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by: Louis Syphr
Hector Monsegur, known as Sabu, leader of the Anonymous affiliated hacking group LulzSec, was arrested by FBI agents in his New York apartment on Monday, June 7, 2011, at 10:15PM. On August 15, Monsegur pleaded guily to several counts of hacking and identity theft.
According to Assistant U.S. Attorney James Pastore, as told to U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska at a court hearing on August 5, The defendant has literally worked around the clock with federal agents. "He has been staying up sometimes all night engaging in conversations with co-conspirators that are helping the government to build cases against those co-conspirators."
Court documents and several news agencies report that Monsegur's computer was tracked by the FBI since June 8, 2011. His online activity was accounted for around the clock by FBI installed software. Additional video cameras monitored every room in his home for protection.
From the FBI document entitled Six Hackers in the United States and Abroad Charged for Crimes Affecting Over One Million Victims, the following is based on the indictment and the information, complaints, and statements made up to and including Monsegur's guilty plea:
The Stratfor Hack
Jeremy Hammond is a political activist from Chicago and the founder of the computer security training website HackThisSite. In December 2011, Hammond conspired to hack into computer systems used by Stratfor, a private firm that provides governments and others with independent geopolitical analysis. Hammond and his co-conspirators, as members of Anonymous splinter group AntiSec, stole confidential information from those computer systems, including Stratfor employees' e-mails as well as account information for approximately 860,000 Stratfor subscribers or clients. Hammond and his co-conspirators stole credit card information for approximately 60,000 credit card users and used some of the stolen data to make unauthorized charges exceeding $700,000. Hammond and his co-conspirators also publicly disclosed some of the confidential information they had stolen.
On December 24, 2011, AntiSec announced the theft of Stratfor data in a link entitled,"Anonymous Lulzxmas rooting you proud."
Info hit Twitter with @AnonyOps_ "'Anonymous/AntiSec Attack STRATFOR' http://bit.ly/rMFtYi #anonyops 8:44 PM – 24 Dec 11." The FBI claims that the hacks occurred December 6th, but watched the hackers access and delete files from the cache. The disparity in timing of Tweets and the FBI's account suggest the majority of the Anonymous collective was not involved.
The FBI provided servers to unpack stolen information, including emails stolen from Stratfor, which were then shared with WikiLeaks at a later time. So the stolen Credit Cards had to been known by the FBI.
It is interesting when the timing of the Stratfor email hacks when juxtaposed against the court dates, and statements by the Attorney General and the FBI. If the FBI was in fact monitoring the hackers' access since December 6th, they would have known long before December 24th about the stolen credit card information and the risk it posed. It might even give you pause to consider why they would sit on that kind of information – information that admittedly compromised the security of almost a million people.
Publicly, Hammond's co-conspirators are unknown, never named in official court papers. We know now that Sabu was probably one of those co-conspirators. Sabu was an important person in Anonymous because of his special talent as LulzSec's "Rooter," the person who finds the weaknesses for hackers to exploit. The "Rooting you proud" part of Christmas eve title by AnitSec suggests he wrote it, implicating himself as part of the operation at a time when he is obviously working with and monitored by the FBI.
Additional self-incriminating Tweets from Sabu's Twitter account also implicate him as one of the Stratfor hackers. But if Sabu was in fact working for the FBI, how could the Stratfor hack be anything more than a clearcut case of entrapment perpetrated by the FBI?
* Clicking on the small star "Details" for the actual Tweet post.
This discussion is Sabu's response to AnonOps' disgust about the credit card theft.
@anonymouSabu he tweeted "Stratfor hack is a desperate attempt to gain attention by anonops", do u agree?
@jeanassy Haha. We aren't even on anonops for him to make such a claim. Perhaps he should direct his anger directly at daddy. (me)
3:38 AM – 26 Dec 11 via web · Details
Sabu is considering manipulating the media by changing intelligence reports.
Think: is it possible that we (#antisec) could have controlled the flow of media by injecting erroneous points into "intelligence" reports?
6:51 PM – 3 Jan 12 via TwitterforBlackBerry® · Details
This post is more of a ploy, he could simply ask the FBI agents who are monitoring is computer. Remember, the FBI has software installed to keep track of every key stroke.
RE: if hackers are able to generate intelligence reports used by media and governments – what would be the consequence?
6:52 PM – 3 Jan 12 via TwitterforBlackBerry® · Details
This Tweet is more cryptic, but still points out that the hole in the system was found and he knew of the particular weakness.
I think in regards to stratfor people are only looking at the small picture (hack itself, donations, et al) and missing the gaping hole.
6:53 PM – 3 Jan 12 via TwitterforBlackBerry® · Details
Here again, this is two days prior to the Tweet above, he admits to having control for months. That legitimizes the previous post as not a mistake/mistype. It also appears that he was attempting to change intelligence reports as well.
If you want to be technical we've had control over stratfor for months. Has anyone confirmed if any of their intel reports were compromised?
7:04 PM – 3 Jan 12 via TwitterforBlackBerry® · Details
In this Tweet, he suggests the hack didn't occur on December 6th like the FBI claimed. Remember, Sabu is a Rooter, this means he finds the insecurities in the network. He claims this that "they" had access for months, assuming months before the actual hack. But it doesn't really matter if he means months before Jan 5th or Dec 6th. Either way, the FBI knew for quite some time. It looks more like a part of a longer range plan.
The stratfor hack is important on many levels. Think about the very point we had access to its userlist for months, now consider its users.
11:28 AM – 5 Jan 12 via web · Details
On Janurary 7th at 6:16am, Sabu (Hector Monsegur), admits to actively hacking Stratford.
TheRealSabu @anonymouSabu Our inspiration during the Stratfor hack: youtube.com/watch?v=oHg5SJ… 6:16 AM – 7 Jan 12 via web · Details
This circumstantial evidence suggests Sabu and the FBI were somehow a part of the Stratfor hack.
By December 29, 2011, The Washington Post announces the Hacker's plan to dump the stolen data. The FBI have already given Sabu an FBI server to unpack the data from Hammond. Once that data was on their servers, the FBI would have been able to examine exactly what was removed from Stratfor, if they didn't already know.
