At Mattress Firm's locations in Tyler, TX, you won't believe how far your budget stretches.
We constantly refine our selection to fit everyone's specific sleep needs, matching millions of people with the perfect mattresses that perfectly fit their budgets. Whether you're dealing with snoring or backaches, have trouble falling asleep regularly or the time has simply come to replace your old mattress, we're here to help. Everybody and every body is different. So, at Mattress Firm locations in Tyler, TX, we carry a variety of brands and construction types, ranging from traditional innerspring to hi-tech hybrids and memory foam from brands you love, like Sleepy's, tulo, Beautyrest, Serta and more.
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Rated 4 out of 5 by Poncho from Employee Knowledge The lady that was working the day that I purchased my Tempur-pedic mattress and base, had no knowledge of what the rules are for getting a doctors prescription when it is to be used as a medical device. A doctors prescription is required in order for the customer to not have to pay taxes on any medically necessary equipment. I think that everyone should be trained about that if they are going to sell a disabled person a bed that expensive. She had to call someone from a different location to ask if they could even do that but she said that she has been working for the company for a few years now. How is it that she had never heard of it?
Rated 5 out of 5 by Justin Davis from Amazing Service Mr.Bill was wonderful and a joy! I felt like a friend the moment I walked in the door! We was very knowledgeable And went out of his way to make sure I was happy, even call the warehouse to check to make sure they had the mattress in stock! The great service I was given is beyond comprehension of the way he made me feel about the buying process! I will certainly refer all my friends and family to go see Mr. Bill when it comes to them needing a mattresses! Great salesman but better yet a great person hope to see him every time I go into mattress firm!
Rated 3 out of 5 by Pookie from Not very professional Bought the mattress and was quaranteed delivery the following week. On the day of the scheduled delivery, after not hearing from anyone, we called and was told the matress was out of stock and would not be delivered. After several calls and excuses from the staff, we were promised delivery the next day. I received a call early the next morning telling me they did not have the matress we bought but as a courtesy they were going to upgrade us and have the matress delivered later that day. When the matress was delivered it was not the same brand, type or style that we had purchased the week before. I would have appreciated some input in the replacement matress and not having to settle with what waz abailable even though it was an upgrade.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Shellbell36252 from Great Experience The whole experience was perfect from beginning to end. No high pressure sales pitches. The sales associate gave me so much uninterrupted time to try the mattresses in the showroom but was very attentive to any questions I had. She was a pleasure to deal with. I made my decision and purchased my mattress and was delighted to find out that they could deliver the next day. The delivery was scheduled between 2 and 6 pm and once again to my delight I received a call around 11a.m that they were ahead of schedule and could bring my mattress in 10 minutes if I was available!! The delivery people were so courteous and friendly and had my bed set up in minutes. Great experience all around!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Bird City Dave from Most excellent in every way Bought mattress and adjustable bed frame recently. Excellent products--very happy! Delivery, set up, take away was professional, on time, and instructions on use were thorough and clear. However, best part of this was the helpfulness of Bill Adams at the Tyler, Tx store. He was enjoyable to talk with, was very knowledgeable about the products. He was the reason I bought from you. He outclassed every every competitor I dealt with. If in need of bedding, do not waste your time with other stores--go visit Bill, no pressure, just lots of knowledge and help in your search.
Rated 3 out of 5 by rustyredd from Got what I needed The salesperson was very helpful. There is a problem that I hope is in the process of being corrected??? I was charge for my products 2 times. I called today 05-10-16 to have it corrected and I was told it was sent to the accounting dept and could take up to 10 days to refund. I am not satisfied with this at all now my purchase was doubled!!!!!!!!!
Rated 5 out of 5 by BrendaandChuck from Highly Recommend Bill is the store manager, and he helped us select the right mattress for us. On two occasions, he spent lots of time finding out our needs and preferences. Then, he very patiently showed me and my husband several mattresses and a demo of the adjustable base and answered all our questions. He made us feel like the most important customers he'd had all day, which is how I imagine each of his customers feels! It isn't a sales experience with him, it's more of an education and guidance.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Denise8 from Excellent Service and Expertise! The salesman at the Loop 323/Troup HWY location in Tyler was very knowledgable and helped is find the perfect mattress for the best back support. He was so great with our two boys too!


The Swift 4.1 compiler brings the next phase of improvements from the roadmap for generics: conditional conformances.
This post will look at how this much-anticipated feature has been adopted in Swift's standard library, and how it affects you and your code.
The most noticeable benefit of conditional conformance is the ability for types that store other types, like Array or Optional, to conform to the Equatable protocol. This is the protocol that guarantees you can use == between two instances of a type. Let's look at why conformance to this protocol is so useful.
// The failable initializer from a String returns an Int?
But just because they implemented == did not mean Array or Optional conformed to Equatable. Since these types can store non-equatable types, we needed to be able to express that they are equatable only when storing an equatable type.
Binary operator '==' cannot be applied to two '[Int?]' operands.
This is because the implementation of == for Array, as shown above, required the array's elements were equatable, and Optional wasn't equatable.
Using conditional conformance, Swift 4.1's Optional, Array, and Dictionary now conform to Equatable and Hashable whenever their values or elements conform to those protocols.
This approach also works for Codable. If you try and encode an array of non-codable types, you'll now get a compile-time error instead of the runtime trap you used to get.
Conditional conformance also has benefits for building up capabilities for your types incrementally, avoiding code duplication. To explore some of the changes made possible in the Swift standard library via use of conditional conformance, we'll use an example of adding a new feature to Collection: lazy splitting. We'll create a new type that serves up slices split from a collection, then see how conditional conformance can be used to add bidirectional capabilities when the base collection is bidirectional.
