The breakfast room at the Comfort Suites in Berlin, OH, was crowded as guests stopped in for a quick breakfast before heading out for their day's activities. It was a big weekend for this community in the heart of Ohio Amish country. Berlin was one of the stops in a quilt hop–a directed tour of several quilt shops.
This first-ever Women's Leadership Summit, held the weekend of November 5-7, was the result of years of prayer and discussions initiated by Women of Grace. The leaders recognized their responsibility, as the only national women's organization of the FGBC, to help women in local churches who are at various stages of their growth in Christ. They had been asking hard questions to discern what God was calling the organization to become.
The women in attendance were invited because their lives reflected an interest in serving God through ministering to women. Each was asked to evaluate the needs of women in their churches and in the Fellowship in general. The group was a cross-section of FGBC women: ages ranged from 26 to 76, and they represented states from the East Coast to the West, as well as Canada.
Dave and Julie Lawson of Wooster, OH, speakers for the weekend, encouraged the group to focus on what it means to become fully formed followers of Christ. They challenged the women to be willing to do whatever it takes to see that happen, both in their own lives and in lives around them.
The women discussed what they believe God wants to see happening among the women in the Fellowship. They listed such concerns as: women need to know how to nourish themselves with God's Word, women need to help other women know how to care for their homes and families, and women need to know how to pray for the world.
In the end, the group discovered that everything their hearts were longing to see happening in their women's ministries could be distilled to six essentials: God's Word, Prayer, Mission, Mentoring, Community and Leadership Development. These core values will help Women of Grace determine what their priorities should be.
Participants divided into groups to discuss how to make the core values a part of local church ministries. The discussions grew lively as they shared the passion of their hearts for each area of the core values.
The weekend ended with a Sunday morning worship service with opportunity for each to share their specific vision for the women with whom they are working. As individuals shared their vision, hearts were brought together with common goals. The Summit ended with a prayer time that reflected the depth of the women's desire to see God's purposes accomplished.
Another Women's Leadership Summit is planned for November of 2005. For more information on this year's Summit, go to www.womenofgraceusa.org.
What is your vision for women's ministries in your church? Please write it down and send it in–we want to pray with you for it. Send your thoughts to Janet Minnix, 3314 Kenwick Tr. S.W., Roanoke, VA 24018; e-mail: janminnix@aol.com; phone: (540) 774-4078.


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Now, it's Nathan's Turn
We've been hammering on David Gregory, who violated the DC laws against magazine possession in a very public and spectacular way. He got a pass, which surprises no one, least of all us cynics who believe that government is out of control and exists to serve only the governing elite. So, now we turn our attention to the prosecutor who gave Gregory that pass, and learn that he is friends with Gregory's wife.
Courtesy of Professor Jacobson, it turns out that Gregory's wife and AG Irving Nathan participate in charity events together.
That's Gregory's wife on the left, and the AG that declined to prosecute on the right. It would seem, as a minimum, he would have recused himself from the prosecution. Instead, he sent a letter to the NBC lawyers explaining his decision to drop the charges. An excerpt from that letter:
OAG has determined to exercise its prosecutorial discretion to decline to bring criminal charges against Mr. Gregory, who has no criminal record, or any other NBC employee based on the events associated with the December 23,2012 broadcast. OAG has made this determination, despite the clarity of the violation of this important law, because under all of the circumstances here a prosecution would not promote public safety in the District of Columbia nor serve the best interests of the people of the District to whom this office owes its trust.
Respectfully, Mr. AG, I object. I would argue that prosecuting Mr. Gregory would serve public safety interests and the best interests of the people of the District. A prosecution would show The People that the law exists to serve everyone, that everyone is equal before the law, and that rich and poor, famous and anonymous, celebrity and obscure are all equal before the law. If Mr. Gregory displayed that magazine to... how did you say it?
our recognition that the intent of the temporary possession and short display of the magazine was to promote the First Amendment purpose of informing an ongoing public debate about firearms policy in the United States
If his intent was to promote the First Amendment, then can I expect a pass if I display a magazine to promote the Second Amendment?
No, Mr. Nathan, you have only demonstrated that the law exists for the benefit of the privileged class and that it falls hardest on those who are anonymous and obscure; simple private citizens without political power.
Hat tip to Professor Jacobson.
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Oh lovely, now the REST of the story comes out...
Prairie Patriot said...
Why does this not surprise me in the least? It definitely will be interesting to see if this is used as a defense for future cases. I really hope so.
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I thought of subroutine overloading. However, it needs arguments with different types, which won't help.
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A Forgotten Army: The Female Munitions Workers of South Wales, 1939-1945
Title A Forgotten Army: The Female Munitions Workers of South Wales, 1939-1945
Authors Williams, Mari
Publisher University of Wales Press
City Cardiff
Through a detailed analysis of contemporary sources and interviews with former female munitions war workers, this book aims to recover their lost voices and highlight the vital role played by Welsh "munitionettes" in World War II. Through a reconstruction of the experiences of Welsh women who found themselves undertaking essential munitions work, the events of wartime are placed against the background of the wider Welsh social, economic, and cultural context, while their long-term effects on the lives of women and their communities in south Wales are also discussed in detail.
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Gray Television, Inc. (GTN) Q3 2018 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
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Gray Television
GTN earnings call for the period ending September 30, 2018.
Gray Television, Inc. (GTN -1.33%)
November 6, 2018, 11:00 a.m. ET
Good morning. My name is Kelly, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I'd like to welcome everyone to the Gray Television Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions].
I would like to turn the call over to Hilton Howell, Chairman and CEO. Please go ahead.
Hilton H. Howell, Jr. -- Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
Thank you, operator. Good morning, everyone. I am Hilton Howell, the Chairman and CEO of Gray Television. Thank you all for joining for our Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Call, and happy Election Day to everyone. I am joined today by our Chief Legal and Development Officer, Kevin Latek; and our Chief Financial Officer, Jim Ryan. We will begin this morning with a disclaimer that Kevin will provide.
