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One of the issues that won't be on the agenda for the current legislative session in Charleston is possible ways to finance much-needed repairs to West Virginia's 36,000 miles of roads. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has appointed a commission of legislators and industry representatives to come up with a long-term plan and the final report isn't due until May 1 - nearly three weeks after the regular 2013 Legislature adjourns.
So the governor is expected to call a special session of the Legislature sometime this summer to convene and consider possible options to finance the recommended improvements. The state's current gasoline tax as well as increases in the costs of license plates and drivers' licenses will be possible sources for this new revenue.
Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, said recently a boost in the state's gasoline tax should be a problem because "I don't think folks would mind paying a few extra cents to fill up to make sure the roads are maintained."
Paul Mattox, the state Secretary of Transportation, claims West Virginia has the sixth largest network of state roads in the nation but ranks 49th in the amount spent on those roads. He said the figure in West Virginia last year was $7,500 a mile compared to a nationwide average of $24,000 per mile.
Currently, state road funding comes from three sources in West Virginia. The state's tax on gasoline is one, a 5 percent tax on new vehicles is the second and the final source is a variety of fees charged by the Department of Motor Vehicles, including annual license plate renewals. These revenue sources generate about $600 million a year.
However, that source of funds has been flat for several years while the costs of maintenance have increased. Gasoline tax revenue, particularly, which is set at a fixed rate per gallon, has even dropped as cars become more fuel-efficient.
Efforts to find ways to provide funding for major highway repairs or expansion in the state are also stagnant. The most recent example is the effort by the Legislature at the 2012 session to find the $187 million needed to expand a 14.6-mile stretch of U.S. Route 35 - a key east-west truck route - into a four-lane road. Lawmakers failed to come up with that money, and the project is now dead.
State Sen. Mike Hall, R-Putnam, suggests the state should try to come up with some kind of a user fee or other broad-based funding source that would require everyone who uses the roads to help pay for their maintenance.
Currently, motorists in West Virginia contribute an average of 81 cents a day to maintain the state highway system. And the average driver uses 852 gallons of gasoline per year, which yields $296 in state gasoline tax revenue. State Transportation Mattox put the problem in perspective when he said "this insufficient funding level can't last forever."
Surrounding states have the same problems. The House of Delegates in neighboring Virginia voted recently to eliminate its gasoline tax and raise the state's sales tax by 0.8 percent, which officials there estimate will generate $3 billion in road funds. And Ohio Gov. John Kasich has asked the Legislature there to pledge toll revenue from the Ohio Turnpike to retiring bonds sold to finance other road projects.
The proposal by Gov. Tomblin that the Legislature come up with a mandatory full-day kindergarten program in this state's public schools within the next three years, for some 14,000 children who are 4 years old, may not be that easy to accomplish. The idea of a half-day program began a decade ago and the details were left up to each county to work out.
The program became fully implemented in every county this year and about two of every three 4-year-olds in West Virginia are now enrolled in these programs. The governor's latest move is obviously partly designed to help households where both parents work and won't have to worry about daily child care at home for these children.
The cost of the half-day program in 2011 was $82 million or about $5,600 per child. That is substantially more than the national average of $4,296 per child. And another group of children from low-income families are enrolled in the federal Head Start program. But about one-fourth of these youngsters are enrolled in something other than a full-day program.
The 10-year-old effort has just reached its full implementation this year. All 55 counties now offer a public pre-school program that is available to all 4-year-olds. And there is very little evidence that the full day of instruction for 4-year-olds is all that beneficial, but some doing research on this issue suggest it may merely be because of insufficient evidence so far.
It's an ambitious venture by the upper chamber of the West Virginia Legislature to create a special new committee on Children and Poverty and all the powerful members among the 34 senators are on that panel. Majority Leader John Unger, D-Berkeley, is chairman, and chairmen of the three major committees in the Senate - Finance, Judiciary and Education - are also among the members along with Minority Leader Mike Hall, R-Putnam; President Pro Tempore Larry Edgell, D-Wetzel; Majority Whip William R. Laird IV, D-Fayette; and Minority Whip Clark Barnes, R-Randolph.
Last week's initial meeting revealed some compelling statistics. There are 103,758 children in West Virginia that are 4 years old or younger and more than one-fourth of them - 29,528 - are living in poverty. But there's more alarming information. More than half the 282,310 children enrolled in public schools during the current school year receive either free or reduced cost lunches. And that doesn't even include the alarming number of teen pregnancies involving unwed mothers, highlighted by one senator's mention of a 13-year-old who had given birth to her third child.


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The things that come out of my daughter's mouth. I want to share them but I dare expect anyone to believe it.
She told me once, "When I was in your belly, I dreamed about you." She said it with such certainty and seriousness and in a tone that was apart from her normal childlike voice that to this day I believe it must be true.
The other night when Jeff and I were just settling in to watch Midnight in Paris she crawled in my lap to say goodnight, again, and I pointed to the screen. We talk about how we're going to go there someday, hopefully sooner than later. "That's Paris," I tell her. And she said, "I know!"
I asked how she knew and she chirped, "It's in my heart!"
That one? I swear, I'm so thankful Jeff was witness to. Beecausssssssssse. Oh my goodness.
This morning she woke, her face to my face (yes, she finds her way to my pillow most middle-of-the nights) and she purred, "I had four dreams and they all came true!"
She is my living dream I never knew I dreamed or maybe I am still dreaming.
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this game is pretty cool!
Anybody else got this in their top 3 for the year?
I know I have. It was just super fun and the world was pretty small, but packed with stuff to do.
Just played this on PC, looks beautiful! Lots fun in HK (looks like Kowloon), great soundtrack, fun combat, great story.
Double plus good!
