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The University accepts company checks or purchase orders as payment, or we can bill your employer for your total charges with the appropriate authorization. Unfortunately, we are unable to bill employers who reimburse employees based on the course outcome or the grade received.
Who are considered "third parties"?
An employer, a military unit, a service organization, or a state agency agreeing to pay tuition and fees on your behalf and request that Old Dominion bill them for these debts. Scholarships are not considered for third party billing. Employee reimbursement programs are not eligible.
Examples: Military Tuition Assistance (TA), Commonwealth Vocational Rehabilitation, public school systems, Navy College, AMIDEAST, Embassy of Botswana, Ford UAW, Greater Peninsula Private Industry Council, etc.
Special Note: Employer to employee reimbursement programs are not recognized. Participants in employer reimbursement programs are advised to make payment to ODU by the tuition deadline and follow employer guidelines to be personally reimbursed at the end of the course. Delinquent accounts are referred for formal collection efforts prior to the posting of grades. There will be an account hold placed and students will be unable to access grade reports. We strongly advise students against trying to finish the course without payment on the risk that the student can be reimbursed before ODU withholds your records.
What is a "third party" payment agreement?
A third party payment agreement is a written authorization from an employer, a military unit, a service organization, or a state agency that gives Old Dominion University permission to shift the payment liability from the student to the employer for a specific term. The authorization should clearly state the total amount to be paid, including fees, the term, and specific courses (if applicable).
Please note that student accounts are subject to the financial policies of Old Dominion University, as specified in the University Catalog and other relevant publications. Please encourage your students to become knowledgeable about these policies.
Tuition Rates
Unless otherwise specified in a Special Arrangements Contract, rates are determined by the student's domicile classification and the location of the course.
University Fees
Students are responsible for fees if they are not specifically covered by the third party in the authorization.
Partial Payment
In cases where the third party pays a portion, but not all of the term's debt, the student is responsible for the remainder by the tuition deadline.
Outstanding Debts
The University will not allow a student to register, add classes, receive a degree, a transcript of grades/grade report, or other student services until all outstanding University debts are paid in full.
Submitting Billing Documents
It is the student's responsibility to assure that appropriate letters, authorizations, or other payment documents have been sent to the Office of Finance. We require the submission of a document once a term, even in cases of dual semester contracts. Students who receive billing statements for courses paid by a third party should notify our office at once. Contracts should be submitted by the tuition deadline. We encourage early submission of documents. However, contracts will not be honored after these dates:
- Last day to submit documents for Fall - December 1
- Last day to submit documents for Spring - May 1
- Last day to submit documents for Summer - August 15
Modifications & Amendments
Contracts may be modified or amended during the term. However, students who add classes and increase their charges must submit a new authorization form. It is the student's responsibility to contact the sponsor to obtain additional authorization.
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Refunds are not released to the student unless specifically authorized by the third party.
Contact the Third Party Billing Coordinator in Accounts Receivable if you have discovered an error or have a question about your billing statement.
- Telephone Dialing 757-683-3030 will connect you to our automated telephone system. To reach Third Party, press selection 2 (Billing and Refund Information), then press selection 5 (Third Party).
Email email@example.com.
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Bridgeport Discovery Torq-Cut 22
A vertical CNC machining center with 22" travel.
Basic Info
- Ownership: Nate Bezanson (60%), Nick Britsky (23%), Brian Wennberg (17%)
- Location: In the center of the shop - it's the huge gray thing.
- What it looks like:
Manufacturer Information
- Make/Model: Torq-Cut 22
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Must be on the list of operators to actually run the machine, but anyone can request a part to be cut. This will be be flushed out better once the tool chain is set up.
You can write the instructions here. Or maybe add a link to another page or the user's manual.
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This will be left to the operators.
Things that Need to be Done
In the final stages of being set up. Tool chain still needs to be defined.
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There may be a legal solution to a World War II veteran's battle to fly an American flag on his property.
