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Meet The Market Managers: Gordy Rush, Guaranty Broadcasting Baton Rouge
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"I think the great thing about being Guaranty Broadcasting is that I tell people we have the ability to be a dry erase board. If there was anyone that's going to buck standards, it's going to be us."
I have a soft spot for Louisiana. I love the food. I love the music. It is where I was born.
So, when JB suggested I talk to Gordy Rush from Guaranty Broadcasting for our Meet the Market Managers series, I didn't need convincing. Not only do I get the chance to bring you lessons from the Sportsman's Paradise, but I get to put a spotlight on the guy that runs one of the most underrated brands in all of sports radio, 104.5 ESPN.
That station does everything its own way. The studio is set up for television. The morning show features two ex-jocks and no broadcast nerd. It is just a really cool, really local brand that is worth studying.
In our conversation, Gordy and I discussed how owning a digital ad agency has helped Guaranty's traditional broadcast business, how he let one of his biggest stars deal with bad news on the air, what he brings to the workplace that he learned on the football field, and so much more.
Demetri Ravanos: Baton Rouge is a big college town, so I would guess you have access to those kids coming out of LSU looking for sales jobs. But I wonder how much interest you see from young people in selling not just radio, but media in general?
Gordy Rush: Well, we get a lot of interest from LSU and from New Orleans – Tulane, UNO and Loyola. People that are interested not only in sales but on air. And of course, LSU had a good run in recent years here with Ryan Clark, Marcus Spears and Booger McFarland all landing with ESPN. They've done very well. That means there is a lot of talent that comes out and a lot of people that are interested in the profession.
DR: So what do you see as Baton Rouge's potential in terms of market growth?
GR: Well, I think Baton Rouge is in the 70 to 80 range market-wise. It had a big boom post 2005 after Hurricane Katrina, where a lot of people from New Orleans kind of relocated to the surrounding parishes down here. But it kind of is what it is.
I think the uniqueness of Baton Rouge and New Orleans, for that matter, is that you have LSU and then you have the New Orleans Saints. And for a state that size, you really just have those two sports. And the Pelicans, I think, are certainly getting more interest, but it's a considerable drop. Whereas, if you go four hours over to Houston, Texas A&M sometimes struggles to crack the top 10 in interest in a city of that size. So it's really a two trick state when you talk about LSU and the Saints.
DR: LSU is a rare college sports culture. I really think it is only in Louisiana and Mississippi where there is this gigantic college baseball culture. That lets you monetize that rights partnership year-round in a way that a lot of SEC markets can't. Do you get how rare that is or does it just feel normal to you at this point?
GR: Well, let's start with the fact LSU has led the nation for umpteen years in attendance. It's like a triple-A stadium – ten thousand plus per year. Of course, the big exception this year was the Covid year. So it is like a triple-A town. I will tell you that we carry all the games on a 100,000 watt classic rock radio station.
When we were a subscriber to Nielsen and I would go up to to Columbia, Maryland, and look at the books, you'd get thirteen quarter hours Friday, Saturday and Sunday. You know, I've seen numbers back before ESPN+ was the thing, when it was ESPN3, and LSU would be playing a non-conference opponent on Friday, Saturday and Sunday and the streaming rights for television – there was one point that it outdrew North Carolina vs Duke streaming-wise. It gives you an idea of the popularity of baseball here. And of course, they've won five national championships.
DR: So how does that affect bringing local sponsors on board? Are most people advertising on LSU sports year-round, or because you have three distinct seasons, do you have advertisers that lock into just football or just baseball or just basketball?
GR: I think 75% of our sports are sold the complete athletic year, starting with football, basketball with Will Wade, he's done a phenomenal job, I think the best three year run of SEC win percentage in the history of the school, if I'm not mistaken. And, of course, baseball. And so we sell 75% of it all through. Certainly there's some people that are baseball purists. They're people that started with Skip Bertman twenty or twenty five years ago that have stayed with them.
The unique thing about baseball is it's a three and a half hour game, right? You think about a Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and you have a lot of people listening on the radio, cutting the lawn. There's a lot of waterways here in Louisiana and people will have the Tigers on their radio, out on their boats partying or they're doing what they do on Saturday and Sunday. So it is a big deal.
DR: So you have one station in the cluster that carries the Saints. Just this year, it was 104.5 that put the Kansas City Chiefs on.
GR: So it's interesting. 98.1 has been the flagship for LSU. It's a classic rock station that carries football, basketball and baseball. I don't think you'll see a top hundred market that has a 100,000 watt rock station with that much sports on it. I think back in 2010, we started with ESPN Radio, just two class A radio stations, 104.5 and 104.9, as a simulcast.
So what we wanted to do this year with the question mark of whether or not LSU was going to play, we knew the NFL was going to go. We have a Westwood One contract. Of course, we also have the Saints on on our classic rock station. They're an affiliate. We wanted to get aggressive with the NFL. We already have the Westwood One package with the Thursday night, Sunday night and Monday night games, and decided to reach out and talk to Cincinnati because they had Joe Burrow. Then we talked to Kansas City because of Tyrann Matthieu, Clyde Edwards-Helaire, Daryl Williams, a number of former LSU players with Kansas City, and we really struck a good relationship with the local affiliate there. So we carried all the Kansas City Chiefs games on 104.5 ESPN. You know, what a season to do that too! So, yeah, it was a good ride. It was the first time that we did that, so we were airing five NFL games every weekend on our properties.
DR: Airing the Chiefs, like you said, comes with a number of LSU connections. With your market being such a Saints-heavy sports culture, do you just go to advertisers and say "we have a package that includes 5 NFL games every weekend," or do those LSU connections make it possible to sell the Chiefs as their own package?
GR: Well, they got the Saints and then we presented the whole NFL package. We have different levels, right? There are people that buy LSU and the Saints, and then I think that you have entry level opportunities for people that just get the NFL. I think for some some smaller businesses, it's a really good play where they get the five NFL games and maybe some more or less that will air on the radio station.
But we really handpicked those games. I will tell you, there were games that were with Westwood One, we did some stuff with Compass, we had ESPN Radio and of course we had the Chiefs. Anytime we could get Joe Burrow before he got hurt, we put Joe Burrow on the radio. So, it was an NFL schedule that really lent itself to our market and our market interest.
DR: So with the insane success of that 2019 LSU team, not just winning a title, but all the guys they put in the NFL, is there anyone encroaching on the hardcore Saints fans? Could you see a future of carrying the Chiefs or Bengals regularly?
GR: Baton Rouge is a Saints town first and foremost and always will be. But, you know, the Saints are only going to fill one of those five spots Thursday night, Sunday night, Monday night or the 12 o'clock and the three thirty Central Time kickoff. So it's an opportunity for four other ones. And I think with the success that LSU's had and you look around and so many teams like Cincinnati with Burrow and what Kansas City has done, Devin White is down with Tampa Bay, Patrick Peterson with Arizona. So, it's one of the things we will promote locally to our market here. If Patrick Peterson and the Arizona Cardinals take on Devin White and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, it's Sunday 3:30 pm on 104.5 ESPN.
DR: I want to turn the attention next to your on-air shows. Earlier this year, you had a high profile departure from the morning show. Jordy Culotta exited. The next day, T-Bob Hebert told the audience he didn't like the decision and didn't agree with it. Can you take me inside the conversation that happened before that? As a market manager, how do you ride the line of giving T-Bob the space to express his frustrations and also making sure he is on board with the plan moving forward?
GR: Yeah. You know, I get paid to make those decisions. Sometimes they are hard decisions. I had to sit down with T-Bob and give that explanation. And he told me, "I need to be me." Which I certainly respect.
I think that's a big part of it. We tell our people, "I need you to be real. You have the room to critique. Just don't be an ass." There's lines to keep things between, and our guys do a good job of that. I respect his opinion. He's been paid to do a morning show and I'm getting paid to run a business. I think we both understand that and I respect what he has to say.
DR: T-Bob is a guy that I think the world of. He is uniquely talented and just hard not to like.
GR: So, I know his dad, right? I'm in between them age-wise. His dad is a New Orleans legend, Bobby Hebert, the quarterback for the Saints. Now he's down with WWL and the New Orleans Saints' broadcast team.
I think both of them are tremendous talents. What I'll say about T-Bob is that I don't know where you get an offensive lineman that is intellectual, and loves Dungeons and Dragons, Star Wars, and all the things that he does. I tell people it's kind of like an acquired taste. But what I love about T-Bob is he is passionate. He really does the show prep and puts a lot of thought into his segments and where he's going with the show.
It's been really interesting to see him grow. He was an intern with us, and then went to WWL to do nights. We recruited him to come back to Baton Rouge. He was just getting married, and wanted to have a family. I said "Look, it's a better quality of life. You can come do morning drive here in Baton Rouge. At that point, we did not have a New Orleans affiliate. We do now with ESPN Radio New Orleans. And with this recent transition, he's now partners with Jacob Hester. That show is on state-wide, really Gulf South-wide on Cox Sports Television, which is the equivalent of like the Yes Network. It's a big deal. I'm really happy and thrilled with the way that he's grown.
DR: Let's talk about that new morning show. T-Bob and Jacob are both former athletes. There is no lifelong broadcaster in the room. Do you think we put too much value on the idea that an ex-jock needs a radio nerd on air with him? Do you see that as something that can get in the way of letting former players grow beyond their stereotypical roles?
GR: I think the interesting part about it is, let's talk about T-Bob. He has been more in the analyst role, the second seat. He did a little little lead with WWL, but primarily with us he has been in the second seat. And then you've got Jacob Hester that came from Shreveport, I think four years ago. He was really in the second seat and we put him in the first seat and went back and forth. In fact, I think I sat in on Mondays for a year with him, just to kind of get him with some different people so he could get comfortable. He ran lead. We wind up flipping him after Covid to middays and into the second seat with a veteran host in Charles Hanagriff. While he was doing that, he was also doing a lot of SiriusXM's SEC Network with Chris Doering and Peter Burns. You have a lot of rotation with that.
I think the great thing about being with Guaranty Broadcasting is that I tell people we have the ability to be a dry erase board. If there was anyone that's going to buck standards, it's going to be us.
Who says that you have to have a lead and a second guy? You don't. They take turns going back and forth and do it. To me, what's more important is you've got two guys who really, really want to work with each other. When we made the transition, both of them raised their hand and they wanted to work with each other. Hester was in the midday, and when I sat down and had the discussion with T-Bob I said, "I'm open to whoever you want to work with. We posted the job. You tell me what you want to do." Hester's name came up and his eyes lit up like it was Christmas. And I think the same for Hester. Then we took a month to figure out what we wanted to do and the television element came into play and we made sure that we had a good vision of where we wanted to go. I think sometimes people in radio just panic.
We took our time. I think they planned it out well, and I will tell you, I'm absolutely thrilled with the success. We've had one affiliate pick up a third hour already. We're working with another. Even the television syndicator, you know they looked at it from 7am to 9am, and we have discussions. Hopefully they're going to pick it up for a third as well. So it's been a home run for us so far.
DR: With Hester moving to mornings, are you still looking for someone to fill the midday vacancy?
GR: Yeah. So we have again, Charles Hanagriff, who was paired with Hester. Like everyone else, we're just coming out of Covid and we had to do some layoffs, especially the part timers. We're rebuilding our staff and we posted the job. Now of course, we shifted our focus from morning to somebody that would be in mid day.
The question is, at one point we had four shows on the radio station. We had two in the midday, and right now we have one. I think it's all about finding the right fit. We've just started that process, and we're not sure yet what that is. We're a locally owned company. We don't make a whole lot of changes, so we will take our time to make sure we get the right person.
DR: Speaking of culture, I'm from the Gulf Coast. I know that even though the whole culture is built on hospitality, Louisiana specifically is very parochial. How important is it that whoever you hire be from Louisiana or at least the Gulf Coast?
GR: I don't think that you go in saying that you need a local person. I'll tell you, I was on the search committee for the new play-by-play guy for LSU probably six years ago or so. And Chris Blair got the job and he was a play-by-play guy from Georgia Southern.
Some local knowledge may be a part of it. I don't think you could come in 100 percent foreign to everything LSU and Saints. I'd think they'd struggle with that. But does it have to be somebody locally? I don't think so.
DR: So for you, the local knowledge that matters is sports culture, not do you know we have parishes, not counties and can you pronounce all of their French names correctly?
GR: (laughing) Well, you know for all the years ESPN and CBS butchered Metairie, Louisiana as Mah-tari, that's probably not a good look. But, I think this interview evolved to it. It's not just hiring a talk show host anymore. You're an influencer, right? I mean, you're almost on 24/7.
One of the big things that we've been successful with is we sell live endorsements. I think that's why we've outperformed the market during Covid. Our clients look at it as "There's no way I'm canceling because so-and-so moves product for me. It's got to be a part of my marketing plan."
So it's just not the on air role. The right fit will understand what we're doing, our culture, and that we're truly looking for an influencer.
DR : So let's circle back on those affiliations. You have two shows heard on stations across Louisiana. How did that happen? Was it you going to stations and selling the access to LSU or did the stations have holes to fill and came to you?
GR: A little bit of both. We have great relationships. The owner in New Orleans sat down with myself and my friend Jeff Martindale with ESPN Radio when he made the effort to become an ESPN affiliate. Now he's the flagship for the Pelicans and he's got both our morning and afternoon shows on. Then you go to Cenla Broadcasting, tremendous broadcasters up there in Alexandria. We helped them with ESPN Radio to get that partnership going. So then up in Shreveport, Hester's from there, so they broadcast his show. He was on the air there, and we found a way to kick it back.
So it's being a Louisiana broadcaster. Our owner, Flynn Foster, was the chair of the LAB. So we have great relationships within the state. Then there was just an incredible relationship with Cox Sports Television. So the morning show's on from seven to nine, hopefully seven to ten soon. Then Matt Moscona is on from three to six in the afternoon. So right now, six hours of their daily programing. We do a prep scoreboard from ten to twelve that goes statewide every night after their game, which has been a real win win. Then Hester and I do, I guess you'd say it is the equivalent of an ESPN GameDay that's called LSU Game Day Live from 11 to 12 from wherever LSU plays.
CST's a tremendous platform. It is the main cable provider in the state of Louisiana. You can see it in the whole state of Arkansas and on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, parts of Florida, San Diego, California. It's tremendous visibility for us.
DR: Your studio has been set up to do something like that for a long time. Was it always about the Cox partnership or was the set and the camera setup put in thinking about creating multi-platform content?
GR: It was before we had the CST deal. Our studio is a hybrid of what Van Pelt and Rusillo had. I remember watching that studio in person and I was blown away how small it was. There are aspects of it that we took from that. We have a great relationship with Bonneville. One of my best friends in the business is Bonneville Phoenix, and they weren't doing much in Phoenix, but they were doing this in Seattle. I made a trip because I'm a Portland Timbers fan, so one of my Oregon boys and I made the trip and flew out to Seattle to see the Bonneville studio, and we took pictures. Then of course, I went to watch Clint Dempsey play and then jumped on a overnight flight back to New Orleans.
So it's a hybrid of ESPN Seattle and Scott Van Pelt and Rusillo. It's really progressive and has been awesome for us. Our guys love it, and every piece of real estate in that thing was sold. It's been a win for not only our sales, but our talent as well.
DR: In addition to radio, Guaranty Media owns a digital firm called Gatorworks. How involved are they every time you set out to pitch a new client?
GR: Any time that you sit down with a new client, you want to introduce additional questions. "What do you do on your website?" "What do you do in digital tactics?"
I want to say it was the 2014 NAB show in Indianapolis. Flynn Foster and I made the trip there. One of the great things about Flynn is he gives us the opportunity to see people face to face. I told him that when I started as GM in 2010 that I'm going to go somewhere and sit in the front row and learn. I think body language and tone and everything else is just as important than what's coming out of people's mouths.
We realized what was going on with digital. You know, a lot of people just went and got a third party firm. I think that our strategy was it's not who we are. We are local. A higher percentage of our business is local. We needed a local digital company that did business the same way that we did, especially where clients can go in and sit at a table and look at analytics and do all the things that we do.
The reality of it is that if you take the third party out of it, one or two things can happen – the advertiser can get more bang for their buck or they can get a lower cost per thousand. It's a great competitive advantage that we have. It's a real simple pitch that we can make to advertisers.
Gatorworks has so much inbound and referral traffic. It's been a great marriage. Ryan Rodriguez does an incredible job with data works.
DR: I saw Flynn talking about Gaterworks at the NAB in Dallas. He didn't bring this up, but I did wonder in this time when there are people out there spinning the narrative that radio is old fashioned or dying, this is probably a really good way of kicking down that door if it's a barrier you're facing with a potential client.
