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INDIANAPOLIS – Matt Grevers is hoping for a honeymoon in Spain.
Now he is feeling some pressure to make sure that happens.
Grevers, reigning Olympic champion in the 100-meter backstroke, needs to make the top two in that event at the U.S. Championships Friday to assure himself of a place on the U.S. team that will compete at the World Championships next month in Barcelona.
"We haven't had an official honeymoon yet because of swimming," said Grevers, married April 6 to former swimmer Annie Chandler. "So if I could make the world team, we could extend our stay for a week or so, maybe longer. That's added pressure."
Grevers, of Lake Forest, still could make the team as a relay swimmer by having finished sixth in the 100 free. But that is the least important of the five selection criteria.
He also could have achieved the No. 3 criterion by winning Thursday's 50 back. But he was second to David Plummer.
If Grevers does get on the team in the 100 back, he could wind up swimming several events at worlds.
"It's all-or-nothing," he said with a laugh. "As soon as I make it, it will be a relief."
*Christine Magnuson wasn't sure she would swim the evening race in the 100-meter butterfly, even though it is the event in which she won two 2008 Olympic silver medals – one on the medley relay.
At 27, Magnuson has decided to concentrate on the shortest freestyle race, the 50, in which she missed the 2012 Olympic team by an agonizing .05 seconds. That race is Saturday.
"I just started putting too much pressure on the 100 fly, and it stopped being fun," she said. "When something stops being fun, you should change it."
But Magnuson, from Tinley Park, qualified for Thursday's "A" final in the 100 fly, so she took on the event for what could be the last time, finishing fifth in 59.30 seconds as Olympic champion Dana Vollmer won in 57.53.
Magnuson won the 50 butterfly Wednesday, all but assuring herself of a swim at the worlds.
All 50-meter races other than freestyle are not on the Olympic program.
*It has been a rocky week so far for Tribune prep athlete of the year Olivia Smoliga of Glenview. She was 27th in Tuesday's prelims of the 100 free and then missed Thursday's "A" final in the 50 backstroke by finishing 13th in the morning prelims with a 29.28, well off her personal best 28.34.
"It was a rough start to this meet," Smoliga said. "And this morning, I was definitely hoping to go faster than 29. That was very weird for me because I felt so strong.
"It's really hard to mentally overcome a bad prelim swim. I tried to come out for the `B' final and just have a good race and really try to win it. I think I did what I wanted to."
Smoliga won the ``B'' in 28.64. That would have been fifth in the "A" race, won by Rachel Bootsma with a U.S. record 27.68. Missy Franklin was second in a personal best 27.98.
Smoliga, headed for the University of Georgia, has her best event Friday, the 100 back. She was fourth in that race at the 2012 Olympic trials.
"I'm definitely pumped," she said. "I am hoping that my gears will turn for tomorrow. With Missy and Rachel, it should be a blast."
*Becca Mann, whose results have been decidedly mixed, came up with her second fourth-place of the meet in Thursday's 400-meter individual medley. Mann, 15, of Homer Glen, was eight seconds behind winner Maya Dirado. She already has made the worlds in open water swimming.


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Home, that place where you get up in the morning to make breakfast and read the morning paper. It's that place where you spend time each and every day, where you kick back to watch the soccer game, and where you get ready to go out and conquer the day ahead.
The 'Caps are in the process of building their own home, and before we left for preseason camp in Arizona I got the chance to catch up with facilities manager Ed Georgica to check out how it is coming along.
You may recall my last visit back in November when construction was just beginning. This time I got to see the progress made in phase one of the 4000-sq foot National Soccer Development Centre (NSDC) club house.
It was incredible to see so much already in place: lockers, player's lounge, kitchen, big TV screens, and offices for coaches and staff. It was easy to see why Mr. Georgica's face lit up when we toured his big new space, including a number of washers and dryers which will speed up the workload. No doubt, this is an important step up for the club in many regards.
In just over three weeks, this will be home for our men's team, but eventually it will also house all of our Residency and Girls Elite teams, while also welcoming Canada's men's, women's, and youth national teams.
I'm sure you can imagine the benefits this will provide to recruiting players to come to Vancouver.
How does it sound to have one place where you can meet, train, and hang out together?
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Before approving a revised naming policy, the Berlin Boylston Regional School Committee took final action on a long-standing request, unanimously approving a motion to confirm a March 2011 vote to not name a part of the new school as a memorial.
The request by a citizen�s petition to name the gym in the new Tahanto Regional Middle/High School had generated an ongoing debate.
The board has been working on the policy, seeking to expand and clarify details, but in previous meetings generally agreed that the committee did not want to open the door to naming.
Berlin member Chris Keefe said the decision in 2011 �was not an official vote of the committee at that time.�
�It was a consensus that the board agreed on the policy,� Chairman Rebecca Dono Healy, of Boylston, said.
�We need to update the policy but not to make a decision on this request,� Keefe said.
Healy said it was necessary to set the policy so the administration can act consistently.
Boylston member Larry Brenner said he felt uncomfortable making a decision on something that occurred two years ago, but added �I feel very uncomfortable naming any portion of our school after a particularly tragic event because the school is the place our children have to walk through.�
Superintendent of Schools Nadine Ekstrom said she had explained the rationale to those proposing naming the new gym after Tahanto alum Jay Corcoran, who died in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
She referred to �the work that has been done and the thought that has gone through this process,� and said the school was �an educational facility that is a positive learning environment.� She said it should not be �a constant reminder of something negative.�
She noted two other naming requests had been denied and three other requests received.
Ekstrom said a sign or plaque would be an option. Many memorial plaques were moved from the old building to be reinstalled.
�There are other options out there,� Ekstrom said, including donations where there is a need. She noted trees planted in front of the old school building for Sept. 11 and Columbine.
�A scholarship to college would be a living memorial,� Berlin member Ruth Blandin said, especially if a committee then chooses a person who exemplifies Corcoran.
Ekstrom said a scholarship had been given out in memory of Corcoran but she was not sure what had happened to that.
�It gives you the opportunity to understand who he was as a person,� Blandin said of the scholarship option.
After Corcoran�s death, his classmates formed a scholarship in his name, with recipients expected to show those traits of academic success and athletic achievement that Corcoran displayed in high school.
In 2011, classmate Siobhan Bohnson said she would like to restart the Tahanto scholarship, which has not been awarded in recent years.
In approving a revised policy, the committee discussed wording including clarifying that it applied to portions of the facility rather than the whole school.
It also added language applying to signage, similar to what is in most of the dozens of policies in other districts, Healy said.
That could add uniformity to signs, which could be approved by the administration.
Healy noted the subcommittee, which consisted of her and Keefe, did not agree on allowing naming rights for donors, a provision Healy had sought.
The expanded policy was approved unanimously.
In other business
�Ekstrom detailed some of the major budget points as the board gets into preparing the budget for next year.
Major points include increases related to the shift of positions from elementary to middle school because of the sixth grades from both towns moving to the new school.
�Principal Diane Tucceri said traffic patterns had become a problem when preschool release and early release for mid-terms coincided. She said in the future those would be staggered to prevent the backup onto the road of cars waiting to pick up students.


