can even be of altering thickness. We can also refer to the thickness of sheet metal as “gauge”.
Sheet metal is not only available in flat pieces but also in coiled strips. Generally, sheet metal is made from brass, aluminum, tin, copper, titanium, nickel and steel. Sometimes silver, gold and platinum can also be used as for decorative purpose.
We use sheet metal fabrication in making products like building materials, airplane wings, equipment for food processing, car bodies and many other things.
Cutting is the first step to perform for sheet metal manufacturers. There are a number of ways in which metal sheets can be fabricated or processed. Laser beam technology is the newly launched method for cutting. There is no room for any mistake in cutting metal with high beams of laser because it has particular computerized settings that completely control the environment.
The second step in sheet metal fabrication is forming. In this part, once the metal is cut, it is imprinted into the required form or figure. Usually the techniques used for forming are rolling and sloping, stamping, welding, winding and hitting. The process of rolling involves using the roll stand to bend the metal and it is manipulated by hand.
Bending is the method that is used to deform the metal by employing die sets. When we bend the sheet metal its inner metallic surface is compressed and the outer surface gets stretched. The perfect stretch is made possible by bending the metal. This process requires accurate functioning with bending deduction or bending allowances in order to get immediately the right twist.
The process of forming a blank sheet metal into the required shape by applying force or high pressure is known as the stamping process. Metal stamping needs nonstop alternatives to the stamping designs and motions that must be achieved. Stamping involves a deep drawn method in which great energy is leveraged on the raw material to achieve a seamless finish.
These are a few of the methods that are frequently used for sheet metal fabrication in manufacturing industries. These are some simple ways of sheet metal fabrication. This process of metal fabrication is not only used by metal manufacturing industries but also by automobile industries to prepare car bodies and many other parts. Some of the electronic companies also employ metal fabrication. Moreover, if you want to know more then click here.


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Marian Etta Barfield led an inspiration life and was known for her pleasant smile and encouraging words. Born July 19, 1931 in Houston, Texas, she emigrated to Oakland with her family at the age of 12. She became a licensed vocational nurse and worked for many years at Highland and Kaiser Hospitals. She passed away on Oct. 3.
After retiring, she served as an Ombudsman for Alameda County, where she provided exceptional service to many residents living in long-term care facilities.
She leaves to mourn her memory, Daughters Dee Johnson, Diane Cash, Jeanette Cash, Barbara Cash Cooper, Deborah Shirley Pegues, Raynell Watkins, and a host of grandchildren, relatives and friends. She was prededed in death by her husband, Burnell Barfield.
A Viewing will be held on Wednesday, October 18th from 11am – 4pm at CP Bannon, 6800 International Boulevard. The funeral service will be held on Thursday, October 19th at Bethel Missionary Baptist Chuch, 6901 Herbet Guice Way, at 11am.

