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“Start by focusing on the output side of the equation,” he said. “Most metrics and most organizations focus on input: How many transactions did I do today, how many people are in my organization, how much money did I move?” Instead, look at “where you see value on the output side and work from there,” he said.

Sul Ross State University Public Safety officers have released details on two antique guns stolen from the Museum of the Big Bend. Two 1800'S long arm rifles were taken in a theft that was reported last Friday at the school's museum. One is a Parker Brothers double barrel shotgun made in 1875, and a Whitney Arms 44-caliber made in 1886. Both are considered rare, and officials have contacted arms dealers to be on the lookout. Odessa Police are also helping with evidence collected from the scene. If you have any information, contact Sul Ross UDPS or Crimerstoppers. Home | Send...

Creation of "third a political force" in Lebanon BEIRUT - the ex-first Lebanese minister Salim Hoss, personality moderate near to Damas, announced the creation of "third a political force". This one in particular intends "to fill the ditches which fissured the national unit" after the assassination of Rafic Hariri. This "Platform of the national unit" must "crystallize the will of the parts not implied in the war between ' loyalistes' and ' opponents ', who exchange insults and show treason", declared Mr. Hoss with the press. The advertisement was made whereas a debate, stopped by the resignation of the...

A great symbol of the rugged old West, or at least as it was portrayed by Hollywood, is riding off into the sunset. The Ponderosa Ranch, an American West theme park where the television show "Bonanza" was filmed, closed on Sunday after its sale to a financier whose plans for the property are unclear. The show, which ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973, was the top-rated U.S. program in the mid-1960s.