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|2011, 1st round, 9th pick by Cowboys
Vikings-Cowboys matchup of the day: Saturday
Here's a look at another key matchup in Sunday's Vikings-Cowboys game:
Vikings-Cowboys matchup of the day: Friday
Here's a look at another key matchup in Sunday's Cowboys-Vikings game.
Spencer: Cowboys not far away defensively
The Cowboys' defense was playing at an exceptionally high level late last season prior to the playoff loss to the Vikings, and OLB Anthony Spencer told PFW he thinks the team can follow a similar path this time around.
Cowboys elevate Holly to 53-man roster
The Cowboys signed WR Jesse Holly from their practice squad on Friday and released OT Robert Brewster.
Vikings-Cowboys matchup of the day: Thursday
Here's a look at another key matchup in Sunday's Cowboys-Vikings game.
Cowboys sign OT Parnell
The Cowboys signed OT Jermey Parnell from the Saints' practice squad on Thursday.
They said it: Vikings edition
Here's a sampling of things heard this week by Vikings and Cowboys players and coaches.
Favre would consider sitting to rest elbow
Vikings QB Brett Favre said Wednesday he would consider resting his sore elbow and sitting out games.
Vikings' 60-second rant: Loser goes home Sunday
Sobering news for the loser of Cowboys-Vikings: Since the NFL expanded the playoffs to 12 teams in 1990, there have been only five clubs that have started 1-4 and made the postseason.
America loves 'America's Team'
A new poll reports that for the fourth year in a row, the Cowboys have been voted as the most popular NFL team.
Cowboys' problems run deeper than simple mistakes
It would be easy to write off the Cowboys' 1-3 start as a result of a lack of discipline, but Dallas also is suffering through some poor play by players who were thought to be key pieces.
Jones wrestles away lead in Cowboys backfield
In quite possibly the league's most erratic backfield situation, Felix Jones has regained the lead for carries in Dallas.
Titans continue NFC dominance in 34-27 win vs. Cowboys
A pair of costly Cowboys mistakes led the Titans to a 34-27 win in Dallas.
Cowboys' Buehler still must improve kickoffs
Although he led the NFL in touchbacks on kickoffs last season, Cowboys PK David Buehler is struggling this year, according to NFC East Whispers.
Cowboys' run defense comes into focus
The Cowboys spent the bye week working on consistent tackling and maintaining gap responsibility, which was a problem on what amounted to three big runs in the last game.
Smith was active for Thursday's game.||||||| He sprained an ankle Sunday against Cleveland and said he was likely a game-time decision.
Smith has been fined $15,000 by the NFL for his horse-collar tackle that prevented a touchdown on an interception return in the season-opening win over the Giants. When asked Wednesday if it was money well spent, Smith said it was, because the play helped his team. He said he wasn't asking for any help from his teammates to pay the fine.||||||| Early in the second quarter of the Sept. 5 opener, linebacker Michael Boley intercepted a pass near midfield. He wasn't tackled until Smith made a "last effort" and grabbed him at the 2. The ball was marked at the 1, and the Giants failed to on three plays to get in the end zone before kicking a field goal for a 3-0 lead. Dallas won 24-17.
Smith was partially suited up the day after each left Wednesday's practice with a knee injury.||||||| Smith's status is to be determined. He wasn't carrying his helmet and only watched as fellow linemen did some individual drills.
The Dallas Cowboys have signed top draft pick Tyron Smith in time to have him on the field for their first full practice of training camp.||||||| Smith is expected to start right away at right tackle, replacing Marc Colombo, with an eye on grooming him as the eventual starter at left tackle. The 6-foot-5, 310-pound Smith was the ninth player taken in the draft after two standout seasons as a starter for Southern Cal. The youngest player in the entire draft, he doesn't turn 21 until December. He was the first offensive lineman Jerry Jones has ever drafted in the first round.
Smith already has a claim to fame in Dallas Cowboys lore. He is the first offensive lineman drafted in the first round by Jerry Jones. Since Smith is only 20, and the Cowboys took him with the ninth overall pick, they are counting on him to grow into something a lot more special.||||||| Smith's arrival likely means the departure of right tackle Marc Colombo. "I think I have the potential to be a Pro Bowler," Smith said, pausing for about two seconds then adding, "and be a Hall of Famer."


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Church News for Saturday, Nov. 17
Calvary Temple COOLJC
PETERSBURG - Calvary Temple MDWG will hold its annual give-away from 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Flaming Sword
HOPEWELL - Flaming Sword Church of Deliverance, 2313 Oaklawn Blvd., will hold its community breakfast at 9 a.m. The community is invited to meet local school board officials, teachers, city council members and other prominent leaders.
Greater Faith
PETERSBURG - The Women's Ministry of Greater Faith Apostolic Holiness Church, 507 Harrison St., will host a platform service, sponsored by Karla Saunders, with many speakers at 3 p.m.
Little Mount
SUSSEX - The Little Mount Baptist Church Missionary Ministry will welcome an area gospel favorite, Charlotte Reaves, as guest soloist during the ministry's prayer breakfast.
Mount Level
DINWIDDIE - The Ladies of Divine Purpose of Mount Level Baptist Church will be celebrating their 4th anniversary at 3 p.m. There will be area groups on the program to help celebrate and the public is invited to attend.
St. John's Episcopal
HOPEWELL - St.John's Episcopal Church, located at 505 Cedar Lane, will be holding its annual holiday bazaar from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is no admission fee. The event will include multiple vendors, a Christmas shop, a boutique, lunch from 11 a.m.-1 p.m, a bake sale and an elf shop for children. Brunswick stew will also be available for purchase at $6 per quart.
services & programs
Bloomfield Baptist
WILSONS - Pastor Kim S. White and the Bloomfield Baptist Church family invite the public to its annual Men's Day celebration and the ordination of Deacon elect Franklin Marshall and Ronald Ragin. At 11 a.m., Minister David Wade of First Union Baptist Church, Richmond, will be delivering the word at the annual Men's Day celebration.
At 3 p.m., Deacon elect Franklin Marshall and Ronald Ragin will be ordained. The Rev. Victor McLaughlin of Marmora Baptist Church, Sutherland, will be the guest speaker of the evening.
Bread of Life
PETERSBURG - Bread of Life Fellowship Pure In Heart Ministry, 103 W. Washington St., will have new hours for the fall beginning with Sunday school at 10:30 a.m.
Calvary Baptist
YALE - Calvary Baptist Church will be celebrating All Ministry Day at 3 p.m. The guest church will be the Rev. Carlos Jordan and the Rocky Mount Baptist Church of McKenney.
Calvary Temple COOLJC
PETERSBURG - The pastor and congregation of Calvary Temple COOLJC, 110 N. Dunlop St., will be rendering services at the Calvary Pentecostal Ministries in Maryland to celebrate the 11th pastoral anniversary for District Elder Wesley Taylor in his new office. There will be no evening service at Calvary Temple.
Faith Lutheran
PRINCE GEORGE - Faith Lutheran Parish will welcome a guest minister at its 11 a.m. worship service. The Rev. Joe Leavengood from Castroville, Texas, will deliver the message, assisted by Dick Haden, a council member. The public is invited to attend.
Flaming Sword
HOPEWELL - Flaming Sword Church of Deliverance, 2313 Oaklawn Blvd., will welcome Dr. Burrell Smith of New Vine Baptist Church, Charles City, as the guest speaker at its 4 p.m. service. Dinner will be served at 2:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.
Gospel Music Workshop
PETERSBURG - The Gospel Music Workshop of America, Petersburg and Vicinity Chapter, will feature Grammy and Stellar Award winner Beverly Crawford in concert at 4 p.m. at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 418 Halifax St. Crawford is known for her singles, "He's Done Enough," "It's About Time For A Miracle" and "Praise Jehovah". Tickets are $12 in advance. For more information, call 804-691-8059.
Gravel Run Baptist
PETERSBURG - Gravel Run Baptist Church, 12512 Duncan Road (Dinwiddie County), will be celebrating the 27th pastoral anniversary for Pastor Larry D. Brown Sr. during Sunday school at 9 a.m. and during the 11 a.m. worship service. Dr. Phillip Williams, pastor of Royal Baptist Church, Petersburg, will be the guest preacher at 11 a.m.
Greater Bethesda
PETERSBURG - The Greater Bethesda Bibleway Church will welcome Elder Marvin Williams as the guest speaker at 4 p.m. For more information, call 250-6676.
Greater Faith
PETERSBURG - Greater Faith Apostolic Holiness Church, 507 Harrison St., will celebrate its 30th anniversary at 3 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Hunting Quarter
STONY CREEK - Hunting Quarter Baptist Church will celebrate the Holy Baptism of seven candidates at 10 a.m.
Liberty Baptist
WAVERLY - Liberty Baptist Church will hold a pre-Thanksgiving worship service at 11:30 a.m. The speaker will be Pastor Karl R. Marshall Sr.
Little Bethel Baptist
STONY CREEK - Little Bethel Baptist Church will be celebrating the 32nd anniversary for Rev. David L. Banks Sr., beginning at 3 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Anthony M. Chandler Sr., pastor of Cedar Street Baptist Church, will deliver the anniversary message. His church family will accompany him. Dinner will be served at 1:30 p.m. The public is invited.
