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(Daily Times (Farmington, NM) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) July 18--FARMINGTON -- After a recent court battle over leadership, the new chairman of the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company board of directors said the board will fund an independent forensic audit of the company's financial records over what he says are questionable expenditures under former company president and CEO Robert Joe.
The audit report is due July 31.
In a statement released on Monday, Lennard Eltsosie, the board's chairman since January, accused Joe of mismanagement and improper use of company finances that he said have jeopardized the company's fiscal health.
"Since the lawfully constituted board of directors has resumed oversight of the NNOGC's operations and finances after a long court battle, it has discovered numerous instances of unauthorized or otherwise questionable expenditures of NNOGC funds, and will look to independent auditors to determine the extent and magnitude of the problems," Eltsosie wrote in the press release.
Earlier this month, a federal district court in Phoenix, Ariz., declined to hear a case filed by Mel R. Begay, Russell Begaye, Charles Damon and Ken Maryboy -- each Navajo Nation Council delegates and acting shareholder representatives for the Navajo Nation Oil and Gas Company -- seeking to overturn a Navajo Nation Supreme Court ruling last month that reinstated five board members, including Eltsosie, who were, the court said, improperly removed or terminated.
The legal move garnered a rebuke against the four shareholders by Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly in a July 3 press release. Two of the four, Begaye and Maryboy, are currently running against Shelly for president.
In the release, Shelly wrote that the shareholders' attempt to overturn the Supreme Court ruling had subverted the tribal leadership's authority and "attempted to diminish Navajo sovereignty and the jurisdiction of our judicial system." Financial reports on the multi-million dollar Navajo-owned company show steady growth under Joe's leadership since he was named CEO by the board in June 2013. The company saw gains of 37 percent for fiscal year 2014, including $156.3 million in total revenue. Total assets for the company grew from $437 million to $458 million.
"I'm particularly proud of our latest financial performance and the significant growth to the company's net income, which demonstrates NNOGC's commitment to managing cost and promoting fiscal responsibility," Joe said in a press release last month before his removal by the board.
Joe, reached by phone on Wednesday, had no comment, citing potential litigation.
Eltsosie -- who was himself suspended from the board along with four other board members after a December 21 meeting of the company's shareholders -- accuses Joe of questionable expenditures totalling $850,000. Much of it, Eltsosie said, was spent on attorneys hired to assist shareholders' efforts to unseat board members as payback for board criticism of Joe.
"The shareholders meeting in December, at that time we were informed to attend so we did," Eltsosie said. "We all attended at our own expense thinking we would be able to address the shareholders over any accusations and have a chance to respond, but when executive session came out, a decision had been made. Our due process was never given to us." The shareholder representatives, all of whom are sitting Council delegates serving on standing committees, voted to remove two board members, Diandra Benally and Jennifer Hatathlie, and suspend Mae-Gilene Begay, Nelson Toledo and Eltsosie.
According to court documents, four of the five board members' terms had expired. Begay's term expired nine years prior in December 2004, Toledo's term had expired in March 2009, Hatathlie's term had expired in January 2013 and Eltsosie's term had expired the following month in February 2013.
Despite the shareholders' vote, Eltsosie and four other board members named as defendants in the lawsuit continued to meet.
"We were upset, that's for sure. But we continued to serve as a board," Eltsosie said. "The five of us met and did public notice to the other two members, Shelly appointees, to attend -- Frances Totsoni and Perry Shirley." On January 21, the ousted board members met and voted unanimously to remove Joe on the basis that he had violated certain charter laws and articles and bylaws by not working closely with the board, Eltsosie said.
Begaye, a shareholder representative who was chairman of the group's December meeting, said he doesn't know whose decision makes the least sense -- the board's or the Navajo Nation Supreme Court's.
"We felt (the five board members) were clearly outside their authority. The five were removed. That's the authority that (shareholder representatives) have," Begaye said by phone on Thursday. "The Supreme Court decision was really strange. Three things were unusual. The first, it gives the board members authority over the company, which is (for) the Navajo Nation people. The board is higher than the owners. To me, anyway, that's wrong." Begaye also said that the decision strains the intent of Section 17 of the Indian Reorganization Act under which the corporation is federally chartered by leaving the company open to undue political influence.
Potential corporate liability from the decision also puts the entire Navajo Nation at risk, he said.
"I think our court really needs to revisit this case, get help from lawyers that understand section 17 corporations," Begaye said. "This whole oil and gas struggle can be stopped by one thing, which is the council charter that was approved by the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"The Navajo Nation Council should fix this as an internal issue. The only way is by getting the charter back to council for a vote. And that's it. Let's not waste another penny on lawyers." Eltsosie stands by his and the board's actions, including the rehiring of Louis Denetsosie as CEO last month. Denetsosie was the CEO before Joe.
"I believe today we want to bring stability back to the company and also bring harmony back, even though damage is done," Eltsosie said. "Eventually those will be fixed." James Fenton covers Aztec and Bloomfield for The Daily Times. He can be reached at 505-564-4621 and firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him @fentondt on Twitter.
