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Virginia Tech lost big on the field - and financially - in the 2011 Orange Bowl.
Along with a 40-12 drubbing from Stanford, Virginia Tech's athletic department reported a $421,046 loss. The cost to play in the Orange Bowl, largely based on terms set by the Bowl Championship Series, outstripped the amount of bowl money the team received.
Virginia Tech, which receives millions of dollars in public funding like many other college sports programs, would have lost even more money had the Atlantic Coast Conference not spent nearly $1.2 million to help. The team, required to buy a block of tickets as a condition of being in the bowl, was unable to resell all of them before game time; the school's conference bought out 9,500 remaining seats.
Going in the red has become more common for universities participating in the Bowl Championship Series, college football's five biggest postseason games: the Fiesta, Orange, Rose and Sugar bowls, plus the national title game that the four bowls rotate annually.
The Republic obtained records from the NCAA that disclosed aggregate spending figures for the past three years of all public and private schools that played in BCS bowls. The records did not reveal individual universities' expenses, but averaged those expenses and the allowances that the universities received from their conferences.
Those averages, calculated by the NCAA, showed that in all three years, average expenses exceeded average allowances, meaning schools often lost money.
The Republic separately obtained records from individual public universities that played in BCS bowls for the past six years to determine, on an individual basis, how many schools lost money. Records dating beyond six years were incomplete. The Republic's analysis showed that 41 percent of public universities playing in BCS games reported losses. The figure would have jumped to 50 percent had conferences not absorbed some of their universities' bowl expenses.
Long term, any school playing in a BCS bowl is likely to at least break even. Its conference shares the proceeds from a bowl with all conference schools, so even if a school loses money playing in a bowl, it will get payout money in subsequent years even if it does not go to a bowl.
The five bowl games generate millions of dollars from ticket sales, sponsorships and television contracts. Much of that money - nearly 80 percent last year - is handed over to six major conferences that created the championship system: the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and Southeastern.
Those conferences give each bowl-bound school a travel allotment of about $2 million, then distribute much of the remainder among all of their member schools.
Theoretically, a school that spends more than its travel allotment is likely to make up the loss with bowl money it receives in later years.
But because all schools in the conferences get an annual cut, schools that have poor football records can actually fare better financially than schools that make it to the bowls.
"That is the nature of conference membership," said Bill Hancock, BCS executive director. "If you have a downtime and you are in a conference, you have an insurance policy. You can reap the benefits of teams having an uptime. It all goes in a cycle."
But schools that lose money have complained about the issue, saying while more payouts may come in later years, that doesn't solve the problem of balancing their books for the year of the game.
"You cut other expenses or go to the (university) president and say, 'We need help,' " said Mike Enright, a spokesman for the University of Connecticut. "You have to scramble."
Some schools lose money in the short term because of how much they spend on travel and because of requirements set by the BCS.
One of the biggest costs is tickets. Schools that qualify for a bowl game are required, by contract, to buy thousands of game tickets, helping the bowls generate revenue and market their games while creating an incentive for schools to fill seats. The tickets can then be resold to students, alumni and fans. But frequently, schools are unable to resell all of the tickets.
Some schools also must travel long distances to reach the games.
Once they arrive, they stay in lodging preselected by the bowls. Under the contracts that create the championship system, bowl organizers arrange the lodging, and the teams pay. No school can negotiate its own lodging costs.
For example, Ohio State University was required to take 150 rooms for at least six nights and pay at least $172 a night per room for its team and coaches to stay in the New Orleans Marriott during this past season's Sugar Bowl. The lodging cost at other bowls sometimes exceeds $300 a night.
The bowls say they are able to negotiate better group rates and guarantee larger blocks of rooms than a school could at the last minute.
The Fiesta Bowl's contract requires its teams to stay in Scottsdale-Paradise Valley hotels, and a recent Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau study shows that during the last Fiesta Bowl, rates there were nearly 85 percent higher than in the rest of the Valley.
Schools say they don't take issue with the accommodations, as it's part of playing in a BCS game.
"We would have had to pay for the rooms anyway," said Max Corbet, a spokesman for Boise State University, which played in the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls. "You want to go somewhere and play by the rules so they invite you back next time."
Officials from the bowl games note that athletic conferences could cover their schools' entire losses.
All BCS conferences get a sufficient cut of the bowls' annual revenues to do so - the six whose champions automatically qualify for a BCS bowl each get roughly $20 million or more each year.
Conferences defend the arrangement, arguing that whatever deficit a school suffers going to a bowl is temporary.
Universities, meanwhile, are willing to risk financial losses for the national exposure they get from playing in a prestigious bowl. It can increase alumni donations and help recruit athletes and other students, all while giving players and fans a unique experience.
Universities turn to gifts from donors, student fees or publicly funded subsidies to cover the losses.
But critics say tax-supported public universities should not post losses, especially when the bowls are run by tax-exempt, non-profit groups that have significantly increased their own bank balances and their top executives' pay as the participating teams have lost money.
They note that the situation is unique to college football.
"Schools don't lose money to compete in other NCAA championships," said Amy Perko, executive director of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an independent panel of experts acting as a watchdog over college sports that periodically issues reports and recommendations for reforms in collegiate athletics.
The NCAA, the governing body of college athletics, does not run the BCS bowls.
"When schools are losing money to compete in postseason competitions, it needs more oversight from the NCAA," Perko said.
When it comes to losing money in BCS games, Virginia Tech is at the top of the heap.
The Hokies, as ACC champions, played in the 2008, 2009 and 2011 Orange Bowls. Virginia Tech lost hundreds of thousands of dollars each year it traveled from Blacksburg, Va., to Miami to play. The loss would have been greater had the ACC not absorbed some of the cost of 22,700 tickets the school was required to buy for those games but was unable to resell, university records obtained by The Republic show.
