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Would you be surprised to learn that ornamental plants in your yard may be causing natural areas to suffer? Some of the more aggressive plants common to backyard gardens are escaping to natural areas, where they choke out other plants and begin to take over. Even if they are pruned and kept in check, their seeds are dispersed by birds, animals, and the wind.
The Garden has recently developed an invasive plant policy that recognizes this problem on its grounds and encourages home gardeners to do the same. Three-quarters of all invasive plant species, defined as plants that can actively naturalize and cause native plant communities to decline, are garden plants. In Illinois, the biggest offenders include buckthorn, bush honeysuckle, and garlic mustard. Other widely planted invasives include Oriental bittersweet, burning bush, and autumn olive.
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Arizona residents encouraged to take active shooter course
Originally published: Dec 19, 2012 - 5:00 am
Northern Arizona residents are being encouraged to participate in an online, interactive web course offered by FEMA called "Active Shooter: What You Can Do."
According to officials, the effort comes in light of the increase in mass-shooting incidents that have occurred across the country, specifically schools, and most recently the Connecticut massacre that left over two dozen children and adults dead.
"We don't want people to panic, we want people to have an understanding and reasonable knowledge of what the possibilities are," said Gerry Blair, Public Information Officer for the Coconino County Sheriff's Office.
CCSO and the Flagstaff Police Department are joining forces with the Flagstaff Unified School District, charter and other schools, county and city employees, and all community members to "increase awareness of and mental preparedness for, active shooter incidents."
An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and other populated area.
"Upon completion of the course it is believed participants will be familiar with suggested actions to take when confronted with an active shooter, recognize potential workplace violence indicators, be aware of actions intended to prevent and prepare for potential incidents and understand ways to manage the consequences of an active shooter incident," the course's website said.
The free online course takes about 45 minutes to complete and is available to anyone.
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The Artlab Gallery is a purpose-built exhibition space designed to showcase contemporary and historical works of art. Located at the North end of the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, the gallery is a square room situated within a cylindrical external structure. It is approximately 1600 square feet in size, with 30 foot high ceilings and has programmable track lighting for variable usage.
The Artlab program is focused on projects that involve and/or respond to student and faculty research and practice. A Steering Committee meets on a regular basis to develop a slate of exhibitions and projects that represent the breadth of department interests. Each year approximately twelve projects are presented, showcasing a range of production that includes all mediums.
While the Artlab does not accept unsolicited submissions, the Steering Committee and Department are open to projects and initiatives of all kinds that have the potential to connect the Department with the University, the City of London, the Southwestern Ontario region and beyond.
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'Cookies for Kids' cancer bake sales planned Saturday
Citizen Staff Reports 09/05/12
The third annual Cookies for Kids Cancer Bake Sale will take place Saturday, Sept. 8 throughout the Richmond region, including a number of spots in Henrico County.
Proceeds from the sale will benefit the national nonprofit founded by Richmond native Gretchen Holt Witt that supports research for new and improved therapies for pediatric cancers. Through local bake sales, Cookies for Kids' Cancer provides the inspiration and support for individuals, communities and businesses to help fight pediatric cancer together.
Last year, the local bake sales raised more the $31,000 for the organization. This year, hundreds of adult and youth volunteers, along with a number of local businesses, will join forces to promote bake sales.
Approximately 30 bake sales in the Richmond metro area will be powered by the donation of 20,000 frozen gourmet cookies from Jacqueline's Gourmet Cookies in Salem, Mass. Those cookies will be baked and packaged locally by Ashland-based Daystar Desserts.
Daystar Desserts employees, along with their friends and families, conducted a one-day volunteer baking blitz earlier this month to bake thousands of chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, white chocolate macadamia and sugar cookies.
In Henrico, cookies will be sold Saturday at the following locations from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., unless otherwise noted:
To see a complete list of bake sales, visit http://www.cookiesforkidscancer.org and click on "Events."
For details on the city-wide bake sale, visit http://tinyurl.com/d3cf6pf
Rotary donates to 'Bright Beginnings'
The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
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To help celebrate twenty years of service to advocating for abused and neglected children in Henrico County, Henrico Court Appointed Special Advocates, Inc. (CASA) will host an evening with bestselling author K.L. Randis on Tuesday, Aug. 26, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Belmont Recreation Center in Lakeside.
Randis is best known for her bestselling novel, Spilled Milk, which tells her painful – but ultimately triumphant – personal story of abuse and of child abuse prevention. The book is her first novel.
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The Ambassador of the Philippines to the United States Jose L. Cuisia, Jr. attended the Ninth Annual Filipino Festival at Our Lady of Lourdes Church earlier this month. Cuisia (pictured above with festival performers) was welcomed by County Manager John Vithoulkas and Brookland District Supervisor Dick Glover (below) at the church, which is located in Lakeside.
While enjoying some of the cultural performances at the festival, the ambassador and his wife had a private lunch with Vithoulkas, Glover, Eldon Burton (an outreach representative from U.S. Senator Mark R. Warner's Office) and Father James Begley, the pastor of OLL. > Read more.
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Cultural Arts Center seeks artists, designs for holiday displays
The Cultural Arts Center at Glen Allen is seeking artists, crafters, and creative groups for three opportunities allowing creative thinkers and doers to design and display imaginative holiday decorations.
