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- The officially licensed Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head costume kit consists of a Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head character hat and seven t-shirt stickers (2 noses, 2 sets of eyes, lips, teeth and a mustache)
- Includes: Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head character hats and seven t-shirt stickers (2 noses, 2 sets of eyes, lips, teeth and a mustache)
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I bought this product for work I work in a pediactric dept and we do this every year with a theme and it was toy story this year I purchased my outfit and it was not complete a pair of lips where missing out of the package, when I emailed you to let you know all you offered to give back was 20% back from my purchase, that was not cool. You also told me to go to the store to exchange it which I did but still I had to go out of my way for that...but all in all the outfit was perfect and everyone enjoyed it...
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I used the kit for a Halloween costume for myself and a friend. The potato head puff costumes are expensive for a costume that is only used for a few hours. I purchased the costume kit which was cheaper than other sites. I made the potato shape from cardboard, covered it with felt and added the stickers. The stickers were so accurate and the costumes were a hit.
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The countdown is on for Conference 2011. Our Golden Anniversary Conference will take place May 13 – 15 at the Hamilton Convention Centre in Hamilton Ontario. On top of being a gala celebration of 50 years of the Ontario Genealogical Society, this conference is proud to feature 21 expert genealogical speakers.
Dave Obee
Dave Obee has been researching family history since 1978. He is the author of nine books, including Destination Canada: A Genealogical Guide to Immigration Records.
Recent speaking engagements:
OGS conferences in 2009 and 2010; Brigham Young University Family History and Genealogy conference 2010; plus many more. See daveobee.com/schedule.htm
Dave Obee is speaking on several genealogical topics including our Closing Plenary: Blogs, Posts, Tweets and Apps.
202: It's About Time: a simple way to organize your work
401: Tracing Forward to Find Distant Cousins
702: Introduction to Eastern European Research
807: Get Them Talking
901: Two Dozen (or more) Ways to Research Germans from Russia
1206: More Than Just Dates and Names
1400: Closing Plenary: Blogs Tweets, Posts and Apps
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Driving the Journey – VMware IT
The hybrid cloud is a combination of two or more private and/or public clouds. These clouds are bound together but remain encapsulated, offering advantages that far exceed those offered by either independent solution. Users reap the benefits of choice, flexibility, and agility, and the ability to run applications at will and without compromise. In May 2013 VMware launched its own public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) called the vCloud Hybrid Service, and this is now in production.
Software technology and architecture are the foundation layer of VMware's cloud solution. It comprises the tools and technology that shape an organization's Cloud architecture. The hybrid solution is made possible by the software-defined data center (the glue that automates migration, management, and security), and VMware's large portfolio of service providers, systems integrators, ISVs, and channel partners. As depicted in the scope of case studies below, the hybrid cloud offers a wealth of possibilities that hold the promise of true business transformation.
How to Buy A Cloud: VMware's Subscription-Based Delivery Platform Offers Partners, Customers a Business Model for On-Demand IT Services
As the cloud economy matures, VMware is evolving new business models to enable on-demand purchasing of cloud products and services and is driving new revenue opportunities for channel partners through its Subscription-based Delivery Platform (SDP). SDP allows partners to have a flexible way to configure cloud solutions for customers and unifies the customer experience across products, services, and customer support.
Business Need:
- Create a new business model for subscription-based services and drive new VMware business processes to better enable cloud provisioning
- VMware created the Subscription-Based Delivery Platform (SDP) to better integrate the customer experience across products and support through delivery of policies and procedures that enable the purchasing of cloud services
- Evolve VMware's maturing vision of the Software Defined Data Center
- Drive greater channel revenue by offering new subscription-based services
- Further integrate VMware processes to maintain consistent customer experience from initial purchasing through customer support
- Offer vCloud Hybrid Service through SDP, allowing customers to purchase compute, storage, and other cloud components, with the security, scalability, and support needed for enterprise-class cloud computing
- Increased self-service for customers to view purchased subscriptions, file support tickets, and purchase add-on products, leveraging existing My VMware portals
- Support business policies necessary for subscription offering, including pricing, product, partner, and finance domains
Cloud-enabled Single Sign-On on VMware Horizon Application Manager (MyOneLogin)
Cloud-enabled Single Sign-on on VMware Horizon Application Manager (MyOneLogin) Ensures Security, Improves Applications Management and Simplifies Access
Remembering user names and passwords has become a challenge in the SaaS era where employees are using applications that may be enterprise-class or tiny niche applications that work on a mobile device. The need exists for IT organizations to maintain their company's security posture and to audit access controls from a central location. VMware accomplished this by implementing Horizon Application Manager, a Cloud-based user authentication application that sits between the client and the Cloud-based applications to which users seek access. And by offering users one set of credentials, VMware IT delighted users while improving security and applications management.
Business Need:
- Increasing use of Cloud-based applications by employees, customers and partners put demands on IT to both simplify login and ensure security of company information
- More than 200 applications existed in the enterprise, 40 of which were customer-facing, all with unique sign-in requirements
- Managing authentication and entitlements was getting unwieldy for IT and frustrating for users
- Implement Cloud-based, single sign-on to streamline user and IT workloads
- Leverage Cloud infrastructure for fast, effective deployment at a low cost
- Users love having only one login to remember
- Users have access to up to 22 applications from a single dashboard with one login
- IT gains a centralized view into usage, both by user and application
- Better insight into use enables improved cost efficiencies in application licensing
Cloud Applications Monitoring with VMware vCenter Hyperic
Hyperic Monitoring System Speeds Provisioning, Reduces Incidents and Offers Insight
As part of VMware's ongoing corporate strategy to run its own enterprise on the same tools it offers to the marketplace, the IT organization began working with Hyperic, the company's applications monitoring system for virtualized data centers.