We characterize this split method as being "eager," because it eagerly splits the sequence up into subsequences and puts them into an array as soon as you call it.
But suppose you wanted just the first few subsequences? Say you had a giant text file, and you wanted to grab just the initial lines of it to display as a preview. You wouldn't want to process the entire file just to use a handful of lines at the beginning.
When the mapped collection is created, no mapping happens. In fact, you might notice that if you performed the mapping operation on every element of giant it would trap: it would overflow halfway through, when doubling the values no longer fits in an Int. But with a lazy map, the mapping only happens when you access the elements. So in this example, only the first ten values are computed, when the reduce operation sums them up.
The standard library doesn't have a lazy split operation. Below is a sketch of how one could work. If you're interested in making a contribution to Swift, this would make for a great starter bug and evolution proposal.
Next we conform to the Collection protocol. To be a collection you only need to provide four things: a startIndex and endIndex, a subscript that gives the element for a given index, and an index(after:) method to advance the index by one.
The elements of this collection are the subsequences of the base collection (the substring "one" from "one,two,three"). Subsequences of a collection use the same index type as their parent collection, so we can reuse the index of the base collection as our index too. The index will be the start of the next subsequence in the base, or the end.
The work to find the next separator, and return the sequence between, is done in the subscript and index(after:) methods. In both, we search the base collection from the given index for the next separator. If there isn't one, index(where:) returns nil for not found, so we use ?? endIndex to substitute the end index in that case. The only fiddly part is skipping over the separator in the index(after:) implementation, which we do with an optional map.
So now we can efficiently split the first few elements from a delimited collection. What about reading the last few? BidirectionalCollection adds an index(before:) method to move an index backwards from the end. This allows bidirectional collections to support things like the last property.
If the collection we're splitting is bidirectional, we ought to be able to make our splitting wrapper bidirectional too. In Swift 4.0, the way to do this was pretty clunky. You had to add a whole new type, LazySplitBidirectionalCollection, which required Base: BidirectionalCollection and implemented BidirectionalCollection. Then, you overloaded the split method to return it where Base: BidirectionalCollection.
Now, with conditional conformance, we have a much simpler solution: just make LazySplitCollection conform to BidirectionalCollection when its base does.
Here, we've used reversed(), another lazy wrapper that reverses the order of any bidirectional collection. This allows us to search backwards for the next separator, then use the reversed collection index's .base property to get back to the index in the underlying collection.
This kind of incremental conditional conformance really shines when you have to combine multiple different independent conformances. Suppose we wanted to make our lazy splitter conform to MutableCollection whenever the base was mutable. These two conformances are independent—mutable collections don't have to be bidirectional and vice versa—so we would need to create a specialized type for every possible combination of the two.
But with conditional conformance, you would just add a second conditional conformance.
In Swift 4, there needed to be a dozen different implementations, up to the worst-case MutableRangeReplaceableRandomAccessSlice. Now, with conditional conformance, it can be just one Slice type with 4 different conditional conformances. This change alone resulted in a 5% reduction in the binary size of the standard library.
If you're familiar with the eager split you'll notice that our implementation is missing some features, like coalescing empty subsequences. There are also performance optimizations you could make, like giving the wrapper a custom index of its own that caches the location of the next separator.
If you want to try writing your own lazy wrapper from scratch from you could also consider a "chunking" wrapper that served up slices of length n at a time. That case is interesting because you could make it a BidirectionalCollection if the base were random access, but not if the base is bidirectional, because you need to be able to calculate the length of the last element in constant time.
Conditional conformance is available today on the Swift 4.1 development toolchain, so you can download the latest snapshot and try it out!
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Andri's amazing acrobatics Jump to media player Teenage skier's jaw-dropping parkour routine impresses millions.
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Call to ban 'burgle Chinese homes' rap Jump to media player Chinese Americans are petitioning President Obama to act against a rap track they say incites criminals to target their homes.
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Better than watching paint dry? Jump to media player Would you watch someone mixing paint online? Well, lots of people do.
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Is she for real? Jump to media player Lil Miquela is one of the hottest new faces on social media stars, but many fans are trying to work out if she is a real person or not.
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The flag that sank the fleet Jump to media player Iranians bemused by Hollywood-style video in which a US invasion force is destroyed by patriotic fervour.
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The sword-fighting granny Jump to media player A 73-year-old martial arts expert, turned social media star, is teaching Indian youngsters to defend themselves.
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Flashmob freedom ad foiled Jump to media player A Pakistani advert featuring female dancers performing in a street market has upset both feminists and religious conservatives.
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Andri's amazing acrobatics
What started out as a Facebook video of a training session in a school gym has launched a Swiss teenager to internet fame.
Aspiring skier Andri Ragettli spoke to BBC Trending about his training routine, and his Olympic ambitions.
Video Journalist: Alex Dackevych
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House Republicans want Trump to keep fighting against election fraud
Republican Reps. Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Jim Banks of Indiana gave President Donald Trump words of encouragement, telling him to keep fighting against election fraud.
"I'm a constitutional lawyer, and I've spoken with the president about this over the last couple of weeks, encouraging him to exhaust all the legal remedies, because it is so critically important," said Johnson during a video conference with Banks and Robert Doar, president of the American Enterprise Institute.
Johnson is the outgoing chairman of the House Republican Study Committee. Banks is slated to be his replacement. The Republican Study Committee is the largest caucus of conservative Republicans in Congress.
"The distinction between this election and all previous ones is you didn't have this level of fraud alleged in so many places at one time," added Johnson.
Before and during his meeting with Banks and Doar, Johnson said he got a lot of messages from his constituents urging him to keep standing with the president and to do everything in his power to make sure that the outcome of the election is fair. When asked what he thinks about the Trump campaign's legal battles, he said that he is hopeful but is unsure of what the outcome will be.
