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HANOVER, N.H. - The Dartmouth College Department of Athletics honored eight student-athletes Monday evening at the annual Celebration of Athletic Excellence held inside Leede Arena.
The highlight of the night was the presentation of the Kenneth Archibald Prize to senior men's squash player Chris Hanson.
Dartmouth's highest athletic honor, the Kenneth Archibald Prize, is presented annually to "the member of the graduating class who has been four years in attendance, who has been the best all-around athlete, regard also being had to moral worth and high standing in scholarship." The winner traditionally exemplifies all that we hope and expect of the men and women who put on the Dartmouth uniform and take to the field of play. This student-athlete is to be of exemplary athletic skill, of great academic prowess and of high moral character.
A four-time first-team All-Ivy honoree and three-time first-team All-American, Hanson competed at the top spot for Dartmouth throughout his four years. In 2013, he received the Skillman Award for sportsmanship, becoming just the second member of the Big Green to earn the award in its 31-year history. He has also excelled in the classroom, receiving Academic All-Ivy honors three times and twice being named a CSA Scholar Athlete. As a co-captain this season, he was named team MVP for a fourth straight year.
"I feel proud and honored that I got a chance to work with Chris over the past four years," Dartmouth men's squash head coach Hansi Wiens said. "He is one of the best athletes that I have ever met, but it isn't his athleticism that makes him an exceptional player. It is his work ethic, dedication and love for the game that have led him to become one of the strongest and most competitive players I have ever met. He has set a high standard for future student-athletes to live up to."
The Class of 1948 Scholar-Athlete Award, given "to one male and one female of the junior class, who have combined outstanding performance in athletics and significant achievement in academics", was presented to Lindsay Holdcroft of the women's hockey team and Michael Runger of the football team. Holdcroft, a double major in biology (pre-med) and psychology with a 3.62 GPA, is a three-year starter who twice earned All-Ivy honors. The Pittsburgh, Pa., native has been named ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Week twice and ECAC Goaltender of the Week four times. She was invited to the U.S. National Team selection camp and invited to USA Goalie Development Camp as one of the top 10 netminders in the country.
Runger earned the men's Class of 1948 award after maintaining a 3.75 GPA as an economics major. He has been an Academic All-District selection and FCS Athletics Directors Academic All-Star. On the field, Runger led the Big Green's defensive efforts with a league-best 98 tackles, making at least double-digit stops in six of the 10 games, helping him earn a spot on the All-Ivy First Team. And in the season finale at Princeton, he recorded 17 tackles, the most by an Ivy player all year.
Evan Diamond of the men's skiing team received the Class of 1950 award for the "student-athlete who has demonstrated the most extraordinary commitment to community service." A senior intern for Dartmouth Students Teaching in the Arts, he helps to coordinate fellow classmates in local elementary and middle school classrooms to teach a core curriculum subject through an art form. Diamond also visits the Indian River School in Canaan, N.H., to spend time with his seventh-grade 'at-risk' mentee. Last summer, he was selected to volunteer as a DarDar Intern in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, through the Dickey Center for International Understanding. While living in Mbgala, Tanzania's largest slum, he taught grades 3, 5 and 6 in English, Math, Science and Geography. After graduation, he will serve as a Teach For America corps member for the next two years, teaching sixth-grade science at Roxbury Prep's Dorchester campus in Boston.
The Timothy Wright Ellis Award for the man who best shows the "extracurricular and scholastic drive, spirit, loyalty and amiability which made Tim such a well-known member of the community" went to Garrett Wymore of the football team. Wymore is an exceptional student as a double major in economics and neuroscience while maintaining a 3.90 grade-point average. In 2012, he was named Academic All-District, Academic All-Ivy, an Athletics Directors Association Academic All-Star and to the NFF Hampshire Honor Society. A Rhodes Scholar applicant, he started eight of the 10 games this past fall on the gridiron and was second on the squad with four tackles for a loss of a team-high 47 yards. In his career, he recorded 131 tackles, broke up six passes and forced a fumble.
Katie Sullivan of the women's cross country and track & field teams was the recipient of the Agnes B. Kurtz Award, presented to the "woman who best combines proficiency in athletics with dedication to the furthering of women's athletics." The award is nominated and voted on by the captains of Dartmouth's women's teams. Seen as the team matriarch, Sullivan, the first to encourage teammates with an inspirational note, and the first to deliver a pre- or post-race pep talk. Noted by the staff that without her positivity, enthusiasm and sense of humor, this team wouldn't be the family that it is today. A leader of the "Girls on the Run" program, she shares her love of the sport and promotes teamwork, leadership, dedication and hard work with young girls in the community.
The Alfred E. Watson Trophy for the finest male athlete of the year went to junior Nejc Zupan of the men's swimming and diving team. As the 2012 Phil Moriarity Ivy League Swimmer of the Meet, Zupan set Ivy League Championship records in the 200m and 400m IM as well as the 200m breaststroke. He is the owner of eight school records and two Karl Michael pool records. This season, he set records in each of the breastroke and IM events and was a member of two record-setting relays. He became the first Dartmouth swimmer to qualify for the NCAA Championships in over 30 years, earning a berth in four different events and achieved All-American honors in the 200m breastroke with his eighth-place finish at the national championships.
The Class of 1976 Award for the outstanding female athlete of the year was presented to junior Abbey D'Agostino of the women's cross country and track & field teams for the second straight season. D'Agostino became the only American collegiate woman in history to win both the 3000M and the 5000M in a single career, something she was able to accomplish on consecutive days at the NCAA National Championship Meet in mid-March. She is the only Ivy League woman ever to win a distance championship on the national level, a feat she has now done three times in the last 11 months. During the cross country season, she won all but one race she lined up for, finishing as the national runner-up by the slimmest of margins in Louisville. That second-place showing was the best ever by an Ivy League woman at the NCAA Cross Country Championship Meet. The owner of numerous Dartmouth, Ivy League and NCAA records, she has been stellar away from competition as well, earning the 2012 USTFCCCA Division I Women's Cross Country Scholar Athlete of the Year honor.
The Big Green Cup is in its fourth year and is sponsored by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. The Cup is awarded to the winningest varsity program in a year-long competition. Points are earned as athletes are encouraged to support one another at athletic events, achieve high academic standards, compete at the highest level in their sports and serve the community. The winner of the fourth annual Big Green Cup was the field hockey team.


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wonder how on earth I did it before all those records were on the internet? . . . . and exactly how did my great-grandmother get all the information she did in the early 1900's? It wasn't all from Family Bibles!
My father died on 18 September 1990 exactly 2 weeks after his 75th birthday. We had all gathered in my home for the birthday celebration, not even realizing that we were celebrating his life and bidding him farewell at the same time! It was a happy occasion.
Two days later my parents left California on a trip to the East Coast. They went to Williamsburg, VA, where Dad became ill, and then up to Washington DC where they were to fly home. Dad was born in Washington DC, so, with Mother driving, they took a trip around the city, with Dad pointing out houses he had lived in, and where vacant lots had been that he had played in as a child. They went up to Maryland where they stayed with my aunt and Dad went through papers that he wanted her to ship to him. Family Bibles, newspaper clippings, old letters and pictures, lots of pictures, he wanted them all! The next morning he died . . . . . eerily on the 100th anniversary of his grandparents wedding ~ the grandparents who had raised him and the grandparents who wanted to adopt him! Dad went home to die.
When the box arrived from Maryland, Mother brought it to my home and said ~ and I quote ~ " Your might as well have these. You are probably the only person who would be interested in this junk."
Mother knows best! I have been fascinated with it. I have been overwhelmed by it at times, and most of all, I have been passionate about it!
- I have gone from PAF in DOS on a very antiquated computer to PAF 5.something on several computers around the house.
- I have gone from 3 generations to over 10 generations in several lines.
- I have gone from just names to names and their stories, thanks to those wonderful sites that post historical newspapers!
- But best of all, I've gone from a passion of collecting names to a passion of making sure that the names I collect are real people and they are my real people. . . . . and most of all that they are correctly documented as MY real people!
Where will the internet take me in the next 10 years?? I can hardly wait to find out!
This was the last gift my father ever gave me. I miss him so.

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Blizzard cleanup is a shovel-ready project
Cindy Webster wore a knit cap with a long tassle inside her chilly house on Mallard Lane in Waterford Sunday afternoon and waited, patiently, for the power company to restore her electricity.
The temperature inside the raised ranch was in the 50s, but Webster said she was comfortable enough, even after two days without power.
"We are living near the gas fireplace," she said.
Webster had done a lot of cooking and baking before the storm, so there was "plenty to nibble," she said. And she was using the snow that had piled onto the back deck as an outdoor refrigerator.
Webster and her neighbors on Mallard Lane were among those still without power Sunday, two days after the blizzard walloped southeastern Connecticut.
But CL&P made great strides in restoring power Sunday night as most southeastern customers were back on line by midnight Sunday. On Sunday morning, for instance, 75 percent of customers in North Stonington were without power, but by 9 p.m. just 2 percent or 76 remained in the dark. Only Old Lyme, where 1,373 or 25 percent of customers, were still without power, had significant outages.
Schools across the region are closed today as are many municipal offices. The state has told all its nonessential employees to stay home today. State courts and Judicial Branch offices are closed. The postal service announced that post offices will reopen today with normal delivery and retail operations. Postal officials also remind property owners to clear snow around mailboxes and keep steps and sidewalks clear of snow and ice.
