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It is converter of units focused on scientific units especially on units used in thermal analysis. Main feature of N-Converter that distinguishes it from the same tools is: all values for selected unit type are immediately visible. If Length as unit type is selected, one will see immediately all units belong to the length. One can put value in any unit text box and values for other units will be recalculated "on the fly" during the typing. If one selects a different unit type - the gadget will be immediately refreshed according one's choice. The gadget can be easily customized according your needs. After clicking on settings button one will get the gadgets properties window where it is possible to set the visibility of the units and also rounding for units' recaltulation.


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...wondered if there was anyway to deselect a thread, so that it no longer appears when you use the "view your posts" feature. After all, when you've been a member for awhile, the list gets somewhat long, and it would be nice to be able to kill old inactive threads from the list.
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There's no way to do that. You can however select threads you like, add them to your subscriptions (go to your Control Panel and choose Manage Subscriptions to see which threads you have). and control which ones you see regularly that way. The View Your posts lists all the threads you've posted to at some point.
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Thanks...didn't know about that feature!
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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's Dr. Adam Spanier is researching different approaches to asthma management. Children with asthma may volunteer for this research study.
To be eligible to participate, children must be 6 to 17 years old, with doctor-diagnosed asthma, have at least one asthma exacerbation in the last year and have no other lung diseases.
If selected to participate, volunteers will visit Penn State Hershey Medical Center twice, have lung function testing, provide a saliva sample and have allergen skin testing.
Compensation is provided.
For more information, call the Pediatric Clinical Research Office at 717-531-5656.
This research study, IRB 38403, has been approved by the Institutional Review Board, under federal regulations at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine.


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BlackCapricornDay wrote:Jameerica :
a cannon ?? wow .. what a diverse culture we have .. amazing.. in here (Indonesia) we hit the bedug to announce adzan 5 times a day to go to mosque,
imagine that made from chocholate ..
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Of course, they're only filled with gunpowder, wouldn't want people getting hit with cannonballs, haha.
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More jazz than funk, but still hella funky. It's instrumental music, featuring virtuosos on piano, bass and drums, so if you don't feel like that, don't listen.


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ObamaCare v. Religious Liberty
A majority of Justices seem skeptical of the contraception mandate.
The Affordable Care Act returned to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, as the Justices heard a major challenge to the law's birth-control mandate. Five and maybe even six Justices across ideological lines seemed discomfited by the Administration's cramped conception of religious liberty.
In 2012 the Health and Human Services Department published a regulation interpreting an ObamaCare provision to require all for-profit employer health plans to cover 20 contraception methods, including four that some religious believers consider...
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Hungry Girl Today: 10.04.06
Dear Hungry Girl,
I'm in love with the new Dunkin' Donuts smoothies. They are made of fruit
and yogurt so they sound healthy, but are they really diet-friendly? I'm
following Weight Watchers and I don't want to sabotage my diet, but the
Mango Passion Fruit Smoothie is just sooooo good and very hard to resist.
Diggin' Dunkin' Smoothies
Dear Diggin',
Seems the more I WRITE about smoothies, the more people write IN about
smoothies. I've said it before and I'll say it again; you REALLY need to be
careful with smoothies unless you make 'em yourself. Dunkin' Donuts
Smoothies are certainly no exception. The DD website promises that these
drinks are "made with real fruit and yogurt, and are a good source of
Calcium and Vitamin C. Dunkin' Donuts Smoothies are the snack that won't
slow you down." But click around the site, and you'll soon learn the horrifying
truth about these beverages. A medium-sized Mango Passion Fruit Smoothie
from Dunkin' will cost you 550 calories, 4 grams of fat and 118 carbs, not to
mention 103 grams of sugar! Yeeeeesh! A small one has 360 calories, which
is better but (in my opinion) still way too many calories to waste on 16
ounces of liquid -- especially if your goal is to NOT sabotage your diet. Sorry
to be the bearer of bad news. Instead, try to whip up a mango-y smoothie
treat at home by blending frozen mango chunks, 4 ounces of Tropicana Pure
Mango Orange juice (a new discovery of mine -- it is fairly high in calories,
so use it sparingly), crushed ice, Splenda and some fat-free vanilla yogurt
(use 1/2 a container of the 60-calorie kind). Play around with adding a little
water or light milk (or a similar sub), and you'll come up with an AWESOME
smoothie swap for about 150 - 170 calories or so. Do it! And be strong --
resist the ones from Dunkin' Donuts.
Link: https://dunkindonuts.com/aboutus/nutrition/
Dear Hungry Girl,
Now that fall is pretty much here and the weather is starting to cool down, I
find myself craving heavy comfort foods like pizza, french fries (gasp!) and
any type of cheesy, crunchy food. This is a far cry from my normal warm
weather routine of salads, grains and crisp vegetables. What can I do to
satisfy these cravings without sabotaging my waistline? Help!
Fall-ing into Bad Habits
Dear Fall-ing,
The same thing happens to zillions of people this time of year. You're not
alone. Once the weather starts to cool off, people are less excited about
eating chopped salads five times a week. It happens. No worries, though,
there are MANY awesome ways to "fake" comfort foods. Here are links to
some of our favorite swaps and recipes:
Butternut Squash Fries - Awesome as a french fry sub!
HG's Onion Rings - As good as the real thing.
Whopper Swapper - Our BK burger swap!
Chili - Boca ROCKS!
Pizza - Click here for some reviews and awesome recommendations.
Mac & Cheese - Our Chew & Tell Reviews are here.
Fettuccine Hungry Girlfredo - This 80-calorie swap has become famous.
That should keep you satisfied for a while. Happy fall!