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Democrats and open border advocates are staging a hunger strike in Texas against the state's proposed anti-sanctuary city bill. Its backers are asking for support using #FastAgainstSB4.
One Texas Democrat said a communion wafer on Sunday was the last meal she is going to have until after Wednesday when the Texas House debates the bill.
Representative Victoria Neave (D-Mesquite) announced her intention to conduct the four-day fast after Mass at the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadeloupe in Dallas. She encouraged people to “wear black when you head to ATX on Wed. to #FillTheGallery.” The Texas House will debate the sanctuary city bill on Wednesday.
Those with the “Indivisible” movement in Texas tweeted, “We’ve gotten word from several people who will join @Victoria4Texas’ fast in solidarity.” The group wants those who plan to fast to tag them so they can retweet.
The Democrats just find ways to keep reaching new levels of insanity, don't they?
Yes, that is one of the great things about our country "choice". It is perfectly legal to starve yourself, however, it is not legal to be in our country without authorization. People make their choices and suffer the consequences.
I always thought the hunger strikes were silly. I hope they donate what they normally would eat to a homeless shelter as that would make it not a total loss of effort.
It is a shame when one of our politicians is unable to support the laws of our country and, in reality, she should step down from her position.
Over 10,000 people are homeless in TX, I suspect that deporting those illegally present in TX would go a LONG way in solving that problem. Wonder why the Senator isn't whining about that?
Watch out there AnywhereElse you are asking a very pointed question that smacks of "micro aggression" that will set the Loony Libs heads spinning and send them to their safe spaces..
Why are these people so keen on illegal immigrants when they walk right by legal citizens that are down on their luck and homeless?
It boggles a sane mind.
I wonder if at the end of their hunger strike if an illegal alien will bring them a sandwich to say thanks for making such a ridiculous protest in their name??
I don't know where these Democrat lunatics will be staging their little fasting protest but someone should setup a huge Texas BBQ about 10 yards upwind from them and start grilling steaks and burgers for the duration of the fast and donate the food to homeless vets.
In the past week, Blaine has had to endure red laser beams locked onto his eyes, and constant drumming that has interrupted his sleep.
As he continues to fast, his “home” has been pelted by eggs, raw sausage and even a hamburger dangled from a remote-controlled helicopter.
I hope they donate their organs to someone worthy.
Looking at a lot of them, they definitely need to shed some pounds, cute little heifers.
LOL, do they really think anyone cares if they go on a hunger strike at all, much less about this? Go head and starve while supporting illegals.
That's one way to thin the herd.


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You are very graciously welcome oh Lana.
I would not want this old hobo to hang around my town. Interesting angle!
Absolutely not, it’s time he left! Thanks, Jo!
Beautiful poem, Lana. Bone-chilling cold.
I couldn’t agree more! It’s been a late spring here. Ugh. Three cheers for warm weather!


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A core group comprising parents of children with ROP, eye doctors, vision rehabilitation specialists and faculty from Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), is spearheading the efforts to register the entity ‘Support Group for Parents of Premature Children with ROP’ with the state as well as the central government. The aim is to garner public support and raise awareness about ROP and thereby give voice to the parents and caregivers of these children.
The first two meetings of this group were organized on 1 February and 15 March by the doctors from Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital, Niloufer Hospital and LVPEI. They were held at LVPEI Hyderabad and were supported by PHFI.


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Happy Saturday. I wanted to send you this email before the day got away.
We had a busy week of meetings. We took an initial look at the city’s proposed budget, we heard proposals for the tent site, and we approved multiple neighborhood projects. I am excited that there are so many good things happening in West Palm Beach.
Listen to my take on what happened in this week’s edition of The Breakdown.
And please keep those questions and feedback coming. I love hearing from you. If you have an idea you want to share or an issue you want to discuss, drop me a line.


