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Friday, August 31, 2012
When Did I Serve You? Remember?
I saw the doctor, and it looks like my days of cabin fever are numbered. It won't be immediate, but the doctor said that I shouldn't need another surgery, and we can start working on recovery, instead of the stasis of waiting to find out if I would need more spinal surgery. It will take a while to be sure, and physical therapy will most likely be slow, but I should be able to make steady. progress It has been tough, and it isn't over yet, but I can see some light at the end of the my driveway.
One of the things that has made bed rest challenging, is that for over a month I was taking a medication that made my sight blurry. During that time, I could not read text from books (it was just too blurry) but I could read back lit text. That led to me reading everything, including the scriptures on my iPhone, and clicking on the links to footnotes and resources. I had the time, so following all of the references, put together to create a correlated set of scriptures, was a pleasant way to take my mind off of the pain.
During those reading sessions (I read the Book of Mormon and almost all the links in about 40 days) one thing kept coming to me. While it wasn't said as often as, "And it came to pass," the admonition to Remember is ubiquitous. I certainly have had the admonition to remember a particular thought or idea in blessings, and I have heard the admonition to remember in talks, but as I was reading it came to me more clearly than it had before. It is much easier for Heavenly Father, and the Holy Ghost, to help us remember, than it is to teach us something new.
If I have read the material for a test, asking for divine help to remember the things I have studied, is reasonable. I have done the work to learn the material, and now I need to simply remember the answers. If I have not studied the materials, then there is not much for Them to work with. I think this is true for almost any gospel principle.
I find it relatively easy to distinguish promptings from my own thoughts, but that comes from years of following promptings, even if I don't understand why the Lord needs something done, right now. A friend asked me, a few months ago, how I could be sure that something was a prompting, when I didn't have any idea of what the outcome would be. Simply saying that I know it is a prompting, because it is like any other prompting I have received, is not very helpful if you aren't me. I told her that if she followed the promptings that she thought were promptings, that she would see the rewards from following those promptings, even if it wasn't immediate.
She still wasn't convinced. She wanted to know how long she would have to wait to see results. I told her that I was pretty sure most of the results we won't be sure of in this life. I then told her about a day, when I was questioning my eternal worth. When I most needed it, I received a gift that started out several years before, when I followed a simple prompting.
I often get the prompting to send someone a card. Sometimes I know the person, sometimes they are only a name in the ward or stake directory, or a name I run into while doing something else. I try to follow those promptings as they come, so that I don't forget and lose out on an opportunity to serve. I seem to be one of the few people I know who finds hand writing and "snail mailing"cards and letters, to be soothing. I think that I am more likely to have the prompting to send a card, than someone with terrible handwriting, or who has never owned stamps. I have a constant supply of store bought and handmade cards and a variety of stamps at any time.
So, on a random day sometime in 2005, I had a prompting to send a card to a woman whose name was in the ward list, but who I hadn't met. I was calling the Webelos parents to make sure all the boys had hiking boots, when her name and address caught my attention and I had the "you need to send this person a card" prompting. I did the last phone call, pulled out the box of cards, and chose one that seemed "right." I then said a prayer to know what to write, and started writing. When I was done I addressed the envelope, put a couple of stickers on the envelope, and put it in the mail the next day. I didn't think about it after it was in the mail box.
Over two years later I was having a tough month. It was about 13 months before I finally left my first husband, and we had been having screaming fights more than once a week. At the end of one of the fights my ex-husband yelled at me for having bought stamps that day. He said, "I have no idea why you send cards to anyone. No one ever sends one back, and they probably throw them away as soon as they see your name on it. Quit fooling yourself that the Holy Ghost has anything to do with it. If I can't stand you then certainly Heavenly Father can't."
Every night as I was falling asleep, saying my prayers, I would hear the words of that fight echo in my head. I started asking Heavenly Father if I was deluded, or if I was useful. For almost two weeks I didn't really have an answer, and I didn't follow any of the "card promptings." At RS the Sunday after I started crying myself to sleep, they encouraged everyone to come to the baptism of a former member who was being rebaptised. The name sounded vaguely familiar, but not enough that I could place it. I was desperate to feel the Spirit more, so I got the kids ready and took them with me to the baptism.
We got to the baptism, and I got the kids settled down towards the back of the room. I thought that since the name was familiar, when I saw Nancy* that I would immediately recognize her and realize where I knew her from. Instead, I only was able to pick her out as the woman being baptized because she was wearing the white jump suit. It was a nice program, and the Spirit was wonderful. I was glad that I had made the effort to get the kids dressed in church clothes again.
After the baptism was done, the twins wanted to go play with a friend for a few hours, and then my son found a friend who had puppies at his home, and his mom was okay with him staying until I picked up the girls. It was the first Sunday of Spring Break, so playing with church friends until 9:00 pm seemed reasonable. Just as they were all getting ready to leave, my son's friend hollered, "Sister P******, what time is the picnic on Wednesday?"
The kids were getting all of their jackets sorted out when Nancy approached me. She said, "You are Julia P*******, right? I think you sent me a card." I told her that I didn't think so, but I had really enjoyed her baptism. My son said, "Probably it was mom, she writes lots of cards, even when my dad yells at her!" Thanks son. Nothing like kids for honesty.
Nancy went and picked up her purse and drew out an envelope. The kids recognized flower stickers that I still had at home, and it was my handwriting on the inscription. She was about to say more, but her brother was getting ready to leave and she went over to give him a hug. She handed me the envelope and card, before giving hugs to a few other people. I looked at the card, and recognized it as one from a set of six I had made. I was still confused because I made them a long time ago, and had used the last one over a year before.
I looked at the envelope and realized that I had sent it thirty two months ago. Why had she kept the card so long? Nancy was still talking to other people, so I opened the card and started to read. I was flabbergasted. I had shared A LOT of personal details about my life, the sexual abuse and rape, my teenage suicidal attempt, and even my struggle with understanding the Atonement. I was barely talking to my husband and mom about those issues, outside of therapy, in 2005. I really couldn't imagine why I had written this many personal details, in a card someone I didn't know.
I was glad that the kids had already taken off. It gave me a few minutes to digest. Why had I shared those struggles with Nancy? Why did Nancy still have the card? Why was it in her purse? I didn't have many answers, but I was breathing and able to smile by the time Nancy came to sit next to me.
She came back and gave me a big hug, and thanked me for coming. She was absolutely beaming as she then told me the story of the card, why it was in her purse, and how it had impacted every layer of her life. By ten minutes in, we were both in tears.
In August of 2005, Nancy had decided that she was done with life. Everything, in the last two years, had built layer on layer of heartache, and by then, she had decided that she wanted out. She had planned carefully. Her parakeets were in a new home, the dog was visiting her brother and his partner, and Nancy was sure they would keep him. She had taken three weeks of vacation and bought all of the supplies that she needed to end her life. She stopped by the bank and pulled almost all of her money out of her savings account. Her last stop on that Friday night was to pick up her mail.