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Kevin P. Latek -- Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Development Officer
Thank you, Hilton, and good morning, everyone. Certain matters discussed on this call may include forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, future operating results. Those statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results in the future could differ from those described in the forward-looking statements, as a result of various important factors. Such factors have been set forth in the Company's most recent reports filed with the SEC and included in today's earnings release. The Company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
Gray uses its website as a key source of company information. The website address is www.gray.tv. We will also post an updated investor deck to the website within the next two weeks. Included on the call will be a discussion of non-GAAP financial measures, and in particular, broadcast cash flow, broadcast cash flow less cash corporate expenses, operating cash flow, free cash flow, and certain leverage ratios. These metrics are not meant to replace GAAP measurements, but are provided as supplements to assist the public in their analysis and valuation of our Company. We included reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the GAAP measures in our financial statements that are made available on our website.
I now return the call to Hilton.
Thank you, Kevin. Gray Television has just completed another record setting quarter by almost any measure. Our financial results exceeded our expectations, especially with regard to the outstanding political and retransmission revenue we posted this morning. And of course, our team has been exceptionally busy working with the outstanding individuals at Raycom Media to ensure a smooth transaction closing and integration of our companies later this quarter. We very much look forward to adding to our growing corporate family the best assets of Raycom Media, which are, of course, the roughly 4,000 employees at the television stations and the production companies in Raycom Media.
Turning to our Gray heritage results, you saw in our earnings release this morning that Gray Television continues to deliver exceptional results. Our third quarter 2018 revenue, net income, and broadcast cash flow all set new all-time records. Our third quarter record revenue set a new record of $279.3 million. This figure represents a $60 million, and very significant 28%, increase from the third quarter of 2017. Our third quarter net income was our all-time best ever, coming in at $61.9 million. This figure represents a $46.6 million, or 304% increase, from the net income posted in the third quarter of 2017.
Similarly, our third quarter broadcast cash flow was our all-time best quarterly result in the company's history. We posted $134.6 million in broadcast cash flow, which was an increase of $54.7 million, or 69%, from the third quarter of 2017. These results were driven by stronger core business relative to the first half of this year, stronger retransmission revenue than any prior period, and exceptionally impressive political revenue. We posted $91.6 million in gross retransmission revenue for the third quarter of 2018, along with retransmission expense of $41.4 million. Therefore, our retransmission revenue net of retransmission expense was $50.2 million for the third quarter of 2018.
As you saw today, we now expect full-year gross retransmission revenue in a range of approximately $354-356 million in retransmission revenue net of retransmission expense in the range of approximately $188-190 million. In short, our gross and net retransmission revenue has again increased by double-digit percentages over the year earlier period. Our political advertising revenue in the third quarter was $48 million, which topped our high-end guidance range of $45 million. This figure was 17% higher than the third quarter of 2014 after giving effect to stations acquired and divested since January 1, 2014.
Please recall that we earned approximately $25 million in calendar year 2014 from the exceptionally hot race for the senate in Alaska that were not present this year. It is truly remarkable that we exceeded our high-water mark from the third quarter of the 2014 midterm cycle, even including the very tough comps from that cycle. You also saw in our release this morning that we project our full-year 2018 political revenue will be approximately $154 million. This figure represents a percent higher than 2014 after giving effect to stations acquired and divested since January 1, 2014.
For the past few years, and even most of this year, we cautioned against expecting a strong enough political season to surpass our 2014 proforma political revenue, given the absence of the super competitive Alaska races this year. Clearly, our conservatism was not warranted, as political advertising remains quite alive and exceptionally healthy.
I also would like to remind everyone that in 2014, we relied on a national sales representative firm to handle all of our political sales, and we paid them healthy commissions for that work. In contrast, Gray secured 2018's record setting midterm political revenue without any sales rep firms. Instead, 100% of our political ad sales were made through our National Political Sales Director Mike Jones in Washington D.C., coordinating with the general mangers and the general sales managers in each of our local television stations. In short, we could not be more pleased with our likely 2018 political revenue results, and I'd like to publicly commend Mike Jones and everyone involved in this effort. It's truly remarkable.
We ended the third quarter with a total leverage ratio as defined in our senior credit facility of 3.51 times on a trailing eight-quarter basis after netting our total cash balance of $551 million. For those of you with us just a few years ago, I'm sure you share my profound gratitude to all of our stakeholders for their patience and support through our efforts to grow our company while making our operations evermore efficient. And, along the way, I'm very pleased to remind you that Gray Television has reduced our net leverage ratio dramatically in recent years from 8.5 times in 2010, and 7.5 times in 2011, to 3.51 times at the end of this third quarter.
In other good news, we're very pleased with the steps we have taken to line up the financing for the Raycom acquisition. On Thursday, we announced the successful pricing of a private offering of $750 million aggregate principle amount of 7% senior notes due in 2027. Given the very strong demand, we upsized the note's offering by 50% and priced the notes at 100% of par. At the time we closed the merger, we are poised to borrow an additional $1.4 billion of term loans with a seven-year maturity under our senior credit facility, and replace our existing revolving credit facility with a new five-year $200 million revolver.
The new term loan and notes will help us finance the acquisition of Raycom Media. We're very pleased with the results of these financing arrangements because, when completed, they should provide solid, long-term financing for our growing company on favorable terms. Moreover, this structure gives a very favorable mix of fixed floating rate debt going into the new year. We view these very successful financing steps during the midst of some very choppy financial market conditions as a gratifying endorsement of our business model of investing in the highest quality people and the highest quality television stations that we can prudently afford.
We also wish to thank the team of professionals within Gray and Raycom, and most particularly those at Wells Fargo, and the many other banks, law firms, and accounting firms who sacrificed countless hours over the past few weeks to position Gray so strongly for completion of this merger and for the future of the combined company.
At this point, I will turn the call over to Keven Latek, and then to Jim Ryan, and their remarks. After that, we will open up the line for questions.
Great. Thank you, Hilton. In terms of the Raycom transaction, we remain on track to receive the regulatory approvals and close the transaction and the announced divestitures this quarter. Against the backdrop o fall this good news, we also experienced some very difficult days in September and October that remind all of us why we are so passionate about the local broadcast business.
In September, Hurricane Florence came ashore with tremendous force in our market in Greenville-New Bern, North Carolina, and Raycom's market of Wilmington, North Carolina, before spreading its wrath across a larger area through the Carolinas and the Mid-Atlantic. Shortly thereafter, Hurricane Michael arrived in Panama City where both Gray and Raycom owned television stations. Michael's destruction was acute in parts of that market, and our company's adjacent markets in Tallahassee, Dothan, and Albany all experienced Michael's force.
