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Somewhat Warped - Still Used
By MAC3844
from Dallas, Texas
Comments about 3/8 x 2-3/4 x 6.5 LFT Brazilian Cherry Stair Nose:
While about half of the nineteen (19) stair noses were warped, we made them work since this was a nail-down application on the two sets of stairs. It does look great now that it is down. It makes an excellent transition from stair to stair. If you order it, check each box for warping.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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Perfect fit
By Dallas
from L.A.
About Me Casual Do-It-Yourselfer
Nice color match, well made, feed fit. If you are nailing in place, use hardened nails and drill pilot holes.....the wood is is beautiful and HARD. Solid investment and very happy with my stair repair job.
sold me to much
By taken
from st louis
About Me Avid Do-It-Yourselfer
Good product but it should be sold in shorter lenghts. I litteraly through out half of what I bought. I only needed 1 pc 36 inches long. The rest was just wasted. I should have just bought a pc of red oak and stained it to match.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
I would buy this product again and again
By COCHEPO
from EL PASO, TX
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It is now throughout my home. I love it!
By Getting it done.
from Worth, Il
It's very rich looking
Beautiful Flooring
By Jim
from Buffalo, NY
Laying the floor was easy. After installed new underlayment and the felt paper, just secure the first starter board and then use a nailer for the rest. Everything just snapped together and I was able to install the entire floor in one day.
Good product, [...]
By Ds1022
from Fulton, MO
Used stair nose with flooring instead of solid risers. Finished product looks great. [...].
Could Come In Longer Lengths
By Excalibur
from Tonka Bay, Minnesota
Limited length of 6.5 Feet requires a scarf joint and does not work well when your starting at the let down like a sunken living room with an 8 ft lip. Also, the stair nose has a female mating face, and no mating piece is available for 3/8 flooring. In order to nail through the male side, a 36" ruler was cut to 3/8 wide and slipped into the joint to allow a female/female mate.
Nice product and nice people
By Mame
from Leesburg, VA
About Me Novice
It looks very nice, it changes the look of the house.I don't recommend this product for kitchein area b/s it requires special treatment if something goes wrong
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The delivery is perfect they brought the wood to my garage and help me move around.Every thing arrived in perfect condition.The customer service people are very nice and cooperative specially the people in Fredrick/MD store are very nice people they serve you as if they know you for the last 10 years. I really like those people and if I have any thing to buy I love to go back to LumberLiquidators in fredrick,MD but it is a little bit far from my house :)
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Not a good fit
By South Dakota cabin
from South Dakota
The grove on the 3/8 inch Brazilian cherry stair nose did not match the tongue on the 3/8 inch Brazilian Cherry flooring. The installer I hired had to trim the tongue off the flooring to fit with the stair nose. It looks beautiful but it was time consuming to make it fit.
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Nevada Desert Bioscape
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Desert Bioscape program takes a holistic approach to conserving natural resources in an urban setting. The goal of this program is to teach homeowners and commercial clientele to conserve water and energy, reduce pesticide and chemical fertilizer use, and promote wildlife habitat in a sustainable manner. Components include wildlife and conservation landscaping, constructed home wetlands for water recycling, a research project to find and determine water-efficient plants for the southern Nevada area and a research project to determine the use and benefit of natural organic mulches in the Mojave Desert.
What Has Been Done:
Desert Bioscape classes developed to this point include:
- An Introduction to Basic Principles of Desert Bioscape
- An Introduction to Desert Living
- Scouting the Landscape, A Practical Approach to Integrated Pest Management
- Fertilizers and Soil Fertility, A Natural Approach
- Palms, A Natural Choice for Water-efficient Landscapes in Southern Nevada
- Wastewater Harvest and Treatment Utilizing Small Constructed Wetlands
- Water Efficient Plants for Southern Nevada
The Desert Bioscape program in the southern area continues to expand with over 638 contact hours, which included irrigation maintenance training for Ewing, 80 students attended, and IPM state training to 130 students.
- Built a coalition of community organizations and businesses to support the new facility.
- Obtained and planted largest palm and cycad collection in the valley (over 50 species).
- Created a functional wash to show rain water harvest in the Mojave desert.
- Began interior plant training lab with volunteers maintaining the interiorscape of the UNCE Building.
- Installed other collections including Pomegranates (20 cultivars), Agaves (31 species) and Aloes (12 species) for teaching purposes.
- Worked with Eagle Scout on his project that included growing and planting native and native-like plants. Twenty volunteers attended a class on correct planting, culture and establishment of the plants. They were taught about UNCE and its function in the community.
- Two hands-on classes were held with a Master Gardener teaching inmates from Clark County Detention Center correct principles of irrigation systems and installation as well as correct installation of plant material. Sixty hours of volunteer time were given back to the community.
- Installed temporary botanical signage for plant material at UNCE-ELL.
Contact: M.L. Robinson, Area Specialist, Horticulture, 702-222-3130
Horticulture Programs
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Carson City Community Garden
The Community Garden began in 2001 and allows community members who don't have room for a vegetable garden to rent a 4-by-16-foot garden bed for $20 a season at a 25-bed garden complex on Beverly Drive east of the cemetery. The price includes water, soil preparation, some seeds and fertilizer.
Community Beautification through Horticulture
Desert Green, Commercial Water Conservation Training
Desert Green is in its eleventh year and is designed to educate commercial clientele in the Green Industry as well as others who have an interest in water conservation issues. A committee representing the industry implements the training. Desert Green is chaired by one industry representative and one UNCE representative. The program is presented once a year, with 36 classes taught in a two-day period. A committee of industry representative reviews evaluations from the previous year to decide future educational direction and topics. During the evaluation process, the program is reviewed, modified and revised according to the needs of the clientele. As part of the marketing of this program, two articles citing the importance of Desert Green appear in regional trade publications.
Food for Thoughts, School Garden
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Food for Thoughts program was established in 2004 and built on the school gardens program. It offers children an alternative site for learning, promotes awareness of the desert environment, demonstrates the geographic sources of their food and encourages healthy eating and activities.
Green Industry Training Programs of Northern Nevada
Green Industry Training (GIT) and Green Industry Continuing Education Series (GICES) are cost- and time-efficient approaches to serving the Green Industries of northern Nevada, including nursery workers, landscapers, arborists, irrigation and lawn care professionals. The Green Industry Training program begins in late winter with eight three-hour sessions of entry-level training for new industry workers, for those desiring to work in the industry and for existing industry professionals desiring a skills "tune-up." After "basic training," industry members are invited to monthly continuing education opportunities — one hour per month over the noon hour — to hone and improve their skills.
Grow Your Own, Nevada
Grow Your Own, Nevada is a statewide University of Nevada Cooperative Extension program designed to help people discover the secrets to gardening in our high-desert climate. The program includes eight two-hour weekly sessions. Classes are held live in Reno in the spring, summer and fall, and are provided by video conference to Cooperative Extension offices across the state.
Healing gardens in Las Vegas
A new elementary school opens every month in Las Vegas, with pupils from many cultural and economic backgrounds. University of Nevada Cooperative Extension school gardens, community gardens and healing gardens essentially become outdoor classrooms and also build community spirit.
