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Larry Tilley 90 Degree Board on Fox 8 TV WGHP

The Fox 8 TV WGHP news and Blog team do good for people. They really know how to make viewers become part of the news. The Web Team makes discussing news and current events possible and the TV crew knows how to make a person feel important. I was really impressed 7/29/08 when Van Denton the evening Meteorologist went out of his way to mention Larry Tilley had given him an idea. Van had a subtitle and a new layout for Larry Tilley’s 90 degree board and thanked him for the idea. Then the anchors Neill McNeill and Julie Luck went on to mention they wanted a board named after them. Van Denton had time left to mention his Son’s Birthday. I have no idea if Larry Tilley has access to video or not but thought he might like to save the clip. So I made time to cut this for him. 

Anyone that knows Larry can download the clip from here:

http://tinyurl.com/larrytilley90degreeboardonfox

I cut it in .avi .mpg and .wmv.  There are five videos because I cut three different formats with a subtitle and two extra without a subtitle.  If Larry wants  a DVD so he can play it on his TV have him shoot me an e-mail to the address in my  Fox profile.

Fox 8 Storm Watchers Need Home

If you are having problems getting the video to play, please click on the blue hyper-link title just above the video.

Here is the scoop on Aros and Cody:
Aros is about 5 years old and is a purebred German import. He comes from champion lines, but he was turned in because, according to the breeder ... he has no drive. That sounds fishy-so I don't know what the scoop really is, but he does look like a champion import line. He hates cats, was kicked by a horse recently, and has a very large prey drive/not play drive (so he likes to kill squirrels, but not chase a ball) ... but we'll work on that. He can sit ( sitz), down (platz), stay (bliphe), and heel (foos). He does well at the park and in the house and car. He is an excellent deterrent to crime since he looks like a killer ... but he is just a big baby. Now .... He needs a very alpha owner because if he does want something, he will use all his 80 pounds to get it (like the cat and squirrels). With an alpha owner, he is a big baby. He just had mouth surgery to remove a canine and some molars that were broken by the horse kick, he has a few cysts that the vet was going to take care of then (one on his left neck, one on his lower back, and one on one of his sides), but didn't get to because the surgery was so long. Nothing to worry about, they just need to be excised by the vet.

Cody is a Ferrell girl. They don't know much about her except that she looks like a coyote and is about 7 mths old. Animal control wanted to put her down because they thought she could never live with people in a house. Wrong! She is scared of everything and needs Aros around to protect her. She has had accidents in her crate when she is scared, but basically is housebroken. She loves her crate and as long as she has access to it, she is fine.

More Aros and Cody video and photos:

http://tinyurl.com/5c967b

http://tinyurl.com/638o54

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Contact:
nobleshepherdrescue . com/
Video Editing:
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Inspired by:
community . myfoxwghp . com/

More Pets of The Week!

We hope Roger found a home!

http://tinyurl.com/5vulrz

Penguins Fly Southwest, The Funny Byrd and Rusty Interiors!

This story set off a mash-up of my family and friends! My wife loves Penguins! She doesn’t just love any Penguin though. We’ve seen a story on these traveling Penguins before. We were both thrilled to see Southwest Airlines use them to promote a new flight! My brother is a pilot for Southwest. This story reminds me I need to get some inside info on the troubles the airlines are having.

My friend Rusty Cooke is a talented artist and musician. My Wife and I are currently flipping our house. Rusty is painting our walls. He’s not just an ordinary painter. He does unique designs for interiors.

My new friends from The Band, Se7en South provide some snazzy Jazz to move my slide show right along! The Song Happy Pizza Oven comes from their album:

Alblumo Duo

Harmless Little Radio Waves

se7ensouth.blogspot.com/

se7ensouth.com/home.html

cdbaby.com/cd/se7ensouth

The Fire Byrd!

Just like The Flash, Fox Weather’s Meteorologist, Emily Byrd Carries The Torch for:

Greensboro’s Bicentennial Torch Run

Featuring:

The Greensboro Running Club

The Southside Running Club

http://tinyurl.com/2guxlz

What impressed me the most after switching shifts and running a marathon was the way Emily Byrd plugged the event and the special clubs!

I just noticed something, Just at the scene change and the sphere transition it looks like the shadow of the cameraman running backwards. Is he?

I promise, before I saw this thread:

http://tinyurl.com/2etm8c

I caught Miss Byrd singing. I enjoyed it so much, I copied it, made her dance and googled how she makes watching the weather report fun. From a Googled post I can get an embedded code. A googled code doesn't spike the video with unknown extras. I was holding back to post it to My Newsroom until I received permission to post, but after reading this I have to post it. I will take it down if I am out of line.

If Dancing on the news gets blocked, How does one handle all the Brutality, murders, robberies, rapes, gang violence and War. I am grateful for a News Team that is Brave enough to bring us positive news. A news team that rescues animals that need homes. An upbeat team where each member has some sort of hidden talents. A team whose personalities are real and not manufactured.

Thanks Emily Byrd and The Fox Team for adding a spark to The Triad!

Emily Byrd From Fox 8 WGHP's Weather Team makes watching The Weather Fun!

http://tinyurl.com/2guxlz

Emily Byrd Fox 8 WGHP Weather

Byrd Watcher: Shane K Smith

http://community.myfoxwghp.com/blogs/ShaneKSmith

Cocoa The Warrior Princess!

When I saw Tom Britt’s Orange Barrel report on myfoxwghp.com, it made me think of my friend Bello Nock of Ringling Brothers and Daniel Reeves of The make a Wish Foundation. Bello recently gave 6 year old Daniel Reeves a Bello Action Figure. Daniel Has Leukemia. Fox could begin selling Action Figures when you do your school shows! Recycle Highway Department Cones! Awesome way to make the best of a cold icy job!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/danielcleburnereeves

http://bellonock.com/

http://shanesflyingdiscshow.com/

Speaking of Marathons, let’s hope The Oak Hill Capital Partners gives Emily Byrd her own live-in suite at the studio.  How about a generous hunk of that 1.1 billion!? Besides gaining publicity for Fox with her running Marathons I am wondering when she ever sleeps. Somehow she even manages elfing around with Danny and Julie!  From the luxury of my home I see her on at 5am all through the morning, then again through the afternoon up until after 11pm.  If she gets to work at 3am or 4am to put on her show face that leaves a good 2 maybe three hours for sleep. When that studio light comes on it takes a real pro to keep that Show Face!
Fly well and try to stay awake on the road to and from work.