Virginia Tech would have lost $1.3 million in 2008, $2.2 million in 2009 and $1.6 million in 2011 had the ACC not stepped in and subsidized a portion of those losses. Even with the ACC subsidies, Virginia Tech lost money all three years.
The conference annually receives a BCS payout, which now equals more than $20 million.
Much of that money is divided up among all the schools in the conference. The more conference members, the smaller the individual shares. The ACC and other major conferences don't provide specific details of how they split up the BCS money. The funds from the bowls are sometimes pooled with money from other postseason games before being divvied up. If the conference subsidizes losses by a school, that leaves less to share among other conference schools.
Lisa Rudd, Virginia Tech's associate director of athletics for financial affairs, said her department sets aside a few hundred thousand dollars every year from the money it receives from the ACC to cover losses in years it plays in a BCS game.
While Virginia Tech has posted some of the largest losses, other schools have seen similar shortfalls.
From 2006 to 2011, public universities that played in BCS games exceeded the bowl allowances provided by their conferences 23 of 46 times, records obtained and compiled by The Republic show. Eight of the appearances were in the Fiesta Bowl or a national championship it hosted, seven were in the Orange Bowl, four were in the Rose Bowl and four in the Sugar Bowl. Several of these schools that exceeded their allowances did not lose money because their conferences chose to subsidize those losses for them.
The losses ranged from tens of thousands of dollars to nearly $2 million per game.
The Republic compiled data by filing public-records requests with all public universities that played in BCS games since the 1998-99 season. All but two complied. The seven private schools that had played declined the paper's requests, saying they were not subject to public-records laws, but Stanford University said it "broke even" by playing in the 2011 Orange Bowl.
Records dating beyond six years were incomplete.
The Republic calculated losses by subtracting each school's bowl expenses from its conference's expense allowance.
During the six seasons examined, public schools playing in BCS games posted a profit 27 times, or slightly more than half the time. In several of these cases, the schools had overspent their allowances, but nonetheless posted profits because their conferences stepped in to absorb their losses. That meant less money to share among other conference members.
The Sugar Bowl had the most schools - 10 - posting profits when playing in its bowl or a national championship it hosted, while the Fiesta Bowl had nine schools in the black. The Rose and Orange bowls each had four. During that time, the Rose Bowl four times hosted the University of Southern California and once hosted Texas Christian University, private schools that declined to provide financial records.
Gains posted by universities ranged from a few thousand dollars to more than $2 million. Those in the black typically had an easier time selling their blocks of tickets, and the few schools that made significant profits received larger expense allowances from their conferences.
All universities that play in postseason bowls are required to file a Summary of Postseason Football Institutional Bowl Expenses with the NCAA. Those records detail their expenses and conference allowances. The NCAA would not disclose records pertaining to individual universities, but provided aggregate statistics on bowl participants for the past three years.
During those three years, universities - public and private - on average lost $331,137 playing in BCS bowl games. For non-BCS bowls during those same three years, the average loss was $119,631.
For the 2010-11 postseason, the average team loss in a BCS bowl was $346,959, reflecting an average expense allowance of about $2.38 million and an average expense of $2.73 million. The average loss in a non-BCS bowl that postseason was $139,604.
Records The Republic obtained from individual universities show the cost to participate in the 2011 BCS bowls exceeded conference expense allowances for six of the eight public schools, including:
- The University of Connecticut. When the Big East Conference champion played in the 2011 Fiesta Bowl, it received a $2.5 million conference expense allowance. But the team couldn't resell 14,729 of the 17,500 tickets the Fiesta Bowl required it to purchase.
The Huskies' bowl expenses quickly piled up: $2.9 million from unsold tickets, $1.1 million for travel and housing, and $210,000 in assorted other costs. The final tally was a net loss of approximately $1.7 million.
- The University of Oklahoma. Connecticut's opponent reported a small profit, but only because it did not have to cover the $1.9 million that its home conference, the Big 12, spent to absorb 10,403 tickets that Oklahoma could not sell from its allotment of 17,500.
In total, 25,132 tickets were absorbed by the conferences for the 2011 Fiesta Bowl game that had an announced attendance of 67,232 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. The Fiesta Bowl said the tickets were returned to the bowl and distributed to Valley charities.
- Auburn University. The eventual national champion, which played in the 2011 BCS title game at University of Phoenix Stadium, lost $614,106. The loss was attributable to its decision to absorb the cost of 2,456 tickets that it gave away to those associated with the university. That cost the university $781,825.
Still, many university officials take the view of Scott Carr, a senior associate athletic director at Auburn: "The experience that the institution, the student athletes and staff members had, you wouldn't trade for the world. At the end of the day, it's the cost of doing business."
Schools incur losses for various reasons.
Nothing bars a conference from using its payout to underwrite the entire cost incurred by the school playing in a BCS game. But that generally has not been the practice in the six primary conferences, mainly because it might encourage schools to spend excessively, discourage them from selling their mandatory BCS ticket allotments and leave the conferences less payout money to distribute among their other members, according to BCS officials.
Still, other conferences do just that.
Boise State University played in the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls and posted profits of $2.8 million and $1.8 million, respectively.
Boise State at the time was a member of the Western Athletic Conference, a conference that doesn't get a guaranteed bowl berth every year.
The WAC and other less-powerful conferences have a shot at a bowl game only if their teams rank high enough in the BCS standings at the end of the regular season.
These conferences get smaller payouts from the bowls. But when their teams do make it to a big game, they sometimes cover more of their teams' costs by allotting larger allowances.
The WAC used its chunk of BCS money to give Boise State expense allowances of $4.5 million and $3.2 million, respectively, in the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls. Boise State also sold nearly all of its tickets.
