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What is known as "Semi-historical augmentation" or "Semi-historical attachment" is all The Coca-Cola Co. has adopted for Pemberton's use.
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On November 30, 2012, Fairfield, Maine art auctioneer James D. Julia, Inc. will sell the original Coca-Cola founding legacy and only known vintage "1888 Asa G. Candler & Co." 19th-century photograph of Dr. John Pemberton, the celebrated inventor of Coca-Cola. Pemberton and Asa G. Candler, the Coca -Cola co-founder are seen in the photo, with Candler holding a of paper exhibiting a proud look on his face.
The creation of paintings by Wilbur Kurtz, Sr, based on the "1888 Asa G. Candler & Co." albumen and the 'Dr. Pemberton' portrait by Royal Stowell executed in the 1950's, subsequently caught the eye of some Pemberton family members in Georgia.
Concurrently, some photographic images purported to be of Pemberton had been found among holdings of the extended family linked to Charley Pemberton and by the early 1990's it is claimed that distant 'namesakes' to the Pemberton name (and not bloodline) contacted The Coca-Cola Company to assert that they did not feel the Stowell Pemberton likeness Coca-Cola was using was correct.
One of the images from the extended family is claimed to be a 'daguerreotype' of Pemberton, his wife and son Charley taken in 1857. It has been said that the Pemberton House in Columbus, Georgia claims the 'historical' Pemberton image Coca-Cola is using is a copper plate 'daguerreotype' as well. However,it is clearly a bent-in-half torn paper image purported to be of Pemberton, for which the original albumen has never been made public and likely lost.
Often, historical groups, lacking professional curators confuse 'daguerreotypes' with later 'Ambrotypes' on glass and also 'tintypes' on tin These formats are all found as cased images under glass, appearing the same. A centrifuge of confusion is furthered by an inability to confirm the photographic process used, like determining a paper albumen from a salt print, vis a vis from a daguerreotype. Other problems also exist.
Over-sized modern closely cropped late 20th-century silver-gelatin photo blow-up copies hang at the historic Pemberton House. Purported period originals are claimed by the Pemberton House, but to date is only hearsay.
The bent-in-half distressed 'Pemberton' portrait Coca-Cola unofficially uses today without trademark has been totally retouched and not 'The Real Thing.' .
Conversely, if the 19th-century albumen of the bent-in-half 'Pemberton' does exist, what period autograph inscription is on the back, if any - to authenticate the image is really that of Pemberton? An effort to match to known autographs / handwriting found in separate familial exemplar letters (if they exist), or courthouse deeds, would be best, but not yet conducted. Without this, the authentication links are forever severed. It must be tied to independent exemplars in the manner employed authenticating the Codex Lipack telegraph manuscript journal of Wm. Fothergill Cooke. Without this, the Pemberton likeness remains unfounded.
The extended family has no vested interest in Pemberton being corrected. This is clear, as none of their original artifacts have been analyzed by experts like the George Eastman House or Getty Museum, all taking into consideration various needed exemplars, again, if they even exist. Coca-Cola never mounted independent research before unofficially using the extended families unauthenticated Pemberton.
The extended family is beholden to a historical resurrection of Pemberton. They have no vested interest in either the 'myth' that Coca-Cola has created, nor any financial interest in seeing the revelation of who he really was on the day of April 14, 1888. The historical scene that appears to be taking place in the articulately staged photograph that is the "1888 Asa G. Candler & Co." albumen, is of no concern to Coca-Cola, the Pemberton House or the extended family.
The only vested interest is for all three parties to continue the myth, with the only financial benefit being Coca-Cola's.
Before Coca-Cola started to use the image, they retouched out the bends, tears and distressed areas, giving 'Pemberton' a face lift. Because the direct bloodline to Charley and Dr. Pemberton had been severed upon Charley's death, no direct clear title for the "rights of publicity" could ever be transferred from the extended family, which consists today of several unrelated and distant bloodlines in the form of cousins, half-cousins, great uncles and the like. Thus, The Coca-Cola Co. has no viable legal means of securing clear title to use the Pemberton likeness and name on printed cups, cans, sides of trucks, etc., or enable them to secure a "U.S. Registered Trademark" to use any likeness and name supplied by the extended Pemberton familial links, commercially.
What is known as "Semi-historical augmentation" or "Semi-historical attachment" is all The Coca-Cola Co. has adopted for Pemberton's use. Proposed reality is that Coca-Cola's Dr. Pemberton is definitely not "The Real Thing!" For a mega-billion dollar company, Coca-Cola certainly has made no effort to properly authenticate the original source of their Dr. Pemberton. Internal legal advisement apparently was given essentially for 'historical publicity with no sales in mind.'
"Lemon Orange E," a beverage named in the albumen on the pharmacy building window will likely attract modern venture capitalists. Pemberton is standing right next to his drink's name. This elixir, combined with Pemberton and Candler's earliest previously unknown images - will not have any trademark registration and distribution problems from the Atlanta cola giant!
"French Wine Coca," another Pemberton elixir name featured, could be highly suitable for distribution in France and through-out Europe as a wine, liquor or other fermented beverage like ChocoVine from Holland. The American Pemberton namesake and high resolution image shrewdly marketed on non-Coca-Cola bottle labels and in advertisements - could become a veritable craze!
If the "1888 Asa Griggs Candler & Co." photo and its 'high resolution rights' come to be owned by an outside venture capitalist group, a competitive soft drink company or outside private investor - and used commercially independent of the Coca-Cola advertise realm; this could actually change the course of the way the pop cola's image and credibility is perceived.
A new "Cola Wars" perhaps? Could this radically alter the stock, options and futures value of the company?
A delightful documentary movie is available for viewing at the James D. Julia, Inc., auction website found at; http://www.jamesdjulia.com/auctions/div_catalog_335_sh.asp
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As a Coca-Cola collectible, the "1888 Asa. G. Candler & Co." photograph is the earliest known piece of Coca-Cola memorabilia extant. The Coca-Cola company museum in Atlanta does not possess a 19th-century original example of this historic albumen. With an estimated value of $50,000 to $75,000 set, the sale of the original only known "1888 Asa G. Candler & Co." photo is believed will finally set the record straight respective of the real Dr. Pemberton - once and for all!
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Israel continues to face many serious threats and potential threats: a nuclear Iran, an emboldened Hezbollah, and the dislike or hatred of various European states and some on the American left. But one senses that a greater threat is posed by what looks like rampant corruption within Israel itself.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert symbolizes the problem. Golda Meir resigned after the Yom Kippur war, which Israel won. Olmert did not resign after the botched war in Lebanon. This contrast alone suggests decline.
But now Olmert faces credible charges of corruption. An American businessman, Morris Talansky, says he gave Olmert more than $150,000 over a 15 year period, much of it cash stuffed into envelopes. Talansky says that, though the money was intended to help fund Olmert's political campaigns, in fact it helped support Olmert's lavish lifestyle — a fancy Italian vacation, fine cigars, and a stay at the Ritz-Carlton in Washington, D.C.
Olmert is also being investigated over evidence that he may have bilked various charities of more than $100,000 by billing multiple organizations for the same flights and hotel stays. These organizations are said to include the Holocaust memorial authority, a group that supports Israeli soldiers, and a group that helps mentally retarded children.
Olmert claims that it's all a set-up by corrupt state law enforcement authorities. If true, that would exonerate Olmert, but it would hardly reduce the sense that corruption is rampant in Israel. Nor does that sense rest on the Olmert affair, whatever the truth of it. One reads frequently of venality in high places in Israel.