Broadcasters are journalists first, and we demonstrated that again this fall. No less than one dozen news directors, plus additional engineers from other great markets, feverishly worked to get WITN in Greenville the resources and crews that our station needed to cover Hurricane Florence. In all, we had 17 Gray employees from markets as distant as Colorado Springs and South Bend travel to Greenville-New Bern to augment our local station team. Together, they ensured that WITN provided the necessary coverage before, during, and after Hurricane Florence tore through town, despite the personal toll that many of the local station employees had endured.
Hurricane Michael arrived with less warning, grew more quickly, and created havoc in the Gulf. And again, the great corporate family rallied to help. Over 20 Gray employees from throughout the country, including as far away as Fargo, traveled to Panama City before, during, and after that hurricane. These additional news directors, anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and engineers provided critical talent and resources that allowed WJHG to serve as one of the very few sources of lifesaving information during this difficult time. In addition, the news directors, meteorologists, reporters, photogs, and others who physically came to Panama City, many others from our stations in Tallahassee and Dothan and elsewhere, worked from afar to provide support for the station, and support for the employees, in coordinating these massive efforts over a very short period of time. In addition, Raycom sent people and resources to our impacted stations. And we, in turn, shared people and resources with the Raycom stations in all of these markets.
Two weeks ago, I had the distinct honor to visit these markets with our COO Bob Smith, and our VP for this region Chris Mossman. We were all struck by the sacrifices quietly made by WJHG's employees -- from the seasoned pros who have experienced big storms before to those fresh on the job and those from other parts of the country who had never seen a hurricane previously. Many employees stayed at the station throughout the very worst of the storm so they could continue to serve the local community with the latest on-the-ground news and information. In fact, our General Manager Uly Carlini, News Director Donna Bell, and Operations Manager Jon McKee spent five days and nights around the clock at the station, sleeping only a few hours at a time on sleeping bags and air mattresses when possible. In this way, they were able to work constantly to ensure that the assemble team in and around the market, as well as those outside the market, were able to get out the news that local residents needed.
Let's remember that each of these individuals, as well as most of the rest of our WJHG team, had families too. And those families evacuated Michael while our pros stayed behind. We are humbled. Their selfless devotion of local service in all of these markets, Gray and Raycom, to inspiration, as well as a powerful reminder of why all of us are in the local broadcast business in the first place. We're exceptionally thrilled that all of our employees, and all of Raycom's employees, survived both of these horrible storms without any personal or family tragedies. Our board has asked that we publicly extend on this call our sincere appreciation to all of our colleagues in Greenville-New Bern, Panama City, Tallahassee, Albany, and Dothan, as well as nearly four dozen employees in distant markets who aided our stations in these difficult times. Likewise, we salute the similar devotion and efforts of all of our future colleagues at Raycom Media.
Thank you for your time. I now turn the call to Jim Ryan.
James C. Ryan -- Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Thank you, Kevin. Good morning, everyone. Our earnings release and the 10-Q that was filed a little earlier this morning provide a great deal of information, and Hilton and Kevin have addressed all the bigger developments that have occurred this quarter. So, just to sum up, we are extremely pleased that full-year political will approximate $153-154 million. We even had a few orders coming in as late as yesterday. So, it's been a phenomenal political season for us.
We're also pleased that we've moved our retransmission guide up again this year to a range of $354-356 million. And our core revenue in Q3 did appear to improve on a relative basis to the first half of the year, and we were pleased to see that. And again, our leverage net of all cash on a LAQA basis is 3.51, and it's the lowest that I can recall in the 20 years that I've been with Gray.
And finally, just reiterate what Hilton said, we're very pleased with the financing arrangements related to the $715 million in notes and the $1.4 billion incremental term loan that we will be using the proceeds of to finance, in part, the Raycom merger and the related fees and expenses..
I'll turn the call back to Hilton.
Thank you, Jim. And now, operator, we will open up the call for any questions anyone may have.
Certainly. [Operator Instructions] Your first question comes from the line of Marci Ryvicker with Wolfe Research. Please go ahead. Your line is open.
Marci Ryvicker -- Wolfe Research, LLC -- Analyst
Thank you. Kevin and Hilton, you mentioned the Raycom deal and you have a lot of confidence that regulatory approval will be received. Are you having conversations with the FCC and the DOJ? Because we've been surprised before. So, I just want to get more color on that.
We are very confident we will receive the approvals in the next couple of weeks and close the transaction. And that is based on direct conversations with the decisionmakers at those agencies.
Wonderful. Thank you. And then, I know auto had been -- and this is more for Jim. I know auto had been a category that was pretty choppy for you throughout '18. How are you piecing -- now, I know there is so much noise because of political. We have heard that auto's actually doing better than people had expected. Just curious if you're seeing that as well. And do you have any idea how auto might trend going into 2019?
First, in Q3, auto did improve a little bit on a relative scale. It was only down about 8%, where the first part of the year it was down in double-digit territory on a percentage basis. And you have to keep in mind that September is the political start of the ramp-up. And obviously, our political was over the high side of guidance. Would've caused some additional displacement because auto and political advertisers love the news and they both can't be in there at the same time.
You're right about Q4 auto. October and early November are heavily distorted, which is the fantastic political season we've had. So, it's a little hard to read. I think it is still maybe -- again, on a relative scale -- a little bit better, as you would expect. October is down significantly because of the displacement from political. And pacing, as I'll remind you and everyone else, that it's obviously just one day, one point in time. So, at this stage of a quarter, and also with all of the political, they are kind of volatile. But, I would say November is looking a little bit better and December is, again, maybe looking a little bit better as well.
Great. And then, I know that you are --
But I would expect auto to be down in the quarter because of the political displacement.
Right. Which we would expect as well. And I know you are at your lowest leverage that I can remember, which is going to change post Raycom. Can you just talk about once you've integrated those stations, how -- your path to deleveraging?
We intend to use the free cash flow, and obviously continuing growth in our operating cash flow, to delever.
Great. Thank you.
Thank you, Marci. It's great to hear from you.
Your next question comes from the line of Kyle Evans from Stephens. Please go ahead. Your line is open.