GR: You do get some of that, but I think it goes back to the top of the funnel. You still need to do some sort of branding. You need to bring people to the top of the funnel. People need to know who you are. You spend all that money on the bottom part of the funnel and you tell people to click, and if they don't know who you are, they're less likely to click. So I think it's a holistic marketing plan that we're able to bring with top of the funnel and bottom of the funnel options.
DR: So you played football at both LSU and Purdue, correct?
GR: Purdue as a true freshman. We went 3-8. It was really cold. I had to play right away. I was only 17 years old and they fired the coach, Leo Burnett, and brought in Fred Akers.
I played in the All-Star Game in Tiger Stadium at the end of high school. It was LSU people running the thing and LSU did not recruit me. They did not offer me. I had a really good All-Star Game. They got back to me and said, "hey, look, we might have made a mistake. If things don't work out, let us know." And so that time came, 3-8 and a coaching change. I'd never seen snow, Demetri, in my life.
Anyway, long story short, I looked at options. I had good grades and I was considering going to Cornell. My old man and I had a long discussion. I flew back and I drove up and had a talk with Coach Archer. He decided to go ahead and give me the opportunity to walk on. I sat out that year and then played special teams right away as a sophomore and played all three years and eventually earned a scholarship. And so it was a great experience. I'm really blessed that it opened so many doors for me, life and work wise. I'm grateful that that was the path that I took.
DR: How much of what you learned as a player and saw from your coaches has translated into your management style?
GR: Well, you know, a little bit of everybody. I've done the sidelines for LSU games the last ten years and the beautiful thing is all the access to different voices and styles. Nick Saban, the process and his attention to detail, you pick a little bit of what he does. I love some of the stuff that Coach O does and what he brings to the table.
Not only that, but even to look across the field. I enjoy watching Dan Mullen going back to his days at Mississippi State. You could see why he's successful in the way he approaches games and his game management. I'll tell you, recently, one of the guys who I really enjoy is P.J. Fleck at Minnesota, I mean, wow, a breath of fresh air.
So, yeah, there's no doubt that I think, the crossover to football for leadership and management exists. It's an enjoyable way to learn and there is plenty to pick up from some of the best in sports.
Demetri Ravanos is the Assistant Content Director for Barrett Sports Media. He hosts the Chewing Clock and Media Noise podcasts. He occasionally fills in on stations across the Carolinas. Previous stops include WAVH and WZEW in Mobile, AL, WBPT in Birmingham, AL and WBBB, WPTK and WDNC in Raleigh, NC. You can find him on Twitter @DemetriRavanos and reach him by email at DemetriTheGreek@gmail.com.
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Sports Are Learning To Meet Gen Z Where They Are
"The crux of the issue is that Gen Z is the first generation of kids who are truly free to find their "thing" in a way previous generations never could thanks to modern connectivity."
Should sports radio be concerned about where audiences will come from in the future? It is an interesting question that we talk about here a lot. It is also something that the New York Times tackled indirectly last week.
A column from Joe Drape and Ken Belson declared this generation of kids "The eSports Generation" and went on to explain just how disconnected from traditional sports they really are.
An alarmist might ask if this is the beginning of the end of traditional sports leagues. Someone a little more level-headed, like Joe Ovies, may want to dive a little deeper to see what leagues are learning and how they are adapting.
Joe hosts The OG in afternoon drive at 99.9 The Fan in Raleigh. He is always interested in how changes in technology and consumption patterns effect sports and his audience. I saw him tweeting about the New York Times piece last week and asked if he would want to write a little something for us.
"Meet your audience where they are."
How many times have you heard that phrase in the last 5 years from a consultant, manager, or any number of Barrett Media posts as content consumption trends continue to spread out over a variety of platforms? Turns out the same applies for pro sports leagues, who are fearful that an entire generation of fans will be lost and their traditional business model will crater as a result.
The New York Times recently highlighted what sports marketers are doing to win over Generation Z, which typically applies to kids born from 1997 to 2012. The Times hits the usual beats.
There's a reference to Tyler "Ninja" Blevins, an esports star who is also a traditional sports fan, who the NFL hoped would be a Pied Piper for youth fandom. There are examples of MLB, famously stingy when it came to fans using their content on social media, now working with TikTok influencers. And of course, highlighting the NBA's wide ranging approach to online engagement and their franchise run NBA 2K esports league. Most of the article was based on a recent SSRS/Luker on Trends report, which conducts regular surveys about sports and society.
The issue for pro sports leagues isn't that Gen Z kids aren't "passionate" enough about sports. It's that Gen Z is more likely to admit they simply don't like sports.
"Only 23 percent of Generation Z said they were passionate sports fans, compared with the 42 percent of millennials (defined as 26 to 41), 33 percent of Generation X (42 to 57) and 31 percent of baby boomers (57 to 76) who identified themselves as passionate. More striking was that 27 percent of Gen Zers said they disliked sports altogether, compared with just 7 percent of millennials, 5 percent of Gen Xers and 6 percent of boomers."
The new york times, Jan. 12, 2022
Also factoring into the waning interest in sports from Gen Z is the dramatic decline of youth sports participation. There is a larger discussion to be had about the role of parents and specialization in this decline, but we can address that topic another day. As it relates to pro sports leagues today, the drop in youth participation absolutely impacts the level of interest in kids who might want to watch the best in the world of sports do their thing.
"Participation in youth sports was declining even before Covid-19: In 2018, only 38 percent of children ages 6 to 12 played team sports on a regular basis, down from 45 percent in 2008, according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.
In June 2020, the pandemic's early days, 19 percent of parents with kids in youth sports said their child was not interested in playing sports, according to a survey conducted by The Aspen Institute's Sports and Society Program. By September 2021, that figure was 28 percent.
On average, children play less than three years in a sport and quit by age 11, according to the survey. Why? Mostly, because it is not fun anymore."
the New york times, Dec. 19th 2021
The crux of the issue is that Gen Z is the first generation of kids who are truly free to find their "thing" in a way previous generations never could thanks to modern connectivity. Meeting up on the playground or at a friend's backyard for a pickup game has been replaced with meeting your friends on a Discord server and deciding if you're going to play Halo or Call or Duty after school.
If you have kids in the age range that I do, none of this should be a surprise. You see it every day and don't even think twice about it. But if you do stop and think about how frictionless it has become to be online all day with your friends, you start to realize the impact of never being bored or getting dragged to things by your parent because there were no other options.
Watching sports and going to sporting events isn't frictionless. It's a pain in the ass. Older generations deal with it because we don't know any better, it's just what we do. But Gen Z isn't about to stop what they're doing just to watch a game. Why would they? They can get the highlights later.
Gen Z is about dropping in and out of entertainment options whenever they feel like it. In other words, why would they sit around waiting for their favorite song to be played on the radio when they can easily pull it up on YouTube or Spotify.
Pro sports leagues can create all the social content and tout billions of views. They can tout engagement with Gen Z because a bunch of kids bought NFL related skins in Fortnite.
Awareness of their leagues isn't the problem. It's getting Gen Z to care enough to watch the game. Take my kids, who are fully aware of what's going on in the world of sports, but getting them to sit down and actually watch the game is torture. Throw in the increasing cost to attend sporting events, I've started leaving them at home because it's a waste of money given my 13-year-old is just gonna play Clash Royale in that $75 seat.
To be clear — I'm OK with my kids just not being into sports. It's not like I didn't try. It's simply understanding we've transitioned to a world of niche communities. You can still thrive within those niche communities. Just look at sports talk radio as an example, where you're not winning with cume, but with passion around sports. That's what great sports talk radio stations sell. Pro sports leagues will be fine doing the same.
How Soon Is Too Soon To Lean Into The NFL Draft?
"I think there will be even more hype and content leading up to Draft than last year."
For sports talk hosts, nothing generates content quite like the NFL Playoffs. The country's most popular sport inches closer each week to crowning a champion. Each game produces an unlikely hero, a questionable call or some other storyline that can generate an entire show's worth of conversation. Around the country, most stations talking about football are talking about the playoffs.
There is a select group of markets though where it makes sense for the football conversation to be driven by something else. Sure, the playoffs are on the radar, but if you are in a market with a top five draft pick, it makes sense that prospects and potential trades will draw significant interest.
Houston is not completely ignoring the playoffs. Landry Locker, co-host of In The Loop on Sports Radio 610 says that just like everywhere else in the country, NFL football is the headliner.
"We cover the NFL Playoffs top-to-bottom whether the Texans are in or not," he told me. "However, just like all of our content we try to localize it as much as possible and try to respect the fact that we are a local show. Why do Houstonians care about what happened in each Wild Card game? What are the local ties?"
And what about the NFL Draft? The Texans have the third pick. That means there are plenty of discussions worth having on air, especially with the local team being so quarterback-needy.
I asked Landry if the lack of a Trevor Lawrence or Joe Burrow has dulled interest in the draft for Texans fans compared to what it could have been.
"I think there will be even more hype and content leading up to Draft than last year. While this QB class isn't as good as last year's the speculation about Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson make up for that void because if any of those three are traded it will likely be before the Draft. The NFL offseason has become the most active in sports and this year's will be as wild as ever, especially here in Houston with the Watson drama."
Ryan Green, better known to Jacksonville sports fans as Hacker on 1010XL, is in a familiar position. Just last year, he and his colleagues on XL Primetime were talking about the Jaguars welcoming a new coach to town and holding the first pick in the draft. By the time the NFL Draft gets here in April, the Jaguars will be holding the first pick as they welcome a new coach to town. So how does Hacker ensure that this year's conversations don't sound like 2021's conversations on air?
"We will discuss what went wrong last year and how not to duplicate that this time around," he said. "Why did last year fail? What could have been done differently and what needs to be different this time around. Also the history of back-to-back No. 1 picks for teams isn't good, how can the Jaguars succeed when so many others have failed."
Having the first pick of draft is great when you have the chance to grab the quarterback that can change your franchise's fortunes. But the Jaguars experienced that last year and they have the top pick again.
Hacker said it perfectly. Last year was a failure for the Jaguars. Does that make his listeners a little less enthusiastic this time around?
Yes, he says. Last year was such a let down that there is a whole series of conversations fans want to have before they are ready to start breaking down prospects.
"Jaguar fans want the coaching and gm hires to be correct or the picks won't matter anyway. Coaching matters and the Jaguar fans have had to endure a lot of bad coaching over the past decade. They want the right coach, then they will focus on the top pick"
Draft talk is fun. As Brandon Kravitz pointed out in his column earlier this week, it is a chance for fans of bad teams to feel real hope. Hope is the word right now in Houston too.
Locker says that there are so many factors that make this offseason one that Texans fans have been waiting three years for. His plan is to devote as much time to draft talk as possible.
"Obviously that's fluid depending on what happens with the Stros and Rockets," he says, "but this is going to be the wildest offseason in Texans franchise history. This will be the first time the Texans have had a first round selection in three drafts and with the possibility of getting even more compensation for Watson and a new coach it's going to be nuts around here."
It seems weird to type this, but Jacksonvillians know it is true. Hope can get old sometimes. When it is all you have ever been served, hope just doesn't hit the same.
Hacker jokes that he and his co-workers know their way around a show rundown this time of year because this time of year never seems to end for the Jags.
"Draft talk for Jacksonville always starts around Thanksgiving, so we are already a month into draft talk before the playoffs even get here."
Your Only Focus Should Be On What You Can Control
"We can't press a Staples easy button and automatically make the audience more active, the sales team more diligent, or the editors gather every piece of sound."
Behavior Gap
The crybaby Cowboys are at it again. After Dallas lost its Wild Card playoff game to the San Francisco 49ers 23-17 on Sunday, there was plenty of blame and finger pointing. Big D's fingers weren't pointed at themselves and their ugly run defense, shaky quarterback play, and inability to avoid committing stupid penalties, right?
No no, it's far easier to just blame the officials. Let's shine a light on those guys instead!
The controversy occurred at the very end of the game. As the Cowboys trailed by six points with 14 seconds remaining, quarterback Dak Prescott rushed up the middle of the field for 17 yards. As Chris Berman would say, "Tick, tick tick tick tick." Precious seconds were ticking away as umpire Ramon George rushed over to spot the football. Once Prescott spiked the ball to stop the clock, the final seconds had ticked away and the Cowboys lost the game.
Prescott said in his postgame press conference that the official "needs to be closer to the ball" to spot it more quickly, and the result of that not happening was "tough to accept." When asked about fans throwing beer bottles and trash at the officiating crew, Prescott said, "Credit to them then. Credit to them."
Wow, dude. Really? Hooray for assault? Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy chimed in by saying, "We shouldn't have had any problem getting the ball spotted there."
This might be news to the Cowboys, but not every NFL official is going to have blazing speed mixed with the agility of a ballet dancer. The offense needs to allow enough time just in case the umpire doesn't resemble a Cirque du Soleil performer. The Cowboys failed to do that.
The Cowboys also made a huge mistake in the final two minutes. Defensive end Randy Gregory drew a defensive holding penalty for bear hugging and tackling a 49ers offensive lineman. That stupid penalty directly impacted the limited time the Cowboys had at the end of the game. Prescott also had an awful 69.3 passer rating. For context, Dak's 69.3 passer rating against the Niners was actually lower than the abysmal 69.7 passer rating New York Jets rookie quarterback Zach Wilson produced this season. Yuck.
But it's someone else's fault. Right, Cowboys? That's what losers do; they point the finger at others.
For the Cowboys to make the loss about the officials is flat-out embarrassing. They spent more time whining about things they can't control (officiating) compared to what they can control (their own performance).
The same thing happens in sports radio. A lot. Many people in the industry are consumed by what they can't control rather than what they can. Several hosts focus on the time slot they want or the job they think they should have. News flash: that isn't controllable. It's also easy to complain about a lack of advertisers or sponsors, why listener engagement isn't better with more calls and tweets, or why some postgame sound is missing on the cut sheet.
"We don't have the sound? How do we not have the sound? Everybody else has it. How are we missing the same sound that all of the other shows have?"
MacGyver it, dude. Find another way. Focus on what you can control instead of what you can't. As Patriots head coach Bill Belichick says, "Do your job."
The truth is that there are a lot of things in sports radio that workers want to control, might even think they should control, but don't actually dictate. We can't press a Staples easy button and automatically make the audience more active, the sales team more diligent, or the editors gather every piece of sound. But we can focus our attention on many things we do have control over.
Former NFL head coach Jon Gruden once gave some great advice. Before he was known for his emailing ways, Gruden hosted the successful QB camp series on ESPN. I'll never forget an episode with former Miami Hurricanes quarterback Brad Kaaya. The QB told Gruden, "It's tough when each week you're thinking, 'Man, if I don't play well, if I don't throw for this many yards, if we don't win, my coach might not be here the very next week.' It's tough on me 'cause you spend time around these coaches, you meet the families, meet the kids, coach [Al] Golden recruited me. You grow close to him."
Gruden stopped Kaaya and said, "Make this note here; worry about what you can control. Don't worry about the things you can't control. Because if you do start worrying about things that are out of your control, you're going to become a freakin' basket case like me."
I love this advice. It's so easy to get off track by focusing our energy in the wrong areas. The funny thing is that our thoughts might start in a good place but lead to a bad outcome. Kaaya was worried about his coach's job status and family. That's reasonable, but by doing so it added unnecessary pressure to the situation and shifted the QB's focus to things he can't control. That isn't a good result.
I think it's smart to constantly be aware of whether something is helping or hurting your ability to perform.
A lot of people in the sports radio industry are competitive maniacs. That isn't automatically a bad thing at all. Being super competitive can fuel a great work ethic and provide a valuable edge. However, it can evolve into a roadblock once you become a bitter, competitive maniac. That's a different story. The bitter competitive maniac becomes jaded, frustrated, and hung up on what other people have. How is any of that helpful? It's much better to stay focused on things that help you do a good job, not get in the way of it happening.
The Cowboys couldn't control whether the official spotted the ball faster or not, but they could've allowed more time in case the umpire wasn't Usain Bolt 2.0. They had plenty of control over surrendering fewer than 169 yards rushing to San Fran and Prescott having a much better day. But the crybaby Cowboys will whine and whine instead of being more accountable.
Don't be like them. Instead of focusing on what you can't control, take a closer look at what you actually can control.
Brian Noe is a columnist for BSM and an on-air host heard nationwide each weekend on FOX Sports Radio. Previous roles include stops in Portland, OR, Albany, NY and Fresno, CA. You can follow him on Twitter @TheNoeShow or email him at bnoe@premierenetworks.com.