Master Gardeners in Nevada
Master Gardeners provide free, research-based horticulture information to Nevadans. They are volunteers who learn advanced plant science skills from at least 50 hours of classroom instruction by University of Nevada Cooperative Extension (UNCE) professionals. After training, Master Gardeners volunteer a minimum of at least 50 hours a year to pass along their newly acquired knowledge through the media, talks and workshops. They answer phone calls, send out informational materials and develop community gardens.
Nevada Desert Bioscape
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Desert Bioscape program takes a holistic approach to conserving natural resources in an urban setting. The goal of this program is to teach homeowners and commercial clientele to conserve water and energy, reduce pesticide and chemical fertilizer use, and promote wildlife habitat in a sustainable manner. Components include wildlife and conservation landscaping, constructed home wetlands for water recycling, a research project to find and determine water-efficient plants for the southern Nevada area and a research project to determine the use and benefit of natural organic mulches in the Mojave Desert.
Producer to Chef
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension's Producer to Chef program introduces small farms within 120 miles of Las Vegas to high-end Las Vegas restaurants which will pay top dollar for fresh, locally grown agricultural products.
Research Center & Demonstration Orchard
The Research Center and Demonstration Orchard has been a cooperative effort between University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and University of Nevada, Las Vegas for over 20 years. The main emphasis has always been on water conservation in the Mojave Desert. From the very beginning, deciduous fruit trees, wine and table grapes, and various kinds of vegetables have been grown and tested for their ability to survive and produce under desert conditions.
The Greenhouse Project
The Carson City Greenhouse Project was conceptualized in November 2008 in partnership between UNCE; the Carson City Cultural Commission; The Greenhouse Project Committee, a grassroots, community organization; the Carson City School District; Nevada State Parks; and numerous volunteers. The Greenhouse Project serves as a teaching facility for hands on programs at the Carson City High School. Students help to cultivate and distribute vegetables and herbs for culinary classes and community food banks. Additional flower baskets are grown to beautify downtown Carson City.
Weed Warriors Invasive Weed Training
The Weed Warriors Invasive Weed Training Program is held several times a year, usually in late winter or spring. This eight-hour, two-day introductory-level training introduces participants to the principles of Integrated Weed Management and focuses on improving ability to identify noxious weeds of local importance. A small fee is charged for program materials, and the class can be videoconferenced to other locations upon request. Each year, several dozen people go through the training and become certified Weed Warriors. Pesticide applicators receive six Continuing Education Credits for attending this course. Each year in May during a community event in the Truckee Meadows, Weed Warrior volunteers help rid parks and riverfront areas of invasive thistles.


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Sal and Judi's Sausage and Peppers
Recipe by Diamond Joe
Quick, simple and delicious! Better to do this in 2 large pans and then combine. You be the judge. The skinny frying peppers are optional. You could always adjust to taste, but because they are so skinny, 2 is a good#. It's about the equal of 1/2 a regular size bell. Enjoy!
Top Review by mersaydees
Made as directed except couldn't find/afford an Italian pepper, so used an orange pepper as suggested. We're low-carbers, so served on toasted low-carb bread. Thanks, Diamond Joe! Made for PAC Fall '08.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 lb sweet Italian sausage (8 links)
- 1 green bell pepper, cut in strips
- 1 red bell pepper, cut in strips
- 2 frying italian peppers, cut in strips (the skinny light green peppers) or 1 oranges or 1 yellow pepper
- 2 medium onions, cut in strips
- olive oil
- 2 tablespoons dry white wine
- salt and pepper (about 1 tsp each)
- 1 teaspoon basil and oregano
Directions See How It's Made
- In a large skillet, put in peppers and onions and coat them with olive oil. Make sure they are LIGHTLY coated. Start to cook the veggies on med-high heat until they soften a bit, season with salt, pepper, basil and oregano.
- Add the wine and continue to cook the veggies on medium heat.
- Cook the veggies until they cook down and become tender, 10 minutes or so.
- In a separate skillet, pan fry your sausage. When they are cooked through, add your peppers and onions and mix.
- Serve on hoagie rolls or Italian bread.If you are going to serve these on sandwiches, cut the sausage into bite sized pieces before pan frying them.


text: 4 stars: "...a balanced and informative look at an important aspect of American history and culture over the centuries, this is highly recommended." --Video Librarian magazine (July/Aug. 2012) At over three hours in total length, People of Faith is aimed particularly at church-based adult education classes and small groups in an effort to promote both general knowledge about Church History and discussion about the historic, contemporary and future role of the Church in American culture and society. Is America now or has it ever been a Christian Nation? What is the meaning of separation of church and state? How can the church be a faithful Gospel witness in a pluralistic society? What will the church look like in the future? Survey the history of Christianity in the United States from before the Pilgrims to the present in this stunning DVD series. You'll gain valuable perspective on the people and ideas that shaped America and see how it came to be the first nation in history based upon the ideal of religious liberty. The six programs include: "Faith in the New World: From Monarchs to the Marketplace" (a basic historical overview) "Many Mansions" (a look at the diversity within American Christianity) "Rebels With a Cause" (a look at some of the ways in which the Church has been involved in social and political reform and disputes) "The Challenges of Change" (the role of innovation in shaping the historic and contemporary Church) "Homegrown Saints" (stories of ten important and representative figures in the sweep of American Church History) "The Future of Faith" (A discussion of current issues and future directions) Made possible by a grant from the Lilly Endowment, Inc., the series features interviews with over thirty scholars and church figures, including such luminaries as Mark Noll, Martin Marty, Rev. Joseph Lowery, Jean Bethke Elshtain, and R. Laurence Moore. The series was written by veteran author Steve Rabey and has been crafted by producer/director Tim Frakes with assistance from documentarian Paul Butler. People of Faith is for sale, complete with study guides and support materials, and is available from Vision Video, the largest video distributor to the church market. For more information, or to purchase the DVD or .mp4, visit Vision Video >> Interview with the ISAE's Larry Eskridge about People of Faith at Lilly Endowment's "Resourcing Christianity" >> People of Faith Series Featured in Christian History Magazine The issue of Christian History magazine (#102) features articles reflecting the ISAE's 6-part People of Faith video series on the history of Christianity in America. Articles from scholars Catherine A. Breckus (U. of Chicago Divinity School), Gary Scott Smith (Grove City College), Angela Tarángo (Trinity University), and Chris Armstrong (Bethel University) frame two of the major themes of the video series, America's Christian diversity and the Church's social impact. Additional features include roundtable forum discussions on each of these themes featuring such people as Scott Appleby (Notre Dame), Martin Marty (Chicago), Jennifer Graber (College of Wooster), and Randall Balmer (Barnard College), as well as historical timelines and resources for further reading. Edited by Chris Armstrong and Jennifer Woodruff Tait (Huntington University), this issue of Christian History is an ideal tool not only for personal enrichment but will serve as a valuable resource for congregations, home study groups, and for the high school and college classroom. View the issue online >> For copies of the magazine for individual or group study contact either the Christian History Institute at 1-800-468-0458. Accolades Winner of the 2013 "Silver Remi" award for best documentary in Religion, Ethics, and Spirituality at the Worldfest Houston International Film Festival >> Winner of the 2012 "Bronze Crown" award for "Best Series" from International Christian Visual Media >> Winner of the 2012 "Bronze Crown" award for "Best Documentary Over $50,000" from International Christian Visual Media >> This project was funded by a grant from the Lilly Endowment >>


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UK Family Law Questions Answered by Verified Experts
Hi, I am still waiting for an answer.