She had dinner started when she sorted her mail. When she saw the envelope with the hand written address and stickers, it was out of place, swimming in among the bills and junk mail. She didn't recognize my name, and she wasn't sure that she wanted to open it and be disappointed because it was just a card from the insurance company or someone asking for money. She decided to wait until after dinner to decide what to do.
Nancy had made the decision to end her life about two months before she started getting the supplies ready to do it. Through that time she did pray, figuring that she should let Him know what she was planning on doing. She wasn't positive that He was there, but her parents had believed, Talking to Him at least helped her become clear in her own mind, about why and how she was going to commit suicide.
After she had showered and changed into pajamas, she checked all of the supplies that she was planning on using the next day, and then sat down on the couch with the card. She turned it over and over, and then got up the courage to slice through the card with her letter opener. Nancy read the card, tears running down her face. She never did make it to bed that night. The rest of the night she cried, read the card again, found her scriptures to look up the scripture reference on the back of the card. Then she cried again as she drifted off to sleep on the sofa.
That card became her lifeline. It was in her purse when she showed up to her first counseling appointment the next Monday. It was in her hand when she talked to the suicide crisis line on Saturday that set up Monday's appointment. It was in her quad when she went to the last 15 minutes of Relief Society that Sunday.
Nancy kept the card with her through the funeral of her parents, her brother's failed adoption of a son from Romania, and her best friend's battle with cancer. She wondered about me, and who I was, but it seemed like an unsolvable mystery. By the time she thought to go to the address on the envelope, we had already moved. She checked an old stake directory, but didn't see us in that either.
About fourteen months before we finally met at her baptism, she had decided that she wanted and needed to repent of some past sins. She was ready do whatever she needed to do, so that she could go to the temple. After submitting to the decision of the disciplinary council, Nancy had worked through issue,s with help of her bishop, and had started to attend church regularly. She was singing in the church choir, and was helping transport the young women from a family who needed help. About six weeks before she was rebaptised, there was a ward boundary realignment.
For the last four or five months, Nancy had been praying to be able to find me, because she wanted to invite me to come to her baptism. Several family issues, besides the fighting, had come up over the last few months, so I had only been to church twice since the realignment. I was still getting used to the new ward. (We were one of about twenty families that had been moved from one ward to the other.) So, I was praying for guidance and Nancy was praying for me to be there, and we both got what we were asking for.
Nancy kept saying, "How did you know?" She had thought about me for over two years, and to be honest, as soon as the card was in the mail, I didn't think about it. I send out a couple hundred cards or letters a year, and well over half of them are to people I don't know well. Some are to thank someone for sharing their testimony or giving a talk, or to someone who I am assigned to as a visiting teacher, who doesn't want in person or phone contact. Almost half of my outgoing mail are"prompting cards." There are so many of them, and I never expect to get a response. I do occasionally, but it is not more than 1 in 50, and often times the responses are not very immediate.
Nancy is not the first person who I have run into years after mailing a card who recognizes my name, and I am left scrambling to try and remember why I had sent them a card. I usually have to confess that I had a prompting to send it, but that really the card was from Christ, not from me. I didn't know them well enough to know that they needed proof that someone cared.
In Nancy's case, and for a lot of the "prompting cards" that I send, I am not sure that I was even the one writing the message that the words convey. I didn't remember anything about what I had written, or that I had shared so many intimate details of my own life, until I read the card, as I sat next to Nancy that night. Still, the scripture reference on the back of the card, spoke to me just as loudly as it had to Nancy several years before. she had the answer as to whether or not the Lord cared for her, whether there was anyone else who understood the trials in her life, and whether she was worthy of being loved. Thirty two months later I had my answer, about whether the Lord thought I was worthy to serve Him and if the promptings I received were from Him or just a delusion of my own making.
So, what scripture brought both of us the comfort we needed when we were at low points in our lives? What explained the love that our Savior has for us, and allowed us to make important and life changing decisions about of our lives?
Back Side of the Card:
Mathew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
If you would like to see the post that started me thinking about this experience, and sharing it with other, you can see it at In Our Ward: Teachings for Our Times: Acquiring and Recognizing Spiritual Guidance. I have been enjoying poking around in the "Keepa Archives!"
* Names, years and dates, as well as a few specific details, that are not relevant to the experience, have been changed. Since I am sharing some very personal details of someone else's life, who I don't have current contact information for her, changing key identifiers seemed the best way to protect her privacy.
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Keep writing your cards - they are very touching. I am so glad you were able to help someone out in this fashion and I am also proud to call you friend. And if you ever have issues buying stamps again, just let me know and I will send you lots. :)ReplyDelete
Well, if you ever run into cool ones, I don't like to use flag stamps. It seems like they should have at least a little personality! ;-)ReplyDelete
Scott is all good with my card budget. He even helps me with cutting the paper for the cards that I make. As long as I don't ask him to design the actual cards, he is happy.
This story is a treasure. Thank you for sharing. It bolsters my faith. And reminds me that I have a few cards I have been meaning to send!ReplyDelete
I love this story. I've been the recipient of love like this - at the moment when I thought I couldn't endure one more second, someone was always there to say, "You'll get through this."ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Jen!ReplyDelete
That was an important part of seeing the Atonement in a larger sense. Ironically, I would say that most of my faith promoting experiences have also been tolerance promoting ones.
I consider myself lucky to have the gifts I do, but like I shared on your blog, the experiences to get there are not always easy. I can easily see how some people would make different decisions, or feel differently than I do. I have "wrestled with Angels," and I did not know what the outcome would be.
I hope to see you again Jen, and I will definitely look around your blog more in the next few days. :-)
that's a wonderful gift you have by serving with your letters. We're all blessed with ways to serve through our talents and its a wonderful story of how yours work for you and the people you bless.ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment Werner. I think it is a wonderful blessing that the Lord uses both our strengths and weaknesses to help others!ReplyDelete
I received this comment by email earlier oday. The writer gave me permission to post it without using her name or info identifying her.ReplyDelete
Julia, you were my visiting teacher about six years ago. I don't know if you even remember my me. You wrote me every month, but I never wrote you back or called you or even though you sent me envelopes that had your address on it and a stamp. I knew I could write you but i didnt know what to say so I never did.
I started back to church two years ago. I live in (name withheld) and my home teacher went to school with you. He saw some of your comments on a big blog, and i guess he found you or found your blog. I haven't ever been to a blog before.
When he was helping me get a light bulb replaced outside, we were yakking about home teaching and whether I am going to be a visiting teache because I don't know if I would be good enough at it since I have never been one before and I only ever had one visiting teacher, which is you. I think you are a good visiting teacher because you kept sending things even though I never said thank you. I told him about you, but he didn't know it was you, because I didn't remember your name and your last name is different now anyway.
I told him how you sent me cards and the magnet with my name on it for my birthday and the envelopes soo I could write you back and the gift certificate for ice cream and that you kept sending them even when I never said thank you.
When he saw you blog post he thought about me telling him about when you were my visiting teacher. So he and (wife of home teacher) came and let me use their laptop and showed me the blog letter.