Banks argued that the Democratic Party has been planning this since they took back control of the House of Representatives after the 2018 midterm election.
When the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi retook the Speaker's gavel, the Democrats introduced H.R. 1, legislation that would have nationalized the election and pushed all states to adopt mail-in voting schemes.
Banks further argued that, with the help of liberal state governments, House Democrats were able to expand mail-in voting, which gave them a disproportionate advantage. The massive amount of absentee voting created much of the controversy surrounding the election.
Banks proposed several solutions to get out of this crisis and preserve the integrity and security of elections. Mail-in voting can be banned altogether. If this is impossible, Banks wants certain security standards to be implemented to make sure the mail-in voting process isn't vulnerable to fraud. (Related: Attorney Lin Wood, patriot group, call on Trump to use wartime executive powers like Lincoln did and order new, fair elections under military authority.)
"There are sensible pieces of legislation that we can advocate for that would return election integrity and security," said Banks, who said that he wants the Republican Study Committee to lead the fight for election integrity in the federal legislature.
Among the things Banks wants to advocate for are making Trump's individual tax cuts permanent, holding China accountable, maintaining strong national defense spending and protecting working-class jobs.
Listen to this special Situation Update episode of the Health Ranger Report, a podcast by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, as he talks about how the president may be preparing to enact martial law as an option of last resort in order to defend the United States and to allow the military to oversee new, fair elections under their rule.
Banks: Trump is the future of the Republican Party
Banks has stated before that he believes the Republican Study Committee should drive the conversation on what the future of the GOP will look like. Banks' main argument is that he believes "Trumpism" can greatly help the party, and Republicans should embrace it wholeheartedly.
"The big area where we have to move, that's different for the conservative movement, is in what President Trump has taught us in marrying the populist ideals of Trump with the traditional conservative issues," said Banks during his meeting with Johnson and Doar.
Banks argued that this merging of Trumpism with traditional Republican conservatism is necessary if they want to further broaden the party's main base.
"If we're learning the lessons that President Trump taught us, to appeal to the populace base and bring new voters into the Republican Party, we need to tackle a new subset of issues to the conservative movement," said Banks, who believes some of the issues they can tackle include rebuilding the country's manufacturing industry and putting American working-class jobs first when introducing new trade and immigration policies.
"If we're going to win the majority in 2022 and win the White House in 2024, our party has to look a lot more like Donald Trump than some of the Republican candidates in the past. Trump taught us how to fight and win with an agenda that appeals to the popular base. House conservatives must follow his example and carry the Trump message for the next two years."
Several Republicans, including Banks, have embraced the idea of Trump running for president again in 2024.
"The President is very popular in the Republican Party, and he would be very tough to beat," said Banks. "I'm from Indiana, and I want to see my guy, Mike Pence, in the White House one day. And hopefully, in 2024, we'll have Mike Pence on the ballot one way or another."
Other Republican officials who have stated that they believe Trump will win if he decides to run in 2024 include Sens. Josh Hawley of Missouri and Rick Scott of Florida, and Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Paul Gosar of Arizona.
Learn more about the Republican Party and their efforts to support Trump's policies by reading the latest articles at VoteRepublican.news.
Tagged Under: 2020 election, 2024 election, American Enterprise Institute, Donald Trump, election fraud, elections, Jim Banks, legal battles, mail-in ballots, Mike Johnson, national security, politics, Republican Party, Republican Study Committee, Robert Doar, Trumpism, vote fraud, voter fraud, voting
The Trace plots hit piece against firearms manufacturers whose products are used by people who support Trump
Not an 'administration'. A regime.
FBI investigating whether foreign sources funded Capitol riot
Situation Update, Jan 19th, 2021 – Declass delayed, DC militarization goes extreme, Haspel resigns, dirty bomb weapons specialist soldiers deployed
Brother of leftist who stormed U.S. Capitol says hundreds of Antifa members started the riot
Patriots, don't fall for the D.C. trap: Do NOT show up to Biden's election theft inaugural ARMED
Situation Update, Jan. 15th, 2021 – DECLASS begins, CNN complicit in capitol raid
GOP rep: If we had strongly prosecuted BLM-Antifa rioters, Capitol riot may not have happened
Situation Update, Jan 14th, 2021 – An astonishing theory: FEMA and the US military will save America at its final hour
Barack Obama says Trump incited U.S. Capitol violence, but Obama helped foster, nurture and enable the destructive BLM movement
Situation Update, Jan. 12, 2021 – Sources FRACTURE on outcome: Is Trump winning at unconventional warfare?
No, Trump did not "incite insurrection" ahead of the Capitol Building riot, so why are Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell saying he did?
Situation Updates for Jan 10th – First they SILENCE you, then they come to KILL you… mass genocide against conservatives is No. 1 on the Left's list of priorities
Backup comms for Natural News and the Health Ranger: Emergency IP backup site, Telegram, Brighteon
Situation Update Jan 8th – Trump fighting from secure location, did NOT concede
America will officially be an enemy occupied zone with the swearing in of Joe Biden on the 20th of Jan.
Situation Update, Jan 6, 2021 – America's Day of Reckoning arrives… Trump must now play his hand
Brighteon launches LIVE stream video coverage of the D.C. events, beginning Wednesday at 10 am Eastern
Situation Update, Jan. 3rd – Senators announce 10-day emergency investigation into election fraud, Pence likely to invoke on the 6th
Ranking Biden official proposed mandatory confiscation of "assault weapons" when she was O'Rourke's campaign manager


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What did we learn today with Big John and Ramblin' Ray? (7-26-18)
Jul 26, 2018 | kimberlykaczmarek
Big John and Ramblin' Ray recap today's show with 'What did we learn today?' a segment where they comment on what they've learned from the show. As well as asking Executive Producer Tony Lossano, Technical Producer Michael Garay, and Associate Producer Kimberly Kaczmarek what they've learned. Today's show covered a guy who broke up with his girlfriend to focus on his job playing video games, Facebook's downfall, and how PAWS Chicago is at capacity so remember to adopt, don't shop!