On Wednesday, FOX 5's Morse Diggs reported on John Helton, a 25-year Air Force veteran who served in three wars, who says his homeowners association in McDonough threatened to issue daily fines if he violated a rule that restricted flying the flag. A covenant at The Villages at Spring Creek retirement community restricts how often the flag can be displayed.
Since the story aired, Helton said he's been overwhelmed by people expressing support.
"I appreciate and I thank every one of them," Helton said.
John's wife, Louise, said that her husband deserves the right to display the flag.
"There's no excuse for this. My husband suffered enough and fought enough and we will stand together under that flag," Louise Helton said. "He fought for the flag and we'll die for the flag."
Courtney Lytle, a local lawyer, said that Helton can legally fly the Stars and Stripes.
"The Federal Freedom to Display the Flag Act of 2005 specifically states that a homeowners association is not allowed to forbid homeowners from displaying the flag," said Lytle. "An HOA can restrict the display in how it's done."
Some of Helton's neighbors defiantly put out their flags on Thursday in support of the veteran.
"Many people have not held the hand of a dying soldier or sailor. I was a sailor. I have seen many man die for this flag, and I think every American ought to have the opportunity to fly that flag – in the proper way – any time they want to," said neighbor Joe Certain.
Lytle said that she's willing to talk to the HOA about the act that allows the flag to be displayed.
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ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Athens-Clarke County police say nearly a dozen homes near the University of Georgia were burglarized during winter break.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports (http://bit.ly/VN3YHE) police responded to a rash of burglaries that were reported after Dec. 14 - after many students left campus for winter break.
Police say burglars pried open windows, back doors and basement doors and stole electronics, jewelry, purses and cash, among other items.
Authorities say in one case, a burglar removed a birth certificate from a box and left it atop a bed. Police are unsure if the suspect took a photo of the document for identity theft purposes.
Information from: Athens Banner-Herald, http://www.onlineathens.com
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John E. Tomkiel, Associate Professor
I am interested in how chromosomes are partitioned into daughter cells upon cell division. My research is currently focused on chromosome segregation in meiosis, using the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster as a model system. Errors in meiotic chromosome transmission are the single most common source of genetic syndromes in humans, affecting more than 1/500 live births. Studies in models organisms such as yeasts, flies and nematodes have provided us with a variety of clues about the causes of such errors. In my lab, we use molecular, cell and genetic approaches to characterize a collection of mutations that increase the frequency of the meiotic chromosome errors in the male fly. These studies may lead to the identification of genes and/or genetic pathways that are evolutionarily conserved, and may shed light on similar mechanisms that operate in humans.
Recent Publications:
Matsui M, Sharma K, Cooke C, Wakimoto BT, Rasool M, Hayworth M, Hylton CA, Tomkiel JE. 2011 Sep 6. Nuclear Structure and Chromosome Segregation in Drosophila Male Meiosis Depend on the Ubiquitin Ligase dTopors.Genetics, [Epub ahead of print].
Arya, G.H., M.J. Lodico, O.I. Ahmad, R. Amin, and J.E.Tomkiel, 2006. Molecular Characterization of teflon, a Gene Required for Meiotic Autosome Segregation in Male Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics, 174: 125-134.
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Alcohol suspected in fatal accident
Alcohol is suspected in a one-vehicle accident that killed a Mitchell man Saturday afternoon.
The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Office said 45-year-old Jose Louis Garcia of Mitchell was eastbound on Spring Creek Road about a mile and a half east of Mitchell when the accident occurred around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon.
The Sheriff's Office said Garcia lost control of his Chevy Tahoe, went off the road, over-corrected, returned to the road, went off the road again and struck a utility pole. The vehicle landed on its top. Garcia was not wearing a seatbelt, was not ejected, and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Authorities say that they are expecting driver error and alcohol as factors in the accident.
The Scotts Bluff County Sheriff's Department was assisted by the Mitchell Police and Volunteer Fire Departments, Valley Ambulance, and City of Scottsbluff Fire Department at the scene.
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Love the kid!
I like tannehill too, imma always get the first
i think tannerhill is the answer, he is going to go through a learning curve and need better receivers and much better blocking up front.