Business Need:
- Maintain corporate strategy for VMware IT to run its enterprise with the same tools and environment offered to customers
- Strive toward ever-increasing agility and IT economies
- Identify incidents at the earliest possible stage
- Improve reliability for critical applications
- Reduce/eliminate incidents through best-in-breed monitoring
- Migrate from a legacy application to Spring tc with Hyperic management, following VMware's acquisition of SpringSource
- Bundle monitoring with new servers for instant capabilities with no added IT overhead
- Reduce incidents through powerful monitoring and reporting capabilities
- Increase automation
- Up to 40 percent reduction in incidents
- Improved uptime and reliability through earlier identification of incidents
- Faster, streamlined application provisioning via automated discovery of newly deployed resources
IT Architecture Governance for the Cloud
- IT is leveraging the Cloud for "burst" capacity.
- There is a closer partnerships with business users.
- Applications are increasingly delivered as SaaS.
- Service catalogs enable self-service and self-provisioning.
- IT shifts the emphasis to governance, integration, security and to ensuring business continuity.
- Vendor relationships are restructuring to work closely with Cloud Service Providers and SaaS.
Effective Architecture Boards:
- Have a clear set of architectural principles.
- Ensure broad representation across all stakeholder organizations.
- Enable representatives to have decision-making authority.
- Operate with transparency.
- Work toward federated processes.
Managing IT Costs in the Cloud
- IT is assuming the role of "service broker."
- IT and business users are teaming up for evaluation, selection and contract negotiation with Cloud Service Providers.
- IT-as-a-Service facilitates user self-provisioning and service catalogs.
- Cloud cost management tools deliver deep insight into the fully loaded cost of applications running in production.
- Pay-per-service shifts cost models, as users pay over time.
IT Financial Management with VMware IT Business Management Suite (Digital Fuel)
Digital Fuel ITFM Delivers Financial IT Metrics for the Cloud
The IT organization needed to see the full cost of managing applications at production in the cloud. While the cost of provisioning and implementing new IT services has been relatively easy to quantify, it has been more difficult to understand the true ongoing cost of IT service delivery. VMware sought to bring sophisticated finance functions, such as how to break down costs from multiple standpoints or how to analyze the cost of changing a variable in the service mix, to its own enterprise.
Business Need:
- In-depth financial metrics for applications management
- Greater insight into costs, as demanded by Cloud service deliver
- Better IT understanding of production costs
- Better engagement with line of business stakeholders supported by clear IT metrics
- A financial system that provided a unified view into the cost of all resources—server, storage, network, software, computers, applications and human capital
- Multiple views into IT costs — to know per-unit costs for any variable on which metrics were desired
- Deep cost knowledge for business decisions
- Opportunity to realize full gains of Cloud with deep insight into cost of service delivery
- Improved decision support for IT
- Understanding of fully loaded cost of deploying an application and running it at production
- Ability to factor in labor costs
- Understanding of per-user or per-unit costs where needed
- Ability to employ cost modeling and "what-if" scenarios to see financial impact of IT initiatives, such as performing an upgrade or reconfiguring a business process


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The Peavey PV 5300 powered mixer features four simultaneous combination XLR and 1/4" inputs using high-quality, low-noise Peavey Silencer mic preamps, and 200 watts of peak power for crystal-clear audio reproduction. The five-band master graphic EQ includes the Peavey FLS Feedback Locating System, which makes feedback elimination simple, intuitive and accurate. Built-in, footswitchable reverb complements this feature-packed powered mixer.
With the onboard 1/4", RCA and 1/8" mini jacks, musicians and audio professionals can connect virtually any audio device to this versatile mixer. An additional input channel is reserved for RCA or 1/8" media, while a master RCA output makes it easy to record directly from the mixer.
This powered mixer was debuted at this year's NAMM show and was a big hit at the booth. Its size and features promise to make it a favorite rehearsal PA and workhorse for solo and duo acts, as well as bands that don't play loud enough to peel paint off the walls. Built with Peavey's usual attention to quality, this powered mixer will earn a place in countless night clubs, restaurants and rehearsal studios across the country and beyond.
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Comments about Peavey PV 5300 5-Channel Powered Mixer:
This unit functions well.Loud enough .EQ'S are adequate. Dropped the ball on the reverb tho.Would consider out board reverb or delay if you need it . Great as I sing in a duo so don't need more than 4 channels. Control knobs are very flimsy so handle with care.If your on a budget I would recommend.
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I wanted an amp that would be easy to carry up and down stairs. At 15 pounds, the PV5300 fits that requirement nicely. With a 10" Kustom speaker, a mic stand, guitar and gig bag it is easily done in two trips.
It has clean sound without hum. I usually play a room that is about 40' x 50' and this amp covers adequately.
The PV5300 is rated at 200 watts -- but what does that mean? Prior to buying I searched for further definition on the web but found none. The manual that came with the amp explained it thoroughly: 200 watts = 100 watts peak x 2 outputs. The RMS rating is half, or 50 watts per output. But that is into a 4 ohm speaker, while 8 ohms yields just 30 watts. So the way I often use it with a single 8 ohm speaker results in a 30 watt RMS system. BUT IT IS ENOUGH! If the specs had been published, I might have passed up this capable amp. I'm glad I bought it.
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Actually, first off, MF was excellent in their service & first rate in getting the PV 5300 to me. I was in a bind. My rig had died on me and a gig coming up. A singer/songwriter, it is imperative to have the sound smooth and accurate. Well, I can say that the 5300 fit the bill. AND it arrived in time time rehearse and prepare for the show! Thanks Guys! While it is compact and plenty of power for small venues as well as my home studio, I found the reverb a little lacking. That said, my Harmony GT-X covers that brilliantly(also bought through MF!)One other annoyance was the lack of an on/off indicator. But, it is NOT a deal breaker. I love the 5 band equalizer. It is a great asset. Wish it had a true 5th channel, but once again, I can work around that. As this little unit packs a good punch and saved this cat's gig.
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Plenty of power and inputs for small practice and performance venues. Needs more EQ on individual channels. Overall a great unit for the money.
