Chris Graham: Can’t cut your way to prosperity
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The quickest way to lose 50 pounds is to cut off a limb. Thwack. Right there, you’ve cut 25 percent off the top without having to do more than get anethesized
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#6 UVa. men’s lax overcomes sluggishness to top Penn
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Steele Stanwick scored a career-high six goals and finished with seven points to lead the No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers (11-3) to a 10-8 victory over the Penn Quakers (3-10), Friday evening at the Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic, inside Sports Authority Field and Mile High. With the seven points, Stanwick now moves up to No….
AAA: Cost of owning, operating a vehicle up 1.9 percent
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AAA released the results of its annual ‘Your Driving Costs’ study today revealing a 1.9 percent rise in the yearly costs to own and operate a sedan in the U.S. The average costs rose 1.1 cents per mile to 59.6 cents per mile, or $8,946 per year, based upon 15,000 miles of annual driving. “The…
Carly at the Movies: Hunger
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“So what’s the big deal with The Hunger Games?” sez I to the handsome rascal in the mirror. No answer, just an admiring gaze as I finished shaving. Obviously I’d have to look into this Box Office phenomena myself; might actually have to go see the movie! The thought made me shudder. After all, the…
Global demand for beef driving up costs for producers
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Beef cattle prices may have dropped off from historic levels, but they are still high. Generally speaking, “it’s a good time to be in agriculture right now,” said Albemarle County beef cattle producer Carl Tinder, “but you still have to watch your bottom line.” Tinder chairs the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation Livestock Advisory Committee. “Cattle…
Warner amendment addresses federal pension backlog
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Postal reform legislation adopted by the U.S. Senate today on a vote of 62-37 included an amendment written by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) that aims to accelerate and improve a federal benefits processing system that still relies on the hand-processing of paper records. Virginia is home to an estimated 130,000 federal workers, and many…
Credit Union reports growth in first quarter
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DuPont Community Credit Union saw continued loan growth for the first quarter of 2012 compared to the first quarter of 2011. The Waynesboro-headquartered credit union reported a 33.7% increase in the amount of loans funded during the first quarter compared to the first quarter of 2011, and a 0.2% decrease in total loans outstanding over…
Keeping it primitive at WTA’s Gateway
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WTA brings Rootstone Jug Band for an evening of American roots music to the Gateway on April 27. Five guys will gather around a single microphone and summon up the rich strains of traditional jug band. It will be “Primitive Roots Music” at its unique best. The performance is at 8 pm at WTA’s Gateway…
Shenandoah Valley Art Center: May 2012 calendar of events
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The Shenandoah Valley Art Center, during the month of May, is exhibiting the works of artist, Chee Ricketts, a Hampton Roads resident who moved to the foothills of the Blue Ridge near Charlottesville in 2006. Her style is constantly evolving as she moves from tighter, more controlled representational work to paintings that reflect her feelings…
Webb joins senators in letter on Asia-Pacific basing
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U.S. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Jim Webb (D-Va.) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta regarding a new agreement with the Government of Japan on U.S. force posture in the Asia-Pacific region.