Kyle Evans -- Stephens Inc. -- Analyst
Okay. Thanks. Jim, I hate to nitpick, but you said November and December look better. Is that relative to first half and 3Q? Is that a year-over-year --
Yeah. Yeah. It's still early and a little bit's going to depend on -- with a heavy political season, the auto guys will deliberately go to the sidelines, so it's a little bit of how hard they're going to come back in now it's post-election season. And we'll get a better feel for that over the next couple of weeks, after we get past today. But, if I look at the pace right now, as of today -- and again, it's volatile and there's a lot of money that would normally come in after a political season -- November is looking, on a pace, flattish and December is flattish, which I take at least some degree of encouragement from. And October is, obviously, down significantly because of all the political that dropped in.
Gotcha. The 8-K that you put out recently gives us a lot to chew on for the Raycom deal. Can you help us think a little bit about taxes post integration? Or is it too early for that?
Yeah. First of all, keep in mind we are acquiring a fairly substantial NOL with the Raycom deal that will be usable over the next two to three years for us before we probably exhaust it. And so, our cash taxes -- obviously, it'll vary on even/odd with the political cycle. But it isn't going to be a full federal rate for the first two or three years. It's more muted. I believe when we announced the deal back in June, we said that our average cash taxes on a two-year blended basis is around the mid tens of millions -- call it $50-ish million or so.
Okay. And you guys rolled, like most of your peers, digital into core sometime ago. And the logic for that is sound, in my mind. Can you talk about what you're seeing at the tv.com level of the business? How has that grown since that disappeared as a line item in the income statement?
It's growing at a faster rate than the main core business. It's still a very small component of the total core numbers, especially the total local number. It is -- but keep in mind all of that digital revenues is organic digital advertising within our local markets. And so, the digital advertising space in a mid to smaller market is only going to be growing so fast as well. But it is at a higher growth rate than the main core.
Could you update us on sub count for retrans?
Our sub counts have seemed to have become more stable this year than we were seeing last year.
Down low singles? Down one? Down --
We're just saying they've become -- we've seen the sub erosion slow in the last couple of quarters, especially most of the bigger operators.
Gotcha. And then, lastly, anything notable in the political rev? Are we going to have another Alaska type adjustment four years from now for some other bang-up market?
We saw widespread hot races. I mean, when we're asked what's a hot race, it's -- how long do you have. We saw spending in Tennessee that we never expected. We saw spending in Kansas we didn't expect. Florida has always been hot. It was even better this year than we expected. Ohio was the disappointment. We thought that would be more of a hot race that was for senate. That was not. The governor's race was not as lucrative as we wanted. But those are about the only surprises. Reno has been our top performing station election after election. They just keep setting new records. Wisconsin was strong, North Dakota -- it's been pretty widespread. So no, we didn't have an oh-my-god-Alaska experience, but we seem to have a whole bunch of just phenomenal races everywhere we looked.
That's great. Thanks, guys.
Pretty much everywhere we looked.
Your next question comes from the line of Davis Hebert from Wells Fargo Securities. Please go ahead. Your line is open.
James Davis Hebert -- Wells Fargo Securities, LLC -- Analyst
Hi, guys. Thanks for taking the questions. On the leverage point, you guys have talked about being at five times at closing of the deal. I'm not sure if you have any insight on Raycom's political numbers, but yours are obviously very solid. Any chance that leverage point could be below five times?
Well, it starts getting into the law of large numbers a little bit. We're comfortable in saying five right now. Raycom's footprint is not immensely dissimilar to ours, and ours in some definite battleground states. So, I think in general, they have been having a good political year as well. Just like we were, I'm guessing they're probably disappointed in Ohio, but probably very pleased in Tucson and a couple of other places. So, I think, in the 8-K that we put out a couple of weeks ago that had 630 information on Raycom, there is some indication of what they were doing, at least the first half of the year. So, I think you can extrapolate from that, and I would expect that they're having a good political year as well.
Okay. That's helpful. And I appreciate the comments on November and December looking better. If we look out to 2019, I understand visibility might be challenging. But is there any reason to think we shouldn't see a bit of a rebound, especially on the local side of things from a core perspective?
That's certainly my current expectation. Admittedly, first half of this year was a tough year for everybody. So, I would think going into next year it's probably a little easier for us.
Okay. Great. That's my questions. Thank you.
Thank you, David.
Your next question comes from the line of Daniel Kurnos from Benchmark Company. Please go ahead. Your line is open.
Daniel Kurnos -- The Benchmark Company, LLC -- Analyst
Great. Thanks. Good morning. Just a couple of quick housekeeping-ish questions. Just on KDLT, since it's still pending, I'm assuming that's not included in the forward guide at this point.
That's correct.
Okay. And then, historically you guys have said on net retrans that next year, even with the NBC step-up, I think you have a tiny FOX and some -- half your CBS as well -- that you still expect net retrans growth. You guys continue to exceed upside on your retrans contracts, and NBC got done early -- which I don't want to read too much into that, but seems like that doesn't get done unless it's agreeable to both you and them and on somewhat favorable terms. So, maybe with the upside now, have your expectations for net retrans growth changed at all for '19?
You're right in that we expect net retrans growth in '19. As we've said for quite awhile now, '19 is going to be the lowest net retrans growth year of us just because of the timing and the cycle of sub renewals. So, on a Gray legacy basis, we've only got a handful of subs up this year. And so, there's not real big uplift in the growth retrans number, except for the annual escalator that earn -- in all of our other contracts. And we'd characterize that annual escalator as a low double-digit percentage. So that helps the gross number next year. But, we've only got 3-4% of the sub base up for repricing. So, it'll still be a slower growth year in '19. But then, the sub base comes back around in 2021.
Got it. And then, I'm just going to apologize in advance for being that guy, but since you haven't even closed Raycom yet, is there any possible way, Jim, you could flex the balance sheet to absorb Cox with some creative financing if it became available?
Oh, I don't think we're going to comment on that one way or another.
All right. It was worth a shot, guys.
Again, and I appreciate it very much.
All right. Had to throw it out there. Thanks, guys.
I got it. I got it.
[Operator Instructions] Your next question comes from the line of Jim Goss from Barrington Research. Please go ahead.
James C. Goss -- Barrington Research Associates, Inc. -- Analyst
Thanks. Extending the retrans notions, how much more room to run is there? Is this a process that you think can at least grow at -- at least at some inflationary rate over time? Or do you think there is still more share that the networks and the network affiliates can get out of the MVPDs and other providers?