The center is seeking designs for:
• Illumination 2014 – A Festival of Trees: Artists can celebrate the holiday season by creating a one-of-a-kind Christmas tree filled with decorations to suit any unique or traditional theme. Past trees exhibited have included Buzz Lightyear; HEROES; Santa tree; Musicology; and many others. > Read more.
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But here it might be a little out of place, as Planes: Fire and Rescue has a few things on its mind besides supporting the men and women who routinely throw themselves into burning buildings.
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Fifty Pittsburg business owners gathered today to discuss the future economic developments of the city. The business leaders came from many different sectors, including manufacturing, banking, city government and health care, to discuss ways to boost business.
Pittsburg is just one of three cities in Kansas selected to have the Civic Leadership Summit. The other two are Wichita and Kansas City.
With manufacturing and technology being a big factor, the Mid-America Manufacturing and Technology Center (MAMTC) helped sponsor the event which hopes to spur growth through innovation.
"We're going to help build that economic viability, so when we have good ideas we need the infrastructure to be able to build upon it," says MAMTC CEO Jesse Bechtold. "And we can attract businesses as well and that's very difficult. But if we can attract businesses, if we can grow those that are here, if we can encourage those that want to start that, we have an environment for you to do that."
"We have a community that has consistently done really great things with innovation and so it just makes sense to concentrate on developing new technologies, developing new businesses, developing new marketplaces," says Todd Allison, the President of Progressive Products, which specializes in pneumatic conveying equipment and mobile hydraulic concert stages.
Allison says the thing that stood out to him was the possible mentorship program, which would link him with entrepreneurs who got the city where it is today.
"It's okay to go out there, it's okay to start a business, it's okay to even fail and start over again, but that's really where America's future is," says Allison. "That's where manufacturing is and so if we're ever going to get things up and going, we need to teach people that they can go out there and do this themselves."
As the owner of a business with 32 employees, Allison says this summit was much needed in developing his business and partnerships throughout the industry.
Organizers say all the ideas brought up in today's meeting will be useful as long as they are implemented.
Other topics discussed was ways to change the cost of doing business and skills development, which would create $12 to $16 dollar an hour jobs.
Organizers say just a few changes could spur economic growth.
Some of the changes discussed today could be seen within the next 12 to 24 months.
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By Belfast Co-op | Aug 03, 2014
The Co-op Grill at Belfast City Park is open for it's 2nd season. Open daily from 11am to 4pm, we offer a limited menu of the Belfast Co-op's Deli favorites including local burgers from Caldwell Family Farm (Turner), Amy's Kitchen's veggie burgers, Applegate hot dogs, paninis, quesadillas, sandwiches, salads, snacks, drinks, and more! We're also serving local Stone Fox Farm Creamery (Monroe) homestead ice cream. For more info, click here.
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APA Style is the most commonly used citation style in the social sciences. It is the standard for both education and psychology. The APA Publication Manual is published by the American Psychological Association. The 6th edition is the most recent version and can be found at the EDP Library, either in the reference collection or on reserve. It's on one day reserve (BF 76.7 P83 2010). No online edition has yet been published. If you use citation management software, such as RefWorks or EndNote, it's best to double-check formatting in the Manual, since citation software is not always entirely accurate.
The Manual is the complete guide to protocols for formatting books, articles, and research papers. Specifically, it provides examples for in-text citations, endnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies. Methods for citing both print publications and electronic resources are included.
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For citing a footnote: 1 See Clarke (1998), especially chapters four and five, for an insightful analysis of this extraordinary species.
For an overview of citing with APA Style, see APA's online FAQ. Many examples of citations to various sources are provided.
See also the following helpful writing and citation guides and online tutorials.
APA Documentation. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
APA Exposed. Harvard's APA style online tutorial.
Guide to Citation Manuals. University of Iowa, School of Journalism.
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Zara Warren, who will be playing Sleeping Beauty in this year's Christmas pantomime at Crewe's Lyceum Theatre, has just landed a lead role in the West End hit show Jersey Boys from January onwards.
Zara, who made her West End debut two years ago in Hairspray, said: "I am really looking forward to my new role, as working on the West End stage is so exciting, but I will really miss all my panto friends.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Sophomore Natasha Harvey currently ranks first in the heptathlon to help the JU track and field team kick off their first outdoor meet at the FSU relays in Tallahassee, Fla. on Thursday afternoon.
Harvey tallied 3,070 points to earn the top spot in her first collegiate heptathlon after the first day of competition, while Tiffany Bromfield ranks fifth (2,713 points) and Emelie Arvidsson is 10th (2,079 points).
"Natasha had a good start in her first ever heptathlon," said JU head coach Ron Grigg. "She is in a position to meet the NCAA provisional qualifying standard if she has a similar day tomorrow.
"Tiffany is doing a good job as a freshman in her first collegiate multi event after a personal best in the hurdles, while Emelie is still finding her way through the event."
Harvey posted first-place finishes in the 100-meter hurdles (13.99), 200-meter dash (25:34) and shot put (36'11.75") to open the meet. She also recorded a personal-best in the high jump with a mark of 4'11".
Bromfield placed second in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.75 and took second in the shot put with a 34'3.50".
