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Marie-Laure LeBlanc is a tall and freckled six-year-old in Paris with rapidly deteriorating eyesight when her father sends her on a children's tour of the museum where he works. The guide is a hunchbacked old warder hardly taller than a child himself. He raps the tip of his cane against the floor for attention, then leads his dozen charges across the gardens to the galleries.
The children watch engineers use pulleys to lift a fossilized dinosaur femur. They see a stuffed giraffe in a closet, patches of hide wearing off its back. They peer into taxidermists' drawers full of feathers and talons and glass eyeballs; they flip through two-hundred-year-old herbarium sheets bedecked with orchids and daisies and herbs.
Eventually they climb sixteen steps into the Gallery of Mineralogy. The guide shows them agate from Brazil and violet amethysts and a meteorite on a pedestal that he claims is as ancient as the solar system itself. Then he leads them single file down two twisting staircases and along several corridors and stops outside an iron door with a single keyhole. "End of tour," he says.
A girl says, "But what's through there?"
"Behind this door is another locked door, slightly smaller."
"And what's behind that?"
"A third locked door, smaller yet."
"What's behind that?"
"A fourth door, and a fifth, on and on until you reach a thirteenth, a little locked door no bigger than a shoe."
The children lean forward. "And then?"
"Behind the thirteenth door"—the guide flourishes one of his impossibly wrinkled hands—"is the Sea of Flames."
Puzzlement. Fidgeting.
"Come now. You've never heard of the Sea of Flames?"
The children shake their heads. Marie-Laure squints up at the naked bulbs strung in three-yard intervals along the ceiling; each sets a rainbow-colored halo rotating in her vision.
The guide hangs his cane on his wrist and rubs his hands together. "It's a long story. Do you want to hear a long story?"
They nod.
He clears his throat. "Centuries ago, in the place we now call Borneo, a prince plucked a blue stone from a dry riverbed because he thought it was pretty. But on the way back to his palace, the prince was attacked by men on horseback and stabbed in the heart."
"Stabbed in the heart?"
"Is this true?"
A boy says, "Hush."
"The thieves stole his rings, his horse, everything. But because the little blue stone was clenched in his fist, they did not discover it. And the dying prince managed to crawl home. Then he fell unconscious for ten days. On the tenth day, to the amazement of his nurses, he sat up, opened his hand, and there was the stone.
"The sultan's doctors said it was a miracle, that the prince never should have survived such a violent wound. The nurses said the stone must have healing powers. The sultan's jewelers said something else: they said the stone was the largest raw diamond anyone had ever seen. Their most gifted stonecutter spent eighty days faceting it, and when he was done, it was a brilliant blue, the blue of tropical seas, but it had a touch of red at its center, like flames inside a drop of water. The sultan had the diamond fitted into a crown for the prince, and it was said that when the young prince sat on his throne and the sun hit him just so, he became so dazzling that visitors could not distinguish his figure from light itself."
"Are you sure this is true?" asks a girl.
"Hush," says the boy.
"The stone came to be known as the Sea of Flames. Some believed the prince was a deity, that as long as he kept the stone, he could not be killed. But something strange began to happen: the longer the prince wore his crown, the worse his luck became. In a month, he lost a brother to drowning and a second brother to snakebite. Within six months, his father died of disease. To make matters even worse, the sultan's scouts announced that a great army was gathering in the east.
"The prince called together his father's advisers. All said he should prepare for war, all but one, a priest, who said he'd had a dream. In the dream the Goddess of the Earth told him she'd made the Sea of Flames as a gift for her lover, the God of the Sea, and was sending the jewel to him through the river. But when the river dried up, and the prince plucked it out, the goddess became enraged. She cursed the stone and whoever kept it."
Every child leans forward, Marie-Laure along with them.
"The curse was this: the keeper of the stone would live forever, but so long as he kept it, misfortunes would fall on all those he loved one after another in unending rain."
"Live forever?"
"But if the keeper threw the diamond into the sea, thereby delivering it to its rightful recipient, the goddess would lift the curse. So the prince, now sultan, thought for three days and three nights and finally decided to keep the stone. It had saved his life; he believed it made him indestructible. He had the tongue cut out of the priest's mouth."
"Ouch," says the youngest boy.
"Big mistake," says the tallest girl.
"The invaders came," says the warder, "and destroyed the palace, and killed everyone they found, and the prince was never seen again, and for two hundred years no one heard any more about the Sea of Flames. Some said the stone was recut into many smaller stones; others said the prince still carried the stone, that he was in Japan or Persia, that he was a humble farmer, that he never seemed to grow old.
"And so the stone fell out of history. Until one day, when a French diamond trader, during a trip to the Golconda Mines in India, was shown a massive pear-cut diamond. One hundred and thirty-three carats. Near-perfect clarity. As big as a pigeon's egg, he wrote, and as blue as the sea, but with a flare of red at its core. He made a casting of the stone and sent it to a gem-crazy duke in Lorraine, warning him of the rumors of a curse. But the duke wanted the diamond very badly. So the trader brought it to Europe, and the duke fitted it into the end of a walking stick and carried it everywhere."
