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The print AJC op-ed page has a great pro/con package today on whether schools should name valedictorians.
The pro piece was written by my AJC colleague Shane Blatt, who was his Key West high school's No. 1 graduate. The con was written by Paul Bianchi, who is headmaster of a school that does not name a valedictorian, the Paideia School.
Here is Shane Blatt's reasons for keeping the tradition of naming a valedictorian:
This month marks the 20th anniversary since I delivered my valedictory speech before more than 1,000 students, faculty and parents. Under the stadium spotlights on that sweltering night in June ,1992, I touched on themes of personal responsibility and self-sacrifice, of pushing boundaries and never giving up.
Such themes would resonate in today's troubling times, and if I were the valedictorian of a high school in 2012, perhaps I would deliver the same speech. Only I might not get the chance.
That's because a small but growing number of schools across the nation, including some in metro Atlanta, are opting not to rank seniors and pick a valedictorian. Some educators believe that jettisoning the distinction eliminates close calls, controversies and, dare I say it, competition.
Is this the lesson we want to teach our nation's children: That rather than confronting close calls and controversies — such as those last year in Cherokee County and this year in Gainesville — with sound logic and rational policies, we'd rather remove the valedictory distinction altogether? By that logic, should the same hold true for close votes for best actor or actress at the Oscars? The Heisman Trophy in college football?
More concerning, however, is the inane notion that w e should downplay excellence because, as one local educator put it, ranking students and singling out the top achiever have "a depressing effect" on everyone else. Here's something that's really depressing: students who aren't prepared for life outside high school.
In college or trade school, students will square off with their peers. They will enter classrooms with perhaps hundreds of other students from all walks of life and intelligence levels, and they will compete for the highest grade, internships or apprenticeships. When they graduate, they will vie yet again for jobs with an even larger pool of peers in an ever-competitive workforce.
But some educators are under the impression that removing incentives to excel will miraculously put the focus back on learning for learning's sake. Yet, in some schools in metro Atlanta, students are allowed to do makeup work to raise subpar test scores. What's the incentive to study for the test to begin with if students know they can raise their grade after the fact?
Dr. Meena Shah knows a thing or two about the value of hard work, having raised three children who all became valedictorians of Greater Atlanta Christian School. Asked her thoughts on schools nixing the valedictory distinction, she said: "There's no reason to stop. It is a healthy competition to recognize somebody who has excelled, with not just a God-given IQ but hard work."
Here is an excerpt of the opposing view, by Paul Bianchi, headmaster at the Paideia School:
The mechanics of selecting a valedictorian by calculating grade point average (GPA) are arbitrary. Some schools weigh certain courses, such as Advanced Placement, to give extra points in the GPA on the assumption that high grades in such courses are less frequent. Sometimes they are. Sometimes they are not. Such practices also promote gamesmanship in course selection.
An obsession with GPA ignores the reality that teachers are different in how they evaluate student work, even when the assignments are similar. Mr. Goodfellow is an easy grader. Mr. Stingy is unable to bring himself to write the letter A. Furthermore, the differences in GPA among high-achieving students are often infinitesimal, a hundredth or a thousandth of a point.
Even if these mechanical problems could be fixed, which I do not think is possible, the fundamental question remains: Why have a valedictorian in the first place? A common, knee-jerk reaction, sometimes spoken in slogans such as "a nation of excellence" or "race to the top," is the system motivates students to work harder. My experience is such students strive to do well for a variety of reasons. They are rewarded for these efforts.
It is not only unnecessary but also counterproductive to overlay that message with all the distracting intensity of a questionable system that allegedly measures years of achievement in numbers rounded off to three or four decimal points. A common concern among teachers is that many high-achieving students already suffer from an undue amount of stress. Intense stress at any age is unhealthy. It constricts creativity and curiosity. Students become overly cautious, too worried about just the right answer and less able to generate and think about the important questions.
School is not a swim or track meet. Society needs an educated citizenry. The impact of the system that produces a valedictorian is equally wrongheaded for the 99 percent as it is for the 1 percent.
My argument is not a plea for relaxed academic rigor in high schools. We need more rigor, genuine and lasting intellectual challenges that infuse an entire school and motivate all students to do their very best. The competition for class valedictorian and all the hoopla surrounding it fails everyone.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
June 7th, 2012
11:01 am
I hate when I am not winning. When I see somebody else beating me, I want to catch up and be in front of other drivers on I-285
This also applies to grades and the education system.
June 7th, 2012
11:02 am
Hmmm – I wonder how many of the administrators advocating for the eliminating the recognition of valedictorians WERE valedictorians?
Sour grapes, anyone?
June 7th, 2012
11:24 am
I am voting for sour grapes. His piece is pedestrian at best.
Read the first paragraph. He suggests that it may or may not be harder for a high school senior to get an AP class. He is trying to say that a student taking shop and a student taking college level calculus should have their grades weighted the same?
And how many educated people do you know that use the word 'wrongheaded" when describing others of differing opinion.
This man is in charge of a school.
June 7th, 2012
11:31 am
The idea we're preparing kids for the real world by anointing valedictorians is dumb. The real world has multiple paths to success, you can make $100,000 in plumbing, drop out of college and become an entrepreneur, or find happiness as an underpaid teacher. Figuring your best path is not easy when everyone's screaming you should follow another because that's the REAL path to success.
The idea that there's one standard and the kid who games that standard better than anybody else is "superior" is counter to the real world. You'd think the NCLB debacle would have taught us something. Obsessing over scores kills learning. It becomes an end in itself, signifying nothing. The end result is people who can't think or adjust on their own.
June 7th, 2012
11:41 am
Competition built America and can be a powerful force for good. Grade grubbing and gameing the system are bad. Why not compromise and name the top ten (or a %) as Summa Cum Laude graduates without ranking them 1-10? Anyone at that level is clearly a "winner." In my experience at some pretty good schools (St. Pius, Chattahoochee, Northview) there was seldom a nickel's worth of difference between #1 and #10 as far as real learning was concerned.