When I read about someone else getting cards, I wondered if I was special or not. Then (home teacher) said that I was very special because Heavenly Father only has four or five people that get to have you as their visiting teacher at one time. There were lots of other people who needed friend's too. I didn't get just one card. I got 7, and I still have all of them in my special box and I read them whenever I am sad. The magnet you made me is also on my fridge and it usually has my doctors numbers which are important.
I don't know how to send emails on blogs and I don't want anyone to know my name thag doesn't already know it. (Home teacher) said I could use his email since i don't have a computer or email. He is going to bring his laptop everytime he comes so I can read the things you say so I can still hear them. I am glad other people get cards and that you listen for prompts and send good things. I am reading hard and taking the temple class. I still have the temple card with the Portland temple. I have it in the corner of my mirror and I read what you wrote when I don't think I am good enough.
Thank you for being a good visiting teacher. I am still nervous, but (home teacher) says I don't have to write. I can just visit people and then they don't have to read my bad handwriting. I wish I had sent you something back with the stamped envelopes, but you don't lived there anymore. I will say thank you this way. Thank you!!!!!
I have always hoped I was doing something worthwhile, but wasn't really sure what impact tgey had, if any. It makes my so humble when I hear that a card means something to someone. Knowing that a card was opened makes me glad, that what I wrote connected with someone at the time makes me happy.ReplyDelete
That someone still has a card months or years after I sent the card, and that it still means something fills me with an intense gratitude for the Lord's love and the perfection of his plan. I can't claim any credit. It is the Holy Ghost that knows what to say, when to say it, and who to say it to. Just as He knows just when *I* need to hear that I have done something of worth.
This is an AMAZING story!ReplyDelete
Julia, I think I accidentally deleted a comment you left on my blog post about Valerie's prayer. I was using my phone and hit delete instead of publish on the tiny screen! Anyways, If you would like to republish her prayer with a link to my blog I would be HONORED! Thanks for thinking of us. I don't know you in real life, but it sounds like you are in the business of impacting people you have never really met :)
Thanks Lora! I think it will make the perfect 9/11 post. I will email you about a picture, and maybe "interviewing" Vi for the post. :-)ReplyDelete
Every time you gave me a card in school, it was really important to me. I have all of them too, just like the other people who told you. My favorite one was the one you made with my name and the rainbow of colors that went around my name all the way to the edge of the card. I could tell it took you a long time, and no one ever took that much time on something for me.ReplyDelete
I pulled it out to look at it, and I thought I would tell everyone what you wrote.
Tina -
You did such a good job with your report today. I know you were worried. You started soft, but after that everyone could hear you.
No matter how afraid you are, you can do whatever you want to do. You are a special person.
(There is a butterfly) Julie
I still make cards like that for people. I also make them as magnets and stuff in smaller forms. Yours was one of the first ones I made as a card. :-)
I am so glad that you are feeling more comfortable commenting on the blog. You continue to amaze me! I am very glad that I get to have you as my friend too! Thanks for all your comments.
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In June 2011, no one would have believed that the Murdochs could lose control of their international media empire. Now, things are not so certain.
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Thurlbeck reveals in-depth how he says he proved that the "For Neville" email was not for him and how he believes News of the World management ignored a dossier of evidence which he compiled and which he believes could have saved the paper.
Lord Leveson said his task could be summed up in one simple question: "Who guards the guardians?"
Opening the hearing, he stressed that the freedom of the press was "fundamental" to the UK's democracy and way of life and he had "no wish" to stifle freedom of speech.
When News International counsel Rhodri Davies QC addressed the inquiry this morning he said the company had not had an opportunity to view all the Mulcaire notes – but suggested the allegation that 28 journalists were involved in phone-hacking was wide of the mark.
Lord Leveson said his task could be summed up in one simple question: "Who guards the guardians?"
Opening the hearing, he stressed that the freedom of the press was "fundamental" to the UK's democracy and way of life and he had "no wish" to stifle freedom of speech.
New York, N.Y.— Vanity Fair contributing editor Sarah Ellison reports that "The [Murdoch] siblings had been in family counseling with a psychologist over the issue of succession" since before last February.
The Parliamentary committee investigating phone hacking at the News of the World has published a series of internal memos that appear to show senior executives at News International were made aware of a "culture of illegal information access" at the paper as far back as 2008.
Fury over James Murdoch's chairmanship of BSkyB did not stop him accepting a £1,300 pay rise as the broadcaster took a £16m hit for its aborted takeover by News Corporation, where he is deputy chief operating officer.
Rupert Murdoch's son James is a busted flush. The votes against him at the News Corporation annual meeting signal that the chances of him heading his father's company have virtually disappeared.
James Murdoch's future at News Corporation looks increasingly precarious as shareholders delivered a damning verdict on his tenure amid widespread criticism of his handling of the hacking scandal.
British lawmaker Tom Watson grilled News Corp.CEO Rupert Murdoch about covert surveillance techniques by the company as News Corp. held its first shareholders meeting following a phone-hacking scandal.
James Murdoch is facing further questions about how much he knew of the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World after evidence emerged that he had been told it was not just the work of a single "rogue reporter".
It takes a lot to shock Kelvin MacKenzie. But the moment the Metropolitan police laid in front of him the documentary evidence that his phone had been hacked he felt violated.
Former News of the World chief reporter Neville Thurlbeck is taking News International to an employment tribunal claiming he was unfairly dismissed for whistleblowing, it emerged today.
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has launched legal action against the now defunct newspaper's publisher News Group Newspapers "regarding the termination of the payment for his legal action".
The former News of the World executive employed by the Metropolitan Police was secretly paid more than £25,000 by News International during his time at Scotland Yard, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.
The family of the murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler have been offered £3 million in damages from News International after the publisher of the News of the World admitted her phone had been hacked.
Former News of the World legal manager Tom Crone was subjected to one of the most gruelling sessions of questioning yet from MPs on the culture select committee investigating phone-hacking. Here we provide a lengthy and only slightly edited extract from a dramatic period of questioning on Tuesday afternoon this week
Jailed News of the World royals editor Clive Goodman was paid £140,000 to avoid him making damaging claims about phone-hacking in public at an employment tribunal, former News International executives have told MPs.
Former News of the World editor Colin Myler and ex News Group Newspapers legal chief Tom Crone reiterated claims that James Murdoch was told about a damning email that undermined the company's "rogue reporter" defence against phone-hacking.
Rupert Murdoch and his son, James, are to be questioned about the phone hacking scandal under oath in the High Court.
Andy Coulson, the former editor of the News of the World who has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in phone hacking and bribing the police, received several hundred thousand pounds from News International after starting work as the Conservative Party's Director of Communications in July 2007.
(Reuters) - News Corp's senior management is starting to think about what the company might do if James Murdoch stepped aside, sources inside and close to the global media empire said.
Steve Coogan leads battle to reveal whether News of the World ordered hacking of Elle MacPherson and five other public figures
Rupert Murdoch group admits in annual report it is 'not able to predict the ultimate outcome or cost' related to phone hacking
James Desborough was arrested for the alleged phone hacking.
The charge is believed to relate to behaviour prior to his 2009 promotion as the newspaper's Los Angeles editor.
