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A fourth teenager has been charged with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, an attack that was recorded and posted on Facebook, according to prosecutors.
Dyquier Garrett, 16, is charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault in the December 2012 attack at the home of another teen charged in the case, Scandale Fritz. He was ordered held in lieu of $500,000 bail in a bond hearing before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Maria Kuriakos Ciesil, according to court records.
Fritz, Kenneth Brown, and Justin Applewhite, all now 16, were arrested in May and indicted on sex assault charges in July and are each being held on $900,000 bail.
The assaults took place around 3:30 p.m. on Dec. 15 in Fritz's home in the 400 block of West 60th Place in the Englewood neighborhood, according to police records. The three boys charged in May assaulted the girl first, and Garrett arrived later and also assaulted her, prosecutors said.
The girl had gone to Fritz's house to talk to him, authorities said. Brown had a gun and the girl twice refused to have sex with the boys before they forced her into in the basement and sexually assaulted her, prosecutors said today. Fritz recorded the attacks, including Brown holding a gun and the boys yelling out references to the assaults and their gang, prosecutors said Friday.
After the assaults, Garrett came over to the house and watched the video with Fritz and Applewhite, after which Fritz told Garrett the girl, then 12 years old, would have sex with him also, prosecutors said. Garrett went into the basement with the girl alone and forced her to have sex, prosecutors said.
A day after the assaults, the girl told a relative about the attacks and a police report was filed and the girl was treated and examined at a hospital. On Dec. 17, the video was posted on Brown's Facebook page, and then on Fritz's and Applewhite's Facebook pages, prosecutors said.
Fritz admitted to investigators he made the recording, prosecutors said.
Charges against Garrett were delayed because prosecutors were awaiting the results of lab tests conducted by the Illinois State Police crime lab, prosecutors said today.
Brown, Frtiz and Applewhite, of the 200 block of West 59th Place, are due back in court on Dec. 11 before Cook County Criminal Court Judge Vincent Gaughn, according to court records.
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Social media is valuable for a lot of reasons.
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But regardless of what anyone might think, it's not a private forum.
If you go to a store and run into a friend and chat in the aisle, that's one thing. Posting something on social media is like having that same chat over the store's intercom system. A lot of people will ignore it, some will pay attention, and a few will share what they heard or read with their friends.
Recently, the wife of a Lebanon police officer posted a comment on her Facebook page regarding officers being "hindered and discouraged" from pulling over drunk drivers leaving local businesses. We also know that she likely won't be happy that her comment became the basis for a news story in today's paper, but there is a lesson for everyone in this: social media is public.
Sometimes statements get our attention because of what is said, and other times they get our attention because of who said it. We suspect that, like us, other Facebook users were aware that the person commenting on policies regarding drunk drivers was a police officer's spouse.
Amber Cardwell probably did not intend for her comment to go beyond a small group of people. As she pointed out to us, her Facebook page is set to private, so the only people who should be able to see it are her "friends." Once something is on the Internet, however, it can take on a life of its own. That's what happened in this case, as other Facebook users shared the message with the Enterprise.
To be clear, we don't think Cardwell did anything wrong, but in interviewing people for the news story, it became clear to us that there is a disagreement about what police should be doing to discourage drunk driving. Frankly, we support police officers positioning themselves where they are likely to stop someone who is intoxicated from getting behind the wheel or pulling them over as soon as possible if they do.
We understand why businesses might not want police officers staking out their parking lot, but that may be a short-sighted view on their part. If officers pay special attention to an area and that discourages people from drinking and driving or encourages people to use designated drivers, that is a good thing in our view. As word spreads that the police are watching, we hope more people would make responsible decisions when they go out. In due time, the police wouldn't need to monitor certain spots as closely.
For what it's worth, Cardwell isn't the only person who learned recently that what is posted on social media may not stay there. This past week, Jacob Cox-Brown, 18, of Oregon was arrested after he posted "Driven drunk … classic :) but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. ;P." In Cox-Brown's case, his post was passed along to the local police, who have arrested him on two counts of failing to perform the duties of a driver, according to kgw.com.
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Chicago, July 25, 2012 – Employees who make frequent contributions to the swear jar may lose more than loose change; they may lose out on a promotion. Sixty-four percent of employers said that they'd think less of an employee who repeatedly uses curse words, and 57 percent said they'd be less likely to promote someone who swears in the office. The nationwide survey, which was conducted by Harris Interactive© from May 14, 2012 to June 4, 2012, included more than 2,000 hiring managers and 3,800 workers across industries and company sizes.
Half (51 percent) of workers reported that they swear in the office. The majority of those (95 percent) said they do so in front of their co-workers, while 51 percent cuss in front of the boss. Workers were the least likely to use expletives in front of senior leaders (13 percent) and their clients (7 percent).
Comparing genders, men are more likely to report swearing at work – 54 percent compared to 47 percent of women.
Bad Words Leave Bad Impressions
Employers are inclined to think less of an employee who swears at work for a variety of reasons. Most (81 percent) believe that the use of curse words brings the employee's professionalism into question. Others are concerned with the lack of control (71 percent) and lack of maturity (68 percent) demonstrated by swearing at work, while 54 percent said swearing at work makes an employee appear less intelligent.
Pot Calling the Kettle
While many employers may think less of an employee who curses too much in the office, one in four employers (25 percent) admitted to swearing at their employees. Roughly the same amount (28 percent) of workers said they have sworn at other co-workers.
Cities Most Likely to Swear
Among top markets in the U.S., workers in the nation's capital were the most likely to report that they swear at work, with Denver and Chicago rounding out the top three.
· Washington D.C. – 62 percent
· Denver – 60 percent
· Chicago – 58 percent
· Los Angeles – 56 percent
· Boston – 56 percent
· Atlanta – 54 percent
· Minneapolis – 50 percent
· Phoenix – 47 percent
· New York – 46 percent
· Philadelphia – 44 percent
Swearing By Age
Comparing age groups, younger employees were the least likely to swear at work, while employees ages 35-44 are the most likely to curse while on the job.
