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MOBILE, Alabama – Spring Hill College will be honored Oct. 3 as the Mobile Society for Human Resource Management's annual Diversity Award recipient.
Commissioner Constance Barker with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission will make the formal award presentation at the Heron Lakes Country Club in Mobile.
The two-hour event begins at 11:15 p.m., and advance registration is required.
"We are very pleased and honored that Commissioner Barker is taking time from her busy schedule in Washington to return to her home state of Alabama to present the award to Spring Hill College. Both the commissioner and the college are to be commended for their unyielding commitment to civil rights," said Thomas Woodford, a board member for the national society's local chapter
Founded in 1830, Spring Hill College is Alabama's oldest institution of higher learning and was the first such institution in the Deep South to desegregate, when black teachers and nuns attended summer classes in 1949.
A few examples of Spring Hill College's commitment to diversity are as follows:
- Women were first admitted to as regular, full-time students in 1952, and the college officially, fully desegregated in September 1954 with the admission of eight black students. In the mid- and late 1950s, the faculty and students of the college led the effort to rid the city of Mobile of the Ku Klux Klan.
- The college was commended for its quiet leadership in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 "Letter from a Birmingham jail."
- Rev. Albert S. Foley, a Jesuit priest at the college, is recognized as one of the most influential figures in the Alabama civil rights movement, and his memory is honored and carried forward through the Albert S. Foley, S.J. Community Service Center.
- The college earned the YWCA's Racial Justice Award in June 2008.


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UNESCO Associated Schools engage in a whole-school-approach to sustainability
A workshop on "Quality Education and Sustainability in Europe and Africa" brought together 28 ASPnet National Coordinators and teachers from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Swaziland, Germany and Poland in Windhoek, Namibia in December 2010
Invited jointly by the National Commissions for UNESCO of Namibia and Germany, participants presented ESD school-based projects and discussed how sustainability could be integrated in the school as a whole. In a final Declaration, participants stated that ESD should be more than a school subject and stressed the role of ASPnet schools as pioneers to promote schools as sustainable institutions.
Concrete school partnership agreements were signed and a dedicated website and further networking efforts in 2011 envisaged. This workshop is part of a series of three meetings between 2009 and 2011 within the framework of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development.
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In the movie Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, actor Jim Caviezel plays the role of the legendary golfer Bobby Jones, who dominated the world of golf through most of the1920s. The closing scene of the film has Jones, along with his friend and golf writer O.B. Keeler, driving into an open field overlooking rolling hills and beautiful trees just outside of Augusta, Georgia. Bobby gets out of the car and stands in the knee deep grass. He looks at Keeler and says, "We're standing on the first tee. I'm going to call it Augusta National." Bobby Jones saw more than grass and trees and hills. He envisioned a golf course, and not just any golf course. Jones envisioned the Augusta National Golf Club becoming one of the great golf courses of the world. In 1933 his vision became a reality and to this day each year Augusta National hosts the Masters Tournament, one of the four major championships of professional golf. (more…)
Archive for August, 2013
EnvisionFriday, August 30th, 2013
August 25, 2013 "Engage… To Make an Impact"Sunday, August 25th, 2013
Let's open our Bibles to Matthew 5:13. We're listening as our Lord Jesus issues an urgent call to on-mission living to engage our city and our world with His love. As you're turning I just want to remind you to stop by and pick up your free copy of the book I Am a Church Member. We're reading it together just so we can get on the same page in understanding what it means to be a member of church that takes seriously the mission Jesus has given to us to engage to live an on-mission life. Now Jesus uses two very simple, yet powerful, images to drive home this truth. Read Matthew 5:13-16. (more…)
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August 25, 2013 "Engage…To Make an Impact"Sunday, August 25th, 2013
Lost in TranslationThursday, August 22nd, 2013
If you've tried lately to talk to your friends or family about the Christian faith, you may have discovered that people have a harder time today grasping the concepts than they may have in earlier generations. Terms that once were commonly understood by most people are now like a foreign language to nonbelievers (and even to some believers) in our culture. We cannot even assume the word "Christian" means what it once meant to people. Some understand it as anyone who isn't another religion like Muslim or Hindu. Some understand it as someone who attends church, or who believes in the teachings of the Bible. To some the name "Christian" may be synonymous with a political persuasion. Through the years something has been lost in the translation. (more…)
August 18, 2013 "Engage … With the Heart of Jesus"Monday, August 19th, 2013
ILLUSTRATION – Most of us here have had some exposure to Star Trek, either the TV series or the movies. Maybe your memories go all the way back to the Starship Enterprise and the crew of Captain James T. Kirk. I have to say that those early years of Star Trek were a little hokey for me. The younger among us have seen the movies that focus on Captain Kirk when he was a younger man, and that's OK, I guess. In my book, the greatest days for Star Trek were the days of Star Trek … The Next Generation. Captain Jean-Luc Picard is an inspiring leader. So I have to confess that just about every time I think about the title of this new sermon series I'm beginning today, I can't help but think about the words of Captain Picard … "Engage!" (more…)
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August 18, 2013 "Engage…With the Heart of Jesus"Sunday, August 18th, 2013
Trust and ObeyMonday, August 12th, 2013
A vivid memory from my childhood comes from an experience where I learned one of my first lessons in faith. My buddies and I were playing baseball in the front yard of my house when someone hit the ball up on the roof of our garage. Because the roof was flat the ball didn't roll back to the ground, so someone had to go up after it. Since it was my house it became my duty to go up on the roof. We had no ladder so one of my taller friends boosted me up on his shoulders and I scrambled up the nine or ten feet on to the garage roof, retrieved the ball, went back to the edge expecting to be helped down by my "friends." There was no one in sight. They thought it would be funny to leave me on the roof with no way to get down. I began to yell for help, but to no avail. Soon my dad heard all the noise and came outside to see what was up. When he saw my predicament he chuckled, then just held up his arms and said, "Jump." Immediately I was confronted with a dilemma. Do I trust my dad and jump into his arms, or do I stay on the roof for the rest of my life? It really was not a big decision. I obeyed … and jumped! Why? Because I had absolute confidence in my dad. I knew that he loved me and wanted to catch me when I jumped into his arms. Furthermore I knew that he was strong and that he could catch me when I jumped into his arms.