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text: Entering the tournament as the No. 5 seed in the North Division, the Liberty men's basketball team got off to a hot start inside The HTC Center against No. 4 South seed Winthrop at the 2014 Big South Championship, Wednesday. Unfortunately for the Flames, the Eagles were able to climb back to take the lead at halftime en route to a 77-65 Winthrop victory. Liberty ends its season with an 11-21 record. Winthrop (18-12) advances to the quarterfinals and will face No. 1 overall seed High Point on Friday at noon. Andrew Smith tied a career high with 17 points, followed by Joe Retic, who had 15 points. Antwan Burrus chipped in 11 points, closing out his career 18th on Liberty's all-time scoring list with 1,170 points. The redshirt senior also had five rebounds, finishing at No. 10 on the program's rebounding list with 616 career boards. John Caleb Sanders finished with eight tallies. The Sugar Land, Texas native ends his Liberty career at No. 14 on the program' scoring list with 1,384 points. The game was his program-record 132nd career game played, as Sanders appeared in every contest during his four years in a Flames uniform. Davon Marshall tallied six points, finishing with 803 for his Liberty career and surpassing former Flames guard Tavares Speaks (801) for 30th on the program's listing. Keon Johnson paced Winthrop with 15 tallies, followed by Joab Jerome, Keon Moore and Andre Smith, who all added 14 points apiece. Liberty shot 41.4 percent (24-of-58) for the contest, compared to 46.2 percent (24-of-52) for the Eagles. Liberty outscored Winthrop in the paint, 30-20, but the Eagles held the advantage beyond the perimeter, 24-15. Both teams performed well at the charity stripe. Liberty made 12-of-13 (92.3 percent), while Winthrop shot a perfect 21-of-21 to set a tournament single-game record. With Liberty ahead 6-5 early, Burrus kick-started an 11-0 Flames run with a layup at 16:57. After two Retic free throws, Marshall, the tournament record holder for three-pointers, knocked down a trey to increase the lead to eight. Andrew Smith added back-to-back baskets in the paint, giving Liberty a 17-5 advantage at 14:15. Winthrop countered, outscoring the Flames 19-3 over the next 8:27. A pair of Brandon Vega layups gave the Eagles a three-point lead at 5:48. Smith answered on the other end 17 ticks later with a traditional three-point play to knot the contest at 24. Jerome knocked a three-pointer just under the five-minute mark to put the Eagles ahead by three. Winthrop held off the Flames for the rest of the half, carrying a 35-29 lead into the locker room at halftime. Despite the fast start for the Flames, Liberty concluded the first half shooting 38.5 percent (10-of-26) compared to 53.6 percent (15-of-28) for the slow-starting Eagles. Although Liberty forced Winthrop to commit more first-half turnovers (7-6), Winthrop outscored the Flames in points off turnovers, 10-5. Andrew Smith led the all scorers at halftime with 11 points. Keon Moore paced the Eagles with 10 points. Winthrop began the half with an Andre Smith three-pointer to increase its lead to nine. Liberty responded with two Retic free throws and an old-fashioned three-point play by Burrus to cut the lead to four, 38-34, at 18:41. With Winthrop up by eight, Liberty posted seven unanswered points to cut the deficit to one. After buckets by Andrew Smith and Burrus, Marshall knocked down another three-pointer. Johnson swished a trey on the other end to regain a four-point lead. Burrus and Andrew Smith countered with layups to knot the contest at 11:05, 47-47. Just under the eight minute mark, a Retic layup tied the game again at 51. The Eagles then went on an 8-0 spurt, which included back-to-back Johnson three-pointers. Two Winthrop free throws then capped the burst to put the Eagles ahead, 59-51, at 6:03. Liberty would pull within six on the next possession, but could not climb any closer as Winthrop pulled away for the 77-65 final.


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White Lies
By: Rick Boxx
May 9, 2012
While teaching a group of CEOs I mentioned how even "white lies" can undermine your credibility. After I shared an example I could see guilt on one leader's face.
He shared with the group that just the day before someone called for him as he was planning on leaving the office. Knowing that the caller would call his cell, he told his receptionist, "Tell him I'm not here."
He knew his intentions, but he suddenly realized that those in his office who overheard his directive would have assumed he was lying intentionally. "I guess I should have been more careful," he shared with the group.
Psalm 120:2 proclaims, "Save me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues."
May God save us all from "white lies".
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With the season kick-off with the Good Friday Road Race, The Healing Cycle Foundation is pleased to announce the formation of a competitive cycling team that has the goal of increasing the awareness of the foundation and the sponsors that support the team.
The Healing Cycle Bike Team will field a team of Master 1 road racers for 2009. They will focus on major regional events throughout Ontario, the North American Master s Championships, the Ontario Championships, the occasional US race and the Ontario Cyclocross series.
The 7 rider squad consists of past Provincial Championship riders who always have their sites on the podium. The team is happy to have the sponsorship support of Erin Mills Acura, Blackwood Miller Ltd., Giant Bicycles, Via Ciclante, DeFeet, Giordana, Schwalbe Tires and Shimano Canada.
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Greg Cavanaugh (Oakville)
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Pavel Stanojevic (Etobicoke)
Jean-Paul Tesolin (Brampton)
The Healing Cycle Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that honours life by raising and stewarding funds to palliative care services that inspire compassion and dignity.
The Foundation is concerned about the quality of life of terminally-ill patients and believes that families of patients should be supported throughout the palliative care process.
The Foundation has raised $480,000 towards a $1 million commitment to the palliative care unit at Credit Valley Hospital. 100% of donations go directly to its palliative care unit.
The Healing Cycle Foundation's 5th annual charity ride of various distances will be held on September 13, 2009, Please visit www.thehealingcycle.ca for more details of the foundation and the Bike Team.
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Author(s): Michael Stone
How can we live a balanced life in unbalanced times? How can the practices of meditation and yoga support our relationships, our work lives, and the greater good? Author, teacher, and psychotherapist Michael Stone presents the essential insights of mindfulness and yoga, emphasizing the teachings of simplicity and the interdependence of all life.
Stone explains that the practices of yoga and meditation are not about escaping reality but about living fully in the here and now, opening to our experience, and gaining access to stillness within the flow of life. The essence of yoga and Buddhist practice is opening the heart--our own and the heart of the world. With that awareness, Stone encourages us to get involved in our communities, to speak out when we see wrongdoing, and to find ways of helping others.