Amtrak will offer expanded, but still limited, service on the Northeast Corridor between New York and Boston, including the addition of Acela Express service
Waterford police reported two storm-related incidents Sunday as boy was injured Sunday evening after he was thrown off an all terrain vehicle he was driving on the ice- and snow-covered roadway on Locust Court, according to police. He was taken to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital.
Also, the roof of the JayPro sporting goods company at 976 Hartford Turnpike partially collapsed Sunday under the weight of the weekend's heavy snow. There were no injuries.
Town officials urged homeowners and business with flat roofs Sunday to clear them of snow or risk a collapse with today's predicted rain. Schools, many of which have flat roofs, began to do that on Sunday.
Across the region, highway department crews continued to clear streets and dig out fire hydrants. There were also concerns about downed power lines buried by snow.
Twenty-three people remained at the regional shelter at the East Lyme Middle School and 28 were at the Stonington shelter, also a regional facility, as of about 7 p.m. Sunday. The peak shelter population in East Lyme was 158 people. The peak at the Stonington shelter was 60 people.
While the number of power outages decreased dramatically as the day wore on, some people may not have wanted to return to their cold homes in the dark, according to Sue Rochester-Bolen, American Red Cross regional manager for Connecticut and Rhode Island.
"I am hoping that tonight will be the last night they have to have a shelter," said Rochester-Bolen.
In Stonington Sunday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman visited the shelter at the Stonington High School where she spent 30 minutes chatting with residents, Red Cross officials and First Selectman Ed Haberek, who told her he was pleased with how CL&P was working to reduce power outages in town.
"How you doing? You got everything you need?" she asked one table of women knitting. At another she cradled a 3-week-old boy whose mother had taken refuge at the shelter.
"What a way to come into the world," she said to him.
Wyman agreed with Haberek, saying CL&P had changed its strategy about how to dispatch crews after the criticisms that followed Hurricane Sandy and now sent crews to southeastern Connecticut as fast as possible. In addition she said CL&P had been in constant contact with her and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy at the state's emergency operations center.
"Right now I will give them a thumbs up," she said about the utility.
Wyman said that in the coming weeks the state will review the response to the storm. She said one area that will be looked at is whether towns have the appropriate equipment to respond to storms.
She added she was not worried that federal disaster aid would be held up as it was with Hurricane Sandy.
Back on Mallard Lane in Waterford, Webster said having family members who live nearby and caring neighbors eased the experience of yet another power outage. One neighbor came over with a carafe of hot water for tea, another with a shovel to clear a path for Hudson, her short-legged Welsh Corgi.
Next door, Susan and Glenn Ahnert were using a generator to run a small heater that kept their house at about 60 degrees. They had to pick and choose which amenities they would use because the 3,250-watt generator could handle only so much. They weren't running the refrigerator, but they had brewed coffee in the morning.
"We're campers, so we're OK," said Mrs. Ahnert. "And we've got some heavy blankets."
Across the street, Louis and Jeannine Lanzarotto had spent Saturday night in the family room, where they have a propane stove. By Sunday afternoon, their son had brought them a generator so that they could turn on the stove's blower. They heated food and water on the propane stove, patiently waiting the 45 minutes it took to bring things up to temperature.
"There's only so much you can do," said Mr. Lanzarotto. "You've got to have a certain amount of patience."
First Selectman Dan Steward's home on nearby Oswegatchie Road was among the 25 percent in town still without power as of 3 p.m. Sunday. Steward, who was using a generator, said a lot of people in town did not have them and needed help. By 6 p.m., Steward said power had been restored to all but 300 residences.
On Saturday, he said he had questioned why CL&P had only two crews in town. By Sunday, he said there were 60 crews working here.
"It's hard because it's cold," he said. "There's people who need heat. There's roads that are inaccessible."
Police, ambulance workers and even Connecticut National Guard members in Humvees were out transporting people to the town's warming center, Steward said. The public works crews were working hard, but their equipment was having trouble with the heavy snow, Steward said.
"This is the 100-year storm that we've had three of in the last three years," he said.
Some Waterford roads, particularly cul-de-sacs, remained unplowed Sunday, but Steward said the crews would be working to clear them by this morning.
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The two victories push Duke's win streak to four and its overall record to 6-5 for the year. All 10 Blue Devils registered at least one victory with Hough, Immanuel Kerr-Brown and Marcus Cain all wrestling their ways to two wins. Redshirt senior Peter Terrezza won with a pair of forfeits, while Trey Adamson and Randy Roden also captured one forfeit to go 2-0 for the day.
The day started with Duke making quick work of SIUE (2-14) with a 38-9 triumph. Leading 6-0 after a forfeit at 125 pounds, the Blue Devils quickly made it 16-0 after a major decision from redshirt sophomore Brandon Gambucci and a pin from Hough.
Gambucci dominated Patrick Myers right from the opening whistle and led 10-2 after the first period. The Mansfield, Ohio native added a three-point nearfall to start the second and never looked back en route to his 12th win of the year and just his first major decision. Hough, a winner in three of his past four matches, needed just 1:29 to pin Brandon Brindley to give Duke the 16-0 lead. The fall was Hough's second of the season and pushed his record to 15-12 overall.
Duke continued to cruise, picking up a pin from Cain and a major decision from Kerr-Brown at 149 and 157-pounds, respectively. The fall by Cain marked the fourth time the redshirt freshman has earned bonus points in his previous five bouts, while Kerr-Brown captured his 19th win of the year.
A forfeit at 165 stretched the Duke advantage to 32-0 heading into the final four bouts of the match. Adamson, looking for his third straight win, wasted little time in ending his match as he pinned Jake Residori in 1:53 for his fifth fall of the year.
The Cougars came back and won the final three matches at 184, 197 and 285, but Duke's early dominance was too much to overcome.
Duke, just 10 minutes later, picked up right where it left off. Even at 6-6 after the first two matches, Duke won the final eight matches of the afternoon to bring home its sixth win of the campaign. Hough started things off well with a 9-1 major decision at 141 pounds, while Cain performed well down the stretch of the seven-minute match to earn the 9-6 decision and put Duke in front 13-6.
At 157 pounds, Kerr-Brown was outstanding in a 16-9 decision. Aggressive from the beginning, Kerr-Brown scored early and never looked back to post his 20th win of the season and third dual victory. Roden, wrestling in his first match of the day after a forfeit against SIUE, came out strong and registered the 10-3 decision over Christopher Cirenza to lengthen Duke's lead to 25-6.
After a tough loss to SIUE, Bencomo came back against Davidson and won a thrilling 3-1 decision in the waning seconds of the match. Bencomo and Davidson's Scott Patrick remained tied 1-1 heading into the final 10 seconds of regulation. Looking like it might head into overtime, Bencomo took one final shot and scored a takedown with four ticks left to secure the two-point victory, his ninth of the year.
Junior Brian Self, wrestling up at heavyweight from his normal 197 position, finished the day on a high note for the Blue Devils. The Oklahoma City native wrestled hard throughout the entire seven minutes to beat Eddie Isola 13-2 for the major decision. Self is now 4-4 at heavyweight this season and 10-12 overall.
The Blue Devils get a short rest before making the road trip to Boiling Springs, N.C., to take on Gardner-Webb at 7 p.m. Duke returns home Feb. 9 against Maryland at 1 p.m., in Card Gymnasium.
Duke 38, SIUE 9
125: Peter Terrezza (D) won by forfeit
133: Brandon Gambucci (D) maj. dec. Patrick Myers (S), 20-7
141: Tanner Hough (D) pinned Brandon Brindley (S), 1:29
149: Marcus Cain (D) pinned Logan Taylor (S), 4:31
157: Immanuel Kerr-Brown (D) maj. dec. Kyle Lowman (S), 11-3
165: Randy Roden (D) won by forfeit
174: Trey Adamson (D) pinned Jake Residori (S), 1:53
184: Derek Nagel (S) dec. Diego Bencomo, 10-4
197: Chris Johnson (S) dec. Michael Chapman, 6-3
285: David Devine (S) dec. Brian Self (D), 5-1
Duke 38, Davidson 6
125: Peter Terrezza (Duke) won by forfeit
133: Anthony Elias (Davidson) inj. def. Brandon Gambucci (Duke), 0:24
141: Tanner Hough (Duke) maj. dec. Matt Zarth (Davidson), 9-1
149: Marcus Cain (Duke) dec. Kevin Birmingham (Davidson), 9-6
157: Immanuel Kerr-Brown (Duke) dec. Nathaniel Powers (Davidson), 16-9
165: Randy Roden (Duke) dec. Christopher Cirenza (Davidson), 10-3
174: Trey Adamson (Duke) won by forfeit
184: Diego Bencomo (Duke) dec. Scott Patrick (Davidson), 3-1
197: Michael Chapman (Duke) won by forfeit
285: Brian Self (Duke) maj. dec. Eddie Isola (Davidson), 13-2


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Grabbing a place on the first releases of 2013 list is DataStax Community Edition 1.2, the latest version of the Apache Cassandra "massively scalable" open-source NoSQL database. The new release comes with a free edition of DataStax OpsCenter, the point-and-click "any device" visual management and monitoring tool for Cassandra.
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This Community Edition 1.2 features virtual nodes, CQL3 improvements, enhanced request tracing, atomic batches, and configurable policies for disk failure. We also see performance improvements focused on memory usage, column indexes, compaction, streaming, and startup time.
"Cassandra 1.2 represents one of the most significant releases of the database yet," said Jonathan Ellis, chief technology officer, DataStax, and project chair of Apache Cassandra.
Ellis suggests that this new release makes it much easier for developers to insert and manipulate data, while CQL3 1.2 allows them to model naturally.
