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Title 09 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, LICENSING, AND REGULATION
Subtitle 10 RACING COMMISSION
09.10.01 Thoroughbred Racing
Authority: Business Regulation Article, §11-210, Annotated Code of Maryland
Notice of Proposed Action
The Maryland Racing Commission proposes to amend Regulation .07 under COMAR 09.10.01 Thoroughbred Rules. This
action was considered by the Maryland Racing Commission at a public meeting held on February 19, 2013, notice of
which was given by publication in 40:2 Md. R. 180 (January 25, 2013), pursuant to State Government Article, §10-506(c),
Annotated Code of Maryland.
Statement of Purpose
The purpose of this action is to restrict a horse from participating in a claiming race for a price less than the
price for which the horse was claimed, to allow the owner of a horse to declare a horse ineligible to be claimed if
the horse has not run for a period of time and certain conditions are satisfied, and to prohibit a person from
claiming more than one horse in a race.
Comparison to Federal Standards
There is no corresponding federal standard to this proposed action.
Estimate of Economic Impact
The proposed action has no economic impact.
Economic Impact on Small Businesses
The proposed action has minimal or no economic impact on small businesses.
Impact on Individuals with Disabilities
The proposed action has no impact on individuals with disabilities.
Opportunity for Public Comment
Comments may be sent to J. Michael Hopkins, Executive Director, Maryland Racing Commission, 300 East Towsontown
Boulevard, Towson, MD 21286, or call 410-296-9682, or email to
email@example.com, or fax to 410-296-9687.
Comments will be accepted through June 3, 2013. A public hearing has not been scheduled.
Open Meeting
Final action on the proposal will be considered by the Maryland Racing Commission during a public meeting to be
held on June 18, 2013, at 12:30 p.m., at Laurel Park, Laurel, MD 20725.
.07 Claiming.
A. [In] Except as provided in §A-1 of this regulation, in claiming races a horse is subject to
claim for its entered price by:
(1) (3) (text unchanged)
A-1. In claiming races a horse is not subject to claim if:
(1) The horse has not started for a minimum of 180 days;
(2) The horse is entered for a claiming price at least equal to the claiming price for which
the horse last started;
(3) For the first race following the period specified in §A-1(1) of this regulation, the horse
is declared ineligible to be claimed at the time of entry; and
(4)The program clearly designates that the horse is ineligible to be claimed.
B. (text unchanged)
C. [For the purposes of claiming, a person may not be named as the trainer of more than one horse in a race]
A person shall not be eligible to claim more than one horse in a race, either directly or through another.
D. L. (text unchanged)
M. If a horse is claimed:
(1) [The] For a period of 30 days from the day of the claim, the horse may [immediately] start in [any]
a claiming race [regardless of the] only for a claiming price at least 25% more than the claiming price for which
it was claimed;
(2) (4) (text unchanged)
N. R. (text unchanged)
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Now Johnny Depp and Amber Heard – who only recently started stepping out together publicly – are engaged.
What made Depp get so serious so fast? "She's a great match for him and his individuality," says a source who knows Depp. "She's a free spirit."
Raised in Texas, Heard has proclaimed her love for shooting guns, driving fast cars (she tools around in a 1968 Mustang) and collecting books, a particular passion of Depp's.
After roles on the CW's Hidden Palms and the movie Pineapple Express, Heard was cast as Depp's love interest in 2011's The Rum Diary – and their chemistry was undeniable. "You can't help but adore his talent, his passion, his magnetic force that pulls you into all his brilliance," she said at the time.
Of course, at the time Depp was still coupled with French singer and actress Vanessa Paradis, 41, the mother of his children Lily Rose, 14, and Jack, 11. They split in 2012. And Heard was dating Tasya Van Ree, a photographer.
Heard has said she's bisexual: "In the past I've had successful relationships with men, and now I'm in this successful relationship with a woman. When it comes to love I am totally open," she told Playboy in 2011.
By last year, Depp and Heard were an official item, with Heard accompanying Depp and his children on the international press tour for The Lone Ranger.
Recently, according to sources close to the couple, Depp popped the question. Says one: "They couldn't be happier."
Reporting by JENNIFER GARCIA and LINDA MARX

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The Charleston RiverDogs opened their 2013 home season Thursday night with pressing questions.
Can top draft picks Greg Bird and Peter O'Brien live up to their potential? Will the RiverDogs compete for the South Atlantic League title? Can the franchise reverse last year's attendance dip?
And, most importantly, how is that beer milkshake?
"It's good," said Bill Wanner, a 58-year-old Charleston resident who bought the first beer shake — a Palmetto Chocolate, for the history books — sold at Riley Park.
"It tastes like a regular chocolate shake, at first," said Wanner, who works at the Medical University. "But after it sits in there for a little bit, you get a little kick of the ale. I really like it. I think they will sell a lot of these this season."
RiverDogs general manager Dave Echols certainly hopes so. He said he could not sleep on Opening Night Eve.
"Absolutely, I still get goose bumps," Echols said as the first of 6,670 fans streamed into the park an hour before the game. "You see the ticket sales churning through the last week or so, the ball park coming to life. Everyone is excited, and I love it."
"Fun is good," is the motto of RiverDogs president Mike Veeck. The RiverDogs have added a "Food is Fun" amendment this season, with new items like the beer shake — it also comes in Guinness Caramel and Sweetwater Strawberry — drawing early attention from fans.
"We've really made a strong commitment to our food and beverage this year," Echols said. "We try to introduce something new every season, but our food and beverage staff has gone above and beyond this season."
The RiverDogs drew more than 254,000 fans last season, their average of 3,791 ranking fifth-best in the SAL. But that was actually down from recent years. Maybe the new PB&J bacon cheeseburger will help.
Of course, one of baseball's enduring appeals — minor-league baseball in Charleston dates back to 1886 — is the fact that some things never change.
The familiar cry of "Ice-cold beer here!" went up from one of the more than 200 gameday employees that work at Riley Park on a big night. Charleston legend Tony the Peanut Man once again plied his wares in the stands.
"It's the best day of the year for me," said Veeck, veteran of 47 opening nights. "You work all year for this day, and there's nothing like it."
A fleet of Yellow Cabs brought in this year's crop of prospects Thursday night, evoking the team's parent club, the New York Yankees. Charleston fans can track the progress toward Yankee Stadium of players such as the first baseman Bird, a fifth-round pick in 2011, and O'Brien, a catcher and second-round pick out of Miami last year.
"I've heard so much about the fans here," said Bird, who hit .337 last year in rookie ball. "I'm looking forward to playing in front of them, we all are. This homestand is going to be a blast, and so will this whole season."