"Just as yoga postures open the body, these essays awaken the mind, revealing, in elegant and lyrical prose, our unbreakable connection to every part of this ailing world."--Naomi Klein, author of "The Shock Doctrine"
"Michael Stone's practice combines a host of disciplines and trainings, from yoga to Buddhism to psychotherapy to postmodern cultural studies. He has written a deft and lively book that has an impressive range and intelligence."--Norman Fischer, author of "Taking Our Places and Sailing Home"
"Whether at the farmers' market in New York City's Union Square, on a snowy retreat in Northern Ontario, inside a Zen poem or yogic text, or talking about money as a spiritual practice, traveling with Stone refreshes and inspires, and like any good journey, brings us right back home--in the body, in the world."--"Inquiring Mind "


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Business management
The last day in Arizona featured the best and worst of customer service and business management.
First, a hotel from the nether regions.
I won't name the establishment because I met the sleaze bag owner and I know he would sue me, even if what I write here is true.
What was a comfortable, if dated, hotel when I stayed three years ago has turned into a sleazy den of iniquity.
The desk clerk lied from the beginning, saying that if the internet didn't work, it was my computer's fault.
"Don't listen to those lying bimbos," said the janitor I when I asked him about the wireless. "The internet hasn't worked in that wing for months."
It was no surprise when we walked into the room after dinner to find soggy ceiling panels on the floor with water splashing on the carpet from leaking pipes above.
I called the front desk. It was clear the leaking pipes were my fault. Big sigh. I said we would be happy to leave. She said, nope, you already paid, we'll get you another room. Sigh.
As I waited for new keys at the front desk, the clerks bickered. One ran off sobbing to the sales manager's office. The other called the owner and said, "she's givin' me attitude!"
I checked out the next morning only to find that I was charged $50 extra for the replacement room. I knew not to argue. Online reviews, which I should have read much earlier, said the owner would scream, holler, yell and not give an inch.
After checking out of Hades, it was time to find breakfast. Random choice: U. S. Egg in Tempe, AZ.
Saturday morning. Big breakfast crowd. Bustling restaurant. Yet we were seated immediately, given coffee immediately, fed almost immediately and were back in the car twenty-five minutes later.
The college students waiting tables hustled to the point of jogging. Overseers with walkie-talkies sped things along. The maitre d' , if you can call the head honcho at at greasy spoon such a lofty title, dispatched his troops with calm confidence.
The little restaurant whirred with activity and purred with competence. The employees, to a person, looked to be enjoying themselves.
One way to pass time on the road is to observe business management styles at hotels and restaurants. Which establishments are happy places? Which restaurants work? Why? Which are failures? Why?
This restaurant worked. Brilliantly. I asked the maitre d', "who runs this place?"
"I do," he replied. I wasn't surprised. The best restaurants are those where the boss greets the customers.
The genius of the breakfast place wasn't only that people were getting fed quickly and well. It was that the people doing the work were so obviously happy.
We talk about helping professions: the ministry, nursing, medicine, teaching, social work, psychology, counseling, the like. All noble pursuits.
But what about the above managers, like the above maitre d', who create a joyful, fulfilling workplace?
Most people spend the bulk of their best years at a job. Sadly, most people in jobs are miserable. The problem? Usually bad management.
An uncle of mine was a psychologist and tried to help people with their problems. He grew tired of seeing the same silliness over and over, so he changed professions.
In his second career, he became president of a company which employed 1,000 people.
I visited the company on a typical work day and later attended a company party.
What fun! Everybody was relaxed. Nobody was afraid to be themselves, nobody put on airs to climb the corporate ladder.
All employees seemed in their groove. All were on board with the company's mission. They felt productive and respected.
So, where did my uncle most help humanity, in a traditional helping profession as a counselor untangling marital issues one by one with mixed results, or as a capitalistic boss who created a joyful atmosphere for 1,000 people to use their talents?
Hands down, his second job benefited humanity more than the first.
My question: Why isn't business management regarded as a noble pursuit?
The best companies to work for, such as Google and Southwest Airlines, make money by making sure their employees enjoy their days.
The worst businesses, such as the above unnamed hotel, torment their parade of workers for years and years, sending ripples of misery into families and customers alike.
It doesn't make for a rousing rallying cry, but maybe what the world really needs is a few good managers.


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text: Serri Graslie '10 Making Headlines Hamline '10 grad secures fellowship at National Public Radio Hamline University alumna Serri Graslie may have just graduated, but she is already making headlines. During her time at Hamline, Graslie edited the student newspaper, The Oracle, and now she has taken her journalism skills to the next level, working side-by-side with the writers and reporters at National Public Radio. Graslie graduated from Hamline in the spring of 2010 with a major in anthropology. She first came across the fellowship opportunity at National Public Radio while looking online for post graduation jobs. "The idea behind the [fellowship] program is to offer opportunities to everyone, including non-journalists," Graslie said. "You have to submit something that took great effort or time on your part, and it could be a documentary, a poem, even a musical composition. I submitted two copies of The Oracle, one before I became part of the staff and one after I'd worked there for four years." Graslie was one of just three people chosen for the Kroc Fellowship, a year-long intensive training program intended to bring people into the public radio system. She was chosen out of a pool of more than 250 applicants from over 150 universities in seven countries. Many of the applicants were graduates of top Ivy League schools. "My anthropology courses at Hamline helped shape my world view in a positive way," Graslie said. "It has helped me to understand how and why people interact and to think critically. And my advisers, David Davies and David Hudson, gave me real world advice and encouraged me to challenge myself." Graslie will spend time at four of National Public Radio's stations this year writing, setting up interviews, and reporting. As for what the future holds after her time at NPR is over, Graslie says she could possibly go abroad. For the moment though, she is simply grateful for the opportunity she has been given. "We'll just see what comes along," she said.


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Dear Developers: Play by the Platform Rules, or Expect a Smackdown
The first rule of building on top of another company's platform: Make sure you play by the rules.
The latest case in point: Ribbon, a Twitter-based payments startup, launched a new product on Wednesday morning, and it looked pretty cool. The main draw was the ability to buy stuff from inside a tweet, simply by clicking on a button and entering your credit card info and shipping deets.