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on May 16, 2013 at 6:37 am
Not all come to the US to become and American and to try and assimilate into our culture and country. There are those that just use us as they have the money and means to do so. ""He's been a very astute businessman and he's an upstanding member of the community," Parent said. Astute business man yes, member of the community, no. The US is just used by those that never had any intent on becoming an American. True American's don't run for office in a foreign land!
on May 16, 2013 at 7:02 am
Bill, you are narrow-minded. You can be a US citizen and love this country but also love your original country of origin. My wife is a dual citizen and has served both countries with honor and integrity. Shouldn't we, as Americans, work to make the world a better place?
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Mr. Sadati is a delusional and misguided person. Him being a candidate for the presidency in Iran he is directly saying that IRI elections are free and endorsing the brutal theocratic dictatorship. The elections in Iran are not free. The regime only chooses candidates to run who are committed to the regime and obedient to the supreme leader Khamenei, the grand dictator. Anyone who supports IRI and Khamenei in the US have something very wrong with them. They border on insanity.


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Protester barfs on windshield of Yahoo bus — Viva La Vomit!
Yesterday at City Hall there was a seven hour long hearing on the validity of the tech buses, known colloquially as Google buses. Do they cause displacement? Are they too heavy (and break the pavement)? Are they merely a symbol of gentrification, or do they cause gentrification?
All of those questions were thoughtfully, pointedly argued, left and right. But the world of news spins fast, and now the latest tech bus news is less thought-provoking and more ick-provoking: a protester allegedly puked all over the front of a Yahoo bus, supposedly in protest of the bus, not his or her lunch.
Protester on roof of yahoo bus vomited on the windshield #techbus #googlebus #vomit #takethattechiescum pic.twitter.com/Midy6WO3JD
— The Red Son (@revscript) April 2, 2014
Erin McElroy, one of the lead organizers of the colorful San Francisco Google bus protest yesterday, said that though the methods used by the Oaklanders may be different than her group, it's all part of one cause.
"I support a diversity of tactics," she told us in a phone interview today. "It's helpful that our tactics are different than theirs."
Local news site Indybay reported over 50 protesters blockaded an Apple, Google and Yahoo bus this morning. From the photos they posted, you can see one protester standing on the roof of the bus. Perhaps the perfect angle for a barf barrage?
No word yet on who the purported puker was, but as long as we have your attention, check out the Bay Guardian's coverage of yesterday's acrobat-filled San Francisco protest, and our coverage of last night's environmental review hearing of the Google buses -- both stories that hopefully provide a much deeper look at the issues than this one, somewhat ridiculous headline.
@revscript @mappingbabel why are people protesting yahoo? they are doing better with marissa mayer there. they struggled for a while
— Christopher Reeves (@cjreeves2011) April 2, 2014
@cjreeves2011 Because rents are rocketing up in the Bay Area especially around SF/Oakland due to influx of well-paid techies @revscript
— Jack Clark (@mappingbabel) April 2, 2014
@mappingbabel @revscript if tech employees bought houses instead of rent it would fix the problem.
— Christopher Reeves (@cjreeves2011) April 2, 2014
@ellenhuet @revscript projectile vomit? or throwing a bucket of something gross? otherwise how
— Nitasha Tiku (@nitashatiku) April 2, 2014
@ellenhuet @nitashatiku Shuttle protests are basically Lady Gaga shows now, I guess?
— Andrew Dalton (@dolftown) April 2, 2014
@revscript He must be so proud of his achievement. I'm sure that's going to look great on his resume... #GetAJob
— Rev (@Rev48026523) April 2, 2014
This is going downhill fast....
That's just a part of why it's a nightmare clusterfuck of a town.
another bus protest in Oakland
What if someone barfed on your office window? A legitimate protest against your brand of socialism where taking a bus to work is some kind of crime?
On another note, Erin really needs to get herself a job.
Erin has a job. It's to rabble rouse while Mommy and Daddy pay her bills.
portray them as victims, and patronize them as needing to be saved.
It's the white mans burden, after all.
The currency of a campaign is devalued when a trust fundamentalist arriviste who lives in the East Bay leads a a campaign on behalf of "the most vulnerable" in San Francisco.
She can always run home to Mommie's mansion in Maryland.
for now.
It seems she lives blocks away from me. Never have I seen her at the Uptown(where I used to have a beer here and there with Tim Redmond), Benders, Homestead, Rite Spot...
No one else has seen her, but she speaks for the area? I fully understand that locals don't have to frequent these spots, but if you have only lived here a few years and don't associate with the actual locals while you claim them???
Can't wait for her to depart for greener activist pastures.
She's angling to replace Ted Gullicksen.
I actually know Erin and am quite proud of EVERYONE who gets off their buts and helps out their neighbors, which these protests do. Not one of you got a single thing correct about where Erin lives or how much earned or whether or not Erin has a a job or rich parents. But nice try.
Are you trolls paid by the right wingers to confuse people? Because while we're just spewing out unchecked garbage as "fact", that's what it seems like.
While Eviction Free SF attempts to keep residents/school teachers/ 98 year old women in their homes, you will still be here masturbating impotently on the keyboard. Contributing nothing except your pathetic lonely voices. Oh, and since you are most assuredly men, good luck with that receding hairline. I'm sorry that no one loves you; but don't blame others. It is most likely due to your nasty attitudes.
Barfing on buses is guaranteed to save the world.
disprove them. Most of those facts have been corroborated several times here and elsewhere.
