Using Ngram Phrase Models to Generate Site Quality Scores

Navneet Panda, whom the Google Panda update is named after, has co-invented a new patent that focuses on site quality scores. It’s worth studying to understand how it determines the quality of sites. Back in 2013, I wrote the post Google Scoring Gibberish Content to Demote Pages in Rankings, about Google using ngrams from sites […]

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Grapevine Council adds outdoor fitness court to The REC

At the Sept. 19 Grapevine City Council meeting, Council approved an outdoor fitness area appropriate for all ages and abilities to be added to The REC of Grapevine. During the meeting Parks and Recreation Director Kevin Mitchell presented the idea of a partnership with the National Fitness Campaign, an enterprise that provides outdoor gyms called […]

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Colleyville council approves zoning for Lidl grocery store

Colleyville City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a zoning change that will allow a Lidl grocery store to open in the city. The vote comes after the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended denying the zoning change for the store, which will be located at 4007 Colleyville Boulevard, Colleyville. Because of the denial recommendation, City […]

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UT-Austin changes automatic admissions threshold from 7 to 6 percent

By Matthew Watkins It just got a little harder to get into the University of Texas at Austin. The top-ranked public university in the state announced Friday that students hoping to enroll as undergraduates in the fall of 2019 will need to be in the top 6 percent of their Texas high school’s graduating class […]

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UT-Austin changes automatic admissions threshold from 7 to 6 percent

By Matthew Watkins It just got a little harder to get into the University of Texas at Austin. The top-ranked public university in the state announced Friday that students hoping to enroll as undergraduates in the fall of 2019 will need to be in the top 6 percent of their Texas high school’s graduating class […]

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INTERACTIVE: See how your city’s unemployment rate compares to the rest of Texas

The Texas economy continues to grow with the addition of 5,500 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in August. This is the 14th consecutive month of job growth across the state of Texas. The unemployment rate did increase slightly across the state but decreased overall compared to August 2016. The post INTERACTIVE: See how your city’s unemployment […]

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Principal association: Texas school administrators’ intense job demands put voter registration low on priority list

Texas principals have enough on their plates, and asking the state for voter registration forms shouldn’t be another job responsibility, according to a statewide voice for high school principals. Archie McAfee, executive director of the Texas Association of Secondary Principals, shared his thoughts Friday after the Texas Civil Rights Project released a report that found many […]

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Google’s HTTPS Warning in Chrome — How to Upgrade Website to SSL

 Many website owners got a message in their Google Webmaster Tools (AKA Google Search Console) regarding a new “feature” that the Chrome web browser will contain. Chrome will now notify its users if a website is not https (ssl) and the website has any input forms on it. A simple contact form counts, so this […]

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SH 121 project in Grapevine to be complete in December

With the expectation that traffic on SH 121 near Grapevine Mills will nearly double by 2025, work began in 2013 to widen about 2 miles of the roadway to relieve a years-long problem of bottlenecks in the area. After four years of construction, there is an end in sight for drivers on Grapevine’s stretch of […]

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Grapevine-Colleyville and Carroll ISDs spend summer working on bond projects

While school was out for the summer, officials at Grapevine-Colleyville and Carroll ISDs were busy working on several bond projects that are part of the districts’ five-year bond issues. In May 2017, CISD voters approved a $208 million bond that focuses on alleviating capacity issues as well as many upgrades and maintenance projects throughout the […]

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Ask the editor: Is it true that Sherelle is leaving?

By now you may have heard that I am transitioning out of my role as the editor of this edition to launch the Lewisville/Flower Mound/Highland Village edition of Community Impact Newspaper. That edition will launch in early November, so be sure to tell your friends and family who live in the area that Community Impact […]

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Festivals, films and more: 4 things to do in Grapevine, Colleyville, Southlake this weekend, Sept. 15-17

It is the last weekend of summer before fall officially arrives. Here are some ways to play and celebrate the season: Friday-Sunday 1. Grapefest features grape stomp, live music Sept. 15-17 The annual festival features a variety of wines, food, carnival rides, a champagne cork shoot-off and a grape stomp. Times vary. Free (age 5 […]