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Nice amp. Detachable AC cord is nice, no need to try to be dragging a cord behind you when transporting. This has complete control over your tone because of the individual channel Hi's and Lo's and the Main band EQ. Nice. LED's pump as you play showing any clip or distortion. Nice. The input plug on each channel is the new plug that accepts either 1/4" plug or Lo Z prong plug. Nice. What's NOT nice is that Peavey advertises this with "Reverb." It's NOT reverb. It's a bad slapback/echo with it's own set echo speed. You can only adjust the amount. I think there's a big difference between echo and reverb and I think this is deceptive. For the price this is a nice 4 channel amp if you already have some speakers. The 5th channel accepts your CD player or other sources. Run it dry or with the strange echo. It's worth the money. I gave it 5 stars, but the Peavey company gets NO stars for the deceptive advertising.
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We use this for small bars and coffee house gigs where its compact size and simplicity are welcome. Most of the gigs available nowadays seem to be smaller venues for duos or solo acts. This little PA (with a pair of lightweight passive neodymium speakers) does a great job for those.
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It sounds fine for the low-volume vocals and acoustic guitar stuff we do. I would not expect to use this with a drummer and amplified bass. At low volumes, the quality is clear, intelligible, articulate. Simple reverb with one knob is OK.
Really love how quick and easy the tear-down is at the end of the gig too.
We get done, and the whole rig (speakers, stands, cables, mics) fits in two boxes that go in the back of a toyota sedan. We literally get packed in less than five minutes.
Been using it for 6 months, no problems.
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KREBS — A loss away from elimination, the Muckdogs' offense exploded, putting up two run-rule wins against the Thunder and the Mudhens — two fellow Pittsburg County Little League teams — Saturday at the Little League State AAA Tournament at Deerinwater Field in Krebs. The Muckdogs beat the Thunder in the semifinals, 12-2, and the Mudhens in the first championship game, 20-9, forcing a final championship game Sunday afternoon.
The Thunder played even with the Muckdogs through three innings, never leading nor falling behind by more than a run. But after the Thunder failed to score in the top of the fourth and trailed the Muckdogs 3-2, the Muckdogs sent 12 to the plate in the bottom half, plating nine runs and forcing the run-rule to win.
After seeing their lead fall from 10 runs to just two in the bottom of the fourth, a short offensive inning from the Muckdogs might've led to their defeat. Undaunted by their opponents' offensive outburst, the Muckdogs batted 15 in the top of the fifth, regaining and even expanding on their sizable lead in a game they had to win to stay in the tournament.
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Johnnie M. Faircloth, Capt. USAF Retired, 65, of Hahira, passed away Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at his home after a lengthy illness. He was born Nov. 22, 1946 in Ludowici, Ga. Mr. Faircloth was a Special Agent with the Office of Special Investigations, and had retired as a captain in the U.S.A.F. He served in both Vietnam and Dessert Storm, receiving numerous medals and awards from the U.S.A.F. Johnnie was a member of Charity Baptist Church, was an avid hunter and fisherman and a loving father and grandfather.
Mr. Faircloth was a loving and caring husband to his surviving wife of 47 years, Michele Schmidt Faircloth. He is also survived by three sons and two daughters-in-law, Jeff and Anna Faircloth of Moultrie, Scott Faircloth of Hahira and Jaime and Danielle Faircloth of Ray City; four grandchildren, Kathryn, Blake, Timothy and Brandon Faircloth; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Onan and Joyce Faircloth of Hudson, Fla., Kenneth and Juanita Faircloth of Monticello, Fla., and Durrell and Bobbie Pert of Clarksville, Tenn.; a sister and brother-in-law, Elaine and Whiting Delk of Athens, Tenn. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cecil and Willie Faircloth Pert and a brother Juan Faircloth.
Funeral service for Mr. Faircloth will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, at the Carson McLane Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Lee Graham officiating. Interment will follow in McLane Riverview Memorial Gardens with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. this evening at the Carson McLane Funeral Home. Condolences to the family may be conveyed online at www.mclanecares.com. — Carson McLane Funeral Home


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As the Center for Career Development's internal job and internship posting system, WildcatLink is your primary gateway to Davidson-specific career opportunities and resources. WildcatLink includes internships and job shadowing opportunities that we receive from families and friends of Davidson, alumni, and other employers who have strong interest in hiring Davidson students. In order to post your first résumé on WildcatLink, you must first submit it to our office for approval.
Davidson is a member of the Nationwide Internships Consortium (NIC), a consortium of 18 selective private colleges and universities (including Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Chicago) who all add internships to the NIC database. This membership gives students access to internships posted in NIC and its partner consortium, the Liberal Arts Career Network (LACN). Access NIC and LACN through WildcatLink (click on the icons after signing in).
As member schools are located all across the United States and have broad employer networks, NIC and LACN are useful whether you are exploring a wide variety of opportunities across the country or focusing your search on a particular geographical region. Internships posted by NIC and LACN are vetted by career staff at the selective consortium schools, so you will find a wide selection of high-quality internships in these databases.


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Creighton guard Josh Jones will undergo additional tests after fainting before Thursday night's game against Nebraska.
Jones was taken to a Lincoln hospital after passing out before the game. Creighton sports information director Rob Anderson says Jones' condition has stabilized. In a statement released by the school, Jones says he's in good spirits and doing well.
Coach Greg McDermott said after the game that Jones fainted during pregame warm-ups and was taken from the Devaney Center on a stretcher.
Jones was diagnosed with a bacterial infection during his senior year at Omaha Central High School and underwent surgery to replace a heart valve. He resumed playing basketball in December 2007.


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August 1, 2014
A man accused of killing a decorated Kenosha County sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop has been charged.
The criminal complaint says Ezeiquiel Lopez told investigators he had been drinking tequila, used cocaine and bought a pistol from a gang member.
He says he didn't stop for the police late Wednesday because he thought he'd been in an accident.
He also told them he can't recall shooting Deputy Frank Fabiano.
According to sheriff's department spokesman Gil Benn, Fabiano fired 4 rounds at Lopez during the attempted traffic stop. 3 of the shots hit Lopez' van.
He says Fabiano's back-up, a University of Wisconsin-Parkside police officer, fired numerous rounds.
Lopez then allegedly fired a half-dozen times and hit Fabiano 3 times.
Lopez is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The judge set his bond at $1 million.
Fabiano's funeral will be held Wednesday at Carthage College.