I'm not gonna give you the play-by-play here (as it's super nerdy stuff). But long story short, Twitter shut off support to Ribbon's new feature within a few hours after launch. The company flipped out, wrote a huffy blog post about the incident, and quickly reached out to media outlets about the upset.
Here's the thing. Ribbon's new payment platform rests on Twitter's "cards" technology, Twitter's much-hyped way of helping developers make their tweets richer. There are photo cards, text-based cards, video player cards, and other more recent additions like product and app cards, and developers still need Twitter's approval to implement them.
According to a source familiar with how cards work, however, it looks like Ribbon wasn't playing by the rules. Today, Twitter doesn't support making payments with cards. But what Ribbon could have done was request approval for one type of card — say, a video player card — and then switch up what would actually be happening after launching the product. In other words: Request player card access, then hack together a payments workaround to put into the card after the fact.
Part of me wants to congratulate Ribbon for hacking together a solution. Good for you guys! Ingenuity is always cool to see on major platforms, especially when introducing shiny new products that Twitter hasn't even introduced — or officially supported — yet. It's the hacker way! Or something.
But another part of me wonders why Ribbon — or a developer like Ribbon — needed to jump the gun in the first place. For a long time now, Twitter has hinted at e-commerce options coming to its platform at some point in the future. Global revenue president Adam Bain has publicly remarked on the future of purchasing things through Twitter, how "buying directly from tweets will be huge" at some point.
In short, this is obviously a direction Twitter wants to go. So why hop the line and hack together a workaround? It attracts a flurry of negative, twitch-level press, and most likely gets your startup on Twitter's bad side. Not sure if its worth it just to be the first product to market on a platform.
"Like any developer on Twitter, we had a hunch that this might happen," Hany Rashwan, CEO of Ribbon, told me. "However, we've had extensive contact with Twitter about what we're building and finding ways of working together. We're still excited about the possibilities of what we can build and are looking forward to working with them in the future." He maintained that the two companies are still in contact.
Twitter didn't have a comment on the matter.
But it's not only happening in the Twitterverse. Facebook developers also skirt the line of what's acceptable and what's prohibited to be built atop Facebook's platform. And when the startups get shut down, they inevitably make a big stink about it in the press. Same with Apple's App Store guideline violations, and Google's Android Play store escapades.
Now, I'll be fair to small-timers here, too. All of these companies — Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Google — have penned murky, hard to decipher policies for third-party developers, occasionally making it difficult to know when one is or isn't breaking the rules. And especially in the cases of Facebook and Twitter, the rules have changed so much in the past few years, it's difficult to keep up with what is and isn't above board.
But from what I'm hearing this time around, Ribbon was trying to cut in line. And Twitter seems to not be having it.
My humble suggestion: Play by the rules next time, little startup. Just cross your fingers that those rules stay the same.


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The first man to be freed from death row in the US because of DNA evidence remembers the moment his lawyer gave him the news as though it were yesterday.
"It is as clear as the vision before me now," says Kirk Bloodsworth, who was exonerated in 1993 after nine years in prison.
He was sitting on his bunk in a death-row cell when his lawyer was ushered in and told him he was innocent and would be released in a few days. He began to weep.
"Of course I cried. Everyone cries at a birth," he says. "I have been born twice, once as a baby and once as a grown man, and after that I saw the whole world fresh."
With clear, free eyes Bloodsworth has since campaigned against capital punishment and is now head of advocacy for Witness to Innocence, a coalition of exonerated death-row inmates who campaign against capital punishment.
Bloodsworth's most recent success was his leading role in the movement to end the death penalty in Maryland, the state that once tried to kill him. Governor Martin O'Malley signed the law abolishing that state's death penalty on May 2 this year.
Bloodsworth's ordeal began in 1984 when a neighbour saw on TV a sketch of the suspect in the particularly savage rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl near Baltimore. The neighbour thought it looked like Bloodsworth and called the police.
An eyewitness later incorrectly placed him with the victim. Despite his clean criminal record he was soon convicted and sentenced to death.
"I was accused of the most brutal murder in Maryland history," Bloodsworth, now 52, told an audience during the Maryland campaign this year. "It took the jury 2½ hours to send me to the gas chamber."
While on death row he read about a conviction secured by the use of DNA, a science the public had barely heard of in the early 1990s, and with the help of his lawyers and supporters he had his case thrown out. DNA later proved the guilty man was Kimberly Shay Ruffner.
After Bloodsworth's success, capital cases across the nation began collapsing on DNA evidence, and soon state governors – even those with no philosophical or moral quarrel with capital punishment – began suspending or abolishing the death penalty on the grounds it could not be applied safely.
Now 18 states have abandoned the practice, six in the past five years. Other states, such as California and North Carolina, have unofficial moratoriums in place.
This trend makes last month's decision by Florida Governor Rick Scott to sign into law a bill increasing the speed at which the state executes its death-row prisoners all the more confounding to campaigners.
Compounding the issue is that Florida has the worst record of overturned capital convictions in the nation. The so-called Timely Justice Act, the only law of its kind in the nation, imposes a deadline of 30 days for the governor to set a date for execution once courts have ruled all avenues of appeal are exhausted.
Once that is done the prison warden has 180 days to carry out the execution.
It is not as though Florida's Governor needs legislative impetus to sign death warrants. Scott, a Tea Party champion, has done so 11 times since he won office in January 2011.
At present there are 405 people on death row in Florida, which has conducted 77 executions since the death penalty's reintroduction in 1979.
Since then Florida has exonerated 24 death row prisoners, or, as Slate杭州夜生活m noted, for every three inmates it puts to death it is forced to exonerate one.
One of those men is Juan Melendez, who also now campaigns against the death penalty, and who seems remarkably free of bitterness for the ordeal he went through.
Listening to his story, it almost seems as though the state took his life from him at random.
The Puerto Rican-born fruit picker was convicted of murdering a beauty school owner in 1983 largely on the evidence of two suspect witnesses, one of whom was a paid informant who negotiated a deal in exchange for his testimony.
Melendez was on death row for 16 years before a defence lawyer found transcripts – not presented to the jury – of another man, Vernon James, confessing to the crime.
