How China Says No: Thoughts on Being Blacklisted by China
By Dru C. Gladney
China can say no, as was once declared in the title of the popular 1990s Chinese book. A sovereign country, China has every right to admit or exclude those who seek permission to enter. That it has chosen to exclude a group of scholars who contributed to an edited volume on the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, now known as the “Xinjiang 13,” should not and will not elicit much concern in the wider academic world, despite a slew of recent articles in Bloomberg, the Washington Post, the New York Times, blog fora like China Beat, and on listservs such as China-pol, etc. It is also interesting that this issue has only now emerged in the popular press, nearly eight years later. What does concern me, as one of the names on the list, is the suggestion that there is anything one can do personally, or even collectively, to be removed from such a list, so that’s what I’ll focus on here.
Jim Millward suggests there are certain lessons that can be learned from this experience to help prevent it from happening to someone else. More importantly, he argues that if university and other academic institutions had acted collectively to put pressure on China, our visa troubles “could have been quickly resolved.” Although I agree with Jim on almost all of his astute responses to the Bloomberg and Post articles regarding our situation, I could not disagree more with this particular assertion. I’m also concerned that this idea bears a faint resemblance to certain 19th century Western efforts to “change” China, and even “save” it (from what exactly, I never have been clear). Just as the perfect storm of events that came together to create perhaps the very first “group blacklist” of a wide range of scholars working on a similar topic by any nation – there are a plethora of scholars and activists who have been denied entré to many countries – is highly complex and impossible to explain, so too the ability of the Chinese state to both impose and perhaps then, to reverse, a decision will perhaps never be fully understood. As one high-ranking Chinese scholar-official suggested to me: “It takes a certain amount of power to put one on such a list, but much greater power to take one off it.”
The anthropologist Gregory Bateson once famously labeled the sort of haphazard and unpredictable process outlined above “schismogenesis.” I suggest that when it comes to a place like China, with 1.3 billion people ruled by a Communist Party under the presumed enlightened guidance of a Chairman and nine-member politburo (all chosen through a selection process that no one has ever explained), the dynamics of schismogenesis are raised to a whole new level of intensity and complexity.
The seemingly arbitrary and idiosyncratic process by which I have been able to obtain three visas to China since the blacklist was put into place in 2004 illustrates this rather unpredictable process. I believe only one other scholar from the group has been able to travel to China more than twice since the list was drawn up, and neither of us have visited Xinjiang (whereas I had travelled to China more than ten times the previous year, and at least six times to Xinjiang in that year alone). It has been noted that it took quite a few years after the Frederick Starr edited volume, Xinjiang: China’s Muslim Borderland (M.E. Sharpe, 2004), was published that the contributors began to become gradually aware we were all on the same list.
In my case, I was actually carrying around a stamp in my passport that indicated I was denied a visa in Hong Kong in 2006 for over a year, before I realized the meaning of such a stamp. It is a simple red stamp that gives a date and a place (in Chinese), presumably signifying where the denial took place. It was situated nowhere near any of the previous Chinese visas that adorned almost every other page of my passport. Once I discovered the stamp (pointed out to me by one of my fellow contributors who had been unsuccessfully trying to overturn the denial for two years), I immediately “lost” that passport and applied for a new one (a photo of the stamp can be viewed in a powerpoint presentation linked to the Bloomberg article on the blacklisting of US scholars).
On my next visa application, I found a new stamp had been surreptitiously placed in the back of the new passport. When I asked the consular clerk why I was denied, I was told: “You should know.” None of the Xinjiang 13 have ever been given an explanation, any kind of explanation, regarding why our group was singled out, whereas many of the authors of other works much more critical of China than ours, on a range of topics from Xinjiang, to Tibet, to Taiwan, to human rights, to the treatment of women, and the repression of artists, writers, and activists, continue to travel to China with relative impunity.
Once I realized I could no longer obtain a multiple entry visa to China within an hour of arriving in Hong Kong, as I had done in 2003, I began to speak to my Chinese friends and colleagues about this. Most were equally shocked and dismayed. Almost all of them believed they could help me and that this “inconvenience” would be easily and quickly resolved. To their credit, all of them tried, and many of them have continued to exert great efforts to bring me back. I was particularly dismayed in 2006 that I could not immediately travel to China to attend the funeral of my adopted “dry” Muslim Chinese father and mentor, to whom I dedicated my first book in 1991.