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Dumb meters for dumb people
Electrosensitivity loons are one of my favourite types of loon
Campaigners across America are resorting to padlocks and metal cages to protect their 'leccy meters, convinced that the smart versions will damage their health. The Georgia Senate is busy passing a bill allowing customers to opt out of having a smart meter fitted, and without cost, but some of the locals are concerned that …
Electrosensitivity loons are one of my favourite types of loon
The most hilarious part of this issue is that most of the dumb meters in question already have radio transmitters. So do most gas meters and water meters. The "meter readers" just drive down the street and a RF scanner in the car reads the meters.
Actually no most of the dumb meters don't have radio transmitters and I've no idea what makes you pretend to know otherwise.
That doesn't mean I'd against smart meters, but I am against wasteful spending and throwing tech where there isn't any advantage for the customer while incurring cost to do so.
What's it got to do with the customer? Business exists for the good of the shareholder.
Smart meters allow them to increase prices as the market price for power goes up - in theory it could also allow them to reduce prices when the market price goes down ( snigger )
"...I've no idea what makes you pretend to know otherwise."
The fact that I've owned 3 houses over the last 20 years and all of their water, gas & electricity meters had RF transmitters for remote reading. That's 9:0. One house was in Massachusetts, one in Florida, and one in California. In most States, meters have to be replaced by the utilities every few years. Where I live now, gas meters are replaced every 5 years, water & electricity every 10 years.
The utilities have been switching to remote meter reading over the last decade or two is because one meter reader can read a huge number of meters compared to one who has to walk around people's yards.
"Re: Dumb meters for dumb people
Actually no most of the dumb meters don't have radio transmitters and I've no idea what makes you pretend to know otherwise."
Bzzt! - No cookie for you!!!
It depends on the area, but simple usage status radios of meters have been in use as early as 1978! (the Metretek, Inc. AMR). Of the last three places I lived, two were definitely AMR equipped. So yes, it is in use, has been for decades, and you, as well as millions of other the uninformed, simply don't know what you are talking about. Frustrating, as people complaining about such things distract us from real problems.
Not just for dumb people it's also for the ones who don't want to deal with the hassle of spending months complaining to SoCal Edison trying to convince them that you didn't actually use more than 3 times as much electricity during the month they "upgraded" the meter than any other month before or since the "upgrade". In fact I could probably show I wouldn't use that much electricity even if I left the door open and the AC on during the whole of August.
Hey! Leave the 'electro-sensitivity loons' alone. You, me, we're all electro-sensitive. I'm especially so. I find that any kind of contact whatsoever with a mere 230V AC, even the sort that comes out of the socket on the wall, really knocks me off my feet for the rest of the day. How do you think that'd feel, every day of your life? I can tell you, it soon begins to pall.
Now then, I must see to getting that bedside lamp earthed properly. Been meaning to do it for years.
> In most States, meters have to be replaced by the utilities every few years
I think it's too late to worry about them ripping you off then. Two of my three meters are as old as the house - 17 years. The water meter was replaced a couple of years ago. What is the logic in replacing the meters so frequently? Lousy build quality?
"What is the logic in replacing the meters so frequently? Lousy build quality?"
Maybe you should move to a less corrupt locale, where the politicians actually believe they serve the people who elected them...
I live in a State with very strong utility regulation and consumer protections. My understanding from talking to the gas company is that the requirement (for the gas meter) was a combination of safety and proof of meter calibration. The old meter gets refurbished and recalibrated, then is placed back into the pool of meters to go back into service. My water meter was replaced last year, and they claimed it was to insure calibration, and again the old meter gets refurbished and eventually placed back into service. I presume the electricity meter replacement has a similar rational.
I've no doubt that part of the periodic meter replacement is for the utilities protection. If nothing else, by replacing the meters every decade or half-decade, they can inspect the installation for tampering.
Did you read the list of states where he's owned houses? The state of taxachusetts, the state retirees from taxachusetts move to because they can't afford taxachuesetts anymore, and the land of fruits and nuts, who incidentally are going bankrupt even faster than Greece, but since they aren't a country all their own, aren't making international headlines.
Short version: stop feeding the troll.
I agree with your point in the article about Smart Meters. I got one free when I switched to nPower. Looked at it for a week, and then put it in the cupboard where it's gathering dust to this day.
Yeah - ditto.
Realised what things were causing the high usage. Changed our behaviour. Meter uses electricity, so turning that off was next obvious decision.
Sounds like an electricity monitor and not a smart meter - smart meter replaces your exisitng electricity meter and is intended to send meter reading automatically via a wireless/mobile connection to remove the need for meter readers to come and read your meter. N.b. in the US (well at least 10-15 years ago when I was there) meter reading must be a significant expenses as PGE read our meter *every* month (as did the water company) - compared to the UK where it seems to be about once every 18-24 months to check that your reading/their estimates are sufficiently accurate
An electricity meter can only be fitted by an authorised agent of the electricity distribution authority. In the UK it is illegal to tamper with one. And you can't turn them off.
" And you can't turn them off."
Yes!!! Are people even paying attention to the topic here?
Sure you can turn them off. You don't think the installer is damn fool enough to put it in while the feed is live do you?
but what about costs incurred having to visit people to measure usage?
Very high levels of shortwave radio signals (we are talking powerful radar here) have been documented to have adverse health effects. I think some people do a linear interpolation between zero effect at zero W to a handful of points of massive problems in the MW range, with little or no data in the intermediate range. I very much doubt that damage at the levels experienced is real. All the symptoms described (including those of the diabetics) could be explained by stress (caused by the fear of the effects of radio signals, perhaps?). BTW, I am not saying the complaints are not real, I am saying that the cause might be different.
....(insomnia, ringing in the ears, heart palpitations - and irrational technophobia) could also be explained by them watching too many Republican Party nominees' speeches.
"watching too many Republican Party nominees' speeches"
that is a major cause of stress ;-)
could be attributed to eating at American chain restaurants (mentioning no McNames)
It always reminds me of the woman who started to feel all these bad things after they installed a GSM antenna next to her home. Some journalists dug a bit in, went to the mobile company, where they found out the antenna wasn't in use yet... It's all in the head ;)
Stick to the topic of the story and STOP Trolling.
Republican Party nominees' speeches generally cure insomnia...
The topic of the story IS trolling. They just used synonyms to say it.
I have to wonder how many of the people who claim that they are getting sick from having these SmartMeter radio transceivers around also have mobile phones, 802.11b/g/n wireless routers, and cordless landline phones and yet have never experienced any so-called health problems with them.
Indeed, given that the SmartMeters use GSM (or CDMA, here in the US) cellular wireless connections exactly the same as the device people hold up to their head for hours at a time, except that the connection is a few seconds per hour and not three inches from their skull, it baffles me how the SmartMeters could be causing health issues that are not already endemic from mobile phones.
However, the people that take issue with the SmartMeters giving the utility company free rein to turn off electrical mains connections during a billing dispute, or accidentally, or while blinded by red tape have an argument that I can sympathize with.
Your children, pets and spouse will all be dead by thursday of serious pain disease, probably RADIO CANCER.
It's all an illuminati conspiracy.
Radio goo goo....
Radio ga ga.
All thise RF noisy plasma TVs oh noes they want to give us all cancer :P
That's just what the brain rays want you to think !
If I can't see it with my eyes then it isn't there, isn't hurting me. Scientists and technical people throughout history have acted like that. Surgeons would never wash there hands. 100 years later oops that stuff we couldn't see well...we make sure ER's are clean of it now.
So I DON'T write off the whole issue out of hand without some good amount of UNBIASED time and scientific testing to prove or disprove. For all we know there might be a electronic noise threshold for complex organisms like humans before it begins to cause biological disruptions in them.
But how do you prove something is *not* causing something bad to happen? You can't.
As soon as someone comes up with some solid evidence that radio waves cause any of these problems, that's fine. But until then it would be just as valid to claim my cat is the leading cause of global warming as to claim that smart meter emissions are harmful.
Look up "softenon" and "thalidomide" ..
Not that I say that the issue is as grave - we simply don't know yet. For all we know, it may even help. The problem is indeed the lack of funds for doing a study which is without bias. A mobile company sponsoring the research doesn't inspire trust in the results, however good the intentions may be - the tobacco companies have taken care of that..
We've been meaning to talk to you about that cat.
" But until then it would be just as valid to claim my cat is the leading cause of global warming "
Lets not be silly here. Its been irrefutably shown by the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster that the rise in Global Warming is a direct result to the decline in the number of pirates over the years.
Again Fred, how do you prove something is not happening.
We're still waiting for any evidence - any whatsoever - that links cancer to radio waves. How many studies is it going to take until we all accept the universe just doesnt work that way?
Funny how when we agree with something its "Fair and objective" but when we don't its "biased".
Satellite TV and GPS are beamed to earth along with other communications. The frequency is very high to get through the ionosphere of the planet. You don't hear many people complaining about that?
WIFI, mobile data and smartmeters must use much lower transmit power than GPS or Satellite TV.
Placebo is the only way. It is why that test is done, in many cases people get symptoms when you suggest the idea.
Just like telling people they are looking at an original oil painting makes them say they like it even though its not. The human mind is pretty suggestible, probably why blind taste tests are required too.
I posted on a similar article a while back with a simple, effective study that while not 100% infallible should be easy to run and fairly cheap (in terms of equipment; the educations needed to observe the results properly, not so much).
Still waiting for someone to do something similar.
Many years ago, they did a study in Philadelphia (I think) and may have demonstrated a correlation between 60cycle RF and cancer. They tracked the cancer rates in a of a row of houses with aboveground power and found that the incidence of cancer peaked at every pole on which there was a transformer.
On the other hand, the coolant in those transformers was later designated toxic waste and had to have special handling....
And those silly AGW fanatics are still coming up with ever more tortuous arguments to explain the recent not-warming-much-at-all spell.
Nothing to do with the upsurge in piracy off the horn of Africa of course.....
WiFi, Mobile Data, and Smartmeters have a much lower transmit power than Satellites (which have half a kilowatt ERP), but you don't sleep next to the Satellites (or, at least, I don't - I can't vouch for Giles) and by the time they reach your roof you are looking at an RSSI of around -155 dBW - barely above noise floor.
I haven't heard or read anything about what frequencies and transmit power the smart meters are using - but I also haven't been looking. I have read that many of the manufacturers of Smart Meters have already exited the market because they foresee it as being unprofitable.
In WiFi, the maximum output power is less than the amount of allowable leakage around the seal of of a Microwave Oven (which is why your WiFi drops out every time you fire it up).
Personally, I am of a mindset that the power company should not be able to tell me what I can and cannot do with the power that I purchase from them. It is their responsibility to project estimated peak loads and be able to handle them. If they can't, certainly don't want them to be able to remotely shut down the air conditioning and have my servers fry because they overheat. I would rather that the grid goes dark and have everything go to backup generator.
But it says it's dangerous on the walls of men's toilets, so it must be true.
Has the number of pirates declined? There seem to be quite a lot about these days.
well here's a really daft idea, why not *monitor* your AC like every decent Op does and switch in the backup generator when the power goes off before the servers cook themselves?
I dont sleep next to my electric meter - its 2 floors down in the cellar...but I do sleep next to my mobile phone - on my bedside table. The smart meter is using GSM - my mobile phone has WiFi and 3G on. I'd still worry far more, like others have mentioned about the phone...given that its next to my brain for quite a large amount of time...and if not in use...right next to my chest in my coat pocket, yes, we'll find its a killer technology, literally, in maybe a few decades and a cause of new, currently unknown cancers...but we'll also find that other tech that we've lived around for a long time and these smartmeters ARENT a cause of ill health...and if used right should help save the human population from its own doom (peak oil gone, lack of any natural resources and all that good stuff) - people blocking the install should be charged more and pay for not having smart meters
I can't help but think that the objections based on seemingly loony concerns about radio waves and health issues are being presented very vocally to make ANY objection to smart meters seem rediculous, rational people won't want to be associated with the loonies and so will accept smart meters without question.
Rational people are...er... rational. They think, they don't simply accept the lunacy, or buy into snake-oil cures or causes of illness that are so easily accepted by the loons.
I love the idea that that the emissions from a smart meter could somehow harm you, but the emissions from all that electrical gear in your house won't. Like those idiots who campaign against mobile phone masts while spending half their time with a mobile phone stuck to the side of their heads and the other half complaining about the lack of signal.