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Google’s Project Jacquard: Textile-Based Device Controls

I remember my father building some innovative plastics blow molding machines where he added a central processing control device to the machines so that all adjustable controls could be changed from one place. He would have loved seeing what is going on at Google these days, and the hardware that they are working on developing, […]

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3 things to do at the 31st annual Grapefest in Grapevine

Tonight at 7 Grapevine’s Main Street will close down as volunteers and city officials gather to transform Grapevine’s historic downtown into the framework for the annual Grapefest celebration. Stages will be constructed and areas marked off as the city gathers to celebrate the festival in its 31st year. “It’s really going to be a lot […]

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More than 2,900 nonprofits expect to participate in North Texas Giving Day

Approximately 2,910 nonprofits will be participating in North Texas Giving Day Thursday. North Texas Giving Day is Communities Foundation of Texas‘ annual 18-hour online giving event which benefits 16 counties in North Texas. The goal for the day is to create awareness and support for nonprofits while also making it easy for donors to donate. […]

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Del Frisco’s headquarters to leave Southlake, moving to Irving

The Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group headquarters is leaving its Southlake location at 920 South Kimball Ave., Ste. 100. The headquarters of the steakhouse chain is relocating from Southlake to 2900 Ranch Trail at Cypress Waters in Irving, Texas. The restaurant group is taking over the 31,450-foot space at Cypress Waters, which was previously occupied by the […]

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Carroll ISD sets tax rate for 2017-18 fiscal year

Following discussion from the Aug. 21 board meeting, the Carroll ISD board of trustees approved the 2017-18 fiscal year tax rate of $1.385 per $100 valuation. Assistant Superintendent of Financial Services Scott Wrehe said the tax rate takes into consideration the board’s desire to decrease the debt service fund, or the portion of the tax […]

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Grapevine marks 9/11 with ceremony

As the sun rose Sept. 11, Grapevine Assistant Fire Chief Stuart Grant began welcoming guests to a ceremony to remember the victims of the 9/11 attacks. In a Day of Remembrance ceremony that took place at 1000 Texan Trail in Grapevine, flags were lowered to half-staff at 7:46 a.m. to remember the victims 16 years […]

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Grapevine taking steps to bid for Amazon headquarters

The city of Grapevine is weighing a potential bid to be the newest Amazon.com Inc. headquarters location. In a press release Thursday, Amazon announced it is opening a search for a second headquarters to operate alongside its Seattle facilities. With a $5 billion investment in the construction of Amazon’s second headquarters, the company would bring an estimated […]

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Chris Archer leads after early results in Southlake City Council Place 6 special election

After early voting totals were released in the Sept. 9 special Southlake City Council election for Place 6, Chris Archer leads with 66.54 percent of the votes for Denton and Tarrant counties. Candidates Shauna Newman and Stephen Luhrs trail with 30.22 percent of the vote and 3.22 percent of the vote, respectively. The Place 6 […]

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Archer leads in early election results

After early voting totals were released in the Sept. 9 special Southlake City Council election for Place 6, Chris Archer leads with 58.82 percent of the vote. CandidatesShauna Newman and Stephen Luhrs trail with 29.41 percent of the vote and 11.76 percent of the vote, respectively. The Place 6 seat was vacated by Gary Fawks, […]

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Harvey evacuees, tell us about getting your children back in school

As coastal Texas school districts pick up the pieces after Hurricane Harvey flooded and razed their schools, parents must make crucial decisions about how long to wait before enrolling their children somewhere else. The state is giving students who evacuated from the storm a “reasonable period of time” to decide where they want to enroll, […]

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3 things to know from the Sept. 5 Grapevine City Council meeting

At the Tuesday night Grapevine City Council meeting, the Council approved adding extra space for the Grapevine Vintage Rail and held the first public hearing for a tax rate increase. 1. Land parcel purchased Following its executive session, the Grapevine City Council approved a land purchase of more than 32,000 square feet from Dallas Area […]

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Southlake City Council approves Starbucks exterior artwork, denies drive-thru sign changes