Other defence lawyers soon found another 20 witnesses who heard James, who has since died, either discussing or confessing to the crime, reported The Florida Bar News in 2009.
In December 2001, an appeals court judge granted a new trial and criticised the prosecutor for withholding evidence from the defence and jury about James' incriminating statements.
Were the Timely Justice Act in place earlier, "I would be dead today," Melendez says.
About three years ago, Melendez was attending an anti-capital punishment conference in Pennsylvania when he locked eyes with the man who was to have executed him, Ron McAndrew, the former warden of Florida State Prison.
McAndrew didn't recognise him at first. Melendez was older and had more facial hair. And besides, last time McAndrew saw him they spoke through death-row bars.
Then it clicked.
"I went over and he turned and he grabbed me and he hugged me and we both started crying," McAndrew says.
"Just imagine if I had taken him down to that dirty little room and killed him. I could not live with that."
McAndrew is not your normal opponent of capital punishment.
He registered for the Republican Party the day he came of age and still believes in small governments and big defence forces.
Before moving into the prison system he worked as a criminal investigator. His change of heart was gradual.
During his years running prisons McAndrew was personally responsible for the execution of eight men, three in Florida and five in Texas.
Today he cannot say with any certainty that all the men he executed were guilty. There would have been a ninth too, had he not quit his post. McAndrew says he read that case file and knew the man was the victim of a bad investigation.
McAndrew speaks about the death penalty, particularly Florida's death penalty, with a resonant fury.
"[Convictions] have absolutely nothing to do with justice; it is about who is the better actor in court," he says. "You have a public prosecutor with 25 years' experience and perhaps a dozen capital trials under his belt going up against a 24-year-old straight out of law school."
In his experience, the prosecution normally has 10 times the defence's budget, and the defendants are normally ill-educated, impoverished, homeless or mentally ill.
Floridian juries can recommend the death penalty with a 5-4 split decision, whereas in all other states a unanimous decision is required, except in Alabama where 10 jurors must agree.
The American Bar Association, the Florida Supreme Court and the Florida Bar have all called for reforms in the state. All have been ignored.
Even on dry economic grounds, capital punishment fails, McAndrew argues, as it costs millions more to run the strings of appeals death sentences necessitate than the $25,000 per inmate it costs each year to imprison those convicted of capital crimes.
"Who would spend this money? Who would do that? Politicians, and even then only because it is not their money," McAndrew says, his anger audibly mounting.
"You know how a governor orders an execution? He scrawls his fancy signature on a death warrant and Fed Exes it down to [the prison at] Raiford.
"Then on the day of the execution he leans back in his big chair and he puts his feet up on his big fancy desk and he listens to it on a speaker phone while the warden talks him through it.
"And when it's done, the governor lets his feet hit the floor and he pounds his hand on his little chest and he tells himself he just got 64 per cent of the vote."
McAndrew claims pressure to speed up an execution is noticeably greater at politically opportune moments, such as when a governor or a state's attorney is facing re-election, when there has been a particularly high-profile crime or when crime statistics creep up.
"It is all about can I legally get a body on a gurney at the right time."
Governor Rick Scott is already fully engaged in the phoney war preceding his 2014 re-election bid, and recent polls have given him cause for confidence and concern. His job approval and favourability ratings are at their highest since he took office. On the other hand the presumed Democratic candidate, Charlie Crist, a one-time Republican who famously swapped teams, has a 10-point popularity lead.
Naturally state politicians who backed the Timely Justice Act deny they were politically motivated.
Rob Bradley, a state senator who backed the bill, told Slate: "Everybody realises right now, that when a person is sentenced to death, it's going to be 10, 20, 30, 40 years before they are executed. And so that erodes the public's confidence, and it leaves the impression, rightly or wrongly, that the system is broken."
The politics of the death penalty in America can cut both ways. Maryland's Martin O'Malley is widely thought to be considering a run for the presidency in 2016, and repealing his state's death penalty would most likely benefit his primary campaign.
McAndrew campaigns against the death penalty in part to "reach for whatever atonement I can".
But some nights, he says, the eight dead men "still come in and sit on my bed".
The original release of this article first appeared on the website of Hangzhou Night Net.


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Just Call Me John
Book Review by Ann Jonas, Tradebook Buyer - CSB/SJU Bookstores
this review was published in the St. Cloud Visitor
Just Call Me John: The Leadership Story of John Gagliardi by David J. Weeres, Ed.D. Published by North Star Press, May 2010, 73 pp
Whether they are football fans or not, most Minnesotans have heard of John Gagliardi, longtime head football coach at Saint John's University in Collegeville. This fall Gagliardi will enter his sixty-second year as a college football coach, his fifty-eighth year as head coach at Saint John's. He has won more games than any other college football coach.
Author David Weeres, while studying for his doctorate in education of leadership, was in search of a proper research project. He noted that many studies done for academic exercise deal with problematic topics. Weeres decided he would "find something that appeared to be going well and to study it", and in February 2004, he made an appointment with Coach Gagliardi. Weeres has no connection to Saint John's, but as a Central Minnesotan, he was aware of Gagliardi's success, and sensed that there was more to John's character and coaching than what he read and heard in the media.
During his first visit with Gagliardi, as he observed the interactions and conversations taking place in the coach's office, Weeres realized he might have found his doctoral thesis. He decided to examine how Gagliardi influenced his players beyond the football field, especially in regards to leadership. Weeres interviewed a number of former SJU football players, met with Gagliardi and his family, and learned his philosophy on coaching. The research conducted by Weeres for his dissertation was the origin of Just Call Me John.
The beginning of the book contains a short biography of Gagliardi, including family photographs and quotes from John, his wife Peggy, and their son Jim. It tells of Gagliardi's thoughts concerning changes he has seen in his years of coaching and his non-conforming teaching methods (no tackling in practice, no blocking sleds and no using whistles as coaches). Most importantly, in this part of the book John talks about his priorities in life. In the section titled "On Winning, Losing, and Disconnecting" Gagliardi talks about the photograph in his office of his two oldest children when they were quite young. They are at the concession stand during a football game. He has kept the picture for years as a reminder of what's important to him: "I'm sure I was down on the field fighting for what I thought was life or death, and they were interested in whether or not they could get some popcorn at the concession stand. On the field, win, lose, they would be the same, happy to see me."