And Erin hasn't helped anyone so far. Not a single person has avoided an eviction because of her pranks and antics, nor has a single rent increase been withdrawn.
It's what the paid trolls spend all day here doing.
Yes, everyone who disagrees with you must be a paid troll from the sinister tech overlords.
"The currency of a campaign is devalued when a trust fundamentalist arriviste who lives in the East Bay leads a a campaign on behalf of "the most vulnerable" in San Francisco"
Says the owner of a condo in the mission purchased from a latino family worth over three quarters of a million dollars.
I am not leading a campaign for tenants and centering the campaign on images of me protesting, am I?
As a white male tech worker who has helped gentrify the Mission, you can afford to view such protest with a sanguine indifference, smugly knowing that you are making bank for sitting on your ass anyway.
I would no more lead a tenants movement than I would lead a movement for women or people of color. I garnered plenty of support for my ideas when I volunteered, but there was more money on the other side.
Yep, we come out ahead no matter what happens without the need to intentionally fuck people over.
your weird ideologies like building nothing. But they never appointed or elected you to any position of real decision-making power, so you ended up just carping from the peanut gallery.
You're just another white male tech worker and gentrifier, but you think if you advocate policies that you know will never gain currency, that maybe the great unwashed of the left will forgive you your gentrification.
Good luck with that.
Love how you made this about you Marcos. Weren't you bitching before about how people should focus on the issues not the people? And then you complained when people were calling you out on how you always like to make an issue about you.
significantly to his political failures and his fall from relevance.
Erin knows what's up in this town.
This was done back in the day:
Typical progressive late to the party and yet entitled "let me tell you all about it" assholism.
Also, only shit stain losers have anything to do with Twitter. The author hits a home run on loser status. Unreadable shit-stain gibberish is what Twitter produces, for or against tech buses.
Gee another: "Look at me. See how edgy and hardcore I am for standing up to 'the man'. Now I'm going to go and show all my friends pictures of me there on my iPhone (after I get directions to their house from Google maps) so THEY can tell me how cool and edgy I am for striking a blow against the 'evil corporations'." - protest. All the while accomplishing jack squat except generating more laughter and scorn from the majority of people.
Eric McEroy's "mapping" project utilizes some pretty sophisticated maps, digital graphics and electronically innovative visual representations. In fact, one could safely describe it as techie. Combine that with her status as a 3 year carpetbagging newcomer to the city I was born and raised, and I think I am squarely justified in telling her to get her hypocritical, progressive, parasitic ass onto the nearest Greyhound bus and get the fuck out of town.
see the writing on the wall and take her trustfund-fueled self-absorption elsewhere.
How the Bay Guardian latches itself onto a middle class whitey telling the folks how to live their lives.
color" are. They're such victims that they need a rich whote chick with bad hair to save them.
The technology they are using has been rolled by others, the heavy lifting of coding a mapper interface usable by the relatively unskilled done by the talented.
I guess you would know.
I taught myself GIS and mapping technologies back in the day when there were progressive campaigns worth fighting for and the technology was much less accessible to the layperson.
Erin flies first class.
because the buzz on this "action" is that it is simply disgusting and going too far. Certainly my take on it.
and Erin needs to really pipe down a little bit. Last week she accused "techies" of being selfish if they think the bus protests were about them, but it seems like she can't keep herself out of the spotlight any time there is any type of protest. Who's the selfish one?
vomit-supporting Erin is their poster child.
Erin was on Fox News yesterday. She did surprisingly well despite the crazy hair and meth-head stare.
like any self-absorbed attention whore does.
But notice how flustered she was when the interviewer said that if these tech workers all moved to Palo Alto, it would isntead just cause displacement there rather than in SF.
She didn't appear to care.
And that show shows how blinkered and near-sighted she is. If we approached this problem as a Bay Area issue rather than as a beggar-thy-neighbor issue, then we could develop real solutions rather than these petty minded antics.
with a straight face and say that they are not targeting the tech workers by blocking the bus is beyond me. OF COURSE they are targeting the workers. Why not go down to Mtn View and protest on their campus and make the CEOs late for work and miserable as opposed to some people who are making $75-$100k a year and taking a fucking bus to work.
and it is so trite. "oh, these workers should live closer to their jobs." So silly. As if there are empty rentals just sitting there waiting to be lived in in Palo Alto. As if a 45 minute commute was any different from the commutes most people have in urban centers all across the country.
give me a break.
And radical chic is all cool and shit but a police record is a whole 'nuther thing entirely.
show up.
Such courage. Remember when idealists were willing to go to prison for years for their beliefs?
Erin doesn't even want to miss her latte.
Isnt that sideshow bob from the simpsons?
The whole "live closer to their jobs" argument is utter bullshit. Say the tech workers did live closer to or in the South Bay. Then the protesters would be complaining that they're gentrifying the South Bay. What the protesters want is for all the tech workers to make X amount of money (probably around the 50K range), live in an area that the protesters designate, and to continue making the web sites and tech they all make use of daily. They also want rent (and cost of living) to revert to 1960's levels with today's pay so their minimum wage jobs would give them the cushy lifestyle they think they deserve.
the same way we used to do with blacks and the chinese
Erin has bad breath.
not being able to get a guy.
Clue - fix your hair.