"We got done what we needed to get done, and we didn't go crazy on expenses," said school spokesman Corbet.
A few schools report bowl losses because they have entered into contracts with coaches that require them to pay large bonuses if their teams play in a BCS bowl.
The University of Alabama, for example, reported a $1.8 million loss after playing in the BCS title game in 2010 at the Rose Bowl, and the school paid $1.25 million in bonuses.
Other costs are affected by BCS decisions:
- The BCS requires schools to buy large blocks of tickets they may not be able to resell.
- The BCS decides which bowl a team will attend, regardless of the distance the team must travel.
- The bowls, not the schools, decide where and for how long teams will stay and at what cost.
Bowls' officials say the ticket purchases, selection process and accommodation requirements are part of BCS contracts that conferences and schools have approved. And they argue that hotel rates the BCS negotiates are lower than market rates during busy tourism seasons.
Because schools are not free to negotiate their own deals, it is impossible to know if they could lower lodging costs by going it on their own.
That some universities are losing money is a sensitive subject for bowls and conferences, particularly because, as Fiesta Bowl Chairman Duane Woods noted, his bowl generates a lot of BCS revenue.
"The conferences are the ones that allocate the money," Woods said. "This is an issue for the conferences to address."
Nick Carparelli Jr., the Big East Conference's senior associate commissioner for football and marketing, disputes that any school really loses money.
"One of the biggest misconceptions in BCS games is that a school loses money by playing in the game. The Big East takes in nearly $30 million from (all) bowl games," he said. "That is certainly enough money to allow our schools to participate without losing money."
Connecticut spokesman Enright doesn't dispute the theory, but insisted Connecticut still lost money playing in the Fiesta Bowl. And, he said, other Big East Conference schools that didn't play in bowl games fared better financially than Connecticut because of the loss it absorbed.
Some defenders say it is an expense worth bearing because of the national publicity and accolades that bowl appearances bring. And it can be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for players, students and boosters.
"Obviously, the exposure you can't buy," said Dave Williford, spokesman for the University of Oregon. "Then there are all the other things that go with it . . . in terms of applications from non-athletes going up, and the quality of the applicants is up."
Still, critics say change is needed, and the first thing that may be up for review is the requirement that schools buy large blocks of tickets.
Hancock, the BCS executive director, said the current ticket arrangement is part of contracts every bowl and conference agreed to. But he knows it will come up in negotiations set to begin in spring 2012 for the next BCS contract.
"The way the conferences have chosen to divide their money is their business," Hancock concluded. "It's unfair for anyone to blame the system."
But Perko, the director of the Knight Commission, said schools should not lose money to go to bowls. If anyone doubts the problem, she pointed to a recent NCAA study showing that of 120 major U.S. college sports programs that have football, just 22 were profitable.
"It's time to go back to the principles of postseason competition, and the financial responsibilities, and really look if the current system is in the best interest of the institutions," she said.
Ken Kendrick, managing general partner of the Arizona Diamondbacks, agrees. After publicity that West Virginia University would take a financial hit from its 2008 Fiesta Bowl trip because it couldn't sell its tickets, he donated $1 million to the school and sent 7,500 unsold tickets to Phoenix-area charities.
Kendrick, a 1965 West Virginia graduate, said he didn't want his alma mater to face a financial shortfall, particularly after achieving athletic success.
"It's a strange system," he said. "There's a lot of money out there. TV is paying a lot of money, and there's revenue from sponsorships. . . . The bowls themselves, as a matter of looking at public records, make a ton of money. But at the end of the day, it would appear it's at the expense of the schools."
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John Zidich, CEO and publisher of The Arizona Republic, is a former member of the Fiesta Bowl's board of directors and was on the bowl's five-member executive committee from January 2010 to April 2011. The Arizona Republic is a Fiesta Bowl advertising sponsor.
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Wired's Extremo Files Blog on my top five picks for the best climbs of 2012. Today I have a new post over on Gadling that looks ahead to 2013 instead. This story is my top ten picks for big adventure travel trips for the coming year, offering suggestions for great destinations and activities for those looking to add a little adventure to their life.
Some of the options that I included on my list this year are things like going camping in Antarctica, mountain biking in the Himalaya and taking a walking safari on the Serengeti. But rather than just throwing out some suggestions on amazing things to do, I also link to a variety of adventure travel companies that can actually provide that experience. For instance, Quark Expeditions actually offers an option on one of their itineraries that will let you camp for a few nights on the Antarctic Peninsula, something that very few people ever have the opportunity to try. It also happens to be something that I would love to do if I ever make my way down to Antarctica.
When I've written similar pieces like this one in the past, I've always included one of my ultimate dream trips on the list and this one is no exception. It's no secret that I love Africa and enjoy any opportunity I can get to go there. For me, the ultimate bucket-list trip through Africa would be a journey from Cairo to Cape Town overland. That is to say, driving, taking busses, ferries, etc. It turns out, Intrepid Travel offers just such an excursion with their 117-day Discover Africa tour. If you have four months to kill, and you're looking for the ultimate way to visit Africa, this would be my recommendation.
One of the things I love when I write story like this one is hearing from travelers who didn't know that some of these trips were even possible. It happens nearly every time I do something like this list and I always get a kick out of providing a few new dream adventures for someone who wasn't even aware they were possible. Hopefully that will happen again this time, as I feel I've dug up a few really unique travel opportunities for those with an incurable case of wanderlust.
I hope you enjoy the suggestions and good luck with your 2013 adventures. Here's to a new year filled with new possibilities.
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NEW BEDFORD — The city has received a $10,000 grant for its efforts to reduce the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs, especially by young people.
