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This function performed better in the Region, with a median of 0.63. The median distribution histogram of the measurement performance approaches normal and shows consistency.
Most indicators revealed a performed above 50%. The strongest areas include adequate surveillance systems to identify public health threats, the capacity of public health laboratories, and support at the sub-national level. The main weakness is the lack of timely and effective responses to control public health problems, as the following table demonstrates:
The indicator on timely and effective response showed the greatest variation in results. Although this indicator is generally a critical area for the Region, it performed well in some of the countries. The first indicator, public health surveillance systems, was identified as a strong area as it showed the least variation in performance. Other indicators exhibited intermediate variation, as shown in the following graph:
The primary factors determining this function's performance are:
• Surveillance systems identify the magnitude and nature of health threats, the monitoring of adverse circumstances and risks over time, the detection of threats that require a response, and the analysis of disease trends considered national priorities. Surveillance systems involve sub-national entities while also integrating themselves into supranational surveillance networks. However, these systems do not report any information produced by personnel outside of the public sector (such as private providers, NGO's, etc.).
• Most countries have defined the functions and responsibilities of the various levels, especially at the local level.
• Weaknesses were observed in the evaluation of the quality of data produced by the surveillance systems. Also, a limited number of countries have established a formal feedback mechanism to monitor the performance of these surveillance systems.
• Most countries have developed protocols to identify the principal public health threats of each country.
• Most countries have trained personnel to monitor basic sanitation and infectious diseases, conduct evaluations and fast screenings, and design new surveillance systems for potential problems. A smaller number of countries (24%) have geographic information systems to support surveillance. The greatest weaknesses are in the lack of experienced and knowledgeable personnel, epidemiological research of chronic diseases, accidents, occupational and mental health, and accidents. These areas represent the major health challenges for the Region of the Americas.
• An identified critical area is the lack of incentive and recognition mechanisms to promote good performance among the public health surveillance teams.
• Although the vast majority of countries give examples of public health threats that were detected in a timely fashion within the past two years, only one-third of the countries evaluated the response capacity of the surveillance system, disseminated the results, and supervised the implementation of corrective measures.
• Countries maintain an updated registry of public health laboratories, have formal coordination and reference mechanisms, and periodically evaluate the quality of diagnoses through the use of international laboratories as parameters. However, weaknesses in laboratory coordination and reference mechanisms still exist, and most countries do not fulfill regulations to guarantee the quality of its laboratories.• In all countries, the NHA advises and provides support at the sub-national level to develop and strengthen their surveillance capacity.


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The 2015 musical festival is rapidly approaching but before we reach that point, there's another festival lineup to be announced. Today Pitchfork announced the artists who will be performing at their 2015 Pitchfork Music Festival in... Read more »
As it's grown in popularity, the celebrity cameo aspect of Portlandia has only become more pronounced and hilarious. On the latest season, we've already seen St. Vincent make a guest appearance, as well as TV On... Read more »
Wilco's Solid Sound Festival, held in North Adams, Massachusetts, officially kicked off yesterday. To get things going, Wilco (who are headlining the festival) performed only covers during their 27-song set, including their rendition of Daft Punk's... Read more »
This past Valentine's Day, Illinois approved the Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act at the local senate level and now, the bill is currently awaiting a decision from the state's House of Representatives. The vote is... Read more »
In the latest bit of "musician meets the masses through the internet fuckery," Consequence of Sound reports that Jeff Tweedy, the legendary heart and brain of Wilco, will be auctioning off the chance to write, produce... Read more »
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If you need something gentle to help you get into gear today, look no further than the wistful "Plastic Cup," which was produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, who has worked with the band ont he entirety of... Read more »
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I sat down at my computer and did some brainstorming. I tried to put myself in my customers shoes, so I decided I wanted to search for a company to supply my new business a 1300 number. Google has thousands of results, and I see there is stacks of competition in the paid advertisements in google, so how do I find a company to supply me this service?
The first thing to look for is a company that answers the phone, or calls back quickly and connects you through to a real person who can answer your questions. The second thing is a website which explains the process and makes signing up easy. Some companies specialise in 1300 numbers, however most Australian telecommunication companies will be able to sell you additional services which will complement the 1300 or 1800 service.
The process of setting up a 1300 number or 1800 number can be made very easy or quite complex depending on your businesses requirements. They have a whole bunch of features such as overflow, time based routing and a somewhat daunting provisioning process which is made more difficult by governmental bodies. Most companies should be able to supply you with free configuration updates, free setup and the features I just mentioned at no additional charge.


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I can look at this family and think damn what an exciting life….. I'n no way going to put anyone down fir having a blast…. I mean,isn't that the way life is supposed to be….. Quit hating on these beautiful girls just because your life is miserable….. Get put, put some makeup on… Better yet get on the treadmill for Gods sake….. Can't stand haters especially since i have so many of my own….
Posted at 2:13 PM on June 19, 2012
These people are so attached to fame, nothing else in the world matters to them. One day they will all be old, I mean they are getting older and no one really is going to care anymore and they are gonna probably freakin lose it lol ~ They have no talent they are just reality tv glam and a bunch of promiscuity, no real talent at all… Kim is a hoochie anyway! Beautiful? No, over done. Kylie and Kendall are charming but with how they are being raised they are bound to go in a bad direction.
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The issues I have with this family are two fold; (1) That they are famous because two people had their necks slashed to the bone,
(2) They complain about being celebs,all the while living an extravagant lifestyle off of this blood money.
Otherwise I see the playfulness and flirtatious behavior of Kris and Bruce in front of their kids,as very healthy for their family dynamics,as it sets a good example of what a successful loving marriage should be like at their age. Kris wanting her kids to be successful is also good parenting,Bruce's judgement is what I respect here and I don't believe he's gone too far as a parent.
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This is typical of Kris, because she is old and washed up, she is now exploiting her 2 teenage daughters, way to get the pedo's latched on to them!!! I think she should be reported for child pornography, and they kids should go live with Chloe, she is the only decent member of this stupid bloody family..
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Way toooo much family fun for the world to see. Way to exploit your underage daughters to a bunch of…creepy drooling sex offenders. You've crossed the line Kris and Bruce. 16 and 14???? Why don't you just put a big bulls eye on their…….too young, your exploiting them, and it's very sad for all teenage girls who don't want to be viewed as sex candy. You two need to calm down. Money is NOT everything!
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I don't know-they look like they're having fun…we make too much of sex…kids seeing their parents act sexy is not a bad thing…if more kids saw more silliness from their parents, maybe our divorce rate wouldn't be what it is—
i'm not a defender of the Kardashian clan-they sure don't need my support-but this is a lot of something about nothing.
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Juan Pablo Montoya ends his Williams career in the best possible fashion, beating his future McLaren team mate into the bargain. The men involved describe a thrilling afternoons racing.
Juan Pablo Montoya, Williams (1st):
It is just unbelievable! The very first laps were difficult because I lost some positions at the start before the tyres got up to temperature, but then I seemed to have more grip than the others. Still, the race was decided by a good strategy put together by all of my engineers and by Sam Michael, who called me in to change tyres from intermediate to slick at the right time. Later in the race they made another good call when I had Kimi behind me. They managed to get me out on the track ahead of him by just over a second. I could see him behind and I was thinking I could not afford to make even the smallest mistake! Its fantastic to give such a good end to these four years at Williams BMW. I want to say thanks to Frank and to everyone in the team who made this possible! And if you ask me what was the hardest thing in the race Id say it was the pain in the neck, since this is an anti-clockwise circuit and we are not very used to all those left turns!