· Employees ages 18-24 – 42 percent say they swear at work
· Employees ages 25-34 – 51 percent say they swear at work
· Employees ages 35-44 – 58 percent say they swear at work
· Employees ages 45-54 – 51 percent say they swear at work
· Employees ages 55 and over – 44 percent say they swear at work
Survey Methodology
This survey was conducted online within the U.S. by Harris Interactive© on behalf of CareerBuilder among 2,298 U.S. hiring managers and human resource professionals and 3,892 U.S. workers (employed full-time, not self-employed, non-government) ages 18 and over between May 14 and June 4, 2012 (percentages for some questions are based on a subset, based on their responses to certain questions). With pure probability samples of 2,298 and 3,892, one could say with a 95 percent probability that the overall results have a sampling error of +/-2.04 and +/-1.57 percentage points, respectively. Sampling error for data from sub-samples is higher and varies.
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After struggling with clinical depression, Kentucky-born Meadors turned to her college hobby for rejuvenation. Now, the former program director for a local movie house teaches in her studio, Pilates Hudson.
Why Pilates?
I committed to it after trying many things — therapists, the whole gamut — to get better. It literally changed my life. The strength you build in the middle of your body resonates to your mind and heart and everything in your life. I got a huge response from my friends and family that my body had changed, and especially my confidence.
What's your routine?
You can use a mat, but I work daily on machines called the Reformer, Cadillac, Barrel, and Chair. I love the Barrel for opening up the body, the Chair to create balance and stamina, and the Cadillac and Reformer for spinal massage and spring resistance training. I also cross-train twice a week with my personal trainer; we run, box, and work in cardio. I take a weekly private yoga class next door, it's really athletic and vigorous. And then I take private Pilates classes. I make sure to do some kind of exercise at least five days a week.
What about the notion that Pilates is a "girly" sport?
First off, Joe Pilates was a man! He was a boxer, he was a jock. He trained male dancers, boxers, athletes. Anyone can come to Pilates. It can be rehabilitative, but it's also a rigorous, beautiful, athletic practice, to the point where your knees are trembling when you walk down the stairs after class.
What changes did you notice about yourself?
It certainly changed my body, stature, and posture. It also became a way of dealing with stress. So I feel more confident, grounded, strong, just from deep within. It chills out my mind, too.
What's your Achilles' heel?
I believe in balance: I have my vices and I have my workouts. I eat gummy bears. I love pizza... but I don't do that all day long, every day. I mix it up. A good, balanced life is more important to me than anything — not to say I'm perfect at it either. It's still a struggle for sure.
Embarrassing moments?
I speak a lot in metaphors to describe how we're moving. Sometimes I'll just say the craziest things — today I just told my class to draw in their stomachs as if it's a panini in a George Foreman grill. There'll be a big laugh, but it works.
Any advice for first-timers?
Find a trainer that you connect with, a friend you want to go with, take a mat class. Sometimes the machines are more of a commitment financially and time-wise, but if you do it and love it and it feels amazing to you, don't get a latte at Starbucks — spend that five extra dollars on a really special class for yourself. Just don't give up.
What do you enjoy most?
I love the playful part of exercise and working out. It takes me out of the grind of "everyday, all day long," and into a totally different place where you're not in your head, but in your body. That's a super feeling.
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SANTA CLARA — Another opener against the Green Bay Packers. Early shots at revenge in Seattle and St. Louis. Andrew Luck vs. his former Stanford coach, Jim Harbaugh.
Dramatic storylines, indeed, and they account for merely the opening four weeks of the 49ers' schedule.
It's the finish, of course, that matters most as the 49ers try returning to the Super Bowl, which will be held Feb. 2 in New Jersey.
Speaking of closing acts, the 49ers plan to move out of ol' Candlestick Park after this season for a $1.2 billion home in Santa Clara, and Candlestick's regular-season finale pits the 49ers against the Atlanta Falcons in a rematch of last season's NFC Championship game. That Dec. 23 dual marks the 36th "Monday Night Football" game at Candlestick, which has hosted more than any other stadium.
The 49ers are 11-2 in regular-season openers at Candlestick, and they'll get a final chance to improve that by hosting the Packers on Sept. 8. It's a matchup the 49ers conquered twice last season, first to start the season (30-22 in Lambeau Field) and again in a divisional-round playoff game (45-31 at Candlestick).
The Packers, who've never opened a season in San Francisco, got dispatched there last season after yielding 579 yards, a total that's serving as an offseason rallying cry. They've vowed to study up on the read-option offense after Colin Kaepernick ran for 181 yards, an NFL record for a quarterback. That game was only Kaepernick's eighth career start, as opposed to Aaron Rodgers' eighth playoff start for the Packers.
Of the 49ers' other 2013 opponents, many feature neophyte quarterbacks: Luck (Colts), Russell Wilson (Seahawks), Cam Newton (Panthers), Robert Griffin III (Redskins), Jake Locker (Titans) and Blaine Gabbert (Jaguars), all of whom are entering either the second or third seasons.
In their most anticipated divisional matchup, the 49ers will visit the Seattle Seahawks in a Sept. 15 Sunday night game on NBC, followed by a Dec. 8 reunion at Candlestick Park. The all-time series is tied at 14.
The 49ers, who went 5-1 in prime-time games last season, are scheduled for five prime-time games this season. That first one comes at Seattle, then Sept. 26 at St. Louis on "Thursday Night Football," followed by Oct. 6 against the Houston Texans ("Sunday Night Football"), Nov. 25 at the Washington Redskins ("Monday Night Football") and the Dec. 23 visit by the Falcons.
The 49ers' NFC-title defense will go overseas in midseason, when they play Oct. 27 in London's Wembley Stadium against the host Jacksonville Jaguars. The 49ers launch that extended road trip with an Oct. 20 game at the Tennessee Titans. The bye weekend will follow the London game.