The action, combat, and upgrade system were incredible in this game.
The driving physics, the NPCs, and the overly "oh this be Chinese, we'll play lots of gongs and string instruments and put dragons on everything because it's chinese yo" attitude of the game really, really turned me off.
That being said, I enjoy it, and while I haven't completed it, I'll be sure to do so soon.
Unfortunately, I will say that I liked True Crime NYC much, much more than this game.
Sorry, I don't speak German.
Sleeping Dogs was one of the most blatantly derivative games of the year, but it was polished, entertaining, had no previous franchise entries to make it look bad, didn't make the mistake of taking itself too seriously, and managed to make the painfully stale GTA formula fun for 20 hours or so (truly a feat of arcane trickery). I suspect it had something to do with the fact that you could kung fu the living shit out of pretty much anyone at will. It was a blast to play, but I wouldn't even put it in my top ten for the year with the other far more interesting titles that came out in that 12 month period.
I loved The Walking Dead more than words can describe. While I thought Sleeping Dogs was awesome, I still will never have an emotional attachment to a game like I did with TWD.
I'm playing this right now (just got it through Gamefly) and I'm kind of impressed. I mean, I heard a lot of good things but I still went in with fairly low expectations. There are some solid ideas here along with a lot of borrowed ones but the overall game is really cohesive.
I do feel sorry for anyone hanging out in the hallway outside Shen's apartment -- I beat all their asses every time I leave.
Did the DLC get cancelled or something? I thought they were supposed to be releasing it around Chinese New Year.
My favorite was the jump off the wall and kick move. So good.
I would love a next gen sequel. Increased city immersion, even more animation variety, larger population density, and more Hong Kong cinema allusions.
More shooting but drop bullet time. More combat interpolated into the running chases.
I'm actually digging the focus on hand-to-hand combat over gun play. It feels fresh. If I wanna shoot some dudes, I'll close my eyes and throw a dart at my game shelf.
I've been really impressed with SquareEnix's western releases lately. Just Cause 2, Deus Ex: HR, Sleeping Dogs and, from the sound of it, Tomb Raider is pretty great too. As a publisher, they're on a roll.
Yeah, the combat makes this game - the shooting parts are good too but you can shoot stuff in every other open world game should you have the inclination.
Yeah, the combat makes this game - the shooting parts are good too but you can shoot stuff in every other open world game should you have the inclination.
Year of the Snake is out next week. Six missions, three outfits, handcuffs, tasers, and tear gas. Sounds pretty good.


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A shopping plaza on South Alafaya Trail in Orange County was evacuated Tuesday afternoon.
The evacuation was ordered after police received reports of several ammunition boxes that were taped together in a parking lot outside a Publix store.
Nearby roads were shut down as the bomb squad arrived on the scene to investigate the device.
The Orange County Sheriff's Office said the situation ended about 8:20 p.m.
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PICTURE ROCKS - The public had a chance Thursday night to comment on an expansion of a compressor station used by natural gas driller Chief Gathering.
The state Department of Environmental Protection held a public meeting and hearing to discuss an air quality plan approval application, which was received by the agency on July 6, 2010.
No decision was made by DEP, nor was a timeline given as to when a decision will be made.
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Alison Rupert, who lives in Penn Township near the Barto Compressor Station, asks a question of a small panel of Chief Gathering representatives at Thursday evening's public meeting held to consider questions and provide information about the environmental impact of expanding the compressor.
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The application is for an expansion of the company's Barto Compressor Station in Penn Township. The proposal would grow the station from five to nine compressors.
Chief Gathering's plan includes four natural gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion engines to provide power to natural gas compressors, which would increase the pressure of the incoming natural gas to the facility and discharge the gas at a higher pressure for transport to a network of pipelines.
Muhammad Zaman, the environmental program manager for the Air Quality program, said companies submitting an application are required to satisfy the best technologies being proposed by devices.
Ted Wurfel, vice president of environmental health and safety for Chief Gathering, said the meeting was about the plan permit approval application they submitted last year.
"We want to make sure you're going to be comfortable with this facility that will be in your backyard," Wurfel said.
He said Barto Compressor Station is operating and has been for about three years.
The proposed natural gas compressors are four 3608 Caterpillar engines, some of the cleanest engines available, Wurfel said.
"It's a very clean engine," Wurfel said. "It's significantly cleaner than ones in the past."
In January, Chief Gathering did performance tests on three of the proposed engines, which already are in use.
The tests came back as "significantly below" emissions tests, Wurfel said. He said the natural gas that flows in northcentral Pennsylvania does not contain any C6+, which is in a group of volatile organic compounds that can contain potentially dangerous particles.
"Those of you that live nearby, this has already been operating, it is very similar to what it is now, except four new engines," Wurfel said. "Currently, Barto facility meets and exceeds - lower than, not higher than - all federal and state emission levels and will continue to meet state and federal emission level limits."
Some residents asked why Chief Gathering does not participate in the Natural Gas STAR program, which is a voluntary partnership that encourages natural gas companies to adopt cost-effective technologies to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. Wurfel said senior officers of the company are discussing the program, its technologies and payback periods.
In response to residents calling for more emissions testing, Wurfel explained that a controlled device on the exhaust measures the pressure in and out of the engine every 30 seconds. The catalyst works best within a certain pressure range and if the test shows a trend on one edge of the range, they use the indicator to evaluate what circumstances are occurring.
"It's probably an indicator to clean or replace the catalyst, but it could be a lot of things," Wurfel said.
DEP also requires an emissions test at every 8,760 hours of engine operation or three years, whichever comes first. If the engine operates every hour for a year, it will be 8,760 hours.
Wurfel said because it is difficult to manage when to test, the company directly measures the emissions every year.