It was only after I inadvertently mentioned this problem to a Chinese acquaintance, a journalist from Shanghai based in the U.S. who had often interviewed me on the “Xinjiang problem,” that he offered to help. It turned out that he happened to be an elementary school classmate of Wenzhong Zhou, who was then the Chinese Ambassador to the US. For my first visit, I was told to meet with a consular official in Washington, D.C. After waiting for two hours, I was courteously received and merely asked my opinion regarding the Uyghur, and specifically the businesswoman, Rebiya Kadeer, who was at that time being held in a prison outside of Urumqi. I told him my views as presented in a public lecture at Georgetown University the night before, and that I believed it was in China’s interest to release Ms. Kadeer as soon as possible.
I was never asked to write or sign anything. I was asked to not speak to media, nor travel to Xinjiang, and to be “objective” in my assessment of Xinjiang. My interlocutor did not seem well-briefed on the problems in Xinjiang nor familiar with the content of the Starr volume. After I received my visa, I immediately flew that evening to Beijing in order to present a lecture at the prestigious Beijing Forum hosted by Peking University. When I arrived at the Beijing Capitol Airport, I was unexpectedly taken by the visa officer to a small windowless room and forced to sit there for over four hours without recourse to telephone or communication with the outside world, while they presumably checked to see whether my visa was valid.
On a subsequent trip, I was detained for over an hour at the Shanghai airport. On my third trip in 2009, I was detained slightly on my way out of the Beijing airport. I was never at any time given any explanation why my papers were suspect. Prior to every visit I filled out the requisite visa application and attached official letters of invitation from the various universities and institutes who inviting me to speak or meet with them.
While in China, to my knowledge my activities and movements were not monitored in any obvious way. I did meet with my sponsor’s associates and spouse on each visit and asked politely to be careful and “objective.” I was widely received and warmly welcomed “home” by my many Chinese friends and colleagues, some of whom I had known for nearly 30 years, and who seemed equally mystified and angered by my visa problems. I’ll never forget the conflicted emotions I felt when, upon my rather tardy arrival at the Beijing Forum plenary session, which at that moment happened to be in session in the Great Hall of the People, a large group of my Chinese colleagues stood up during the middle of the lecture and cheered when I entered the room.
The schismogenetic mixture of personal relationships, political connections, shifting contexts and questionable contents that led to that moment, my subsequent trips, and later continued visa denials, as well as the placing of my name on such a list, I doubt can ever be fully understood or accounted for. Nor do I believe that this decision can be easily reversed or influenced by any individual or institution. Now that my friend in D.C. has retired and returned to China, and Ambassador Zhou has stepped down, I have no idea if I will be able to travel to China again, and I have been told that some Chinese academies are wary of inviting me.
Western universities and academic institutions can and should play a role in supporting their scholars and promoting the open exchange of different opinions and points of view. That is what defines the essence of academic freedom. I do think that it is only when a wide range of individuals and institutions in China come to the realization that it is through open and regular dialogue with different points of view and a wide range of individuals that we might fully begin to resolve our differences and address our societal problems. Chinese themselves must change China, and realize it is in their best interests to do so. To paraphrase my friend, it takes a certain level of strength for China to say “no,” but even more, in my opinion, to say “yes.”
Dru C. Gladney is Professor of Anthropology at Pomona College and the author of Dislocating China: Muslims, Minorities, and Other Subaltern Subjects (University of Chicago Press, 2004) and Muslim Chinese: Ethnic Nationalism in the People’s Republic (Harvard University Press, 1991, 2nd ed., 1996).
‘Terra Nova’: You can preview Fox show by visiting bus in Orlando
Jason O'Mara plays a determined father in 'Terra Nova.' Photo credit: Brook Rushton/Fox
“Terra Nova” from executive producer Steven Spielberg is one of the fall’s biggest new shows.
The sci-fi spectacular will debut Sept. 26 on Fox. But you can get a preview Thursday in Orlando by visiting the “Journey to Terra Nova,” a solar-powered bus with a video green screen.
Through the technological wizardry, visitors can insert themselves into a scene from the show. “Terra Nova” sends a family from 2149 back to prehistoric times, where adventurers will try to save humanity while battling dinosaurs. Visitors can visit a futuristic oxygen bar — 2149 is highly polluted — and receive a limited edition mini-poster.
The bus has two stops in Orlando on Thursday: Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, 8201 International Dr., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Howl at the Moon, 8815 International Dr., from 5 to 9 p.m.