The data itself presented oddity after oddity. Many of the credit card holders had terminated their membership or the cards were expired. Some of those customers have not been paying customers for years. In fact, of the 50,277 unique credit card numbers, only 9,651 were NOT expired. Additionally, the original credit card data was not encrypted, a clear regulatory violation for any company storing consumer credit card information. And lastly, Stratfor discovered the hack and the stolen data on the same day it occurred.
There's a concept in the counter-hacking world called "honey pots." An insecure or otherwise weakly secured computer is set up on the network. Hackers hone in on the entry point and mistakenly assume they are in the secure network. IT security professionals who are monitoring the "honey pots" can immediately detect and counter a hacker coming through these weak points – effectively slamming the lid on them and trapping them – or at least their identifying information – in the honey pot.
Back to those irregularities. Old, unencrypted customer data hanging out there unencrypted with just enough live accounts to make it all seem legit – on paper, it has all the markings of a "honey pot" conspiracy. Nevermind the fact that using real customer data – old or not – as bait is illegal on a number of levels.
Julian Assange released the Stratfor data on WikiLeaks on Monday, Feb 27, 2010. Sabu was announced as a turncoat the next Tuesday, March 6 2010, exactly one week after the data dump.
Could it be possible that Stratfor and the FBI were working in concert for a plan to frame Anonymous and Julian Assange to bring down WikiLeaks? If the U.S. Government show ties between Julian Assange and AntiSec's Stratfor attack, they can embolden their case for extradition. One has to wonder just how deep the FBI participation was in the Stratfor hack. Was the entire Sabu saga all an elaborate plan to incriminate Julian Assange?
The New York Times article quotes Cyber crime investigator Mark Seiden, "It's not surprising it would take them that long to make arrests," he said. "They have to collect evidence, and the paperwork takes between three and six months. If you don't know exactly how hackers attacked a site, it's difficult to bring them to justice. There's no point in picking an unripe fruit." But Sabu was the Rooter, the one who provides the roadmap to attack the networks. There was no need for a three month investigation – Sabu had all the information they needed in that regard. It's worth noting that that the day after Sabu's arrest, the FBI Director testified to Senate about cybercrime threat.
Too many questions remain unanswered. How is it possible that a best-in-class security firm such as Stratfor could be so careless in the encrypting and storage of their corporate emails and customers' credit card information? What does it mean if it wasn't mere carelessness but a conspiracy to knowingly expose those customers to potential fraudulent activity as unconsenting bait? Is the real conspirator here the FBI? How safe do you feel knowing that a government agency is willing to expose you to danger, however slight, with the endgame of playing a game of dominos with the fates and lives of real people?


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former Arizona congressman and candidate for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination whose liberal voice was a presence in the House of Representatives for 30 years.
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George Katene: "I Did Not Wish to Make this a Letter of Farewell"
The entire British Empire threw itself into support of the Allied cause in World War II. Even as far away as New Zealand, volunteers flocked to enlistment centers, received their training, and headed to war zones in Europe and the Middle East. One of the units formed in New Zealand was the 28th (Maori) Battalion, attached at different times to one or another of the three brigades of the New Zealand Division. The Maori Battalion was divided into four rifle companies, organized along Maori tribal lines, was and supported by a Headquarters Company of Maori men from all parts of New Zealand.
One of the men who left New Zealand in 1940, as a member of the Maori Battalion's headquarters company, was George Katene – not the George Katene of yesterday's post, but his son, age 25 in 1940, who had ridden in the back of that truck to the Dannevirke hui tau in 1936. He must have been a promising young man, because he was a sergeant before the company embarked, and was soon promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
Soon after leaving New Zealand with his unit in May 1940, George Katene took leave of the Latter-day Saints there in a letter published in the August 1940 edition of Te Karere, the mission newspaper
H.Q. Coy.,
28th Maori Battalion,
2nd N.Z.E.F.
To the Latter-day Saints,
Care Te Karere,
Box 72,
Auckland, New Zealand.
My greetings and salutations to you all. In these few words is also the aroha nui of all the brethren who share with me the honor in this venture across the great seas to help uphold the principles of humanity that we have learned to love from teachings of our Church. Somehow I did not wish to make this a letter of farewell. It would seem too hard and definite. Truly it was with sorrow that we bade adieu to loved ones in our fair land which now seems so far away, and though the plaintive sweet melody of Po-Ata-Rau accentuated this feeling as our boat drew out from shore, we drew some consolation from the concluding verse, "When you return, you'll find me waiting here." How consoling this fact is many of you will not have the privilege of knowing. We did not realize how much wealth we had in friends and relatives until we parted from them. Now, as we draw farther and farther away from you all, we grow appreciative of this fact, and each day finds a yearning deep within that we may be worthy of the blessing of reunion.
Some of us, I know, bear deep in mind the historic story of the "Mormon Battalion," which traveled through the strife an contentions that were rife at that time in America, without losing one member of its force. Surely the protection of their Maker, and ours also, was with them. How deep is our desire to emulate them! How deep is our desire to utilize the powers we have to safeguard our persons! how deep is the knowledge that we too can claim this protection! We pray God we will be worthy of this blessing. We pray God that we will be worthy of the love and respect of our loved ones.
Just now we move through a world of newness that delights and expands our knowledge of the world and its affairs. The treatment we enjoy at present is of very good standard, and I feel that as far as this sea journey is concerned, we should be the envy of all men whether young or old. I should like to relate the magnitude of this convoy and various experiences we've encountered, but unfortunately for you and most fortunately for us, we are unable to do so (army regulations.)
So to you dear fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends, we send greetings of good cheer to comfort and gladden you even though we are absent physically. the cry for unity has never been so loudly proclaimed before. The whole Christian world calls for it. In the homes the bonds of love should bind together the members closer and closer. In the churches the altars of love call to their members to come and share with them the warmth of spirituality. also the various administrative organizations beg for the love of humanity and adherence to the principles they advocate. No matter where we walk the cry for unity confronts us. Somehow I wish that I could walk up to each Latter-day Saint and make him realize that this is so; that it is time to grow out of our shells and expand our modes of living so that we will be of more benefit to our neighbors. We must grow, and grow strong, because of troublous times ahead. We must cultivate our physical beings so that we may withstand hardship. We must build up our mentalities so that we will have the determination to exist in righteousness.