The second half of the book includes comments and observations from eleven former players. The general theme from all of them is that Gagliardi has had a major impact on their lives and careers. Adam Herbst, who played football at Sartell High School and works for State Farm Insurance, stated that Gagliardi taught him to give the employees he manages the tools they need to succeed and then let them do their jobs, without micro-managing them. Denny Schleper, who played high school football at St. Cloud Cathedral, gave numerous examples of how he has used Gagliardi's leadership style in his work as an executive principal at LarsonAllen LLP. He stated "A phrase he (John) repeatedly gave to us, and I actually use it still in our firm, is the comment 'We are very ordinary people, we do very ordinary things. We just have to do them in an extraordinary way.' ...Too many people concentrate on really trying to stand out, and most of us can't do that. We really just need to concentrate on those ordinary things and doing them in an extraordinary way."
Weeres, who grew up on a small farm near Saint Nicholas and currently lives in Clearwater, believes that Gagliardi's players "stepped out of the football program after four years with skills to be more effective leaders." As Brandon Novak, former player, and head wrestling coach and assistant football coach at Saint John's states "It's all about relating to people. He's a master at that."


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Experience unparalleled adventure and life-long memories within the most legendary and spectacular of American landscapes.
It is said that experience is the best teacher. That's why when it comes to experiencing—not just seeing—Grand Canyon and the Colorado River in Arizona, no one does it better than OARS. George Wendt, the company's late founder, first rafted through this renowned American landscape over five decades ago. Back in 1969, George was granted the first exclusively non-motorized Grand Canyon rafting outfitting license, and to this day OARS proudly remains a renowned authorized concessioner of Grand Canyon National Park.
Grand Canyon Rafting
Over the last forty-five-plus years, OARS has gained more experience conducting non-motorized rafting trips down Grand Canyon's lifeblood, the Colorado River, than any other Grand Canyon rafting company. And there's never been a rush. Compared to most other outfitters, OARS Grand Canyon trips offer the option of long itineraries and a laid-back pace that allows time to soak up the unparalleled enormity of the Canyon's character. And there's never a crowd. Like the rest of our many other whitewater rafting and adventure trips, our guide-to-guest ratio is the best in the business. We limit our Grand Canyon rafting trips to consistently fewer passengers than any other outfitter so that you can experience the best possible, least crowded river adventure.
Grand Canyon Dories
What's more, our means to these incredible ends are unlike most other Grand Canyon rafting experiences. By raft or dory, OARS and Grand Canyon Dories represent a legendary fixture in Arizona river running. Our dories navigate the river in the finest of styles, slipping through rapids and drops as effortlessly as they do silent, still eddies —a unique mode of navigation, renowned as much for stalwart capability as for elegance.
Grand Canyon Hiking
Not sure you're ready for a week or more of rafting and camping in Grand Canyon? OARS brings the same level of excellence and expertise to our lodge-based Grand Canyon hiking trips. These trips include expert guides, hiking on some of the most iconic hiking trails in Grand Canyon, and 3 or 4 nights of comfortable lodging, including a night or two at Phantom Ranch 5,800 feet below the rim!
Stretching 277 miles across northern Arizona, Grand Canyon ranges in elevation from 2,400 feet to over 7,000 feet above sea level. In places, it is up to one mile deep and over 18 miles wide, while some of the canyon's majestic plateaus in the north rise to 9,000 feet above sea level. Due to gigantic shifts in the region's landmass, portions of the canyon's North Rim are more than 1,000 feet higher than the South Rim.
Details to Help You Compare Your Grand Canyon Trip Options
Grand Canyon National Park is one of our most popular destinations. We offer a greater variety of trip itineraries than any other outfitter with a choice of a dory or raft expedition, ranging from our shortest trip of 5 days to our Full Canyon trip—from Lees Ferry to Lake Mead—of 18 days.
Raft or Dory?
Our two sister companies, OARS and Grand Canyon Dories, navigate the Colorado River in two different types of boats: 18' inflatable rafts and 17' hard-hulled dories. Both vessels hold four passengers and a guide who rows with a long pair of oars. They each provide an exciting adventure, with the major difference being in how they ride in large whitewater. Because rafts are inflatable, they ride on top of the water and they have a certain amount of give to them. Therefore when a large wave hits them, they tend to flex a little and roll over the rapids. The dories are sleek, elegant boats made of fiberglass, wood and foam. Passengers sit in a cut out cushioned seat in the dory. Being a hard-hulled boat, they obviously do not flex, so when a large wave hits them, the dory is lifted. This provides a more pronounced, up-and-down ride through the whitewater. Another difference is the amount of time spent in the Canyon. The dories take a more leisurely pace through the Canyon, giving more time for side canyon exploration. Our dory trips generally run 1-2 days longer than our raft trips.
Side Canyon Hikes
Each day varies, but on an average you'll spend 3-5 hours per day on the boats, with the rest of the time hiking and exploring side canyons, eating, or just relaxing in camp. The easiest hikes are no more difficult than negotiating a few yards of beach sand or stepping over a few rocks. Other treks may go for several miles over a rough trail, climb steeply up a hot hillside, or require the use of both hands over awkward boulders and demand caution as you totter on a narrow trail above a steep cliff. Our guides are happy to help novices with hand and footholds and reassurance. Many times their helpfulness enables the timid and inexperienced to get to special places that many other groups pass by. All hikes are optional, of course. The side hikes take you into the true heart of the Canyon that can only be reached by hiking from the river—and shouldn't be missed.
Whitewater Classifications
The whitewater varies in intensity from mild to wild. Whitewater in the Canyon is rated on a scale of 1-10 (unlike most western rivers, which use the I-VI scale). A "1" is flat water and a "10" is the most difficult rapid still considered runnable.
Grand Canyon Trip Options
LEES FERRY TO PHANTOM RANCH (AB): 6-8 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Transport by van from Flagstaff to put-in at Lees Ferry (approx. 2½ hrs).