NEW BEDFORD — The city has received a $10,000 grant for its efforts to reduce the misuse and abuse of prescription drugs, especially by young people.
During the recent 81st winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, New Bedford was one of four winners selected from a national pool of applicants, with the city taking first place in the "Small City" category, according to a news release from the mayor's office.
The award is for the "Pathways Opiate Overdose Coalition" and was made by the U.S. Conference of Mayors in concert with Purdue Pharma L.P. The news release said the coalition, under the leadership of Mayor Jon Mitchell, will use a team of young people ages 14-24 as peer educators to provide community education and training about prescription drug safety.
The program will provide a minimum of 12 presentations/appearances throughout the community, as well as a social marketing campaign that will use electronic media and Web presence to promote the prescription safety program and reach all families in New Bedford with that message.
"Educating youth about the dangers of prescription drug misuse and abuse is critical to our efforts to combat substance abuse and the illicit drug trade in our community," Mitchell said in the release. "In New Bedford, public health officials, drug treatment providers, and law enforcement remain committed to working together to address this public health challenge."
According to its website, Purdue Pharma L.P. is a privately held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians more than 60 years ago.


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Ewww, Ri-Damn-Diculous: Mother Finds A Dead Rat Inside Her Chef Boyardee! (Is This Real?)
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Gregory wrote"
"Until the illusion that 'science' deals ONLY with the 'natural' is exposed and overcome, much of the communication here will continue to run into barriers. The near-emptiness of natural vs. supernatural-and-nothing-ELSE in the contemporary academy simply can no longer be maintained with integrity. It is outdated, obsolete...a trickle down effect of recognition to those who persist in this is apparently the only solution."
All I can say is "Amen". Christians (liberal, conservative, evangelical, Pentecostal/charismatic, and anyone else) should strongly protest the thinking that only "natural" causes are allowed as explanations. Accepting the supernatural as a reality should be fundamental to believers. We don't need to just say "God did it" and stop there. My biochemistry research in the past was driven in part by "God did it, but how?" I've never seen ID as a "science stopper". There is more discussion about modern science (papers, reports, meetings) in ID circles that I have seen on this listserv. Folks here seem to spend a lot of time debating obscure ANE histories and texts in attempts to understand Scripture. I don't think God meant for it to be that hard for us to hear what He is saying. The "science stopper" in my opinion is not the ID research, but the response of the larger scientific community when somebody submits a paper for publication that even faintly smells like ID. In!
stant rejection, no matter how well the research was carried out.
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Did you 'design' your message George, or is there another term you would rather choose to express how it 'emerged' into existence (from nothing into something)?
Taking sciences other than 'natural sciences' into consideration is a long overdue chore for ASA to take on. Will it require some effort to achieve this? Yes! Unfortunately, such a task seems doubtful given the configuration of members up to this point (a feature that Randy has already acknowledged, speaking for the support of more social-humanitarian thinkers). The IDM has done a seemingly better job at diversifying than the ASA has, given their member proportions.
Until the illusion that 'science' deals ONLY with the 'natural' is exposed and overcome, much of the communication here will continue to run into barriers. The near-emptiness of natural vs. supernatural-and-nothing-ELSE in the contemporary academy simpy can no longer be maintained with integrity. It is outdated, obsolete...a trickle down effect of recognition to those who persist in this is apparently the only solution.
Is ID a science stopper? Of course not! Think of the many young Americans who have been spurred on to study 'science' more in-depth because 'the controversy' over ID vs. Darwinian evolution has inspired them. Perhaps a problem is that you are thinking, George, of material and efficient causality, rather than about formal and final causality. It seems the definition of 'doing science' has been held captive by a certain type of philosophical approach, which may indeed one day be liberated from the sociologically-controlled meaning of 'science'. Once one hegemony falls, perhaps another will take its place...but it seems to me there are many scholars ready to acknowledge that the spiritual and the material, the social-humanitarian and the natural science may not be as far apart as the late-modern ideology of what 'science' is and isn't (can and can't be) commonly dictated.
It is a wonder if ASA is willing to 'fight/contend' for freedom too!
Oh, yeah, and just for the record, I'm ready and willing to challenge George Murphy that TE is a far, far greater 'science stopper' than ID is. TE is complacency personified (trust P.T.d.Ch. and T.D., but just DON'T mention them)! But of course, as we all now know, George isn't interested to defend theistic evolution (or any of its derivatives), so that's probably another challenge to his position that will not be willingly engaged. ;-)
p.s. saw Ken Miller et al. today at Darwin: The Evolution Revolution exhibition in Toronto (ROM); only so far and no further can one believe the ideology tucked safely inside his very-near-scientism - a real philosophical upgrade is needed, one that perhaps Miller's non-naturalistic advisors have not yet prepared him for
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Is ID a science stopper? Of course it's quite possible for a person who believes in ID (in the technical sense of thinking that intelligent design & a designer can & indeed should be parts of a scientific explanation) to do scientific research in other areas. & she can do the negative scientific work of trying to find things that non-ID (e.g., "Darwinian") theories haven't explained. & if that person takes seriously the idea that the designer could have been ETs or some other created agent then she could search for evidence of directed panspermia or something of the sort. There Gregory's arguments about needing to take sciences other than the "natural" ones into account would be relevant. So in any of those ways ID isn't necessarily a science stopper.
But the real idea held by the great majority of ID proponents is that the Designer is God. So once the ID researcher has come to the conclusion (correctly or not) that a particular system or process cannot be (not just "has not been") explained without explicit introduction of design by God (whether or not that qualification is stated explicitly), what can she do? The person who believes that God works within the capacities of creatures can agree that the system or process in question was in some sense designed by God, & then go on to search for natural processes which God may have used, thus staying within the boundaries of accepted scientific procedure. A fortiori, an atheist will search for a "natural explanation." But this possibility has ruled out by the IDer. So what is she to do? Start investigating God scientifically with controlled experiments &c? If she recognizes that this is inappropriate on theological grounds ("You shall not put the LORD your God to the !
test") then her scientific investigation has indeed been stopped.