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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (Nov. 16, 2008) - Coming off Saturday's 10-point season-opening loss at Evansville, the ETSU women's basketball team looks to bounce back and get into the win column when they face longtime in-state rival Chattanooga on Monday night. Tip is set for 7 p.m. inside McKenzie Arena.
The Lady Bucs and Lady Mocs have a long history as they both were former rivals back in the SoCon. ETSU is looking to avenge last season's heartbreaking one-point loss to
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Let's End This Drought...
Prior to ETSU's 55-50 win against
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The 83 shot attempts by the Lady Bucs were the most taken in recent ETSU history, while Gwen Washington's 23 attempts were the most-ever taken by a Lady Buccaneer rookie ... Siarre Evans' 16-point, 11-rebound performance marked her 16th career double-double ... sophomore point guard Tara Davis set a new career high with 13 points (previous best was 12, at Alabama last year) ... newcomer Shannon White had a solid debut by grabbing six rebounds in 11 minutes of work.
Kemp Eyeing 200
Head coach Karen Kemp is in search of an important milestone � Kemp is currently six wins shy of reaching the 200-win mark � over the last three seasons Kemp has posted 59 victories and the Lady Bucs are in search of their first-ever fourth consecutive winning season � Kemp currently has posted a program-best 194 victories in her career.
Kemp Back to Her Old Stopping Grounds
Monday night's game in
Countdown to 1,000
Junior Siarre Evans has built an impressive resume over her first two seasons as a Lady Buc � the Griffin, Ga. native was named Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year, First Team All-Conference and Atlantic Sun All-Freshman Team in her rookie season, and last season the sophomore was named First Team All-Conference and Atlantic Sun All-Tournament Team � Evans enters this season only 168 points shy of becoming the 16th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point plateau � the junior guard/forward was also a unanimous selection the 2008-09 Preseason All-Conference Team.
Lady Bucs Tabbed the A-Sun Favorite
For the first time since joining the Atlantic Sun Conference, the ETSU Lady Bucs were selected the league favorite in both the coaches and media polls � ETSU is also looking to become the first team since Georgia State (2001-03) to repeat as conference champions.
Calling all Seniors?
ETSU's rosters consists of four juniors, five sophomores and three freshmen, however, the Lady Bucs do not have a single senior on their team � the Lady Bucs are one of two team in the Atlantic Sun to not post at least one senior on their roster, with the other team being Florida Gulf Coast.
The Schedule of all Schedules
When fans look at ETSU's 2008-09 regular season slate they may be asking themselves what coach Kemp was thinking, as the Lady Bucs' schedule features seven teams who appeared in postseason play a year ago � ETSU hosts 12th-ranked and SEC favorite Vanderbilt, and travels to Evansville (WNIT participant), Chattanooga (NCAA participant), Georgia (NCAA participant), Kentucky (WNIT participant), Liberty (NCAA participant) and Florida Gulf Coast (WNIT participant) � of the Lady Bucs' eight non-conference opponents, six of them played in the postseason last year.
Belcher's Seeing Double
Last season Latisha Belcher posted three double-doubles in 33 games, and the junior post quickly carried the success over into this campaign as she posted a double-double effort in the Lady Bucs' lone exhibition game against Cumberlands. Belcher finished the night with 11 points and 10 rebounds in 31 minutes versus the Patriots. The
New Season, New Faces
With a new season upon us the Lady Buccaneer family has some new faces, as coach Kemp brought in four new players and two coaches to her staff. Natalie Pickwell (
Home Court Advantage
The Lady Bucs have won 29 of their last 37 home games; including 23 of their last 27 conference home contents � ETSU carries a six-game home winning streak into the 2008-09 season � throughout that six-game win streak, the Lady Buccaneers defeated the opposition by over 23 points (81.5 to 58.3) and forced the opponents into 24 turnovers as well.
Making History
The Lady Bucs made history last season as they went on a roll and won the Atlantic Sun regular season and tournament championships - resulting in their first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. ETSU also set team records for most points scored in a season (2,478), rebounds (1,360), steals in a single-game (24, vs. Campbell), and tied program records for single-season wins (21) and consecutive wins in a season (8).
Chasing History
With ETSU being tabbed the conference favorite; the Lady Bucs will now venture out and look to become the first team since
Wiles Watch
Junior guard/forward TaRonda Wiles enjoyed a break-out season as a sophomore. The versatile player nearly doubled her output in every statistical category and looks to carry the momentum into her third season as a Lady Buc. Wiles played in all 33 games (started 32) and averaged 9.8 points and 4.6 rebounds in 27.3 minutes a year ago. The
Siarre's Soaring
For the second straight year Siarre Evans was named to the Preseason All-Conference Team. In her first two years, the
Pack the House
The Lady Bucs will look to "Pack the House" on Friday, Nov. 21, when ETSU hosts 12th ranked Vanderbilt in its home opener. ETSU tries to break the attendance record - which was set at 1,236 - when the Lady Buccaneers defeated Kennesaw State, 81-77, on Feb. 2, 2008.
A Look Ahead
The Lady Bucs head home for their home-opener on Friday, Nov. 21, when 12th-ranked and SEC favorite, Vanderbilt, visits