Daily Times reporters Noel Lyn Smith and Erny Zah contributed to this story.
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Each day, tractor-trailers unload goods at warehouses or stores in and around Charlotte. For many, the stop marks a brief foray into North Carolina. Theyve come from Charleston, S.C., or Savannah, Ga., or distributioncenters set up along interstate highways to serve those ports.
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U.S. Cattlemen Association members are concerned the federal budget that has passed both houses of Congress contains funding for a bio disease laboratory in Manhattan, Kansas. The old facility has been located on an island off the mainland away from cattle country. Cattlemen Association's Executive Vice President Jess Peterson says his group is worried about that facility being located near large herds of cattle where an unintended outbreak or accident could cause devastation.
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Supplementary Sale To Be Held Later in Greenfield.
The "bizarre bazar" held at Frary house, Deerfield, Saturday, under
Miss Coleman's direction was remarkably successful both from the financial and
social view points. While a few people did a great deal of work, and it took
a lot of active effort the last few days, the money was made without requiring
a great many people to devote time for weeks, as is so often the case in getting
up functions of this kind.
The proceeds to be given to the Franklin County hospital building fund will
be over $800.
Miss Coleman has placed all who are interested in the hospital under obligation
for her bright idea and personal effort and Miss Baker was most generous in
submitting her house and grounds to all the turmoil of such an occasion. The
attractiveness of Frary house no doubt had much to do with this success, as
many people were glad of the chance to see the interior of this fine old mansion.
The Ball room was crowded several times for the vaudeville performance.
The kinder symphonies were done with much spirit by a company of Deerfield
young people, who had the whistles, rattles, drum, flower pots, triangles, etc.,
that go with these frolicsome little arrangements. They were played with much
snap under the direction of Mrs. Ashley.
W.S. Allen, Will Hutchins and Miss Mabel Brown had a very clever presentation
of "Box and Cox," a standard old farce, whose irresistible humor is
a perpetual fund of entertainment. The audience filled the room so completely
that only a small space was left open for the work of the play, but the performance
was very effective in spite of the lack of the usual space separating actors
from audience.
The "Music critic's dream" consists of some clever imitations of
the musical effects of Handel. Beethoven, Mendelessohn, Chopin, Rossini, and
Wagner as applied to the air "Annie Rooney." Miss Mary Robbins playing
the piano very effectively. The explanatory text was read by Miss Coleman. The
music is by Edwin Asa Dix.
A mob of about 400 people made an onslaught on the provisions for the luncheon,
and those that were privileged to eat in Miss Baker's dining room with its charming
wood work and open timber, and big sunny windows, were fortunate indeed. Tables
were also set outside on the beautiful lawn. Miss Jean Greenough had charge.
A.W. Root was the master of the market and piles of fruits, vegetables, etc.
were heaped up by the generosity of the farmers of the neighborhood. A number
of the young people were dressed as "market ladies" to assist. Fat
pine from North Carolina and Portuguese pottery were novelties on sale.
The proprietors of Lowney's chocolates generously provided the bazar with a
large number of their delicacies at a very low price, so that these were sold
to advantage. The Japanese booth in charge of Mrs. F. L. Boyden assisted by
Deerfield academy teachers, was provided with Japanese and flower decorations,
and had a large sale of Japanese articles and tea. Miss Katherine E. Wells was
Mother Goose and entertained the youngsters with unique grab bag schemes, in
which every one got the money's worth. The Blue and White Society had a special
exhibition, the proceeds being turned over to the hospital. Mr. Wetherald of
Mulberry house gave the use of his motor car for "seeing Deerfield"
A silhouette artist from Boston was a very popular feature. The Franklin County
Smith Club had a table for the sale of chocolate and candy at which they were
very successful. Miss Margaret Whiting had charge of the sale of books and photographs
in the south front room of the house. The sale included a large number of choice
articles secured by Miss Coleman, and contributed by others, such as Venetian
hat pins and many beautiful necklaces, with Florentine silver spoons, lemon
forks and belt buckles. Many of the young people served as venders. Miss Dorothea
Robbins was a fortune teller. Second hand books and a large variety of miscellaneous
articles were on sale.
The dance at the town hall in the evening was largely attended by Deerfield
Especial credit is due to Dr. Geo. P. Twitchell of Greenfield for much time
devoted to the details of the bazar.
Very soon Miss Coleman will arrange a supplementary sale in Greenfield, at
which will be found a few Venetian bead necklaces, Japanese articles, books
and photographs. Many persons at the bazar overlooked the book and photo room
where were shown some carbon photographs, framed and unframed, which would make
pretty Christmas gifts. Mother Goose had grabs for more children then came to
her door and she too will come to Greenfield. Time and place will be announced
seasonably. Because the women found it inconvenient to carry the flowered hat
boxes many were left over, but in the interests of the hospital, Mrs. Deal has
generously bought them all.
There were delightful songs by Miss Trowbridge of Brooklyn and Miss Christiansen
of Greenfield.
