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More than 90 million U.S. residents age 16 and older participated in some form of wildlife-related recreation in 2011, up 3 percent from five years earlier, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report. In total, wildlife recreationists spent $144.7 billion in 2011 on their activities.
These findings come from the final national report with results from the 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation released by the Census Bureau on behalf of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
Conducted since 1955, the survey is one of the oldest continuing and most comprehensive recreation surveys in the United States., collecting information on the number of anglers, hunters and wildlife watchers, as well as how often they participate in wildlife-related recreation and how much they spend on these activities.
According to the survey, wildlife recreationists spent $70.4 billion on equipment, $49.5 billion on travel and $24.8 billion on other items, such as licenses and land leasing and ownership.
The number of people who hunted, fished or both rose from 33.9 million in 2006 to 37.4 million in 2011, with 33.1 million people fishing and 13.7 million hunting. The survey showed that 71.8 million people participated in at least one type of wildlife-watching activity, such as observing, feeding and photographing wildlife.
Fishing and hunting highlights
• Of the 33.1 million people who fished, 27.5 million fished in freshwater and 8.9 million in saltwater. The most popular fish sought by freshwater anglers, excluding Great Lakes fishing, were black bass (10.6 million anglers) and panfish (7.3 million anglers). The most popular fish sought by Great Lakes anglers were walleye and sauger (584,000 anglers) and black bass (559,000 anglers).
• About 1.9 million people ice-fished and 4.3 million fly-fished.
• Anglers spent $41.8 billion on fishing trips, equipment and other items in 2011 — an average of $1,262 per angler.
• Of the 13.7 million hunters that took to the field in 2011, 11.6 million hunted big game, 4.5 million hunted small game, 2.6 million hunted migratory birds and 2.2 million hunted other animals.
• Ninety-three percent of hunters used a shotgun, rifle or other similar firearm; 33 percent used a bow and arrow; and 22 percent used a muzzleloader.
• Nearly all hunters (approximately 94 percent) hunted in the state where they lived, while 14 percent hunted in other states.
• Hunters spent $33.7 billion on hunting trips, equipment and other items in 2011 — an average of $2,465 per hunter.
Wildlife watching
• About 71.8 million U.S. residents observed, fed and/or photographed birds and other wildlife in 2011. Almost 68.6 million people watched wildlife around their homes, and 22.5 million people took trips of at least one mile from home to primarily watch wildlife.
• Of the 46.7 million people who observed wild birds, 88 percent did so around their homes and 38 percent on trips of a mile or more from home.
• People spent $54.9 billion on their wildlife-watching trips, equipment and other items in 2011 — an average of $981 per spender.


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Monroe County, West Virginia Genealogy
United States West Virginia Monroe County
|Monroe County, West Virginia
Location in the state of West Virginia
Location of West Virginia in the U.S.
|County Seat
- 1 County Courthouse
- 2 History
- 3 Places / Localities
- 4 Resources
- 4.1 Research Guides
- 4.2 Cemeteries
- 4.3 Census
- 4.4 Church
- 4.5 Court
- 4.7 Family Histories
- 4.8 Land and Property
- 4.9 Local Histories
- 4.10 Maps
- 4.11 Military
- 4.12 Naturalization
- 4.13 Newspapers
- 4.14 Probate
- 4.15 Taxation
- 4.16 Vital Records
- 5 Societies and Libraries
- 6 Web Sites
- 7 References
County Courthouse
Monroe County Courthouse
Main Street
Union, WV 24983
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1853
Marriage and land records from 1799 and probate Records[1]
Parent County
1799--Monroe County was created 14 January 1799 from Greenbrier County.
County seat: Union [1]
Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Monroe County boundary changes.
Record Loss
Places / Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Research Guides
- "A Guide to the Counties of Virginia: Monroe County," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1974):295-298. Available at FHL; digital version at New England Ancestors ($).
Find a Grave Monroe County, West Virginia
Tombstone Transcription Monroe county, West Virginia
Political Graveyard.com - Monroe County, West Virginia
For tips on accessing Monroe County, West Virginia Genealogy census records online, see: West Virginia Census.
1830 Census Federal Census Index
Early Baptist churches (with years constituted):
- Indian Creek (1792)[2]
Monroe County fell within the bounds of the Greenbrier Association.
DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Kanawha County, (West) Virginia residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.
- [Fletcher] Descendant of William Fletcher, b. England, resident of Kanawha and Monroe Counties, Virginia. Y-DNA 12 Marker Test, FTDNA. Genetic signature available online (labelled William Fletcher of Accomac County, Virginia/James Fletcher of Brunswick County, Virginia), courtesy: The Fletcher DNA Project.
Family Histories
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
- Blankenship, Gayle King. Virginia Families of Louisa, Hanover and Monroe Counties. Poquoson, Va.: G.K. Blankenship, 1991. FHL 975.5 D2bg
- [Bean] Beane, Fannie B. William Bean of Monroe County and His Descendants. St. Albans, W.Va., 1988.
- [Long] Beane, Fannie B. William Bean of Monroe County and His Descendants. St. Albans, W.Va., 1988.
- [Long] Buchanan, Paul C. "Long Families in Monroe Co. (Then) Virginia," Mountain Empire Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 8. Pages 146-153.
- [Long] Buchanan, Paul C. and Susie M. Owens. "Henry Long and Some Descendants of Colonial Virginia," The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 38, No. 2 (Apr.-Jun. 1994):115-126; Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul.-Sep. 1994):190-200; Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1994):263-273; Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jan.-Mar. 1995):27-31. Digital version at American Ancestors ($). FHL Book 975.5 B2vg v. 38 (1994)-v. 39 (1995).
- [Mann] Malott, Eva, Ada McPhilliamy, and Dick Pence. Digging Our Roots: The Pence Kids. Baltimore, Md.: Gateway Press, 1977. FHL Book 929.273 P372a.
- [Riggins] Burgess, James A. Burgess, Mullins, Browning, Brown and Allied Families. Parsons, W.Va.: McClain Printing Company, 1978. FHL Film 1035668 Item 10; digital version at Family History Archives - free.
- [Tiffany] McIlhany, H.M. Some Virginia Families. Staunton, Va.: Stoneburner & Prufer, 1903, pp. 239-242. 1962 reprint: FHL US/CAN Book 975.5 D2m 1962; digital version at Ancestry ($).
Land and Property
- Hudgins. 335 patents dated 1774-1858 in what is now Monroe County, West Virginia placed on a map. DeedMapper. [Names of those who received land patents, dates, land descriptions, and references may be viewed free of charge (click "Index" next to the county listing); however, in order to view the maps, it is necessary to purchase Direct Line Software's DeedMapper product.]
Local Histories
The standard local history of Monroe County, West Virginia is Oren F. Morton's A History of Monroe County (Ruebush-Elkins Co., Dayton, VA, 1916). It is available as a reprint, and is also up at: Google Books.
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia
Monroe County, West Virginia Map
Revolutionary War
- A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Monroe County on page 135.]
- Rejected or Suspended Applications for Revolutionary War Pensions. Washington, D.C., 1852. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1969, and 1991. Reprints include "an Added Index to States." FHL Collection 973 M24ur; digital version at Ancestry ($). [Includes veterans from this county; Virginia section begins on page 238.]
War of 1812
Monroe County men served in the 75th Regiment.[3]
Turk, David Scott, The memorialists : an antebellum history of Alleghany, Craig and Monroe counties of West Virginia, 1812-60 (Bowie, Maryland, Heritage Books, c1997) page 168 FHL Book 975.5 H2
Civil War
Regiments. Service men in Monroe County, West Virginia Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Monroe County, West Virginia Genealogy:
- - 8th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry (Confederate). Company G (Mountain Rangers).[4]
- - 22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment). Company G (Rocky Point Grays).[5]
- - 26th Battalion, Virginia Infantry (Edgar's) (Confederate). Company A (Red Sulphur Yankee Hunters) and Company B.[6]
- - 27th Regiment, Virginia Infantry (Confederate) . Company D (Monroe Guards).[7]
- - 30th Battalion, Virginia Sharpshooters (Clarke's) (Confederate). Company C.[8]
Records and histories are available, including:
- West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865
World War II
Monroe County, West Virginia World War II Casualities Army and Air Force
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991
Monroe County, West Virginia Will Books 1799 - 1969
- West Virginia Will Books
At first glance, researchers might conclude that Virginia tax lists contain very little family history data, though one soon learns that valuable genealogical conclusions can be drawn from these records, nicknamed "annual censuses," such as: relationships, approximate years of birth, socio-economic status, identification of neighbors, the ability to distinguish between persons of the same name, evidence of land inheritance, years of migration, and years of death.