June 7th, 2012
11:44 am
Well, maybe we should take all sports, debating, cheer leading, activities and clubs out of high schools also. No community involvement.That way we can just focus on learning since these things do not add to the stature,ranking, and knowledge level of the students. What BS! All these are learning experiences as is the GPA and any "competition" it provides. What happens when they are passed over for a promotion later in life…go sulk…threaten to sue…drop out of life. It's not only what you do with the gifts God gave you, but also how one perseveres through rejection, disappointment, and challenges.
What we should consider doing is to have the person with the lowest GPA acknowledged so that their family can bask in the glory! For those below the top echelon of their class, most don't care, do not know what a valedictorian is, let alone spell it!
June 7th, 2012
11:48 am
Is he blaming the teachers??
June 7th, 2012
11:50 am
Has there EVER been a valedictorian that went into education? I so, I question the validity of their award.
June 7th, 2012
11:50 am
Aquagirl @11:31
Maybe the anointing of valedictorians doesn't prepare kids for the real world, but experiencing competition–i.e. winning and losing–does. The $100,000 in plumbing doesn't happen without outperforming other plumbers. The entrepreneur who drops out of college had better be ready to market a new product or service, or else be ready to out-perform others in the same field. Otherwise look for very lean times.
Can't argue with the notion of "happiness as an underpaid teacher," though. If this isn't an old saying, it should be: "Make a living at something you love to do, and you'll never work a day in your life."
June 7th, 2012
11:51 am
If real learning was the goal, then the level of improvement from their freshman entrance tests to their exit exam should be considered. There seems to be no reward for effort, which is sometimes more important than general knowledge. I once had a roommate at Tech that played bridge ALL the time, attended class daily, studied an hour before the test, and had a 3.9 average; he was a Elect Eng major…one of the hardest at Tech at the time.Was he a superior student than one who worked their butt off for a 3.0?
June 7th, 2012
11:54 am
William Casey @11:41
Look for #11 in a lot of schools to raise the biggest ruckus you ever saw. Instead of a fight between a very close #1 and #2, it will be between a very close #10 and #11 for the last Summa Cum Laude spot.
June 7th, 2012
12:02 pm
Once again proof that education experts do nothing but come up with dumb ideas. All of the local school boards could eliminate 90% of the Central Office staff and see education IMPROVE. Stop harassing the teachers & students with these morons.
June 7th, 2012
12:20 pm
Once again, it's all about standards…or the lack thereof. When we all compete; perform to a common standard, high achievers should be/need to be recognized. This has not one damn thing to do with self-esteem, destruction of…or any other touchy feely issue. As RATIONAL adults…which high school grads are presumed to be…we look upon others to act as examples of behavior, whether we realize it or not; whether we agree with it or not, we seek the input of others, directly or indirectly, as to our performances.
The primary key, as I have so often advocated, is STANDARDS, more precisely, COMMON STANDARDS. As I have come to observe, neither exists within the realm of public education, so the real question should be…DOES IT REALLY MATTER?
June 7th, 2012
12:29 pm
Participation medals for everyone!!!!!
June 7th, 2012
12:30 pm
As my graduating class Salutatorian, I can say that striving for the top did push me and coming up just a little short stung like hell..and it's a taste I try never to repeat in life. Losing out on a goal can be more motivating than reaching it, and in the end, that's what this is all about..motivation to achieve.
June 7th, 2012
12:32 pm
The Cons are just that, Cons. Instead of a diploma/recognition lets just hand out doggy biscuits.
June 7th, 2012
12:33 pm
The $100,000 in plumbing doesn't happen without outperforming other plumbers.
True, but even in a narrow field, there's not one standard for a good plumber. Yes, they need good technical skill. But a plumber who can listen to a customer, speak in entire sentences and do their own math will outperform the guy with better technical skills. The guy who can do all that plus supervise other plumbers, handle business plans and develop a creative niche will own a company.
IMHO the grind for a 4.2335 GPA over another student's 4.2330 discourages well-rounded general education and students challenging themselves in areas where they're not as comfortable. Our top students need more leeway, not less.
June 7th, 2012
12:34 pm
Paideia does not give grades until they are forced to, in high school. The school resists categorizing students as academically better or worse, as it is dicey to charge close to $20K per year beginning in kindergarten and then say that other students are "better" than the one each parent is writing a check for.
They do, however, have 'athlete of the week' and other competitive recognition such as that.
I agree that the difference between individual students who make up the top 1-3% of any class is tiny, and finding the one with the "best" GPA can often come down to who has gamed the system best. However, I think that recognition for the top academic performers is a good idea.
June 7th, 2012
12:59 pm
Instead of letting these 'adult' administrators make the decision, how about ask the students? Seems to me that a student capable of achieving that goal isn't going to be broken by coming up just short to someone else.
And trust me, anyone with a 3.5 GPA isn't going to be make to 'feel bad' because someone was named #1 in their class by getting a 4.3.
It seems like the administrators are trying to protect themselves from controversy by their saying it's for the betterment of the children.
June 7th, 2012
1:07 pm
June 7th, 2012
12:33 pm
Grasping at straws. Very weak argument, VERY weak.
June 7th, 2012
1:10 pm
My child attended a school with no rankings, and a school with rankings and a valedictorian. At graduation, the principal announced the GPA of the valedictorian and salutatorian, and it was a ridiculously small difference that means virtually nothing in the real world. I'm sure others have had this experience also, but in my own school experience the valedictorians were not necessarily the high achievers in the game of life. the students in the school with no rankings are more collegial, more supportive of each others' efforts, and care more about the success of everyone than just themselves.
June 7th, 2012
1:16 pm
@Southpaw: you may be right about the fight between #'s 10 & 11 but it just doesn't have the same bogus cache' that all the battles between #'s 1 & 2 have had.
I graduated #19 of 396 in high school. Graduated #3 in college class. I didn't lose any sleep over either but I DO remember.
June 7th, 2012
1:23 pm
Lost some respect for Paideia with this. Actually, if this is indicative of their "leadership" then I pretty much just lost all respect for it.
June 7th, 2012
1:31 pm
Grasping at straws. Very weak argument, VERY weak.
And yet it's got some points, supporting examples, and a logical thought process even if you disagree with that thought process. If you feel it's blown away by monosyllabic grunts followed by an emoticon, I gladly cede the argument to you.