Living Word Ministries
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Living Word Ministries, 1620 Snead Ave., will observe Legends Sunday. The public is invited to join the church family at its 8:30 a.m. service as they celebrate their seasoned Saints, 55 years of age and older.
Lord's Church
ETTRICK - The Lord's Church Baptist, 20905 Third Avenue, will have worship service commencing at 11 a.m. and the Supper of Remembrance will be commemorated. Howard L. Moses Sr., pastor, will deliver the Word of God.
Mount Carmel Baptist
HOPEWELL - There will be a Building Fund fundraising program held at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 925 Arlington Road, at 3 p.m. MC will be Sister Venice Winfield. Groups appearing will be Brother Lawrence Gholson, Male Chorus of Second Baptist, Chester, and God's Gifts from First Baptist Church City Point and many others. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact the church at 458-0980.
Mount Calvary Baptist
DeWITT - The Young Peoples Choir will render the music during the worship service at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 16616 Glebe Road, at 11 a.m.
Mount Level Baptist
DINWIDDIE - The Mount Level Baptist Church, located at 14920 Courthouse Road, will recognize American Education Week at its 11 a.m. worship service. Dr. Kim F. Evans, Hopewell City Public Schools assistant superintendent for instruction, will deliver the celebratory message. The Mount Level Church Men's Chorus will render the music. Dr. Sandra E. Ruffin will serve as worship leader. The public is invited to attend. Anyone in need of transportation may request at 434-246-2710 or 720-0798.
Mount Moriah UCC
WAVERLY - Mount Moriah U.C.C., 12499 Old Forty Road, will celebrate the 13th anniversary for its pastor, Rev. Shelton Smith, at 2 p.m. The Rev. George Urquhart and Plank Road Baptist Church will be the guests.
Nazareth Lutheran
HOPEWELL - Nazareth Lutheran Church, 1711 Grant St., welcomes Pastor James Byork as its guest pastor for the Sunday morning worship service with Holy Communion at 11 a.m. For more information, call 804-458-7994.
New First Baptist
PETERSBURG - The Male Chorus of New First Baptist Church will render the music during the church's worship service at 11 a.m.
Oak Grove Baptist
CHESTERFIELD - The Men's Choir of Oak Grove Baptist Church, 8021 Reedy Branch Road, will render the music during the church's morning worship. The church will also be traveling to the New Center Star in Yale, Pastor Earl Thompson Sr. will deliver the Word and the deacons, ushers, and choir will serve.
Refuge Temple COOLJC
PETERSBURG - Music during morning worship at Refuge Temple, 1890 Boydton Plank Road, will be presented by the Refuge Temple Praise Team at 11:30 a.m. Elder Jerry Rose, associate pastor, will deliver the morning message. For more information, call the church at 804-733-8045.
Rocky Mount Baptist
McKENNEY - The Rocky Mount Baptist Church Sanctuary Choir will render the music at Rocky Mount Baptist Church, 24901 Ridge Road, during corporate worship at 11 a.m. Holy Communion service will also be conducted.
Saint Peters RZUA
DINWIDDIE - St.Peters RZUA will be celebrating its annual state rally at 3 p.m. The Sensational Five of Amelia County will be the guest.
Second Presbyterian
PETERSBURG - Second Presbyterian Church, located at 419 W. Washington St., will host the annual joint Thanksgiving service for the four Petersburg Presbyterian churches at 4 p.m. A reception will follow the service. For more information, call the church office at 732-6531. All are welcome.
Tabernacle Baptist
PETERSBURG - Tabernacle Baptist Church, 418 Halifax St., will hold two services at 8 and 11 a.m. The Rev. Dr. Robert A. Diggs Sr. will bring the message at both services. The Male Chorus will provide music at the 8 a.m. service and God's Children will provide the music at the 11 a.m. service.
Trinity UMC
DISPUTANTA - Trinity United Methodist Church, located on Highway 460 (County Drive) and Hines Road, will be the host church for the community Thanksgiving service. A love offering will be received for Prince George Food Bank. Congratulations to the Trinity youth for collecting and donating the most food in a recent community church drive. Everyone is welcome to come for the community Thanksgiving worship service. For more information, call Rev. Robert "Bob" Blinn.
Trinity UMC
PETERSBURG - Trinity United Methodist Church, 215 S. Sycamore St., will welcome Beverly Nelan as guest minister during the worship service at 11 a.m. Special music will be presented by Jamie Burnett.
Union Baptist
CHURCH ROAD - Union Baptist Church, 4901 Namozine Road, will have its annual Lord's Acre Program at 11 a.m. Music will be rendered by the choir and the sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Leroy Rhone, pastor. The public is invited to attend.
Union Branch Baptist
CHESTERFIELD - Access Granted will render the music for both services at Union Branch Baptist Church, 11519 River Road, at 8 and 10 a.m. At the 10 a.m. worship service, the Healthcare Ministry will celebrate its anniversary. The public is invited to come see what Nurse Irene and Sister Susie Mae have to tell us about our health (by way of a skit). The Rev. Dr. Gregory M. Howard will bring the preached word. For more information, call 804-590-2210 or via website unionbranch.org
Union Branch Baptist
PRINCE GEORGE - The Union Branch Baptist Church Ushers Ministry will celebrate its 62nd anniversary at 3 p.m. The guests for this occasion will be the Rev. Jerry Parham and his congregation from First Baptist Church, Wakefield. The public is invited.
Union Grove
SOUTH CHESTERFIELD - Union Grove Baptist Church, 19111 Church Road, will observe Holy Communion during the 8 and 11 a.m. morning services.
Unity Baptist
PETERSBURG - The combined choirs of Unity Baptist Church will celebrate Choir Day at 3 p.m. Area choirs and praise dancers will appear on the program. The public is invited to attend.
Walking in the Faith
PETERSBURG - Walking In The Faith Ministry, 2150 S. Crater Road., will have a Pastor Aide service at 5 p.m. Guest speaker will be Elder Vincent Birckett of Richmond. For more information, call Elder Cindy at 804-415-4737.
Wilborne Baptist
WAVERLY - Wilborne Baptist Church, 7138 Newville Road, will be celebrating its church anniversary all day. At 3 p.m., the Rev. Joseph Morrison and the Loving Union Baptist Church family will be the special guests.
Zion Baptist (Photo of Brig. Gen. Wayne Wright)
PETERSBURG - Zion Baptist Church, 225 Byrne St., will be celebrating Military Appreciation Day with guest speaker Brig. Gen. Wayne A. Wright.
Brig. Gen. Wright is chief of staff, Virginia Air National Guard, responsible for the establishment of command and control policy of over 1,100 Virginia Air National Guard members to include the Joint Force Headquarters, 192d Fighter Wing, 203rd REDHORSE Squadron, and the 200th Weather Flight, ensuring both peacetime and wartime readiness capabilities. He serves the adjutant general of Virginia as a principal advisor on all matters pertaining to the Virginia Air National Guard.
General Wright entered the United States Air Force and received his commission in 1981 after graduating from the University of South Carolina.
He transitioned from active duty to the Georgia Air National Guard in 1992. General Wright has held various leadership and command positions at the squadron, wing, and headquarters level. His assignments involved operations, formal training of United States Air Force, and allied Command and Control personnel. He also worked in the developmental and operational testing arena. General Wright is a master air battle manager with qualifications in six ground based command and control systems, including joint and allied systems.
November 19-24
Bethany Missionary
PETERSBURG - Bethany Missionary Baptist Church, 613 E. Wythe St., will host a community feeding on Wednesday from 4-6:45 p.m. Following the feeding, Metropolitan Baptist Church will worship at Bethany Missionary Baptist Church for a Thanksgiving service. Rev. Lamont Hobbs, assistant pastor for Metropolitan Baptist Church, will deliver the message. Service begins at 7 p.m. All are welcome.
Bibleway Christian Center
PETERSBURG - The Bibleway Christian Center, 704 Hinton St., will present a building fund program at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 24. Appearing on the program will be The Sensational Five of Amelia, Mike Alston and Nu Revelation of South Hill, Maka Change, Evangelist Shirley Dicson and the Evening Spirituals, The Melodiaries and The Singing Messengers of Dinwiddie. The public is invited to attend. For more information, contact, James McKiever at 804-704-0165.
Calvary's Love Ministries
HOPEWELL - A community Thanksgiving service will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary's Love Ministries, 118 S. 11th Ave. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Joshua King, pastor of Union Baptist Church. For more information, call 804-541-8300.
Calvary Temple COOLJC
PETERSBURG - Calvary Temple COOLJC, 110 N. Dunlop St., will host a pre-Thanksgiving service beginning at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Colonial Heights Clergy
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - The Colonial Heights Clergy Association is sponsoring the annual community Thanksgiving worship service hosted by Swift Creek Baptist Church, 18510 Branders Bridge Road. Rev. Scott Tischler of Life Church will bring the message. Rev. Fred Adkins of Immanuel Baptist Church will lead the music. The service will begin at 7 p.m. An offering will be received to benefit CCHASM & the Colonial Heights Food Pantry. The community is invited to attend. For more information, call 520-1211.
