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transitoryenchantedmoment.blogspot.com: 2008 READING LIST

May 9, 2008
Updated through Week 7 of Spring Quarter. I feel like the last 7 entries (all Fredric Jameson!) should count for more than 1...that was some long and hard-fought reading, I tell you. New entries in bold. 1. ?Miniver Cheevy,? Edwin Arlington Robinson 2. ?No Second Troy,? William Butler Yeats 3. ?The Return,? Ezra Pound 4. ?The Voice,? Thomas Hardy 5. from Trimmings, Harryette Mullen 6. introduction to The Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Literatures in English, eds. Brian McHale and Ra...

notlarrysabato.typepad.com: NLS Tourney Standings Through Saturday's Games

March 30, 2008
Delegate Chris Saxman continues to own the overall lead in the field of 207! Nice job Chris! Here is each of the potential national champions. Under each one are the people who could win our tourney if they end up winning it all. This list will get much shorter after the games tomorrow: If UNC Wins the National Championship the possible winners are Sax Bracket (4 Scenarios) Not Mary Dotson (2 Scenarios) Mason Wins One (2 Scenarios) If UCLA Wins the National Championship the possible winne...

James Logan Courier - News Every Day, Year-round: "?We need to be concerned about young people . . . if we don't protect them, how are we going to protect this country?? Henry Aaron

February 5, 2008
Henry Aaron (February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Aaron is best known for setting the Major League record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 held by Babe Ruth. Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), total bases (6,856), and consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits (17). He won one World Series ring with the Milwaukee Braves in 19...

va4mccain.blogspot.com: John McCain Names 2008 Virginia Campaign Leadership

February 2, 2008
(Pictured above: Delegate Chris Saxman (R-20) serves as Co-Chairman of John McCain's 2008 Campaign in Virginia. He is joined by fellow Co-Chairmen U.S. Senator John Warner and former Virginia AG Jerry Kilgore) John McCain 2008 Announces Virginia Leadership From the McCain08 Newsroom ARLINGTON, VA -- U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign today announced its Virginia Leadership Team that will lead the growing grassroots organization on behalf of John McCain's candidacy in the Commonw...

Think Youth | Progressive News and Opinion from America?s Youth: McCain assembles a steering committee in my home state of VA; Only I seem to care.

February 1, 2008
From The Shad Plank: Here?s the list of lawmakers who have signed on with John McCain?s Virginia campaign: Co-Chairs Former Attorney General Jerry Kilgore Delegate Chris Saxman U.S Senator John Warner Steering Committee U.S. Representative Tom Davis Former Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger Delegate Dave Albo Delegate Bill Carrico Delegate Tom Gear Delegate Phil Hamilton Delegate Clarke Hogan Senator Robert Hurt Delegate Terry Kilgore Delegate Joe May Delegate Don M...

Recent Mentions in the Media

Culpeper Star Exponent: Historic writings still to be uncovered at Graffiti House

April 24, 2008
Del. Ed Scott, who attended the dinner, expressed appreciation for the work of the Brandy Station Foundation and other groups that work to preserve history.

The Free Lance-Star: Veto session slated today

April 23, 2008
Kaine's amendments, said Del. Ed Scott, R-Madison, seem to narrow public participation in the process of approving new power lines.

Culpeper Star Exponent: Successful year celebrated

April 19, 2008
Aging Together chairman Sallie Morgan thanked Virginia Del. Ed Scott, R-Madison, and State Sen. Edd Houck, D-Spotsylvania, for their assistance in securing ...

• HB38
  Introduced: December 05, 2007
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Incarcerated persons; court orders credit for time served in jail pending trial.
• HB110
  Introduced: December 17, 2007
  Status: Tabled in Transportation
  
  : Trucks; maximum allowable weights of vehicle combinations.
• HB111
  Introduced: December 17, 2007
  Status: Failed to pass in Senate
  
  : Highway systems; revenue-sharing funds therefor in certain counties, cities, and towns.
• HB722
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Left in Education
  
  : School boards; policies for classroom placement of twins or higher order multiples.
• HB723
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0003)
  
  : Resources Authority; authorized to finance park and recreation projects.
• HB724
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)
  
  : Absentee voting; electoral board may delay opening voter precinct.
• HB725
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490)
  
  : Equine dental technicians; practice of equine dentistry under supervision of licensed veterinarian.
• HB726
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Conditional zoning; purchase of development rights.
• HB727
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Left in Appropriations
  
  : Natural resources funding; allocates annually percentage of revenue generated by sales & use tax.
• HB728
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0546)
  