Israelis live under great pressure, and it is not surprising that they have become quite materialistic. Americans are at least as bad, with less excuse. And while an Israel as materialistic as today's might not have prevailed in 1948, there's no reason to assume that it cannot survive today, given the technological and related advantages it possesses. But a corrupt Israel — one in which its soldiers are asked to sacrifice so much while its leaders line their pockets — is another matter.
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WADSWORTH, Ill. (AP) - A book of personal White House family photos was mistakenly sent to a suburban Chicago woman, who says she's making sure the Christmas gift finds its way to the rightful recipient.
Alane Church tells NBC's "Today" show she was surprised to find the "beautiful, personal" book shoved in the bottom of a damaged box of packages her family opened at their Wadsworth home on New Year's Day.
WLS-TV reports the book included a hand-written gift tag from "Barack, Michelle + the girls."
Church won't show anyone what's in the book. But she says the pictures of first daughters Sasha and Malia Obama offer a glimpse of "very special, private moments of their year of 2013 together."
The White House confirmed the errant delivery but offered no details.
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For skywatchers like me, using binoculars is as much a part of life as a telescope. I can take my 10x50 binoculars anywhere, and it's through them that I know the sky best.
But hand-held binoculars have one huge problem. They jiggle. You can't see nearly as much in a jiggling view as in a still one.
Putting the binoculars on a tripod doesn't work if you want to look much above horizontal. Special parallelogram-type binocular mounts let you aim all over the sky, but their bulk (and occasionally poor design) work against binocular observing's handy, quick-look appeal. The modern breakthrough solution is the image-stabilized binocular, which uses electromechanical magic to calm the jittering with the push of a button. But it doesn't come cheap. The runaway market leaders are the Canon IS series of imaged-stabilized binos, but the 15x50s that I lust for approach $1,000. Ouch!
However, I've discovered that you can add image stabilization to ordinary binoculars for practically nothing, with scrap wood and less than an evening's work.
Image Stabilize Your Binoculars: Beating the Jitters
Let's consider the problem. Hand-held binoculars can move in six degrees of freedom (motion in all three dimensions, and rotation in all three dimensions). But only two of the six actually cause the image to move in your view: rotation of the binoculars around the two axes oriented left-right and up-down. A sailor or an airplane pilot would call these motions "pitch" and "yaw." Stabilizing the view means increasing the binoculars' moment of inertia — resistance to rotation — around these two axes.
To achieve this, I first tried attaching my binoculars to a big, vertical plus-sign made of wood with weights on the four ends. This certainly helped, but it was awkward. I next tried a big wooden T, which had better balance but didn't steady the view as much as I hoped. The most efficient design, I realized, would be a single rigid stalk extending straight in front of or behind the binoculars with a weight on the far end. But if it was in front, the balance would be awful, and if it was behind, my head would be in the way.
At this point my friend Eric Johansson of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston had a brainstorm: make a long, rectangular frame extending front and back with your head between the sides of the frame. Pictured above is my result: a frame 5 feet long, with a heavier piece of wood in back to increase the moment of inertia. This method to image stabilize your binoculars isn't pretty but it works! The binoculars ride on a tiltable cross-piece positioned so that the frame balances on the shoulders with the binoculars at comfortable eye height. I call it my Image-Stabilizing Binocular Frame.
It works! When my 10x50s are attached to it (either with a bungee cord as shown below, or better, with a ¼-20 bolt into the binoculars' tripod socket between the barrels), the jiggles are greatly reduced. I can see much more, yet still have total, hand-held freedom of movement to aim anywhere high or low.
Construction Points
My frame is made with two 5-foot lengths of 1-by-2 pine with cross members at the ends. How long should yours be? A short frame is less awkward to transport, but the longer it is, the steadier the views. Five feet was my tradeoff between convenience (to fit in my small car) and good stabilization. The two long sides of the frame are held apart by an 8-inch-long piece of 1-by-2 in the front and 2-by-6 in the back. (Eight inches is about right for my shoulders while allowing a winter parka hood inside.) The rear piece also functions as a counterweight.
The binoculars sit on a pivoting crosspiece consisting of another piece of 2-by-6 with a vertical slat screwed to its front, as shown. But it might have been better to use a 2-by-8 instead; after the photos here were taken, I glued a piece of 2-by-3 on top of the 2-by-6 to add height so I wouldn' t have to hunch to look if the binoculars are held to the top by a bungee cord as shown. Better would be to attach the binoculars to the vertical slat at whatever is the ideal height for you, by using a ¼-20 bolt through the vertical slat and into the binoculars' tripod-mounting socket.
Make the crosspiece assembly, attach your binoculars to it, then slide the assembly up and down in the frame to find where the frame balances on your shoulders with the eyepieces comfortably at your eyes. You can hold the crosspiece to the frame temporarily with string or rubber bands while you make this balancing adjustment. I found that the frame handles best if it's balanced to be just a little back-heavy.
Attach the crosspiece to the frame with a single screw on each side. The screw should go into the 2-by-6 close to its bottom, as shown. The vertical slat now serves as a handle to let you pivot the binoculars up and down a bit to position the eyepieces most comfortably to your eyes for any viewing angle.
For proper pivoting, drill holes through the sides of the frame big enough for the screws to slide through freely; the screws should bite into the crosspiece only. I put a split-ring spring washer under the screw head on each side to make it easy to adjust the pivoting friction by tightening or loosening the screws.
Brave New Views
With my 10x50s mounted to the Image-Stabilizing Frame, I can see the galaxies M81 and M82 in Ursa Major for the first time through my suburban sky. All four of Jupiter's moons are much easier to see and hold, and I even glimpsed Saturn's moon Titan (with difficulty) for the first time in binoculars. I can easily split once-frustrating double stars, such as the little 8th-magnitude pair Burnham 536 centered in the Pleiades, and resolve vague open clusters into swarms of points. Hundreds of formerly "telescopic" features hold steady on the Moon.
Testing showed that with the frame, I can see objects 0.5 magnitude fainter than with the same binoculars hand-held. This means that on average, you can successfully hunt down twice as many astronomical objects of any given type. (If you do the math, it turns out that seeing 0.5 magnitude deeper just about doubles the volume of space that you can examine for objects of a given luminosity.)
Going Steadier
Nevertheless, some wavering of the image remained — and I wanted to get rid of it totally. Experiments revealed a law of diminishing returns: even a big, awkward frame nearly 8 feet long with barbell weights on the ends left some residual wavering.
The simple solution, I found, is to have something behind you, such as a wall, post, or car, that you can touch the back of the frame against once you've located your target. For this purpose, I stuck a pipe meant to support a bird feeder into the middle of my lawn. Merely backing up slightly and pressing the rear of the frame to the pipe makes the stars hold still! Using the Image-Stabilizing Frame this way increases the reach of my binoculars by about another 0.3 magnitude (increasing the number of observable objects by another 50%), makes Titan plain as day, and even begins to resolve the Trapezium multiple star in the Orion Nebula!
Nowadays I leave my 10x50s on the frame all the time. It stands by the door ready for a moment's use. Okay, it won't fit in a backpack. But it didn't cost $1,000, and it doesn't eat batteries.
Try making one for yourself, and see how much better a stabilized view really is.
Update: Here are some other people's versions.
Alan MacRobert, a Sky & Telescope senior editor, is proud of his geekitude and thinks do-it-yourselfing builds character.


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BBC faces attack from both sides
"At a time when the government's Digital Britain report has argued that the licence fee should be 'top-sliced' and shared with the BBC's competitors, the corporation finds itself unusually short of friends and increasingly vulnerable," George Eaton wrote on NewStatesman.com at the beginning of September, following James Murdoch's attack on the BBC in Edinburgh.
