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On The Mick TV show, Mackenzie “Mickey” Murphy (Kaitlin Olson) is a brash, two-bit hustler from Rhode Island. She visits her estranged wealthy sister and brother-in-law, looking for a handout. But, when they leave the country suddenly to escape federal fraud charges, Mickey is left to take care of her spoiled niece and nephews (Sofia Black-D’Elia, Thomas Barbusca, and Jack Stanton). Can she have a positive impact on their lives? The FOX cast also includes Carla Jimenez and Susan Park.
2/21 update: FOX has renewed The Mick for a second season. Details here.
5/3 update: You can see the rest of the latest night’s ratings.
What do you think? Do you like The Mick TV show? Do you think it should be cancelled or renewed for a second season?
Great show hope it survives… one of a few shows I go home to watch… well written… hysterical at times!!! Keep it on…please!
People are way too sensitive this show is hilarious anybody with a sense of humor and some brain cells would know its just a joke … Please make season 2 !!!!!! If Family Guy can last on the air all these years with the amount of trash that goes on in that show yet no one cares then so can The Mick!!! Keep it on the air Fox!!
I was appalled tonight with the scene where Nanny with holds the breathing inhaler from the child who was having an asthma attack, as a bargaining tool to get the kid to tell her who Keyed the Rolls Royce.
Just terrible! And insensitive! A child gasping for Air is not Funny!
Fox you have outdone yourself with this show!
Highly disappointed, but what can we expect when they take morality away? Thumbs down for low morality.
I think ‘The Mick’ on FOX was one the funniest shows I’ve seen in a very very long time! I absolutely love it and I hope that I will get to see a second season! !!!
The lead Actress, is not like-able, not funny serious looking when trying to be funny I give this sitcom a thumbs down..
The words courage, patriotism and inspiration get thrown around rather loosely in today's vernacular. It can be rare in see an individual who truly encapsulates at least one or two of those traits.
But a former Dinwiddie High School student/athlete is the personification of the words - courage, patriotism and inspiration - and you won't get much debate from anyone who has ever met the remarkable young man.
On April 7, Marine Cpl. Matthew Bradford made Marine history by becoming the first blind double-amputee to re-enlist. The historic event came six days after his promotion from lance corporal.
He has no legs and no eyesight, but Bradford now has four more years of military service ahead of him. Bradford was sworn in by Lt. Col. David Barnes on April 7 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, about a few hundred feet away from the Center for the Intrepid, a state-of-the-art rehabilitation facility that was dedicated only 11 days prior to Bradford's arrival following his combat injuries.
"I am glad the Marines are taking care of him," said his father, David Bradford. "This helps keep my inspiration up and he will be able to do great things for the Marines. I know he is excited and he will do great things with the wounded soldiers he will be working with."
It was a brief ceremony, delayed about 20 minutes, because of Vice President Joe Biden's visit and afterward Bradford vowed to be a Marine "for as long as I can."
The 2005 Dinwiddie High School graduate was severely injured in Iraq on Jan. 18, 2007, while on patrol in Haditha. An improvised explosive device detonated near Bradford and others.
After years at the Center for the Intrepid, a $50 million privately funded center, Bradford has learned to walk with prosthetic limbs and navigate without his vision, and he only regrets from his re-enlistment day was that he can't return to combat duty in Iraq.
Bradford will soon leave Fort Sam Houston and head to Camp Lejeune, N.C., where he will work with wounded Marines in hopes of helping them cope with a variety of issues including anger, depression and despair.
"I'm paving the road for the rest of them who want to stay in but think they can't," Bradford told the San Antonio Express-News on his special day. "I'm ready to get back to work."
At the Center for the Intrepid, Bradford had memorized the number of steps it took to get wherever he was going in the third-floor physical therapy department. The center, according to his mother Debbie Bradford, had become his "comfort zone."
It wasn't too long ago that Bradford was back in Dinwiddie County and being honored at halftime of a Dinwiddie football game during the Generals' state-championship runner-up season. The former honor roll student received a standing ovation in 2008 as he entered the playing field with Dinwiddie Athletic Director Chad Knowles.