Remember, though you are left behind, you have work to do the same as we, and remember a slacker always lets his mate down. So live the Word of Wisdom, cling to all truth and live in righteousness.
Sent to you on behalf of the Latter-day Saints in this battalion.
Sgt. GEORGE KATENE
The Maori Battalion was stationed first in Egypt, then, in October 1943, they arrived in Italy. Although the Italian military had surrendered to the Allies a few weeks earlier, Italy was occupied by German troops who resisted the Allied onslaught for every foot of territory. The Maori Battalion fought valiantly, much of their combat hand to hand, and took heavy losses – of the 3600 Maoris who served with the Battalion from 1940 to 1945, 649 died in combat, with more than 1700 wounded.
On the 7th of December 1943, as the Maori Battalion attacked enemy troops holding the town of Orsogna, Italy, one of those who fell was the young Latter-day Saint George Katene.
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Enrolled agents must obtain 72 hours of continuing education every three years. A minimum of 16 hours must be earned per year, two of which must be on ethics. Enrolled agents must use an IRS approved CE provider.
2. I applied during an enrollment cycle, how many continuing education credits must I complete?
If your initial enrollment occurs during an enrollment cycle, you are required to complete 2 hours of qualifying continued education credits per month AND 2 hours of ethics or professional conduct credits per year. When your new enrollment cycle begins, you will be required to satisfy the full 72-hour continuing education credit requirement.
Example: If you enroll in year 2 of an enrollment cycle in May, you are required to complete 2 hours of qualifying education credits for each month (May (2), June (2), July (2), August (2)…etc. until the end of the enrollment year(s); in addition to completing 2 hours of ethics or professional conduct credits for each year. Your result would be, 40 hours of CE credits with 4 hours of ethics credits for the enrollment cycle.
3. I enrolled in year 3 of an enrollment cycle in the month of November and my social security number ends with a five (5). How many CPE credits must I complete?
You are required to complete four (4) CPE credits for November and December of the 3rd year; of which two (2) must be completed in Ethics courses. Your next renewal cycle 2011-2014 you will be required to complete a minimum of 72-hours of continuing education credits which encompasses three (3) calendar years. (Note: a minimum of 16 hours of continuing education credits, of which 2 credits must be on ethics, must be completed during each enrollment year of an enrollment cycle.)
4. I enrolled in year 2 of an enrollment cycle in the month of March and my social security number ends with a seven (7). How many CPE credits must I complete?
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Buck's A&W Owner Served With Legal Challenge
Rick Gehring, owner of Buck's A&W, was cleared of financial damages in the 2007 trial resulting from a lawsuit by two of his former employees. But fallout from the lawsuit continues.
Attorneys representing the plaintiffs filed an order on Wednesday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court placing Buck's of Port Orchard Inc. into involuntary bankruptcy. The action calls for an independent party to determine the value of the corporation's assets.
Timothy Kosnoff, one of the plaintiff's attorneys, alleges that Gehring misappropriated money from his corporation to avoid liability for more than $750,000 in attorneys fees.
Gehring and his wife, Karen, were sued for sex discrimination in 2004 by former employees of the popular restaurant on Mile Hill Drive in Port Orchard. Attorneys for the plaintiffs alleged a "pervasive" atmosphere of sexual harassment that led to on-site sexual incidents in 2002 with James D. Border, a former manager there.
Part of the suit claimed Gehring "aided and abetted" Border's activities, which resulted in a 20-month prison sentence for Border on sexual misconduct charges. But jurors in the three-week trial, held in Kitsap County Superior Court, disagreed, releasing Gehring from personal responsibility.
The jury did, however, penalize Buck's for sex discrimination and awarded $75,000 to Amanda L. Sandberg and $35,000 to Jennifer K. Johnson, the women who brought the suit.
"We were disappointed in the jury's award. We respect the jury's decision," Kosnoff said.
According to Kosnoff, the jury also held the Gehrings liable for the plaintiffs' "reasonable attorney fees." Litigation between the two parties continued after the trial, and plaintiffs' legal costs have risen to more than three-quarters of a million dollars, Kosnoff said.
Kosnoff alleges that Gehring filed for receivership in September following the trial, listing as his primary creditor his mother, Glennys Gehring. According to Kosnoff, the Gehrings made a statement of indebtedness indicating they could not pay the plaintiffs' fees.
Kosnoff is alleging that Gehring underrepresented the value of the business and represented Buck's as insolvent, "which we're disputing," Kosnoff said.
Gehring acknowledged that he and attorneys for Buck's have been involved since the trial in ongoing litigation with Gordon Honeywell Thomas, the Seattle law firm that filed the involuntary bankruptcy order. On Friday, Gehring said he and his attorneys would be formulating a legal response to the challenge over the next week.
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The Ramada Conference Center is the latest in a series of thefts that have taken place around Lexington.
Before the Ramada on North Broadway, the Courtyard Marriott in Hamburg. Before that, Marriott's Springhill Suites on South Broadway.
Police say the thefts all start the same way. The man enters the lobby bathroom, clogs the toilet, and asks the clerk for assistance.
That's when he makes his move, going behind the desk and stealing money from the cash drawer.
"Very similar. He's distracting the clerk, getting the money, then he's out of there. It really looks like the same guy," said Lt. Robert Swanigan with the Georgetown Police Department.
Swanigan says they have no arrests in a similar theft that happened back in August at the Comfort Inn and Suites in Georgetown.
"It's unfortunate, because most of the things this guy is asking for are things that need immediate attention, they can't just ignore it."
"They're doing exactly what they have to do. They've got a business to operate, they have to take care of that and it's gonna be on us to put this to rest," said Swanigan.
He says there are enough similarities that he will be checking in with Lexington Police to see if it is in fact the same thief.
Police say in one of the cases the suspect could be seen leaving the scene in a red, older model Honda Civic.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police. Tips can be called into the Commercial Burglary Unit at 859-258-3700 or text "tips2020" plus your message to CRIMES (274637).


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Get an overview of this hotelSuburban hotel with restaurant and indoor pool
Situated in the business district, this hotel is within 6 mi (10 km) of Cranbrook House and Gardens, Cranbrook Art Museum, and Cranbrook Institute of Science. Chrysler LLC Headquarters and Oakland Hills Country Club are also within 6 mi (10 km).
