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We have been at WCA for three years and love the teachers and staff. My son is excelling academically and socially. The small class size allows for more attention from teachers if needed. The teachers really do care for their students. My son is always excited to return to school from summer break. -That says it all. We are very happy to have found WCA.
We absolutely LOVE this school! Small classroom size, excellent teachers that love the kids and a quality Christian education!
Waterbrook Christian Academy, formerly Cornerstone Christian Academy, is a wonderful school. For being such a young, small school they are very academically sound and they have a strong, organized plan for the development of their students. The teachers are very caring and their Christian values are on constant display. We love WCA! We wouldn't send our boys anywhere else!
We love CCA! The staff are so helpful and accomodating. They are willing to work with each child individually to meet their specific needs. There is a wide variety of specials classes to meet all different kinds of interests. The family feel is very supportive and our kids can't wait to go to school.
We have been with Cornerstone since the begining and we feel so very blessed to know that our son recieves not only academic advantages but is also loved and nutured and shown what true Christian love is...you cant find a better staff that goes above and beyond for a child...Stop by and visit and you will for sure see what were talking about ! Frank and Belinda Katulski
Cornerstone Christian Academy is a well rounded and very influential school. The influence it's close and warm environment has had on my family is amazing! I cannot believe how much of a difference it has made in my neice and nephews lives. They are much happier since beginning to attend CCA and they are growing intellectualy at a very rapid rate. Without CCA I truly do not believe that they would be as successful in their educational careers or nearly as happy as they are today!
I am so excited to tell everyone what a great school my daughter attends. I can't even put into words the warm feeling I get everytime I walk into Cornerstone. All of the teaching staff are smiling and welcoming on entering the school. The education my daughter is receiving is extremely above average.
I have two kids in CCA and love it! The small class size is great for times when extra attention is needed. All of the parents are great when it comes to pitching in to make things run smoothly. I would highly recommend CCA.
Our experience as a family at Cornerstone has been fabulous! The small class sizes really allow the teachers to get to know the children and their parents. The academic growth of our children is phenomenal! For a small school, they offer soooo much! Computers, library, drama -my Pre-K and kindergartener are using sign language! It's amazing. The whole school feels like a family where even grandparents are known by name. What a wonderful decision it was for us to send our kids to CCA! - Karen, a parent
I am so pleased with my son's education at Cornerstone Christian Academy. The parent's and staff are very involved in the school. The administrator cares about each and every student and is very involved in all activities. I wouldn't want to send my son anywhere else. This is the best school ever.
I am so excited about my children attending Cornerstone Christian Academy. The staff is caring and knowledgeable. The one on one attention my children receive is beyond compare and wouldn't want my children to attend any other school.
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In a bold move Thursday by the State Board of Education, members voted unanimously to amend a new North Carolina law. "Read to Achieve" requires 3rd graders to take 36 mini-reading tests, to see if they're fit to go on to the 4th grade. The board voted to let more counties, like Wake County to have more flexibility to use their own assessments.
But Carla Tavares, a 3rd grade teacher at Millbrook Elementary in Raleigh, said it's not enough. She has had enough with all the testing. "It just really upsets me. You're labeling children. Now you're a 3-R, or you're going to be held back because you didn't pass." Last week she gave the first round of the "Read to Achieve" mini-tests to her 3rd grade students, and said nine of them already failed.
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Held at the historic Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on April 17, the evening highlighted the mission of the Coast Guard throughout the Pacific Area, a region that encompasses six of the seven continents, 71 countries, and more than 74 million square miles of ocean from the Western United States to Asia, from the Arctic to Antarctica.
The Admiral John B. Hayes Award is presented to the unit within the Pacific Area that, by its overall achievement, best demonstrates a commitment to excellence and professionalism embodied in the traditions and lore of the United States Coast Guard. This year that award goes to the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter WASHINGTON, home ported in Guam. Demonstrating excellence at every turn, WASHINGTON executed countless diverse missions in a remote area of responsibility.
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Posted By Al Martinez On October 2, 2013 @ 4:28 pm In Notebook | Comments Disabled
[1]If you are wondering why I am standing on a chair raising my fist and shouting "Right on!" it's because someone has finally come up with a formula for human longevity [2] that makes sense. If you want to live longer, part of the formula goes, eat out alone at a different posh restaurant every night-and that doesn't mean a Burger King.