That was a traumatic experience for a little guy, and I guess that's why I've never forgotten it. But it has served as a repeated reminder to me of what it means to trust and obey. (more…)
August 11, 2013 "Suffering with Christ"Monday, August 12th, 2013
Let's open our Bibles together to Matthew 5:10. Today I'm concluding this series of messages on the radical statements of Jesus, known as the Beatitudes. Stand and read Matthew 5:10-12. Let your eyes rest on those words "theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." That was the blessing in the first statement, and it is the blessing in the last. The Beatitudes reveal the life of people who are following Jesus into the Kingdom of God. Please be seated.
Matthew 5:10 – Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Friends, when we are really walking with Jesus, truly following Him, we will walk with Him into difficult situations where we will, at the very least, find ourselves feeling like we don't belong, and, possibly, in situations where we will be very much in danger. But that is what the Bible promises for Christ-followers.
2 Timothy 3:12 – Everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
2 Timothy 3:13 – while evil men and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
You see as the time of Jesus' coming again draws near, the opposition to Christ and to the Gospel will grow more intense, even in places like our own nation where we now enjoy a great amount of religious freedom. The Scripture tells us that there is such a tension between the lifestyle of disciples of Jesus on one hand and the attitudes and ways of the world on the other, that friction and even conflict will happen. (more…)
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August 11, 2013 "Suffering with Christ"Sunday, August 11th, 2013
Behaving in ChurchMonday, August 5th, 2013
It's been years ago, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. When our girls reached the age of four or five they started attending "big church." Parents of preschoolers know that during those years it's awfully hard for a child of that age to sit still in a typically grown-up atmosphere like a church worship service. Since I am a pastor and don't usually get to sit with my family in worship services, my wife Nan had the unenviable task of orienting our girls to how they should behave in a worship service. Perhaps in another blog I'll tell some of the struggles she had in helping our kids learn to act properly in church.
Nan and I just returned from some time away in the mountains of New Mexico, where we spend most of our vacations. Whenever possible we enjoy attending a local church in the mountain village. As a pastor I always strive to be a worshipper even when I am leading worship in our church. On a few occasions each year I get to worship without the weight of the responsibility of worship leadership on my mind. I love pastoral ministry, but I also cherish those occasional opportunities to worship from the pew rather than the platform. It gives me an opportunity to practice what I preach and teach … to be reminded of how adults should behave in church. (more…)


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The telephone rang as Deborah Peel was driving to the airport outside Austin, Texas, a few weeks ago. It was one of several long-distance calls she'd had that day with someone, though not a patient, who nonetheless was seeking Peel's help and support.
For Peel, a physician trained in psychoanalytic psychiatry, her end of the conversation was a blend of delicate probing, empathic listening and full-bore affirmation.
When the phone call ended, Peel smiled, knowing that even though the problem was not yet fully resolved, her caller was in a better place. "Everybody needs to be listened to," she explained. It's a phrase that isn't on Peel's business cards, but perhaps it should be.
According to Peel, 55, who is winding down her solo psychiatric practice of 30 years, she's listening to far more patients than have ever been through her Austin office, with its Oriental rug, cloth upholstered couch and four glass-fronted bookcases stuffed with texts, including 23 light-blue volumes of the writings of Sigmund Freud.
The way Peel tells it, her patients now include every U.S. patient, whose medical privacy is being unethically and even illegally invaded by healthcare's paparazzi—the multibillion-dollar medical data-mining industry—and the pharmaceutical and insurance companies the data-miners serve. She also believes federal officials are hellbent on promoting healthcare IT, but aren't listening to patients' concerns that their most intimate information, once digitized, could be lost, stolen or stored and held against them.


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The VH236H has a 1920x1080 native 1080p high-definition resolution; and its admirable performance in our motion tests suits it for movies and other forms of entertainment. Its US$239 price tag makes it an even more appealing option.
The shiny, black Asus VH236H showed good image quality and smooth video in our subjective tests, making it a nice, well-priced monitor for entertainment-centric buyers. We also saw fine, easy-to-read text on both black and white backgrounds. Photographs generally looked lively and had realistic color, though colors in a few photos appeared slightly dull. The VH236H also handled our motion tests well, showing little visible fluttering. Its solid performance in those tests makes this monitor a good choice for gaming and other motion-intensive tasks.
This monitor hosts a multitude of ports on the rear, including HDMI, DVI, VGA, and audio-in, plus an S/PDIF jack. All are clearly labeled and easy to access, so plugging in cables is a breeze. The VH236H comes with a built-in speaker, which is adequate for basic office tasks but not for music or movies. Another noticeable shortcoming is the absence of any USB ports.
Five buttons on the front of the monitor manage the on-screen display, which is fairly easy to navigate. The OSD includes an array of brightness modes, such as scenery, standard, theater, and night view. A separate brightness control enables you to make more-minute adjustments. The display tilts but cannot swivel.
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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.


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If there is such a thing as a close sweep, the Marshall Tigers volleyball team endured it in Windom on Thursday night. The Tigers, affected by a raucous Windom crowd, pushed through for a 3-0 win over the Eagles 25-20, 25-16 and 26-24.
"We weren't real sharp," Marshall head coach Dan Westby said of his team's performance, "but Windom had a lot to do with that. They came out and played with a lot of energy and their crowd got into it. That made it tough for us."
Adding to the degree of difficulty was recent history.
"That's a tough place to play," Westby said. "We haven't had a lot of success down there. In the last four trips down there, we're 2-2. We've certainly experienced our share of difficulty in that gym."
Providing a spark for the Tigers in the Eagles' nest was an improved passing game that had become a focal point following difficult four-set wins over Jackson County Central and Sioux Falls Roosevelt the previous week.
"We did work a lot on passing this week," Westby said. "We always feel that if we can pass the ball we'll be able to hang around.