An all sorts and kinds of things table was in charge of Miss Titcomb and Mrs.
Whiting, who was very attractive in a Central American dress loaned by Miss
Miller, who helped in the costumes generally.
Miss Coleman's success in this bazar should be a reminder of the great need
of a good hospital building and the duty of every town in Franklin county to
help build this one.
The 1908 "Bizarre Bazar" in Deerfield was dedicated to raising money for an addition onto the Franklin County Hospital. The Frary House, located on Deerfield's main Street, was converted into a restaurant, theater, concert hall and marketplace.
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Exhibit showcases W.Va. military service
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's history of military service is the focus of the Division of Culture and History's fourth annual showcase.
The showcase will be on display at the Culture Center in Charleston on Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The showcase includes military documents, diaries, posters, photographs, manuscripts, National Guard materials and items from the USS West Virginia.
Director of archives and history Joe Geiger says the annual showcase is an opportunity to share materials from the division's collections with its patrons and supporters.


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Organizations which backed the voter-approved constitutional amendments guiding redistricting Friday blasted proposed maps slated to be voted on later in the day by the House Redistricting Committee.
In a 12-page letter to House Redistricting chief Will Weatherford, R-Wesley Chapel, former state Sen. Dan Gelber, a Miami Beach Democrat serving as legal counsel to Fair Districts supporters, effectively urged lawmakers to scrap the plans they've been working on.
The League of Women Voters, Common Cause and the National Council of La Raza have submitted an alternate approach to district maps that Weatherford today plans to introduce as an amendment to the House plan.
The alternate proposal would "nest" three House districts within the 40-seat state Senate plan, making the boundaries more compact and logical for voters, Gelber said in his letter.
Congressional districts also would meander less, under the proposal. House, Senate and congressional maps recommended by the groups also would lean less Republican and prove more reflective of a state where registered voters are closely divided, with Democrats still holding a 500,000-voter edge.
"In sum, we believe that we have provided the committee with alternative proposals that comply with the Fair Districts amendments, while the proposals currently under consideration by the committee and those already passed by the Senate fail to comply with those amendments," leaders of the organizations concluded in the letter to Weatherford.
The alternate maps likely stand little chance of being approved today.
But the letter lays out what could emerge as the central argument against the legislative maps when Florida's redistricting effort advances for review to the state Supreme Court and U.S. Justice Department in coming weeks, and when Fair Districts advocate file an expected legal challenge.


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Posts for October, 2012
Find the droids you're looking for on Star Wars Reads Day
Local bookstores and libraries plan to make sure the force of literacy is strong on Saturday, when they offer Star Wars Reads Day events.
More than 1,000 sites around the country are participating in Star Wars Reads Day, an event cooked up by Lucasfilm in conjunction with its many publishing partners. "Star Wars" books have been published at all age and reading levels; some of the adult tie-in novels have been bestsellers. This event is aimed at encouraging young Jedi to read.
Local participants on Saturday include: »Read Full Blog Post
A Spotify playlist for Libba Bray's 'Diviners'
Libba Bray's new novel, 'The Diviners' (Little, Brown), blends the historical and supernatural horror in a story set in '20s New York. Flappers, meet psycho serial killer from the beyond the grave.
On her website for the Diviners series, Bray posted a playlist of songs she listened to while working on the book, a blend of '20s music perfect for your Charleston practice and more contemporary spooky songs in recognition of the book's devilish villain. Al Jolson and Bessie Smith, shake hands with Siouxsie and Tom Waits.
I've compiled a Spotify playlist with the 46 tracks Bray listed, in the order she listed them: »Read Full Blog Post
'Murder in Wauwatosa' author signing books here Oct. 13
Paul Hoffman will sign his historical true-crime book 'Murder in Wauwatosa: The Mysterious Death of Buddy Schumacher' (The History Press) at three local spots Saturday.
Hoffman, special publications editor for the Daily Journal in Franklin, Ind., is a former Milwaukee Sentinel sportswriter. He grew up in Wauwatosa and is a 1981 Tosa East graduate.
"Murder in Wauwatosa" is an expansion of a series Hoffman wrote for Wauwatosa Now in 2010, the 85th anniversary of the death of Arthur (Buddy) Schumacher, an 8-year-old Tosa boy whose mutilated body was found after a long search. »Read Full Blog Post
Hail to the campaigner-in-chief -- with a dash of hard cider
Take a break from the tedium of the current presidential campaign, and travel back in time with me to 1840. That's when William Henry Harrison was elected this country's ninth chief executive, and when presidential campaigning as we know it was born.
If you remember anything about Harrison, it's that he died soon after taking the oath of office. "Harrison's one-month term in office was really nothing more than a list of nonachievements," writes Gail Collins in her crisp, lively biography "William Henry Harrison" (Times Books, $23), released earlier this year.
His lasting political achievement, Collins writes, "was to become the first presidential candidate to personally campaign for the job, and he willingly plowed into crowds to shake endless hands and at least pretend to remember all the veterans who wanted to reminisce about serving under him." »Read Full Blog Post
Anthony Shadid among National Book Award nominees
The late foreign correspondent Anthony Shadid, a University of Wisconsin -- Madison graduate, is among the National Book Award finalists announced Wednesday in New York.
