Major League Baseball wants to play ball, exhibition games or even regular-season games, in Europe. But the ballpark it is eyeing for possible games lies not in big sports centers, like London with its Wembley Stadium, or Paris, with the Stade de France, but a midsize Dutch town, Hoofddorp, on land that until about 150 years ago lay deep under water.
Green Media -- publisher of Arbor Age, Landscape and Irrigation, Outdoor Power Equipment and SportsTurf -- is now accepting nominations for its 2013 list of "Industry Innovators" awards.
STMA's Industry Sourcebook, the association's premier online resource connecting sports turf professionals with the industry's leading products and services, now features a new look and enhanced functionality for 2013. Created jointly by STMA and Green Media (publisher of SportsTurf magazine), the reengineered STMA Industry Sourcebook improves upon past efforts.
To find the perfect fit, stop treating the hiring process like a beauty pageant and start acting like it's a date. It's a great American tradition: people dress up in their best clothing, parade in front of a judge and answer questions, hoping to sound intelligent yet totally inoffensive. A beauty pageant? No, I'm talking about a job interview. But it shouldn't be that way. A pageant judge never sees the contestants again, but a hiring manager has to work with the new employee every day. So stop treating the hiring process like a pageant and, instead, act like it's a date.
Many people mistake little barley for a little foxtail because the foxtail and little barley seedheads are similar. However, little barley is a winter annual that comes up in late September into October and spends the winter as a small plant. It thrives in the cooler spring temperatures, forms seed heads and dies out usually by July. Foxtail, on the other hand, is a summer annual that does well in hot weather. Also, foxtail will not produce seedheads until mid- to late-summer.
The Environmental Protection Agency has unveiled new labels that prohibit the use of some of the controversial pesticides containing neonicotinoids where bees are present. "Multiple factors play a role in bee colony declines, including pesticides. The EPA is taking action to protect bees from pesticide exposure, and these label changes will further our efforts," Jim Jones, assistant administrator for the agency's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Preventions, said.
The Sports Turf Managers Association is now offering a number of incentives to new members and a referral bonus program, both designed to help the association build on its continued growth.
Similar to previous summers with adequate rainfall, Kentucky bluegrass has turned an off-color yellow in the past few weeks. We are still unsure of what could be causing this. What we do know:
The loud roar of an engine and the screech of burning rubber tires are not sounds one usually hears – or wants to hear – on a golf course. But they are part of the thrill of playing Brickyard Crossing, a standout Pete Dye design in Dye's hometown of Indianapolis. Brickyard Crossing is not just anywhere in Indy, it is in and around the most famous auto racetrack on earth, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
While it seems like a chore at this time of year but mowing the lawn has actually been found to be relaxing and can improve mental health. Whether it's the sound of the lawn mower, the smell of the fresh cut grass or the look of a freshly mowed lawn, research shows mowing has some real perks.