Hi Clair sorry about the delay.
We have no assets to speak of. I earn £400 p/w before tax of which I give my wife £65 p/w she earns in the region of £120 p/w as she only works part time.
My concern is that once we get divorced or Judicial Separation can she come back in the future and demand more? I need to start saving for a mortgage and may have a good business deal early next year if I continue to work hard at what I am doing.
It is worrying that she will only work part time, (no other reason for not working full time) and could potentially try and get more from me.
Please advise.
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Saturday, I went with a few friends up to a small British pub in Bethesda, MD to watch an IFOCE sponsored Buffalo Wing eating contest, starring our favorite masticator, Sonya Thomas!
(I know many of you find this horribly disgusting, but please, just leave your comments to yourself.)
There were several other fans of Sonya there as well.
Lots of people were there to try to beat her.
(the gratuitous other girl in the contest.. She was just there for show)
It was pretty crowded in the small pub area. This shot is before it got really crowded.
When the contest was about to begin, the crowd doubled.
There was lots of media there. One guy in charge actually came up to me and asked me what newspaper I was from. I guess having a big fancy DSLR and a big camera bag makes you look professional and shit.
They brought out the containers of wings, each carefully measured.
...and all the competitors lined up for battle.
Sonya was right in the center, and waved to us.
Right before the eating starts, she goes into a Zen-like concentration.
Let the eating begin!
This is Tim "Eater X" chowin' down.
Some of the carnage.
One of the wait-staff who was bringing more wings to the table. I forget what her face looked like. I think she was cute.
George Shea, president and founder of the IFOCE.
Holding up one competitor's conquest.
"Second place: EATER-X!!!" (4.0 lbs of wings)
...and the winner is...
with a whopping 5.7 lbs of chicken wings in her stomach, Sonya "the black widow" Thomas!!!
(the guy on the right, "Krazy" Kevin Lipsitz, ate 3.85 lbs. for Third place.)
After the contest was over, they were giving out plates of the extra wings. We had some, and they were DELICIOUS! Seriously. They were very meaty and juicy, with just enough spice. mmmmm. I couldn't eat 5.7 pounds of it, but they were good enough to eat quite a bit.
Congratulations Sonya!
It never ceases to amaze me that the skinny peeps can eat tons of food.
she looks bulimic : |
And the guy on the left (the second place winner) looks like he's ready to puke.
Nothing sexier than a girl stuffing herself with 5 pounds of chicken wings
Does anybody know why the tiny little people win these things?
because their stomaches can stretch better since there isn't a "belt of fat" to prevent expansion.
Aha. Thank you!
Man, if I could get payed 1500 bucks to eat, that would be soooo cool.
I came in third place at the "7th Annual Mississippi State Fair Old Fashioned Eating Contest" a few weeks ago. It is not an IFOCE event.
I went to watch, one of the competitors didn't show. They asked for volunteers from the crowd and I was certain I could take the challenge on.
I lost to two skinny BellSouth linemen.
We had to eat fair food, in a specific order. The order:
1) Footlong hotdog with cheese, chili, onions, and pickles
2) Pork Butt on a Stick (thinly sliced meat, watch out for the bone)
3) Roasted ear of corn
4) Rib-eye sandwich (with an 8oz rib-eye and onions on it)
5) lLB Cinnamon Roll
I lost the ability to eat about 1/4 of the way through #5. I actually could not gather the will to put anything else into my mouth. Not even the $500 price and the massive trophy was enough motivation. The BellSouth guys, though, were throwing it down. As an aside, the Cinnamon Roll was incredibly delicious.
My digestive system hated me for a few days afterward, but I encountered no other ill effects.
WTF is it with "The South" and eating contests, anyway?
Fucking gross.
Was the guy in the 6th picture wearing both hats at one time?
Reminds me of Monkey Island 2.
Pfff, you're a lightweight.
My record was at one of the cookouts that we had at the end of each year in high school. I ate...
23 hamburgers(w/ cheese) and 15 hotdogs. (and like 10 cans of soda, heh)
Now these were fairly small hamburgers and hotdogs, but I still think it was fairly impressive.
Based on the food I had while in California,* I can at least tell you why you guys don't have them.
* no actual factual basis
She looks like she just doubled her body mass.
ask godfather about some people mentioning an "old camp record" for eating sloppy joes. After he eclipses the old record by several, they tell him the previous record was held by two people (they added them together).
He then went and laid in his bed for hours. HAHAHAHA
eating competitions are funny, when you're the one watching.
Such an... odd fandom.
But, hey, whatever makes ya happy.


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bad cat!
March 27, 2009
The Good Bad Cat by Nancy Antle, Illustrated by John Sandford
We found this book at goodwill--where we used to go weekly for books before I thought letting juliet handle library books was a good idea. It's a Macmillan/McGraw-Hill book--I guess it is a school book from a literature series, I really don't know. What I do know is that juliet loves it and has loved it for a long time now. She loves to pull it off the shelf and read it to her stuffed animals or have me read it to her. The kitty in the story looks just like our old cat, ophelia, so maybe that is one reason why we feel so fondly towards it. But, the other reason we like it is because we get to yell, "BAD CAT!" at the mischievous cat every time he does something wrong. Juliet gets really into it and screams, "BAD CAT!" at the top of her lungs. (Don't worry, cat lovers, in the end, there is an emphatic "good cat!"so as not to hurt kitty kitty's self-esteem.)
This morning, we were playing in juliet's room when our cat, penny, walked in. I tried to pick her up and give her a good morning hug, but she squirmed and wiggled out of my arms, scratching me in the eye in the process. I screamed in pain and swatted her with my hand as she ran away. In my half-blinded state, I couldn't help but laugh as I heard juliet giggle delightedly and yell out, "BAD CAT!!!"
2 comments:
- Becky said...
That last picture is hilarious, Vanessa! (And I love the new cat's name.)
- March 30, 2009 at 11:24 AM
- vanessa said...
thanks, becky. now to convince ben that i need a new cat....
- April 13, 2009 at 8:55 PM
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The state Department of Education began the Visiting International Teacher program in 2001.
The Kansas Highway Patrol is launching a 10-day initiative that emphasizes enforcement of a state ban on texting while driving.
One man is arrested after an hour-long standoff following a shooting at a gas station.
The Kansas City Royals used two 2-run doubles from Alcides Escobar and beat the Minnesota Twins on Monday night.
he court ruled that some companies are exempt from the requirement they must provide birth control coverage for women.
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Obama announced his intention Monday to take executive action.
The National Agricultural Statistics Serve reported Monday that 40 percent of the wheat crop has now been cut, well behind the average of 66…
Winter wheat crop continues to suffer from drought.
Friends and family gathered at Washburn's Falley Field to remember baseball coach Steve Anson.
McConnell Air Force Base on Monday celebrated the start of a construction project that will prepare it to be the main operating base for KC-…
Kansas House Minority Leader Paul Davis said he would freeze income tax policies in place where they were in January 2015.
Third consecutive month where collections didn't meet expectations.