This will be the first time in 49ers history they open a season as the Super Bowl runner-up, having lost 34-31 to the Baltimore Ravens in Super Bowl XLVII. In Harbaugh's second regular season as coach, the 49ers went 11-4-1, including road losses to the Seahawks and Rams, the later of whom they also tied.
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Andy's Frozen Custard® is looking for talented and motivated individuals who possess a high attention to detail and great customer service skills to serve the world's greatest frozen treats! Associates should expect a fast-paced, challenging environment. As an Andy's Associate, you will create the Andy's Experience by providing legendary customer service and maintaining a clean and comfortable store environment.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
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- Ability to plan and prioritize workload
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- Must have reliable transportation to and from work
- Must be 16+ years of age
- Ability to work nights and weekends
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Brad_Olson I think I'll spend some time today finding Wisconsin's best high-fiber cereal.
Brad_Olson Many, many thanks to the JRPfeffs for hosting and cooking, CSD for bringing and grilling some Vienna Beef treats (I think I might be visiting Woodman's very soon to get ahold of some VB jalapeno-cheddar dogs), everyone who contributed brats, and all the others who brought side dishes and beverages or even just showed up with a willingness to put themselves through the contest. Abe_Froeman and Mr. Maki brought some garlic polish-style hot dogs that looked really good but unfortunately they never made it to the grill; I think that might've been the only disappointment of the day. Brad
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Here's the last developer diary for Deadlight, entitled "Surviving Deadlight."
Deadlight is now available on Steam.
The Deadlight team discuss strategies on surviving the game.
Chris Watters journeys through the post-apocalyptic Northwest in this video review for Deadlight.
Deadlight launches August 1, 2012 on Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Sometimes the best solution is a gun.
Intro to the post-apocalypse and axing zombies.
A survivor doesn't make it.
We check out A Virus Named Tom, Deadlight, Growlanser, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance and Orcs Must Die! 2
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The war between men and shadows leaves the earth a desolate place in Deadlight.
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With hot summer weather ahead, Robert Collier, Ph.D., reminds dairy producers of the importance of managing dairy cattle to minimize the negative impacts of heat stress that may inhibit immune function, impacting their health and productivity.
"Heat stress is a health and economic issue in every dairy-producing area of the world," said Collier, professor at the University of Arizona Agricultural Research Center. "Production, reproduction and animal health are all impaired by hyperthermia. During heat stress, respiration rates and body temperature increase, while feed intake, milk yield and reproduction decrease."
Speaking at a pre-conference symposium sponsored by Prince Agri Products, Inc., at the 25th Annual Florida Ruminant Nutrition Symposium in Gainesville, Collier said heat-stressed dairy cows may experience increased levels of the stress hormone, cortisol, which can weaken their natural immune system and make them more susceptible to disease and infection. "High somatic cell counts and a high incidence of clinical mastitis are associated with the hot summer months," he said.
He noted that decreased milk production is linked in part with reduced feed intake, as well as metabolic changes, during extremely hot, humid weather. "In heat-stressed dairy animals, an increased metabolic rate causes a reduction in the metabolizable energy that is available for milk production," he explained.
Collier also summarized results of a recent heat stress research project at the University of Arizona, which involved feeding an immune-boosting nutritional supplement to Holstein cows housed in controlled environments. Animals that received the nutritional specialty product, OmniGen-AF, from Prince Agri Products had significantly greater dry matter intake, reduced respiration rates and lower rectal temperatures during heat stress, compared to control cows. They also had lower somatic cell counts after heat stress during the recovery period.
These data support the practice of OmniGen-AF supplementation as a critical component of modern dairy management to help maintain herd health; and that its everyday use may reinforce a dairy herd's immune system so that unforeseen stress challenges will have a minimal impact on the cow's susceptibility to disease.
In addition to supporting immune function, dairy experts recommend diet modifications for managing heat stress, such as adding supplemental sources of fat or utilizing lower-fiber feedstuffs to help reduce the heat of digestion. They also encourage producers to provide an adequate source of cool, fresh water, adequate shade, air movement and sprinklers, to promote cow comfort and help animals better tolerate a hot environment.
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The Marriage of Figaro, Glyndebourne
A spot of Seville sunshine
Don Basilio (Alan Oke), Susanna (Lydia Teuscher) and the Count (Audun Iversen). Photo: Alastair Muir
It has been said of The Marriage of Figaro: 'Only God and Mozart understand the fourth Act'. But this production, at Glyndebourne, was as easy to follow as the conga line that swung across the stage in the final scene – and as frothy as the champagne being supped in the interval.
This is director Michael Grandage's second visit to the Sussex opera house – he oversaw Britten's Billy Budd in 2010 – and the production also looks forward to the beginning of a new Glyndebourne era. Conductor Robin Ticciati was on the podium for his first production since it was announced he will be taking over as music director from Vladimir Jurowski in 2014. And what a way to kick things off.
The setting is 1970s sun-drenched Spain – baritone Audun Iversen channels Austin Powers, all side-burns and flares, as Count Almaviva; while his wife, sung brilliantly by soprano Sally Matthews (pictured right with the Count), wafts around the stage in white wedges and a flowery dress. Christopher Oram's revolving set was a treat, with Islamic patterns, pots of geraniums, water lilies and – crucially – plenty of places for characters to hide.
This is a cast with no weak links – baritone Vito Priante in the title role is cheeky and lovable and his Susanna – soprano Lydia Teuscher – does a good line in righteous indignation. Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard is just the right degree of irritating as Cherubino and, as Marcellina, Ann Murray steals a couple of scenes.
Matthews (who was interviewed in the July issue of BBC Music Magazine) was ravishing as the Countess, tired of her unfaithful husband. Her performance of the 'Dove sono' aria in Act 3 – in which she remembers happier times with the Count – was a high point of the evening. The audience listened, spellbound.
The notoriously confusing final Act here seemed perfectly straightforward (Grandage has spent years untangling Shakespeare's comedies, after all). Even the more improbable moments, such as when the Count aims to hit Cherubino and instead ends up knocking Figaro to the ground, were deftly handled.
