Pros: Reassuringly sound performances from Amy Marston and Peter Hamilton Dyer in the title role.
Cons: The script hovers between sitcom and kitchen sink drama, thus denying the extra kick to get it over the line.
Strong performances illuminate a script that promises more than it delivers.
The pre-show blurb looked immediately promising; she's been disruptive in class. She's rude to teachers. And now she wants to learn the trumpet. Take out the bit about the trumpet and you've just described every child that's ever walked the earth. Yes, we're in the right territory for a cracking good yarn. Add to the mix a play from the pen of Bathsheba Doran (of American Boardwalk fame) at the excellent Jermyn Street Theatre and all would be set fair. As always, great sight lines bring the audience up close and personal to the action as the focus falls on the parents' bedroom.
Act I gently sets the scene, as Mother (Amy Marston) and Father (Peter Hamilton Dyer) play a forty-something couple stressing about 10 year old daughter Jessica. They're bracing themselves for parents evening and the signs are not good. She has been leading other pupils astray and talking back to her teachers. Mother and Father have their own issues too; he's a novelist with writer's block and up against a deadline; she is a high flying lawyer looking for a partnership. They fear the evening will expose their own shortcomings as parents and reveal chinks in their own relationship. Act I skips along with a pleasantly light touch, assuming a jovial sitcom mode.
Act II begins with the aftermath of parents' evening as Mother and Father digest some shattering revelations. This is where the script bears some inconsistency. Act I contained a smattering of amusing lines and set the tone at a comfortable level. However, Act II abandoned all levity for heavy drama. It gives the story a slightly uneven feel; and would have been wiser to preserve a light touch across the piece. Or, if pure drama was the intention then go with that from the beginning. So it became not so much a game of two halves, but a play of two acts.
Our children are a product of the environment we create and become an extended version of ourselves. The play cleverly plugs into the creeping insecurity all parents feel when their children's behaviour is discussed. Guilt and embarrassment is acutely observed and captured by Bathsheba Doran. But the two Acts just don't marry up and leave us with a disjointed story. Nevertheless, Parents' Evening is a solid production and draws charming performances from Amy Marston and Peter Hamilton Dyer.


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2019 AFC Asian Cup, Group Stage
Australia Australia AUS
Jordan Jordan JOR
Anas Bani Yaseen (26')
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Holders Australia stunned by Jordan in their opening 2019 AFC Asian Cup game
Australia made the worst possible start to the defence of their Asian Cup crown on Sunday as Graham Arnold's Socceroos were handed a 1-0 defeat by unfancied Jordan.
The Australians, who won the title on home soil four years ago, dominated for long spells but were unable to find a way to cancel out Anas Bani Yaseen's 26th minute header in the Group B clash at Hazza bin Zayed Stadium.
"It was one of those days," Arnold said.
"A frustrating day and the ball didn't seem to bounce. But you've got to give full credit to Jordan and they've shown that they had a lot of fight."
Vital Borkelmans' Jordan were resolute in defence against an Australia side that struggled to turn their domination into chances. The Socceroos went into half time trailing by a goal and were fortunate not to be further behind.
Bani Yaseen put his side in front when he was given the time and space to head Baha Abdelrahman's corner home unchallenged, powering the ball beyond the flat-footed Mat Ryan.
Australia were beaten by Anas Bani-Yaseen's 26th-minute header. Getty
Four minutes later Abdelrahman almost added a second when his free kick from the edge of the area speared towards goal, only for Ryan to push the ball on to the woodwork before it was cleared.
For all their possession in the opposition half, Australia crafted few clear-cut opportunities, with Awer Mabil's shot coming back of goalkeeper Amer Shafi's legs and Jamie MacLaren heading high over the bar.
Mabil hit the woodwork late in the second half as Australia grew increasingly desperate to find an equaliser and Shafi was kept busy until the final kick of the game but Jordan held on for a famous win.
Australia next face Palestine on Jan. 11 while Jordan will take on Syria.
AFC Asian Cup Standings
1 Jordan 3 +3 7
2 Australia 3 +3 6
3 Palestine 3 -3 2
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The holidays are a busy time for everyone… especially for hackers trying to phish your employees. Phishing is most effective when it exploits human emotions—fear, greed, anxiousness, curiosity, compassion, getting a good deal—and the holidays tend to bring these emotions out more than other times of the year. This gives adversaries a bevy of relevant topics to use to build phishing campaigns.
How can you ensure your employees are prepared for the onslaught of phishing attacks this holiday season? We've mentioned before that training your employees needs to be continuous, and if you have provided immersive security awareness training throughout the year, your employees will be more resilient to phishing attacks at all times. We've also noted the need to keep that continuous training fresh, and providing holiday themed training is a great way to provide training that is engaging and timely.