The U.S. Attorney's office says 43-year-old Wichita resident Lisa Marie Evens was sentenced Monday to 21 months in federal prison.
Troy Allen Robinson convicted of stabbing Oma "Shannon" Bennett
A man led police on a chase early Sunday morning after Riley County officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop.
A driver who hit and killed a cyclist on Pillsbury Drive in Riley County was distracted.
The Kansas City Royals have signed outfielder Raul Ibanez. He played for the Royals from '01-'03
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Ok.. Here's My "Official" Version. I think I'm finally learning a few things.. I Selected the 'contents text as a 'title' so it shows up on the reader as a heading? Through the 3 pages of chapter headings... I managed to find the last file folder and altered the Book to my liking. I suppressed the title page and then.. Best oif all IMO I enlarged the map and the artwork so that each one of the wonderful N.C. Wyeth illustrations are full page sized. This file is 2 MB but I think everyone will enjoy it alot more. I even added a little surprise photo after the .. "THE END"
A Black and White photo I took of my wife while we were on a walk on a Country road near our house.
Its great to be able to Create these to suit my tastes.. I'm still waiting for my reader to come.. According to the usps tracking system its in Seatlle now.. 3 more days...
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Helping people conserve resources and reduce waste by Using Less Stuff
March-April 1996 Volume 3, Number 2
But how much of the waste and resources used are represented by what you see in the trash? 60%? 70%? 80? How about 1%! Approximately 99% of all the waste actually occurs before you even eat the burger! How, you might ask, is that possible?
We'll begin with the bun, which is principally flour. Flour starts out as grain, which has to be grown using water, fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides and sometimes fungicides. The seed is sown, and the grain harvested, using tractors, threshers and combines. It took plenty of raw materials to make these machines, and it takes plenty of fuel to keep them running. And while running, they produce air pollutants and carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which can lead to global warming.
The grain is transported by truck or rail to storage sites, milled into flour, stored in warehouses and sent to bakeries. Milling and baking require energy to produce dough and buns, which are then wrapped and shipped to fast food stores. Between every step, all of the transportation burns fuel and again produces pollutants.
Other farm products that went into your burger include tomatoes, onions, cucumbers and lettuce. The tomatoes and cucumbers required further processing to be turned into ketchup and pickles, respectively.
You might ask where's the beef? Once again, we start with grain, which is used for feed. After vast amounts of food and water are fed to the cattle, it's off to the stockyard for sale, and then on to the processing plant. At the plant, cattle are slaughtered and rendered, with the beef cut, packaged, cooled and shipped to warehouses in energy-intensive refrigerator cars and trucks.
At the warehouse, the meat is aged, ground into patties, boxed, frozen and stored. It is then shipped in freezer trucks to restaurants where it's kept cold until ready to cook (with energy, of course). At this point, the bun, pattie, condiments and packaging all come together to bring you the final product.
We should also point out the resources needed to produce the wrappers and boxes themselves. Paper is processed from trees, using large amounts of water, chemicals and non-renewable resources. Plastic is processed from oil or natural gas, also utilizing non-renewable resources. Both materials require energy to produce and ship, resulting in carbon dioxide generation and some air or water pollution.
By now, it should be very apparent that the resources used and waste generated at stages we don't see are far greater than those we do notice when confronting the restaurant's trash bin. In fact, ecologists generally agree that each link in the food chain increases resource use by a factor of 10. This means that if we ate the grain, and not the meat, we would save about 90% of the resources and reduce an equal amount of waste.
From this analysis, it's fairly obvious that a full-scale, cradle-to-grave look at a particular issue produces very different conclusions than a simple "which package is better?" approach. The technical term for such an examination is Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA for short.
We're not going to tell you to give up meat completely. But we do have a few suggestions that apply Life Cycle thinking to help you easily reduce waste while saving resources and money:
In fact, if we all give up meat just once a week, we can reduce consumption by almost 15%. This is three times the effect that vegetarians, who never eat meat, can produce. (As the old saying goes, there's strength in numbers.)
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It comes with a nifty poster based on our hamburger story. (The ULS staff acted as technical and production advisors to the NSTA.) You can get a copy by writing to: An Ounce of Prevention, Campaign #2714, P.O. Box 1206, Midland, MI 48641-9823. Include your name, address, school, grade and choice of hard copy or disk version (specify Mac or IBM). The latter uses a lot less stuff!
If you just can't wait and would like to try your hand at downloading the curriculum, you can do so from here .
If you'd like a preview and have Adobe Acrobat Reader handy, you can download and read the Curriculum Guide .
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We decided to examine a package that we thought was already pretty light -- yogurt containers -- to see what we could learn. We called Dannon, which kindly provided us with some very detailed statistics. By redesigning the cups and using plastic resins that could be "lightweighted," current containers use between 22 and 40% less plastic than their immediate predecessors, saving 5.9 million pounds/yr. The Dannon folks added that the lighter weight meant they could use outer cardboard packaging that contained almost 10% less material, too.
If you're interested in what manufacturers are doing, call the 800 number on their packages. Organizations that can also provide info include the Grocery Manufacturers Association (202-337-9400) and CONEG, the Council of Northeast Governers (202-624-8450).
Got a question? Write us: Ask Bill & Bob
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As a means of decreasing household garbage, the waste of once-edible food has not attracted the kind of attention focused on recycling newspapers. The reason is simple. We often leave newspapers out in plain sight after reading them and can easily see how quickly they literally "stack up." On the other hand, no people I know pile their food waste up in a corner of the kitchen. As a result, we have no sense of overall food waste quantities, even though they are sizable.
According to refuse sort records, the average household wastes between 10 and 15 percent (by weight) of the solid food it purchases -- nationwide, that is enough food to feed everyone in Canada. This waste figure includes just the once-edible food that the Garbage Project's student sorters have held, weighed and recorded; it does not inlcude food debris (such as bones, peels, rinds, etc.) and is not corrected for whatever food was ground down garbage disposals.
This discard of food is a weighty waste of money. In addition, once-edible food alone represents 10 percent of the household refuse destined for disposal. In landfills, food waste occupies a fair-sized portion of the space, as can be documented by 10-year-old heads of lettuce and the 20-year-old guacamole that have been exhumed by Garbage Project excavations. As a result, once-edible vittles represent an opportunity ripe for source reduction.
There are several specific behavior patterns which are associated with high rates of food waste. Most are obvious. It should come as no surprise, for example, that fresh produce is wasted at ten times or more the rate of processed fruits and vegetables, and foods that are used frequently (such as the slices from standard loaves of bread) find themselves in the trash much less often than foods which are used only sporadically (e.g., hot dog buns or muffins).
My favorite pattern, however, is not so obvious: households which purchase the highest proportion of processed foods waste the highest percentage of fresh foods. (Note: This doesn't mean they waste the most fresh food, but only that they waste the highest percentage of the fresh food they purchase.)
This odd pattern has a simple explanation -- "The Fast Lane Syndrome." When those afflicted by it go shopping, they buy fresh produce, convinced that they will find the time to make nutritious, home-cooked meals from scratch. Knowing their hectic lifestyle, however, they also buy prepared foods as back-ups.
At the end of the week, the packaging from the prepared foods is in their garbage, and the lettuce in their refrigerators is blue and gooey. Sound familiar? If it does, then you and I are a lot alike. If we can be a little more honest with ourselves, we will be able to take a "bite out of our garbage!"