Furthermore, 'with a Tory party increasingly sceptical of the BBC's size and scale on the brink of power, the corporation faces the threat of a powerful alliance between Cameron's Conservatives and Murdoch's News Corporation,' he suggested.
But it's not just the Conservatives it needs to worry about: yesterday the corporation found itself attacked again – this time by the culture secretary (and former BBC reporter) Ben Bradshaw (speech in full at this list) who said the BBC has probably reached its size limit, the licence fee could be reduced, and that the trust model might not be 'sustainable'.
The chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons is defensive of the BBC (a position criticised by Bradshaw last night: 'I know of no other area of public life where (…) the same body is both regulator and cheerleader') and wants to speak directly to the licence fee payers.
Last week, for example, the chairman chose to issue an 'open letter' (or as MediaGuardian accurately pointed out, a press release) on the BBC website with evidence of licence fee payer support for the corporation.
Asked on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme this morning why he bypassed the government with this statement, he said:
"Well how else do I communicate with the people that I am charged by the charter with representing? I am not charged with obeying ministers, I am charged with protecting the independence of the BBC and representing the licence fee payer."
The chairman issued this statement this morning, defending the Trust:
"The next Charter Review [of the Trust] is many years down the line [2017] and we should be judged on our performance then. In the meantime, we have been set up to be, as the then secretary of state put it in 2006, 'the voice, eyes and ears of licence fee payers'.
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A research project which aims to safeguard tens of thousands of swans and geese started this week with the installation of more than 150 special 'bird diverters' in Lancashire.
The study is being undertaken by a partnership involving Lancaster University, Electricity North West and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT).
The efficiency of different types of diverter, special attachments to lines making them stand out to birds in flight, will be examined as part of the research project. Agricultural, weather and landscape factors affecting birds' flights will also be studied.
Flying collisions are the most commonly recorded cause of death for swans, whose size means they have poor manoeuvrability in flight.
The study area around WWT Martin Mere in Lancashire is the winter home of 30,000 pink-footed geese and 2,500 whooper swans and has been identified as a sensitive area for collisions.
Dr Ian Hartley, a Senior Lecturer at the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University and a behavioural ecology expert, said: "This is a great opportunity and we are very pleased to be working with new partners on a project of such high calibre which is going to have a large impact on the area around where the geese and swans winter.
"One of our Master's students will work on the project for a year and our input will be to add knowledge on the analysis and geographic information systems aspects."
Head of UK Waterbird Conservation for WWT Dr Eileen Rees said: "Tens of thousands of migratory geese and swans make the UK's wetlands their winter homes. Collisions with power lines are a major cause of death for them, so WWT is delighted to be working with Electricity North West to make Lancashire, and the UK as a whole, a safer place for them. Through this innovative partnership we aim to gather evidence for solutions that work in our modern landscape. As well as reducing the risk to swans and geese, the results of the study should help electricity suppliers throughout the UK provide their service with fewer unnecessary interruptions."
Future network manager for Electricity North West Steve Cox, said: "We hope that the diverters and our subsequent research will go on to help birds and electricity customers across the UK. By working closely with WWT Martin Mere we discovered this was a sensitive section of the network as it was located in a known flight path and we are delighted to be able to help protect these wonderful birds. By limiting the chances of any collisions, the special diverters will also reduce any possible impact on customer power supplies."
Throughout this winter, the study will closely observe the flight behaviour of geese and swans in and around WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre. It will determine the importance of features, such as tree lines, the choice of crops and the wind direction on the birds' choice of flight line and height.


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Bill Buckner.That is all.
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Venezuela took part in its first summit meeting of the Mercosur trade bloc as a full member on Friday, but without President Hugo Chavez present.
Sitting in for Chavez at the one-day gathering of South American leaders in the Brazilian capital was Venezuelan oil minister Rafael Ramirez.
Venezuela became was welcomed into Mercosur in July.
Chavez's absence at the meeting raised new questions about his health.
The president returned to Venezuela on Friday after 10 days of medical treatment in Cuba, where he underwent hyperbaric oxygen treatment. Chavez has spent much of the past 18 months under treatment for cancer and has said he's free of the disease.
Present at the meeting were the presidents of the other countries that comprise Mercosur: Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Argentina's Cristina Fernandez and Jose Mujica of Uruguay.
Paraguay, the other Mercosur member, was not represented because it was suspended in June after the hasty impeachment of then-President Fernando Lugo.
"With Venezuela's entry, Mercosur now extends to the Caribbean and Amazon," Rousseff said in a speech. "As a bloc we are now the world's fifth largest economy, with an enormous energy-generating potential, a huge food producing potential and a substantial industrial park."
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Across from you is Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and probably the most influential person in the world when it comes to financial markets and the economy.
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Zenonia Review
Gamevil's Zenonia has been the subject of fan lust for a few months now, ever since we first got our hands on it at GDC 2009.
Though the final product isn't perfect, Zenonia knows its audience and treats it to an adventure of epic proportions. This game blows the iPhone's other action RPGs away with obsessively detailed gameplay and a monumentally huge game world that will keep many exploring for weeks on end.
Bring the pain!
All is not well in the land of Zenonia. The forces of light, led by the Holy Knights, are locked in conflict with the dark side, represented by the Dragon Clan… and the game's mysterious young hero, Regret, is stuck in the middle.
No spoilers here, but suffice it to say that Zenonia's story runs through many classic RPG themes. The countryside's infested with monsters, the magic seals that keep chaos at bay are weakening, and Regret isn't even sure who he is, let alone which side he's on.
It's boilerplate stuff, but it's artfully written and there's a nice touch of humor behind it. There's a lot of dialog in this game, to be sure, but it doesn't feel like a chore to read it (although we did notice an unusually high number of typos and grammar errors). The characters banter and swear at each other. They seem aware of how goofy some of the plot twists are, and they occasionally even joke about being stuck in a game. Many of these RPGs take themselves far too seriously, but Zenonia isn't one of them.
You also have some control over where the story goes. The game is peppered with moral choices that steer Regret towards the light or dark sides. These affect your selection of quests over the course of the game, adding to replay value.
Zenonia's story is woven around a solid core of exploration, item collection, and combat. Superficially, Zenonia plays a lot like Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past–you walk around a landscape from on overhead perspective, whacking enemies with your weapon. The game's virtual d-pad works fairly well for movement, although we wish the dash move had its own button instead of requiring a double-tap.
But Zenonia combines this basic gameplay with much more complex RPG mechanics. For instance, you have your choice of three character classes, which each have their own items and skills. You have a full inventory, and you can equip multiple pieces of armor and magic talismans. There's a full skill tree to work through, for adding special attacks and passive abilities to your character. You can upgrade your magic items by combining them, and run up to five quests at once. Some quests are only available at certain times of day. Basically, Zenonia has the feature set of a full PC or console action RPG, not an iPhone game.
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This insane level of depth is great for those who want to really get lost in a game, but it may turn off more casual players. In fact, some of it just seems like overkill–it's a pain to keep your equipment in good repair, and you even have to eat from time to time to keep up your strength. Detail is one thing, but is all this stuff really necessary?
Plus, not everyone will have the patience to deal with the high level of difficulty. Like many Korean RPGs, Zenonia requires a good deal of grinding. You'll run into several points where you simply won't be strong enough to beat a boss, or make it through a certain area. That means you'll have to pull back and run through some sidequests until you've leveled up enough to punch through. Luckily, you can save the game at any time (and it saves automatically on call interrupt), so you can hop in and out whenever it's convenient.