This is a good examination of how Tannehill played in college, and how most people felt about him before they started salivating over him in a Dolphins uniform.


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To OAuth or Not to OAuth? That is the Question – The Long Road to Standardization for OAuth 2.0
To OAuth or not to OAuth? That seems to be the question many in the API business must ask themselves now that OAuth has moved closer to becoming a standard for authentication. OAuth 2.0 reached a major milestone this week on the road to becoming a standard, when the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) approved a draft of OAuth version 2.0. Layer 7′s Chief Architect Francois Lascelles says: "This milestone solidifies the OAuth 2.0 claim of being a standard."
But OAuth's journey towards becoming a standard hasn't been completely smooth. Last week, the original editor of the OAuth 2.0 specification and author of OAuth 1.0, Eran Hammer, resigned and removed his name from the specifications. Layer 7′s own CTO, Scott Morrison, offered his support for the specification in a blog post titled Why I Still Like OAuth, in which he stated: "In the end, OAuth is something we all need and this is why this specification remains important. The genius of OAuth is that it empowers people to perform delegated authorization on their own, without the involvement of a cabal of security admins. And this is something that is really quite profound."
Still, obvious questions remain: Is OAuth 2.0 a solid protocol for authentication? Should I stop building security architecture around such a tainted specification? What other means are there for authentication if OAuth has become too focused on the enterprise? Francois Lascelles will address these questions as well as discussing and commenting on the recent OAuth 2.0 draft approval during our next live Tech Talk, on August 7. Make sure you add this Tech Talk to your calendar, if you want to get the event details and a reminder on the day.
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Come for a visit to the Pasifika Centre at Petone Campus, or contact us by phone or email and find out how you can:
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Beastmode is upon us. The Seattle Seahawks defeated the Philadelphia Eagles on Thursday Night Football, 31-14, and they did that due in part to a big day from RB Marshawn Lynch, who ended the game with 148 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Lynch's touchdowns were both a thing of beauty. The first one came when he barreled into the Eagles defensive line appearing to be swallowed up by all the Philly defenders but somehow, someway he broke out of it and scampered in for the touchdown. The second one was an impressive 40-yard run that gave the Seahawks a 14-0 lead.
Lynch was clearly dominating in the first half against the Eagles and this marks another week in his hot streak.
Lynch has gone over 100 yards rushing in three of his last four outings, averaging better than 26 carry per game. It's safe to say that he has played himself back into fantasy relevance, after failing to top the century mark through the first eight weeks of the season. He has also scored a touchdown in each of the Seahawks' last seven games.
Lynch ranked 11th in this week's running back rankings over at the SB Nation blog Fake Teams. He is only mildly more useful in PPR leagues, garnering 14 targets over his last four games.
For more on Lynch and his matchup with the Eagles, check out Seahawks blog, Field Gulls, and our Eagles blog, Bleeding Green Nation.


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Revolving Door: Former Members of the 112th Congress
Each election, members of Congress are defeated in their bid for re-election or choose to voluntarily leave office. The 2012 elections saw fewer members leave office than left after 2010, but many of them are already landing on K Street. Where are they now? Will they parlay their influence into lucrative lobbying jobs or choose to continue public service or try something entirely new? This joint project of the Center for Responsive Politics and Remapping Debate will continuously track where they go, so check back often.