Dr. William L. Rathje is Professor of Archaeology at The University of Arizona and Director of The Garbage Project. The Project studies contemporary cultures by digging up their landfills and examining the resulting debris.
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Multiple use, reuse and durability are key waste prevention concepts. The more ways to use a single product, the fewer total number of products that you have to buy. This is a great way to use less stuff and save money at the same time. Here are a few other tips from this little book:
Toothpaste: polish silverware, silver or gold; clean piano keys; remove crayon from walls; remove scratches from glassware; fill small holes in walls.
Vinegar: Kill bathroom germs; clean drip coffee pots; repel ants; add to azaleas.
Wait 'til you find out what can be done with kitty litter!
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For the Birds -- What do you get if you cram chicken droppings and pine bark into smoke stacks? According to the TVA Environmental Research Center, you reduce toxic industrial emissions by 70 to 100 percent for chemicals like methyl ethyl ketones and acetone. The biofilters apparently digest virtually all of the toxins.Return to Index
A Cold Reception -- Elstar Manufacturing of Derbyshire, England has developed a refrigerator that uses hydrocarbons rather than CFCs to keep stuff cool. CFCs have been identified as key actors in ozone depletion. The hydrocarbons are ozone-benign.
Water and Oil Can Mix -- Inventor Rudolf Gunnerman has invented a way to create a diesel-like fuel that consists of 55 percent water and 45 percent naptha, a rather inexpensive petroleum derivative. It's being used in Nevada, and is awaiting a similar blessing from federal agencies. Tests indicate the stuff produces 70 percent less pollution than regular diesel fuel.
The Last Straw -- A group of Utah farmers are marketing a new building product. They have transformed what was once wheat-waste (whew!) into compressed, affordable wallboard. Since it has a solid core, the board is more fire-retardant than sheetrock. It's also lighter, easier to install and reusable.
Tax Time -- Help save resources by getting your tax forms on-line. Click here to go to the IRS forms page.
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Cape Town - The Western Cape will pilot three national development plan (NDP) projects, provincial premier Helen Zille said on Friday.
"We have been chosen... to pilot three crucial initiatives under the NDP: the reduction of red tape; the creation of an economic development partnership to facilitate growth and jobs, and an afterschool programme to keep young people involved in productive activities in the afternoons," she said.
The province had also decided to expand its version of the youth wage subsidy, known as the work and skills programme, to give more young people a chance to participate in the economy.
Zille's comments were contained in a speech prepared for her state-of-the-province address and opening of the provincial legislature in Cape Town.
She said never before had the country had a national plan which all major political parties subscribed to.
"This is a milestone for our country. We agree that to tackle our many problems and the legacy of the past, we need good leadership at every level of society, a capable state, and an active citizenry."
"This cabinet agrees with Minister 1/8in the Presidency 3/8 Trevor Manuel that the time for discussing the plan is over; the time for implementation has begun."
The province already had in place a red-tape reduction unit.
Zille said that of the 921 administrative bottlenecks reported since August 2011, 89.3 percent had been successfully cleared.
To further speed processes up, the province was looking at regulations and by-laws hindering economic development, and also streamlining the approval of building plans.
Regarding economic development, the Enterprise Development Fund had been created, which distributed R1.7 million to help finance new businesses.
Over R442 million was invested in skills development programmes in the past financial year.
The work and skills programme had been in place since August 2009.
The programme had provided at least 2800 job opportunities for unemployed youth between the ages of 18 and 35.
Zille said the Development Bank of SA had granted R64 million to build the programme, which would help create 1000 new work opportunities each year for three years.
The NDP was tabled in Parliament last August as a growth plan for the country until 2030.
President Jacob Zuma announced in his state-of-the-nation address last week that government had begun drafting a strategic framework for "the first five-year building block" of the NDP, 2014 to 2019. - Sapa


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RIP, Millard Kaufman.
"Millard Kaufman, 92, who cocreated the cartoon character Mr. Magoo, was nominated for Oscars for screenplays for Take the High Ground! and Bad Day at Black Rock, and won a cult following as a first-time novelist at age 90, died Saturday of heart failure in Los Angeles."
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I knew nothing about Magoo's creator until now. What an amazing man. RIP, indeed.
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LONDON – In the last week of May, at least 1,050 migrants and asylum-seekers died in the Mediterranean Sea, victims of the international community's unwillingness to address the needs of the world's most vulnerable people. More than 2,800 migrants have died at sea so far this year – up nearly 40% from the same period in 2015. Almost all of those deaths could have been prevented. With every life that is extinguished, we are losing a bit of our humanity.
Clearly, the international response to the refugee crisis has done little to mitigate it. The surge of people risking their lives to cross from North Africa has confirmed that, regardless of targeted arrangements like that between the European Union and Turkey, flows of people across the Mediterranean are set to continue.
That should come as no surprise. The migrants from North Africa who have reached the shores of Italy fled war in Iraq and Syria, forced conscription in Eritrea, permanent conflict in Afghanistan, and criminal violence in other parts of Africa. Some may not technically be refugees, as defined by the 1951 Refugee Convention. But nearly all of them are fleeing dire situations caused by interstate conflict, internal strife, natural disasters, and economic collapse. Whatever their legal status, they deserve dignity and protection from abuse – and for every effort to be made to ensure their safety.
It is time to accept the facts: walls, fences, and patrolling warships cannot stop the flight of desperate people. What they do is aggravate the dangers migrants face on their journey and benefit the smugglers who prey on them; last year alone, human traffickers earned $5-6 billion from migrants crossing into Europe.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Seventeen vendors -- including three new ones: Holtkoetter, Light & Living and Palacek -- will participate in Accessories Resource Team's ART card program during the Dallas Total Home and Gift Market, which includes the Dallas International Lighting Market. Only available to ART retailer members, these market specials include free freight, discounts and more.
The vendors and their specials are: Crystorama (Trade Mart 3-3503), a seven percent discount, FFA $1,500, only available on orders submitted during market and cannot be combined with any other Crystorama programs; Currey & Co. (WTC 10-10000), free freight on orders of more than $2,500 (does not include Faux Bois); Feizy (WTC 1-102, 104), 20 percent off any Home Collection rug order placed at market and cannot be combined with any other offers; Fine Art Lamps (TM-4-4808), a five percent discount on orders of $5,000 or more and must be confirmed at market; Flambeau (WTC 10-10014 and new showroom TM 3-356-6), an additional five percent off a minimum order of $500 or more and in addition to other promotions offered; Foreside Home (WTC 2-236), a five percent discount for market orders; GuildMaster (WTC 5-504), 10 percent off a minimum order of $2,000; Holtkoetter (TM 4-4600), free freight; IMAX (WTC 6-6250), five percent discount; Lazy Susan (WTC 5-500), free freight on orders of more than $2,500; Light & Living (WTC 5-520), with a market purchase of $500 an ART retailer will receive item #6106526 or #6126512 hurricane for free, and with a purchase of $1,000 or more they will receive item #6106626 or 6126612 for free; Loloi (WTC 5-500), a $300 Amazon gift card with purchase of $5,000 or more, the gift card will be sent 30 days after complete shipment; Palecek (WTC 5-515), a five percent additional discount on any show order of more than $1,500; Paragon (WTC 5-500), a five percent discount on orders of between $1,000 to $1,999, for orders of $2,500 or more, free freight and choice of #8854 or #8604 mirror; Phillips (WTC 10-10010), a five percent additional discount on any show order, valid in addition to any other promotions or discounts; Propac (WTC 5-500), free freight for orders of $2,000 or more; and Uttermost (WTC 10-10021), free freight on orders of more than $1,000 for continental U.S. ART retailers.