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Despite the missing wickets with Cummins and Hazlewood, it would be a shock if Australia do not take 10 more in this game
386 test wickets are missing with an average of 23.68 from Australia's attacks for this test. For the first session on the third day, it was just possible to wonder if it could give England a way back in the match as Joe Root and Dawid Malan remained unbroken.
What happened after that, however, would have allowed Pat Cummins to look back happily in his home in Sydney after the private jet flight he was allowed to make Saturday morning amid the Covid close-contact drama.
The overall numbers for Jhye Richardson and Michael Neser – 1 for 111 out of 30 overs – were a reminder of the absence of Cummins and Josh Hazlewood, but Steven Smith used his resources excellently. The majority of the middle session was a master class in test bowling on what remained largely a good wicket for batting, as Root and Malan had shown. The 30 overs brought 57 for 4, and the number was only so high because Richardson leaked a few in the final few overs.
Most of the overs were provided by Mitchell Starc, Cameron Green and Nathan Lyon, with each one unique. Green got the ball rolling by removing Root for the second time in the series – it will be a practical record to keep going – and Starc produced a stunning 7-2-12-2 spell. All the while Lyon rolled away from Cathedral End for a spell that would eventually read 19-10-30-3 when the second new ball was taken. England decided they did not need a specialist spinner for this test.
"We didn't bowl quite as much as we wanted in the first session, let it slide a bit and probably searched a bit for wickets," Starc said. "But the way we all came out, Nath and I probably took it a little ourselves when we were the two experienced in the attack, not to say that the others are not hugely talented and did a good job, but we have played a couple of test matches.
"I thought [Nathan] was fantastic, especially in the second session where he bowled the whole session. For those of us who are quick to bowl in partnership with him, knowing full well that he would do a fantastic job was right the key to how well we went. "
Each of the three performances deserves closer examination. The runs have yet to flow for Green in this series – it's one of the few small victories for England – but bowling has been what a captain dreams of from a fourth sailor. At Gabba, he removed Root in the crucial period before the second new ball, and here he broke a stubborn partnership that had lifted England's mood.
There was a resemblance in the firings with Root, who again fiddled outside with a delivery of good length, and this time he sent a catch to the lone drop in front of the goalkeeper. But there had been a build-up this time of the type that an experienced fast would have been happy with: the first ball in the overflow was a brute that climbed to hit Roots' edge, two balls later he played a loose drive two points and next delivery was the fateful sneak.
"He's obviously a great talent for a young guy," Starc said. "We saw last summer how valuable he can be for our attack when you have someone who is almost seven feet tall and can get some pretty decent clicks. He has come to his right again this summer. An all-rounder of that ability. and getting the key wickets, that's a huge plus for our attack.We'll see him evolve over the next few years … when he found that rhythm today, he bowled some real high quality stuff and almost sat us down on the way after the first session. "
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Starc, with an even more overarching role in the absence of his regular sidekicks, replaced Green after a five-over post-dinner spell and struck in his first over when Malan's strength became a weakness as he made a cut slip. For his next wicket, Starc worked completely over Jos Buttler with the angle across the right-hander, luring him to fake drives before pulling the edge. Patterns are emerging for England.
"We looked at Gabba with that [the angle] go across him, "said Starc." For me it was just trying to bowl a good length, not letting him get away and still pepping that line away from him. "
The pressure that Lyon were able to exert throughout the session was an important part of the stranglehold Australia maintained. It took Ben Stokes 24 balls to get out of the mark and he was 3 of 32 before he found the limit. By that time, he had lost Ollie Pope, whose difficulties against offspin continued, though there was some degree of misfortune when Marnus Labuschagne held a solid clip on short legs. Two balls earlier, however, he had been rejected by DRS when the ball came from his forearm to short legs.
Lyon continued to improve on his pink-ball record in the night session as he worked over Chris Woakes and Ollie Robinson with classic offspin. "They left the field open on offside, inside the edge back on the stumps. This is offspin of the highest class," Ricky Ponting said on Seven.
It was always unlikely that Smith would take the follow-up opportunity, no matter how tempting it might have been in light of England's fragile top order. These test matches are pretty much all back-to-back so he can rest the bowlers and in return put several miles in England. Meanwhile, Lyon also give him a clear route to victory in the final round.
There are many wickets absent from what would be Australia's usual test attack, but it would be a huge surprise if they did not find a way to take 10 more in this game.
Andrew McGlashan is the Vice Editor at ESPNcricinfo