In the pit, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightment and Ticciati gave a bright, light performance, generously paced and intricately drawn. If this is a taste of things to come, Ticciati's tenure at Glyndebourne will be a treat.
The Marriage of Figaro runs at Glyndebourne until 22 August. You can also watch it live online on Glyndebourne's website, and at guardian.co.uk on 17 August. It will also be shown in cinemas across the UK on 17 August.
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Our website has been pretty stark lately because we've been working on a big new project:
We've joined Horwath HTL, an organization of Hotel, Tourism and Leisure specialists in 39 countries around the world.
What we do won't be changing, but we'll be able to use the skills and expertise of hundreds of experts in virtually all areas of hotel and tourism planning, development, and operations.
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For our inaugural Flash Platform blog posting I want to begin with some important news. The Flash Player penetration statistics have just recently been updated and Flash Player 10 is now installed on 86.7% of Internet-connected desktop computers in mature markets, which is the fastest the Web has ever adopted new innovation.
Since the first release of the Flash Player, Flash has been a leading source of innovation for the Web. From salesforce.com to facebook, from Nike to picnik, from Google to The New York Times our users are constantly finding a new ways to use Flash to make the Web better. That is why Flash has become the most popular way to deliver applications, video and interactive content on the Web.
It's gotten to be such a big tent, that it's hard to find a single place that covers the highlights across the full range of Flash Platform tools, technologies, partners, and communities. This blog should help with that — as we find out about important news related to Flash, we'll post it here.
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Former F1 driver Michael Schumacher is no longer in a coma and has been transferred from a hospital in Grenoble, France, where he had been admitted after a skiing accident last year, his management said in a statement Monday.
"Michael has left ... to continue his long phase of rehabilitation," according to his manager Sabine Kehm.
He will continue his recovery at the University hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland. Officials there confirmed that Schumacher was admitted, but gave no further details about his treatment.
Schumacher, 45, suffered severe head trauma in a skiing accident at the French Alps resort of Meribel on December 29.
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In early January, a French prosecutor investigating the accident said that speed was not a reason for Schumacher's fall.
His investigative team said it thinks the experienced skier hit a rock hidden beneath the snow while traversing an area between two marked pistes, which catapulted him face first onto another rock.
Schumacher ended up 9 meters (30 feet) from the edge of the piste, prosecutor Patrick Quincy said.
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Marijuana has some medicinal value but legalizing its recreational use would have a high cost to society, particularly among youth, Jackson County legislators were told Monday.
"It affects their ability to focus, their ability to stay motivated, and it's increasing," said Burt Whaley, principal at Summit Ridge Academy, the alternative school in the Lee's Summit School District. He said many of his students come to the academy after getting into trouble that involves drugs.
There are bills in the Missouri General Assembly to loosen state marijuana laws, either allowing medicinal use or even recreational use. In response, County Legislator Bob Spence, R-Lee's Summit, introduced a resolution in opposition to legalization in either form. He says there's a contradiction in that Jackson County spends millions each year through its dedicated anti-drug tax while the state might consider legalizing one of those drugs.
Legislators held a hearing Monday and could vote next week on the resolution, which is a statement of a position but not binding on state legislators.
The Jackson County Drug Task Force's 2013 annual report is straightforward in its assessment: "Marijuana is readily available in all areas of Jackson County. It is the most abused and preferred drug in the area, and has commonly been referred to as the 'gateway drug.' Marijuana is commonly found to be used in combination with other drugs and/or narcotics."
The report says some is locally grown and some in brought in from California and the Southwestern U.S., much of that brought in from Mexico by the organizations that also bring in cocaine and methamphetamines.
Dan Cummings of the Jackson County Drug Task Force said the loosening of marijuana laws in Colorado over the last several years, including legalization for recreational use last year, is having noticeable effects in the Kansas City area. Kansas and Missouri are Nos. 1 and 2 respectively in "diversion" of marijuana products now legal in Colorado, Cummings said.
Whaley said he's seeing that in his school.
"It's a candy, and it's marketed to children," he said. He told of one incident in which a student ate a large amount of one such product – coming to school very high – but apparently oblivious to the problem because she hadn't smoked anything.
Cummings said there's an argument that legalizing and taxing marijuana is good for government revenues.
"So is that going to outweigh the costs to society? I don't think we know yet," he said.
What about the argument that legalization would take the business away from drug cartels? Cummings said he didn't know but didn't think so with huge amounts of money at stake. He put it this way: Did legalization get the mob out of the gambling business?
Cummings also offered these statistics: One teenage driver in four admits to driving while drunk or high – and 75 percent of those who admit that also claim that smoking marijuana doesn't impair their ability to drive.
Whaley said the facts clearly point to the dangers of marijuana use even as the loosening of laws around the country is getting wider acceptance.
"I think it's going to be a detriment to our kids," he said.
Wayne Lucas, professor emeritus in criminal justice at University of Missouri-Kansas City, said his review of research indicates that marijuana can have medical benefits. It can help chemo patients who lose their appetites, it can ease eye pressure for glaucoma patients, and it can ease pain for conditions such as arthritis.
"Like any kind of medication," he added, "there are risks."
Some users – fewer than 10 percent, he said – develop a dependency on marijuana, and some suffer withdrawal symptoms. Plus, of course, users are impaired and shouldn't drive or operate heavy machinery.
The Missouri General Assembly is in session until mid-May.
"I don't anticipate that full legalization will even get close" to passage, lobbyist Fred Dreiling told legislators, but he said some legislators who have opposed legalization have shown an openness to considering medical uses. Also, the medical use of marijuana could get on the ballot by way of statewide initiative petition. Polls suggest permitting that use of marijuana has strong support.


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As a young dispatcher in Sumter with grander ambitions, newly sworn Bluffton Police Chief Joey Reynolds spent a portion of every Friday afternoon lobbying the old pipe-smoking sheriff for his first shot at a police job.