The street children who are posting their disdain for dot coms here on this page are very likely using Google chrome to access this very page. Your welcome.
Street theatrics are of little utility when trying to influence publicly-held corporations the size of Google or Yahoo. The chances of such firms voluntarily agreeing to be good corporate citizens are slim to nil; their sole purpose is to make as much money as possible, regardless of what their PR hacks say. If you want to extract money from huge tech firms to remedy the social damage they're doing to the City, then demand that City government rescind that the bad deals and corporate welfare that created the situation to begin with. Sure, Google, Twitter, and Co. gladly took their tax breaks and infrastructure freebies (e.g., gratis use of MUNI stops for their busses). But elected officials and appointees are to blame for agreeing to offer up those concessions on a silver platter in the first place.
Unfortunately, McElroy and her I-don't-like this-so-I'm-going-to-puke-on-it pals appear disinterested in constructive dialogue with City Hall. Rather, they seem to think spandex-clad acrobats and random "activists" giving busses Roman showers are the most effective "tactics" to address the complex economic issues at hand.
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Updated 9:56am Thursday 30th January 2014 in Sport By David Pritchard, Chief Sports Reporter covering Oxford United. Follow us on twitter: @oxfordmailoufc. Call me on 01865 425458
OXFORD United caretaker manager Mickey Lewis is hopeful of strengthening the squad before tomorrow night's transfer deadline.
Bolstering a forward line which has netted just twice in the last five games is still the priority before the 11pm deadline, but there is also a problem at the other end of the pitch.
Michael Raynes came off with a hip injury in Tuesday night's goalless draw at Exeter City and will be assessed today.
It is a particular issue, coming hot on the heels of Jake Wright being ruled out for at least a month with a deep cut picked up in Saturday's 1-0 win over Torquay United.
Although David Hunt and Tom Newey have filled in successfully at times this season, Lewis admitted it was "a little bit of a worry" and was planning to speak to Ian Lenagan. The chairman made it clear on Saturday there was money available to bring in up to two strikers and a midfielder.
And Lewis remains upbeat that deals can be tied up before the window shuts.
He said: "We're still working on it. I said last week that sometimes it can be frustrating and takes a lot longer than people imagine.
"There are a lot of avenues to go through, but hopefully yes."
* UNITED's Oxfordshire Senior Cup quarter-final match against Thame United was postponed last night due to a waterlogged pitch.
7-2 Mickey Lewis, 4-1 Martin Allen, 5-1 Aidy Boothroyd, 11-2 Paul Tisdale, 8-1 Sean O'Driscoll, 12-1 Dean Saunders.
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9:59am Thu 30 Jan 14
Richard Wickson says...
If we are going to the Conference for a manager then maybe we should look at Gatesheads Gary Mills, but there are plenty out there, we all have our own choices and thoughts,
2:10pm Thu 30 Jan 14
dave from witney says...
2:46pm Thu 30 Jan 14
marathon2012 says...
Are these two of the players he was going to bring in i wonder both from Bradford.
2:47pm Thu 30 Jan 14
London_Ox says...
dave from witney wrote:Let's replicate what Wilder did at Northampton with bringing in Knill his old boss as no 2 but getting Keen in and Steve Clarke as he deputy dog.. ;-)
Lot of chat on Twitter that Kevin Keen is fancied and . Not sure who he was till I read that he was Steve Clarke's assistant at West Brom. Young and pretty enthusiastic appartently.
2:52pm Thu 30 Jan 14
dave from witney says...
London_Ox wrote:Love to see that...but not sure the Chairman is prepared to commit so much money....shame though!
dave from witney wrote:Let's replicate what Wilder did at Northampton with bringing in Knill his old boss as no 2 but getting Keen in and Steve Clarke as he deputy dog.. ;-)
Lot of chat on Twitter that Kevin Keen is fancied and . Not sure who he was till I read that he was Steve Clarke's assistant at West Brom. Young and pretty enthusiastic appartently.
3:29pm Thu 30 Jan 14
adlibber says...
5:58pm Thu 30 Jan 14
Richard Wickson says...
marathon2012 wrote:Makes one wonder if he has signed players he was looking at last week when he was still our manager. Sadly with 24 hours to go we still have no news of any signings. I think we need them as the injury list grows although it's forward power we wanted but defenders falling by the match, no disrespect to the players we have but the squad was already to thin to mount a proper promotion push, that was shown before Christmas when other teams dropped points at the sMe time as we did, had we had game changers on the bench we could have taken advantage. While I still think Promotion is a possibility we have made it tougher for ourselves and therefore more forward power is essential to push on and get more home wins and increase the home gates.
I see Mr wilder has already made two signings that did not take him long.
Are these two of the players he was going to bring in i wonder both from Bradford.
6:17pm Thu 30 Jan 14
learned says...
Why are we not attractive ? Lack of a manager I wonder. ?
7:02pm Thu 30 Jan 14
Pherky says...
7:09pm Thu 30 Jan 14
South Upper 87 says...
Was reading up about Kevin Keen, seems he is very strong with bringing on youth players within a club. Coach at Liverpool, West Ham and West Brom. Never heard of him before like others but , could well fit the bill.
1:42am Fri 31 Jan 14
OX4-OUFC says...
6:30am Fri 31 Jan 14
Brenda Jackson says...