Cheap Hosting Web – Seven Pointers to Seriously Consider Before Purchasing
As well as explaining what is meant by cheap hosting web, I would also like to cover some other areas that I feel you have probably asked yourself, at sometime in the past.
So lets ask ourselves...
1) What is cheap hosting web?
2) Is hosting free or isn't it?
3) Are there financial issues involved?
4) Where is hosting purchased?
5) What is hosting?
6) How does the information from your computer get up onto the Internet?
7) What are name servers and how do I change them?
What is cheap hosting web and is hosting free or isn't it?
From my own personal experience of purchasing many domain names, if you are like myself, you will find that you are forever bombarded each time with up sales, throughout all of the pages leading up to the final check out. These in turn are offering, what is led to believe, free hosting.
Now as we are all well aware, there is no such thing as free hosting, as you will still pay for it one way or another.
If however I told you that buying a cheap domain from a registrar and cheap web hosting from a hosting company, ended up saving you a small fortune, then this is indeed what I refer to as cheap hosting web, i.e. you will save money if you buy both separately.
Once you understand what hosting is and where you can purchase it from, you will soon realize, how much money you are throwing down the drain.
Are there financial issues involved and where is hosting purchased?
So how much will hosting cost? Well if you buy a domain name with so called free hosting (yer right), this will set you back approximately $8 a month which will end up at $96 a year.
But if you buy them separately, you can shop around on the net and buy a domain name for as low as $7 a year and hosting from $4 a month which will end up $31 a year, that is a saving of OVER $60 a year. Now do you see why I call it cheap hosting web?
NOW I must emphasize that there are thousands of domain registrars and hosting companies on the Internet to choose from, that also have various up sales like webspace unlimited, subdomain hosting and they even try to persuade you to part with your hard earned cash by also giving away make believe 100mb hosting.
If any of these up sales that I have mentioned leave you in the dark, trust me, it is better off at this early stage, that you pay no attention to them. I only mentioned them for example purposes only.
But all these extra bits and pieces are to make you believe, that you are really getting so much value for your money, but as you will find out, it is the unknowledgeable victims that are robbed blind, because they don't know where to find the answers.
You see, the webspace unlimited and the subdomain hosting that I mentioned, as well as the 100mb hosting, are usually things that people don't even understand, let alone even get to use, and these combined domain and hosting companies try to get you to believe that you need them and they are making a killing at your expense.
These figures that I have used are a rough guide and you will need to satisfy yourself that you have indeed found the best deal for you that suits your budget.
But the chances are that if you just spend a couple of hours having a good look around, you will be able to save even more than what I have mentioned.
Just go to Google and type in "where can I buy hosting" and you will see that there is, as I type this article, 115,000,000 results, yep you read that correctly, absolutely staggering isn't it.
Surely it has got to be worth a couple of hours surfing the net, if it means saving yourself $60 or even $80 a year and that is on just one topic.
What is hosting and how does the information from your computer get up onto the Internet?
Let me also just bring you up to speed with what hosting actually is and start by stating the obvious.
Everyone that connects with the Internet knows, that they type an email, possibly add an attachment and then hit send. But not everyone is aware, that between your computer and the World Wide Web, is this host that we are discussing and without it, your email would go absolutely nowhere.
So in a nutshell, your host is responsible for connecting what you do on your computer at home with the World Wide Web. Every website has and every website needs a hosting account as you are now beginning to realize and they have what your computer doesn't and that is massive huge servers that are responsible for this service that you DO PAY FOR!
So why doesn't everybody buy them separate and save loads of money? The simple answer is that not everybody will have the patience to copy this very simple blue print that you now have at your fingertips. Also some people will find what I am about to explain, very frightening.
I was also one of those people that shoved it aside as it seemed to difficult to understand, but found that once it was explained to me in simple language, one step at a time and without having to know anything about name servers, then I found it was extremely easy and it just all fell into place, also I found that once I had done it the 1st time, the 2nd time I actually smiled.
So no, hosting is not free, but it can save you considerable excess expense if time is taken to carry out the actions in the following section.
What are name servers and how do I change them?
Let's assume that you have now bought your domain name from a registrar and hosting from a separate company.
If you bear in mind that the two companies are not connected and don't talk to each other, all you need to do is put the address of the hosting company in between them so that your domain registrar knows where to send your email and attachment to, that we spoke about earlier.
The address in question is referred to in their language, as name servers and this simple maneuver is carried out by going to your domain registrar web site.
