today’s news and information gleanings from here and there!

Quote for today… “I will emerge a stronger more principled individual.” – Former Harrisburg City Treasurer John Campbell, accused of stealing from two non-profits, in this Pennlive article asking his friends to bail him out by giving him money. [NOTE: There are at least 134 comments to this article.]

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• Columbia extends a hand across the river – LNP – Always Lancaster

• Seven things to know about The Christmas Story – Crosscut

• The Christmas Story from the book of Matthew

• The Christmas Story from the book of Luke

• Christmas eve worhshippers get parking tickets – PennLive

“A police officer’s Christmas” from the West Hempfield Township facebook page.

• Search engines are efficient ways to research the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS); cloud technology in policing; encryption and more.

This slide from a presentation, “Leveraging the cloud for law enforcement,” from the International Association of Police Chiefs’ Website, indicates that over half of the law enforcement agencies in the country already use or are considering using the cloud.