Unless, Cobblers have made them substantially better offers than we have?
If this is the case it speaks volumes for our ambitions.
8:51am Fri 31 Jan 14
New Manor rename says...
Regarding Mr Wilder. He hardly showed a keen eye for spotting loan talent (Robbie Hall aside). Northampton are welcome to all of them.
New manger? Agree 100% with above who say we do not want one off the merry go round of mediocracy! New blood. Fresh ideas and great drive and enthusiasm. Dean Windass and Dave Kitson already mentioned. 2 possibles. What about Paul Scholes or Nicky Butt? Both have done coaching badges and are filling minor roles at Man Utd. Both showed the sort of attitude on the pitch that we are seeking.
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This is the seventh in a series of scouting reports on key players who are expected to become free agents March 13, unless they are re-signed or franchised before then.
News: There is little doubt about where Forté will be playing in 2012 — Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips has said the team has no intent of letting him hit the open market. Phillips also repeatedly has said that the Bears would like to keep Forté long-term. But because significant progress hadn't been made on a long-term deal, the Bears franchised the fifth-year back on March 2. Forté was unhappy with the contract offer that former Bears GM Jerry Angelo made to him in training camp last year, and he has indicated that he can accept being tagged if the team uses it as a means of allowing the two sides to continue negotiations on a long-term deal. Forté's preference appears to be staying in Chicago. Now that the franchise-tag card has been played, the two sides have until July 15 to work out a long-term contract. If there is no new agreement by that time, Forté will have to play in 2012 under the tag, which is expected to be worth about $7.7 million for running backs — provided he signs the franchise tender instead of staging a holdout.
Notes: Forté was having the best season of his career before suffering an MCL sprain in his right knee early in the Bears' Week 13 loss to the Chiefs. He missed the final four games of the season, but still led the Bears in rushing (997 yards on 203 carries) and receptions (52). His average of 4.9 yards per carry was a career high. He put the Bears' offense on his back for much of the season and led the league in yards from scrimmage at the time of his injury, which helped earn him his first trip to the Pro Bowl. He played in the all-star gamel and has recovered from the knee injury. In 2010, Forté became the second back in franchise history to rush for more than 1,000 yards and gain more than 500 receiving yards in one season. He has been durable throughout his career — he had played in 62 consecutive games, including the postseason, prior to the knee injury in '11.
Positives: A well-built workhorse, Forté has become one of the league's top all-around backs. He runs with authority between the tackles and will cut to make defenders miss. Has good vision. Decisive. Will break through arm tackles and fight to pick up yards after contact. Has good hands and the agility to make plays as a receiver. A willing, unselfish blocker. Hardworking and disciplined with great instincts.
Negatives: He doesn't show a second gear and lacks breakaway speed. Not very elusive. Is a taller back and runs high at times. Has to work to keep a low center of gravity. Shows some tightness in his hips. Puts the ball on the ground a couple times each season.
Risk factor: Considering the beating that running backs sustain each season, it's not a surprise that teams are cautious about making a long-term commitment to players at the position. Forté just turned 26 years old in December, though. He has avoided serious injuries and seems to keep getting better every year. There is not a great deal of risk attached to using the franchise tag. The risk involved with making a long-term commitment to him is obvious. Injuries and wear and tear eventually will take their toll, but Forté is in his prime and should have at least a few more years of quality football ahead of him.


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We start the 2013- 14 bowling season this week and welcome back the bowlers from their summer vacations. Another bowling season rolling around is always time for reflection. For me personally it will mark the 30th year of organizing the leagues since my dad passed away in 1984 and my 43rd year of participating. Excuse me while I have a heart attack.
Believe it or not there are other bowlers in the leagues that have bowled all those seasons and more. Also remember there will be bowlers joining their first leagues, which also makes it special. There are not too many places in our lives anymore where you are with people for a couple of hours sharing fun, food, entertainment and actually talking to each other.
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By George Bremer
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---- — INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Sam somehow managed to avoid the media storm his coming out announcement created for the past few weeks.
On Saturday afternoon, however, the Missouri defensive end stared right into the heart of it.
Sam could become the first openly gay player in the NFL during May's draft, and that possibility drew the largest media crowd of the week to his podium at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Southeastern Conference's co-defensive player of the year spoke for about 13 minutes and made it clear he doesn't see his sexual orientation as an obstacle to his career.
"I've been in locker rooms where all kinds of slurs have been said, and I don't think anyone means it," Sam said. "I think (some are) a little naive and uneducated, but as time goes on everyone will adapt."
The real questions now are about how well Sam's game will adapt at the professional level.
He compiled 11.5 sacks and 19 tackles for loss in the nation's most competitive college football conference last year. But at 6-foot-2 and 261 pounds, he's seen as something of a "tweener" in the pros — a player who might not be big enough to play defensive end or athletic enough to play outside linebacker.
Ultimately, that's the notion he must disprove at the NFL Scouting Combine.
"I'm a pass rusher," Sam said. "If you put me in a situation to get the quarterback, I'm going to get the quarterback. This league is a passing league, I'd like to believe in myself as a good pass rusher."
Indianapolis Colts star Robert Mathis faced similar questions about his size coming out of college. He compensated with an outstanding burst off the snap, using his speed to disrupt offensive gameplans.