|Former Member
|Office Held
|Current Employer
|Employer Type
|Ackerman, Gary
|New York District 05
|Adams, Sandy
|Florida District 24
|Akaka, Daniel K
|Hawaii Senate
|Akin, Todd
|Missouri District 02
|Altmire, Jason
|Pennsylvania District 04
|Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida
|Lobbying Client
|Austria, Steve
|Ohio District 07
|Baca, Joe
|California District 43
|Bartlett, Roscoe G
|Maryland District 06
|Bass, Charles
|New Hampshire District 02
|Berg, Rick
|North Dakota District 01
|Berkley, Shelley
|Nevada District 01
|Berman, Howard L
|California District 28
|Covington & Burling
|Lobbying Firm
|Biggert, Judy
|Illinois District 13
|Bilbray, Brian P
|California District 50
|Bingaman, Jeff
|New Mexico Senate
|Stanford University
|Lobbying Client
|Bono Mack, Mary
|California District 45
|Faegre BD Consulting
|Lobbying Firm
|Boren, Dan
|Oklahoma District 02
|Chickasaw Nation
|Lobbying Client
|Boswell, Leonard
|Iowa District 03
|Brown, Scott
|Massachusetts Senate
|Nixon Peabody LLP
|Lobbying Firm
|Buerkle, Ann Marie
|New York District 25
|Burton, Dan
|Indiana District 05
|Azerbaijan America Alliance
|Lobbying Client
|Canseco, Francisco
|Texas District 23
|Cardoza, Dennis
|California District 18
|Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
|Lobbying Firm
|Carnahan, Russ
|Missouri District 03
|Chandler, Ben
|Kentucky District 06
|Clarke, Hansen
|Michigan District 13
|Conrad, Kent
|North Dakota Senate
|Campaign to Fix the Debt
|Private Organization
|Costello, Jerry F
|Illinois District 12
|Jerry Costello Group
|Lobbying Firm
|Cravaack, Chip
|Minnesota District 08
|Critz, Mark
|Pennsylvania District 12
|EIS Solutions
|Private Organization
|Davis, Geoff
|Kentucky District 04
|Republic Consulting LLC
|Lobbying Firm
|DeMint, Jim
|South Carolina Senate
|Heritage Foundation
|Lobbying Client
|Dicks, Norm
|Washington District 06
|Van Ness Feldman
|Lobbying Firm
|Dold, Robert
|Illinois District 10
|Dreier, David
|California District 26
|Annenberg Foundation
|Private Organization
|Ensign, John
|Nevada Senate
|Filner, Bob
|California District 51
|City of San Diego, CA
|Lobbying Client
|Frank, Barney
|Massachusetts District 04
|Gallegly, Elton
|California District 24
|California Lutheran University
|Private Organization
|Giffords, Gabrielle
|Arizona District 08
|Americans for Responsible Solutions
|Lobbying Client
|Gonzalez, Charlie A
|Texas District 20
|Via Metropolitan Transit
|Lobbying Client
|Guinta, Frank
|New Hampshire District 01
|Harman, Jane
|California District 36
|Newsweek Daily Beast
|Private Organization
|Hayworth, Nan
|New York District 19
|Herger, Wally
|California District 02
|Hinchey, Maurice
|New York District 22
|Hochul, Kathleen
|New York District 26
|M&T Bank
|Lobbying Client
|Holden, Tim
|Pennsylvania District 17
|Hutchison, Kay Bailey
|Texas Senate
|Bracewell & Giuliani
|Lobbying Firm
|Inslee, Jay R
|Washington District 01
|Office of the Governor of Washington
|State Government
|Jackson, Jesse Jr
|Illinois District 02
|Johnson, Timothy
|Illinois District 15
|Kildee, Dale E
|Michigan District 05
|Akin, Gump et al
|Lobbying Firm
|Kissell, Larry
|North Carolina District 08
|Kohl, Herb
|Wisconsin Senate
|Milwaukee Bucks, NBA
|Private Organization
|Kucinich, Dennis
|Ohio District 10
|News Corp
|Lobbying Client
|Kyl, Jon
|Arizona Senate
|Covington & Burling
|Lobbying Firm
|Landry, Jeff
|Louisiana District 03
|LaTourette, Steve
|Ohio District 14
|McDonald, Hopkins et al
|Lobbying Firm
|Lee, Christopher J
|New York District 26
|Lewis, Jerry
|California District 41
|Lieberman, Joe
|Connecticut Senate
|Kasowitz, Benson et al
|Private Organization
|Lugar, Richard G
|Indiana Senate
|Indiana University
|Lobbying Client
|Lungren, Dan
|California District 03
|Washington Navigators
|Lobbying Firm
|Mack, Connie IV
|Florida District 14
|Liberty Partners Group
|Lobbying Firm
|Manzullo, Don
|Illinois District 16
|Korean Economic Institute of America
|Private Organization
|McCotter, Thaddeus G