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Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Kaan - Adults Only -All Inclusive is an all-inclusive resort. Room rates include meals and beverages at onsite restaurants and bars. Other items and amenities, including taxes and gratuities, and access to recreational activities and entertainment may also be included. Additional charges may apply for meals at some restaurants, special dinners and dishes, certain beverages, and other amenities.
Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Kaan - Adults Only -All Inclusive features a full-service spa, 4 outdoor swimming pools, an outdoor tennis court, and complimentary bicycles. Dining is available at one of the resort's 4 restaurants. The property also offers a snack bar/deli. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of the resort's bars, which include 8 bars/lounges and a poolside bar. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
This all-inclusive resort also offers a casino, a nightclub, and spa services. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Kaan - Adults Only -All Inclusive is a smoke-free property.
- Casino
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Number of outdoor pools - 4
- Number of bars/lounges - 8
- Full-service spa
- Poolside bar
- Free breakfast
- Porter/bellhop
- Year Built 2010
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Smoke-free property
- Nightclub
- Spa services on site
- Terrace
- Number of restaurants - 4
- Snack bar/deli
- Outdoor tennis court
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 420
- Number of floors - 3
- Number of buildings/towers - 36
- Wedding services
- Garden
- Multilingual staff
- Free newspapers in lobby
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Premium TV channels
- Separate sitting area
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Ceiling fan
- Access via exterior corridors
- Free bottled water
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Number of bathrooms -
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Shower only
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Pillow menu
Where to Eat
Guests are offered a complimentary buffet breakfast.
Yal-ku - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Alux - This restaurant serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Maiko - This restaurant specializes in Japanese cuisine and serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Snack Bar El Cenote - Onsite buffet restaurant.
24-hour room service is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An outdoor tennis court and complimentary bicycles are featured at the resort. 4 outdoor swimming pools are on site.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Free bicycles on site
- Ecotours nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Scuba diving nearby
Spa Services
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the resort's full-service spa, Bahia Spa. Services include facials, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. The spa is equipped with a mud bath and a sauna. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
- Mud bath in spa
- Sauna in spa
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Massages
Resort Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-in time ends at noon
Minimum check-in age is 18
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- This property welcomes adults only.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Cribs (infant beds) are not available.
- No pets or service animals allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Late check-out fee: MXN 1500 (subject to availability)
Resort Name
- Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Kaan Adults
- Luxury Bahia Principe Sian Kaan Adults All Inclusive Akumal
We should mention
Reservations are required for golf tee times, massage services, and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the resort prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.


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Police caution NH residents who step in to help stop crimeBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 09. 2013 9:20PM
MANCHESTER - It was an August day in 2011 when Peter Vaillancourt noticed a stranger fiddling with the doors and windows at the firefighters union hall, across the street from his Manchester car shop.
Feeling "something was up," Vaillancourt called police, then grabbed his double-barrel sawed-off shotgun and headed across the street.
He saw a man opening a window and, while keeping the shotgun on his shoulder, told the man to sit on the ground. "I said he should probably wait there until the police show up," said Vaillancourt, 56.
The would-be burglar obeyed. Police arrived minutes later and arrested the 19-year-old Manchester man on burglary charges, along with two other people waiting in a parked car nearby.
Police say they welcome the public's assistance in stopping crime, but they don't want people to intervene as Vaillancourt did.
"When something happens, we appreciate any details people can give us," said Manchester police Lt. Maureen Tessier. "It's when they take it to the next level that we're not comfortable with it. Police have the training, the equipment and, quite frankly, the backup to handle those situations."
Lt. E. Zenus Paulson of the Nashua Police Department said, "There are too many unknowns in these situations - is the person armed, their state of mind. It's too risky.
"We appreciate the assistance and any information they provide that helps lead to an arrest," he said. "You can't say we don't. But someone's safety should always be the top priority."
While police may prefer that residents not physically confront or detain individuals they suspect of committing a serious crime, it is allowed under state statute.
According to RSA 627:7:IV: "A private person acting on his own is justified in using non-deadly force upon another when and to the extent that he reasonably believes it necessary to arrest or prevent the escape from custody of such other whom he reasonably believes to have committed a felony and who in fact has committed that felony."
Vaillancourt said the gun never left his shoulder.
"I think just seeing it was intimidating," said Vaillancourt, who got the shotgun 26 years ago to protect his home and business, Camaros Plus. He had checked with Manchester police to confirm the legal length (18½ inches) before cutting it down.
He has never needed to use the gun, but says he wouldn't be afraid to if he was ever again in a similar situation.
"I wouldn't do anything different. Not at all," said Vaillancourt. "If the guy was armed with a rifle or a pistol, things might have turned out a little different, but I would feel sorry for him. I had a 12-gauge, double-barrel sawed-off shotgun - and I wouldn't have missed."
RSA 627:5:IV also says private citizens are justified in using deadly force to defend themselves or a third person from what they believe to be the imminent use of deadly force.
Gary Hobbs tackled an alleged thief in the driveway of his Manchester home in September 2011, pinning the man to the ground until police arrived.
Hobbs, 42, was sitting in his kitchen one morning eating French toast with his then-9-year-old daughter when a neighbor called, saying someone was outside going through the cars. He stepped outside and saw a man rummaging through a Volvo.
Wearing flip-flops at the time, Hobbs - who stands 6 feet 3 inches and weighs 265 pounds - took a few steps toward the man.
"He took off," said Hobbs. "I started to run, and after about 15 steps, I caught him. I put him on the ground, put a knee in the small of his back, got him in a chicken-wing hold and that was the end of it.
"I'm a big guy, but I'm faster than I look."
Hobbs called police and kept the individual, identified as Theodore Macenas, 20, of Manchester, pinned to the ground until officers arrived. Macenas was arrested and charged with theft, receiving stolen property and criminal trespass.
Now, 17 months removed from the heat of the moment, Hobbs says he has never second-guessed his actions.
"I've never shied away from something like that," he said. "I never worried about the danger. You think for a second, 'Could he have a weapon?' But I was thinking of my daughter inside and just acted."
State police often receive calls from drivers reporting a motorist operating erratically or in an unsafe manner, said Lt. Nicole Armaganian.
"We prefer callers leave it at that and not pursue the driver," said Armaganian. "Let us handle it from there, and don't put yourself in what can become a dangerous situation."
When the public does help out, it makes news. In recent headlines:
--Two Queen City teens witnessed a drugstore holdup, then trailed the alleged robber to Derry, relaying details of the man's location until police could move in and make an arrest.
-- A Manchester resident directed police to a home across the street where he believed a burglary was in progress, resulting in two arrests.
That's the kind of help police said they welcome.
"If you see something, we want you to say something," said Capt. Vern Thomas of the Derry Police Department. "But we prefer you be a good witness than confront someone. Getting us information about what someone was wearing, what they looked like, where they were headed - all of that is valuable to an investigation.
"And you probably won't get punched, kicked, or worse getting it."
Hobbs, who works in the repossession business and occasionally accompanies bail bondsmen, said since his incident he has been the victim of some property damage, though he wasn't prepared to label them acts of retaliation for helping catch a thief.
"There was some damage done to my car (scratches). I've had something thrown through a window," said Hobbs. "Minor stuff. Your name is out there, people hear where you live, and that's the chance you take - that someone will come looking to get back at you.
"But I can't say for sure these were related to taking down that guy. They could just be coincidental."