If you look around on the main page, you will see domain manager or manage domains or maybe even edit domains, or some thing like that.
If you still struggle to find it, just type domain manager into the search bar and hit enter. Once you find it, all your domains will be on view.
You click on the name that you want to change the name servers of and when faced with the next page, forget all about the scary jargon that you see, all you are interested in, is where it says name servers.
The email that you received from your hosting company will have name servers on it as well, of which there will be two of them.
You just copy and paste them into the name server boxes that we just referred to and click ok.
Now was that difficult and all I want you to do now is go over this one more time and it will become second nature.
I really congratulate you on doing this, because although it only takes a couple of minutes to do, as you have just witnessed, even if someone is shown this very simple task they won't bother to do it, yet as I have already mentioned, you could be saving on average $60 to even $80 a year, so well done.
What Is Managed Cloud Hosting?
For many enterprises, the private cloud is the first choice and only choice when it comes to cloud computing. The private variety of cloud computing offers a hardware and network environment that is dedicated solely to the enterprise. Whether delivered through a hosted private environment or an internal one, there is an assurance that the hardware, data storage and network security are dedicated to a single organization and not shared with other companies and users. When it comes to highly sensitive corporate data, personal customer lists, PCI or HIPAA certified environments, a private environment is preferred and sometimes the only option.
At the same time, businesses are recognizing the benefit of the public cloud for some of their less-critical applications. Many small and mid-size businesses need the quality of an enterprise private cloud in terms of high availability, redundancy and security with the affordability of a shared cloud. Enterprises need the ability to move non-critical, non-sensitive computing and development work out of their private environment into a shared cloud but need to achieve a similar level of availability and security.
There are a number of public cloud options available. Some like Amazon's EC2 are basic cloud servers designed to provide the lowest cost computing services for non-critical applications like web or development servers. Others are designed to deliver the high availability and security that enterprises require in their server environments. The later, we call managed cloud hosting.
Wikipedia defines a virtual private cloud (VPC) as "a private cloud existing in a shared or public cloud". The managed cloud is a VPC - with one or more virtual servers in a shared environment that deliver the same level of data protection and network security as a dedicated private environment. The managed cloud can sit on same VLAN with a dedicated private cloud and managed servers to provide a completely integrated system.
In addition, by connecting a Managed Cloud into a hosted private cloud on a dedicated VLAN behind a dedicated firewall, the VPC provides a tremendous level of flexibility and expandability beyond the private cloud's dedicated hardware, without compromising the data integrity or network security of the private cloud.
Due to the infrastructure already being in place, managed clouds can be implemented much faster than a standard one. Servers can be spun up and spun down quickly and efficiently in a managed virtual environment. The true benefit of the managed cloud servers is that you can start very small and grow quickly without large amounts of capital.
Scott Harris memorial set for Sept. 8
- Scott Harris helped launch Central Florida News 13 in 1997.
A memorial for veteran Orlando TV journalist Scott Harris will be open to the public.The tribute will be at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8, at Bourne Chapel at Lake Highland Middle School, 741 N. Mills Ave. in Orlando.
Harris died Monday after a battle with kidney cancer. He was 64.
Harris had worked his entire career in Central Florida. He was an anchor at Central Florida News 13 and helped launch the cable news channel in 1997. He also worked at WESH-Channel 2, WCPX-Channel 6 (now WKMG) and 580 AM (WDBO).
In a memo to the News 13 staff, General Manager Robin Smythe said, “Scott’s family and friends are working on the details of the service now, but you can bet there will be lots of laughter, good stories and love.”
‘Dancing With the Stars’: Nancy Grace, Carson Kressley will hoof it
Carson Kressley will join 'Dancing With the Stars.' Photo credit: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images
At 9:24 tonight, during “Bachelor Pad,” ABC started revealing the new cast on “Dancing With the Stars.”
Host Tom Bergeron called it “our most surprising cast.” Most of the names, however, had leaked earlier in the day.
The celebrities in the second batch:
HLN host Nancy Grace. She smiled broadly and predicted it will be easier to report the news than be the news. Will she be able to loosen up enough to perform? How will she take the judges’ criticism?
War hero and “All My Children” actor J.R. Martinez. He suffered burns to more than 40 percent of his body when he served in Iraq.
Soccer superstar Hope Solo, who could have the edge in this group.
Rob Kardashian, who was called “reality royalty.” He stars in “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and “Khloe & Lamar.”