I'm often asked which employees are most likely to be targeted by phishing emails. It's interesting to think about, but the truth is that adversaries will target whichever employees can offer access to the enterprise's network—and that could potentially be anyone in your organization. Recent research from ProofPoint confirmed this, finding that staff-level employees were targeted by phishing attacks more often than middle and executive management.
The takeaway here is that for security awareness to be effective, it needs to include everyone in your organization. Aside from the obvious security necessity, including the entire organization in your security awareness initiatives enhances your program in a number of ways.
It's no secret that data is revolutionizing industries. Baseball managers have applied data to buck century-old beliefs about strategy (think Moneyball), anyone who has ever used Amazon.com knows that data has transformed retail, local law enforcement analyzes data to predict crime, and scientists are even using data to stop the spread of infectious diseases.
Most security awareness programs fail to gather metrics. Those that do typically measure inputs instead of outputs. What this means is that many teams are measuring items such as the number users who complete a CBT course or attended a lunch instead of the number of incidents related to a specific IT risk area. This is akin to looking at the number of times I visit a dentist each year instead of the number of dental incidents (cavities, root canals, etc.) and using that data as an indicator of good dental health.
How do you make security awareness engaging?
Think back to all of the corporate training you've sat through during your career. Chances are (especially if you've worked at a large enterprise), that some of that training had little relevance to your job duties. How much knowledge from those courses did you retain? Although you technically completed the training, would you have been able to apply any of the information you were given in real life?
For many employees, security awareness training falls into this category. It's something they probably don't care about, and that doesn't help them do their jobs. This is why traditional awareness training has failed. Users will do what they have to do to get through the training, check the box, and get back to their regular jobs. Their security awareness training is now a distant memory buried in a pile of other dull corporate training they've been forced to endure over the years.
Can a simulated phishing attack be counterproductive?
I always enjoy reading articles from IT professionals who have sent simulated phishing exercises to their employees. As I checked my email over the weekend my good friends at Google were kind enough to alert me about a new article from Tom Cochran, CTO of Atlantic Media, on this subject so I poured a fresh cup of coffee and started to read.
A report from ProofPoint released at the RSA conference discussed what is supposedly a new phishing technique dubbed "longline" phishing. The report touts "longlining" as the newest way criminals are sending phishing emails in efforts to bypass technical controls. Mass customization of emails allows criminals to fly under the radar of most email filters and successfully deliver spear-phishing emails to a larger number of email users at a single organization. This tactic combines the best of both worlds from the criminal's standpoint, but it doesn't really change the game in terms of defending against phishing attacks, as your users still provide the most effective line of defense against the phishing threat.
Whether "longline" phishing is actually a new type of attack or not, Security Officers should focus on the fact that adversaries will continue to modify their attack strategies to circumvent or evade technical controls in an attempt to directly exploit humans. This is why it's increasingly critical for organizations to invest in proven and effective behavioral change programs that educate users about the attacks that target them.
Like many high-profile events, the passing of Apple's co-founder and former CEO, Steve Jobs, has initiated a slew of new phishing attacks that are designed to play on recipients' emotions about the event. Steve Jobs and Apple themed phishing campaigns are in the wild but more concerning are the spear phishing attacks targeting iPhone users. PhishMe understands how these events can adversely affect our customers therefore we have released a new phishing simulation theme designed to train susceptible users on how to identify and avoid current event based attacks.


(1) The US Army recently has taken a different approach to managing extramural research from the approaches discussed above.(2) Akani runs a feeding scheme and provides after school care with extramural activities such as sport, arts and drama, as well as trauma counselling when needed.(3) In her leadership role, Gray will be responsible for the oversight of the more than 7,000 awards in NCI's extramural research portfolio.(4) ANF accomplishes its mission through three major functions: nursing research grants, extramural projects/grants and fund-raising.(5) Department of Agriculture intramural research will decline by 19 percent and extramural research grants will see a 28 percent cut.(6) Many departmental faculty and researchers are recipients of over $14 million in annual extramural funding, and are acknowledged leaders in their fields.(7) NIDA's extramural research program supports a range of neuroscience and behavioral science research on the treatment and prevention of drug abuse.(8) Moreover, a 2.0 average allows the student to enter college preparatory courses and access extramural activities such as sports.(9) A combination of closely managed extramural and intramural research efforts is needed to solve the immense technological challenges of the future.(10) In the process the children were being deprived of a facility for their extramural activities.(11) According to the 1940 Statement of Principles, professors in their extramural utterances ÔÇÿshould make every effort to indicate that they are not speaking for the institution.ÔÇÖ(12) Testing in 1996, 1997, and 1999 was designed to avoid excavation of burials and consequently revealed only that several additional extramural areas of the residential zone contain burials.(13) Long-term, he sees the legacy of NIH's intramural research program and how that program may bridge to the extramural world as major topics for the Board.(14) The one burial of an adult in an extramural pit cannot be temporally related to the house despite its proximal location.(15) The vast majority of academics evidently do without any extramural research funding or operate with minimal funding.(16) The principles of academic freedom do not apply to extramural conduct.