So in the most important sense yes, ID is a science stopper.
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More than 80 years ago, Methodist missionaries founded a small Native American school in Dulac.
More than 80 years ago, Methodist missionaries founded a small Native American school in Dulac.
Run out of a plantation overseer's home by a teacher named Wilhelmina Hooper, the goal was to provide an education for the Native American children who were not allowed to attend public schools. But that school would evolve into a multi-service organization providing social services, emergency relief, education and recreation for residents of lower Dulac and a community center that welcomed the area's Native American residents.
The Dulac Community Center celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2012, though a planned celebration was canceled by Hurricane Isaac in August. Officials say they hope to mark the occasion with another event later this year.
"You can go talk to any of the Indian people, and their lives have been touched one way or another by the community center," said Louise Billiot, a counselor with the United Houma Nation and a member of the Dulac Community Center's board for more than 15 years.
Billiot recalls attending preschool and kindergarten classes at the center. Later, while attending public school, she returned to the center with her brothers and sisters to participate in activities such as girls' and boys' clubs, summer Bible school, painting, skating and field trips.
"Our Indian people were not welcomed other places back then," Billiot said. "We would have missed out on a lot of things that were open to other people because of hatred and ignorance."
The Dulac Community Center started as a school 1932, said Joyce Thibodeaux, its current board chairwoman. In Terrebonne Parish, as in much of the South, schools were segregated racially by law, but there were only schools for white and black children. There were no public schools for Native American children in the parish until 1953, Thibodeaux said.
The center's first classes were held Oct. 1, 1932, with 75 students ages 6-20. They all started in first grade because none had attended school before. Hooper taught the classes out of her home.
Corine Paulk of Dulac was one of Hooper's students and said she would take a boat across the bayou to school each day with her siblings. In an essay about Hooper, Paulk recalled the uncertainty of her first day at school. The Native American children spoke only French and had been sheltered from the general public. Hooper spoke English, and Paulk describes her as a "tough but fair" teacher who immersed herself in the Native American community that she lived in for 33 years.
She kept baskets of clothes needy children could go through and would give community members milk from two cows she kept on her property. She would cut the milk with water to make sure there was enough to go around.
In 1950, a building was constructed to house the private Native American school. When the Terrebonne Parish School Board opened the first public Indian school in 1953, that building was converted into a community center, providing kindergarten, adult-literacy and religious classes, dances, movies, crafts and youth programs.
Like other Native Americans, Paulk, a Houma Indian, had to leave Louisiana to attend a private girls' school in Georgia to finish high school. Community center staff members wrote her letters every week while she was away, and she later returned to work as a secretary and teach kindergarten there.
Billiot said one of the most important things was that it was a welcoming place during a time of racial discrimination. The center hosted activities open to everyone; it was a place Native Americans could gather when they weren't welcome elsewhere.
"It's near and dear to my heart, and it will be forever for what it contributed to my family," Billiot said.
Current Executive Director John Silver said the center's mission remains rooted in education, offering after-school tutoring and a GED program.
"We are always mindful of the role education plays in the community and how it helps to lift up the people," Silver said.
The center has evolved to meet other goals, providing emergency relief, social services and recreational opportunities. A mission program brings volunteers from across the country to do hurricane recovery and other needed repairs to homes in the community. They also distribute food and other household commodities to families in need.
Silver, 32, is himself a product of the center. He grew up in Dulac and attended preschool and Bible school there. At 16, he got his first job at the center. And at 21, he returned to serve as interim director and also served two years on its board.
"I've been someone that has received the services, served on the board and been part of the organization. I've seen all sides," Silver said. "I think we kind of take this place for granted in Dulac. We're very blessed and fortunate to have it."
The center's nonprofit organization leases the building from the United Methodist Women and relies on donations and grants to operate. It receives no government money.
"In the field of nonprofits, you have to stay current and evolve," Silver said. "In the beginning, education was our priority. Later, we took up the social needs of the community. We're still the only nonprofit for 20 miles, and we've maintained our presence here for 80 years. We evolve based on what the community tells us they need."
So what do the next 80 years hold?
Silver said the Dulac Community Center has always served residents' needs, and the mission is up to them.
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New Dickinson students are notified to submit their disclosure of a disability by the end of May. By the end of June, students are to have submitted their documentation of their disability. Before the start of the semester, Director Marni Jones will have a phone conversation with each student to discuss the accommodations process and the specific accommodations for which each student would be eligible.
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In the wake of a death in England linked to a prank phone call by Australian disc jockeys, the morning show hosts at Vancouver's Jack-FM have decided to stop making prank calls.
"I think it's a sensitivity issue ... it's such a hot topic right now," Tara Jean Stevens said to Jack-FM's sister station, News1130.
"[There are] a lot of negative feelings about them. We will be stopping prank calls indefinitely on our show."
Stevens is the female half of Kiah and Tara Jean, a popular duo that recently moved to Jack-FM from Virgin Radio 95.3.
While on Virgin, Kiah Tucker made a prank call to a local dentist's office, which complained to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. In July the Council found that the call had violated the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Code of Ethics because it had been broadcast "without obtaining the consent of the recipient."
Their decision follows worldwide outrage at Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian, who phoned the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - In a matchup of teams riding four-game winning streaks something had to give. The Nashville Predators needed a little extra time to stretch their run to five.