"He wanted married people who were established in the community," Reynolds recalled. "He was an old-time southern sheriff. I'd go in and beg him for a job, every Friday at 3 p.m, and every time he'd sit back, smoke his pipe, listen to me without saying a whole lot, and say 'Come see me next week.'"
Eventually the old man relented and told Reynolds to see the patrol captain for a chance at joining the ranks, which set off a career spanning more than 30 years before reaching Bluffton, where he officially started Sept. 17. He's spent his first two months meeting with community groups, school leaders and his own officers to begin developing the department's own five-year strategic plan.
After the police academy and a couple years in Sumter, Reynolds left for Duplin County in North Carolina to work as a drug enforcement officer, spending nine months undercover and aiding the department in the arrest of more than 60 people.
From there, he spent about 20 years with the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Division in jobs ranging from enforcement agent to accreditation manager.
His first police chief job came in 2003, when he accepted an offer in Lenoir, N.C., "the furniture Mecca of the United States at one time." But when the blue-collar town started losing scores of jobs to overseas manufacturers, the usual problems with an out-of-work labor force emerged, he said.
"Meth hit us really hard, I think because of the economy," he said.
He left in 2011 for a managerial job with a company owned by private security firm G4S. He said the call of the private sector was too strong for someone who'd spent 30 years in public service, but he soon missed community policing and responded to Bluffton's opening because he already knew the area.
"The problem with the private sector is your reward is how much you can affect the bottom line for that company, and that drives a lot of people, but it just doesn't drive me," he said. "What drives me is being able to work with communities, work through problems, and see them pull through that."
In that spirit, he spent his initial weeks meeting with the groups that make up that community.
The Rev. Paul Hamilton, chairman of the public safety committee who helped choose Reynolds as Bluffton's police chief, said most current problems between the department and the community come down to a "lack of understanding," a mutual distrust partly fueled by stereotypes and little communication.
"Most of the problems in the past have been the police seeming unwilling to interact with the community, to being a part of the community as opposed to just policing the community," he said. "That's one of the things Chief Reynolds wanted to make sure of, that there is a more personalized interaction."
Reynolds also met with school leaders such as Bluffton High School Principal Mark Dievendorf, who laid out his vision of how the department can best use school resource officers.
"My perception, and I shared this with him, is the roll of the liason officer needs to be more proactive than reactive, that when you establish relationships with students, you have a relationship and there's more positive dialogue and there's a positive impression of him in our building," he said.
Reynolds said now that he's getting a feel for the place and its police operations he's forming a steering committee comprising officers of different divisions and ranks to help craft a five-year plan.
"I don't know what this community will look like five years from now, but we've got to structure this department to meet those demands," he said.
He added that the real challenge for Bluffton, a community with relatively low crime but rapid growth, will be maintaining those levels.
"Luckily, we enjoy a fairly low crime rate, and the challenge will be keeping that as more people move in and the community becomes more diverse," he said.
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Family: Four sons (two eldest are police officers), Jackie (wife)
Education: Associate Degree in criminal justice, Edgecombe County Community College; Bachelor's Degree in justice and public policy, North Carolina Wesleyan College; Master's Degree in public administration from Appalachian State University
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Award requirements
The 50-Miler Award is presented to each qualifying individual for satisfactory participation in an approved trip. In order to qualify for the award the group of which the individual is a member must fulfill all of the following requirements.
- 1. Make complete and satisfactory plans for the trip, including the possibilities of advancement.
- 2. Cover the trail or canoe or boat route of not less than 50 consecutive miles; take a minimum of 5 consecutive days to complete the trip without the aid of motors. (In some areas pack animals may be used.)
- 3. During the time on the trail or waterway, complete a minimum of 10 hours each of group work on projects to improve the trail, springs, campsite, portage or area. If after checking with recognized authorities, it is not possible to complete 10 hours each of group work on the trail, a similar project may be done in the unit's home area ( There should be no unauthorized cutting of brush or timber.)
- 4. Unit or tour leader must then file a 50-Miler Award application with the local council service center. This application gives additional details about planning the trip.
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Absolut MexicoPosted by rod - 31.08.2012
The jaguar, an invincible warrior that illuminated the Earth during the day and fought in the underworld at night.
God wind, storm and fire. Mayan word that has been adopted in most modern languages.
The Feathered Serpent, conqueror and founder of the Mayan civilization.
In my opinion the Absolut Mexico limited edition packaging design is one of the best "Absolut Vodka" has done. In this bottle, Mexican artist Dr. Lakra pays tribute to Mexico, representing three of the most important elements of the legendary Mayan culture:
The three elements Dr. Lakra illustrated for the packaging design are:
Balam (The Jaguar), Kukulkan (The feathered Serpent) and Hurakan (Good wind, worm and fire)
I recommend you to check out the in the making video and the Absolut Mexico website.
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- From: Frida Larios
- Sep 02, 2012
- From: Andy Lemmers
- Nov 29, 2012
Nice art, would like to see more countries coming!
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- Apr 09, 2015
These are amazing!


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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:35 am
Post subject: SW Lego - UK buying in USA
After looking all over for a good deal in the UK, I can't help but be envious of the prices of some SW Lego sets in the USA, which seem cheap even now the $/£ rate has fallen.
For example, on S@H, the UCS Tie Advanced at $69.99 seems a particularly good buy, and something that is not even available any longer in the UK. I'm surprised that there aren't any available to ship to UK at the moment on Ebay given the price.
In March I shall be visiting Florida on holiday, and wondered if I could expect to find sets like UCS Tie Advanced available at a similar price in the shops. If not, do you think it will it be possible for me to order online and get the set shipped to my hotel (as lego won't ship internationally)?
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:50 am
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Your best bet would be to try the LEGO store at Downtown Disney in Orlando. They would be selling it for the same price as shop@home, and if they don't have it in stock but it's still available online, I believe they'll ship it to you for free.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:41 pm
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Ah, that's brilliant news, thanks for that!