A letter written by former News of the World Royal reporter Clive Goodman, jailed after admitting hacking phone messages, has revealed the extent and knowledge of phone hacking at the paper.
Former director of legal affairs at News International Jon Chapman has accused James Murdoch of giving "very misleading" evidence to MPs at a select committee hearing on 19 July.
News Corp. reported $1.352 billion in total segment operating income in during April-June of this year, an improvement of almost $400 million over the same period a year ago, the company reported Wednesday after the close of U.S. markets.
Former News of the World executive arrested by appointment on Wednesday over phone-hacking allegations
Jon Snow and Conservative MP apologise for false claims about the former News of the World and Mirror editor
Glenn Mulcaire, the private investigator at the heart of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, has said today that he only ever acted on the instruction of his employers.
It is "very possible" News International chairman James Murdoch will be recalled to give evidence to the culture, media and sport select committee, chairman John Whittingdale said today.
Sara Payne, whose eight-year-old daughter Sarah was abducted and murdered in July 2000, has been told by Scotland Yard that they have found evidence to suggest she was targeted by the News of the World's investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who specialised in hacking voicemail.
A 71-year-old man, named in news reports here as Stuart Kuttner, former managing editor of the News of the World, was arrested on charges of conspiracy to intercept communications and corruption when he voluntarily appeared for questioning at a central London police station.
As Murdoch's News Corporation teeters under the weight of a phone-hacking and bribery scandal that promises to get worse before it gets better, Chinese state media are reveling in the unseemly spectacle of it all.
RUPERT MURDOCH is trying to offload his Australian media business to his son Lachlan but Murdoch junior is not buying, according to the biographer Michael Wolff.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/murdoch-wants-lachlan-to-buy-australian-papers-20110723-1hu6i.html#ixzz1T7XKp2ti
The board of British Sky Broadcasting, the satellite broadcaster of which Mr. Murdoch is chairman, convenes on Thursday for the first time since the scandal erupted, as regulators continue their inquiry into whether the hacking scandal means the broadcaster should continue to be considered "fit and proper" to hold a broadcasting license. A day later, members of the parliamentary committee investigating the scandal are to meet to consider whether to ask for more information from Mr. Murdoch and whether to call him and former executives back in front of them to answer additional questions.
WASHINGTON, July 24 (UPI) -- Eyes are riveted on Britain where Rupert Murdoch is up to his neck in the phone-hacking and police bribery scandal, but on this side of the Atlantic the question is whether the media mogul or any of his crew violated U.S. law.
The law getting the most attention is the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, with its broad scope and ferocious penalties that can reach all the way into the most sacred of corporate inner sanctums.
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The company's decision to close News of the World will not end the scrutiny of the newspaper's practices by the police, courts and Parliament and by a public panel of inquiry that Mr. Cameron has promised to appoint.
Together, these investigations seem likely to make for an inquisition that could run for years, causing further erosion in the credibility of the Murdoch brand and costing News International millions of dollars in potential legal settlements.
Claims that James Murdoch knew three years ago that phone hacking at the News of the World was not confined to a single "rogue" reporter have been referred to the police.
Labour MP Tom Watson said he was contacting Scotland Yard after two former senior executives at the paper publicly contradicted Mr Murdoch's evidence to the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee earlier this week.
If the allegations by former editor Colin Myler and former legal manager Tom Crone were correct, he said, Mr Murdoch could face investigation for conspiracy to pervert the
Evidence on phone hacking given to MPs by News International chairman James Murdoch has been called into question by two former executives at the firm.
Mr Murdoch told the culture committee he had not been "aware" of an email suggesting the practice went wider than a "rogue" News of the World reporter.
But ex-NoW editor Colin Myler and ex-NI legal manager Tom Crone have now said they "did inform" him of the email.
• James Murdoch 'misled' culture select committee
• Questions mount over Coulson's mid-level security check
• Sun features editor sacked over his work at NotW
In the wake of the hearings, News International suspends legal funding for Glenn Mulcaire. A judge orders police to reveal any phone hacking evidence related to Jemima Khan and Hugh Grant, the latter of which secretly recorded a former News of the World journalist describe the full extent of phone hacking. David Cameron names the panelists for the forthcoming phone hacking inquiry, headed by Lord Justice Leveson. The Prime Minister reverses his earlier stance and says he regrets hiring Andy Coulson as his spokesman.
The Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee holds a hearing with former Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson, former Assistant Commissioner John Yates, James and Rupert Murdoch and former News International executive Rebekah Brooks. The committee's key questions cover the individuals' knowledge of phone hacking, police payments, use of private detectives and the withholding of potentially damaging information from senior officials and police.
Sir Paul Stephenson and John Yates appear first. Both are questioned on their handling of previous phone hacking inquiries and involvement with News of the World employees. Stephenson comments on his resignation statement, his relationship with Neil Wallis and his dealings with other reporters. John Yates says he attempted to brief David Cameron's chief of staff, Ed Llewellyn, on the phone hacking scandal and the involvement of Downing Street advisers in the case, but was refused.
After them, MPs question James and Rupert Murdoch for more than two and a half hours. Murdoch Sr asserts that the News of the World staff, not himself, was responsible for the consequences of phone hacking. During the proceedings, a protester attempts to attack Rupert Murdoch with a custard pie only to be fended off by Murdoch's wife Wendi Deng.
Rebekah Brooks follows. She is pressed by MPs on her knowledge of the News of the World's involvement with private detectives, police payments and covering the legal fees of Glenn Mulcaire and Clive Goodman. She denies having a close relationship with David Cameron.
John Yates resigns as Scotland Yard Assistant Commissioner. Cressida Dick is made head of counter-terrorism at the Metropolitan Police Service.
David Cameron cuts short his visit to Africa to prepare to address MPs over the phone hacking scandal.
It emerges that the IPCC has been asked to investigate four former and serving senior Metropolitan Police officers over their handling of the phone-hacking scandal.
Former News of the World showbusiness Sean Hoare is found dead in 'unexplained circumstances'.
Computer hacking collective LulzSec targets The Sun's website.
Brooks is arrested as part of an investigation into allegations of phone hacking and bribing police, sources familiar with the situation say.
A direct apology from Rupert Murdoch is carried in all UK national newspapers under the headline "We are sorry."
Brooks resigns as chief executive of News Corp's British newspaper unit. Tom Mockridge, CEO of the company's Italian pay TV arm Sky Italia, will replace Brooks.
-- Les Hinton also resigns as chief executive of Murdoch's Dow Jones & Co., which publishes the Wall Street Journal.