"We passed pretty well tonight. I thought Hannah Bennett, Kenzie Beekman, and Steph Baker all passed the ball well."
Bennett and Baker also had exceptional nights digging. The duo combined for 38 digs, with Bennett taking the Tigers' share (22). Beekman established her presence hitting as well, totaling 19 kills over three sets.
Rachel Sanow was a team-best 19-for-19 serving for Marshall. She picked up an ace and also had 20 set assists, two ahead of fellow setter Sydney Griffin. Senior Angela Tauer did a little bit of everything for the Tigers on Thursday. Tauer was 16-for-16 serving with three aces to go along with her six kills, 13 digs and two ace blocks. Sophomore Callie Graff paced the Tigers with five ace blocks against Windom.
With the win, Marshall improves to 9-2 on the year (2-0 Southwest Conference). The Tigers, ranked No. 1 in Class AA, take part in the Apple Valley "Eagle Invite" tournament this weekend with a pair of games on Friday. Marshall opens the tournament with Alexandria at 7:30 p.m. before a showdown with Class AAA No. 1 Lakeville North at 8:45 p.m.
"One of the things we talked about after the match was the fact that we know, going in, that we're going to play four tough matches this weekend," Westby said. "We just want to go in and compete hard each of those four games. And whatever happens, happens. We just want to come out of there feeling good about our effort."
Marshall25 25 26
Windom20 16 24
Serving (good-att-ace): Rachel Sanow 19-19-1, Angela Tauer 16-16-3, Hannah Bennett 9-9-0.
Kills: Kenzie Beekman 19, Sydney Griffin 12, Tauer 6.
Digs: Bennett 22, Steph Baker 16, Tauer 13.
Set Assists: Sanow 20, Griffin 18.
Blocks: Callie Graff 5, Emma Doyle 3, Tauer 2.


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Gathered against a backdrop of Langford's "Let's Do Something!" campaign signs, they prayed for a man they called a visionary who was given a raw deal by the criminal justice system.
The rally came a day before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hears oral arguments in his case.
"Larry did more for the city in the time he was here than any other mayor," said Marion Harper who said he worked at the Fairfield Civic Center when Langford was mayor there.
Another longtime friend, James Oden, said he was present for much of the 2009 trial and believed Langford would have been acquitted had it been held in Birmingham rather than Tuscaloosa.
"The jurors weren't paying attention. They had made their minds up before the trial," Oden said.
Frank Matthews, a longtime Langford supporter, said Langford opted for Tuscaloosa despite two potential Birmingham jurors saying they would support him if the trial was held in Jefferson County.
"Larry knew he was innocent," Matthews said. "If he wasn't the man he was he would have took those two jurors and stayed right here in Birmingham."
The Rev. O.C. Oden, another longtime friend, said he speaks with Langford every week or every other week.
"He always says, 'I'm just making the best out of a bad situation,'" Oden said.
Langford's wife, Melva Langford, was not present as the group prayed for her.
"She loves Larry more than any of us and she's worn out," Matthews said.


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A Honky Tonk legend, who spent his early days playing in various venues and on TV in Wichita Falls gets a special tribute.
A proclamation Thursday, honored Buck White.
He earned a place in the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame for his spin on Country, Blue Grass and Gospel music.
He also received a Grammy for the album Salt of the Earth.
White says he is humbled by the recognition from the city of Wichita Falls.
"You know you work and work and play for years and years and finally something like this comes along and it gives you a lift," said Buck White.
The Museum of North Texas' Honky Tonk exhibit now has many of White's personal items, like old records and photographs on display.
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The eight-spoke wheel Dharmachakra (chos kyi in Tibetan), also known as the Wheel of Law is among the oldest and best known of Buddhist symbols, going back to the time of the great Buddhist king Asoka in India.
The wheel in its entirety encapsulates the Buddha's teaching. Its eight spokes represent the Buddha's Noble Eightfold Path, which leads to the spiritual enlightenment of all sentient beings. The circular shape invokes the idea of perfection – following the path of dharma is the best way out of the endless cycle of samsara. The hub of a wheel is its focal point. Here, it stands for inner discipline which is the essence of meditation practice. The rim of the wheel connects the spokes and holds together the entire structure. This is mindfulness (Samadhi) or 'living in the moment' a cornerstone of Buddhist teachings.
The forward motion of the wheel points to the spread of the Buddha's doctrine. Ever since Sakyamuni expounded on his doctrine of enlightenment, the Wheel of Dharma has never stopped rolling, from India through virtually all of Asia and in modern times, the West as well. Many Asian countries have incorporated the Dharmachakra into their national flags.


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Witnesses reported smelling an odor of natural gas as flames began to rip through a Northeast Grand Rapids house.
A fire at a home on North Park Street NE at Cheney Avenue was reported about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday, May 27.
Firefighters at the scene said there was "free flowing" natural gas coming from the rear of the structure.
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There are eight unbeaten teams left. But you might want to keep your eyes on a team with a couple of black marks on its record today.
Twice-beaten Oklahoma has the potential -- now that quarterback Sam Bradford has got the reins back in his hands -- to take down No. 3 Texas in today's Red River Rivalry.
That conflict will be played out in Dallas' Cotton Bowl and before the cameras of ABC at 11 this morning.
If the Sooners lose, I don't see any way they can get to the BCS Championship Game. Texas still could have a shot if it loses.
But let's be honest here. If the Longhorns win, there is very little in their way to a BCS game slot against the SEC Championship Game winner.
Unbeaten Kansas? Hasn't played anybody. Nebraska ? Missouri? Oklahoma State without Dez Bryant?
I think you get the picture. Texas will be a heavy favorite to get back to the Big 12 Championship Game and a big favorite once it gets there.
But what if the Longhorns lose today?
"If Texas loses to Oklahoma," said CBS analyst Gary Danielson, "Florida and Alabama will not only be No. 1 and No. 2, they will have distanced themselves from the rest of the field. With the big game looming at the back end, the questions start. Who possibly deserves the third spot to play these guys? It can't be Virginia Tech. Can it be a Big East team? Can it be a Big Ten team? There will be a lot of talk about who should play the winner of the Florida-Alabama SEC Championship Game."