Enon Church of God
CHESTER - Enon Church of God in Chester will be giving away Brunswick stew to those in need on Thanksgiving morning at two locations in the Tri-Cities area: Carter G Woodson School in Hopewell and the Alamo in Petersburg. Times are TBD. For more information, 530-3040.
Higher Way
PETERSBURG - Higher Way Ministries, 515 Virginia Ave., will host its Thanksgiving Day community dinner from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday. All Delectable Heights families are invited to celebrate Thanksgiving Day with Higher Way Ministries. A hot, freshly prepared meal will be provided with all of the Thanksgiving fixins. Also new and slightly worn hats, coats, sweaters, gloves, scarfs, toiletry items and more will be given away. For more information, call 631-5760.
Lord's Church
ETTRICK - On Thursday from 8 a.m.-12 p.m., The Lord's Church Baptist, located at 20905 Third Ave,, will be giving away coats, clothes and food to anyone in need. For more information, call 804-520-5133. If there is no answer, please leave your phone number and someone will return your call.
Nazareth Lutheran Church
HOPEWELL - Nazareth Lutheran Church, 1711 Grant St., will host a worship service on Thanksgiving eve, beginning at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend this and all services at Nazareth. For further information, call 804-458-7994.
New First Baptist
PETERSBURG - The Thanksgiving Day Fellowship of Churches morning service will be held at 10 a.m. at Morning Star Baptist Church, with First Ebenzer Baptist Church in charge of the service.
New Life Missionary
PETERSBURG - Evans-Smith classes will begin at 4:45 p.m. Monday for all persons who are interested in improving their ministry in the local church. The classes offered for this session are: Level One: Old Testament and Understanding the Call; and Level Two: Planning Christian Education Part 2 and Preaching and Worship. For more information, call 804-796-7553.
Oakland Baptist
DISPUTANTA - Oakland Baptist Church, 12601 Prince George Drive, will host a Thanksgiving service at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Olive Branch Baptist
DINWIDDIE - Thanksgiving Day service at Olive Branch Baptist Church will begin at 9 a.m. Thanksgiving Day. For transportation, call 804-469-3492.
Saint Luke UCC
SEDLEY - St. Luke United Church of Christ Youth Department will host a one-night harvest revival at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Bishop Marcus D. Campbell Sr., pastor and founder of Abundant Life Christian International, will be the guest speaker.
Second Baptist
PETERSBURG - Second Baptist Church, 3555 Johnson Road, will hold a Thanksgiving Day service at 8 a.m. This special service provides worshippers the opportunity to give thanks for the blessings of the year. There will be special music, testimonials, prayer and a thanksgiving message. Following the service, a light breakfast will be served in the fellowship hall. All are welcome.
Sisters Reaching Sisters
HOPEWELL - Sisters Reaching Sisters Outreach Ministry will feed the homeless at New Beginning Barber and Beauty, 3906 Oaklawn Blvd., and at Tuckers Funeral Home parking lot, 415 Halifax St., Petersburg, from 6-8 p.m. Thanksgiving Day. Families in need may come by either location to receive a free Thanksgiving dinner. For more information, call Sister Monique Jennings at 919-9554.
Tabernacle Baptist
PETERSBURG - Thanksgiving service at Tabernacle Baptist Church will be held on Thursday at 10 a.m. After the Thanksgiving service, the church will be feeding the homeless, those in need, the elderly and anyone else that may wish to come for the fellowship. Dinner will start being served at 12:30 p.m. All are invited to attend all services.
Trinity UMC
PETERSBURG - Trinity United Methodist Church, 215 S. Sycamore St., will prepare and serve food for the Downtown Churches United Feeding Ministries on Wednesday. Lunch will be served from noon until 1:45 p.m.
Washington Street United Methodist Church will host the Thanksgiving eve service this year. St. Mark's United Methodist Church will also participate in the service. There will be a combined choir from St. Mark's, Trinity and Washington Street United Methodist churches. The service begins at 6 p.m. and the community is invited. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable item of food that will be given to Downtown Churches United or CARES.
Union Grove Baptist
SOUTH CHESTERFIELD - On Wednesday, at 7 p.m., Union Grove Baptist Church will host the United Thanksgiving worship service with the Rev. Dr. Gregory Howard, pastor of Union Branch Baptist Church, Chesterfield, as messenger. Participating area churches include Community Independent Methodist Church, Oak Grove Baptist Church, Shiloh Baptist Church, Union Branch Baptist Church and Union Grove Baptist Church. The offering will be donated to the Children's Home of Virginia Baptist.
Washington Street UMC
PETERSBURG - Washington Street UMC's Thursday luncheon will not meet for Thanksgiving, it will resume on Nov. 29, and feature music by the Southernaires. Fellowship starts at noon, lunch at 12:30 in the Old Ship Room, The cost is a $6 donation a person to cover food costs. All are welcome. If you would like to be a guest speaker or group performer in the upcoming months, contact Grover Jenkins at 804-733-3397.
On Wednesday, the church will be holding a community Thanksgiving eve service at 6 p.m. All are welcome. Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for DCU and CARES. Anyone who would like to sing in the choir should come at 5:30 p.m.
American Youth Harp Ensemble
RICHMOND - The American Youth Harp Ensemble will present "Harp!" the Herald Angels play at 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at Grace Baptist Church, 4200 Dover Road, with a prelude by the Virginia Choristers at 2:30 p.m. The Harpers Bazaar will be going on from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $10 adults and $5 seniors and children. Tickets may be purchased online at www.harpensemble.org or by phone at 804-837-9355.
Antioch Christian Center
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - The Kingdom Mandate Fellowship. 2012 will present The Tri-City Holiday Men's Conference "Boosting Your faith To Receive Expansion" Nov. 29-Dec. 1 at the Holiday Inn North-Fort Lee, 401 Roslyn Road. Hosts will include Jerry M. Kelly, Dr. Larelle M. Kelly, Dr. Jesse L. Ruffin. Limited seating. Registration is required by RSVP by Nov. 25. For more information, contact Antioch Christian Center Church at 804-232-0546.
Colonial Heights Baptist
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Colonial Heights Baptist Church will present "The Christmas Star" as its annual Christmas pageant Dec. 5-9 at the church, located at 17201 Jefferson Davis Highway. This play seeks to tell the good news of the Christmas story and pay honor to America's veterans. It is a full-scale, professional level production set in the Richmond area at the end of World War II with entertainment and fun that includes singing, dancing, and Frosty the Snowman.
Performances of "The Christmas Star" begin Wednesday, Dec. 5, and run through Sunday, Dec. 9. There are six performances in all and tickets are on sale now. The cost of tickets ranges from $8-$12 and can be purchased at www.chbaptist.com. For more information, call the church office at 804-526-0424.
Easter Baptist
WAVERLY - On Nov. 25, at 2 p.m., Easter Baptist Church will observe its 122nd church anniversary. Special guests will be the Rev. Michael Stith and the entire church family of First Baptist-Bermuda Hundred, Chester. The public is invited to attend.
Greater Faith
PETERSBURG - Greater Faith Apostolic Holiness Church, 507 Harrison St., will have a special service at 3 p.m. Nov. 25.
Little Mount Baptist
SUSSEX - The Pastoral Care Ministry at Little Mount Baptist Church will sponsor a shopping trip to Potomac Mills Mall, Woodbridge, on Dec. 1. For more information, call 804-721-8968 or 804-720-8092.
Living Word Ministries
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Living Word Ministries, 1620 Snead Ave., will observe Co-Pastor Day. The public is invited to join the church family at its 8:30 a.m. service on Nov. 25 as they celebrate their co-pastor, the Rev. Tracy Y. Quick. Special guest will be Psalmist Frances White.
Oak Grove Baptist
WAKEFIELD - The Missionary Auxiliary of Oak Grove Baptist Church, 38070 Rocky Hock Road, presents "Unarmed, but Dangerous" by motivational speaker, author, mentor & CEO, Tawana Williams from Wilson, N.C., on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 3 p.m. Also, featured on this program will be The Freemans of Chesapeake and the King Travelers. All are invited to attend.
Oakland Baptist
DISPUTANTA - Oakland Baptist Church, 12601 Prince George Drive, will host Bill Lewis in a concert of Christmas music at 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 25. A steak supper will precede the concert in the fellowship hall at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the supper can be obtained for $10 each by calling 733-7839 before Nov. 21.
St. Peter's RZUA
CHURCH ROAD - St. Peter's RZUA Church, 15719 Cox Road, will celebrate Harvest Month during the month of November. Services will be held each Friday at 7 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 30, the senior choir and youth ministry will be in charge of the service.
Third Baptist
PETERSBURG - The public is invited to travel with the Men's Ministry of Third Baptist Church, 550 Farmer St., to Disney and the Holy Land on August 12-15, 2013. For more information, contact Third Baptist Church at 804-732-6850 and leave a message.
Walking in the Faith
PETERSBURG - Walking in The Faith Ministry, 2150 S. Crater Road, will host a marriage conference with the theme "Why Did I Get Married?" nightly at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29-Saturday, Dec. 1. For more information, contact Sister Venus Stanford at 804-255-0428.
Washington Street UMC
PETERSBURG - Advent study at Washington Street United Methodist Church starts on Dec. 2.