The advice was contained in a story from The New York Times that carried an interview with a 103-year-old retired business man, a bald, skinny fellow with big ears, who ran an office supply business before he walked away from it just a few years ago. When asked to what he owed his healthy old age, he replied with the aforementioned advice, pointing out that he meant dining out at the best restaurants he could find. That means no delis or fast-food places.
Slideshow: 16 Foods for a Long, Healthy Life [3]
Makes sense to me, although I could never afford the average of $100 a dinner that the centenarian [4], whose name is Harry Rosen, shells out at fancy eateries with exotic names. He considers it his therapy. "It gives me energy," he told the Times. Personally, my energy is derived from a martini before dinner, a source of power that lights my afterburners with a glow that would blind an owl if he looked directly at the glare.
I know of three other men who are almost 100 and have formulas of their own for living as long as they have. One runs endlessly in special marathons and never seems to stop running, sprinting to the store, around the house and probably up and down his street just for the exercise [5]. Another plays tennis every day and bounces about like a teenager on steroids. The third produces plays and musicals in his own theater with a schedule that would exhaust a mongoose.
There are other ways to attain a long life [6]. The Galapagos tortoise, for instance, can reach 150 years but I bet it could go to 300 if it didn't drink martinis or smoke cigars. It lives so long on a kind of vegetarian diet, by swimming a lot for exercise, and by otherwise crawling along on land at maybe three inches a day. It's a boring life at best and I would not want to be a tortoise.
According to expert sources, Hawaii has the longest average human lifespan in the United States, at 82.7 years. Maybe it's because of "hula power," which, I assume, involves swaying and shaking the old behind around. Mississippi has the shortest lifespan at 75 because, well, just because it is Mississippi. Grits, as it turns out, are not a reliable source of energy.
A positive attitude, says a researcher, also provides for a longer life [7] by significantly improving one's overall health, which I feel is a lot of crap. But I'm amenable to advice, so when we dine tonight, I will have only one martini and grin like a simple minded dork at everyone who passes by. Hell, I might even pluck a ukulele and swirl my butt to the middle of the room and dance to "Lovely Hula Hands." Now wouldn't that be sweet?
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[10] At 96, Fred Stobaugh and His Love Song Are a Huge Hit: http://blog.aarp.org/2013/09/11/at-96-fred-stobaugh-and-his-love-song-are-a-huge-hit/?intcmp=AE-ENDART2-BL-BOS
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I'm doing this #Project365 in Instagram. So yeah I hope I can pull this through. And that's a wrap for January!
Sinulog Saturday.
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Jasaan last January 2nd. Spontaneous trip to my father's hometown.
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New Year's Eve. Hello 2014!
Thank you 2013. I couldn't believe that a year has passed and everything seemed to just happened yesterday. Cliche as it may sound but I am very grateful for everything that has happened to me.
The year of the snake gave me a better perspective in life (career wise) and opened a lot of opportunities to grow/mature as a young adult. Some of the few things I am grateful (and proud of) is having a place on my own (shared with my siblings of course!), traveling independently in a unfamiliar city, earning bucks $$$, sharing ah-mazing and awesome experiences with my family and most especially for keeping a relationship with my girlfriend (Haburn!).
So I share to you some highlights of my year with this photo diary. Cheers. Happy New Year everyone!
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Is the idea of addressing our body language a back door approach to solving the real underlining social issues of the individual?
I understand that connections are made between how we view ourselves and how we portray that confidence or lack of confidence through our body language . However, I'm not entirely convinced that this theory of how altering body language can alter our personal perspective of ourself.
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When I was about 21, I came out of the closet as a gay male and my eating disorder slowly seemed to dissipate. I no longer felt as strong of an urge to binge and purge all day. I slowly stopped this behavior, began to gain weight, and met new friends. This reprieve from the eating disorder lasted about 5 years. I really thought I would never have to deal with this nightmare again. However, this behavior began again and pretty much lasted until the present.
Currently, I am struggling with binging and purging on ice cream several times per day (I go through a gallon per day), compulsively exercising sometimes for up to five hours per day, depression, anxiety, social anxiety, and body dysmorphia. I sound like a great date, huh? Not to be a buzz kill, but this is the reality of my life. Lately, I have been feeling like I don't care if I live or die.
