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If Maine Gov. Paul LePage doesn't wish to display a mural depicting the state's labor history, then the U.S. Department of Labor wants back the federal money used to create it.
The department said Monday that LePage violated the terms of a federal grant that paid for most of the mural's $60,000 cost when he removed the art work from state offices last month.
The request for reimbursement came in a letter to state labor officials from Gay Gilbert, administrator of the U.S. Labor Department's office of unemployment insurance. The letter was obtained by The Associated Press.
Gilbert's letter is the latest twist in a growing national dispute over LePage's decision to remove the 36-foot mural from the state Labor Department headquarters. LePage said it was biased towards organized labor at the expense of his pro-business agenda.
The mural, in place since 2008, depicts scenes that include a paper mill strike in the town of Jay, a strike at a shoe plant in Lewiston, women shipbuilders at Bath Iron Works and former U.S. Labor Secretary Frances Perkins, a native of Maine.
Adam Fisher, a spokesman for the Maine Department of Labor, said he did not have any immediate comment on the letter.
LePage's removal of the mural attracted attention at a time when lawmakers in Wisconsin and other states are considering measures to restrict collective bargaining by public workers. Labor advocates, artists and others say the mural depicts an important part of Maine history and belongs at the state's Department of Labor office.
LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett said last week that the mural is in storage and awaits transfer to "a suitable venue for public display." She did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the demand for repayment of federal funds.
The mural was created in large part with a federal grant that provided 63 percent of the cost of art work. Gilbert's letter said the state must return 63 percent of the current fair market value of the mural, which could now be higher than the $60,000 it cost to create it.
"Alternatively, the state could again display the mural in its headquarters or in another state employment security building," the letter said.
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis has not commented publicly on the mural dispute. Her spokesman, Carl Fillicio, said she "has monitored the situation and asked staff to look into it."
LePage's decision to remove the mural was prompted by an anonymous fax to the governor's office -- signed by "A Secret Admirer" -- that said the mural was propaganda in line with "communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses."
http://www.salon.com/wires/allwires/2011/04/04/D9MCVNQ01_us_labor_mural/index.htmlIf Maine Gov. Paul LePage doesn't wish to display a mural depicting the... more
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Dr. Lydia S. Glass is a divorce mediator and a licensed clinical psychologist and licensed Marriage, Family, and Child Therapist with a private practice in Pasadena, California. Dr. Glass works with adults and adolescents in individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, and family therapy.
http://www.lydiaglass.comDr. Lydia S. Glass is a divorce mediator and a licensed clinical psychologist and... more
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So There we go eh? Ferrero are trying to take nutella.co.uk off me after I have had it for 6 years on the trot.
I have proceedings to complete in the first week of November to see where this goes. Whether they can take it from me isn’t that simple really, it still has to go through the UK domain mediation routines.
They have it because of copyright and brand abuse, but I have it because ive had it for so long and I haven’t made one shilling outta it. I have proof of history.
They are greedy and know I have put a lot of work into the domain, now they have advertisements going on in the UK, they realise I am getting "quite a few" daily hits. HAH if only they knew how many hits I was getting during the Willy Wonka days. *cough* hundreds *cough*..
All I need from you is one sentence to why I should be allowed to keep nutella.co.uk and you can guess where my blog is, with all the updates and information.So There we go eh? Ferrero are trying to take nutella.co.uk off me after I have had it... more
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The title of this post comes from a recent tweet by @AnnaAdamsBBC @chris_coltrane about how protesters have closed down a Vodafone store over taxes.
An article in the Guardian explains the dispute, which is over an accused 'tax dodge' when the HM Revenue & Customs apparently let go a tax issue with the company. Some figures say the tax would have been £1-6bn due to a large take over by Vodafone.
"The details of this case are complex. Not all, of course, are in the public domain. Whether or not £6bn of tax was in total owed or not will never really be known. But what seems much more likely is that Vodafone had expected to pay much more than the £1.2bn it will finally settle."-Guardian
This is not the only Tax dispute for Vodafone after it was given a deadline to pay $2.5bn of taxes in India, which the company denies is owed due to how the transfer took place with offshore accounts: http://current.com/technology/92741047_vodafone-given-2-5bn-indian-tax-bill-deadline.htm
With the recent spending review cuts to public services and the the economic crisis, the Guardian opinion article is mainly about if corporation tax should be used to help shrink the UK's deficit.
"£1bn: Annual revenue raised from 2013 by scrapping child benefit where one householder earns over £44,000.
£2bn: Annual revenue given away from 2013 in corporation tax cut for companies earning over £350,000."-Private Eye
http://s3.amazonaws.com/twitpic/photos/full/183529328.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=0ZRYP5X5F6FSMBCCSE82&Expires=1288177914&Signature=LpC%2FYL0%2BUUZd6X2eU0BHAHHAK6U%3DThe title of this post comes from a recent tweet by @AnnaAdamsBBC @chris_coltrane... more
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Prosecutors in Venezuela say a soldier opened fire at an army base in the capital, Caracas, killing two officers and wounding six other soldiers.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11050286Prosecutors in Venezuela say a soldier opened fire at an army base in the capital,... more
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This is a buzz about how grammar and commas made a conflict between Rogers Communications and Bell Canada. Read on to know how this dispute over contract and grammar can cost either company one million Canadian dollars; learn why the marriage between contracts and grammar is necessary; and how the “rule of the last antecedent” helped in this issue.This is a buzz about how grammar and commas made a conflict between Rogers... more
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A high court judge today granted Network Rail a temporary injunction to block next week's planned four-day rail strike by signal workers.
Mrs Justice Sharp made the temporary order after being told that the planned walkout, called by the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union, was unlawful because of the way a strike ballot was conducted.
Network Rail argued that there were scores of inaccuracies and discrepancies in the vote by signal workers, who backed a walkout with a majority of 54%.
It does not affect a separate dispute involving maintenance workers, who still plan to go ahead with strikes next week, although this is expected to cause only minor disruption.
The strike was due start on Tuesday, the day Gordon Brown is expected to call a general election.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/apr/01/network-rail-injunction-granted-strikesA high court judge today granted Network Rail a temporary injunction to block next... more
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Chris Henry 911 Call: Woman Reported Shirtless Man Beating on Back of Moving Truck (Pictures)
CHARLOTTE, NC (CBS/AP) The 911 calls relating to NFL star Chris Henry’s death following a fight with his fiancée, Loleini Tonga, have been released by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg police.
CBS affiliate WBTV reports that the tapes, from Dec. 16, include two calls. The first is an unidentified woman calmly telling the operator that she is driving behind a yellow truck with “a black man on it with no shirt on, and he’s got his arm in a cast and black pants on,” she told a dispatcher.
for full story and photos ,911 call...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/bengals-wr-chris-henry-dies-at-26-after-injuries-from-auto-accident-911-call/Chris Henry 911 Call: Woman Reported Shirtless Man Beating on Back of Moving Truck... more
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A well-known gangster from the Independent Soldiers who ran an extreme fighting club here was shot to death on Oct. 20 as he left his Clearbrook Road gym. The Independent Soldiers are believed to be in a turf dispute with members of the rival UN over each gang's efforts to expand into Kelowna.
A well-known gangster from the Independent Soldiers who ran an extreme fighting club... more
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