Zenonia's anime-style graphics are vibrant, colorful, and full of artistic flourishes. The animation deserves special praise. Characters display emotion bubbles during dialog that add weight to the conversation, and motion-line effects during combat sell the action. The music's a mostly forgettable collection of short loops, but at least there's a lot of them.
At the moment, the App Store is tilted heavily towards casual, throw-away games that are good for a few minutes of entertainment here and there. Zenonia is the exact opposite. This is a real video game that demands serious levels of time and attention.
But for those eager to make that kind of commitment, there's no better buy than Zenonia. You'll be playing it for weeks, if not months.


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Auburn man killed in crash; police say likely not storm-related
An Auburn man died Friday afternoon when his car struck a tree off the Route 28 Bypass. Police say that accident does not appear to be related to the road conditions produced by the snowstorm.
The man was driving southbound on the Route 28 bypass between Spofford Road and Rattlesnake Hill Road in Auburn when his car left the roadway and struck a tree.
"It doesn't look like speed or alcohol were factors," said Sergeant Chip Chabot. "It might be an underlying medical issue that we have to look at."
Chabot noted that on his way to the scene of accident, the roadways were "clear and unobstructed."
The man's parents have been notified of his passing. His name has not been released.
A stretch of the Route 28 Bypass approaching the accident was shut down just before 1 p.m. Police reopened the road around 3 p.m.


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As a former NFL quarterback and multi-award winner on and off the field, Archie Manning drives home the significance of how great leadership and teamwork can bring success in your personal and professional live.
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Author, former diplomat, speaker and now a sought-after advisor to Fortune 50 and Silicon Valley CEOs, Anja Manuel shares her powerful insights on the rise of emerging markets in Asia and beyond, what this means for us and America's future role in international leadership.
Topics: American Politics, Asia, Business Growth/Strategy/Trends, Change: Managing/Leading It, China, Economic Forecast, Election Forecast/Analysis, Europe, Financial Markets, Foreign Policy - U.S., Global Economy, Global Trade, Leadership, Middle East, National Security, Terrorism , Women and Politics, Women's Issues
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A renowned leader whose advice is sought by America's top policy makers, Barry McCaffrey provides an unflinching assessment on the leadership challenges that face complex organizations—and what businesses need to know about our national security future.
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Patty McCord brings the Silicon Valley concepts of fresh ideas and innovation and applies them to rethinking the way we work. She challenges norms and invites us to reconsider the idea of "best practices."
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Greg McKeown is a business writer, consultant and researcher specializing in leadership and the tools for success with a focus on living and leading as an essentialist.
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Stephanie McMahon is chief brand officer for WWE and was named to its Board of Directors in 2015. Stephanie is responsible for working with WWE's business units to support key growth initiatives and represents WWE as its global brand ambassador among key constituencies including government, advertisers, media, business partners and investors. She is the primary spokesperson for WWE's corporate social responsibility initiatives, including Special Olympics, Susan G. Komen and Be a STAR, WWE's anti-bullying program. In 2014, Stephanie and her husband, Paul Levesque, established Connor's Cure, a fund dedicated to furthering Pediatric cancer research. Stephanie is also a TV personality, appearing regularly on WWE's flagship programming.
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AccuRate Sustainability contains all the functions of earlier versions of AccuRate, but also has a series of additional features including streamlined and simplified data entry and more assessment modules to save time, improve productivity and broaden the services you offer.
AccuRate Sustainability has an annual subscription pricing model and included support. The added flexibility and depth of functionality ensures AccuRate Sustainability sets the software standard for residential sustainability assessors.Certificate credits, which allow assessors to generate rating certificates for their projects, are purchased separately at very competitive rates.
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Whether you are currently in college or ready to embark on your post-grad experience, it is imperative to be well educated about your finances, banking, and spending activities. We thought that it would be beneficial to give all you 20-somethings out there a quick lesson in banking that will hopefully stick with you for years to come.
Check your account history daily.
Here at Bank of Walterboro , we cannot stress enough the importance of keeping track of your transactions and spending habits. Whether this means writing your transactions down or using a website or online banking app to track your activity, it allows you to play an active role in your financial activity and stay involved in your banking experience. While it may be a pain to monitor your spending habits and keep tabs on the amount of money flowing in and out of your account, doing so will help you avoid the habit of spending your money too quickly and carelessly.
For example, have you ever received a paycheck, cashed it, bought a few items throughout the week, and then as the week comes to an end, checked your balance and wondered where all your money went? Unfortunately, these moments occur regularly and you do not want to get accustomed to spending your money in a careless and erratic manner. Regularly monitoring your account history and staying on the lookout for additional and unnecessary charges will help you stop any spending issues in their tracks.
Pay attention to when your checks are cashed.
When you make a purchase using your debit card, it immediately shows up on your account history. Do not forget that checks are handled differently and can take as long as a week to be cashed. This means you should curb your spending until you are positive that your check has been cashed. Paying attention to the status of your checks goes hand in hand with checking your account balance and history daily. Your current balance will inform you if your check has or has not been deposited yet. The last thing you want to experience is an unfortunate overdraft fee or a bounced check. Trust us –they are a lot more hassle than they're worth!
Avoid ATMs unless absolutely necessary.
The convenience of ATMs is what draws in many people, however their increasing user fees are a significant downside. According to 24/7 Wall Street , in 2014, ATM fees for those who use other bank's ATMs rose to $2.77 and consumer's own banks also raised their fees to about $1.58, making the average cost for using another institution's ATM approximately $4.35. These fees really add up over time and can take out a chunk of money each ATM visit. The money taken out by ATMs could be better allocated to your future savings or other accounts. While it is completely understandable to use the ATM every once in a while, making a habit out of it will have a negative impact on your wallet in the long run.Posted: 06/25/18
Posted: 06/22/18 Good Samaritan Community Services (GSCS) is seeking a Development Director to office at its San Antonio location. The Director of Development will help design and implement a comprehensive plan for cultivating individual and philanthropic support. This is an opportunity for an entrepreneurial development professional to establish a process, plan and infrastructure that emphasizes donor cultivation and stewardship. The successful candidate will forge and deepen relationships to create and build fund development efforts through strategies and supportive activities and will be responsible for raising $1,500,000 – $2,500,000 annually. See full job description and information about GSCS .Posted: 06/22/18
Posted: 06/22/18 Good Samaritan Community Services is seeking a Human Resources Manager to office at its San Antonio location. The Human Resources Manager is responsible for participating in setting the future course for the agency and its employees. He/she will manage the overall provision of Human Resource services by implementing/coordinating HR policies, employee hiring, onboarding, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, terminations, agency insurance and employee benefit programs. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team (ELT), the primary role is to serve as a catalyst for change, supporting staff, board members, clients and the community to be a place of excellent community services to overcome the impact of poverty. See full job description and application requirements .
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St. Alban's, Harlingen, is seeking a full-time Director of Student Ministries. This is a full-time position, and lay or ordained may apply. The Director of Student Ministries will be responsible for pastoral ministry, formation, education, and fellowship for students from grades 6-12. We are looking for someone who has a vibrant faith in Jesus, an entrepreneurial spirit and experience leading youth to grow in their faith. The ideal candidate would have the skill and enthusiasm for developing and implementing a comprehensive student ministry program (group building, worship, formation/discipleship, mission, and outreach), while serving as a spiritual leader and role model. Please
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Victor M. Osorio of Wurtsboro passed away on February 22, 2013 at Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, NY. He was 74 yrs old. He was born in Puerto Rico on April 12, 1938 to Gilbert and Esmeralda Moralis Osorio.