After the game, he had a chance to meet up with Generals football team and coach Billy Mills after they came out of the locker room. Both Knowles and Mills acknowledge they were in the presence of greatness.
It was obvious then that he was clearly making his way back from that horrific day in Iraq.
Later that same month, Bradford joined President George W. Bush and the first lady in New York during the rededication ceremony of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York on Nov. 11, 2008.
During the ceremony, Bradford sat next to then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. Along with the Bushes and Clinton, Bradford had the opportunity to meet New York Gov. David A. Paterson, the first legally blind governor of a state.
It was January 2007, during a visit by President George W. Bush at the Center for the Intrepid, that Bradford caught the attention of the president while climbing the center's 35-foot artificial rock wall. Bush watched the multiple amputee Marine climb a rock wall and plant the Marine Corp flag at the top during his visit to the center.
Bradford credited his years of playing football at Dinwiddie and basketball as a youth, and the never-give-up attitude of the Marine Corps, with preparing him for his recovery. He's learned to read Braille and works on a computer with the aid of special software. Also, he received a promotion to corporal, based on leadership.
Bradford, 23, was the most seriously injured in the Iraq explosion on Jan. 18, 2007, and was immediately flown to Germany and then on to the national Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., in very serious condition.
The explosion severed his left leg. The damage to his right leg forced doctors to amputate it. Shrapnel ripped through his left eye, and the blast detached the retina in his right, leaving him completely blind. He also suffered a broken right hand and shrapnel wounds to his intestines.
Bradford spent three weeks in a medically induced coma and the next 18 months recovering.
However, the injuries did not make Bradford sit around and feel sorry. It pushed him to do more. Since the explosion and ensuing injuries, he has lived life to the fullest. He has participated in jet skiing, water skiing, rock climbing, surfing, scuba diving and skydiving.
Forever upbeat, Bradford said he had no regrets about his first tour of duty and looks forward to the second.
Bradford completed last year's Marine Corps Marathon on a hand cycle. He also led the Tunnel to Towers race in New York City and received the George Van Cleave Military Leadership Award at the 48th USO Armed Forces Gala.
Now, he's living a life that does not rely on others for support, care or funds.
In fact, just recently Bradford was able to enjoy one of his true loves - hunting - and has been both deer hunting and turkey hunting. With the help of another Marine to give him the coordinates and location of the deer, the sightless Bradford was able to kill a deer.
According to Stars and Stripes, the independent news source for the U.S. Military Community, Bradford's inspirational story has even reached people through Donald Trump's television show "Celebrity Apprentice." One of the contestants met with Bradford and was so moved by his story, he raised $750,000 to support the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, the charity that funds the facility that helped care for Bradford.
Knowles, the Dinwiddie athletic director, knows firsthand the greatness of Bradford. On more than one occasion, Knowles has called Bradford his own personal hero.
"Matt personifies self-sacrifice and courage," Knowles said. "Matt played sports for what he could add to the team and to enjoy being a part of the team. He was not there to be in the spotlight or to be the star.
"He has shown this same selflessness in his military career. He joined the Marines to serve his country and be a part of the Marine Corps. After his injuries, he has sought to help others and continue to serve his country and others. When he came home, we talked and he was upbeat and he wanted to stay in the Marines and help others that have been injured.
"This is why he is my hero. He has every reason to be bitter and feel like he is owed. That is not his attitude at all. His character is evident and has been a major factor in his recovery. The Lord has a plan for Matt and he will touch countless lives in a positive way with his character and courage. I know the school and the community feel he is a hero and appreciate his sacrifice and are hoping his recovery continues."
According to Knowles, the core of Bradford's story is his character, and his character has been revealed by his ordeal.
"His mental and physical toughness is obvious," Knowles explained. "As an educator you want to teach young people to be better individuals. That starts with character. I always tell young people that character counts. I also always remind them of the old saying that adversity does not build character, it reveals character.
"Matt has demonstrated incredible character. Look at what he has already overcome and I expect many more great things from Matt. He is a patriot, there is no question about that. He still desires to serve his country. He also re-defines courage. We cannot even begin to relate to what he has been through and overcome. He takes courage to a whole other level."