"Within a month, the duchess contracted a throat disease. Two of their favorite servants fell off the roof and broke their necks. Then the duke's only son died in a riding accident. Though everyone said the duke himself had never looked better, he became afraid to go out, afraid to accept visitors. Eventually he was so convinced that his stone was the accursed Sea of Flames that he asked the king to shut it up in his museum on the conditions that it be locked deep inside a specially built vault and the vault not be opened for two hundred years."
"And one hundred and ninety-six years have passed."
All the children remain quiet a moment. Several do math on their fingers. Then they raise their hands as one. "Can we see it?"
"Not even open the first door?"
"Have you seen it?"
"I have not."
"So how do you know it's really there?"
"You have to believe the story."
"How much is it worth, Monsieur? Could it buy the Eiffel Tower?"
"A diamond that large and rare could in all likelihood buy five Eiffel Towers."
"Are all those doors to keep thieves from getting in?"
"Maybe," the guide says, and winks, "they're there to keep the curse from getting out."
The children fall quiet. Two or three take a step back.
Marie-Laure takes off her eyeglasses, and the world goes shapeless. "Why not," she asks, "just take the diamond and throw it into the sea?"
The warder looks at her. The other children look at her. "When is the last time," one of the older boys says, "you saw someone throw five Eiffel Towers into the sea?"
There is laughter. Marie-Laure frowns. It is just an iron door with a brass keyhole.
The tour ends and the children disperse and Marie-Laure is reinstalled in the Grand Gallery with her father. He straightens her glasses on her nose and plucks a leaf from her hair. "Did you have fun, ma chérie?"
A little brown house sparrow swoops out of the rafters and lands on the tiles in front of her. Marie-Laure holds out an open palm. The sparrow tilts his head, considering. Then it flaps away.
One month later she is blind.
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All the Light We Cannot See
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From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, the beautiful, stunningly ambitious instant New York Times bestseller about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is twelve, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure's reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum's most valuable and dangerous jewel.
In a mining town in Germany, the orphan Werner grows up with his younger sister, enchanted by a crude radio they find. Werner becomes an expert at building and fixing these crucial new instruments, a talent that wins him a place at a brutal academy for Hitler Youth, then a special assignment to track the resistance. More and more aware of the human cost of his intelligence, Werner travels through the heart of the war and, finally, into Saint-Malo, where his story and Marie-Laure's converge.
Doerr's "stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" (San Francisco Chronicle) are dazzling. Deftly interweaving the lives of Marie-Laure and Werner, he illuminates the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another. Ten years in the writing, a National Book Award finalist, All the Light We Cannot See is a magnificent, deeply moving novel from a writer "whose sentences never fail to thrill" (Los Angeles Times).
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Ten years in the writing, Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See is an epic work of historical fiction. With richly detailed language and characters who are both brave and heartbreaking, Doerr weaves together the stories of a French girl named Marie-Laure who has lost her eyesight and a German orphan named Werner. As Hitler's occupied territory grows, Marie-Laure and Werner's lives and families are torn apart by the war, yet this gorgeous novel is the story of people who, against the odds, find good in one another.
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Damn, and here I am waiting for the two remaining Shana specials... Guys! ;_;
Yes, I agree with you. I am really hoping that SS-Eclipse can sub both episodes of Shakugan no Shanatan: Final Destruction (contained in Shakugan no Shana III - Vol .02 and Vol .06 Blu-ray Discs.) As far I know, there is not any English-subbed Shanatans: Final Destruction, released by other subbing groups. It would be great honour, if you guys can do it. I know that the chances are slim, but I am still hopeful.
I am also desperately hoping to see an SS-Eclipse reunion to do Hayate: Can't Take My Eyes Off You dvds/bds at some point in the future, but even more so I'd wish for Hayate: Cuties now. (I've only been able to find one group doing it, and they don't translate the OP/EDs. Cuties has a different character singing the ED for each episode, and not getting it translated at all is quite frustrating.From my perspective, any anime with a Rie Kugimiya tsundere as the main heroine that isn't subbed by SS (and especially SS-Eclipse) hasn't really been subbed at all. (And now that I've learned from other posts here that there are two more Shana episodes and Shanatans out there I haven't seen, I'm even more eager for an SS-Eclipse reunion! ) I've been downloading fansubs since about the time the first Hayate series aired, and I've seen a lot of different fansub groups come and go during that time. There are a few very good ones still active, but the SS-Eclipse collaboration was, in my opinion, the best fansub team EVER. Nobody could match your speed AND high quality. Thank you for many years of wonderful tsunderes fansubs, and I hope that one day very soon I'll be again downloading files whose names begin with "[SS-]".