Denser Hardware
"We also worked to improve Cassandra deployments on denser hardware, with features like virtual nodes (vnodes), disk failure policies, and compaction performance."
DataStax Community Edition 1.2 contains all of Apache Cassandra 1.2's features including: virtual nodes for improving "repair and rebuild" times in larger clusters — they also automatically keep the data in clusters balanced across all nodes. CQL3 improvements are also featured — most notably, the addition of collection types, query-able system information, plus a CQL-native protocol, too.
According to DataStax, request tracing allows developers and administrators to trace CQL requests on an individual or collective basis and understand what statements in a cluster are causing performance problems. Atomic batches ensure multiple statements sent to a cluster in batch are always applied in an all-or-nothing basis.
In addition to vnodes, the second generation of Cassandra features atomic batches, inter-node communication, and request tracing. DataStax contends that these enhancements simplify the process of setting up new clusters and enable a higher level of cluster performance.
NOTE: CQL3 (the third version of the Cassandra Query Language) is also being released with Cassandra 1.2. Developers are said to enjoy simplified application modeling, more powerful mapping, and a more natural representation of data that diminishes design limitations.
"There is something in Apache Cassandra 1.2 for everybody," said Aaron Morton, independent Apache Cassandra committer. "Virtual Nodes and CQL 3 will make it easier for new users to set up a cluster and get productive. Existing users will see their clusters doing more thanks to the performance improvements, while everyone will benefit from the insights that request tracing brings."


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Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner 1971-2008
"I believe there are people out there that just have a warrior spirit, whether it's fighting or something, they've got to do it. It's hard to identify with me; it's just something I do."
On what was unquestionably one of mixed martial arts' saddest days, former UFC middleweight champion Evan Tanner - beloved by fans for his fighting ability and by friends for his free spirit – passed away at the age of 37 on September 8, 2008.
A native of Amarillo, Texas, Tanner worked various jobs as a bouncer, a cable TV contractor, a framer building beach houses, a dishwasher, a baker, a ditch digger, and a slaughterhouse worker before stumbling on to mixed martial arts in 1997.
Over the next 11 years, fighting would be a major part of his life, to the tune of 42 professional bouts, but as he said earlier this year before what would be his final bout against Kendall Grove, he never considered himself a fighter.
"I always thought of myself as the poet, the writer, or the philosopher – I never thought of myself as a fighter," he chuckled. "But here I am. I always had an idea of the flow of my life, but not exactly what I would be doing day to day. And fighting definitely wasn't something I thought I'd be doing."
But he was good at it – very good in fact. Over the course of his career, Tanner (34-8) scored wins over Paul Buentello, Heath Herring, Ikuhisa Minowa, Justin McCully, Elvis Sinosic, Phil Baroni (twice), and Robbie Lawler. His biggest win, however, came at UFC 51 on February 5, 2005, when he stopped David Terrell in the first round to win the UFC middleweight championship.
Tanner would lose the belt to Rich Franklin in his first defense four months later, but the fans never abandoned him, and he returned that admiration, both in person and through his internet blogs.
"I wanted to give something back to the fans and let them know that I'm just a regular guy," said Tanner in early 2008. "Some of the guys forget that and get caught up in the lights, and I never want to forget that and that I'm one of the lucky ones that got a chance to get out there and do this. There are a lot of great athletes out there, a lot of great fighters that never got the chance. I'm one of the lucky ones that did, so writing the blog and telling life as it is helps me stay grounded and it gives me a way to connect with the fans and give them something back."
His blogs were more than just fight talk and product advertisements though. Tanner spoke frankly about life and his struggles in and out of the Octagon. And when he made his return to the UFC in 2008 after almost two years away, it was a triumph of the human spirit and an inspiration, regardless of whose hand was raised at the end of the fight.
"My thought was that I'm in a position where I've done some things and some people look up to me a little bit and maybe something in my story can help inspire them or motivate them to get through some things or do something better," said Tanner before his return against Yushin Okami at UFC 82 in March. "If that's the case and it helps anybody else out, then it's worth me facing the embarrassment."
He fell short in his final two bouts against Okami and Grove, but there was no keeping him down, and his off-time after the Grove bout was filled with more of his adventures, as well as participation in Harley-Davidson's 105th anniversary celebration.
Sadly, there will be no more adventures, only memories of Evan Tanner.
"Evan was such a unique individual, and he was okay being an individual," said Hayner. "He was okay with taking the path less traveled, and he often chose that harder path."
It was simply who he was. Just read the words he spoke to me before I wished him luck for his fight against Grove in June.
"Everything's been about the journey," he said. "I never really set out with goals for fighting; it's been about the adventure along the way. When you're on your death bed, it's those stories, those little adventures that are going to be the things that you remember. It's not so much getting there, but how you got there."
And he did it his way.
Rest in Peace, Evan.
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Controversial Pembroke shop, Trevor's Toybox, barred from opening
An order from the Merrimack County Superior Court has prevented the controversial Pembroke shop, Trevor's Toybox, from opening. A hearing on the case is scheduled for April 8 at 9 a.m.
The injunction, which was issued on Friday, will remain in place until April 9.
The ex partre injunction, means that it was considered and ruled on by the judge the day of its receipt, sidestepping the regular filing process, which would have taken 10 days.
"If we'd have waited 10 days, this would have pushed them past April 1, their scheduled opening," said Town Administrator David Jodoin.
A February Facebook post announced that the shop would open on April 1.
A window display featuring leather-clad mannequins holding what's been described as "sexual paraphernalia" appeared in March and residents and business owners nearby complained to the board of selectmen, asking them to intervene.
Under town ordinances, adult entertainment venues are only allowed in specially designated areas of town, of which the Main Street area is not one.
The selectmen issued a notice of violation against the business and its owner, former selectman Larry Preston, giving him until 9 a.m. March 22 to remove the window display and begin the approval process with various town land use boards.
The deadline was missed, and on March 25, the board voted to file the injunction with the Merrimack County Superior Court to prevent the shop from opening.
While the display remains up, the shop remains closed, its door locked and the space apparently empty. Preston could not be reached for comment.
Preston has maintained that much of the controversy surrounding the store is based on a misunderstanding.
Preston says that the storefront is not an adult toy shop but rather a leather clothing store, with adult toys sold on a separate shop on the Web.
The town, however, remains unconvinced.
"They registered with the secretary of state's office (as an adult toy shop) and they gave that address, so according to the town zoning ordinance it's not allowed in that area," said Jodoin. "Everything is pointing right back to that address. The board of selectmen are looking at it as it's physically functioning at that address."
The petition for injunction letter refers to the filing of the business as "retail - adult toys."
The letter asserts that Preston and Trevor Cole, the store's co-owner, have "badly (claimed) on more than one occasion to the town's code officer that their store is permitted because Bondage and Sado-Masochism are 'unrelated' to sexual activity." The letter goes on to cite the business' website and Facebook page, the latter of which contains sexual imagery and lists the Main Street address as its location.
Opinion in the town is not uniformly against Preston and his shop. Several residents on the Main Street strip have argued that Preston has a right to open his business where he chooses, with residents commenting on the business' Facebook page supporting Preston as well.


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In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military are training only the best young minds to...
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In the near future, a hostile alien race called the Formics have attacked Earth. If not for the legendary heroics of International Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, the highly esteemed Colonel Hyrum Graff and the International Military are training only the best young minds to find the future Mazer. Ender Wiggin, a shy but strategically brilliant boy, is recruited to join the elite. Arriving at Battle School, Ender quickly and easily masters increasingly difficult challenges and simulations, distinguishing himself and winning respect amongst his peers. Ender is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope, resulting in his promotion to Command School. Once there, he's trained by Mazer Rackham himself to lead his fellow soldiers into an epic battle that will determine the future of Earth and save the human race.
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The success of Ender's Game rests on the shoulders of one grand assumption: that everybody in the audience, everybody in the world, wishes they could have gone to space camp. And for the most part, that's true. The idea of space camp was, even to those of us stricken with cloying vertigo, heaven. We all wanted to don astronaut suits and float through anti-gravity rooms, blasting away at each other with lasers and learning the tricks of the extraterrestrial warfare trade. Those dazzling dreams are the principal meat of Gavin Hood's adaptation of the controversial classic - the majority of the time we spend with Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield), we're alongside him in battle school. We're watching video footage of a battalion laying waste to an army of invaders, and zipping weightlessly along in high-stakes games of space rugby. So, through these chapters, we're having fun.
And it's not entirely untethered fun. Along the way, Ender endures the sort of coming-of-age traumas we've seen in every preteen protagonist from Sean Astin to Daniel Radcliffe. He doesn't fit in. He doesn't know who he is. He doesn't like what he's becoming. It's not difficult material to wrestle with, but it's just enough substance to give us a reason for caring about whether or not he beats the Napoleonic school bully in tactical games, or wins special affection from fellow soldier Hailee Steinfeld.
But this story of a growing boy struggling with his intellectual gifts and emotional curses finds itself planted clumsily in the middle of a movie that wants to be about something else. Even if you've read the book, or heard the big reveal from loud-mouthed friends of yours who don't revere spoiler etiquette, you'll be surprised by the ending for Ender. Because it comes out of nowhere.