Trip Ends: Boat Beach near Phantom Ranch about 12:00 PM with overnight at Phantom Ranch and then a 9.7-mile hike to the South Rim the following morning. Passengers generally prefer to overnight at the South Rim before taking a van shuttle back to Flagstaff.
Whitewater: 19 major rapids rated 5 or above.
Itinerary: This 87-mile section of river is an excellent introduction to the Canyon. The rapids start out moderate and grow larger each day, allowing you to become familiar with the boat's movement through the rapids. Even though the biggest rapids in the Canyon are below Phantom Ranch, this section has more fast-moving water overall. The cliffs and rock layers rise at a rate of 50-100 feet per mile, ending at Phantom Ranch in the deepest part of the Canyon. Our adventure includes the vibrantly colored limestone cliffs of Marble Canyon, visits to Native American ruins, ancient fossils, Redwall Cavern and a swim in the Little Colorado. Your last night is generally spent at Phantom Ranch in air-cooled dorms with bunk beds, shower, toilet and sink. Dinner, breakfast the next morning, and trail lunch are provided, as well as transport of your gear by mule, while you carry only a daypack on your hike out of the Canyon. Breakfast service starts at 5:00 AM so that you can get an early start on the trail before it gets too hot. Occasionally we are unable to secure reservations at Phantom Ranch. In this case, you would spend the last night camping along the river and then come downstream the final morning to Phantom Ranch, where you will drop off your duffel for transport by mule while you hike up the canyon to the South Rim. Our guides will provide a trail lunch for you. Please read the section below: "Hiking In or Out of Grand Canyon."
LEES FERRY TO WHITMORE WASH (AC): 12-14 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Transport by van from Flagstaff to put-in at Lees Ferry (approx. 2½ hrs).
Trip Ends: Take-out at Whitmore Wash with helicopter to the rim and flight back to Las Vegas, continuing by van to the Las Vegas McCarran Airport, arriving between 1-3:00 PM.
Whitewater: 38 major rapids rated 5 or above, along with two monsters, Crystal and Lava Falls, rated 8-10.
Itinerary: We spend our first week on the river covering the same highlights as our Lees Ferry to Phantom Ranch trip (see above) until we meet up with the big whitewater below, including the infamous Crystal Rapid and Lava Falls. This section combines the scenic wonders of the Upper Canyon's vibrant limestone cliffs, Anasazi ruins, Nautiloid fossils, stream-carved alcoves and petroglyphs, with the Lower Canyon's crystalline waterfalls, fern-covered fairylands, layers of rock rising and falling and turquoise pools.
LEES FERRY TO LAKE MEAD – Full Canyon (AD): 14-18 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Transport by van from Flagstaff to put-in at Lees Ferry (approx. 2½ hrs).
Trip Ends: Take-out at Lake Mead and return by van to Flagstaff (4 hrs), arriving approximately 3:00 PM.
Whitewater: 47 major rapids rated 5 or above including Crystal and Lava Falls, rated 8-10.
Itinerary: It's all here – the glories of Marble Canyon, the mysteries of the Inner Gorge, terrific side hikes and Indian ruins, crystalline creeks and waterfalls, cactus gardens and whitewater galore. For nearly three hundred miles, the river has cut a chasm over a mile deep through a rainbow of ancient rock. Nowhere on earth is there a more complete or dramatic geologic storybook. This Full Canyon trip gives you time to stop, to look, to listen and explore the treasures this wonderland has to offer. You won't be "seeing the Grand Canyon"—you'll be living it. Your guides enrich your experience with tales of geologic wonders, natural history and Canyon folklore. You're also likely to encounter bighorn sheep, deer, ringtail cats, coyote and a large variety of birds from raptors to water fowl.
LEES FERRY TO DIAMOND CREEK (AD): 13-18 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Transport by van from Flagstaff to put-in at Lees Ferry (approx. 2½ hrs).
Trip Ends: Take-out at Diamond Creek and return by van to Flagstaff (2½ hrs), arriving approximately 2:00 PM.
Whitewater: 42 major rapids rated 5 or above and Crystal and Lava Falls, rated 8-10.
Itinerary: Covering 226 river miles, this trip offers all the scenery, side canyons and whitewater excitement of our Full Canyon trip. We take out at Diamond Creek, just a few rapids short of our Lees Ferry to Lake Mead ending point, making for a shorter drive back to Flagstaff.
PHANTOM RANCH TO WHITMORE WASH (BC): 7-10 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Hike 9.7 miles into the Canyon from the South Rim, meeting at the river at 1:00 PM.
Trip Ends: Take-out at Whitmore Wash with helicopter to the rim and flight back to Las Vegas, continuing by van to the Las Vegas McCarran Airport, arriving between 1-3:00 PM.
Whitewater: 19 major rapids rated 5 or above including Crystal and Lava Falls, rated 8-10.
Itinerary: Beginning at the South Rim, your hike will cover 9.7 miles into the Canyon, down the beautiful Bright Angel Trail. The hike is on a well-traveled and well-defined trail with water, shade and restroom stops along the way. Our river guides meet you at the river's edge. After repacking your gear, we immediately head straight into some of the most celebrated rapids: Horn Creek, Granite, Hermit and Crystal are all packed into the first two exciting days. Spectacular side hikes pierce the shadows of the deep Inner Gorge: the emerald paradise of Elves Chasm, the 100-foot drop of Deer Creek Falls, the limestone chutes of Matkatamiba Canyon, the blue-green pools and numerous waterfalls of Havasu Canyon, and many others. We finish off by running the notorious Lava Falls – North America's most renowned big drop. Please read the section below: "Hiking In or Out of Grand Canyon."
PHANTOM RANCH TO LAKE MEAD (BD): 10-13 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Hike 9.7 miles into the Canyon from the South Rim, meeting at the river at 1:00 PM.
Trip Ends: Take-out at Lake Mead and return by van to Flagstaff (4 hrs), arriving approximately 3:00 PM.
Whitewater: 28 major rapids rated 5 or above including two monsters, Crystal and Lava Falls, rated 8-10.