If Oklahoma wins but winds up being a distant third in the BCS, why shouldn't Alabama and Florida meet again in the BCS title game if they are clearly the two best teams in the country? Why should they be penalized for being in the same conference?
"I am totally against that scenario," Danielson said, "because it is not fair for the winner to have to beat the loser two times in a row. What if one team loses the first game and wins the second game? They each win one game and the second game winner gets preference? There are really a lot of bad scenarios in front of that rematch formula. It might be great for the SEC, but it would be bad for college football."
I thought what was good for the SEC was good for college football.
5 stars -- Oklahoma vs. Texas (at Dallas), 11 a.m., ABC 33/40
The numbers: Oklahoma (3-2 1-0 Big 12) is ranked 18th in The Associated Press poll. Texas (5-0, 2-0) is No. 3.
The storyline: The winner is in great shape to make a run for the BCS Championship game. Yep, even Oklahoma with two losses.
The subplot: The Red River Rivalry features gunslingers Sam Bradford and Colt McCoy.
The key players: OU -- QB Bradford (14), RBs DeMarco Murray (7), Chris Brown (29) WR Brandon Caleb (8), DE Jeremy Beal (44), LBs Travis Lewis (28), Ryan Reynolds (4), CB Brian Jackson (2), S Quinton Carter (20). UT -- QB McCoy (12), RB Fozzy Whittaker (28), Cody Johnson (31), RB/WR/KR D.J. Monroe (26), WR/PR Jordan Shipley (8), Dan Buckner (4), LBs Roddrick Muckelroy (38), Emmanuel Acho (18), DE Sam Acho (81), CB Curtis Brown (3), S Earl Thomas (12).
The announcers: Brent Musburger (play-by-play), Kirk Herbstreit (analysis), Lisa Salters (sideline).
The line: Texas by 3.
4 stars -- South Carolina at Alabama, 6:45 p.m., ESPN
The numbers: South Carolina (5-1, 2-1 SEC) is ranked No. 22 in The Associated Press poll. Alabama (6-0, 4-0) is ranked No. 2.
The storyline: Another Top 25 test from an SEC foe.
The subplot: Really? If this is to be Steve Spurrier's statement win at SC, he will need an extraordinary game from his rushing game and his rushing defense -- and both have been very ordinary.
The key players: Alabama -- QB Greg McElroy (12); RBs Mark Ingram (22), Trent Richardson (3); WRs Julio Jones (8), Marquis Maze (4), TE Colin Peek (84); NT Terrence Cody (62); LB Rolando McClain (25); CB/KR Javier Arenas (28). SC -- QB Stephen Garcia (5), TB Kenny Miles (31), WRs Moe Brown (9), Alshon Jeffery (1), TE Weslye Saunders (88), DE Clifton Geathers (96), Cliff Matthews (83), LBs Eric Norwood (40), Shaq Wilson (16), Antonio Allen (26).
The announcers: Brad Nessler (play-by-play), Todd Blackledge (analysis), Erin Andrews (sideline).
The line: Alabama by 18.
Today's Games
1 star -- Charleston Southern at Gardner-Webb, 10:30 a.m., SPSO
5 stars -- Texas vs. Oklahoma, at Dallas, 11 a.m., ABC 33/40
4 stars -- Iowa at Wisconsin, 11 a.m., ESPN
2 stars -- Northwestern at Michigan State, 11 a.m., ESPN2
1 star -- Delaware State at Michigan, 11 a.m., Big Ten Network
2 stars -- Ohio State at Purdue, 11 a.m., Big Ten Network
2 stars -- Richmond at Maine, 11 a.m., CSS
3 stars -- Georgia at Vanderbilt, 11:21 a.m., CW 21
3 stars -- Mississippi State at Middle Tennessee, 11:30 a.m., ESPNU
2 stars -- Princeton at Brown, 11:30 a.m., Versus
2 stars -- Appalachian State at Wofford, 2 p.m., SPSO
3 stars -- Arkansas at Florida, 2:30 p.m., CBS 42
4 stars -- Southern California at Notre Dame, 2:30 p.m., NBC 13
3 stars -- Minnesota at Penn State, 2:30 p.m., ABC 33/40
3 stars -- Texas Tech at Nebraska, 2:30 p.m., ESPN
2 stars -- Houston at Tulane, 2:30 p.m., CBS CSN
1 star -- Rice at East Carolina, 2:30 p.m., CSS
2 stars -- Virginia at Maryland, 3 p.m., ESPNU
2 stars -- Colorado State at TCU, 3 p.m., Versus
4 stars -- Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech, 5 p.m., ESPN2
3 stars -- UAB at Mississippi, 6 p.m., FSSO
2 stars -- Illinois at Indiana, 6 p.m., Big Ten Network
4 stars -- Kentucky at Auburn, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU
3 stars -- Miami at UCF, 6:30 p.m., CBS CSN
3 stars -- Stanford at Arizona, 6:30 p.m., Versus
4 stars -- South Carolina at Alabama, 6:45 p.m., ESPN
2 stars -- Florida Atlantic at North Texas, 7 p.m., CSS
3 stars -- Missouri at Oklahoma State, 8:15 p.m., ESPN2
2 stars -- Washington at Arizona State, 9:15 p.m., FSSO
2 stars -- Florida A&M at South Carolina State (tape-delay), 9:30 p.m., ESPNU
Also on ESPN GamePlan package where not available otherwise:
Louisville at Connecticut, 11 a.m.; Wake Forest at Clemson, 11 a.m.; California at UCLA, 2:30 p.m.; North Carolina State at Boston College, 2:30 p.m.; Hawaii at Idaho, 4 p.m.
5-stars is best rating.
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FLINT, Michigan -- A fellow Michigan Democratic Congressman praised U.S. Rep. Dale Kildee for his service following Kildee's Friday announcement he will not seek another term.
