AT&T representative's attempt to get city support for a statewide cable franchise bill that would remove the power of local municipalities to establish and enforce regulations for their cable systems, and put it in the hands of the state, FAILS.
That in turn prompted the board to approve a resolution reiterating its opposition to the bill and sending copies to the county's legislative delegation, along with letters explaining their position. "This legislation will necessitate a state franchising process and diminish local authority to negotiate much needed (public education channels) and cable television service to schools and libraries," the letter states, adding, "Statewide franchise agreements will
complicate the market and inhibit local monitoring of franchise fee payments and audits."
In this
bloggers opinion, I do agree that the local authorities have every right to protect
our interests however, I have a "gut feeling" they are
protecting their pockets instead. It is
absolutely clear that in fact if AT&T came in, it would cause our cable bills to drop due to healthy
competition.
So to spin this and make AT&T look bad, the
locals use common scare tactics to make people afraid AT&T will rule the world and force their children to watch bad television when in fact, all the local authorities would have to do is execute revisions in the documentations which would allow them to keep their local
authority on incoming
competitors like AT&T.
My
brother works for a local telephone company in South Carolina and they do EXACTLY the same thing (not my
brother, he plows cable). They (the local phone company in SC) have the entire area, which means they have the entire market with ZERO
competition which means they can offer whatever they want, whenever they want and they can charge whatever they want and
NO ONE WINS BUT THEM!
OK, that's my 2 cents.....:)
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Black Out on Black Friday at Super Wal-Mart in Sevierville, TN
It has been reported that a shopper at the Super Wal-Mart Center in Sevierville, Tennessee was seriously injured when a television from a higher shelf fell on them. This blogger is heading to the scene to find out more information and will blog more when more details are available!
What Tennessee Web Designer should you do business with?
#1: Sevierville Web Designers:
Our absolute #1 pick of course, was http://www.sdwebpros.com/.
Why? http://www.sdwebpros/ has the most to offer and it is clearly stated on their home page without having to visit every page to find what you are looking for!
- Here is the information available on their home page:
Domains
Domain Registration
Search for Domains
Transfer Domains
Web Hosting
Free Web Hosting for clients
Manage Hosting Login
Manage Email Login
Web Design
Complete Web Design Portfolio
E-Commerce Websites
Custom Designed Websites
Custom Website Plug-ins
Photo Galleries
Free Web Design Quote
Graphics Design
Complete Graphics Portfolio
Free Custom Graphics Quote
Media Services
Media Products
Media Services
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Corporate Info
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Website Marketing
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Now compare that to the competition that frequently shows up in similar Google and major search engine’s search results:
TN Web Design :: "Spinning Your Future Identity on the Web"
Custom Website Design: Where? There is nothing in any page of this website that shows what they do, a portfolio or a price sheet!
Website Marketing: This is an offensive external link that goes to a site filled with pop-up ads.
Search Engine Optimization: This too is an offensive external link that goes to a site filled with pop-up ads.
Custom Graphics
Custom Company Logos
Graphic Design
Look above at the 3 items highlighted in red. What this reader can not understand is the fact that the last 3 items are one in the same, yet they have it reworded so that it somewhat appears to be different. To http://www.sdwebpros.com/, graphics are important but graphics are graphics. It seems to this blogger that TN Web Design is trying unsuccessfully to implement some sort of page content optimization for themselves???
Now here are a few more “don’ts” we found for the site:
- The copyright expired 4 years ago for the content on this site which means either the site owner doesn’t seem to care about the homepage or in fact they don’t exist any more.
- They offer services like “Search Engine Optimization”, or do they? The link takes you to another unrelated website…not crazy about that!
- Then there is the “Fake Drop-Down” on the home page that again, takes you to a different website filled with terrible coding and offensive pop-ups.
So how did it rank high with http://www.sdwebpros.com/? Ask Google…that’s our answer!
