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In January 2014, Lees-McRae College named Chris Parker as Director of Sports Information. Parker was most recently the Assistant Sports Information Director at Brevard College, a member of the South Atlantic Conference and a fellow NCAA Division II institution.
Parker has a strong background in sports information with more than six years of experience in a variety of capacities. A graduate of the University of North Carolina – Greensboro, Parker earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communications Studies and then continued on to work for UNCG media relations. From there, he spent time as part of the game day crew for the Dallas Mavericks basketball team in Dallas, Texas where he assisted with radio and television broadcasts, and distribution to the media of postgame quotes and statistics. Prior to accepting a position at Brevard, Parker served as the Communications Assistant for Southland Conference in Frisco, Texas, where he managed media relations for 17 Division I varsity sports while also coordinating several large tournaments.
"I am excited to have Chris as our Sports Information Director," said Craig McPhail, vice president of athletics and club sports. "His knowledge of sports media will continue to elevate our athletic department and his experience at various positions will enable him to apply new measures and techniques, allowing us the chance for great exposure and recognition."
Having a strong sports information department is critical for the promotion of the College's athletic achievements. In just the past year, Lees-McRae athletics has been honored with several awards and accolades including the Allen Sharp Award (given to the institution having the highest graduation rate among student-athletes), the Conference Carolinas Sportsmanship Award for women's cross country, and the Division II Presidents' Award for Academic Excellence. Additionally, two former Bobcat cyclists, Brent Bookwalter '06 and Andrew Talansky, competed in the Tour de France, earning 91st and 10th place, respectively.
As the Director of Sports Information, Parker will be responsible for all aspects of sports information for Lees-McRae's 17 Division II intercollegiate programs, including media relations, website and social media development, and game statistics, among other tasks.
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Event designed to promote healthy outdoor activities
WICHITA — On Oct. 19-20, the Kansas Recreation and Park Association (KRPA) will conduct a two-day event entitled the 2010 Built Environment and Outdoor Summit. The event will take place at the Wichita Marriott, 9100 Corporate Hills Dr. in Wichita.
According to event organizers, "The design of a community — where people live, work, learn and play — heavily influences their well-being. The built environment — its biking and walking spaces, access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and safety — all affect an individual's ability to be active and eat healthy." Participants will learn to identify resources that promote these ideals and how to affect environmental policy within a community.
Keynote speakers will be Fran Mainella and Dan Burden. Mainella is currently a visiting scholar at Clemson University and was the 16th director of the National Park Service. She is a member of the board of directors for the Children and Nature Network and is co-chair of the U.S. Play Coalition. Mainella's session, "The Value of Play and Reconnecting to the Outdoors," will address the crisis and consequences — obesity and emotional and mental disorders — of play deprivation. Mainella will focus on author Richard Louv's "nature deficit disorder" and the important role parks and recreation play in solving this growing problem.
Burden is co-founder and executive director of the Walkable and Livable Communities Institute in Port Townsend, Wash. Burden will discuss building healthy, sustainable, livable and walkable communities — with a focus on active transportation, smart growth, and green streets — to create thriving communities, with a focus on how transportation policy and land-use initiatives create healthy and safe environments that promote physical activity.
The public is invited, but event organizers encourage the attendance of architects, city administrators, construction and project managers, developers, engineers, environmental professionals, health and nutrition professionals, landscape architects, park and recreation professionals, planners, public works and utilities directors, surveyors, and trail advocates and planners.
Register online here. For more information, visit www.krpa.org or phone Doug Vance at 785-235-6533, ext. 21, or Bonnie Simon at 785-235-6533, ext. 20.
The 2010 Built Environment and Outdoor Summit is sponsored by Kansans for Children in Nature, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Department of Transportation, the Kansas Department on Aging, the Kansas Health Foundation, the Kansas Recreation and Park Association, Kansas State University, the Kansas Trails Council, the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, KC Healthy Kids, Parks and Recreation of Topeka, and the Wichita Park and Recreation Department.

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By John Hanson, Senior Vice President, USO
Every year, the USO's direct mail campaign includes an appeal that carries the message, "There are no stockings in Iraq and Afghanistan." Well, of course, there probably ARE stockings there. I can report to you that there are inflatable Santa-in-a-Sleigh yard decorations there. Today's troops do what American troops at war have always done. They do their best to make their situations as home like as possible.
But, they aren't home.
These brave men and women are anywhere BUT home, working over every holiday to keep us safe and to secure a nation half way around the world. And, Americans send them things to let them know we honor that sacrifice. They'll get cakes and candy and the kinds of things we put in stockings, even if the troops don't have a stocking handy.
Several years ago, I was on a USO holiday tour hosted by the Sergeant Major of the Army. The tour lasted ten days or so, and we were going to arrive home on Christmas Eve. The tour was exhausting. We stopped at Balad, Iraq, and when we walked backstage during the sound check, we noticed that there were small stockings on the wall. Nurses at the military hospital there bought the stockings, wrote the performers' names in glue and glitter and put a single candy cane in each one. I will never forget the looks on the faces of each person, nor will I forget the glee and wonder each expressed at the thought of someone taking the time to say, "Merry Christmas" in that way. Stockings have power.
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Float, Sts. Peter and Paul choir, Lewiston, 1896Item 18409 info
Franco-American Collection
Pope Pius X sanctioned St. John the Baptist as the patron saint of the French in North America in 1908, 70 years after his birth date was already an event used as a demonstration of French-Canadian nationalism.
Members of the Saints Peter and Paul Church choir in 1896 on a very elaborate float bearing the banner "Excelsior." In center, a little to the right, is H. F. Roy, the choir director. Behind the organ is Emilie Couturier.
Replica of Jacques Cartier ship, 1897Item 18401 info
Franco-American Collection
La Grande Hermine was the ship that carried Jacques Cartier to Canadian soil.
E. Lemelin of New Auburn designed this float and also portrayed the great French explorer on it.
Alfred Auger as St-Jean-Baptiste, 1890Item 18402 info
Franco-American Collection
An early St. John mascot, Alfred Auger (1885-1942), was a member of a prominent early immigrant family in the Lewiston-Auburn area.
St-Jean-Baptiste portrayal, 1890Item 18522 info
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Alfred Auger's depiction of St. Jean Baptiste was captured in this oil painting. He is portrayed in a rural scene.
Alfred Auger, ca. 1930Item 18400 info
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Auger (1885-1942), a native of East Poland, who was portrayed as a young St. John in the above oil painting, later became an entertainer in Atlantic City, New York and Boston.
Banner du Institut Jacques CartierItem 18420 info
Franco-American Collection
In Lewiston, huge popular parades were held from 1875 to 1966.
Organizing the event, which involved thousands of people, was a massive undertaking.
For three-quarters of a century, Lewiston's oldest Franco group, L'Institut Jacques Cartier, was responsible for the large-scale annual celebration.
Tancrel House, Lewiston, 1895Item 18399 info
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The Tancrel home at 24 River Street, Lewiston, was decorated for the feast of St. John the Baptist on June 24, 1895.
From left are Alfred Tancrel, unknown, Marie Philippon (future wife of Alfred), unknown, Zenaide Tancrel, Ozios Tancrel (to right of steps in uniform of Société de St- Joseph), and at the bottom of steps, Clothilde, Julia, and Rose Philippon.
Jacques Cartier banner, Lewisston, ca. 1900Item 18419 info
Franco-American Collection
Patriotism and ethnic pride highlighted these public manifestations
The banner's slogan is translated "Loyal yet still French-Canadians."
The banner includes a number of symbols: the eagle, fleur-de-lis, maple leaf, and the beaver as well as the French and American flags.
Lewiston American Legion in parade, 1941Item 18398 info
Franco-American Collection
During World War II, patriotism was highlighted in the parade by the presence of Franco-Americans in their military uniforms.
Montagnard Band, Lewiston, 1947Item 18412 info
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In conjunction with the parade, a special mass was held at one of the Franco-American churches in the area.