"No one has been a more ardent champion for Michigan workers and our automotive industry," said U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, who represents Oakland County, in a statement. "When I launched my campaign in 2007, Dale was the first to encourage me, and I am proud to count him as both a mentor and a friend. Dale has built a lasting legacy during his years of public service, which I know he will continue to build upon every day until the conclusion of the 112th Congress."
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Situated in Westborough, this hotel is within 9 mi (15 km) of Westborough Country Club, Peter Rice Homestead, and Ski Ward Ski Area. John Brown Bell and New England Sports Center are also within 9 mi (15 km).
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This hotel features a restaurant, an indoor pool, and a 24-hour fitness center. Self parking is free. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a spa tub, and a 24-hour business center are onsite.
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In addition to an indoor pool, DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Boston - Westborough provides a spa tub and a 24-hour fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with high-speed wireless Internet access (surcharge).
This 3.5-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 11000 square feet (990 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, gift shops/newsstands, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
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- Conference space size (feet) - 11000
- Free RV, bus, truck parking
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- Conference space size (meters) - 990
- Number of meeting rooms - 10
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- Total number of rooms - 223
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- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Cable TV service
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Television
- Pillowtop mattress
- MP3 docking station
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Regatta Grill - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
To make special requests for accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 10 per night.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: USD 9.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 9.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: USD 9.95 per night (rates may vary)
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 10 per night
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Sivan, Macagnos to Receive Distinguished Alumni Awards
Monday, June 2, 2008
The University of Alumni Association will present the Distinguished Alumni Awards to 13 notable alumni and friends of the University of Iowa -- three associated with the College of Engineering -- at a luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 7 in the UI's Levitt Center.
The Distinguished Alumni Awards, presented annually since 1963, are the Alumni Association's organization's highest honor. The awards recognize the outstanding achievements and service of UI alumni and friends. This year's awards will be given in six categories: Achievement, Service, Faculty, Young Alumni, Friend of the University, and the Hickerson Recognition.
The Distinguished Young Alumni Award honors UI graduates under the age of 40 who have attained significant accomplishments in their personal or professional lives. The Young Alumni Award will be given to Ori J. Sivan, a leader in environmental sustainability who co-founded the Greenmaker Supply Company, Chicago's only "green" provider of building supplies. Selected as one of Illinois' most innovative small businesses, Greenmaker Supply reflects Sivan's belief in providing consumers with environmentally friendly and energy-efficient alternatives. As an undergraduate at Iowa, Sivan co-created the UI's International Engineering Service Program and the Engineers for a Sustainable World organization. He is a charter member of the UI College of Engineering's Young Alumni Advisory Board. He is a 2004 graduate of the UI College of Engineering.
The Distinguished Faculty/Staff Award is granted to retired or former UI faculty and staff in recognition of significant achievement or specific meritorious service on behalf of the quality and advancement of the university. This year, the UI Alumni Association is honoring emeritus professors Enzo and Matilde Macagno. Through seminal and internationally acclaimed research into one of the world's true geniuses, Leonardo da Vinci, the Macagnos have advanced both the field of hydraulics and the UI. Even after retiring from the university, the couple continued to unravel the mysteries of da Vinci's drawings, sketches, and notebooks. The Macagnos applied their knowledge and expertise in engineering, mathematics, fluid dynamics, and water science to uncover substantial new insights into the work of this legendary figure. The couple graduated from the UI in 1958.
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Residents in the River Parishes who want to catch the ear of President Barack Obama can send a message to the Oval Office via four of his cabinet-level advisors scheduled to be in Reserve Monday for a rural healthcare forum.
The forum, set for 11:30 a.m. at the Army National Guard Readiness Center, is part of Obama's national rural "listening tour" aimed at getting feedback on issues that include healthcare, economic development, infrastructure, education, energy, natural resources, and agriculture.
On hand Monday to take questions and give information on the president's plan for helping rural communities will be: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki and Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis.
The visit to St. John the Baptist Parish is one of nine that have been held or are planned across the nation. So far, the Reserve visit is the only Louisiana stop.
"I don't know why, out of all the communities in the state, they picked St. John, but I think it's great," said Elois Joseph, St. John's director of Health and Human Services.
Joseph said she wants the White House staffers to know that St. John residents need a charity clinic.
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MUNDY TOWNSHIP, Michigan — The 300-acre Citizens Disposal landfill off W. Grand Blanc Road and U.S. 23 will drill new methane gas wells this spring and will extend its operation by seven acres, a company representative told the Township Board last week.
"It's the normal progression, as the landfill gets bigger, we add more wells," said operations manager Bob Thornton.
Construction is expected to start in mid-May for nine new methane wells. Then in the fall, work will begin to prepare seven new acres for trash.
Gas pulled from the buried biomass will then be converted into electricity.
The gas will be converted first in a portable, trailor-mounted electric generator on site and then in permanent engine generators that will be added in a building expansion on the property's north side.
"These kinds of systems and routine expansions are an ongoing process to control and improve the air quality," Thornton said.
In October, nearby residents complained about strong gas and garbage odors emanating from the local landfill just before crews installed five new gas collection wells.
Landfill gas has been extracted from the site since 1994, said Marc Pauley, director of operations for Granger Electric Co., a partner in the project.
The energy has been used to power generators there with extra electricity sold to Consumers Power, he added.
The new on-site addition will be built with room for four generators within the next two years, Pauley said.
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Kuhn NA facility in Brodhead cranks out huge spreaders and mixers for farmers
When members of the board of directors for the Wisconsin Agribusiness Council met in Brodhead recently, they were given a tour of the manufacturing facility of Kuhn - where heavy sheets of metal and pipe come in at one end of the huge facility and skilled hands turn them into feed mixers, manure spreaders and other implements of husbandry.
These specialized, site-built implements and a variety of heavy duty parts, roll out the other end of the Kuhn factory, bound for all over of the world.
Dennis Doescher, the shipping manager and parts floor manager walked the board members through the 400,000 square foot building and new parts room at the facility.
At one end of the building workers use huge presses and cutters to turn thick slabs of flat steel into the bodies of the "reel" Augie feed mixers, invented by Stan Knight.