Virginia began enumerating residents' payments of personal property and land taxes in 1782. These two types of taxation were recorded in separate registers. Personal property tax lists include more names than land tax lists, because they caught more of the population. The Family History Library has an excellent microfilm collection of personal property tax lists from 1782 (or the year the county was organized) well into the late nineteenth century for most counties, but only scattered land tax lists. Microfilm collections at The Library of Virginia include land tax lists for all counties and independent cities for the years 1782 through 1978, as well as personal property tax lists for the years 1782 through 1930 (and every fifth year thereafter). Taxes were not collected in 1808.
Some tax records are available online or in print, though published abstracts often omit useful details found only in the original sources. Statewide indexes can help genealogists identify specific counties where surnames occurred in the past, providing starting points for research.[9][10]
- Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at FHL. [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Monroe County is included in Vol. 5.]
- 1799 Monro County (West Virginia) Personal Proper Tax List
Vital Records
West Virginia Vital Records: Birth, Death, Marriages
Monroe County, West Virginia Marriage Record Indexes
Societies and Libraries
Monroe County Historical Society
P O Box 465
Union, WV 24983
Monroe CountyPublic Library
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Family History Library Catalog
- Cyndi's List for West Virginia
- Monroe County, West Virginia Microfilms at the Library of Virginia
- Monroe County, West Virginia Government
- Monroe County, West Virginia Archives and History
- Links to Greenbrier County and Monroe County, West Virginia
- Monroe County, West Virginia Families
- National Register of Historic Places - Monroe County, West Virginia
- Early Virginia WVA Genealogy
- Links to Greenbrier County and Monroe County West Virginia
- Caperton Society - Monroe County
|Genealogy courses: Learn how to research from an expert in Fun Five Minute Genealogy Videos.
- Learning How to Edit our Wiki Sites
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Robert Baylor Semple and George William Beale, A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Virginia (1810; reprint, Richmond, Va.: Pitt and Dickinson, 1894), 421. Digital version at Google Books.
- ↑ Stuart Lee Butler, A Guide to Virginia Militia Units in the War of 1812 (Athens, Ga.: Iberian Pub. Co., 1988), 145. FHL Book 975.5 M2bs.
- ↑ Jack L. Dickinson, 8th Virginia Cavalry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1986). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 25.
- ↑ Terry D. Lowry, 22nd Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1988). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 44.
- ↑ Terry Lowry, 26th Battalion Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1991). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 81.
- ↑ Lowell Reidenbaugh, 27th Virginia Infantry (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1993). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 90.
- ↑ Michael West, 30th Battalion Virginia Sharpshooters (Lynchburg, Va.: H.E. Howard, 1995). FHL Book 975.5 M2vr v. 108.
- ↑ "Using Personal Property Tax Records in the Archives at the Library of Virginia," Library of Virginia, http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn3_persprop.htm.
- ↑ "Using Land Tax Records in the Archives at the Library of Virginia," Library of Virginia, http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/rn1_landtax.pdf.


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By AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press
CINCINNATI (AP) - The owner of an Arizona-based gossip website is set for another courtroom fight against a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader convicted of having sex with a teenager.
Attorneys for Nik Richie, the owner of thedirty.com, plan to argue Thursday that their client should have been immune from a defamation lawsuit filed by former Bengals cheerleader Sarah Jones.
Jones' attorneys are expected to argue that Richie shouldn't be immune and wrongly encourages offensive and defamatory content on his website.
The arguments will be held in the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
Jones sued Richie in December 2012 over posts about her sex life. In July, a jury found the posts were substantially false and Richie had acted with malice or reckless disregard by publishing them. Jones was awarded $338,000.
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Best gadgets of 2012 – Apple iPad 3
No surprises here – you voted the iPad 3 your most wanted future gadget in the 2011 Stuff Gadget Awards. From the moment Apple launched the iPad 2, iPad 3 speculation has been in serious overdrive.
2011 saw some great efforts from the Android camp, including Asus' original Transformer (winner of the Stuff's 2011 Product of the year award), and Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 – but we're expecting Apple's next iPad effort to take things to a whole new level.
An eye-slicingly sharp 2048 x 1536 pixel 10in screen, a quad-core Tegra 3-baiting A6 processor and a carbon fibre case are just some of the rumoured specs for the iPad 3 that could see it setting the gold standard for tablets once again. Previous iPad launches point to a February or March release, so we're hoping it'll be putting in an appearance soon.
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Best gadgets of 2012 – PlayStation Vita
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Best gadgets of 2012 – Microsoft Windows 8
Microsoft's next OS has already tantalised our taste buds by strutting its stuff in a developer preview – and you can see just how much by reading our first look review.
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Windows 8 is expected to launch its double attack on the PC and tablet world with a beta arriving in February – and an official launch towards the end of the year.
Best gadgets of 2012 – Samsung Galaxy III
Samsung's Galaxy S II certainly made its mark when it showed up on the smartphone scene – and it's still the best Android phone to buy. It's so good we named it our 2011 Phone of the Year.
Now, with the Galaxy S II almost approaching its first birthday, word on the virtual street suggests its successor – the appropriately named Galaxy S III – will come complete with a quad-core engine, 2GB of RAM, a 4.6in screen and a whopping 12MP camera.
Expect the Galaxy S III to be unveiled at the end of February during Mobile World Congress – and expect it to be more powerful than ever.
Best gadgets of 2012 – Apple TV
Not content with dominating the smartphone and tablet markets, Apple has its sights set on our living rooms. The future of TV, according to the rumours swirling around Cupertino, is AirPlay, mobile device synching and gesture controls.
Clearly the Apple TV will be more than just your average smart TV, with purported specs including the powerful A6 processor destined to arrive on the iPad 3, a giant Retina Display courtesy of Sharp and voice controls handled by the iPhone 4S Virtual Assistant, Siri.
Not only does iTV – as it has been dubbed – look set to revolutionise the television industry in the same way it has with the smartphone market, but Apple could be trying to engineer a shift away from traditional broadcast and satellite TV channels, if the rumours about Cupertino trying to buy up Premier League football rights are anything to go by.
The rumour mill points to a September release. Exciting.
Best gadgets of 2012 – Amazon Kindle Fire
Amazon may not have given the official nod, but its first stab at the crowded Android tablet game could be winging its way to the UK in January… if the rumours are to be believed.
The Kindle Fire is certainly no iPad killer, in fact it's more of an anti-iPad, primarily concerned with providing a 3G-free mobile experience that's less about genre-shattering computing and more about staying amused on the train.
As long as you don't mind living your life in the cloud and compromising a little with Gingerbread 2.1, Amazon's colour tablet may very well be worth waiting for – especially if it's still half the cost of the iPad when it launches. There are high hopes for a January release. We're waiting with bated breath – in the mean time, check out our review of the Kindle Fire.
Best gadgets of 2012 – iPhone 5
It's fair to say there was widespread disappointment among Apple fanboys when Apple lifted the lid on the iPhone 4S as opposed to the iPhone 5 we were all secretly hoping for.
September could see the release of what feels like an overdue handset, but considering there was a 16-month gap between the release of the iPhone 4 and 4S – throwing a spanner into the traditional summer release pattern – Apple may not be gunning to relase an iPhone 5 so soon after the last model.
But a 4in screen, quad-core processor, thinner chassis, NFC and an integrated SIM sound worth the wait, don't you think? Want all the rumours so far? Our rumour round-up should bring you up to speed.
Best gadgets of 2012 – Nokia Lumia 900
Nokia gained back some of its cool cred towards the end of last year when it unveiled the Windows Phone 7-toting Lumia 800. Despite the paint barely drying on Nokia's latest and most excellent foray into WP7, an super-sized successor – complete with a 4.3in screen – is rumoured to launch at CES, the world's biggest consumer electronics show held in Las Vegas.
The exciting part? It will be debuting the new version of Windows Phone 7, otherwise known as Tango.
Best gadgets of 2012 – Netflix
The popular US video-on-demand service that offers thousands of films and TV shows for a monthly fee is crossing the pond in a bid to tempt us into signing up to its unlimited streaming service.