Actress/model Elisabetta Canalis, the former girlfriend of George Clooney.
Author/activist Chaz Bono, the only child of Sonny and Cher. He said the competition was “daunting.”
The celebrities announced in the first batch:
Actress/TV host Ricki Lake, who assured viewers she had no edge because of appearing in “Hairspray” years ago.
Basketball star Ron Artest, who pulled off his shirt.
Kristin Cavallari from “The Hills.”
Singer Chynna Phillips, who was described as “a pop princess.”
Actor/producer David Arquette. “I love to dance and I love to entertain,” he said.
Fashion style/guru Carson Kressley, the lone surprise in the first group.
“Dancing With the Stars” is Central Florida’s most-watched program. The new season starts Sept. 19. The first results show will be Sept. 20.
To get the news, viewers had to wade through the latest ”Bachelor Pad.” Michael was sweating over Holly being out of the house. She returned and said she had a good date with Blake. Michael pledged his love to Holly, but went into a tizzy when he heard she had kissed Blake. Ah, “Bachelor Pad” — it takes you back to eighth grade.
Two people left “Bachelor Pad” tonight. They were William and Melissa, who was going off the deep end before the announcement.
Restaurant Copycat Recipes – Make Your Favorite Dish at Home
Let me ask you how many times you have been in a restaurant, had a delicious meal and wanted to know how exactly the dish was cooked? I know I have and have often looked for restaurant copycat recipes in bookstores and on line.
One of my favorite restaurants is The Olive Garden. I just enjoy everything there, the never ending bread sticks, the bottomless salad bowl, and every pasta dish. Everything is so appealing right down to the Italian atmosphere. The last time I was there I tried a new appetizer; it was called Smoked Mozzarella Fonduta. It was Oven-baked smoked mozzarella, provolone, Parmesan and Romano cheese. Served with Tuscan bread and it instantly became my new favorite.
Now I live right on the Canadian border and in a place where I have to drive three hours to get to the nearest Olive Garden, so finding the recipes for my favorites is extra important to me.
What prompted me to look for these so called 'secret recipes' is the fact that once I found the one for my favorite famous dish, I could enjoy it anytime I wanted right at home. Another reason I wanted to find some restaurant copycat recipes is because you can save a lot of money cooking these dishes yourself. No transportation cost, no tipping, and you can enjoy the meal without getting all dressed up. Plus getting to decide on my portion size is nice. I can honestly say that I would have eaten the whole Fonduta myself if I had a chance.
Finding the right set of recipes with easy to follow directions is a must. I am certainly no professional cook and I don't have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen. Once I found these recipes, my family decided that they had their own favorite food from all different restaurants. So what started out as a small curiosity soon became sort of a hobby.
Creating restaurant favorite foods at home using restaurant copycat recipes is becoming more popular. People are trying to save their money, but still want to be able to enjoy certain luxuries. Enjoying your favorite dish at home, whenever you want is most certainly a little luxury. I plan to make my next family get together more enjoyable by creating a special meal with my new recipes. It will be the best 'spaghetti and meatballs' they have ever tasted!
Finding your favorite restaurant copycat recipes and creating that dish right at home is a lot easier than I first thought.
Top 5 Cheesecake Factory Restaurant Menu Item Recommendations
The Cheesecake Factory has some of the best food in the country. According to Wikipedia, they operate over 160 restaurants in the United States. I personally have dined at the there several times, and it is one of my favorite restaurants. They have some of the finest Cheesecake Factory copycat recipes in the country. If you are thinking about making a visit, here are five recipes you should consider ordering on your visit.
My first recommendation is the Louisiana Chicken Pasta. I know that a chicken pasta recipe doesn't sound like an original idea, but you need to trust me on this one. If you like chicken, and you like pasta, you need to order this delicious entrée. The official website describes this menu item as follows: "Parmesan Crusted Chicken Cutlets Served Over Pasta Tossed with Mushrooms, Peppers and Onions in a Spicy New Orleans Style Sauce." The spicy New Orleans Style Sauce made all the difference for me. The sauce isn't as spicy as you might think, so don't be scared away from this dish if you don't like spicy food.
My second recommendation is for those of you who love chicken but aren't in the mood for pasta. You definitely need to try the Orange Chicken. Many of you have probably tried the Orange Chicken at Applebee's. If you like the Orange Chicken at Applebee's, you are going to love the Orange Chicken at The Cheesecake Factory Restaurant. This recipe is listed on their specialties menu and includes white rice covered with invigorating Sweet and Sour Orange sauce.