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Parabon's kinship algorithm analyzes the similarity between two genomes and uses a machine learning model to predict the degree of relatedness of the two individuals. In thousands of out-of-sample predictions, this method has proven to be highly accurate while maintaining a very low false-positive rate (i.e., unrelated pairs are almost never mistakenly inferred to be related). This is true across subjects from a range of ethnic backgrounds, including related pairs with different ethnic backgrounds. Absolute accuracy is >90% out to 3rd-degree relatives (first cousins), and Snapshot can distinguish 6th-degree relatives (e.g., second cousins once removed) from unrelated pairs with greater than 98% accuracy.
Snapshot Kinship Accuracy, measured as the frequency of correct predictions of the exact degree of relatedness (absolute accuracy) and the frequency of predictions within one degree of actual relatedness (n = 3,654 relationships).
As shown in the figure above, even when Snapshot incorrectly infers the degree of relatedness between two individuals, it is almost always correct within one degree. For example, Snapshot may occasionally incorrectly predict a 4th-degree relationship to be a 5th-degree relationship, but it rarely makes the mistake of predicting a 4th-degree relationship to be a 6th-degree relationship. With this level of accuracy, you can be confident that the inferences provided by Snapshot are reliable and actionable.
[1] Chakraborty, R., et al. (1999). The utility of short tandem repeat loci beyond human identification: implications for development of new DNA typing systems. Electrophoresis , 1682–1696.
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According to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Bureau of Justice Statistics, over 60% of all violent crimes in 2016 [the latest period for which data is available] were committed by persons known to the victim. 1
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Updates will be posted when and if we receive additional
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expect students to have read the assignments for the first
night of class.
Addition to Summer 2002 Schedule: We have added
a section of Criminal Law: Investigatory Process, taught
by Prof. Rudstein, to the summer schedule. The course number
is 270-071 and is worth 3 credits. It will meet Tues./Thurs.
6:00-8:25 pm. If you would like to register for the course,
you may do so through the online registration system, linked
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Reading assignments for the first week of the Fall 2002
semester will be posted on the Student Portal page no later
than Friday, August 2. If you will not have Internet access
in August, please e-mail me (SSOWLE) with the address where
you can be reached over the summer, and we will mail a print
copy to you. Updates will be posted after August 3 when
and if we receive additional assignments.
You may ask the bookstore to hold your Fall course books
for you when they arrive, or for an extra fee you may request
that the books be mailed to you over the summer. If you
would like to take advantage of either of these options,
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at 312/906-5605. In addition, you may order your course
books over the Internet by clicking on the bookstore link
on the Student
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London Law Consortium. Chicago-Kent offers a semester
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a consortium with seven other law schools. If you are interested
in the London Consortium for the Spring 2002 semester, please
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packets will be available shortly.
CALI Award Certificates. Certificates for students
who received CALI Awards last academic year and this past
Fall will be printed shortly. We plan to distribute them
at a student awards luncheon that will be held in the Fall
(reviving a former tradition), or we can make them available
by mail upon request for those who do not want to wait to
receive the certificates (e-mail me at SSOWLE). My apologies
for the delay in providing the names to CALI for preparation
of the certificates.
Orientation Leaders and Mentors Wanted. Each year, new
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and valuable information comes from other students. As someone
who has been there, your advice can be helpful in easing
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The Office of Student Services coordinates the Orientation
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Dean's Certificate for Illinois Bar Exam. We will
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for every graduating student after final grades for the
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completion of all graduation requirements. We compile the
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Applications for Graduation listing Spring 2002 as their
final semester.
Bar Exams in Other Jurisdictions. If you plan to
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the Registrar with appropriate forms for the Law School
to complete as soon as possible.
Joke of the Week. Question: What did the farmer
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Summer Sips: Bringing the Bar Home
I'm not much of a drinker, but warm weather makes me crave cocktails. The start of summer has me readjusting my own buffet-top bar and eyeing others' — oh, and mixing gin and tonics.
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Sunday night's nightmarish ending in Atlanta has been followed by a quick turnaround: almost 12 hours after leaving the visiting clubhouse at Turner Field, the Phils have checked into Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati for a Labor Day matinee with the Reds.
Despite the sleep-deprived last half day, Charlie Manuel got in a quick conversation with the only guy on the roster who figures to play a role in the 2013 outfield. Domonic Brown (left knee) was out of Sunday's lineup for the fifth straight game.
Prior to Monday's game, Manuel found Brown.
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"Yeah," Brown said.
And so Brown is back in the lineup for just the second time in the last nine games.
"It's good," Brown said. "They know what they're doing. I've wanted to play, but it's probably best that I use those couple days to get back right."
Brown said he's been battling left knee pain for about a month. He had been compensating for right knee pain; Brown missed 30 games at Triple A Lehigh Valley with a right knee strain from mid-June to mid-July.
Brown, who turned 25 on Monday, is just hoping to stay healthy for the final month of the season. Brown has had trouble staying on the field since spring training, when he was limited to seven games with neck, hand and hamstring injuries.
"It's just been like that the whole year," Brown said. "But you know what, this offseason I'll (be able to) rest a lot to make sure my body gets straight."
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Rudman remembered for public service, championing fiscal responsibilityBy GARRY RAYNO
State House Bureau
November 20. 2012 11:02PM
CONCORD - Former U.S. Sen. Warren Rudman left his mark on the country and New Hampshire, from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit reduction act to the federal courthouse in Concord that bears his name.