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:34 pm
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Yes, my in-laws were at the LEGO store in Portland, Oregon in July 2008, and they purchased a 10179 for me. The store didn't have it in stock at the time, so they shipped it to me in Vancouver, BC (Canada). Final price paid was US$525 ($500 + 5% GST tax).
Of course, your mileage may vary...
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:34 pm
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Coincidentally, I was in Orlando over Christmas... they have the sale prices and such in the Downtown Disney store, but I'm not sure if they'll still be at the same price in March.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:21 pm
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What happen to Gumby is not necessarily the norm for all lego stores. Being that lego store was close to the us/canada border, he lucked out but I tried the same thing from a lego store in boston and they could not ship the death star (when it was out of stock) without paying the canadian price. So I don't expect downtown disney will ship the tie advance to UK for you, if you don't find it there. I would call first to see if they have any in stock.
I have done the online purchases and shipping it to a hotel before but it is risky and stressful sometimes because you cannot guarantee the shop@home will ship to your hotel within the same time frame you will be at the hotel. One time, when amazon had some really good sales on the 7264 imperial inspection that one year when it was like $35, I had it shipped to my hotel in disney. it did not arrive in time during my stay (even though it was ordered weeks in advance) and then I had leave instructions for the hotel staff to reject my order and get a refund later. knowing what I know about the value of 7264 I should have gotten a hotel staff to accept it and then ship it to me in canada but that would require a really nice staff to do that for you. Point is to get it shipped way early (more than 2 weeks at least) and let your hotel know its coming.
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Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:23 pm
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Why not do what I did when I last went to the USA ?
Buy loads of lego, taken the bags and stuff out of the boxes and flat pack them. Buy a new and cheap suitcase from Target or something and take em home in that
Admitedly, I didn't do this with any large purchases particularly, but the principle is the same.
Just make sure you don't spend more than your customs limit!
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:16 am
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bigospedros wrote:
Why not do what I did when I last went to the USA ?
Buy loads of lego, taken the bags and stuff out of the boxes and flat pack them. Buy a new and cheap suitcase from Target or something and take em home in that
Admitedly, I didn't do this with any large purchases particularly, but the principle is the same.
Just make sure you don't spend more than your customs limit!
I think his dilemna was not being able to find his wants in the retail stores and having to resort to finding them online (where the good sales are) and having them shipped to us address before bringing them back to UK.
there are also mailbox companies that offer their address so that you can ship US only products. only constraint left is being able to buy on a us online site with a foreign credit card. If you have to provide a us address for the credit card, try using your US mailbox address. You can pick them up or have them ship to UK for an expensive shipping fee (since most use dhl or fedex but if you find one that uses usps priority then it would be cheaper). They typically keep your packages for up to 2 weeks and then you have to start paying so again coordination with your hotel stay is critical.
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Posted: Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:51 am
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I was at the Orlando Disney Lego store on December 27th and there were at least 12 UCS Vader's TIE marked down to $70. When I saw that it had been reduced on S@H the day before my trip it got me really excited about driving over there. I had just been thinking earlier in the week that if Lego would reduce the set from $100 down $75 that I'd definitley get one and so it worked out perfectly.
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Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 9:32 am
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Thanks for all the advice, really useful, especially about the timeframe thing with hotels; sometimes it's easy to get blinded by a good deal, and I'm a natural optimist so never think anything will go wrong, so it's good to have someone remind me of the potential pitfalls!
Looking forward to checking out the Downtown Disney lego store; although I should have mentioned that this isn't just a holiday, it's actually part of my honeymoon(!), so I had better not get the marriage off to a bad start by spending time building in the room! Even if she does know what I'm like...!
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Pacific Lutheran ran out of time.
An-end-of-game drive toward a tying field goal – or perhaps a winning touchdown – ended on a fourth down incompletion as Linfield held off Pacific Lutheran, 27-24, in an opening round game of the NCAA Division III football playoffs on Saturday at Maxwell Field.
With the win, Linfield (10-0) advances to a second round game where it will host North Central (Ill.), a 41-21 winner over Cal Lutheran. For PLU, the season comes to an end with a 7-3 record.
Linfield came into the game as the No. 1 seed in the regional bracket and with lots of NCAA Division III postseason experience. In fact, Linfield as a program had participated in 20 playoff games – hosting 15 of them – since PLU made its last appearance in the postseason in 2001. Linfield won the Northwest Conference title to get in, Pacific Lutheran was the conference runner-up and received an at-large bid.
Undaunted, Pacific Lutheran gave the Wildcats everything they could handle before coming up short.
The final drive started at the PLU 22-yard line with 1:33 remaining, and it began with a Linfield sack of PLU quarterback Dalton Ritchey. Still, the Lutes moved the ball, as they had in a dominating second half offensive performance. A 21-yard pass from Ritchey to Daniel Herr got the ball to the Linfield 41-yard line, but two spikes to stop the clock, a sack and an incompletion ended the game.
The second half belonged to the Lutes offense, which scored 17 points and also gained 246 of their 330 total yards in the final 30 minutes. It also belonged to the PLU defense, which limited Linfield to just 72 second half yards out of their 249 total. Additionally, the defense had three consecutive three-and-outs against Linfield, limiting that team's prolific offense to just 22 plays in the final half, and that provided impetus for the Lutes to get back into the game.
In the early going it was Linfield that got on the board first at 7:13 of the first quarter on Josh Kay's 47-yard field goal just inside the left upright, but the Lutes replied with an impressive drive. Pacific Lutheran mounted an efficient eight-play, 75-yard scoring march with Niko Madison sweeping around the left end for six yards and the touchdown, putting PLU ahead 7-3.
Unfortunately, three second quarter turnovers turned the momentum away from the Lutes and over to the Wildcats.