Zion Hill
PETERSBURG - Zion Hill Pentecostal Church, 4424 Spring Branch Road, will sponsor a service, "The Seven Churches" at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30. The speakers will include The Rev. Dr. Antonio Arnold of Westminster Presbyterian Church, Petersburg, Bishop Clarence Parson of AZUZA Family Worship, Petersburg, the Rev. Dr. Eric Jones of New Direction, Waverly; Elder Eddie Boyd of Rising Star Apostolic Church, Waverly; Elder Phillip Wilkins of Rising Star Apostolic Church, Spring Grove; Pastor Morris of Miracle Temple Deliverance Center; and Elder Ernest Jones of Zion Hill Pentecostal Church. For more information, call 804-834-2954.
Note: Most, if not all, local churches offer prayer and praise services and/or mid-week Bible study. For more information about regular services, call a specific church of interest. The following is a partial listing of prayer meetings, prayer hotlines, weekly outreach services, classes or special services. For more listings, go to www.progress-index.com and click on Lifestyles, then click on Faith and Values.
Calvary Temple
PETERSBURG - Calvary Temple COOLJC, 110 N. Dunlop St., offers prayer at noon each Friday.
Carrying the Cross
EMPORIA - Carrying the Cross Ministries holds worship services at 7:30 p.m. Mondays at the Resource Center, 24 E. Wythe St. (corner of E. Wythe and Adams streets). All are welcome. For more information, contact Apostle Lorenzo Baines or Elder Shirley Baines at 804-469-3981.
Chester UMC
CHESTER - Chester United Methodist Church invites local job-seekers to participate in the church's weekly EmPOWERment LUNCH meetings. All of the EmPOWERment LUNCH meetings start at 12:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the fellowship hall of the church, located at 12132 Percival St. next to Chester Baptist. For more information, contact Associate Pastor Brandon Robbins at 804- 748-6006 or email him at email@example.com.
PETERSBURG - Ekklesia Global Ministries, 1124 W. Washington St., holds Sabbath services every Saturday at 9 a.m. Weekly prayer is Tuesday and Thursday at 1 p.m. Prayer and Torah study is every Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Genesis group directed by Elder Kenneth Branford is held from 5 to 6 p.m. each Wednesday. Those in need of substance abuse deliverance support are welcome. For more information, call 804-243-1241.
Flaming Sword
HOPEWELL - Flaming Sword Church of Deliverance at 2313 Oaklawn Blvd., has noon day prayer from 12-1 p.m. each Wednesday. A free community breakfast is served at the church every third Saturday from 9-10:30 a.m. For more information, call 804-733-9342.
Frederick L. Ray
ETTRICK - The Frederick L. Ray Biblical Institute has started its new degree program. The Bachelor of Biblical Studies. This program includes pastors, ministers and church leaders. The main objective is to develop church members to be able to teach Sunday School etc... As Dr. King stated so well "we have no place in the Church for Spiritual Blindness"! So that all of God's children can be an asset to the Pastor in every way. Classes start at 7 p.m. on Mondays. All are invited. As with all certificates and degrees they are all at no charge. For information, call Barbara King or Ricardo Thompson at 804-520-5133.
Greater Faith
PETERSBURG - Greater Faith Apostolic Temple, 507 Harrison St., offers prayer and praise every Friday at 6 p.m.
Harvest International
PETERSBURG - Harvest International Full Gospel Center Inc., 1017 W. Washington St., offers a healing ministry service every Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. at the church. A free breakfast is served from 10:30 to 11 a.m. each Sunday.
Higher Way
PETERSBURG - Higher Way Full Gospel Baptist Church, 515 Virginia Ave. offers a citywide intercessory prayer meeting from 9-10 a.m. each Saturday at the church. On Friday, Sept. 14, Higher Way Ministries, will resume the prophetic healing and deliverance service at 7:30 p.m. and every second Friday of the month thereafter. For more information, call 804-861-3317.
For more information, call the church at 861-3317.
House of Restoration
PETERSBURG - House of Restoration, 210 S. Market St., offers food after every service to those in need. For more information, visit www.DRMariettaBrown.net. Transportation is available to those in need.
James Smith Worldwide
James Smith Worldwide Ministries is providing free rides to prisons and jails throughout the state of Virginia for those who have friends or relatives who are incarcerated in the penal system. The ministries will go to any and all locations where there are prisoners, no matter how far. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Mr. Smith at 804-467-4266.
Living Bread
PETERSBURG - Living Bread Outreach Church, 950-B South Sycamore St. (between 7-Eleven and Canton Restaurant) is serving hot meals on the second Saturday of the month from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The church also offers a Clothes and Shoes Community Closet which is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call (804) 255-3047 or (804) 431-6412.
Living Water
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - For more information regarding Living Water Biblical Institute, contact Dr. Tony or Dr. Sonya Davis at (804) 255-6353, email email@example.com or visit www.lwbi.net.
Master's Table
PETERSBURG - The Master's Table Church sponsors a recovery group in the Petersburg, Hopewell and Colonial Heights area called Celebrate Recovery and all are welcome. The meetings take place at 7:30 p.m. each Monday at the church, located at 3591-C South Crater Road. For more information, call Paul Parsons at (804) 318-7497 or email email@example.com or call the church at (804) 691-1483.
New Beginning
PETERSBURG - New Beginning Temple, 905 High Pearl St., will be having prayer at noon on Friday.
Prince of Peace
COLONIAL HEIGHTS - Free leadership/ministry training is held at 6 p.m. each Tuesday at Prince of Peace Evangelistic Center, 107 Pickwick Ave. Jabez worship experience is held every second and fourth Friday at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call Overseer Walter J. Mason at 804-834-2356.
Tri-Cities Prayer
The Tri-Cities Prayer Vigil Ministry has a prayer line open for prayer requests seven days a week, including holidays, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The number to call is (804) 425-6370.
Trinity UMC
PETERSBURG - Trinity United Methodist Church, 215 S. Sycamore St., continues to collect food for the Food Pantry which is now located at the Hope Center, 827 Commerce St. Ann Tyler is the Trinity coordinator for this ministry.
Union Hill UCC
SEDLEY - Union Hill United Church of Christ opens its prayer line from 7-8 p.m. each Thursday with the Rev. Roy Stokes, church pastor. Pastoral counseling is also available during this time. The pastor prayer line is (757) 242-6175.
Victory Christian UCC
PETERSBURG - Victory Christian United Church of Christ, 630 Halifax St., offers a 24-hour interdenominational prayer chain, (804) 520-0917. All who are in need are encouraged to call.
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The Changing Architecture of Advertising Agencies
AbstractIn contrast to other marketing activities, advertising is usually outsourced—historically, to an integrated full-service advertising agency that provides both creative and media services. Recently, major changes have occurred, specialized media shops have appeared, and large holding companies with several agencies and a separate media shop have emerged. This paper describes how firms in the current industry structure choose their agents. A theoretical section specifies the firm's decision process in obtaining the creative and media components. Conditions under which one or both could be effectively produced internally are identified. In the prevalent case when these components are outsourced, we evaluate whether they can be more efficiently produced by a bundled full-service agency or by unbundling to separate agents. An empirical section tests the theory implications with cross-sectional data on U.S. firm choices of advertising agents. The bundled full-service agency is still widely used. Firms with large advertising budgets unbundle to take advantage of media discounts obtained by market-making media shops. Internal agencies are used when firms have internal creative abilities, or have low-level requirements in both creative and media. The creative and media agencies within holding companies are found to act independently.
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Ten young pianists from seven countries and four continents combined efforts to raise donations for earthquake relief. The "Young Artists for Haiti" released a video of their performing the Chopin Nocturne in C# Minor together virtually.
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John Lynch: The Decision, Part Two
This is a four part article that will be taking a look at one of the best safeties to ever play the game, John Lynch. A decision about his retirement looms, and its ripple effect will be felt throughout the Broncos organization as everything from the Free Agency period to their potentially strong, 8-pick draft will be shaped and altered by whichever lot he tosses into the murky pool that is the Broncos' defensive future. Will it be the decision to retire, leaving $2 mil on the table? Will it be the decision to return, possibly having to accept less playing time and risking injury?
MHR's own Hoosierteacher took some time to look at the John Lynch situation with me, and provided some of his excellent knowledge and analysis of not only Lynch but of the difficult and oft misunderstood nature of the position he plays. We will be getting his take on the situation throughout this series.
Part One was a look at John Lynch the player and the safety position in general, and looked at what Lynch has done for the Denver Broncos since signing in 2004. Part Two will take a more in depth look at John's performance through the 2007 season, a campaign that saw the Denver Broncos post only their second losing season under Mike Shanahan while fielding one of the lowest ranked defenses in the NFL. Part Three will take a closer look at the situation the Broncos are in, and what their options are at the safety position.
Part Two
Going into the 2007, the Denver Broncos defense was looking stout. Free agency and the draft addressed some needs, even as several players were lost, through tragedy, incompatibility, and injury. One area which saw little change, however, was the safety position.
John Lynch would be returning to play another year, and Nick Ferguson looked solid. Astute observers noted the lack of depth behind these two however, while also noting the age of the two veterans. Were they right to be concerned with the position? As the preseason wound to a close, and the regular season opener in Buffalo approached, Broncos Country winced at the sight of Denver's preseason defensive struggles. The only hope was that the preseason was not a good indicator of what was to come on defense, and that our depth at safety and elsewhere would not be tested.