Kimi Raikkonen, McLaren (2nd):
I was close to winning but just not close enough. It was a good race and I enjoyed it, but I would have liked to finish on the top step. I started the race on Michelin intermediates and was able to take the lead after a few corners. However, after my first stop I just didnt have the speed to keep up with Juan Pablo. We were side-by-side down the pitlane, and I did what I could to keep him behind me perhaps in hindsight I could have been a bit more aggressive coming into the corner. 2004 has been a tough season for the entire team, but everybody has worked so hard to turn things around, and to finish 2004 on the podium is a good reward for all. I now look forward to next season where hopefully Juan Pablo and myself will be able to challenge for wins and the Championship from the beginning.
Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari (3rd):
I am very proud of the whole team and want to thank them and all the fans who turned up to watch today. The circumstances of the race, in terms of the rain, did not favour us and I could have not done better. So I can still leave here with my head held high, even if actually that might be difficult as my neck is hurting a lot and I have to admit I feel very tired. Maybe it was the stress of the whole weekend. Our strategy worked okay, but the final result is a bit disappointing after I had been dominant in terms of pace throughout the weekend and I was confident for the race, having qualified with quite a good fuel load. We are best in the rain and best in the dry, but if we have a weak point it is in the damp conditions that we had after a few laps, when we know that those running the other make of tyre can make an earlier change to dry tyres. The weather just did not play into our hands, but I am happy to be on the podium, even if the win is still to come for me here.
Fernando Alonso, Renault (4th):
The choice to start on dry tyres was really a big risk: the car was very hard to drive and I went off on the formation lap and the first lap! However, it gradually got better and I managed to take the lead, but after the first stop, I didnt have the pace to get on the podium. The car was understeering badly because of the graining during the second stint then we took a risk in leaving the tyres on. This meant I ultimately lost more grip but in spite of the problems, I attacked 100% all the way through, kept the other cars behind and thanks to that, I am fourth in the drivers championship. That was my main goal today and I am delighted to have achieved it.
Ralf Schumacher, Williams (5th):
What a shame, due to the rain my strategy did not pay off at all. But I have to say that I was not fast enough to overtake Alonso and as a consequence I I think I missed out on a podium today. It was great to be with this team for the last six years and its a true pity we didnt enjoy even more success. I wish the Team all the best for next year!
Takuma Sato, BAR (6th):
"It was a really hard race today. The start was tricky for everyone because of the shower just before the start. The circuit was actually quite damp but some of the drivers had chosen to start on dry tyres. We chose to run on wet tyres, but as I was originally on a two-stop strategy, I lost quite a bit of time when I had to come in to change to dry tyres. After my last stop, I had a great battle with three other cars. Even though we were quicker than them in the infield section, we struggled on the straights so I wasn't able to get close enough to outbrake anyone into turn one, which was a little bit frustrating. Nevertheless, we have finished second in the championship, which is excellent, and the entire team has done a fantastic job. I would also like to thank our partners Lucky Strike, Honda and Michelin for their efforts. I look forward to carrying this great feeling and momentum through to winter testing and I am sure that we can challenge for another great.
Michael Schumacher, Ferrari (7th):
We can be very proud of what we have achieved as a team this season. There have been a lot of wins and the two championship titles, so there is no real reason to be too disappointed today, although I have to say I feel sorry for Rubens. As for my race, when I realised it was raining, at first I thought it would be a good opportunity for me. But to be honest, it was not wet enough and I think if it had rained harder and longer it would have been an advantage for us. I still feel fresh and ready to race but I know that now the important thing is to take a break before preparing for next season.
Felipe Massa, Sauber (8th):
It was a fantastic feeling, leading the race. I will never forget that lap! Early on it was very slippery but the car was really fast. I lost some ground when Rubens was a bit cautious, but I could catch people really quickly. After we changed tyres and the track dried it was very hard to find grip until the end of each stint, but I settled into a confident pace and I am satisfied after achieving my goal of scoring a point. Leading a race in front of my home crowd was the icing on the cake!
Giancarlo Fisichella, Sauber (9th):
Early on I was running very close to another car and got caught out and had to go on to the grass when it braked earlier than I expected. I lost time there, and after that we were unlucky with the weather. My strategy was good but the changeable conditions spoiled it, so for me it was a frustrating final race for Sauber. Thats racing, so most of all I would like to say thank you to everyone in the team for such a great season.
Jacques Villeneuve, Renault (10th):
I think my race pace was actually very good today. I was behind Fernando in the first laps and it would have been too much of a risk to try overtaking in the conditions. I lost time when the track was wet but after that, I feel we were quite quick in the second and third stints. I didnt manage to score any points at Renault but I think my performances got better and better with each race. It was very tough to adapt but I want to thank Renault for the opportunity they gave me.
David Coulthard, McLaren (11th):
A disappointing outcome of the weekend and a difficult race. I lost a lot of places in the first couple of corners with cars pushing, touching and wheels banging. It took me a few laps to feel comfortable with the dry Michelin tyres as it was quite slippery out there. Once everything had settled down I was too far back to really make an impact. I want to thank the boys both at the track and back at base for all the efforts and hard work during the past nine years. Its an emotional moment to say goodbye to the team after all this time, and the memories I will be taking with me will be of my 12 victories, 51 podiums and 412 points that we have achieved while working together.
Jarno Trulli, Toyota (12th):
"It was a difficult race this afternoon. I got a good start and was up to sixth, but I struggled every time the track was a bit damp. I believe this was due to a general lack of experience I have with the TF104B. As the track got drier and quicker, I was getting more and more competitive. I tried to do my best, but unfortunately we were again out of the points. However, it has been a positive weekend because I could see that the car was better compared to Suzuka. It is just a shame we couldn't end the season in the points. Finally, I would like to say thank you to the team for giving me such a warm welcome over these last two races and for helping me settle in so easily. 2004 was my best season in Formula 1, but I am looking forward to an even better 2005 with Toyota, who I have discovered to be a fantastic team with great potential."
Ricardo Zonta, Toyota (13th):
"I think it was a quite an exciting race because of the ever-changing wet-dry conditions. In the damp, at the start of the race, the speed of the car was quite good and I was able to overtake some cars, which was fun. Towards the end, I had some balance problems and I found it quite difficult to drive the car. It was great to race in Brazil in front of my home crowd and I think we did a good job this weekend, especially as I have also been unwell. I am pleased with the team's efforts and particularly with the new crew that I was working with this weekend. I would like to say thanks to the team for an enjoyable season."
Christian Klien, Jaguar (14th):
I made a good start and the beginning of the race was fun for me to drive. I was on intermediate tyres and had a good line into the first few corners and managed to overtake a few people. My first pit-stop was a bit too late and I lost a couple of positions after that. I was then following the two Toyotas but had no opportunity to overtake. Mark was coming closer to me and I saw him in my mirror but I did not think he was close enough to overtake but he tried it and we collided. The remainder of my race saw my car not as well balanced as it should have been and although the car was ok for the remainder of the race it was not as easy to drive. There was also a lot of blue flags and although I tried my best and I am pleased to have finished my last race with Jaguar Racing, I am disappointed with the outcome as both Mark and I were in good positions. I have had a fantastic season with the team and I have enjoyed every moment. They are great fun to work with and they have helped me so much during this time. I would like to thank them all.