In these times of education and athletic cutbacks, Bradford could serve as a reminder of why administrations and school boards should think twice about cutting back on a student-athlete's future. From the ashes of Dinwiddie County rose a phoenix.
"Matt is one of the athletes that you are most proud of in your career," Knowles said. "I use him as an example for all the things - character, courage, toughness - and he is and was a great teammate. He is a guy you want on your team.
"I mention him and his story quite often. I was recently at a state athletics administrator's board of directors meeting. We start every meeting with an activity. It was Veterans Day and we were asked to share how a member of the military had touched our lives. When it was my turn I told Matt's story and how he has inspired me. The room went silent and the group was visibly moved. That is how his story affected people."
Knowles said it is not hard to imagine how meeting Bradford and talking with him can impact people.
"When I heard Matt has re-enlisted with the Marines it was like hearing a former Dinwiddie athlete had signed a professional sports contract," Knowles said. "The big difference is he has sacrificed so much more and instead of Matt receiving a million dollar contract, Matt will be giving other wounded soldiers his support and guidance and that gift is priceless. That makes me very proud to say he is a Dinwiddie General. I am proud that Matt felt his experience playing sports at Dinwiddie has had a positive impact on him. That was important for me and our entire athletic staff to hear."
Plants differ from other living things in one important respect: You can improve a plant's vigor by removing healthy parts of it. This is what pruning is all about. You carefully remove parts of the plant - even healthy parts - to make it healthier still or more attractive, or to improve other qualities, such as its fruit-bearing ability.It's important to point out that the emphasis here is on improvement, not removal. While tools like chain saws can be effective pruning devices, they are principally designed for large-scale removal. This article examines shearlike pruning tools meant for improving your plants. Some more specifics are in order here.
The two pages that follow show a selection of 11 pruning tools. The tools pictured on the left are known as anvil types, and those on the right are known as bypass types. Anvil pruners and loppers have a blade that closes against an anvil on the lower jaw. The anvil is a softer metal than the blade. Bypass pruners and loppers have a blade that sweeps past the lower jaw. There's an important difference between the two.
Anvil loppers and pruners tend to crush the material that is being cut and are used where cleanliness of cut is not as important as removal. This occurs when cutting dead material or making preparatory cuts - those cuts that occur before the final cut is made. For example, in some cases you shorten a branch before removing it. The preparatory cuts are those that reduce the branch's length before making the final cut. At other times, naturally fallen or pruned branches will need to be cut into fireplace lengths or shortened for disposal. Use anvil pruners and loppers to make all these cuts, as well as for thinning brush.
A bypass pruner or lopper is reserved for cuts that affect the health of the plant. It should be kept razor sharp - again, save the grunt work for anvil pruners and loppers.
Finally, pruning tools that are used in one hand are known as pruners (or hand shears) while large tools that require you to use both hands are known as loppers.
This tool has both a ratcheting bypass lopper blade and an aggressive curved saw blade mounted on the end of a telescoping fiberglass handle. The bypass loping blade can cut 1 1/2-in.-dia. limbs, the manufacturer says. The drive mechanism is a double pulley and lever with a nylon cord and wood handle. The pole extends to 12 ft. To use the lopper, you hook its jaw around a limb and pull on the handle until the lopper blade stops cutting. Then you release pressure and allow the spring-return ratchet mechanism to click forward one notch. You repeat the process until you have cut through the branch. It costs about $70 at home centers, hardware stores and garden centers. Contact Union Tools, 500 Dublin Ave., P.O. Box 1930, Columbus, OH 43216.
To get a more powerful pruning tool, you would have to use one that is hydraulically or pneumatically driven. The manufacturer of this ratcheting anvil lopper claims it will cut a 2-in.-dia. branch with ease, and that its cutting force is seven times what you apply. To use it, you hook the lower jaw around the branch, keep the handle with the red grip stationary and pump the green handle up and down. When the blade sinks into the branch, release pressure on the green handle, and back it off until the ratchet clicks into position. Then repeat this until you drive the blade through the branch. The ruggedly built tool is made out of high-carbon steel, and it has ash handles. It costs $149 postpaid. Contact American Standard, 157 Water St., Southington, CT 06489; 800-275-3618.
