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Chester FC need cash injection to 'avoid going out of business'
Dave Powell looks at the extend of the financial worries facing Wrexham AFC's rivals
Dave Powell
There are some troubling times at Chester FC after it emerged on Thursday night the huge financial issues facing Wrexham AFC's derby rivals.
A huge cash injection is needed in the short term just for the club to avoid going out of business.
Here Dave Powell takes a closer look at Thursday night revelations from the Deva Stadium.
Chester FC need to raise £50,000 in the short term to avoid going out of business.
The very real and grim reality of the financial situation at the fan-owned club was revealed at a packed City Fans United (CFU) meeting at the Swansway Chester Stadium on Thursday night.
Finance director Laurence Kirby revealed that the club could run out of money as early as next month if things don't change soon and a cash injection of £50,000 in the short term isn't forthcoming, with the £100,000 reserve that had been in place earlier in the season now considerably eaten into.
The Deva Stadium, home of Chester
Kirby revealed that it costs between £85,000 and £90,000 to run the club each month and that the budget could be down to £250,000 from this season's £450,000 by next season - if the club survive that long.
Kirby told members: "If we can't raise £85k-£90k a month then we could be finished in a couple of months. We need to recover the deficit. It has eaten away at reserves. This is the reality."
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It was also revealed that the club would be looking to offload those players on lucrative two-year deals, such as Paul Turnbull, Kingsley James and Ross Hannah, and that their names would be circulated in the coming days.
Kirby also announced that the second instalment of the transfer fee for Sam Hughes' move to Leicester City was still yet to arrive and that efforts to bring the date forward for receiving that money were ongoing.
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Kirby added that the club would look at the possibility of selling the selling-on clause in Hughes' contract, but only if it was the only option available to keep the club afloat.
It was also revealed that the tribunal date for James Alabi's summer move to Tranmere Rovers would be heard on February 15.
Kirby also stated that the Stagecoach deal was still in negotiation but that all parties were still keen for it to happen.
There was much anger in the room in front of a packed meeting of members with many venting their feelings to the board for a catalogue of bad decisions.
CFU chairman Jonny Hughes, who insisted he would not resign when quizzed by a member, said: "We are sorry about what we have put you through. But we will put it right."
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The club have set up four working groups: strategy, football, membership and commercial to plan for both short and long term, with former CFU chairman Simon Olorenshaw leading strategy and Calvin Hughes football.
Hughes said: "I'm concerned the way things have been going on the football side of things. We don't want the mistakes being made again.
"I was shocked and appalled at some of the figures I saw on players' 52-week contracts. Not right how a large part of budget had been spent on a few players. We need a scouting procedure. Bernard Concannon found Sam Hughes and without that the club would be a mess."
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The U.S. economic recovery hasn't felt much like one even for people who managed to find new jobs after being laid off. Most of them have had to settle for less payrecession.
The figures would be even lower if people who could find only part-time jobs were included in the totalrecession.
The report provides an illustration of the job market's persistent weakness well after the Great Recession officially ended in June 2009. It also documents that while the economy has added nearly 3 million jobs since the recovery began, many pay less than those that were lostrecession.
Laid-off workers always have a harder time finding new jobs than do people who quit. But since the government began tracking such data in 1984, people who lost jobs in a recovery haven't had it as hard as they did in the one that began three years agorecession.
And the pay cuts in their new jobs usually aren't so deeprecession.
For example, in 2003-2005, a period that included a slow recovery, nearly 70 percent of those who were laid off found jobs. More than half who found full-time work in the three years ending in 2005 did so at the recessionsame or higher pay.
The government compiles data on laid-off recessionworkers every two years. The report covers only people who had worked at least three years in the same job before being laid off. In doing so, it focuses on those who had stable careers before they lost work.
But compared with most other recoveries, "this is really bad," said Dean Baker, an economist and co-director of the Center for Economic Policy Research.
"You were much more likely to be re-employed in 2007 at the same or higher wage than now," he said.


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The Ohio University Office of Instructional Innovation "serves as a catalyst to spark bold experimentation and sustainable discovery of innovative instructional models that fulfill the University's promise of a transformational educational experience." Recently, the OII featured MDIA Lecturer Andie Walla in a series about service learning across Ohio University.
The article by Emily Baxstrom reads:
ANDIE WALLA: SERVICE LEARNING
Andie Walla, lecturer in the School of Media Arts and Studies, said students in her Intermediate Video Production course remember more and maximize the experience when there is service learning involved. "The students come back and talk about it," she said. "That's what keeps me wanting to do it, because it's more enriching."