Here, the Ste-Marie Church entrance is decorated with the flags of the United States, France, and Québec for the occasion.
Program, Saint Jean Baptiste day, 1964Item 18390 info
Franco-American Collection
Founded in 1923, a federation of local Franco groups, La Ligue des Société, took charge of planning the event in 1927.
On the eve of the holiday a huge bonfire was held. The following morning, there was a church service and a parade.
In the afternoon outdoor athletic competitions took place and an evening banquet closed the festivities.
In 1964, the mass and banquet were held at Holy Cross Church.
St-Jean-Baptiste parade, Lewiston, 1958Item 18403 info
Franco-American Collection
The floats often had historical themes relating to the French in North America, such as this float about French missionaries evangelizing Indians.
Parade St-Jean-Baptiste, Lewiston, 1958Item 18407 info
Franco-American Collection
The Notre Dame De Lourdes float in 1958 commemorated the centennial (1858-1958) of the first apparition of the Virgin Mary in Lourdes, France.
St-Jean-Baptiste float, Lewiston, 1959Item 18410 info
Franco-American Collection
Explorer Jacques Cartier was remembered in many parades.
The Institut Jacques Cartier sponsored this float in 1959.
St. John the Baptist parade, Auburn, 1962Item 18397 info
Franco-American Collection
Social organizations with banners and badges wove their way along elaborate parade routes through the streets of downtown Lewiston and New Auburn.
Here the Assumption Society's Little Evangelines march in the 1962 parade.
St-Jean-Baptiste Day parade, Auburn, 1962Item 18392 info
Franco-American Collection
The Jacques Cartier snowshoe club was one of dozens of groups that participated in the annual event.
The car festooned with streamers is on Broad Street in New Auburn.
St. John's Day parade float, Lewiston, 1965Item 18396 info
Franco-American Collection
The Ste-Marie parish float in the 1965 St. John the Baptist parade depicts the "Beheading of John the Baptist." The float is on Cedar Street in Lewiston, heading toward the bridge to New Auburn.
The Peter Allen Lumber Co. of Auburn loaned the flatbed truck.
Young St-Jean-Baptiste, Lewiston, ca. 1940sItem 18411 info
Franco-American Collection
Each year, a young curly haired boy was chosen to represent St. John the Baptist as a child on a float during the parade. He wore a sheepskin and held a staff proclaiming: Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the lamb of God).
Altheode Chagnon is shown with a live sheep in 1940.
Petit St-Jean-Baptiste, 1958Item 18404 info
Franco-American Collection
Roger Bouffard of Lewiston, age 6, plays the young St. John the Baptist in the 1958 celebration of the saint's birthday.
The float's banner translates as "St. John the Baptist, precursor of the lamb of God."
St. John the Baptist Day, 1963Item 18413 info
Franco-American Collection
Paul Marichal as the young St. Jean Baptist, with his father, André Marichal, in 1963.
He is with the stuffed sheep used in the celebrations and several cardboard sheep.
The float celebrates the 40th anniversary of La Ligue des Sociétés.
St. John's Day parade, Lewiston, 1964Item 18393 info
Franco-American Collection
Reginald Parent and his son Laurent Parent, portraying St. John the Baptist, ride with the sheep in the St. John the Baptist Day parade, June 21, 1964.
They are on Lisbon Street near the intersection with East Avenue.
Greg Gosselin, Lewiston, 1965Item 18395 info
Franco-American Collection
Greg Gosselin as the young St-Jean-Baptiste in the St-Jean-Baptiste parade in 1965.
He is wearing the traditional sheepskin outfit, is posing with the sheep, and is holding the Ecce Agnus Dei banner.
Stuffed sheep, Lewiston, ca. 1890sItem 18414 info
Franco-American Collection
The parades stopped in 1966, replaced by St-Jean-Baptiste banquets and Franco-American summer festivals.
Changing times, including the closing of some parish schools, the disbanding of some Franco-American organizations, and other Americanizing influences led to the end of the parades.
In Québec, the parti québécois secularized the event in 1977, renaming it La Fète Nationale.


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It was at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., where Whitney Houston first learned to sing, and it was there that friends and family gathered on Saturday to say goodbye to the pop superstar.
The star-studded service lasted more than three hours. Among those in attendance were Dionne Warwick, Kevin Costner and Alicia Keys.
Stevie Wonder performed his song "Ribbon in the Sky," while friends and family offered remembrances. Patricia Houston, the singer's sister-in-law, characterized Houston as a woman whose battles with addiction could not keep her from giving her fans what they wanted.
"Even when she was tired and lost, she gave and gave and gave some more," she said.
Whitney Houston was born in Newark, and the city has laid claim to her ever since. Though her family moved to a nearby suburb when she was 4, the Newark city council meetings are still preceded by Houston's performance of the Star-Spangled Banner.
On Saturday, hundreds of fans — many of them from Newark — gathered in the streets near the church to pay their respects.
"We love Whitney. We love her. I am Newark-born, Whitney was Newark-born," Felicia Nace said. "I have a lot of respect for her work and [I watched] her climb to her heights from where she was."
Many of the fans were disappointed to see barricades put up by police to keep crowds several blocks away from the church.
"The fan base supported her 100 percent. That's what made her the superstar she was and still is now for us," Edward Thomspon said. "Let the fans get closer and show the love. We got tears outside the perimeters."
Wearing a T-shirt with Houston's image on it, Maurice Thompson agreed with his brother's sentiments.
"We [are] pushed to the side. We [are] like, three, four blocks away. I cried my eyes out last night. I love Whitney," he said. "All due respect to the family, I feel as though we should be able to somehow grieve with them. All you can see is the steeple to the church. Come on."
Before Saturday, there had been talk of holding a public service in a nearby arena, but those plans did not materialize. Some fans said they felt a private ceremony was the appropriate choice for the family.
"I think that this was the best thing for her family to have this in privacy," Nikki Hughes said. "The world had her for 40 years. Let them lay her to rest in peace like this."
Despite the police barricades, several street vendors had set up shop, selling posters, T-shirts and DVDs. Sabrina Hoskins set up a table with Houston merchandise near her pick-up truck, which blasted a mix of Houston's hit songs.
"Whitney had a voice like a bird, like a soaring bird. And when she sang, it was like the world was uplifted," Hoskins said. "I love her, and I pray for her daughter, because she's so young to [have] lost her mom. I guess God said it was time to come home."
Friends and family gathered to say goodbye to Whitney Houston today in the church where her singing career began. Dionne Warwick, Alicia Keys and Kevin Costner were among those who showed up for the star-studded memorial service.
But as NPR's Joel Rose reports, some of the fans who gathered in the streets of Newark felt left out of the day's events.
JOEL ROSE, BYLINE: Whitney Houston learned to sing in the choir at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, and that's where her family decided to hold a memorial service for the city's favorite daughter, while fans around the world watched live online and on television.
STEVIE WONDER: (Singing) I want to give praise to the Father for Whitney.
ROSE: Stevie Wonder headlined a long list of musical tributes, interspersed with remembrances from friends and family. Houston's sister-in-law Patricia spoke about Whitney as a woman who tried to give her fans what they wanted despite her well-publicized struggles with addiction.
PATRICIA HOUSTON: Even when she was tired or a bit lost, she gave and gave and then gave some more.
ROSE: Whitney Houston was born in Newark. Her family moved to the nearby suburb of East Orange, New Jersey, when she was 4, but Houston is still revered here, where her performance of the "Star-Spangled Banner" plays before the beginning of city council meetings. Hundreds of fans gathered in the streets near the church to pay their respects, including Felicia Nace.
FELICIA NACE: We love Whitney. We love her. I am Newark-born. Whitney was Newark-born. I have a lot of respect for her work. And just to watch her climb from where she was to her heights. So, yeah.
ROSE: Hundreds of Newark residents tried to pay their condolences to the Houston family in person, but many were disappointed to find that they couldn't get anywhere near the official funeral. Police set up temporary barricades to keep crowds several blocks away from the church. That did not sit well with Edward Thompson.