Veteran Web Design:: Website design, marketing, and ecommerce – Home
The biggest “text” statement I can find on the homepage besides the error on line 114, was that the owner of the site is a military veteran and of course during a time of war especially that did tug at my heartstrings a little but immediately I got turned off by the blonde woman intruding on my web page and talking to the top of her lungs. I mean come on, what if I was trying to watch this in a library or maybe in a hospital lounge or in school areas? Things like video commercial containing annoying sound that do not give me the option to first turn them on, are big reasons for me to leave the page quickly and never return!
Information I found form their homepage:
Homepage
Company Page Link: This is a bit confusing but after several clicks you do find a contact template for that I only assume will work.
External link for Hosting provided by another company
Portfolio: Not too bad. There were a few dead/broken links but for the most part I thought it was not bad!
Pricing: This is one I did a bit of research on before I decided to comment. Now, here you have a list of things they do with basic pricing beside them. However, it appears after some research, that you will NEVER get any of those services for the prices listed since things that normal web searchers would consider “standard/included” in fact are not. For example: Veteran Web Design offers an E-Commerce website. This means they offer to build a website for you which would allow you to sell items online. However, their price only includes, well we couldn’t really find out exactly what it includes! We did find out that it does NOT include the actually feature that is key for e-commerce called a gateway. Basically, if you want to sell on the internet, you have to have an e-commerce site and that site has to have a gateway (kind like a credit card machine). I don’t know of any reputable web firms that try to sell an e-commerce website that leaves the client unable to sell but in fact that is the e-commerce veterans seem to be offering!
Bottom Line:
We thought it would in fact be interesting to compare http://www.sdwebpros.com/ to some of the other sites that sometimes display in search results pages so that you could quickly see why they remain on top!
Happy Black Friday everyone and be careful out there shopping today!!!!
Dolly Parton will take her new single
"Better Get to Livin'" to the streets of New York City when she kicks off the 2007 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday, November. 22.Dolly will be on the lead float to perform the song live and on television during the morning parade. "
Better Get to Livin'" is the first single from
Backwoods Barbie, her first mainstream country album in more than 17 years due out February 5. She wrote nine of the songs for the album and produced the CD with bandleader and guitarist Kent Wells."I've always dreamed of doing the Macy's parade," Dolly said. "I guess I don't get to watch it this year though...I'll have to tape it!"Dolly plans to tour in the U.S. starting in February, then hitting Europe in the summer before returning to the U.S. for dates expected into December 2008.In other news, Dolly's stage version of the 1980 film 9 to 5, will have its world premiere September 21, 2008, at the Center Theatre Group's Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Tennessee linebacker Jerod Mayo could only watch as a kick that could've knocked the Volunteers out of contention for a Southeastern Conference title sailed over his head.
"I saw it drifting, said 'Thank God' and just walked off the field," Mayo said.
Vanderbilt's Bryant Hahnfeldt barely missed a 49-yard field goal with 33 seconds left -- the ball grazed the upright -- and the 19th-ranked Vols escaped with a 25-24 come-from-behind win over the Commodores on Saturday.
A 33-yard field goal by Daniel Lincoln with 2:46 left capped Tennessee's second-largest fourth-quarter comeback in history. The Vols came from 17 points down in a 30-27 overtime win over LSU in 2005.
Georgia beat Kentucky earlier in the day and would have won the SEC East and a spot in the conference title game if the Vols lost. Tennessee must beat Kentucky on Saturday to earn a trip to Atlanta to face LSU for a league championship on Dec. 1.
The Vols (8-3, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) entered the final quarter down 15 points after Vandy went up 24-9 on a 2-yard pass from Mackenzi Adams to George Smith with 9:00 left in the third.
Tennessee's defense forced the Commodores (5-6, 2-6) to go three-and-out on two drives to set up touchdown passes by Erik Ainge. Ainge threw a 7-yard TD pass to Josh Briscoe, followed by a 5-yard TD pass to Austin Rogers to bring the Vols within two points with 7:14 left in the game.