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Edward Jones - Transporting children to school for 18 years
- Written by Shelia Mader
Edward Jones was a pioneer of another caliber. Born June 26, 1915, Jones lived to see 98 plus years before he passed away on October 19, 2013. So how did Jones become a pioneer? Much of Jones' life was prior to the end of segregation.
At the close of Mt. Olive Community School, Jones began his own bus route for children to transport them to the then Jackson County Training School. Almost daily, Jones could be seen at the Jackson County School Superintendent's office, requesting a bus to drive the children to school. While transporting the children in his vehicle, he was covering his pickup truck bed with a tarp to keep the wind, cold, and rain away off his students. This went on for more than a year before the Superintendent conceded to give Jones his own bus.
Jones never complained that he had the oldest, most unreliable bus in the fleet of busses. What mattered was that his children were now riding covered, protected from weather, and in a safer vehicle. He eventually became the driver who volunteered to take 4-H girls to convention when they would have had no other way to get there. Convention was not a short drive as it was located in Ocala and many would not have been able to attend had it not been for Edward Jones volunteering his time. Edward Jones was the first black man hired by the school board as a bus driver. Jones drove Jackson County students to and from school, field trips, and games for 18 years, starting when his oldest son was just a baby in diapers. When he retired, his son began driving the same route he drove, carrying on the family tradition.
Jones lived his life from birth doing the right thing. He was a disciplined child who began working outside family chores and obligations when he was seven years old. Before church every Sunday, he delivered newspapers in Marianna. When Jones was nine years old, he began work at Brandon Neel elevator in Marianna for the huge sum of 50 cents for a day's work. The work days then were not 9-5 or even 8-5 but from sun up to sun down or as was often said in that day and time, from can till can't. Jones never complained, was always grateful for the opportunity to contribute to the family needs.
From there he became a mule driver as a teenager until he turned 18 when he began work with M & B Railroad. The railroad ran from Marianna to Blountstown.
After his marriage to Florene Washington in 1935, he started raising a family. Jones purchased 80 acres of land with his family land ownership growing to 400 acres at one time. Throughout his adult life, Jones farmed peanuts, cotton, corn, raised hogs and cows, as well as providing a family garden. He and his wife raised six children. Throughout his adult life he held jobs outside his farming.
Throughout his life, his daughter, Frances Menchion says one thing she can say about her dad was he was fair to one and all, "He was always a hard worker and because of that he inspired people to always to do their best or as we say a workaholic. He was the one that drove the bus to carry the teams and as he drove them, he would inspire them to get out there and do their best in everything. He sent six kids to college and now he has grandchildren who are doctors and nurses, some with homeland security, business owners, and ones who have traveled all over the world because he instilled hard work. He'd get them up every day for school or college to make sure they got their education."
Jones had three daughters, three sons, 23 grandchildren, 47 great grandchildren, and 27 great, great grandchildren.


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I have two old heavy wooden ones purchased years ago at garage sales. One is 12" and one is 16". I don't know if the new plastic ones are as durable.
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Business: Marketing
- Knowing When to Seek Marketing Help — and from Whom
by Rob Bishop December 2016
If you read this column on a regular basis, you know that we've been in business for a long time. And over the years, I'd like to think we've tried just about everything when it comes to advertising and marketing: billboards, direct mail, email, social media, TV, radio and member-referral programs. Some things were successful, and some weren't. Some things worked great the first time and not so great the second or third time.
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by Emily Attwood November 2016
Tuesday's Big Ten announcement that it will add six prime-time Friday games to its schedule has been met with strong reactions from football fans and athletics administrators, and not many are excited about the decision. From high school associations who see the Friday night games as an invasion of their turf to member colleges who view the games as a logistics nightmare — not to mention the general fan opinion that the move represents an egregious money grab — the reactions have been swift and loud.
- Exploring the Range of Sports Tourism Opportunities
by Ernest Joyner and Andy Barnard August 2016
This article appeared in the July/August issue of Athletic Business. Athletic Business is a free magazine for professionals in the athletic, fitness and recreation industry. Click here to subscribe.
What is sports tourism? For those living in larger metropolitan markets, professional sports may come immediately to mind. For those in smaller, regionally based markets, regional youth tournaments might be the focus. While both interpretations are valid, there are many others, including Olympic facilities, water parks and extreme or unique sporting venues.
From an economic perspective, the word tourism suggests a strong association with revenues and overarching economic benefits that reach far beyond the event's organizers. From our office in Colorado, we don't have to look far to find examples of all of these.
The Denver Broncos Football Club is likely the most recognizable. Each home football game is filled with rabid fans, many of whom travel from outside the state. A comprehensive study done by the International Journal of Public Administration calculated the total economic impact of one season to be more than $ll7 million. That figure is likely much higher today, since the Broncos have won three Super Bowls since the landmark study was conducted.
A less well-known but certainly interesting example is the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, which is celebrating its 100th year. This very unique annual auto race has become a strong and reliable economic generator for Colorado Springs. In 2013 alone, the PPHC generated 20,800 hotel stays, $6.6 million in direct revenues for local businesses, and more than $500,000 in tax revenues. The media coverage, primarily through online streaming and social media sites, translates into 17.4 million views, equating to $3.3 million worth of exposure.
Among destinations focused on daily events is the large 24-field complex at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. The venue relies primarily on camps, festivals, and tournaments for its revenues. The Mile High LAX tournament, like so many events hosted at the venue, draws teams, athletes and — most important — families to Denver for multiday competitions.
Colorado Springs is also the home to one of three U.S. Olympic Training Centers. Its citizens recently funded millions of dollars in improvements to keep the venues local — and for good reason. More than 130,000 visitors tour the CSOTC annually.
Centered on winter extreme sports, the X Games in Aspen represent the perfect Colorado mixture of all these types of sports tourism rolled into one event. The X Games Aspen draws about 120,000 visitors, almost all of them from out of town, which creates a $25 million annual boost to the local economy. Another less tangible but perhaps more valuable benefit is the exposure Aspen (and its ski resorts) gets on more than 260 million television screens in 200 countries.
As all these events and venues illustrate, sports tourism is alive and well and is often a great economic boon for those communities that are willing to invest in venues and support events. Understanding the traits that can lead to success is essential for community leaders, promoters or developers who are focused on capitalizing on the sports tourism phenomenon.
Sports projects have served as the critical first step in many urban renewal efforts. Adding a large, new spectator venue to an undervalued part of town can start the kind of renaissance that leads to old warehouses being turned into loft apartments, art galleries and brew pubs — with a corresponding increase in real estate values and property tax collections.