He was a farmer, welder and innovator who created the Knight company at this location, which later became part of the Kuhn company. Doescher explained that the reel mixers made here will be shipped to all parts of the world.
The reel mixers are popular in Japan and in Brazil, he said.
Stan Knight also innovated the side-discharging "slinger" spreader and those are still made here today too.
Other manufacturing lines create the large vertical mixers that have become popular on big livestock facilities as well as various versions of manure spreaders.
"We have value-stream management from sheet metal to final assembly," he said. The factory runs three shifts with the first shift coming in from 5 a.m.-3 p.m. four days a week. Second shift runs from 3:15 p.m.-1:45 a.m. four days a week and weekend shift workers come in from 5 a.m.-5 p.m. Those people work 36 hours and get paid for 40 as a premium for being there on weekends, he explained.
They operate machines like the 600-ton press, which has concrete down eight feet below and computer-driven machines that cut the metal to precise measurements.
Managers and engineers all have their offices in the working area so they can be ready to address any problems and keep the lines moving.
Quality and safety are a big focus for all production lines and on-time delivery is a hallmark of the company, says Doescher. "We want people on the floor to be involved."
There are two robots working at the Kuhn facility, doing repetitive small operations but the emphasis is still on people doing most of the work - there are 90 human welders on the manufacturing floor, he said.
The company offers 20 internships each year for those who are interested in equipment manufacturing.
After the machines are shaped, welded, pressed and cleaned there are several locations where whole machines and smaller parts of painted. They buy their paint in 55-gallon drums, Doescher said with a smile.
After machines are complete they are checked over for quality once again and some of them, like the hay tools, are broken down to make shipping more efficient.
Doescher just celebrated his 25th anniversary with the company and remarked how excited he is to come to work every day. "I was born and raised on a farm and this gets me excited to see what we've done here."
Jill Leitzen, human resources director at Kuhn in Brodhead, said the company is the world's largest manufacturer of farm implements in terms of both dollars and units produced. "If you pull out combines and tractors we are by far the largest."
They cover tillage, plowing, fertilizer, hay and forage equipment, manure equipment and in Europe Kuhn manufactures implements for the landscape industry and spraying.
The Kuhn Company began in 1828 with blacksmith Joseph Kuhn in Saverne, France who developed a modern-day plow in his shop. From that beginning, it now has 4,200 employees worldwide and $1.3 billion in sales, manufacturing 60,000 machines this year.
"It is the world leader in many product lines," she said, and operates very profitably with no debt.
Broadening horizons
In 1987 Kuhn started using some of those profits to acquire other companies and expanded into hay tools and forage harvesting, seed drills and shredders.
They expanded into vertical mixing manufacturing with the acquisition of Audureau and then a Dutch company that makes balers and bale wrappers.
Kuhn NA, the former Knight company, has the Brodhead manufacturing facility and another in Hutchinson, KS along with three distribution centers. Leitzen said there are now 900 employees in the North American branch of the company.
Those distribution centers are strategically located to get machines and parts to customers as quickly as possible.
In 2002 the company sold 7,700 machines and in 2012 they will sell 15,000 machines.
The reel and four-auger mixers, vertical mixers, rear-discharge spreaders and side-discharge spreaders are still what many know the company for, she said, but since 2005 they have made hay tools including wheel rakes and mergers.
The acquisition of Krause in Hutchinson, got Kuhn into the primary and secondary tillage tools, disc harrows, strip till and vertical tillage equipment and grain drills. "Our goal is to be a market leader."
Stan Knight began his company at this location in 1945 and his first product was a box spreader. "A farmer in Iowa bought it and liked it and spreaders were the first focus. In the 1980s the reel mixer was developed here."
The company became Kuhn-Knight in 2002 and in 2008 the name was changed to Kuhn NA. There are 450 employees at Brodhead and 325 at Kuhn-Krause in Kansas as well as 100 territory managers.
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|Everything You Ever Wanted to Ask About St. Thomas More
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Want to know more about St. Thomas More? Go here to the brilliant site for St. Thomas More Studies associated with the University of Dallas. Here you'll find nearly everything a Thomasophil could possibly want:
They sponsor a summer (July, 2007!) a two credit college course in England for upper class high school students on St. Thomas
and an annual academic conference in Dallas here
They have downloadable curriculum units on St. Thomas for teachers here
Continuing Education courses for lawyers here
A wonderful on-line library of More writings, letters, documents pertaining to his government service and trial, letters by friends (including Erasmus)about him here
A downloadable travel guide to St. Thomas's England
as well as downloadable texts of Moore's History of Richard III and Will Roper's (who married Margaret, Moore's famously brilliant daughter) life of his father-in-law
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Young Child Screening Now Underway in Russell
- Published on Tuesday, 02 October 2012 12:03
A program titled "Count Your Kid In" is once again accepting screening requests in Russell for children from zero to five years of age.
Christina Bourland of USD 407 says the screenings are for any parents who have questions about the development of their child or children.
"If you have any concerns on speech and language, which is usually what we get the calls for - 'my child's not talking, I'm concerned, what can I do?' - and I'm a speech therapist, so then I can help them with that," Bourland said. "You can do vision, hearing, motor - which is like, 'are they walking yet?' - fine motor - crayon holding, those kind of things - and then problem solving."
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HADLEY—Colorful mums already dotting local porches and gardens are a sure sign the official start of fall is soon.
And while spring and summer gardens have gone by the wayside, there are plenty of gardening options for the fall—and steps gardeners can take to prepare their lawns and flower and vegetable beds for spring, say experts at the Hadley Garden Center, a fixture on Route 9 for more than 50 years.
To get the fall season started, window boxes can get a facelift by replacing summer plantings with brightly-colored mums, said Dianne Klenotic, a 26-year employee at the Hadley Garden Center.
If they are to be kept in pots, she said use a pot at least 8-inches in size to keep the mums from drying out. A nice accent to plant with a potted mum is ornamental grass, known as pennisetum rubrum, which has a reddish tint, and provides good contrast to the shape and color of mums, she said.