June 7th, 2012
1:46 pm
Looking back on my high school career, all those decades ago, just proves that you never can tell. Like any other school, we had our can't miss achievers and our most likely to wind up in prison group. Funny thing though, life didn't follow the pattern in many cases. Some folks turned out just like you would expect, some far exceeded expectations and others, who seemed to have the world by the tail, never did quite figure out how to be productive humans. To quote a line from an old movie, "There is life after high school".
June 7th, 2012
1:47 pm
I am the low income, single parent household mother of two sons. The oldest was salutatorian and the youngest valedictorian. They appreciate the honor while realizing the end of high school is the beginning of the rest of their lives. It's a tough world out there and you need to toughen up to survive You are going to be competing with the rest of the world for jobs. Sometimes people are hired simply because of how they look or who they know. Schools just need to have a policy in place for the selection process and then stand behind it. It seems the only area we rank #1 these days is in self -esteem and it doesn't appear to be working very well for us.
June 7th, 2012
1:57 pm
nicely played. will you marry me?
June 7th, 2012
2:02 pm
"The real world has multiple paths to success, you can make $100,000 in plumbing…"
According to Joe the Plumber, plumbers make $250K a year. Get it right.
June 7th, 2012
2:17 pm
Just let the students vote on it like the prom king and queen, both carry about the same weight outside of the high school doors.
June 7th, 2012
2:38 pm
When having valedictorians, kids need to make choices. Nothing wrong with starting that early.
Adults do need to have reasonable systems. My HS had a lot of mobility. Only 12 out of 625 grads were even in the same school district all 12 years. To deal with that they only counted the last two years. If you weren't there the last two years, you weren't eligible. If someone makes the choice to take college courses, it shouldn't count. If someone never steps foot in the school, they shouldn't be eligible. These flaps have to do with adults setting up the systems lacking common sense. You need to compare apples and apples.
Nothing wrong with competition. Personally, I didn't care much and never went to check on my class rank. Others near the top of the class were really into it (and kept me informed of where I was). Some did their best taking tough courses. Some took easy courses. Some got totally stressed out. The eventual valedictorian broke down and cried to the Physics teacher because of his tough grading. We all ended up getting 10 extra points on that test. But that's all life. School is supposed to help prepare you for life afterwards.
June 7th, 2012
2:52 pm
Absolutely keep the awards. Winning valedictorian or salutatorian does not assure anyone of anything outside of high school, but it does note their academic accomplishment while in HS.
June 7th, 2012
2:54 pm
Guess what…life isn't fair. Sometimes you will lose by a thousandth or ten thousandth of a point. Not honoring top achievers is shameful. Additionally, if you have learned by high school graduation how to game the system for grades, chances are you will be a top performer at the college level from day one. Being smart is not enough, you have to learn how to play the game. School administrators that refuse that opportunity to children should be ashamed. Sounds to me as if the administrator above, is more concerned about unhappy parents who cry "no fair" and withhold big donations.
Also, I agree "wrongheaded" is simply wrong.
June 7th, 2012
2:57 pm
@ Putting Kids First: "the principal announced the GPA of the valedictorian and salutatorian, and it was a ridiculously small difference that means virtually nothing in the real world."
then why is the stop watch for the Olympics set to record at 1/100th or even 1/1000th of a second? There is always someone in first place. You may want to think the kids are upset by the competition or just don't care, but they do. They know. THAT is the real world. Might as well introduce this concept while the competition is friendly.
June 7th, 2012
3:18 pm
nicely played. will you marry me?
That depends on your GPA and class ranking. Submit your transcripts and I'll get back to you.
June 7th, 2012
4:11 pm
I highly doubt that schools have done away with class rankings for the reasons put forth by this headmaster. The real reason is that they don't want to deal with those parents whose kids come in second or third. These days, far too many parents are unwilling to accept the idea that their kid is not the very best at something, and they will go to the school board, the media, or even court to make sure that their special snowflake gets the recognition he/she 'deserves.'
June 7th, 2012
4:15 pm
To argue that it isn't fair because "AP courses are harder so the GPA will fall" is not dissimilar from saying "Your one-mile course time is better because it has more straightaways than mine" While technically true, you had a choice in which course you wanted to choose. If being the Valedictorian or Salutatorian is so important to an AP student then they should work even harder. Otherwise theyre just whining.
June 7th, 2012
4:20 pm
There is a lot of mention in these comments of competition and the "real world". Tell me something: how do you "win" in real life? There's no grand prize that will be handed to anyone at some point in their lives because they've accrued the most points. Instead, people are motivated by the things that matter to them as individuals. If learning (notice the emphasis here is not GRADES) matters to someone, they will do well in school and become educated REGARDLESS of whether they are competing for a prize or not.
June 7th, 2012
4:34 pm
For 11th and 12th grades, I went to a magnet high school with competitive admissions (not in Georgia). Nearly ALL of us were valedictorian or salutatorian at our old schools. Our magnet school did not rank and only provided GPAs when a college refused to admit without them. The result? It fostered a stronger sense of community and teamwork among the students, and we were far more focused on learning the material well as opposed to making the best grades. As for the speech at graduation, we had an essay contest (which had the added value of the administration knowing ahead of time what the speaker was going to say). I'm glad I went through that experience even though I had been salutatorian. I learned more, and not just in terms of the books either; in the 20 years since I graduated, I've realized that learning how to learn and work collaboratively was far more useful than scoring well on tests and evaluations.
June 7th, 2012
4:43 pm
Someone beat me to the 'participation' awards; Padeiaieiaieiaieia (just couldn't stop) might be a little too progressive for most of us.
And, Southpaw, I was that #11 guy; missed by just that much, and scarred for life. I now hate competition and I'll cry if you say you beat me.
June 7th, 2012
5:15 pm
When we stop celebrating high school jocks and their accomplishment, then we can do away with Val/Sal awards and recognization. Induction into the National Honor Society may not be as exciting as going to a sport event or banquet, but these kids work just as hard. If you have the number 1 basketball or football player, why is it so bad to reward the number 1 student in the senior class? Besides in my day the smart kids were usually the "dumb jocks" tutor.
June 7th, 2012
5:16 pm
I meant recognition.