Buffalo, New York September 9, 2007
Opening Day
Stats can't tell the whole story. The sight of Elam being mobbed in a college-atmosphere field rush by the Broncos sideline is the closest you can come to understanding the ebb and flow of that game. It would be definitive for both a game and a season: youthful exuberance; sacred expectations.
The scene on defense was one which Bronco fans weren't used to: a seven man defensive front with more beef and bodyfat than a steakhouse. Gone was the speed of Coyer's blitzing defense, and in its place were the confusing, difficult to master lanes of Jim Bates' "run-contain" system.HT: Under the Bates system the DTs don't really go after the QB, nor do they even go after the play in the offensive backfield. They just occupy the Center, Guards, and hopefuly either a Tackle or a Back being used as a run blocker. They have the additional burden of making lateral tackles on runs that go to their side (a likely scenario because the DEs will be lined up so wide that the runner is vectored into the resulting gap).
The job of the DEs in the Bates system is to rush from the edge, or on runs to contain the outside and let the MLB do his job. The MLB can only do his job if the DTs protect him by holding up the center of the O-line. The DEs line up wider than under most systems for several reasons. They take any remaining Tackles or TEs out of the game not occupied by the DTs, and they constantly pressure the QB.
The MLB is only as good as the DTs. He has to depend on them to protect his zone because the OLBs are going to be wider (for the most part). The OLBs contain runs to keep them from going towards the sideline. They force the runs inside of the DEs, where the other 9 or so players should be waiting.
|John Lynch in his role as a FS was asked to cover half the field in a deep zone on the weakside of the play. As the game and season started, one couldn't help but notice that Lynch indeed seemed a step slower, and wasn't closing quickly on the line of scrimmage from his zone coverage. He even missed a tackle on Buffalo's rookie, Marshawn Lynch, who managed to juke the savvy veteran into missing outside. Add to this that the every-down Lynch was pulled for several special 'nickel' formations, to be replaced by Curome Cox, and one got the feeling that Lynch was taking a backseat to his teams defensive scheme for the first time in his career.
But he still managed a sack on a rare 'monster' blitz and his deep coverage was stellar, paired with Bly, as no passes were attempted to his side beyond the underneath zone. Then, in the second half, you could see a change in Lynch. Suddenly you saw him involved in every play. He was seen around the line of scrimmage multiple times as the pressure in the game mounted. He was involved in or closing fast on every tackle that occurred in the middle zones. You saw his number in every defensive play.
As the fourth quarter began, Lynch flew in with a classic hit on the FB, causing two things to happen. The first was that Lynch got his first ding of the season, a calf strain, which he shook off and returned two plays later. The second was that, once he returned, running plays where he lined up weakside were changed, audibled out of and generally sent to the strongside. When he was in his deep zone, passes went to the other side. Now, I am not saying that the coaches schemed away from Lynch, but in the final analysis, the players played away from Lynch. It took one half of one game, but Lynch was back up to speed.
The following week against Oakland saw more of the same. Playing from FS as normal, he was rarely called to the line during the game, remaining in a deep zone covering the left side of the field with Bly. And when he was called up in run support? Superior backside pursuit on running plays to the strongside, seemingly choosing the perfect gap every time and making perfect backfield tackles. When he was back in the deep zone, Oakland failed to complete a pass, or to ever really look downfield, and when they did, Lynch broke up a pass that led to an interception.
As the half came to close and the second half began, Lynch found himself being used exclusively in a deep zone that Oakland could not penetrate. Only three times was he brought to the line in support in the second half. The first time, he shot the gap and made a tackle for a loss. The second time he blew up the FB, sending the play into chaos resulting in no gain. The third time he hit the FB and wrapped up the RB, stopping the play behind the line of scrimmage.
Better to be sure.
The Slide
|The defense was riding high going into a three game slide that saw the 2-0 Broncos fall below .500 by the bye week.
Against the run-heavy Jaguars, Lynch was a pivotal part of a scheme designed to put the game on Garrard's shoulders. They featured a heavy "61" type formation that regularly put 8 in the box and gave Lynch total autonomy in regards to run versus pass. One safety remained deep, while John would vary between a three-point stance on the line to an up close fourth LB, or even dropping into a middle zone at the snap. The result was 10 yards rushing on 5 carries and a sack. His constant motion at the line, in and out of strongside support proved disconcerting for Garrard, but on the second play of the second drive, Lynch left the game with a groin pull. He returned two plays later, but immediately left again, this time for good. In his absence, the Jaguars went on an 80 yard, 18 play, 11:46 drive that netted a touchdown, and gave them the lead. For the day the Jaguars netted almost 200 yards rushing, and Curome Cox became a study in what not to do at FS in Bates' scheme. Denver returned to the basic scheme soon after Lynch left the game, as Cox was always out of place when near the line of scrimmage.
For the rest of that game, and in the Indianapolis game to follow, Cox showed that playing the FS position wasn't about speed alone. Undoubtedly faster than Lynch, Cox was rarely seen involved in plays that were not to his side, and sometimes, even in plays that were. When he was cut weeks later, it would come as no surprise to anyone who watched the safety position with any interest. Having been kept almost exclusively in a deep zone, Cox was never trusted with making decisions on the field.
But in the San Diego game where Lynch made his return, Cox alone wasn't embarrassed. There are a lot of drive stats, rushing statistics and individual plays and efforts that could be pointed to in that game, but it would hardly be necessary. The Broncos were so severely embarrassed that Shanahan would step in over the bye week and demand a return to an 8 man front. And of all the players hurt by the beating in San Diego, Lynch among them saw his grimace of disgust featured on national television. His look seemed to say it all. Disappointment, frustration, anger.
In the first game following the bye, Denver would be without its best defensive player, Bailey, and without the "run-contain" system that had dropped Denver to last in the league against the rush, allowing almost 190 yards per game.
From an analysis point of view, this game was very exciting, and seemed to come down to "players playing," rather than "coaches coaching" on defense.
It had been noted that Denver would feature an 8 man box in this game, but no one was truly prepared for the way in which Denver would do it. For Pittsburgh's first three drives, the Broncos lined up in a different formation on almost every play, and Lynch was at the heart of the shifts. He started in middle zone, shutting down a TE crossing route. The next saw him back in a deep middle zone, rushing up to the line to put a hit on fast Willie Parker. And the next saw him line up at SS, where he covered the TE perfectly on an out.
He traded back and forth with Ferguson from SS to FS and back for the rest of the half. One thing I noted from play to play, when Lynch came to the line, PIT would go over the top successfully. When he dropped back, Ferguson would be plowed under by Pittsburgh's rushing attack. I even saw him take on double blockers once from the SS 4th LB position! The camerawork on this game also showed a sight to behold, in Lynch's perfect form as a play developed. His eyes were always in the backfield, his hips were always square and his shoulders were parallel to the line of scrimmage. His back was never to the play, a refreshing change from the "turn and run" play of Cox, and occasionally of Hamza later. Say what you will about Lynch not being very fast, but he is equally as fast running sideways or backwards as he is running forward, and his first step is always in the right direction. It was truly a sight to see.
But there were mistakes as well. Called to the line on a SS blitz, Lynch saw a quick completion to the TE lined up in the slot. On shooting the gap on another play, Lynch was stiff-armed by Roethlisberger, being denied a sure sack. On another strongside blitz, Lynch was also tossed aside with ease by Pittsburgh's right guard. Of course, on that particular play, the guard neglected to pick up Moss, who forced a fumble that Crowder recovered and ran into the endzone. Can't win them all.
Another impressive play by Lynch was a QB scramble late in the first half. Lynch was in a deep right coverage at SS, and as Big Ben scrambled out of the pocket and to the left, Lynch began to drift within his zone, his eyes on the QB. As other defensive players scrambled to keep up with their coverages, Ben motioned to a particular receiver to drop left. No sooner had Ben made the motion than you could see Lynch break from his zone, cross the entire field and be part of a triple coverage that saw the pass fall incomplete in the end zone. A perfect read.
The second half saw Lynch's first penalty of the year, a late hit call out of bounds, tickytacky at best. Lynch spent the second half covering a deep middle zone from FS, while Ferguson was up in run support. The second half also saw a 21 point lead evaporate. The weaknesses of the 8 man front were already showing.
The Slide, Continued
When rewatching the GB game, in the back of my mind I was secretly happy that Lynch would be injured in the first quarter with a scary neck injury, thus freeing me of having to suffer through some of the worst television broadcasting in the history of the universe. Cox's trouble at safety are already documented here, and leaving him back in a deep middle zone was merely a compounding of the trouble. It is enough to say that on the deadly strike in OT, it would have been Lynch helping Bly in that particular coverage. Would it have been enough? No one knows, but it would have definitely been better, and any decision regarding whether or not Lynch plays should consider that fact.
Lynch was listed as 'inactive' for both the Debacle in Detroit and the Broncos later visit to Arrowhead, though he was anything but, calling in defensive plays from coach Slowik, and in constant communication with the defensive players.