I started this blog because I want to find other males who struggle with similar issues. I know there are other men who struggle with eating disorders, but they are very reluctant to admit this because of society's perception that this is a "woman's" disease. Another reason for this blog is because I am in the process of writing a book about my experiences as male struggling with an eating disorder. Most of the book will include my experiences in the treatment facilities since I spent an inordinate amount of time in them. The book will also include details about my pathetic daily routine of literally eating and throwing up all day from dawn to dusk, my food hoarding problem that resulted in my evcition from my apartment on two occasions,and my coming out as a gay man.
I look forward to hearing from all of you soon.
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- Michelle said...
Hi Jeremy. Welcome to our blogging community! I've found lots of support and love and understanding here. May I link to you on my blog: onbulimia.blogs.com?
Also, please check out these 2 men's blogs about their struggle with bulimia:
I have only read your first post so far, but can you tell us more about "food hoarding?" What is it exactly, and how did it get you evicted? Perhaps you've already written about it in a later post. I'm really looking forward to reading more and getting to know you.
With love and understanding,
Michelle Hope
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- Amanda said...
I'm sorry that you are in such pain, I have a food addiction and have struggled many years with it with the whole binging & purging thing.
I remember you used to come in and tan where I worked in Roseville before and you were always so nice to me, and at that time I was struggling severly too. I feel now I have a better hold on it, although I do still have bad days and good days, the only thing that has helped me through is my relationship with god, I pray and pray for help and strength, and I pray for forgiveness for my addiction.
please contact me so I can try to talk to you if you need it, I know it's hard to talk to anyone about it, it's a lonely disease.
- Marco said...
Dear Jeremy,
there´s been a broadcast in german television about you.
I don´t know if you ever read this, but I just want to say that I hope that one day you can live your life you like it, and I´m sure there must be someone who can help you without giving you the feeling of beeing forced to something
Don´t let go


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The first casino bill to make its way in the Legislature this year is House Bill 665, introduced by Rep. Edmond Gionet, R-Lincoln. It would allow the creation of two casinos, "one in the White Mountains and one in a county bordering Massachusetts." Gionet says his bill is all about job-creation.
"This is not a budget bill, and I don't intend it to be one. It's a jobs bill."
No, it's a budget bill. Last year the New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies issued a report on expanded gambling in the state. Based on data from other casinos, it estimated that a $500 million destination resort casino in New Hampshire would employ 2,400 people. For some perspective, Elliot Hospital in Manchester employs about 2,800 people.
Casinos would employ a few thousand people, but the direct economic impact would be concentrated in the immediate community. What about the rest of the state? Rep. Gionet says "We've got highways and bridges in really bad shape, and some folks want surcharges on registrations and a gas tax increase to fund that. I don't think so."
The statewide economic impact would come through the use of casino revenues on highway repair and construction. So it is a budget bill after all, not a jobs bill.
Make no mistake, if casinos are allowed in New Hampshire, some jobs would come with them. However, even more jobs would come from reforming our business taxes in ways that encourage more start-ups and relocations. Fidelity Investments' Merrimack campus employs about 5,300 people, more than would be employed by both of Rep. Gionet's casinos combined. When Fidelity closed its Marlborough, Mass., offices last year, it moved those jobs to Merrimack. If New Hampshire concentrated on recruiting more facilities like that, and on making the conditions better for entrepreneurs, we would be far better off than if we pursued a few casinos.
The real reason politicians want casinos is so they can take half of the gaming revenues, vs 8.5 percent of any other business's profits. It's about money, not jobs.
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PRETORIA, South Africa What began as a day for the prosecution to solidify what it had described as an irrefutable case of premeditated murder against Oscar Pistorius, the Paralympic champion, turned into a near-rout by the defense, which attacked the testimony of the state's main witness, chief police investigator Hilton Botha.
Then a shocker: South African police said Botha faces attempted murder charges in an October 2011 shooting.
Botha is scheduled to appear in court in May on seven counts of attempted murder. Police said Botha and two other police officers fired shots while trying to stop a minivan in the incident.
Wednesday was the second full day of a hearing to decide whether Pistorius, the double amputee nicknamed "Blade Runner" who made Olympic history by running against able-bodied athletes in the 2012 Games in London, should be given bail as he awaits trial for shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, early last Thursday. Pistorius claimed in an affidavit read in court Tuesday that he had mistaken Steenkamp for a burglar and had shot her out of fear.