Jim, this is Kevin, and we think there's a long runway. All broadcasters together deliver more than 90 of the top 100 top shows on television, and yet we still get a small fraction of the overall programming pie. And that's got to change. Obviously, it's not changing overnight. And, while the broadcast retrans dollars are growing quickly, I'm going to point you to data from SNL that shows that the nonbroadcast channels -- all of the nonbroadcast channels -- are increasing their take of the programming pie faster than we are in absolute dollar. That just seems odd to us. We're the ones who have -- were not compensated for 20 years and have delivered all of this great value, and are still delivering 90-plus of the top 100 shows on television. I think real numbers run 94 or 95 of the top 100 shows on television. We should be seeing not just our percentage increase but our absolute dollar share of that programming pie increasing.
We think there's a long way to go. And as that continues to grow and we all get more revenue, that's good for the broadcast ecosystem because, of course, that allows us to invest in the local stations and the local news, as well as networks, to invest in better and better programming in a very competitive programming marketplace. So, we certainly don't think we -- there's a ceiling on retrans.
Okay. And with retrans and political, relative to Raycom, is there a sense that you can provide us as to how they do relative to Gray in terms of maybe per viewer metrics? Should we expect that the combination would have that same sort of percentage impact when the businesses are put together?
Jim, when you put the number one and the number two together, you're naturally going to have an average that is not as strong as the number one station, but still better than everybody else -- or the number one or number two of any category. We have the highest quality portfolio. They have the second highest quality portfolio. Together, our average is still going to be better than everybody else's. And again, number one and number two TV stations -- but it's going to be less than we have today. They are in some bigger markets. They do have some stations that are not necessarily as strong as Gray. They cover about 14% of the U.S., so they're larger than.
We provided a significant amount of their data in an 8-K last week, and we are very constrained in what we can discuss because they're a private company. So, we can point you to the historical and you can look at the ratio of our metrics to theirs. I would just -- when you're thinking about political, just to highlight, the last couple of years we've put out a slide in our investor deck that shows our political revenue versus the industry, and it's more than just ours is high on a per household basis. In 2016, we had $9.63 of political revenue. And the closest competitor was in the $5.00 range. In 2018, if I do that same math, our political revenue divided by our TV households according to Nielson puts us around $13.50. I can't tell you Raycom's going to be that high, but no one's going to be anywhere near that number.
So, our metrics really do put us at the left side of most every table that compares the industry. Raycom's pretty close to us in a lot of ways, but there's no way that combining us together drives an average up, just by the law of putting a number one and number two together.
Okay. The last thing that's --
Yes, it does. Very much. And that slide you always put in your investor presentation, I think, does say that and speaks to that. The last thing, the OTT value to you -- it was pretty much zero a few years ago and then seemed to be at least showing up on some sort of chart a little later on. Is it getting to where it -- there may be some meaningful aspect delivered in your participation in CBS All Access or the other things you might have involvement with?
I mean, the short answer is it's still a small number. It's still a rounding error. And, frankly, as we keep lifting our retrans guidance for the year, even if OTT is growing nicely off of the small numbers, it's still a rounding error. And we're not sure that's going to change. Obviously, we could be wrong, but we're really focused on our MVPD relationships. Those are the strong relationships and those are definitely the most lucrative for us.
All right. Thanks very much.
Thanks, Jim.
And there are no further questions at this time. I'll now turn the call back over to Hilton Howell for closing comments.
Thank you all very much for being on the call this morning. We're exceptionally pleased with our results this quarter. And we're really looking forward to having Raycom part of this company at our next call for the fourth quarter next year. Thank you very much, and have a great day.
This concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect.
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Natasha Coates is an elite disability gymnast and Scope Role Model. When she was 18, she suffered a life-threatening allergic reaction and went into anaphalactic shock. Following this she was diagnosed with the rare condition Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.
In this film and blog, Natasha talks to us about competing in disability sport and how the Paralympics is helping to change attitudes towards disability.
I think the Paralympics in 2012 really helped attitudes towards disability. Joe Bloggs down the street might not have had any exposure to disabled people so it made people aware and seeing it on TV and having the athletes interviewed inspired a whole generation of disabled people. It's definitely helped.
It showed people that being a disabled person doesn't mean you can't do sport. Exercise is for everyone, no matter what your age or ability. You can give it a go. You can always adapt things. The Paralympics showed us that.
I'd love gymnastics to be in the Paralympics and to say I was going to Rio but unfortunately it's unlikely to happen in my career. There's just not enough of us and there's not enough international squads. You have to be able to do World Championships first before you can put in a bid for the Paralympics. Hopefully it will get there. I'd love to see it in my lifetime.
I want to pave the way for the next generation. If in 50 years time, gymnasts get the chance to do something I wasn't able to, that would be amazing.
We've published the findings of a new poll which asked disabled people whether the Paralympics can change attitudes to disability and asked what life is like if you're disabled in 2016. Read more about these findings.
British Gymnastics ensure that gymnastics is a totally inclusive sport and can adapt mainstream gymnastics sessions for disabled people. You can find your local club on the British Gymnastics website.
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This story is part of 30 Under 30.
Natasha Coates is an elite disability gymnast. She has a condition called Mast Cell Activation Disorder (MCAD). It means that she is allergic to a long list of different things, including exercise.
For 30 Under 30, she talks about disability sport and how she manages her condition whilst doing gymnastics.
I started gymnastics when I was eight at my local leisure centre.
When I was 18 I suffered a life threatening allergic reaction. I went into anaphylactic shock completely out of the blue and we didn't know what had triggered it. Then it happened eight times in two weeks and it's pretty much not stopped since. I've probably had over 250 life threatening allergic reactions since then.
I'd been doing gymnastics for a long time and I switched to disability gymnastics at 19 because I was unable to keep up with mainstream gymnastics. Disability gymnastics gives me the opportunity to still train and compete safely.
It was difficult to go from being perfectly fine one day to having this condition the next. It happened pretty much overnight. I found it difficult to refer to myself as disabled, I didn't really know what it meant. Doing disability sport really made me realise who I was and what I wanted to do with my life.
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I've made a lot of adjustments to my training because of my condition. I can't train nearly as much as I used to. I maybe do six or seven hours a week. Most gymnasts do 30.