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In Grass Valley, California, bankruptcy is a court procedure in which a person or business has some or all of their debts cleared (or "discharged"), theoretically allowing them to begin with a clean slate, and move on with their lives no longer drowning in debt (and hopefully having learned to better manage their use of credit in the process). Remember, though, that bankruptcy should not be viewed as a proper way to get out of debt that you don't feel like paying back. It is meant to serve as an option of last resort for people and businesses faced with debt that they will probably never be able to pay back. The decision to file for bankruptcy can result in negative consequences, such as damaged credit ratings, which must be seriously weighed against the possible benefits.
Accordingly, you should speak with a good Grass Valley, California bankruptcy lawyer. Your Grass Valley bankruptcy lawyer can inform you of the costs and benefits of filing for bankruptcy, and give his or her professional advice as to whether or not it's a good option, given your individual circumstances.
In Grass Valley, California, there are 3 types of bankruptcy in common use: Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11. Because bankruptcy is a result of federal law, the procedures governing bankruptcy in Grass Valley, California will be similar everywhere else in the U.S. Chapter 7 bankruptcy requires the debtor to liquidate some of his or her property, and use the funds to pay creditors. While this doesn't sound like much of a relief at first glance, the upshot is that once the qualifying property is sold, and the proceeds directed to the creditors, all of the debtor's eligible debts are deemed paid in full, regardless of how much the creditors actually ended up getting. Not all of the debtor's property has to be sold off - the debtor will normally be allowed to keep things like a house, at least one car, some types of personal property, retirement accounts, and insurance policies. It should be noted that some debts are not dischargeable, and will have to be paid in full even if the debtor files for bankruptcy. This includes student loans, taxes, and criminal fines.
The other typical bankruptcy scheme used by consumers in Grass Valley is Chapter 13 bankruptcy. In this system, debt is not discharged. Instead, it is restructured. This allows the debtor to have the terms of the contracts that gave rise to their debts in the first place thrown out, and replaced with new terms that call for a structured repayment plan, designed to allow the debtor to survive on whatever income they have, and allowing the creditors to get paid back eventually. Once a payment plan is authorized, creditors are not allowed to attempt to collect payment under the original agreements. Though accessible to individuals, Chapter 11 bankruptcy is generally used by businesses. Like Chapter 13, Chapter 11 requires the restructuring of debts. Under this system, the debtor must come up with a plan to reduce debt, cut costs, and improve operations. Once this plan is presented, it is submitted to the participating creditors, who must approve it by a majority vote before it can be implemented.
How Can a Grass Valley Bankruptcy Lawyer Help?
The need to consider all the options and consider the costs and benefits of applying for bankruptcy in Grass Valley cannot be overstated. If you are considering filing for bankruptcy, it would be a good idea to speak with a Grass Valley bankruptcy attorney beforehand.

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Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James put on a dominant display in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s game against the San Antonio Spurs, and it included posterizing LaMarcus Aldridge.
James was his usual self in driving the lane with a vengeance in a close game down the stretch, and this time around, Aldridge found himself in the wrong spot.
While he tried to contest LeBron James’ eventual slam, LaMarcus Aldridge simply couldn’t stop the inevitable, and that was getting dunked on by the Lakers star.
This was one of many incredible moments from James in the final 12 minutes of the game, as he scored 20 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter while leading the Lakers to a huge victory.
LeBron James has been excellent as usual since joining the franchise this offseason. He entered tonight’s game averaging 27.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 6.7 assists per game, which has helped the Lakers jump out to a 15-9 start this season.
The win over the San Antonio marked the fourth straight home win for LeBron and company, and it’s clear that the energy is officially back at Staples Center after several seasons of struggling to find a rhythm.
Luke Walton’s team will get a rematch with the Spurs on Friday in San Antonio, with the Lakers set to play six of their next seven games on the road.


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Our hopes for Christmas when we are young are centered very closely around ourselves and the gifts under the Christmas tree, but as we get older we learn to widen our circle of kindness to include strangers. Despite our own personal circumstances, there are indeed ways in which we can help others who will not be surrounded by friendly faces this Christmas. I think of those freed from the siege in Aleppo this week, of asylum seekers languishing in refugee camps, or victims of domestic abuse and grinding poverty in Geelong.
The Christmas Bowl is one such charity that asks that you might donate the cost of an extra person at your Christmas dinner to them, so that they can help many people around the world. Envelopes are available if you want to help.
Sometimes, it isn’t money that we give away, but a moment of kindness. A moment of human contact with someone who is finding this season of excessive merriment to be a trial. I and many others have been helping these past two weeks in Market Square to bring Christ back into Christmas, and my role was basically handing out flyers and spruking for particular activities. There were people who were busy, grumpy and closed to the world around them, but for each of those rebuffs, I had a similar exchange with a person who met my eyes, smiled back at me, and accepted the offer of a break or fun for a few minutes. I admired a lady’s blouse, and she was delighted to tell me all about it – apparently, I had made her day – how easy was that?
We as God’s children here on earth need to be the ones meeting the eyes, returning smiles, showing God’s love and extravagant hospitality wherever we are. If not, we are selling ourselves and God’s grace short.