Like the fans, the players were jacked up for opening night. Pitcher Rafael DePaula, a native of the Dominican Republic, threw 11 straight balls to start the game, a 3-0 loss to Augusta. Before he recorded an out, DePaula walked three batters, threw a wild pitch, hit another batter in the head with an 91 mph fastball and gave up two runs.
And then, he struck out the side — all of which is probably to be expected for a 22-year-old pitching his first game under lights and his second in America.
That's a story that the late Bill Veeck, Mike's father and a baseball Hall of Famer, would appreciate. Mike is honoring his father this summer with "Bill Veeck Bobble-Leg Giveaway", set for June 29, another in a long line of wacky RiverDogs promotions.
Bill Veeck, you see, had a wooden leg.
"What would the old man think?" someone asked Mike Veeck, who thought for a second.
"He'd laugh," Veeck said.
Charles Short lets Alex Smith out of a cab after he is announced during opening night for the Charleston RiverDogs on Thursday.×


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Maryland has now recovered over 94 percent of the jobs lost during the recession
BALTIMORE, MD (March 29, 2013) - The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released
state jobs and unemployment data earlier today. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland created
10,500 total jobs in February, marking the 33rd consecutive month that monthly job totals have exceeded
year-ago numbers. The private sector created 6,000 jobs, nearly six out of every 10 new jobs. Over-the-year,
Maryland added 38,200 total jobs, with Maryland businesses contributing nearly 95 percent of those jobs.
Maryland has now recovered more than 94 percent of the jobs lost in the recession.
With BLS revision, Maryland's January numbers jumped by 800 to show our December-to-January gain
was 7,500 jobs.
According to the BLS, Maryland's unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent in February. Maryland's
January unemployment rate remained unchanged with revision at 6.7 percent.
"As Maryland's jobs numbers rise, it's clear our investments in workforce training are continuing
to pay off," said Maryland Labor Secretary Leonard Howie. "We know that our economic prosperity is
directly tied to the education and skill level of the State's workforce. Through the Employment
Advancement Right Now or EARN initiative, we're forging new collaborations between business, education,
the non-profit community and state and local government to bridge the skills-gap and improve student
achievement and career readiness in Maryland."
In the private sector, seven major business categories reported higher job totals in February.
The Professional/Business Services sector turned in the strongest performance, adding 1,900 jobs.
Industry activity was buoyed by continued hiring in businesses engaged in computer systems design
and firms providing accounting services. The Financial Activities sector added 1,000 jobs, with gains
reported in lending institutions and among insurance carriers.
The Natural Resources/Mining/Construction sector, an industry which generally either loses jobs or
remains flat during February, gained 700 jobs. Since November, the industry has added 4,900 jobs,
countering historical trends which show an average loss of 900 jobs over this three month span.
The Education/Health Care/Social Assistance sector added 900 jobs.
Secretary Howie will brief the media on the February 2013 jobs report during a conference call at noon today.
Call-in number: 1-(877) 274-9107.
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With all the rabid anticipation surrounding the PlayStation 3, it may sadden
many of you to hear that Japan will not be
the only territory that will face a cut in its launch numbers.
According to a GameSpot report, North
American retailer GameStop (who also runs EB Games) has received a launch
allocation that is less than its number of pre-orders.
On October 10, GameStop took PlayStation 3
pre-orders, which sold out nationwide within minutes. Most stores limited
pre-orders to eight units, which was based on original Sony estimates on
Now, it appears that many GameStop stores will be unable to honor its "launch
day" pre-orders. A GameStop representative confirmed this news, but had no idea
as to the extent of the supply shortfall.
"We are beginning to notify our customers that our initial shipment of PS3
systems will not be what we expected," the representative said. "As this is not
an ideal situation, we are asking employees to wait to purchase systems until
the second shipment. We are anticipating having systems to cover reservations
before Christmas."
Customers with PS3 pre-orders from GameStop can expect to be contacted by
phone shortly to confirm the status of their reservation. Those who will be left
out of the initial round on launch day will be given a consolation item of a
free used game or DVD of choice valued at $19.99 or less.
This development will have a ripple effect on those who have sold their
pre-orders on eBay with the condition that the item will ship on launch day.
Many eBay bidders will be very unhappy to learn that the thousands
of dollars they spent on a launch-day PS3 will be facing delays.
quote: I dunno man, the article title looks pretty clear to me, "Playstation U.S. Numbers Cut." I don't see the word "Sony" in there, do you? And even if there was, if there was a shortage of PS3s allocated to GameStop/EBGames, that they expected but won't be getting, logic can derive who to blame for that, obviously the maker of the product, Sony
quote: On October 10, GameStop took PlayStation 3 pre-orders, which sold out nationwide within minutes. Most stores limited pre-orders to eight units, which was based on original Sony estimates on availability.
quote: Okay...my friend just got off the phone from a conference call...
*Loose lips sink ships, so keep this to yourselves*
That Sony only shipped in between 200,000 to 300,000 units to NA. Now the higher-ups on the call were mad and they can't really do anything about it as the launch is near.
One even commented that this will be WORSE then the 360 launch...


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Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Sunrise on Friday morning signals the beginning of a new high school football season.
On each side of the city, there is reason to be optimistic about what could unfold for Goose Creek and Stratford this fall.
"The expectations for Goose Creek football are very high and we anticipate that this year's team will be very competitive," GCHS coach Chuck Reedy said. "… We have had as good a summer of workouts as any team and we are looking forward to getting on the field."
The Gators will be strong again at the skill positions. They have experienced players at quarterback, tailback, wide receiver and tight end. The interior of the offensive line returns also.
On defense, Goose Creek should be solid, especially in the back seven – four senior linebackers, two talented corners and a starting safety returning.
Last season, the Gators finished 12-1 after getting upset in the second round of the Class AAAA Div. II playoffs by South Pointe.
Teams can hold their first preseason scrimmages on Friday, Aug. 8.
The Gators will host North Augusta at 10:30 a.m.
At Stratford, the sun will not only come up on a brand new season, it will signal the start of the Joe Marion era on Crowfield Boulevard.
Marion takes over for Ray Stackley, who retired after winning 270 games and one state title in 29 seasons. He guided the Knights to the championship game last season but lost to Northwestern.
Marion was defensive coordinator.
"I just hope I can do over half of the job Ray did with the program," Marion said. "I learned as a young coach under him. I don't know much other way. We're going to try to continue to do the things he did here and keep the success going."
Marion admits it's going to feel odd at first without Stackley on the sidelines.
"I'm sure it's going to be strange to start the season," he said. "I've been a hands-on coach for so long, teaching steps and tackling. But I don't want to micromanage. Ray let his assistants coach… A lot of guys on this staff could be head coaches and I'm going to let them coach."