The character's emotional journey is bound so tenuously to the narrative around him that you'll be confused at exactly what is going on when the two collide. You'll question whether or not you nodded during a scene that might have tied everything together, or challenge your own capacity for picking up subtle signals. Don't be so hard on yourself; Ender's Game wants to conquer two worlds (one inside its hero, the other outside its spaceships), but doesn't dive far enough into either to make it so. The script only scratches the surface of its science-fiction backdrop, and only the broadest of strokes are painted with Ender - he's not a complex enough character to warrant the psychological suspension of disbelief that the film eventually asks of its viewer.
But he doesn't need to be, nor do these tasks really need to be conquered, for Ender's Game to be a good time. With just enough of a sob story to ground the movie, a surprisingly warm performance by the larger-than-life headmaster (Harrison Ford) - that is, when he's not standing up slowly and peering in awe directly through the camera - and, most importantly, all the anti-gravity fun you can ask for, Ender's Game works just fine for anyone looking to float free from the world for two hours.
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Nebraska Falls To San Diego
San Diego, Calif. - The No. 6 Nebraska Huskers women's tennis team (15-2, 4-0 Big Ten) were defeated 5-2 by San Diego (5-6, 0-0 WCC) on Sunday. The "luck of the Irish" escaped the Huskers as they couldn't scrape together enough victories to pull out the win.
The Huskers started the match on top in doubles play by snatching the point early. At the No. 1 position, Nebraska's No. 7 Mary Weatherholt and Patricia Veresova swept San Diego's Stephanie Hoffpauir and Anna Depenau 8-0 before the Toreros' Cara Brown and Marta Stojanovic toppled the Huskers' Izabella Zgierska and Maggy Lehmicke 8-6 at tthe No. 3 spot to split the matches. The deciding match at the No. 2 position resulted in a 9-7 victory for Nebraska's Stefanie Weinstein and Janine Weinreich to seal the doubles point at 1-0.
The Huskers extended their grasp on the match to 2-0 at the No. 1 singles position where No. 10 Mary Weatherholt defeated San Diego's Stephanie Hoffpauir 6-3, 6-1. Nebraska couldn't retain its grip on the competition and lost the remaining five matches straight to fall to San Diego.
At the No. 3 spot, San Diego's Shani Blecher toppled Nebraska's Stefanie Weinstein 7-5, 6-0 before the Toreros' No. 87 Laura Claus defeated the Huskers' Patricia Veresova6-1, 6-3 at the No. 2 position to make the score 2-2.
The match was decided at 4-2 when San Diego's Cara Brown knocked off Nebraska's Izabella Zgierska 6-1, 7-5 at the No. 6 position quickly followed by the Toreros' Marta Stojanovic besting the Huskers' Maggy Lehmicke 6-3, 6-4 at the No. 4 spot. The final match went to a third set but was only played as a tie breaker with the match decided and San Diego's Anna Depenau narrowly edged Nebraska's Janine Weinreich 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9) at the No. 5 spot to bring the final score to 5-2.
Nebraska faces Oklahoma State in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday, March 21 at 5 p.m. before heading to State College, Pa. to face Penn State on Sunday, March 31 at 11 a.m.
No. 6 Nebraska - 2
San Diego - 5
San Diego, Calif.
1. No. 10 Mary Weatherholt (NU) def. Stephanie Hoffpauir (USD) 6-3, 6-1.
2. No. 87 Laura Claus (USD) def. Patrica Veresova (NU) 6-1, 6-3.
3. Shani Blecher (USD) def. Stefanie Weinstein (NU) 7-5, 6-0.
4. Marta Stojanovic (USD) def. Maggy Lehmicke (NU) 6-3, 6-4.
5. Anna Depenau (USD) def. Janine Weinreich (NU) 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (11-9).
6. Cara Brown (USD) def. Izabella Zgierska (NU) 6-1, 7-5.
Order of finish (1, 3, 2, 6, 4, 5)
1. No. 7 Mary Weatherholt/Patricia Veresova (NU) def. Stephanie Hoffpauir/Anna Depenau (USD) 8-0.
2. Stefanie Weinstein/Janine Weinreich (NU) def. Laura Claus/ Shani Blecher (USD) 9-7.
3. Cara Brown/Marta Stojanovic (USD) def. Izabella Zgierska/Maggy Lehmicke (NU) 8-6.
Order of finish (1, 3, 2)


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my lucky number is 0... but those are pretty nice thordic.
my lucky number is 0... but those are pretty nice thordic.
$5 to play $48 to register unless I have something extremely important I will be going. Just got to confirm with Dad but he always says yes when I say I will pay
AO Feedback
Ebay Feedback
I found my crew to go with, so I will be there. Can't wait to upgrade my RT.
This is going to ROCK!!!
ah omg thats awesome im goin, knowen i live about 30-50mins away i cant wait (i hope you guys (agd) has another one next year
Ace'd Emag (sold)
Xmag (sold)
Originally posted by Bigzamboni
You mean thermometers can go past 100 degrees?!?1 Blasphemy I tell you!
Actually, I have experienced it.. Last summer to be exact, I saw a thermometer on a bank in my town reading 102* During a heat-wave.
PFFFF nothing the thermometer on the Fire house read 503* yesterday. They said it was broken but i think it was a conspiracy to trick me
Oh and yes i am going.
Looks more and more like cphilip and fatMan will be up there...more soon.
I think Siayajin(<=doesn't post much)and I will be in attendence, i'll bring brownies.
is anyone bringing pie???
Anyone else from Quiet Storm showin up?Originally posted by graycie
I think Siayajin(<=doesn't post much)and I will be in attendence, i'll bring brownies.
In any case, right now the number of AO members who have confirmed attendance is well over 30, not including guests and non-AO members.
i have no idea, Mel personally called up Christian(Siayajin) the other day about it. i don't think he ran it by the rest of the team yet, also there is a scheduled team practice the following day so that makes things kinda tight.Originally posted by Thordic
Anyone else from Quiet Storm showin up?
What kind? I'm sure I can bring one if it'll add to the friendly atmosphere. Someone else needs to bring punch, though.Originally posted by Wc Keep
is anyone bringing pie???
Little Southpark kid: We came to this meeting understanding there would be pie and punch, is there any?
Cartman(I think): No!
*half of the people get up and leave*
The La Resistance meeting.
Heh.. if I ever start a team, that may be the name (La Resistance) if it isn't taken.
Viva La Resistance!
[insert yet to be made Stewie from Familyguy sig pic.. use him and I will be sad]
Feedback thread: http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?s=0d76afaf5a78b6f79cf2977376a4c191&threadid=177222
Good Traders/sellers/buyers: �.C., Dansim, yllwsmrf, Cris8762, Mossman,
From PBnation: Philthismax, Eniac101, Devilstar2k2
Hey, I've played with you quiet storm guys before, namely John H., he's still there right?(the one with the westwood)
yeah, I'm also gonna try to make it up to the game. Should be great!
jah, john is still with the team. not sure if he still has the westwood, he's been using angels lately.Originally posted by SyntaxError
Hey, I've played with you quiet storm guys before, namely John H., he's still there right?(the one with the westwood)
i like pumpkin and ill bring a couple of those big juggs of hawaiin punch. but i think we need a few others to also contribute to this.
WOOHOO!!! Definitely going...just got my pass for the 13th back today. Now its official. I was gonna go anyway, but now I am "officially excused from duty". Hehe...I like getting my way!
X-mag #10. Nuff said.
my feedback
Oh I heard something about a one on one topgun tourney possibly going down. Something having to do with using the AGD sydarms Only can carry 10 shots no spray and pray here.
Im set to take on all comers....
thordic confirmed that on pbnation spiff. and kaiser bob youll be the first to go down by my hand.
ok now on a more serious note for the event some of us are going to need to be able to download a waiver so that a legal parent or guardian can sign for us. are we going to be able to have those before the 13th?
What are the parts you need to get from Radio Shack to hook up the Intelliframe to your revi? Jon has my Rt now and is installing an Intelliframe for me so I want to hook it to my hopper. If I know what to bring I'll hit up Kaiser Bob for some help?
P.S. Thanks Jon for all of your help. You da man!!
Thanks for reminding me about the waiver. I'll make something up, get Mel to approve it, and make it a PDF or something available for download ASAP.
Total Estimated Time: Total Distance:
47 hours, 35 minutes 2836.89 miles
and this is not even the full distance
add another thousand miles to get from anchorage alaska
thats almost 4k
I think I will walk this one since its such a short distance.
I may be losing,
But I'm not lost!!
I ran into a few people today who may be interested...I just emailed one guy. He may be joining the forum here (yes, he owns a mag) and MAY go, and take a few friends. Is there any limit to the number of people who can go? Not that I think we exceeded it, but was just wondering.
hey I want #21 please. That is my lucky number.
soon to come:
minimag w/ intelliframe
12v X-board
SystemX X10 On/Off Drop
TKO Gas Through
oldsoldier - there isn't a limit, and if there is one, we are nowhere near it yet
surfer - sorry, 21 was already requested.
I have to ask...can i have #69Originally posted by Thordic
oldsoldier - there isn't a limit, and if there is one, we are nowhere near it yet
surfer - sorry, 21 was already requested.
you should have it in laramie wyoming yes, it would be the biggest event in the towns history rofl.
Level 10 Centerfeed polished Emag With J&J 2 peice.
Level 7 Powerfeed left 68 Mag' With J&J ceramic barrel.
Corrections made:
Paintballistix purchased 2 S'up-Air fields from JT to be used at the field.
New Prizes:
Shartley has graciously donated 2 AO signature images and a set of Custom Carved 45 Grips for this event. The grips and the images will be awarded the day of the event, the signature images will be made afterwards. JT USA donated some Proteus masks to give-away. Planet Eclipse donated some jackel packs to give-away.