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The last, and often most dreaded, step of the application process is one that only your child can do: the personal interview.
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You can study for a test but preparing a child for an interview can be intimidating—both for the parents and the child. What are schools really looking for during the interview? We asked admissions directors and administrators for the most common mistakes parents make and their tips for making the best impression.
First off, don't strive for perfection. Schools are not looking for a perfect student. "Admissions officers want to see the real child with their honest answers and responses," says Christina Yasutomi, Hawai'i Baptist Academy's communications and public relations officer. "Some parents can inadvertently place too much pressure on their child, making them nervous, which can hinder the interviewer from encountering the true and wonderful personality of their child."
Younger children may participate in group interviews or join in on a few activities with teachers. Middle and high schoolers will likely have more focused one-on-one time. Regardless of age, here are nine tips to help you make the most of this meeting.
1. Explain to your child what will happen during the interview. Tell your child that they may be going with and talking to another adult. Linda Kawakami, director of advancement at Trinity Christian School, says sometimes younger students will cry because they didn't know they would be separated from their parents.
2. On interview day, don't overdress. Kids should look good but be comfortable. Look up the school's dress code and wear something similar.
3. As much as possible, have your child get a good night's sleep. The day of the interview, be sure your child eats a good breakfast.
4. Keep your anxiety in check. "Parents can confuse the interview as a reflection of their parenting," says Wes Reber Porter, president of Damien Memorial School. "It should not be." If you're nervous, your child will feel it. Treat the visit as a fun event.
5. Let your child speak for him or herself. Several admissions directors mentioned that some parents command the interview. The school wants to hear from your keiki and get a better sense of who he or she really is.
6. Prepare your child—and yourself—for the possibility of rejection. Keep your disappointment in perspective. Buying into a win/lose mindset can be harmful for you and your child. Remember that there are many different roads to success and a kindergarten rejection is not likely to dictate your child's future.
7. If significant changes (i.e., family emergencies, unexpected events) occur, communicate with the admissions office. "Explain your personal circumstances. Communication is always key!" says Andrew O'Riordan, admissions coordinator at Maui Preparatory Academy.
8. Bring questions and know what you're looking for. "Think about the things that you like at [your child's] current school and ask if there are similarities," says Blanche Yarnell, director of admissions at Pacific Buddhist Academy. Parents should be clear about their own family values so everyone can ensure that the school and child are a good fit. Don't be afraid to talk about your expectations or ask what the school expects of parents.
9. You should not have to pay for reference reports or recommendation letters.
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Fogerty (Murphy), Jean Theresa
MADISON—Jean Theresa Fogerty (Murphy), age 94, of Madison, Wis., formerly of Herrin, Ill., passed away peacefully on Nov. 3, 2019, surrounded by her husband, Joseph and loving family. She was born in Boston, Mass., on Oct. 22, 1925, to Daniel J. Murphy and Clara S. Murphy (Whalen). Her parents and brother (Richard) preceded her in death. Jean and Joe were married on Oct. 12, 1955, at St. Ann's Church in Dorchester, Mass. They moved to St. Louis, Mo. and then to Herrin, Ill. where they raised their seven children.
Jean is survived by her husband, Joe; daughter, Fran Mosher (Deane); daughter, Rita Dean (Geoffrey); son, David (Sharon); son, Stephen; son, James; son, Phillip; daughter Theresa Goeb (Todd); nine grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. THOMAS AQUINAS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 602 Everglade Dr., Madison on Friday, Nov. 8, 2019, at 11 a.m. with Father Bart Timmerman presiding. A visitation will be held at church on Friday from 10 a.m. until the time of Mass. Burial will follow at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Vincent de Paul food pantry. The family wishes to thank the wonderful and caring staff at St. Mary's Care Center.
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I was lucky today that my company that I work for sent me to this project and im very proud to know that I personally had a hand in creating this tank. I operate a concrete pump for a liveing and I pumped all the concrete that was placed today there. I took many photos of the project, now the first set of photos is of the 80,000 gallon shark tank, and the 20,000 gallon manta ray tank. The only camera I had was my blackberry phone so I done the best I could do for you guys. Enjoy!
I forgot the photos, sorry. I dont know what happend, there was sopose to be another 5 pics with these. Ill try again!!!
I dont know whats happening? It keeps telling me that the files are invalid, I dont know why? Ive got lots of pics to share but cat get any of them up. Im going to try some others I took and see if I can get them up. I give up. I cant get none of them up, would some one delete this post for me please!!
I can see two of the pics. That's great that you're involved in that. On the other pics, when you get that error msg it usually means your pictures are too large (file size). Just save them down and try again. Looking forward to seeing how that turns out.