EDWARD THOMPSON: The fan base supported her 100 percent. That's what made her the superstar she was, OK? And still is now for us. She's that superstar. Let the fans get closer, you know, and show the love. You know, we got tears outside the perimeters.
ROSE: A few of those tears belonged to Thompson's brother, Maurice. He wore a brand-new T-shirt with Whitney Houston's picture on it.
MAURICE THOMPSON: We're, like, pushed to the side. We're, like, three, four blocks away. I cried my eyes out last night. You know, I love Whitney. All due respect to the family, I feel as though we should be able to somehow grieve with them. All you can see is the steeple to the church. Come on.
ROSE: For a while, there was talk of a public memorial service in a local arena. But some fans, like Nikki Hughes of Trenton, felt the private ceremony was the right thing to do.
NIKKI HUGHES: I think that this was the best thing for her family to have this in privacy. I mean, the world had her for 40 years. You know, let them lay her to rest in peace like this, you know?
ROSE: Even with the wide perimeter around the church, there were a few street vendors trying to sell posters, T-shirts and DVDs. Sabrina Hoskins of Camden, New Jersey, set up a table with Whitney merchandise a few feet from her pickup truck, which was blasting Houston's hit songs.
SABRINA HOSKINS: Whitney had a voice like a bird, like a soaring bird. And when she sang, it was like the world was uplifted. And I love her, and I pray for her daughter, you know, because she's so young to lost her mom. I guess God said it was time to come home.
ROSE: At the end of the service, Whitney Houston's casket was carried out of the church to her own recording of "I Will Always Love You."
Joel Rose, NPR News, Newark, New Jersey.
WHITNEY HOUSTON: (Singing) I will always love you. I will always love you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Belkin has identified that a component of the TuneBase, the washer, can cause an electrical short circuit when plugged into a vehicle's cigarette lighter adapter. The washer is a circular, black, plastic unit situated at the tip of the TuneBase's cigarette lighter adapter. After a rigorous investigation, Belkin has determined that under certain conditions of heat, humidity and prolonged periods of power-on (e.g. when the TuneBase is left plugged in overnight), some units with the washer have shown potential to pose a risk of fire.
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The price of oil slipped to around $93 a barrel Wednesday as a report of rising U.S. crude supplies outweighed a forecast for higher demand this year from aluminum giant Alcoa.
By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for February delivery was down 9 cents to $93.06 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The previous day, the contract fell 4 cents to finish at $93.15 a barrel.
The American Petroleum Institute trade group said Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies grew by 2.4 million barrels last week, while gasoline stocks increased by 7.9 million barrels.
Those figures were much higher than the expectations of analysts surveyed by Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Cos, who forecast a rise of 1.5 million barrels for crude oil and an increase of 2.6 million barrels in gasoline stocks.
The Energy Department's Energy Information Administration releases its crude inventories report — the market benchmark — later Wednesday.
Demand for aluminum has been hurt by the weak global economy, but Alcoa predicted a 7 percent increase in demand this year, slightly better than the 6 percent increase in 2012. The company's fourth-quarter earnings were in line with forecasts while revenue exceeded Wall Street expectations.
"The outlook for global commodities is likely to remain uncertain in the next twelve months with low growth hampering demand especially in Europe," Michael Hewson of CMC Markets said in an email commentary.
Brent crude, used to price international varieties of oil, was down 1 cent to $111.93 a barrel on the ICE Futures exchange in London.
In other energy futures trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange:
— Wholesale gasoline fell 1.84 cents to $2.776 a gallon.
— Heating oil rose 0.55 cent to $3.064 a gallon.
— Natural gas was down 4.8 cents to $3.17 per 1,000 cubic feet.
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I also have a fascination with rocket science and problem solving, and therefore dream of one day working for NASA. With a world shifting towards green energy I would use my knowledge of electrical engineering to improve technology for a healthy environment-friendly future; one where humanity can rely on ingenuity and not be shackled by the limitation of resources. I believe knowledge is a blessing and a powerful tool for benefitting society. It should not be wasted or used selfishly. Thus, I also have the desire of passing on what I have learned. I am currently a tutor and recitation instructor at my university and intend to become a physics teacher and teach at the high school or university level. Receiving an APS Minority Scholarship is a great support in reaching my goals.


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Three variations on a carved foot offer high style.
By Charles Bender
Pages 36-41
Access to information provides the modern woodworker with greater variety, and it challenges their skills more than their 18th-century counterparts. When we consider how fashion-conscious both producers and consumers were in the 1700s, it's truly amazing to think how quickly the word spread of stylistic changes such as cyma-curved backsplats in chairs, cabriole legs and ball-and-claw feet.
Over the course of a few decades, furniture construction methods and aesthetics shifted between simple, unadorned pieces to richly carved and decorated pieces – then back again. Even with all this tumult in the furniture fashion world, period cabinetmakers were limited by regional taste and tradition.
While they may have known about ball-and-claw feet, per se, they may not have understood the regional variations that took place between areas such as Boston, New York and Philadelphia. Fashion changed from the rigid Jacobean to the more curvilinear William & Mary style and, eventually, to the dainty, feminine style of Queen Anne. Throughout the Colonies, cabriole legs were all the rage. Pad feet ran rampant – everywhere except in Philadelphia and its surrounding environs.
A great influx of Irish cabinetmakers and carvers brought with them a foot design that would dominate the Philadelphia Queen Anne style: the trifid foot. Pad feet were made in the region but no other foot design caught the ever fashion-conscious consumer's eye like the trifid foot. An outgrowth of the pad foot, a trifid foot is elegant yet simple – which played well with local Quaker sensibilities.
Carvers divided a pad foot into three distinct toes creating a more "naturalistic" looking foot – so much so that trifid feet are also called "drake" feet (after the male duck). The style sense was shifting from the rigid toward the rococo. Having furniture with more "realistic" carving adorning it was quickly becoming the height of fashion. Trifid feet filled that need in the greater Philadelphia area unlike any other. The simple fact is that even though trifid feet were extremely popular in Philadelphia and England, they just never really caught on much elsewhere else in the Colonies.
Trifid feet are as varied as the consumers who coveted them. They can be clubbish or delicate and elegantly carved. They can have well-defined toes or be far more abstract. They can be cuffed, stockinged or plain. I'm sure that if cabinetmakers throughout the Colonies had the same access to the variety of trifid feet we have today, the feet would have been far more popular in many areas of the country.
From One, Many
In the 1720s and '30s the cabriole leg was rapidly becoming the height of fashion. Furniture to this point had been primarily the playground of the joiner and turner. As the cabriole leg came into vogue, the turners kept their hand in furniture making by creating pad feet. And while there are a few variations on that theme, for the most part, one pad foot looks much like any other.
Blog: Read Charles Bender's blog, "Parings: A Woodworker's Journal."
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Class: Take a class with Charles Bender at Acanthus Workshop.
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Nurturing his subjects from seed or spore in his home garden, photographer Ron van Dongen's floral portraits are intimate, exquisite renderings of the precise architecture of flowers and plants. He uses masterful printing techniques to emphasize a particular aspect of his flowers that holds his attention: sometimes the color, at other times the structure. Having worked only in black-and-white photography early in his career, van Dongen now works exclusively in color, often taking photos against painted backgrounds to heighten his control over light and tonality.
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UK cybercrime unit to meet IT leaders
Cleaning up the mean online streets
The newly-established Police Central e-crime unit (PCeU) has scheduled a meeting with UK business later this month.
Around 150 members of The Corporate IT Forum will get a chance to quiz cybercops on the role and strategy of the PCeU at a meeting in Reading set for 24 February.
Based in Scotland Yard, the cybercrime unit has been given the job of providing specialist computer forensics training and coordinating efforts to fight internet scams and fraud across the country, through research and strategy development. The unit was created after intense lobbying from industry, and political pressure from the House of Lords science and technology committee, in the two years since the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was amalgamated into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency.