New Sponsors:
JT USA Paintball and Planet Eclipse
Are the sup air fields in addition to woods fields?
Yea, I believe there are woods fields also.


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Welcome Comrades to the 64th edition of the Dispatch
We're like Chuck Norris bringing in a triple roundhouse kick to your face so fast you have to take a minute or two to realize your mind has just been blown. Issue #64 is a new dawn, and quite appropriately marks the 3rd anniversary of the Dispatch! First, we have shiny new graphics courtesy of recent addition to the Entertainment Team and mapmaker extraordinaire, DiM! Second, the new Office of Strategic Services premieres with a few articles I think you'll enjoy (along with an extensive, analytical introduction, thanks to now-Strategy Reporter, DoomYoshi) Third, Leehar and his Clan Team has put together a fun contest for Clan League Season 4 with a plethora of premium to be won (up to 15 months!) - check out the "Friendly Fire" section under the Platoon Report! If you have questions or comments regarding the new graphics or Strategy section, feel free to post them in the issue thread!
But no, no, no, we certainly aren't done yet! It's time for the Subscriber of the Issue! And our featured Subscriber is none other than former Social Media Contributor, squishyg! PM me the name of the Strategy Reporter whose article you liked most, and a General Achievement medal is yours!
Of course, we're not all flash and glamor (though we are quite glamorous ) - we have a quality issue for you all, from a little tango with the Civil War with DoomYoshi to Doodle Assassins with crazymilkshake5 to a historical anniversary article from Dukasaur to more Foundry News with koontz1973 to clan rankings with Gunn217!
Enjoy the fruits of our laboring fingers!
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Hello again Freestylers, we have an article with some backstory about the American Civil War, an Ask A Mod from Sully, and an interview with SoC mod, dhallmeyer. He talks about California, troublesome students, and coffee.
Freestyle Executive
Ask A Mod! by Victor Sullivan
Historical Perspectives by DoomYoshi
Welcome to the newest section of the newsletter! Now, strategy writing is perfect casual reading. By it's very nature, anything written here is of a timeless nature. That doesn't mean you can put off reading this section. Strategies can, and do, evolve. So you will need to follow along to keep on top of the current zeitgeist. In this week's article, we have a continuation of my old column, random game analysis. Also, crazymilkshake5 has asked some selected AssDoodlers about the strategy inherent in that type of game. Of course, this starts the age-old debate. Is there strategy in AssDoodling?
To answer that question, we must know what strategy means. There are many different ways to define strategy, but there is one main way to define it in terms of Conquer Club: Game Theory. The concept of strategy in game theory can be boiled down to one main concept: can the choices a player makes affect the outcome of the game?
Let's examine a heavy assdoodling (8-players with nukes). What would happen if a player were to move randomly? As in, their deployments, assaults, advancements, reinforcements and whether or not to cash were all random. Clearly, that player would have a reduced chance of winning. If your target is on Sarah Desert and you instead assault Conga, you are obviously wasting a move. What's worse, is that you might kill another player's target and make some very angry players. So, we have identified that there is at least some strategy.
Now, that doesn't actually tell us much though. Ok, so moving randomly doesn't work, but you already knew that. How can we test how much strategy there is? One way is to compare different strategies. Let's say player A decides to sit and not assault until he can make a clear run on his target and player B decides to attack non-stop en route to his target. Which one is more effective? I don't have the answer for that, but it seems the more commonly successful strategy is all-out assault. So, now we have identified that some strategies have different outcomes than others.
So, in step 1 (comparing moving randomly to non-randomly), we identified that strategy (if only as an abstract concept) does in fact exist. In step 2 (comparing different strategies to each other) we identified that specific strategies existed, although we would have to calculate statistics to see if one works over another. The main reason doodle earth is not considered strategical is that there are very few options. The total number of possible strategies is very limited, but there is some strategy, as there is in every game on Conquer Club.
Next time, I will cover the military definition of strategy and answer another age-old question: what is the difference between strategy and tactics?
Special thanks to Victor Sullivan for letting me write the intro to his new baby of a section!
Strategy Reporter
No, thank you, DoomYoshi In addition, our very first Strategy Team recruit, Viceroy63, talks about the dilemma of cashing spoils in Escalating games - a great read for all of you subscribed to the SoC Training Grounds! I hope you enjoy this brand new section as we have enjoyed putting it together for you
Victor Sullivan
Strategy Executive
Doodle Assassin: Strategy or Sheer Luck? by crazymilkshake5
Random Game Analysis by DoomYoshi
To Trade or Not To Trade; That is the Question? by Viceroy63
Hello again my friends, and welcome to your favorite part of the Newsletter, "War Games", where you can find information about CC Tournaments!
This is the 3rd anniversary of the CC Dispatch, and in celebration I have produced a little retrospective on the evolution of the War Games section. However, it is not the lead article! The lead article definitely has to be plurple's article on the Prime awards, for 2011's best tournaments. Speaking of the Primes, nominations have now closed, and voting has begun. A special subforum has been created for the voting process, you can get to it here: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=678 YOU ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO VOTE so get in there promptly!
DaveH has provided us with not one but two (!) installments in his Tournament Tips series, sensfan has produced another excellent installment of TPA Wrap, fuzzy316 interviews one of the winningest tournament players in CC history (shoop76) and NoSurvivors continues our longest-running series, Join This? Or Not! Enjoy!
Tournament Executive
The Prime Awards by Plurple
Our Illustrious History by Dukasaur
Meet the Tournament Winners: shoop76 by Fuzzy316
Tournament Tips by DaveH
Tournament Tips by DaveH
Join This? Or Not! by NoSurvivors
TPA Wrap by Sensfan
Hey there, folks! Well, it's actually Sully again. Hippo missed the wagon this issue, I guess, so here I am! At any rate, koontz has us covered again with another "What's Where" and "Foundry News". Hippo will be back next issue, however
Victor Sullivan
Chief Executive
What's Where in the Foundry by koontz1973
Foundry News by koontz1973
Welcome to another exciting edition on the latest news on the clan scene, as we also celebrate the 3rd Anniversary for the newsletter.
We have a cracker of a section in store, and first up on the agenda is an overview of the 4th Season of the Clan league, by the Tournaments director DJ Teflon, and then we have an exciting competition in store for Clan Aficionado's as we offer more than a year's worth of Premium + assorted other prizes in our Competition Purse!
Thereafter Alt1978 returns to the Dispatch team after a short hiatus, with a preview of The All Comers Cup Final, and we have an exclusive regular monthly section to offer our readers as the much vaunted F400 officially unveils it's column in this edition of the newsletter, courtesy of the services of Gunn217
QuikSilver also starts a new column on the recruitment usage of Clan Training Grounds.
Clan Executive
CL4 Overview by DJ Teflon
All Comer's Cup Finals by alt1978
Recruitment Method by QuikSilver and DJoach
F400 Ranking by Gunn217
Clan League 4 Contest
Sign up here for the Virtual Clan League. 6 months premium and a General Achievement medal to the winner, and 3 months premium and a General Achievement medal for both 2nd and 3rd place Contestants, while additional 3 months prize premium is available if competition entries surpass all projections and 50+ contestants participate
It's simple. Rank the clans in the order you think they'll finish in phase 1 of the regular season - and then fill in the following table to show all the clans that go out in the respective phases, and finally the winners of Division A, B and C
Entries should be sent by PM to Leehar, but can also be submitted in the thread created for this purpose in the Clans Sub-Forum (though all liability of the use of your competition submission falls on you)
Only one entry per player and no duplicate entries will be accepted.
Remember we're not counting phase 1 results, but the ultimate outcome for each clan which will only start being decided at the end of Phase 2 whence 18 clans will be eliminated.
A point will be given for each correct placing up til Phase 3, while 2 points each for the winners and runners-up in Phase 4
Therefore, you'd get 1 point for correctly predicting that OSA (for example) exit the competition in Division B-Phase 2, another if you predicted that IA only exit the competition in Division A-Phase 3 and 2 points if you correctly picked TNC as the winners of Division C.
Tie-breakers will be decided on amount of Phase 4 Winners correct.
We'll show everybody's chosen scores after entries are complete, and run updates through the season to let you know how you're doing.
Entries close at the end of Wednesday 29th February, but to encourage early entrance, 0.5 points will be penalised per result completed before submission. (As scores are given to clans in their division tables upon completion of their week matches)
Do you know your clans? Can you look into your crystal ball and see what the season will bring? Sign up and prove it! See if you can win that premium and the glittery gold thing.
Disclaimer: Contest Organizer reserves right to adjust format to correct unforeseen errors, or to increase clarity in explanation
Example picks:
Phase 1 unnecessary for competition purposes, but needed for clarity
Division 1
Division 2
Division 3
Division 4
Division 5
Division 6
Division 7
Phase 2:
Division A
LoW (unnecessary immediately for competition purposes, but needed for clarity, and used later)
Out: (and whereupon points start getting awarded)
Division B
Assorted 3rd and 4th place clans from Phase 1
Division C
Assorted 5th and 6th placed clans from Phase 1
Phase 3
Division A
Out: (points awarded)
Division B
Div C
Phase 4
Div A Winner: Foed
Runner-up: ID (2 points awarded for each)
Div B Winner + Runner-up: ~
Div C Winner + Runner-up: ~
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Safety and fiscal responsibility are in a race and there is a chance that both could lose
One issue that unites most political candidates is the idea of being tough on crime.
Everyone wants tougher sentences and harsher conditions for people who break the law. But then when the check comes due, people are less excited about that idea.