Friends and colleagues remember Rudman as a principled man who influenced a generation of attorneys in New Hampshire with his amazing grasp of law and public policy. Rudman could be abrupt and brash, they said, but knew how to work both sides of the aisle and devoted much of his life to the causes he championed such as federal deficit and debt reduction, and protecting national security.
Rudman, 82, died just before midnight Monday at George Washington Hospital in Washington, D.C., from complications of lymphoma. He had been in declining health for some time.
Rudman's first campaign manager, friend and one-time legal partner, Manchester attorney Brad Cook, called him "one of the great public servants in New Hampshire in the 20th century."
Cook said Rudman was another of the great legacies of former Gov. Walter Peterson, who died last year.
"Walter plucked a young attorney in Nashua to be his legal counsel and then named him attorney general," Cook said. "There would be no (U.S. Supreme Court) Justice (David) Souter without Warren Rudman, no Tom Rath with all the good he has done and his influence, and no Brad Cook. He got more out of people than they knew how to give."
President Barack Obama noted Rudman's service to New Hampshire and the country and called him the embodiment of Yankee sensibility and New England independence.
"As an early advocate for fiscal responsibility, he worked with Republicans and Democrats alike to call attention to our nation's growing deficit," Obama said. "And as we work together to address the fiscal challenges of our time, leaders on both sides of the aisle would be well-served to follow Warren's example of common-sense bipartisanship."
Rudman was instrumental in the appointment by President George H.W. Bush of now-retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter, who served as his deputy attorney general. He pushed Bush to appoint Souter to the Supreme Court and helped shepherd his nomination through the Senate.
"Warren Rudman was like a brother to me. A man is incomparably lucky to have had a friend that close who stood for what the founders of the American republic staked its future on," said Souter.
Rudman, who was New Hampshire attorney general from 1970 to 1976, established the legal agency's consumer protection and environmental divisions and fiercely protected the office's independence.
Deficit reduction bill
In the U.S. Senate, Rudman was best known for co-writing the deficit reduction bill with fellow Republican Sen. Phil Gramm of Texas and Democrat Ernest Hollings of South Carolina. The bill required "sequestration" of federal funding if deficit targets were not reached. The move helped reduce the federal deficit.
Gramm said Tuesday: "He was my faithful friend and brilliant partner in that good work, and his convictions were evident in his determination to better the opportunity to succeed for ordinary working Americans who likely would never know his name."
The man who replaced Rudman in 1993 representing New Hampshire in the Senate and followed in his footsteps fighting for fiscal frugality, former U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg said Tuesday Rudman was a huge player in the state's political life as well as in Washington, D.C.
"He brought a lot of respect to New Hampshire in the way he represented us," Gregg said. "He was a leader who did important things: whether on international policy, where he was an expert, or on domestic spending issues with Gramm-Rudman, a major discipline on federal spending."
Gregg noted he and Rudman were good friends and their families grew up together in Nashua where Rudman's father owned a manufacturing plant across the street from his grandfather's.
"It was a great honor to follow him in the Senate and try to live up to his standards," Gregg said.
Man of principle
Others spoke of Rudman's principles and his willingness to work across party lines for the good of the country and the state.
Rudman chaired the Senate Ethics Committee and served on the committee that investigated the "Keating Five," senators with ties to the savings and loan fiasco in the early 1990s.
As a member of the Senate Iran-Contra Committee, he chastised Reagan administration officials for their dishonest testimony and lectured Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North about the secret sales of weapons to Nicaragua.
Gov. John Lynch said Rudman was a man who worked across the aisle and was true to his principles.
"Warren Rudman work tirelessly to serve the people of New Hampshire and the nation. As a leader in the U.S. Senate, he was someone who stuck to his principles, yet was able to reach across the aisle to work toward a bipartisan resolution on the issues of the day," Gov. Lynch said.
Reputation for toughness
His Senate colleague for 10 years in representing New Hampshire, former U.S. Sen. Gordon Humphrey said Rudman had a reputation for being tough, but did what he believed was right for the country and the state.
"Senator Rudman had a reputation for a toughness, and tough he was in some matters, but underneath he was a likable guy, and I enjoyed serving ten years with him in the United States Senate. We had an excellent personal and professional relationship," Humphrey said. "He served our state and our nation well, and I am saddened at his death."
U.S. Sen. Kelly Ayotte, like Rudman, was attorney general and had not run for elected office before being elected to the U.S. Senate.
"Warren was a fighter who had the courage of his convictions, and he always stood up for what he believed was right regardless of the consequences," Ayotte said.
Concord Coalition
In 1980, Rudman defeated former Democratic U.S. Sen. John Durkin, who won one of the closest U.S. Senate races in history, and was running for re-election. Durkin died last month.
Rudman easily won reelection in 1986 before deciding to retire after his second term.