The Knights travel to Colleton County Aug. 8 for a 10 a.m. scrimmage.
Stratford will break in a new quarterback, replacing 2013 Mr. Football Jacob Park. He is now at UGA. The Knights also lost a lot of key players on the defensive side of the ball.
In Hanahan, the Hawks are coming off their second straight 11-win season.
They travel to West Ashley for a scrimmage on Aug. 8 at 10 a.m.
The Hawks open the regular season on Aug. 22 at home against James Island in Week 0. Stratford and Goose Creek open on Aug. 29.
Hanahan coach Charlie Patterson said he likes playing in Week 0. To boot, the James Island game will be televised all over the Lowcountry on myTV Charleston.
"I think that will add a little more to the game," he said. "… Playing in Week 0 also gives you a chance some time during the regular season to have a week off so you can work on fundamentals or heal up some players if you have to."
Cane Bay will also open the regular season in Week 0, at home against Colleton County.
The Cobras are looking to bounce back from a winless season. CBHS coach Russell Zehr is optimistic.
"I think we've got the components to be successful," he said. "It depends on how hard everybody is willing to work. If they decide to do the things they're supposed to do they can win some ballgames. But everybody on our schedule is tough. We've got a chance to be 11-0 or 0-11, or somewhere in between."
Cane Bay's first preseason scrimmage is set for Saturday, Aug. 9 at Timberland at 10 a.m.
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Feb. 9, 1925 – March 15, 2013
Allen Sigel, former principal clarinetist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and professor emeritus at the University at Buffalo, died Friday at his Williamsville home. He was 88.
Mr. Sigel was born in Chicago and grew up in Ottumwa, Iowa, where his father ran a dry goods store. His first clarinet, acquired when he was 11, came from an uncle's pawnshop, and he became dedicated to his music, practicing up to eight hours daily and leading his mother to say, "Allen will be a famous clarinetist one day." He received a scholarship to study clarinet at the University of Iowa with Hymie Voxman and earned a master's degree from Rochester's Eastman School of Music in 1947.
Mr. Sigel became principal clarinetist with the BPO in 1948 and remained with the orchestra until 1960, when he accepted a full-time position at the University of Buffalo, where he had been instructing part-time. While teaching, he remained active as a musician and composer, performing on an occasional basis with the BPO until he was in his 70s. A career highlight was playing the "Clarinet Concerto" by Aaron Copland under the direction of the composer when Copland was the Slee professor of music at UB.
Mr. Sigel also taught hundreds of private music students in the area and wrote seven books, including "The Twentieth Century Clarinetist," considered a classic resource for aspiring musicians. He served as music director of the Jewish Center of Buffalo and was a founding member of the Clarinetist Society of America.
Mr. Sigel and his wife, Phyllis, were well-traveled, and at one time they lived in China, where he also taught. The couple wintered in the Sarasota, Fla., area.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Sigel is survived by a son, Jeffrey; two daughters, Elaine Becker and Linda; and a sister, Norma Schweig.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday in Mesnekoff Funeral Home, 8630 Transit Road, East Amherst.


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ANTES FORT - The first of four town hall-style meetings in the 84th Legislative District held by state Rep. Garth Everett, R- Muncy, drew about 50 citizens at the Antes Fort Volunteer Fire Co. Thursday night.
Residents questioned the four-term lawmaker about gun control, tolling Interstate 80, a state police helicopter and state spending.
Everett said he is holding the meetings to let his constituents know what's happening in Harrisburg and to get feedback from the communities he represents.
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Obadiah Moser, of Jersey Shore, questions state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Muncy, as to his position on gun control during a town hall meeting Thursday evening at the Antes Fort Volunteer Fire Co.
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State Rep. Garth Everett, R-Muncy, speaks at a town hall meeting at the Antes Fort Volunteer Fire Co. Thursday evening. Everett is planning three more such meetings through the end of the month for residents to share their opinions and feedback on a variety of issues.
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Gerrie Snook, of Antes Fort, asks state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Muncy, what the status is of returning the state police helicopter to Williamsport.
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John Pisarcik, midde, of Jersey Shore, writes questions and takes notes during a town hall meeting on Thursday.
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John Engle, of Jersey Shore, asked questions about privatizing state liquor stores and the Pennsylvania State Lottery during a town hall meeting on Thursday.
Everett, who came into office in 2006, told the group he isn't a career politician.
"I am a term-limit person," he said, adding he does not intend to seek a higher office after his responsibilities as a state representative. "I'm term-limiting myself. I wish we could term-limit everybody."
Everett said he wants government to be smaller but responsive to the public - something that's not always easy in Harrisburg.
Fact Box
WHAT: Town Hall meetings with state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Muncy
WHEN: Wednesday
WHERE: Trout Run Fire Co., 241 Route 14
WHEN: Jan. 28
WHERE: C.E. McCall Middle School, 600 Willow St., Montoursville
WHEN: Jan. 31
WHERE: Hughesville Volunteer Fire Co., Railroad and Water streets
ALL MEETINGS: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The lawmaker said even before he took comments from the audience that he is a supporter of the Second Amendment, a gun owner and member of the National Rifle Association.
He said new gun restrictions handed down by executive order from President Barack Obama on Wednesday won't help to deter gun violence, but actually hurt legal, law-abiding gun owners. Enforcing laws already in place should be a priority, Everett insisted.
"I believe what the Second Amendment says is what the Second Amendment says: we have the right to bear arms," he said.
Obadiah Moser, of Jersey Shore, told Everett he thought the President's actions "infringe (on) the
Second Amendment and are unconstitutional."
But Everett said Obama does have some room to maneuver.
"There's nothing in the Bill of Rights that is absolute," he said. "The federal government does have the right to regulate in that area. The question is, when are you overstepping?"
Everett said there are probably not enough votes in Congress to institute what he called "over-reaching gun restrictions."
Gerrie Snook, of Antes Fort, asked Everett if tolling Interstate 80 was an option the state still is considering as a source of revenue.
"The federal government has no intention," he said. "It's a pretty much non-issue as far as ever happening."
On the subject of transportation funding, Everett lashed out at the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and subsidies for urban mass transit systems in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Everett called turnpike commission members "political hacks" in the wake of a state report from Auditor General Jack Wagner, who found that the commission squandered money on largely undocumented travel and entertainment perks.
"We don't even need them. They don't do anything," Everett said.
Instead, the turnpike system should be in the hands of the state Department of Transportation, he said.
"We have a humungous problem with our transportation budget. We have underfunded transportation in Pennsylvania for the past 15 years, at least," Everett said. "This governor - like him or not - he's going to take it head on. The longer we put it off, the worse it gets."
In order to do that, however, Everett warned that people most likely will incur increased fees.
"There's nothing free," he said.