Shadid is a finalist in the nonfiction category for his memoir "House of Stone," which chronicles the year Shadid spent trying to rebuild his great-grandfather's house in Lebanon. In his review of the book for the Journal Sentinel, Mike Fischer wrote "the restoration of Isber's home becomes a metaphor for his efforts to piece together the lost world of a long-vanished Middle East."
Shadid died in February of an apparent asthma attack while reporting in Syria. He was 43. »Read Full Blog Post
Sci-fi giant Orson Scott Card visits local bookstore Wednesday
Sci-fi great Orson Scott Card, winner of the both the Hugo and Nebula awards for his novels 'Ender's Game" and 'Speaker for the Dead,' visits Milwaukee's Boswell Book Company at 7 p.m. Oct. 31 to sign copies of his new young-adult novel, 'Ruins: Pathfinder Trilogy, Vol. 2.'
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In West Virginia, Whitewater Rafting and the Long Tail of a Chemical Spill
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The economic impact of January's chemical spill from Freedom Industries into the Elk River is still not fully known. But, as The Washington Post reports, rafting companies on the New and Gauley Rivers say they are hurting even though the Elk doesn't flow into the rafting region.
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FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. - Dave Arnold stares at the giant whiteboard, searching for clues that his slow summer may finally be picking up, lifting like the New River Gorge's morning fog. The whiteboard hangs inside the storefront of a local photo studio. It lists every commercial whitewater rafting trip for the coming week on the New and Gauley rivers.
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May 24, 2016
Bay County school officials are making plans to educate a large influx of young hurricane evacuees.
At least 80 students registered at Arnold High School Wednesday. Each student receives free school supplies and some personal items.
Arnold's Junior Class is sponsoring a relief supply drive to help clothe those new students who lost everything in the storm, and the teachers are urging the new arrivals to participate in extra-curricular activities.
Principal Dr. John Haley says the doors of Arnold are open.
"We are doing all we conceivably do to lighten the load, the hardship that all of these people are experiencing. We are going to do our part as Floridians and Bay Countians. We are going to help all these people."
Arnold High School, built at Panama City Beach only a few years ago, can accommodate 1,800 students. With the new arrivals in the last week, the school's popular sits at 1,500.
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Explosions...Gun shots and other pyrotechnics were let off for a major World War II re-enactment . More than 800-people re-lived the war with tanks...Artillery and armored trucks. There was also mock soldier base camps set up filled with period vehicles, tents, and artifacts. Today's soldiers said it was an honor to portray veterans who actually fought in world war two.
"They carried double their body weight when they jumped out of the planes, just hearing their stories, i have the highest reguards for what they've done in the past," said reenactor Scott Miller.
If you couldn't make it today there will be one more re-enactment tomorrow at 2-30. Admission is eight dollars for adults, four for kids, and World War II veterans are free.


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Police are hunting a gang who tried to steal £50,000 worth of motorbikes from a showroom in Croydon, south east London.
CCTV footage shows six men arrive on scooters before two of them walk into the shop and attempt to wheel out two Ducati Panigale bikes worth £25,000 each.
When In-Moto shop worker Paul Read, 35, saw what was happening he tried to hold on to the bikes and wrestle the men to the ground.
The fight spilled-out into the street where sales manager Adrian Couzens, 29, saw what was happening and ran over to help, pushing one of the gang off his scooter.
The gang retaliated with claw hammers, iron bars and bolt-cutters which they used to attack Mr Couzens and three other men who confronted the gang.
Mr Couzens said: "My first thoughts were just to get over and help. It was instinct for me. But when I saw the hammers and iron bars I realised it was more serious than I first thought."
"One of the gang smashed the window of the showroom with a claw hammer, which made me back off a bit."
Pictures caught on the shop's CCTV cameras show Mr Couzens grapple with one of the gang and put him in a headlock before pushing him to the ground twice.
"The police asked if I was brave or stupid," he said.
"I'm a dad of two, my youngest being 15 months old. If they had smacked me around the head with a hammer it could have been a lot worse.
"Last year we had problems with gangs trying to steal motorcycles. It's happening to lots of other dealers in Croydon and Kent and we're fed-up with people like this who think they can get away with it."
Despite the efforts of shop staff the gang were all able to escape.


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If you are old enough to smile every time you hear a few notes from "Boogie Fever" (and it is, for the record, impossible not to smile at that song, let alone keep your feet still), "The Secret Disco Revolution" sounds like a perfect way to while away an hour and a half. It's a documentary, directed by Jamie Kastner, that jokingly presents the rise and fall of disco music and culture in the late '70s as a form of counterculture protest — a kind of power flag seized and waved by gay, black and female disco artists. With three revolutionaries as our guide — a gay man, a black man and a woman, all dressed in their sparkly disco best — the veil is lifted on this secret movement, one that everyone else thought was just about dancing and doing coke.