Nicole J. Butler: "Living Truthfully": Ooh, SHINY!
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Before shooting my most recent episode of "Hart of Dixie," as I got myself dressed in my trailer, I looked closely at the earrings that the wardrobe team had given me to wear. They were really unique, sassy dangling hoops that jingled just the slightest bit when I moved them. I liked them, but they weren't mine, and it's tacky to ask for stuff on set, no matter how much you want it (it's like begging your boss to let you keep the office supplies), so I put them on to do my job, and kept it moving, knowing that I would be turning them in at the end of the evening.
Color me happy, and toss in a little dance! I'm just as bossy as I wanna be in my HanziDesigns Alliance Earrings. They're handmade of copper and silver, very lightweight, and a lot of fun. And even though she sent them to me out of the goodness of her heart, no strings attached, I think they're so fabulous that I told her I'd let a few of my friends know about her online stores (here & here) and earrings. We artists have to support one another, you know.
Go check out her stores & who know? You may just see a little something you like. Or a lotta something. Indulge yourself - I won't judge.
The earrings are amazing and they look fabulous on you! LOVE Hart of Dixie!!!
I can't tell you how excited I was that H of D will have another season!! My hubby thinks I am nuts whem I tell him I want to live in Blue Bell and hang out at the Rammer Jammer! Sending lots of positive vibes that Prizzi will be back!