But what was supposed to be merely a bail hearing took on the proportions of a full-blown trial, with sharp questions from the presiding magistrate, Desmond Nair, and a withering cross-examination that left Botha grasping for answers.
At first, Botha's testimony seemed to go well. He explained how preliminary ballistic evidence supported the prosecution's assertion that Pistorius had been wearing prosthetic legs when he shot at the bathroom door, behind which hid Steenkamp. Pistorius claimed in his affidavit that he had hobbled over from his bedroom on his stumps, and felt extremely vulnerable to an intruder as a result.
But when questioned by Barry Roux, Pistorius' lawyer, Botha was forced to acknowledge sloppy police work, and he eventually conceded that he could not rule out Pistorius' version of events based on the existing evidence.
As Botha described how bullets had pierced Steenkamp's skull and shattered her arm and hip bones, Pistorius sobbed with his head in his hands.
Using a schematic diagram of the bedroom, the prosecutor, Gerrie Nel, asked Botha to walk Nair through the crime scene. The detective explained that Steenkamp's slippers and overnight bag were on the left side of the bed, next to the sliding balcony door that Pistorius claimed he got up in the middle of the night to close. He also said the holster of Pistorius' 9 mm pistol was found under the left side of the bed, next to where Steenkamp would have been sleeping. That called into question Pistorius' statement that he thought Steenkamp was still in bed when he heard what he feared was the sound of a burglar, the detective said.
Botha said investigators had found two boxes of testosterone along with syringes and needles in Pistorius' bedroom. Testosterone is a banned substance for most professional athletes, and is known to increase aggression in people who take supplements of it.
Roux said the substance was not testosterone, but an herbal supplement that is used by many athletes and is not banned by anti-doping agencies.
Asked if the substance had been tested, Botha said tests had not yet been completed. "I didn't read the whole name" on the container, the detective admitted.
He said witnesses had told him that they heard shouting in the house, and that the lights were on, contradicting Pistorius' statement that it had been too dark to see anything in the bedroom. Other witnesses spoke about hearing two or three gunshots, then a woman's scream, followed by more shots, Botha said.
One neighbor, he said, heard "two people talking loud at one another it sounded like a fight" between 2 and 3 a.m. Under cross-examination, he acknowledged that the neighbor lived almost 2,000 feet from Pistorius' home and could have been out of earshot.
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Muller at FOSSCamp brings Bling to GTK with OpenGL
Jan 07, 2008
At FOSSCamp in October, skilled eye-candy expert Mirco Müller (also known as MacSlow) hosted a session about using OpenGL in GTK to bring richer user interfaces to desktop Linux applications. Building on the technologies that he presented at FOSSCamp, Müller recently published a blog entry that demonstrates his latest impressive experiments with OpenGL, GTK, and offscreen rendering.
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home –› compression stockings –› compression stockings FAQ
Compression stockings are specialized long socks, which are worn
from the foot to the knee/thigh. These specialized stockings have a gradient of pressure
(tighter in the foot and gradually less tight at the knee). These stockings when worn properly
reduce the swelling in the feet and also decrease the chance of blood clot formation in the legs.
Back to Compression Stockings
Compression stockings are made of strong elastic material and fit tightly
at the feet and gradually become less tight at the knee/thigh. The pressure in the stockings
is graded and this allows for the stockings to constantly squeeze the leg muscles.
This motion helps to drive blood back to the heart, reduce swelling in the feet and
prevent blood clot formation.
Compression stockings are an excellent and simple method of treating disorders such as
chronic venous insufficiency, varicose veins, lymphedema, post phlebitic syndrome and prevention of
blood clots in the leg. The stockings can be worn as either in-patient or out patient.
The stockings do not eliminate the varicose veins but do help reduce the swelling, aching and
heaviness feeling that individuals with varicose veins experience. It is also recommended that such
stockings be worn during long plane rides to decrease the probability of blood clot formation in the legs.
Blood clot formation is a major cause of deaths in the USA and the majority of
hospital protocols recommend that all patients (especially those who cant ambulate), be fitted with
compression stockings.
The stockings should be worn daily as long as patient is at increased risk of forming blood
clots in the leg. The stockings should be worn during the day and removed at night. For those with varicose veins,
venous ulcers and lymphedema, the stockings must be worn for years and even for life. It is highly recommended that
whenever possible, individuals keep their legs elevated at night when they do not wear compression stockings.