Snook also asked about the state police aviation unit that was moved from the Williamsport Regional Airport to Hazleton last year.
Everett said he and other local legislators still are working to bring the unit back. "We're not done," he said.
With Everett's recent appointment to the House Appropriations Committee, he said there may be a chance to put the state police helicopter's return in next year's budget.


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Small Businesses Seethe at Credit Service Using Dun & Bradstreet Name
Some Entrepreneurs Say They Were Misled by Sales Pitches
Krista Bradford, owner of an executive-recruitment boutique, found herself in an alarming phone chat about her business with a salesman about a year ago. The credit rating for her firm, The Good Search LLC, had changed to "high risk" because she wasn't tapping many sources of credit, the salesman told her.
That poor score could scare off her prospective lenders, suppliers and clients, he warned. But she might be able to improve her rating—if she paid for a yearlong program that promises to let small-business owners monitor and build their business credit. Anxious to rectify the problem, she said she spent $948 on the credit-management service, CreditBuilder, from the company, Dun & Bradstreet DNB 1.41 % Credibility Corp.
Today, Ms. Bradford, who works from her Westport, Conn., home, believes she was misled by the pitch. Her business, she says, has long had "excellent and extensive" credit—including a $100,000 credit line that she says she always paid on time. Within days of signing up for CreditBuilder, her firm's rating recovered—"as if someone had simply flipped a switch," she said in an interview.
Credibility Check
- Dun & Bradstreet Credibility was created in 2010 when Dun & Bradstreet sold a business for $10 million to newly created Credibility.
- With its CreditBuilder service, the firm had total sales in excess of $100 million during its first year and currently employs more than 700.
- Dun & Bradstreet said Dun & Bradstreet Credibility is a 'separate legal entity' that pays D&B royalties for certain intellectual-property rights.
Ms. Bradford is among more than a dozen business owners who told The Wall Street Journal they suspect they've been misled by an aggressive sales pitch from the company, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility. These business owners raised questions about whether Dun & Bradstreet Credibility, a three-year-old company based in Los Angeles, Calif., is unfairly preying on their anxieties, in order to sell its credit-management program.
Credibility's sales pitch is particularly worrisome, some say, because of its close relationship with its former parent Dun & Bradstreet Corp., the leading business credit-ratings firm. Dun & Bradstreet, based in Short Hills, N.J., collects credit data on millions of businesses through sources such as public records, supplier payment information and financial reports. It then produces reports used by lenders and others to assess the financial creditworthiness of a business.
The Dun & Bradstreet database has the elements that make up the so-called Paydex score—a rating that D&B calculates on whether a company makes prompt payments to its suppliers and creditors. The Paydex score, often used by banks and vendors to figure out whether to offer a business credit, is critical to a small business, because a low score from D&B can cause significant headaches. In interviews, some business owners say they buy CreditBuilder in order to improve their impaired or lowered Paydex scores.
Dun & Bradstreet Credibility declined to comment about criticism of its sales practices, but said it provides a valuable service. "We are very proud of our company and all we do to help small businesses,'' said Judy Hackett, its chief marketing officer, in an interview. "We have hundreds of thousands of satisfied customers."
On its website, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility says D&B credit reports are crucial for small firms because banks, vendors and suppliers use the data to "vet a business before entering into a contractual agreement."
The site says that CreditBuilder enables businesses to both monitor and build their credit by "adding good payment history that may have gone unreported." For $149 per month, for instance, a "premium" account allows businesses to add up to 25 new credit references, benchmark scores against their competitors, and to be alerted whenever a copy of their report is requested by another business.
Patricia Colpitts, a D&B spokeswoman, said it has "no ownership or control" over Dun & Bradstreet Credibility, which she said is a "separate legal entity" that pays D&B royalties for certain intellectual-property rights that it has licensed. She declined to comment on whether Credibility has any unusual or unique access to its database of business credit reports.
Len Mecca, founder of CLogic Defense LLC, a government defense contractor in Avon, Conn., also alleges he was misled by Credibility's sales pitch. He says it said there were problems with his Dun & Bradstreet credit rating.
He spent more than $800 for the CreditBuilder monitoring tool after Credibility warned that problems such as a late payment to a lumber company were hurting credit for CLogic, whose annual sales total tens of millions of dollars. The warning puzzled him, he said. "I know all my suppliers personally,'' and none sells lumber, he said. And "we pay most people within 24 hours.''
Credibility refused Mr. Mecca's request to identify the lumber vendor. He says his revived credit rating fell again after his CreditBuilder subscription expired in 2011. He added that sales agents still contact him regularly, promoting CreditBuilder as a remedy for fresh credit-report inquiries from unnamed possible suppliers.
"They are pretty ornery,'' he said.
Credibility's corporate history says it considers itself a 175-year-old startup—a 2012 reference to the date when the first credit information bureau was set up in New York City. Its description of Credibility's roots mentions the history of both D&B and a D&B predecessor firm.
Dun & Bradstreet, founded in 1841, evolved from a business credit-information agency where Abraham Lincoln once worked into the dominant supplier of data about businesses' creditworthiness and financial stability. Its global commercial database contains more than 220 million business records, according to a February regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In July 2010, Dun & Bradstreet sold a North American operation serving small businesses for $10 million to newly created Credibility, and they forged a strategic relationship, according to regulatory filings. The sale and alliance were worth about $100 million, Credibility said in a release at that time. The release also said Credibility would become "the exclusive provider" of key services previously offered by the D&B operation, and was getting an additional $100 million investment by Great Hill Partners, a private-equity firm.
The spinoff received "a perpetual license to use the D&B brand and to sell certain D&B products exclusively,'' and Credibility has hundreds of "Credit Advisors touching over 10,000 businesses every week," Moujan Kazerani, Credibility's general counsel, said in a 2012 letter sent to Small Business California, a business advocacy group. Ms. Kazerani sent the letter after the group sent an email to 3,000 small-business owners, warning about Credibility's marketing tactics.
CreditBuilder is a major product for Dun & Bradstreet Credibility. The Credibility website, which strongly resembles the website of former parent Dun & Bradstreet, states that CreditBuilder now costs between $1,008 and $1,788 a year.
Thanks to apparently strong demand from small-business owners, the young firm has grown quickly. It had total sales in excess of $100 million during its first year and currently employs more than 700 full-time staffers, according to someone close to the company.
In pursuing small-business customers, Credibility salespeople usually read from a well-rehearsed script, according to one former employee who asked not to be named. The pitch warns business owners that there have been a number of inquiries about their business credit from suppliers, lenders and other companies. Yet typically, he added, "there were no inquiries" about a small business's credit report by entities looking to do business with it.