Timo Glock, Jordan (15th):
My start was not bad but I didnt get a good line through the first corner and then for the first part of the race it was really slippery - the car was pretty nervous and I lost time. After the first and second pit stops the car was better, certainly after the first few laps, when the tyres came in. Unfortunately I lost too much time when being lapped by other cars. Im pleased to have finished the race without mistakes. It has been a satisfying season for me and it was great to drive four races, that was good experience for me. I need to learn how to find a better pace for racing, always improving myself more and more. Everything is experience though and Im looking forward to next year already.
Zsolt Baumgartner, Minardi (16th):
"It was a very hard race and I had some problems, as I picked up a cold earlier in the week here in Brazil. As a result, I was a little worried about how I would be during the race, as this is a very physically demanding track, As it turned out, I was able to concentrate and push hard right to the end with a very consistent pace. I'm happy with today's result and with the lap times, and I'd like to express my thanks to the whole team for their efforts this season, as well as to Bridgestone for the excellent tyres they have provided throughout the year. Today was my 20th Grand Prix and I am very pleased to have finished the race."
Gianmaria Bruni, Minardi (17th):
"All told, it wasn't a very good day for me. I started the race on shallow wet tyres and, after a few laps, had to come in, but with Zsolt also coming in, I lost a bit of time. When I changed to dry tyres with the set-up we had, the car developed a lot of oversteer, which lasted for much of the race. We couldn't really improve the situation, but in the last stint, I think maybe the track improved a bit and the set-up started to work better, so I was able to turn some better lap times. Having lost some of time during my last pit stop, though, I just concentrated on getting to the chequered flag."
Mark Webber, Jaguar (DNF):
My start off the grid today was ok although it was short lived as I entered corner one and I was forced to avoid the Renault of Villeneuve as he ran wide. This lost me four or five places and was of course frustrating. I was planning on making my way up the grid and I managed this for the first few laps as I was in 9 th position by lap four. I then pitted for new tyres and lost some time as I had to queue up behind Christian. We were back out quick enough and I started racing again and went to overtake Christian on lap 24. Unfortunately we tangled as he appeared not to see me coming and that was the end of my race. A sad end to what should have been a more rewarding race. I have had an amazing two years with Jaguar Racing and I am fortunate enough to have had the pleasure to work with some incredibly talented people during this time. I have learnt a lot and shared a lot and it is with a heavy heart that not only do I leave the team but that the team is to close as Jaguar Racing. I have a lot of people to thank, amongst them, the team for their support and belief in me, Cosworth Racing and Pi Research and of course Michelin. All round a pretty good bunch of guys!
Nick Heidfeld, Jordan (DNF):
I had a good start and made up a couple of places, but I had to retire quite early with a clutch problem. Its disappointing not to finish the last race because I wanted to show a good performance and give the team a good last race of the season. I would like to thank everybody in the team for their effort and hard work they have done this year and also for all the support they have given me.
Jenson Button, BAR (DNF):
"It's disappointing to retire from the last race of the year. We were optimistic of achieving another podium here today which would have been a nice way to see out the season. From the first red light on the start I knew I had some kind of problem and there was a lot of smoke and fire as I left the grid. I was able to continue for a while and had hoped that the problem would go away, but the damage had been done by that time and I had no option but to retire. That disappointment aside though, we have to look at the bigger picture which is that we have pulled off second in the championship - an incredible achievement for everyone in the team. Third place in the drivers' championship with 10 podiums is also a pretty special way for me to end the season. I'd like to thank each and every member of the team for their hard work and support this year and they deserve the celebrations that will be taking place here in Brazil and back at the factory this evening."


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Ring in the Season at our Caroling Performances
Can't get enough of us after our winter concert? Join us at one of our (free) caroling events:
Tuesday, December 165:30-6:15 PM, 6:45-7:30 PM
The Willard Intercontinental Hotel (lobby), 1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Arrive at the hotel early to relax, explore the beautiful venue, or grab a warm drink at the Round Robin bar. (Webster's Hot Buttered Rum is 18th Street Singers-approved.)
Saturday, December 20
CityCenter Plaza, 825 10th St NW
This performance is outdoors, but there are heat lamps on the plaza. Try delicious treats from the newly opened RareSweets bakery while you watch our show by the 70-foot Christmas tree display.
Presenting Our Winter Concert: A City Called Heaven
Explore the rich and varied tradition of the African American spiritual with the 18th Street Singers at our 10th Annual Winter Concert. From the classic arrangements of William Dawson and Henry T. Burleigh to contemporary interpretations from Moses Hogan and Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, these songs of exuberant praise and heart-wrenching longing create a powerful connection between the trials and triumphs of the African-American experience and all those who hope for a better future.
Winter Concert: A City Called Heaven
December 12 and 13, 2014
First Trinity Lutheran Church
501 4th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
We hope you join us to hear what W.E.B. Du Bois described as "the most beautiful expression of human experience born this side of the seas."
Details and ticketsA Concert of Spirituals: Annual Charity Performance Nov. 22
Join the 18th Street Singers for our annual charity concert! Admission is free to the general public, but a suggested donation of $20 will benefit the Arlington Food Assistance Center.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
4:00 p.m.
Resurrection Lutheran Church
6201 Washington Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22205
Welcome to Our New Members!
Thanks to all those who came out to share their talents with us this summer. After an intensely competitive round of auditions, we're thrilled to welcome Dena Goodman, Anna Patterson, Emma Rackstraw, and Saumitra Sahi to the 2014-2015 season, along with several returning members!
Spring Concert: Into the Great Beyond
Experience the ethereal music of today's brightest young composers at the 18th Street Singers spring concert, Into the Great Beyond. The sublime evening will showcase celestial contemporary choral works from the rising stars of our generation, including Tarik O'Regan's The Ecstasies Above, Ola Gjeilo's Sunrise Mass, Eric Whitacre's Alleluia, and more. Above the clouds and boldly into the future - this show will take you to an otherworldly place.
We're thrilled to sing in the spectacular acoustics of National City Christian Church for the first time, and have the treat of collaborating with a string orchestra for this special performance.
The Young & The Freshest: March 8 Guest Concert
What happens when the best young choral voices in DC and New York City join forces? We're pretty sure it involves some stunning music and a killer afterparty - but you might want to come and find out for yourself.
Join us for a special DC appearance by the Young New Yorkers' Chorus (YNYC) as part of their East Coast tour, together with hosts the 18th Street Singers, the District's premier choir of young professionals.18th Street Singers in the WAMMY Awards
We were thrilled to be nominated for this year's WAMMY (Washington Area Music Association) Awards in two categories: Best A Cappella Group, and a nod for our fearless leader Ben Olinsky as Best Classical Conductor/Director. It's truly an honor to be nominated amongst the many amazingly talented and diverse groups in the District.
And thanks to all our friends, family, and fans who voted to make us the first runner-up in the "Fan Favorite" category!
Best Vocal Groups in DC
CBS DC named us one of the best vocal groups in the area! Check out more on their web site, including remarks from longtime singer Ron Lee. Be sure to take a look at some of the other great groups featured in the article as well. We're in great company!
From the Blog: New Yorkers Invade
Fun and games aside, there's something profoundly special that inevitably appears during tour, and that's why I was beyond excited when the Young New Yorkers' Chorus (YNYC) made the decision to embark on the adventure this year. Read more from Lucy Mathias of the Young New Yorkers' Chorus at the blog


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Graffiti is nothing new to Miami, but Primary Flight, a site specific art project put up during Art Basel 2007, shines as an example of the art form. Primary Flight is located throughout the Wynwood Art District. The site below is located at NW 29th Street and NW 2nd Ave.