The stockings should be worn first thing in the morning before one gets out of bed.
Some practice is required to wear compression stockings. One may either turn the stockings inside out or
apply a small amount of silicone lotion to assist in wearing the stockings. One may also place a rubber
glove on the toes and then pass the stockings over them to wear the stockings. A good deal of pulling is
required to get the stockings past the ankle. This gets easier when one is used to wearing the stockings.
Compression stockings squeeze the muscles of the leg and drive blood away from the leg.
In those patients who are diabetic, or those who smoke or those who have a decreased blood supply to the legs,
compression stockings are not recommended. The compression stockings can decrease the blood supply further and
worsen the disease.
There are no complications associated with compression stockings.
However, they do take time to adjust to and the patient may complain of warm legs.
The hot weather may occasionally deter individuals from wearing stockings all day.
RThe stockings with good quality compression can be bought in most
pharmacies and medical supply shops with a prescription. The stockings come in 3
different sizes from small, medium and large. The knee high stockings are much easier
to wear and better tolerated than the thigh high stockings. Before buying the stocking,
one should get the health care worker to asses the size of the leg and the best type of stocking.
The compression stockings also come in various colors.
There are a variety of non prescriptions stockings but these do not provide the
adequate level of compression required to prevent blood clots or leg swelling.
The price of stockings may range from $30-50 per pair. One pair may
usually last about 6-12 months. It is best to hand wash these stockings to maintain their elasticity.


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IN SEPTEMBER 2003, Adbusters magazinethe flagship publication of the culture-jamming movementstarted selling Black Spot Sneakers, its own signature brand of subversive running shoes. This act represented a seismic shift in the popular anti-consumer movement. As cultural critics Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter point out, no one could possibly believe there was still any difference between mainstream and alternative culture. The only possible conclusion: the counterculture is not a threat to the systemit is the system.
In a book guaranteed to incense both the followers of Naomi Kleins No Logo, as well as their right-wing counterparts, Heath and Potter shatter the myth that continues to dominate our political, economic and cultural thinking, underpinning everything from the anti-globalization movement to feminism and environmentalism. They argue that decades of countercultural rebellion have not only been unhelpful, but counterproductive. We have become so used to right-wing attacks against the counterculture that its hard to imagine what a left-wing critique would look like. The Rebel Sell offers a startlingly clear picture, claiming that we need to untangle concern over questions of social justice from the countercultural critiqueand dump the latter to pursue the former. In a wide-ranging narrative thats a lively blend of pop culture history, political manifesto and investigative analysis, The Rebel Sell looks at the following:
the birth of the counterculturewho really killed Kurt Cobain?
being normalenforcement of norms and the cardinal sin of the counterculture
rebellion as a source of distinction and the birth of the rebel consumer
from status seekers to cool-huntersthe decline of prestige and the rise of cool jobs
making peace with the massesthe inescapable market and how we turn consumers into citizens
The political book of the seasonto be published simultaneously with HarperCollins USThe Rebel Sell will be both deified and vilified. Most of all, it will be debated.


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Care to see your car designing ambitions come to fruition? Citroen's giving you the opportunity to do so. Then again, all you need to do is win the company's new DS3 Design Competition. Sounds easy, right?
The French company is opening up a contest that pits would-be designers to compete for the right to design the DS3's roof and dashboard. OK, it's not exactly as glamorous as designing the whole car, but its still a shot at getting your work recognized.
And if you're thinking that the contest will be judged by also-rans and never-heards, then, well, you couldn't be further from the truth. A slew of heavyweight designers representing GQ, Louis Vuitton, and the Cartier Foundation will be on-hand to judge your work. Should you win, your personally-designed DS3 will be proudly displayed at theParis Motor Show and also at Citroen's very own C 42 show on the Champs Elysees.


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Country: United Kingdom
Favourite Everton Moment
Mikel Arteta's goal against Fiorentina 2007/08 UEFA Cup... Crowd went wild!!!
Favourite All Time Player
Neville Southall. Best goalkeeper ever to grace the English league!!!
Favourite Current Player
Tim Cahill. Everton spirit personified!!!
