Hosni Mubarak 'may step down' - Middle East - Al Jazeera English

The Supreme Council of Egyptian Armed Forces has met to discuss the ongoing protests against the government of Hosni Mubarak, the president.

In a statement entitled 'Communique Number One', televised on state television, the army said it had convened the meeting response to the current political turmoil, and that it would continue to convene such meetings.

Thurday's meeting was chaired by Mohamed Tantawi, the defence minister, rather than Mubarak, who, as president, would normally have headed the meeting.

"Based on the responsibility of the armed forces and its commitment to protect the people and its keenness to protect the nation... and in support of the legitimate demands of the people the army] will continue meeting on a continuous basis to examine measures to be taken to protect the nation and its gains and the ambitions of the great Egyptian people," the statement.

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Monitoring of Belvidere Landfill #2

This is a continuation of the story posted in January:  http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2011/01/city-county-meeting-landfill2-needs-to.html  The minutes of that meeting on now available go to page 3 of the following postng:  http://boonecountyminutes.blogspot.com/2011/02/city-county-1-12-2011.htmlThere really is little new information just more “official” statements  from the experts that high readings maybe “erroneous. This landfill is locate adjacent to Maplecrest Nursing Home.

The map and emails are rather self explaining—

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Milwaukee bankruptcy filing masks the truth | National Catholic Reporter

Filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the Archdiocese of Milwaukee is really about keeping the whole truth of this tragic matter from being made public. The filing has most likely delayed, if not cancelled, the previously scheduled deposition of its former auxiliary, Bishop Richard J. Sklba among others.

Is Archbishop Listecki encouraging Sklba to go ahead with his deposition in the interests of truth and justice or isn’t he? Remember that Sklba had already pursued legal grounds to have his deposition sealed.

A public statement from Listecki that Sklba’s deposition should go forward regardless of the Chapter 11 filing would be a sure sign the archbishop is more concerned about accountability and transparency, truth and justice than in keeping secrets and avoiding episcopal responsibility.

Listecki does not mention the actions of enabling or complicit bishops in his letter nor the fact that such actions would have triggered criminal charges in a majority of jurisdictions except for the inadequacies of statutes of limitation across the U.S. Most perpetrators and enablers have escaped criminal prosecution because of this, and access to justice in civil courts is being thwarted by bishops and Catholic Conferences in state after state.

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Growth Dimensions—Charities Data Base

 

The following is taken from the Illinois Attorney General’s website on Charities:  http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/charities/search/detail.jsp

The Executive Director, Mark Williams was paid $83,138 for the year ending 12-31-2008.

Illinois Attorney General - Charitable Trust Database Search

 

Charitable Database Search

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The Charitable Database is a list of public charities and private foundations which are registered with the Attorney General’s Office and in compliance with the reporting requirements imposed upon them by Illinois law. You can search by charity name, charity number, FEIN number, city, state and/or zip code.

By using this search engine you can obtain financial details on those charities listed in the Charitable Database. Such details include the charity’s address and county, as well as its assets and income.

In addition, the Charitable Database includes scanned images of current complete annual financial reports filed with this Office after March 31, 2004. A complete annual financial report generally includes a charity’s Form AG990-IL and its IRS Form 990 or 990PF. A public charity’s annual financial report should include an audited financial statement if its annual gross receipts exceed $150,000 or if the charity used a paid professional fund raiser and raised contributions in excess of $25,000.

In reviewing these reports you must remember that the charity — not the Attorney General — prepares the reports. The Attorney General does not control the information contained on the report, and consequently this Office cannot guarantee the accuracy, quality, or validity of such information.

Please note that if a charity is not registered with this Office or has not timely filed its financial reports as required by Illinois law, information on that charity will not be available using this Charitable Database. However, the Illinois Attorney General does maintain a record of every charity ever registered with this Office. If you cannot find information on a particular charity using the Charitable Database, email us or you can call 312-814-2595 (TTY: 312-814- 3374) to find out if that charity was ever registered with this Office.

If you want to obtain copies of a charity’s registration statements and/or prior financial reports filed with this Office, you may request them by writing to the “Office of the Attorney General, Charitable Trust Bureau, 100 West Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601.”

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ComEd seeks rate hike with legislation - Courier News

The company’s legislation, which is being carried by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (D-Orland Park), is designed to allow the utility to embark on a $2.6 billion modernization of its power grid over the next 10 years.

state’s top utility watchdog said the legislation would effectively do an end run around the Illinois Commerce Commission, which has had the traditional task of signing off on utility rate hikes.

“Under the guise of saying they want to modernize the grid, which could be a good thing if done right, what they’re really proposing to do is gut the regulatory system that’s been in place about 100 years and replace it with one that’s got far less oversight of rates and lead to rate increases year after year,” said David Kolata, executive director of the Citizens Utility Board.

to “pass through” costs to ratepayers without ICC approval.

“They’re in there,” Madigan said of the provisions, without elaborating. “It happened before. It could happen again.”

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e hike with legislation - Courier News

JPMorgan Testifes Before Congress, Apologizes For Foreclosures and Hiking Interest Rates on Soldiers - ABC News

Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, which provides active duty soldiers, who purchased a home prior to the start of their active duty, a 6 percent cap on their mortgage interest rate and any other fees while they are on active duty and for a year after they are discharged.

Chase is working on making things "whole as soon as possible," vowing to return $2.4 million to servicemembers and their families and has taken care of 12 of the 18 foreclosures.

But as committee members pointed out, the $2.4 million settlement is miniscule compared with the funds at JPMorgan Chase's disposal.

"Morgan Chase got $25 billion in TARP funds, so for them to settle for a mere pittance of $2 million based upon not even providing economic damages to these people

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