While traditionally a spring flower, pansies actually thrive in the cooler weather, even blooming into early December, said Klenotic, who recommended those flowers get planted in a container, or in the ground now to give them a "second life" this fall.
Besides mums, ornamental peppers can inject vibrant colors to any pot, but Klenotic warned that by early October, depending on the first frost, they may not be able to tolerate the cooler temperatures.
"They're really hot but they're really pretty. Once the frost happens, you might want to bring the peppers in as a houseplant at that point," she said. "They are pretty and add a great burst of color."
Fall is a great time to fertilize established trees and bushes. During the cooler weather they are getting signals to go dormant, but the roots are still growing, said Klenotic, who recommended waiting until late September or early October to fertilize.
There are a number of vegetables that could be planted in the fall that will tolerate the cooler weather, such as spinach, romaine lettuce, broccoli, Swiss chard and kale. Those should be planted between by mid-September to yield a fall harvest, she said.
Crocuses and colchicum bulbs could be planted in September and generally bloom until late October. But for spring blooming, places like the Hadley Garden Center will be selling bulbs, such as tulips and daffodils, to plant now for blooming in the spring. A good time to plant these bulbs, in a spot that gets full sun, is mid-September through late November or early December, but the best month is October, Klenotic said. To plant bulbs in the ground in the fall for spring planting, the range for most bulbs is 4-inches to 10-inches deep, with the addition of fertilizer, she said.
But first, when gardeners prepare a garden in the fall for spring planting, Klenotic recommends "cover crops," such as oats and winter rye. For example, a vegetable garden, that has been harvested, could be planted with these oat and winter rye seeds, so that when the seeds sprout in the fall, they keep weeds from invading the space, and the soil from eroding during winter winds, she said. The good thing about these cover crops is that they tolerate quite a bit of cold temperatures, even late October and into November, she added. In the spring, Klenotic recommends that gardeners dig up the cover crops, or mix them into the soil, to become organic matter that helps nourish the soil.
While a lot of attention is paid to fall gardening, this time of year is actually good for beefing up a lawn with new growth, said Tom Giles, the center's co-owner. Grass seeding could continue through mid-October, he said.
"Lawns enjoy the sunny days and cooler evening temperatures. The best time of the year to put grass seed down to increase density is in the fall because the soil is already warm enough for the grass seed to germinate," he said. "We usually get more ground moisture so it's easy to keep them watered."
Fall is a good time for aerating any compacted soil in the lawn to mix up organic matter and help the soil breath better, he said.
"The good thing about seeding in the fall is you have back-to-back seasons without competition from new weeds or crabgrass. In the spring the first thing that starts to grow is your good grass so there are fewer places for weeds to come up," Giles said.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Henry John Tokarzewski, 87, a retired stationary engineer and foreman, died Sunday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.
Born and raised in Travis, he attended McKee High School. He lived in Castleton Corners for nearly 50 years, until entering Carmel Richmond Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Dongan Hills two years ago.
Mr. Tokarzewski served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He saw duty in the South Pacific and attained the rank of seaman first class.
After the war, he went to work for the former American Cyanamid Co. at its facility in Linden, N.J., and its subsidiaries. A stationary engineer and foreman, he retired in 1985 after 40 years.
Mr. Tokarzewski was so closely affiliated with the Muche-Twyford Baseball League that its Tokar Division in named for him. Over the course of five decades, he served as an umpire, maintained playing fields and even engraved trophies.
In 1994, the Staten Island Baseball Umpires Association retired his No. 44 in his honor. In 1998, he was cited for his service at the Staten Island Advance High School All-Star awards dinner. At the time, he told a sports writer that he usually be found at a local baseball game.
"Maybe not every night," he said, "but darn near every night."
At different times in his life, Mr. Tokarzewski enjoyed fishing, painting, couponing, photography and keeping an aquarium.
His son, Frank, died in 2008.
Surviving are his wife of 68 years, Helen Tokarzewski; his daughters, Theresa DiFede and Susan Doria; two granddaughters, and two great-grandsons.
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George RR Martin might not be a fast writer but he certainly is a prolific killer, of characters that is. And the Game of Thrones author is using this penchant for murder to help raise money for his favourite charity.
The latest episode of Game of Thrones saw the horrific death of (spoiler alert) Oberyn Martell in a battle with The Mountain. And earlier in Season 4 King Joffrey was posioned. But this was just two amongst the hundreds so far in Season 4.
In fact there have been so many deaths it is hard to count , but you could buy your way into joining the list of the dead. The fantasy author is looking to raise money for a wolf sanctuary in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
The Game of Thrones author is offering a number of prizes, such as breakfast with the man himself for $15,000 and tickets to the Season 5 premiere for $7,500, but the one that appeal to many is the chance to live, albeit shortly, in the world George RR Martin has created.
"There is one male character and one female character available," it says on the auction page at Prizeo . "You can choose your character's station in the world (lordling, knight, peasant, whore, lady, maester, septon, anything) and you will certainly meet a grisly death."
Game of Thrones has surpassed The Sopranos as HBOs most popular programme. The show tweeted the news today.
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Sipes' contract should be extended and increased | Letter
I don't even know how to start this letter. I am getting so emotional just thinking about what's going on in Oak Harbor.
The oak tree was bad enough. My poor husband had to listen to my ranting for days.
Now the marathon director gets attacked. I am just shaking my head, wondering if Mayor Scott Dudley has any positive vision for Oak Harbor.
This cannot be serious.
My husband and I have run this race multiple times. This year, we immediately agreed that this was the best ever.
We planned on mailing Tamra Sipes our respect and acknowledge her effort to pull this excellent event off, but life's pace made us forget. She put on an amazing race that proved her outstanding organizational skills.
The participants we talked to all voiced the same opinion: "Excellent!" I cannot recall that they were "friends" of Sipes.
What a weird comment from the mayor, anyway.
We complete numerous races a year and are able to compare to other events. I was so pleased to see: race course videos; participants list organized according to age group, posted days before the race; clear communication about details runners need to know and worry about; complimentary race photos offered; and the kids race.