Attempts to woo us begin by offering the first month for free – like LoveFilm - as well as unlimited streaming, which means you can watch as many movies as you like without data restrictions.
Netflix will also throw up suggested viewing based on the stuff you and your friends like to watch. It'll be available on on the iPhone, iPad and Android, alongside the Wii, Xbox 360 and PS3 and Netflix is currently negotiating for its app to be included on smart TVs.
Excited? You should be. The best bit? Its launch is imminent.
Best gadgets of 2012 – Nintendo Wii U
The follow up to Nintendo's hugely popular Wii console is going to give the Wii a long overdue facelift. The Wii U sports a slate controller that acts as a second window for creative new gaming views and accepts touch input for zany control options. Meanwhile, the Wii U will treat your TV to HD graphics equalling the PS3 and Xbox 360.
Nintendo promises its next-gen console will be more powerful than the Xbox 360 and PS3, and Ninty's USA president Reffie Fils-Aime has gone on the record as stating that the Wii U won't be launching till after April 1.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohioans without high school diplomas will have to pay more next year to take a test for an equivalency certificate but can receive vouchers toward that expense if they get career counseling beforehand.
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Jean-Pierre has been teaching photography for 8 years in different classes and workshops that he organises in the French speaking part of Switzerland.
I started using the Fuji X100 on vacation: it was supposed to be my "evening camera", but very quickly I used it more and more (the 35mm has always been my favourite lens).
Soon, I moved on to the X-Pro1 with a range of lenses from the 18mm to the 85mm (I only use prime lenses). The most important for me is to be fast, quiet and not disturbing. The small size of the Fuji X cameras allows me to get close to people without being intrusive, to shoot in concerts when there is silence, without compromising the quality of the images.
When I got my first X-T1 in 2014, I had the impression of holding THE ultimate camera; it was made just for me! With the 85mm 1.2, I got the right combo for my portrait photography. Fast, extremely well designed, I had found an alternative to my "too big and too heavy DSLR" and best of all, the pictures need less post-production which gives me more time to shoot.
Moreover, the Fuji philosophy allowing photographers to get new features by simply updating the camera or lenses firmware is particularly appreciable and clever.
I have now replaced my "old" X100 by the X100T that usually lives in the pocket of my jacket and is always reedy to grab a street situation.
For some time now, I have been searching the limits of the Fuji cameras and I must say there is nothing I could shoot with my heavy DSLR that I can't shoot with my X-T1. The extra bonus is the pleasure to use such a great camera.


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DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points, Rudy Gay added 19 and the Toronto Raptors beat the Chicago Bulls 101-98 on Tuesday night.
Toronto allowed a 15-point lead to dwindle to four at halftime but regrouped in the third quarter, getting it up to 16. The Raptors then hung on after the lead got down to two near the end of the game.
Nate Robinson nailed a 3-pointer with just under a minute left and Carlos Boozer hit two foul shots with 16.8 seconds remaining to pull Chicago within 99-97.
DeRozan then made two free throws to get the lead up to four, but the Bulls weren't finished. Robinson hit the first of two free throws with 10.6 seconds left, and after a jump ball following the miss, there was a scramble for the loose ball.
From the floor, Boozer threw it to Robinson. The ball went through his hands and started to go into the back court. The guard saved it off Toronto's Amir Johnson to avoid the violation but missed a heave at the buzzer.
That preserved the win for the Raptors, but an injury to center Jonas Valanciunas sure cast a cloud over it.
He walked off the court clutching his neck after colliding with Gay during that scramble and was tended to for several minutes on the sideline before being wheeled off on a gurney. He was taken to a hospital for precautionary reasons.
For the fifth-place Bulls, the loss left them just a half-game ahead of Atlanta in the Eastern Conference with five to play. It also damaged their chances of catching Brooklyn, a team they trailed by two when the night began, for the fourth seed and homecourt advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Veteran guard Richard Hamilton returned to Chicago's rotation after missing more than a month with a back injury, but with Joakim Noah (right foot), Luol Deng (hip), Taj Gibson (sprained left knee) and Derrick Rose (left knee) sidelined, the Bulls struggled on both ends and dropped their second straight game.
Gay shook off a poor performance after matching a season low with four points in Saturday's loss to Milwaukee.
DeRozan came up big. Terrence Ross came off the bench to score 13. Kyle Lowry added 13 points and 10 assists, and the Raptors shot over 51 percent.
Jimmy Butler led Chicago with a career-high 28 points. Robinson scored 22, and Boozer added 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Hamilton was a surprise addition to the rotation after coach Tom Thibodeau said at the shootaround that he would not play. Instead, he got in 15 minutes and finished with four points after missing the previous 19 games, but Chicago again stumbled badly after falling to Detroit on Sunday.
The Raptors broke it open midway through the third, scoring 12 straight to turn a four-point lead into a 76-60 advantage.
Gay had seven points during that run, capping it with a 3-pointer with 3:26 left in the quarter, but things got interesting at the end.
Notes: Thibodeau dismissed the idea that there's a rift between the Bulls and Rose's camp, saying chairman Jerry Reinsdorf was adamant right from the start that the star guard would not rush back. "We've made it clear that we don't want him out there unless he's comfortable," Thibodeau said. "So I think he understands that. He's done his part. We have to do what's right. I think we are." ... Butler's previous career-high was 20 points. ... The Bulls had won five straight against Toronto. ... The Bulls and Raptors play again Friday in Toronto.


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Gov. Susana Martinez is urging New Mexico lawmakers to pass legislation that will provide a 25 percent exemption on military pensions beginning in 2014, phasing into a 100 percent exemption by 2017.
A similar proposal last year didn't make it out of the state Legislature.
Martinez made the latest request Monday while visiting the Albuquerque Veterans' Memorial.
Military retirees currently living in New Mexico are fully taxed on their pension income.
The governor's office says 25 other states currently offer some sort of military retiree pension income tax exemption.
Martinez says retirees who start second careers or businesses using highly technical skills obtained in the military often look past New Mexico when they return to civilian life.
She says demand is increasing for veterans trained in aviation, technology and engineering.


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I'm excited about the license, disappointed that M&M 3rd edition will be required to play it.
This news is a few days old, but I thought it should be posted. From Green Ronin's website:
I'll definitely be taking a look at this, although I have to make the disclaimer that DC Heroes is probably one of my three favorite games ever, so it has a tough hurdle to get some love from me.Green Ronin to Release DC Adventures RPG Books
Game Industry Leader Signs Licensing Deal with DC Comics
May 3, 2010--SEATTLE, WA and NEW YORK, NEW YORK: Green Ronin Publishing announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with DC Comics and will be releasing the DC ADVENTURES RPG book this August. The game is based on Green Ronin's Mutants & Masterminds, the leading super-hero RPG in the tabletop gaming world.
"It is DC's 75th anniversary this year and I'm delighted we can help celebrate it by bringing the DC Universe back to the roleplaying hobby," said Green Ronin President Chris Pramas. "The team-up of the DCU and the creators behind Mutants & Masterminds will create an unstoppable force of great gaming!"
The DC ADVENTURES game will consist of four books, each done in full color and beautifully illustrated by top comic artists. The line launches in August with the DC ADVENTURES Hero's Handbook. Following it will be Heroes & Villains, Volume 1 in the fall. Then 2011 will see the release of Heroes & Villains, Volume 2 and DC ADVENTURES: Universe.
More information and previews of the DC Adventures line will appear on www.greenronin.com and www.mutantsandmasterminds.com in the coming months.
About Green Ronin Publishing
Green Ronin Publishing is a Seattle-based company known for its dedication to quality books and games. Founded in 2000, Green Ronin has won more awards for excellence and innovation than any other game company in the new millennium, and took home the coveted ENnie Award for Best Publisher an unprecedented three years running. With great licenses like Dragon Age and A Song of Ice and Fire, groundbreaking games like Mutants & Masterminds and Blue Rose, and a roster of top flight designers and illustrators, Green Ronin Publishing is a leading light in the hobby game industry.
About DC Comics
DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world and home to such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Sandman. These DC Super Heroes and others have starred in comic books, movies, television series (both animated and live-action) and cyberspace, thrilling audiences of all ages for generations. DC Comics' Web site is located at www.dccomics.com.
Green Ronin, Mutants & Masterminds, and their associated logos are trademarks of Green Ronin Publishing.