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Dot Com
While conducting research for biztechdictionary.com I got to thinking about the domain name and the term dot com. The etymology isn't very mysterious, but exactly when did the term and its various meanings arise.
The term dot com is used in the pronunciation of internet domain names and it is also used to refer to internet-based companies. But who decided that commercial internet addresses should end in .com and when did people start referring to companies as dot coms? And going further back, why and when did people start referring the "." mark as "dot"?
In Passing: Eleanor Gould
Eleanor Gould is a name that is probably not familiar to most of you, but over the course of her fifty-four year career as "grammarian" for The New Yorker, Gould had a quiet, but profound impact on the world of letters. Miss Gould passed away last month at the age of eighty seven. You can read her magazine's tribute to her here.
Words On The Web: Baby Names
Have you ever wondered which names were most popular in years past? What's the most popular name today?
Well Laura Wattenberg, author of The Baby Name Wizard, has created a Java tool that searches the Social Security Administration database of names for answers to questions just like this. Of course, since the data comes from the Social Security Administration the information is relevant only to the United States, but even non-Americans will have fun playing with this website.
Check it out at http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/ Even if you are not going to name a baby any time soon, you'll want to take a gander at this site. It's really neat.
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"MP3 players, like Apple's iPod, in many pockets, audio production software cheap or free, and weblogging an established part of the internet; all the ingredients are there for a new boom in amateur radio. But what to call it? Audioblogging? Podcasting? GuerillaMedia?"
—Ben Hammersley, "Audible Revolution," The Guardian, 13 February 2004
Podcasting? What the heck is podcasting? It is the streaming of an MP3 or other audio file format to portable players, like Apple's iPod, either for play immediately or timeshifted for later listening. The quote from the Guardian is the earliest usage that I have found and Hammersley may well have coined it.
The term is a portmanteau of the trade name iPod and broadcasting. Broadcasting itself was once a cutting edge technical term. The verb, to broadcast, dates to 1921, at least in its technical sense. (There is an older sense, dating to 1813, meaning to scatter seed by hand.) It originally referred to the new medium of radio. The noun form, broadcasting, dates to 1922.
Broadcast is, obviously, derived from the roots broad + cast. Both have Germanic roots. Of the two, broad is older, from the Old English brád, meaning extended in width, wide. The term is found in Old English literature from before 1000. Cast's appearance in English dates to around 1230, in the form casten and is from the Old Norse kasta. Both the Middle English word and its Norse root mean to throw. So, to broadcast means to spread widely.
Cast is used in a wide number of situations where one throws something. One casts dice when playing craps. You cast a ballot at the polls. One is cast ashore by a wave or one casts bait into the water when fishing. You cast a look, a reflection, a shadow, or a light.
As a root, cast has been a rather productive one in the media business. It gave rise to newscast in 1928, first as a verb meaning to broadcast news content. The noun came a few years later. Telecasting makes its appearance in 1937, distinguishing the new medium of television from radio broadcasts. There is also radiocast, which one would think would be a retronym, but no, it dates to 1931. Also from the 1930s is narrowcast, a transmission intended for a select audience. The next decade brought us simulcasting, which is the simultaneous broadcast of a program on both radio and television. The verb to simulcast dates to 1948.
Cast made the jump to digital content in 1981 with multicast, a transmission over a computer network to a group of users. 1995 brought us webcast, a multicast made over the worldwide web.
All these precursors brought us to podcasting in early 2004.
But none of these should be confused with forecasting. That word is also from cast, but from a different sense of the word. Instead of meaning to throw or spread, this sense of cast means to calculate or reckon and dates to before 1300. So to forecast (1388) is to calculate the future. Forecast has not been as productive as its media cousin. It has only given rise to the seldom used nowcasting (1976), meaning the telling of current conditions, used primarily with weather information.
2004 ADS Word of the Year
If you can stand one more article on words of the year, here is one more.
At its annual meeting on 7 January, held this year in Oakland, California, the American Dialect Society nominated and voted on its choice for the 2004 Word of the Year. In the meeting chaired by Wayne Glowka of Georgia State College and State University, chair of the ADS New Words Committee, and Allan Metcalf of MacMurray College, ADS Executive Secretary, the society decided which word was most notable or prominent in 2004.
Each year since 1990, in proceedings that are described by Metcalf as "serious, but not solemn," the society chooses a "vocabulary item" (it need not be a word; phrases, affixes, and the like are eligible) that best represents the past year.
Jargons and Argots and Cants, Oh My!
The world of linguistics is replete with any number of synonyms for the word language. Some of these mean exactly the same thing; others carry shades of semantic difference or have multiple senses. All this serves to create a rather confusing situation for the layman who happens to wander into the middle of a conversation about language.
What is the difference between a language and a dialect? What about pidgins and creoles? How does a jargon differ from a cant? In this article we'll try to decipher these terms and indicate how and when they should be used to maximize clarity and reduce misunderstanding.
Word of the Month: Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court convened for the first time on 1 February 1790 in New York City, the capital of the United States at the time. On 24 February 1803, the court delivered what is perhaps its most important decision, Marbury v. Madison. This February the court is back in the news with speculation about the retirement of Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who is suffering from thyroid cancer. Because of this, our word of the month for February is: supreme court, n., a judicial body holding the highest authority, 1773, first used in an act of parliament granting George III authority to establish such a court in Bengal; the highest judicial body in the United States or in one of the United States, 1788.
The Supreme Court, established by Article III of the Constitution is, as the name implies, the highest court in the land and the heads the judiciary, which is the third branch of the federal government after Congress and the Presidency. The court consists of nine justices, appointed for life. (Until 1807 there were six justices. Three more were added over the years, the last in 1869.)