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Thor: The Dark World B-Roll Footage Released
Fifteen-minute clip gives fascinating look behind-the-scenes on set...
Friday, October 18, 2013 - 10:32
Marvel Studios has released a bumper 15 minutes of "B-roll" footage forThor: The Dark World.
The fascinating behind-the-scenes footage shows Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Natalie Portman and director Alan Taylor on location in Iceland and on set in London.
All the shots have been left "raw", with none of the post-production effects which will be seen in the final movie.
And much of the film set apparatus and members of the crew are visible in the footage - which just features a low-key soundtrack and the normal on-set calls and noises.
The movie will have its world premiere in London on 22 October, before going on general release on 30 October.
A clip from the film was released earlier this month.
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It appears that after years of controversy over the integrity of the peg of all fiat backed stable coins, a solution may have emerged – Auditchain, the decentralized continuous audit, and reporting protocol ecosystem. Jason Meyers, the Founder of Auditchain, took the time to explain how Auditchain is revolutionizing the cryptocurrency landscape.
Users of stable assets want immediate liquidity during "risk on" events with the confidence that the stable asset won't "break the buck." At the same token, "risk off" trade events require the same confidence and liquidity. That's easy to achieve if you are swapping $1,000 worth of volatility for $1,000 worth of stability. What about reserves? Last week, the New York State AG complained about the integrity of Tether's reserves. "It's a serious problem for the whole space", says Jason Meyers.
Jason Meyers explains that one of the biggest challenges with institutional adoption of crypto is the ability to move in and out of large amounts of volatility and into or out of an equal amount of stability in less than five seconds. Further stating, "$50 million says this is an entirely different matter altogether for institutions. Say what you want about fiat, but there are many more dollars to soak up $50 million in liquidity than there are fiat pegged crypto assets."
Wall Street banks make huge sums of money by originating unique contracts (on paper with wet ink signatures) to achieve billion-dollar movements for their clients in the fiat world. Jason Meyers states that it is all based on trust and back office efficiency. The client trusts that the bank has the balance sheet, and in turn, the bank trusts that they are on the right side of the hedge.
Let's assume for a moment that an investor wants to bet $50 million on a basket of volatility across ten crypto assets. When the time comes (and it will come) to take off the volatility and move into stability, $50 million will break the buck of any given stable asset.
What about assurance? Aren't these stable assets audited? It depends on how you define "audit". At best, a letter from a "trusted" accounting firm is furnished to the issuer of the stable asset that says; "We have seen the bank balance and we have seen through Etherscan the number of tokens outstanding in the contract of the stable asset. As of the end of the period (a century ago in crypto years) it looks like (from miles away) the two balances match". The world of crypto moves through wormholes into the next space-time continuum on a "blockwise" basis. There is no such thing as "at the end of the period" for people in crypto.
Auditchain claims to be solving the time and information integrity issue of traditional audits by building the first of its kind, real-time assurance and disclosure network for digital assets. Assuming this network is launched, it would seem that anyone issuing a digital asset can provide users of that asset with accounts or bank and token balances that are audited and reported in real time or, on a block-wise basis.
For institutions who are contemplating investing in crypto assets, this seems like a game changer considering there has been no real assurance in the space. What is real assurance anyway? According to Jason Meyers, from the perspective of the conventional comprehensive audit, it's one firm telling the investor that as of last year or last quarter, the financial statements "present fairly" in all material respects, the financial condition of the issuer.
For people in crypto, that's no assurance. That's not even in the same galaxy as "external block validation", a similar verification of account balances on a blockchain that occurs in minutes. The network; DCARPE as it's called, which is an abbreviation for "decentralized continuous audit and reporting protocol ecosystem" proposes "Bitcoin-style" external validation of the accuracy of accounts and balances all the way back to Genesis by a network of accountants.
Auditchain recently announced a partnership with Monax, a provider of blockchain based legal products. According to the press release and social media posts, enterprises that integrate the Monax platform can enable compliance monitoring and external validation of 100% of all contractual events and obligations on the DCARPE continuous audit and real-time disclosure protocol. According to the release, Monax has also become a member of the DCARPE Alliance, an accounting, audit and financial reporting industry consortium. When you compare all this to conventional audits, this is shaping up to be a far cry from one audit opinion with one wet ink signature from one audit firm, once a year.
If people in crypto wouldn't trust a centralized intermediary to validate a block containing their Bitcoin balance, do you think they would trust four or five accounting firms to provide integrity once a year to the whole financial system? Not a chance. Apparently, the United Kingdom doesn't think so either. The UK wants to break up the Big Four accounting firms to create more competition. $50 million says Auditchain and its DCARPE Alliance members are prepared for all this already.
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Endearing pooch Lentil helps kids with facial differences
Val Willingham, CNN
Updated 8:34 PM EDT, Tue July 2, 2013
Lentil, a French Bulldog puppy, was born with cleft lip and cleft palate
Surgeons were able to fix his palate in May
Lentil is an "ambassodog" for kids with craniofacial issues
He's 5 months old, about 10 pounds of adorable, and he already has more than 90,000 Facebook friends.
His name is Lentil, and he's a French Bulldog puppy who has made quite a name for himself in Philadelphia by helping raise awareness of children with craniofacial abnormalities affecting the head and face, such as cleft palate or cleft lip.
Lentil's story began in February when a litter of four puppies was born in New Jersey. All the puppies had facial defects; only Lentil survived, with a cleft palate and a cleft lip.
Because of his palate problems, Lentil was unable to eat or drink on his own, and he had to be fed through a tube every couple of hours.
He needed constant care, so Lindsay Condefer, a volunteer with the French Bull Dog Rescue Network of Philadelphia, stepped in to help.
She began a 24/7 feeding program, making sure Lentil was getting nutrition properly and frequently. His palate was so deformed that food and liquid going up Lentil's nose and into his lungs was a danger.
The first three months of Lentil's life were touch-and-go. Condefer says she was constantly on edge.
"In the beginning, he ate every two hours throughout, over a 24-hour period, and then as he got older, we were able to stretch it to three hours," she explains.
It was obvious Lentil would eventually need surgery, so she sought the help of doctors at the University of Pennsylvania's veterinary school.
Lentil, a French Bulldog, was born in February with a cleft palate and cleft lip.
PHOTO: Courtesy Lindsay Condefer
Lentil tells kids it's OK to be different
She also started to blog about her experiences with Lentil and created a Facebook page called "My name is Lentil," figuring it would be a good way to create awareness of the problems cleft lips and palates cause in animals including dogs. She never thought Lentil would become so popular.
"I started the blog first just to sit and write and get all my thoughts out, to like let people know what I was feeling and going through," says Condefer. "And then the blog turned into his Facebook page, and I remember looking at him and thinking … 'Wait, he has 3,000 people following him? Oh my gosh, he has up to 10,000?' "
Because Lentil was so young, doctors had to wait a few months before performing his surgery. Drs. Alexander Reiter and John Lewis, both with the vet school's Department of Dentistry and Oral Surgery, had worked on animals with cleft palates before, but Lentil's case was special because he also had the cleft lip.
The two consulted with Dr. Jesse Taylor, a plastic surgeon at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, on the best way to treat the puppy. Because Lentil's lip was only a cosmetic problem that did not interfere with his eating and drinking, the surgeons agreed to fix just his palate.
"The cleft lip itself is more of a cosmetic surgery," Reiter notes. "It's not really a necessity for patients that are not fully aware of what they look like."
Because Lentil would still have his cleft lip, the vet school wanted the pup to become part of a program it was developing where kids with certain conditions met animals with the same conditions.
Lentil, the doctors felt, would be the perfect "ambassodog" for children with craniofacial issues.
"We started to talk about how it may be beneficial to be able to allow some of our veterinary patients who were having some pretty complex craniofacial surgeries and some changes in appearance to be able to meet some children and even adults who are going through some pretty similar procedures and having to deal with some similar problems," Lewis says.
"It's sort of a pet therapy where people can relate a little bit more with those pets that have gone through things that they've gone through as well."
It's that need to relate to others that pediatric plastic surgeons such as Taylor say is important, because kids with with facial differences need to feel as normal as possible.
"Our passion is to help these children and their families become normal parts of society," Taylor says. "They need to be able to interact with other people on a very human level."
SInce that time, Lentil has visited hundreds of patients at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
He's enormously popular there, and children such as hospital patient Danny Pfeiffer have bonded with him.
Pfeiffer, 14, has a genetic condition called Saethre-Chotzen syndrome, in which the skull bones fuse prematurely, preventing the skull from growing normally and affecting the shape of the head and face. He says Lentil has helped him deal with the many complications that come with facial surgeries.
"He doesn't look like, you know, a regular dog," says Pfeiffer. "So that kind of makes him special, so it probably makes kids who have something that I have, makes them feel special."
Since his successful surgery in May, Lentil has been able to eat and drink without help.
He's already been the mascot for the Lentil Festival in Philadelphia to raise money for craniofacial awareness, and he just returned from a Children's Craniofacial Association kids' camp in Orlando, Florida, a gathering place for children nationwide with craniofacial conditions. Pop star Cher serves as a national spokeswoman for the group.
When he isn't traveling, Lentil greets fans at Condefer's Philadelphia pet shop. They come to thank him for his work in raising awareness. Fans call him "the Bean" and themselves "Beanstalkers." Meanwhile, Lentil's Facebook page just keeps growing.
Condefer still can't get over her pet's impact.
"Seeing him meet these children – and he would just go up to them, sleep on their lap and you could see how they related to him and how he related to these children – it was wonderful," she says.
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Q: What does "register" do in detecron2 for training custom dataset? When I read the "Use Custom Datasets" section on the detectron2 web page, I saw that I needed to register my dataset. The web page says:

" If you want to use a custom dataset while also reusing detectron2's
data loaders, you will need to:
Register your dataset (i.e., tell detectron2 how to obtain your
dataset).
Optionally, register metadata for your dataset."

What exactly does register do? Is it reliable in terms of the security of data that should be kept confidential? When I use this, is my data uploaded where others can access it? Is there any way to use custom data set without registering?

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CDC helps Eclectic Café cook up success in downtown Orillia
Melanie Robinson had the recipe for a unique food experience for Orillia — the Orillia Area Community Development Corp. (CDC) gave her the important ingredients to make it a success.
Melanie had left her job to pursue a career in the food business, so she approached the CDC to inquire about their mentorship program and to gather information on how to start the business.
The CDC staff were able to give her information specific to her career choice.
"That was very helpful," Melanie says.
Since then, she says, they've been with her every step of the way. They were there when she started her catering business solo at the Farmers' Market. They helped her hire a student that summer, and the CDC supported her when she opened the Eclectic Café inside the former Carousel Collectibles, along with four staff members. Most recently, they cheered her on when she moved into her own location at 39 Mississaga St. W. downtown Orillia, doubling her staff thanks to the CDC's wage subsidy program.
"It is a small but mighty progression," Melanie says, adding the CDC's help with financial projections ensured the next phase of the business would be viable.
"They pointed me towards a loan to make sure the doors of the new location would open on time," she explains.
Melanie is committed to showcasing and using local products to cook seasonal dishes, offering a new menu every month, and giving everyone a chance to meet the chef.
A similar face-to-face interaction with all CDC staff makes it easier for business owners to execute their dreams, she adds.
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From here, she says her plans are only to go bigger.
"My ultimate goal is to have a restaurant/farm/camping retreat. That way, people can connect with nature, farming, and good food. So, the CDC may come into the picture again."
And she has no doubt they will be ready to help her.
"They've highlighted me at every step," Melanie says. "They are really committed to watching businesses flourish and making an impact in our community."
For more information about Eclectic Café visit https://eclecticcafe.ca/ or call 705-330-0101.
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Q: How to see lines drawn in real time. Java Swing I have a small program that outputs patterns. Id like to watch the lines being drawn in real time rather than just seeing the end program output, like mine. My end result would be to produce a real time  kaleidoscope effect. How would I go about this? ( Just the real time bit )
Thank you.
public void paintComponent(Graphics myPen) {
    super.paintComponent(myPen);
    myPen.setColor(Color.red);
    int increment = 1;
    int count = 0;
    while (count < 5) {
        int x = 0;
        int y = 0;
        while (x < 400)

        {
            myPen.drawLine(200, 200, x, y);
            x = x + increment;
        }
        while (y < 400) {
            myPen.drawLine(200, 200, x, y);
            y = y + increment;
        }
        while (x > 0) {
            myPen.drawLine(200, 200, x, y);
            x = x - increment;
        }
        while (y > 0) {
            myPen.drawLine(200, 200, x, y);
            y = y - increment;
        }
        if (count == 1) {
            myPen.setColor(Color.blue);
        }
        if (count == 2) {
            myPen.setColor(Color.green);
        }
        if (count == 3) {
            myPen.setColor(Color.white);
        }
        if (count == 4) {
            myPen.setColor(Color.magenta);
        }
        if (count == 5) {
            myPen.setColor(Color.yellow);
        }
        increment++;
        count++;
    }
}

}

A: What you are trying to do is to animate the GUI drawing, incrementally updating the image. There are several steps involved in solving this

*

*Use an animation or "game" loop to drive the animation, and this is most easily achieved using a Swing Timer

*Inside the animation loop, draw onto a BufferedImage, and call repaint()

*Draw that image within a paintComponent method using the Graphics#drawImage(...) method.