Walla first grew interested in service learning when she attended a free lunch held by the Center for Campus and Community Engagement (CCCE). She initially was intimidated by others whose service learning experiences involved international trips and life-changing work with those in need. "I thought, 'All I do is make videos,'" said Walla. But once she started talking to others involved with the CCCE, she realized her piece to the puzzle: her contribution to service learning could be producing videos about projects and organizations that help others.
Walla was one of the first faculty to have a class endorsed as a "C" class. A "C" class is the University's official recognition for a class that marks specified service standards. "Important criteria include having 20 hours of service embedded in the course curriculum, a mutual benefit for both the community partner as well as for the students, and integration of critical reflection on the service experience within the classroom experience," said Diana Marvel, former director of the CCCE. Students that complete a "C" course receive credit for such.
"The CCCE made it so easy to apply for a 'C' class endorsement," said Walla. "It was so great to have someone to turn to; it's a really valuable resource and I don't think I would have been able to do it without them."
Walla currently teaches two courses on video production that include service learning components: Intermediate Video Production and Media Production for the Community, which is a special topics course designed around service learning and designated as an official "C" course at OHIO.
VIDEOS FOR THE COMMUNITY
Walla partners with two Athens nonprofit organizations per course per semester, and her students produce videos for them. Before each semester, she meets with the leaders of the nonprofit and preps them for anything they need to know and to ensure priorities are met on both sides of the partnership.
The students work with each nonprofit as if they were a real-world client. They create any type of video the nonprofit may need, including promotional videos, introduction/about videos, event coverage videos, and more. Students write proposals and present their idea creatively to the nonprofit, so the nonprofit has the say of whether or not it is what they want.
"Videos can be really expensive to have done, and nonprofits are at the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to budgets, so it's a really great way for them to meet in the middle," said Walla.
Some organizations are easier to describe visually than others, but that leads to further learning in the course. For example, it was a challenge to show the Athens County Foundation's story since they have so many moving parts in the community. "We had to travel to a lot of different places to make it a visual story, but that's our job," said Walla.
Walla's students have even created a video for Gawande College in India. The international nongovernmental organization submitted photos and stock video, and Walla's students interviewed people in Athens and edited everything together for a complete end product.
"The idea of producing for a client teaches the students two-way communication, as well as things like brand standards—including certain fonts, logos, etc.," said Walla.
Walla originally taught the Intermediate Video Production class without a service learning component. Her students used to recreate common shots or scenes from movies to get practice with lighting and blocking, but adding in the community partnership has enriched the experience for her students. "Giving them content and a nonprofit to work with makes their videos more memorable," she said. "They put more effort into it because they're working for someone else. It's a whole other level."
Walla's students learn not only about the nonprofit their particular group works with, but they learn about the other groups' organizations as well because they watch rough cuts and critique each other in class.
OVERCOMING CHALLENGES
Rotating nonprofit partnerships each semester means Walla also redesigns her course each semester. To lessen the burden on her planning, Walla keeps a basic outline of a time line for things like production/planning, visiting locations, scheduling shoots, and project deadlines. "It can be overwhelming for me to work with so many things so I try to limit myself and optimize opportunities," said Walla. "Working with nonprofits is a big task and a lot of responsibility, but I remind myself that the experience the students get is something they carry with them for the rest of their life. Something's going to stick."
Walla has also utilized a mini grant through the CCCE to fund a teaching assistant (TA) to help her supervise students. This way, she can travel with one group on a shoot while the TA can travel with the other group.
Another challenge Walla experienced was organizations' apprehension to work with students; many nonprofit leaders would say they spent an entire semester working with students on interviews and filming and never saw the final product. Once the student graduated, the file was almost impossible to track down.
Walla's solution was to apply for the above-mentioned mini grant through the CCCE and purchase external hard drives. She buys new hard drives each semester, on which the students store all their files. At the end of the semester, she requires her students to submit the hard drive with every file on it. After she grades the final projects, she gives the hard drive to the nonprofit to keep.
"That's probably the biggest thing I've learned in doing this is the final delivery," said Walla. "I have students write thank-you notes at the end of the semester as well. After finals are done and grades are in, I deliver the hard drive and note to the nonprofit so they have everything."
Organizations Walla has partnered with in her courses include the Athens County Public Libraries, the Athens County Foundation, Live Healthy Appalachia, Stuart's Opera House, GoodWorks, Nelsonville Music Festival, Community Food Initiatives, Go On to College in India, Athens County Humane Society, Kids on Campus, Democracy Over Corporations, ACEnet, and the Nelsonville Presbyterian Farm.