Book Review: Susie Dent's Larpers and Shroomers
This is the time of year for lists of words (and other things) of the year and assorted retrospectives on the past twelve months. In this vein, Oxford University Press and author Susie Dent have come out with the second annual version of their "report" on the state of the English language, Larpers and Shroomers: The Language Report.
I place the scare quotes around the word "report" because the book is not a formal study of the language and how it fared in the past year. Rather it is a collection of short essays and observations about the language, particularly about slang coinages and usage, at the end of 2004. Dent draws upon the archives of the Oxford English Dictionaries vast collection of citations to produce a collection of current British slang terms. (While there are some Americanisms to be found, the book has a distinctly British bent.) And while the book is the report of 2004, it does not strictly limit itself to this past year. Dent wisely interprets her topic to be the language as currently used in 2004, not just words and phrases that were coined in that year or relate to events of the year. So her coverage of slang includes words of the past few years.
Language Death, Part III
The issue of language death is a hot topic among linguists. Language death is the disappearance of dialects from the globe, the reduction in the number of dialects that are spoken worldwide. Most linguists agree that we are in the midst of an era where languages are disappearing at an extremely rapid rate and that this will result in various unfortunate consequences for humanity and culture.
In the last two months, we have examined the question of language death, how large a problem it is, and what the consequences of language death are. This month we look at what can be done to address the problem.
2004 Words of the Year
It seems as if every language publication, web site, and organization comes out with its list of words of the year around this time of year. So, why should we be any different? What follows is a selection of words and phrases that came to the fore in this past year. The selection criterion was simply that the term be important in the past year. These are not necessarily terms that were coined in 2004, and in fact, only one term on the list was actually coined this past year. They are listed in alphabetical order and we have made no attempt to rank which of them is the most emblematic of the year.
The list is dominated by one theme, the war in Iraq. This was the most significant event of the year and many of the words and phrases that kept popping up in the media dealt with this issue. Given this, the list appears a bit grim, but so were the events of the year. Running a distant second is the US presidential election. After that, there are a smattering of terms dealing with other issues, a few more light-hearted, others not so much.
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Lovely colors & so close to 'right'
By GrayKay
from Kansas City, Mo
The colors blend beautifully in the Ultraviolet - I have both the rollerball and the fountain pen. The pens are SO close, but in the end fall short of perfect.First, I do not like the screw-on caps. The ridges are unsightly, uncomfortable, and disrupt what should be a smooth profile on the pen.My second objection is specific to the rollerball pens. Levenger offers a rainbow of inks for fountain pens, but limits their rollerballs to commonplace blue or black. And the cartridges do not last longer than a month. Companies like Visconti have refillable inserts*, allowing their rollerballs to access to new ink colors AND keeping a bit of trash out of landfills. Can we hope that Levenger will follow suit? (*I have two Visconti pens and love them!)
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Bojangles
from Kenesaw, GA
I love the True Writers and have several now. The violet just called out to me! It writes so well and the shades of violet are just beautiful. And I was excited about it going on sale. That helped me get it much quicker. Beauty and a Bargain.....ya can't go wrong!
beautiful pen
By Susanna
from Boston, MA
I love the color and smooth writing of this pen. It is just plastic, however and feels a bit light weight and cheap. Not as solid as I'd like a pen of this price to feel. I have a request for the product developers to consider - more choices of ink color for the rollerballs, please!
Greatest Pen Ever
By Annabella
from Canada
Love this pen, it's wonderful. It looks great, it writes great.
Another winner !!
By bookworm
from La Quinta, CA
I own many True Writer pens, and love them all, but this one was a must-have. The colors are outstanding. As usual, the feel of the pen, ease of writing, etc., keep it to Levenger's usual high standards.
Best True Writer to Date
By AdvoGirl
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Have a lot of True Writers (addict), but this is new favorite with the Plum Circa notebook. Agree with other reviewer. We need purple rollerball ink (and purple for ballpoints also. That would really make this perfect!
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Love the Violet/Purple Color Option!
By Misha2
I have a number of the True Writer pens and love them. I am so glad to see a violet/purple option.The only thing that would make this really super is if PURPLE INK was offered in felt tip or rollerball refills.
perfectly 'me'
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finally... after SO many pens trying to find the perfect pen that matches my personality, my folios & binders, everything! I'm speechless... which... is a rare thing.I will most definitely be ordering the Fountain Pen and Ball Point Pen. PLEASE... make matching Circa DISCS and... a PENCIL would be nice as well...Pictures don't do this beauty justice.. there's several shades of plum so that it looks fabulous with the Eggplant Circa Folio that I'll use Clear Discs with for now... would also look nice with Black and could work with the aluminum purple discs but it's really not the same shade.
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Greensboro, NC -- On December 5, 2012 at approximately 2:11AM the Greensboro Police Department responded to a robbery call at the Kangaroo convenience store on Pleasant Garden Rd.
When police arrived, a store employee state that a suspect came into the store armed with a handgun and demanded money. The man obtained an unknown amount of money and left the scene in a silver colored SUV.
The suspect is described as a black male with a light complexion, 20-25 years old, and wearing a hooded sweatshirt.
There were no injuries reported and police the investigation is ongoing.
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A condition in which the sufferer immediately falls asleep after sexual intercourse. This is more common in males.
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MARTINSBURG - Alternative country-rock band Hucklebuck will play Club 313 in Martinsburg on Saturday night.
Sweet vestiges of smooth, original sounds born by such legendary music greats as rock 'n' roll pioneer Buddy Holly and George Harrison's Traveling Wilburys, secure this band's unique, down-to-earth sound that is reminiscent of black mountain dirt that almost can be smelled in its particularly regional song "West of I-95," and also pay tribute to slower times than are pithily emitted by reckless cars speeding their way to nowhere on today's fast-paced highways.