During Lynch's absence during this period, Hamza Abdullah finally got healthy enough to contribute, and in the Detroit game he led Denver tacklers. The following week in KC, Abdullah started for Lynch, listed at FS, and showed that he could be just as versatile as Lynch. His technique needed work, but he used his strengths to accommodate, and Bronconation dared to breathe a sigh of relief.
Last Chance for the Postseason
Lynch returned from his neck injury on a Monday night vs. Tennessee. Though scary at first, Lynch was assured that his injury was not a reaggravation or worsening of the neck condition that threatened to end his career while in Tampa Bay. But when he returned this time, it was to find that his season long partner at SS had been benched in preference of Hamza, and that Lynch would be taking Ferguson's place.
This game also saw the return of an event Lynch hadn't seen since the first game of the season: coming off the field in certain situations. This time it was to come off the field for certain down and distances where the coaching staff felt that Vince Yo9ung would be a threat to scramble. He was replaced in these downs with special teams standout, Jamie Winborn, a LB responsible for "spying" on Young. This strategy had mixed results, failing early but becoming more effective late in the game.
Lynch's play was as strong as ever, but he was noticeably better at his already great tackling. A strong safety at heart, Lynch rarely found himself put into deep zone coverage until the game was being sealed up at the end. Working with Champ this time, his zone coverage seemed as good as it had been when working with Bly, never burned and great in support coming up from his deep starting position.
The last significant game worthy of analysis was the Chicago game. In this game there were two final elements to add to the final picture of Lynch's 2007 season.
- 1. The good news first. Lynch spent the Bears game lined up as a SS, in the box around 80% of the time. A noticeable difference from his earlier in the year FS games was his run support at the line. At FS Lynch would routinely be the unblocked player on the weakside. He would pursue and overcome the play from the backside, showing patience and judiciousness in taking the right angle each time. At SS however, Lynch would always find himself on a blocker, and I was impressed with his ability to shed blockers, of any strength or size. His patience when pursuing on weakside became his patience for reading the run on the strongside. He always seemed to make the right choice for which gap to take and could get off his blocker to make the tackle at the line of scrimmage.
- 2. Now the bad news. At the end of both halves in this game, Lynch was pulled, though there were no noticeable down and distance situations or injuries reported. He missed 6 consecutive plays at the end of the first half, and 17 plays over Chicago's final four drives. No reason was ever given for this, though it should be noted that he returned to the defensive lineup for the OT drive, where he was at SS. One of the plays he was out for? The Peterson TD run that went in via a rugby scrum…Does anyone think Lynch wouldn't have thrown a hit into that pile before it mosied into the endzone?
The only other thing which I looked for in the final games was any indication that he was wearing down, or slowing up, but if anything I only saw a renewed vigor, even after Denver's technical elimination, and great games against KC and Minnesota.
In Part Three we will take a look at what Denver's options are at the position, as well as seeing if what Lynch had and has to offer will be enough to make a difference for the 2008 Broncos defense under new/old coordinator, Bob Slowik.
Thanks again, and much credit to HT for his helpful analysis and knowledge in preparing this series. More to come soon, so stay tuned...


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The St. Louis County Police Department website updates its Most Wanted list as fugitives are apprehended. The list currently includes suspects wanted for unlawful uses of weapons, statutory sodomy, child abuse, robbery, child kidnapping, stealing, forgery, statutory rape, domestic assault and armed criminal action.
Among new suspects is Wayne D. Robertson, whose photo accompanies this article. He is wanted for first-degree robbery. His last known address was 803 Somerton Ridge in Creve Coeur. He is 26 years old.
Click here to see photos and details about the other top nine suspects wanted in St. Louis County.
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Mary Creagh MP said the government has been "well behind the curve" on the horsemeat scandal.
"It's nearly four weeks since the Irish government first alerted us to the problem of horse meat in burgers. The government ordered these 10 million burgers to be withdrawn but the supermarkets don't know what to do with them," Creagh said.
This comes after an alarming rise in incidents of retailers recalling their beef products after tests revealed the presence of horse meat in them. The government has raised fears that more meat contamination cases could be still to come as further tests are being carried out.
Britain's Food Standards Agency has demanded a more stringent meat testing programme from retailers after a UK-based company said its lasagne contained meat from horses.
British Food Minister David Heath called for a probe. "We got to find out if there's criminality involved," he said.
Food safety experts say horse DNA poses no added health risks to consumers, but the discovery has raised concerns about the food supply chain and the ability to trace meat ingredients.


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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- One of the world's biggest collections of vintage fire equipment is right here in southern Indiana, but it may have to find a new home.
The collection's currently being stored in New Albany.
Historians were trying to raise money to build a museum for Discount Labels founder Fred Conway's fire equipment collection. But they couldn't raise enough money, so it may have to move to Jeffersonville.
A Clark County resident has offered to house the collection, which has equipment dating back to 1756.
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Should I Run Ads For My Startup? (Growth Stage)
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This is a continuation of a 2 part series on whether to run ads for your startup. Part 1 talked about running ads pre product/market fit. This week's post assumes your startup has achieved product/market fit and is in its growth stage.
Once you reach product/market fit, you should know roughly what your user acquisition funnel looks like and something about the lifetime value (LTV) of your customer. You still may need some major experimenting and reworking, but you should have a rough order of magnitude of your numbers.
Who does well with paid marketing?
Ok, so you have your rough LTV numbers. Some quick guidelines from personal experience doing lots of paid marketing. Disclaimer: these are some vast generalizations, so your mileage may vary. If your LTV is
- < $5: paid marketing is going to be near impossible
- $5-$20: will be tough but paid marketing should be part of your growth strategy
- $20+: paid marketing will probably be a BIG part of your growth
Consumer web companies whose business models are ad based generally don't do well with paid marketing. It is going to be really hard to buy traffic in volume at LTV < $5. If you're in this range, affiliate networks such as Referly, Commission Junction, Share a Sale, your own referral program, et al can be a strategy to ensure that you only pay low prices perhaps $1 or $2 to acquire a new customer. But, some of these networks require you to have significant mass before being able to join. So, you should probably start by looking primarily at free channels for growth (partnerships, cross-promotions with companies who have similar audiences, catalyzing word of mouth, viral loops from within your product, etc). Frankly, I would not focus on doing much or any paid marketing if you're in this category.
In this range, paid marketing should probably be part of your strategy, but it probably won't be the bulk of your growth. A number of daily deal sites fall into this category. Like with the prior category, affiliate and referral programs can work well. Groupon and Living Social made it easy for their subscribers to share deals through social networks and earn meaningful credits when their friends bought deals. This significantly propelled their growth.
You also have room to do CPM and CPC deals in this LTV range. For example, if your site converts at 10%, and say you have a $10 LTV, then that means you can spend up to $1 per unique visitor to break even. (If it's hard to get a sale right away on your site, a lot of companies will try to collect an email address of potential buyers first. Then, they'll use email marketing to gain trust and sell them later. With lead generation, it should be easier to hit a 10%+ conversion rate.) The competitiveness of advertising in your vertical will dictate whether you can get a lot of volume at these CPC bids, but you should be able to get at least some traffic to make it worthwhile to use paid marketing for some growth.
With high lifetime values, paid marketing will likely be a big part of your growth strategy. In fact, subscription models, especially Saas companies, tend to have very little word of mouth and generally require paid marketing to grow. Now, I know there are some Saas companies that have grown by maintaining popular blogs and email newsletters. (and frankly, a lot of content marketing is paid marketing — most of it isn't free)
In summary, ads for feedback at pre product/market fit and ads for high LTV companies at post product/market fit.


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Nissan are currently the market leader in production and sales of electric cars and the company is using this position to it's advantage in creating the ESFLOW electric sports car. Taking their Leaf as inspiration, the new ESFLOW has rear wheel drive with two electric motors in each wheel that can power the car up to 100 KPH in under 5 seconds and are good for up to 240 kilometers of green travel.
According to Nissan, the ESFLOW has been built from the ground up as an electric sports car and isn't based off a current platform. This ultimately means that the entire car and project has been focused on being an electric platform not an ICE (internal combustion engine) platform. This philosophy is evident is the lightweight aluminium chassis, a wraparound windscreen and high waistline for safety are unique to this vehicle and give off a futuristic vibe. Nissan say that they've been working hard to get the battery as low as possible to create excellent centre-of-gravity which makes for better handling.
The interior continues the contemporary theme with seats that are moulded into the design of the car to save weight with electronically adjusted peddles and steering wheel. Leather and suede compliment the bright LCD displays that give the driver all the information they need.
The ESFLOW is just a concept but take confidence in that Nissan have already created one electric car and with people looking to get into new forms of transport this just might become a reality.


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Last season Florida State's receivers were decidedly the most disappointing position unit on the team. Just ask FSU linebacker coach Greg Hudson, who recently said this:
"We didn't have great wide receivers. We had good, not great. He had to make things happen. His passing percentage was down because kids couldn't run routes right." -Star Tribune
It's not a stretch to say that FSU's receivers haven't scared anyone in a while. Why has it been that way? Talent? Coaching? Experience?
As is usually the case, it is a combination of all three. FSU didn't exactly recruit receivers all that well between 2006-2009. Why mention 2006-2009? That is the group from which FSU's receivers over the last few years came. But there was some talent recruited.