Southlake City Council deliberated for more than 30 minutes at its meeting Tuesday regarding signage for the Starbucks store at 2155 W. Southlake Blvd. Requests for changes included an exterior piece of hanging artwork to be placed along the side of the building as well as changes to the drive-thru ordering stand to allow baristas to […]

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Grapevine Public Safety Building now open

On Tuesday morning the parking lot of the new Grapevine Public Safety Building was full as city residents and staff attended the facility’s dedication ceremony and ribbon cutting. Police Chief Eddie Salame was the master of the ceremony, introducing speakers and recognizing stakeholders in the facility. “This is an exciting time for us,” Salame said. […]

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Recovering from Hurricane Harvey: Advice from a Katrina survivor

Cherie Franz, her husband Art and their daughter Annabelle fled New Orleans in the middle of the night two days before Hurricane Katrina made landfall in August 2005. Confident in her family’s swift return, the Franzs brought only a few items of clothing, some toys and a photo album. They had no idea it would […]

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Trump ending immigration program that has impacted more than 120,000 in Texas

The Trump Administration made it official Tuesday: It will end an Obama-era program that has granted relief from deportation to hundreds of thousands of young undocumented immigrants. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made the announcement that the administration will phase out the initiative — the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — or DACA — program — […]

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Teacher retirement fund TRS-Care approves lower deductibles with legislature-approved funding

Changes made in the Texas legislature’s special session have officially allowed the TRS-Care board to lower deductibles for Texas retired teachers. Last Friday, the board met to approve changes that lower the in-network deductible for non-Medicare retirees from $3,000 to $1,500 and in-network maximum out of pocket costs from $7,150 to $5,650 for individuals. (Both […]

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Environmental concerns persist across Harvey-ravaged Texas cities. Here's what you should know today.

As efforts to rebuild have slowly begun in areas hit hard by Hurricane Harvey, officials continue to warn of lingering environmental hazards, including the health risks posed by receding floodwater. In a news release Sunday night, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality cautioned that floodwaters can contain bacteria and contaminants, and conceal downed power lines, large objects […]

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Harvey's aftermath raises health risks for the region. Here's how to avoid them.

As it moves away from Southeast Texas, Hurricane Harvey leaves a number of public health risks along its path of flood and destruction. Even as floodwaters have started receding in some places, experts warn that residents in Harvey-affected areas could still be exposed to numerous health threats, ranging from water contamination to psychological distress. Dealing […]

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Crosby plant explosion highlights state efforts to block access to chemical information

Residents of Crosby woke Thursday morning to a 40-foot plume of black smoke darkening their sky. Don’t worry, said both government officials and personnel from Arkema, the owner of the plant emitting the fumes — there’s nothing toxic in your air. Locals had little choice but to take them at their word.Via Texas Tribune The […]

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Citations behind the Google Brain Word Vector Approach

In October of 2015, a new algorithm was announced by members of the Google Brain team, described in this post from Search Engine Land – Meet RankBrain: The Artificial Intelligence That’s Now Processing Google Search Results One of the Google Brain team members who gave Bloomberg News a long interview on Rankbrain, Gregory S. Corrado […]

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Child therapists fear new Texas policy will deepen funding cuts

Therapists who work with disabled children in their homes saw a glimmer of hope this year, when Texas lawmakers decided to restore some of the funds they cut for such services in 2015.  It was short-lived. Now these care providers argue new policies the state’s top health agency is implementing could not only cancel out […]

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Texas districts preparing to take in students displaced by Harvey

When Hurricane Harvey swept across the Texas coast, it decimated Port Aransas ISD’s buildings, forcing the district to close indefinitely — and immediately leaving more than 450 students without a place to attend school. Just 20 miles away on the mainland, Flour Bluff ISD is preparing this week to enroll every one of those students […]

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Unified response among federal agencies provide Hurricane Harvey relief

The Federal Emergency Management Agency and its federal partners are continuing to mobilize thousands of personnel and resources to support those affected by Hurricane Harvey. The following is a list of the updated rescue and assistance efforts, according to FEMA. FEMA has approved more than 68,000 people for approximately $37 million in financial assistance to […]

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