Mathis, in fact, could provide a professional role model for Sam. He made the transition from 4-3 defensive end under Tony Dungy and Jim Caldwell to 3-4 linebacker under Chuck Pagano and had the best season of his 11-year career with 19.5 sacks in 2013.
Pagano was asked during his media availability Friday whether Sam would be a good fit in the Colts' locker room.
"I love the environment we've created, the culture we've created," Pagano said. "I think we have an outstanding locker room. The Colts never have and never will discriminate based on sexual orientation. We look at the player. We'll evaluate him just like we evaluate everybody else. If he can help our team, help us win football games, he'll be more than welcome."
Sam wanted to get his story out before others told it for him, and his entire focus now is on proving to NFL teams he can do just that.
He doesn't seem himself as a trail blazer, and he's not looking for endorsements or movie deals. He simply wants to be just like the other 300-plus combine participants here.
"I wish you guys would just say, 'Michael Sam, how's football going? How's training going?'" Sam said. "I would love for you to ask me that question. But it is what it is. And I just wish you guys would just see me as Michael Sam the football player instead of Michael Sam the gay football player."


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Require drilling on current oil and gas leases
"A "Use it or Lose It" Approach to Existing Leases. Oil companies have access to 68 million acres of land, over 40 million offshore, which they are not drilling on. Drilling in open areas could significantly increase domestic oil and gas production. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will require oil companies to diligently develop these leases or turn them over so that another company can develop them."
Subjects: Energy, Environment
The longer the lease, the higher the price
Updated: Monday, January 11th, 2010 | By Catharine Richert
"Use it or lose it."
It was a phrase we heard a lot of in the summer of 2008, when gas prices were at record highs and we were in the midst of a heated presidential election. In response to Republican criticism that high gas prices were the product of Democratic opposition to domestic drilling, Democrats responded by introducing legislation that would require oil companies to develop their existing leases before they would be issued new drilling licenses.
Obama took cues from his fellow Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill and incorporated the "use it or lose it" approach into his campaign platform.
Obama first attempted to deal with the issue in his budget, where he proposed a fee on oil companies that were not using their oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico. But the idea did not go over well with moderate House Democrats who feared the new fees would increase the cost of energy.
Then, in June 2009, House Natural Resources Committee chairman Nick Rahall floated a draft bill that would mirror the fees proposed by Obama. But the bill was never introduced, and after that, the issue seemed to go quietly into the night.
But then we found a Federal Register notice posted by the Minerals Management Service on Jan. 14, 2009. The office is part of the Department of Interior and oversees drilling leases, and, according to the announcement, it has decided to increase rental fees on leases in the Outer Continental Shelf. In short, a drilling company will have to pay an additional $4,320 to $37,440 in annual rental fees to keep undrilled areas longer than five years.
Athan Manuel, director of the lands protection program for the Sierra Club, said the increased fees are "a pretty big deal and should prompt companies to use it or pay for it."
That said, Obama promised oil companies would need to use leases or lose leases, not hold on to them so long as they were willing to pay for them. Furthermore, Obama's promise indicated that oil companies would have to drill on on- and offshore land, but the new rules only seem to apply to offshore tracts. So, for now we're going to rate this promise a Compromise. But we'll be watching to see whether the new rules spur oil companies to hurry up and drill.
Congressional Quarterly, Obama Would Add Oil and Gas Industry Taxes in Interior Budget Plan, By Avery Palmer, Feb. 26, 2009
Congressional Quarterly, Moderate House Democrats Balk at Higher Oil and Gas Industry Taxes, by Avery Palmer, March 24, 2009
The Federal Register, Final Notice of Sale: Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Central Planning Area (CPA) Gulf of Mexico (GOM) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 208, accessed Jan. 11, 2010.
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The Carolina Panthers (2-3) return home to face off against the St. Louis Rams (3-3) in Week Seven of the 2013 season at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, October 20 at 1 p.m. EDT.
Below you will find all the information you need to be able to watch the game live, stream it online, listen to it on the radio or catch a replay of it at a later date. Whatever your personal needs are for this game, we've got you covered (other than buying you a ticket, of course).
Live Television
The game will be broadcast on FOX for fans in the Carolina and St. Louis markets. Dick Stockton and Brian Billick will handle the play-by-play duties, and Laura Okmin will be the on-field reporter.
To see if the game is available in your area, please consult the map below:
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Online Streaming
If you're interested in streaming the games online you can sign up for NFL Game Rewind. For just $29.99 you can get access to every Panthers regular season game from NFL.com. All you have to do is click this link to sign up. (Important note: You cannot watch the games live. Sunday afternoon games aren't streamed online until after the Sunday night game has completed, and Monday night games are not streamed online until 24 hours after the game is over. However, it's not a terrible deal if you can't get NFL Sunday Ticket, don't have a local bar you can hang out at on Sundays and don't mind waiting until the games are over to watch them.)
Live Radio
You can listen to the live radio feed on 1110 AM WBT if you're in the local broadcast area and can tolerate Mick Mixon and Eugene Robinson.
You can also listen to the game on Sirius/XM radio by tuning in to channel 98 for the Panthers broadcast or channel 135 for the Rams broadcast. (Note: you can also tune into SiriusXM online channel 804 for Panthers coverage and channel 828 for Rams coverage.)