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Photoinduced Electron Transfer in Dyads and Triads of Porphyrins, Phthalocyanines and Fullerenes
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Photoinduced electron transfer of several dyads and triads consisting of porphyrins or phthalocyanines as electron donors and fullerene as acceptor was studied. Efficient electron transfer was observed in the studied compounds due to two important approaches in the design of the molecular structure: (i) appropriate selection of the donor and acceptor moieties and (ii) controlled orientation and distance of the moieties achieved with two covalent linkers connecting the donor and acceptor. Mainly spectroscopic methods were used to determine the reaction schemes of the photoinduced reactions. Time-resolved spectroscopy revealed the transient states of electron transfer and it was confirmed that the intermediate exciplex state precedes the charge-separated state in all the studied compounds. Rate constants of the transitions and energies of the states were evaluated in both polar and non-polar solvents. To test the possibility to use the studied compounds in solid state photovoltaic devices, thin films with porphyrin-porphyrin-fullerene triad structures were attached on glass substrates covered with a transparent indium tin oxide layer. The triad structures were obtained by building successive self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of porphyrin and porphyrin-fullerene dyad on top of each other. Because of the presence of the secondary electron donor, the triad structures were found to enhance both photocurrent and photovoltage generation compared to the corresponding porphyrin-fullerene dyad SAM.
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Apollo Theatre
MARTINSBURG - Auditions for the Broadway version of "A Christmas Carol" will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Apollo Theatre, 128 E. Martin St.
Cast includes 10 to 13 men, 10 to 12 women and a large chorus. Performance will be Dec. 5-7, 12-14.
For more information, call the Apollo at (304) 263-6766.
FREDERICK, Md. - Auditions for Way Off Broadway's production of "Evita" will be at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at the theatre. Those auditioning should be at least 18 years old, have a headshot and resume, as well as 16 bars of prepared music, and be ready to sing, read from the script and dance. All roles are open and non-union paying.
The show will run Jan. 16 to March 15, with performances every Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
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Book festival
CHARLESTON - Booth spaces are still available at the upcoming West Virginia Book Festival, which will be Oct. 11 and 12 at the Charleston Civic Center. Exhibitor contracts are available at wvbookfestival.org.
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Kitchen band
MARTINSBURG - The Martinsburg Young-At-Heart Kitchen Band is seeking new members. Band members play funnels, washboards, spoons, triangles or sing. Practice is from 1 to 2 p.m. every Wednesday at the Berkeley County Senior Center. Performances are at 2 p.m. the second Monday and the third and fourth Tuesday of each month at various nursing homes.
For more information, call Debbie at (304) 263-5779 or Nema Snyder at (304) 263-9459.
New voices
MARTINSBURG - The Retired Men's Chorus is seeking new voices. Practices are from 2 to 3 p.m. every Wednesday at the Berkeley Senior Center. Performances are at 2 p.m. the second and fourth Friday of each month at Heartland and Elmcroft Nursing Homes.
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Bitcoin Changes Hands In South Korea
Bitcoin will get you bread in South Korea, thanks to a bakery in Incheon that took the landmark step of allowing customers to pay with the world's most common virtual currency.
Lee Jong-soo, who runs Paris Baguette, a franchise bakery, said the first transaction involving the virtual money happened early Tuesday morning. As of mid-Tuesday, three more people had purchased bread using Bitcoin.
Mr. Lee said the idea of embracing the virtual currency came during a family dinner with his two grown-up sons a month ago. His younger son, who studied finance in the U.S., brought up the issue and suggested the bakery accept Bitcoin as a payment method. The elder son, a software developer, quickly developed an app that automatically calculates the exchange rate of Korean won to Bitcoin.
"The subject was completely new to me but I thought why not?" said Mr. Lee. While he thinks highly of the investment value of Bitcoin, he doesn't expect the actual number of customers who pay with the virtual currency to soar any time soon.
Kim Dong-hyun, the first user of Bitcoin at the bakery, thinks differently.
"I think it will spread very quickly like smartphones did a few years ago if more and more Korea merchants introduce it," said Mr. Kim. "Koreans are very sensitive to IT trends." The office worker in his mid-30s arrived around 5:30 am at the bakery Tuesday morning to experiment with the virtual currency before he traveled back to Seoul to go to work.
In the past few months, Mr. Kim has spent around $50,000 to stuff his electronic wallet with the virtual money as part of long-term investment. And the investment turned out to be quite successful: the total value almost doubled.
"I believe Bitcoin has a potential to eventually replace the U.S. dollar," he said. "You don't have to worry about inflation and transaction or exchange charges are nothing compared to other traditional methods of payments."
Bitcoin, the four-year-old virtual money that has recently created global buzz, is still largely unknown in one of the most wired economies.
But the usage has been slowly picking up steam since last month, according to Korbit, an online Bitcoin exchange site for Korean users.
Tony Young Lyu, co-founder of Korbit, said there are around 8,000 registered members and the volume of daily transaction amounts to $300,000.
Many Korean users, he said, believe Bitcoin could work as a new type of financial platform and "are interested to see how this virtual currency can change the way the society functions."
Last month, Bitcoin grabbed international headlines when U.S. authorities acknowledged the benefits of the digital forms of money at the first-ever congressional hearing on virtual currencies. The total value of Bitcoin soared to $8 billion in market capitalization on the news.
In a letter to U.S. senators, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke also said virtual currencies "may hold long-term promise, particularly if the innovations promote a faster, more secure, and more efficient payment system."
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Understanding Your Type of Kaposi Sarcoma
These are the types of Kaposi sarcoma (KS) that are not related to HIV and AIDS:
Classic KS. This type usually appears in men who are of Jewish, Italian, or Mediterranean descent. It grows slowly, sometimes over 10 to 15 years. As the disease gets worse, the lower legs may swell due to poor circulation and pooling of blood and other fluids. KS can spread to other organs over time as well, but usually less frequently than in other forms of KS.
Endemic KS. This type occurs in men, women, and children in certain areas of Africa. Children usually have a more aggressive form of the disease.
Iatrogenic (transplant-associated) KS. This kind of KS may show up in people who are taking drugs to make their immune system weaker. The immune system helps the body fight off infection and foreign invaders. People who have had an organ transplant must take drugs called immunosuppressants to stop their immune system from rejecting the new organ. Sometimes, the KS goes away when you stop taking the drugs.
KS in HIV-negative men who have sex with other men. There have been recent reports of increased cases of KS among men who have sex with men, though they are not HIV-positive. This form of KS tends to be milder and the lesions less likely to spread than in AIDS-related KS.
On this site, the diagnostic and treatment information covered is for the type of KS related to AIDS:
AIDS-related KS. Some people who are infected with HIV get AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. Without treatment, HIV infection usually progresses to AIDS. But even if you have HIV, you may not ever develop AIDS. HIV can be in the body for a long time without causing any problems. The HIV virus kills T-helper (also called CD4) cells of the immune system. Killing these immune cells leaves the body less able to fight off infections from other viruses, bacteria, and parasites. When HIV damages the immune system enough to cause the CD4 count to drop to less than 200 per cubic millimeter of blood, the infection is said to have progressed to AIDS. When CD4 cells drop that low, a serious infection or cancers such as KS can occur. AIDS-related KS tends to be more aggressive and is harder to treat than other types of KS.
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The CDC has labeled KS an AIDS-defining disease. This means that it is one of the diseases linked with AIDS. An HIV-infected person who is diagnosed with KS is now considered to have AIDS.