Victor was a security officer for many years at the MGM Studios in Manhattan, NY. He was also member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Bloomingburg, NY. He is survived by his life companion Adela Rexach at home; daughters, Darlene Arce and husband, Miguel of Wurtsboro NY, Lillian Osorio of Queens, NY; brother, Gilbert Osorio Jr.; sisters, Carman Barbosa, Lucy Santiago and husband, Ralph, Nerida Lucy Osorio; grandchildren, Ricardo, Daniel, Anthony, Cassandra and Michael, Caitlyn; great grandchild, Elana; several nieces and nephews, aunts and uncles and many good friends.
Victor was predeceased by Steven Osorio and also brothers and a sister.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, 21 Joshua Drive, Bloomingburg, NY 12721.
Cremation Cedar Hill Crematory Memorial Services will be held on Saturday March 2, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness, 21 Joshua Drive, Bloomingburg, NY 12721.
Arrangements made by the Gridley-Horan Funeral Home, Inc., 39 Orchard St., Walden, NY 12586 845 778-3811 www.gridleyhoran.com.


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Marion Cotillard books "Two Days, One Night"
Marion Cotillard will star in 'Two Days, One Night'.
The actress - who is coming off a wave of award nominations for her role in 'Rust and Bone' - has booked her next part in Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's French language film about a woman who has to convince her co-workers to give up their bonuses so she can keep her job.
Co-director Luc told TheFilmStage.com: ''We are looking forward to collaborating with Marion. We are all big fans of each others' work.''
Palme d'Or winning brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre won critical acclaim for their 2011 film, 'The Kid with the Bike', and have been working on the script for the latest project - which will officially be titled 'Deux Jours, Une Nuit' - for several years, but only finished working on it last year.
Belgian actor Fabrizio Rongione, who starred in the brothers' earlier directorial effort 'The Kid with the Bike', will co-star as Marion's husband as she tries to visit all of her colleagues over the limited time span of two days in a desperate bid to hold on to her job.
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CRA Recommendations Support Public Policy Engagement by Charities
In a significant win for Canada's charitable sector, the Canada Revenue Agency has recommended major changes to laws and regulations that will encourage charities to engage more fully in public policy dialogue and development.
In September 2017, the Minister of National Revenue launched a consultation process with the charitable sector and the public to assist in clarifying the rules for the participation of charities in "political activities." In addition, a panel of charity experts would be created to provide recommendations to the government using feedback from the consultations.
AFP and many other sector leaders submitted comments in late 2016. While AFP suggested several specific changes, in general its comments called on the government to:
- Reframe the language used by CRA and the federal government so as to encourage, not restrict, charitable engagement with elected officials. At a minimum, the current category of "political activities" should be changed to a term that is less confusing, does not have a negative connotation for charities and encourages charities to engage with elected officials and other policy makers. AFP would recommend "public advocacy" as a possible name, but we would also encourage CRA to reach out to the sector to see what language would encourage more engagement.
- Explicitly state that seeking information about rules for getting engaged in the public policy process will not subject the organization to additional scrutiny beyond what the rules call for and the information charities are required to provide to the government.
AFP is pleased that many of its proposals were included in the panel's recommendations to the government.
Panel Recommendations
As an immediate first step to respond to the Panel's recommendations, Minister Lebouthillier has asked the CRA to suspend all action in relation to the remaining audits and objections that were part of the Political Activities Audit Program, initiated in 2012. The Report indicates that "numerous consultation submissions noted that this program has resulted in a pervasive "chill" on the public policy and advocacy activities of charities". This suspension will be in effect until the government officially responds to the Panel's report.
The Panel offers four recommendations, with the first two relating to interim administrative changes, and the second two focused on the longer-term legislative changes required:
- Revise the CRA's administrative position and policy (including its policy guidance, CPS -022 Political Activities) to enable charities to fully engage in public policy dialogue and development.
- Implement changes to the CRA's administration of the ITA in the following areas: compliance and appeals, audits, and communication and collaboration to enhance clarity and consistency.
- Amend the ITA by deleting any reference to non-partisan "political activities" to explicitly allow charities to fully engage, without limitation, in non-partisan public policy dialogue and development, provided that it is subordinate to and furthers their charitable purposes.
- Modernize the legislative framework governing the charitable sector (ITA) to ensure a focus on charitable purposes rather than activities, and adopt an inclusive list of acceptable charitable purposes to reflect current social and environmental issues and approaches.
Some of the issues relating to "political activities" cannot be fully resolved by changes to the administration of current ITA provisions. Legislative change is required to broaden and simplify the requirements for charities and to remove other obstacles to their contribution to society that are unnecessary and counter-productive.
"We were very pleased to read the panel's recommendations and to note that the charitable sector voices, including AFPs, had a significant impact on them," said Dan Brunette, chair of the Canadian Government Relations Committee. "Thanks to the proactive engagement of our members through the years and open dialogue with other key stakeholders, AFP has become as a trusted resource and an active participant in helping shape public policy."
With the panel's recommendations, the federal government will now officially view charity engagement in the public policy process as positive and needed for the betterment of society. As the executive summary of the report states:
To enable and maximize the contributions of charities, we need a regulatory environment that respects and encourages their participation in public policy dialogue and development. This is not currently the case. The legislative framework for regulating charities in Canada is outdated and overly restrictive. It is, in the words of one submission, "antiquated, subjective, arbitrary and confusing – denying Canadians the right to have their voices heard through the charities they support."
The full report of the panel can be found here. AFP will continue to update members on this issue and provide fuller talking points about the new changes as CRA moves forward.
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Today, in 2014, race relations are much better than at any previous time in our history. No one is enslaved because of their race. No one races down back roads in the South to escape a lynch mob. No American Indians are forcibly marched off their land to make way for white settlers. No citizens are interned in relocation camps because of their race, as was done to Japanese-Americans during World War II.
These sad events, and others like them, have two common characteristics � they were propagated against racial groups, and they do not occur in today's society. The lack of atrocities today and the legal protection afforded minorities is a testament to continuing enlightenment in racial acceptance over the course of the last 50 years.
Chronologically speaking, the American Indians were the first racial group to be persecuted in America because the European colonists wanted their land. Settlers attacked Indian settlements to force them to move. Ninety percent of all American Indians died.
While these acts occurred before we became a nation, they are at the root of American history and are critical to understanding later atrocities committed against Indians, such as the Trail of Tears. The U.S. government, in the 1840s, forced thousands of Cherokee Indians from their homes in Southeast America and marched them across the Appalachian Mountains to Oklahoma. Thousands died on the journey.
In the late 1800s, a war was fought between the tribes of the Great Plains and the U.S. Army for possession of tribal land. It was at this time that the famous battles such as Custer's Last Stand and the massacre at Wounded Knee occurred.
Today, there is no war between the Indian Tribal Nations and the U.S. Although conditions on the Indian reservations are poor and need to be improved, Indians who choose to integrate into U.S. society are socially accepted, and there are no attempts to destroy their culture.
African-Americans have also been treated poorly in America for nearly as many years as the Indians. The first Africans to come to America were European slaves who were brought to work on the plantations of white men in the South.
The slaves were treated as property, so they could be beaten,whipped, starved, raped, or killed at the discretion of their owner. They had no human rights and families were often split up during slave auctions.
In 1865, the Civil War effectively ended slavery, and blacks nominally gained rights in the South. However, they did not receive them because high poll taxes and beatings by townspeople served to turn away any man who tried to vote. Lynch mobs wandered the streets at night, looking to hang any African-American they could find.