Aside from a ratchet action, there are two other ways to increase a lopper's cutting force. One is a compound-action hinge, and the other is increasing handle length. This anvil lopper has both features. To extend or retract its handles, you turn them to the unlock position and then push them in or out, and lock them in position again. It's also helpful to be able to extend the handle length from 18 to 31 in. for increased reach to high branches or when making cuts well inside thickly branched shrubs. The tool has an adjustable and replaceable anvil, and its blade is Teflon-coated to reduce the tendency of tree sap to stick to it. It costs about $42 at hardware stores, home centers and garden centers. Contact Ames Lawn and Garden Tools, P.O. Box 1774, Parkersburg, WV 26102; 800-624-2654.
There's something to be said for a tool that's simple and direct, as in the case of this inexpensive anvil lopper. It's rated for 1 1/2-in.-dia. branches, and its blade is beveled on both sides to decrease cutting resistance. Note that its large anvil is adjustable. This allows you to position it for a clean cut as the blades wear and are resharpened. It costs about $42 at hardware stores and home centers. Contact Ames Lawn and Garden Tools, P.O. Box 1774, Parkersburg, WV 26102; 800-624-2654.
This 15-in.-long lopper weighs only 13 ounces, but it's surprisingly powerful due to the geared cutting head and handle. Its blade is stainless steel, and the body and jaw are glass fiber-reinforced plastic. It's rated to cut a 1 1/2-in.-dia. branch. It costs about $30 at hardware stores and home centers. Contact Fiskars, Lawn & Garden Division, 780 Carolina St., Sauk City, WI 53583; 800-500-4849.
This anvil pruner has serrations on its anvil to hold a flower stem or branch firmly as the blade closes on it. In the case of flower stems, the serrations also roughen the stem slightly to allow increased water penetration, and the stem crusher on the inside of the handle further improves the cut stem's water pickup. Note that the tool has a blunt tip so that you can slide it into a pocket or into a work apron. To make it comfortable to use, its top handle is covered with rubber. Regardless of whether you are right- or left-handed, the tool should work for you because its blade latch is accessible from both sides of the handle. It costs about $20 at hardware stores and home centers. Contact Union Tools, 500 Dublin Ave., P.O. Box 1930, Columbus, OH 43216.
This small, lightweight pruner is a study in mechanical efficiency. Made by the same manufacturer as the ratcheting lopper, it's designed to have a cutting force seven times that which you apply to the handle. Despite its light weight and almost delicate looks, the manufacturer says the 3 1/2-ounce tool will cut a 3/4-in.-dia. branch. The reason is the blade. In a process called austempering, the high-carbon steel blade is treated to make it very tough and chip resistant, yet able to be resharpened. The tool's body is glass fiber-reinforced nylon. It costs $34.95 postpaid from American Standard, 157 Water St., Southington, CT 06489; 800-275-3618.
This tool takes a basic approach to providing maximum cutting power and performance. First, its ash handles are about 2 ft. long. Suedelike rubber grips on the handles' ends help you get a good grasp of the tool. When you close the handles together, the branch is trapped by the hook-shaped lower jaw as the scimitar-shaped blade makes a shearing cut through it. The blade has a nonstick coating to keep sap from accumulating on it, and this not only reduces the drag on the blade, but it makes the blade easier to keep clean, which ensures that cuts heal properly. To reduce the jolt you feel when the branch is cut through, the lopper is equipped with a heavy rubber bumper at the base of the cutting head. It costs about $43 at hardware stores and home centers. Contact Ames Lawn and Garden Tools, P.O. Box 1774, Parkersburg, WV 26102; 800-624-2654.
jaw. Likewise, the handles are less likely to twist because they are oval-shaped aluminum, with their long axis in the same plane as the shears. A pair of finned rubber grips and rubber bumpers are designed to absorb cutting shock and make the tool comfortable to use. Its bright yellow color will make it easy to find in a pile of brush. It costs about $45 at hardware stores and home centers. Contact Union Tools, 500 Dublin Ave., P.O. Box 1930, Columbus, OH 43216.