Except … that nobody involved in this enterprise, other than a seemingly humorless academic who doesn't quite seem in on the joke, thinks there was anything more to disco than that relentless beat. (Precisely, we're told that disco was "a softened, string-heavy cousin of funk, with a 4-4 beat.") "We were a party band," helpfully offers a Village Person, puzzled by the elevation of disco to politics. Kastner's black-comic yet ultimately heavy-handed concept quickly gets in the way of the movie, which should be a little more fun than it is.
It is, however, impossible to not thoroughly enjoy a movie in which we learn that Thelma Houston was never any good at the Hustle, that "Le Freak" was cowritten by a former Black Panther, that Harry Wayne Casey (i.e. KC of KC and the Sunshine Band) is still holding a grudge against the Disco Sucks movement (maybe it needs its own documentary) and that Gloria "I Will Survive" Gaynor still looks fabulous. "It was about things that make you happy," someone ultimately explains; a perfectly fine elegy for disco, dead yet still bouncing along.
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Police say they have arrested two people for breaking into 19 churches in Greenville since August.
It was a story WITN News broke last Wednesday that churches in Pitt County had become targets of burglars.
Vidal Brevard & Lydia Crespo are charged with multiple counts of breaking into a place of worship.
Police say early Tuesday morning a patrol officer saw two people riding bicycles on South Wright Road. They both were carrying laptop computer bags. Police quickly found out the laptops belonged to Trinity FWB Church, which had its rear door forced open.
The break-ins got so bad that at least one church had someone sleeping in their sanctuary overnight as extra security. Police said things like cameras, TV's, speakers, musical equipment and microphones were being taken.
The 36-year-old Brevard is charged with 20 counts of breaking and entering into a place of worship and 18 counts of larceny. Crespo, who police say is 17-years-old, is facing four counts of breaking and entering into a place of worship and four counts of larceny.
Here is a list of the church break-ins that the couple have been charged with:
08-02-09 304 Truman St./Living Waters Holly Church
08-13-09 519 S. Pitt St./Last Days Harvest Church of God
08-26-09 519 S. Pitt St./Last Days Harvest Church of God
09-01-09 408 Hudson St./Living World Redemption Center
09-06-09 430 Bonners Ln./Miracle Deliverance Church
09-08-09 2001 Charles Blvd./Radiant Life Church
09-12-09 1703 W. 6th St./Zion Life Ministries
09-12-09 210 Church St./Breakthrough Revival Center
09-15-09 3105 S. Memorial Dr/Greenville Church of God
09-20-09 2111 Dickinson Ave./Faith and Evidence Church
09-21-09 3760 Philippi Dr./Phillipi Church
09-24-09 1400 Elm St./First Presbyterain Church
09-24-09 1505 Dickinson Ave./Intercessary Christian Center
09-24-09 1002 Evans St./Spirit & Truth Worship
09-29-09 2950 S. Memorial Dr./The Pentecostals
09-29-09 601 Norris St./St. Matthews Church of Christ
10-02-09 1111 S.E. Greenville Blvd./Hooker Memorial Church
10-05-09 212 Truman St./Living Faith Prophetic Ministries
10-11-09 204 Brinkley Drive/First Pentecostal Holiness
10-13-09 3111 Golden Rd./Trinity FWB Church


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Oklahoma's Small Private Sector Masks True Tax Burden
With April 15 behind us, the dreadful thoughts of taxes will soon fade from memory. Yet personal income taxes are only a small part of the tax load that all Oklahomans must bear. This means that paying taxes is really a year-round affair, which makes understanding the tax burden a difficult task.
Building on previous research we have done on Oklahoma's tax system, in this article we will look at how long it takes the average Oklahoman to pay his or her state and local (S&L) government tax bill. To fully answer that question we must first delve into determining the proper measure of the "tax burden."*
Under standard tax burden calculations, Oklahoma's S&L tax burden as a percent of personal income was 9 percent in 2008. Relative to all other states, Oklahoma has only the 43rd highest S&L tax burden in the country, and is below the national average of 10.5 percent. Regionally, Oklahoma ranks on par with Colorado (44th), Missouri (45th), and Texas (46th) and better than Arkansas (31st), Kansas (21st), and New Mexico (8th).
However, this standard methodology is imperfect because personal income includes both private and public sector sources of income. Yet the distinction between the two sectors is important because only the private sector creates new income. The public sector can only redistribute income through taxes and spending. More specifically, public sector spending consists of personal current transfer receipts (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, etc.) and government employee compensation (federal, state, and local).


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i bought a mountain bike to cruise around campus while im here at college and it seemed to be pretty beefy atleast enough to jump curbs and hop this and that. well anyhoo i hopped onto the sidewalk kind of sideways yesterday and it tossed my wheel out of true pretty bad.
my question is if i want to try to get it atleast close to back to normal, should i just tighten up the side that i made loose, or should i loosen the spokes that got extremely tight from the tweak first and then adjust them from there?
i dont really care if its perfectly amazingly true, i just need to get it as close as i can...as i dont have enough money to take it to the bike shop and have them true it right now.
any help is appreciated, thanks a bunch.