To watch more videos Walla's students have produced, visit the Ohio University CCCE YouTube page.
Posted on Tue, October 10, 2017 by Media Student

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Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger Look to Solidify Oscar Front-Runner Status at SAG Awards
Zellweger and Phoenix have both won Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards for their leading roles, putting them in the driver's seat as Oscar night approaches.
By City News Service	• Published January 18, 2020 • Updated on January 18, 2020 at 4:49 pm
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Joaquin Phoenix and Renee Zellweger will look to solidify their Oscar chances Sunday night when the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are presented at the Shrine Auditorium, with Brad Pitt and Laura Dern also hoping to cement their front-running status for supporting roles.
Phoenix appears to be the man to beat in the lead-actor category for his chilling portrayal of the burgeoning comic-book villain in "Joker." He's never won a SAG Award, despite four previous nominations, including a lead- actor nod for "Walk the Line" and supporting-actor bid for "Gladiator."
Also nominated for the SAG award for lead actor are Christian Bale for his racing role in "Ford v Ferrari," Leonardo DiCaprio for his portrayal of an insecure actor looking to revive his career in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," Taron Egerton for his portrayal of Elton John in the biopic "Rocketman" and Adam Driver for his role as a divorcing father in "Marriage Story."
Zellweger tops the list of lead-actress nominees for her compelling portrayal of an aging Judy Garland in "Judy." Scarlett Johansson, who plays Driver's wife in "Marriage Story," is also vying for the prize, along with Cynthia Erivo for her portrayal of Harriet Tubman in "Harriet," Lupita Nyong'o as the mother of a terrorized family in "Us" and Charlize Theron for her portrayal of Megyn Kelly in the Fox News sexual harassment drama "Bombshell"
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Zellweger is a three-time SAG winner, collecting a supporting actress prize for 2003's "Cold Mountain" as well as awards for lead actress and as a member of the ensemble cast of 2002's "Chicago." She won an Oscar for her "Cold Mountain" role.
So far this year, Zellweger and Phoenix have both won Golden Globe and Critics Choice awards for their leading roles, while Brad Pitt of "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" and Laura Dern of "Marriage Story" have won the same prizes for their supporting roles, putting all four in the driver's seat as Oscar night approaches.
Pitt, nominated for his role as stuntman Cliff Booth in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," is joined in the supporting-actor category by a pair of acting heavyweights from the mob drama "The Irishman" -- Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. Jamie Foxx, who plays a man wrongfully convicted of murder in Just Mercy," and Tom Hanks, who tackles the role of Mister Rogers in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood," round out the category.
Dern is nominated for best supporting actress for her portrayal of divorce attorney Nora Fanshaw in "Marriage Story." Her co-star, best-actress hopeful Johansson, is also nominated in the supporting-actress category for her work in the World War II satire "Jojo Rabbit." Jennifer Lopez is nominated for her portrayal of a scheming stripper in "Hustlers," while Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie are nominated for their respective portrayals of Gretchen Carlson and Kayla Pospisil in "Bombshell."
Despite its trio of individual acting nominations, "Marriage Story" was left off the list of nominees for SAG's ensemble cast award, the ceremony's rough equivalent of a best-picture prize.
Vying for that honor will be "Bombshell," "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," "Jojo Rabbit," "The Irishman" and the South Korean thriller "Parasite."
The SAG honors, which are voted upon and awarded by actors, are generally considered strong indicators of how things will go in the acting categories on Oscar night, but they are also coveted by performers as a sign of peer recognition.
On the small screen, Amazon's "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," which swept the SAG Award comedy series categories last year, leads the list of television nominees with four nods
The show is nominated again for ensemble cast in a comedy series, along with HBO's "Barry," Amazon's "Fleabag," Netflix's "The Kominsky Method" and Pop TV's "Schitt's Creek."
"Maisel" star Rachel Brosnahan and her co-star, Alex Borstein, are both nominated for best actress in a comedy series. Recent Emmy winner and Golden Globe winner Phoebe Waller-Bridge is also nominated for her work in "Fleabag," as are Christina Applegate for Netflix's "Dead to Me" and Catherine O'Hara for "Schitt's Creek." Brosnahan won the SAG Award last year.
Tony Shalhoub, who also won last year, is nominated again for lead comedy actor for his work in "Maisel." Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are both nominated for "The Kominsky Method," along with Bill Hader for "Barry" and Andrew Scott for "Fleabag."
NBC's "This is Us," which has won the SAG Award for outstanding drama series ensemble cast two years in a row, was snubbed in the category this year. Nominations went instead to Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale," Netflix's "The Crown" and "Stranger Things" and HBO's "Game of Thrones" and "Big Little Lies."