Tags: big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, chicago, Facebook, john and ray, john howell, paws chicago, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, Video Games, what did we learn today, WLS, WLS-AM
The Steve Dahl Show – April 25, 2018 – Sample
Apr 25, 2018 | Web Team
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Grandpa Stever and his legacy are hot topics on this Guacamole Wednesday! A search for the perfect email of the day becomes a competition between Steve, Brendan, and Shawn! You be the judge! Plus some awesome bike talk!
Tags: bike, emails, Facebook, Frijole Joe, Grandchildren, Guacamole Wednesday, Iceland, Palm Beach
Tech guru Kim Komando on Facebook privacy
Apr 19, 2018 | kimberlykaczmarek
Kim Komando joins John and Ray, giving them her expertise on Facebook privacy, new technology, and if you should trust Nest cameras.
Listen to her on WLS-AM Saturdays from 7 pm to midnight.
Tags: big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, Facebook, john and ray, john howell, Kim Komando, Nest camera, Privacy, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, technology, WLS-AM
Diamond and Silk: 'Comey's not our homie'
Diamond and Silk, who were censored from Facebook, accompany John and Ray this morning to talk about what it was like to be silenced for what they believed in. Also telling John and Ray about their Chit Chat tour.
Learn more about their Chit Chat tour and where to get tickets here.
Tags: big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, Diamond and Silk, Facebook, john and ray, john howell, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, Tour, trump, WLS-AM
Big John & Ramblin' Ray 60 (seconds): Facebook and Dennis Miller
Mark Zuckerberg testified in Congress yesterday, John and Ray bring in some of the testimony highlights. Then Dennis Miller joins them in continuing the topic of social media and how people tend to overshare.
Tags: big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, Dennis Miller, Facebook, john and ray, john and ray in 60, john howell, Mark Zuckerberg, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, social media, WLS-AM
Learn if your information has been compromised
John and Ray learn if their Facebook information was shared, and speak on Mark Zuckerburgs meeting in Congress.
Click here to find out if your Facebook information was shared with Cambridge Analytica
Tags: big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, Cambridge Analytica, Congress, Facebook, john and ray, john howell, Mark Zuckerburg, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, WLS-AM
How controversy changed Facebook's mission
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Facebook is moving to protect user privacy and police content following the recent data controversies. CNN's Clare Sebastian reports.
Tags: big john and ray, Facebook, john and ray, Privacy, WLS-AM
How you can avoid 'fake news' on Facebook
Apr 9, 2018 | kimberlykaczmarek
John and Ray share Facebook's new attempt to help user security with a new notification system.
Tags: big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, Facebook, Fake News, john and ray, john howell, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, security, WLS-AM
Big John & Ramblin' Ray 60 (seconds): washer and dryer apps, Delta Airlines, and Facebook
Ray talks about his frustrations a washer and dryer, John talks about a flight that got physical from a little girl kicking a passenger, and they both agree that oversharing on social media can lead to security issues.
Tags: apps, big john, big john and ray, Big John Howell, Delta Airlines, Facebook, john and ray, john and ray in 60, john howell, Ramblin Ray, Ray Stevens, WLS-AM
Nothing Could Keep Us Inside
May 12, 2017 | Lossano
It's finally nice enough to move out of the basement and into the outdoors.
Tags: basement, Bob Sirott, chicago, donald trump, Entertainment Tonight, Facebook, Facebook Live, George and Jimmy Bannos, Heaven on Seven, Hole in the Wall, jog, lester holt, Marianne Murciano, NBC, outdoors, outside, president, Robert Feder, Sirott and Murciano, Steve Harvey, WLS, YouTube
We HAD To Talk About It
May 9, 2017 | Lossano
You asked a lot of questions tonight and we answered them. Many about our relationship and marriage.
Tags: Bob Sirott, chicago, Dan Rather, Facebook, Jim Croce, Joe's Stone Crab, Kingston Trio, Marianne Murciano, marriage, mothers day, National Nurse Week, National Teacher's Appreciation Day, Ron Magers, Sirott and Murciano, stone crabs, teacher's, Temptations, The Beatles, Tony Lossano, vinyl records, WLS, YouTube
We Were Seen Around The World. MAYBE.
We boosted our Facebook page and hundreds of new LIKES came in from India and China.
Tags: Bob Sirott, China, Facebook, giveaways, India, Marianne Murciano, Sirott and Murciano, Tony Lossano, WLS
There's a lot of urine in pools; How responsible is Facebook for crimes live-streamed on the website – 4/25/17 (Hour 1)
A report on the Today Show shows how much urine is in pools. Facebook is trying to curb crimes that are live-streamed on its website.
Tags: Bob Sirott, Facebook, Marianne Murciano, President Obama, Sirott and Murciano, Today Show
The Latest: Police probe alleged threats to assault victim
Mar 23, 2017 | WLSAM Staff
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago police official says investigators are looking into a mother's claims that her daughter has been the target of online threats since being sexually assaulted in an attack streamed live on Facebook.
Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Wednesday that Superintendent Eddie Johnson has also reached out to the family to check on the girl.
The mother told The Associated Press earlier Wednesday that her daughter is scared to return home and the family is being harassed by neighborhood kids. She also says that since the attack, people have posted threats on Facebook that "they are going to get her" daughter.