In El Dorado, Warden James Heimgartner and his staff incarcerate about 1,500 men.
That is about 20 percent of all Kansas inmates. All but one of Kansas' death row prisoners reside in his facility.
It isn't a fun job, but Heimgartner began at the bottom and has worked his way all the way up to warden in almost 20 years.
The warden has a higher headcount than his capacity allows. He manages the problem by sending a maximum security inmate to another facility to make room for additional inmates that don't require the same housing and security measures.
Soon, there could be up to 1,000 more inmates at the El Dorado location.
A recent study showed that there are about 8,000 inmates in the system. With every law that is passed, sentences grow longer and more crimes require prison time.
With the state system at capacity, growth will be necessary and El Dorado's Correctional Facility has room to grow.
Unfortunately, about half of those new inmates will be mentally ill. Heimgartner said currently 48 percent of the inmates in El Dorado require some form of mental health care. A large portion are also substance abusers.
Obviously, the rate of incarceration would drop if those problems were handled outside of the prison gates.
It costs about $3 per day to feed an inmate, but the cost of drugs for mental patients can be as high as $13.50 a day. It isn't difficult math to see why the cost of incarcerating criminals continues to climb.
El Dorado is also home to the state prison system's only oncology ward. Criminals who commit crimes after being diagnosed with cancer or who contract the disease after being sentenced are all housed and treated in El Dorado.
That process isn't cheap or easy.
The prison system is also required by law to provide for the spiritual health of all inmates. Whether they are Rastafarian, Wiccan, Muslim, Morman, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish or Christian – to name just a few of the recognized religions – the facility has to provide space to practice their faith. The instruments of worship come from donations or the prisoners' own money, but the jail has to provide space.
In El Dorado, a $1 million facility was built with private money to provide for many of those needs. In fact, about 10 percent of the inmates attend services on any given Sunday.
Heimgartner said some of those may be devout but many just relish the time out of the cells and away from the guards.
Regardless of their faithfulness, addictions or mental of physical health situations, they all share the same walls and are secured away from society.
As the number of detainees grows, so does the budget needed to care for them.
Safety and fiscal responsibility are in a race and there is a chance that both could lose.
Legislators have to find a balance that can keep law-abiding citizens safe without taking away from education or other positive social programs to pay the bills.
Kent Bush is the publisher of the Augusta Gazette, the El Dorado Times, and the Andover American newspapers. He can be contacted at: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Mullinville city officials and resident artist M.T. Liggett have ended their feud over a disputed stretch of Elm Street.
Mullinville city officials and resident artist M.T. Liggett have ended their feud over a disputed stretch of Elm Street.
"It's over," said Liggett on Monday. "That's about all I have to say."
Liggett and Mullinville city officials have gone back-and-forth for nearly a year over the stretch of road. The Mullinville City Council and Mayor Andy Kimble believed the street was city property maintained by city tax dollars and Liggett disagreed, citing an ordinance filing error.
In protest Liggett moved more than a dozen trailers and metal objects onto the west side of the road, which he believed was his rightful property.
In September District Judge Van Hampton sided with the city and approved a temporary restraining order that forced Liggett to remove the trailers.
The case was settled before the preliminary hearing.
Liggett said he signed a quitclaim deed that gave the disputed land to the city for $10.
The city council also unanimously approved two Elm Street resolutions at their regular meeting on Nov. 5. They clarified the sale of the land and assured Liggett that the city had no intention towards his pasture land, which sits on the west side of the street.
"We achieved what we wanted to achieve," said Kimble on Tuesday. "We wanted to clear up the discrepancies on Elm Street and we did that."


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ROCKFORD — A smartphone application called Barrel Dodger could help Rockford-area residents adjust their travel routes if there's construction along the way.
Another app, What-When-Where, consolidates local-event calendars so residents can see what's happening in their neighborhoods and add their own events through a few easy steps.
And RaiseUp Rockford lets people post photos of broken signs and streetlights to help city officials address community concerns by automating the fix-it requests, then alert residents when the problems are fixed.
Each app won a combined $15,000 in prize money Saturday during the first Rockford OpenTech Challenge at the city's business incubator EIGERlab, 605 Fulton Ave.
A dozen people from the Rockford area, the Chicago suburbs and Wisconsin participated in the daylong event. Three challenges were issued in the morning, and participants had the rest of the day to develop apps to address the needs.
OpenTech aims to foster relationships among the technology community, municipalities and nonprofits to improve efficiency.
The first challenge involved Rockford road data and projects. Patrick Zuroske, the city's capital program manager and one of the judges, explained how the city does 40 to 50 construction projects a year, and communicating detours and projects timelines with everyone who would benefit from the information can be complicated.
The second challenge addressed the concept of "moving the needle," or promoting the good work that residents, businesses and neighborhoods are doing in Rockford. The third challenge was a wildcard that included various municipal data.
Paul Lemke of Elkhorn, Wis., and teammates Sonish Thomas, Joe Moses, Erik Stadler and Adam Whitson won the first and third challenges. He said the event was a fun side project to day-to-day Web development that still tested his abilities and talent.
He said 95 percent of software development involves making apps more user-friendly and marketable to people who aren't super tech-savvy.
"There are hundreds of thousands of apps in the app store. You can't just submit it to the app store and be done," Lemke said. "You've got to make these partnerships with the city of Rockford so that they would promote it and they would drive the traffic to those websites."
Jennifer Hall helps facilitate the information technology roundtable at EIGERlab that's focused on growing the high-tech job market in Rockford and building a pipeline of employees for that sector.
Hall, also an OpenTech judge, was thrilled with the turnout.
"This is civic innovation at its best," she said. "We need to harness that talent, let them be creative and come up with ideas and make the ideas work for them. That's what we have to do as a city."
In January, Hall said, college IT departments from the region will meet to discuss their curriculums and if those programs match what local employers need for their pipeline of employees.
Christopher Whitaker, a consultant with the Smart Chicago Collaborative, is also trying to start a Code for America connection in Rockford. Code for America uses technology to modernize municipalities and improve their outreach with residents.
"We're letting citizens know we're listening and we're taking care of what their concerns are," Hall said. "Communication is key to changing the narrative in this town. How do we start creating a story that tells everyone — the people who live here, work here — that we really care about this town? That's change that every citizen can be part of."
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Children's temper tantrums are widely seen as many things: the cause of profound helplessness among parents; a source of dread for airline passengers stuck next to a young family; a nightmare for teachers. But until recently, they had not been considered a legitimate subject for science.
Now research suggests that, beneath all the screams and kicking and shouting, lies a phenomenon that is entirely amenable to scientific dissection. Tantrums turn out to have a pattern and rhythm to them. Once understood, researchers say, this pattern can help parents, teachers and even hapless bystanders respond more effectively to temper tantrums — and help clinicians tell the difference between ordinary tantrums, which are a normal part of a child's development, and those that may be warning signals of an underlying disorder.
The key to a new theory of tantrums lies in a detailed analysis of the sounds that toddlers make during tantrums. In a new paper published in the journal Emotion, scientists found that different toddler sounds – or "vocalizations" – emerge and fade in a definite rhythm in the course of a tantrum.
"We have the most quantitative theory of tantrums that has ever been developed in the history of humankind," said study co-author Michael Potegal of the University of Minnesota, half in jest and half seriously.
The first challenge was to collect tantrum sounds, says co-author James A. Green of the University of Connecticut.
"We developed a onesie that toddlers can wear that has a high-quality wireless microphone sewn into it," Green said. "Parents put this onesie on the child and press a go button."
The wireless microphone fed into a recorder that ran for several hours. If the toddler had a meltdown during that period, the researchers obtained a high-quality audio recording. Over time, Green and Potegal said they collected more than a hundred tantrums in high-fidelity audio.
The scientists then analyzed the audio. They found that different tantrum sounds had very distinct audio signatures. When the sounds were laid down on a graph, the researchers found that different sounds emerged and faded in a definite pattern. Unsurprisingly, sounds like yelling and screaming usually came together.
"Screaming and yelling and kicking often go together," Potegal said. "Throwing things and pulling and pushing things tend to go together. Combinations of crying, whining, falling to the floor and seeking comfort — and these also hang together."
But where one age-old theory of tantrums might suggest that meltdowns begin in anger (yells and screams) and end in sadness (cries and whimpers), Potegal found that the two emotions were more deeply intertwined.
"The impression that tantrums have two stages is incorrect," Potegal said. "In fact, the anger and the sadness are more or less simultaneous."
Green and Potegal found that sad sounds tended to occur throughout tantrums. Superimposed on them were sharp peaks of yelling and screaming: anger.
The trick in getting a tantrum to end as soon as possible, Potegal said, was to get the child past the peaks of anger. Once the child was past being angry, what was left was sadness, and sad children reach out for comfort. The quickest way past the anger, the scientists said, was to do nothing. Of course, that isn't easy for parents or caregivers to do.
"When I'm advising people about anger, I say, 'There's an anger trap,"' Potegal said.
Even asking questions can prolong the anger — and the tantrum.
That's what parents Noemi and David Doudna of Sunnyvale, Calif., found. Their daughter Katrina once had a meltdown at dinnertime because she wanted to sit at one corner of the dining table. Problem was, the table didn't have any corners – it was round. When David Doudna asked Katrina where she wanted to sit, the tantrum only intensified.
"You know, when children are at the peak of anger and they're screaming and they're kicking, probably asking questions might prolong that period of anger," said Green. "It's difficult for them to process information. And to respond to a question that the parent is asking them may be just adding more information into the system than they can really cope with."