Hotel Features
This smoke-free hotel features a restaurant, an indoor pool, and 2 bars/lounges. Self parking is free. Other amenities include a fitness center, a spa tub, and WiFi in public areas.
Room Amenities
All 290 rooms offer WiFi, iPod docks, and flat-screen TVs with cable channels. Other amenities available to guests include wired Internet, room service, and coffee makers.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Amenities
In addition to an indoor pool and a seasonal outdoor pool, Auburn Hills Marriott Pontiac provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. Guests can unwind with a drink at one of hotel's 2 bars/lounges. High-speed wired and wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge.
This 3.5-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms. 11 meeting rooms are available. This business-friendly hotel also offers gift shops/newsstands, concierge services, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Auburn Hills Marriott Pontiac is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Concierge services
- Conference space
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- Fireplace in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Free self parking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Meeting rooms
- Number of bars/lounges - 2
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Number of floors - 11
- Number of meeting rooms - 11
- Outdoor seasonal pool
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Smoke-free property
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 290
- Wedding services
- Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Year Built 2000
Family Friendly Amenities
- Indoor pool
- Laundry facilities
- Rollaway/extra beds available
Available in all rooms: WiFi (surcharge) , Wired internet access ( 14.95 USD per day )
Available in some public areas: WiFi (surcharge) , Wired (high-speed) Internet access - surcharge
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable TV service
- Climate control
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Free weekday newspaper
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Flat-panel TV
- Hair dryer
- iPod docking station
- Iron/ironing board
- Pay movies
- Phone
- Premium TV channels
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Room service (limited hours)
- Shower/tub combination
- Turndown service
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Parkway Grille - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting).
Parkway Lounge - This bar serves lunch, dinner, and light fare.
Martini Lounge - Onsite bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
An indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Cross-country skiing nearby
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- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
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Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): USD 14.95 per day (rates may vary)


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WALLA WALLA - The Walla Walla USBC Women's Bowling Association is having its 65th annual, and final, meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Walla Walla Country Club.
All women's bowlers are invited to the event, which begins with appetizers and a no-host bar at 6:30 p.m., and recognition of past directors and other association members following.
The Walla Walla Women's Bowling Association is merging with the local men's association as of Aug. 1.
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November 30, 2015
Anger and depression-- those are actually stages three and four of dealing with grief.
Any psychologist will tell you-- in order to move to acceptance-- you have to go through seven stages.
We've documented those stages along our long winter journey.
We begin with stage one: Shock and denial.
Yes-- you likely may have been in denial when that little white stuff first graced your once green lawn six long months ago.
And then-- came stage two with a vengeance: pain.
Slick roads and stuck cars—only served to worsen the pain....then, we'll jump ahead to April-- where we find stage three:
Yes, anger.
That's when stage four, depression likely set in.
Now...stage five.
A slow commute-- and heavy wet snowfall.
One look at the 5-day forecast, however, shows why today is called "the upward turn."...
Stage 6 is "working through"-- this could come for you Wednesday, when we are expecting just a few more flakes.
And finally, Stage 7-- acceptance-- on Friday-- when we might see sunshine and a possible high of 70
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Village Enterprise prides itself on pursuing the highest standards of rigor in client targeting, program monitoring, and impact evaluation. These processes include multi-stage poverty targeting, business plan feasibility assessment, monitoring business progress, following up with periodic spot-checks, and conducting long-term evaluation studies both in-house and with the support of independent evaluation partners.
We are now using the Google.org-sponsored mobile application Open Data Kit (ODK) to collect data via smartphones. This new technology simplifies data collection and entry, reducing M&E expenses while dramatically increasing our field team's data collection capacity.
Village Enterprise's targeting approach is designed to be 1) rigorous, 2) accurate and transparent, and 3) independently verifiable. We utilize Participatory Wealth Ranking, locally-defined poverty indicators, and the Grameen Foundation's Progress Out of Poverty Index (PPI) to capture data that is both representative of each location of operation and internationally comparable.
The improved targeting process adopted in 2011 ensures that up to 95% of program participants start with expenditure levels below the poverty line ($2.50/day) and that more than 50% fall below the extreme poverty line ($1.25/day).
Our targeting effectiveness has been validated via the baseline report of our RCT participants revealing that "with more than 75% of VE households within the lowest two quartiles of national and district-specific welfare index values, Village Enterprise has done a [remarkable] job of targeting the poorest households."
Village Enterprise monitors the progress and success of all our business groups using the following key tools:
In October 2013, we launched a 3-year randomized control trial to evaluate our program. Thanks to a generous multi-year grant of over $1 million, this independent evaluation will measure the impact of our program and its unique components on the lives of our business owners and their families, and guide our expansion process and program developments. Moreover, it will contribute to the ongoing policy debate on the creation of sustainable mechanisms for poverty alleviation.
The impact study is conducted by Innovations for Poverty Action with Munshi Salaiman as the Principal Investigator. Additionally, the contribution of Jiaying Zhao of Princeton University and Anuj K. Shah of Chicago Booth School of Business will help assess the effects of a motivational intervention and the extent to which moving business owners out of extreme poverty affects their decision-making.
Field staff uses Google.org sponsored mobile application Open Data Kit (ODK) for data collection via smartphones generously donated by the Motorola Mobility Foundation.
Internal Program Performance Measurement Reports are produce three times a year coinciding with our funding cycles. It captures changes in daily consumption and standard of living as displayed in the performance dashboard.


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We have been sent a bunch of new pics for The Invisible, granted they are not that terribly exciting, but they are new. So love it, caress it, make it your friend. From the studio that brought you "The Sixth Sense", "The Invisible" is a supernatural thriller about a teenager who finds himself trapped between the worlds of the living and the deceased.
Nick (Justin Chatwin), is a high school senior with a bright future until, in a tragic case of mistaken identity, he is brutally attacked by a troubled girl, Annie (Margarita Levieva), and his body is left for dead. Now in limbo, not quite dead but invisible to the living, his spirit can only watch as his mother (Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden) and the police search frantically for him, unaware that he is only hours away from truly perishing.