But don't let the fast-paced, evenly-spaced rhythm of this honky-tonk, beer-bar band's music get you all worked up with a rapidly-beating heart that can't slow down.
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Hucklebuck is, from left, Tim Smith, drums and vocals; Danny Cumbo, bass guitar; Jonathan Helta, guitar and vocals; JJ, a former band member; and Jarod Brechbill, guitar and vocals.
Influenced by "a loathe for manual labor as well as an appreciation for fermented barley and hops," more traditional folk can sit down and rest a spell knowing despite this alternative country rock band's success over the past five years since they formed, as well as the fact these guys all hold salaried day jobs - two as survey mappers, one as a computer guy and a small, construction business owner - it's sure these gifted professionals advise a humble approach.
This couldn't be more evident than in "Good Stuff," which reveals this band's collective level head by reminding listeners though they can do all kinds of stuff in life that might tout their ego at the time - like kill people and make fun of homosexuals - the sobering truth is in the end we all will be unified - society's high-falutin' folks as well as those who live in its murky shadows - by death.
Ten original scores have been recorded by Hucklebuck on its debut album, "Bender," recalling original, rock music sounds which first were made famous by the likes of Johnny Cash (who is especially called to mind by band member Tim Smith in "The More That I Chase You") and speak of timeless, human concepts and values like friendship and romance, the latter virtue which especially is honored in "Early Bird."
With wisdom beyond its years, Hucklebuck, which is comprised of four guys in their yet-tender early 30s, suggests the songbird is a prime example of heroic qualities that are inherent to sentient, in this case male species, populations, whose faithful members blindly belt-out their "song" in hopes each's own, unique sound may resonate in the heart of his somewhere-soul mate.
But if this stuff is still too predictable for some listeners who just want to put "it" all out of their minds for a while, prop up their feet and "chill out" in a feel-good, rock 'n' roll-induced mind blur, songs like "Time Capsule" offer a mystical journey riding on the tailwinds of a spaceship.
With seemingly non-sensical words that start, "Lookin' down on the top of the mountain ... T-10 countin' down ... caressing time with my second hand ... watching boulders turn into sand ... shootin' holes in the moon again," it's a soulful, free-for-all tune that band member Danny Cumbo said is actually a song about love.
Which brings us back to this band's foundational core, which is an homage to down-home, young-person-type fun, which typically is experienced by all who are young-at-heart and who particularly live in our own tri-state area, traipsing all over familiar places "west of I-95" toward popular destinations that are mentioned in the band's song "Old State Line," such as Deep Creek (Lake), Md., and the Eastern Shore.
In addition to fun the band's impetus also is friendship, which Cumbo, who performs the low-profile, yet crucial, rhythmical role of bass guitarist also serves as Hucklebuck's business manager, said not only holds the band together, it compels it forward.
As it will this spring, when band members will celebrate their five-year anniversary playing music together on a weekend road trip to the music recording empire of Nashville, Tenn.
"We look forward to getting into trouble there and experiencing good times that we hope will inspire some future songs we will write," Cumbo said.
"Not everything in life has to be planned," band member John Helta said, emphasizing Hucklebuck's laid-back personality.
In addition to Cumbo and Helta, other members are Tim Smith, who keeps Hucklebuck's beat on the drums and also performs vocals that are a haunting rendition of Cash's own, and Jarod Brechbill, who plays guitar and also sings, and who Cumbo and Helta agreed is "the most shy and dreamy" of the bunch (indeed, Brechbill wrote "Time Capsule").
The two went on to tease in typical, band-flavor humor which for this group of tightly-knit friends is fraternal camaraderie, "(Brechbill) typically likes to hide out in the van."
Hucklebuck's playful, light-hearted attitude, which is evidenced by band members' poking harmless fun at each other as well as its "planning" an "unscheduled" road trip to Nashville, where such legendary music greats as Holly and Elvis Presley both got their start in addition to a slew of other glorious rock stars, reverberates inside this band's what is an optimistic spirit, because just like any local group that is poised on the brink of larger success, these guys dream of making it big.
"For now, however," Cumbo said, "we're just enjoying life, doing what we do. We're just grateful for the opportunity to meet such cool people along the way."
To be sure, just like the stink bug which Cumbo said by happenstance landed on the upper-right piece of burlap that was just then being photographed for the cover of "Bender" and thusly has become its unofficial mascot, this rock band's distinctively great sound is most likely here to stay.
There's no cover charge for Hucklebuck's Saturday, 9 p.m., performance at Club 313, located at 930 Foxcroft Ave. in Martinsburg. For more information about the band, visit www.hucklebuckmusic.com.


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The comedian, who played Joey on the beloved '90s sitcom, married his longtime love on Wednesday in Montana, Coulier's rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. In the house? Former costars Candace Cameron Bure, John Stamos and Andrea Barber, who'd shared pics of the lead-up to the wedding on Instagram on Wednesday.
Bure shared a photo of herself and Barber, presumably at the ceremony, on Instagram Wednesday night, with the former costars sporting colorful dresses, cocktails and sunglasses between them.
"Stunning country wedding with great friends #BFF," she wrote.
Coulier, 54, and Bring announced their engagement in June, and Bure told PEOPLE that the wedding would be filled with laughter and tears.
"I'm sure we will have tissues out because there will be tears streaming down from crying and laughing so hard," she said of the speech that her former TV dad, and Coulier's longtime friend, Bob Saget, was expected to make at the reception.
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"Stamos walking away with wood at Dave's wedding," Saget captioned a photo of his costar, carrying a large wooden bench.
We can't wait to hear what's in that toast.
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#3. "Isn't it all just repetitive grinding for gold and XP? How does that not get tedious?"