June 7th, 2012
5:22 pm
@digger I have been an educator in a public school for 26 years. I was the clear "front runner" for valedictorian in my high school but by January of my junior year of high school, I had taken all of the courses that I needed for graduation and passed all of the New York State Regents exams with scores of no less than 98. There weren't any AP classes or gifted programs back then, soI opted to skip my senior year and went directly to college…finished THAT in 3 years and was accepted into the masters program at the premier research university in my field. At the school where I currently teach, 2 of the teachers on staff were valedictorians…..if I had stuck around to languish at my high school, there would be three of us. I'm not exactly sure what your point is, because you don't have anything on which to base an argument.
One of my biggest challenges as a teacher is to get students to want to learn for the sake of learning….solve problems for the satisfaction of having solved them, and ask questions for the sake of intellectual and creative growth. They want the grade, and get very frustrated with me when I downplay the importance of grades and focus on creative problem solving.
At the end of the course, when I ask, " What did you get out of this class?", it is my sincere hope that they don't say, "Oh, I got an A."
I think that the notion of valedictorian and salutatorian are antiquated and of little value in today's society.
June 7th, 2012
6:28 pm
At my high school, they did away with selecting a valedictorian for many of the same reasons mentioned by Bianchi. They realized that the finest of margins separated students at the top of the class, and the winner ended up being the one who played the game the best. In addition, some of my friends were put in the position where if they continued to pursue their interests in band, orchestra, journalism, or any other area in which AP credit was not offered, they would lose out to those who exclusively took AP classes and thus were able to pull 5s while these other courses maxed out at 4. It was a perverse system. Plus, most years the speeches were awful and painful for everyone else to sit through. Eventually, my school moved to a system in which the top ten or so students could "apply" to be valedictorian and salutatorian. I believe they were chosen based on how good their speeches were. Everyone benefited from this system.
June 7th, 2012
6:37 pm
Really? I was valedictorian of my high school (not in GA), and while education was not my original major in college, I have been teaching high school math for ten years. I started in engineering, hated it, and switched to math education. Not only was I valedictorian, I still hold the record at my high school for highest ACT score (at least it was the last time I visited a few years ago).
When my friends used to bust on me for going into teaching, I always asked them, "Don't you want smart people teaching your kids too?" That usually shut them up.
June 7th, 2012
7:31 pm
I'm not sure why anyone would want to be valedictorian. In case you haven't been paying attention to the Tea Party, anyone who excels academically is a liberal elitist who can't compete with all the wealthy small business owners, HVAC repairmen, mechanics, plumbers, and electricians whose vast fortunes are being redistributed to subsidize the salaries of gay communist literature professors at Ivy League schools.
June 7th, 2012
8:00 pm
But Deep Shah is my hero!!
June 7th, 2012
8:26 pm
The resident measurement/statistics guy agrees with Paul. Haven't met him, likely never will, but I agree with with his analysis.
Shane, I'm sure, was very pleased with his performance and no doubt should be. But he doesn't know, nor should he be expected to with a journalism BA, much about measurement. Average grades, albeit actually quite a bit more accurate than state minimum competency test pass rates or even SAT stest scores in rating student performance, are egregiously inaccurate as Paul notes. Splitting GPAs with three and four decimal points is akin to measuring the top speed of bullet trains with a yardstick and a stopwatch. We're pretty good at making stopwatches, and can do pretty well measuring an individual's 100-yard dash by hand with one, but splitting hairs with grades (or test scores) is nothing more than throwing darts blindfolded. For picking valedictorian, we might as well just draw straws among the top 10% of a class. It would be equally accurate and, perhaps, more fair. If we were to toss such awards, as Paul points out, high-performaing kids might be more willing to think and learn rather than just play it safe.
June 7th, 2012
9:05 pm
While I see nothing wrong with Val/Sal monikers (having graduated 8th in my HS class), how about considering academic labels for HS seniors such as Magna Cum Laude, Summa Cum Laude, and Graduating with High Honors? That way, depending upon your GPA, you are recognized for your academic prowess and the namby-pamby self-esteem protectors can take a break. That's how colleges and universities do it and it works rather well.
June 7th, 2012
9:33 pm
"Competition built America and can be a powerful force for good."
Absolutely wrong! Cooperation built America.
And it's fairly easy to see why. Simply make two lists.
Step 1: On the first, list "competition" instances.
Step 2: On the second, list "cooperation" instances.
Step 3: See that your cooperation list is way longer than your competition list
Note: This exercise will not work if you're if fixated on competition and blind to what cooperation means.


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August RPG Blogosphere Round-Up
This August has seen a great selection of articles in the D&D blogosphere, in spite of the usual Gencon season lull. In my opinion, here are some of the best.
- On System, by Jeff Rients. My article of the month. Jeff argues that D&D isn't any one rules text or game system: D&D is a game we play, and the rules are only tools to create that game. "The texts are mere echoes, shadows of someone else's D&D."
- Inking Gamescience dice, by Jeff Rients.
- There's No Room for Roleplaying in 4E? Find a different room, from Roleplaying Pro. A 4E-skeptic warms to the edition when he discovers that it's not the game rules that are responsible for roleplaying depth, but the players themselves.
- The DM's Call: Roleplaying Responsibly, from Roleplaying Pro. Advice for Dungeon Masters.
- Building Memorable D&D Characters: Goals and Motivations, from RoleplayingPro. Player advice.
- Ascending vs Descending AC, by Mike Mearls. A reminder that Mearls really seems to know his stuff when it comes to RPGs.
- Silly DM, minor quests are for players from Chatty DM. Player-based storytelling.
- How to make a Fantasy Sandbox from Bat in the Attic. Campaign construction step by step.
- D&D is Doomed (But Not Just Yet) by 6d6 Fireball. A wonderfully controversial opinion piece on the edition wars.
Drop a comment below if there's anything this month that I've missed.
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Nice collection of links this week, Jonathan. Keep the good work.
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We're all about volunteers here at NRAblog and today we've got another one for you.
Dennis Moore, a Refuse To Be A Victim® instructor, has been named the Colorado Springs, Colorado, Volunteer of the Year by the city's police and fire departments.