Starting at their own 9-yard line, the Lutes moved out of the shadow of their own end zone, including a third down conversion on a 17-yard pass from Dalton Ritchey to Kyle Warner. Facing another third down, Ritchey had the yardage gained but was hit and fumbled, with Colin Forman recovering at the PLU 45-yard line. The Wildcats settled for a 42-yard field goal by Josh Kay, cutting PLU's lead to 7-6.
On its next possession, PLU started at its 9-yard line after a penalty on the kickoff. On the first play from scrimmage Ritchey rolled left, was hit and lost the ball, which was recovered by Dom Forrest at the PLU 5-yard line. Two players later, Chad Coburn scored on a four-yard run, putting Linfield on top 13-7.
PLU's next possession resulted in yet another turnover, this an interception by Forrest, the Northwest Conference Defensive Player of the Year. Linfield took over at the PLU 36-yard line and Coburn capped a short six-play drive with a one-yard run, giving the hosts a 20-7 lead.
The second half started rough for the Lutes offense when Brandon James fumbled following a 9-yard run to the Linfield 41-yard line, but PLU's defense forced a three-and-out to give the ball back to the offense.
That big defensive stop led to Pacific Lutheran's next scoring drive, a seven-play, 80-yard march that ended when Ritchey found Lucas Sontra in the end zone with a 21-yard pass after a nice play fake. Ritchey completed four passes for a total of 69 yards on the drive. With 8:30 left in the third quarter, the Lutes had closed their deficit to 20-14.
For the second straight time, the defense forced a three-and-out for Linfield, and when Daniel Herr returned the punt 20 yards the Lutes had the ball at their own 38-yard line. Facing a fourth-and-six at the Linfield 38-yard line, Ritchey fired a 36-yard bomb to Warner to the Linfield 2-yard line. After three plays and a loss of one yard, Jacob Schrader kicked a 20-yard field goal to make it 20-17 in favor of the Wildcats.
Warner had 12 catches for 205 yards in the game and as a result finished the season with 1,264 receiving yards, establishing a new PLU single-season record and eclipsing the old mark of 1,245 by Al Bessette in 1976.
A pair of turnovers on back-to-back plays early in the fourth quarter had the momentum switching sides quickly. With Linfield driving deep in PLU territory, Connor Cummings forced a fumble and Greg Hibbard recovered at the PLU 5-yard line. Ritchey, looking in the left flat for Warner, was picked off by Ty Robitaille, who went 10 yards for a touchdown that gave Linfield a 27-17 lead with 12:02 left in the game.
Again, Pacific Lutheran had an answer, driving 78 yards on 14 plays and scoring on Ritchey's 13-yard run around the left end. The touchdown came on a fourth-and-one play and featured outstanding blocks by Warner, Herr and offensive tackle Parker Brown.
With the Lutes out of timeouts, Linfield was able to get a first down before having to punt the ball away for one final time. PLU took possession at the 22-yard line with one last chance, but the drive, and the game, ended just inside the Linfield side of midfield.
In the end, the Lutes were unable to overcome five turnovers that led to 24 Linfield points. But they sure went down giving every ounce of effort they had.
Pacific Lutheran piled up 17 first downs and 339 yards of offense to 12 first downs and 249 yards for Linfield. PLU gained 284 of its yards through the air with Ritchey going 22-for-33 with one touchdown and two interceptions. Warner led the Lutes with his 12 catches and 205 yards. Cody Pohren's 23 yards led the PLU rushing game.
The PLU defense limited Linfield to 39 net rushing yards on 26 carries. Quarterback Mickey Inns, the NWC Offensive Player of the Year, was 22-for-35 for 210 yards with one interception and one touchdown. Charlie Poppen had seven catches for 70 yards to lead the 'Cats receivers.
Linfield turned the ball over three times, with Erik Hoium getting an interception and Tayler Angevine and Greg Hibbard recovering fumbles for the Lutes.
Cummings led the Lutes defense with seven tackles and a forced fumble, and Sean McFadden added six tackles and a forced fumble. Jordan Patterson had two tackles for loss among his five tackles.


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I was a big fan-favorite of PF-David Lee however, when it came to stopping oponents from scoring inside I could never defend or justify Lee's poor defense in stopping oponents from scoring inside the paint. If the oponent miss the shot then Lee will get the defensive-rebound.
Melo & Bargani has a long NBA career of letting oponents score inside the paint, which makes them a liability at PF, especially in the playoff, and in the 4th qtr. of regular season games .. u will see monitor-kicking and fire extinguisher knockouts when things dont go right.
I recall Bernard King diving and falling on top of Dominique Wilkins, which put a stop to Dominique scoring inside the paint LOL
Every second Bargani is on the court PF-Kenyon Martin, and SF-Meta should be on the court with him, from preseason to regular season games.
K.Mart & Meta strong leadership at positioning their bigmen teammates are what made them star-players in the NBA.
Putting Bargani at the 5 in a steady lineup with K.Mart & Meta is a blessin for Barg, and a blessin for the team.
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HC Woody need to try something new by making Tyson, Amare, and Melo work-out in scrimage-games 2 or 3 weeks before training-camp. The Trio dont know how to defend together, score together, or screen & pass to one another. How long have the trio been teammates again???


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NEW YORK — Helping federal investigators disrupt cyberattacks and nab hackers was more than just a tough job for the computer maven known by his one-word nom de Net: Sabu.
As authorities and his attorneys tell it, the 30-year-old New Yorker's efforts provoked Internet threats that labeled him a snitch and worse, plus one violent attack. Two young relatives were nearly forced into foster homes.
Sabu agreed to cooperate almost immediately after FBI agents went to a public housing project on Manhattan's Lower East Side in June 2011 and confronted the man who'd grown up there as Hector Xavier Monsegur.
He admitted involvement in major computer hacks of Fox Television, FBI affiliate Infragard/Unveillance, the U.S. Senate, Visa, MasterCard, PayPal and other targets.
Flipping Monsegur gave the FBI a prized informant in a battle against growing intrusions on government and private-sector computer networks — an informant who had collaborated with international hackers, was well-versed on cyberattacks, had up-to-date Internet and Dark Web knowledge and regularly chatted online with admiring fans.