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Working within the Administration Department, the City Clerk serves as the Director of Government Services, responsible for:
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Reports in Spain have it that Atletico Madrid are on the verge of selling Martin Demichelis to Manchester City.
The Argentine centre-back only joined Atleti this summer on a Bosman deal after his Malaga contract expired and he has yet to play for Los Colchoneros.
However, the player's former Coach at La Rosaleda, Manuel Pellegrini, has reportedly been pushing in recent days for new team City to make a move for the veteran, to improve the Premier League side's defensive options.
Marca are now reporting this Wednesday that negotiations between the clubs are already settled and that the player has agreed to the switch out to England.
It is understood that City will pay out a fee of €5m to take the former River Plate and Bayern Munich defender to Eastlands.
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Crunchy Trail Mix
Take this crunchy trail mix along in a zip-lock bag on your next hike, and you won't run out of energy!
Serves: Serves: 8 (full 1/2 cup)
- 1/2 cup (2 ounces) chopped dry-roasted peanuts
- 1/2 cup raisins
- 2/3 cup (3 ounces) chopped dried apricots
- 3 cups (4 1/2 ounces) Wheat Chex
- In a large bowl, combine peanuts, raisins, and apricots.
- Stir in Wheat Chex.
- Store in an airtight container.
- To plump up raisins without "cooking," place in a glass measuring cup and microwave on HIGH for 20 seconds.
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Then again, the Doctor has his own fair share of The Closer Seasons 1-6 in this story. As popular as he was, Tom Baker's characterisation isn't exactly consistent from serial to serial. The only surety is that he's always compellingly bonkers.If it were any other character kicking the carnivorous Horda at a tribesman, for striking Leela in the face, then we'd be applauding 24 Hours Seasons 1-8, but I'm not sure the Fourth Doctor's more violent actions at this point in the series' history have ever sat well with my own idea of the overall character of the Doctor as an optimistic pacifist. That's just a personal bugbear, but largely, I enjoyed The Face of Evil very much.Part of my dissertation remarked upon how the Doctor is basically what post-colonial Britain would like to be, extricating himself from his interventions in other Family Guy Seasons 1-9 with minimal fuss, and escaping from any consequences in his TARDIS. The theme of the Doctor being confronted with his past mistakes has been explored extensively since 2005, but I liked the way in which the true nature of Xoanon was related to an untelevised adventure for the Doctor.
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Getting Ready for Spring: Start Planning Your Garden
by Dana Angelo White in Healthy Tips, In Season, March 23, 2011Spring is officially here! Believe it or not, it's time to start making plans for your backyard garden. In a few short months (Mother Nature-permitting) you'll have a flourishing garden with a bounty of the most local produce you can get. Here are some simple tips to get you started.
What to Plant
Rule number one — grow things that you'll enjoy eating! You really can't go wrong from a nutrition standpoint with fresh veggies, but who cares about the nutrients in eggplant if no one in your house will eat it?! Give some thought to what everyone in the house really enjoys. If those options can realistically be grown in the space that you have, go for it!
Good basic options include herbs, lettuces, cucumbers, tomatoes and strawberries. If you're feeling more adventurous, try some root veggies like carrots, potatoes and leeks.
Also consider how much room you have for your garden plot. Crops like melons, summer squash and tomatoes can take over your whole garden if left untamed.
Whether you want to buy less-expensive seeds or easier-to-propagate seedlings (small starter plants), get your supplies from a reliable company (such as Burpee, Seeds of Change, The Cook's Garden and Gardener's Supply ) or stop by the farmers' market – many local farmers sell seeds and seedlings early in the season.
How to Plant
Once you've given some thought about what you want to grow, it's time to consider your garden layout. Pick a spot that gets an ample amount of direct daily sunlight and make sure you can easily get a water source over to it. Placement of plants is also important. For example, tomatoes like lots of sun, while lettuces prefer a shadier spot. For more ideas, refer to the experts – check out some popular layout designs. You can even purchase garden kits with all the seeds you need.
Don't have a yard for a garden? No problem! See our tips for easy grow-your-own with large pots and planters.
When to Plant
Since all types of crops grow differently, they need to be planted at various times throughout the growing season. Radishes and Swiss chard can handle being planted in cooler temps while peppers, watermelon, and tomatoes prefers things warmer. Exact planting dates will vary depending on where you live but online guides are available through state cooperative extension websites.
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Bad start for Edgar and Canada
David Edgar won his 18th cap for Canada tonight as they got their CONCACAF Gold Cup campaign underway against Martinique, but things didn't go to plan as the Canadians fell to a late defeat.
Edgar, who is missing Burnley pre-season due to his involvement was named in the Canada side for his first competitive international since they went out of the World Cup after suffering a 8-1 defeat against Honduras last October.
They were expected to beat Martinique tonight in the competitions opening game, played in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, but as the game went into stoppage time it remained goalless.
Then, in the third minute of stoppage time, disaster struck as Fabrice Reuperné scored to give Martinique the points.
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Recently, Cave added an online multiplayer mode to Mushihimesama Bug Panic. Using either local Bluetooth or GameCenter Wi-Fi, you can challenge an opponent to a new, one-on-one Bug Battle mode.
First, you have to beat at least the first set of five stages in Adventure mode, so you can't jump into Bug Battle mode right after installing. Once you're that far, though, the new mode will open up on the main menu.
We had some trouble finding an opponent live on Game Center, so we encourage you to call your friends and set up a match with them instead of looking for a random foe. When you get started, you'll find yourself alone in an arena, swarmed with bugs. Your opponent is facing a similar situation on their screen.
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While we love the live multiplayer action, finding an opponent on GameCenter continues to be the network's Achilles heel. An asynchronous option, where you can play against other players' profiles even if they're not online at the moment, might be a better choice. However, we can't complain too much– this amazing shooter has just gotten even better with this new online mode.
Mushihimesama ("Insect Princess") Bug Panic is the latest shooter to come from the mad scientist designers at Cave, who have recklessly opened a portal to Bullet Hell to use in the planning and production of their games. It's insanely hard at times, but Mushihimesama Bug Panic is also one of the best two-stick shooters on the iPhone.
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Instead of firing outwards in one direction, your right analog stick controls a targeting reticule that you can use to lock on to up to three enemies at a time. If you keep that attack stick pressed down, you'll charge up your attacks from green to yellow, and eventually red. The red bug bombs are rare, and you have to slay a lot of bugs to get the required powerups to use one.
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The end result of this clever control scheme is an absolutely madcap pace of action. You'll have to charge to cause more damage, leaving you temporarily defenseless and forcing you to rely on your movement. And since you can bomb from just about anywhere on the screen, you don't have to have a clear line of sight to cause major destruction.
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After peaking this summer, demand for high-quality horse hay appears to be backing off a bit in the southeastern U.S., reports hay grower Clayton Geralds of Geralds Farms in Munfordville, KY.
"Demand was extremely strong toward the end of July and the first part of August," he says. "Everybody was scared. It wasn't raining and nobody was putting up any hay. We were getting lots of calls. Everybody was trying to get something in their barns. They didn't think there would be any hay to buy this fall."
With several fall rains, starting in mid-September, demand started to slow. "Everything started getting back to normal, and it's stayed that way since. We're not shipping any less or any more hay than we normally do at this time of year."
Geralds, his wife Molly and their son Christopher grow alfalfa, alfalfa-orchardgrass and timothy on 800 acres. They market to horse owners in Kentucky, Georgia, Florida and elsewhere in the eastern U.S. This year, they put up 98,000 small square bales. "We started on our first crop in March, something we've never done before. We hit a dry spell in midsummer, and the hay didn't grow. But we had a very decent fall.