This is the latest version of a professional-quality bypass pruner introduced 30 years ago. The Swiss-made tool has relatively straight, forged aluminum handles that are rubber-dipped for a nonslip comfortable grip. It comes right out of the package with a razor-sharp blade. The lower jaw has a sap groove - this space allows the sticky material to drain away so that it doesn't stick the blade and jaw together. Another professional-quality feature is the small notch in the lower jaw that allows the tool to cut the thin, comparatively soft wire that is used in plant packaging. The entire tool can be disassembled for cleaning, sharpening and repair. It costs $45.95 postpaid from Lee Valley Tools, P.O. Box 1780, Ogdensburg, NY 13669; 800-871-8158.
This 52-in.-long aluminum pole pruner is designed to provide a combination of long reach and high cutting power. It has a cutting head that pivots through 240 degrees and a chain-drive slide mechanism that increases its cutting force to the extent that it can cut 1 1/4-in.-dia. branches. To use it, hook the stainless steel lower jaw over the branch and pull either the orange midhandle or the orange knob on the end of the tool. The chain drive pulls the tool's steel blade through the branch. The blade has a low-friction coating to reduce the cutting force required, and to make it easier to keep clean. It costs about $65 at hardware stores and home centers. Contact Fiskars, Lawn & Garden Division, 780 Carolina St., Sauk City, WI 53583; 800-500-4849.
Many in the Hip-Hop community are in disbelief at the murder of Nipsey Hussle, to assist in the grieving period, Russell Simmons encourages fans to join him in a day of meditation. Taking to Instagram, Uncle Rush calls for today to be a day of meditation and reflection titled Black Divinity Meditation Day.
APRIL 6 in the wake of our renewed discussions of violence in our communities and in advance of a long hot summer where many will be killed in our inner cities We are asking all people of color and all people to give us 20 minutes as we dig for the GOD or the sacred direction or instructions within us.
Black Divinity Meditation Day will start today (April) at 10 am.
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Some organizations forget their employees the minute they walk out of the door and leave for other companies; not so, McKinsey & Co. The consulting firm keeps in touch with alumni and encourages them to keep in touch with each other, creating, in the process, a network of highly-placed executives and thought leaders.
The McKinsey network is a known global phenomenon; with the firm’s Indian operations turning 15 this year, this is becoming evident in India too, where McKinsey alumni have been at the forefront of the back-office outsourcing business and, now, the private equity (PE) business.
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CHARLESTON, SC (WCSC) - Tickets are available to join in on a paranormal hunt in Charleston which will be led by some famous ghost hunters.
The Old Exchange and Provost on 122 East Bay Street will serve as the location for the search. The event is on Saturday, Feb. 16 and runs from 5:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
The participants include Carole Cleveland from “Haunt ME,” a paranormal web series, Chad Lindberg from the TV series “Ghost Stalkers,” and Grant Wilson from “Ghost Hunters” on the SyFy network.
Ticket prices start at $185 for general admission which includes meet and greet with the celebrities, a lecture/Q&A session, and a ghost hut with each celebrity guest at a different location within the Old Exchange and Provost.
The $250 VIP tickets are currently sold out.
Questions about two questions on the November Ballot will be the topic of Tuesday's Town Hall Debate.
Hosted by the Business Council of Douglas County, Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce, and The Record-Courier, the town hall will focus on the Nevada marijuana legalization questions and fuel revenue indexing.
Genoa resident Jim Hartman of Nevadans for Responsible Drug Policy will be speaking in opposition to the marijuana question. On the pro side will be the Carson City resident Bill Adler.
Table space will be available for the distribution of materials and so both sides may talk one-on-one with audience members.
Question 2 will be first up, Chernock said.
Each speaker will get 6-8 minutes for opening remarks, then receive 3 minutes each for rebuttal.
Questions will be either developed by the hosts or taken from those submitted by the audience. Answers will be three minutes, rebuttals to answers will be three minutes.