In a video of the tantrum that Noemi Doudna posted on YouTube, Katrina's tantrum intensified to screaming, followed by the child throwing herself to the floor and pushing a chair against a wall.
"Tantrums tend to often have this flow where the buildup is often quite quick to a peak of anger," Green said.
Understanding that tantrums have a rhythm can not only help parents know when to intervene, but also give them a sense of control, Green said.
That's because, when looked at scientifically, tantrums are no different than thunderstorms or other natural phenomena. Studying them as scientific subjects rather than experiencing them like parents can cause the tantrums to stop feeling traumatic and even become interesting.
"When we're walking down the street or see a child having a tantrum, I comment on the child's technique," Potegal said. "[I] mutter to my family, 'Good data,' and they all laugh."
Noemi Doudna said she now looks back on Katrina's tantrums and sees the humor in them.
Katrina often demanded things that made no sense in the course of tantrums, Noemi Doudna said. She once said, "'I don't want my feet. Take my feet off. I don't want my feet. I don't want my feet!'"
When nothing calmed the child down, Noemi Doudna added, "I once teased her — which turned out to be a big mistake — I once said, 'Well, OK, let's go get some scissors and take care of your feet.'"
Her daughter's response, Noemi Doudna recalled, was a shriek: "Nooooo!!"
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Today in "Your Health," temper tantrums. Parents dread them. If you have young children in your family, you may have witnessed one recently. So far, hard science hasn't had much to say about tantrums, but that's changing. New research has the potential to help adults cope with one of the most traumatic rites of parenthood, and to turn what is widely seen as a dreaded event into a cause for curiosity. NPR science correspondent Shankar Vedantam reports.
SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: If you're driving or doing something that requires your full attention, be warned. You're about to hear something very distracting.
VEDANTAM: That's Katrina Doudna of Sunnydale, California. She was 3 when she had that tantrum. She's 5 now. Katrina used to have lots of tantrums. Her mother, Noemi Doudna, says the triggers often made no sense.
NOEMI DOUDNA: When she was in the midst of a tantrum, she'd pick something that she knew was completely unreasonable. I don't want my feet! Take my feet off! I don't want my feet! I don't want my feet!
VEDANTAM: Noemi and her husband, David, tried everything. They tried to wait the tantrums out. They tried time-outs. Nothing worked. Noemi would sometimes even play along to show Katrina how unreasonable she was being.
NOEMI DOUDNA: I once teased her, which turned out to be a big mistake. But I once said, well, OK, let's go get some scissors and take care of your feet. No!
VEDANTAM: There was nothing wrong with Katrina. Small kids just have tantrums. Some have lots of them. Tantrums may be traumatic for parents, but they're mostly normal behavior. So science hasn't paid much attention to them, until now.
JAMES GREEN: My name's James Green.
VEDANTAM: James Green is a psychologist at the University of Connecticut. He and a colleague have developed a new theory of tantrums. Green's going to apply his theory to one of Katrina Doudna's tantrums. He's going to give us a play-by-play analysis.
VEDANTAM: But first, I want him to tell you how he collected his data.
GREEN: We developed a onesie that toddlers can wear, that has a high-quality, wireless microphone sewn into it. Parents put this onesie on the child, and press a go button on the equipment.
VEDANTAM: And then everyone waits to see if the toddler has a meltdown. Over time, the researchers collected more than 100 screaming, crying and shouting performances. When they analyzed the audio files, the scientists discovered something. Here's Green's colleague, Michael Potegal of the University of Minnesota.
MICHAEL POTEGAL: We have the most quantitative theory of tantrums that has ever been developed in the history of humankind, he said modestly.
VEDANTAM: You heard that right. A scientific theory of tantrums. By breaking down the audio recordings, Potegal and Green found that tantrums follow rules. Screams and yells usually come together. Throwing things, and pulling and pushing, happen together. Crying, whining, and falling down on the floor go together.
Now, the old theory of tantrums is they have two stages. The child gets angry; that's the shouting and kicking and screaming. And she ends in tears. So tantrums start angry, and end sad.
POTEGAL: The impression that tantrums have two stages is incorrect. In fact, the anger and the sadness are more or less simultaneous.
VEDANTAM: Green and Potegal found that different tantrum sounds have distinct audio signatures. When you plot the sounds on a graph, you see how different sounds emerge and fade during a tantrum. Sad sounds, like whimpering and crying, occur throughout the tantrum. But superimposed on them, you see sharp peaks - yelling and screaming. That's the anger.
The trick, Potegal says, is to get the child past the peaks of anger. Once you do that, what's left is the sadness, and sad children reach out for comfort. The quickest way past the anger - do nothing. Don't shout, don't hit, don't try to comfort the child. But when a child's screaming, it's hard to do nothing.
POTEGAL: When I'm advising people about anger, I say there's an anger trap.
VEDANTAM: Even asking questions can prolong the anger, and prolong the tantrum. I asked Green to apply the new theory to one of Katrina Doudna's tantrums.
VEDANTAM: Noemi Doudna videotaped this tantrum. When the video starts, Katrina is being carried by her dad, David. It's dinnertime. Katrina wants to sit at the head of the dining table. Problem is, there's no head at this dining table. The table's round.
VEDANTAM: Katrina's kicking and screaming. She's angry. You can see David falling into the anger trap. He asks a question.
VEDANTAM: As a father, Green's fallen into the same trap himself. As a researcher, he knows it's a mistake.
GREEN: When children are at their peak of anger, and they're screaming and they're kicking, probably asking questions might prolong that period of anger.
VEDANTAM: He thinks it's because the child is already overwhelmed.
GREEN: It's difficult for them to process information. And to respond to a question that the parent's asking may be just adding more information into the system than they can really cope with.
VEDANTAM: It's better, Green says, to keep things simple. Issue short commands like, sit down; go to your room. I asked Green how the new theory might predict where Katrina's tantrum would go.
GREEN: If it follows the pattern that we think is sort of classic, we would expect it to build up to word lists; very high-pitched, very intense screaming like, you know, you hear in a horror movie.
VEDANTAM: OK. Ready?
: Do you know what? It doesn't have a corner, 'cause it's round. It's a circle.
VEDANTAM: Notice how fast we've gone from crying to screaming? Remember how Green and Potegal said tantrums tend to have sad sounds superimposed by surges of anger? Those peaks of anger usually come early in a tantrum.
GREEN: Tantrums tend to often have this flow, where the buildup is quite quick to a peak of anger.
VEDANTAM: In the video, David Doudna ignores the screaming. He does exactly what Potegal and Green would have advised. Katrina can't decide which chair to sit at, so he makes the decision.
: I'm going to pick you - this chair for you.
: No! No! No!
VEDANTAM: Now initially, it looks like David has made the wrong call. Katrina doesn't like the chair. She hops off. She's on the ground now. She grabs a loose chair, and she slams it against a wall.
VEDANTAM: It's looks like the tantrum is escalating. But in fact, what the new theory suggests is exactly the opposite.
GREEN: Once she's thrown herself on the floor and thrown something - or in this case, knocked the chair against a wall - we're probably on the down slope of this tantrum. She's spent a lot of energy - screaming, yelling, and now doing these physical behaviors.
VEDANTAM: The scream was a peak. No one can stay that angry for long; it's exhausting. I asked Green what sounds he expected next from Katrina.
GREEN: Probably something in the vocal domain like crying or whining. There's been so much energy expended. The child knows that they've been out of control. That leads to a sense that they'd like some comfort from the parents.
VEDANTAM: Listen to Katrina, and pay close attention to how the register of her voice changes.
: No. No.
VEDANTAM: This tantrum, from scream to whimper, took only a minute. But in a paper they published in the journal Emotion, Green and Potegal argue that no matter how long tantrums last or how often they occur, they follow the same pattern. When Potegal now sees a child having a meltdown at a grocery store, he says he watches to see how well the tantrum fits the pattern he's identified.
POTEGAL: When we're walking down the street or see a child having a tantrum, I comment on the child's technique. Mutter to my family, good data, and they all laugh.
VEDANTAM: What this means is that if you start to observe tantrums like scientists do, instead of experiencing them like parents do, they stop being traumatic. They may even become interesting. Shankar Vedantam, NPR News.
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A black bear has been wandering the hills and valleys of northern Illinois for the past few weeks. It has been a topic of much conversation. I've posted pictures of bears on Facebook, including one of a bear sitting patiently at a picnic table. One of my fellow Green Bay Packers fans suggests that "Our superior defense kicked Da Bear out of Green Bay."
I've read that the bear is most likely a young male looking for a mate. He's wandered off course, probably from Wisconsin. Bears are common in much of North America, but by the 1870s they'd been hunted to extinction in Illinois.
Our bear, which is so popular he even has a Twitter account, isn't causing any problems, other than muddy paw prints on a garage door and a couple of tipped-over bird feeders.
He's more afraid of us than we are of him. He hasn't hurt anyone and wants to get away from people. The official state policy is to leave him alone. The General Assembly has passed a law protecting bears, wolves and cougars, none of which are common in Illinois.
But that's not good enough for my small-government friend Ted Biondo. The Winnebago County Board Republican is a retired rocket scientist (really!) and a budget watchdog who analyzes spending by local governments. On Facebook, Ted regularly rails against anything and everything the big-spending Democrats do. He's always going on about unnecessary laws and government waste. Much of the time I agree with him.