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Manan Wani, associate killed in Kupwara gunfight
By Precious Kashmir on 12/10/2018 Comments Off on Manan Wani, associate killed in Kupwara gunfight
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Srinagar, Oct 11: Nine months after joining Hizb-ul-Mujahideen during which he rose to the rank of the outfit's top commander, PhD scholar turned militant Manan Bashir Wani along with his associate were killed in an encounter with government forces in home district of Kupwara in north Kashmir on Thursday.
While thousands of people turned up at his funeral, massive clashes erupted in the Kupwara and several other parts of the Valley soon after officials confirmed Wani's killing around 1300 hours.
Manan Bashir Wani, who announced his joining the militant outfit in January this year, was killed along with Ashiq Hussain Zargar son of Ghulam Mohi-ud-din Zargar of Tulwari Langate in the gunfight at Shartgund Balla area of Handwara in the frontier district.
The gunfight broke out after a joint team of army's 30 RR and SOG cordoned off Shatgund Balla area at around 2:30 a.m. following specific "intelligence inputs." The gunfight took place at around 9:15 a.m.
If sources are to believed, the encounter was launched after a go-a-head was given by the home ministry amid ongoing elections for urban local bodies. While two phases of the elections passed off incident-free, as many phases are remaining. Sources said that police, army and CRPF have been asked not to carry out any anti militancy operation during the polls unless some "top gun" was trapped.
"Soon after the information through intelligence inputs was received about the Manan Wani's presence, the forces sought instruction from the home department whether or not to go ahead with the operation," police sources said, adding, "after getting the go-a-head signal, the operation was carried out and both the militants were killed."
Wani, a resident of Tekipora Lolab had joined Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in January this year. He was pursuing PhD in Geology at Aligarh Muslim University before joining militant ranks in Kashmir. The slain top militant belonged to a well off family in Lolab. His father is a lecturer and brother Mubashir Ahmad is a junior engineer.
Soon after the news about the killing of Manan spread, violent clashes erupted in parts of Kupwara and Handwara.
Over two dozen protesters were injured in clashes at Shartgund Balla, Qalamabad, Langate, Kralgund, Natnussa, Bumhama, Kupwara, Khumriyal, Cherkote, Wavoora, Takipora, Badi Bera, Gangbugh areas.
At Tikipora, the angry protesters hurled stones at an army camp and continued with protests for some time before dispersing off.
Reports of protests were also received from Kashmir University campus Zakura, government polytechnic college Nagam, Chadoora. Similar reports poured in from Tral, Memender in Shopian district.
In the meantime, tens and thousands of people participated in the Manan's funeral. He was later laid to rest in the ancestral graveyard.
Meanwhile, the authorities at Kashmir University (KU) have decided to suspend the class work at the main campuses and all satellite campuses on Friday.
"This is for the information of all the concerned that due to the prevailing conditions in the valley, the class work for October 12 in main campus and satellite campuses shall remain suspended," reads a notice issued by deputy registrar, academic affairs of the varsity.
Also all schools and colleges will remain closed tomorrow in north Kashmir's Bandipora district in view of Manan's killing.
"All government Educational institutions including Degree Colleges, Private Schools /Colleges in the territorial jurisdiction of District Bandipora shall remain closed on 12th Of Oct 2018," said the District Magistrate Bandipora.
Earlier, the authorities closed all the educational institutions in the frontier district except in Machil, Tanghdar and Keran areas and snapped internet services in parts of Handwara and Kupwara.
The schools and colleges were closed in Bandipora district along with Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools in Pattan and Baramulla. Also degree college Pulwama has been closed by the authorities, the officials added.
Meanwhile, authorities have decided to impose restrictions in Old city and other sensitive parts of the valley as a precautionary measure to prevent protests. (GNS)
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It's the picture postcard perfect Christmas we would all love to experience, so why not kill two birds with one stone, spend your Christmas in a snow-covered resort with twinkling lights, sleigh bells ringing and ski at the same time? Sounds idyllic to me, its perfect for families the children will love it and happy children mean happy parents, utterly romantic for couples and great fun for groups of friends.
It is a beautiful village where the streets are highly decorated promoting the festive period and the atmosphere is one of excitement. On Christmas Eve you can join in the fun of steaming hot chocolate and homemade doughnuts, ideal for families as the village is car free with wonderful play areas and gentle slopes. There is wonderful toboggan runs the whole family can enjoy with plenty of other activities such as outdoor skating and curling. The resort is 1,275m in the Jungfrau region its slopes are 945m to 2,970m with 213km of pistes served by 45 lifts.