Simple example:
import java.awt.BasicStroke;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Stroke;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.*;

public class SimpleAnimation extends JPanel {
    private static final int IMG_W = 800;
    private static final int IMG_H = IMG_W;
    private static final int TIMER_DELAY = 40;
    public static final Stroke STROKE = new BasicStroke(6f, BasicStroke.CAP_ROUND, BasicStroke.JOIN_ROUND);
    public static final Color DRAW_COLOR = Color.RED;
    public static final double DELTA = 8;
    private BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage(IMG_W, IMG_H, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
    private Timer animationTimer = null;
    private int myX = 0;
    private int myY = 0;

    public SimpleAnimation() {
        setBackground(Color.WHITE);
        JButton drawButton = new JButton("Draw!");
        drawButton.addActionListener(e -> draw());
        add(drawButton);
    }

    private void draw() {
        // if timer currently running, stop it
        if (animationTimer != null && animationTimer.isRunning()) {
            animationTimer.stop();
        }
        myX = 0;
        myY = 0;
        img = new BufferedImage(IMG_W, IMG_H, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
        animationTimer = new Timer(TIMER_DELAY, new TimerListener());
        animationTimer.start();
    }

    @Override
    protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        if (img != null) {
            g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
        }
    }

    @Override
    public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
        return new Dimension(IMG_W, IMG_H);
    }

    private class TimerListener implements ActionListener {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            if (img == null) {
                return;
            }
            Graphics2D g2 = img.createGraphics();
            g2.setStroke(STROKE);
            g2.setColor(DRAW_COLOR);
            int x = myX + (int) (DELTA * Math.random());
            int y = myY + (int) (DELTA * Math.random());
            g2.drawLine(x, y, myX, myY);
            g2.dispose();
            myX = x;
            myY = y;

            if (myX > IMG_W || myY > IMG_H) {
                ((Timer) e.getSource()).stop();
            }
            repaint();
        }
    }

    private static void createAndShowGui() {
        SimpleAnimation mainPanel = new SimpleAnimation();

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("SimpleAnimation");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
        frame.pack();
        frame.setResizable(false);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGui());
    }
}


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module Sudoku.Strategy.NakedPairs where

import Data.Char
import Data.List
import Prelude
import Sudoku
import Sudoku.Strategy

haveUnitInCommon :: Sudoku -> (Int, Int) -> (Int, Int) -> Bool
haveUnitInCommon su (i, j) (i', j') = i == i' || j == j' || findBlock su i j == findBlock su i' j'

nakedPairs :: Sudoku -> [(String, (Int, Int), (Int, Int))]
nakedPairs su = map (\[(a, b, cs), (c, d, _)] -> (cs, (a, b), (c, d))) (filter (\x -> length x == 2) css)
    where
      f (_, _, cs)                = length cs == 2
      s (_, _, c) (_, _, c')      = compare c c'
      g (i, j, cs) (i', j', cs')  = cs == cs' && haveUnitInCommon su (i, j) (i', j')
      css = groupBy g $ sortBy s $ filter f $ allCandidates su

findExcludableCandidates :: Sudoku -> Int -> Int -> [Char]
findExcludableCandidates su i j = concat (map (\(cs, _, _) -> cs) es)
                                  where
                                    es = filter (\(_, ab, cd) -> haveUnitInCommon su (i, j) ab &&  haveUnitInCommon su (i, j) cd) (nakedPairs su)

candidatePairs :: Sudoku -> [(Int, Int, String)]
candidatePairs su = filter (\(_, _, cs) -> length cs == 2) $ allCandidates su

allCandidates :: Sudoku -> [(Int, Int, String)]
allCandidates su  = [ (i, j, findCandidates su i j) | i<-[0..r], j<-[0..c] ]
                  where
                    r = rowCount su - 1
                    c = columnCount su - 1

resolveCandidates :: Sudoku -> Int -> Int -> (Char, String)
resolveCandidates su i j  | cs /= es = (s, cs \\ es)
                          | otherwise = (su !! i !! j, cs)
                          where
                            s   = su !! i !! j
                            cs  = findCandidates su i j
                            es  = findExcludableCandidates su i j

resolveAllCandidates :: Sudoku -> [[(Char, String)]]
resolveAllCandidates su = mapWithIndeces su (\i j -> resolveCandidates su i j)

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At the conference, Stephanie had her work on gerrymandering featured at the art show and did a roundtable on Learning Through Lived Experiences in Study Away Programs. Lisbet presented her paper on the Powerful Impact of Predictive Analytics on Business, based on her experience during her internship at MeritDirect last summer. Wenting presented on Microplastics in the Ocean, based on research she conducted as part of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program she attended last fall.
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On April 3, the Residence Park Neighborhood Association recognized Tiffani Blake, dean of students, Jason Gloe, director of student activities, and a group of CNR students for organizing a neighborhood clean up last August as part of the College's Leadership Education and Empowerment Program.
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CNR's Dr. Roxanne Zimmer, discussed the challenge of "Eating Local" in the Global Food System.
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Tell us what you love about spring.
We'll start; seeing all the beautiful flowers in bloom.
Reminder: the CNR Blood Drive will be on Thursday, March 21 from 11am - 5pm in the Maura Ballroom.
Fact: Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured; they can only come from volunteer donors.
Happy St. Patrick's Day from the CNR family to yours.
Hey CNR, do you want to be someone's hero?
Then come out and donate during the Campus Blood Drive next week.
Fact: One pint of blood can save up to THREE lives.
In celebration of Women's History Month, CNR has been invited to Mercy College's Women's Empowerment conference on Friday, March 15.
See event flier for more.
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The CNR Commencement Page now contains the Hooding and Awards schedule for each of our four schools and campuses.
CNR salutes every phenomenal woman on this International Women's Day.
Alumni reflect on CNR's legacy.
The College Of New Rochelle and Mercy College Finalize Agreement to Provide Seamless Path to Education.
The College of New Rochelle will close all offices and cancel all classes on Monday, March 4.
Due to inclement weather and hazardous road conditions, The College of New Rochelle will have a delayed opening on all campuses today, Saturday, March 2, until 10 am.
Reminder: The graduation expo will be taking place next week in the SSC.
Three CNR honors students - Stephanie Gonzalez, Wenting Shu, and Lisbet Zepeda – along with Honors Program Director Dr. Amy Bass attended the Northeast Regional Honors Conference in Baltimore this past weekend. At the conference, Stephanie had her work on gerrymandering featured at the art show and did a roundtable on Learning Through Lived Experiences in Study Away Programs. Lisbet presented her paper on the Powerful Impact of Predictive Analytics on Business, based on her experience during her internship at MeritDirect last summer. Wenting presented on Microplastics in the Ocean, based on research she conducted as part of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program she attended last fall.
CNR students are invited to learn more about study abroad options at Mercy College at an information session tomorrow, April 11.
CNR's Dr. Ken Doka will be leading a special discussion on Tuesday, April 9, to explore the different ways students, alumni, staff, faculty, and the surrounding community is grieving the closure of our beloved institution. See flier for more.
Good morning CNR! Happy first day of Spring!!! Tell us what you love about spring. We'll start; seeing all the beautiful flowers in bloom.
Reminder: the CNR Blood Drive will be on Thursday, March 21 from 11am - 5pm in the Maura Ballroom. Fact: Blood and platelets cannot be manufactured; they can only come from volunteer donors.
Hey CNR, do you want to be someone's hero? Then come out and donate during the Campus Blood Drive next week. Fact: One pint of blood can save up to THREE lives.
In celebration of Women's History Month, CNR has been invited to Mercy College's Women's Empowerment conference on Friday, March 15. See event flier for more.
All CNR campuses will have a delayed opening today, March 2nd until 10AM. Thank you.