Itinerary: After hiking into the Canyon from the South Rim, we go straight into the biggest rapids of all to finish the upper Granite Gorge (see above, Phantom Ranch to Whitmore Wash). Incredible scenery and plenty of other rapids fill the 192 miles of the "lower half" section of the Canyon. Below Lava Falls, the Canyon narrows one last time as we enter the Lower Granite Gorge. A jet boat meets us on our last day to take us to Lake Mead and our van back to Flagstaff. Please read the section below: "Hiking In or Out of Grand Canyon."
PHANTOM RANCH TO DIAMOND CREEK (BD): 9-12 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Hike 9.7 miles into the Canyon from the South Rim, meeting at the river at 1:00 PM.
Trip Ends: Take-out at Diamond Creek and return by van to Flagstaff (2½ hrs), arriving approximately 2:00 PM.
Whitewater: 23 major rapids rated 5 or above including Crystal and Lava Falls, rated 8-10.
Itinerary: Just as in our Phantom Ranch to Lake Mead trip, we conquer all the famed rapids, discover secluded canyons and linger in quiet oases. Our take-out point is Diamond Creek, just a few rapids short of our Lees Ferry to Lake Mead trip, making for a shorter drive back to Flagstaff. Please read the section below: "Hiking In or Out of Grand Canyon."
WHITMORE WASH TO LAKE MEAD (CD): 5 days, by Raft, or by Dory
Trip Begins: Las Vegas McCarran Airport at 11:00 AM.
Trip Ends: Take-out at Lake Mead. Return by van to Las Vegas, arriving between 1-3:00 PM.
Whitewater: 5 major rapids rated 5 or above (on the Grand Canyon scale of 1-10).
Itinerary: This shorter section of the river is a good introduction for guests not sure they are ready for a longer trip. We meet you in Las Vegas and transport you by van and small plane to Bar 10 Ranch for an afternoon of ranch activities including horseback riding, horseshoe pitching, hiking, skeet shooting, and more, finished with an evening of country entertainment. The next morning you fly by helicopter into the Canyon where your guides await your arrival at Whitmore Wash. The trip affords an opportunity to hike and explore this exquisite desert wonderland. Float through the Lower Granite Gorge before boarding a jet boat for a ride across Lake Mead and our return to Las Vegas.
Grand Canyon National Park Service regulations prohibit individuals from participating in more than one recreational river trip (commercial or non-commercial) per year on the Lees Ferry to Diamond Creek section of the Colorado River. Because of this regulation, OARS and Grand Canyon Dories cannot accept a reservation from any individual who has or will participate in any other full or partial canyon commercial or non-commercial river trip within the same calendar year. If you have already completed or have plans to participate in any other Grand Canyon river trip during the same year you are traveling with us, and would like to go again, please wait until the following year or later for your next trip. Grand Canyon National Park's one-trip-per-year rule is strictly enforced by the National Park Service.
What is the minimum age to go on a Grand Canyon trip?
The minimum age is 12 years old for all segments except for our trip from Whitmore Wash to Lake Mead, where the minimum age is 7 years. Children should be comfortable around water and content with themselves when there are long stretches of calm water where we often simply contemplate the grandeur around us and talk.
Is there a "best" time to go?
There is no "bad" time to be in Grand Canyon, but we certainly agree that spring and fall are considered the "best" seasons to visit. Our early and late trips, (April, September and October) offer longer trips, giving way to a more flexible schedule and layover days, camping for more than one night at one site. The April trips usually catch the peak wildflower and cactus bloom with generally clear weather and clean, sparkling water. October is the "yellow" season with numerous yellow plants blooming and oblique lighting for a photographer's dream. In these seasons the milder temperatures create the most comfortable and pleasant environment for side-canyon exploration, away from the intense heat and crowds of the summer. Also, in April and October we have the opportunity to circle around the campfire in the evenings, recalling Grand Canyon legends and heroes.
The summer months are the hottest and most crowded. Temperatures can easily soar to over 115 degrees in late June and July. There are likely to be some clouds and thundershowers in July and August (which is historically the wettest month in the Canyon). Localized thunderstorms during July and August result in spectacular yellow, red and brown streams and waterfalls; and, as a result, the Colorado River returns to its pre-dam muddy condition for a few days.
Hiking In or Out of Grand Canyon (Trips beginning or ending at Phantom Ranch)
The hike between the South Rim and the river is a serious, long (9.7 miles) and strenuous hike. This hike takes you in or out of one of the deepest canyons in the world with an elevation increase/decrease of more than 4500 feet. People almost inevitably underestimate the difficulty of climbing the Bright Angel Trail. Temperatures on the trail can easily reach 110 degrees or more during the summer months. Transport of your personal gear by mule is provided, but you still need to make the hike carrying a daypack holding your water bottles, lunch, camera, etc. The extra weight of your daypack significantly increases the stress and amount of effort exerted. You need to take the time to get into very good physical condition before you begin your trip. The hike to the river generally takes 4-7 hours while the hike out to the South Rim generally takes 6-9 hours. Hiking into the Canyon may appear to be "easier" because your body naturally propels downward, but the punishing consequences to your body are greater than hiking uphill. The combination of your legs holding back your body weight and the pressure from stepping down and across numerous log "stairs" can create a great strain on your knees and joints. As required by the National Park Service, we have a hiking escort accompany our guests on the hike in or out of the Canyon. We use the Bright Angel Trail—which has the advantage of water, some shade and easy accessibility. Essentially you hike at your own pace, so you may hike as fast or as slow as you like, although during the summer months you will want to complete the hike as early in the day as possible to avoid the greatest heat.
Please Note: This hike is not recommended for anyone in poor general health, who is elderly, has heart or lung disease, is overweight, or is not physically fit. If you have any of these conditions or are unsure whether you are in good enough shape for this hike, we strongly urge you to get your physician's approval for this trip.
This service is operated by O.A.R.S. Grand Canyon, Inc., a concessioner under contract with the U.S. Government and administered by the National Park Service. The concessioner is responsible for conducting these operations in a satisfactory manner. Prices are approved by the National Park Service.
Please address comments to:
Grand Canyon National Park
PO Box 129
Grand Canyon, AZ 86023