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Kate O'Beirne was interviewed by Jodi Enda about her book Women Who Make the World Worse: And How Their Radical Feminist Assault Is Ruining Our Schools, Families, Military, and Sports, published by Sentinel. In her first book, Kate O'Beirne, Washington editor of the National Review, tells her story as a combatant in the war between the sexes beginning in the 1970's when she fought against the Equal Rights Amendment. She argued that feminism has achieved its consensus goals regarding equality but that the feminist movement is now focused on goals that she considers destructive. She discussed topics including gender differences, voting preferences, marriage, sexual mores, domestic violence, abortion, education, and childcare. Ms. O'Beirne cited how she believes reality differs from the positions of leading feminists and said that feminist leaders are more concerned with their own agendas than what the majority of women really want or need.
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CINCINNATI -- Bengals players were just hearing the reports that quarterback Carson Palmer was going to be traded to Oakland as they finished a morning walk-through at Paul Brown Stadium. Palmer hadnt been with them since the end of last season, and their reaction to the news reflected that fact.
While they wished their friend and former teammate well, players were unanimous in their belief that the trade is a non-factor for what the team is hoping to accomplish the rest of the season.
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Kudos to Carson, said right guard Bobbie Williams. There aint too much that I can say about it. Just good luck to everybody, to Carson, and were just going to continue playing ball here in Cincinnati. I dont know about the details, but whatever it is, Im pretty sure we got what we wanted, he got what he wanted and well go from there.
Palmer was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft and threw for 22,694 yards in his eight seasons with the Bengals, including the only two 4,000-yard seasons in franchise history.
He is the franchise leader in passing completion percentage and passer rating, ahead of Ken Anderson and Boomer Esiason. He is third on the franchise list of career yards, pass attempts, touchdowns and most 300-yard games behind Anderson and Esiason.
He also led the Bengals to AFC North division titles in 2005 and 2009.
Following last season, Palmer told owner Mike Brown he no longer wanted to play in Cincinnati and asked to be traded.
Palmer has never made any public comments about the situation, but he spoke to teammates such as left tackle Andrew Whitworth about the situation.
I think guys respect him. You realize that he didnt want to be here, and he didnt believe in this place, and you go forward, said Whitworth.
You still respect him as a friend and the years we put in together, but you realize that he just made a choice he felt was best for him and his family.
Whitworth said he has not spoken with Palmer since the season began. When it came to the business side of their relationship, the players moved on quickly.
Its no different than a guy that doesnt show up because theyre in a contract dispute. Its no different than a guy who decides to retire. We cant focus on that, said Whitworth.
Every guy in this room has a job to do every Sunday, and nobodys worried about what Carsons doing. So guys are worried about what theyve got to do to win and keep their job. As much as its a team game, its a business, and these guys have jobs to fight for, and thats what theyre worried about.
If there was one positive to come out of the lockout during the offseason, it might be that the Palmer story was put on the backburner.
Due to the lockout, there were no club-sponsored off season workouts, no mini-camps or other functions that would normally occur.
The lockout was the big story, not Palmer.
We didnt miss anybody, because we didnt see them. He wasnt supposed to be there, said safety Chris Crocker.
We felt like this was a new team, a young team that was starting fresh. Its never really been something in the back of our minds or something that we chatted about.
It also allowed the Bengals a chance to bond with rookie quarterback Andy Dalton. Dalton has started every game and has led the Bengals to a 4-2 start entering the bye this week.
Our returning players had to absorb, accept; they got a chance to understand and get to know Andy Dalton without us telling them and Ive said this in here before without us trying to give them an impression of what Andy Dalton was, said head coach Marvin Lewis.
They had to take him from face value, and he earned their trust and respect through how he carried himself through his time with them away from us as coaches. Thats led him to the level of leadership that he has on this football team already. That was quite a positive.


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MYFOXNY.COM - Jason Kendall, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory solar system ambassador for New York City, and Leslie Kean, an independent investigative journalist, came to Fox 5 News to discuss the strange sightings over Manhattan this week. A number of people called the NYPD and teh FAA to report seeing shiny objects hovering and bobbing over the city.
Kean is the author of "UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government Officials Go on the Record," a best-selling book from Crown Publishing Group/Random House. Follow UFO Report on Twitter @ http://twitter.com/uforeport2009
Strange white lights in the sky in Chelsea (13th October 2010)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St4daqcNpJw
'UFO' Sightings Over Manhattan (13th October 2010)- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQNYNzfgC44
NYC UFO Sighting?- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVDMZg6evnQ
UFO Spotted Flying High Over Streets Of NYC?- http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/wpix-ufo-sighting,0,17905...
UFOs seen floating over NYC- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryykCVlKPFs
UFO Sightings Stop New York City- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLGBNPALi8
Mystery shiny objects floating over Manhattan spark UFO frenzy- http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/10/13/2010-10-13_mystery_shiny_...
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I would like to express my disgust at a recent thread closure. Although admittedly the thread was very negative tone and a lot of bashing was going on, it served a purpose. That purpose was to warn fellow car computer shoppers about the terrible customer service provided by a well-known vendor in the market.
I believe the ideals of this form should include the ability of its members to praise good purchase experiences and the equal ability to warn about bad ones. Take a moment to search and you will find several threads where users are extremely adamant about the displays they own and the ways in which they are better then any another. Those threads also got heated, but they were mainly objective threads in which members expressed pride (or distaste) in the products they have bought. The same open discussion about vendor services should be allowed to continue just as un-obstructed in my opinion, even if there arent as many members defending a service as there are let down by it.
The thread was closed by an administrator with the sentence If you have an issue email him and he will take care of it. The problem with posting that and then immediately closing the thread is that the administrator attempted to reverse the entire message of the thread and then ensure that there was no rebuttal. The whole reason for the thread, in fact, was that that this vendor has a tendency not to reply to e-mails. I for one cannot figure out why any administrator would want to stifle such a warning, unless there was some sort of personal (or monetary) connection with the vendor.
You may close this thread now too, but if you respect the members on this board I would ask that you leave it open for their comments.


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Right. They were. And then they released PowerPC-based desktops, and called them PowerMacs. At which point you had: desktop: PowerMac portable: PowerBook ... and both became forever linked to the PowerPC name. Origin, folks, does not exempt one from evolution or history. Regardless of how it started, Power evolved as a name to imply a link to the PowerPC.