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Some 3GLs such as the C language have an interesting feature called short circuit, which aborts any further processing of a logical expression as soon as the system can determine the expression's results. To understand how short circuit works, let's first examine how a programming language evaluates expressions. (Learn more from "A/C Circuits and T-SQL" and "Cycling with CTEs").
Operator precedence determines the order in which the system processes parts of an expression. The system processes operators with higher precedence before operators with lower precedence. The system processes operators with the same precedence from left to right. The following list, adapted from SQL Server Books Online (BOL), shows T-SQL's operator precedence:
- () Primary Grouping
- + (Positive), - (Negative), ~ (Bitwise NOT)
- * (Multiply), / (Division), % (Modulo)
- + (Add), + (Concatenate), - (Subtract)
- =, >, <, >=, <=, <>, !=, !>, !< (Comparison operators)
- ^ (Bitwise Exclusive OR), & (Bitwise AND), | (Bitwise OR)
= (Assignment)
Now, consider the following logical expression:
According to the operator precedence rule, the system will process the two equality comparisons first, and the two results will be joined with an AND operator (e.g., FALSE AND TRUE). However, systems that support short circuit will not evaluate the right part of the expression (1 = 1) at all, because the first part (1 = 0) is FALSE and the whole expression cannot evaluate to TRUE. This feature saves CPU cycles and in certain situations even prevents runtime errors. Consider the following expression:
IF (0 <> 0) AND (1/0 > 0) PRINT 'This works!'
A system that supports short circuits won't evaluate the right part of the expression (1/0 > 0) at all if the left part is FALSE, as it is in this example. So no runtime error, such as divide by zero, occurs. The same behavior applies in expressions that use the OR operator:
IF (1 > 0) OR (1/0 > 0) PRINT 'This works!'
Here, you can tell from the left part of the logical expression (1 > 0) that the whole expression evaluates to TRUE, so the system doesn't need to continue processing it.
Let's use a more practical example. Consider the following table:
CREATE TABLE T1( col1 int NOT NULL, col2 int NOT NULL) INSERT INTO T1 VALUES(1, 1) INSERT INTO T1 VALUES(1, 0) INSERT INTO T1 VALUES(-1, 1) INSERT INTO T1 VALUES(2, 1)
Suppose you want to return all the rows from T1, where the result of col1 divided by col2 is greater than zero. For this discussion, suppose you prefer not to return rows that have a zero value in col2, in which the computation of col1 divided by col2 would result in omega (eternity). The following query results in a divide by zero error:
SELECT * FROM T1 WHERE (col1 / col2 > 0)
Note that before the error occurs, SQL Server processes and returns one row. As soon as the error occurs, the query breaks and SQL Server processes no further rows. Let's slightly revise the query:
SELECT * FROM T1 WHERE (col2 0) AND (col1 / col2 > 0)
When I ran this query on my machine with SQL Server 7.0 and Service Pack 2 (SP2), the query ran successfully, returning two rows. Let's examine the execution plan output for the query:
|--Filter(WHERE:(\[T1\].\[col2\]0 AND \[T1\].\[col1\]/\[T1\].\[col2\]>0) |--Table Scan(OBJECT:(\[testdb\].\[dbo\].\[T1\]))
The system scanned the table and performed a filter to limit the result set according to the WHERE clause's filter. Notice that in this case, the filter in the execution plan appears to be the same from the query. Running the same query on my SQL Server 2000 beta 2 installation returned the same results, but the execution plan looks slightly different:
|--Table Scan(OBJECT:(\[testdb\].\[dbo\].\[T1\]), WHERE:(\[T1\].\[col2\]0 AND \[T1\].\[col1\]/\[T1\].\[col2\]>0))
The query plan shows the scan and the filter in one operation, but the logical expression still looks the same. Let's rewrite the query, flipping the left and the right parts of the logical expression, then execute the query:
SELECT * FROM T1 WHERE (col1 / col2 > 0) AND (col2 0)
On my SQL Server 7.0 machine, I get one row and a divide by zero error. Let's look at the execution plan:
|--Filter(WHERE:(\[T1\].\[col1\]/\[T1\].\[col2\]>0 AND \[T1\].\[col2\]0)) |--Table Scan(OBJECT:(\[testdb\].\[dbo\].\[T1\]))
Notice that the expression in the filter appears to be the same as the expression in the query. Because the system evaluates the left part of the expression (col1 divided by col2 > 0) first, as soon as the system processes the row with the value 0 in col2, the query aborts. However, I ran this query successfully on SQL Server 2000. Let's look at the execution plan.
|--Table Scan(OBJECT:(\[testdb\].\[dbo\].\[T1\]), WHERE:(\[T1\].\[col2\]0 AND \[T1\].\[col1\]/\[T1\].\[col2\]>0))
Notice that the optimizer rewrote the expression and used the same expression from the first query. In any case, the queries that ran successfully would have failed if SQL Server didn't support short circuit. However, be aware of two aspects of how SQL Server's short circuit feature works. First, SQL Server will short-circuit an expression if it determines that the expression evaluates to either TRUE or FALSE. Second, there's no query hint you can apply to force the optimizer to use the exact expression you wrote so that the expression will appear the same way in the plan that SQL Server builds. Although in the previous example, the optimizer revised the logical expression col1/col2 AND col2>0 to col2>0 AND col1/col2, you have no guarantee that it wouldn't do the opposite when you use the form col2>0 AND col1/col2.
You can also try using one of the variations I present in Figure 1 and Figure 2 to rewrite your query as a derived table. On my SQL Server 7.0 machine, Query 1, which callout A in Figure 1 shows, ran successfully. Query 2, which callout A in Figure 2 shows, failed. But can you guarantee that such queries will always behave this way? Look at the execution plans in each figure. Notice that in both cases the optimizer combined the two simple expressions to form one complex expression. Again, you can't guarantee the order, even though it looks as if you can. Running two different queries in SQL Server 2000 resulted in the same execution plans, as Figure 1 shows for Query 1 and Figure 2 shows for Query 2. Notice that the optimizer revised the expression in Query 2, and the execution plans for both queries produced the same result; they both ran successfully, as callout C in Figure 1 and callout C in Figure 2 show.
If you want to guarantee a certain order of processing in an expression, you need to use a CASE expression. Let's revise our query:
SELECT * FROM T1 WHERE CASE WHEN col2 = 0 THEN 0 WHEN col1 / col2 > 0 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END = 1
CASE is by nature a short circuit, which lets you control the processing order. SQL Server always evaluates CASE expressions from top to bottom, and when any of the expressions evaluates to TRUE, SQL Server doesn't process any further expressions.
I've demonstrated that the optimizer might revise the logical expressions you write. Therefore, you can't count on this feature when you write your queries. But for performance considerations, you benefit from knowing that SQL Server internally supports the short circuit feature, and that this feature saves many CPU cycles. In many cases, you can rewrite logical expressions to use a CASE expression instead, guaranteeing a short circuit.
This article is adapted from Advanced Transact-SQL for SQL Server 2000 (Apress), by Itzik Ben-Gan and Tom Moreau.


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Gymnastics coach K.J. Kindler is coach of the year; assistant Lou Ball took top honors, too.
Design students to present Campustown ideas
Students from Iowa State's College of Design will present their Campustown area urban design proposal for public discussion.
Human Sciences dean finalists to visit ISU
The first two of four candidates for dean of the new College of Human Sciences will visit the Iowa State campus next week.
Students awarded Pappajohn Scholarships
Ten ISU students enrolled in entrepreneurial programs have received $1,000 scholarships from the John and Mary Pappajohn Scholarship Fund.
Open forums set for residence director candidates
Four finalists have been named in the search for a new department of residence director.
Researchers follow bobcats
Researchers from Iowa State and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources are monitoring the comings and goings of eight bobcat mothers in south central Iowa. The bobcats have been fitted with radio collars.
Distinguished, University professors named
Six faculty members have been awarded the titles of Distinguished Professor or University Professor at Iowa State.
Tulip time at Reiman Gardens
Nearly 20,000 tulips are in bloom in the outdoor beds at Reiman Gardens. Daily hours at the gardens are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Visitors 17 years old and younger are admitted free during April.
A long look at Iowa
The spring issue of VISIONS magazine, now available online, looks at the critical role Iowa State plays in the economy and quality of life in the state, at the future of Iowa agriculture and industry, and at some of ISU's brightest young alumni.
Veterinary Medicine college celebrates 125th
This year marks the 125th anniversary of the College of Veterinary Medicine, the nation's oldest public veterinary college and the first veterinary college west of the Mississippi.
Pet care seminar April 26
ISU community practice veterinarians will offer a basic pet care seminar for pet owners April 26.
Ode to teen geekdom
Aaron Ruell and Efren Ramirez, better known as "Kip" and "Pedro" from the movie Napoleon Dynamite, will appear at Stephens Auditorium on Wednesday, April 27 at 8 p.m. Admission is free. The comedy film's debut earned a standing ovation at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and may be the next cult classic.
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Eric Hentges, director of the USDA's Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, came to Iowa State to talk about the newly designed food pyramid. The government's new MyPyramid.gov site received 48 million hits in its first 24 hours. Hentges, an ISU alumnus, was instrumental in developing the new pyramid, which is designed to help improve consumer nutrition.
Building a better lineup
TIME magazine
ISU psychology professor Gary Wells, who has been advocating sequential police lineups for almost 30 years, says that method will become dominant in the next few years. Viewing suspect photos one at a time, rather than side by side, can significantly minimize the chance of mistakes and misidentification, Wells' research shows.
Gymnasts in top 10
Gymnasts Janet Anson, Laura-Kay Powell finish in top 10.
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Long jumper Oliver Koenig lands in top 10.