A memorial fund has been set up at all Southport Bank locations in Kenosha County. The money will be given to deputy Fabiano's daughter.
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Oliver Fetzer, Cerulean Pharma, Inc., President and CEO, MBA '93 discusses analytics as part of the essential fundamentals of an MBA program. Analytics is an equal part of the fundamental structure that the Tepper School provides within the curriculum.
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The Playgrounds of Private Equity
Blackstone Group's plan to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev's U.S. theme parks for up to $2.7 billion may turn out to be a brilliant expansion into the recession-squelched entertainment industry. But it could also prove to be a roller coaster in terms of value if Americans don't rediscover fun as part of the economic recovery.
For its part, AB InBev at least has a product that can sell equally well when people are depressed. The deal helps to satisfy its goal of raising $7 billion from divestments.
The theme park deal is one of the largest private equity transactions this year. It will add Busch Entertainment Corp's 10 parks — including three SeaWorlds and two Busch Gardens — to Blackstone's existing fun stable housing Madame Tussauds wax museums, Legoland and the London Eye Ferris wheel. mumblings about anti-trust issues, the private equity entertainment empire is active in a buyers market. Some say NBC Universal's theme park could soon wind up on the block if GE sells content assets to Comcast.
Of the $2.3 billion Blackstone will pay up front, only $1 billion is equity. More than half of the deal is being financed through borrowing, which in and of itself may be reason for Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman to scream with delight. Getting financing in these troubled times is no ride in the park.


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A collection of Streetscapes articles published in The New York Times.
STREETSCAPES Articles
In Context or Out of Step?
On West 79th Street, from Amsterdam Avenue to Broadway, is a remarkable example of two facing rows of late 19th-century townhouses on a wide street.
July 27, 2014, Sunday
Where Fancy Took Flight
The Lotos Club at West 57th Street underwent a total transformation in 1950.
July 20, 2014, Sunday
Photographers of the Inadvertent
Hired to document subway construction (and possibly prevent lawsuits), photographers also captured city life.
July 13, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON: New York City , Subways , Photography , Architecture
Shubert Alley: Star-Gazing, but Maybe Not on Mondays
The theater world gathers in a well-used passage tucked away between 44th and 45th Streets west of Broadway.
July 6, 2014, Sunday
Where Old Curiosity Shops Abounded
Fifty years ago, East 57th Street was a refuge for peculiar little buildings and odd businesses like the Todhunter shop.
June 29, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON: Architecture , Antiques , Real Estate (Commercial) , Thrift Shops , Midtown Area (Manhattan, NY)
One Century's Breathing Room Is Another's Hiccup
N.Y.U.'s proposed sunken walkway comes up against an old easement and a contemporary condominium.
June 22, 2014, Sunday
The Battle Money Couldn't Win
The Vanderbilts tried to keep their section of Fifth Avenue residential, but commercial interests won out.
June 15, 2014, Sunday
Gone With Barely a Trace
The Windsor Arcade went up on the site of a hotel fire that took many lives. The dead were never memorialized.
June 8, 2014, Sunday
A Very Difficult Crosstown Move
The journey in 1880 of Cleopatra's Needle from the Hudson River at West 96th Street to Central Park was one of the sights of New York.
June 1, 2014, Sunday
Architecture for the Upper East Side Horse
69th Street, from Lexington to Third, is notable among surviving stable streets — where the smells and noise of horses were isolated their owners.
May 25, 2014, Sunday
MORE ON: Horses , Architecture , Upper East Side (Manhattan, NY)
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JOPLIN, Mo. —
Troy Langley, president of Urban Metropolitan Development of Atlanta, Ga., in an email statement on Wednesday, said he was stunned that his company and its project manager, Jennifer Taylor, now face criminal charges accusing them of not paying prevailing wages to employees who worked on demolition projects last fall for the Joplin School District.
UMD and Taylor also have been charged with 10 felony counts of forgery in connection with the alleged altering of copies of checks before their submission to the state as proof that the company paid its workers prevailing wage, as required by law.
Langley, who has filed suit in federal court alleging that the Joplin School Board and its director of buildings, grounds and transportation violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act by discriminating against Urban Metro, a minority-owned business, said the charges are an attempt to mask the real issue.
"This latest aspersion is the Missouri Department of Labor and the Joplin School District's attempt to mask the issues of racial intimidation, nonpayment for work completed, and retaliatory wrongful discharged (sic) that plagued this project," he said.
Langley said Urban Metro hired a third party, Procurement Technical Assistance Centers, to complete the certified payroll records and ensure that prevailing wages were paid. He said an employee of PTAC "signed her name, under penalty of perjury, stating that the record keeping was true and accurate."
He said the PTAC employee was not an employee or agent of Urban Metro, but acted as an independent contractor for the specific duty of completing certified payroll and ensuring that workers were compensated the prevailing wage amount.
Langley wrote: "The Missouri DOL, acting in concert with Joplin School District, alleged discrepancies were discovered. UMD and Jennifer Taylor have been working with the DOL to clear any discrepancies that may exist. In fact, UMD challenged the calculations and unfair practices of the Missouri DOL and had arbitration scheduled to resolve the matter.
"UMD is stunned by these charges considering the matter remains an open dispute."
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster filed the charges jointly with Jasper County Prosecutor Dean Dankelson. They announced the charges Tuesday afternoon at a news conference at Joplin City Hall.
Nanci Gonder, press secretary for Koster, in a statement released Wednesday, said: "The state's prosecution is based on evidence obtained through its investigation. The evidence includes falsified documentation provided to the state by Ms. Taylor, UMD's project manager."
Langley, via email from the Globe, was asked to provide evidence of the alleged racial intimidation in connection the company's work on the demolition of three schools damaged in the 2011 tornado: Irving Elementary School, the old South Middle School and Joplin High School.
The company did not respond to the request Wednesday.
UMD filed a lawsuit against the school district earlier this year in federal court, seeking $2.2 million in damages. It alleges that the district missed progress payments on a contract to demolish the schools.
In response to the company's lawsuit, the school district countered with a lawsuit against UMD. Those suits are still active in federal court.