So, imagine my shock and awe when I read Sunday's reprinted blog post by the same Ted Biondo, demanding a big government solution to a bear problem that does not exist. From reading it, I concluded that Ted thinks the Bear army is rolling into Illinois in Humvees and tanks to establish the Animals' Republic of All Creatures Great And Small.
Biondo is certainly alarmed. He seems to think the General Assembly aims to protect rare critters at the expense of people. They can wander at will from jurisdiction to jurisdiction throughout the state, and millions of people will be at risk. Oh, the humanity!
"The county where the animal is first sighted should take a proactive stance to protect not only their residents, but the residents of adjacent counties to stop the animal from just lumbering along its way until an imminent threat occurs," warns Biondo, who then suggests elaborate bureaucratic procedures he wants local governments to waste time putting in place to protect people from "Da Bear."
So, Biondo was against big government before he was for it, to fix something that isn't broken.
This is why government grows at all levels, under both Republicans and Democrats. It's just too tempting for people in positions of power to use government to make people see things their way. And so it grows, costing more and more money, all of which comes from our shrinking pocketbooks.
There's an imminent threat to people, but it's not from our bear. It's from people. Humans are the dangerous animals who kill and maim people and other animals with mind-numbing regularity. They alone among the animals have the brain capacity to choose whether or not to kill. People have spent thousands of years making killing into a high art. They use a wide variety of guns, bombs, knives, fists and motor vehicles.
Ted is a champion when it comes to scrutinizing local government budgets with a fine-tooth comb. But please, let's not use the government to protect us from a lone bear with a Twitter account.
We do have a $17 trillion national debt, you know.
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Nebraska Named Regional Coaching Staff of the Year
Head Coach Rhonda Revelle, Associate Head Coach Lori Sippel, Assistant Coach Diane Miller and Softball Director of Operations Katie Brown were collectively honored on Wednesday, when the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced Nebraska as the 2013 Midwest Region Coaching Staff of the Year.
Nebraska was honored as the coaching staff of the year for the third time in Revelle's tenure. Her staff also won the award in 1998 and 2002. The Husker coaching staff has been honored each of the last three years Nebraska has advanced to the Women's College World Series.
A trip to the 2013 Women's College World Series was the highlight for this year's team, which finished No. 8 in the final rankings after being unranked and not receiving any votes in the preseason polls. With a roster featuring seven freshmen among its 16 players and a pitching staff featuring only one hurler with college experience, the Husker coaching staff led Nebraska to a 45-16 record this spring, tying for the fifth-most victories in school history.
The Huskers hosted an NCAA Regional for the first time in six seasons in 2013, earned a No. 1 seed in an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2002, advanced to the first NCAA Super Regional in school history and qualified for the Women's College World Series for the first time since 2002. Along the way, Nebraska was one of only four teams to defeat national champion Oklahoma this spring, while the Huskers finished with five victories over top-10 opponents.
Individually, junior Tatum Edwards was a second-team All-America selection, becoming the first Husker to earn first- or second-team All-America accolades since 2004. Revelle also eclipsed 800 career victories during the 2013 season, while becoming Nebraska's all-time wins leader across all sports. Sippel coached pitchers Edwards and freshman Emily Lockman to first-team all-region recognition, increasing her region-leading total to 19 selections in 19 seasons. Miller had five hitters earn all-conference recognition, giving her 17 all-conference hitters in her first five seasons at Nebraska.
"This is a humbling honor for our coaching staff, but none of it would have been possible without the tremendous work our players put in all year long," Revelle said. "The players and coaches shared a vision for what this team could accomplish this season, and we stayed together and committed to that vision. We had a great year and it was truly a team effort from the coaching staff, to the players, to the support staff and everyone involved with Nebraska softball."


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This is Stanczyk's first opinion piece. I hope it inspires comments and opinions in you my fine Internet Technorati. It would be nice if FOLD3 or ANCESTRY reads this article and comments/responds. If you do not want to read opinion then you are done for the day, loyal reader.
Fold3 used to be Footnote.com. Stanczyk had used Footnote while it was Footnote. We appreciated the Historical documents and especially liked:
- Naturalizations
- City Directories
- Newspapers
These were valuable resources on top of all the historical/genealogical material they had accumulated from the National Archives (NARA). I liked how they integrated users and their material and how users could 'Annotate' Historical documents and link them to their own documents which could be uploaded to Footnote. This was helpful for Genealogy and for History too.
So when Ancestry.com bought Footnote, we had a cautious optimism and hope that this research material would be folded into Ancestry.com's own valuable databases.
Here's what happened …
Ancestry.com renamed Footnote.com to Fold3. Ok that was lame and really not useful for newbies. What is Fold3? It lacks broad meaning and is a poor branding.
They decided to focus on the military research material??? OK most of the NARA databases were military in nature (Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Civil War, etc.). Perhaps this heroic focus would be a good thing. But what about the other things?
Ancestry.com then proceeded to announce that they jettison City Directories and Historical Newspapers. Ok but that was a MAJOR reason to pay for Footnote/Fold3.
You now have to look under 'Other' when browsing their collections. There you will still find Naturalizations and Passport Applications. Are these remaining … permanently? What else will be lost?
Ancestry.com now is a front-end search engine for some of Fold3's databases. I do not like this. You pay for Ancestry. You buy their 'DELUXE' package to get access to everything and here are data that you cannot access without paying for??? Ancestry we already paid for EVERYTHING. Either give us access to the Fold3 (you own it) data in your search engines or remove this data!
Stanczyk used to index for Ancestry.com, but not any more. Ancestry has muddied the waters about what is Ancestry and what is included in DELUXE. It used to be everything. Now there seems to be a new class of data that is NOT a part of EVERYTHING. Why buy Footnote and NOT include it in Ancestry? Is it to "milk" two subscriptions from your customers? OK, then keep them separate: two companies, two websites and two well defined subscriptions with well defined databases.
I do not like this 'hybrid" where EVERYTHING is NOT EVERYTHING. I do not like the shell game of what data is where and the implicit attempt to shuffle data and force customers to have two paid subscriptions this does NOT pass the smell test. OPTIMISM is now gone and replaced with DISTRUST for Ancestry.com. Ancestry.com needs to restore that DELUXE means EVERYTHING. If that means removing FOLD3 data, then remove FOLD3 data and do not mingle the two enterprises. This is causing ill will and losing Goodwill for Ancestry.com.
Buy FOOTNOTE if you must. Rename Footnote to FOLD3 if you must. Keep them as two subscription companies separate and distinct if you must. But this disintegration of FOLD3 (nee FOOTNOTE) and the subsequent pollution of Ancestry.com with this bait-and-switch mingling of Ancestry with Fold3 leaves your CUSTOMERS with a bad taste in their mouths. You have made GENEALOGY and HISTORY worse by buying FOOTNOTE, not better. The TOTAL VALUE is now less for FOLD3 than it was for FOOTNOTE and even ANCESTRY is diminished by these decisions.
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By Myatt Murphy
At 22, Jon 'Bones' Jones may be talked about as the Next Big Thing in the UFC, but the phenom's eye-popping abilities aren't an accident. The 6-foot-3, light heavyweight phenom and former All-American Greco-Roman wrestler has a training regimen as unorthodox as the kicks and strikes for which he's known. Each exercise is designed to push his muscles to the limit while training them to respond explosively.
Two months prior to any fight -- such as March 21st's headliner bout against Brandon Vera -- Jonesstarts doing strength training and cardio three days a week. "We went by feel and used a lot of explosive exercises to train his muscle fibers to fire faster," says Kelly Tekin, Jones' strength and conditioning coach, "We also relied on a lot of heavy compound exercises to keep muscle on his frame."
Here's one example of a typical training day for Jones. To see any of these exercises in action, you can go to www.conditionedbykellytekin.com. For a pared-down version of this workout that you can actually do, click here.
1. Hang Clean (5 sets of 5 reps)
2. Barbell Push Press (8 sets of 5 reps: 30 sec. rest between sets)
3. Lying Leg Curl (6 sets of 6 reps)
4. Depth Dumbbell Snatch (4 sets of 4 reps)
5. Ring Twists (3 sets of 4 reps to each side)
6. Clean from Knees w/Jump (3 sets of 10 reps)
7. Medicine ball superset (run the cycle three times for a total of three supersets)
• Medicine Ball Power Up (5 reps)
• Medicine Ball Sprawl and Jump (8 reps)
• Medicine Ball Plyo Push Up (8 reps)
8. One-Leg Straight Leg Walking Dumbbell Deadlifts (3 sets for 25 yards each)
Jones' stamina is pushed with high-tech training equipment that challenges his muscles in ways usually reserved for fights. For example, Tekin would place a tackling dummy on top of a non-motorized treadmill (called the Tread Sled), then strap Jones into a vest with resistance cords attached to it. "I would push the dummy as hard as possible, as if I was doing a takedown, for 5-10 seconds," says Jones. "Because I was being pulled backward by the cords, it's a strenuous exercise that really builds up your explosive strength."
Another unique tool Tekin used was the VertiMax—a platform with bungee cords attached to it that strap onto Jones' hands, waist, knees and ankles. Tekin has him strap in, then do knee strikes, kicks and punches for 30-60 seconds at a time, switching stances (from traditional to southpaw) in between rounds. "The extra resistance made it difficult just to keep my hands up, let alone throw a punch," says Jones, "After being tied into that thing, once I went to knee a guy without being strapped into the machine, it made my strikes that much more powerful in the Octagon."
Fitness expert Myatt Murphy is the author of the best-selling books, The Body You Want in the Time You Have, Ultimate Dumbbell Guide and co-author of The Men's Health Gym Bible.


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