No arrests have been made in the attack, which police say involved five or six young men or boys. Authorities say about 40 people viewed live video of the attack, and none of them reported it to the police.
Tags: Facebook, john howell show, rape victim, sexual assault
WE'RE DISCOVERED BY FACEBOOK!!!
Feb 1, 2017 | WLSAM Staff
The Facebook staff in Menlo Park, CA notice that Bob Sirott and Marianne Murciano and their fans converge on Facebook LIVE just about every night in Chicago. So they come to town and wine and dine them!
Tags: Bob Sirott, Facebook, Marianne Murciano, Sirott and Murciano
Is Uber killing the cab business?; A change in Facebook ads; Remembering a local accordion shop owner – 1/10/17 (Hour 2)
Jan 10, 2017 | Web Team
A local Uber driver weighs in on the Uber vs. cabs battle. Facebook has made changes to the way they play ads on videos. Also remembering Anne Romagnoli, who was a local accordion shop owner, who died earlier this week.
Tags: Anne Romagnoli, Bob Sirott, Facebook, Marianne Murciano, Sirott and Murciano, Uber
Four adults charged with hate crimes after torturing another adult; Savannah Guthrie returns to the Today Show for Matt Lauer's anniversary – 1/6/17 (Hour 2)
Jan 6, 2017 | Web Team
Nick Gale tells Bob and Marianne about the Facebook video where four adults tortured a mentally handicapped adult. Also Savannah Guthrie makes an appearance on the Today Show for Matt Lauer's anniversary on the show.
Tags: Bob Sirott, Facebook, Marianne Murciano, Matt Lauer, nick gale, Savannah Guthrie, Sirott and Murciano
Orlando Shooting Victims Sue Social Media Giants
Dec 21, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
Is it possible to sue social giants like Twitter and Facebook?
Keith Altman is a lawyer representing the families of the victims in the Orlando shooting who are suing social media sites. He joined the John and Ray morning show to talk about why they are suing social media sites.
The lawsuit claims that the social media services are "making it too easy for the Islamic State to spread its message."
Tags: Facebook, john howell, keith altman, Lawsuit, orlando shooting, Ray Stevens, twitter
Facebook shuts down ads for an entire country
Oct 14, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
By Jethro Mullen, CNN
(CHICAGO) Facebook has taken the unusual step of shutting down ads for an entire nation.
The social network said it has turned off ads in Thailand following the death of the country's deeply revered king. It's the first time Facebook has imposed an ad blackout for a whole country.
King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 70-year reign came to an end on Thursday when he died at the age of 88. Facebook said in a post that removing ads is "a cultural custom" during the mourning period.
It admitted that it doesn't yet know how long Thailand will be mourning the king, whose unifying appeal stretched across Thai society.
According to the royal palace, all government buildings will fly the national flag at half-staff for 30 days starting Friday, and all civil servants have been ordered to wear black clothing for a year.
Facebook declined to comment further on the ad shutdown. Its post said advertisers within Thailand can still run ads outside the country.
Other websites took measures to reflect the country's somber mood. Google's homepage in Thailand was changed to a dark-gray-and-white color scheme, although ads were still showing up for some searches.
The Bangkok Post, a leading English-language newspaper, also made its homepage completely monochrome. The only ads it carried were for its own services, like newspaper subscriptions. For much of Friday, Thai TV stations broadcast solely in black and white.
Facebook's move to switch off ads isn't the first time a major global Internet company has taken such a step out of respect. Yahoo turned off ads and went to black and white on its front page in Singapore following the death last year of the city state's founder, Lee Kuan Yew.
— Karla Cripps and Marc Lourdes contributed to this report.
Tags: Facebook, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, singapore
People Spend More Time On Facebook Than Personal Grooming
May 18, 2016 | WLSAM Staff
By Lori Lewis, VP of Social Media for Cumulus Media, Created for AllAccess.com
As a culture, we are close to spending an hour a day on Facebook. And there's no sign of that "time spent" decreasing. Time spent on Facebook has gone from 17 minutes a day to nearly 60 minutes a day in just the past three years.
So you have to ask, what are people giving up, or what are they multi-tasking in order to check Facebook – on average – 14 times a day?
A piece from the New York Post that ran recently – noted that more people were checking Facebook than reading the "Good Book," the Bible, every day. They also uncovered:
People are spending more time lurking on Facebook than bathing.
1/3 of people (27% to be precise) can't resist the urge to Facebook on the toilet. The number is slightly higher with women than men.
And in my own digging, I found we're using Facebook in other inappropriate settings.
Nearly half of us Facebook while:
Shopping and Running Errands
Sitting in Meetings or Class
People also admit Facebook is the very first thing they check every morning.
And more and more are saying they would choose a smartphone with Facebook access over an actual car. The need for acceptance and connection is becoming greater than getting around town in your own vehicle.
– See more at: http://www.allaccess.com/merge/archive/24375/people-spend-more-time-on-facebook-than-personal#sthash.hlqkj16F.dpuf
Source: People Spend More Time On Facebook Than Personal Grooming by Lori Lewis | Merge | … …
Tags: Facebook, lori lewis, social media
Stepdad: Boy, 13, shot dead on NW Side during confrontation over Facebook
Feb 9, 2015 |
A 13-year-old boy was shot to death Sunday night in the Northwest Side Belmont Cragin neighborhood. / photo from Network Video Productions
(CHICAGO) A 13-year-old boy who was shot to death Sunday night in the Belmont Cragin neighborhood had sneaked out of his home with his sisters to confront someone over posts on Facebook, according to a family member.
Anthony Diaz and two of his sisters, ages 15 and 17, left their Northwest Side home about 10:35 p.m. to confront someone over Facebook posts, said Anthony's stepfather, Ralph Otero, 47. He said the teens got jumped and somebody pulled out a gun.