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Limarí Valley
Pronunciation Guide: lee-ma-REE (Valley); ko-KIM-bo (D.O.)
Denomination of Origin: Limarí Valley
Region: Coquimbo Sub-Region: Limarí
Complementary Areas: Costa, Entre-Cordilleras, Andes
Located 470 km (290 mi) north of Santiago is both an old and new wine region. Vines were first planted in the mid-16th century, but new technology has led terroir-hunting winemakers to take a fresh look at this curious territory.The Pacific Ocean's cooling Camanchaca fog creeps into the valley from the west each morning and retreats as the sun rises over the Andes and bathes the vines in pure light in the afternoon. With less than 4 inches of rainfall per year, drip irrigation allows the vines to flourish as their roots dig deep into the mineral-rich soil. The combination creates fresh wines with a distinct mineral edge.
Desert-like climate: 95 mm (4 in) of rain per year. Semi-arid region with cool coastal influences and good minerality in the soil.
Soils: clay, silt, and chalk.
Terrific results: cool-climate Syrah, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc. Fresh wines with a distinct mineral edge.
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QUEENS, N.Y., December 4, 2012 – Presidents seldom offer life advice to their staff, but when then airman Doug Scarlett, a cook for Air Force One, needed something to do in his spare time, President Lyndon Johnson suggested he go see the Red Cross.
And since 1965, the Red Cross is the place where Scarlett has volunteered, beginning with first aid instruction in the Washington, DC, chapter, and subsequently supervising kitchens at more than 51 disaster sites across the country. Since the first days following Hurricane Sandy's landfall on October 29th, Scarlett had been overseeing kitchens across the Tri-State area, first serving hot meals to clients in New Jersey and now helping Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) bring meals and supplies to people in the Rockaways.
"We didn't fly that much back then – the Cold War was on – but I saw what the Red Cross was doing and got more and more involved," said Scarlett, the former chapter executive of the American Red Cross Cumberland County (TN) chapter and a volunteer member of the chapter's board of directors. "My initial role on Air Force One was to please the president" – then an honorary chairman of the American Red Cross who declared March 1965 national Red Cross Month.
"Now, I just get the food out, and it's been a lot of food." The Red Cross kitchen in Jersey City, New Jersey was built for 30,000 meals per day and in the beginning, Red Cross and Southern Baptist Convention volunteers were turning out 41,000.


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In this post you'll learn what the Academy Awards are and vocabulary you may hear while watching the ceremony.
What are the Academy Awards?
The 85th Academy Awards will take place on Sunday February 26, 2012 at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California. The Academy Awards are also known as the Oscars. Oscar is the name of the statuette (a small statue) that is given to each winner. (No one is quite sure how the statuette got the name Oscar. There are many different theories!)
The awards are voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. According to its website, the Academy is "[d]edicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures … " (A motion picture is what we now know as a movie or a film.)
Who can win an Oscar?
The awards recognize and celebrate outstanding achievement in movies from the previous year. This year's awards celebrate the best in movies of 2011. They celebrate not only actors and specific movies but also the people who do all the behind-the-scenes work (the work that you don't see!): directors, producers, writers, composers, costume designers, lighting and sound technicians, editors, etc.
There are usually 5 nominees in each category. The nominees are the people or films that have been chosen to compete for the award. There are 24 categories of awards that are handed out during the ceremony, including Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Director. The nominees are chosen by Academy members in their field: actors choose the nominees for the acting awards, directors choose the nominees for Best Director, etc. Once the nominees have been chosen, all members of the Academy vote for the winner.
The Academy Awards Ceremony
The hosts of this year's show are actors Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Each award, however, is handed out by a presenter. The presenter is usually another actor or actor. The presenter announces the category and then usually says, "And the nominees are . . ." The presenter will then read the names of the nominees. (Presenters read their lines from a teleprompter – an electronic device that shows the words to read; it is next to the camera so the presenters look like they are talking directly to the TV audience.)
Once the presenter has finished announcing the nominees, he/she then says, "And the Oscar goes to . . ." or "And the Academy Award goes to . . ." and opens the envelope to read the name of the winner. The envelope is sealed so that no one knows the winner until that moment! The winner then comes to the stage to accept his/her award and make a short acceptance speech.
The final award of the night is always Best Picture. Last year, the Academy changed the format of this award: there are 10 nominees for Best Picture instead of 5! This was done with the hope that more people will watch the ceremony on TV. For all the other awards, the winner is the person or film with the most votes. The winner for Best Picture, however, is chosen by a preferential voting system. Voters rank the films from 1-10 (1 being the best). If no film gets 50% of the vote, the film with the least votes is removed from competition and its votes are redistributed based on the number 2 choice. The first film to get over 50% of the votes wins.
The Red Carpet
One of the most anticipated and exciting parts of the show is watching the stars (famous people) arrive at the ceremony and walk down the red carpet. People watching at home want to see which stars are attending the event, what they're wearing, and who they're with. Most men attending the Oscars wear a tuxedo, and women wear extravagant, elegant dresses. There are several shows on TV before the Oscars even begin that show you what's happening on the red carpet.
Sometimes you will also see or hear the expression 'Oscar buzz.' Here, buzz means 'what people are talking about.' Oscar buzz means 'what people are saying about the Oscars' – who will win, what film will win, etc.
What are your Oscar predictions? Who do you think will win Best Actor? Best Picture?
More information:
The official Oscar website
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For seven years, Theodore Mamel worked as a technician, repairing pianos used by charter school students at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland.
Wednesday night, he was arrested in Belle Vernon by Southwest Regional Police after he allegedly tried to meet someone he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sex.
Mamel was actually communicating online with an undercover police officer in Belle Vernon.
Mamel, 64, of 2872 Pierce St., Export, is charged with two counts of unlawful contact with a minor and one count each of sexual abuse of children/dissemination of child pornography, sexual abuse of children, and criminal use of a communications facility in the commission of a felony.
He is in the Fayette County Jail in lieu of $250,000 straight cash bond and faces a preliminary hearing 10 a.m. Feb. 21 before Magisterial District Judge Richard Kasunic in Perry Township.