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Jennifer Kent '13 has made it her mission to improve the experience of students of color at BC Law, bringing an already close-knit community even closer together. Instead of having each student group host a few smaller, separate events, she has worked with Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Tracey West to create a series of jointly sponsored events designed to help students of color network together, find support and land jobs—beginning with a redesigned retreat in the fall and culminating in a networking mixer at a major downtown law firm in the spring.
Jen credits Dean West with helping her become more outgoing and confident, while teaching her the power of networking and introducing her to influential members of the Boston legal community. Those skills, along with her growing reputation at BC Law as a leader, have helped her in the job market. She landed a summer position before her third year with one of the most prestigious firms in the country, Goodwin Procter LLP.
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BEECH BOTTOM - In a community hard hit by the bankruptcy of its biggest employer, having a pipeline company spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a staging yard is "huge, bigger than huge," Mayor George Lewis said Wednesday.
"We lost a lot of our business and B&O taxes when the corrugating plant shut down," he said. "That was our revenue to operate on."
On Wednesday, Lewis and several of his council members were among dozens of community leaders at the idled mill to celebrate the new life Tulsa-based Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co. is breathing into the 650-acre property.
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Celebrating the kickoff of Sheehan Pipe Line Co.'s pipeline project Wednesday in Brooke County were, from left, Sheehan Public Relations Director Monica Matkin; Business Development Corp. Assistant Director Marvin Six; Brooke County Commissioner Norma Tarr; Hancock County Commissioner Dan Greathouse, director of the Top of West Virginia Convention and Visitors Bureau; Weirton Mayor George Kondik; Integrity Kokosing Operations Manager Adam Poates; Follansbee Chamber of Commerce President Tony Paesano; Sheehan Superintendent Joe Parrish; Beech Bottom Mayor George Lewis; Former State Sen. Ed Bowman, the governor's Northern Panhandle liaison; Brooke County Commissioner Tim Ennis; Starvaggi Industries Chairman Mike Wehr; BDC Chairman Bill D'Alesio; board member Bill Keiffer; and BDC Executive Director Pat Ford. Sheehan is building a 40-mile section of pipeline from Canonsburg, Pa., through the Northern Panhandle to Hopedale. The company has about 500 employees on the job, at least half of them local.
"I just think it's fantastic, to see development in this part of the county," Beech Bottom Councilwoman Becky Uhlly said. "To me, this is a first step. I hope the whole area develops more."
The Business Development Corp. of the Northern Panhandle and Los Angeles-based Hackman Capital acquired the property in November from bankrupt RG Steel, announcing four months later that their first tenant, Sheehan, would use a 20-acre parcel as a launch pad for a 40-mile section of Enterprise's ATEX pipeline extending from Canonsburg, Pa., across the Northern Panhandle and into Ohio.
"We're not your normal industry that's going to come in and build a warehouse facility or anything," Sheehan Superintendent Joe E. Parrish said. "We travel where the pipeline industry needs us, we have to be mobile. It (took) a lot of pre-planning, a lot of hard work to get the yard where it is today."
BDC Executive Director Pat Ford said Sheehan brought in about $75 million in state-of-the-art equipment, mobile offices, a water purification system and vehicles on site.
Parrish said they spent about $300,000 to lay down a gravel base on the parcel and thousands more to build a new school bus turnaround, bring water and electricity to the site and carve out two new entrances. Village leaders said they've also been assured the company will have a street sweeper to control dirt and mud being tracked from the staging yard onto state Route 2. They'll also have trained medical personnel on site to address minor worker health issues, like colds, bee stings, allergies and eye injuries and to administer drug tests.
The company will employ about 500 union workers.
Ford said Wednesday's ribbon cutting brought together public officials from throughout Brooke and Hancock counties, suggesting Sheehan's representatives seemed somewhat surprised at the enthusiastic reception they've experienced over the past three or four months.
"It helps us showcase not just Brooke County, but the entire Northern Panhandle as a great place to do business," he said. "Not only can we provide all the amenities for a business to locate here, but we can also clearly show how much we embrace business and industry in the Northern Panhandle."
The park's newest tenant, Ohio-based Integrity Kokosing Pipe Line Services, "will have a very similar setup as Sheehan, but on a smaller scale," Ford said. "They'll have 2 acres instead of 20. They're working on a smaller pipeline, but there'll be 14 people on site, office trailers, trucks and pipeline. They'll actually have pipeline on their site, use their site for pipeline staging."
Ford said Sheehan's excitement about the site helped sell Integrity Kokosing on it as well.
"Really, Sheehan has been a catalyst for us to get other pipeline and energy-related companies to Beech Bottom," he said. "One of the most important things we can market right now is the excitement our tenants have to be here. If we can harness that and market that, it will be a selling point. Who would have thought that just over six months ago when we bought a factory that was on its last leg, owned by a company that was in bankruptcy, we'd see this much excitement, this much interest?"
Uhlly did a walking tour of the idled corrugating plant a few weeks ago and said it was apparent employees had walked out the doors expecting to return. "There were coffee cups on desks still, and coats hanging on hooks," she said. "It was like a Twilight Zone, they'd left one day and never came back."
Uhlly and Councilwoman Linda Clelland said the paint lines are still in the plant and they'd like, one day, to see them being used again. For now, though, they said they're content to see oil and gas to fill the void.
"Look what it's bringing into the community," Clelland said. "We're been trying to get things in here for people, maybe one day we'll get a convenience store and gas station. But right now, we'll take what we can get."


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SALEM - Helen Loraine (Skidmore) Webb 86, of Salem, died at 10:00 AM Saturday, November 10, 2012 at the Blossom Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
The family wishes to thank the caring staff of Blossom for the love and kindness they extended to Helen. They were there to give comfort and support at the most difficult time for the family.
Helen will be missed by many, but will never be forgotten. The people she met over the years at Pop Jackson's Restaurant where she worked for 25 years until her retirement in 2001. She enjoyed her family and spent time with them in West Virginia. There were many trips to Atlantic City as well to see the grandchildren. She most definitely enjoyed her puzzles of all sorts, bingo, and most of all baby sitting the grand kids. She became a member of the ladies Red Hat Society after moving to Blossom. She was a member of the Salem First Baptist Church and attended until her health made attending not practical.
She was born on July 23, 1926 in Braxton County, West Virginia to John H. and Arnett V. (Paul) Skidmore. She and her siblings, Phyllis, Eleanor, James and Hazel grew up in West Virginia.
She met the love of her life, Benjamin J. Webb and married on July 28, 1951.
She has been a resident of the area since the early 50's, coming from West Virginia. She and Ben raised their family in the area.
In addition to her parents, Helen is preceded in death on August 13, 1989 by her husband Benjamin, and two siblings, James L. Skidmore and Hazel E. Miller.
Helen and Ben had two wonderful children, David A. (wife Nancy) Webb of Salem and Janet S. Wischerman of Leetonia who survive her, two siblings, Phyllis Roach and Eleanor Miller, both of South Charleston, W. Va., two grandchildren, Jefferson (wife Sarah) Manning and Ashley J. Webb, and one great grand daughter, Kaylee N. Manning.