About the company's lawsuit and its allegation that the school district violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act, C.J. Huff, superintendent of the Joplin School District, on Tuesday said: "Our position is the opposite of their position. We feel very confident of our position in that case."
Huff said the school district was not surprised when the criminal charges were filed, noting that the district had worked closely with the Department of Labor on the case after the district became concerned about record keeping "that did not appear to be right."
About 20 employees of UMD are identified in a probable-cause statement as being underpaid. Koster said it is possible that the company could be barred from working in the state if the court determines that it violated the state's prevailing wage law.
Missouri's prevailing wage law requires that workers on public projects receive no less than the prevailing hourly wage, which is set before a project begins and is based on the county and the type of work.
Under the prevailing wage law, UMD was required to submit weekly certified payrolls to the Missouri Department of Labor and to the school district. As part of its oversight, the Labor Department requested that the company also submit copies of payroll checks for workers on the project.
Dankelson said the Division of Labor Standards requested copies of canceled checks to reflect the payment of the net wages indicated on the certified payroll forms that were submitted to the school district.
The Division of Labor Standards subpoenaed canceled checks from Bank of America to compare with those submitted by UMD. The bank records showed that 37 checks had been altered, according to Koster.
Koster alleges that UMD and Taylor altered copies of checks to make it appear that workers were paid prevailing wages, and submitted the forged documents to the Department of Labor and the Joplin School District. Those activities allegedly occurred between Nov. 29, 2011, and March 16, 2012.
UMD filed its lawsuit against the school district in April.
The combined wage underpayment to the employees was at least an estimated $55,000, according to the attorney general's office. The probable-cause statement said the underpayment amount could be as high as $77,760.
Punishment ranges
FELONY FORGERY is punishable by up to seven years in prison, as well as fines of up to $5,000 for individuals and $10,000 for businesses. Each instance of failure to pay prevailing wage carries a fine of up to $500 or up to six months in prison, or both.


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"I've been in this field for more than 30 years," said co-anchor of Today Ann Curry. "I've heard a lot of stereotypes."
Women continue climbing the rungs of power—building their ranks as heads of state, corporate leaders and media influencers—but their minority status means they still face harsh, limiting assessments based on their gender. "Women are being judged more, even by other women," said Valerie Young, Ed.D., author of The Secret Thoughts of Successful Women. While male leaders are allowed to have complex personalities, powerful women are often summed up by hackneyed stereotypes that undermine them and their power.
ForbesWoman tracked down many of the world's most powerful women, from IMF chief Christine Lagarde to Jill Abramson of the New York Times, to ask: What is your least favorite stereotype about powerful women? Gender and career experts also weighed in on the dangerous notions about female success and how they seep into the collective subconscious. The following represent the 10 most hated and pervasive stereotypes.
No. 1: Ice Queen
Halley Bock, CEO of leadership and development training company Fierce, notes that the ruthless "ice queen" stereotype is rampant. Cultural depictions, like frigid magazine editor Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada (and her real-world counterpart Anna Wintour of Vogue) and back-stabbing boss Patty Hewes on Damages, paint successful women as unsympathetic power-mongers. It is, of course, a Catch-22. "A woman who shows emotion in the workplace is often cast as too fragile or unstable to lead," Bock said. "A woman who shows no emotion and keeps it hyper-professional is icy and unfeminine. For many women, it can be a no-win situation."
No. 2: Single and Lonely
Harvard lecturer Olivia Fox Cabane notes that the strong perception that powerful women are intimidating to men and will need to sacrifice their personal lives may stop women from going after power. Even those women who aren't interested in marrying, face harsh judgments. Men get to be "bachelors" while women are reduced to "spinsters" and "old-maids." In fact, when Janet Napolitano was nominated Secretary of Homeland Security, critics said her being single would allow her to "spend more time on the job."
No. 3: Tough
The first female Executive Editor of The New York Times, Jill Abramson is anything but stereotypical. She had a hard-charging career as an investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal and edited her way to the top of the Times masthead. She's also a true-blood New Yorker and is writing a book about puppies. Despite her complexities, she must contend with being called "tough" and "brusque," making the "she's-tough stereotype" her least favorite. Said Abramson: "As an investigative reporter, I had tough standards and a formidable way of framing and reporting stories, but I don't think of myself as a tough person."
No. 4: Weak
Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla, the country's first female leader, told me that successful women face typecasting largely because society is still adjusting to women's recent decision-making power. Chinchilla believes the most pervasive stereotype is that women are "weak," a perception that may stem from women's greater desire to build a consensus. "We understand success not as the result of just one person but as the result of a team," she said. "[It's a] different way of dealing with power [that] is misunderstood as a kind of weakness."
No. 5: Masculine
The notion that powerful women must be, lead and look like a man really aggravates Christine Lagarde, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund. In a video interview with FORBES she said–pumping her fist–she hates the idea that "you have to look like a businessman." She admitted she sometimes feels the pressure to look the "right" way, but tries to resist not being "overly businesslike."
Perhaps a piece on the women who have overcome those tired stereotypes? I'd be more inspired by examples of powerful women (with the accompanying POSITIVE media portrayals) who have succeeded on their own terms and tossed conventional wisdom aside (and in the process, kicked the naysayers in their collective keisters).
as long as the stereotypes exist they need to be be talked about. no progress can be made if people are unaware. i've heard them all before, but i was still shocked by Janet Napolitano's reference to critics saying she would have more time to spend on her job because she's single. this idea is so old and tired and yet it still holds true in the majority of the American consciousness. and the fact is all these women have overcome these stereotypes or they wouldn't be in the positions they are in. so it seems ludicrous that the media is still shoving it in their faces. what do we have to do?
That's true because if people would stop talking about them, they will most likely go away on their own and people will actually compete on personal merit (instead of grinding an ax).
"women today at the peak of power report being subject to the same tired stereotypes"
And what Stereotypes do men at the top face? Or did you not research that? Did you decide that, simply because women face stereotypes, regardless of whether it is consistent to face stereotypes regardless of gender, that must mean they are being treated unfairly? Is it not possibly that, being at the peak, you are prone to being judged and labeled? I don't know how often the stereotype of a powerful man being a sexual deviant is portrayed in our, or utterly heartless and cruel. As thinking they are above the law. Please don't pretend that it's being a woman that drives the stereotyping, and not the position of power itself and/or the (gender neutral) attributes that can get people there.