There are well-known cases of Major League ballparks transforming declining urban neighborhoods into superb economic engines. For example, as impressive as the Broncos' economic impact is, the Colorado Rockies have an even larger impact. The Rockies play 81 regular-season home games at Coors Field. Even if the Rockies are struggling and drawing only 20,000 fans to the ballpark, that's a lot of spenders descending on Lower Downtown Denver. And they are not just going to the game, they are drinking and dining as well. Imagine the impact when the Yankees, Cubs, or Dodgers are in town and the stadium is filled to its 50,000-seat capacity.
It wasn't always like that, however. In the early 1980s, the downtown area was a desert. People came to work, then returned home. The opening of Coors Field sparked more than 45 bar and restaurant openings in an area previously devoid of such establishments.
Sports projects are also perfect hubs for public transportation and can generate new rail and bus lines that serve the needs of the larger city and spur development along their routes. Integrating a project into existing or future transit capabilities can add to the overall sports experience, and save on the expense and frustration of parking. When Coors Field was built, there were huge investments in infrastructure, light rail and interstate highways, and access from the highways into downtown.
To have this sort of urban renewal impact, projects need to be large enough to have a direct effect on several city blocks. For smaller projects, a better approach is to consider locations that already have some attractors — parks, museums or shopping districts, and think of the sports project as adding to the mix. A facility located near restaurants, playgrounds, shopping and other destinations have something for every age and taste and make for multiday family excursions. Smaller projects need these complementary activities to encourage visitors to turn a day trip into an overnight stay.
Participation-based facilities should be easy to find for those arriving by car. Assume visitors have never been to the area before. Use signage effectively. Dramatic architecture at the entry serves the dual function of making the building stand out from afar and also tells people where to enter.
When locating sports destinations, consider existing or planned parking resources located in the vicinity that may have complementary peak uses. Parking lots at office complexes that have normal business hours are great candidates for accommodating parking on nights and weekends.
The site for a highly specialized event often contributes to its appeal. The Winter X-games in Aspen is a perfect example. The intrigue of flooding a haven for Hollywood's elite with extreme athletes and their fans is broadcast-worthy in itself. Add unusual sports and celebrity athletes such as Shaun White, and the broadcasts become more economically prolific than the Games. The broadcasting effort alone brings in jobs and cash. Highly specialized workers, including on-screen announcers, camera people, set builders, production crews and the athletes themselves need to be fed and housed before, during and after the actual event. That they will likely spend some leisure dollars in their off hours is an added bonus.
Live sports broadcasts also can create exposure that translates into secondary revenue. According to ski industry lore, when snow falls in Denver during a nationally televised "Monday Night Football" game, Colorado ski resorts see a windfall of advance reservations.
Good sports facilities should have a focus; some characteristic that makes them a destination worth the trip. For instance, if the focus is basketball and volleyball tournaments, investing in a top-quality resilient floor (and letting users know it) can propagate a reputation as "the best place for..." In this world of specialization, a multipurpose rubber floor will probably not become a destination for basketball.
Similarly, hitting some critical programming or scheduling thresholds is important. Four tennis courts (or soccer fields or basketball courts) are probably not enough to host a tournament, but six or eight allow enough simultaneous play to get through the matches in a weekend. And 12 is even better. In these tournament venues, it's also a great idea to create one court as a championship court with fixed seating to keep the participants around as spectators — a little something to make the trip more special.
Targeting the specific market or programming niche is primary, but having a strategy for secondary uses is also important. For the facility, consider flexibility. What other user groups could be targeted? How can the facility be designed to accommodate them? Can it be made divisible for various-sized events? Can multiple events be held at once? How is access controlled for multiple events? Marketing efforts may want to focus on leagues, schools and church groups to generate volume.
As a joint effort between the city government and the Rockford (Ill.) Parks and Recreation District, a deteriorating industrial building has been transformed into the UW Health Sports Factory. The facility officially opened June 1 and is already booked for 345 events in its first six months of operation.
In the programming stage of a new facility, consider amenities for non-participants. A trip to an out-of-town tournament is often a family affair with parents and kids of all ages, who may not be riveted by nine hours of youth volleyball. Parents want Wi-Fi, younger kids want a play area, and everyone wants TV, food and drink. Think of these amenities as profit centers. A temporary setup to sell hot chocolate at a hockey round robin can be easily accomplished with a little pre-planning.
To become a destination facility, it's also important to have the right team facilities. Tournament-destination facilities are locker-room-intensive. Provide — but don't overprovide or over specialize on locker rooms (remember, flexibility!). There is also a tremendous need for multipurpose rooms for team meetings, parent meetings and registrations, as well as warm-up areas. During a tournament, consider every available space and how it might be put into service.
For large spectator venues, flexibility is just as important. Look at the number of professional football stadiums hosting collegiate or high-school level games. Stadium restaurants and bars can be open to the public on non-event nights. Links to adjacent convention space can create additional flexibility that benefits both venues. Club spaces can become meeting/event rooms. When designing clubs in venues, think about flexibility. Can a dance floor be brought in for weddings? Is there a separate outside entrance for corporate Christmas parties? Can the rest of the facility be secured from outside groups?
For fans, sports tourism is about the event. But for operators, promoters and communities, sports tourism can be a strong, consistent revenue generator. With thoughtful consideration for the site, the venue, and the potential for media coverage, a simple idea like racing to the top of a mountain peak can create a time-tested economic engine.
Industry update
Don Schumacher has been in the amateur sports tourism business for more than 30 years, from the birth of the industry in the early 1980s to its current boom. AB asked him to share his thoughts on the current state of the sports tourism industry and what communities should know about building facilities.
Speed of change
"Over the past two to three years, what was a gradual growth in the number of new multi-field and multi-court complexes is now a flood. The plethora of projects that have been announced indicates that it's just the tip of the iceberg, and we're going to see more courts and fields built.
"With every report over the past few years in which somebody used the term 'recession-resistant,' people took notice. We've gotten attention as the segment of the U.S. travel industry that held its own or continued to grow between 2000 and 2007. In 2015, we reported direct-visitor spending to be an estimated at $9.46 billion. That compares to $8.8 billion in 2014."
Demographic shift
"The Sports and Fitness Industry Association reports fewer young people playing team sports every year. There is a noticeable increase in adult participation, primarily in individual sports. I think we're going to see more adults continue being active into their later years, and that's all positive. The sport of pickleball alone — it's going to rule the world! With seniors, you can have an event mid-February. They've got the time, they can travel and most of them have a little bit of money to spend."
Proceed with caution
"What we're trying to do is caution everybody to perform due diligence. Do a thorough feasibility study and make sure the market will support your project based on unmet local needs. If you're going to build new fields or courts, and you don't discover a clear and present need in the local community, you're making a mistake. Let's say you run six three-day tournaments. For those 18 days, things are humming, but the rest of the time it sits there. How long will it be until the community can no longer afford to cut the grass?
"If the need is there, go ahead and run the financial numbers and make sure it holds up. Somebody's got to pay for the building, maintain the building, operate the building. People need to think of those three costs, and they add up fast."
Do the math
"The number of new events are growing every year, but the demands the event owner makes on the host also grow every year. It is difficult sometimes to provide sufficient incentives in a competitive market between destinations that have facilities. How much are you going to have to incentivize them to come? Everybody is going to make a financial deal. The more financial deals going on, the worse it becomes for the host community, and all of the sudden it's a loser even though thousands of people came to town. It is a business, and it needs to be run with the same principles that you would run any business."
