State

Is, are, and am are some of the state of being verbs. In this usage of the word state, it states, or tells that something is. There are a few other usages of the word state, depending upon the context in which it is used.


State can mean the condition something is in. When a policeman pulls someone over on suspicion of drunk driving, he wants to find out the person's state of mind. There needs to be a determination whether the person is behaving in an altered state of mind that may be cause for bringing harm to others.


State can also mean a marked and recorded territory, as in a specific location within our nation. A state background check is a searching of records for criminal activity and other notable files on a person's history within the state.


Bloggers speaking about the state subject can be found at sites like blogs.state.gov and freestateblogs.

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• Report: Spartans ‘Stormed’ Dorm, Injured ‘Women’

  
  SPORTSbyBROOKS — Authority: 727
  Brittany Shammas of the Michigan State University daily THE STATE NEWS has an alarming report on an altercation at a Michigan State dorm on Sunday night. Witnesses and students involved in the incident said a group of 15 to 20 men, who some described as MSU football players, stormed into the dormitory and hit ...
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• HOW MUCH MORE STUPID CAN THEY GET HERE? THIS MUCH.

  
  KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'........... — Authority: 498
  More Law and Disorder. Couldn’t resist this article which will be in tomorrow’s Daily Mail. Now ya wanna talk about a system with NO justice in it. Here’s a winner for ya. Or maybe Loser is the better word. Justice my ass. Take a look at this. Thugs jailed for nine months for breaking man’s jaw are ...
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• New Forms of Memory-Based Heuristics

  
  Online Computer Science Degree 360 — Authority: 145
  These heuristics provide an order of magnitude or larger reduction in search effort over the previous best-known techniques. Speaker Bio: Nathan Sturtevant is currently an adjunct professor in Computer Science at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. He received his bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley and ...
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• The AP/BCS Week 13

  
  iSportacus — Authority: 507
  The AP and BCS polls are out after a relatively light weekend in college football. While it wasn’t a Saturday marked by marquis matchups, there were three happenings over the past few days that are worthy of note.The first is Jeremiah Masoli rallying Oregon from a 4th quarter deficit at a very tough Arizona team ...
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• The Fed and the Housing Recovery

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 163
  The government is not ready to start raising interest rates. Bernanke is increasingly confident of recovery in 2010 and the recent FMOC meeting has agreed to leave interest rates at historic lows. Fed To Phase Out Bond Purchases The Federal Reserve has been a significant purchaser of Treasury bonds buying as much ...
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• Californians asked to spend more during unprecedented spree of water spending

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 173
  Supporters of a proposed $11 billion water bond say the money is urgently needed to fix Californias water supply problems, yet billions of dollars in previous bond money still hasnt been spent, according to the California treasurer. About half of the $20 billion in water and levee improvement bonds passed since 2000 ...
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• Man Was Awake During 23-Year ‘Coma’

  
  Kreuzer's Korner — Authority: 441
  Wow! It turns out that a Belgian car crash victim who was misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state for 23 years was conscious the whole time. From CNN : Rom Houben was 23 at the time of his accident, but tests carried out by Dr. Laureys of the University of Liege, in Belgium, revealed that although Houben was ...
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• Thanks SCLS!

  
  SC Access To Justice Weblog — Authority: 119
  Earlier this month I was invited to attend the South Carolina Legal Services (SCLS) Annual Conference in Myrtle Beach.  And it’s hard for me to express the feelings I had. Everyone was welcoming to me and I had a great time. Even better, I came away with a better understanding of what SCLS does and the dedication ...
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• State Dinner Will Highlight American and Indian Musicians

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 777
  The First Couple plan to wow Indias prime minister with a mélange of musical entertainment, presenting musicians and singers that represent a rich sampling of American (and Indian) genres.
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• Human Rights Front and Center

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 437
  As James Fallows’ blog makes clear, President Obama’s human rights effort in China was more nuanced, and probably more successful, than people unfamiliar with China and Asia more generally can easily gauge.  The question is whether human rights have a permanent foothold in U.S. foreign policy. Right now our ...
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• Party at 1600: White House State Dinner to be HUGE

  
  THEBLACKURBANTIMES.COM — Authority: 457
  Steven Spielberg will be among the guests and Jennifer Hudson will perform. Some Dos and Donts for the Most Anticipated Social Event of the Year By KAREN TRAVERS The state dinner tonight at the White House , the first of the Obama administration, is the hottest ticket in town and the most ...
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• The Fed and the Housing Recovery

  
  Real Estate Pick — Authority: 163
  The government is not ready to start raising interest rates. Bernanke is increasingly confident of recovery in 2010 and the recent FMOC meeting has agreed to leave interest rates at historic lows. Fed To Phase Out Bond Purchases The Federal Reserve has been a significant purchaser of Treasury bonds buying as much ...
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• Obama: India State Visit Reflects The Abiding Bonds Of Respect Between Two Countries

  
  TPM LiveWire — Authority: 805
  The White House issued the following transcript of President Obamas remarks welcoming Indian Prime Minister Singh at the arrival ceremony. Heres the full text: PRESIDENT OBAMA: Prime Minister Singh, Mrs. Gursharan Kaur, members of the Indian delegation -- on behalf of Michelle and myself, it is a great pleasure to ...
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• No State Dinner For You!

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 516
    As those of you who have been following the missteps of President Obama as late already know, he has received Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House. On an aside, do you remember the television sitcom “Seinfeld”? If you do, then you probably remember the “Soup Nazi”; he was the recurring ...
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• As state announces 54 deaths related to H1N1 pandemic, AG says prices for medicine vary too much

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 649
  As the Michigan Department of Community Health announced that 54 Michigan deaths have been attributed to infection with the H1N1 virus, Attorney General Mike Cox released the results of a price comparison of the anti-viral medication Tamiflu, which is effective in combating the infection. The results of the AG ...
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• Poll: Holiday Spending Plans Unchanged From Last Year

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 540
  LOUDONVILLE—Sixty-five percent of consumers plan to spend less than $600 (up slightly from 61 percent last year) on gifts this holiday season according to a new statewide survey of consumers released Tuesday by the Siena (College) Research Institute. Less than 10 percent will still spend more on gifts this year as ...
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• Patrick Kennedy Communion Controversy For Dummies

  
  Opinionated Catholic — Authority: 446
  This story , largely through the miscommunication of Kennedy himself, got misreported from the start. There are two Canons of Canon Laws at play here. Canon 915 deals with an actual ban on Holy Communion. This is administered by an authority. Canon 916 instructs certain people not to present ...
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• Obama rolls out red carpet for Manmohan Singh (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Arun Kumar and Manish ChandWashington, Nov 24 (IANS) President Barack Obama rolled out the red carpet Tuesday for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the first official state visit of his presidency with a state greeting in the White House.Chilly, damp weather forced the White House to move the ceremony indoors ...
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• Glaring Contradictions

  
  Blog of Mass Destruction — Authority: 126
  Major Nidal Malik Hasan….the Ft. Hood mass shooter…..will, rightfully, be held accountable for his gruesome and insane actions in killing 13 and wounding 30. What Hasan did was inexcusable, and cannot be rationalized. Hasan, as everyone in the world knows now, was a devout Muslim. Many conservative Americans, and ...
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