I think the whole "ignore it and it will go away" only works with your customers.
Worst male leader stereotypes:
1. Only in it for their own glorification.
2. Only in it so they can pick up adoring female admirers.
3. They are chronically absent fathers/husbands who are emotionally cut off from their families.
I completely disagree. We must talk about how these things effect us.
Hi, would you be just as shocked to find out that the very same thing was said about me. I have been seperated for almost three yrs. and was very pained by those very same words. I enjoy being a papa and look to my daughter as the best thing that has ever happened in my life. There is nothing on this planet that could bring me the joy I feel to just look into her eyes.
I was shocked to hear that since I was seperated I would not have any (distractions) and would enjoy the freedom that this would afford me in the new position offered. Needless to say, I cordialy declined, excused myself and thanked them for their kind consideration. My daughter has never been and will never be a distraction in my life.
It's really what you make it. Look at some really powerful women who have thumbed their noses to stereotypes – Texas Governor Ann Richards, Legislator Barbara Jordan, Barbara Bush, Jackie Kennedy, CoCo Chanel, Margaret Thatcher, Jane Goodall, Angelina Jolie.
Really, it seems that when any person, male or female, is true to themselves and their heart and they have some brains too, that they will pave the way where there is no path. That is true power. I would love to see an article on the pathmakers – the men and the women who left a trail where there was none.
Let's not focus on stereotypes because whatever we focus on, that's what we get. Let's focus on the real powerful women.
In corporate America, they may be from smaller companies, I don't know. That would be good to know. In Houston, we have a woman who is the Executive Director of The Hashoo Foundation USA who is empowering women in Pakistan by training them to have their own business – honey bee farming. You can read more about her at www.tiny.cc/pwinov11. She will be speaking at a luncheon.
Her name is Cristal Montanez Baylor – she was Miss Venezeula in 1977 and is a powerhouse – unstoppable, courageous, smart, beautiful, persistent, creative, a humanitarian and she has to do a lot of things herself to get things done and she makes things happen.
I really enjoyed your article Jeanna – you are a powerhouse too. Smart, talented and influential. I wish you the best and look forward to future articles.


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Officials said a 76-year-old Skokie woman is hospitalized from possibly being bitten by a mosquito in the village.
This is the third confirmed case of West Nile Virus in the state this year, officials said.
"Unfortunately, people sometimes don't know [the virus is] there unless we remind them," Dr. Catherine Counard, health department director for the Village of Skokie, told the Chicago Tribune.
With the detection of West Nile Virus, and the continued hot summer weather creating an ideal environment for mosquito breeding. Symptoms of WNV infection may begin between three and 15 days after being bitten by an infected mosquito. Most infected people have mild symptoms, such as a fever, headache and rash that lasts a few days. In rare cases, WNV can cause severe disease with symptoms such as muscle weakness, stiff neck, disorientation, tremors, convulsions, paralysis and coma. Older adults and people with compromised immune systems are at an increased risk of complications from the virus.
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In an amazing display of community solidarity, a mass of supporters showed up Thursday at Greater Good Barbecue's fundraiser and raised loads of cash for Handy Ace Hardware employees displaced by the Dec. 28 fire.
There was live music, a silent auction, plenty of alcohol and some waits to get served. "This is the bomb," said local resident Carol Garner. "Us Tucker people stick together."
As television news crews mingled with swarms of people, restaurant staff bustled about keeping up with demand. Asked if she was OK, co-manager Tracey Wrench replied, "I guess. I left my body a long time ago."
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"It's nice that everyone came out," said customer Sarah Seyfred. "They're slammed. It's a record-breaking night for them."
The hardware store employees who will benefit from this largesse are held in great esteem by many in Tucker, and Handy Ace owner Harold Smith is doing what he can to hang on to them while he makes plans to rebuild. "Obviously, we want to take care of them," he said.
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Tom Brady's foot-up slide in the AFC championship game did not sit well with Ravens SS Bernard Pollard.
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Credit the 49ers and Ravens for playing the same kind of ball they have all along and riding it to road success.
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Columnist Ron Borges writes of Tom Brady's recent troubles when facing the Ravens.
Flacco's three TDs help give Ravens AFC title
John Harbaugh and his Ravens set up a family reunion at the Super Bowl, shutting down the Patriots 28-13 Sunday in the AFC championship game.
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Reflecting the current industry trend of doing designs using hardware description languages (HDL) instead of logic diagrams, this straightforward guide presents the fundamentals of hardware design and the latest techniques and technologies in a smooth, easy-to-understand style with an abundant use of examples to build understanding and problem-solving skills.Presents a gradual development of logic, design, digital systems and computer architecture concepts, and more real-world examples and problems than any other book of its kind. Covers digital circuit delay early on to prepare readers for forthcoming study on pipelining, and weaves an on-going example of a simple computer system throughout to illustrate the principle impact of each topic in digital systems design. Discusses both VHDL and Verilog languages usage in combinational design sequential circuits, registers, datapaths, and multipliers, and dedicates 125 pages on an accompanying website that includes all source files for VHDL and Verilog examples. Includes new material on inertial delay, dynamic RAMs, jump and branch instructions, and Universal Serial Bus.
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The NPD report for December is in. It was a good holiday season for all involved — and a very good one for Microsoft Microsoft. The Xbox One and Xbox 360 were the best selling consoles in each of their generations, with 908,000 sales for Xbox One and 643,000 for Xbox 360, making up 46% of the total US hardware market. Xbox One games also held six of the top ten spots for best-selling software.
This is the status quo according to the last generation — Xbox holds down the US, Playstation does better in Europe and dominates Japan (Microsoft has been trying to make Europe a battleground this generation, but has largely ceded Japan). Still waiting on PS4 numbers, and will update with those. My guess is they aren't too far behind — Sony Sony is mounting an impressive attack in home territory, significantly helped by better on-paper specs and a $100 price difference. Globally, Sony's machine is still ahead.