After Rudman left the senate, former President Bill Clinton asked him to become his Treasury secretary but he declined. Clinton did appoint Rudman as vice chair of the influential President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
Not long after he left office, Rudman formed the Concord Coalition with former Massachusetts U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas to bring attention to the country's financial problems and growing debt.
Rudman and former Colorado U.S. Sen. Gary Hart were co-chairs of the U.S. Commission on National Security, which called for the establishment of a department of homeland security in 2001, eight months prior to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C.
Before and after his retirement from the U.S. Senate, Rudman was associated with the Sheehan, Phinney, Bass and Green law firm in Manchester.
Rudman was active in national presidential campaigns, including fellow Senator Bob Dole's 1996 effort and John McCain's 2000 bid.
He was an Army combat infantry commander and saw much action during the Korean conflict.
Memorial service
Rudman was born in Boston, Mass., on May 18, 1930. He graduated from Syracuse University in 1952, and from Boston College Law School in 1960.
At the time of his death, Rudman was co-chair of the international consulting firm Albright Stonebridge Group and was of counsel to the New York-based international law firm Paul, Weiss.
His autobiography "Combat: Twelve Years in the US Senate" was published in 1996.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret Shean Rudman, who resides in Washington, D.C., his daughter, Laura Rudman Robie, of Amherst, N.H.; his daughter and son-in-law, Debra and Dan Gilmore; three grandchildren, Ben, Sarah and Rebecca Gilmore; and two sisters, Jean Gale of Cape Neddick, Maine, and Carol Rudman of Washington, D.C.,
Rudman's first wife, Shirley, died last year. Their son, Alan, died in Maine in 2004.
Memorial services are planned for both Washington D.C. and New Hampshire. The Washington service in Washington will be the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 29 at a yet-to-be determined location.
The family requests that donations be made to the Wounded Warriors Project, the Salvation Army, or the Warren B. Rudman Center for Justice, Leadership and Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire School of Law.
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Idaho Hunt Planner We got game.
Bear General Any Weapon Season
Unit 30
Unlimited Tags
6/16/2012 - 7/31/2012
- Species
- American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
- Either-sex Black Bear
- No female black bear accompanied by young may be taken.
- Dog Training
- Dogs may be used for training purposes ONLY.
- Restrictions
- Motorized Hunting Rule (MHR): Motorized vehicle use by all big game hunters is restricted to established roadways legally open to travel by full-sized automobiles. The motorized hunting rule applies only to big game animals, including moose, bighorn sheep and mountain goats, in designated units from August 30 through December 31. Learn more about the Motorized hunting Rule at idfg.idaho.gov/hunt/access/motorized-vehicles
Hunt Area Location
Hunt Area
- Unit 30
- All of Unit 30. Area Size: 256,865 acres
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More information about the Game Management Unit(s) in this hunt: 30
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Tags, Permits & Fees
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|U.S. Forest Service (USFS) 29.88%
|Private 20.37%
|State of Idaho 2.88%
|Other 0.05%
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Second man held in container probe
Police have arrested a second man in connection with an investigation into the death of an immigrant found in a container at Tilbury Docks.
The 33-year-old from Londonderry was arrested shortly after 1pm today after voluntarily attending a police station in Essex, police said.
He has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and facilitating illegal entry into the United Kingdom in connection with the police investigation into the death of a man found in a container on Saturday.
Police officers stand by the main entrance to Tilbury Docks in Essex, where a group of immigrants was found in a shipping container
Police said he will be questioned by detectives later today.
The man arrested in Northern Ireland yesterday is not due to arrive in Essex Police custody until late this evening, the force added.
Meet Singh Kapoor, 40, from Afghanistan, was found dead inside the container at Tilbury on Saturday.
Other members of the 34-strong group, including 13 children, survived the ordeal. They are all Afghan Sikhs from Kabul.
The group is believed to have fled Afghanistan after suffering persecution.
They are in the process of claiming asylum in the UK after travelling to Europe in a lorry before reportedly spending 18 hours in the cargo container en route to the UK.
A separate investigation is under way after a refrigerated lorry containing 15 people was discovered at a service station in Ilminster, near Taunton, by officers from Avon and Somerset Police working alongside immigration officials.
Almost 50 victims of human trafficking are discovered in the UK each week, Government figures have shown as the recent cases highlighted the issue of people smuggling.
Figures recorded by the National Crime Agency (NCA) show that 566 potential cases of trafficking were identified by police forces, local authorities, charities and Home Office officials across the UK in the first three months of this year.
According to an NCA report the most common reason for an adult being trafficked was sexual exploitation but there were also many cases of people being transported as cheap labour or into domestic servitude.
One case of a person being trafficked for organ harvesting was also detected during that period.
Last year 1,746 potential trafficking victims were found in the UK - an increase of 47% on the previous 12 months.
The Refugee Council, which works with people seeking asylum in the UK, said that it was difficult to establish the full scale of people smuggling into the UK after fleeing their home countries, as opposed to those who are trafficked for exploitation.
But the charity said the Tilbury incident was a "grim reminder" of the difficulties asylum seekers face.