Everything in life was segregated � bathrooms, bubblers, schools, restaurants, and buses, to name a few. Then, in the 1950s, the Civil Rights movement created an atmosphere for change. The South was desegregated, and openly racist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan were stopped. Today, even in the South, African-Americans have the same rights as their white counterparts, both in name and in fact. Attacks and killings simply because the victim is black are uncommon. These societal changes have resulted in a dramatic improvement in race relations in today's society.
After the U.S. entered World War II in 1941, Japanese-Americans were relocated to work camps because the U.S. government and populace were suspicious they were Japanese spies.
Little to no evidence of actual espionage activities was gathered; instead, prisoners were selected and imprisoned based on race and appearance alone. Their property was confiscated and their rights violated. After the war ended, the citizens were released, and today, there is little obvious discrimination against Japanese-Americans.
The advent of programs such as affirmative action exemplify our government's attempt to improve opportunities and living conditions for disadvantaged groups. Under affirmative action, minority groups have a better opportunity to secure jobs in a variety of settings. It requires they be given an equal opportunity to succeed.
In addition, hate-crime laws attempt to bring an end to violence against minorities.
Society helped to curb racially based attacks by declaring discriminatory acts serious crimes. While neither of these laws existed even 50 years ago, they promote equality through quality of life and security.
This exemplifies that American society is more tolerant of each other and striving to make a better world for all citizens.
John Petrovick, a graduate of Hudson High School, is this year's winner of the Telegram & Gazette's Student Achiever essay contest. This year's theme was race relations in America. John plans to attend the University of Massachusetts at Amherst this fall and pursue a degree in chemical engineering.


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From The Files Of June 3, 1993
About 125 persons attended the dedication of the new McConnellsburg Area Senior Citizen Center held May 28 at the center located adjacent to the Woodside Apartments complex off Cito Road. The 40- foot-by-80-foot center, which includes a conference room, a kitchen, office, restrooms and a large open room on the first floor and a small quilting room and large open area for the Fulton County Food Basket program in the basement, was constructed by Roy C. Kline Contractors Inc. of Smithsburg, Md., at a cost of about $265,000.
Cmdr. William Hine (U.S. Navy, ret.) delivered the Memorial address at Union Cemetery on May 31. A large crowd attended the ceremonies despite intermittent rain.
Fulton County Commissioners Thursday received seven proposals to provide land for a new Hustontown area senior citizen center. Bids received Tuesday were two to four acres from Raymond Strait; four acres of vacant land and four acres of partially developed land both from Victor Cutchall; two acres from Ralph and Doretta Mellott; and three four-acre tracts from Ken Reeder. Another bid from Zane and Gail Fraker was withdrawn.
Two busloads of Tom Peck fans spent the weekend at the NASCAR races at Charlotte, N.C., to see Tom drive one of his best races yet, holding first and second place before finishing in 12th after a disastrous pit stop on a caution.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Petersen of Warfordsburg on May 24; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seville of McConnellsburg on May 27; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Roger Irvin of Concord, Pa., on May 28.
Deaths: George Eppinger, former Franklin County judge, 72, Chambersburg; Vada Cubbage, 75, Hancock; Donald Reeder, McConnellsburg; Moody Newman, 74, Three Springs; Viva M.S. Murray, 87, Warfordsburg.
Marriage licenses: Danny Stotler, Needmore, and Nancy Mellott, Needmore; Edward Smith, Hagerstown, and Shawn Isham, Hagerstown.
30 Years Ago
From The Files of June 16, 1983
Little Leaguers ringed the field as the new field lights at the Lions Club Community Park in Mc-
Connellsburg were dedicated in a ceremony between games of a doubleheader last Friday night.
One of the best athletes in Fulton County history and one of the best track athletes at Penn State University is now one of the best runners in the Mid-Atlantic states. Bobby Snyder of McConnellsburg is still running after stellar careers at McConnellsburg High School and Penn State University, and he is still winning. On June 5, he beat Hagerstown running star Terry Baker to win the Natural Lite 10 Kilometer Run Through History at Antietam Battlefield.
Dr. Edward Kemp, a surgeon from Colorado, is in the process of starting up a practice in Fulton County. Kemp hopes to become part of the staff of Fulton County Medical Center in addition to opening an office in town.
According to the National Weather Service, 1983's weather has been the worst in 40 years, with precipitation for the nation as a whole running 50 percent above average.
Jeanne McKelvey was among 166 seniors to receive juris doctor degrees from Dickinson School of Law at ceremonies held June 4.
Specials at the IGA: sweet corn, 6 ears for 89 cents; Tide $5.99, 171-oz. pkg.; Heinz ketchup, $1.69, 44-oz. bottle; Pepsi, 6-12-oz. cans, $1.69; cauliflower, $1.29 head; turkey drumsticks, 39 cents lb.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Lee Zeger Jr., Hustontown, on June 3; a son to Mr. and Mrs. James Spoonhour, Chambersburg, on June 6; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Cohenour, Three Springs, on June 8.
Deaths: Myrtle F. Miller, McConnellsburg; Paul E. Wilds, Fort Littleton; Janet V. Fittry, Warfordsburg.
40 Years Ago
From The Files Of June 14, 1973
Six Holstein-Friesian heifers and four bulls from
Bedford County farms were part of a 437-head shipment to France last Tuesday from Richmond, Va. The cattle exportation was the first major export shipment of registered dairy cattle to that country and was coordinated by William Nichols of State College. Three of the open-bred heifers were from the Galen Detwiler farms in New Enterprise, one from the William Helsel farm in New Enterprise, one from the Bryon Over farm in Roaring Spring and one from the Ralph Ritchey farm in Hopewell.
Mrs. Lee Oakman and daughter are spending a twoweek vacation with her sister, June, in Burlington, Vt.
An oversized mobile home being hauled through town was badly damaged Monday morning when it failed to make the turn from Route 30 onto Route 522 at the bank corner and hit the traffic light on one side.
The local fire company assisted at the landing of a Navy helicopter on the school grounds on Sunday evening by providing lights to aid in landing and takeoff. The helicopter was sent here from Washington to transport serviceman Robert Vogt to a naval hospital for treatment of a severely injured arm.
Susan Brown Garland of McConnellsburg was one of 1,593 persons who received degrees from Indiana University of Pennsylvania on May 27. Susan received a B.S. degree in education.
The following Fulton County students were named to the dean's list for the spring semester at Shippensburg State College: Kenneth Keebaugh, Hustontown; Cheryl Swope, Needmore; Larry Truax, Needmore; George Shearer, Waterfall; Ada Adams, Gregory Gordon, Diane Jefferson, Karen Keebaugh and Kathleen Rajtik, all of McConnellsburg.
Charlotte Kelly and Arnold Martz exchanged wedding vows on June 2 at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Mc- Connellsburg. Parents of the coupe are Mr. and Mrs. James Skelly of Oil City and Mrs. Mabel Martz and the late Russell Martz of Fort Littleton.
Miss Darce Keefer and Garth Douglas were united in marriage on June 3 in Damascus Christian Church. Parents of the couple are Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson of Hancock and Walter Douglas of Hancock and the late Catherine Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey McGarvey and children were vacationing in Florida last week, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ward in Tampa and touring Disney World.
John Naugle, part-time "News" employee, is confined to his home by sickness.
Deaths: Wilburt Hess, Warfordsburg; Annette Doyle, McConnellsburg; Carol Sponsler, Robertsdale; Eldon Yingling, Hamburg, N.Y.; Verna Hann, Harrisonville; Simon Daniels, Needmore.