Is another great resort for families, beginners and teenagers offering a range of extra activities to keep the youngsters happy. It's totally unspoilt with superb views of the Jotunheimen National Park and a backdrop of the Bitihorn Mountain. The restaurants, bars and shops are just a few minutes walk from all the accommodation. There are 21 pistes and two which are floodlit for night time skiing, with gentle slopes and a ski school, it's great for beginners. Young teenagers will love trying snowmobiling on a track, sliding down the slopes on an inflatable boat, husky sledging and with an impressive network of 300km of cross-country trails to explore. The resort is 900m with slopes at 700m to 1,107m and 20km of pistes all served by 9 lifts.
This is the resort for people who love to ski and love the nightlife even more; it's perfect for intermediate levels of skiers with high-quality snow and superb parties that are famous in this old farming village. Christmas here is wonderful with carols in the village during the festive period. A gondola opened in 2014 which feeds into a network of lifts that runs to the Swiss border and the village of Samnaun is a treat and worth a visit. With 238km of terrain in Ischgl and slopes of 1,400m to 2,870m served by 45 lifts, intermediate skiers will have a great time here and enjoy the lively après ski.
A Swarovski Christmas tree will dazzle you in the cobbled street town square which is surrounded by fabulous boutiques, bars, restaurants and hotels. Everything here screams glitz and glamour with twinkling lights for as far as the eye can see. Michelin star restaurants, Mountain spas and magnificent views of Mont Blanc add to the sophistication of this wonderful ski resort. If you want the best Christmas ever than this is where you need to head to, nearby is Chamonix and Verbier and don't be surprised if you bump into some famous faces. The resort is 1,100m with a fabulous 325km of pistes with slopes at 850m to 2,335m served by a staggering 88 lifts. This resort is suitable for all but mainly couples and groups wanting that touch of luxury.
One of the highest ski resorts in Europe at 1,930m near to Innsbruck, it is famous for Austria's most snow sure ski villages its popular with families who return time and time again. A traditional village which doesn't get busy its ideal for beginners and intermediates with gentle slopes and a family friendly locals its perfect for the Christmas getaway. Après ski is traditional at the mountain restaurants with cosy fires and a warm atmosphere, it's laid back and relaxed if you want a wild night out this is not for you. The resort is at 1,930m with slopes at 1,795m to 3,080m and pistes of 110km all served by 24 lifts, a quiet and peaceful Christmas awaits you here.
This resort is superb for the avid expert skier who wants nothing more than to hit the slopes and challenge themselves. It's an unspoilt village which divides Italy from Switzerland at the base of the Monterosa Massif. Wonderful off-piste options which the experts love and challenging runs for intermediates. The picturesque village of Champoluc is typically Italian with a relaxing atmosphere and some great bars and restaurants. The focus here is skiing and is ideal for the ski junkies who love the exhilaration of the snow; the resort is at 1,200m to 1,640m with 73km of pistes, the slopes are at 1,200m to 3,275m served by 45 lifts.
The magnificent Matterhorn dominates the skyline and is the backdrop to charming narrow streets and traditional chalets. At Christmas the village is picture perfect with horse-drawn sleighs, warm roasted chestnuts and glühwein market stalls, the shop's windows twinkle with a stream of festive lights to entice you in, it's the ideal romantic Christmas scene. Fabulous mountain restaurants with superb views offering mouth-watering cuisine are dotted throughout the resort; however, you will find a smattering of local restaurants to suit your budget, ideal for intermediates with decent long scenic runs and gentle off-piste also offering extensive off-piste and challenging terrain for the experts. The town is spread out however the bus service is efficient so getting around is made easy, the resort is 1,620m with slopes at 1,620m to 3,820m and pistes covering over 200km all served by 35 lifts, a wonderful resort for everyone.
Whatever the type of Christmas getaway you want you are certain to find it. Family orientated holidays, seeing Santa and taking a sleigh ride to fun-filled parties that go on all night to luxurious glamorous breaks, skiing and snowboarding holidays, to getting away from it all breaks, the choice is yours!
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Erin Manning holds a University Research Chair in Relational Art and Philosophy in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada). She is also the director of the SenseLab (www.senselab.ca), a laboratory that explores the intersections between art practice and philosophy through the matrix of the sensing body in movement. Her current art practice is centred on large-scale participatory installations that facilitate emergent collectivities. Current projects are entitled The Knots of Time (for the opening of the new Flax Museum in Kortrijk, Belgium) and Minor Gestures. Publications include Always More Than One: Individuation's Dance (Duke UP, 2013), Relationscapes: Movement, Art, Philosophy (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2009) and, with Brian Massumi, Thought in the Act: Passages in the Ecology of Experience (Minnesota UP).