The DC Universe and all related characters and elements are trademarks of DC Comics © 2010. All Rights Reserved.
I'm excited about the license, disappointed that M&M 3rd edition will be required to play it.
While I've never actually played M&M, I strongly approve of the system, and as Batman has always been my favorite superhero, I may have to finally cave and pick this up.
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This is fantastic news
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LINK), where he said that the DC Adventures "Players Guide" will have the 3rd edition rules in-built. In other words, you don't need to buy a separate 3e core book to play. DC Adventures will be a stand-alone game system. In fact, M&M3e as a stand-alone product won't be available for sale until a few months after the release of DCA.
DC Adventures will be released as 4 books: The Players' Guide (rules), two stat books (DC Heroes and Villains I'm guessing), and a World Book.
I was very happy to hear the news, both that M&M is getting a new edition and that it's going to be the engine behind the latest DC-licensed RPG. I'm totally picking this up when it finally comes out.
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For example, the new edition abandons the traditional D&D "attribute values" and just uses the "modifiers" straight up. The idea is that a Strength score of 12 really doesn't mean anything in terms of the system beyond the fact that it grants you a +1 modifier to Strength-based rolls. So, instead of a Strength 12 (+1), you now just have Strength +1 and it tells you everything you need to know. Since attributes are "purchased" in M&M rather than rolled anyway, it makes sense that you just buy the modifiers directly.
They have also expanded the attributes which are now: Strength, Stamina, Agility, Dexterity, Fighting, Intellect, Awareness and Presence. They basically just took the "Attack Bonus" and "Defense Bonus" traits from 2E and treat them as attributes (which is basically what 2E did anyway, just without naming them that). Likewise, "attack" specializations are now treated as skills. If your PC specializes in throwing Batarangs, you would purchase ranks in the "Ranged Combat: Thrown Weapons" skill. You add the skill ranks to your relevant attribute (Fighting for melee combat, Dexterity for ranged combat).
Also, the "Defense Score" and "Saving Throws" are grouped together and called "Defenses". Dodge (Agi) is your defense against ranged combat and your "Reflex" save. Parry (Fgt) is your defense against melee combat. Fortitude (Sta), Toughness (Sta) and Will (Awe) all seem to be mostly the same as before. They seem to be often calculated like Armor Class (10 + ranks). So, if you have a Parry of 8, your opponent would need to roll 18 (10 + 8) or higher to strike you in melee combat. I'm assuming, though, that there may be cases in which they will be rolled like traditional saving throws.
"Feats" are now called "Advantages" but seem to be essentially the same thing.
The skill list has been boiled down to 16 skills, with the notable skill addition "Expertise" as a wild-card to represent skills you might want your character to have that isn't covered by the others. It is my understanding that the Expertise skill is intended to cover things like crafting, knowledges and other unique or character-specific skills like Perform.
They also seem to have streamlined the situational modifiers rules. Now, any circumstance that grants a modifier will either be +/-2 (for a minor modifier) or +/- 5 (for a major modifier).
I'm excited about it. The PDF is available now at Drivethrurpg.com but I've been trying to wait on the dead-tree version to be released.
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I've been reading up on M&M for a couple days and I went a head and got the DC Adventures book. Certain things about the system have me really pretty excited but in other ways i think i would have been happier with 2nd edition. This is probably because I've got more experience with DND and stuff but the way that damage is handled is odd, and letting players use hero points to "edit the scene" seems kinda silly to me (no big deal because I probably just wouldn't allow it).
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As far as damage goes in 3E, it didn't seem much different than 2E's system to me other than that there is no longer any mechanical separation between "non-lethal" and "lethal" damage. And while the healing rules mean characters tend to recover significantly faster, the book makes a good point that long-term or story-significant injuries are best handled as a "Complication" that might grant the player extra Hero Points. After thinking about it, that's probably the best way to do it.
The "edit a scene" ability of Hero Points was present in 2E as well. I tend to like games that provide options for players to lend creative ideas to the narrative of the game (like FATE, Unisystem, etc), so these types of mechanics aren't really "new" to me.
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Well I think the best thing for me to do then is to banish any preconceived notions I have about P&P games (I've played the d20 system almost exclusively) and just give the damn thing a good read, see if I like it . I guess its a lot easier to find fault with things when you're looking for it , about the "edit the scene" ability I was more just thinking that it was something that would be automatically abused .
I bought both this and Smallville to try out. I like what I have heard here and I am getting excited to read about it as I am disappointed in Smallville.
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I have to give a nod to Steve Kensen and Green Ronin publishing. Up until I was given a copy of of the DC Heroes 3E M&M, I'd thought I'd seen it all with d20 gaming. They made some really intelligent tweaks to the system that really fit the superhero style of play. I particularly like the addition of the Fighting attribute. There are many changes, that gives the whole system a closer feel to the old Marvel Game by Jeff Grubb. Of course, with me, as I've gotten older and more cynical, anytime a current era game can find a way to emulate an older (some would say outdated) game, it certainly gets my attention.


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Florida coach Billy Donovan said 6-foot-10 Damontre Harris is back practicing with the team.
The on again, off again saga of Florida junior center Damontre Harris has taken a positive turn.
Florida coach Billy Donovan said the 6-foot-10 Harris is back practicing with the team.
"He's on the scout team, so whomever we are playing against, he is going to be one of their frontcourt players," Donovan said. "He's lifting weights. He's going through individual instruction."
But Donovan reiterated that the South Carolina transfer will not play for the Gators this season. Even if Harris is in a good place physically and mentally come March, Donovan said he would not reconsider his punishment for undisclosed disciplinary issues that Harris incurred during the fall semester.
"To me as a coach, I think it would completely devalue what our core values are here in terms of what we are trying to do each and every day," Donovan said. "He had every opportunity back in November to do those things and he elected not to."
Those disciplinary issues caused Harris to briefly leave the Gators last Dec. 21. But after scouring the transfer market, Harris asked for another chance and enrolled at UF for the spring semester.
"He was going to move on and obviously we reached out," Donovan said. "We have too many guys like Patric Young and (Will) Yeguete and (Casey) Prather and those guys who have been committed for years, really working and doing the right things. And for us to all the sudden inject him back in there because he may be able to help our team, we've done fine without him. He'll have to work to get better and improve, but no, we're not going to play him this year."
Frazier SEC player of the week
Sophomore Florida guard Michael Frazier earned SEC player of the week honors after averaging 17.5 points per game in wins over Alabama and Tennessee.
"It's a great honor, but it just shows that hard work pays off," Frazier said. "(I just) continue to strive to get better each and every day, continue to focus on the team."
Frazier shot 8 of 19 from 3-point range during that span. The 6-foot-4 guard from Tampa is second in the SEC in 3-point shooting percentage (45.6 percent) and tied with Vanderbilt forward Rod Odom for third in 3-pointers made (52).
Frazier is UF's third SEC player of the week, joining senior forward Casey Prather (Dec. 2) and senior point guard Scottie Wilbekin (Dec. 16). Prather earned co-player of the week honors with Mississippi State guard Craig Sword.
Chris Walker update
Donovan did not offer a timetable of when or if freshman McDonald's All-American power forward Chris Walker will be cleared by the NCAA, but offered some hints that it could happen soon.
Walker has sat out 10 games since joining the Gators to practice on Dec. 14. He has not been cleared by the NCAA to play yet, presumably due to an unresolved impermissible benefits issue.
Donovan said he feels like Walker would be prepared to step into an SEC game if he was cleared this week.
"He's more prepared than he was a couple weeks ago," Walker said. "I think the biggest adjustment he's made is just having a better feel for what we're doing defensively and offensively."
Donovan also said that Walker has benefited from the strength training and nutrition program at UF. The 6-foot-10 Bonifay native has bulked up to 213 pounds from 203 pounds since arriving on campus.
But Donovan also tempered expectations for Walker, who is currently ranked 20th in ESPN.com's Chad Ford's list of NBA draft prospects for 2014.
"You have a highly explosive player and sometimes, when the guy's not playing, the legend of Chris Walker grows greater than who he really actually is," Donovan said. "It's like, 'My God, this guy is going to end up being Kevin Garnett.' I mean, he's not that. And I think if anybody, whenever he gets able to play, if that's your expectation of Chris Walker, then you're going to be very, very disappointed because he's not that.
"And my biggest fear is for him is there's a level of anticipation or excitement whenever he gets cleared to play, but I hope that there is at least a level of understanding in terms of how much he's missed coming in."