The ex-staffer recollected that the script also prompted salespeople to say "it looks like you may be a failing business" due to incomplete information, and to suggest that CreditBuilder will fix that.
However, the script often didn't reflect the targets' actual credit records, he said. Credibility salespeople "are not required to use sales scripts," the person close to the company said.
After buying CreditBuilder, most of the 13 business owners interviewed by The Wall Street Journal said they still found it hard to delete inaccurate vendor payments or other errors.
Among them was Dan Vaughan, a founder of Rock Solid Logistics Inc., a shipping consulting concern in Brighton, Mich. He paid $1,500 for CreditBuilder last year, but "we were never completely successful" at correcting the flawed credit report that prompted the purchase, he said.
Credit ratings are a particular worry for small-business owners, because lenders, suppliers and vendors look to the D&B Paydex score, rather than taking the word of the business owner that he or she will pay on time. "Anyone can say they pay their bills on time; this is proof," says Craig Everett, who analyses small-business financing at Pepperdine University.
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In part 2 we create a button and handle its click event using a behavior and a MVVMLight relay command.
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Thanks Jesse for making the MVVM so easy to understand.
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EAST LIVERPOOL - Potter Prime Time is slated for Nov. 21 at Potter Fieldhouse. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. East Liverpool basketball teams in grades 7-12 (boys and girls) as well as coaches and cheerleaders will be introduced. The alumni basketball game also returns featuring 20 former boys' players. Many door and raffle prizes will be available.
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CHESTER - Former world champ Paul "The Pittsburgh Kid" Spadafora (46-0-1, 19KOs) will headline a boxing card at The Harv at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort on Dec. 1. The event is presented by 8-time world champ Roy Jones Jr. in association with TNT Promotions. In the co-feature is Youngstown's Jake "The Bull" Giuriceo (16-1-1, 3KOs). Other fighters scheduled include Billy "Hutch" Hutchinson (4-1-D, 2KOs), "Big Chief" Morgan Fitch (7-0, 3KOs), the pro boxing debut of MMA favorite Joey "The Jack Hammer" Holt, of East Liverpool, a special prelude amateur bout with Steubenville's Angelo Magnone and more to be announced. Base ticket prices are VIP starting at $100, Section A $50, Section B $35, & Bleachers $25. Tickets can be purchased at Mountaineer Casino's Players Club in person or by calling the Players Club at 1-800-804-0468 Ext: 8297, online at www.MOREatMountaineer.com or www.Etix.com.


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Blowouts have been the name of the game the majority of the time in Goose Creek's impressive winning streak.
On Friday, the Gators had to win a slugfest to extend their streak to 37 games, surviving crosstown rival Stratford, 14-7 at Stackley Field.
The Gators ended the regular season 11-0 with their seventh straight win in the series. The victory also gave Goose Creek the Region 7-AAAA title.
Stratford is 9-2, with both of those setbacks coming the last two weeks.
"It was just what I knew and what I said," GCHS coach Chuck Reedy said. "They're probably the best team we've played in the last two or three years."
"Whoever paid their $7 got their money's worth," SHS coach Ray Stackley said.
Both teams learned their playoff seeds Saturday and the rivalry could be on center stage again in three weeks.
But first, each team must get there.
The Gators, the No. 1 seeds in the Class AAAA Div. II bracket, host Wade Hampton on Friday in the opening round.
Stratford, the fifth seed, opens up at home with Nation Ford on Friday.
"We might have a chance to get back at them a little bit," Stackley said.
Neither team came close to their season averages in points and yards because the defensive units were dialed in.
Stratford's lone points came on its first play from scrimmage on a double pass. Thad Thompson tossed a 45-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Givens after hauling in a lateral from quarterback Jacob Park.
It took the Gators until the second quarter to answer. Fullback Evan McField capped an 86-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge.
Goose Creek's other score was set up by quarterback Dantez Bennamon's 65-yard scamper early in the third quarter. On fourth and goal, tailback Tyrik Johnson reached across the goal line on a 5-yard run. Alex Jacobus made his second extra point to give the Gators a 14-7 lead.
"What you saw was two really fine football teams," Stackley said. "We didn't make enough plays but we had some opportunities."
Stratford had the ball last and drove to Goose Creek's 47 before turning it over on downs. Gators defensive back Kenny Hampton swatted down a Park pass deep into Goose Creek territory for a bit of redemption. He got burnt earlier on Stratford's touchdown play.
The Gators ran out the final 1:36.
Bennamon finished with 131 yards rushing and McField added 67 yards for the Gators. Bennamon also passed for 63 yards. His 29-yard connection to Deondre Daniels set up Goose Creek's tying score in the second quarter.
"What can you say," Reedy said of Bennamon. "I keep saying it. He's the best quarterback around in my opinion. He's 24-0 as a starting quarterback. That's hard to beat."
The Gators came in averaging over 400 yards per game rushing but found Stratford's defense offering up the toughest resistance they've encountered all season. Reedy said he expected it from the outset and had plans to use all four downs on every possession.
"We knew it was going to be a quarterback-fullback game," Reedy said. "I told our defensive coaches we're playing four downs all over the field. We knew we had to make first downs to keep them off the field. They stopped us on some but we made it enough to keep some drives going."
Park was 14 of 32 with two interceptions, both by Gators defensive back Omar McRae.
"You've got to be careful," McRae said. "He's a guy with a big arm that can sling it. He's got the arm (to throw it over your head)."
One of McRae's interceptions was at the goal line after Johnson's go-ahead score in the third quarter.
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Men's Hoops Hosting Cleveland State Wednesday
MUNCIE, Ind. -- The Ball State men's basketball team returns to Worthen Arena to continue non-conference play Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Cleveland State.
The Cardinals (2-2) are coming off a loss Sunday at No. 1-ranked Indiana, while Cleveland State (4-2) has been off since a Nov. 20 loss to Robert Morris in the preseason NIT.
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• Radio (Flagship): Ball State Radio Network (104.1 FM WLBC); Play-by-play:Joel Godett; Analyst: David Eha
• Radio (Student): Sports Link Radio (91.3 FM WCRD); Play-by-play: Sean Stewart; Analyst: Donnie Kolakowski, Tyler Bradfield
• Internet: Live video, live audio and live stats at ballstatesports.com
The Matchup
• Ball State and Cleveland State will be meeting for the fifth time ever but the first time since the 1975-76 campaign.
• The teams met four straight seasons from 1972-73 through 1975-76 with each team winning twice on its home court. The Cardinals won the last meeting, 77-69, on Dec. 17, 1975 in Muncie.
• Ball State and Cleveland State share one common opponent this season with both teams defeating Grambling State (BSU 78, GSU 51 on Nov. 11; CSU 92, GSU 49 on Nov. 9).