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May 30, 2016
Senator Deborah Cherry, (D) Burton, and Senator Tony Stamas (R) Midland, re-introduced legislation Tuesday that would require girls get the vaccine Gardasil before entering sixth grade. The vaccine protects against four strains of the sexually transmitted disease human papillomavirus which causes 70 percent of cervical cancer cases.
Senator Cherry says, "Preventing the major cause of cervical cancer will not only improve these girls' future, but everyone whose lives are affected by them."
The bill was first introduced back in September. It passed in the Senate but not in the House. If it passes this time, there will be a two year window before the legislation becomes law.
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It is quite easy to fully understand standard Binary Search Tree and its operations. Because of that understanding, I even don't need to remember the implementations of those insert, delete, search operations.
I am learning Red-Black Tree now and I understand its properties for keeping the tree balanced. However I feel very hard to understand its insert and delete procedures.
I understand when inserting a new node, we mark the node as red (because red is the best we can do to avoid breaking less Red-Black tree laws). The new red node may still break the "no continuous red nodes law". Then we fix it via:
check its uncle's colour, if red, then mark its parent and uncle as black, and go to grandparent.
if it is right child, left rotate its parent
mark its parent as black and its grandparent as red, then right rotate its grandparent.
done (basically like above).
Many places describes Red-Black tree's insert like above. They just tell you how to do it. But why those steps can fix the tree? Why first left rotate, and then right rotate?
Can anyone explains why to me more clearly, even more clear than CLRS? What's the magic of rotation?
I really wish to understand so after 1 year, I can implement Red-Black tree by myself without review a book.


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The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO), which represents the chief information officers (CIOs) of the states, is pleased to announce the release of its brief On The Road to RHIO: What State CIOs Need to Know.
Regional health information organizations (RHIOs) allow providers access to critical patient information through exchanging data across organizational boundaries. RHIOs bring physician offices, hospitals and branches of government together for a common goal of providing better care by sharing critical information.
This brief, a product of NASCIO's Health Information Technology Working Group, led by its Chair, Thomas Murray, Chief Information Officer for the state of Vermont, examines the ways in which state CIOs can be involved in RHIO efforts in their states and emphasizes the importance for state CIOs to be aware of developments in health information exchange.
Health information technology initiatives such as RHIOs are increasingly viewed as a viable means of improving quality of care, while reducing healthcare costs that continue to strain state budgets. "State CIOs have an opportunity to help generate real savings for states by becoming involved health IT initiatives such as RHIOs," said Murray. "By gaining a seat at the table early in the process, state CIOs can help shape health information exchange practice and policy from the beginning while acting as an advocate for RHIO efforts."
This brief examines the opportunities and challenges that all RHIOs face, despite the unique characteristics they each hold. It also highlights federal and state action currently under way in health IT and features real-world examples of how state CIOs are already involved in their state's RHIO efforts.
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Public forums are scheduled to introduce members of the campus community to two more finalists for the post of dean of Northern Illinois University Libraries.
A forum will be held from 10 to 10:55 a.m. Wednesday, March 5, in Altgeld Hall Room 315 for finalist Edward Owusu-Ansah of the Kingsborough Community College of The City University of New York (CUNY).
A second forum will be held from 10 to 10:55 a.m. Thursday, March 6, in Campus Life Building Room 100 for Carole Kiehl of the University of California-Irvine.
Owusu-Ansah serves as the chief librarian and chairperson of the Robert J. Kibbee Library at Kingsborough Community College. He serves as the librarys advocate and spokesperson and manages library services, collections, resources and personnel.
Owusu-Ansah also serves as an associate professor at the college and as an adjunct associate professor in the graduate school of library and information studies at Queens College. He previously served as reference librarian, coordinator of information literacy and coordinator of library instruction at the College of Staten Island, CUNY, New York.
He holds a master of library science degree from Queens College and a Ph.D. in sociology from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.
Kiehl serves as associate university librarian for the Information Technology and Technical Services Division at the University of California-Irvine. Her responsibilities include overall planning, budgeting, resource allocation and administration within the division, which includes 11 librarians and 55 staff members.
Kiehl has served previously as the libraries acting head of acquisitions and acting director of information technology. She also worked formerly as head of the Department of Bibliographic Services at Old Dominion University Library in Virginia.
She holds a Ph.D. in French from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, and the equivalent of a master of library science degree from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in London.
Two other finalists for the library dean Myrna McCallister of Indiana State University and Patrick Dawson of the University of California, Santa Barbara visited campus earlier this month. All of the candidates vitas are posted online.
The new dean will serve as the chief administrative officer of University Libraries, which includes Founders Memorial Library, three specialized libraries on campus and libraries at NIU outreach centers in Naperville, Rockford and Hoffman Estates.
University Libraries houses 2.2 million volumes, with access to more than 22,000 periodical titles, and has an annual operation budget of about $9 million. The dean will oversee a professional staff of 30 and a support staff of 76.