|Michigan District 11
|Miller, Brad
|North Carolina District 13
|Center for American Progress
|Lobbying Client
|Myrick, Sue
|North Carolina District 09
|Nelson, Ben
|Nebraska Senate
|National Assn of Insurance Commissioners
|Lobbying Client
|Olver, John W
|Massachusetts District 01
|Paul, Ron
|Texas District 14
|Pence, Mike
|Indiana District 06
|Office of the Governor of Indiana
|State Government
|Platts, Todd
|Pennsylvania District 19
|Quayle, Ben
|Arizona District 03
|Clark Hill PLC
|Lobbying Firm
|Rehberg, Denny
|Montana District 01
|Mercury/Clark & Weinstock
|Lobbying Firm
|Reyes, Silvestre
|Texas District 16
|Richardson, Laura
|California District 37
|Rivera, David
|Florida District 25
|Ross, Mike
|Arkansas District 04
|Rothman, Steven R
|New Jersey District 09
|Sills, Cummis et al
|Lobbying Firm
|Schilling, Bobby
|Illinois District 17
|Schmidt, Jean
|Ohio District 02
|Shuler, Heath
|North Carolina District 11
|Duke Energy
|Lobbying Client
|Snowe, Olympia
|Maine Senate
|Bipartisan Policy Center
|Lobbying Client
|Stark, Pete
|California District 13
|Stearns, Cliff
|Florida District 06
|APCO Worldwide
|Lobbying Firm
|Sullivan, John A
|Oklahoma District 01
|Sutton, Betty Sue
|Ohio District 13
|Towns, Edolphus
|New York District 10
|Turner, Robert L
|New York District 09
|Walsh, Joe
|Illinois District 08
|Private Organization
|Webb, James
|Virginia Senate
|Weiner, Anthony D
|New York District 09
|Woolf Weiner Assoc
|Private Organization
|West, Allen
|Florida District 22
|PJ Media
|Private Organization
|Woolsey, Lynn
|California District 06
|Wu, David
|Oregon District 01


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Some updates from Mike DeCourcy: Lucas and Payne are both working their way back on to the court. Sherman missed a month due to foot surgery. Most interesting bit: Summers missed out on a chance to work with the USA Basketball Select Team due to a knee sprain. Despite the injury concerns, MSU is #1 in the Sporting News' preseason yearbook. If you buy the TSN book, be sure you have enough money left over to buy the hefty Spartan-centric tome the three of us TOCers are contributing to later this month.
Some bad news for a Friday morning: Adreian Payne dislocated his shoulder blocking a shot last night. He was able to stay and watch the end of his team's upset win after the trainer popped his shoulder back in place. We'll have to wait and see what the prognosis is for this being an issue going forward. As it happens, I dislocated my shoulder multiple times before eventually having surgery. My impression is that, once you've had one dislocation, reoccurences are quite likely absent surgery and physical therapy. (See: Naymick, Drew.)
The suspense ends in 18 hours.
Discussion Speculation Rumor-mongering about MSU's prospects of landing Payne is here.
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WASHINGTON (BP) -- Scripture says, "Children are a gift from the Lord" (Psalm 127:3). Children are indeed a blessing from God. They also come with a God-given responsibility to raise them well. Everyone who takes that responsibility seriously understands that education is an important part of preparing their children for constructive adulthood.
Those who homeschool their children take that responsibility so seriously that they are willing to give up other personal pursuits. They want to make sure they pass on their values to their children and that their children have the best possible foundation for the future.
Not everyone is comfortable with homeschooling, and homeschooling isn't the only way to educate children. But as long as children are getting the foundation they need, we should respect the right of parents to decide how best to provide it.
Our country agrees with this. More than 2 million children are homeschooled here. The great majority of these children are well-educated and socialized. Increasingly, they are being admitted into many of our nation's most prestigious universities.