David Legwand scored the only shootout goal, Pekka Rinne finished with 39 saves and the Predators beat the St. Louis Blues 2-1 on Saturday night. Legwand drifted to his right before lifting a backhander over the outstretched glove of goalie Jaroslav Halak.
"It's always nice to score one when you have the opportunity," Legwand said. "Pekka stood strong and gave us the opportunity to be there for that goal."
St. Louis outshot Nashville 40-20.
"We didn't have our 'A' game, but they forced us out of our 'A' game a little bit," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "They outchanced us, but it was not as wide as the margin of shots."
Martin Erat scored in regulation for Nashville, and T.J. Oshie had the goal for St. Louis. Both scores came in the third period, and the Predators struck first.
Just as a penalty on Nashville's Sergei Kostitsyn was expiring, St. Louis' Kevin Shattenkirk fell down inside the Predators zone while holding the puck. Mike Fisher carried the puck up ice and passed it to Shea Weber on the right side. From the right circle, Weber sent a pass to Erat on the doorstep for an easy tap-in and his sixth goal of the season.
The Predators were whistled for too many men on the ice at 15:26, and 42 seconds later David Backes found Oshie in front for the tying goal.
"One of our goals is to get 40 shots a game, and we peppered the net," Oshie said. "I think one thing we have to do is get more traffic in front of their goaltender. It's tough when you get that many shots on the goaltender and he wins the game for the other team."
It was the Blues' sixth power-play opportunity of the game. St. Louis began the game with the NHL's worst power-play rate at 10.8 per cent.
"We earned the power plays because of our hard work and our determination," St. Louis coach Ken Hitchcock said. "What can you say? We didn't finish the chances we had. We played a heck of a hockey game and deserved a lot better fate."
Nashville didn't have any power plays. In the final seconds of overtime, a delayed penalty was set to be called on the Blues, but time expired before they gained possession of the puck.
St. Louis had a prime scoring opportunity with 1:05 left in the second period. Jamie Langenbrunner had the puck on the right post of the Nashville goal, but his shot was kept out by the outstretched stick of defenceman Jack Hillen. Langenbrunner's shot hit the shaft of Hillen's stick, and a brief video review confirmed the call on the ice of no-goal.
In improving his career shootout record to 18-10, Rinne forced Oshie's shot wide before denying David Perron with his right pad. Patrik Berglund hit the left post with St. Louis' last shootout attempt.
"A lot of times when you face 40 shots, the game gets easier," Rinne said. "They are a team that likes to shoot the puck, like Detroit, so it is a fun team to play against."
Halak finished with 19 saves through overtime. He made stops on Fisher and rookie Craig Smith before being beaten by Legwand.
NOTES: Former Nashville captain Jason Arnott missed his first game of the season for the Blues due to an illness. ... Perron extended his point streak to three games. ... The Predators have played 10 consecutive one-goal games, going 7-3. ... Nashville is 5-1-2 against the Central Division this season.


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A Friday concert in Greensboro featuring hip hop artists Rick Ross, Meek Mill and Wade has been canceled.
A Saturday concert featuring the same Maybach Music Group performers in Charlotte also was canceled, according to a news release from concert company Live Nation.
Ticket refunds will begin Friday at the point of purchase. Tickets bought online or by phone will be refunded automatically.
The release was forwarded to the media Thursday from Greensboro Coliseum officials. No reason was given for the cancellation in the release.
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James Robert Cassidy, 28. of Lolo, was arrested early on the morning of Saturday, June 22 after allegedly firing three rounds from a handgun towards a group of neighbors who confronted him.
Deputy Missoula County Attorney Karla Painter said on Monday, that the shooting resulted from a verbal confrontation with Cassidy.
"When officers arrived they found the people who said they had been shot at," Painter said. "The neighbors had a verbal confrontation with Cassidy. Mr. Cassidy went into his house and came out with a handgun and fired three rounds in their direction. They ran away on foot and no one was struck by the bullets."
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The White House on Monday pushed back against criticism that President Barack Obama sidestepped the law by authorizing a prisoner swap of Guantanamo detainees without notifying Congress.
Asked at a press briefing if the president felt he was above the law, White House spokesman Jay Carney replied, "Absolutely not."
Carney said the White House had repeatedly noted concerns with the requirement to give Congress 30-days notice of any release of Guantanamo detainees, as stipulated in the National Defense Authorization Act, a bill Obama signed last year.
The administration released five mid- to high-level detainees from Guantanamo in a deal with the Taliban to secure the freedom of 28-year-old Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl. Members of Congress were informed after the fact.
Amid growing questions about the deal on Monday, Carney said that Obama didn't have to notify Congress in advance because he had added a "signing statement" to the law that said the 30-day requirement infringed on the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief.
"In signing statements ... the president has consistently made clear that the executive branch must have the flexibility to act swiftly in conducting negotiations with foreign countries regarding the circumstances of detaining transfers if necessary," Carney said. "And that was certainly the case here."
As a presidential candidate in 2008, Obama criticized former President George W. Bush for using signing statements to flaunt the law.
"I believe in the Constitution, and I will obey the Constitution of the United States," Obama said at the time. "We're not going to use signing statements as a way of doing an end-run around Congress."
Carney stressed on Monday that Obama had never taken the position that he opposed all signing statements.
"He made clear that there were times when it would be appropriate, but that the authority to issue signing statements should not be overused or abuse and that a president should exercises restraint," Carney said.
"And I think if you look at his record in office, now 5.5 years in office, you'll see that restraint demonstrated," he said. "But there will be and have been circumstances when signing statements are necessary because of the president's view and the executive branch's view of the constitutional issues involved in a particular legislation."
Obama has issued 28 signing statements in his six years in office, compared to 228 issued by George W. Bush, 381 by Bill Clinton and 250 by Ronald Reagan.