So when I exercise I lose the feeling from my elbows down and knees down which makes it difficult to feel the equipment. So when I'm on bars I can't actually feel my hands catching the higher bar, I can only feel the drag down if I've caught it. So it creates quite a few barriers, especially whilst doing gymnastics!
I'm incredibly hard on myself and sometimes I do think I can do everything like everybody else because I train with mainstream athletes so I try to keep up with them. I get frustrated when I can't.
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When I competed this year I was waving at the crowd, showing everyone what I could do. I placed first on floor and I'd only started tumbling a few days before. I'd just got out of intensive care 12 weeks before that.
I came off the floor and just burst into tears. My best friend is my coach as well and she knew the lyrics to the song I'd chosen and what it represented and we were literally just sobbing into each others' arms.
I'm not aware of the crowd when I'm performing because I'm so focused, but when I did the end I could hear the audience. I presented to everyone and people came up afterwards saying my floor was amazing and it was really nice to see the emotion. After all the work and effort that I'd put into that floor routine it was really nice for them to feel it as well.
Making way for the next generation
I'd love gymnastics to be in the Paralympics and to say I was going to Rio but unfortunately it's unlikely to happen in my career. There's just not enough of us and there's not enough international squads. Hopefully it will get there. I'd love to see it in my lifetime. I feel like the more I raise awareness of disability gymnastics, the more I can pave the way for the next generation.
I'd recommend anyone to try disability sport. You don't have to be representing Great Britain, you don't have to be good at it – if you're enjoying it that's all that matters.
Natasha joins us for a Facebook Live session at 4pm on Friday 24 June.
She is sharing her story as part of 30 Under 30. We are releasing one story a day throughout June from disabled people under 30 who are doing extraordinary things. Keep up to date with all of our new stories on our 30 under 30 page.
To find out more about Disability Gymnastics and how to get involved, visit the British Gymnastics website.
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Sitting poolside with a refreshing drink and a plate of light snacks could be the ideal embodiment of summer. Like many luxury getaways, Omni Hotels & Resorts is delivering on that fantasy—in a way that might leave others green with envy. This year, the chain's annual Art of the Water poolside menu featured none other than the ubiquitous all-star: the avocado.
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Discussion in 'Ask An Owner Operator' started by gulfinc, Mar 1, 2011.
i have been lookin at thim,they seem to be the best deal out there!... any one have any info?
I know a couple of members here that recommend them. Someone will pop in sooner or later with some more info for ya.
Anyone got anything to add to this?
Doesn't medicineman have a rig from there?
outerspacehillbilly "Instigator of the Legend"
You might want to re-post this in the Owner Operator forum. Several O/O's here have bought trucks from them.
I'll just move the thread there.
Yes, I do believe Medicineman did get his rig through them. He is one that I have seen recommending them.
I contacted them the other day and the only tractors they had sort of in my price range were 05' Columbia's with over 700k. To get a 700/month payment they wanted 10k down and then 700/month for 24 months. That comes out to $26,800 for an 05' with close to a million miles. Not really that great of deal in my eyes, even if they used 10% interest that still makes the vehicle worth $24,120. I'd be more comfortable at the 19-20k dollar range on that truck/s.
Actually a quick search of truckpaper for 2005 Columbia's between 650-750k miles showed an average price of $27k and that doesn't include finance charges.
DirtyMartini, Captbob412, The Challenger and 2 others Thank this.
Your right hillbilly there are a lot of 05's in that price range, there's a few closer to my 20k comfort zone as well. I'm not trying to say that LM is wrong in what they are charging, it's just not in my comfort zone for what I'm looking to do.
I'm fortunate enough that I don't need to worry about financing as I have already been approved through my local bank for up to 30k. But I want to try and find something in the 15-20k range for the work I intend to do with the truck. Lower payments are higher on my priority list than finding an impeccable OTR tractor.
But having said all of that, if you are in a position that you need to go through a program like this to purchase a tractor the salesman I spoke to was very nice and straight forward with his answers to my questions. So if you have not spoken with them yet and are wondering if you should I would recommend talking to them as my over the phone experience was very good.


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The Enduring Relevance of Siouxsie and the Banshees
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For fans of HBO's Game of Thrones , the countdown to its Season Four premier was downright excruciating, exciting and exhausting.
Teasers for the GOT season provided sweet relief, including this one, in which The Everlove's stripped-down cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees' Cities in Dust, sets the musical backdrop for impending doom in Westeros. (When a trailer closes with the words "All Men Must Die," happy times are not afoot.)
But as enticing as the new Everlove version is, it just doesn't match the thrill of the original version by post-punk, avant-garde Brit band, Siouxsie and the Banshees, which was released in 1985.
Cities in Dust was the first single off the Banshees' seventh studio album, Tinderbox, and marked their first American 12-inch release (Geffen Records). From its opening electronic notes evoking the trickle of water — or is it lava? — Siouxsie lures us into a haunted world of synthesizers, layered percussion, urgent drums and her signature powerful vocals.
Her voice is the perfect complement to the lyrics, which reference the destruction of the lost city of Pompeii to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The accompanying old-school musicvideo — with its dancing skeleton marionettes, high school project-worthy volcano and writhing men in leotards —inelegantly tries to capture the horrors of the tragedy.
Cities in Dust was one of many written during the band's 20-year run (1976-1996). Core band members Siouxsie Sioux (nee Susan Janet Ballion) and bassist Stephen Severin met as acolytes of the then-unsigned Sex Pistols. They eventually formed their own band, joined by longstanding drummer Budgie and a revolving door of other members including Robert Smith of the Cure — twice.
As one of the founders of the "goth-rock" genre, the Banshees count a wide-ranging list of bands among its legions of fans: megabands U2 and Radiohead; guitar-heavy rock acts like Jane's Addiction and the Red Hot Chili Peppers; folk-rock guitarist Jeff Buckley; and newcomer electronic artist Santigold.
As if the nod from the fanatically popular GOT isn't enough to showcase the continued relevance of Siouxsie and the Banshees, on April 7th, their debut 1978 single "Hong Kong Garden" will be re-released on seven-inch vinyl, as part of Universal's plan to distribute box sets of the band's best archival material.