Regrettably, every nation isn't as enlightened. Take Germany for example. It is illegal for parents to homeschool their children there. Today, in Germany, if you homeschool your children except for health reasons, you will be severely fined and can have your children taken away from you.
That's what led the Uwe and Hannelore and their family to flee to the United States from Germany in 2008. Being committed Christians, they simply wanted to make sure their children learned within a Christian worldview. The German state would have none of that.
I am grateful that this mother and father take their responsibility to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord that seriously. Yet, our own government is siding with Germany. The Obama administration is seeking to deport this family back to Germany, where they will be fined and possibly have their children taken away from them.
The Obama administration says that what this family faces in Germany doesn't constitute persecution. So, the administration says they don't qualify for asylum. What would you call a threat to fine someone and take away their children if they feel compelled by God to educate them at home?
Given our nation's broken immigration system, by the time they could enter our country as legal immigrants, their children would have been long-ago taken away. Their only hope of teaching their children within a Christian worldview is to obtain asylum in the United States.
No government should punish parents because they want to educate their children within a Christian worldview. I say having five children taught the three R's within a Christian worldview setting is a good thing. Indeed, we need more such children. If Germany doesn't want them, that's their loss and our gain.
Unless something changes soon, the Romeike family will be deported. Will you join me in helping them stay here? Start by praying that God will provide a way for them to stay. Then call your congressman and senators and ask them to help the Romeikes stay in the United States. Finally, go to the White House petition website (
) and sign the petition urging the Obama administration to review their decision. It takes 100,000 signatures to force a White House response. The Romeikes need fewer than 1,000 more signatures by April 18.
In this age of increasing secularism and godlessness, we should celebrate a family that seeks to pour their Christian values into their children. The Romeikes simply want do what we know God wants all of us to do for our children. Let's help them do that.
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---- — BOSTON — After months of watching Congress try to navigate the politics of raising taxes, Beacon Hill leaders have returned for the start of a new session where the issue of raising new revenue for transportation and other priorities sits near the top of the agenda.
But Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, the Gloucester Republican who was re-elected last week to his leadership post, is cautioning his Senate colleagues that raising taxes should not be the first approach to fix the state's transportation funding dilemma, water and sewer infrastructure needs, and a $540 million midyear budget gap.
Tarr, who retained his Senate seat covering Cape Ann and several other North Shore communities without opposition in November and is beginning his 10th two-year term, said that lawmakers need to exercise "fiscal discipline" before talking about taxes and to look at reducing spending in some areas.
"I think there is probably not an acceptable level of increased taxation, even beyond the minority party, that will address transportation and water infrastructure issues," Tarr told the News Service. "We simply have to make Massachusetts' economy more robust if we are to have any hope of being able to pay for some of those things."
Both Senate President Therese Murray and Speaker Robert DeLeo identified fixing transportation funding as one of their priorities for the new legislative session. While neither mentioned new taxes, the idea has been floated by some lawmakers.
"I would rather have us not be sidetracked and look at a tax increase that is only a nominal part of the solution. I would rather have us focus on the real solution, which is making the economy healthier. With regard to some of those things, we are going to have to be creative," Tarr said. "I think that part of an adult discussion includes discipline, and discipline not to resort to an increase in taxes when there are perhaps more challenging ways to solve the problem, but I think more effective ways to solve the problem."
Beacon Hill leaders for years have been unable to fully address a major imbalance between funds available and funds needed to keep a state of good repair in transportation and pay for expansion efforts. And leading Democrats have set the table for pursuing tax increases in the coming year by so far resisting the no-new-taxes pledge that they pronounced early the past several years. They have tiptoed around the revenue issue by embracing the position that everything must be considered without fully committing to specific tax hikes.
"We're going to wait and see what they give us as a plan," said Senate President Therese Murray, D-Plymouth, referring to the Patrick administration. With 37 of 40 senators returning for new terms, Murray also declined to speculate on the appetite for tax increases, saying, "They just got here. We haven't had that discussion."
Transportation funding needs have commanded the most attention in the build-up to the new session, but other spending needs could compete for resources, including programs impacted by still undetermined federal budget cuts.