"Our yield overall was down about 10%. But we ended up taking six cuttings on some of our alfalfa fields. Normally, we'll have five."
Currently, good hay in the area is bringing $300/ton at the farm. That's up 10-15% from prices of a year ago. Geralds believes the increase probably has more to do with input-cost increases for growers than with a supply shortage.
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Lakeside Villa on River Strand is a luxury, air conditioned Villa situated on an exclusive gated golf community at Heritage Harbour in Bradenton near
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New York, New York United States | |
Branding | NBC 4 New York or NBC 4 NY(general) 4 New York (secondary) News 4 New York (newscasts) |
Slogan | We're 4 New York (general) We Are New York (secondary) The Now (Is Here) (news) |
Channels | Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 4.1 NBC 4.2 Cozi TV |
Affiliations | NBC (O&O) |
Owner | NBCUniversal (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
Founded | July 1, 1928 (as experimental station W2XBS) |
First air date | July 1, 1941 |
Call letters' meaning | W National Broadcasting Company |
Sister station(s) | WNJU SportsNet New York |
Former callsigns | WNBT (1941–1954) WRCA-TV (1954–1960) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 1 (VHF, 1941-1946) 4 (VHF, 1946–2009) |
Transmitter power | 200.2 kW |
Height | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
Facility ID | 47535 |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
Website | www.nbcnewyork.com |
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New York, New York United States | |
Branding | NBC 4 New York or NBC 4 NY(general) 4 New York (secondary) News 4 New York (newscasts) |
Slogan | We're 4 New York (general) We Are New York (secondary) The Now (Is Here) (news) |
Channels | Digital: 28 (UHF) Virtual: 4 (PSIP) |
Subchannels | 4.1 NBC 4.2 Cozi TV |
Affiliations | NBC (O&O) |
Owner | NBCUniversal (NBC Telemundo License LLC) |
Founded | July 1, 1928 (as experimental station W2XBS) |
First air date | July 1, 1941 |
Call letters' meaning | W National Broadcasting Company |
Sister station(s) | WNJU SportsNet New York |
Former callsigns | WNBT (1941–1954) WRCA-TV (1954–1960) |
Former channel number(s) | Analog: 1 (VHF, 1941-1946) 4 (VHF, 1946–2009) |
Transmitter power | 200.2 kW |
Height | 397 m (1,302 ft) |
Facility ID | 47535 |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°44′54.4″N 73°59′8.4″W / 40.748444°N 73.985667°W |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Public license information: | Profile CDBS |
Website | www.nbcnewyork.com |
WNBC, channel 4, is the flagship station of the NBC Television Network, located in New York City. WNBC is owned by the NBC Owned Television Stations group, and operates as part of a television duopoly with Linden, New Jersey-licensed WNJU (channel 47, an affiliate of the co-owned Telemundo network); both are owned by Comcast subsidiary NBCUniversal, which also holds a minority stake in regional sports network SportsNet New York.
WNBC's studios are co-located with NBC's corporate headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in midtown Manhattan, and its transmitter is based at the Empire State Building. The station is the oldest fully licensed television station in continuous operation in the United States.
In the few areas of the eastern United States where an NBC station is not receivable over-the-air, WNBC is available on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network (the latter carries the station as part of All American Direct's distant network package), which also provides coverage of the station to Latin American and Caribbean countries. It is also carried on certain cable providers in markets where an NBC affiliate is not available, on LiveTV and Dish Network. DirecTV also allows subscribers in the Los Angeles market to receive WNBC for an additional monthly fee.[1]
What is now WNBC traces its history to experimental station W2XBS, founded by the Radio Corporation of America (a co-founder of the National Broadcasting Company), in 1928, just two years after NBC was founded as the first nationwide radio network. Originally a test bed for the experimental RCA Photophone theater television system, W2XBS used the low-definition mechanical television scanning system, and later was used mostly for reception and interference tests. The call letters W2XBS meant W2XB-south, with W2XB being the call letters of the first experimental station, started a few months earlier at General Electric's main factory in Schenectady, New York, Nevertheless, which evolved in later years to commercial station WRGB. GE was the parent company of both RCA and NBC, and technical research was done at the Schenectady plant.[citation needed]
The station left the air sometime in 1933 as RCA turned its attention to all-electronic cathode ray tube (CRT) television research at its Camden, New Jersey facility, under the leadership of Dr. Vladimir K. Zworykin. The station originally broadcast on the frequencies of 2.0 to 2.1 megahertz. In 1929, W2XBS upgraded its transmitter and broadcast facilities to handle transmissions of sixty vertical lines at twenty frames per second, on the frequencies of 2.75 to 2.85 megahertz. In 1928, Felix the Cat was one of the first images ever broadcast by television when RCA chose a papier-mâché (later Bakelite) Felix doll for an experimental broadcast on W2XBS. The doll was chosen for its tonal contrast and its ability to withstand the intense lights needed in early television and was placed on a rotating phonograph turntable and televised for about two hours each day. The doll remained on the turntable for nearly a decade as RCA fine-tuned the picture's definition, and converted to electronic television.[2]
In 1935, the all-electronic CRT system was authorized as a "field test" project and NBC converted a radio studio in the RCA Building (now the GE Building) in New York City's Rockefeller Center for television use. In mid-1936, small-scale, irregularly scheduled programming began to air to an audience of some 75 receivers in the homes of high-level RCA staff, and a dozen or so sets in a closed circuit viewing room in 52nd-floor offices of the RCA Building. The viewing room often hosted visiting organizations or corporate guests, who saw a live program produced in the studios many floors below.
Viewership of early NBC broadcasts was tightly restricted to those authorized by the company, whose installed set base eventually reached about 200. Technical standards for television broadcasting were in flux as well. Between the time experimental transmissions began in 1935 and the beginning of commercial television service in 1941, picture definition increased from 343 to 441 lines, and finally (in 1941) to the 525 line standard used for analog television from the start of full commercial service until the end of analog broadcasts in mid-2009. The sound signal also was changed from AM to FM, and the spacing of sound and vision carriers was also changed several times. Shortly after NBC began a semi-regular television transmission schedule in 1938, DuMont Laboratories announced TV sets for sale to the public, a move that RCA was saving for the opening of the World's Fair on April 30, 1939, the day that regularly scheduled television programming was to begin in New York on NBC with much fanfare. In response, NBC ceased all TV broadcasting for several weeks until RCA sets went on sale and regular NBC telecasts commenced the day the fair opened.