Moore has been a RTBAV instructor since 2009 and teaches seminars on behalf of the Sand Creek Division of the Colorado Springs Police Department where he holds the position of neighborhood watch coordinator.
"We all need to become involved in our personal safety, so we all can refuse to be a victim," Dennis told RTBAV Program Coordinator Ruthann Sprague. "It is a community effort."
The award was announced at the Community Advancing Public Safety Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon and was the first of its kind since the two agencies formed this joint program.
"I was so flabbergasted that I won," Moore told the Colorado Springs Gazette. "I was surprised because of all the names that were on the list of nominees."
Congratulations Dennis, your leadership has led to the education of an enormous amount of people and has no doubt made your community a more informed and safer place.
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This location is in the West Colfax neighborhood in Denver. Nearby parks include Hallack Park, Hallack Park and Sanchez Park.
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Julian Street & West 17th Avenue is near Metropolitan State College of Denver, University of Colorado - Denver and Qwest Communications Headquarters.
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London to Athens » Review by iclyne
This trip is an amazing way to see Western Europe. FInishing in Greece is absolutely amazing!! Love how you have 2-3 nights in 99% of locations. There is no rushed pace to this at all.
Would have loved for it to keep going as the worst part about the trip was saying goodbye to all of my Contiki family. Truely is a great way to meet people. Lifelong friends on this trip!
My suggestions are if you are a real foody to maybe skip SOME (but definitely not all) optional dinners and find your own spots. Contiki's optional dinners are more about the company your with than the food. So you have to choose between good food and a more expensive night or awesome company and OK food for a very reasonable price.
All of the other optional's I think are epic. If you are going to do your own thing there is one optional you must do. I really think its compulsory. Go on George's Boat. The most amazing day sailing around the Mediterannean!
Hopefully your Tour Manager will be as amazing as ours and tell you how to make sure you skip the ques (got into the collosseum in about 30 seconds and the louvre in maybe 10 seconds).
I found most people on our tour also stuck around to do their own time around the greek islands so if you can leave time at the end for some more nights to spend on Ios or Santorini.
Would do the trip again in a heartbeat!
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There is no doubt that the Germans have a problem with their national identity. A main reason for this is certainly the national excess of German fascism under Hitler. In 1982 the German band Nichts sang "Deutsch sein, niemandem sagen. Nur Angst vor Fragen, Scham für mein Land" (Being German, don't tell anyone. Only fear of questions, shame for my country.). It took the summer's tale of World Cup 2006 to free at least waving with German flags.
When Conscientious recently featured Marita Bullman's work "Es gibt immer was zu tun", Jörg Colberg remarked his amazement how few German photographers explore what being German might mean. When I read this, I wasn't sure that there are so few positions about this and collected on trial some works which address 'being German' in many ways.
It is true that two very important books about post-war Germany are not made by Germans. Swiss photographer René Burri photographed "The Germans" (1999) and the American Leonard Freed presented his German experience in "Made in Germany" (1970).
But also on the German side important works can be found on post-war Germany. For example the book of the recently rediscovered photographer Dirk Alvermann "Keine Experimente" (1961) or the book "Unter Krahnenbäumen" (1958) by the cologne-based artist Chargesheimer.
Photographic chroniclers of what is or should be German have been always there. Think of Robert Lebeck's famous portrait "Deutschland im März" (1983), Stefan Moses' portraits of people in East and West or Timm Rautert's book "Deutsche in Uniform" (2007).
But work of outsiders like Dietmar Gottschall with the posthumously published book "Deutsche Bilder 1965-1980″ (2010) must be mentioned as well.
In East Germany there were photographers like Thomas Steinert and Roger Melis, who documented the everyday life.
Time after time outstanding photo books have been published providing exceptional views on Germany and what 'being German' might imply.
Dirk Reinartz's merciless "Kein schöner Land" (1989), Gabriele and Helmut Nothhelfer with their socially-inspired "Lange Augenblicke" (1993), Joachim Brohm's US-inspired "Ruhr" (2007) and Michael Schmidt's all overwhelming "Irgendwo" (2005). And last but not least Andreas Herzau's "Deutsch Land" (2006), who explored the country in street photography style.
Political views are represented as well. Astrid Proll's controversial book "Hans and Gretel" (1998) illustrates the history of German Autumn (operations of the terrorist organization RAF). Thomas Demand delivers icons of political discomfort ("Bathroom") and Eva Leitolf's book "Deutsche Bilder – eine Spurensuche" (2008) shows crime scenes of xenophobic violence in Germany. Not at least Sven Johne's "Ostdeutsche Landschaften" provides a clear commentary on contemporary German history.
And also the younger German photographers cover the theme 'being German' again and again. Marcel Krummrich explores in his work "Heimatbaukasten" the German concept of native country, Anna Simone Wallinger photographed in "Container" asylum seekers in Berlin. Frauke Schumann's "Ein Stück Deutschland" shows the happiness of German camping, Fee Hollmig explores with "Wo Fuchs und Hase" the province of Lower Saxony in the style of Todd Hido. Sven Gatter portrays in "Gewöhnliche Leute" the East Germans in their spare time, Franz Bischof travels to the "Nordseestrand", Germany's favorite holiday destination. Michael Slogsnats wonderful long-term project "Heimatphotografie" shows the region Bordesholm in a documentary style, Jakob Börner's "Grundsicherung" makes German welfare recipients visible. And can you imagine a work being more German like the "Sammlung Funktionaler Absichten"? Ralf Grossek delivers an almost scientific research of Germany's affinity to tidiness and its failure.
Finally, here is "Die Kunst Deutscher zu sein" (The art of being a German), a project by students of the University of Applied Sciences in Dortmund with 24 works on the subject.
In my opinion it does not depend to the German photographers, if the Germans do not know who they are or who they were. The images are there.


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Synthetic oils historically have offered two advantages over mineral lubes: less thickening at cold temperatures and better high-temperature stability. On the downside, they cost more. Now that sophisticated processing has greatly improved the high-temperature stability of the best mineral oils, deciding whether to pay extra for synthetic oil is tougher than ever.