Murray also identified a more than $20 billion gap over the next 20 years in resources needed to improve water quality and wastewater treatment as one of her priorities.
Gov. Deval Patrick is expected to produce a report by early next week detailing the size of the financing gap that must be bridged to fund improvements and maintenance to the state's transportation system for the next generation. House Transportation Committee Chairman William Straus, who is expected to be reappointed to that post, anticipated that gap to be somewhere near $1 billion a year, about the same as the water and wastewater problem.
"What I have pointed out to people is because the (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) is such a large part of the financial question and the fact that their budget must be in by June 30, my hope is that the Legislature can deal with the whole legislative issue by July 1," Straus said, suggesting the public might be more open to user fees than broad-based taxes funneled to agencies like the MBTA.
"My own feeling is if we are going to make the kind of investments in keeping our transportation up to date that everyone across the spectrum needs, I don't know where within the current revenue stream in state government you can find the money," Straus said. "It has got to be part of the discussion. I don't know what the outcome will be, but the Legislature and the public need to have a revenue discussion."
The transportation financing report from MassDOT will include a menu of options to raise new revenues, but the governor is widely expected to hold off on making recommendations or endorsing any revenue proposals until, perhaps, he files his fiscal 2014 budget blueprint later in the month.
House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Murray on Wednesday broadly addressed the issue of investing in transportation as an economic growth priority, while Republicans predictably pushed back against the idea of raising taxes before any concrete proposals get presented.
"I'd say anything and everything is under consideration now," DeLeo said.
House Minority Leader Brad Jones called for a renewed bipartisan pledge to not raise taxes, suggesting needed revenues could be gained by broadening the tax base, rather than raising rates.
Both DeLeo and Murray made it clear that any solution to transportation funding must be equitable to all regions of the state, and not simply amount to another lifeline for the MBTA that had to be rescued last year to dilute fare increases, though hikes still took effect.
The MBTA, which backed off service cutbacks to commuter rail services last year after widespread outcry from Cape Ann residents, local government leaders in Gloucester and elsewhere, and the Cape Ann Chamber of Commece, faces another $130 million budget gap in fiscal 2014.
"I'm not willing to stand here and bail out the MBTA again unless there's a statewide program, that's roads and bridges and regional transit authorities, also," Murray said.


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By ROBIN CAUDELL Press-Republican
---- — PLATTSBURGH — Harold Ford channels "The Man in Black."
He looks like Johnny Cash. He sounds like Johnny Cash.
Ford is 100 percent Ford but, eerily, he's given Cash and Carter fans a live taste of what they've been missing in The Spirit of Johnny Cash: Harold Ford, Laura Lucy & The Cash Band. The group performs Friday, Sept. 13, on the steps of City Hall during the Battle of Plattsburgh Commemoration.
The Cash thing started as a result of an open mike at 111 in Greenwich, N.Y., four years ago.
"It holds a hundred people," said Ford, who grew up in Poestenkill, N.Y.
"It was packed. I went up with my guitar by myself. It wasn't like I was a fanatic about Cash. I loved everybody. I grew up in a musical family. I used to ride my bike 10 miles to hear a musical."
That fateful night at 111, Ford sang "Folsom Prison Blues" and "Ring of Fire."
He wasn't prepared for the full impact that has taken him from British Columbia to the Deep South.
"It's been constant," Ford said. "Nobody would believe how fast the word spread about this thing, about this thing that was so extraordinary. I started getting calls from hundreds of top musicians."
The Cash Band is Sten Isachsen (lead guitar), Peter Maine (drummer), Mitch Throop (bassist) and Les Wheeler (rhythm guitar).
"My lead guitarist has a master's in guitar," Ford said. "My drummer worked with Roseanne Cash and her husband for two years. The bass player is a veteran of three international tours."
Lucy is June to Ford's Johnny.
"She's a friend," Ford said. "We looked high and low. She was right there all the time. She said, 'Can I try to audition?' I said, 'Sure.'"
Lucy did a song in a different style than the late June Carter Cash. Ford told Lucy to go back and listen to June.