Chicago Police said the boy was walking with a group in the 6000 block of Grand when someone walked up and opened fire, striking him in the left side of his body. The bullet exited through his chest.
Otero and his wife were sleeping when they got a call from Anthony's 17-year-old sister saying he had been shot.
"I saw him lying on the ground about a block away from our house," Otero said.
The boy was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office could not confirm the death.
The shooting happened near the family's home. Otero, an evangelical preacher, said they moved to the neighborhood in November from Kostner and Armitage. Anthony was one of six siblings.
"We just moved there from a bad area because it's supposed to be better, and this is what we got," Otero said.
"He's a good student, he's not a gangbanger. He didn't give us any headaches," Otero said. He said Anthony, who went to Burbank Elementary School, loved basketball and watched the Bulls game Sunday evening.
"This is unbelievable," Otero said.
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Tags: Belmont Cragin, Facebook, shooting
Facebook quarrel leads to standoff, SWAT team response in west suburbs
(AURORA TWP.) A fight between two men over a Facebook post led to a two-and-a-half hour standoff that ended with a SWAT team raiding a west suburban home earlier this week.
About 10:40 p.m. Monday, officers were called to a home in the 0-100 block of Johns Lane in unincorporated Aurora Township, where a man told police another man, later identified as Oscar Guzman, had pointed a gun at his head during a fight over a Facebook post, according to a statement from the Kane County Sheriff's office.
Deputies tried for 15 minutes to get Guzman, 26, to come out of the house, and when he emerged with a 20-year-old woman they recovered a toy gun, police said.
Police then found out another man, later identified as 33-year-old David Oslund, was still inside the home along with another woman and a 3-year-old child.
No one inside the house responded to deputies for more than an hour, so a Kane County SWAT team was called in case the woman and child were being held hostage, police said. Two-and-a-half hours later the team broke in and arrested Oslund.
The woman and child weren't held against their will, police said. Neither woman was arrested, and the child was unharmed.
The relationships of the people involved in the incident weren't identified by the sheriff's office.
Guzman was charged with aggravated assault, and Oslund was held on warrants for residential burglary and possession of a controlled substance, police said.
Guzman, of the 1300 block of Crown Street in Montgomery, was released from the Kane County Jail on Wednesday morning, according to online jail records, but his bond information wasn't immediately available.
Oslund, of the 1100 block of Gilmore Street in Aurora, remains in custody on an $80,750 bond, according to the sheriff's office.
Their next court dates weren't immediately known.
Tags: Aurora Township, Facebook, SWAT team
Cops: Glenview man stole 'private' photos, then demanded more
Dec 3, 2014 |
Demetrius Patton / photo credit: Northbrook police
(NORTHBROOK) A north suburban man allegedly hacked into three computers, stealing "private" photos of the female owners, then demanded more, according to police.
A woman contacted Northbrook police in July and reported someone had hacked into her Facebook and Dropbox accounts and stole images of her that were "private in nature," Northbrook Police Cmdr. Mike O'Malley said.
He then demanded the woman send him additional photos or he would release the stolen ones, O'Malley said.
Northbrook police conducted a four-month investigation and identified 24-year-old Demetrius Patton as a suspect, O'Malley said.
Authorities executed a search warrant at his home in the 2100 block Rugen Road in Glenview on Nov. 25, and seized his computer, which was sent to a crime lab, O'Malley said. Patton is unemployed and lives with his mother.
Patton was charged with two counts of soliciting child pornography and three counts of intimidation, but the investigation remains open, O'Malley said.
Two girls from the North Shore area have also been identified as victims of the scheme, and there may be more, O'Malley said.
"It's kind of unfolding now," he said.
Tags: Dropbox, Facebook, hacked, Northbrook


Roy Hodgson admits he is surprised by Crystal Palace's recent run of form following their 3-1 defeat to Chelsea f.c, their sixth consecutive Premier League match without a win.
Palace's latest defeat, their seventh of the season, could have been a different result had the visitors at Stamford Bridge kicked on after Andros Townsend levelled the score following Alavro Morata's first half goal. Instead, Chelsea restored their lead through Morata's second strike and Pedro completed the job the make it 3-1.
Hodgson became Palace manager last season in the middle of their run of seven consecutive defeats to start the season and retains that last year's run was his toughest spell at the club, despite their current predicament.
"The only similarity I see is that last year we was struggling and didn't really look like getting results," he said. "This year we're often after matches left being somewhat surprised we haven't got a result. There's not been many teams that have actually outplayed us, that wasn't the case in my first 10 games last year, we were outplayed on quite a few occasions."
It is not obvious where the points will come for Crystal Palace, who sit 14th in the table after 11 matches, as they host Tottenham then travel to Old Trafford to play Manchester United in their next two league matches on the back of playing Arsenal and Chelsea.
"The teams who are in the second half of the table don't get that many points against teams in the top half especially at the moment because they are going to be sweeping everything in front of them, we're aware of that.
"We'll have to give a good performance, we did last week and I didn't think our performance was bad by any stretch of the imagination today, all we can do is try and keep giving those performances and hope it keeps going our way and to make certain that we never lose sight of the fact that it doesn't really matter where you are at Christmas.
"Last season we were very rarely outside the relegation zone and we ended up 11th, could have even been 10th, we missed out on goal difference, there's an awful lot of football to be played, the one thing you do know as a coach or manager is playing badly and not getting points you don't really have any confidence of where those points came come from.
Palace held their own against Arsenal at Selhurst Park and earned a deserved point but could not replicate the same standard against Chelsea. Hodgson's side came to defend but were too easily breached.