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The Wii U is now out and it's only a matter of time before Sony and MS answer back with their own sets of hardware. Meanwhile, this is the key moment for Nintendo to gather as many third party studios as possible. With the start of Bayonetta 2 being an exclusive, one main question comes out – Will Nintendo be able to bring out more exclusive surprises like this one?
I wonder what will happen if we added Rare to that wedding of epicness
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My son had a hard time latching at the hospital, post birth. We gave him a bottle to help with the weight gain, upon the insistence of the hospital. Long slide south ensued - he's got nipple confusion, can't nurse properly at the breast. I pump and feed, formula feed too as it seems impossible to keep ahead of his demand.
It's this cycle of try to nurse, try, try, switch breasts, positions, pump to get the milk flowing then try, etc. he falls asleep, I wake him, try, he doesn't get enough milk (or any?) so he screams, becomes enraged, won't nurse at all. I get engorged, have to formula feed him since I don't have expressed stock, then pump and feed again after I've fed him some formula just to calm him down.
I have two other kids - 4 years old and 2 years old - and very, very little help. I am also going through some PPD and trying to stay somewhat even keeled.
I don't want to give up but I don't know how to make this work.
Also - my husband is really upset with me that this isn't coming together and that added pressure from him plus his anger when he has to feed the baby while I pump or whatever doesn't help. I'm going away next week and will be with my family, so i will have a lot of support and will be able to have a week to pretty much exclusively focus on this


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It is Mother's Day: Hail the hand that rocks the cradle
In John Ford's splendid movie, "The Quiet Man," a character points to Ward Bond, playing the part of the parish priest, and says "even he" had a mother.
"What did you think?" asks an indignant Bond.
Today is Mother's Day, and there is not man, boy, nor girl who doesn't owe their mom eternal thanks for bringing them into the world.
The Bible, which your mother may have attempted to introduce you to at some point, teaches that Jesus was devoted above all to his mother, Mary. A pretty good example to follow, don't you think?
There is much that is wrong and, yes, evil in this world. Which is even more reason to honor motherhood and to salute and appreciate the vital role that it plays in society.
Indeed, whatever we can do as a society and as individuals to protect and value the role of mother as anchor and protector of the family, the better off society will be.
Meanwhile, give your own mom a hug.


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Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed claims the club are set for a spending spree in the January transfer window.
Spurs have been linked with a number of players ahead of the New Year, with Ajax midfielder Christian Eriksen, Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente and summer targets Joao Moutinho and Willian all thought to be interesting the Portuguese.
However, Villas-Boas has indicated that he is unlikely to make any moves during the upcoming window, especially early in the month, stating the club are "comfortable" with their current squad.
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"Buying players early in the window makes a difference to the preparation in pre-season but, during the season, it doesn't have the same effect. I think we are comfortable with how things are."
The summer arrival of goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, coupled with Brad Friedel's continuing form, means fellow shot-stoppers Carlo Cudicini and Heurelho Gomes have seen little action at White Hart Lane this season.
Villas-Boas revealed that they are open to offers for the pair, but once again quashed talk of spending big and instead stated that players returning from injury will give the squad an "extra edge".
"With Gomes and Cudicini we will listen to proposals," Villas-Boas added.
"[Chairman Daniel Levy and I] spoke about the January situation and the eventuality that we could look to strengthen the squad. What came out of those conversations was that our [intention] is not to do a lot in January.
"We feel comfortable at the moment. Our squad will become big, even in terms of numbers, with the return of injured players. I believe that they will give us an extra edge.
"I am not ruling out any situation in the market, but at the moment it looks unlikely."
Villas-Boas rules out January spending spree at Tottenham
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has dismissed claims the club are set for a spending spree in the January transfer window.


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Missouri CourthousesContact and other information about this county is available on the National Association of Counties website, http://explorer.naco.org/.
The first county seat of Schuyler County was Tippecanoe, a site about three miles southeast of Lancaster. But in June 1845 commissioners chose Lancaster as the permanent seat and authorized construction of a temporary courthouse. The two-story frame, 20 by 24 feet, was weatherboarded with walnut. A hall divided two rooms on the upper story. A complete description may be found in the County Court Record.
Cahill Parks built the courthouse financed by $200 set aside by the court from the sale of town lots in July 1845. An unusual order in July 1848, found in the court record, called for painting two sides of the building white and the other two sides red, with green for windows and doors; the court later had second thoughts and rescinded the order at the next session. As the county began building the next courthouse, William Buford bought this frame building and the lot at a public sale. The building continued in use until destroyed by fire in 1887.
The court appropriated $10,000 for the second courthouse and accepted the plan prepared by Yelverton W. Payton in December 1856 (Figure 1). Contractor for the building was William L. Shane, who completed his work in August 1858. Approximate cost was $9,000. This two-story, brick building, 44 feet square, had four offices on the first floor with the courtroom on the second. An architect found the building unsafe in the spring of 1894, and it was demolished as preparations for the third courthouse began.
Figure 1Schuyler County Courthouse, 1856-1894. (From: An Illustrated Historical Atlas of Schuyler County, Missouri, 1878)
Queen City wanted to become the county seat, but after a struggle, Lancaster retained the honor. For construction of their third courthouse, Lancaster contributed $7,500; the remainder of the funds came from public subscriptions. The county and city shared use of the building (Figure 2).
Figure 2Schuyler County Courthouse, 1895-1960. (From: postcard, Trenton Boyd collection)
C. A. Dunham, architect from Burlington, Iowa, received $275 for his plans. The low bid for construction, $22,233, came from L. S. Atchison, who represented a Colorado Springs, Colorado, firm. Cornerstone ceremonies took place June 24, 1895.
Originally, the first floor had space for five offices with additional office space on the second where the courtrooms were located. This courthouse continued in use until the present courthouse was built in 1960.
Kenneth O. von Achen and Associates proposed one design for the new courthouse in 1958. But some Schuyler County residents considered the design too modern and inappropriate for Lancaster. They asked for a more traditional concept and accepted the revised plan, which called for a two-story, red brick design, trimmed with white stone and featuring a cupola (Figure 3). Contractors for the building were J. J. Watson and R. W. Warren of Kansas City for $254,351. Cornerstone ceremonies were in October 1960, and dedication took place after the building was completed on July 30, 1961.
Figure 3Schuyler County Courthouse, 1960-. Architect: Kenneth O. von Achen and Associates (From: postcard, Schuyler County Historical Society)
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The Kings' quest for something resembling rhythm and consistency continued Monday night in their home opener against the New York Rangers. How did they do? Depends which shift, which period, which chunk of time you're taking about.
They were good, bad and indifferent during a 3-1 loss to the Rangers, and that wasn't what coach Darryl Sutter had in mind in the days leading up to their first game at Staples Center since the Western Conference finals last June.
It's not what anyone in the Kings' world wanted to see after a victory over the Minnesota Wild and a loss to the Winnipeg Jets in their first two games of the new season last week. The Kings, like in their first two contests, had their flashes of brilliance.
There were too many moments of indecision, however. The Kings handled the puck as if it was toxic and lost track of Rangers shooters at inopportune moments.
They trailed 2-0 after New York's Brad Richards scored a goal in each of the first two periods.
Jake Muzzin rallied the Kings within 2-1 with a goal late in the middle period, but even that came on a broken play. Mike Richards lost control of the puck in the faceoff circle. When he regained it, he alertly passed to an open Muzzin on the opposite wing.
In many ways, the game resembled the disjointed exhibitions both teams hoped they had put behind them during training camp last month. There were turnovers aplenty and scoring chances that seemed to come out of nowhere because of sloppy defensive work.
The Rangers' first visit to Staples Center since Feb. 2, 2010 figured to be a duel between standout goaltenders Jonathan Quick of the Kings and Henrik Lundqvist of the Rangers. It was all that and more thanks to an epic blooper-reel goal Quick gave up early in the third period.
The Kings were on a power play when the Rangers' Brian Boyle won a faceoff in New York's end. The puck went to Ryan McDonagh, who was stationed just off the inner part of the faceoff circle. He whipped the puck off the dasher boards and into the Kings' end.
Quick moved out of his net to cut off the puck, but stumbled and lost control of his stick. The puck glanced off the right goalie pad of a prone Quick and settled into the back of the net, giving the Rangers a 3-1 lead 4:39 into the third period.
Lundqvist turned away the Kings the rest of the way. He denied the Kings' Jordan Nolan's point-blank try after Nolan outskated two New York defenders to break in on the goalie all alone just moments after Quick's misplay.
In other news, the Kings agreed with forward Scott Sabourin on a three-year entry-level contract. Sabourin had an impressive training camp and had one goal and seven penalty minutes in two exhibitions before he was sent to Manchester (N.H.) of the American Hockey League.
Sabourin, 21, had 50 points (30 goals, 20 assists) in 65 games with the junior-level Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League last season before joining Manchester for five regular-season games plus three playoff contests.