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West Pittston couple held for trial
A West Pittston man who federal authorities call the leader of a chapter of the Aryan Brotherhood and his fiancée will remain in jail on charges of distributing at least 7,000 grams of a synthetic drug in Luzerne County.
At a detention hearing this morning in federal court in Scranton, Todd Morgans, 34, waived his right to the hearing and will remain at the Lackawanna County Prison until his upcoming trial.
His court-appointed attorney, Patrick M. Rogan, reserved the right to request another hearing.
His fiancée, Christine Policare, 20, requested a hearing. Her public defender, Leo Latella, argued she should be released to her mother's custody and be electronically monitored.
U.S. District Judge Mal Mannion denied her request. She posed a threat to the community, the judge said, in part because authorities found a stash of guns in the couple's home and white supremacist literature.
She is being held at the county jail.
Investigators raided the couple's home at 217 Liberty St. in West Pittston on Wednesday, a day after a grand jury indicted them on a count of conspiracy to manufacture, possess and distribute at least 7,000 grams of alpha-PVP, a controlled substance that has similar chemical properties to bath salts.
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Wilma Gribben - November 29, 2013
Wilma Jean Gribben was born Jan. 18, 1937, in Denver, the first child of James and Lois (Cook) Stevens. She died Nov. 29, 2013, in Sterling.
She was the oldest of six siblings, growing up in a modest home and helping her parents keep her younger brothers in line. She went to school at Barnum Elementary and West High School in Denver.
At the age of 18, Wilma went off to college at Adams State College in Alamosa, where she eventually met her future husband, Jim Gribben. Wilma and Jim were married on Aug. 18, 1956, at her parents' home in Denver. After the wedding, the young couple returned to Alamosa for one year, then lived in Lamar to continue their advanced degrees. Wilma received an associate degree in education from Lamar Junior College in 1957.
Shortly thereafter, the couple moved back to Alamosa so Jim could finish his education, and they had their first child, Terry, in December 1957. After Jim completed his education, their first home was in Hoehne, where Jim began his long career in teaching and coaching and Wilma began her career as a stay-at-home mother. The couple welcomed their second child, Sharon, in April 1959.
They moved to a new job in LaVeta, and the couple saw the birth of two more children, Tim in August 1960 and Kathy in November 1961. The growing family spent four years in LaVeta, then moved to Fleming for a better job opportunity. While in Fleming, a fifth child, Danny, was born, but Danny did not survive his premature birth.
Wilma, Jim and family spent four good years in Fleming and one brief year in Craig before moving to Otis for two years. The family finally settled on the nice community of Holyoke as their long-time home.
In Holyoke, Wilma continued her full-time job of mother and in 1975 took on employment at NAPA Auto Parts as a sales clerk. She eventually changed jobs to the elevators at Jack's Bean in Holyoke and worked there until the grandchildren started to amass.
She enjoyed her hobbies of bowling, knitting, reading and gardening. She was a member of St. Patrick Catholic Church, where she was also a member of the Altar and Rosary Society.
She spent her years of retirement doting on and bragging about her grandchildren. She was lucky enough this past year to be able to visit with her new great-grandchild, Dallas Sherman, when he and his parents Kurstin (granddaughter) and Ben visited from their home in Hawaii.
The onset of diabetes and complications from back surgery in 2003 would slow Wilma down slightly. She continued to enjoy her life as she spent her golden years with husband Jim and further spoiling her grandchildren. Surviving a heart attack in 2010, Wilma fought back to recovery.
More hospitalization in recent months had Wilma fighting with heart problems, gallbladder issues and kidney failure. She spent recent months recovering in the Sterling Living Center, where she went through dialysis three times a week.
Almost daily visits from her husband Jim and many family members and friends helped her through her days as she seemed to be on her way to a healthy recovery. She died quietly and unexpectedly on the evening of Nov. 29, 2013, at the Sterling Living Center.
Wilma was a devoted wife, dedicated mother and doting grandmother/great-grandmother. She filled the world with kindness and love throughout her life. She was a very caring and selfless person that was dearly loved by her family and numerous friends. She will be deeply missed.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Louis and Georgie Cook; parents, James and Lois (Cook) Stevens; brothers, John Stevens and James "Red" Stevens; and sons, Danny and Tim Gribben.
She is survived by her husband, Jim Gribben; son, Terry Gribben and wife Kathryn of Bellevue, Neb.; daughters, Sharon Bernard and husband Larry of Amherst and Kathy Mays of Honolulu, Hawaii; grandchildren, Sean Gribben and wife Kristie of Charleston, S.C., Paul Gribben of Omaha, Neb., Kurstin and husband Ben Sherman of Honolulu, Mike Mays of Spearfish, S.D., Alex Gribben of Colorado School of Mines, Preston Gribben of Burlington, Jordan Bernard of Holyoke and Jamie Stein of Holyoke; great-grandchild, Dallas Sherman of Honolulu; brothers, Bob and wife Jean Stevens of Denver and Herb and wife Louise Stevens of Grand Junction; sister, Jerri Stevens of Fort Collins; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.