As W2XBS, the station scored numerous "firsts", including the first televised Broadway drama (June 1938), live news event covered by mobile unit (a fire in an abandoned building in November 1938), live telecast of a Presidential speech (Franklin D. Roosevelt opening the 1939 New York World's Fair),[3] the first live telecasts of college and Major League Baseball (both in 1939), the first telecast of a National Football League game (also in 1939), the first telecast of a National Hockey League game (early 1940), and the first network telecast of a political convention (the 1940 Republican National Convention, held June 24–28 in the Philadelphia Civic Center), and the broadcast of the feature film The Crooked Circle on June 18, 1940.[4]
But in the fall of 1940, W2XBS transmissions were temporarily put on hold, as the television industry's leaders continued deliberations on technical standards through the National Committee on Television Standards before reaching consensus on several major issues, including 525-line picture definition, FM audio, a 6-MHz wide channel, asymmetrical-sideband AM video, and 4.5-MHz spacing between the video carrier (nominally 1.25 MHz from the bottom of each channel) and audio carrier (at 5.75 MHz above the lower limit of the channel). Those parameters became standard for television from the spring of 1941 to June 2009 and the adoption of today's all-digital system, and it was that system that W2XBS used when it resumed regularly scheduled programming in the spring of 1941 in preparation for the start of full, commercial operation on July 1, 1941.[citation needed]
On June 24, 1941, W2XBS received a commercial license under the calls WNBT (for "NBC Television"), thus becoming one of the first two fully licensed commercial television stations in the United States, along with CBS' WCBW (channel 2, now WCBS-TV). The NBC and CBS stations were licensed and instructed to sign on simultaneously on July 1 so that neither of the major broadcast companies could claim exclusively to be "first." However, WCBW did not manage to sign on the air until 2:30 p.m., one full hour after WNBT. As a result, WNBC inadvertently holds the distinction as the oldest continuously operating commercial television station in the United States, and also the only one ready to accept sponsors from its beginning.[5] The first program broadcast at 13:00 EST by the sign-on/opening ceremony with the national anthem of the United States of America "The Star Spangled Banner", followed by an announcement of that day's programs and the commencement of NBC television programming.
WNBT originally broadcast on channel 1.[6] On its first day on the air, WNBT broadcast the world's first official television advertisement before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The announcement for Bulova watches, for which the company paid anywhere from $4.00 to $9.00 (reports vary), displayed a WNBT test pattern modified to look like a clock with the hands showing the time. The Bulova logo, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time", was shown in the lower right-hand quadrant of the test pattern while the second hand swept around the dial for one minute.[7][8]
Although full commercial telecasting began on July 1, 1941 with the first paid advertisements on WNBT, there had been experimental, non-paid advertising on television as far back as 1930. NBC's earliest non-paid, television commercials may have been those seen during the first Major League Baseball game ever telecast, a game between Brooklyn and Cincinnati, on August 26, 1939 over W2XBS. In order to secure the rights to show the game on television, NBC allowed each of the Dodgers' regular radio sponsors at the time to have one commercial during the telecast, and these were done by Dodger announcer Red Barber. For Ivory Soap, he held up a bar of the product, for Mobilgas he put on a filling station attendant's cap while giving his spiel, and for Wheaties he poured a bowl of the product, added milk and bananas, and took a big spoonful.[9]
The pioneering special interest/documentary show The Voice of Firestone Televues, a television offshoot of The Voice of Firestone, a mainstay on NBC radio since 1928, became the first regularly scheduled TV program not featuring news or sports, when it began on WNBT on November 29, 1943 (though a one-time-only, trial episode of Truth or Consequences aired on WNBT's first week of programming two years earlier; it eventually returned to TV in the 1950s).
During World War II, RCA diverted key technical TV staff to the U.S. Navy, who were interested in developing a television-guided bomb. WNBT's studio and program staff were placed at the disposal of the New York City Police Department and used for civil defense training telecasts, with only a limited number of weekly programs for general audiences airing during much of the war. Programming began to grow on a small scale during 1944. On April 10, 1944, WNBT began feeding The Voice of Firestone Televues each week to a small network of stations including General Electric-owned WRGB in Schenectady, New York and Philco's WPTZ-TV (now KYW-TV) in Philadelphia,[10] both of which are now affiliated with CBS. This series is considered to be the NBC Television Network's first regularly scheduled program.
On May 8, 1945, WNBT broadcast hours of news coverage on the end of World War II in Europe, and remotes from around New York City. This event was pre-promoted by NBC with a direct-mail card sent to television set owners in the New York City area.[11] At one point, a WNBT camera placed atop the marquee of the Astor Hotel in New York City panned the crowd below celebrating the end of the war in Europe. The vivid coverage was a prelude to television's rapid growth after the war ended. In the spring of 1946, the station changed its frequency from channel 1 to channel 4 after VHF channel 1 was removed from use for television broadcasting. From 1946 to 2009, it occupied the 66–72 MHz band of frequencies which had been designated as "channel 3" in the pre-1946 FCC allocation table but was renumbered Channel 4 in the post-war system (WABD (now WNYW) had been designated as "Channel 4", before that station moved to the current channel 5 but was only required to retune its video and audio carriers downward by 2 MHz under the new system). In October 1948, WNBT's operations were integrated with those of sister station WNBC radio (660 AM, frequency now occupied by WFAN).[citation needed]
The station changed its call letters on October 18, 1954, to WRCA-TV (for NBC's then-parent company, Radio Corporation of America or RCA)[12] and on May 22, 1960, channel 4 became WNBC-TV.[13] NBC had previously used the callsign on its television station in New Britain, Connecticut, from 1957 until it was sold earlier in 1960 (that station is now WVIT, and is once again an NBC-owned station). WNBC-TV also earned a place in broadcasting history as the birthplace of The Tonight Show. It began on the station in 1953 as a local late night program, The Steve Allen Show and NBC executive Sylvester "Pat" Weaver brought it to the network in 1954. Studio 6B, the show's home under Jack Paar, Johnny Carson and today Jimmy Fallon, was the news studio for WNBC while Tonight was produced in Los Angeles.[citation needed]
On June 1, 1992, channel 4 dropped the -TV suffix from its call letters (following the shutdown in 1988 of its sister radio station WNBC-AM by NBC's then-parent company General Electric) and became simply WNBC, with the new branding slogan "4 New York". The accompanying station image campaign was titled We're 4 New York and featured a musical theme composed by Edd Kalehoff. WNBC was rebranded again as "NBC 4" on September 5, 1995, with its newscasts being renamed NewsChannel 4. In March 2008, the "4 New York" branding was revived.
During the September 11, 2001, attacks, the transmitter facilities of WNBC, as well as eight other New York City area television stations and several radio stations, were destroyed when two hijacked airplanes crashed into and destroyed the World Trade Center. WNBC broadcast engineer Bill Steckman died in the tragedy, along with six other engineers from other television stations.[citation needed] After resuming over-the-air transmissions, the station broadcast from the Armstrong Tower in Alpine, New Jersey. Since 2005, WNBC has broadcast its signal from the Empire State Building in midtown Manhattan, returning to the original transmitter site used from the 1930s to the 1970s.
In 2004, WNBC served as the model station for NBC Weather Plus, a 24-hour digital weather channel that aired on its second digital subchannel (4.2) and on several local cable systems; other NBC-owned stations launched their own Weather Plus channels in 2005, although Weather Plus was phased out at the end of 2008.
Channel | Video | Aspect | PSIP Short Name | Programming[14] |
4.1 | 1080i | 16:9 | WNBC-DT | Main WNBC programming / NBC |
4.2 | 480i | Cozi TV | Cozi TV |
On December 20, 2012, WNBC and other NBC-owned stations began carrying Cozi TV. It replaced NBC (New York) Nonstop, which had been carried on digital subchannel 4.2 since 2009.
WNBC also has a Mobile DTV feed of subchannel 4.2, labelled "WNBC Mobile", broadcasting at 1.83 Mbit/s.[15][16]
WNBC discontinued regular programming on its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, as part of the federally mandated transition from analog to digital television.[17] The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 28,[18] using PSIP to display WNBC's virtual channel as 4 on digital television receivers. Since the station qualified for the nightlight clause in the DTV Delay Act,[19] it was required to keep its analog signal on for two weeks to inform viewers of the digital television transition. From June 12 to June 26, 2009, the analog signal consisted of a loop of digital transition public service announcements while the digital channel was used for normal programming. WNBC's analog feed signed off at 11:00 a.m. on June 26, with a montage of historic test patterns and NBC logos, set to the NBC Nightly News theme from the early 1980s, culminating with the word "GOODBYE."[20] Then, the screen cut to static.