Children at our preschool at St Mary's Family Centre in Otahuhu explore, discover and grow in a rich, stimulating environment where they interact with caring, supportive adults.
Like all of ATWC's integrated services, St Mary's aims to protect and nurture children and their families and to give them new learning opportunities.
ATWC preschools have an open-door policy. Learning begins at home and links between home and pre-school are important. We invite parents and guardians to come and experience our programmes and see how they enrich children's at-home learning experiences.


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BT backs England in widest ever lead partnership with The FA to support national and grassroots teams
BT signs multi-year partnership with The FA to become the exclusive lead partner of all 28 England football teams
The deal will also see EE renew its sponsorship of the iconic Wembley Stadium and role as lead connectivity partner
BT to focus investment and partnership on connecting the nation with every level of the game, particularly supporting grassroots
New BT logo to appear for the first time as England teams prepare for the FIFA Women's World Cup and the UEFA Nations League semi-finals this week.
BT has signed a five-year deal with The FA to become the exclusive lead partner for all England representative teams and home of the national game, Wembley Stadium. The ground-breaking partnership will see the BT logo appear on all training kit worn by the England senior men's and women's squads and all development, futsal and disability teams.
As part of the deal, EE will continue to be the main sponsor for the iconic Wembley Stadium, with the home of football remaining Wembley, connected by EE. As part of the agreement it will see Wembley and EE continue its ambition to keep the stadium the best connected in the world, for fans to enjoy an enhanced 4G and 5G mobile experience and super-fast Wi-Fi available for all.
The partnership will kick off with the new BT branded training kit to be worn by the England women's team ahead of the World Cup this week and the England men's team as they prepare for the Nations League Finals. BT's sponsorship will also be brought to life across the national football centre St. George's Park and Wembley and will enable BT to work with football clubs in communities across the country. More details about the broader ambitions of the partnership will be revealed in the coming months and is part of a wider new BT brand and sponsorship strategy, to champion the UK.
Marc Allera, chief executive of BT's consumer division, said: "Announcing our partnership with England and The FA is such a proud moment for all of us at BT. We have worked with the FA for six-years as part of our partnership with Wembley Stadium to connect even more fans with the national game, and this ground-breaking deal sees us extend that from grassroots football all the way to the pinnacle of the women's and men's teams.
"We're committed to making BT a national champion, and what better way than backing the national game and the national teams. This partnership will reach all areas of football, including grassroots football and communities up and down the country. We look forward to revealing our plans in the coming months and we can't wait to get started."
Mark Bullingham, FA chief commercial & football development officer, said: "We are delighted BT will be our new Lead England Partner, encompassing our 28 England men's and women's senior teams, development teams, futsal and disability teams. Furthermore, I'm thrilled we have also extended our long-standing partnership with EE who will continue as principle partner of Wembley Stadium. We look forward to working with BT and EE over the coming five years, continuing our commitment to developing the game and bringing our fans and teams closer together
"This is a great start to an exciting week for England football, with the Lionesses starting their World Cup campaign and the men's senior team in the finals of the Nations League. I'm really pleased that alongside Barclays and Boots this year, we can add BT to our growing portfolio of commercial partners."
BT and EE customers will also benefit from exclusive England Team match offers and tickets to FA events.
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6 p.m. July 25, The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Ascension, 120 Bull St. The concert features Ron Wilkins and the Ben Tucker Trio. Free. Donations will be given to charity. For information, call 912-232-4151 or go to www.ronwilkins.com.
1 p.m. July 25, Temple of Glory Community Church, 1105 Stiles Ave. Stacy Stanton will be signing copies of her book, "Fertile Ground." Books are $12. For information, call 912-233-8213.
3 p.m. July 25, The Sand Bar, 1512 Butler Ave The feature group is Alien Blue and there will be many more local artists performing. Free. For information, call 912-786-8304 or go to sandbartybee.com.
5 p.m. July 25, Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa, One Resort Drive. The Coastal Jazz Association presents The Howard Paul Quartet featuring pianist George Mesterhazy in concert. Cost: $10; free for members. For information, call 912-920-1317 or go to www.coastal-jazz.org.
6 p.m. July 25, River's Edge Retirement Community, 6206 Waters Ave. Sass n Brass is a duo from Jacksonville Fla. whose musical repertoire includes songs from the '40s, '50s and every decade following. Admission: free. For information, call 912-354-6146 or go to www.riversedgeretirement.com.
6-8:30 p.m., July 26-30, Kirk O' the Isles Presbyterian Church, 6500 Habersham St. Children learns about the adventurous missionary Jim Elliot. For ages 3 to completed 5th grade. Meals are provided. For information, call 912-355-3141 or go to www.kirkpca.org.