Chief executive Maurice Wren said a lack of safe and legal routes for refugees meant they are often left with no choice other than the risk using the services of people smugglers.
He added: "This tragedy illustrates, all too painfully, the desperate measures that people who are in fear of persecution, yet have no-one to turn to for protection in their home countries, will take in search of safety."
A Home Office spokesman said officials would not comment on the figures because of the ongoing high-profile investigations.
The NCA figures covering January to March this year included 392 adults and 174 children, with the most common countries of origin being Albania, Slovakia, Nigeria and Vietnam.
This represents the equivalent of 47 possible trafficking victims each week.
Once victims are initially identified, they are assessed to establish whether they have been trafficked and why they were illegally transported.
A German lorry driver arrested after the 15 foreign nationals were found in the back of his truck has been released on bail.
The 50-year-old was held following the discovery of 11 men, three women and a 15-year-old boy in lorry at a service station in Somerset .
The discovery was made after police were alerted by a motorist to noises coming from the rear of the refrigerated lorry, owned by international freight company Thermotraffic.
When Avon and Somerset officers opened the doors of the HGV they discovered the group - who said they were from Eritrea and Kashmir - distressed and suffering from dehydration.
The lorry driver, who was arrested on suspicion of facilitating the unlawful entry of people into the UK, has been released on bail until November.
The foreign nationals are believed to have gained entry to the lorry at a European ferry port as the driver made his way to the West Country.
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In the 1930s, Navesink's importance diminished because of the improved lightships marking the approaches to the New York Harbor. New technology, such as radar and improved floating buoys, eventually made this powerful coastal light unnecessary. The U.S. Coast Guard turned off the lights at Navesink in 1949 and closed up the station. Five years later, the town of Highlands, New Jersey, acquired the lighthouse to use as a museum and public park. The Twin Lights Historical Society was formed to establish a museum at the light station and to train volunteers to staff it. When the town could no longer take care of the lighthouse, the State of New Jersey stepped in. The New Jersey State Park Service, working with the Twin Lights Historical Society, and other organizations, collected close to a million dollars to restore the buildings at the light station in the late 1970s. Later, the museum exhibits were improved to focus on the history of the lighthouse and its contribution to lighting technology and navigation. Today the structure's fortress-like architecture provides an interesting contrast to other historic lighthouses and modern navigational aids. Each year 100,000 people visit this New Jersey State Park and Historic Site.
The Robbins Reef Lighthouse is still an active aid to navigation today, but there are no resident keepers. In November of 1964, the New York Times newspaper printed an article stating that the Robbins Reef Lighthouse, along with another nearby lighthouse, were to be automated. The U.S. Coast Guard, which began maintaining aids to navigation in 1939, planned to lay electric cables under the water from the mainland to the lighthouses. After the cables were put in place and tested a year later, the lighthouse no longer needed to be manned 24 hours a day, seven days a week. At the time of the automation, Robbins Reef was home to a team of four men. Three men were always at the station and the other was on leave. The men worked eight hour shifts with 16 hours off and at least one man was awake at all times. They served for a few weeks to a month before receiving four to five days off to go ashore. The Robbins Reef Lighthouse is currently owned by the U.S. Coast Guard, and a modern, plastic light in the lantern functions year-round. The Coast Guard goes out to the light every couple of months for maintenance or when they detect a problem with the light. Although the lighthouse is closed to the public, it can be seen from the Staten Island Ferry.
1. How are Navesink Lighthouse and Robbins Reef Lighthouse similar? How are they different?
2. Look carefully at Photo 2. Can you see the rocky outcropping that the lighthouse is built on? Where is the foundation of the first lighthouse? Where is the lantern where the lens was located? Can you find the fog bell and the fog horn?
3. The small white boat suspended above the water was used by the keepers when they went to the mainland. How difficult do you think it would have been for one person to row a boat like this when the weather was bad?
4. Why was Navesink deactivated? Why do you think Robbins Reef is still operating?
5. Why do you think people wanted to save Navesink Lighthouse after it was deactivated?
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Hampstead Music Club: Dorian Ford
Tuesday 13 March
Hampstead Music Club present pianist and composer Dorian Ford. Following his Autumn tour of Japan, Dorian presents Salon Japan music ranging from the surrealism of Satie, the complex impressions of the late 1970s Bill Evans compositions to European Jazz-Rock.
Tickets £10 (£8 concessions) contact Claire Kitchin on 020 7272 3903 for more details.


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News release from Inon America;
Should be good for those of us who can't afford the 'top' models of class,
and a welcome addition to the well received 45' model previously released.
I'm putting my hand up for one!
Can someone tell me how to highlight this link so that it connects to the site??? ( Thanks Cerianthus..)
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The Guardian noted a whole boatload of shady matters surrounding Psystar. First, they called the Miami Chamber of Commerces, but they had never heard of a company called Psystar. In addition, even though the company's website was registered in 2000, Google and Live.com searches find nothing about the company dating from before this week.
That's not all though. Calling the company either gives you an error, or you get someone on the line who keeps referring your questions to the press email address of the company. Sending an email to the company leaves you with no reply. The weirdest thing is yet to come, though.