But two of the most talented receivers to come through Tallahassee in the last few years were Preston Parker and Jarmon Fortson. They were the best receivers coming back in 2009 and 2010, respectively, but neither would play a snap in those years as behavior problems saw them kicked off the team before the season. That pressed players into a larger role.
Sometimes, as was the case with seniors Rod Owens and Richard Goodman in 2009, players were ready to step in and fill the void left by the talented screwup. Other times, however, FSU wasn't so lucky. Rodney Smith and Willie Haulstead were not ready to play at a high level last season-- at least not early on. Lesser-talented small guys like Bert Reed and Taiwan Easterling were then asked to do things that their skill set did not support.
But should FSU have expected Smith and Haulstead to be ready? Or should Bert Reed and Taiwan Easterling have been able to be the top receivers?
The results here are likely mixed. While talented, Smith is a very lanky kid who is still growing into and learning how to use his body. Further, he came from a small private school and really only ran two routes: a quick out/stop, and a go. While he's an exciting blank canvas for Lawrence Dawsey to develop, it was probably unrealistic to expect him to be a number one in just his second year in the program. Haulstead, on the other hand, did more in high school, and is older with better body acclimation. Dawsey should take some blame for not having Haulstead ready to be the number one from the first game. While Haulstead doesn't have elite talent, he should be good enough to be a decent number one for a BCS team. As for Reed and Easterling, they are nice complementary pieces.
Is Dawsey a good teacher of receivers?
On the one hand, he did develop Richard Goodman and Rod Owens nicely. And Jarmon Fortson showed improvement between year one and year two. Preston Parker definitely played quite well under Dawsey. And it's not Dawsey's fault that those two can't stay out of trouble.
On the other hand, Taiwan Easterling and Bert Reed haven't exactly improved much over the years. Is that because of a limited skillset? Perhaps in part, but Reed should definitely be more consistent, both in catching the football and in running routes.
While Dawsey may or may not be a good coach of receivers, there is no debate as to his ability to recruit. He has been the driving force in re-establishing the Seminoles in Tampa (formerly a UF stronghold). A young, charismatic, African-American coach who starred both in Tallahassee and the NFL, Dawsey gets it done on the recruiting trail.
And if there is a deficiency in his coaching ability, his recruiting can definitely help to cover it. FSU is getting more and more talented at the position each year. And with that comes increased competition. Over the last few years, if a talented player slacked off, there wasn't much recourse for coach Dawsey. Sure, he could bench the player and insert a less talented, but harder-working player in the lineup. But that punishes the whole team and not just the slacker. Now, however, if a player slacks off there should be enough talent to sit him down and insert another talented player who is willing to work hard. Dawsey might not be the best coaching receiver coach in the ACC, but he does compensate in other ways.
In addition, there is something to be said for the type of receiver FSU is now bringing in. In the earlier years, FSU was losing six games per year and having to take major chances on kids in order to get athleticism back into the program. Some of those kids, were quite frankly, pretty dumb and difficult to coach. FSU now seems to be bringing in more kids who are both athletic and coachable.
Finding the right combination of recruiting and teaching is the key. Some guys are going to be better at recruiting, while some will be better at coaching. And that style can work, both as a position coach and even as a head coach, as Bobby Bowden proved.
This is an Important year for coach Dawsey. He has all the tools in place to produce an excellent receiver corps. Breaking in new starter EJ Manuel will depend on it. If he does not, it will be cause to revisit the issue next summer.


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Looks like he deleted his tweets. Bummer. MT @TwitchyTeam: Comedian Norm MacDonald believes in God; Atheists... bit.ly/132Q4dq—
Shannon (@Shan1419) March 18, 2013
Sadly, it does appear that comedian Norm Macdonald deleted his tweets. As Twitchy reported, Mr. Macdonald tweeted last night about religion, tolerance, and respect for people of faith. He was attacked by atheists, natch.
norm macdonald's feed was really odd last night. atheists were attacking him for saying he believes in god and the scriptures…—
140.85 (@immolations) March 18, 2013
It is a shame that he deleted the tweets. Sane Twitter users were encouraging and offered him support.
I'm loving how atheists are exposing themselves as being intolerent while trying to convince Norm MacDonald that religious belief is bad.—
John (@jwmatney) March 18, 2013
.@anthropocon @normmacdonald "Oh no! Someone thinks differently than we do! Hit them quick! Bring them down!" – Voice of tolerance & reason—
Shawn Smith (@Zaklog) March 18, 2013
@normmacdonald It was fun reading your twitter this morning. Favorite line "these sound like statements with ? attached"—
Trafford McClellan (@therealtrafford) March 18, 2013
@normmacdonald …You handled last nights strangeness very well. Those who rage about not being closed minded, are usually exactly that.—
nathanstyles (@nstyle97) March 18, 2013
@szysgt @normmacdonald I never knew. I'm following him now. I'm always impressed to find independent minds in L.A. @roadtopia—
Joan of Argghh! (@JoanOfArgghh) March 18, 2013
@szysgt @normmacdonald @joanofargghh I just read some of his TL. I'm impressed!—
Mandemom (@roadtopaia) March 18, 2013
You can still read his tweets here at Twitchy.
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Advantages: Fills my time
Disadvantages: England sucked
The Rugby World Cup live on ITV was a bit of a surprise, fans of the ugly game not exactly the ITV crowd, but presumably why ITV bought it, the rugby audience one of the most desirable demographics for advertisers to capture, very middle-class. But they d ...
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Advantages: france in sem is
Disadvantages: chance of nz in semis
In recent months england have shown how strong they really are as a rugby nation, in terms of scorelines and W/L records. However we still seem to be looking as to how few points we can lose to the all blacks, as opposed to actually beating them. In Feb-M ...
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Advantages: Fast, uncompromising and entertaining
Disadvantages: Good at shooting itself in the foot and a lack of national media coverage
With the new Rugby League "Super League" season just a few hours away I thought now would be an apt time to "review" the sport. Lets get one thing out of the way straight away - Rugby League is a game only played along the Northern English M62 corridor fr ...
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Advantages: gained a needing win
Disadvantages: wasnt a good performance
I personally feel that Englands performance was poor to say the least, they showed a complete lack of enthusiasm and little effort. Personally i feel the captain borthwick is not suitable to captian as he has little leadership skills furthermore putting M ...
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Advantages: they can occasionally put on good rugby
Disadvantages: they harldy ever do
...when you look at the England squad and wonder why oh why are they playin such shocking rugby there are many superb players in the englad squad but we all know that one player doesnt make a team. take a look at danny cipirani a bright pr ...
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Advantages: Successful, exciting and great fan support
Disadvantages: Prices of tickets to see them
Bath Rugby- was introduced to me by my mum, about 4 years ago. My Grampy used to watch them all the time and bath was his favourite team. This has passed down and my mum and her sisters are huge fans and now me, my sister and younger brother follow them ...
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Advantages: great sport and team
Disadvantages: World Cup and 6 Nations - Made the start of the season terrible
It was 4 years ago i got given some tickets for a Lonodon wasps game and i have been a great follower since. I never thought that i would follow rugby, i used to watch the world cup but that was just because it was country. Now after i have been to Twicke ...
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Advantages: Fantastic History
Disadvantages: Saints are better (at the moment anyway!)
Come on Wigan fans - where are you all? Ok, so we haven't exactly been on blistering form lately, but someone must have something to say?!! Can't believe the last reviews were in 2000/2001..........would be very interested to see what everyone thinks now ...
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Advantages: Brian O'Driscoll and other top level rugby players
Disadvantages: None of course
The Irish rugby team are one of the best teams in the world. Currently ranked in the top 5 teams in the world. WIth world class players like Geordan Murphy, Brian O'Driscoll, Gordon Darcy, Ronan O'Gara, Paul O'Connell among much much more this team on a g ...
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News: Jay-Z & Beyoncé Leave Blue Ivy Home, Hook-Up In The Studio
Monday, Dec 3, 2012 2:55PM
Rap mogul Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé Knowles-Carter appear ready to churn out some new tunes after recently getting spotted together in a recording studio.
According to reports, the happily married couple are clocking in studio time with one of producer Timbaland's artists.
It looks like Beyonce is back at it. The 4 singer was captured in the studio with none other than Mr. Carter himself. Writer and artist Jo'zzy from Timbaland's crew posted a picture of the couple hard at work in the studio. "THIS IS WHO I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW! JAY Z AND BEYONCE #BLESSED TO BE HERE," she wrote. She was later forced to remove the tweet and photo after getting overrun by Beyonce's fans. (RapFix)
Last week, Jay and Bey sat courtside to watch the Brooklyn Nets take on the local rival New York Knicks.
Jay-Z's 99 problems apparently don't include the Knicks. At least not anymore. "The city is under new management," the rap mogul tweeted after Monday's 96-89 overtime victory over the Knicks. The Nets are now 3-0 with the minority owner in attendance. He watched courtside next to his superstar wife, Beyonce. Richard Gere and Michael Strahan were also at the Barclays Center. (New York Daily News)
Back in September, Bey watched her hubby perform at his Barclays Center inaugural concert series.