WNBC has been long active in community events, including airing the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, The National Puerto Rican Day Parade (until 2006, when coverage moves to WNYW), The Columbus Day Parade (Until 2010, when coverage moves to WABC-TV), the Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting, sponsoring an annual two-day Health & Fitness Expo Fair at Metlife Stadium every summer, between 1995 and 2011, has been the exclusive local English-language carrier of the annual New York City Marathon(WABC-TV has aired the marathon since 2013), from 2010 to 2014, the station is proud to be an Official local broadcast partner of Discovery Times Square, then from 2012 to 2014, the station along with the New York Daily News has having partnerships with Mount Sinai Health System (Live Well New York) and Popular Community Bank (Popular Tips), and during the Holiday Season, the station is made famous for its annual Holiday Sing-Along. The station also produces Visiones, a weekly segment about Hispanic culture, that also airs in Spanish on sister Telemundo station WNJU, and Positively Black, a weekly segment about Black American culture.
Syndicated programming seen on WNBC including The Meredith Vieira Show, Steve Harvey, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Joel Osteen, Extra, Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live, among others. Because of its ownership by the network, WNBC generally carries the entire NBC network schedule, the station does not clear the entirety of NBC's weekday overnight lineup – it does not clear the rebroadcast of the fourth hour of Today and the network's broadcast of CNBC's Mad Money, opting to air syndicated progamming instead, and though Weekend Today is broadcast an hour later (at 9 a.m.) on Sunday than most NBC stations in the Eastern United States, due to an hour-long Sunday morning newscast. Occasionally on Christmas Day each year, the station airs Music and the Spoken Word, which is also aired on other NBC-owned stations. As of August 2010, WNBC is one of three NBC-owned stations that distributes programming either nationally and/or regionally (along with KNTV and KNBC).
WNBC currently served as the official flagship carrier of New York Giants football games (co-produced by MSG Network); with rival WWOR-TV served as the alternate carrier during the Summer Olympic Games and formerly served as the official flagship carrier of New York Jets football games (with games produced by co-owned regional sports network SportsNet New York) until rights to Jets games moved to WCBS-TV).
WNBC presently broadcasts 32 hours of locally-produced newscasts each week (with five hours on weekdays, 3½ hours each on Saturdays and Sundays); it also produces a 60 minute newscast at 7 p.m. weeknights for its Cozi TV subchannel on digital channel 4.2.
From the late 1960s through the 1980s, WNBC was involved in a fierce three-way battle with WCBS-TV and WABC-TV for the top spot in the New York television ratings. This continued during a lean period for NBC as a whole. WNBC's hallmark over the years has been strong coverage of breaking stories and straight news products that also feature light-hearted and/or entertainment elements (such as Live at Five and Today in New York). Many of WNBC's personalities have been at the station for over 20 years. Chuck Scarborough has been the station's main anchor since 1974. From 1980 to 2012, he was teamed with Sue Simmons at 11 p.m., and the two were the longest-serving anchor team in New York City television history. Senior correspondent Gabe Pressman has been at the station since 1956, except for a seven-year stint (from 1972 to 1979) at WNEW-TV (now WNYW).
WNBC-TV was the first major-market station in the country to have success with a 5 p.m. newscast, adding that program to its Sixth Hour show at 6 p.m. in 1974 and renaming all of its local newscasts NewsCenter 4 (three other NBC owned-and-operated stations in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, also adopted the NewsCenter name). The moniker remained until September 1, 1980, when the newscasts were renamed News 4 New York. Shortly before then the 5 p.m. program was renamed Live at Five, and the hour was reformatted from a straight news program into a mix of news and celebrity interviews. Live at Five eventually became the most-successful local program in New York City, a feat that resulted in landing the show's hosts on the cover of New York magazine.
For most of the time from 1980 to 1990, WNBC-TV used various themes written by Edd Kalehoff. His theme for News 4 New York was based on a synthesized version of the NBC chimes, with a graphics package featuring a lightning bolt striking its logo from 1980 to 1990, a fancy die-cut "4". In 1992, the station began calling itself 4 New York and the campaign song, written by Edd Kalehoff, was quickly adopted as the theme for the newscast. The theme was briefly brought back after the September 11 attacks in 2001. In 1995, after the station rebranded itself as "NBC 4" and its newscasts as Newschannel 4, Kalehoff wrote a new theme called "NBC Stations" featuring the NBC chimes, the chime sequence is the musical notes G-E-C. It remained in use for eight years, along with a graphics package using a simple red line for the lower thirds.[citation needed]
The 2003 graphics package was created by Emmy Award-winner Randy Pyburn of Pyburn Films. Pyburn has produced several promotions for the station and the now-defunct Jane's New York specials hosted by former WNBC reporter Jane Hanson. The graphics package was also used on other NBC stations. The music was written by Rampage Music and featured a brassy version of the NBC chimes, and lower thirds featured a shimmering peacock (fellow NBC O&O KNTV adopted the theme in 2007 and currently uses the same variant of LA Groove used by WNBC). In March 2008, concurrent with the restoration of the 4 New York branding, the newscasts began to be called News 4 New York once more.[21]
Many WNBC personalities have appeared, and have also moved up to the NBC network, including: Marv Albert, Len Berman, Contessa Brewer, Chris Cimino, Darlene Rodriguez, Maurice DuBois, Joelle Garguilo, Tony Guida, Jim Hartz, Janice Huff, Matt Lauer, Tom Llamas, Al Roker, Scarborough and Tom Snyder. In the past, Albert, Berman, DuBois, Guida, Roker, Lauer, Llamas, Scarborough and Snyder have worked at Channel 4 and at NBC at the same time. Rodriguez, Brewer, Cimino and Garguilo currently do them. One popular monthly feature is Berman's "Spanning the World", a reel of odd and interesting sports highlights from the past month, including a recorded introduction and closing by legendary NBC staff announcer Don Pardo. This segment airs on Today on a monthly basis.
When Simmons joined the station in early 1980, she was paired with Scarborough on both the 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts. However, for most of the time until 2005, WNBC's weeknight anchor rotation had Simmons and another male anchor (including Jack Cafferty, Guida, Lauer, and briefly Scarborough) at 5 p.m.; Scarborough and various anchors (John Hambrick, Pat Harper, and Michele Marsh among them) at 6 p.m.; and Scarborough and Simmons together at 11 p.m. That changed in 2005 as Live at Five anchor Jim Rosenfield jumped back to WCBS-TV, where he had once been the noon and 5 p.m. anchor and took on the role as lead anchor for their 5 and 11 p.m. newscasts.