An oil's base stock determines viscosity at low temperatures (the "15″ in 15W-40). Additives, including viscosity index (VI) improvers, finish the oil product. The oil must be thick enough at 200-plus degrees (the 40 part of 15W-40), protect the engine from acids produced by imperfectly burned fuel and keep soot suspended.
Synthetics have the advantage of a higher VI, says Michael Ragomo, adviser at ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialties. "There's less thickening of a synthetic base stock as it cools and a more gradual thinning as it heats up," he says. That's why it's possible to make a 5W-40 synthetic oil that's significantly thinner than 15W-40 when very cold, yet just as thick at more than 200 degrees. So synthetic oil has big advantages when starting a cold engine, especially in extreme temperatures.
The other big advantage of a synthetic is resistance to oxidation – the tendency for prolonged operation at high temperatures to make an oil thicken. That thickening means sludge under extreme conditions, but it may also thicken the oil enough to hamper its flow to the moving parts.
However, times have changed. Mineral oils formerly made with Group I base stocks, which are solvent-refined, are now often made with more sophisticated hydroprocessing. This process separates impurities such as sulfur, nitrogen and wax, producing Group II base stocks, says Ralph Cherillo, technology adviser at Shell Oil Products.
According to Matt Ansari, heavy-duty automotive manager at ChevronTexaco Global Lubricants, "With the advent of Group II base oils made with Chevron Isosyn technology, these impurities, which used to consist of at least 10 percent of the base oil, have been reduced to less than 1 percent. Once the oxidation problem was resolved, it became almost impossible to distinguish between synthetic oils and mineral oils in terms of fighting the hostile environment in an engine."
Cherillo agrees. "If you refine mineral oils enough, they resemble synthetics," he says. Ansari says not only do the better mineral oils made with hydrocracked base oils not break down, they do a better job of handling corrosion and soot.
Chevron research compares the performance of Chevron Delo 400 15W-40, made from Group II base stock, with a 5W-40 synthetic oil; oil changes were made at 45,000 miles. It shows the mineral oil performs as well as or better than the synthetic oil in fuel economy, oil condition (including viscosity) and engine wear. Tests of Mobil Delvac 1 5W-40 have shown fuel economy improvements of more than 2 percent over 15W-40 oils.
Heavy-duty truck synthetic oils still hold key advantages over mineral oils, which now have enhanced high-temperature stability.
Synthetics may resist oxidation better than even the best mineral oils in extreme heat applications. "We have seen some fleets in applications that run hard at 130 degrees outside temperature with sump temperatures of 275 to 285 degrees," Cherillo reports. "In such extreme conditions, we worry about mineral oils holding up."
Ragomo points out that the oil sump is a critical part of the oil cooling system, adding to the capacity provided by the oil cooler. And, if the pan should get sludged up because of oxidation due to high heat, "that will inhibit rejection of heat through the pan." And, he says, "Our sludge resistance is beyond what's possible with a conventional product."
Therefore, very demanding high-temperature applications deserve consideration as candidates for synthetic oil. At the same time, it's clear the most highly refined mineral oils now have a much greater resistance to extreme temperatures than in the past.
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Rob Brooks-Bilson has created a Flickr group for MAX 2006 so you can post pictures of the event or just use it to enjoy MAX vicariously. As a general principle, I'm tagging this 'adobemax06' which is the 'official' preferred tag for everything related to MAX this year.
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Thanks for the mention Sean. Looks like attendees are starting to slowly trickle in. The Venetian is absolutely huge!


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DotF: Mitchell and Banuelos dominate in winsBy · Comments
Some roster moves:
- RHP Brady Lail has been placed on the High-A Tampa DL, according to Nicholas Flammia. Not sure what's wrong with him, but it could be an innings management thing. It's the time of year for that stuff.
- RHP Danny Burawa has been demoted from Triple-A Scranton to Double-A Trenton while RHP Jaron Long goes from Trenton to Tampa, report Flammia and Matt Kardos.
Triple-A Scranton (3-1 win over Pawtucket)
- 2B Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 RBI, 2 K
- RF Zoilo Almonte: 0-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K
- 1B Kyle Roller & C Austin Romine: both 0-4 — Roller struck out once, Romine twice
- RHP Bryan Mitchell: 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K, 5/4 GB/FB — 51 of 82 pitches were strikes (62%) … Good Bryan showed up today … he's at 75/37 K/BB in 81.1 total innings this year
- LHP Tyler Webb: 1 IP, zeroes, 1 K, 1/1 GB/FB – nine of 17 pitches were strikes (53%)
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Former Yankees manager Joe Torre was inducted into the Hall of Fame this afternoon, along with Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine, Tony La Russa, and former Yankees infielder Bobby Cox. Maddux thanked both former battery mate Joe Girardi and pitching coach Larry Rothschild during his speech. Torre's speech is above — he accidentally omitted George Steinbrenner and told reporters afterwards he "feels terrible" — and his plaque is right here, in case you missed it.
Here is your open thread for the night. The ESPN Sunday Night Game is a good one, the Dodgers at the Giants (Ryu vs. Peavy). Talk about that game, the Hall of Fame inductions (more video), this afternoon's loss, or anything else right here.
Source: FanGraphs
That was a dumb end to the homestand, but hey, I'm pretty sure we all would have signed up seven wins in ten games coming out of the All-Star break. Let's recap Sunday afternoon's 5-4 loss to the Blue Jays:
- Rally to Tie, Part I: The Yankees made J.A. Happ look like Felix Hernandez or Miles Mikolas for the first four innings. He faced one over the minimum in those innings and retired 12 of the first 14 batters he faced before Chase Headley and Frankie Cervelli teamed up for back-to-back solo homers in the fifth. Headley's was a bomb out to left, Cervelli's a Yankee Stadium cheapie to right-center. They were the team's 18th and 19th homers by right-handed hitters this year. Yep.
- Mean Greene: Not the prettiest outing for Shane Greene, who did wiggle out of a second and third with no outs jam in the first inning while allowing only one run. He surrendered a solo homer to Juan Francisco, and, after the offense rallied to tie the game, a run-scoring double to Colby Rasmus in the sixth. Three runs on eight hits and two walks in 5.1 innings isn't great but it's hardly a disaster. Greene bent but he did not break.