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Seriously, no. I mean, yes, it used to be that way in the beginning, but the game designers learned a pretty powerful lesson in the first couple of years: If you don't continually add things to the game, it gets old, and mofos leave for whatever new thing Game Informer is currently sucking off on its cover. Usually some goth-looking character in an emo pose, trying to come off all badass. Or Mario.
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Oh no, he's going to stab me! Quick, play some Morrissey to ease his bloodlust!
But the problem with this reputation is that it's been pretty hard to shake, no thanks in part to pretty much every MMO and RPG ever created. And of course Diablo III, made by the same company, that is actually purposely centered around grinding. WoW has actually put forth a pretty successful campaign to end that style of gaming for those who choose not to do it. Yes, it's still there, but only for those who get off on that sort of thing. For the rest of the players, they've introduced quite a few other routes to leveling, including killing your friends' stupid faces completely off. Hell, they even have a goddamn Pokemon section of the game now, so if you get bored with leveling your character, you can just name your character Michael Vick and literally have dog fights in public.
For that matter, I have friends who log in to the game and just buy and sell items in the auction house, playing it like a virtual stock market. No leveling at all. Just buying and selling imaginary items for imaginary money. I don't talk much to those fucking psychopaths anymore, obviously, but they're still demonstrating one of the many ways that crazy people can play the game without falling victim to the tedium of kill, loot, kill, loot, kill, loot ...
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My Direct TV bill without discounts is roughly $80, and I rarely watch it, if at all. I've spent $60 on games that I beat in one day and never took out of the case again. I pay for Netflix to watch movies I've already seen and, in some cases, I already own. I pay for Xbox Live so my son can talk to his friends while they kill zombies together, when they could easily just hang out in either house and do the same thing in person. My whip polisher alone charges $1,200 a week. Paying $15 a month to play a game that you've already bought sounds absolutely insane to people who don't know anything about that game. I totally get that.
"Wait, you do realize you're trying to explain to me why you don't belong in an institution, right?
To me, it's 50 cents a day, which is less than I put into a pop machine. They're offering a service that I could easily say "no" to -- nobody is pointing a grenade dildo at my ass and making me give them money. But I do it because I've seen what they do with those funds. Besides buying themselves houses made of gold and Armani suits made of orphan skin, they actually spend money to create awesome things that make me happy. As well as hiring administrators to clean up the dumb cunts who make the game unenjoyable.
As long as they keep putting out content that's fun, I'll keep paying, because handing over $15 every month for consistently fun content that is always changing and evolving makes much more financial sense to me than paying $60 a month for a game that I may get a few days of enjoyment out of before putting it away and forgetting I ever owned it. Right, LEGO Star Wars?
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"Hey, I'm gonna make a sandwich while you beat that. If you're done before I get back, put in a movie or something."
#1. "This Panda thing looks incredibly retarded. Does playing it mean you are retarded?"
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Look, I have to give you this: I have yet to meet a person who watched that video and said, "Oh, man, pandas are the new playable race? Finally! This is going to be awesome!" I've been told that Blizzard claims that pandas were the number one most requested race by players, but I've yet to meet one of those people, as evidenced by my completely normal-sized knuckles, unharmed by high speed contact with human skulls.
But the truth is, those of us with any sense of self-respect and humility will not be playing that buttfuck stupid idea for a character. When we buy the expansion, we're basically paying for the new dungeons, new areas and increased level cap. Anyone who buys the game so that they can pretend to be Kung Fu Panda isn't old enough to be playing online video games in the first place.
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Recently I was lucky enough to spend 10 days in Japan. It was cherry blossom season—and a trip that's been on my bucket list for a while. I only learned two new Japanese words—"konichiwa" is "hello" and "arigato" is "thank you"—but I figured out at least a few explanations for why Japan continues to rate high in rankings of the world's healthiest countries. Here are a few tricks that are helping our neighbors to the west—who boast the greatest proportion of citizens over 100—live long and healthy lives:
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It does feel like a bit of a two-way street. She is very charming and active on social media, but when her content includes clips of her doing triple triple combos left and right, it is obviously provocative in both a potentially positive and negative way (depending on your perspective). It seems very clear the people advising her have shut the "machine" down a bit on their end and this has had a quieting effect which is probably very helpful. New coach, new training environment and a lot of work to do. Hype is distracting. She'll be back on the hot seat in 2 weeks come Skate Canada so Team Gold should take this as a welcome respite.
When a skater has the techincal ability that Gracie does I don't feel as if she is being overhyped at all. Obviously we in the US are always on the look out for the next female skating star to burst unto the scene and to be able to deliver results on the international stage. Are the expectations being rushed? Perhaps, it has been awhile since a US lady has created this type of buzz though.........
I don't think Gracie is being overhyped right now. I think Mirai and Alissa are.
Mirai is almost done. My jaw wouldn't drop if she does well.
Alissa is done. My jaw would drop and join the jaw of that anarchist from Christiania in jaw heaven if she can make top 5.
Czisny is a different question. This is her do or die year, she has no more Oly cycles in her (not just because of age but also because of injury, obviously) and since it is obvious her dream is the Olys, she will be done after this year. Given everything, her chances are not promising, and she probably can't make it happen. However, I don't necessarily believe she's done either- I wouldn't bet my life on it. She had a decent showing at regionals given everything. Only time will tell how the season unfolds.
An all-double FS is a decent showing?
My understanding though of skating cycle call her performance as decent or not it takes time to get back triples and time is lacking.
Sectionals is in 5.5 weeks, and Nationals is in less than 3 months. How much progress can she make in such a short time, if the realistic progress she's made in the 11 months since her last surgery is the ability to land double jumps in competition.