Favourite Manager
David Moyes. Will bring glory to Goodison Park


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The surprise flooding also forced local TV stations to improvise a bit yesterday as reporters and editors worked 18 hours days to handle the ever-changing story.
Normally this time of year, the Atlanta-based Weather Channels' Jim Cantore is standing wind-whipped on the Gulf or Atlantic coast reporting on an incoming hurricane. Instead, Monday night, he was in a canoe in Buckhead, pointing out a car up to its roof in the muddy waters of Peachtree Creek.
"This is surreal, amazing, amazing, especially when you consider this is not a tropical event," he told viewers.
Cantore said Tuesday it's the worst storm he's covered in Atlanta since the Blizzard of 1993, and the only difference between the floods and rain here and the floods and rain of the scores of hurricanes he's covered over the years is "the rain in hurricanes is sideways. This was straight down."
Tuesday night he planned to cover the Atlanta storm from Vinings, probably the closest-to-home natural disaster he's covered in his career. He'll be at the Chattahoochee River, about a mile and a half from his home, watching the river flow at a rate he said is "just phenomenal – fifty nine point five thousand cubic feet a second!"
He said for The Weather Channel the story still has legs though the rain has relented and there was even sunshine Tuesday. "This isn't clear clean water we're talking about," Cantore said. "You've got mud and a lot of damage. It's going to take a lot of clean up to get life back to normal."
Nobody pre-empted primetime coverage last night of shows such as "House" and "Dancing With the Stars," but there were plenty of "cut ins" and "screen squeezes" to get info to viewers of school closings and traffic problems.
WGCL-TV dumped "People's Court" at 5 p.m.and Katie Couric's "CBS Evening News" yesterday to focus on the local story. This morning, the show started at 4:30 a.m. to help people figure out commutes with so many roads closed.
"Our game plan was to be on the air as much as we can," said news director Steve Schwaid. "The challenge yesterday was the flooding was happening everywhere. Everywhere reporters went, there was a story to tell. That's a pretty large story to get your hands around."
Early on, when lightning prevented live trucks from sending live satellite feeds, WSB-TV reporters used the Web and other stations had make do with phone interviews with their reporters. Helicopters weren't able to do aerial views until later afternoon when the rains let up.
No news crews got trapped by rising waters though Schwaid said there was a close call with one crew in Douglas County. At one point, he said a veteran photographer Everett Bevelle simply set up a camera and did reporting himself.
Schwaid was especially proud of iconic video WGCL got in Powder Springs of a house fire which also included a fire truck submerged in water. "This was a contradiction of images," he said.
"This has been incredibly intense," said John Gerard, the new Commuter Dude at WXIA-TV. "There were divers on I-20 today. Those are words you'd never think you'd ever see together!"
Viewers responded, seeking the latest news yesterday both online and on TV.
More than twice the normal number of people caught the 6 p.m. news on WSB-TV, said general manger Bill Hoffman. He said the station had a 17.2 rating, meaning 17.2 percent of TVs were on WSB at the time.
WAGA-TV news director Budd McEntee said its local "Good Day Atlanta" yesterday beat WSB's national telecast of "Good Morning America," a rare victory for the Fox affiliate.
And this was also a big boon online. WSBtv.com had a record 16 million page views yesterday while ajc.com pulled in 7.2 million.
My colleague Jeffry Scott did the interview with Cantore.
September 22nd, 2009
7:12 pm
way to go emergency crews, including the georgia national guard out there saving lives!!
September 22nd, 2009
7:15 pm
Great post, Rodney. Now put your radio hat back on and compare WSB 750's coverage of the weather and traffic Monday to WGST 640 and WGKA 920. From what I could tell 640 did not do anything out of the ordinary Monday morning or evening, while WGKA did some special reporting in the morning but not in the evening.
As a resident of Gwinnett that uses Ronald Reagan Parkway, my commute Monday evening was a horror, and I need to vent a bit on WSB. It took two hours to get from 85 and Pleasant Hill to RRP and I did not hear on 750 for any of the first hour that RRP was closed at Pleasant Hill, when clearly it had to have been closed for a while for traffic to have gotten that bad. Finally, a caller to Mark Arum's show mentioned it, and it was in some folowing reports.
Which also brings up the need in NE Metro (population 1-million or so) for a local AM or FM news-talker. WSB tries to cover the whole metro area and it seems is spread too thin.
September 24th, 2009
3:53 pm
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