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It's been half a decade since Australians voted John Howard out of office but he's still costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
The former Liberal prime minister was paid more than $150,000 in federal entitlements in the six months from January 1 to June 30 this year, a new report shows.
The bulk was spent on his office facilities, which cost a hefty $118,000. His overall costs were up $20,000 on the same period last year.
He also spent more than the four other former prime ministers eligible for entitlements, the Department of Finance report released on Thursday shows.
Fellow former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Fraser cost $110,000, while Labor's Paul Keating racked up $72,000, Bob Hawke $65,000 and Gough Whitlam $61,000.
But it's not only former prime minister drawing on the public purse with their post-parliament entitlements.
Former MPs and senators also rang up a hefty bill in the half year.
Those eligible for the Life Gold Pass free travel scheme - people who served as MPs for more than 20 years or as ministers for more than six - spent more than $533,000 on domestic flights and family travel.
Former Howard government minister John Herron was the top of the list, costing $12,000 for his travel and $5000 for family travel over the six months.
Former MPs Fred Chaney, Peter McGauran, Ian Viner and Michael Wooldridge were also near the top.
The Life Gold Pass has been abolished for anyone entering parliament since March 6 this year.
The report also looked at the entitlement spending of current federal politicians.
They billed for close to $4.5 million in domestic travel and $4 million in overseas travel. They also ran up a $900,000 charter flight bill.
They spent about $14 million on office facilities, $4 million on car costs, $2.7 million in office renovations, $1.8 million phone calls and $657,000 in family travel.
Trade Minister Craig Emerson cost taxpayers the most of any current federal politician on $580,000, with $302,000 in ministerial travel.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard ranked second at $575,000.
Other MPs like the Liberals' Chris Back, Steve Irons and Stuart Robert, all cost more than half a million dollars, largely on account of office renovations.
Labor's Yvette D'Ath cost $560,000, including close to $400,000 on office renovations.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott cost $439,000 and former prime minister Kevin Rudd cost $480,000.


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Shadowrun Returns due in May or June
Harebrained Schemes has a new anticipated release date for classic RPG revival Shadowrun returns.
In a new update for Kickstarter backers, Harebrained offered a new release window target.
"Right now, according to our estimates, we're looking at May or June," it said.
The RPG had been expected in January 2013, but was quietly pushed back a few months ago when Harebrained re-assessed its schedule following a major design change.
"It might've worked for the scope of the game we originally envisioned but as our ambitions grew, so did the time we needed to deliver," the developer said.
"Plus, we made a big move from our original top down camera to an isometric point of view and that took serious R&D time."
A second game based on the fantasy cyberpunk Shadowrun property is in the works – Shadowrun Online.
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#1 doesn't make sense. I'll think of the reason later. I'm going to take a shower now. :)
The question:
The street is wet ( ) it hasn't been raining.
1.while 2.since 3.because 4.even though
It should be #4, but I don't know exactly why #1 is not possible.
Does anybody know why?
#1 doesn't make sense. I'll think of the reason later. I'm going to take a shower now. :)
4 is correct. It explains the contradiction. While explains the duration.Originally Posted by Taka
I have heard of think tanks but never of think showers. :wink:Originally Posted by blacknomi
While it hasn't been raining, the street is indeed wet.>>
It'd sound better if the adverbial clause introducing by 'while' were fronted. But still, twostep is right, 'while' is usually a time marker. :wink:
But The American Heritage (and other dictionaries as well) says:Originally Posted by twostep
2. At the same time that; although: While the grandparents love the children, they are strict with them.
If you said 'while it hasn't been raining, the street is wet' it works. the other way round does sound a bit strange. Sadly, I am going to hide behing the native speaker's defence of 'it sounds' rather than coming up with a sound reason.;-(
Let my ask one more thing. If the sentence were like "The street is wet, while it is not rainy", is it possible to take "while" as "although"?
The weather is rainy. It is raining.Originally Posted by Taka
For some reason "while" does not fit. Try the common sense approach - the street is wet - no rain. You expect it to be wet when it rains. So - why is it wet? I think that is where "although" comes in place.
In September the florist carries tulips although they are not in season.