"She came back a couple of days later, and she had it nailed," Ford said. "It was amazing."
Ford never saw Cash perform.
"We spent a couple of days with the Carters down in Virginia. We had Tommy Cash backstage. He was in shock. I never give one minute trying to imitate that guy (Johnny). It's just natural," Ford said. "The Carters (were) so nice to us. They thanked us for carrying on the Carter family songs."
Ford and Cash's ancestors hail from the same part of Scotland.
"So, I want to do some research on that," Ford said. "We were down in Hendersonville where Cash lived. We went in a restaurant where a good friend of his was working. She saw me and heard my voice and welled up in tears. I hadn't said anything to her. One of the Cash girls broke down in tears after the third song. The tone of voice is like a fingerprint. It upset her."
Even Nashville's toughest critics give Ford a nod.
"When people walk up to me and they've been to 15 and 20 Cash shows, they stand there in awe," Ford said. "They can't believe what they are seeing and hearing. It's just amazing to me that I consistently get that."
When he takes the stage, he introduces himself as Harold Ford.
"The Cash family appreciated it," he said. "I feel very, very thankful, and I want it to go on as long as possible."
At 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, there's a British invasion of Hey Jude, a Beatles tribute band featuring Tom "Lennon" Raider, Brad "Paul" Jarvis, Don "Ringo" Ackerman and Rick "George" Bedrosian with Rich Coogan (keys).
They imitate the British cool of the Fab Four.
"We play music that covers all eras of the Beatles, but the main focus right now is the 50-year anniversary of each record as it comes up," said Raider, who grew up in the Albany area. "Right now, we play a lot of songs off of 'Please Please Me,' which is their first record in England. The second LP in England was 'With the Beatles.' The cover of that was also the photo used for their American debut, 'Meet the Beatles.'"
Raider became a Beatle maniac listening to his older sisters' 45s. He saw the Beatles' legendary appearance on the "The Ed Sullivan Show."
"That impression, I'm not sure how to word this, it really inspired me to pick up a guitar," Raider said. "Now, this is my way of keeping that music and bringing it to the people and keeping it alive and entertaining multi-generations in the process."
"Rubber Soul," the Beatle's sixth studio album, was the first that Raider owned.
"It wasn't just a group of songs," he said. "It seemed to have a theme to it, the whole atmosphere and feel to the entire record."
Raider decided to get booted, suited and wigged up like the Beatles in 2000.
"I wanted to address every detail of the music, mannerisms, dialogue, how he (Lennon) acted on and off the stage and get the vocals right on," Raider said. "It takes a lot of work, a lot of dedication, but every little detail mattered."
He located the same guitar Lennon played and had the same modifications made to it. After 13 years, he still learns something new every day.
"Every time I put on a record, I hear something else to work on," Raider said. "We take the music very seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We want to have fun. Even the Beatles didn't play it perfect every time."
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IF YOU GO Hey Jude performs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12, at the Strand Theater, 25 Brinkerhoff St., Plattsburgh. The Spirit of Johnny Cash: Harold Ford, Laura Lucy & The Cash Band plays at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, at City Hall steps, Plattsburgh.


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No. 25 Andy Roddick finally finished his first round match at the 2012 Championships at Wimbledon on Wednesday with a 7-6 (8), 6-4, 7-5 win over Great Britain's Jamie Baker. The match was suspended Tuesday in the second set due to fading light.
Roddick's powerful serve was on full display. He served up 14 aces for the match to six for Baker. Roddick placed 75 percent of his first serves in play, scoring on 72 percent. Baker was only able to put 63 percent of his first serves in, and scored on just 50 percent of his second serves. That number dipped to 43 percent in the third set.
Roddick is the second-highest American remaining in the tournament, next to No. 12 Mardy Fish. No. 10 John Isner was upset in the first round by Spain's Alejandro Falla.
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Looking for something fun to do outdoors this weekend?
Ines Rosales got a sneak peak at a fun event: The New York City Transit Museum's Annual Bus Festival.
Straphangers are celebrating the history of the way we get around town!
For information on the festival:
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