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Rockford resident brings film festival close to home
By William Kincaid
Len Archibald, executive director of the Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festiva
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LIMA - Canadian native Len Archibald has observed that success in Ohio can be defined by three "f" words - farming, football and factories.
The Rockford resident is hoping to add another "f" word - film.
The second Northwest Ohio Independent Film Festival, moved from Van Wert to Lima this year, will feature screenings of 36 movies -feature, short and student - from artists locally and across the globe. It will be held Friday through Sunday at the Veterans Memorial Civic & Convention Center.
"The sky is the limit for what we can do with the festival," Archibald, the executive director of the festival and a playwright, actor and filmmaker, said while discussing his vision of Lima as a cultural melting pot and future hub for film-makers and enthusiasts.
In addition to viewing movies, film-makers and fans will stay at hotels and frequent the restaurants and other businesses of Lima this weekend, he pointed out.
Archibald often gets excited when talking about film festivals and his enthusiasm sometimes trips his tongue when trying to succinctly describe what a film festival is to the uninitiated.
Best synopsis?
A three-day celebration of all things related to movies showcasing the fruits of both fledgling and experienced filmmakers in many different genres.
"Just come out and see it," he said.
Many of the filmmakers will engage audiences through question and answer sessions after the movies and several panel discussions on topics such as the art of screenwriting, comics and cinema and the business of acting.
Archibald hopes the panels provide insight into the massive undertaking of films and show that movies don't just come out of thin air.
"It's just something that's good for the community and the youth," Archibald said.
Tickets vary in price and start as low as $5 for single events.
Archibald spoke passionately about some of the festival's entries, which he believes have the power to change lives. "Absent," a documentary exploring the impact of disengaged fathers and their strained relationships with their children, features James Hetfield of Metallica and boxer Johnny Tapia and will be featured at 7 p.m. Friday.
"Absent" director and producer Justin Hunt of New Mexico will be presented with the 2012 director's choice award by Archibald before the screening and answer questions afterward.
On Saturday night, "Moment of Truth," a movie that delves into the nation's newfound obsession with hyper-reality," will be shown. The film chronicles depressive protagonist Andy Meyers and his desire to end his life in front of the camera for the world to see.
"Movies are powerful," Archibald said. "A good movie will entertain. A great movie changes lives."
Like radio, TV and print, film is media that can educate the masses and speak to the human condition while bringing different groups of people together. Good movies, like any good art, make observations while refraining from picking sides, he said.
"Film is a cultural bridge," Archibald said, adding it too can chip away at a person's limited or isolated view of the world.
Archibald refers to Park City, Utah, a small city of 8,000 people and home to Robert Redford's annual Sundance Film Festival, as a point of inspiration.
For too long, anyone interested in writing, directing, acting or working in other areas of the multi-faceted film industry had to move to New York City, Los Angeles or Chicago, Archibald said.
"People need to know these artists exist in their own backyard, and we're losing them," he said.
Archibald has high hopes for the weekend festival.
"The word and buzz has been tremendous," he said.
Archibald said the hype was amplified when festival organizers recently presented 94-year-old Lima native Phyllis Diller with the festival's first lifetime achievement award at her home in Los Angeles.
Diller is an American landmark who put a comedic spin on the best and worst of Western civilization and is an example of someone from small town Ohio who achieved the American dream, he said.
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Prica Farina is East Bay's fresh pasta and specialty foods shop. Every day, proprietors Priscila and David handcraft an array of pastas using traditional and modern techniques. They also offer a lovingly curated selection of cheeses from New England and Italy and carefulley selected pantry items such as jams, sauces, tinned fish etc. Often on Saturdays you'll encounter filled-to-order canolli and whenever the mood strikes, freshly baked sfogliatelle.
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Due to the Butler County commissioners' vote to eliminate one of their public comment periods at meetings, county residents should start writing letters to the editor to discuss issues with which the commissioners are dealing.
I'm sure many more people can write than would be permitted to speak at a meeting. And those wishing to speak at meetings only have three minutes to make their comments.
Letters to the editor will be of interest to taxpayers, even if the commissioners don't read them.
When I read the May 9 front-page article "Construction manager hired," it seemed evident to me that the commissioners aren't always reading letters printed in the Butler Eagle.
The cost tied to that action was estimated at $327,034. Do we really have that kind of money, or are the commissioners paying for this manager with money out of their own budget?
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Sports teams play against many different opponents. Some are easy to defeat, and some are not so easy. One such opponent, is cancer. With numerous marathon races, games, and tournaments, there are lots of ways athletes participate in fundraising for cancer research.
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Baby Bangs
Babies are great and all, but you know what would make them even better? If they weren't so bald. These delicate hair bands with attached mop top may have been the basis for the Saturday Night Live ad spoof for baby toupees, but these appear to be 100% for real.
Baby Bangs, available at baby-bangs.com, $29.95
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Designer Barf Bags
There are some things you just can't pretty up, and vomit is one of them. Yes, it's a good idea to keep a bag in your purse if you're prone to bad morning sickness, but we don't think a bamboo-patterned bag is going to make you feel any more zen about hurling.
Morning Chicness Bags, available at morningchicnessbags.com, $12.95 for a pack of 20
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Temperature Test Duck
No one wants to scald their child with too-hot bath water, but we're a bit puzzled by this ducky. You have to pick it up and turn it over to check the temp gauge underneath, at which point wouldn't you have just felt the water?
Temperature Duck, available at imprintitems.com. $2.95
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Play-Doh Cologne
Perfume is supposed to make you feel alluring, not remind you of that time you spent an hour getting Play-Doh out of the carpet. So we don't really get this limited-edition scent, which says "playtime" more than "sexytime."