There's one major caveat to any console sale numbers from launch until a month or two from now. As I've said before, demand far outstripped supply for the entire launch window, and this early sales contest was likely to go to whichever company could get more consoles in stores. I haven't ever seen a physical PS4 in a store in the US, and I've been looking. There's no telling what either Xbox One or PS4 numbers would have been if there were enough machines to go around.
"According to the latest NPD report, PlayStation 4 remains the cumulative leader for next-gen console sales in the U.S. since its launch on November 15," Sony spokesperson Dan Race said in a statement provided to GamesBeat. "We sold every PS4 available at retail in the U.S. and were out of stock in December due to overwhelming consumer demand."
David Dennis, Senior Group Project Manager with Xbox told Forbes that Xbox One supply is starting stabilize. At this point, most people who want one in a market where it's been launched can get one.
"There's this very complicated dance of moving the inventory around, but we really feel like the situation is starting to normalize quite a bit. It's hit or miss — some places we're in stock, some places we aren't."
It's been a hugely successful launch for both companies so far, and there's a lot of gaming ot look forward to in 2014. With a solid starting install base and not too many games, the developers will be on their way.
Edit: An early version of this article had the word "holidays" in the headline where "December" is now.
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or Microsoft had a much more abundant inventory
Because Sony has the same amount of factories Microsoft does, but Microsoft only sells Xbox on 13 countries, compared to 53 countries for Ps4. Xbox is $100 more too so anywhere Xbox is doing better, is more than a big deal. If you live in the United States you should sponsor your country and its companies more. Microsoft is American. Sony is Japanese. People in Japan don't buy the Xbox because it is American. We need to wisen up if we want our nation's economy to improve.
actually, regardless of how many regions it shipped and sold to, MSFT only produced 1/2 the number of units Sony did… as their full on production started much later than Sony's did…
now.. product nationality…. fyi.. next to NONE of your money to MSFT goes to America…..
Xbox does not sell well in Japan because
1. They find it incredibly hard to pronounce…
2. Few people in Japan have ever even heard of the Xbox….
3. It, over it's iterations, has been traditionally regionally locked, furthermore, it traditionally has next to no content appealing to the Japanese consumer.
4. Japanese people are generally smarter than Americans, at math, science, computers, and better at games…. they know a PoS when they see it…..
now, regions.. While Sony CURRENTLY sells to more, for the first periods of the Holiday specific sales.. it sold only to two, the U.S./CA… in that 24 hours, they sold more units than did MSFT, who in 24 hours opened 13 markets at the same time…… and again, outselling in the only market MSFT has ever dominated in and relied on.
making more per unit, means nothing if you aren't really selling any units… the truth is, while MSFT is claiming 3m in sales, that is to retail.. the actual install base atm is in the 1.3 million range… further stressed by hte constant decline of Xbox Live population of over 1 million accounts per week (xbl is currently the least populated online gaming service of all online platforms, to include Nintendo…)
Say what you want, but MSFT made a terrible product, they priced it poorly, and interacted with the public in a manner not keeping with American values….
Not entirely true. Sony is making 18cents a sale on the PS4. Not much but it is a positive net gain. I do not believe the same can be said for the XBOne.
The PS4 Sold 4 Million Systems! The xbox1 didn't come anywhere close to that. YES xbox1 sold more systems than Sony in December… ONLY because the PS4 was SOLD OUT all across the country!!! My friend at Walmart says they have over stock on the xbox1 because no body wants them however they can't hold a PS4 for more than 4 hours before it is gone.
Wow, if true, people are even dumber than I thought. but not surprised there.
Once again, here's Forbes promoting Microsoft and the Xbone once again… BLAH! Talk about a SPIN… this article has got me going round n round… :-L BLAH!
This is not true the PS4 owns xbox one .You can't even find a PS4 their hard to find .
And ALL THE TIME the ForBSes Sony Hacks ragged on the X-Box 1 as being a failure to the PSP 4 ….. Bwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha you TARDS!
Funny, seeing as how I'm certain I just read an article not too long ago that said PS4 was still dominating the Xbone. Ah well, journalism, what can you do?


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A Richmond man driving in Petaluma on Monday was stopped by police for a vehicle code violation and then arrested after a police dog sniffed out drugs hidden in the car, police said.
Driver Elvis Naranjo Hernandez, 34, was stopped at about 8:15 p.m. on Lakeville Highway at Frates Road.
A check of the driver's history showed Hernandez was on parole following a felony conviction in Contra Costa County involving drugs for sale, Petaluma Sgt. Marty Frye said.
Petaluma police dog "Basko" searched the man's car and found 24 grams of methamphetamine.
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AUGUSTA -- There are plenty of good memories every year for Tiger Woods when he returns to Augusta National Golf Club, and he is counting on those to overcome the struggles in his game in the past year.
Woods has won the Masters four times, the most recent coming in 2005, and he has finished in the top six the past five years. But Woods hasnt won a tournament at all in more than a year as he tries to get his game back on track after his well-documented personal problems.
My whole idea is to try to win the golf tournament, and thats what Im trying to do, Woods said Tuesday. My whole idea is to prepare. Ive prepared all year to peak four times a year, and that has not changed. Thats what Im trying to do.
Woods, who has won 14 major tournament titles, has once again focused the early portion of his season on playing well this week.
He practiced at the course March 28 and then returned Saturday and Sunday to get in more work. He said the course is playing long and described the fairways as lush and the greens as absolutely perfect.
Woods finished tied for fourth last year in his first tournament back after a long hiatus following his problems away from the course.
Im just looking forward to this week, Woods said. Last year was last year, and this year is this year. I have the same opportunity as everybody else. My main focus is to get ready and be prepared and come the first tee shot, be all cylinders go.
But for the first time in a long time Woods is not the favorite entering the Masters. That spot this year goes to Phil Mickelson, who enters the tournament as the defending champion.
Mickelson also has plenty of momentum after winning last week in Houston, but he downplayed his role of favorite.