TV Replays
Each week, NFL Network shows a 90-minute condensed version of the four best games of the weekend. There's no guarantee the Panthers vs. Rams game will be included, but generally the replays are shown on Tuesday and Wednesday. You can check NFL Network's tv schedule for more information after the game is over.
It should be a great day for football. The current forecast for Sunday is a high of 66° with 4 mph N winds. The chance of precipitation is currently 0%. For more info on the weather forecast, click here.


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While at LDI in Las Vegas last fall, my colleague at Theatre Consultants Collaborative, LLC, Curtis Kasefang, and I attended a session that addressed the topic of green theatre. Although the presentation barely scratched the surface of what industry professionals can do and are currently doing to produce eco-friendly, sustainable theatre, both from production and building standpoints, the hour-and-a-half presentation certainly opened my eyes enough to make me begin thinking with expanded views.
I have always considered myself to be a fairly "green" kind of guy, though I must say that, over the past few months, my awareness has been heightened significantly. At that session's end, for example, Curtis and I conversed about what different groups in the entertainment/construction industries could, and should, be doing to promote and achieve sustainable theatre. Now, before I throw this term around too many times, by my own definition and for the purposes of this article, let's assume sustainable theatre means "conserving, defending, and ensuring an ecological balance in our theatre building, manufacturing, and production practices, while avoiding depletion of our natural resources."
It was in Las Vegas, the picture-perfect definition of gluttony, indulgence, and waste surrounded by natural beauty, where our trade show took place, only adding to the city's energy consumption, increasing its carbon footprint and Lake Mead's water depletion. By my count—and please forgive me if I have left anyone out—of the hundreds of exhibitors at that LDI, there appeared to be only a handful of manufacturers on the floor who, in some way, touted the fact that their companies were practicing some sort of green principles. Pro-Tech Las Vegas has a line of rigging products made with post-consumer recycled nylon. Showman Fabricators has "gone green" in everything from the solvents, paints, and adhesives used to making sure its trucking companies utilize bio and/or clean-fuel alternatives. The Light Source uses recycled aluminum content for its lighting/rigging accessories products. Apollo and Nila have also contributed to the green movement.
Reviewing the above, one might inquire about LED fixture manufacturers with questions such as, "Aren't LEDs environmentally-friendly products?" Of course, the quick answer is that, in and of themselves, yes, they are energy-efficient.
However, there are other factors to be considered. What are the manufacturer's techniques and practices when it comes to being an eco-friendly producer of products? Is the manufacturer utilizing virgin or recycled steel/aluminum for fixture housings, and what is the percentage of each? How about packaging and shipping methods? Do paints and finishes contain harmful Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)? What about supplies used to clean the shop or factory? Do the non-green elements of the manufacturing processes actually negate the good nature of the products? These are questions we should be asking.
On Sunday afternoon at LDI, I decided to go on a quest for some answers, with hundreds of industry manufacturers and professionals available. Quite honestly, I was a bit shocked by some of the responses I received. Though I did hear a few comments along the lines of, "You know, theatre is exempt from all of that," (news to me), I wasn't shocked by folks saying they didn't care or didn't practice eco-manufacturing.
What really perplexed me was that the most common answer was, "I don't know." Major manufacturers, many of whom provide our specifications as we consult on projects and everyday tools, admitted that they ultimately have "no clue" where their materials come from, nor do they know what percentage of those materials contains recycled versus virgin content. Upon receiving these responses, I then asked, "Well, have you ever asked your supplier these questions?" a question that drew a lot of blank stares, as if this had never occurred to them before.
So, why am I writing this? I am writing because we are at a critical moment in our planet's history. Industry and its impact on the Earth's ecology are precariously balanced. And though production is but a niche industry, we have proven time and again to be careless and wasteful of our natural resources. As a consultant and lighting designer, I believe that we—consultants, architects, engineers, installers, theatre and touring professionals alike—are in a unique position to lead the charge on designing eco-friendly and sustainable performing arts facilities and productions. We have the collective talent and ability to raise the bar for green theatre design and production criteria. We are well-connected with manufacturers, affording us the ability to begin to request—and eventually to demand—action on their part.
I believe we can also help our clients—we need to have a self-imposed responsibility to our clients and to the industry as part of our creed—to develop and design arts facilities and productions that will have positive and lasting sustainability for both the end-users and surrounding communities.
After my LDI-inflicted conviction and realizing that we have the potential to do something about our current situation, I ask each of you this question: If we were to make a conscious, unified effort, is sustainable design for the performing arts really that difficult to achieve? We are an industry of bright lights and even brighter minds. This said, I implore you not only to think outside of the box, but to also think about the box itself, and to strongly consider the products and processes for manufacturing that go into it. Hang your own thoughts on the industry clothesline, and let's put our words into action. In every facility we design and build, in every product manufactured, in every production we mount, with all of our technical achievements, let's really adopt a green mindset and implement it.
Josh c. Allen is a consultant with Theatre Consultants Collaborative, LLC. Driven by a passion for sustainability in design and production practices for performing arts facilities, Allen is developing a blog and forum for such discussions at www.eco-theatre.org. He is a lighting designer, member of United Scenic Artists, self-proclaimed tree-hugger, and coffee snob. Allen currently lives in North Carolina with his wife Amy, their son, Sam, and their Skye Terrier, Lucy, and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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