  : Health insurance; State Corporation Commission to develop uniform group application form.
• HB729
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Failed to report (defeated) in Courts of Justice (7-Y 8-N)
  
  : Marriage license; marriage record prepared includes portion of social security number of each party.
• HB954
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
  
  : Conditional zoning; purchase of development rights.
• HB1399
  Introduced: January 10, 2008
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0194)
  
  : Alcoholic beverage control; farm wineries.
• HJ131
  Introduced: January 08, 2008
  Status: Introduced bill reprinted 088691716
  
  : Plumbing Industry Week; designating as April 27 through May 3, 2008.
• HJ323
  Introduced: February 01, 2008
  Status: Agreed to by Senate by voice vote
  
  : Commending the Graves family.

• HB644
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Equine dentistry; provides exception from practice of veterinary medicine for practice thereof.
• HB1674
  Introduced: December 06, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)
  
  : Retail Sales and Use Tax; extends sunset provision for free distribution of educational materials.
• HB1675
  Introduced: December 06, 2006
  Status: Assigned App. sub: Transportation (May)
  
  : Revenue-sharing funds; may be used to construct, etc. highway system located between localities.
• HB2362
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0865)
  
  : Taxes and license fees; law-enforcement officials, etc., exempted therefrom for one vehicle.
• HB2363
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0754)
  
  : Equine dental technicians; required to register with Board of Medicine.
• HB2364
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122)
  
  : Magistrates; required to deliver copy of any criminal warrant issued at request of citizen to State.
• HB2365
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0484)
  
  : Dog collar; person guilty of misdemeanor if takes an electronic or radio transmitting one from dog.
• HB2366
  Introduced: January 09, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0648)
  
  : Water systems; Board of Health to implement chronically noncompliant systems.
• HB3038
  Introduced: January 12, 2007
  Status: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal Law
  
  : Sentencing proceeding; victim impact testimony is to be admitted during jury hearing.
• HB3062
  Introduced: January 15, 2007
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704)
  
  : Retail Sales and Use Tax; exemptions include nonprofit entities, audit requirements.
• HJ868
  Introduced: February 06, 2007
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ868ER)
  
  : Commending Phyllis Highland and the Outreach Committee of Shady Grove Baptist Church.

• HB644
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Continued to 2007 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  
  : Equine dentistry; provides exception from practice of veterinary medicine for practice thereof.
• HB645
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Left in Courts of Justice
  
  : Motor vehicle; impoundment for eluding police.
• HB646
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0846)
  
  : DMV; access to records for person applying for volunteer vehicle operator with Civil Air Patrol.
• HB647
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0007)
  
  : Solid waste management plans; units to maintain recycling and target rates.
• HB648
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0106)
  
  : Operation of government stores; ABC Board to appoint holder of distiller's license as agent of Bd.
• HB649
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Left in General Laws
  
  : Alcoholic beverage control; creation of specialty gourmet shop license
• HB650
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0416)
  
  : School buses; maximum speed limit allowed.
• HB681
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Left in Finance (15-Y 0-N)
  
  : Highway improvements; expands present revenue-sharing fund program.
• HB1454
  Introduced: January 18, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0466)
  
  : Wetlands and stream restoration; companies to file erosion & sediment control specifications.
• HB1571
  Introduced: January 20, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0302)
  
  : Referendum elections; provide for preparation and printing of explanation for each question thereof.
• HB5050
  Introduced: September 15, 2006
  Status: Rereferred to Finance
  
  : Highway funding; amends law governing revenue-sharing funds.
• HB5071
  Introduced: September 18, 2006
  Status: G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0009)
  
  : Maintenance and asset management; clarifies definition thereof.
• HJ72
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Passed by indefinitely in Rules
  
  : Innocents Day; designating as December 28, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ73
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Left in Rules
  
  : Constitution Day; designating as September 17, 2006, and each succeeding year thereafter.
• HJ82
  Introduced: January 10, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ82ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Giles Henry Miller, Jr.
• HJ233
  Introduced: January 24, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ233ER)
  
  : Commending Epiphany Preschool on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
• HJ5078
  Introduced: June 06, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5078ER)
  
  : Commending the Culpeper County High School Band.
• HJ5158
  Introduced: September 27, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ5158ER)
  
  : Celebrating the life of Private First Class Edwin Anthony Andino II.
• HR12
  Introduced: January 26, 2006
  Status: Bill text as passed House (HR12ER)
  
  : Constitution Day; reaffirms General Assembly's commitment thereto.