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• Ball State, which owns a 2-2 record, will be playing its fourth home in the first five games of the season Wednesday against Cleveland State.
• The lone road game during that stretch came Sunday when the Cardinals suffered a 101-53 loss at No. 1-ranked Indiana.
• Junior forward Majok Majok led the Cardinals with a Ball State career-high 18 points against the Hoosiers. Senior guard Jauwan Scaife added 11 points and junior forward Matt Kamieniecki matched his career-best with nine rebounds to lead Ball State on the boards.
• Majok, the top rebounder in the Mid-American Conference, leads Ball State with averages of 15.3 points and 9.0 boards per game.
• Scaife is scoring 11.3 points per game, while preseason All-MAC West Division selection Jesse Berry adds 11.0 to give the Cardinals three players averaging double figures.
• Freshman guard Marcus Posley averages 3.8 assists per game and ranks second in the MAC in assist/turnover ratio at 5 to 1.
• Junior forward Chris Bond is tied for second in the MAC with an average of 2.8 steals per game.
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• Cleveland State enters the contest at 4-2, having lost its most recent game at Robert Morris, 71-62, on Nov. 20. After playing six games in 12 days to open the season, Wednesday's game will be the first in eight days for the Vikings.
• CSU features six players averaging 8.0 or more points per game, led by sophomore guard Charlie Lee at 14.7. Sophomore forward Anton Grady is close behind at 13.7 points per game.
• Lee and senior forward Tim Kamczyc have combined to make 29-of-60 shots from beyond the arc (48.3 percent) for a Vikings team that makes more than seven treys per game.
• Cleveland State is coming off a 22-11 campaign and a second straight NIT appearance last season. The Vikings have won at least 20 games and played in the postseason in four of the past five years.
Majok Making His Presence Felt
• Majok Majok, a transfer from Midland College, has scored in double figures all four games, including a Ball State career-high 18 points the last time out against No. 1-ranked Indiana.
• The No. 18 junior college prospect in the country by JucoJunction.com coming out of Midland, Majok is nearly averaging a double-double with 15.3 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. His rebounding average leads the Mid-American Conference.
• Majok has recorded two double-doubles through four games. He scored 11 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in the Nov. 11 season opener against Grambling State and went for 15 points and 12 boards Nov. 20 against Indiana State.
• He became the first player with a double-double in his Ball State debut since Jarrod Jones in November 2008 (21 points, 13 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois).
Living at the Line
• Majok Majok is getting to the free throw line an average of 10 times per game and has shot double-digit free throws in three of Ball State's four contests.
• The physical Majok has attempted double-digit free throws in three straight games with 10 versus Wofford, 11 against Indiana State and 12 against top-ranked Indiana.
• After hitting only 3-of-7 free throws in the first game of the season, Majok has hit 24-of-33 (.727) over the past three games.
High Volume Rebounding
• Junior forward Matt Kamieniecki matched his career high with nine rebounds in just 16 minutes of action Sunday at top-ranked Indiana.
• Through four games, Kamieniecki is averaging one rebound every 2:24 of game action, having grabbed 25 rebounds in his 60 minutes on the court.
• That is the best average by any player on the team by nearly a full minute. Fellow post players Majok Majok (36 rebounds, 120 minutes) and Zach Fields (21 rebounds, 70 minutes) are each averaging one rebound every 3:20.
Scaife's Career Numbers
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife, who has averaged double-figure scoring in two of his first three seasons and is scoring 11.3 points per game this year, owns the most career points among the current Ball State players with 873.
• With four 3-pointers this year, Scaife has moved past former teammate Randy Davis (2008-12) and into sixth place on Ball State's career 3-pointers list with 137.
• Scaife needs five more 3-pointers to match his cousin and former Ball State star Bonzi Wells (1994-98) for fifth on the school's all-time list.
Bond Stealing the Show
• Junior forward Chris Bond is tied for second in the Mid-American Conference in steals with an average of 2.8 per game.
• Bond had four steals in the opener against Grambling State and a career-high five Nov. 20 against Wofford. He owns 11 of the Cardinals' 32 steals as a team, while senior guard Jauwan Scaife has added eight steals.
Posley Taking Care of the Basketball
• Freshman guard Marcus Posley ranks second in the Mid-American Conference in assist/turnover ratio at 5 to 1. He has handed out 15 assists and turned the ball over just three times.
• Posley, who ranks sixth in the league with 3.8 assists per game, recorded six helpers without a turnover to go along with 12 points in the season-opening win over Grambling State.
• His six assists were the most by a Ball State freshman in his debut since Peyton Stovall dished out seven helpers against Xavier in the 2003-04 season opener.
• Posley had five assists with one turnover against Indiana State and three assists with one giveaway against No. 1 Indiana.
Fields Gets Smaller to Play Bigger Role
• After four years in the Ball State program, fifth-year senior center Zach Fields made his first career start in the season opener against Grambling State and has started every game since.
• Fields made the most of the opportunity in the opener, logging career highs with 10 points and eight rebounds. His previous career bests were four points and four boards.
• The 6-foot-10 Fields, who has lost 30 pounds in an effort to make a greater impact, is averaging 4.3 points and 5.3 rebounds per game. After never averaging more than 5.4 minutes per game in a season, Fields is logging 17.5 minutes per game this year.
Berry in Double Figures
• Despite being held below 10 points in the last two games, junior guard Jesse Berry has scored in double figures in eight of his past 11 contests dating back to last season.
• Berry earned the second MAC West Division Player of the Week award of his career after a 17-point performance in the season opener against Grambling State.
One of the Best in the West
• Ball State has finished among the top three in the MAC West Division in each of the past four seasons, including first- or second-place finishes in three of those years.
• The Cardinals tied for the division crown in 2008-09 and finished second in both 2009-10 and 2010-11. Last year, Ball State tied for third in the West.
Locking Down on Defense
• Ball State has ranked first or second in the Mid-American Conference for scoring defense in each of the past four seasons.
• Here are the Cardinals rankings by year: 2008-09 (59.7, 1st), 2009-10 (62.4, 1st), 2010-11 (64.0, 1st), 2011-12 (60.7, 2nd).
• Ball State also ranked second in the MAC in field goal percentage defense last year, holding opponents to 40.8 percent shooting from the floor.
Returning Experience
• While Ball State returns only six letterwinners from a season ago, those six players have now combined to play in 346 games with 164 starts for the Cardinals.
• Senior guard Jauwan Scaife is the most experienced Cardinal, having played in 94 career games. He has started 67 contests at Ball State.
• Junior guard Jesse Berry (66 games, 19 starts), junior forwards Chris Bond (62 games, 43 starts), Matt Kamieniecki (51 games, 11 starts) and Tyler Koch (27 games, 22 starts), and senior center Zach Fields (46 games, 4 starts) also have a wealth of experience in the Ball State program.