SOCA, which has a much larger range of responsibilities, only took reports of cybercrime indirectly leaving businesses with no clear way of reporting incidents. Simply by staging the meeting, the PCeU is showing a willingness to be far more approachable.
The PCeU is looking to pull in expertise from the private sector to help its work, a topic expected to be a key focus of the meeting.
David Roberts, chief executive of The Corporate IT Forum, said he hoped the meeting would lead to closer links between industry and the police in the fight against cybercrime. "We hope the meeting will result in the formation of a framework for that collaboration in future," he said.
The government has allocated £3.5m for the (PCeU) while the Metropolitan Police Service, from which the majority of officers in the new unit are drawn, has kicked in £3.9m to fund the unit for three years. The funding is a fraction of that received by equivalent US units. ®


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Fall Fun Day Walnut Grove Jr. Youth Group is sponsoring a Fall Fun Day on Sunday, October 10, at 11:30 a.m. at the fellowship building on Wible Reunion Road, Maddensville. Special music will be provided by Blessed Friends. Ham and bean soup, chicken corn soup, hot dogs, cider, etc., will be available, donations accepted. There will also be a cake walk, games and prizes for the kids. All are welcome.
Fall Fest Youth Night Cito United Methodist Church is hosting an outdoor Fall Fest youth night, Saturday, October 30, starting at 6:00 p.m. Come join in for a fun-filled night of hot dogs and s'mores cooked around a bonfire, "Minute to Win it" games, outdoor showing of the "To Save A Life" movie and hayride. All outdoor activities are weather permitting; please bring blankets, lawn chairs and warm clothes. In case of rain, events will be held indoors. Win a prize by coming dressed as favorite Bible character. More information may be obtained by calling Lisa Daniels at 485-5090 or Hope Moore at 485-4050 or at www.citoumc.org.
Special Speaker Evangelist Harold Peck will be at Hustontown Church of God October 10, at the 10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. service.
Fall Revival Mountain View Baptist Church will be holdings fall mountain revival Sunday, October 17, through Friday, October 22. Bro. Gary Fox from Greencastle, Ind., will be preaching. Special music will be provided by Mountain View Baptist Church singers. Services will begin at 7:00 p.m. A nursery for children four years of age and younger will be provided. Mountain View is located at 12107 Walnut Point Road, Hagerstown. More information may be obtained by calling 301-582-1468 pr at www.mountainviewbaptist.com.
Special Singing Dublin Mills Community Church, 2700 Dublin Mills Road, Hustontown, has invited the Musical Merrills to equip families with biblical and practical skills to succeed in a changing society. The family plays 12 different instruments. Preaching, drama and personal involvement will be utilized to strengthen the home. The conference will be held Sunday thru Wednesday, October 17-20, at 7:00 p.m. nightly. Nursery provided. More information may be obtained by calling 814-685-3910.
Concert Come and join in for a concert with the Sharon Mennonite Church on Wednesday, October 13, at 7:00 p.m., at Dublin Mills Community Church. The church is located at 2700 Dublin Mills Road, Hustontown. Further information or directions may be obtained by calling 814-685-3910.
Youth Group All are invited to Pioneer Club/Youth group at Rock Hill Mennonite Church October 20, November 3 and 7, and December 1 and 5, from 7:00 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Pioneer Club is for ages preschool thru 11 and youth group is for ages 12 and up. More information may be obtained by calling 485- 9074 for Pioneer club and 485-9498 for the youth group.
Diabetes Walk The third annual multi-county diabetes walk will be held Sunday, October 10, at McConnellsburg High School track. Walk starts at 2:00 p.m., with registration beginning at 1:00 p.m.
New York City Trip Modern Woodmen of America Camp 7948 is sponsoring a bus trip to New York City Saturday, December 4. The bus departs from McConnellsburg Courthouse at 6:00 a.m. A stop for breakfast at 8:15 a.m. and arrive in the city near Macy's at approximately 11:30 a.m. Depart near Times Square area at 6:30 p.m. A stop will be made halfway home for supper. Estimated arrival back in Mc- Connellsburg is 12:15 a.m. Cost and a buffet breakfast is $50 per person. Please send money by November 19 to Rick Claar, PO Box 624, Bedford, PA 15522.
Dale Gordon Memorial Run/Walk The Dale Gordon Memorial 5K Run/Walk will be held October 16 in Needmore. The proceeds will benefit Fulton County Community Christian School. The race will begin at 8:30 a.m. Check-in starts at 7:30 a.m. in the square at Needmore. Entry fees are $20 if paid by October 13 and $25 if paid after October 13. Entry fees are nonrefundable. A free T-shirt will be given to all runners/ walkers at check-in. The race will be held rain or shine. The award ceremony will take place in the square in Needmore following the race. Medals will be awarded for first- and second-place winners in each category. For information or to register, call Bonnie Gordon at 717-573-2318. All donations are tax deductible. Receipts will be given for all donations for tax purposes.
Fall Harvest Party A fall harvest party will be held at Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church on Saturday, October 23, at 4:00 p.m. Lots of activities for the kids, including a hayride, bonfire, etc.
Open Stage Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Co. will sponsor an open stage on Saturday, October 16, at 6:00 p.m. Kitchen opens at 5:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and share talents or just come and enjoy the talent of others. Admission is free.
MHS Homecoming! McConnellsburg High School is having its second annual homecoming on Friday, October 8. It will start off with a junior high soccer game at 5:30 p.m., followed by a varsity boys soccer game at 7:15 p.m. The soccer teams will be playing Fannett-Metal, and MHS would like to invite everyone and anyone who graduated from MHS to come and cheer on the Spartans! Shortly after the soccer games, there will be a dance held on the soccer field and everyone is invited. It will be a wonderful time to socialize with old friends and maybe even dance! So please, come and join us on Friday, October 8, to cheer on our team and have a good time.
Outdoor Movie Night/Cookout An outdoor movie night/cookout will be held at Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church Faith Center in Warfordsburg on Saturday, October 9, at 6:00 p.m. The movie showing on the big screen will be "Fly Me To The Moon" in 3-D. This is free to the community so grab a chair and a blanket and bring the family out for this fun-filled evening of food, fun and fellowship. If inclement weather, movie to be shown indoors.
Mic Night Mid night will be held at Warfordsburg Senior Center, 209 Long Hollow Road, Warfordsburg, October 9, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. All are welcome. Food and drink will be available. More information may be obtained by calling 717-294-6020.
X Card Shoot X card shoots every Friday night starting until November 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Fulton County Rifle & Pistol Club. Lots of fun and great prizes.
Animal Welfare Meeting An animal welfare meeting will be held in the basement of St. Stephen's Catholic Church, located at 303 Lincoln Way East, McConnellsburg, on Monday, October 11, at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will discuss an information/ awareness booth to be set up during the FFFF and to discuss short- and long-term goals of animal welfare in the county.
Republican Women To Meet The Fulton County Council of Republican Women will be conducting their monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 14, at 4:45 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room of the Fulton County Library. All are welcome to attend.
Sportsmen's League Meeting Fulton County Sportsmen's League will met at 7:30 p.m. in the stone house at the trout nursery on October 17.
Knobsville Singles To Meet Knobsville Singles will meet Monday, October 11, at 9 a.m. at K's Place.
Meeting Change Needmore Vol. Fire Co. and Relief Association's monthly meeting scheduled for October 7 has been changed to Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m.
MHS Class Reunion McConnellsburg Class of 2000 will hold a reunion Saturday, October 16, at Great Cove Golf Course, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. Cost is $25/person. More information may be obtained by calling Joni Dunkle at 485- 5188.
Spaghetti Dinner The McConnellsburg FFA will be hosting a spaghetti dinner on October 7 in the McConnellsburg High School cafeteria. Donations will be accepted at the door. All proceeds will be used to help fund the annual trip to the National FFA convention in Indianapolis, Ind. Carryout orders will be available at 3:30 p.m. and the doors will be open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. If you have any questions or would like to place a carryout order, please contact Mrs. Meyer at 717-485-3195, extension 1107.