Demeter Play-Doh Cologne Spray For Women, available at amazon.com, $18.99
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Bathroom Baby Harness
Ok, we admit, this has happened to us: you're busting to use the bathroom while wearing your baby, and there's not a germ-free spot to put him down while you do your business. Solution: this hanging harness. However, you have to remember to cram it into your already crowded diaper bag—and this unique situation will probably occur maybe four times in your life, which comes out to about $10 per pee.
Babykeeper Hanging Harness, available at mommysentials.com, $39.99
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Baby Bum Fan
If your babe's prone to diaper rash, you know it's a good idea to let his nether regions air out. But you know what works well for that? Plain old air, not the kind pushed out by whirring blades aimed at the family jewels.
- etsy.com
Placenta Brooch
Some people wear their heart on their sleeve, others wear their afterbirth on their lapel.
Placenta Brooch, available at yourorgangrinder.etsy.com, $18
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Toddler Urinal
Who doesn't want more pee receptacles in their home bathroom?
Peter Potty Toddler Urinal, available at peterpotty.com, $39.99
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Baby String Bikini
Two-piece swimsuits do make for easier diaper changes, but does the bikini have to look like something straight off the beaches of Brazil? Also, reality check: these string 'kinis, which are available in sizes starting at birth, are too tiny to actually wear with a diaper. Now that's a pool evacuation waiting to happen.
Babi-kini, available at babikini.com, $30
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Shirts that Stimulate Babies
You'd give up a lot for your kids—lazy weekends, a flat stomach, a clean car—but do you have to give up your sense of style too? Infants might like the black and white patterns on these shirts, but they're making everyone else's eyes bleed.
Tutortogs, available at tutortogshop.com, $30
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Baby Perfume
Babies are born with their own luscious signature scent called Eau de Baby Head. Why would you want to cover it up with something from a bottle?
Kaloo Blue Perfume, available at amazon.com, $25
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Breastfeeding Simulator
Can't nurse? No problem! Just strap on this comfy-looking contraption. Or, um, just buy a bottle.
Nurse Me Tender, available at nursemetender.com, $49.99
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Handkerchief Bracelet
We've all been there: you notice a little something hanging off your kid's nose, and you don't have any tissues on hand. The Snozzie makes sure you always have a handkerchief at the ready, but we can't get past the fact that for the rest of the day, you'll be wearing boogers.
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Fetus Necklace
You've heard of a conversation starter? This is the ultimate conversation stopper.
"My, what a pretty necklace! What is it?"
"A fetus. In a jar of blood."
Fetus in a Jar Necklace, available at sweetobsolete.etsy.com, $30
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Parent and Child Leash
Because the humiliation of treating your kid like the family pet is not enough, now there's a fanny pack attachment that adults can wear to stay physically connected to their child.
O'Pair Child's Plush and Adult's Sleek Fanny Packs Connect for Safety, available at inventiveparent.com, $24.99
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Ride-on Vacuum
Wouldn't it be great if your kids would do the vacuuming for you? The only problem is that most kids we know are petrified of the vac. Also, letting them go to town with major sucking power doesn't seem like the best idea we've heard.
Buster Vacuum Cleaner for Kids, design for a student thesis, not for sale
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Walking Helper
Those few weeks when baby wants to walk but still needs to hold your hands are indeed hard on your back. But this sounds equally hard: wrestling your baby into this harness approximately 57 times a day.
Juppy Baby Walking Aid, available at onestepahead.com, $29.95
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Toddler Changing Table
With diaper changes made this easy and convenient, why ever learn to use the potty at all?
Walk Up Toddler Changing Table, available at bizchair.com, $808
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Slimming Short
Haven't lost the baby weight yet? Don't waste your time with healthy eating or exercise. Just tug on these bike shorts fortified with caffeine to help "remove fat." Um, we're pretty sure that if caffeine got rid of fat, most sleep-deprived new moms would look like Kate Moss.
Lytess Slimming Shorts, available at fitandsharp.com, $50
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Birth Doll
Kids might have questions about exactly how that baby in your belly's going to come out. Why not just show them with this extremely graphic birth doll, complete with detachable placenta?
Hand-crafted Birthing Dolls, available at mamamordolls.com,
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Another Birth Doll
This birth doll takes the TMI a step further with extreme anatomical correctness. Is it just us, or is it cold in the birthing center?
Childbirth Education Doll Pattern, available at cozycoleman.etsy.com, $150
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This "Frankentoy" depicts a dinosaur with a flamingo head and Nemo arms giving birth to Mickey Mouse. And you thought your labor turned you into a monster…
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We're not sure at which sports the Son of God excelled (the Bible is curiously silent on the issue), but we just bet He would have been a ferocious wrestler. Heights Baptist Church in Beech Island, S.C., apparently agrees, which is why they started a "Wrestling For Jesus" ministry three years ago. According to their web site: "WFJ uses a wrestling formatted show to illustrtate various biblical principals all supported by the word of God." Said wrestler Timothy Blackmon:
"We don't want you to leave here and say you saw a great wrestling show, we want you to say you met a great and awesome God at a wrestling show."
We're a little unclear on some Bible passages, by the way; such as the one in which the guy in the black t-shirt and sunglasses pummels the Prince of Peace, while the guy with the goatee looks on. In which book of scripture is that again? Well, Revelation, maybe.
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Rockford wrote:OK so I've got my BNSW renewal in hand.
I don't do the Spring Cycle since they stopped doing it from out West. There is no magazine anymore, what am I paying for? $104 for Public Liability insurance?
I spoke to GIO today and they said I have PLI as part of my contents insurance and would be covered (bike won't be but I have Velosure for that). So I guess I won't be renewing with BNSW as it offers me nothing.