Sal Aloe, Lincoln Park Center for the Performing Arts managing director, said Mamel – known to him as "Theo" – has been employed by the center since 2007.
The day after Mamel's arrest, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School officials attempted to distance themselves from him.
Christina Zarek, director of communications for the National Network of Digital Schools, told The Valley Independent Mamel was not an employee of the charter school.
But Aloe acknowledged that the center and the charter school have a close working relationship. In Mamel's case, he did work in the school setting of the center, fixing pianos owned by the center which the charter school students used. All of his work on the pianos was performed after school hours, Aloe said.
Aloe said the charter school rents space from the center to conduct classes.
"There is a defined space within the center where students take classes," Aloe said.
Both the center and the charter school have mailing addresses of One Lincoln Park, Midland.
Aloe said Mamel had Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance and Act 34 Criminal Record Clearance.
"All of his clearances were good," Aloe said. "That's why it was shock to us. First thing I did when I heard about this was to go and check that all of his clearances were good."
Aloe said Mamel has been placed on leave without pay pending resolution of the criminal case.
Passwords for access to computers in the center have been changed, in part to ensure Mamel does not have access to them. His keycard has been disabled.
Police said most of the IP addresses used by Mamel are public. But they noted that on one occasion, Mamel used a Wi-Fi connection registered to the Midland School District.
Noting that it was not a public IP address, Southwest Regional asked Mamel how he got access to that Wi-Fi connection.
Mamel allegedly told police, "one of the connections I used was that of my employer, Lincoln Park Center for the Performing Arts. Lincoln Park is a public charter school."
Mamel told police he used the Wi-Fi connection while sitting outside the school. Mamel denied he had communication with any students in that school.
The investigation
On Jan. 8, Mamel posted on Craigslist an advertisement seeking "girls that want to try some taboo sex," according to an affidavit of probable cause.
On Jan. 9, Southwest Regional responded to the on-line ad, posing as a 14-year-old girl. From Jan. 14 through 17, Mamel spoke online with the officer and sent pornographic images of juveniles to the person he believed to be a "teen," according to the affidavit.
On Feb. 10, Mamel said he would like to meet the "girl."
The "meeting" was to take place Wednesday, but instead police stopped Mamel in the 200 block of Main Street. At that point, Southwest Regional Chief John Hartman asked Mamel if he was communicating with a young girl from Belle Vernon and the defendant nodded his head and said, "Can I have one of your guns so I can just shoot myself?"
Police seized a laptop in Mamel's car, which allegedly contains pornographic photographs of juveniles.
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Second Home
Since moving to Napa Valley at the beginning of August, I've been spending most of my weekends in San Francisco. It's been really fun, particularly since so many of my friends from San Luis Obispo live there now, including Andy, Mike, and Hayes. They, and their roommate Jay, have allowed me to stay at their place whenever I've asked, and always have some fun stuff planned when I arrive. Pretty cool having a second home. Thanks a lot boys, I'm sure there's plenty of more good times to come.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Harvest Update - All Sparkles
Well, my second vintage of 2010 has started off quite late and slowly, but it's soon to get busy. So far, we've only harvested a total of 70 tons split between Pinot Noir and Chardonnay destined for sparkling wine. Last week saw the Chardonnay arrive, two weeks after we received our first ten tons of Pinot Noir. With a handful of tanks full and fermenting, it's beginning to feel like harvest though this week should see our first big influx of grapes. Still, cool weather is not allowing fruit to ripen as usual, and is beginning to make winemakers throughout the valley wonder whether poor weather will arrive before fruit is harvested.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Napa Biking
I've been mountain biking since I was in high school, but didn't really start getting serious until I moved to San Luis Obispo. The county is known for the diversity of trails and riding conditions that can be found. Surfing was always a priority, but I could regularly be found on my bike when the surf was flat. After a few accidents, I gave up biking to save myself the pain (and lack of surfing waiting to heal).
Living over an hour from the ocean now, mountain biking has quickly become a staple in my weekly routine. Napa Valley is home to some amazing mountain bike trails that rival, if not surpass, those of San Luis Obispo. Though I've only had the opportunity to sample a few places, I have not been disappointed. One of my favorites has been the Oat Hill Mine Road trail, which lies just east of Calistoga.
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Members of the Starbuck School Board are Zonia Dedloff, Carol Wildman, Jill Wood, Kelly White and Leo Janes. With all present Thursday the board:
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- REPORTS: Heard reports on Washington State School Directors Association meeting by Wood and Dedloff.
- BOARD ELECTION: Reelected Wood as board chair and Janes as vice chair for 2011. Wildman and White were elected co-legislative representatives. Unanimous for all.
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NANJING, China — Junior triathlete Stephanie Jenks raced her way to a silver medal at Xuanwu Lake on Sunday morning, earning one of the first medals of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games.
Jenks (Aurora, Iowa), 17, posted a time of 1 hour, 33 seconds on the 750-meter swim, 20-kilometer bike, 5-kilometer run sprint-distance course for the silver medal. Jenks finished 37 seconds behind gold medal winner Brittany Dutton of Australia, who clocked in at 59:56, and was comfortably ahead of bronze medalist Emilie Morier of France, who finished in 1:00:55.
"I'm really happy with it," said Jenks, who was celebrating her birthday along with her silver medal performance. "I went out and gave it my all. I raced with no regrets and I couldn't have done any better."
Jenks was the 10th athlete out of the water and was part of the second bike pack early on in the race. On the fourth and final lap of the 20k bike course, Dutton made a split from the lead pack for a solo break, and the chase pack, including Jenks, was able to catch the lead group heading into transition. Then Jenks used her run speed to her advantage, posting the second fastest run of the day to move into a medal-winning finish position.
"At the first lap, I was kind of wishing I could get some time but I maintained through the first lap," said Jenks, who finished second in the 3,000 at the USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships in July. "I kept working and pushing it, hoping I could get her."
Triathlon was the opening medal event of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, and Jenks' silver medal is the fourth medal for the U.S. in the history of the Youth Olympic Games. At the inaugural Games in 2010 in Singapore, U.S. triathletes Kevin McDowell and Kelly Whitley earned silver and bronze, respectively, in the individual events, as well as bronze in the team relay.