If Czisny had the right choreography and really poured herself into the performances, I think she could make the Olympic team with just 2 Triples. She only needs a Lutz and Toeloop.


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Scientists have identified and isolated a previously unidentified population of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) that surround blood vessels in the adult brain and which they say could feasibly be exploited for repairing damaged or diseased brain tissue. A team led by Patrik Brundin, M.D., and colleagues at Lund University's Wallenberg Neuroscience Center, isolated, purified, and characterized the perivascular stem cells from the ventricular wall and neocortex of brain biopsies.
Patrik Brundin, M.D., et al. claim the isolated MSCs differs from previously described human neural stem cells, as they are highly positive for both pericyte and MSC markers and negative for hematopoietic, endothelial, microglial, and glial markers. Indeed, while the cells exhibited a mesenchymal phenotype and could be differentiated into osteoblasts, chondrocytes, and adipocytes, they could also be epigenetically induced to differentiate along glial and neuronal lineages. "This has not been reported for a human brain-derived progenitor cell before," the team remarks. Encouragingly, the perivascular MSCs could be propagated efficiently over the long term as adherent cultures, and the cells demonstrated clonality and retained a stable karyotype and full differentiation capacity following extensive proliferation.
Interestingly, the investigators add, the findings tie in with recent studies suggesting that MSCs in vivo may reside in the perivascular niche and might actually represent a subclass of pericyte. While the team further admits that the function of dual phenotypic stem cells in vivo is unknown, they suggest further studies will help determine whether they can be exploited for therapeutic applications. Dr. Brundin and colleagues report their findings in PLoS One in a paper titled "The Adult Human Brain Harbors Multipotent Perivascular Mesenchymal Stem Cells."
The investigators claim the newly identified perivascular MSCs clearly aren't the same as previously described neural stem cells. In addition to their expression of perivasular and mesenchymal phenotypes and capacity for both neuroectodermal and mesodermal differentiation, clonal perivascualr MSCs derived from the adult human brain don't express mRNA for neural progenitors or exhibit neuronal markers when proliferating.
Their discovery is of particular note as tissue-specific differentiation capacity of pericytes has previously been observed under pathological conditions, the authors point out. This includes pericyte differentiation into adipocytes during fat tissue injury or, dependent on their location, into chondroblasts, bone, myoblasts, or Leydig cells. And studies in animal models have separately demonstrated that pericytes can contribute to spinal cord repair by differentiation into astrocytes. "Our findings support previous data in primates and rodents that indicate the possible derivation of neurons from pericytes in the central nervous system," they write.
The new cell type will hopefully lead to a better understanding of the brain's own repair mechanisms,comments lead author Gesine Paul-Visse, Ph.D. "The results contribute to better understanding of how brain cell plasticity works and opens up new opportunities to exploit these very features. Ultimately the goal is to strengthen these mechanisms and develop new treatments that can repair the diseased brain."
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Heidi Klum
- 1992
A Model is Born
At 18, Klum wins a national modeling contest after she and a friend send Polariods of themselves to a German magazine ad. Sporting a bikini and teased hair in her picture, Klum wins the top prize: a three-year modeling contract, $300,000 and the title of Ms. Model 1992. She signs with International Metropolitan Agency and kicks off her modeling career in Hamburg, Paris and Milan. The following year, Klum moves to the U.S to pursue modeling, living and working in Manhattan.
- 1997
A Traditional Wedding
After dating celebrity hairstylist Ric Pipino and accepting his proposal atop the Empire State Building, Klum weds him in front of 100 guests on a 50-acre estate in Stone Ridge, N.Y. At the nuptials, the couple engages in German traditions: Pipino climbs a ladder to retrieve a doll from a wooden stork placed in the window of their bridal suite (to guarantee children) and, together, Klum and her groom saw a log in half using a two-handled blade (to symbolize working together).
- 1998
Swimsuit Pinnacle
Klum snags the coveted cover spot on Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue, becoming the first German to do so. The voluptuous, 5' 9 1/2" Klum is known for her killer body, but tells PEOPLE, "My smile is my favorite thing."
- 1999
Making her acting debut, Klum guest-stars as Michael J. Fox's love interest on ABC's Spin City. She appears in the season-ending cliffhanger and briefly resumes her role the following season. Entertainment Weekly names Klum one of TV's worst guests of the year. Despite the criticism, Klum hits the big screen in her first movie role in the 2001 comedy Blow Dry and in 2004's Ella Enchanted.
- 2002
Her Personal Stamp
The Caribbean island Grenada releases a series of stamps with Klum's photo on them, much to Klum's delight, as her father is a stamp collector.
An Amicable Split
Klum and Pipino announce a "mutual and amicable" split, divorcing later that year. Four days after the announcement, Klum is spotted sightseeing in Sydney with Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis. They're also seen kissing and hugging on an Australian beach.
- 2003
A (Much) Older Man
Italian racecar team manager Flavio Briatore – worth nearly $50 million – begins courting Klum, who is 23 years his junior. Known for his Playboy ways and affinity for supermodels, he wins Klum over with his charm. "His charisma and manner are what's important," she tells PEOPLE. After nine months together, Klum and Briatore announce they are expecting a baby.
- 2004
New Steady Plus Baby
With Klum's due date just a few months away, she splits from Briatore and is soon linked with British singer Seal. On May 4, she gives birth to 7-lb. 4-oz. daughter Leni in New York. A champagne toast with her parents and Seal – by now a frequent companion – marks the occasion. Of Seal, a Klum pal tells PEOPLE, "He was an amazing confidant for her during this period and supported her 100 percent."
Hostess with the Mostest
The first season of Project Runway airs on Bravo, with Klum acting as producer and host, and is soon winning rave reviews. In February, The New York Times deems it "the Prada of reality shows." The hit show is nominated for an Emmy in 2005 and 2006.