The company changed address. From one place in Miami, a residential area, to another, more 'business-y'. The Guardian has the screenshots to prove it, too.
ComputerWorld picked up where The Guardian left off, by contacting the second address. This address is home to three business, one of which is CottonImages.com, Inc. They say they have never heard of Psystar. "I don't know how they got this address," said a spokesman.
While you really shouldn't jump to conclusions, the findings by The Guardian and ComputerWorld are unnerving at best. Ars says Psystar promised them an Open Computer for review, so I would wait a few weeks before placing your orders. In the meantime, Steve Wozniak says he likes the prices, so he may get one.


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Dr. Brangman, an internationally recognized physician/scientist in the area of gerontology, and member of the Upstate faculty, will help to lead two of the projects on aging and neural pathologies associated with aging.
Principal Invetigator:
Alzheimers disease is the most common dementia (50 to 60% of the cases) associated with aging. It is estimated that 1 in 85 persons worldwide will be affected in 2050. Effective strategies for preventing/treating Alzheimer's disease (AD) have become a public health priority. Chronic exercise improves brain health and protects against age-related cognitive decline and degenerative changes. In the elderly population, the benefit of exercise is most pronounced in individuals at the greatest risk for disability and subsequent loss of independence. Furthermore, a dose-dependent decrease in the rate of dementia has been associated with exercise. However, the underlying mechanisms of exercise-mediated neuroprotection remain largely unknown. This study will compare changes in signaling in skeletal muscle in AD patient exposed to an exercise training program.
Principal Investigator:
According to the American Academy of Audiology, after 60 years of age, one in every three adults have some degree of hearing loss and approximately one in every two adults over the age of 75 years have significant hearing loss. The World Health Organization recommends that background noise in hospital rooms should not exceed 35 decibels (dB), but several studies have reported that background noise levels range from 45 to 68 dB (Ulrich, 2006). Patients who wear hearing aids typically leave them home when they are in the hospital because they are expensive and can get lost or stolen. If doctors and other healthcare workers perceive patients cannot hear them, they will raise their voices when speaking. This may not improve communication and can compromise the patients privacy. The purpose of this study is to investigate the benefit of using an assistive listening device to improve communication for older patients in the hospital.


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Officials From N.Y., R.I., Ky., Penn., Mich., and Ohio to Speak
Officials From N.Y., R.I., Ky., Penn., Mich., and Ohio to Speak
NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 25, 2013) - The Bond Buyer, SourceMedia's flagship daily news source covering the $3.5 trillion municipal bond industry, will hold its Second Annual Symposium on Distressed Municipalities on March 18-19, 2013 at the Omni Providence (formerly the Westin) in Rhode Island. The event delivers solutions that will help policy makers and market participants diagnose the sources of financial distress, identify proven turnaround strategies and gain practical, peer-level advice on the best tactics for implementing those plans.
"As the economy slowly recovers, the road map for fiscal rebirth is becoming clearer and political leaders have been forced by necessity to adopt innovative solutions," said Michael Stanton, publisher of The Bond Buyer. "The key now is to spread the word about the success stories, so other communities can learn from those experiences."
Government Officials Delivering Keynote Addresses:
The experienced speaking faculty includes a mix of policy makers from communities facing distress today, as well as cities and counties that have recovered, including:
"Local governments continue to face significant financial challenges, making difficult decisions on spending cuts, borrowing, and planning for the future. The roster of speakers and panelists is a virtual 'who's who' in finance and government, and with PFM's ongoing commitment to client education, this seemed an excellent opportunity to share experiences and strategies with a broad spectrum of government officials," said Dean Kaplan, a managing director of the PFM Group and conference co-chair.
"We are building upon the success of last year's inaugural Symposium by assembling another outstanding slate of panels and speakers, with a particular focus on pension obligations and pension reform. We have moved the Symposium to another key battleground state focused on local government fiscal reform and are excited about the prospects of another year of in-depth dialogue between the attendees and the speakers," said William C. Rhodes, partner, public finance department chair and the practice leader of Ballard Spahr's municipal recovery initiative.
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5 Inexpensive Gifts to Satisfy Everyone on Your List
The Perfect Present
This article originally appeared on LearnVest.com.
As you make your list this year, we want you to think about holiday giving a little differently.
Before you start assigning dollar amounts to everyone and hunting around for products to buy and wrap, first consider whether the best gift for them is a thing with a price tag. According to the Five Love Languages, defined by marriage counselor Dr. Gary Chapman, people receive messages of love very differently, and only one of these categories involves actual physical gifts. Some people would rather receive acts of service or quality time instead.
In holiday-speak, the Five Love Languages can help you figure out who in your life responds best to which type of gift.