Angel Food Ministry Sign-up for Angel Food Ministry for October: Tuesday, October 12, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday, October 13, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Thursday, October 14, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at Fulton County Mission; and Saturday, October 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., at Warfordsburg Presbyterian Church. More information or a menu may be obtained by calling 485-5917.
Food Auction Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Co. will sponsor a food auction Thursday, October 14, at 6:00 p.m. The kitchen opens at 5:00 p.m. There will be a new vendor with merchandise to be auctioned off.
Spaghetti Dinner An all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner will be held Saturday, October 23, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Buck Valley Christian Church, 2281 Harmonia Road, Warfordsburg. Served will be spaghetti, salad, garlic bread, fruit cup, desset and beverage. Cost is adults $5; children ages 5- 12, $3; and under 5 is free and a family meal for $20. Donations will benefit the Hagerstown Rescue Mission.
Pancake Supper An all-you-can-eat pancake supper will be held at Bedford Chapel Church on Rt. 643, 4570 Flickerville Road, Warfordsburg, Saturday, October 9, from 4:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Menu includes pancakes, buckwheat cakes, sausage, sausage gravy, scrambled eggs, coffee and juice. Everyone welcome.
Free Meal There will be no free meal at St. Paul Lutheran Church, North Third Street, McConnellsburg, for the month of October.
Family Parent/Child Workshops Family Place Parent/ Child Workshops are under way at the Needmore branch of Tower Bank. The next session will be held Friday, October 8, at 10:30 a.m., with special guest Catherine Washabaugh, certified personal trainer. Preschool story hours are also back in session. Please call the library at 717-485-5327 for times and locations.
Scrap Drive A scrap drive will be held to benefit the Fulton County Community Christian School (FCCCS). Bring automobiles, farm machinery, appliances, etc., to Winfield Salvage Co. (WSC). WSC will pay FCCCS for your scrap metals. FCCCS will provide documentation for tax records. This is a great way to recycle and help out the school. Pickup is available for large items. More information may be obtained by calling Joyce at 301-730-0955.
Republican Dinner Fulton County fall Republican dinner will be held Friday, October 22, beginning at 7 p.m., at Hustontown Firehall. Guest speaker will be Dick Stewart, chairman of the Republican Central Caucus. Tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting Bonnie Mellott Keefer at 485- 3496 or Jackie Yates at 573-2571.
Clear Ridge Methodist Church Anniversary Clear Ridge United Methodist Church is now making plans to celebrate its 150th year anniversary during the month of October 2010. Anyone who may have information, pictures or stories regarding local history of the church, surrounding community, stores or schools, please call 717-987-3266. It is hoped to develop a narrative history of the church and surrounding community of significant events over the past 150 years. The members are interested in families who have contributed to the community.
Income Opportunities Conference For Ag Entrepreneurs at SFHS An income opportunities conference for ag entrepreneurs at Southern Fulton High School will be held November 13, at 8:30 a.m. This conference will feature an array of presentations on marketing, financial management and enterprise development. Afternoon sessions will feature three distinct tracks for "micro-farmers." Track 1 will focus on edible soybeans, bio-mass crops and oil seed crops; Track 2 will focus on berry and green house production; and Track 3 on sheep, goats and small-scale livestock. The conference will be November 13, beginning at 8:30 a.m., with registration and a cost of $30 per person attending. Please call the Fulton County Cooperative Extension office at 717-485- 4111 to register by October 27.
Horse Owners' Course "Things are Changing" is the title of an exciting horse owners' two-day short course being offered by Penn State Cooperative Extension offices in Mifflin and Juniata counties and the Penn State Extension Equine Natural Working Group. It will be held on Saturdays, October 9 and 23, 2010, at the Penn State Learning Center- Lewistown from 9:00 a.m. -3:30 p.m. each day. Deadline for registration is Friday, October 1, 2010. There is a $40 registration fee per person, which includes lunch each day, a soil test kit and an information resource notebook. To receive additional information or to register call the Mifflin County Extension Office at 717-248-9618, Juniata County Extension Office at 717- 436-7744 or visit the Mifflin Extension Website at www.mifflin.extension.psu.edu or the Juniata Extension at www.juniata.extension.psu.edu You can also find information on Facebook by searching for Mifflin County Cooperative Extension or Juniata County Cooperative Extension.
Attention Newlyweds To Be Free bridal information packages are available from Fulton County Chamber of Commerce & Tourism. Stop at any of our local florists or our office at 201 Lincoln Way West, Suite 101 to pick up packets during office hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For more information, call 717-485-4064 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
VFW Election The annual election of officers of the Fulton Overseas Veterans Association will take place at the regular monthly meeting on October 7, 2010.
Free Clothing Free coats and clothing will be available at Saint Stephen Catholic Church on Tuesday, October 19, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Any questions, please call Sister Margie at 485-5917.
Mum, Pumpkin, Gourd Sale Saint Stephen Family Life Committee is sponsoring a mum, pumpkin and gourd sale on the church grounds. Cost of the mums is $4.50. The cost of pumpkins are $6.50, $5 and $2.25. Cost of gourds are large 2 for $2; and small 4 for $1.
FFFF Food Stand Center United Methodist Church will hold a food stand in the Grange Hall in Waterfall beginning at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, October 16. Available will be baked goods, sandwiches, drinks and apple dumplings. Proceeds for the day will go to the Centerview Cemetery Association.
Pancake Supper Whips Cove Church will hold a pancake supper Saturday, November 6, at 5:00 p.m. Served will be buttermilk pancakes, old-fashioned buckwheat cakes, eggs, pork puddin, sausage, ham, sausage gravy, coffee, hot chocolate and milk. Donations accepted and greatly appreciated. The church is located at 5044 Moss Road, Warfordsburg, two miles south of Town Hill Exit 156 on Route 643.
Breakfast Buffet Cito United Methodist Church will be serving a breakfast buffet on Saturday, October 16, from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., at Cito Fellowship Hall, 3746 Cito Road, Mc- Connellsburg. The buffet-style breakfast will include pancakes, sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns, chipped beef gravy, toast, orange juice and coffee. No charge. Donations accepted.
Vendor Space Need a place to have a yard sale during the Fulton Fall Folk Festival? Call Kathy Kendall at 485-0221 to reserve space outside McConnellsburg Alumni Community Building on the blacktop.
Peggy Bradnick Story Fulton County Historical Society will host Mrs. Peggy Bradnick Jackson at the McConnellsburg High School auditorium at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 14. Hear her personal story and share memories. Free, with offering. Contact Dick Miller at 717-485-3412.
Turkey Supper A turkey supper will be held at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 220 North Third Street, McConnellsburg, October 15, from 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Menu will include turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, peas and carrots, applesauce, rolls, butter, desserts, coffee, punch and water. Carryouts available at rear entrance.
Winegardner One-Room Schoolhouse Restored school open free at 409 South Madden Road, Hustontown, Saturday and Sunday afternoons, October 16-17. Contact Dick Newman at 814-685-3497.
Fulton County Historical Society Raffle Drawing Items available by raffle donation include: "1884 History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, PA" (reprint); "1846 History of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties, PA" (reprint); "2008 Tonoloway, If Its Walls Could Talk" (new); "Long, Long Ago 1902-1907" includes visits to Mc- Connellsburg; 1890s Business Directory sheet of McConnellsburg; "Truax Impact" and "Mellotts of Fulton County from 1990s" programs presented at Tonoloway; "1907 Mining Stock in Arizona Territory and 1925 Bond of Butte, Montana." Tickets $4 each or 3 for $10, with a drawing at the Fulton House at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, October 17.
Bake/Craft Sale Warfordsburg Senior Center will hold a bake/craft sale October 14 and 15, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., during the Fulton Fall Folk Festival. Soup will also be available for eat-in or takeout. More information may be obtained by calling 294-6020.