Almost three decades later, the lyrics of Cities in Dust remain relevant: "We found you hiding / We found you lying / Choking on the dirt and sand / Your former glories and all the stories / Dragged and washed with eager hands"
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"The thing I'd say to you though about this, these people are less powerful than they used to be," Ed Miliband told Russell Brand during their enlightening discussion about his critics in the newspapers. Someone should tell the man Labour are paying £300,000 to consult on messaging.
In an interview with Politico today, David Axelrod is asked whether he thinks Britain's right-wing press is more powerful than Fox News, beamed into 87,058,000 American households. He replies:
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He goes on to admit he only visited the UK six times while working for Ed. That's £50,000 a trip…
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Christine Yazzie believes in opening her own door of opportunity.
"Doing something different in your life opens many doors, and for me there is so much to do in aviation," she said as we talked in a classroom at Clover Park Technical College's Aviation Branch at Thun Field.
Yazzie's attraction to aviation began not long after she married SSgt. Shawn Yazzie, a Joint Base Lewis-McChord helicopter mechanic.
"His work got me interested in aviation; my interest has continued to develop, " Yazzie continued.
"Besides, it's great that we can sit and 'talk shop.' That's really, really nice."
She added that her currently deployed husband is proud of her, and she also credits her children for understanding and supporting her academic work.
"And I keep a clean house," Yazzie added with a smile.
Behind that smile is a formidable intelligence.
While a full time student studying in the aviation maintenance technician program at Clover Park, Yazzie is also taking a full list of classes at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
She has aced or nearly aced every class in a career field not traditionally open to women.
Along the way, Yazzie has earned 16 scholarships and is on final approach to graduate from both institutions in August.
Her goal is to work as an aircraft accident investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board.
"There's plenty of room for women in this career field," Yazzie said.
Established in 1967, the NTSB is the federal government's primary accident investigation agency for all modes of transportation, particularly those involving aviation.
Yazzie has taken courses in composite work, piloting, avionics, non-destructive testing and everything in between.
"I think I've got to be a generalist to be an excellent accident investigator," Yazzie explained.
"It is this kind of work that I want as my lifetime career."
To further her ambitions and advertise her ability to work for the NTSB, Yazzie was recently selected for a highly prized internship at Boeing.
"It will give me an opportunity to work with composites in the nondestructive evaluation department and avionics," she added.
When asked if she had any advice to those thinking about a career - any career - Yazzie turned and said, "Dream big, work hard and live happy."
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1565 Lemaître eller 1948 WA är en asteroid i huvudbältet som korsar Mars omloppsbana. Den upptäcktes 25 november 1948 av den belgiske astronomen Sylvain Arend i Uccle. Den har fått sitt namn efter den belgiske prästen och astronomen Georges Lemaître.

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How crazy is current market action?
…and if you lived through 2008, definitely not that crazy.
Seeing a -3%+ or a +3% observation is roughly a 1/100 event, or ~ 2.5 times a year. Obviously, return events are not independent and volatility tends to cluster, but the numbers above establish a basic starting point for discussions about daily return action.
Value-weight return of all CRSP firms incorporated in the US and listed on the NYSE, AMEX, or NASDAQ that have a CRSP share code of 10 or 11 (essentially ordinary common shares).
There are 23,509 daily return in total.
Daily returns are one thing–let's review the top 40 stock market drawdowns over the past 90+ years.
VW CRSP = Value-weight CRSP universe of AMEX, NYSE, and Nasdaq stocks (Basically S&P 500).
Monthly returns, gross of fees, total returns (e.g., including dividends).
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Flower-like magnetic nanoparticles target difficult tumors
Dartmouth College researchers aim to treat deep-seated tumors, such as those found in pancreatic cancer, by using a flower-shaped magnetic nanoparticle capable of reaching deeper within the human body than currently available methods
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Washington, D.C., March 3, 2015 -- Thanks to the work of an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Dartmouth Center of Nanotechnology Excellence, funded by the National Institutes of Health, the next-generation magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) may soon be treating deep-seated and difficult-to-reach tumors within the human body.
Though the researchers caution that any new therapies based on their discoveries will have to prove safe and effective in clinical trials before becoming routinely available for people with cancer, they point to the work they published this week in the Journal of Applied Physics, from AIP Publishing, as significant progress.
They created a new class of flower-shaped magnetic nanoparticles with superior performance in low-level magnetic fields and worked out their heating mechanism. The work provides future suggestions for developing a new generation of irregularly shaped magnetic nanoparticles for hyperthermia cancer therapy.
What is clinical hyperthermia? It's a technique in which the temperature of a part or the whole of the body is raised above normal. Heat is known to damage or destroy cancerous cells, but to harness it safely and effectively, heating must be applied very specifically and the tumor must be kept within an exacting temperature range for a precise period of time.
One way to achieve this is to administer nanoparticles and then heat them with energy from light, sound or alternating magnetic waves. This is no easy task because the applied alternating radio-frequency waves also generate unnecessary heating in normal tissues. "To date, most commercially available particles designed for the application of hyperthermia heat very well in a relatively high frequency, strong magnetic field," said Fridon Shubitidze, associate professor of engineering at Dartmouth College's Thayer School of Engineering. "However, there is a limit to the frequency and strength that can be applied."
When the human body is placed in a high frequency and strong alternating field, it begins to warm up and, if left unchecked, this could damage normal cells. "One way to avoid damaging normal tissue is by gaining a deeper understanding of the magnetic nanoparticles' heating mechanisms and using this knowledge to create magnetic nanoparticles that heat at low field strengths," Shubitidze pointed out.
In general, bulk magnetic materials heat when they experience a changing magnetic field. "When shrunken down to nano size, these materials can heat in a few different ways that don't occur on a larger scale," explained Shubitidze. "Some involve motion, with the particles physically rotating and/or moving under the influence of the field, while others are entirely non-mechanical and only involve changes in the direction in which the particles are magnetized."
Overall, magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia consists of two main steps: delivery and then activation of nanoparticles inside tumor cells. Once the magnetic nanoparticles are delivered inside tumor cells, the system activates an electromagnetic field that transfers energy to them, creating localized heating to destroy the tumor cells.
"The local temperature is directly related to the magnitude of the alternating magnetic field at the tumor," Shubitidze elaborated. "The alternating magnetic field from a coil decays rapidly, so to apply this technology in cases involving tumors deep within the body--such as pancreatic cancers--achieving a high-amplitude alternating magnetic field in the tumor necessitates an even higher amplitude alternating magnetic field at the surface. This high magnitude field can also elevate the temperature in normal tissues and limits applicability of magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia therapy by not getting enough heat out of the particles, which are in a tumor deep within the body."