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. July 26, The Exchange Tavern, 201 E. River St. Charlena Brown will be discussing the services offered by the Savannah Entrepreneurial Center at the meeting. Cost: $25; $20 members, $5 meeting only. RSVP to lbarrett@pioneersavannah.com. For information, call 912-313-3777 or go to www.nawiccoastalgeorgia.org.
Experienced grant-writers and baby-huggers are needed. Volunteers (individuals or service groups) are needed for lawn maintenance. Hope House of Savannah is a supportive home for homeless single mothers with one child. For information, call 912-236-5310.
Volunteer nurses needed. Community Health Care Center, 310 Eisenhower Drive Medical Center, Suite 5. For information, call 912-692-1451.
Seeking volunteers for various positions. For information, call Rachel Grier, 912-354-8225 ext 226.
Volunteers are needed to photograph and collect data on Coastal Georgia dolphins. Captains and their boats, photographers, team leaders and assistants are needed for research. Training workshops will be held at Armstrong Atlantic State University's Solms Hall. No reservations required. For information, call 912-727-3177 or GAdolphin@comcast.net or go to www.thedolphinproject.org.
Volunteers are needed in the thrift shops with sorting and display of clothing, shoes, and bric-a-brac. Help is also needed at the receptionist desk, data processing, TV programming (filming & editing) and assistance with our Annual Calendar Fundraiser (printing, mailing letters & calendars). For information, call Jennifer Golden, 912-232-1979 or e-mail Jennifer@oscm.org.
Seeking volunteers in the administrative and direct-care roles for Bulloch, Chatham, Effingham, Bryan and Liberty counties. Must be at least 18 to apply. Seniors are encouraged to volunteer. For information, call Ed Minor, 912-352-8200.
Volunteers are needed to help the elderly with disabilities to do everyday activities, simple chores, friendly visits, telephone calls and respite care. For information, call Linda Fields at 912-238-2960, ext. 123.
Volunteers are needed to run fun activities in these areas: sing-a-long, hall bowling, golf putting, beanbag baseball, horseshoes, current events group, gardening club. Or, if you have an area of expertise that might be used to help seniors at River's Edge. For information, call Judy Jordan, 912-354-6146.
9 a.m.-1 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, Georgia Infirmary, 1900 Abercorn St. Volunteers are needed at the front desk to check patients in and out and to take blood pressures and are computer knowledgeable to enter collected data. For information, call Sidney Oetgen at 912-232-6624.
The First Steps Parents of Newborns program pairs volunteers with new families in the hospital setting to provide emotional support, parenting education materials and referrals to community resources. Volunteer training and all materials are provided. For more information about the program, call 912-819-6911 or 912-819-6910 or e-mail MobleySte@sjchs.org.
Adult and Community Education, an adult literacy program, is in need of volunteer tutors who can commit to two to four hours each week. Volunteers work one-on-one with adult learners on a variety of subjects. Education experience is not necessary; training is provided. For information, call 912-354-4047.
Volunteers are needed for receptionist duties and to assist with preparing and serving meals in the Family Room. For information, call 912-356-5520.
214 Drayton St., as well as in the homes of some of the group's clients. Volunteer opportunities include receptionist, manning the Talking Books Library, bowling with clients, playing chess and other board games, writing grant proposals for the agency, grocery shopping, assisting with writing and paying bills and more. For information, call 912- 232-6048.
Additional volunteer instructors are needed to teach the AARP Senior Drivers Safety Program (55 ALIVE) classes. The area to cover is Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties. For information, call Bob Carson at 912-748-2758.
Is seeking volunteers in Savannah for its GreenCare for Troops program. Volunteers tend to lawns and landscape for families of servicemen and women who are serving overseas. Call toll-free 877-758-4835 or go to projectevergreen.com.
Volunteers are needed a few hours a week in the mornings to assist adults in learning basic academic skills or children in elementary and middle schools in the afternoons. Volunteers are also needed to interact with people and assist with welcoming patients, schedule appointments and file charts. Call 912-447-0578 to volunteer as an educational assistant.
St. Joseph's/Candler has several opportunities for adult volunteers who can serve at gift shops, waiting rooms and service desks on either campus, as well as the Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion. Adults of all ages who can volunteer for at least four hours a week will be considered. Call 912-819-6185.
This non-profit Organization is dedicated to sending our local area World War II Veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the new WW II Memorial. All expenses for the veterans are paid by Honor Flight Savannah. Honor Flight is not a government-supported program. We depend on donations from the community. For information about how to support our effort or nominate a Veteran for a trip to Washington, call Carol Megathlin 912-596-1962 or carol.megathlin@comcast.net.