Mrs. Patricia Kay Walters of New Oxford and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Foreman of Hustontown graduated on June 2 with a class of 40 student nurses from York Hospital School of Nursing, after successfully completing a nursing program of 33 months.
Specials at the IGA; meat pies, 19 cents each; chuck roast, 89 cents lb.; IGA cake mixes, 27 cents; ground beef, 79 cents lb.
50 Years Ago
From the Files Of June 20, 1963
A flatbed trailer truck loaded with heavy road equipment and with horn blaring ran wild through town on Monday afternoon. Its brakes began to burn descending Tuscarora Mountain. The driver managed to get the rig stopped at the Sunoco Station on Lincoln Way East without incident.
Clarence Victor Johnson, 31, Hancock, was killed in an auto accident early Saturday on the Damascus Church Road in Thompson Township. Stella P. Younker, 55, also of Hancock, the driver of the other car involved, suffered a broken nose and internal injuries and was rushed to Washington County Hospital. Johnson was the father of nine children between the ages of 9 and 13 years.
Elizabeth Lodge Bookheimer graduated recently from Linden Hall, Lititz, Pa., the second-oldest girls school in America.
George Reed Elbin, Warfordsburg, received his Master of Education degree on June 5 from Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md.
Marriage licenses: Roger D. Truax, Warfordsburg, and Carolyn Winters, Needmore; Ronald D. Snoberger, Lewistown, and Redith I. Fix, McConnellsburg.
Debbie Welsh, 4 1/2 years, Knobsville, will appear on the TV program "Romper Room" for two weeks starting June 24.
Mrs. Retha Glazier fell at church last week and broke her arm.
Men in service: Cadet Jerry L. Beatty of Warfordsburg recently completed his first year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado and is on a field trip to armed forces installations across the country. Marine Cpl. Reuben A. Ramsey, Hustontown, was one of the top 350 Marine rifle and pistol marksmen competing for division honors at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Pvt. Ralph L. Hann, Warfordsburg, is taking advanced armor training at Fort Knox, Ky. Pfc. Melvin R. Strait, Mc- Connellsburg, is serving with the U.S. Army at Fort Polk, La.
Janet Faye Gordon and Roger Elvey, McConnellsburg, were married on June 8 in the Methodist Church.
Merrill Houck, Robertsdale, and Bonnie Horne, Hustontown, were married in Maddensville Church on Friday.
Randy Henry, Hustontown, has been a very sick boy in the Medical Center with a whooping cough and pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed McCray, Warfordsburg, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sunday. About 150 friends attended their celebration.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Mac Peck, Needmore, on their recent marriage.
Births at the Medical Center: a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Painter, Breezewood, on June 5; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Abbott, Three Springs, on June 8; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Black, Chambersburg, on June 9; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. George R. Rohrer, Mc- Connellsburg, on June 9; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Norman Sheffield, McConnellsburg, on June 12; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Edwards, Shade Gap, on June 12; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Calhoun, Breezewood, on June 13; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Deshong, McConnellsburg, on June 13; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ramsey, McConnellsburg, on June 14; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Carbaugh, McConnellsburg, on June 15.
Deaths: Mrs. Leah Wildoner, McConnellsburg; Clarence Cutchall, McConnellsburg; Kenneth E. Fix, Hustontown; K. Dale Fix, Hustontown; Mrs. Amy R. Bennett, Warfordsburg; Mrs. Huldah A. Stoner, Hancock, formerly of Buck Valley; Gilbert George Ward, Warfordsburg.
60 Years Ago
From The Files of June 18, 1953
Tiny Wright and his orchestra will play for dancing at the local American Legion home on Saturday night.
Miss Emma Sloan, a teacher for the past 44 years in the public schools at Johnstown, retired this year and is now at home here with her sister, Mrs. Scott Walker.
Mrs. John C. Halderman of Blanchard, Iowa, is spending some time with relatives and friends here. She came east with her nephew, Sgt. Lloyd Golden, and wife, who were returning home after spending three years in Alaska. Sgt. and Mrs. Golden will leave in July to go to Texas, and Mrs. Halderman will accompany them as far as Iowa. In the meantime, she is visiting friends and relatives whom she hasn't seen in 10 years.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Horton of McConnellsburg announce the birth of a daughter on June 15 in Memorial Hospital in Cumberland, Md.
Births at the Medical Center: a son to Mr. and Mrs. Silas Rhodes of McConnellsburg on June 8; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Glenn of Websters Mill on June 12; a son to Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Lake of Mercersburg on June 12; a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Sipes of McConnellsburg on June 13.
The 73rd annual convention of Fulton County Sabbath School Association was held on June 4-5 at Center Methodist Church in Taylor Township.
The local VFW auxiliary entertained at a wiener roast last Thursday for the children who sold poppies last year.
Mack Black, 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Black of McConnellsburg, was painfully injured on Monday evening when he was struck in the eye by a foul ball at the Little League baseball game. The lad was sitting in the bleachers with his father when the mishap occurred.
Police Chief Merrill Seville warns that parents will be held responsible for their children's actions. In the past few weeks, a number of grade lines have been destroyed by children on First Street where sidewalks are being installed and newly made lawns have been cut up by bikes. Two juveniles, feeling the urge for "devilment," also took milk bottles from porches and smashed them on the sidewalk
Lodge and Nelson awarded prizes Saturday at the opening of their new Westinghouse appliance store here. Miss Freeda Duvall of McConnellsburg won an electric roaster; Mrs. Bessie Strait of Needmore a radio, and Mrs. Wayne Seville of McConnellsburg an open handle iron.
James Hollenshead, a 1953 graduate of Southern Fulton, was elected last week as a sentinel of Pennsylvania Future Farmers of America.
Pvt. William G. Roher, son of Mrs. Millie Roher of Wells Tannery, is now serving with the Korean Military Advisory Group in Korea.
Melvin Everts, 22, of Cito, was admitted to the Medical Center with severe lacerations of the scalp following a car accident on Tuesday in Belfast Township.
Woodrow Malot has returned to his home at Hustontown after doing engineering work at Hudson Bay, Canada.
Deaths: Blem L. McQuait of Robertsdale; Miss Roxabel M. Fling; Ira Emerson Mellott of Warfordsburg; Ivah Mellott Barton of Crystal Spring; James Marshall Crawford of Little Orleans, Md.; William Andrew Coile Waldlich of Fayetteville.
70 Years Ago
From The Files Of June 17, 1943
Deaths: Mrs. James R. Hill Sr., Buck Valley; Mrs.
Viola B. Shaw, Youngtown, Ohio; Mrs. Anna Rebecca Teeter of Williamsport.
Members of the armed forces who were residents of Pennsylvania for at least 60 days before induction are eligible for free fishing licenses
Victor G. Coons and Alberta Irene McGowan were married on May 23.
Two local motorists were charged this week with violating the ban on pleasure driving when their cars were spotted at a block party in Greencastle. At a hearing, one was cleared when he explained that he had taken a patient to a doctor in Greencatle. The other could give no good reason, so his driving privileges were revoked for the duration.
Cyrus F. Wagner has announced his candidacy for the office of county commissioner.
The local rationing board has announced that 2,322 applications for canning sugar have been received up to June 15, and that certificates for 126,222 pounds of sugar had been issued.
Robert Wilmer Hays, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Hays of McConnellsburg, has been announced as the winner of the state senatorial scholarship for Fulton county.
Raymond C. Wible has announced his candidacy for sheriff.
OPA ruled this week that political candidates will be allowed extra gas rations for campaign purposes.
Mrs. Vallie Lowe was called to Reading to attend the funeral of her aunt, Miss Sarah Binkley, who was 89 years old.