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California Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee members voted Monday to ban the use of hounds to hunt bears and bobcats.
Here's the update from veteran outdoor writer Ed Zieralski in San Diego.
(Previously reported)
The meeting has been set as a "vote only" meeting, which indicates there won't be any public comment allowed. Apparently the committee heard all it wanted during last week's open meeting when it voted but didn't have a full group and the bill was defeated. So now, Round 2 is set.
Three committee members were absent when a vote was taken last week. The three have been hounded, so to speak, by the animal "rights" crowd about missing the meeting and not voting. No doubt there's been some pump-priming among those trying to get this bill passed so they can move on to the next anti-hunting attack on honest, law-abiding citizens.
Veteran San Diego outdoor writer and hunter Ed Zieralski broke the story Sunday afternoon after receiving an email from Assemblyman Brian Jones, R-Santee. In that email Jones confirmed the vote is scheduled for Monday.
Assemblymen Mike Gatto, D-Los Angeles, and Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina missed the meeting last week. Assemblyman Jones, Sen. Bill Berryhill, R-Stockton, and Assemblywoman Linda Halderman, R-Fresno, voted last week to ban the use of hounds, as did bill sponsor Assemblyman Ben Hueso, D-Chula Vista.
Click any of their names to get an email link should you wish to contact them to voice your opinion about their anti-hunting stance.
We'll keep you updated after Monday's meeting.


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Immigration reform and food safety top the list of discussion topics scheduled for the Texas Produce Convention September 20-23 at South Padre Island.
Also, invited keynote speaker Chuck Conner, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, will discuss the farm bill.
The annual meeting is not all business, however. Participants may compete in a fishing tournament September 20 or a golf tournament September 21. And a casino night and silent auction is scheduled for Saturday evening, September 22.
The educational session gets underway with a breakfast meeting Saturday morning with a look at the current state of immigration reform. The general session begins at 10:15 with a panel discussing "The New Face of Food Safety."
Afternoon topics include worldwide outlook for grapefruit, citrus greening, citrus mites management, and food safety for citrus.
A vegetable session includes a look at the H2-A worker program, research on food safety issues from Texas A&M, and onion diseases.
Sunday's sessions include an awards breakfast, more discussion on immigration, food safety, herbicide injury, A Rio Grande Valley water conservation project and transportation, among others.
Conference headquarters is the Sheraton Fiesta Beach Resort.
Interested parties may register online at: www.TexasProduceConvention.org/Registration.htm.
They may also mail registration form and payment to:
Convention Registration
Texas Produce Convention
901 Business Park Dr., Suite 400
Mission, Texas 78572.
The form may be faxed to: 956-584-3307
For more information, call 956-581-8632 or email [email protected].
Hotel reservation should be made before August 24 for the Texas Produce Convention rate. Registration fees received by August 24 qualify for an "early bird" discounted fee of $255. Late or on-site fees are $305.


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|2010-06-21, 11:05
|Link #11361
Back off, I'm a scientist
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: In a badly written story.
The purpose of the First Letter and the Discord Letter are clearly connected to the twilight fakery.
Let us assume that the purpose of either is exactly as written, to motivate people to solve the epitaph. The first letter is absolutely essential then, as it sets up the whole situation. But what about the second one? Logically, it's purpose would be to whip people back onto the planned course of solving the epitaph.
But why, then, does it always come in the same envelope as the magic circle for discord? Discord between the "survivors" is counterproductive for solving anything, so if the author of the letter wanted them to solve it, they wouldn't bundle the magic circle with it, it serves no purpose other than further trolling, and, well, actually causing discord, which you just explained was not the author's intention.
So does this mean that the author of the letters and the director of the fake murders wanted something else entirely rather than getting people to solve the epitaph? What would that be, then?
|2010-06-21, 11:18
|Link #11362
Senior Member
Forgot to mention my real difficulty with Shannon writing the letters: Rosa didn't find the discord envelope when she looked through Maria's bag, and Shannon wouldn't give it to Maria after finding the bodies.
I think that the chapel comes in two parts:
Jessica (probably with Kumasawa's help - Kumasawa disappears for a while before people arrive and mentions the pumpkin-shaped cookies) sets up the food and decorations, gave Maria the key, and possibly wrote "Happy Halloween for Maria" outside. (When they're discussing the letter early the next morning, George thinks it's for the family, but Jessica's comment is a bit more ambiguous; I read it as Jessica knew it was something fun for Maria.) It was supposed to be fun and innocent.
I can't see Jessica as being innocently involved with any corpses, fake or not. Why put them at something meant for Maria? (Besides, I don't think anybody present there could mistake the smell of corpses.)
|2010-06-21, 11:53
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Location: Sea of Fragments
Furthermore, these are six people who were planning to be discovered as fake corpses in the morning. Why would they go to the chapel at midnight and wait for six hours when they could just gather there a little before dawn? And if they died as recently as an hour or two before they were discovered, there wouldn't be any stench.
|2010-06-21, 11:55
|Link #11364
Ace Detective
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: MIA
I can't quite imagine a scenario where Jessica would intend to set up a fake birthday party in episode 2. After all, if Jessica was setting up a fun surprise for Maria involving fake corpses, she'd surely tell everyone about it after discovering that people really died.
If Jessica is involved in any of the twilights, in any of the episodes, It would be for the purpose of helping the Witch's side. I still do not think she's a villain, though.
|2010-06-21, 12:18
|Link #11365
Join Date: Apr 2009
One thing that has always got to me was the way the Beatrice says the red about the 6 people in the church in EP2.
If I recall correctly, the revised (but still means the same thing) version of the red is:
(Leaving the fact of whether they were alive or dead aside, six people had without a doubt entered through the door)
In both the anime AND the book, they are referred to as "6人" or just "six people."
How does the killer get in? Is the killer part of the six? Now, because only siblings are dead the first twilight in EP1, I don't think I can tie this to Shkanon, HOWEVER we still can't forget the fact the Beato remains REALLY REALLY vague in this. Does the 6 people somehow include the killer? Also, if not, then does the red apply to the culprit or not? Did the culprit enter the Chapel? How?
I guess you could say "those six people" are implied through the context. However, I still feel funny about it :/
|2010-06-21, 14:30
|Link #11366
Join Date: May 2009
Someone always solves the epitaph. However, we do not always find out about it for some reason (such as the independent killer killing them first). Only Eva and Battler do so in sufficient circumstances to publicize their finding. However, there is evidence of it being possible for others, such as Rosa seemingly discovering it right after Eva, or the gold bars in ep2.
Solving the epitaph is actually the trigger for the explosion. Someone wants to do everything possible to prevent anyone from solving it.
This would work with a Kinzo Bomber theory. He intended everyone to die, which is why his epitaph was highly publicized. Alternately, it really was intended as a gift or headship test, and an unrelated person set up the incident with the discovery as a trigger.
Granted, this can't entirely explain why it would happen on midnight of the day everyone was supposed to have already left. What if they grab some gold and head downtown for wild partying? I mean sure they'd come back to a blown up house, but that's about the worst they'd deal with.
It's the timing that sticks in my craw. It has to be a very recent event. Recent enough to know everyone would not be leaving Sunday morning. They have to be sure Kawabata's unlikely to come, and if we believe him in ep4 it was an entirely personal decision on his part not to risk the storm when he knows he was competent to do so. So nobody influenced him not to come. But what if he did?
|2010-06-21, 14:41
|Link #11367
Mystery buff
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gone Fishin!
This is why I didn't get why people had a problem with the killing still happening in episodes 5 after the epitaph is solved. I thought episode 2 was proof that the murders and the disaster always happen regardless of if it's solved or not. Since no one has theorized a reason other than solving the epitaph for why 3 gold bars were found. So if you don't have any other theory for that where is there room to say solving the epitaph stops the murders when we beleive they solved it in episode 2?
Then again Maria doesn't act like she believes it's been solved for some reason even though the gold should be proof.
|2010-06-21, 14:47
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Senior Member
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|2010-06-21, 15:00
|Link #11369
Mystery buff
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Location: Gone Fishin!
|2010-06-21, 15:02
|Link #11370
Join Date: May 2009
He or she could still be "betraying" the fake murder group, but his/her motive has nothing to do with the epitaph. Since the epitaph is grossly misinterpreted by just about everyone who isn't solving it as an actual riddle, it makes sense from that perspective that the epitaph is just a convenient way to kill.
|2010-06-21, 15:19
|Link #11372
Ace Detective
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: MIA
I do have to say, I'll be impressed if Ryukushi manages to portray Shannontrice in a good light in episode 7.