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Debbie Bealsey
Thompson Carr Real Estate
Phone 865-6545024
Real Estate & Auctions
1148 Wagner Drive
PO Box 6714,
SEVIERVILLE, TN 37864
Debbie's Featured Listing :: MLS 123300 
Shields Terrace 2129
PIGEON FORGE
$ 350,000
Year Built: 1997
Square Feet:1778 Sq. Ft.
Bathrooms: two
Bedrooms: three
Amazing Home With Pool Atop One Of The Highest Mountains In Pigeon Forge With A 360 Panaromic View Of The Smoky Mtns! The Interior Features Designer Lighting, Stone Wood Burning Fireplace, Beautiful Kitchen W/Stainless Steel Appliances..
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Debbie Beasley, one of the top real estate agents with Thompson Carr Real Estate, has taken full advantage of the new Real estate Website Features that S.D. Professionals, LLC recently designed for Thompson Carr Real Estate & Auctions.
The goal was to allow each of thier agents to have a search engine friendly website of their own that had a design which complimented their corporate website and that allowed each realtor to stand out as individuals.
This in turn is causing realtors who are participating, to gain more leads than ever before and it is only going to keep getting better!
Featured Agent: Debbie Beasley
Phone 865-654-5024
Thompson Carr & Assoc. L.L.C.
Real Estate & Auctions
1148 Wagner Drive
PO Box 6714
SEVIERVILLE, TN 37864
Area: STRAWBERRY PLNS
Year Built: 2007
Square Feet:2076 Sq. Ft.
Bathrooms: two
Bedrooms: three
Still Time To Pick Out Carpet! No Maintenance Home! Fantastic Floorplan With Large Greatroom/Cathedral Ceilings. Beautiful Kitchen With Breakfast Room. Master Bath Has Jetted Tub & Separate Shower. Large Bonus Room!
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Thompson Carr Real Estate & Auction Services announced this Veteran’s Day weekend that they have just launched 2 new incredible ways home buyers to find the place of their dreams in the Smoky Mountains a whole lot easier and of course that’s thank to their close relationship with
S.D. Professionals, LLC.
The first new addition partners with the largest search engine on earth, Google®. When viewers of the World Wide Web search for words like “Real Estate”, they will begin to see new options in their results area. The options will allow them to search for the exact home of their dreams directly in Google® without having to surf through dozens of sites to find the same old listings. Now, being one of the 3 leading technically advanced real estate firms in the country, Thompson Carr Real Estate stand far ahead of its local competitors in the results poll and it looks like they just keep getting better!
The next new tool that
Thompson Carr Real Estate has revealed is their all new “Professional Real Estate Agent Websites”. That’s right, with over 40 professional real estate agents in Sevier County, Thompson Carr now supplied each of them with a professional website that is complementary to their corporate branding. With several designs to choose form, the agents have options to also keep their MLS inventory showing on Google® results in both real estate and normal search engine results.
The 2 ruling agents chosen by this blogger are
Debbie Beasley &
Ron Laughlin!
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S.D. Professionals, LLC has recently received a glowing testimonial from Dolly Parton: …"
S.D. Professionals, LLC has done work for me off-and-on for several years, not only for me personally and my businesses outside of Dollywood but also for my Imagination Library and other businesses I have. I think the work they do is unequaled to the others I have seen. His work is not only incredible, but he is an incredible human being as well. I consider Jacob Timmons (managing member
S.D. Professionals, LLC) a friend and someone I admire and respect." ...
Dolly Parton Key features reflect the image of the company as well as its professional-grade work: • Ability to build custom Web sites from pre-planned Web development packages efficiently while translating the vision of the client. • Instant transaction capabilities for Web hosting and Web design display the company’s quick and easy e-commerce solutions. • Informative and comprehensive support module covering the entire spectrum of questions and answers shows their eye for detail. • Portfolio exhibits S.D. Professionals’ talent, imagination and expertise in Web development, graphic design, audio, video and photography. Setting them apart from the competition, the Web site highlights how the company’s global partnership has played a vital role in the success of creating innovative designs and reliable, result-driven solutions at affordable prices, such as: monthly Web hosting for $3.99, domain names from $7.85 and Web design packages starting at $299.00. About
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