I certainly enjoy this place and have enjoyed it and have felt great on this golf course even before I won here, said Mickelson, who has won the Masters three times. I felt like it was a course I could play well on and really enjoy playing it every year. Its something that Ive just come to love with all my heart and appreciate how great this place is, how special this place is to the game of golf.
Woods and Mickelson certainly have been special at Augusta National for some time.
The games two biggest names have combined to win the tournament seven times since 1997. But Woods off-the-course problems have coincided with a swing change, and that has led to his long winless drought.
Still, he doesnt seem concerned.
I felt that taking a step back, or sometimes even two steps back, theres nothing wrong with that if Im going to make three, four, five steps forward and becoming better in the end, Woods said. Ill sacrifice that for a bit, knowing that itll become better.
If you at my track record, thats exactly whats happened. So its been, I think its been good. Ive got 14 (majors). Cant be that bad.


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The HP Pavilion 14 Chromebook, which has been rumored for weeks, features a 14-inch 1366x768 screen. The company said its diagonal measurement is about two inches wider than any other Chromebook on the market.
The Chrome OS from Google relies entirely on cloud-based apps and files, and the HP model includes Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, access to the Chrome Web Store and, for multi-person video chatting, Google+ Hangouts.
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The new, 4-pound model has a 1.1-GHz Intel Celeron processor, Intel high-definition graphics, 4 GB memory, a TrueVision HD Webcam, and a 16-GB solid-state drive which assists with fast start-ups. Ports include HDMI, 802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, Ethernet, a combination headphone/microphone jack and a media card reader. The Chromebook also comes with 100 GB of free storage on Google Drive for two years. Battery life is a relatively short 4.25 hours, and the starting price is $330.
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Large organizations could find Chromebooks appealing because, as a cloud-based computer, IT departments can centrally manage in the cloud updating and backups, and can more readily maintain security. Additionally, any individual device could be used by any employee, who simply logs in on any machine to get individual files and a personalized desktop.
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While much of the state is knee-deep in the midst of high school basketball season, one area gridiron coach still has a game for which to prepare.
Midland Trail head coach Joe Dean has been selected as the head coach for the South in the annual North-South All-Star Classic.
"I just received a phone call asking me to coach. I was very honored they had selected me," Dean said.
This isn't Dean's first trip to the Classic. He was previously an assistant in 1997.
The game will feature 72 of the top graduating players from the state of West Virginia, as voted on by the coaches. Packets will be sent to coaches around the state in the coming days for voting, and the teams will be announced shortly thereafter.
Dean will be joined on the South coaching staff by Greenbrier West head coach Lewis McClung.
"Lewis McClung does a tremendous job at Greenbrier West," Dean said. "He's a very good man and a very good football coach. I'm tickled to have him."
Rounding out the South coaching staff will be Beckley assistant coach Jim Martin and Midland Trail assistant Randy Halsey.
"Jim Martin was a coach for many years at Mount Hope, Trail and then Oak Hill," Dean said. "He went to the Carolinas for a few years and now he's back at Beckley."
St. Marys coach Jodi Mote will serve as the head coach for the North and will be joined by Morgantown coach John Bowers, Keyser coach Sean Biser and St. Marys assistant coach Steve Barnhart.
Dean said the event is so much more than a game for the players; it's an experience the kids will never forget.
"The committee has activities for them arranged, and there's some wonderful sponsors," he said. "They have things for them to do in the evenings. These guys make new friends that will last them a lifetime."
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LANSING, Mich. — Secretary of State Ruth Johnson and Attorney General Bill Schuette issued a joint statement Friday afternoon on the lawsuit they filed against Troy City Clerk Aileen Bittner Friday in Oakland County Circuit Court.
In the lawsuit, they claim the City has violated state law by not calling a special election on in February and instead choosing to follow City Charter by appointing Dane Slater mayor until the November 2013 city election.
"I'm disappointed that city officials have chosen to go this route," Johnson said in a press release Friday evening. "Unfortunately, we now must seek a legal remedy to uphold state election and recall law. Our position all along has been that state law requires an election in this situation. Troy residents have the right to choose the city's mayor in February, and the attorney general and I will see that that happens."
"As Michigan Attorney General, my job is to enforce the law," Schuette said in the press release. "I am fully supportive of Secretary of State Johnson's efforts as Michigan's chief elections officer and agree that the law is straightforward. A February election is required."
"The City is not claiming that our Charter trumps state law," Troy City Attorney Lori Grigg Bluhm said Thursday. "Instead, since there are two conflicting State Statutes, the City is obligated to follow the path that allows us to uphold both state law and our charter."
The city has been locked in a battle with the Michigan Secretary of State's office since Council voted on Nov. 21 not to seek further advice from the state regarding the process to replace Daniels, who was recalled on Nov. 6. Both the City of Troy and the Secretary of State were also sued Thursday by political activist Robert Davis and Citizens United Against Corrupt Government (see attached PDF file).
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This week we visited a job fair in Larimer County where a number of frustrated job seekers were still struggling to find work, even as the economy appears to be headed toward recovery. Today, we check in with prospective job seekers about to enter the market for the first time. KUNC's Kirk Siegler visits a job fair at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where things appear to be looking up.
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Until March, Casaundra Bronner, 39, worked for one of the largest and certainly the most famous employers in St. Louis — Anheuser-Busch.
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McALESTER — A McAlester resident's questions have revealed that the federal Office of the Inspector General and the Social Security Administration is conducting a criminal investigation into a scam involving the U.S. Treasury Department and a bank called Bancorp.
Kenny Sherrill and his wife Linda were concerned when two of their Social Security checks, which were normally direct deposited into their local bank account, were deposited into another bank without their knowledge or permission.
Charlie Brittian Project Manager for the Office of the Regional Commissioner from Social Security Administration in Dallas, confirmed the situation is being investigated by the Inspector General's Office.
"We are horrified by the situation, Brittian said. "The Inspector General is doing an investigation and the Treasury department is involved."
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We are pulling a 1 yr old Male from Gastonia Animal Shelter in North Carolina. This is the same HIGH kill shelter we pulled Bella (Fawn) and Maverick (Whitey) from. His time is up today in 2 hours.
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