Fulton House Museum Fulton House Museum will be open free throughout festival weekend with a display of Fulton County artifacts plus a loaned exhibit of needlework and vintage kitchen items displayed throughout five rooms. Visit the prominent 1793 limestone inn along Lincoln Way East in McConnellsburg and purchase Historical Society publications, art prints, 1873 maps and more. Pick up house tour and raffle tickets here.
Log Cabin Food Fulton County Historical Society will sell homemade beef barley soup and other food in the log cabin behind the Fulton House over the noon hour Friday and Saturday, October 15-16. T-shirts, mugs, refrigerator magnets and craft items for sale will benefit the museum fund. Food donations welcomed, contact museum curator Edie Coleman, 814-735-3039.
FFFF Food Sale Saint Stephen Catholic Church Family Life Committee will have available chicken corn, ham and bean, and vegetable soup, kielbasa sandwiches, meatball subs and hot dogs, coffee, hot tea, hot chocolate and soda on Saturday, October 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. At the same time a bake sale will be held.
Fulton County Historical Society House Tour Visit four private homes open to guests by ticket only from 1:00 pm. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, October 16 and 17. Homes will include the first brick house to be built in McConnellsburg by the town founder; a home built in 1946 with materials salvaged from an old limestone farmhouse demolished on Letterkenny property; a 10-room home built for Judge Peter Morton in 1900 with handmade bricks; and a remodeled farmhouse typical of those from the early 1900s in southern Fulton. A local antique car exhibition is a bonus for Saturday only, weather permitting. Pick up brochures describing the homes. Contact Summer Stiffler at 717-485-4772.
Chili Fest Return of the "Buck a Cup" Chili Fest. Once again the Fulton and Friends Democratic Club will be on Second Street with all kinds of chili – beef chili, chicken chili, venison chili, vegetarian chili, turkey chili and many more –you name it, we probably got it. Open from 9 a.m. until the chili runs out Saturday only, October 16. Also cornbread, coffee, hot chocolate and drinks. Stop by and meet Tom Conners, candidate for U. S. Congress.
FFFF Fashion Show Time to get your outfit at Second Time Around in Waterfall for the spectacular annual Fashion Show held each year at the Fulton Fall Folk Festival in Waterfall. This year it will be held at Knepper's Feed Mill porch Saturday, October 16, at 1:30 p.m. Hours at Second Time are Tuesday and Thursday, noon until 3:00 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 2:00 p.m.
FFFF Vendors Anyone interested in setting up a vendor tale at the Waterfall Fall Festival on Saturday, October 16, please contact either 814-685-3236 or 814-685-3911. There is no charge for setting up. No yard sale tables and no duplications of food vendors.
FFFF At HAFCO Activities at Hustontown Area Volunteer Fire Co. for the festival weekend are: roast beef dinner - Friday, October 15, at 5:00 p.m.; all-you-can-eat homemade slippery potpie (ham, beef or chicken) - Saturday, October 16, at 11:00 a.m.; chicken barbecue - Saturday, October 16 at 3:00 p.m.; open stage - Saturday, October 16, at 6:00 p.m.; all-youcan eat smorgasbord - Sunday, October 17, at 11:00 a.m. More details later.
Old-Fashioned Country Breakfast Fulton County Communited Christian School Boosters Club will serve an old-fashioned country breakfast Saturday, October 16, from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 a.m. The menu will include pancakes, scrambled eggs, ham and sausage, sausage gravy, home fries, biscuits, dessert, juice and coffee. There is no charge, but donations are greatly appreciated. FCCCS is located along Rt. 522 in Needmore. Additional information may be obtained by callng 717-573-4400.
Car Show A car show will be held Saturday, October 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at Needmore Bible Church, 6939 Great Cove Road, Needmore. Raindate is October 23. Open to all antiques, hot rods, customs, classics, trucks and motorcycles. Juding is at 2:00 p.m. and trophies will be awarded at 3:00 p.m. Proceeds benefit Fulton County Community Christian School. To register or for additional information, contact Joyce at 301-730-0955.
Wellness Program offered Lutheran Home Care & Hospice will give a health and wellness talk on Thursday, Novembe 18, at 10:00 a.m., at the Fleck Center at Luther Ridge Retirement Community, 2998 Luther Drive, Chambersburg. The program is free of charge and open to anyone in the community. No registration is required.
Free Flu Immunications The Area Agency on Aging and Fulton County Partnership Inc., through grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, are offering a free flu immunization clinic for Fulton County residents. Vaccines will be given on a first-come first-serve basis. Pneumococcal vaccines will also be offered. Locations are: October 18 at Warfordsburg Senior Center, 209 Long Hollow Road, Warfordsburg, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.; October 18 at Hustontown Senior Center, 387 Cole Road, Hustontown, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; and October 22 at McConnellsburg Senior Center, 100 Woodside Drive, McConnellsburg, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. More information may be obtained by calling 888-329- 2376.


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Now may I speak . . . to those buffeted by false insecurity, who, though laboring devotedly in the Kingdom, have recurring feelings of falling forever short. . . .
. . . This feeling of inadequacy is . . . normal. There is no way the Church can honestly describe where we must yet go and what we must yet do without creating a sense of immense distance. . . .. . . This is a gospel of grand expectations, but God's grace is sufficient for each of us.
~~Thomas Merton: No Man is an Island
~~Jeffrey R. Holland
October 1st
Don't try to dazzle everyone with how brilliant you are. Dazzle them with how brilliant the gospel is. Don't worry about the location of the lost tribes or the Three Nephites. Worry a little more about the location of your student, what's going on in his heart, what's going on in her soul, the hunger, sometimes near-desperate spiritual needs of our people. Teach them. And, above all, testify to them. love them. Bear your witness from the depths of your soul. It will be the most important thing you say to them in the entire hour, and it may save someone's spiritual life.
We come to expect God to accept our understanding of what his will ought to be and to help us fulfill that, instead of learning to see and accept his will in the real situations in which he places us daily. …The plain and simple truth is that his will is that he actually wills to send us each day, in the way of circumstances, places, people and problems. The trick is to learn to see that- not just in theory, or not just occasionally in a flash of insight granted by God's grace, but every day. Each of us has no need to wonder about what God's will must be for us; his will for us is clearly revealed in every situation of every day….The temptation is to overlook these things as God's will. The temptation is to look beyond these things, precisely because they are so constant, so petty, so humdrum and routine, and to seek to discover instead some other and nobler "will of God" in the abstract that better fits our notion of what his will should be.[It is] the temptation faced by everyone who suddenly discovers that life is not what he expected it to be. The answer lies in understanding that it is these things- and these things alone, here and now, at this moment- that truly constitutes the will of God. The challenge lies in learning to accept this truth and act upon it, every moment of every day.
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James Dearld Graham
James Dearld Graham, 26, of Heavenerdied Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, in Poteau.James was born Feb. 12, 1985, in Fort Smith,Ark., to James Gearld and Sherry Sue (White)Graham. James was an auto detailer. He waspreceded in death by his grandmother, AgnesM. Graham; stepmother, Paula J. Graham,grandfather, Neal White; great-grandparents,Rubin and Polly White; grandparents, Elba and Henry T.Rogers; and stepfather, Alan McCullough.Survivors include his mother, Sherry McCullough ofSummerfield; father, James Graham of Heavener; eightbrothers and sisters-in-law, Tim and Julie Graham of SanDiego, Calif., Jason and Kim Graham of Poteau, Jeff andJessica Graham of Cleora, Clifford Payne of Poteau, CodyMaxie of Summerfield, Roger and Mary Wooten ofLavaca, Ark., Greg Wooten of Fort Smith, Jeremy andDesiree Wooten of Fort Smith; and two sisters and brothers-in-law, Elizabeth Payne Wilson and Robert of Missouri,Tracy Wilburn and Larry of Fort Smith.Services will be 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2011 atEvans Chapel of Memories, Poteau, with the Rev. ScottMartin officiating. Interment will follow in Page Cemetery,Page. Pallbearers will be Nyles McDaniel, Jeremy Harwell,Chance White, Jason Tyler Graham, Lewis White, JeffGraham and Jacob GrahamThe family will be at the funeral home Friday from 6-8p.m. to visit with relatives and friends.Online messages may be left at evansandmillerfuneralhomes.com. Arrangements are under the direction ofEvans and Miller Funeral Home, Poteau.