Former reporter Perri Peltz returned to WNBC to co-anchor Live at Five with Simmons, making New York City one of the few large markets with two female anchors on an evening newscast. The move harkened back to three decades earlier, when the station paired Pia Lindström with Melba Tolliver on its 5 p.m. news hour, creating one of the first all-female anchor teams on a major-market American television station.[22] It was short-lived as Simmons and Peltz were both displaced from Live at Five because of changes in the station's early evening news lineup that went into effect on March 12, 2007: David Ushery and Lynda Baquero became co-anchors of a truncated, 30-minute-long Live at Five broadcast, followed by Peltz with a 30-minute, soft-news program, News 4 You. Simmons was moved to co-anchor at 6 p.m. with Scarborough. On September 13, 2006, WNBC became the first New York City television station to broadcast its newscasts in high definition. On May 5, 2007, WNBC brought back its popular campaign song "We're 4 New York", composed by Kalehoff, after nearly six years off air (after the September 11, 2001, attacks).[23]
In early Autumn 2007, additional changes were brought to WNBC's early-evening lineup. On September 10, the station moved the newsmagazine series Extra to 5 p.m., and cancelled Live at Five. News 4 You remained at 5:30 p.m., but was replaced on October 15, 2007 with a traditional newscast, anchored by Simmons and Michael Gargiulo. The 6 p.m. newscast became anchored by Ushery and Baquero, and New York Nightly News, a new half-hour newscast with Scarborough as sole anchor, debuted at 7 p.m.
Unfortunately, these changes did not result to an increase in WNBC's ratings in the November 2007 sweeps period. The most shocking of WNBC's ratings decreases was its 11 p.m. newscast which fell to third place, behind WCBS and WABC.[24] WNBC altered its 5:00-6:00 p.m. hour on January 2, 2008, swapping the half-hour news at 5:30 with Extra. On March 9, 2009, with the launch of New York Nonstop on digital subchannel 4.2, New York Nightly News was moved to the subchannel and expanded to one hour, while Extra was moved back to 7 p.m. and a full hour of news returned to the 5 p.m. hour. Still, WNBC's ratings struggled: during the March 2009 sweeps period, its newscasts were a distant third in all time slots except weekday mornings.
On May 7, 2008, NBC Universal announced plans for a major restructuring of WNBC's news department. The centerpiece of the restructuring was the creation of a 24-hour all-news channel on WNBC's second digital subchannel (4.2). Channel 4's news operations were revamped and melded into the all-news channel, which serve as a "content center" for the station's various local distribution platforms. The digital news channel was launched on March 9, 2009. In the fall of 2008, WNBC started beta-testing a new website which was apparently poised to be one of the major platforms for the content center. On November 17, 2008, WNBC moved its news studio from Studio 6B to 7E and rolled out a new set design, graphics package and theme song written by veteran TV composer Frank Gari. This move came after months of planning of the new content newsroom with its 24-hour news digital subchannel. It was also their debut of the updated "4 New York" logo, using letters in Media Gothic Bold font.[25]
On June 16, 2009, WNBC announced that its 5 p.m. newscast would be replaced in September by a one-hour daily lifestyle and entertainment show by LXTV entitled LX New York. After this change, WNBC, with only three hours per day of local news, had the shortest airtime devoted to local news of any "big three" network-owned station. In the fall of 2009, WNBC began sharing its news helicopter with Fox owned-and-operated WNYW (channel 5) as part of a Local News Service agreement. The SkyFox HD helicopter operated by WNYW when used by WNBC was called "Chopper 4" on-air. This agreement ended in 2012, with WNBC returning to use its own helicopter upon the expiration of the contract.[26] In the summer of 2010, The Debrief with David Ushery began to air on Sunday at noon on WNBC after launching on New York Nonstop; it now airs Sunday mornings at 5:30 a.m.
LX New York was renamed to New York Live on May 26, 2011. The program was set to move to 3 p.m. on September 12, 2011; at that time, WNBC would resume airing a 5 p.m. newscast.[27] However, due to Hurricane Irene, the 5 p.m. newscast's start date was moved up to August 29, 2011, with New York Live moving to its new 3 p.m. slot then.[28] On November 18, 2011, WNBC launched a noon newscast that replaced The Rundown with Russell and Llamas as the anchors.[29]
In December 2011, WNBC struck a news partnership with nonprofit news-reporting organization ProPublica. The organization, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010, has already had partnerships with several media outlets including USA Today, Reader's Digest, HuffPost and Businessweek. However, ProPublica's reports are incorporated across all NBC O&O stations, not just WNBC. This is part of larger efforts for NBCUniversal's television stations to partner with nonprofit news organizations following its acquisition by Comcast.[30]
WNBC relocated from Studio 7E to Studio 3C (the studio previously used by NBC Nightly News, which now originates from Studio 3B) on April 21, 2012. Channel 4 also updated its graphics and switched to the "L.A. Groove" theme that has been in use by sister station KNBC.[31] On June 15, 2012, Sue Simmons left WNBC as her contract with the station had not been renewed.[32] In January 2013, the station expanded its Sunday 11 p.m. newscasts to one hour, possibly to compete with WABC who expanded its late news in January 2012.[33]
In December 1998, WNBC's previous Chopper4 news helicopter crashed into the Passaic River near Harrison, New Jersey and Newark, New Jersey. There were no serious injuries. It should be noted that this crash was with a new Chopper 4 that WNBC had purchased earlier that year, which was an upgrade over the previous one (which returned to action after the crash).
On May 4, 2004, the station's helicopter Chopper 4 crashed while covering a shooting in Brooklyn. Reporter Andrew Torres, pilot Russ Cowry and pilot trainee Hassan Taan survived the crash and were taken to area hospitals. The crash occurred at about 6:30 p.m. as the crew was preparing for a live report from the scene of a shooting in East Flatbush. Before the cut-in, Chopper 4 appeared to begin a steep nosedive.[35]
On March 27, 2008, after the 7:00 p.m. newscast, the station scrapped the program Access Hollywood in favor of a Paid Infomercial by Lend America but including the station's Infomercial disclamer at the start. Joe Avellar, a former reporter at the station which he dropped in 2006 was seen in the ad. A day later, a spokeswoman for the station told New York Daily News that the spot won't be seen again in the near future. According to some rival stations, the station took in $130,000 for the half-hour, which generated minuscule ratings.[36] Dan Foreman, the station's News Director resigned in February prior to the incident. The station's general manager, Frank Comerford, who later become the Chief Revenue Officer and President Commercial Operations at NBC Owned Television Stations, also resigned due to the incident. 4 days later on April 1, 2008, Vicky Burns becomes the News Director and Tom O' Brien became the general manager of the station after the incident. Tom O' Brien is currently the EVP for Digital Media at Nexstar Broadcasting Group. On April 9, 2008, Lead America told Daily News they wanted to used him again. 5 months later on August 24, 2008, the station dropped the We're 4 New York song promos in the wake of the controversy.
On May 12, 2008, the 11:00 p.m. news anchor Sue Simmons said the f-word during the teasers but the goof prompted Simmons to shout off-camera, "What the f--k are you doing?", then the screen then went black. During the newscast Simmons apologized, "I have to acknowledge an unfortunate incident," she told viewers. "I used a word that many people find offensive. It was a mistake I made and I'm truly sorry." The spokeswoman for the station and the network officials had no comment on the incident.[37]
On February 5, 2012, the station premiered the I-Team promo during NBC Sports' coverage of Super Bowl XLVI featuring former NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly, but later on the day after the Super Bowl, they edited out Kelly's clip due to some complaints from rival WCBS-TV. However, the spokesman declined to comment, and criticisms arose from WABC-TV, WNYW and WPIX, the station's rivals. Station's General Manager Michael Jack said in the statement that "our investigative team is among the most experienced in the industry, and to suggest that the station won't cover the NYPD fairly, accurately and with balance simply because the commissioner appeared in a station promotional spot is simply not true".[38] following the promo was edited out at the station, Lynda Baquero resigned from the investigative team but continued as a reporter for the station. She was replaced by Pei-Sze Cheng and Jonathan Vigliotti.


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