My third recommendation is the Shrimp Scampi. If you're into shrimp or seafood, this is the choice for you. This recipe is served with Angel Hair Pasta. If you go to the official website, there is a photo of this delectable recipe!
My fourth recommendation is the Pasta Da Vinci. This is one of the most popular menu items at the Cheesecake Factory recipes. Customers are always asking about this recipe for good reason. You can find the recipe for this delicious recipe on various websites across the internet. The menu description for this fine entree states that the Pasta Da Vinci includes "Sauteed Chicken, Mushrooms, Onions and Garlic in a Delicious Madeira Wine Sauce Tossed with Penne Pasta and Parmesan."
My final recommendation includes another popular entrée. Evelyn's Favorite Pasta is named after the restaurant founder Evelyn Everton along with her husband Oscar Everton. This recipe is really all about the vegetables. If you like pasta and vegetables, this may be the best choice for you. The dish includes many ingredients including Penne, Garlic, Olive Oil, Roasted Eggplant, Olive oil, Roasted eggplant, Pine nuts, Kalamata olives, Sun-dried tomato, Broccoli, Peppers, and Parmesan cheese.
If you are planning to go to the Cheesecake Factory, be sure to block out a few hours of time. I recently went there on a Saturday afternoon about 5 pm, and there was a 45 minute wait! The wait is surely worth it, but make sure you have plenty of time to eat! I could go on and on about the desserts at Cheesecake Factory, but I will save that for another article.
Reliable Business Web Hosting – Find A Reliable Web Host
It feels like it's getting harder and harder to find reliable services these days, the same is true for reliable business web hosting services. As a business owner, it's hard to find reliable employees, clients and services without digging through the trash bin for a few days. When it comes to reliable business web hosting, ditch the dumpster diving and get to reading this article about finding a reliable business web hosting company.
To a small business, a website could literally mean the difference between success and failure. This puts a lot of pressure on business owners in terms of finding reliable web hosting services that are affordable and right for your type of business. There are a few things you really want your website hosting service provider to have: a 24/7 customer support team, a 99.9% uptime guarantee and a money-back guarantee. These traits have been directly linked to both hosting reliability and the reliability of a company's overall service.
24/7 Customer Support
Customer support is one of those things that you really don't appreciate until a disaster strikes and you need to get in touch with someone who can fix your problem, and fast. If a hosting company doesn't have a 24/7, full-time customer support team, you could find your small business in a world of hurt. Although most hosting companies offer a dedicated support staff, a select few still haven't hopped on the bandwagon in terms of offering exceptional customer support services. Before you pull out your wallet, make sure the web hosting company you're thinking of going with his a 24/7 customer support team. It may not seem like something important now, but you'll be sending me an email thanking me later when an unanticipated tech-disaster happens.
99.9% Uptime Guarantee
An uptime guarantee is a hosting company's promise to its clients that their website will be available to their customers for a certain percentage of time. A 99.9% uptime guarantee means that your website will be live and available to the public nearly all the time. Most reliable business website hosting services offer uptime guarantees of close to 100%. This is how website hosting should be. After all, what's the point of having a business website if it's not going to be accessible most of the time?
Money-Back Guarantee
Reliable business web hosting companies offer a money-back guarantee. Period. All of the largest and most popular hosting companies offer at least some kind of trial period in order to evaluate their services. If you aren't completely satisfied, a reputable web host will almost always send you a full refund with little or no questions asked. Most hosting services offer a 30 to 45 day trial period during which you can get a full refund. If a hosting company doesn't have a money-back guarantee, drop 'em and go for a one that does. This is one of the most respectable things a hosting company can do to earn its customer's trust.
If you're still looking for a reliable web host, check out our page dedicated to reliable small business web hosting reviews in order to find a free list of the best and most reliable business web hosting services.
‘Dr. Phil’: George and Cindy Anthony still set for season premiere
Cindy and George Anthony attend an Aug. 9 event honoring granddaughter Caylee Anthony. Photo credit: Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel
Some viewers are speculating that Dr. Phil McGraw has pulled his Sept. 12 premiere with George and Cindy Anthony.
Hasn’t happened, a show spokeswoman said this morning.
The parents of Casey Anthony are still confirmed for the season premiere. Anthony was acquitted last month of murder in the death of her daughter, Caylee.
“Dr. Phil” will start its new season at 3 p.m. weekdays on WOFL-Channel 35.