Ms. Sipes made some money. Well, obviously she deserved it. We live in a society where hard work, risk taking and great effort get rewarded.
Don't we?
These are exactly the reasons that her income is justified. Is there a personal problem that is about to overrule the public opinion on this race and its race director? Be professional, Mr. Mayor.
The mayor should be proud that this thoroughly organized event happened in his town. He was there, all smiles.
Oak Harbor made a name for itself. Runners came from numerous states and countries, and they will be back and more will come, because great events attract great crowds.
Oak Harbor could use this momentum and build on it: become "Running Central" on Whidbey. One could build more businesses around it, attract more people on weekends, holidays and vacation for smaller events, running series, camps, etc.
There is a lot of very capable potential in town that should be used to expand this success, and obviously Ms. Sipes has proven experience to coordinate something like this.
Her contract should for sure be extended and a bonus for attracting more participants be included since the city will benefit from greater numbers, too.
Obviously, the mayor wants to follow a different logic, a logic that I cannot see. A logic that says: Don't become successful in Oak Harbor — you might lose your job.
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A study of visitors to Adirondack Forest Preserve lands has found many people are fiercely loyal to recreating in certain areas of the Park.
The Adirondack Forest Preserve Visitor Study was conducted by the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry. A summary of its findings was presented last month by now-retired ESF professor Chad Dawson to state Adirondack Park Agency commissioners at their monthly meeting in Ray Brook.
Among other things, the study found 71 percent of visitors, vacation homeowners and seasonal residents who took part in a on-site survey, typically at a trailhead or other access point, said they visited the same Forest Preserve unit at least one or two times per year. Three percent said they visit the same unit more than 20 times per year.
Among full-time residents of the Park, 26 percent go at least one or two times per year to the same Forest Preserve unit, but even more, 28 percent, recreate in the same unit more than 20 times per year.
"These people have a site and an activity that they're very, very wedded to," Dawson said. "That's why you'll find many of them are very avid about the Adirondack Park, the kinds of regulations that are promulgated and the implications of those regulations, because they're so closely tied with the land and what they can do on the land. They're fiercely loyal, they're fiercely targeting these areas, and they feel they own it to some extent."
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The study ran from Dec. 1, 2008 to Aug. 31, 2011. The Park was divided into four geographic quadrants, each of which was surveyed for 12 months. More than 15,000 visitors were seen at roughly 400 public access points in 46 Forest Preserve units. Sixty-five hundred were asked to be interviewed, and 5,900 agreed. Nearly half of all the interviews were conducted in the summer season, when visitor use is the highest.
Eighty-one percent of the visitors interviewed were on day trips while 19 percent were camping overnight. Thirty-five percent traveled from their primary residence that day to recreate while the rest stayed for one or more nights at either a campsite, hotel, rental home, second home or a friend's or relative's house.
Most visitors (72 percent) said they live in New York state, 12 percent came from other Northeast states, 7.3 percent from non-Northeast states and 7 percent came from Canada.
"That figure surprised me, actually," said Commissioner Art Lussi. "I thought Canada would be higher. I gotta believe the High Peaks would have a higher percentage from Canada then say, the Moose River Plains."
"You're absolutely correct," Dawson responded. "(The High Peaks) is the highest use area for Canadians. It's just a target for them."
Asked why they came to the Park, the most popular responses were to view the scenery, to hike or walk, to view wildlife, to study nature and to enjoy photography. Relatively few people said they came to ride all-terrain vehicles or pursue other motorized recreation "because we were talking to people who were on the ground in a Forest Preserve in which motorized activity is not allowed or is highly regulated," Dawson said.
Mail survey
All the visitors interviewed in person were asked to complete a more detailed mail survey about their trip experiences. Fifty-eight percent said they were willing.
Asked in the mail survey where they got information about Forest Preserve lands, 60 percent said it came from past experience because they've come to the Park so often. Only 15 percent said they found information on the Internet or a website.
"I'm very surprised the Internet number isn't higher," Dawson said. "We asked several people about that, and many of them said they were having trouble navigating some of the websites."
Asked what information they wanted more of, 44 percent of respondents said they want more maps of the area listing campsites and hiking trails, while another 34 percent said they want more information on trail conditions.
The mail survey also included questions about what other tourist activities people do while they're in the Park. Dining, driving, visiting museums or historical sites, nature photography and shopping for non-essential items were some of the most frequent responses.
"Some people refer to hikers and backpackers as carpetbaggers: They come here, they're self-contained, they keep all their money, and then they go home. That's not what the data suggests," Dawson said. "They do stop. They do share their funds, maybe not as much as the people staying in Lake Placid, but they do things along the way and enjoy all the activities in the Park as well."
Asked if they would return to the Park and to the same Forest Preserve unit, 94 percent of the people were likely or very likely to do so.
"These folks are really sold on the Adirondacks," Dawson said.
In a discussion about the implications of the study, Dawson said that while the Forest Preserve is popular among New York residents, there are millions of people living within 350 miles of the Park who could be using it. He also said the study found most of the people recreating here are caucasian while only 1 percent said they're Hispanic or Latino, well below the percentages those and other ethnic groups make up of the state's population.
"The point of this is the future of the Park rests on the fact that the people use it, they love it, they want it and they're willing to support it, and that the diversity of citizens learn to love it," Dawson said. "If you don't love it, you won't protect it."
"That 99 percent great-white-north sort of conclusion is pretty scary in terms of the future," said Commissioner Sherman Craig. "Looking at our Park regionally, our recreational opportunities regionally and our ability to communicate to the larger group of people in terms of advertisement, it seems to me very critical that if we don't do that, in another generation, we're going to have some serious problems."
Dawson suggested creating outreach programs for urban populations, particularly in big-city schools.
"An easy way to get them to appreciate the Adirondacks is via the Internet," he said. "Information, maps, histories, all those kinds of things can be accessible through the schools. Put up webcams of eagle's nests. You can engage a whole new generation with very little intrusion on the physical resource. It's very powerful."
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