The particles designed, synthesized and tested by the team show improved performance at low field levels compared to their commercially available counterparts.
This marks a significant step toward "enabling treatment of tumors that are deep within the body," said Shubitidze. "The mechanism of the heating is dictated by various factors such as nanoparticle shape, size, material type and influence of the surrounding environment. Analyses showed that in addition to possible hysteresis heating, the power loss mechanism for our magnetic nanoparticles is magnetic-field-driven viscous frictional loss, which was not previously considered within the magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia research community."
In terms of applications, magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia proves effective when there are enough particles in the tumor, when the particles have favorable heating properties, and when a sufficiently strong magnetic field is delivered. The technology can be used as a standalone therapy or as an adjuvant therapy along with chemo and radiation therapies for cancer treatment.
The development of magnetic nanoparticles that heat at lower field levels is an "important step toward making magnetic nanoparticle hyperthermia a clinically viable treatment for deep-seated cancers," Shubitidze noted.
What's next for the team? "We're currently working to combine our magnetic nanoparticles and a new device to deliver a higher field strength to the tumor in the case of pancreatic cancer, which is a particularly difficult target for conventional field generating devices," said Shubitidze.
This work was funded by the National Cancer Institute, one of the National Institutes of Health.
The article, "Magnetic nanoparticles with high specific absorption rate of electromagnetic energy at low field strength for hyperthermia therapy," is authored by Fridon Shubitidze, Katsiaryna Kekalo, Robert Stigliano and Ian Baker. It appears in the Journal of Applied Physics on March 3, 2015 (DOI: 10.1063/1.4907915). After that date, it can be accessed at: http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/117/9/10.1063/1.4907915
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Home News Singapore 2023 GDP growth to ease to 0.5-2.5% on weaker external demand
Singapore 2023 GDP growth to ease to 0.5-2.5% on weaker external demand
Nurluqman Suratman
SINGAPORE (ICIS)–Singapore's economy is projected to grow by 0.5% to 2.5% in 2023, slowing down from the expected growth of around 3.5% this year, on the back of worsening external demand, official data showed on Wednesday.
"Significant uncertainties and downside risks in the global economy remain," Singapore's Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) said in a statement.
With many advanced economies raising interest rates to combat high inflation, the impact of tightening financial conditions on global growth could be larger than expected, it said.
Further escalations in the Russia-Ukraine war and geopolitical tensions among major global powers could also worsen supply disruptions, dampen consumer and business confidence, as well as weigh on global trade.
"GDP growth rates in most major economies are expected to moderate further from 2022 levels, with sharp slowdowns projected in the US and [the] eurozone," said the ministry.
Against this backdrop, the growth of export sectors in Singapore is expected to weaken in tandem with the deterioration in external demand conditions, the MTI said.
"For instance, the semiconductors segment of the electronics cluster is expected to be negatively affected by the fall in global demand for semiconductors, while the machinery and systems segment of the precision engineering cluster is projected to be weighed down by a cutback in capital spending by semiconductor manufacturers amidst weak demand," it added.
For the rest of 2022, the ministry said the weaker economic outlook would weigh on the growth of export sectors, including the chemical and electronic sectors.
The 2022 GDP growth forecast for Singapore has been narrowed to "around 3.5 %", from "3.0 to 4.0%", the MTI said.
In the third quarter of 2022, the Singapore economy expanded by 4.1% on a year-on-year basis, easing from the 4.5% growth in the previous quarter.
This was lower than the initial 4.4% year-on-year growth projection that the ministry made earlier this year.
On a quarter-on-quarter seasonally adjusted basis, the economy grew by 1.1%, a reversal of the 0.1% contraction in the second quarter.
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Q: Overriding setting in YAML using a strategy from the default file? experienceList:
  - dbAnalyst: &dbAnalyst
      posName: 'Database Analyst / Net Tech'
      companyName: 'Choices People Supporting People'
  - webDevXetex: &webDevXetex
      posName: 'Software Engineer'
      companyName: 'Xetex Business Systems'
# ...
experienceStrategies:
  - defaultExperience: &defaultExperience
    - <<: *dbAnalyst
    - <<: *webDevXetex
  - webDevExperience: &webDevExperience
    - <<: *webDevXetex
#...
experience: *defaultExperience

config/default.yml
And this results in experience being output in YAML as:
experience:
  - dbAnalyst:
      posName: 'Database Analyst / Net Tech'
      companyName: 'Choices People Supporting People'
  - webDevXetex:
      posName: 'Software Engineer'
      companyName: 'Xetex Business Systems'

Now what I'd like to do is, keep the defaults in config/default.yml and override them selecting a different strategy (one of the experienceStrategies: above) in an override file similar to the following:
experience: *webDevExperience

config/override.yml
And hopefully resulting in the following:
experience:
  - webDevXetex:
      posName: 'Software Engineer'
      companyName: 'Xetex Business Systems'

...
However, instead using the node-config library I end up with an error; is there a way to do this in yaml and node.js using either some other library or by sticking with node-config?  I've seen another library called node-config-yaml that allows you to include other yaml files, but not certain if it allows you to override settings in the way that you can with node-config.
/home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:933
    throw new Error("Cannot parse config file: '" + fullFilename + "': " + e3);
    ^

Error: Cannot parse config file: '/home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/config/company_job.yml'
: YAMLException: unidentified alias "webDevExperience" at line 14, column 30:
    experience: *webDevExperience
                                 ^
    at util.parseFile (/home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:
933:11)
    at /home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:702:28
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at /home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:698:14
    at Array.forEach (native)
    at util.loadFileConfigs (/home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/conf
ig.js:697:13)
    at new Config (/home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/config.js:122:
27)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/home/leeand00/Documents/lifehacker organized/docs/projdir/node_modules/config/lib/config
.js:1767:31)
    at Module._compile (module.js:409:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:416:10)

A: Using the node-config-yml library actually did the trick, Despite it's sparse documentation on the matter it works perfectly.
It appears to make the configuration into one file in memory from both of them.  You can use aliases, and the merge function from node-config and just override as needed.