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In the medical world "Doctors administer so much care that they wouldn't want for themselves," confesses a US physician, breaking the taboo about not wanting to be treated like his profession treats the rest of us in what would otherwise be our dying moments.
"Much of the care we offer patients who have serious, life-threatening illnesses is ultimately futile," adds a British doctor, also wanting to avoid his colleague's best efforts when his time comes. Pointing to chemotherapy in particular, "It can involve many months of gruelling treatments that might possibly extend the length of one's life, but do nothing for its quality."
How different is economics? "Treating serious medical conditions often has unwanted side effects," declared Charles Bean, deputy governor of the Bank of England and a PhD doctor, in a speech in Glasgow last Tuesday.
"But unpleasant as those side effects sometimes are, treatment is invariably better than the alternative. So it is with the economic medicine of low interest rates and quantitative easing."
A former LSE and Stanford professor, Bean was tackling the sensitive topic of sub-zero real interest rates, and how they hurt savers and pensioners. Negative real rates are when retained capital loses real purchasing power, because the interest or yield that it earns lags the rate of inflation. Quantitative easing has only left savers and pensioners more battered and bruised still, said Bean.
"The immediate consequences may be unpalatable, but the sooner we can get the economy on the mend, the sooner we can return policy to more normal settings and the better it will be for all of us – savers, businesses and employees alike."
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"[Savers] have every right to feel aggrieved at losing out," the doctor continued. "After all, they did nothing to cause the financial crisis. But neither did most of those in work, who have also seen a substantial squeeze in their real incomes."
How true! And since neither workers nor savers are to blame for this crisis, they can both pay – and pay dearly – by being fed another dose of kill-or-cure medicine which has yet to work in three years of treatment.
Defending the course of quantitative easing and near-zero rates now prescribed is a thankless task. First, it's done nothing to cure the depression to date. Second, it's actually adding to the gloom – as Dr.Bean's boss, the Bank's governor Mervyn King 'fessed up last autumn. In a very roundabout way, you understand.
"I would certainly accept that what is happening in the economy now is a very large squeeze on household incomes," Dr.King told the UK's Treasury Select Committee. "Real take-home pay has fallen by more in the past two years than any time in living memory."


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DENVER (AP) — The mediator who oversaw compensation for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks will oversee the distribution of money donated to the victims of the deadly shooting at a suburban Denver movie theater, Gov. John Hickenlooper said Friday.
Twelve people were killed and 58 injured in the July 20 attack in Aurora during a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."
Hickenlooper said Friday that Kenneth Feinberg won't be paid in his role as a special master overseeing the distribution of donations. Feinberg is taking the role "as a patriot in the purest way," the governor said.
Feinberg said he would apply the lessons he's learned from overseeing compensation for victims of the 9/11 attacks, the Virginia Tech shooting and the BP oil spill. Colorado officials who have overseen the compensation fund for Aurora victims have been criticized for how long it's taken to distribute money.
"I think I'm doing what millions of Americans would do if asked," Feinberg said. "I've had experience doing this, so I get the call. This is not rocket science. This is trying to take a limited pot of money, distribute it as soon as you can, as quickly as you can to eligible people in sore need of this money."
The Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance, the 7/20 Committee and the Community First Foundation have all worked in different capacities on the fund for Aurora victims.
Last week, the families of 10 people killed and at least a dozen of those wounded called on Hickenlooper and lawmakers to appoint an independent arbitrator to oversee distribution of the donations.
The families say they've been frustrated by an initial plan that would have excluded them from the process of disbursing the funds, the time the process has taken and the possibility of spending donations on mental health treatment.
"We recognize that this has not been an easy process and recognize and understand the frustration that many of the family members of the victims have experienced," Hickenlooper said.
Of the $5.2 million collected, $350,000 has been given to families for immediate financial needs and $100,000 has been split between 10 nonprofit groups.
ABC News first reported Feinberg's involvement.
Tom Teves, whose son Alex was killed while protecting his girlfriend at the theater, remained skeptical of those in charge of the fund but said Feinberg's involvement is probably a good thing if he "maintains his moral compass."
He said the pain of families who have lost loved ones has been lost in the dispute.
"If all of this gets settled the right way, that pain won't go away," he said.
Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, who has called for a change in the donation assistance process for the shooting victims, said in a statement he was pleased by the development.
He said Feinberg "brings instant credibility to the process in hopes of reassuring victims, their families, and all who have contributed to the recovery fund that this will be done right."
Feinberg also was recently hired by Penn State in its effort to settle personal injury claims of victims molested by assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.
In a book he wrote about his victim compensation work — "Who Gets What: Fair Compensation after Tragedy and Financial Upheaval" — he wrote that more than $7 billion in taxpayer money was used to pay survivors of the 9/11 attacks, with an average award for death of about $2 million, for injury about $400,000. Ninety-eight percent of claimants participated, and just 94 families opted out so they could sue.
At Virginia Tech, $6.5 million was distributed among 32 families, including five faculty members, using a methodology that took into account the length of hospital stays for those who survived.
It was also revealed Friday that Cinemark said in a letter it plans to reopen the theater where the Colorado shooting occurred. Aurora Mayor Steve Hogan asked the company to refurbish and reopen the theater based on request from victims and victim's advocates.
James Holmes, a former University of Colorado, Denver, graduate student, has been charged with 152 counts of murder, attempted murder and other crimes in the July 20 shooting. The 24-year-old has not entered a plea.
Associated Press writers Colleen Slevin and Ivan Moreno contributed to this report.


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Alex Smith's eyes got wide after he was handed the script for the Chiefs' first offensive series of the season at Jacksonville.
The Chiefs had practiced the first play on the list during the week, but Smith wasn't sure he'd see it on the very first snap of the Andy Reid era.
So Smith faked a handoff to Jamaal Charles, who went left, while Smith rolled right. He looked to his left and arched a deep pass 35 yards downfield for tight end Anthony Fasano, who had three steps on Jacksonville linebacker Russell Allen.
The ball, slightly overthrown, went through Fasano's outstretched fingertips.
The pass might have been incomplete, but the message was clear to the Chiefs and to the rest of the NFL.
"You love the aggressive attitude … you know … we're not going to hold anything back," Smith said. "You certainly going to take your opportunities here and there. That one presented itself and we took it."
The Chiefs didn't go back to that play or anything like it the rest of the game. But it was on tape for all the world to see, starting with Sunday's home opener against the Dallas Cowboys.
"No. 1, it sends a message to our team that we have the utmost confidence in everything we do," Chiefs offensive coordinator Doug Pederson said. "We're not going to shy away from taking shots early in the football game. You have to be able to do that.
"From a defensive standpoint, it sends a message, 'OK, there's an opportunity to have to defend the deep ball a little bit … It allows the defenders to be a little softer.' Sometimes when you present the same offensive formation, they've seen it once; you might get them once, but they'll be all over it next time.
"Then, because they are a little softer, you have the ability to be able to nickel and dime them a little bit."
Smith did nickel and dime the Jaguars the rest of the way. He completed 21 of 34 passes in the game for 173 yards and two touchdowns. Only four starting quarterbacks in the league threw for fewer yards, and only one, Jacksonville's Blaine Gabbert, averaged fewer yards per attempt than Smith's 5.09.
But once the Chiefs led comfortably at 21-2 and 28-2, and it was apparent Jacksonville was not going to move the ball on offense, the game became tantamount to a fifth preseason game.
The Chiefs, who worked on the Pistol and read option in the preseason, ran out of the Pistol formation just three times. Jamaal Charles gained one yard on the final play of the first quarter; Smith fumbled and lost seven yards on the second play of the second quarter; and he ran on a keeper to the right side for 13 yards on the next play.