George Albert Wink and C. Louise Foose were married on June 5.
80 Years Ago
From The Files of June 15, 1933
Deaths: Miss Elizabeth Hess of McConnellsburg, the first woman to be elected a school director of the local schools and who served as president during her term; W.B. Stunkard of Wells Valley; Horace Meyers of Venezuela, South America.
The local Civic Club held its regular meeting on June 9 at which time Miss Minnie McGovern spoke on "Beauty in Common Things."
Miss Jeanette Findley, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. F.D. Findley, received her B.A. degree from Wooster College last week.
Recent weddings: Paul Woodall and Melva A. Sipes on June 13; Michael Garbish and Mary Elizabeth Miller on April 30; Frank I. Mellott and Pearl Rebecca Moore on June 7; Howard Stewart and Rose Black on June 10; Leo R. Fields and Thelma Grace Bivens on May 25; Jobe Peck and Ruby Crist on June 5.
Beaver Fraker of Fort Littleton received a broken wrist and arm while paying baseball at Burnt Cabins on Sunday.
Specials at the Racket Store: garden plows at $2.50; window screens at 25 cents; three-burner oil stoves at $15.50; wash boilers at $1.25; brooms at 23 cents.
One out of every three farm families in Pennsylvania now has a radio, according to the state Department of Agriculture.
Harvey I. Raker announces in this issue his candidacy for the office of prothonotary of Fulton County.
The McConnellsburg ball team lost to the Martinsburg American Legion team on Saturday by the lopsided score of 8-1. "Hap" Kirchner received an unexpected honor in this game, however. He now has the credit for the first homerun hits on the new field.


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Seven Baltimore Orioles prospects are on the list to head to the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. Included are P's Mike Belfiore, Chris Petrini, Clay Schrader and Mike Wright; C Brian Ward; INF Jonathan Schoop and OF L.J. Hoes, with one empty spot.
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May 22. 2018 8:45PM
MANCHESTER — The New Hampshire High Tech Council — which soon will have a new moniker — has decided to hire a full-time executive director, citing growth in revenue and membership.
Matt Cookson, president and CEO of Cookson Strategic Communications, has served as part-time executive director since 2010. In an email announcement Tuesday, Cookson said he plans to focus on his company rather than pursue the full-time position.
Cookson plans to remain as executive director until the council fills the position, which it has posted on its website. Afterward he will move to an advisory role.
"Under Matt's stewardship in partnership with the Board, there has been tremendous growth in programming, members, and community engagement," said Toral Cowieson, chairman of the council, in a separate email to members and supporters Tuesday.
Cowieson signed the letter, "Chair, New Hampshire Tech Alliance," alluding to the rebranding effort the nonprofit organization plans to launch in the third quarter of this year.
In January, the Alpha Loft, a nonprofit startup incubator, became part of the council.
"As some of you know, there have been two 'H's in the NHHTC brand since its inception 20+ years ago. Recognizing that the second H has lost its relevancy and that 'Council' term is also outdated, the Board approved the renaming of the Council to the New Hampshire Tech Alliance (NHTA)."
The council organizes programs throughout the year, including TechOut, Product of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year — coming up June 13 at the DoubleTree Hilton in Nashua.
Its next event under its new relationship with Alpha Loft is the Startup Shindig at Oracle on May 31. During the event, companies participating in the Accelerate NH program will pitch for investment capital from the Millworks Fund II, which plans to invest $300,000 this year in two of the startups.


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Jordan – Supporting Youth EmploymentMar 17, 2014
Yahia Yousef al-Deques looks to the future with confidence. At eighteen years old, he has just completed a month of on-the-job training with electronics company LG. Yahia graduated last December from a vocational training programme established through a UNDP youth empowerment project in partnership with Jordan Career Education Foundation (JCEF). He and other graduates of the programme were then offered placements with large manufacturers such as LG and Petra.
"I benefited from the programme," says Yahia. "I learned lots of things. It has really helped me. Now I am a qualified technician in heating, ventilation and air conditioning. I am happy."
Yahia was not always so optimistic, however. Coming from a large family with 5 brothers and sisters, he left school aged sixteen to find work. Unemployment is a major challenge in Jordan, particularly for young people. Overall, the unemployment rate is around 13 percent, with more than 65 percent of those without jobs under the age of forty.
The problem of youth unemployment is hugely exacerbated by the ongoing influx of refugees from Syria. Numbering nearly 600,000 in Jordan alone, most settle in the countries poorest areas, such as the Balqa region, where Yahia and his family are from.
After working intermittently in supermarkets and then as an electrician, Yahia came across an advertisement for the UNDP supported vocational training scheme. He successfully completed two interviews, and began the training with engineers from the Asala Foundation, under JCEF's supervision. In addition to technical education, participants undertake supplementary courses on topics such as succeeding at work, building self-confidence and effective time-management.
UNDP Jordan Country Director Zena Ali Ahmad says the strength of programmes such as this lies in the combination of vocational and life-skills coaching. This dual approach, which she calls "closing the circle", means that young Jordanians are offered continuing support through the scheme and as they look for jobs. Within UNDP's overarching strategy that pulls together a range of actions aimed at tackling unemployment in Jordan, the private sector plays a key role in supporting youth from disadvantaged groups into jobs. "Once they graduate, they will be able to find employment," she adds. "We are not only training young Jordanians, we are securing job placements, since training is demand-driven."
Despite the difficult situation in already-vulnerable communities bordering Syria, UNDP's work in countries such as Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq is providing lasting opportunities for young people affected by the spillover of the conflict.
Yahia is now putting his new skills to good use - and is hoping that his training at LG can lead to a promising technical career.


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Focusrite iTrack Solo & Forte Audio Interfaces | NEW for 2012
Focusrite iTrack Solo & Focusrite Forte | NEW
This fall, Focusrite have been very generous, and will be delivering the gift of not one, but two brand new audio interfaces, the iTrack Solo and Forte.
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The first of our shiny new Focusrite additions is the iTrack Solo 2-Channel Audio Interface. The iTrack Solo has been designed to work with iPad and the iOS platform, but is also compatible with both Mac OSX and Windows. iTrack Solo provides the best solution for recording your instruments and vocals using an iPad. Featuring a Focusrite microphone input. iTrack Solo is the perfect companion for any singer-songwriter wanting to take their demos to the next level.
A large monitor dial provides a tactile control for the volume of your speakers and headphones, whilst a high quality headphone amp provides a clean yet loud signal to headphones connected to the front panel socket. The direct monitor switch routes audio directly from the inputs to both the headphone and speaker outputs. This allows you to hear the incoming signal with no latency, which can be distracting and affect your performance.
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Many thanks to Robert Mitchell Jr. for his enthusiastic reviews of The Poet and the Flea and The First Reich! It was wonderful meeting him at D.C. Zinefest and I look forward to reading his zines too. 🙂
Some of the 'zines I picked up at DC Zinefest
Now that I've had a chance to sit down and actually read the zines I picked up at DC Zinefest last weekend, here are some quick reviews (clockwise from upper left in the photo).
Mt. Olyphant is a graphic novel in eight parts — only the first installment is available just yet — written by Zack Ziemba and illustrated by Christine Skelly. This is the tale of Paul Tomarchio, a mythology scholar who wakes up in a mental hospital only to find that the doctors, patients and staff are all figures from Greek mythology. Is Paul frightfully insane, or is he seeing the machinery behind the curtain of reality? The production value is perfect and professional, the writing is skilled and original, and the artwork is inspired. I was blown away! If the quality holds up until the…
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