Jay-Z's biggest fan was front and center at his show Friday night. Beyonce proudly watched her hubby perform at the grand opening of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The 31-year-old mother to Blue Ivy, 8 months, enjoyed the nearly two hour show from the D'USSE VIP Lounge. She was "front and center," a source tells Us Weekly . "She went crazy singing and dancing to every song." (Us Magazine)


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About Samuel Osbourne
Samuel was son of Cynthia Ann Stewart and Dr. Samuel Montgomery Osborne. He had one brother that died young and two sisters that he grew up with in Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. He was educated at the Methodists' new Asbury University in Greencastle, IN. (now DePauw). He married Frances Matilda Van De Grift in Indianapolis, Marion Co., IN. on Dec 24, 1857. At that time he was secretary to Gov. Willard of IN. He served in that position for four years. In 1861 he went to war (Civil War) in the 46th Indiana, Company F. He was commissioned Captain on Feb. 6, 1862 for the Union, but never assigned a company; he resigned after 6 months. On July 11,1863 he enrolled in the "home guard" Indiana Legion at Indianapolis. During this time he was deputy clerk of the state Supreme Court of IN. The latter part of 1863, Sam decided to accompany a friend to CA., and in May 1864, Fanny set out to join him, taking six-year old Belle with her. They shipped out of New York and crossed the isthmus of Panama together, arrived in San Francisco, and caught up with Sam in Virginia City, NV. Sam's ventures in the mining towns did not reap what he anticipated, and from persuasion from his wife, they headed to San Francisco where he prospered as a court reporter.
Their son, Lloyd, was born there in 1868, and their youngest son, Hervey, was born in Oakland in 1871. In 1875 Fanny persuaded her husband into letting her take the children to France so they could get an education abroad, and fulfilling her aspirations to study art abroad as well. Tragedy befell them when their youngest son, Hervey, died in Paris in 1876. Sam did journey to Paris to be by his son's side at his death, but the marital complications between Fanny and Sam continued as she wanted to stay and not return to the States. It was during this time that she met and fell in love with Robert Louis Stevenson, but returned to Sam in 1878. Fannie and Sam could not work out their marital problems and divorced in Jan. 1880. Fanny married Stevenson in May 1880 and Sam married his 2nd wife, Rebecca Paul about the same time. In 1887, tragedy befell Sam.
He disappeared and never showed up again. Speculation has it that he could have been robbed and murdered. Some clothes were found later, tattered and worn, that was said to have been his. From "This Life I've Loved", autobiography by his daughter, she writes on page 42 about his disappearance. "She was handed a San Francisco newspaper and there across the front page was her father's name. He was a popular man, a member of the Bohemian Club, and was highly respected among his associates. His business affairs were in order; there were large sums owing the firm that his partner couldn't collect without his signature. Pauly, her stepmother told her that her father went to court for a night session, asked her to have supper for him at midnight, kissed her, and went off down the street whistling. He left the court house a little before midnight, in his usual good spirits, and disappeared forever"…… (The date of March 28, 1887 is the date of his disappearance.)
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BATON ROUGE, La., (KNOE 8 News) - In the first-ever study of a LA4 cohort from Pre-K through 8th grade, the Picard Center for Child Development and Lifelong Learning at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette says that children participating in high-quality Pre-K programs demonstrate lasting gains in the classroom in relation to their peers. Currently, only half of Louisiana students enter kindergarten ready to learn. This report spurred legislative action during the 2012 Regular Legislative Session as lawmakers passed the Early Childhood Education Act (Act 3) in order to raise standards and expand access to Pre-K by unifying the state's fragmented system.
In order to determine if high-quality Pre-K resulted in lasting gains, the Picard Center's comparison looked at the first cohort of 3,711 students who began the LA4 programs in the fall of 2002 and compared their 2012 LEAP scores to their 8th grade peers, specifically those eligible for free and reduced lunch who did not receive Pre-K or Head Start. Earlier studies indicated that high-quality Pre-K preparation through LA4 programs resulted in an increase in the rate of at-risk students scoring Basic or above on LEAP tests in the 4th grade. This study goes further, indicating that these students continue to score better than their peers four years later on the eighth grade tests - 9% for ELA, 14% for math, 11% for science, and 8% for social studies.
"These results are a great sign that Louisiana is headed in the right direction by expanding access to high-quality Pre-K programs. Last year, the legislature took an important step forward by passing Act 3, and the Department will soon launch Pre-K pilots across the state to put their bold direction into action. With only half of Louisiana students entering kindergarten ready to learn, this study is further evidence of the importance of Pre-K for all our kids," said State Superintendent John White.
Annually more than 16,000 Louisiana 4-year-olds participate in LA4 programs across the state. Year after year, research demonstrates that these children are more likely to enter kindergarten ready to succeed. The Picard study found that students participating in high-quality Pre-K were at least 10% more likely to reach eighth grade on time, less likely to be retained overall, and the rate of placement in special education was less than half of the comparison group.
"A key element of our analysis is that while all children who participated in LA4 reaped benefits that held through eighth grade, those who made the greatest improvements were children from impoverished backgrounds," said Picard Center Executive Director Dr. Billy R. Stokes. "The impact high-quality prekindergarten has on educational outcomes for low-income students is of critical importance as local school districts, the Department of Education and the legislature work together to develop innovative ways to ensure that children enter kindergarten ready for school and to close the achievement gap for Louisiana's most impoverished students."
To view the entire presentation on this research by the Picard Center, please click here.


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Another shallow, slanted (Tribune, Aug. 4) is attacking Fox News for doing exactly what the other big government networks do routinely. Trying to portray Christians as intolerant and then portraying Muslims as tolerant conflicts with reality.
Substitute a Christian writing a book on Islam and Muhammad, titled Zealot, and try to imagine that the interview would not only center on why a Christian would write a book insulting the prophet but also discussions of punishment and retaliation. There would be comments about why the Christian author is so hateful!
Fox may have acted poorly, but less so than our mainstream media do routinely. If you are not someone in the tank for all-powerful, all-knowing, ever-growing government, your point of view is ridiculed. Fox News did not go to the hate page or the bigot page as all the mainstream media would have done if it were a Christian writer writing negatively about Islam!
Overall, the column was full of stereotyping, name calling, straw men and falsehoods. How about less double standard and more honest and fair rhetoric?


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The housing market has been improving around the valley and the
National Association of Realtors has named Phoenix as one of the best
cities to sell your home in.
The Phoenix-Mesa area comes in at number two, while San Francisco takes the top spot and Washington comes in third.The Association says the number of homes for sale are declining, so buyers are getting competitive and owners are spending less time trying to sell.Home sales in the metro area are up more than 23 percent.
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Hey Rumblers,
As a continuation of our "Best of the Bills Team" assembly, I'm now taking nominations from the community for all offensive line positions. Since this position can't really be defined statistically - and since I'm a mere 22 years old and don't have quite the knowledge of the team's history that I'm sure many of you possess - I'm deferring to y'all on this one.
The obvious names for candidacy include, in my mind: Will Wolford, Kent Hull, Billy Shaw, Ruben Brown. There may be other obvious names I'm missing, which is why I disclaimed that list with "in my mind".
We'll be splitting this up into tackles, guards and centers, so we need at least 4 candidates for guard and tackle, and 3 for center. I look forward to hearing the names you all suggest. :)


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Plans for a major expansion to The Sharp Project, which will see hundreds of new jobs created and a cutting-edge global technology company establish its European headquarters there, have been unveiled.
The proposals build on the success of The Sharp project, the city's digital and production complex, and further Manchester's ambition of becoming a global digital city by 2020.
The proposals, outlined in a report to be considered by Manchester City Council's Executive on 12 September, comprise:
1. A major global interactive 3D technology company will establish its European base at One Central Park in Central Park, which will be acquired by Manchester City Council, creating at least 240 jobs.
2. A significant expansion of The Sharp Project's existing building to attract more start-up digital firms. Alongside this will be the creation of a new hi-tech green-screen facility. The Sharp Project is in discussions with a UK firm with a global client base that require a green screen facility and have the potential to expand creating 150 new jobs.
3. The development of the City Council owned former Fujitsu tower in West Gorton into a drama production hub.
Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council said: "The Sharp Project has been phenomenally successful and we have created a significant digital production hub that can support the development of the City's digital and production sector and put us firmly on the global map. The potential for further growth is huge and in order to tap into this, we recognise that we need to expand the facilities further to grow local Manchester businesses and also attract major international companies in this sector to Manchester."
Sue Woodward OBE, Director of The Sharp Project and Manchester's Creative Media Champion said: "Manchester aims to be a global digital city with a labour pool of companies creating and innovating new business and new business models, to grow the economy, create careers and compete on a wider stage. The Sharp Project is the first space created to begin to deliver this objective. It's fantastic that Manchester City Council share our vision and recognise it's a worthy investment. Manchester City Council created The Sharp Project which is unique as it's led by the sector for the sector. This is the secret of its success."
Highlighting its success to date, the report states that The Sharp Project is 75 per cent full and had created 287 full time equivalent jobs within the tenancies of the building at the end of its full year of operation.
For more information on The Sharp Project, visit www.thesharpproject.co.uk
Follow The Sharp Project on Twitter @sharpproject