There are several opportunities for volunteer service group at the Savannah-Ogeechee Canal to clean debris from the trails and wetlands, and maintain the Museum and Butterfly Gardens. For information, call 912-748-8068 or carndt2651@aol.com.
100 Dorset Road, Port Wentworth is in need of volunteers on the weekends to conduct games, arts & crafts, sing-a-longs, and other activities with the residents. For information, call Leigh Johnson at 912-964-1515.
Volunteers are needed to offer support and companionship, also help with art, administrative duties, patient care and pet therapy. Call 912-691-5755 or drop by at 7373 Hodgson Memorial Drive, Suite 3-A.
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 1900 Victory Drive. Volunteers are needed at the retail outlet where quality new, used and surplus building materials are sold at a fraction of retail prices. Proceeds from the ReStore helps fund the construction of Habitat for Humanity houses within the Savannah community. For information, call 912-353-8122 or Volunteer Coordinator, volunteer@habitatsavannah.org.
10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Saturdays, 7215 Sallie Mood Drive. Volunteers are needed to help in the store. For information, call 912-354-9515, ext. 111.
You can make a big difference in the lives of others by volunteering for Island Hospice, a local non profit Hospice care provider. Whether you are interested in office support, computer work, patient and/or family support there is a place for you. Opportunities available in Georgia and South Carolina, all necessary training are provided. For more information call TerriCrouch at912-721-5127 in Georgia or 843-208-3660 in the Lowcountry or go to www.thagroup.org.
American Cancer Society, 6600 Abercorn St., Suite 206. The American Cancer Society is looking for volunteer drivers to transport cancer patients to their hospital or doctor's office for treatment. This requires no special skills or education - just a safe driving record, a valid driver's license, some free time, and a vehicle in good working condition. For information, call 912-355-5916 or kylene.hartsfield@cancer.org.


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Mayor Adams' tour of the American southern border comes to an end.
Where did New York Mayor Eric Adams spend the weekend
El Paso, Texas, where he said he wants to take a closer look at how the continued influx of immigrants affects that border city.
On his Twitter account, he posted a video with El Paso Mayor Oscar Lesser.
Adams assured that he went to learn "how to better manage" the crisis that he himself is in the big apple.
New York workers have some advice for you:
"It is very important that she sues the federal government, that migrants return any identification documents that are being taken at the immigrant border," said Arianna Phillips from the South Bronx Mutual Aid organization.
Phillips assures them that he has received and helped them since the city was flooded in the spring, saying they carry documents such as passports that they need to start a new life. as well…
"They need to demand that the requirements of the court's ruling to repeal Title 42 be met."
Adams on Sunday visited a center where immigrants attend and receive documents. He went to a local shelter and talked to local leaders.
Before leaving, his administration announced a deal with the New York Hotel Association that would house 5,000 refugees at a cost of $275 million. In addition, it included more than one billion in its annual budget to be able to provide assistance to those coming and those who are already here.
Paul Molina, a Venezuelan immigrant, appreciates the efforts, but what he really wants, he says, is to work.
"We need to act like all people, all adults. But by not giving us the ability to do it in a legal way, we are desperately looking for alternatives that are sometimes precarious.
Paul arrived in New York six months ago.
She abandoned her three-year-old daughter in Venezuela and it pains her to feel like a social burden.
"We, the communities that live in this situation, sometimes allow ourselves to be mistreated because of ignorance of whether or not they have rights," says Molina.
"A very basic solution that can be done now is to speed up the process, to access work permits, for migrants who come here seeking asylum," Phillips continues.
Adams promised them "open arms". Governor Cathy Hochul has promised aid.
But it was the administration of current President Joe Biden that opened the door and federal aid is not coming despite pleas and complaints from the mayor.
According to the city, there are already about 32,000 new immigrants who have arrived in New York from the southern border. The cost, they say, amounted to two billion dollars. More are on the way.


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As we boarded the Disney Magic, several Disney characters greeted us. It was wonderful to see my children's faces light up as we approached Mickey and the gang for photos. My kids were immediately excited and eager to explore the entire ship, which was absolutely beautiful and definitely created with children in mind. Every last niche was perfectly designed!
We had our first meal at the Animator's Palate. Here we met the dinning staff that followed us for the remainder of the cruise. I must say that it was this team of fabulous young individuals who really made our experience magical. The head waiter was incredibly attentive and catered to even the youngest traveler.
My youngest son, who is a very picky eater, was able to get pancakes made especially for him for every dinner! You may be wondering what kind of parent lets their son eat pancakes for every evening meal. But, you know, it was Christmastime after all! The entire staff wanted to make my son's wish come true just as much as I did. This type of personalized service is something I have only experienced on a Disney cruise!