- Rally to Tie, Part II: In a refreshing role reversal, the other team's infield defense led to a run in the sixth inning. Derek Jeter singled and Jacoby Ellsbury walked with one out before moving up on Carlos Beltran's ground out. Brian McCann plated the game tying run with a weak grounder. The second baseman short-hopped the throw to first and full-in first baseman Jose Bautista couldn't handle the throw. McCann was safe and credit with an infield single, and Ellsbury scored the tie the game at three.
- Wild Wild Wild: Dellin Betances pitched out of a David Huff created mess in the seventh inning — he inherited first and second with no outs — but his wildness hurt him in the eighth. He walked Rasmus to start the inning and let him get to third by throwing away a pickoff throw. A Munenori Kawasaki sac fly gave Toronto a 4-3 lead. Dr. Dellin in the seventh, Mr. Betances in the eighth.
- Rally to Tie, Part III: For the third time in the game, the Yankees answered right back immediately after the Blue Jays scored. Brett Gardner led the eighth inning off with a single, moved to second on Jeter's bunt, and scored on Beltran's single to shallow left. Good ol' manufactured run. I wish they would hit-and-run or just flat-out tell Gardner to run in those situations. Bunting is a waste of his speed.
- No Shutdown Innings Allowed: The Yankees weren't the only team to do the answering. Toronto scored the next-half inning each time the Bombers scored, including in the ninth. A single by Melky Cabrera, a run-saving diving stab by Headley to cut down the lead runner at second, a stolen base by Bautista, and a single by Dioner Navarro re-gave the Jays the lead off David Robertson. Just one shutdown inning would have been cool. There was no ninth inning rally for New York. Not even a base-runner.
- Leftovers: The YES cameras caught Troy Tulowitzki at the game wearing an Arrested Development shirt (photo). He's in New York to see a specialist about his hip injury … the usually reliable bullpen allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in 3.2 innings. Can't expect zeroes every single day … every starter had exactly one hit except Ellsbury and Brendan Ryan. Ellsbury drew a walk though … Cervelli made two great plays at the plate. First to reel in Zelous Wheeler's off-line throw to tag Dan Johnson in the fourth, and again to hold onto McCann's short-hop throw for the force out in the seventh.
For the box score and video highlights, go to MLB.com. FanGraphs has some other stats and ESPN has the updated standings. Depending on the outcome of the afternoon, the Yankees will be either three games back (Orioles lose) or four games back (Orioles win) of the top spot in the AL East. They're one game back of Toronto for the second wildcard either way. The Yankees are off to Texas to play the last place Rangers now. David Phelps and Yu Darvish open the three-game series on Monday night.
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The scheduling gods did the Yankees a favor and gave them a ten-game homestand to open the second half. They've taken advantage and won seven of the first nine games with a chance to make it eight of ten this afternoon. Playing better at home these last two months is imperative if the team wants to contend and so far they've done that. Wrap up the homestand with a win this afternoon, then head out on the road to play two last place teams. Here is the Blue Jays lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- SS Derek Jeter
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- DH Carlos Beltran
- 1B Brian McCann
- 3B Chase Headley
- C Francisco Cervelli
- RF Zelous Wheeler
- 2B Brendan Ryan
RHP Shane Greene
It's hot, humid, and cloudy in New York this afternoon, and there is rain in the forecast for later today. It shouldn't be a problem unless the game goes long. This afternoon's game is scheduled to start at 1:05pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and TBS nationally. Enjoy.
Injury Update: Mark Teixeira (lat) took swings in the batting cage and fielded grounders earlier today. Joe Girardi said he is hopeful he will be back in the lineup either Tuesday or Wednesday … Carlos Beltran (elbow) is continuing his throwing program and Girardi indicated he could return to the outfield within two weeks.
Marchand: Yankees currently not interested in Matt Kemp
Via Andrew Marchand: The Yankees do not have interest in Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp at the moment. Jon Heyman reports Los Angeles is shopping the 2011 NL MVP runner-up and his agent has said it might be best for both parties if he moves on. Kemp would welcome a trade if it allows him to move back to center field full-time, according to Ken Rosenthal.
Kemp, 29, is hitting .273/.339/.429 (119 wRC+) with eight homers in 369 plate appearances this year. He's owed roughly $118M through 2019. There is almost always a point where it makes sense to acquire a player, especially someone of Kemp's caliber, but I think this is the type of contract the Yankees have to avoid. The structural problems with his shoulder (surgery in each of the last two offseasons) suggest his power loss is not a fluke, plus he already contributes nothing defensively. Healthy Matt Kemp is a monster, one of the five best players in the world, but he hasn't been that player for three years now. · (46) ·
John DeMarzo wrote an article about UTIL Jose Pirela and the prospect of a call-up. "He's not a bad player. He's a Triple-A, emergency call-up kind of guy that can help you … Not a bad player, but he'd be a utility player," said a scout.
Triple-A Scranton (8-5 loss to Pawtucket)
- 2B Jose Pirela: 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 K
- RF Rob Refsnyder: 0-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — in a 10-for-44 (.227) slump
- LF Zoilo Almonte: 0-4, 1 BB, 3 K
- 1B Austin Romine: 1-4, 1 BB
- C John Ryan Murphy: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 PB — 11-for-32 (.344) in his last nine games
- RHP Bruce Billings: 3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 3 WP, 3/4 GB/FB — 52 of 86 pitches were strikes (60%) … so I guess he cleared waivers and accepted his outright assignment to Triple-A after being designated for assignment the other day
- LHP Jeremy Bleich: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 30 of 53 pitches were strikes (57%)
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Here is your open thread for the night. The Mets are playing plus MLB Network will air some games, so talk about those, this afternoon's loss, or anything else right here. Have at it.
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The streak is dead, long live the streak. The Blue Jays beat the Yankees in Yankee Stadium on Saturday afternoon for the first time since August 2012, 17 games ago. Bad offense and bad defense were to blame for this one, if assigning blame is your thing. Let's recap the 6-4 loss:
- Two Runs, One Swing: Despite putting two runners on base in the first and another on in the third, Drew Hutchison threw a total of 32 pitches in the first three innings. He started the sixth at only 75 pitches. The Yankees were hacking at everything, which they've been doing for a few weeks now. They got to him for two runs in the fourth — Carlos Beltran drew a four-pitch walk and Brian McCann hit a 1-1 pitch into the bullpen — but otherwise they only had one runner reach third base the rest of the game. Not the most inspiring afternoon from the offense.
