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WV sex offender on MySpace

Sex Offender Fails to Register MySpace Page: Marvin Davis of Weston, West Virginia has been charged with being a convicted sex offender and having a MySpace. It seems that Davis did some time for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old in 1996. He’s also been charged with not registering his e-mail address. Sex offenders have to let police know when [...]

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Cultural center in W.V. offers 4 concerts

The Utah Cultural Celebration Center in West Valley City is presenting four free concerts as part of its third annual Winter Concert Series.

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Create WV Conference Wrap Up

Due to prior commitments and client demands I wasn't able to attend the Create West Virginia Conference held this week at Stonewall Resort . Over the past two days I received a number of emails and facebook comments from friends and colleagues about the quality of the content and expressing excitement about the event. If you didn't attend and want to get a flavor for the sessions be sure to check out...

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National Book Awards

How to win one. Advice from New York magazine (via). I'm still smiling from William Vollmann's victory last year. I met a few WV fans at Internet Librarian this year.

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Raman cautious on Balaji's return

Lakshmipathy Balaji, the Indian fast bowler currently on a cometrack trail from injury, will not be rushed back into competitive cricket, Tamil Nadu coach WV Raman has said.

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Create WV Conference in Progress

I have been attending the CreateWV Conference and it has been very interesting and fun. I have connected with some old colleagues and friends and have been introduced to some new entrepreneurs here in West Virginia. I tended to be drawn to the technology and education sessions of course and when I did venture out to the session on "creating a cool hangout", I was called out to fix my wifes...

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ACTING

Photo credit: Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0003451. Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society, by way of the Library of Congress. Welcome to Eugene Debs Week at Goat Rope. If this is your first visit, please click on yesterday's post. Brief recap: a few years back, I got the chance to portray the character of labor and socialist leader Eugene V. Debs for a history program of WV's Humanities...

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Natural Resource Partners L.P. to Present at RBC Capital Markets MLP Conference

HOUSTON, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Natural Resource Partners L.P. (NYSE: ; NYSE: NSP) today announced that Nick Carter, President and Chief Operating Officer will present at the RBC Capital Markets Master Limited Partnership Conference to be held in Dallas on November 15-16, 2007. Mr. Carter's presentation will take place on Thursday, November 15 at 2:30 PM CST. A webcast of Mr. Carter's presentation...

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The Keith-Albee

This rather startling bit of theater architecture is in Huntington, WV. It seems that a lot of people take it for granted.

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AlphaScan A5500DS and AD190D Plus LCD Monitors

We still have a host of new LCDs to report today. Including two brand new monitors from AlphaScan, the A5500DS and AD190D models. The first one (picture above) is a 22-inch display featuring a resolution of 1680×1050, a brightness of 330cd/m2, a response time of 5ms, and a contrast ratio of 3000:1. It is equipped [...]

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WV Teachers Ask For Help

Children's futures are in danger, education official say.

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GST Tax Cut Madness (While the Earth Burns)

Greg Weston, of the London Free Press, wrote a good article today outlining what $6 billion a year, the estimated cost of cutting the GST another point, could have done for Canada. "Aside from saving a few bucks on GST, here are a few other things we could do with $6 billion a year (in no particular order and with some generous approximations). - For seniors: Almost double the guaranteed

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WV representative helps "unveil" long term care legislation

West Virginia's Second District Congresswoman says now is the time to address the needs of nursing homes in this state and across the country. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito says that's why she is backing the Long-Term Care Quality and Modernization...

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GONNA CHANGE MY WAY OF THINKING

Photo credit: Image courtesy of everystockphoto.com. The theme for this week's Goat Rope is the late Viennese physician and psychologist Victor Frankl's classic work Man's Search for Meaning , which describes his experiences in several concentration camps in the Nazi era and the lessons he learned from them. If this is your first visit, please click on earlier entries. According to Frankl, the ordeal...

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West Virginia State Trooper Dies In Car Crash

Trooper Brian Linn was pursuing someone along a Jefferson County road Friday night when he lost control of his cruiser and later died.

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    West Virginia State Trooper Dies In Car Crash

    On Friday, November 02, 2007 at approximately 2324 hours, Trooper B. W. Linn of the Charles Town Detachment was responding to assist a fellow trooper involved...

    anonymous - 08/30/2008