The Five Love Languages are:
- Words of affirmation
- Acts of service
- Physical touch
- Quality time
- Receiving gifts
Don't know your own love language—let alone which one your friends and family speak? "You can pick up cues about your friend or family member's inclinations during everyday conversations," explains Dr. Natalie Robinson Garfield, psychotherapist and author of "The Sense Connection". Or you can always take the Love Languages quiz together. But in case you're pressed for time, we've compiled this handy guide to help you decode who speaks what—and plot the best gift-giving strategy.
This holiday, limit buying "stuff" to just the people who want it, and you'll have the best gift-giving season ever, in terms of green friendliness, time savings, thoughtfulness and money.
Words of Affirmation
In sum: These are word folks: People who feel loved through words of affirmation want to hear you say you love them, or what they mean to you. They love sweet messages, notes, letters and spoken words of appreciation.
Signs your loved one speaks this language: This is probably the person who's good at expressing how much you mean to her. (We commonly express affection in the language we'd like to hear.) People who speak this language also generally enjoy using words—they're those who tend to explain verbally rather than physically. They might respond ecstatically to a nice compliment.
Great gifts: This is the type who will linger over the words of a card (sometimes more so than the gift), so for a words of affirmation lover, never leave out the card! Spend more time crafting a thoughtful sentiment—the more specific the better—and tell her exactly how much she means to you and why you value her. If you want to forgo a physical gift, this person may just as well appreciate a beautiful card, a meaningful letter or—if you have the creative chops—a poem.
Acts of Service
In sum: Dad did always say you know your true friends by who's at the other end of the couch when you move. These are the people who view helpful and service-oriented acts as signs you care: running errands, making a meal, helping out with a task.
Signs that your loved one speaks this language: This person feels connected through helpful actions, and is often volunteering to take things off your plate when you're overwhelmed—and if you do something nice for him like grab him a cup of coffee or walk his dog, he feels more gratitude than if you had paid someone to do those things.
Great gifts: This person might not appreciate a physical gift as much as your doing something nice for him, such as cooking his favorite dinner, helping him throw a party, or assisting with a major work project. Consider one of those homemade "coupon books" for this receiver—filled with freebies for doing laundry, taking out the trash or bringing him breakfast in bed. If you do decide to buy this person a gift, consider spending less on something that has an act of service wrapped up in it—i.e. get a bag of gourmet coffee beans and attach a note saying that you'll bring him a freshly brewed cup every morning.
Physical Touch
In sum: This is the relative who envelops you in a bear hug before you've even had a chance to set down your suitcase. Or the significant other who loves to hold hands. For them, touching is a way of telegraphing love.
Signs that your loved one speaks this language: People whose primary language is physical touch are usually easy to identify, as they tend to initiate physical contact. She's the type to hug you hello or link arms when walking down the street—she'd never shy away if you used her shoulder as a headrest in the airport.
Great gifts: For a significant other who speaks this language, a romantic night of physical connection can be the best gift, so set the stage for some tactile action instead of buying a gift (it doesn't have to just be sex—it can be massaging, touching or cuddling all night). For a non-significant other, wrap a gift and deliver it with a sincere hug. Or give the gift of touch, like a certificate for a manicure, pedicure or massage.
Quality Time
In sum: This set just wants to spend time with you—these friends or family members prize your time and attention over all else. This person is thrilled when you sit at their counter chatting with them for hours as they bake, or join them for a day at a baseball game. While someone who likes gifts would be thrilled with two tickets to his favorite show, the quality time lover would consider your attendance with him as significant as the tickets.
Signs that your loved one speaks this language: They love distraction-free time spent one-on-one. He's the type who finds it intrusive if you answer calls while hanging out together and may prefer to catch up in a quiet setting rather than go to a party or hang out with lots of people
Great gifts: This is another great place to save money, and build up your relationships with activities, not objects. Instead of buying something, devote a day to grabbing hot chocolate and ice-skating, going to the museum or whatever activity the person enjoys most. Consider gifts involving time together, like a romantic dinner, a show or a weekend getaway. And make sure to turn off your phone and make sure she knows that you're 100% there.
Receiving Gifts
In sum: Many people view receiving physical gifts as messages of love, but it doesn't make them mercenary—it's just that hearing the words "I love you" doesn't have as much impact as the delight they feel when they are handed a wrapped present or a bunch of flowers.
Signs that your loved one speaks this language: These folks may find sentimental meaning in physical objects, such as a locket passed down from a grandmother, an old baseball or a seashell found on the shore. They may collect things, or appreciate designer or quality objects. Another easy way to identify her? She's the type who tends to buyyou small gifts to show how much she cares.
Great gifts: For this type, it's more important that the object is thoughtful, not expensive. When buying for this person, think less about price and more about figuring out what she wants or needs. Pay attention to what kinds of brands she likes, what her taste is or anything she's mentioned recently. This person will feel touched if you remember to get her that little brooch she mentioned several months ago when you both walked past it, even if it only cost $10, or a new yoga mat since she mentioned hers is falling apart. For this person, just don't forget to wrap it nicely—part of her pleasure is in opening a gift!
To find out your own primary Love Language, take the quiz here.
Once you're able to identify the Love Languages of those you, well, love, you'll be prepared to start figuring out how much you can spend on each gift.