Welcome Freshmen
• Of the eight newcomers on Ball State's active roster, seven are true freshmen. Here is a breakdown of the freshman class by position ...
• Guard -- Marcus Posley (Rockford, Ill./Auburn HS), Michael Ramey (Indianapolis, Ind./Southport HS), Chase Brogna (Houston, Texas/St. Thomas HS) and George Cater (St. Peters, Mo./Fort Zumwalt South HS).
• Forward -- Bo Calhoun (South Bend, Ind./Washington HS) and Rocco Belcaster (Berwyn, Ill./Morton HS).
• Center -- Mading Thok (Boyden, Iowa/Western Christian HS).
• Ball State's only non-freshman newcomer is Majok Majok (Perth, Australia/Midland College).
Koch Sidelined
• Ball State is playing without junior forward Tyler Koch, who suffered a hand injury during preseason practice.
• Koch, a former Wright State transfer, started 22 games last year in his first season at Ball State. He scored 6.6 points and grabbed 3.3 rebounds per game.
The Non-Conference Schedule
• Ball State will leave the state of Indiana just once during the non-conference schedule -- a Dec. 15 trip to South Dakota.
• The Cardinals will play eight of their 12 non-conference games at home and make three road trips to in-state opponents -- Indiana (Nov. 25), Butler (Dec. 1) and Purdue (Dec. 18).
• Two of Ball State's home games are against Indiana State (Nov. 20) and IUPUI (Dec. 23), giving the Cardinals five games against in-state Division I programs.
• Ball State has never before faced Big 10 opponents Indiana and Purdue in the same season.


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Kelly Clarkson's stunning rendition of "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" at President Barack Obama's second inauguration today literally stole the show. Clarkson mounted the stage immediately after Obama gave a rather standard, even lackluster, inauguration speech. (More about that in future reports.)
Clarkson was accompanied by the usually staid United States Marine Band. But her wide-ranging vocals, from a mellow contralto/bass to a falsettoed soprano even made the band sound good. Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer of New York, who "arranged" for her appearance today and who served as a sort of "master of ceremonies," had only one comment after Clarkson had wowed the world: "Wow!"
Clarkson's Wikipedia entry has this interesting little tidbit about her:
"Renowned as 'The Original American Idol,' Clarkson is widely known for her vocal versatility, range, and heroine image. Her music has mainly dealt with themes of heartbreak, independence, and self-empowerment for women and young teens."
As to Clarkson's politics, I don't think they really matter. In my book, anybody who can sing like that is welcome to believe whatever they like without criticism from me. Yet, according to the Huffington Post, Clarkson had earlier endorsed Republican Ron Paul for the presidency, citing his "refreshing" small-government views. And she is, in fact, a self-described "Republican at heart." But she had a change of heart when Obama announced his change of heart and subsequent "evolution" on the matter of gay marriage. Clarkson then said she would vote for Obama "again." Confused? Doesn't matter. The woman can sing.
Beyonce sang also at the end of the ceremonies. She belted out an expected rousing rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner." As usual, Beyonce was her usual excellent self. But it was obvious that even she felt awkward or uncomfortable following in the wake of Clarkson. The comparison of the two singers was just natural and inevitable – and immediate. There is no question whatever, however, as to who won that "competition." Perhaps Clarkson did so well because she is certainly not as well known as Beyonce, and perhaps expectations for her were not nearly as high. Again, doesn't matter. That woman can sing.


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The 5 Worst Kinds of Album Every Music Fan Has Bought
#2. The Album With One or Two Disproportionately Good Songs
Entire careers, and in fact genres, have been sustained by albums where no one song ever really stands out over the others (see: literally everything except mainstream pop/rock), so it's not a lack of hits that makes for a bad album. It is, ironically, when you stick a real classic in there among regular tracks that throws everything off. Everything is relative, and when every song on an album is roughly equal, then you've got yourself a decent album. When every song is decent except for Track 1, the culture-straddling megahit, then you've got yourself a severe perception issue. Everyone was cool with the pizza you ordered, but when you open the box, there's for some reason one slice in there from the gourmet place uptown, and now it's one-tenth of a good pizza instead of a nice dinner. It doesn't actually suck, but perception-wise it's completely diminished. You don't know what you've not got 'til it's here.
An extreme enough instance can even poison a band's entire catalog, leaving them wrongly perceived as a "one-hit wonder" instead of a reliable and consistent act (the difference between Billy Bragg and Chumbawamba is "Tubthumping"). Of course, if you can manage to relentlessly crank out an endless string of terrible albums with two good songs on each of them, those songs will add up and net you a lucrative career, but not everyone's in love with money to that extent.
#1. The Dreaded 3 Stars Out of 5
Much like the worst direction you can go in is no direction, so is inoffensiveness worse than taking a stand, and thus the boring album is in a way worse than even a terrible album. An album that is full-on awful will always get minimal scores, but an album that is accomplished but boring is going to attract the dreaded three-star review -- so often the calling card of the most inessential music of all (if your album is best described as "pleasant" then you're in serious trouble). A one-star album can't be boring, because even if the music is godawful, it's WHY it's awful that is itself entertaining -- a one-star review is inherently entertainment, which is why you'll always read one when you're skimming the reviews column. But who the hell wants to read the three-star reviews, particularly as they're all identical ("IT'S NOT TERRIBLE, BUT IT'S LACKING. IT FALLS SHORT, BUT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION"). And boring as fuck.
The opposite of enjoyment is not disgust; it's tedium, because in a life so cruelly short, there's nothing worse than being forgettable. The most disgusting pizza I've ever had was the one that accidentally had dish soap in it (SECRET FAMILY RECIPE), yet of all the ones I've eaten, it alone has survived the years as an amusing anecdote. It's the middling three-star stuff you won't remember. The albums from artists you respect that you've had forever but played once (REM are like your parents -- you know they're good, but you never listen to them). A reworking of ratings systems might help, but if we've gone this far without rating entertainment based on how entertaining it is, then why start now? The accepted method of rating albums isn't terrible, of course, it's just lacking. It falls short, but it's a step in the right direction. I'd give it ... 3 stars out of 5, let's say.


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March 3, 2013
State lawmakers are way too busy trying to resolve the state's pension crisis to give much attention to the pension problems of municipalitie....