Sterling K. Brown of "This is Us" is nominated for best drama series actor, as are Steve Carell and Billy Crudup of the Apple TV+ series "The Morning Show," Peter Dinklage for "Game of Thrones" and David Harbour for "Stranger Things."
Helena Bonham Carter and Olivia Colman both earned nominations for lead actress in a drama series for "The Crown." Jennifer Aniston is nominated for "The Morning Show," while Jodie Comer received a nod for BBC America's "Killing Eve" and Elisabeth Moss for "The Handmaid's Tale."
Robert De Niro, who stars in "The Irishman," isn't nominated for an individual honor, but he will receive the SAG Life Achievement Award, which will be presented to him by DiCaprio.
The ceremony will be broadcast live on both TNT and TBS at 5 p.m.
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Rushlift GSE takes Airside Operations trophy at International Airport Review Awards 2018
By Rushlift
Rushlift GSE, the specialist airport ground support equipment subsidiary of Doosan Industrial Vehicles UK, has won the Airside Operations category of the highly prestigious International Airport Review Awards 2018.
The winning entry from Rushlift GSE centred on its ground-breaking contract to supply easyJet with 449 pieces of ground support equipment for the airline's London Gatwick operations. In what is believed to be the World's biggest ground services change in recent years, easyJet has increased flexibility and de-risked ground operations at London Gatwick by separating out the Ground Handling from the Ground Support Equipment in the contract with Rushlift GSE.
Traditionally, in the aviation sector, ground service operations are sub-contracted to specialist organisations that provide both the labour and the ground support equipment. However, in 2017 easyJet took the unprecedented step of deciding to lease ground support equipment directly and bring in contractors that would supply labour resources only. This was a radical move and a first for the sector.
Commenting on the Award win, Tim Willett, Operations Director GSE for Rushlift, said: "We're absolutely delighted to be judged the winner of the Airside Operations category of these highly acclaimed International Airport Review Awards. This is a fantastic achievement for the whole team."
Anne-Marie McKenna, Editor of International Airport Review, commented: "Congratulations to Rushlift GSE, whose submission highlighted their forward-thinking approach and willingness to adapt to a changing industry. We look forward to seeing what the future holds for this pioneering company."
The Award Winners were announced in the December issue of International Airport Review.
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English Creek ( )
Author: Doig, Ivan
Publication Date: Jan 1992
Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher, Incorporated
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / Historical / General
Fiction / Westerns
Doig, Ivan (Author)
Ivan Doig was born in White Sulphur Springs, Montana in 1939. He received bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in history from University of Washington. Before becoming an author, he worked as a ranch hand and a journalist.
His non-fiction works include This House of Sky, Winter Brothers, and Heart Earth. His fiction titles include English Creek, Dancing at the Rascal Fair, Bucking the Sun, The Whistling Season, The Bartender's Tale, and Last Bus to Wisdom. He received several awards including the Western Literature Association's Lifetime Distinguished Achievement Award and the Wallace Stegner Award in 2007. He died of multiple myeloma on April 8, 2015 at the age of 75.
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Do you get those annoying messages from Exchange Server telling you your mailbox is over quota and you need to clean things up? Me too! My problem is I run a pretty tidy mail system. If I need something for later I archive it, otherwise I don't keep it around. I also don't use email for reminders of tasks (Evernote takes care of that). But for the life of me I couldn't figure out why I was getting these annoying alerts about my mailbox being full. I finally had some time to research the problem during lunch today and here is what I found.
This will open the window which allows you to go through the folder sizes. As you can see my calendar was eating up about 87MB. When you only have a 100MB quota that doesn't leave very much room for email.
After looking for a way to clean up the calendar data I gave up and asked one of our gurus at work and this is what he pointed me to.
Now that we've got the dates sorted simply go back as far as you want and highlight the older dates that have ended and then delete those records.
Tip: Select the one at the top you want to start with. Then scroll down to the last one you want to delete and press the shift key while you click on the row. All the items from the first one you selected to the last one will be selected. Right click and then delete.
NOTE: If you select everything as described above then any reoccurring appointments will also be deleted. Be careful!
As you can see much space has been recovered. But now they are all in "Deleted Items" which must now be purged in order to reclaim the space officially.


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This one is a little less obvious. By targeting users that visited our website from paid channels, we can try to recapture some of the investment spent on getting that users on the site. As mentioned above, this targeting can be cross-channel. For example, a user may enter the site for the first time via an Instagram ad, but is then re-targeted on their favorite blog.
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