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Six-week abortion ban goes into effect in Texas
A Texas bill banning virtually all abortions after a heartbeat is detected, which can occur in as few as six weeks, went into effect at midnight on Wednesday after the Supreme Court did not move to block it.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) signed the controversial legislation, referred to as the "fetal heartbeat" bill by many, in May, and it was set to go into effect on Sept. 1.
The bill, in addition to prohibiting virtually all abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, allows most private citizens to file lawsuits against abortion providers if they have a suspicion that the provider infringed on the new policy.
The law makes an exception for medical emergencies.
Abortion providers had asked the Supreme Court to block the contentious legislation.
A group of abortion providers on Monday filed a request to Justice Samuel Alito, who oversees emergency issues that stem from Texas.
The providers contended that the new Texas law violates the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion throughout the country.
"Nearly fifty years ago, this Court held that Texas could not ban abortion prior to viability," the group wrote in a court brief, referring to the Roe v. Wade decision.
"Yet, absent intervention from this Court, in less than two days, on Wednesday, September 1, Texas will do precisely that," they added.
Two days before the "fetal heartbeat" bill took effect in Texas, the state House advanced separate legislation that seeks to restrict access to abortion-inducing medication.
Specifically, it aims to bar physicians or providers from dispensing abortion-inducing pills to patients who have been pregnant for more than seven weeks. Currently law allows such medication to be used until 10 weeks of pregnancy.
If the bill is approved on a third reading, it would be sent to Abbott's desk for signature.
At least 12 other states have approved bans early pregnancy abortions, according to The Associated Press, but they have all been blocked from implementation.
Pantex deploys system to counter unauthorized unmanned aircraft


Webb Institute, a 4-year college specializing in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, is pleased to announce that seniors Henry Jansen, from Bayville, NY, and Elli Wunder from North Bend, WA have been named the recipients of the 2013 – 2014 McMullen Family Foundation Scholarship. The McMullen Family Foundation Scholarship Program was established at Webb Institute in 2009 to help off-set room and board expenses.
Top Guns Shuffle at Carnival Corp.
Dr. Martin Stopford, President of Clarksons Research Services, will deliver the keynote address at the Senior Maritime Forum 2013, 2-5 December, at the Kerry Hotel Pudong, Shanghai, China. The Senior Maritime Forum is held alongside Marintec China 2013 which takes place 3-6 December at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai China. In his keynote address titled, "The Great Shipping Cycle -- Progress to Date and Scenarios for the Next Phase," Dr.
The governing bodies of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds) held recent meetings at the Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in London, and decided to wind up the ground-breaking 1971 fund which has since been replaced by the 1992 protocol. The Fund was an international innovation when a global, solidaritory scheme on compensation for the victims of oil pollution caused by tankers was established in 1971.
Greece's SafeBulkers Inc. reports decrease in profits in its third quarter 2013 financial results but increases company dividend to reflect an improved charter market.
Aleris announced it now offers 5083–H128, the newly developed aluminum alloy temper for marine applications that meets the new standards for marine plate as specified in ASTM's B928-13 standard.
DMW Marine Group hired Monty Reeder as its Inside Sales Manager and New England, Canada and mid-Atlantic direct Sales Representative. Reeder graduated from Ursinus College with a degree in Business and Economics and previously represented Iron Mountain. Mark Gregory will now be responsible for direct sales in the Southeastern US and Gulf Coast while Bo Weidner will continue to handle the West Coast of the US and Canada.
Newpark Drilling Fluids held a grand opening ceremony for its Newpark Technology Center in Katy, Texas. The celebration commenced with skydivers parachuting in while displaying American, Texas and Newpark flag replicas, followed by a flag raising ceremony conducted by the United States Army Color Guard and a ribbon cutting with Newpark executives as well. Festivities then continued indoors with tours of the center and its expansive laboratory facilities.
PPG Industries announced that Diane M. Kappas has been appointed vice president, Americas, for the protective and marine coatings (PMC) business, effective Dec. 1. The company also announced that Jane Valenta has been appointed to Kappas' previous role of vice president, environment, health and safety (EHS), effective Dec. Kappas will assume full responsibility for PPG's PMC business in the United States, Canada and Latin America, and she will report to Tim Knavish, global vice president, PMC.


We are very excited about breaking ground for the new construction of Universal Design, single family houses in Prince George's County. On Friday, March 22, over 50 members of the community, consisting of government, business, faith groups and members of the Habitat Board of Directors, attended a ceremony to launch the building of an affordable and healthy house in the Town of Fairmount Heights.
The vacant lot where the house will be built was purchased by Habitat from Prince George's County. Several other single family lots are in Habitat's pipeline for new construction as well.
Universal Design focuses on building homes that are accessible to all regardless of age or ability, accommodating families throughout their life cycle. For example, a no step entry makes access easy for parents with strollers and those in wheelchairs. Also, each home has two bathrooms, one with a walk in shower and the other includes a tub with a seat for easy bathing of children. We're excited about this flexible and thoughtful design focused on a family's needs over many years.
Special thanks go to Stephanie Anderson, attorney with O'Malley, Miles, Nylen & Gilmore, P.A., and a member of the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors for providing the Welcome & Overview.
Special remarks were given by Congressman Anthony Brown, Maryland's 4th District, Ken Sonner, Senior Vice President, Old Line Bank, and Eddie Quinn, Chief Financial Officer, TW Perry.
A blessing of the construction site was provided by Pastor R. Kevin Matthews, The Shepherd's House ICC.
In addition to Stephanie Anderson, other members of the Habitat board included Vice Chair, Loretta Sevier, and Edward W. Hummers, Jr., and former board member Buck Bartley, The Bartley Corp.