A service will be held on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 1 PM at the Arbaugh-Pearce-Greenisen & Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Claye Folger of the church officiating. The burial will immediately follow at Highland Memorial Park, Beloit, Ohio.
A time of visitation will be held on Tuesday from 6 to 8 Pm and one hour prior to the service on Wednesday.
The family had requested that memorials be made in Helens memory to Hospice of the Valley who cared for her during her final days.
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This week on Tech Net Radio, we listen to interviews from Tech Ed 2007.
Kevin Remde talks with Kai Axford and Allyn Lynd about digital forensics. Bryan Von Axelson discusses Group Policy in Windows Vista with Jeremy Moskowitz. We also have our monthly Security Bulletin Segment with Kai Axford and Mark Griesi.
Bryan Von Axelson – IT Pro Evangelist
Allyn Lynd – Special Agent, FBI
Jeremy Moskowitz – Chief Propeller-Head for Moskowitz, inc. and GPanswers.com. Jeremy Moskowitz is a nationally recognized authority on Windows Server, Active Directory, Group Policy, and other Windows management topics.
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May 29, 1933 – March 29, 2013
NORTH TONAWANDA – Patricia F. Becht of North Tonawanda, a longtime medical secretary and community volunteer, died March 29 in Northgate Health Care Facility. She was 79.
Born in Buffalo, the former Patricia LoBue earned a bachelor's degree in 1955 from the former Rosary Hill College. She worked as an administrative secretary in the radiology department of Buffalo General Hospital for seven years, and for 12 years she worked as secretary to Dr. George Cohn, a noted neurosurgeon.
For many years, she volunteered for Shea's Performing Arts Center and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
Survivors include two daughters, Susan D'Arcy and Elizabeth Caruana; a son, Joseph; and two sisters, Rosemary Spano and Sally Roberts.
A Mass of Christian Burial was offered April 1 in St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, 800 Niagara Falls Blvd.


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Young guns poised to fire
Click here for all the latest news from the domestic cricket scene, including exclusive interviews, team news, match reports and photo galleries
Numerous youngsters will be seeking to enhance their reputations as players of great promise when the 2013 domestic season begins.
In this county-by-county guide, ecb.co.uk identifies 19 men under the age of 23 (yes, we included both Overton twins) who appear likely to enjoy success.
Some are already regulars for their respective first teams, while others have yet to play first-class cricket. All are worth keeping an eye on as their careers progress.
Peter Burgoyne (Derbyshire, Date of Birth: November 11, 1993)
An off-spinning all-rounder capped by England at Under-19 level, Burgoyne marked his first-class debut in October with a century for Zimbabwean outfit Southern Rocks. He has already represented Derbyshire in 40-over cricket and signed a new three-year contract with the Division Two champions at the end of last season. In addition to obvious talent with bat and ball, Burgoyne appears to be blessed with an excellent temperament, something that has impressed Derbyshire head coach Karl Krikken.
Keaton Jennings (Durham, DoB: June 19, 1992)
The son of former South Africa coach Ray, Jennings captained the Proteas' Under-19 side but is eligible to play county cricket as a non-overseas player due to his Sunderland-born mother and hopes to represent England. After scoring heavily for Durham's Second XI last summer, the tall left-hander enjoyed a run in the first team highlighted by an assured 70 from the top of the order against Lancashire at Aigburth.
Reece Topley (Essex, DoB: February 21, 1994)
Almost two years have passed since Topley, a giant left-arm seamer possessing great maturity and the ability to swing the ball, marked his elevation to Essex's LV= County Championship team with 14 wickets in his first three appearances. Similar in stature to Steven Finn, many have tipped the teenager to follow the Middlesex paceman in gaining full international honours. Like Jennings, he comes from a cricketing family, with father Don having represented Essex between 1985 and 1994.
Andrew Salter (Glamorgan, DoB: June 1, 1993)
Another all-rounder who bowls off-spin, Salter broke into Glamorgan's one-day side in 2012 and earned rave reviews from Matthew Mott, the club's head of elite performance. His only first-class experience to date has been with Cardiff MCCU, but that can be expected to change this summer, particularly with Glamorgan legend Robert Croft having retired.
Chris Dent (Gloucestershire, DoB: January 20, 1991)
One of several bright young things handed responsibility by Gloucestershire, Dent only recently celebrated his 22nd birthday but has already featured in 36 first-class matches. After an injury-plagued 2012, the left-hander could well be ready to kick on and improve a batting average in whites that currently hovers just below 30. He is also an outstanding fielder.
James Vince (Hampshire, DoB: March 14, 1991)
Vince, a tourist with England Lions for the last two winters, boasts even more experience than Dent, having featured in more than 150 games across all formats, but is still only 22. An elegant strokemaker who has prompted comparisons to Michael Vaughan, he will be eager to score heavily on a more consistent basis as he bids to push for a place in England's senior squad.
Daniel Bell-Drummond (Kent, DoB: August 4, 1993)
The leading run-scorer for England Under-19s in youth one-day internationals, Bell-Drummond is arguably the most exciting top-order batsman in the country. A naturally attacking player, he demonstrated his potential last summer with scores of 42 and 48 not out for Kent against a touring South African attack containing Dale Steyn, Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel and Jacques Kallis.
Alex Davies (Lancashire, DoB: August 23, 1994)
Davies made his Clydesdale Bank 40 debut for Lancashire two days before turning 17, making him the youngest one-day player in Red Rose history. That was back in August 2011, but the wicketkeeper-batsman was handed another chance to impress in the final LV= County Championship fixture of 2012 against Surrey. A first professional contract followed and Davies will now seek to put pressure on Gareth Cross, Lancashire's first-choice stumper.
Shiv Thakor (Leicestershire, DoB: October 22, 1993)
A technically sound middle-order batsman and improving seamer, Thakor became the first Leicestershire-born player to make a century on first-class debut when striking 134 against Loughborough MCCU in 2011. He performed superbly for his home county in 2012, averaging 61 with the bat in six first-class appearances. As a result, he was selected as captain for England Under-19s' winter tour of South Africa, only to be forced home early with a broken finger.
Paul Stirling (Middlesex, DoB: September 3 1990)
It may seem strange to include a player with 57 international caps in this list. Yet while Stirling has already made waves in limited-overs cricket for Middlesex and Ireland, establishing himself as one of the most destructive opening batsmen around, he has yet to enjoy quite the same success in whites. Could 2013 be the year in which the eye-catching batting all-rounder pushes on to the next level with a string of substantial first-class scores?
Olly Stone (Northamptonshire, DoB: October 9, 1993)
When Thakor was ruled out of the England Under-19 tour to South Africa, it was seam bowler Stone who took over as captain. He went on to lead by example in stunning fashion throughout the two youth Tests, claiming 17 wickets at a remarkable average of 10. Stone's potential had already been noted by Northamptonshire, for whom he made his first-class debut in May 2012. He will no doubt be eager to experience first-team cricket on a regular basis this summer.