As things stand, I just hear ominous latin chanting whenever I think of that maid.
But it is my belief that Piece Beatrice is good.
As for the epitagh.... well, the epitagh may be enough to stop Shannon from killing people, but perhaps Shannon isn't the only problem. We have Rosa, Nanjo, George, and Kyrie, to contend with, although George I am including merely due to his fantasy attitude. A motive for revenge is as strong a motive as a motive for love, and perhaps from the get go Piece Beatrice has allies that joined up with her due to an overlap of goals. Succintly: [COLOR="Blue"]There is more to the murders than a young boy's promise and an old man's delusions.{/COLOR]
Oh, and I thought of another crackpot theory: Besides Virgillia and Rosa the "Black Witch"There are two witches on Rokkenjima. There is the good witch, and the bad witch.
This explains how Beato can be a crazy murdering psycopath and also a force for good. It's based off of the whole "Jessica was Piece Beatrice in episode 4" theory, but perhaps expanded a bit. If Shkanon is here to stay, it can also help explain the many problems Jessica drags into the equation.
In a nutshell: Jessica wasn't lying at all in episode 4. Jessica did see magic, in the same way Kanon and Shannon would see magic. This is because she's nuttier than a crackerjack box.
I'm basing this off of the eternal Jessica paradox that makes me dislike Shkanon. How could Jessica be so close to both of them, and yet do things like encourage Shannon on to George? It's simple, I suppose: She's a fourth piece of the puzzle.
At the end of episode 6, it is said that Piece Beatrice could be a knight, a king, a queen, once she was promoted. An unpromoted piece is a pawn. But a pawn is still a piece. In total, Beatrice can be four pieces.
But anyways: Jessica saw Kanon as Kanon, Shannon as Shannon, and Magic as Magic because she is part of the crazy. If indeed she was Suit Beato in episode 4, the reason she pulled off the role so well is because she IS that role, to an extent
Of course, Meta-Beatrice clearly has memories as Shannon, so I don't know if this works out or not...
|2010-06-21, 15:33
|Link #11373
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2010
Sure, it's compelling as a theory, but it's certainly not confirmed. Especially with all this great Erika theorycraft going on in the Dawn thread.
I do agree that if Shkanon is, in fact, true, then Jessica has to be in on everything in some fashion and is definitely a Beatrice.
|2010-06-21, 15:41
|Link #11375
Join Date: May 2009
Sentou, there's a lot of "doubletrice" stuff going on, though most of it was tied to Pony Theory. If you isolate it from that, you can easily conclude the presence of two Beatrices. Ep6 practically spells it out for you, and Bern was saying as much all the way back in ep1.
Though we have physical evidence of only one Beatrice, we can't be sure there isn't someone posing as Beatrice (through letters, for instance, but no disguise). And we can't be sure there isn't someone exploiting the Beatrice legend for murders (they would thus be "Beatrice," even if they don't really think they are).
|2010-06-21, 15:41
|Link #11376
Senior Member
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And if the Kanon is Kinzo theory is true, Kanon has solved the epitaph before every game begins. Hell, SOMEONE has to have before every game because of the gold bars in 2.
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But with the Erika is dead theory, one needs the Jessica is Battler theory as well. Which, mind you, could very well be true.
Episode 6 ends with Jessica still in the dark about -SOMETHING- with Kanon. Shannon chatises Kanon for it.
Whatever that may be is not really a big deal at the moment, but the dramatic set up it sets up for is. I think that in episode 7, [if Jessica is innocent in regards to all that occurs around her, she'll be tortured by Bernkastel, climaxing in a denial of her parents At this point in time, I can't see her as not part of the major mystery as a whole.
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But on second thought, that doesn't quite seem like it'd be rocky towards their relationship and be something that Shannon would really care about Kanon telling to Jessica. In fact, if anything, it'd be a blessing for both Jessica and her parents, Jessica wouldn't run into the problems George ran into with Shannon, and her parents could maintain control of the head.
Man, August 15th can't come soon enough, I am pumped to learn how this all plays out.
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We're very sorry, but even if we welcome you, the number of people is seventeen.
If you put emphasis on "even if" it means the number is seventeen regardless of whether Erika is introduced or not, which would mean she doesn't exist on the real Rokkenjima like we thought anyway.
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KDWP merged with Division of Tourism
TOPEKA — The 2011 Kansas Legislative Session officially ended June 1, and a number of bills — and an executive reorganization order (ERO) — were considered by the Kansas Legislature that affect the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. The most significant was ERO No. 36, which merges the Department of Wildlife and Parks with the Department of Commerce's Division of Tourism, creating a new agency — the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism (KDWPT).
The following is a brief overview of bills affecting the state's natural resource agency. The full text of each bill may be obtained through the internet at www.kslegislature.org/li/.
Executive Reorganization Order No. 36 — Renaming the Department of Wildlife and Parks as the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism; abolishing the Assistant Secretary of Operations position and creating an Assistant Secretary of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Boating, and an Assistant Secretary of Parks and Tourism; and transferring the Division of Travel and Tourism at the Department of Commerce to the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Neither House passed a resolution opposing ERO No. 36; therefore ERO No. 36 became effective July 1.
Bills That Passed
SB 123 — This bill allows KDWPT cabin fees to be established by the KDWPT Secretary, with consideration of the Kansas Wildlife, Parks and Tourism Commission, streamlining the process of adjusting fees for existing cabins and setting fees for new cabins coming on line. The bill passed the Senate 39-0 in its original form. The bill was amended on the House floor to include land acquisition restrictions on KDWPT included in the original HB 2149. SB 123 then passed the House, as amended, 102-22. The final version of the bill after conference included the original cabin provisions and restricted KDWPT land purchases without prior legislative approval to 320 or fewer or 640 acres or fewer if under appraised value or as approved by the State Finance Council. The bill was signed by the Governor and was effective July 1.
SB 152 — The bill allows a person with a concealed carry permit to carry a concealed handgun while legally hunting, fishing, or furharvesting, and it also allows any person who lawfully possesses a firearm suppressing device to use that device in conjunction with lawful hunting, fishing, and furharvesting. The bill passed the Senate 38-1 on March 9 and passed the House 124-0 on March 22. The bill was signed by the Governor and was effective July 1.
HB 2013 — This bill repealed laws that restricted the sale and delivery of rifles and shotguns to or from residents of states that are contiguous to Kansas as well as restricted Kansans from purchasing the same firearms in states other than contiguous ones. The bill passed the House 118-0 and the Senate 38-0. The bill was signed by Governor and was effective July 1.
Bills/Resolutions That Did Not Pass But Are Still Alive For the 2012 Session
SB 3 — This bill would establish, in statute, the Kansas Natural Resources subcabinet for the purpose of coordinating the water natural resource goals of executive agencies within the state. This bill was introduced in the Senate on Sept. 11, 2010, and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 120 — This bill is known as the vessel titling act and would require all boat owners to obtain a certificate of title evidencing ownership. This bill passed the Senate 33-5 on Feb. 23, 2011. The bill was then referred to the House Committee on Transportation and had a hearing on March 9, 2011. The bill has not seen action since then.
HB 2063 — This bill would name the fossil of the Xiphactinus audax fish as the official fossil of the state of Kansas. This bill was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2089 — This bill would allow a licensed hunter or furharvester to retrieve their hunting dog from posted land without permission. This bill was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2146 — This bill would designate Pallasitic peridot as the official gemstone of the state of Kansas. This bill was referred to the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2149 — This bill would require the legislature's approval of any KDWPT land purchase greater than 160 acres and remove the legislative approval exemption for land purchased at less than appraised value. The bill passed out of the House Budget Sub-Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources with a recommendation that it be passed as amended. The amendment allowed the Senate Finance Council to approve land acquisitions during times when the Legislature is not in session. The bill passed the House 91-30. The bill was amended in the Senate, and all land acquisition restrictions provisions were amended out of this bill. The bill no longer relates to KDWPT. However, the provisions were placed into SB123 in the House.
HB2152 — This bill strengthens the penalties for the offense of operating a vessel under the influence of drugs or alcohol. This bill was on House General Orders but was withdrawn from calendar and referred to Committee on Appropriations. The bill has not seen action since then.