Visitation was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5 from 9 a.m.-6:30 p.m. at Gerk Funeral Home in Holyoke.
The rosary was scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. at Gerk Funeral Home.
The Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, Dec. 6 at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Holyoke with Father William Jungmann officiating. Interment will follow at the Holyoke Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association.
Gerk Funeral Homes is entrusted with the arrangements.


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Congratulations Haag Brown Business of the Week Award Winner Dairy Queen of Jonesboro!
Dairy Queen of Jonesboro is selected for the Haag Brown Business of the Week award for their friendly service, successful business results, and overall improvement to the Jonesboro economy.
As you may already know, Haag Brown Commercial's most recent development on Hwy 49 North is a HUGE success! Dairy Queen of Jonesboro has been BOOMING with business since their grand opening in November 2011.
Recently, after talking with Dairy Queen of Jonesboro about their new Haag Brown Commercial award, they informed me of a special DQ event coming up that they would like to raise awareness for and need your help with! This event is very special to my heart because of my recent involvement and personal relationship with this charity group. All of us at Haag Brown are very excited and eager to help support such a prominent cause.
All day long July 26th, at the Hilltop location, Dairy Queen of Jonesboro will be hosting Miracle Treat Day 2012. This event will provide funding for Dairy Queen's national platform, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. All of the money raised from this event will go directly to the closest CMN Hospital, which, in this case, is Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
Dairy Queen of Jonesboro is one of the 16 DQs around Arkansas participating in the annual DQ Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' fundraiser. This year will be the first time Dairy Queen of Jonesboro will be able to participate.
"We are very excited to participate in the annual DQ Children's Miracle Network Hospitals' fundraiser this year! We're expecting to make our first fundraiser a huge hit and to have many follow! Please invite your friends to help get the word out and RSVP on Facebook by Clicking Here."
~ Anand Patel, Dairy Queen of Jonesboro Manager
Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is an international, non-profit organization dedicated to generating funds and awareness programs to benefit kids treated at 170 children's hospitals throughout North America. CMN Hospitals raise funds through innovative cause-marketing promotions and other programs developed to meet the business objectives of its sponsors. Much of CMN Hospitals' funds generate from local fundraisers headed by caring individuals in CMN Hospital communities. CMN Hospitals' hallmark is that 100% of locally generated donations stay in the community to benefit kids treated at the local CMN Hospital. * To get a better feel of this amazing organization CLICK BELOW on the video or Click Here to view their website.
For those of you how do not know… Dairy Queen Inc. (owner of Orange Julius & Karmelkorn) became a national sponsor of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals in 1984. During the past 28 years, Dairy Queen operators thoughout the U.S. & Canada have raised more than $91 MILLION for CMN Hospitals. * By collecting pocket change from customers, selling paper Miracle Balloons and holding special events, DQs have been able to give something back to the communities in which they are located. In this case, Jonesboro Dairy Queen funds for Miracle Treat Day will go directly to the only CMN Hospital in the state, Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock.
How can you help you may ask?
You can help this event in 5 different ways…
1. Drop by DQ on Hilltop July 26th & Show You're Support
2. Purchase a DQ Paper Balloon for Either $1 or $5:
Coupons are attached to these balloons so you actually make money! Also, businesses can donate checks.
3. Purchase a Blizzard on July 26th:
For every Blizzard purchased this day, $1 will be given to AR Children's Hospital.
4. RSVP on FB by Clicking Here:
For the first time ever, your Facebook RSVP to Miracle Treat Day 2012 will also be matched with an $1 donation to the cause—up to $50,000.
5. Help Spread the word by "Tweeting", "Liking", "Sharing" & Telling your Friends:
Click Here to read more about Miracle Treat Day and like/share/tweet directly from the article.
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Govt to continue Rs 3,300/ton sugar export subsidy for Apr-May
Apr 20 2014 , New Delhi
During February-end, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had approved an incentive for export of four million tones of raw sugar for two years in order to help the cash-starved industry to pay arrears to sugarcane farmers.
The export subsidy was fixed at Rs 3,300 per tonne for the February-March period. CCEA had also decided to review the subsidy amount after every two months depending on the rupee-dollar exchange rate.
"The Food Ministry reviewed the subsidy amount last week and decided to continue with the existing rate of Rs 3,300 per tonne for April-May as well. A notification will be issued soon," a government source said.
As much as 4,00,000 tonnes of sugar are likely to be exported in April and May. Some shipments have already been dispatched and are in transit, according to the industry body, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA).
As per ISMA's latest data, 1.45 million tonnes of sugar in both raw and refined form are estimated to have been exported in the first six months of the current marketing year, which started in October.
Of this, 3,50,000 tonnes of sugar were exported last month, the first month of the subsidy.
The country's sugar output declined 4 per cent to 23.1 million tonnes till April 15 of the 2013-14 marketing year from 24.15 million tonnes in the same period last year.
Production declined in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, the top two producing states, while output in Karnataka was at a record following good rains.