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Interview: 'The Bible' Actors Behind Jesus, Peter on Unique Real Life Brotherhood
NEW YORK – The Christian Post had the opportunity to interview Diogo Morgado and Darwin Shaw, the actors behind Jesus and Peter, in the hit "The Bible" miniseries on The History Channel, at the Tuesday evening opening night gala of "The Bible Experience" in New York, a unique exhibit combining props from the miniseries with the world's largest private collection of biblical texts and artifacts.
Morgado, the 33-year-old Portuguese actor, made his first appearance as Jesus in last Sunday night's episode. He has been receiving positive reviews for his portrayal of the most famous figure in history, and spoke with CP about the role at Tuesday's event. Meanwhile, Shaw, the British stage actor who landed the role of Peter, told CP that he developed a unique brotherhood with Morgado, which he hopes will come alive on screen.
"The Bible Experience" in New York runs from March 20-27 and can be viewed for free at 450 W. 14th St. in Manhattan, while "The Bible" continues for two more episodes on The History Channel before the grand finale on Easter Sunday.
Q&A with Diogo Morgado
CP: Were you inspired by other actors who have played Jesus in past projects, or is this role entirely your interpretation?
Morgado: Even if nobody had done this role before, we are already taking a story that everybody knows – how it's going to end and what is going to happen next – so it is already so difficult. I try to stay away from all the other references – which I respect, but I tried not to watch them again while I was preparing [for the role]. So I started from scratch. How can I bring something different to this, to a new audience – we are always changing as a society.
I tried to create this relationship, one on one – I think that is something that Jesus has that is special. It's a personal relationship, it's an individual relationship. Jesus was touching us all in different ways.
I worked on that type of approach. Something that helped me was that I prayed to come up with this Jesus who knows who he is, he knows what he has to do, but he doesn't know how or when. If you take those two elements of not knowing – he was 100 percent the Son of God, but he was also 100 percent a human being – so balancing that was my main challenge.
CP: As an actor, did you ever dream about or did it ever cross your mind that you would one day be playing such a role?
Morgado: When I started acting, it was something that never crossed my mind because it was so unreachable to act – to be an actor. It took me six years to realize that this is what I love to do in life.
It never crossed my mind that I would have the opportunity to portray the most important figure in mankind.
Q&A with Darwin Shaw
CP: How did you manage to land the role of Peter?
Shaw: They did international casting around the world, because they had 110 speaking roles. So they were looking far and wide, and I was very fortunate to audition, and they obviously found something that they thought would work for Peter.
CP: What was it like working with Diogo Morgado?
Shaw: Diogo is one of the most generous, compassionate and kind actors I have ever met – he's also incredibly handsome. He's a great guy. To work with him was a privilege because once we were together, there was already a real chemistry, a real brotherhood, and I hope that is something that comes across on camera.
What was amazing is that I met him at the airport when we arrived in Morocco, and we kind of looked at each other, and we started talking. We sat down for three hours, and straight away were talking about the production, and the ideas were sort of bubbling – so we started immediately getting into things.
"That continued all the way throughout the shoot – we spent every day after 12 hours of filming, we'd go back, hanging out and going through the scenes. He is much more of an experienced actor than me, but we just tried to make every scene as rich as we could.
CP: How did you prepare for the role of Peter? Were you inspired by previous portrayals?
Shaw: It was entirely my own really. The role was portrayed in very different ways by some older generations and age groups. So I really went at it fresh – reading the Bible, around other stories and documents about Peter. I had to find a way of breathing life and modern humanity into it in a way that the audience can relate to. That involved separating yourself from the text, and trying to see "how would I as a human being respond if a complete stranger came up and tried to climb into my boat?
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Will Muschamp has had good recruiting classes in the past and every one of them has had at least one or two prospects who have served as ring leaders of the class. This year, corner Quincy Wilson (6-2, 195, Fort Lauderdale, FL University School) is fast establishing himself as a ring leader. He talks to two of Florida's key commits weekly.
"I think we are all sticking together as a core group of the class," Wilson said. "I think everyone is realizing we can come in make an instant impact. Me, Dalvin(Cook) and Ermon (Lane) talk about that a lot we talk regularly. We are all solid to Florida."
One of the main reasons those three guys are committed to Florida is because of the relationship they have with defensive backs coach Travaris Robinson.
"As long as T-Rob is there I think everything will be good," Wilson said. "T-Rob says we need to stick together and come in and make an impact and get Florida back where they belong."
Wilson doesn't just talk to other Gators commits but he also is doing some recruiting of uncommitted prospects, hoping to convince them to join the Florida class.
"I've been recruiting Travis Rudolph and Adoree' Jackson," Wilson said. "I'm not sure if we have a chance with Rudolph or not because Florida State is moving up. I also talk to Jamal Adams some we talk about playing in the secondary together a lot."
Although it hasn't been the best of seasons for Florida, that isn't a concern to Wilson because he sees the answer to the team's problems.
"They are just having a down season; I'm not worried about it at all," Wilson said. "They have absolutely no playmakers on offense and the lack of offense has affected the defense because they are working with a short field and are on the field way too long."
Wilson plans to take his one and only official visit to Florida for the Florida State game at the end of November.
Spivey Says: Wilson has stayed solidly committed to Florida since day one and that hasn't changed despite the bad season for Florida. Wilson is a huge key in the South Florida area and is very close to Ermon Lane.


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The 39 StepsDVD - 1999
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I enjoyed the commentary & the extras that were on this dvd. I enjoyed them more than the movie.
I'm very glad I watched this with the commentary playing. For the first time, I understood what Hitchcock was up to when he made the movie.
Don't think I had seen this Hitchcock film before. Classic spy mystery involving secret agents with crucial information that must be protected. Unfortunately, it falls into the hands of an innocent couple who are pursued through the Scottish countryside knowing they have information that cannot be released or understood by them.
Watched it twice. Had to rewatch because I didn't really get it. Had one freaky part then got dull again. Ending was fine but a bit anti-climactic.
"The 39 Steps", written by John Buchan in 1915 is a terrific movie and a book. (Buchan himself is quite the man in real life.) World War I was a year old and now one was unaware of sabotage and its potential devasting effects on peoples and worlds. Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll are brilliantly directed by a young Alfred Hitchcock. The ability of Hitchcock to insert horrific behavior of some people into the ordinary, common everyday human behavior is masterful. Everyone who has seen Hitchcock's movies and television presentations understands that Hitchcock views life on more than one level. The remakes of 'The 39 Steps' never make even a dent in the impact of the original movie. In the novel by the same name there is no woman involved, no man with the missing digit, no one named Memory. Buchan wrote other 'shockers' with Richard Hannay as the protagonist.
One of the all-time great capital-R Romantic movies. Mistaken identity, kidnap, handcuffed to a naïve young beauty, a dark and lonely road, moonlight, fog, babbling brook, open moors, dastardly foreign agents, quirky British characters and a two British music hall scenes! Pair this with The Lady Vanishes. See the originals first as all of the remakes are inferior.
This is a 1935 British spy-thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1915 adventure novel "The Thirty-Nine Steps" by John Buchan.
Richard Hannay becomes caught up in preventing an organization of spies called "The 39 Steps" from stealing British military secrets.
After being mistakenly accused of the murder of a counter-espionage agent, Hannay goes on the run to Scotland with an attractive woman in the hopes of stopping the spy ring and clearing his name.
In the middle of the film, Hannay is shot in the chest with a revolver at close range, and a long fade out suggests that he has been killed.
Suddenly, however, he appears alive.
This is nonsense!
What an ill-contrived trick!
In any case, it is an good entertaining piece with some funny moments while the young couple are on the run.
Made several times over the years but none better than the original "39 Steps" with Robert Donat in the leading role. The movie keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. This is a story of spies, coded messages, and a wonderful love story on top of it all. I haven't read the other reviews, but for my money, put this on the Top Ten Movies of All Time!
I enjoyed it but not as much as The Lady Vanishes. Robert Donat was better than in his other movies. I still don't know how or why he won on Oscar that year he won. I had never seen Madeleine Carroll in a film. she was very good. it's always tough to follow the fast talking when they have accents but it was still enjoyable.
A fast paced tale of an innocent man falling into the murderous web of a spy network. It often seems quaint and prudish compared to contemporary social norms. The at times slap-stick actions and nuanced word play serve to relieve the tension of the main plot. Some inconsistencies in the plot, such as the knifing of the female spy, detract somewhat from the overall enjoyment with the gripping movie. The screenplay is based on the novel by John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, who was also an intelligence officer in World War 1, and governor general of Canada 1935-40.
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Critic says city officials shouldn't babysit Right to Know ruleBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 11. 2014 9:42PM
MANCHESTER — A provision in a new city policy that governs disclosure of public records may end up costing City Hall money and staff time.
A $58,000-a-year city planner sat next to a Union Leader staffer this week as the reporter looked over a planning board file and used a smart phone to photograph items in the file. The 15 minutes of staff time amounted to about $7 in salary, not counting benefits.
In May, aldermen approved a new Right to Know policy that mandates collection of fees from anyone who requests copies of city documents. It also lays down procedures for making requests of public documents and complying with the requests.
The policy requires a city worker to be present whenever someone inspects documents.
One of the policy's harshest critics, radio-show host Richard Girard, said it's ironic that the policy — supposedly written because Right to Know requests were taking so much staff time — requires a city worker to "babysit" anyone who reviews records.
"This policy was never about anything other than assessing fees to deter people from asking for information," Girard said.
Earlier this week, city planner Jonathan Golden told a reporter he could not email information from a Planning Board file, a practice common before the policy went into effect.
Golden said the cost would be $1 for the first page and 50 cents for subsequent pages. State law and city policy allow government agencies to charge fees to copy a document, but do not permit charges for merely reviewing a file.
Mayor Ted Gatsas said he wasn't familiar with the provision requiring staff oversight whenever a public record is reviewed.
"I would say that's a policy of the board (of aldermen). That's a vote the board took," he said.
The information photographed Tuesday was included in a file provided to the Manchester Planning Board in advance of its monthly public hearing.
The city posts information provided to most Manchester boards and committees online before a meeting. But workers post only the agendas for the planning and zoning boards. No backup materials — which usually include applications, narratives, maps and letters — are placed online.
Posting to the web involves clicking an option on agenda-management software, said Heather Freeman, an assistant city clerk who handles agendas for the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, but not land-use boards.
Gatsas said he doesn't know why the land-use boards don't post the information online and referred questions to the city solicitor. A call placed to City Solicitor Tom Clark on Wednesday afternoon was not returned.


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