HB2168 — This bill would waive the state park vehicle entrance fees for any person who is a resident of this state and has been honorably discharged from active service in any branch of the armed forces of the United States. This bill had a hearing but was tabled in committee.
HB2295 — This bill would amend K.S.A. 2010 Supp. 32-919, 32-932, 32-937, 32-980, and 32-988 to exempt a landowner's immediate family members from hunting license requirements while hunting on that landowner's land (current law exempts family members domiciled with the landowner); would amend the current disability exemption that allows the use of a crossbow during the archery season to allow anyone to use crossbows during the archery season; would extend the "extended season for female white-tailed deer hunting with the use of firearms through January 23, 2012"; would amend the formula used to establish nonresident deer permit quotas so that the percent increase in permit numbers by unit required the first year (2008) the formula was used to be adhered to every year; would allow a landowner's immediate family members to purchase hunt-own-land permits whether or not they were domiciled with the landowner (currently the landowner's immediate family domiciled with the landowner may purchase hunt-own-land permits and a landowner's siblings and lineal descendants and ascendants and their spouses may purchase special hunt-own-land permits regardless of residency); would establish a mandatory contribution of at least $2 to activities of Kansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry, Inc. (current law allows a voluntary contribution); and would raise the maximum price that could be charged for nonresident big game permits to $800, $300 for nonresident mule deer stamp, and $50 for an application fee. The bill was referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources, had a hearing, and was then referred to a sub-committee for further hearing. The bill then was recommended to be tabled by the sub-committee and subsequently tabled by the full committee.
HB 2398 — This bill would amend the definition of feral swine in KSA 47-1809 to include Russian boar or European boar and makes violations of the statute-importation, possession, release, and sport hunting of feral swine Class C misdemeanors rather than civil penalties.
House Concurrent Resolution No. 5017 — This resolution proposes amending the constitution of the state of Kansas relating to the classification and taxation of watercraft. The resolution would allow the voters of the state of Kansas to decide, by amending the Constitution, whether or not the Legislature should be allowed to alter the level of taxation on vessels. The resolution passed the House 121-2 and was sent to the Senate Taxation Committee.


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WESTPORT, Conn. – Northwestern Mutual, a life insurance and financial services company, will be relocating to 274 Riverside Ave. in Westport, Cushman & Wakefield announced.
The company leased 11,575 square feet of office space and will occupy the entire fourth floor of the Westport building.
"The building was an obvious choice for Northwestern Mutual, which had been located across the street at 285 Riverside Ave. for 10 years," said Adam Klimek, a director at Cushman & Wakefield who represented the landlord in the deal.
"274 Riverside Avenue offered them more prominent river views from a higher floor in a building that has been renovated to accommodate just this cachet of tenant."
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Scott Brown: Obama created this border mess, and we need to fix it
THE SCENES from the U.S.-Mexico border are distressing. Tens of thousands of foreign nationals are crossing into our country illegally, overwhelming our capacity to respond. The question is: what can we do about it?
Of course, we welcome legal immigration. We are a nation of immigrants, and they add vitality and strength to our society. But we are also a nation of laws, and those laws need to be upheld. Think of the millions of people playing by the rules and waiting patiently in line to enter the country legally. Each one of them is undermined by a broken system that rewards people who jump the line and come here illegally. Furthermore, our sovereignty as a nation is threatened when we lose control of our borders.
Some people would have you believe that drug and gang activity south of the border is to blame for so many people fleeing to our doorstep. But the poor countries of Central America have been dealing with civil unrest and violence for decades, so that can't be the reason.
It turns out this crisis is the result of executive orders issued by President Obama in 2012 that halted deportation proceedings against young illegal immigrants. As a result, thousands more are attempting to get here under the expectation that they, too, will be granted legal status and all the benefits that go along with it. Combined with inadequate border security, you can see how it is that we have a major crisis on our hands.
The answer to the problem, then, is to secure the border and end the pro-amnesty policies that have encouraged people to come here illegally in the first place.
This happens to be an area where I have a major difference with my opponent, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, who twice voted against border fencing, in 2009 and 2013, and who supports granting legal status to young illegal immigrants. I support the construction of a border fence, oppose amnesty and believe that we needed to shut off the magnets that bring people here in violation of the law, like in-state tuition for illegals.
Last week, the Senate had a chance to reverse President Obama's illegal immigration policies when legislation came to the floor to provide additional funding for border enforcement. Not surprisingly, Jeanne Shaheen voted to stop any meaningful policy changes from being added to the bill. Now President Obama — emboldened by the support of the liberal wing of his party, including Sen. Shaheen — is thinking of using his unilateral powers to expand the number of illegal immigrants who can remain in the country legally.
That would be a grave mistake because it would make the problem much, much worse.
Our country cannot survive with two immigration systems, one legal and the other illegal. We must do what we can to strengthen our legal immigration system so that we can continue to welcome new arrivals who can make vital contributions to our culture and way of life. But it's time we bring an end to illegal immigration by shutting off the magnets and enforcing security at the border.
Scott Brown of Rye is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.


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Fox Technologies Announces Latest Release of ServerControl Privileged Access Management SolutionNew Release Features Active Directory Bridge for Streamlined Management of Privileged Access Policies Without Schema Changes (February 22, 2012)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/22/12 -- Fox Technologies, Inc. (FoxT), a leading provider of Enterprise Access Management solutions, today announced the release of FoxT ServerControl, featuring the latest capabilities for centralized privileged access management across diverse servers in the enterprise.
The newest version of FoxT ServerControl, a comprehensive solution for privileged user management and access control enforcement, features an Active Directory (AD) bridging capability. The AD bridge enables integration of access controls for Unix, Linux and Windows servers into an environment where the primary user repository is Microsoft Active Directory. Using the AD bridge capability, users are provisioned from AD to FoxT ServerControl. In addition, authentication for user access is handled by AD using Kerberos, while authorization for privileged user access is handled by FoxT ServerControl.
The ability to centrally administer and automatically enforce both contextual multi-factor authentication and granular authorization, without sharing root and other functional account passwords in conjunction with Active Directory, will increase the security of an organizations' key data resources and greatly simplify compliance.
"Seamless connection with Active Directory offers significant financial and operational savings for organizations," stated Tommy Magnusson, CTO at FoxT. "Enabling organizations to apply FoxT ServerControl access policies and enforcement to their AD users without requiring any AD schema changes greatly simplifies management while reducing the risk of insider fraud."
Other key AD support features include the following:
- Seamless login of AD users to Unix and Linux servers
- Kerberos pre-authentication
- Kerberos ticket delegation and forwarding
- SSO between Kerberized FoxT Servers
- Propagated locking of AD users to FoxT ServerControl
FoxT ServerControl will be featured at the 2012 RSA Conference, booth number 751 and an online press kit is available at http://www.tradeshownews.com/events/RSA-Conference-2012/foxt/
About FoxT
FoxT protects corporate assets with an enterprise access management solution that centrally enforces granular access entitlements, in real-time, across operating systems and business applications on any networked device. The ability to proactively administer, authenticate, authorize, and audit access across diverse platforms, down to the file and device level, enables organizations to greatly reduce compliance and audit costs, streamline IT security administration, and protect corporate value by mitigating the risk of insider fraud. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, FoxT serves Global 1000 customers in 32 countries. For more information -- www.foxt.com or email [email protected].
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The sun is setting on another scorching hot day in the western African nation of Burkina Faso. But here on the farm of Yacouba Sawadogo, the air is noticeably cooler. A hatchet slung over his shoulder, the gray-bearded farmer strides through his woods and fields with the easy grace of a much younger man. "Climate change is a subject I feel I have something to say about," he says in his tribal language, Moré, which he delivers in a deep, unhurried rumble. Though he cannot read or write, Sawadogo is a pioneer of a tree-based approach to farming that has transformed the western Sahel in recent years, while providing one of the most hopeful examples on earth of how even very poor people can adapt to the ravages of climate change.
Wearing a brown cotton robe and white skullcap, Sawadogo sits beneath acacia and zizyphus trees that shade a pen holding about twenty guinea fowl. Two cows doze at his feet; bleats of goats float through the still evening air. His farm is large by local standards–fifty acres–and much of it has been in his family for generations. The rest of his family abandoned it after the terrible drought of 1972-84, when a 20 percent decline in average annual rainfall slashed food production throughout the Sahel, turned vast stretches of savanna into desert and caused hundreds of thousands of deaths from hunger.