This article originally appeared in the July/August 2016 issue of Athletic Business with the title "The wide, wide world of Sports Tourism"
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Woody Allen's movie titles certainly have that … Woody Allen vibe. His latest pic starring Emma Stone and Colin Firth and set in the South of France will be called Magic In The Moonlight, which evokes a certain other France-set Allen movie — Midnight In Paris. Sony Pictures Classics sure hopes so: that last SPC-distributed pic became Allen's highest-grossing movie ever and landed four Oscar nominations, winning for Allen's original script. Eileen Atkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney and Jacki Weaver star in the new film.
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Sheesh…that's some awful title.
"that last SPC-distributed pic" – How quickly we've forgotten Blue Jasmine…
I'm happy to forget Blue Jamsine. All of his films over the last 10 years feel like first drafts. It's sad he doesn't have anyone around to tell him everything he makes feels half-baked.
Great title! So evocative!
July 26, 2014 appears to be a Saturday.
And re Hello?'s comment above – What??? I wish I'd written that half-baked Oscar winning first draft "Midnight in Paris."


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The company is Mainstream Renewable Power, a 2013 Zayed Future Energy Prize (ZFEP) finalist. From the company's website: "Since Mainstream was established in 2008, the company has entered markets through greenfield developments, joint ventures with local companies and through direct project acquisition. This is how we have quickly built-up our portfolio of 19,000 MW's, with over 50 live projects on four continents."
If you can't tell from the map, the countries in which Mainstream Renewable Power already has projects include: Canada, Chile, England, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, and the United States.
Mainstream couldn't make so much progress on its own in such a short time. As with all successful companies, it has many partners. However, the thing that stands out to me about this company is how diverse its partner network is. It partners with utilities, developers, "energy intensive users" (e.g., IKEA), government and regulatory bodies, landowners, investors, and other renewable energy companies.
The other great thing about this company is that it was created specifically in order to advance renewable energy and help the world transition to a clean energy future. With great ambition, the company apparently wasn't satisfied to only advance one form of renewable energy. Choosing to get involved in growth of solar and wind power, Mainstream Renewable Power is able to tailor a project to the resources and needs of a client or location. It is also able to help sell a complementary solar project to a wind project buyer or vice versa, further advancing the renewable energy revolution. Hybrid solar/wind power plants are more efficient anyway!
For more and worth a share, I love Mainstream Renewable Power's vision and mission:
"Mainstream is driven by a clear vision; we see a world where communities are thriving beyond using fossil fuels and our mission is to lead that global transition to renewable energy.
"We see a world with an abundance of electricity produced sustainably and delivered to the end consumer cost effectively. This electricity will power cars, fridges, televisions, IT communications and so on. Except, we are not polluting the world, because it's all powered by renewable energy. There's no conflict over oil and gas. There are no black-outs. There's no fear of rising prices. There's no threat of running out.
"And so, we are a group of people driven by a unique mission; to lead the global transition to renewable energy. That's why we have such a sense of passion about what we do. This transition from fossil fuels to sustainable sources of energy is not easy and that is why without passion we wouldn't get really serious innovation and have serious engagement with politicians and regulators to help bring this about.
"Mainstream is dedicated to renewable energy and as an independent developer we can aggressively strive to achieve our vision."
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"Together Again"
Willard "Bill" A. Sherwood, 94, of Alliance, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Bill was born Feb. 13, 1920, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to the late Bayard and Etha Sherwood. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the South Pacific. Bill was employed by Magnolia Mining Co. for 30 years and SJ Groves for 20 years. He was very active with his church, Grace Community of Massillon, was an avid boater and will be greatly missed by his family.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 70 years, Avis; son, Robert W. Sherwood; granddaughter, Stacey Sherwood; brother, Wayne; and sister, Nona.
He is survived by son, Jack (Judy) Sherwood of Uniontown; daughter, Denise (Don) Watson of Minerva; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and brother, Junior (Debbie) Sherwood.
Funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at the North Canton Chapel of Reed Funeral Home, with the Rev. Michael Bragg officiating. Family and friends may visit from 6 to 8 p.m. today, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at the funeral home. Burial will take place at Sunset Hills Memory Gardens.
Those wishing to send condolences or leave a special message may do so at the Reed online guestbook, www.reedfuneralhome.com. (2-18-14)
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I would like to send my condolences to the family along with an encouraging scripture found at Revelation 21:4. I hope this brings you some comfort during this difficult time.


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|From: Neil Van Dyke (neil at neilvandyke.org)
Date: Fri Dec 30 17:30:29 EST 2011
BTW, when I say "load-balancing" here, I don't mean only between physical hosts or virtual hosts, but also among processes on the same multi-CPU/core physical machine. If you are running dedicated server hardware, and you're CPU-bound, each CPU/core can service a separately-GC'd server process, so long as you can add and address enough RAM to divide up. This is true whether or not you put each server in a VM or in the same OS. In addition to letting the host OS do most of the worrying how about how to best leverage multiprocessing, the consequently smaller heaps might also be faster to GC. Neil Van Dyke wrote at 12/30/2011 03:54 PM: > Noel Welsh wrote at 12/30/2011 02:54 PM: >> Yes, GC pauses get annoying when the heap gets large. This can lead to >> timeouts on the client side. > > FWIW, we've talked in the past about GC and Web serving in general > (not specific to the Racket Web Server; I was thinking of my SCGI > library at the time). > > Separate from any changes from GC research, if GC became a problem for > my long-running Web app processes, there are options with the existing > Racket version, including scheduling forces of GC cycles to when we > think the process would otherwise be idle, making forced GC be part of > load-balancing, and even periodically replacing a long-running process > with a fresh one. > > That last one would not apply if you're talking about keeping Web > serving continuations in-core, of course, except as part of some smart > load-balancing solution. -- http://www.neilvandyke.org/
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Why I prefer Google
In the following very short essay I will discuss why I prefer google to any other search engines. The first reason is technical, specifically that it is the most prolific search engine. The second reason is less tangible, but equally important. Simply put, Google is the "biggest" and most active search engine. Google has more websites indexed than any other search engine with over 46 billion pages, it's next closest competitor, Bing has only 16 billion pages catalogued.(http://www.worldwidewebsize.com) Secondly Google is also the most search engine with 319 million direct daily searches, once again the next largest competitor Bing, only has 10 million direct daily searches. (https://searchenginewatch.com/sew/study/2066918/almost-billion-us-searches-conducted-july) To summarize, Google is the largest and most used search engine.
The second reason I use Google is because of it's ubiquitous. As I wrote this short essay I had to constant backtrack and correct my spelling of Google because I am so used to spelling it lower case and using it as a verb that I do not naturally type it as I would a pronoun. Google has become the "the search engine" in most peoples minds. This status in itself contributes to the search engine's utility as people instinctively think to list their websites on google. The other closely related reason is Google's integration in most of the software that I presently use. As I use both Google's Chrome web browser and Google's Android operating system, Google's search bar is everywhere for me. In Chrome both my url address bar and my homepage are Google search bars. Similarly on my Android, my default search on the phone is Google. I would have to go out of my way to use a search engine besides Google.
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