- Quality Start: I don't think we could have reasonably asked for anything better than two runs and six innings from Chris Capuano, right? He walked the tightrope all afternoon and I thought Joe Girardi was really tempting fate by sending back out for the sixth after allowing a bunch of hits and the two runs in the fifth, but he skated through that last inning. Four singles, four walks, one double, and one hit batsman is a lot of base-runners, but it worked. There are no style points with guys like Capuano. Outs are outs and he got them. Nice surprise.
- Five-Out Innings: It's been a while since we've had a good infield derpfest. The Yankees gave the Blue Jays five outs in the seventh inning because they're playing a catcher at first base and Brian Roberts in general. McCann fielded Dioner Navarro's chopper at first, looked the runners back, but let Navarro run by to load the bases with no outs. Later in the inning, Matt Thornton jammed Dan Johnson, but the infield pop-up somehow fell in front of Roberts for an infield hit, scoring a run. It's a play a big leaguer has to make, no doubt about it. The Jays only scored the one run in the inning, but New York's always sketchy infield defense gave with two extra outs.
- Leftovers: Beltran hit a garbage time two-run homer in the ninth after Chase Whitley and Jeff Francis combined to allow three runs (Johnson homer) in the top half of the inning … Capuano hit Jose Bautista in the top of the first and Hutchison retaliated by plunked Beltran in the bottom half. Both benches were warned but nothing came of it … Chase Headley went 1-for-4 and bunted to beat the shift immediately following McCann's homer. Michael Kay could hardly contain his excitement … Thornton got only his second and third swing and miss in his last eight appearances (51 total pitches).
MLB.com has the box score and video highlights, FanGraphs has some other stats, and ESPN has the updated standings. The Orioles are playing the Mariners this afternoon, so, depending on the outcome of that game, the Yankees will either be three games back of the AL East lead and a half-game up on the second wildcard spot (Mariners win) or four games back of the AL East lead and 1.5 games up on the second wildcard spot (Orioles win). Simple enough, right? Shane Greene and J.A. Happ will wrap up the series and the homestand on Sunday afternoon. Check out RAB Tickets if you want to catch that game live.
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Following last night's come-from-behind win, the Yankees have now won 17 straight games over the Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium. That dates back to August 2012. It's pretty unbelievable, really. Yankee Stadium for the Blue Jays must feel like what Angel Stadium feels like for the Yankees.
Anyway, Chris Capuano makes his Yankees debut this afternoon and, based on how things go, I suppose this could be anything from a spot start to the beginning of an extended stay in the rotation. Hopefully he gives the team something to think about. Here is the Blue Jays lineup and here is the Yankees lineup:
- LF Brett Gardner
- SS Derek Jeter
- CF Jacoby Ellsbury
- DH Carlos Beltran
- 1B Brian McCann
- 3B Chase Headley
- RF Ichiro Suzuki
- 2B Brian Roberts
- C Frankie Cervelli
LHP Chris Capuano
It's warm and the sun is trying to poke through some clouds here in New York. Tonight's game is scheduled to begin at 1:05pm ET and can be seen on YES locally and, depending on where you live, MLB Network nationally. Enjoy the game.
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Via Joel Sherman: The Rockies and White Sox are among the teams keeping an eye on Francisco Cervelli prior to the trade deadline. All of his recent playing time is not a showcase, however. "You showcase in Spring Training, not now when you are trying to win games. We are just putting our best team on the field while [Mark Teixeira] is out," said Brian Cashman.
Cervelli, 28, is hitting .311/.354/.443 (121 wRC+) in 65 plate appearances around a Grade II hamstring strain this year. The White Sox were said to be watching him back in Spring Training and the Yankees have reportedly asked about lefty John Danks, but it's unclear if there's any kind of match there. Sherman says the Yankees also like Rockies lefty Jorge De La Rosa, but Colorado is asking for way too much in return.
The Yankees have some upper level catching depth to spare but that doesn't mean they should give it away. Remember, Cervelli is injury prone and Austin Romine has faded. The depth isn't as great as it appears. Cashman did a really excellent job of getting Brandon McCarthy and Chase Headley for pennies on the dollar, so maybe Cervelli winds up being part of a similar trade within the next few days. We'll see. · (49) ·


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Trains Across Colorado
.Colorado, Colorado Sight-Seeing Tours
It is easy to see why Trains Across Colorado was our most popular escorted tour of 2005. Wtih the Pikes Peak Cog Railway taking you to the clouds and the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad one of the most exciting train journeys in the world....
$1,354 Per Person
San Juan Mountain Guides
Ridgway, Colorado Sight-Seeing Tours
SJMG offers personalized, professional instruction and guiding in Ice climbing, Rock climbing, Backcountry Skiing and Avalanche Training, Alpine Mountaineering, and International Expeditions. Our home base is the picturesque town of Ouray, Colo...
$135 Per Person
A Grand Adventure Balloon Tour
Summit County, Colorado Scenic Flight Tours
Hot air balloon the mountains closest mtn flight to Denver and Summit. Views are breathtaking, near RMNP. ...
Elk River Guest Ranch
Clark, Colorado Hotels & Resorts
We're a haven for anglers, hunters, horse enthusiasts, hikers, cyclists, ski & snowshoe enthusiasts -- part bed & bar (our answer to the traditional B&B), part adventure ranch, just outside of Steamboat Springs, Colorado....
Starting at $125 Per Night
Mecca Motel
Denver, Colorado Hotels & Resorts
Mecca Motel room accommodations for visitors to the Pikes Peak area. Great location for a summer vacation....
Rates from $75 Per Night
Luxury Custom Motorcycle and Sports Car Tours
Vail, Colorado Motorcycle Tours
Luxury motorcycle & sports car tours in Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, Utah, Canada, British Columbia, Alberta, Alaska, Italy, and Spain. We design the perfect tour for you with or without a guide. All inclusive tours available....
Starting at $500 Per Night
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