Smith executed a read option once, which produced a five-yard run by Charles on the first play of the second quarter.
In the second half, there was no need for the no-huddle offense when there was clock to burn.
"We definitely want to go out there and spark it up quick and get momentum fast," wide receiver Dexter McCluster said. "We want to be aggressive coming out.
"In the second half, it's always good when you can keep your regular base offense on the field and not show too much. If needed, we could have done so …"
Reid, known for having a gimmick play or two every game, didn't have to reach in his bag of tricks.
"You're up three or four scores and you're not going to use those," Smith said
It probably won't take long for the Chiefs to dial up some big plays Sunday considering the Cowboys surrendered 450 passing yards and four touchdowns in their 36-31 win over the New York Giants. Dallas allowed completions of 70 and 57 yards to the Giants, and three receivers topped the 100-yard barrier.
Because the Chiefs didn't have to show much of their playbook in the opener, the Cowboys have had to refer to their semi-annual games against Reid's Philadelphia Eagles for hints on what to expect Sunday.
"What Andy has done throughout his career is always play with good pace and good tempo," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "Sometimes it's in a no-huddle format, other times it's within their system of offense. They've always had good offenses in Philly, they got off to a good start in Kansas City.
"They have some big play guys outside. You think of the size and stature of Dwayne Bowe … Alex has made a lot of big plays throughout his career down the field. He has excellent feet, he's an excellent athlete and can buy some time. We have to force him to get the ball out and pressure him and don't give him opportunities to make those plays down the field."
Even though the Chiefs didn't take any shots downfield in the second half, Reid wasn't happy his offense failed to score in their last seven possessions at Jacksonville. Reid was adamant he wasn't letting up on the gas.
"As an offensive coach you never want to play that way," Reid said. "(Dean Smith) was great at the four corners, but you can't think that way. The challenge for the offense is you score as much as you can score. You rest and kind of do that stalled technique in this league and the other team is going to catch up to you. That wasn't our objective in the second half.
"We have to do a better job there, I have to do a better job … We have to do a better job putting guys in a position where they can make some plays in the running and passing game."
There's little doubt in the minds of the Chiefs players that the offensive script for today's game will include some deep shots downfield.
"If you ever knew Andy Reid's offense …" said Charles, who lines up all over the field, including split wide. "He's never been a dink, dink, dink, dink … he's always deep-ball coach. In his schemes, he has stuff we can throw down low and get the chunks, chunks and then make the explosive play."


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Each week, the music directors of WESU, Jesse Brent and Adam Isaacson will be picking out our favorite new releases from the big pile we sort through at the station. Here are four recent records that jumped out at us:
Mountain Goats - Transcendental Youth
The new Mountain Goats album made quite a splash on the blogosphere. Here's what the Wesleyan Argus had to say: "a testament and tribute to the strife of the depressed, the destructive, the addicted, the hopeless and an unflinching and triumphantly empathetic paean that ranks among John Darnielle and company's best work." We recommend track #3 ("Cry for Judas").
Stereo Total - Cactus versus Brezel
Kudos to Forced Exposure for sending this irresistibly fun album from established Franco-German electro pop duo Stereo Total. Their 11th studio album delivers cheesy English lyrics and basic French vocab on top of playful melodies. We recommend the first two tracks ("Jaloux de mon succès", "Pixelize me") and more.
Jack of Heart - In Yer Mouth
Where did this band come from? And who did the album art? We know that Jack of Heart hail from somewhere in the south of France, which is surprising enough considering their psych-rock tendencies that hearken back to its heyday - with a little Serge Gainsbourg thrown in for good measure. They sing about Oscar Wilde: awesome. Check out #1, 3 and 4 ("Baby B****", "Lady Wilde", "Joh Jett III").
Night Moves - Colored Emotions
JB calls Night Moves a more psychedelic My Morning Jacket. The Minneapolis Star Tribune called this album "slow-grooving, neo-twangy, cosmically baked." Whatever you liken these guys to, be sure to give Colored Emotions a listen. Here's another great band out of the Twin Cities. Song #1, "Headlights", could have been on the Drive soundtrack if the movie had been more trippy than brutal. Play the whole dang thing.
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Like many threatened species, the Vulnerable Atlantic humpback dolphin (Sousa teuszii) is under pressure from anthropogenic activities. Industrial and commercial scale fishing forces locally-based artisanal fishers to within 200 metres of the beach – using their nets in critical habitat for this poorly understood marine mammal. In a recent field report SOS Grantee and IUCN Member, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) reports on the impact of routine and frequent surveillance patrols in the waters of Conkouati-Douli National Park (CDNP), in the Republic of Congo – one of two project sites- to deter and intercept the trawlers that are deemed the root cause of the problem.
According to project director, Tim Collins, patrols have intercepted 15 trawlers (both metal hulled and wooden vessels) fishing illegally in park waters since December 2013. He explains that with a limited number of eco-guards on a single patrol boat, it is difficult to board every illegal vessel in the area, and typically some flee during intercepts. More recently, park waters have become empty of trawlers during the day, but vessels have started to come in after dark, usually around 8-9pm, leaving again by 5-6am, while Tim and colleagues evaluate how to adapt to this new pattern of activity. One option being discussed is to head out late in the day, heading into deeper water under cover of darkness, anchoring at sea. Trawlers fishing illegally would be intercepted at first light when they are heading back out to sea, explains Tim, although this is not without risk, he adds!
Commenting on intercepted fishing boats, Tim explains these are generally registered locally with crews comprising a mix of Congolese and Chinese expatriates. In each case, skippers and vessels' paperwork were taken into custody and brought to land for prosecution, and in most cases, the vessels themselves were escorted to the anchorage near coastal villages to facilitate processing of fines and confiscation of gear. In addition some larger West African pirogues fishing with long filets dormant - bottom set gill nets often over 2.5km long - with Congolese, Beninese, Ghanaian and Senegalese crews, have also been found in the park. All of these have been made to recover their nets and advised on where park limits lay. These boats are treated more leniently although are always provided with a warning.
Crucially, funds collected from the fines have been reinvested in strengthening enforcement in the national park with a part set aside for funding local fisheries cooperatives. This has been incredibly important for the project and fishers alike according to Tim. "We promised fishers that we would take action and in return they would honour an agreement to free the inshore strip – dolphin habitat. Being able to complete missions and return some of the financial benefits is critical and is helping to generate local support and buy-in". This is extremely hard to do in a place where most people live from meal to meal and have very little room to make personal sacrifices, or risk loss such as moving their nets back into a risky area.
While part of the solution involves removing the trawler threat, the project's sustainable impact comes from improving stakeholder management of local fisheries, in conjunction with the creation of local fishing cooperatives to improve management of artisanal fisheries. The positive results of the marine patrols, along with the efficient and clear reinvestment of fine funds into park management and the creation of local fishing cooperatives, attest not only to the success of the conservation initiative but also to the interest of both national authorities and local communities to enforce regulations and improve the conservation prospects of coastal dolphins and other species within CNDP. For more information about this project's work in Mayumba National Park (Gabon) and Conkouati-Douli National Park (Republic of Congo) please visit the project page here.
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The northern plains, especially the Dakotas, are home to about half of the country's honey bee hives during the summer. It's been a good place for bees because they can gather nectar and pollen from so many wildflowers. But the landscape of the area is becoming less bee-friendly, and the consequences could be felt as far away as the almond groves of California, which depend on those same bees for pollination.
Corn Prices Making Life Difficult For N.D. Bees
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The Hands-On Training session will introduce you to the newest addition to the Cinema EOS Product Line, the EOS C300 Mark II. This training session will have a maximum of five attendees and last 5 hours, creating a unique opportunity to discuss complex concepts directly with the instructor. All attendees will be given a camera for the extent of the training, allowing for an interactive and first person learning experience. This small-form Hands-On Series encourages an open dialogue between participants and the instructor, and offers an in-depth, application-specific examination of the camera intended to prepare you for using it in any future production.
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