We were pleased to have Marvin Turner, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Jolene Ivey, Prince George's Council Member District #5 join the celebration as well.
Habitat is currently taking applications for homeownership as well!
Last Thursday, hundreds of faith based community residents attended a rally at Bethel World Outreach Church in Olney. The purpose of this meeting was to secure commitments from Montgomery County government officials for equity in education, immigration, and affordable housing. I was impressed by the great energy in the room and the wonderful music provided by the Bethel World Outreach Choir.
In attendance was Marc Elrich, County Executive, and County Councilmembers Evan Glass, Hans Riemer, Will Jawando, Sidney Katz and Gabe Albornoz.
Bishop Darlingston Johnson, Pastor of Bethel World Outreach Church welcomed everyone to the church followed by an opening prayer by Pastor Haywood Robinson III, Peoples Community Baptist Church.
Will you (county officials) commit to expand the Excel Beyond the Bell Elementary program, including parent leadership training, to at least two additional schools this year? All confirmed their support for education.
Will you commit to funding school construction for South Lake and Burnt Mils in the FY 2020 Capital Budget? All confirmed their support for more school funding.
Will you sustain or increase the $370,000 in grants to fund legal services for residents at-risk of deportation or in deportation proceedings during FY 2020? The County Executive plans to increase grant funding in the FY 2020 budget and councilmembers voiced their support.
In the next two weeks, will you send AIM a list of 5 partners with whom we can jointly meet to ask for additional funding? All confirmed their support.
County Executive Elrich has committed to write a letter to the WMATA Board (Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Area), asking them to halt the sale or lease of WMATA land in Montgomery County until they meet with AIM and our elected officials to prioritize affordable housing on this land. All agreed to support this strategy.
County Executive Elrich, we are asking you tonight to use your power to identify 3-5 parcels of public land for affordable housing development in the next 3 months, and to start the process of developing them by the end of the calendar year. County Executive Elrich said he thinks he could identify 3-5 parcels of land for affordable housing development.
The closing prayer was led by Pastor Chris Posch, St. Camillus Catholic Church.
Do you know anyone who served as a member of AmeriCorps?
AmeriCorps members play a vital role in contributing to the mission of creating affordable housing and responding to disaster relief in many parts of the U.S. Many members volunteer on Habitat construction sites and in Habitat offices for one to two years, then go on to continue their education or are hired by nonprofit or for profit corporations.
The AmeriCorps program is often seen as a domestic Peace Corps. It employs more than 75,000 Americans in intensive service each year for a small stipend. Habitat affiliates alone have hosted more than 10,600 members to date that have provided more than 17 million hours of service, engaged 3.9 million volunteers, and served 115,500 families. These members play a critical role in increasing the capacity of non-profits to serve more families across the country.
We celebrate and thank those who have served with our affiliate over the years.
I testified at a public hearing on February 26th in support of Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 19-01 that loosens the requirements for increasing the production of ADUs in Montgomery County.
Our county has large areas of single family detached zones with homes that are unaffordable to many. Oftentimes, restrictive zoning policies lead to segregated neighborhoods and schools. We believe that broadening ADU requirements is one small step to encourage more socio-economically integrated communities and help reduce the structural segregation in the county.
Like much of the United States, Montgomery County is facing a housing crisis. Finding healthy and affordable housing near jobs and transit is extremely difficult for many.
It is our belief that Habitat is in a unique position to help solve the affordable housing crisis by building accessory apartments, also known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs). ADUs are separate apartments either within, attached to, or detached from a main unit. Think English basements, garage apartments, and small backyard cottages.
Habitat strongly supports Zoning Text Amendment (ZTA) 19-01 which was recently introduced to the Montgomery County Council. This ZTA would make it easier for homeowners to build ADUs should they choose to do so.
Please join Habitat for Humanity in supporting ZTA 19-01 and ADUs by signing this form to your Council Member.
Habitat's repair and weatherization program has helped hundreds of owner-occupied homeowners improve their quality of life and help reduce energy bills. Many of these homeowners could benefit from the extra income stream that an ADU would provide. Extra income would allow the homeowner to remain in their home and their neighborhood while providing funds to help maintain the property.
Moreover, ADUs provide many environmental, social and economic benefits to our community. ADUs have a relatively small environmental impact and are typically built around public transit. The new bill maintains lot coverage restrictions, limiting the size of any addition or backyard cottage so as to protect storm water management. ADUs also encourage multigenerational housing and socio-economically integrated communities.
Communities across the US and the World are embracing ADUs as an innovative and flexible way to increase housing stock while allowing homeowners to best utilize their own homes.
Let the County Council know you support these changes to the ADU law.
Want more information? Check out some of the resources below.
Don't want to fill out our form? You can email the council directly at County.Council@montgomerycountymd.gov.
Last Wednesday, I had the great pleasure of attending the Women Build Launch Party hosted by Mimi Kress in the beautiful showroom of Sandy Spring Builders. Nearly 100 women (and a few men) joined together to celebrate the launch of our annual campaign to build affordable homes in our community.
Though our neighborhoods are comprised largely of women and children, they are also the population most likely to be affected by poor living conditions. Our Women Build teams provide the opportunity for women to take a proactive step in serving their communities and help families achieve affordable home ownership.
Women Build opportunities are available for any woman who wants to learn how to build and construct a home. No experience is necessary. Volunteers work under the guidance of construction professionals, and also alongside other volunteers and future Habitat homeowners.
Our goal this year is to recruit 36 teams (10 women on a team) and raise $200,000. Currently, 46 teams are registered, so we are confident we will achieve our goal. See the Women Build Flyer here if you would like more information on forming a team or joining an existing team, or being a corporate sponsor.
Thank you to our corporate and faith sponsors for this year's Women Build!