"In Williamsport, hands are tied because of contractual language, said city finance director William E. Nichols Jr. "We're restricted because the pensions are spelled out in contractual language and state requirements of third-class city code dictating how they need to be set up and operate," he said. "To make changes means altering union contracts and/or changing state law. It's not an easy road." Ahh, political double-speak, on one hand they say their hands are tied and on the other they say it's a hard road. Well nothing worthwhile is ever found on the easy road, why not get off your collective butts and start fixing the problem. All contracts can be changed/renegotiated and state law can be changed, if the local reps won't get behind you, work to boot them out. It has to change taxpayers can no longer afford the golden benefits, and another thing start at the top and then work down. Let's see some freakin' people with some guts for a change.
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I'm just curious to know who the best are, now i haven't read that much manga so this'll help, though in my opinion the saiyan race are all on the top list no doubt haha Anyhow please enlighten me
Any character that's appeared in the pages of Shonen Jump probably. Aside from that? the protagonists of Yu Yu Hakusho, Afro Samurai, Ryu, Ken, the rest of the Street Fighter cast.
There are a LOT of great fighters in anime.
lol i definitely agree with goku, hmm street fighters thanks for opinion
Alucard,Lucy,Stark,Anderson,can easily Kill Goku in the matter of seconds Besides Lucy and and Alucard can destroy him within 10 seconds besides SS3 would be useless here a top fighter is pointless in the world of Anime each story is different ~ The True User Of Mangekyō Sharingan 15,000 points ~
then name the top fighters of each different world, well least that you belive register as top fighters
nd thanks for opinion make a good point
Alucard Hellsing ova
Lucy Elfen lied
Stark Bleach
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Not only was she born to power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z, but if her dad, 42, has his way, she's going to get whatever she wants.
"I imagine I'll take things I learned from my mom and things I've learned from raising my nephews and apply that," the rapper says in a clip from Oprah's Master Class: Special Edition, which airs Sunday on OWN at 10 p.m. ET/PT.
"Then at the end of the day, I just know I'll probably have the worst, spoiled little kid ever."
But the new father is well aware that even spoiled children have moments when they come to resent their parents.
Getting bashful for a moment, he chuckles and says, "Everyone imagines they'll be a great dad until their [kids are] teenagers. [They say], 'Get away from me, Dad. You're embarrassing me.' "


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Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO, said issues like climate change, energy dependence and oil/gas drilling are blown out of proportion. He blames a lazy press, illiterate public and fear-mongering advocacy groups for the bad light placed on the oil industry.
Climate change is a controversial topic that has been subjected to much debate. Tillerson said that fossil fuels may cause global warming, but argued that humans can easily adapt to the warmer climate. More specifically, he said that humans can adapt to rising sea levels and climate changes because he doubts the validity of climate modeling, which predicts the magnitude of impact associated with climate change.
"We have spent our entire existence adapting," said Tillerson. "We'll adapt. It's an engineering problem and there will be an engineering solution."
Others, however, disagree with Tillerson's assessment. Andrew Weaver, chairman of climate modeling and analysis at Canada's University of Victoria, said that adapting to climate change would be much harder than just preventing it in the first place.
In addition, adapting to climate change could be much more expensive than preventing it. According to Steve Coll, author of "Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power," adapting to climate change would require moving entire cities. A better alternative would be legislation that slows the process of global warming.
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Tillerson also mentioned his problem with views on oil dependency. He said that there will always be access to oil, and that it doesn't matter where the U.S. gets oil because it is priced globally. Tillerson added that the U.S. only receiving oil from North America would still increase gas prices in the U.S. because it would cause a "disruption" in the Middle East.
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we are ANIMALS, we can only do so much.
So if the avg temp goes up 10 degrees = more flooding, more severe weather, more PEOPLE deaths from heat, more use of ENERGY to power our A/Cs. More pollution, more lung deaths.
Higher overall health problems...
But our GAS is cheap.
We have but ONE Earth to live on.
We DON'T have a star drive to travel to another solar system.
We CANNOT Terraform Mars or Venus into a 2nd Earth. If we are THAT good, climate change wouldn't be an issue!
Some say "there isn't that much we are doing"? Really? When they talk about poisons and radiation that can KILL YOU, they are saying things like "10 parts per million" stuff like that. A single drop of ACID can send you into LA-LA land. A drop of poison can kill you in seconds or weeks. Radiation, which has no weight... will KILL YOU.
Ever heard of a thing called SEASONS? We have a hot and a cold season. Know HOW we have those? Its not because the Earth is moving away from the sun once a year (elliptical orbit) as that would cause SEVERE temp change... like -300 to + 200 degrees.
No, the Earth's distance from the Sun is the same which is millions of miles away. The earth is at a slight angle or tilt. That LITTLE bitty tilt causes temp changes on the earth by 5~100 degrees, depending on where you are. Example, here in Texas, its been about 95 degrees. In 6 months, it'll be around 30~40 degrees. In Canada, it'll be closer to 5 degrees.
Some so simple as being slightly away from the sun has an effect on our planet.
We only have ONE home to live or destroy. Why are we taking such chances.
Yes, we need OIL... but we need to look for the future of our children, our race, our place in this universe. Which for now, we can wipe ourselves out in 100 years, FastForward 10,000 years and it would be like we were never here (almost).
"We basically took a look at this situation and said, this is bullshit." -- Newegg Chief Legal Officer Lee Cheng's take on patent troll Soverain
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stunt performer who performs stunts in place of another actor and is chosen for his resemblance to the actor he is replacing
perform a stunt; ex, i dont like to use a stunt double if i want to become a good actress :)
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A person who looks just like another person.
"Dude, Michael Cera is Joe's stunt double."
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a boy/man who dates the girl that has recently broken up with you. He acts like a stunt double by trying to do what you did.
Is that your new man? ha That's my stunt double.
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The art of purchasing a inflatable love doll (blow up doll) and naming it after a existant female, then ingaging in intercourse with the doll and imagining it is the actual person. Doll also can be used to tell person that they can literally go fuck themselves.
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The Berkeley County Sheriff's Office Drug Enforcement Unit has taken three suspects into custody and expects more arrests in connection with an operational meth lab that was discovered.
Agents acting on a tip found an active meth lab at a residence at 124 Chris Lane, near U.S. 17-A and Farrell Street in Moncks Corner, according to a statement released by the BCSO last week.
Deputies smelled a strong chemical odor and observed a thick white cloud coming from inside the house, according to the BCSO. Agents identified the odor and white smoke as a product of a meth lab.
A search warrant was executed on the residence where agents located an active meth lab in the kitchen, along with methamphetamine components and paraphernalia throughout the house.
Arrested was Bryan Allen Adkins, 26, of 124 Chris Lane; Mathew Benjamin Legette, 32, of 360 Volunteer Lane in Summerville; and Brittney Dane Euthon, 23, of 310 Bayboro Circle in Goose Creek.
All were charged with manufacturing methamphetamine. Agents say more arrests are expected in this case.
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