For Sawadogo, leaving the farm was unthinkable. "My father is buried here," he says simply. In his mind, the droughts of the 1980s marked the beginning of climate change, a term most people here do not recognize. Sawadogo, however, says he has been adapting to a hotter, drier climate for the past twenty years.
"In the drought years, people found themselves in such a terrible situation they had to think in new ways," says Sawadogo, who prides himself on being an innovator. In this case, he revived a technique local farmers had used for centuries, but he adapted it to the new climate conditions he faced. It had long been the practice among Sahelian farmers to dig zai–shallow pits–that concentrate scarce rainfall onto the roots of crops. Sawadogo increased the size of his zai to capture more rainfall. But his most important innovation, he says, was to add manure to the zai during the dry season, a practice his peers derided as wasteful.
Sawadogo's experiments worked: by concentrating water and fertility in pits, he increased crop yields. But the most significant result was one he hadn't anticipated: tiny trees began to sprout amid his rows of millet and sorghum, thanks to seeds contained in the manure. As one growing season followed another, it became apparent that the trees–now a few feet high–were further increasing crop yields while also restoring soil fertility. "Since I began this technique of rehabilitating degraded land, my family has enjoyed food security in good years and bad," Sawadogo says.


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Red Carpet Rundown: The 'Meh' Dressed At The 2011 SAG Awards
In the land of red carpet fashion, there are good dresses, bad ones, and ugly ones. But more than these three combined, there is the ubiquitous Boring Gown: safe, forgettable, mermaid-hemmed columns in sparkly neutrals etc etc etc. Here are the non risks and the dresses neither great enough nor terrible enough to land a Best or Worst title.
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Can anyone build one of the wind energy systems for me and how much would it cost?
I saw the wind turbines in the harbour near Copenhagen which were beautiful and less offensive noise wise than a car motor.
I am hoping to build a studio outside Cape Town where I can fire glass (ceramic) kilns and I would like renewable energy on the site


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Wilsie Divorce Help West Virginia 26641
What is a divorce coach and why would you want to hire one?
The first part of the question is simple to answer and harder to explain. The term divorce coach covers a pretty broad spectrum at the moment. There are different types of divorce coaches practicing in the divorce field, mainly because the word 'coach' can be used broadly. This will not always be the case but for now it is and so you need to be aware that not all divorce coaches do the same thing.
A few of the coaches only operate in joint separation. Suggesting they will certainly partner you via a collaborative divorce as well as like the other members of your divorce team will certainly quit working with you when your divorce is resolved. These trainers are educated to assist you survive the separation with your self-regard and also honesty intact. A collaborative separation is when both parties concur not to prosecute as well as to aim to maintain things as pleasant and also respectful as feasible for any type of youngsters involved and also themselves. Joint divorce can entail groups of professionals in order to help the participants reach their goals. A divorce trainer for each and every spouse is common method when a full group is used. A complete team consists of 2 legal representatives, two trainers, an economist and a youngster expert to be the voice of the children in the process.
There are separation coaches that have a lawful background, generally legal representatives that have actually chosen that training much better utilizes their abilities, and also will certainly companion with you with the legal process. They could suggest you on your selection of lawyer and also the best ways to ask the appropriate concerns and also get the most effective solution; they will certainly prepare you for court and select you if you need them to. They could additionally aid you in making the appropriate choices when you are decriminalizing choices. Some of these types of instructors are likewise learnt life abilities and will certainly help you with coping abilities and plan for your future.
The other kind of divorce coach you will come across is trained in life skills and will work with you as long as necessary to plan your divorce and your new life. Like the above coaches they will work to get you through the divorce itself and help you deal with all the problems of communication, emotional upheaval and others that may arise. Many of these coaches will prepare you for court and go with you if necessary. The difference being this coach can come into play at any time in the divorce process. These sorts of coaches may see people before they have left the marriage, during the separation and divorce process or after the legal settlement has been finalized. This type of coach specializes in divorce and helping clients discover what it is they want and how to plan to do that.
The choice of coach is entirely up to you and your needs.
When choosing a coach remember these points so you can find the right person;
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When choosing a coach or coaching program please remember that you are paying a professional for their time and expertise. The cost of a coach is nowhere near as high as an attorney and so the benefit of being able to talk things through before getting the legal spin will often save money. Often decisions made at this time are terribly emotional and can turn out to be the wrong decision in the long term. Employing a coach to help with these situations can be a very wise decision.I Want A Divorce | Quickie Divorce
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Congratulations to islander Laura Rossi Totten who this month makes her book publishing debut as a contributor to "Make Mine a Double," edited by Gina Barreca and published by the University of New England Press. The book is about women and their complicated relationships with cocktails, drinking and feminism. Laura's chapter, "Moms' Club," is about motherhood and reviewers have called it "funny" and "fresh."
"Make Mine a Double" is touted as a collection of witty, intelligent and provocative pieces from a diverse community of voices including such luminaries as Fay Weldon, Wendy Liebman, Amy Bloom, Liza Donnelly, Nicole Hollander, Beth Jones and Dawn Lundy Martin.
Laura, who moved here after living in New York City for a decade, has over 20 years of book publishing and public relations experience. She is the founder and president of Laura Rossi Public Relations (www.LauraRossiPub licRelations.com). Laura and her husband have twins and she lives and works from her home. For additional information about the book, visit the Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ pages/ Make- Mine- A- Dou ble/159626997428730.
Island artist Jullian Barber reports that the Newport Art Festival at the Newport Yachting Center that had been postponed because of Tropical Storm Irene has been rescheduled for this weekend. The show's hours are Saturday, Sept 24, from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $8 and free for children under 12.
John A. Murphy, Jim Gallivan and Skip Kingsley of Wickford reported in with last week's poser. Jim wrote, "'I'm Sorry,' performed, as I recall, by Brenda Lee, backed by the prolific Anita Kerr Singers. Late '50s or early '60s."
I'm sorry, so sorry,
That I was such a fool,
I didn't know,
Love could be so cruel.
Kudos to former Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer, 23, of Kentucky who was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of 36 fellow warriors under attack by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan. We sometimes forget there are others like him who everyday put themselves in the line of fire for all of us.
Each night he would find her there,
Swinging in the coconut tree,
And the monkey gay at the break of day,
Loved to hear his chimpie say.
Want to add more warmth and love to your home? The Potter League for Animals in Middletown is holding a Catapalooza sale Friday, Sept. 23, and Saturday, Sept. 24, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. With over 75 cats on its adoption floor the league will offer all cats 7 months and older for a special $25 adoption fee. They are all spayed/neutered, vet examined, vaccinated, treated with flea/ tick preventatives and come with a cardboard carrier, cat collar, ID tag and a bag of food.
The Jamestown Arts Center and Save the Bay will present "A Narragansett Bay Inspired Photography Exhibit" with an opening reception and slide show on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the center on 18 Valley St. Beer and wine will be served at 6 p.m. and the slide show by island photographer Onne van der Wal will begin at 7 p.m.
The exhibit will consist of photographs by Michael Eudenbach, Daniel Forster, Diane Harrison, Amory Ross, Cory Silken and van der Wal. Questions? Call 662 -3839.
John Andrews writes, "This week, with Irene safely behind us, we remember again the Great Hurricane of Sept. 21,1938. There are certainly a lot of stories among the old timers about that nameless storm, ranging from humorous to deeply tragic. My mom's (Connie Andrews) is neither, but it is distinctive. She was out sailing in it, and was shipwrecked on Prudence. For those of your readers who might like to hear her tell the tale, she was recently interviewed by Dick Gordon on a nationally syndicated public radio program called (appropriately) The Story, and the program is available on the web at: thestory.org/archive/ the_ story_ 082611_ full_ show. mp3/view.
(As a loyal son, I did ask if she wanted to join me for a sail during Irene, but we concluded sadly that as the launch service was unavailable that day, we'd have to forgo the idea.)"
Thanks, John.
On Friday, Sept. 22, at 9:04 a.m. Coordinated Universal Time, the sun will cross the celestial equator and move south. At that time, the Earth's axis of rotation is perpendicular to the line connecting the centers of the earth and the sun. It will then be autumn.
John Yeats said it best in his poem "To Autumn."
"Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells."
Be true!
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