He was a skilled "rooter," who analyzed computer code for vulnerabilities that "could then be exploited," Assistant U.S. Attorney James Pastore wrote in a sentencing memo in May. For months, Monsegur worked around the clock, communicating with fellow hacktivists about prospective attacks while investigators monitored the activity.
Federal prosecutors estimated his assistance helped disrupt at least 300 cyberattacks.
Unknown to other hackers at the time, Monsegur pleaded guilty to computer hacking, credit card fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and other charges after agreeing to cooperate.
News of his FBI-monitored sleuthing exploded across cyberspace, in headlines and on TV and radio broadcasts in early March 2012, when authorities announced arrests and criminal charges against core members of the LulzSec and Internet Feds hacking collectives.
The announcement disclosed similar charges against Monsegur — and noted his guilty plea. Including that detail was roughly akin to updating a Facebook page with the announcement of a new line of employment: Rat.
Monsegur couldn't return home afterward, his defense lawyers Peggy Cross-Goldenberg and Philip Weinstein wrote in a sentencing memo in May. His name and face were all over the Internet, making him a potential retribution target.
He wasn't alone. Social Security numbers, home addresses and other identifying information about his relatives were distributed online.
"While the technical details of his hacking activities may have passed under the radar on the Lower East Side, the concept of 'snitching' did not," the defense attorneys wrote. Some in the area suspected cause-and-effect when New York City police conducted a drug raid near Monsegur's building soon after the government announcement.
"Mr. Monsegur's younger brother, who stood by his side every day throughout the whole ordeal, was threatened and actually physically attacked," the attorneys wrote.
Internet postings spread speculation that Monsegur played a role in last October's FBI arrest of Ross William Ulbricht, the suspect accused of setting up and running the Silk Road black market website using the online name "Dread Pirate Roberts."
Pastore insisted that wasn't true, but the prosecutor wrote, "During the course of his cooperation, the threat to Monsegur and his family became severe enough that the FBI relocated Monsegur and certain of his family members."
Knowing the potential risks, why did Monsegur agree to cooperate? Had he renounced political activism his attorneys said was sparked in part by the Arab Spring? He declined a USA TODAY interview request, but his attorneys say the answer wasn't political, legal or even online — it was his family.
When his grandmother, Irma, died in June 2010, he became the caregiver for two younger cousins. Like him, they were part of an extended family living in the older woman's sixth-floor apartment at the Jacob Riis Houses, a low-income rental complex of 13 brick towers near the East River and FDR Drive.
"The girls were the most important thing in his life," the attorneys wrote. "He was involved in their education, walking them to and from school and helping with their homework."
If Monsegur had balked at cooperating when the FBI came knocking, he could have been held in jail while the criminal case against him ground through the federal court system. If he went to trial and lost, he faced a 124-year maximum sentence.
Either way, the girls would have probably been sent to foster homes.
"It was not a difficult choice for him," Monsegur's attorneys wrote. "However strong his political beliefs, his family came first."
Ultimately, even what prosecutors described as Monsegur's "extraordinary" cooperation didn't entirely avert the threat of a family breakup. After his guilty plea was made public, New York City child welfare system workers initially moved to place his cousins in foster care.
After hours of phone calls and discussions, the girls instead were returned to the care of their mother, who'd recently been released from prison.
Where defense lawyers and federal agents saw a family man or born-again patriot, others saw a self-serving traitor.
Jeremy Hammond, the FBI's top cybercrime target in 2012, collaborated with Monsegur as they and other hacktivists broke into corporate computer systems. The roster included geopolitical intelligence firm Stratfor, which Hammond later said in court he'd known nothing about until Monsegur brought it to his attention.
Only later did he learn that his onetime partner had helped investigators arrest him in 2012. Hammond later argued he had been set up by an improper government sting.
"At the time, Sabu was encouraging people to invade systems and helping to strategize and facilitate attacks," Hammond said during his federal court sentencing last November. "He even provided me with vulnerabilities of targets passed on by other hackers, so it came as a great surprise when I learned that Sabu had been working for the FBI the entire time.
"These intrusions, all of which were suggested by Sabu while cooperating with the FBI, affected thousands of domain names and consisted largely of foreign government websites," Hammond said. He named Turkey, Brazil and Iran before U.S. District Court Judge Loretta Preska instructed him not to identify specific countries.
Federal prosecutor Pastore wrote in the government sentencing memo for Monsegur that the informant learned of many computer attacks by Hammond and other conspirators, "including hacks of foreign government computer servers."
The information enabled the government "to notify the victims, wherever feasible, so the victims could engage in remediation efforts and prevent further damage or intrusions," Pastore wrote.
A June 5 report by Motherboard, an online magazine and video channel, included what were described as previously secret chat logs showing that Monsegur facilitated attacks on Brazilian websites while working for the FBI.
Hammond said at sentencing that he'd acted out of civil disobedience to "expose and confront injustice." Preska sentenced him to the maximum statutory punishment, 10 years in prison, based in part on "the widespread harm suffered by countless individuals and organizations" he'd hacked.
In contrast, Preska allowed Monsegur to walk free with a sentence of time served at a sentencing hearing in May. He'd spent seven months behind bars, the penalty for making unauthorized online postings while working for the government.
"One of the things I realized is that I hurt my family the most, my friends and victims in the case," Monsegur told the court. "And I have gained such regret for even putting anyone through this. I assure you I will not be in this courtroom ever again."
Monsegur is trying to start over. His spotty work experience includes a stint around 2002 as a technology intern for iMentor, an organization that encourages students from low-income communities to graduate from high school and pursue college.
"He hopes to be able to use his very prolific computer skills in his future employment," defense lawyer Cross-Goldenberg said after Monsegur's sentencing. "Any company would be lucky to have him."
He'll probably "always have concern for his safety" as a result of his role as a government informant, she said.
"Hopefully, it will dissipate," she said, "and he and his family will be able to move on."