Sam Wood (Nottinghamshire, DoB: April 3, 1993)
A product of the Nottinghamshire youth system, Wood is a left-handed batsman who has also exhibited considerable promise with his off-spin bowling. After making his first-class debut in strange circumstances - as a nominated replacement when Samit Patel was called up by England three days into a championship match back in June 2011 - he delivered a fine all-round display against Surrey last September when selected from the start. A couple of weeks earlier, he had struck a century for England at the Under-19 World Cup.
Craig & Jamie Overton (Somerset, DoB: April 10, 1994)
In an interview with this website in February, veteran paceman Steve Kirby struggled to contain his excitement when commenting on these twin brothers, who have already attracted much attention due to their all-round prowess. Craig recently toured Australia with England Lions, while Jamie is described by Kirby as "having some real gas on him". After making their senior debuts last summer as Somerset battled a host of injuries, both Overtons face the challenge of fending off senior colleagues this summer if they are to gain regular action. Do not bet against it.
Dominic Sibley (Surrey, DoB: September 5, 1995)
The youngest man on this list, Sibley is unlikely to break into Surrey's first team just yet. However, it is well worth keeping tabs on the Epsom-born teenager following his strong performances for the England Under-19 team in South Africa this winter. Sibley batted for almost seven hours when carrying his bat for 112 in the second youth Test and went on to strike 84 in a losing cause in the final ODI. No wonder he is so highly rated at the Kia Oval, where he was handed a two-year summer contract in October.
Luke Wells (Sussex, DoB: December 29, 1990)
Another to have followed his father - in this case former England batsman Alan - into first-class cricket, Wells is a determined left-hander who has quickly established himself as an integral member of Sussex's line-up. After striking three centuries in his first full season of county cricket, the left-hander improved his average last summer - no mean feat in a year that saw many batsmen struggle to cope with bowler-friendly conditions.
Ateeq Javid (Warwickshire, DoB: October 15, 1991)
Prior to his appointment as the new director of cricket at Edgbaston, then assistant coach Dougie Brown described Javid as "an exciting, young batsman with a great future ahead of him". Having captained Warwickshire's Second XI in 2012, Javid featured in last week's Champion County victory over MCC - his ninth first-class appearance to date.
Aneesh Kapil (Worcestershire, DoB: August 3,1993)
Kapil is a genuine all-rounder who represented Staffordshire at junior level before being picked up by Worcestershire. His whippy pace bowling has already posed problems for several county batsmen, while he is able to offer style and substance with the bat, as initially evidenced by a half-century on his first-class debut at Horsham in August 2011.
Alex Lees (Yorkshire, DoB: April 14, 1993)
Yorkshire have had no shortage of promising young batsmen in recent years, with the likes of Adam Lyth, Jonny Bairstow, Gary Ballance and Joe Root all enjoying success. Lees, who made his first-class debut at 17 in a match against India A, has been tipped to follow suit by none other than Geoff Boycott - although the ex-England captain acknowledges the left-hander is probably "about three years away" from pushing for international selection.
Want to know what's happening at your county? Interested in how your rivals are faring? Look no further than ecb.co.uk's county-by-county page


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MMS 2012 - Day One Keynote wrapup
- Posted: Apr 17, 2012 at 2:01PM
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Joey Snow sat down with Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President of the Management Security Division as he came off the stage from delivering his Day One keynote address.
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Although Mad Men and American Horror Story led the race with 17 nominations each, the casts of Modern Family, Homeland and Game Change are the ones who will be really celebrating after Sunday's 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Eric Stonestreet took home the first award of the night for outstanding supporting actor in a comedy, setting the tone for the rest of the evening. In a repeat of last year's early Emmys sweep for the series, Julie Bowen took home the best supporting actress award, marking her second consecutive win in the category, followed by the show's co-creator Steve Levitan winning the Emmy for outstanding comedy direction. The cast closed out the evening the same way it began, with another win, this time for outstanding comedy series.
Newcomer Homeland had an incredible night following the show's debut season. The Showtime series' star Damian Lewis won the Emmy for the lead actor in a drama series – while his pregnant costar Claire Danes scooped up the best actress award. Homeland also took home the Emmys for outstanding writing and outstanding drama series.
After playing Sarah Palin in HBO's Game Change, Julianne Moore won her first Primetime Emmy for lead actress in a miniseries or movie. "I feel so validated because Sarah Palin gave me a big thumbs down," she said as she accepted her award. The political film – which won four awards total – also took home honors for outstanding writing, outstanding directing and outstanding miniseries or movie.
Two and Half Men's Jon Cryer won the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in a comedy. "Don't panic people, something has clearly gone terribly wrong. I am stunned, I didn't actually win this – this did not just happen!" Cryer said, addressing his fellow nominees Don Cheadle, Louis C.K., Jim Parsons, Larry David and Alec Baldwin. Meanwhile, Julia Louis-Dreyfus took home the Emmy for outstanding lead actress in a comedy.
Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul was stunned as he accepted his Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. "I cannot believe I'm standing on this stage, let alone in this room," he said. But before stepping down from the stage, the actor thanked his fiancée Lauren Parsekian. "You saved me," he said.
Downton Abbey's Maggie Smith won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series, beating out Archie Panjabi, Anna Gunn, Joanne Froggatt, Christina Hendricks and Christine Baranksi, but wasn't present to accept.
While accepting the Emmy for outstanding variety series, Jon Stewart earned first-to-get-bleeped honors after winning his 10th consecutive Emmy for The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
And Jessica Lange stunned in red as she accepted the Emmy for outstanding supporting actress in a miniseries or movie for her role as Constance Langdon in American Horror Story, while Kevin Costner took home the Emmy for outstanding lead actor in the same category for his role in Hatfields and McCoys.
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Majok's Winning Dunk Moves on as Top Play Finalist
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Majok Majok's buzzer-beating dunk against Norfolk State beat out its competition in this week's GEICO Play of the Year fan voting and will be one of eight finalists for the award to be handed out at the end of the season.
The play will be featured in Best of College Basketball on CBS April 6 and will have a chance to be named Play of the Year. The round of voting for the final eight will begin on March 11.
Each week for the remainder of the season, four plays will be up for voting with the winner moving on as a finalist. This was week two with Majok's game-winner getting the nod.
With time dwindling and the Cardinals trailing by one Jan. 2 against Norfolk State, Jesse Berry drove hard to the paint and scooped a pass to Majok. The big man sprang off the floor and slammed home a dunk mere moments before the buzzer sounded to lift Ball State to a 62-61 win.
The play beat out a fastbreak dunk by NC State's C.J. Leslie, a blocked shot by Florida's Patric Young and a game-winning 3-pointer by South Dakota State's Chad White in this week's voting.
The week one winner was Butler's Alex Barlow for hitting a shot in the lane to defeat Indiana earlier this season. That play and Majok's will be finalists along with six more plays to be determined over the rest of the season.


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A 28-year-old man was taken into custody without incident on Wednesday.
Police say at about 1: a.m. they responded to a call at 270 Schoolhouse Rd. for a domestic disturbance.
Upon their arrival at the scene, they determined that the accused, Carbone, had assaulted the victim, 28-year-old Jennifer Dolores Henry.
Carbone was taken into custody and charges filed.