Seth Rider (Germantown, Tenn.) will compete in the men's triathlon event in Nanjing, set to take place Monday, Aug. 18 at 9 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET on Aug. 17). Jenks and Rider may also represent the Americas in the Mixed Relay event, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 21. Visit nanjing2014.org for more information.
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Albuquerque — A federal judge this week will consider whether a 3,000-pound monument inscribed with the Ten Commandments on the front lawn of Bloomfield City Hall violates the religious freedoms of two of the city's residents.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit against the city on behalf of two plaintiffs who practice the Wiccan religion and says the monument conveys the message that the city endorses a particular religious belief.
"In my opinion, it says that anybody who doesn't agree with this monument on city grounds is an outsider," Jane Felix, the spiritual leader of a Wiccan group in the Bloomfield area, testified during the first day of trial on Monday in U.S. District Court of New Mexico. "It has no place on City Hall property."
Felix described Wicca as an Earth-based religion that recognizes both male and female deities.
Attorneys for the city of Bloomfield contend that "private parties" erected and paid for the monument under a 2007 city resolution that allows members of the public "to erect historical monuments of their choosing."
Jonathan Scruggs, an attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom, a nonprofit Christian conservative group, is defending the city of Bloomfield and said city councilors approved the policy to allow citizens to erect historical monuments on a designated site at City Hall.
On its website, the Alliance Defending Freedom describes itself as a "legal ministry" of U.S. attorneys that advocates for the constitutional protection of religious freedom.
Since the Ten Commandments monument was dedicated on July 4, 2011, two other stone monuments have been erected nearby memorializing the Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Scruggs said.
"We see that private parties are the driving force here," Scruggs told Senior U.S. District Judge James A. Parker during opening arguments on Monday. Bloomfield had a "secular purpose" of allowing private speech by erecting historical monuments, he said.
The 6-foot-tall gray granite monument, inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the King James Version of the Bible, occupies a prominent site next to the front entrance of City Hall.
The ACLU contends that the monument is visible to anyone who visits City Hall and amounts to government endorsement of Christianity, violating religious protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.
Andrew Schultz, an Albuquerque attorney working with the ACLU, contends that Bloomfield leaders drove the effort to erect the monument. The project was proposed in 2007 by Kevin Mauzy, a member of the Bloomfield City Council from 2006 to 2010, and approved unanimously by the four-member council.
"This is not a free speech case," Schultz said during opening arguments. "It is a case of government speech."
Schultz told Parker that most of the money for the monument came from Mauzy and three other former Bloomfield city councilors who approved Mauzy's plan to put the monument in a prominent location in front of City Hall. No other monuments had previously existed at the site, he said.
"The fact that the monument was privately financed makes no difference," he said.
Bloomfield Mayor Scott Eckstein and two former city councilors each testified on Monday that they had contributed money to build the monument.
A key element in the case is a city resolution approved by the Bloomfield City Council in July 2007, about four months after the council's approval of Mauzy's proposal to erect the monument.
The resolution created a "public forum" at City Hall that allows private groups to erect historical monuments on the front lawn. Attorneys for the city contend that the policy provides "equal access" to any group that wants a monument at City Hall relevant to the "history or heritage" of Bloomfield.
ACLU attorneys contend the policy is an attempt to provide the city with a legal justification for having a monument with a clear religious message.
Felix, who lives within two miles of City Hall, testified that she signed a petition in 2007 objecting to plans to build the monument. Felix also said she sent a letter to Bloomfield city leaders protesting the move but received no reply.
Buford Coone, a second plaintiff in the lawsuit, said he lives about half a mile from City Hall and sees the Ten Commandments monument each month when he pays a water bill.
"It sends the message that Bloomfield is now a Christian community and all others need not be bothered by it," said Coone, who is a member of the Wiccan group led by Felix.


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Two new studies by opponents of Indian Point say the Buchanan nuclear plant can be replaced with cleaner, safer energy and should be closed because a disaster like Japan's Fukushima would have a bigger impact in the New City metropolitan area.
"We have a wealth of safer energy sources ready to go that can fully replace the power from Indian Point," said Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"When we consider the human and economic costs of a nuclear crisis in New York and the host of benefits from investing in clean energy, the solution is common sense," she said.
The NRDC and Riverkeeper funded the studies, which were released Monday.
Officials from Indian Point said they saw little that was new in the information released by the two environmental groups and the reports.
"It is clear that alternatives to Indian Point's power would result in serious environmental and economic consequences for New York City and Westchester residents," plant spokesman Jerry Nappi said. "The plant's operations are constantly reviewed by independent experts, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has stated Indian Point is a safe plant."
Among the studies' key points:
Energy efficiency, renewable power such as wind and solar, new transmission projects, and repowering older natural gas plants within 10 years or less could replace Indian Point's 2000 megawatts.
A local accident on the scale of the Fukushima meltdown could require the sheltering or evacuation of millions in the region and cost up to 100 times more than the Japanese disaster, which has been projected as high as $60 billion.
The groups say replacing Indian Point's production of electricity can be done on time and without significant cost increases to consumers. Estimates of the average customer's monthly cost to move from nuclear power to other sources is $1-$3 on the low end and $4-$5 on the high end.
"The more you learn about Indian Point, the more you know it must close," said Robert Kennedy Jr., Chief Prosecuting Attorney for Riverkeeper and Senior Attorney at NRDC. "It's too old, near too many people, and too vulnerable to fire, earthquake, outside attack and a host of other potential disasters."
Entergy Nuclear, which owns the plant, has applied for a 20-year extention to its current licenses, which would allow Indian Point to continue generating electricity through 2035, instead of having to close in 2015.
The two environment groups, along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, oppose the relicensing.
Entergy and Riverkeeper began hearings Monday before state administrative law judges to determine if the plant will be allowed to continue using Hudson River water to cool its daily operations. Without the permit, the plant cannot be relicensed, federal regulators say.
A local industry group said the two reports "minimize the importance" of Indian Point to the region.
"This is a supposedly 'new report' but really more of the same from Riverkeeper" said Arthur "Jerry" Kremer, chairman of the New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance. "It offers vague and hypothetical replacement scenarios and cavalierly says New Yorkers' should be willing to pay more for electricity."