An Igloo Engagement
Seal wows Klum with an elaborate proposal, chartering a helicopter to fly them to a natural snow cave 14,000 feet off the ground in a Whistler, B.C., glacier, where a specially built igloo waits at the end of a trail of rose petals. Inside, a dazzled Klum finds a bearskin rug, champagne and Seal's guitar. "He'd spent two days building this fairy-tale wonderland that was the most amazing, crazy thing I've ever seen," Klum tells In Style. "He sang, got on one knee and proposed. And then there was the igloo – which had to be christened of course!"
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- Heidi Klum
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- June 01, 1973
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- Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
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Vito Schnabel, boyfriend (2014 to present)
Martin Kirsten, ex-boyfriend (2012 to 2014)
Seal Samuel, husband (Feb. 2004 to present; separated)
Flavio Briatore, ex-boyfriend (2003 to 2004)
Ric Pipino, ex-husband (1997 to 2002)
- Children
Leni, daughter (5/4/2004)
Henry Günther Ademola Dashtu Samuel, son (9/12/2005)
Johan Riley Fyodor Taiwo Samuel, son (11/22/2006)
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Or joined the armed forces?
Or joined the armed forces?
I saw the same thing about a swearing in ceremony. She probably doesnt want anyone to know so that her detractors don't raise a fuss and complain. I sure hope she didnt jump the line in front of some other deserving people that have been waiting longer. I will never understand how she is viewed as providing some sort of special service to Canada.
Anyway, isn't her Mom Canadian? Is there a return migration policy in Canada she is using?
Her GRANDMOTHER is a Canadian citizen, but her mother was born in the US. Her mother recently applied for Canadian citizenship but the law had been changed and that no longer helped Piper.
Initially I heard Pipers mother applied to activate her Canadian citizenship to help speed Pipers application, but that does not make sense given the 2009 changes to the immigration act. It seems likely Piper's people would have contacted an immigration lawyer to discuss her situation, so they must have known about the changes to the law. I can only assume Piper's mother activated her citizenship because it would look better when Piper's case is reviewed. It is less impressive if the active Canadian connections are a grandmother and cousins, or if it became known Piper's mother qualified for citizenship by descent, but had no interest. Especially when Piper would like special treatment by having her citizenship application accelerated. It also doesn't hurt Piper's case when they consider she is attending university in Canada (Ryerson).
There is an article in the Toronto Star today stating that Piper Gillies has received her citizenship.
Guess who has their citizenship ceremony at 1:39 today?!?!?!? This girl!!!!!😍😍❤❤❤😀😀😄😭😭😄😀😛 So excited!!
6:53 AM - 17 Dec 13
Congratulations to Piper! I love their FD and hope they get to skate it at the Olympics!
This great news. Now they just have to qualify, but I think they have a fighting chance.
Last I looked the marks are supposed to be attributed for skating. Given their lacklustre international marks, I think the international judges at least are looking past the choreo and not just handing out marks for choreography that "deserves ....the Olympic stage".
Much of the dance is reused moves from other pieces, and not all their's, innovative - not so much. Good choice of little used music though.
True, although the definition of the choreo mark includes items that are in the dancers' control, (like size of pattern/use of space) as well as items that come directly from the choreographer.


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The Bankruptcy Code Without Safe Harbors
Stephen J. Lubben
Seton Hall University - School of Law
American Bankruptcy Law Journal, Vol. 84
Seton Hall Public Law Research Paper No. 1569627
In prior work I have argued that the derivative "safe harbors" in the Bankruptcy Code should be either repealed, or at least greatly reduced in scope. This argument is based on the mismatch between the safe harbors and their stated goal – reducing systemic risk.
But upon repeal of the safe harbors, what happens next? Is it sufficient to remove the safe harbors from the Bankruptcy Code, or must the Code be further adapted to reflect the prevalence of derivatives throughout the economy? And if repeal is not enough, what kinds of issues should the Bankruptcy Code legitimately accommodate, and what issues are simply disguised versions of the general plea of all creditors to be excused from the normal consequences of default?
This short paper examines these and other related questions, and begins to sketch a roadmap for reforming the Code's handling of financial contracts.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 24
Keywords: Chapter 11, safe harbors, derivatives, Lehman, AIG, bankruptcy, systemic risk, financial reform, SIVs, repos
JEL Classification: K22, G28, G33, G38, K20, K23, G34, G32, G33
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The Hunger Games are a brutal fight to the death requiring smarts, resourcefulness and brute strength to win. So if, say, Liam Hemsworth were competing in the Games against his girlfriend Miley Cyrus, who would take it?
No contest.
"Probably her," Hemsworth, 22, said on the black carpet alongside Cyrus, 19, at Monday's massive Hunger Games premiere in L.A. "She's a tough girl, that one."
The Aussie actor also marveled at the mania surrounding Games, which drew thousands of screaming fans to the premiere.
"It's like a good punch to the head," he said of the raucous scene, noting that his brother Chris, 28, who starred in last summer's superhero blockbuster Thor, has experienced fan pandemonium in the past.
"My brother had somewhat been through it," said Liam. "And he's always been a big role model in my life. I try to take as much knowledge from him as I can."
Meanwhile, Hunger Games's youngest star – 13-year-old Amandla Stenberg – sought advice from the film's Girl on Fire herself, Jennifer Lawrence.
"I talked to Jen about [the mania]," Stenberg said at the premiere. "And she was like, 'Just be prepared. It is gonna be crazy.' So she did give me a heads-up."
Reporting by SCOTT HUVER
Liam Hemsworth: Miley Cyrus Would Beat Me in the Hunger Games
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