This type of personalized service is something I have only experienced on a Disney cruise!
We visited three ports of call during our 8-night Caribbean cruise, which included Key West, Cozumel and Costa Maya. Each had its individual charm. My kids truly enjoyed each and every shore excursion provided by the cruise line. Everything was perfectly orchestrated.
Aboard the ship, there was a multitude of activities for families. The Disney Magic has a wonderful kids' club for children of every age and an incredible tracking system. Every cabin comes equipped with two Sea Phones that you can take with you all throughout the ship to communicate with each other, other Sea Phones, any cabin or any spot on the ship. The kids' club could always call you on the Sea Phone for any important update. These phones are amazing; it's like having your cell phone at sea. Truly magical!
However, I must say that the most amazing part of the entire cruise was the entertainment. The live shows featuring Disney characters and talented performers were fantastic. The costumes, stage sets, actors, musicians and entertainers were all out of this world. It is no surprise that Disney has won many awards for "best shows at sea." We did not miss a single one. My children would run to the theatre to watch the next show. They were constantly entertained.
One of my favorite events was the Pirate Party a few evenings into the cruise. My entire family dressed in pirate outfits along with many other guests and the entire staff, including all the Disney characters. This party was so much fun and it concluded with the most spectacular firework display at sea.
Our experience on the Disney Magic was truly amazing – a trip of a lifetime! It still makes me smile as I think about all the fond memories we made. I highly recommend a Disney cruise for any family looking for a Magical Vacation!
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Get Moving BC
Get Moving BC was able to get on the front pages of The Province and Sun today. The headline: Metro Vancouver Lags in Bridges. You can download the full report from their website.
The report tries to compare the amount of bridge lanes in Metro Vancouver to other cities in western Canada and comes to the conclusion that we lag far behind. Unfortunately, this report is not really comparing apples to apples.
Apples - Calgary's Centre Street Bridge
Oranges - Alex Fraser Bridge
The Fraser River, because it is a federal waterway, needs to have high-level bridges for navigation. These bridges, if the Port Mann and Golden Ears Bridges are any indication, cost about a billion dollars a piece to build.
The report uses Portland, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Saskatoon as comparisons to Metro Vancouver. While I can't speak to Winnipeg or Saskatoon, I've lived in Calgary and traveled extensively in Portland and Edmonton. What I can tell you about Calgary and Edmonton is that all of their bridges are low-level bridges that are an order of magnitude less to build (the exception is the High Level Bridge in Edmonton which is a Streetcar/Road/Cycling Bridge.) Also, both the Bow River and North Saskatchewan River are nowhere near the width of the Fraser River. Low-level bridge with small spans = relatively cheap to build.
The real comparison should be made to Portland, and if we are talking apples to apples, it would be Portland's two Columbia River bridges. Portland's version of the Port Mann is called the Interstate Bridge. They are in the processes of planning for the replacement of that bridge. You can check out the Columbia River Crossing website for more information. The really exciting thing about that bridge replacement project is that is will include variable tolling, cycling, walk, and light rail that will be built at the same time as the bridge, allowing people from Vancouver, WA to take light rail all the way into downtown Portland. (This is not happening in BC.) That's the right way to be building bridges in this day and age. I would also like to point out that the low-level bridges in downtown Portland are currently being expanded to handle streetcars. You can check out Metro Portland's regional government website for more information.
Anyway, Get Moving BC's top action items are as followed:
-Fast Track the twinning of the Port Mann Bridge: The twinned Port Mann Bridge will be part of the Rapid Bus network which will link to and extend the reach of the region's expanding SkyTrain system.
-Fast Track the replacement of the Deadly Pattullo Bridge: The accident-prone Pattullo Bridge was opened in 1937 and it fails to meet the present-day standards for a four lane roadway.
-Construct the Tree Island Bridge: To provide Alex Fraser Bridge traffic with a direct route to Marine Way in Burnaby and reduce pressure on the Queensborough Bridge and its northern approaches.
-Construct the Stormont Connector: A cut-and-cover route through New Westminster and Burnaby connecting the Pattullo Bridge directly with Highway 1.
-Replace the George Massey Tunnel with a new eight-lane bridge: the Massey Tunnel represents one of the worst traffic bottlenecks in the Lower Mainland.
-Construct an entirely new eight-lane Fraser River crossing between the Port Mann and Pattullo bridges: Connecting the King George Highway and the South Fraser Perimeter Road in Surrey to Highway 1 and the Lougheed Highway in Coquitlam.
-Begin planning for a new eight-lane crossing between Vancouver and Richmond.
That is probably way over $5 billion dollars in urban freeway/road projects, and it does very little to help the over 80% of trips that stay within the South Fraser. The second part of Get Moving BC's report talks about traffic congestion.
He also said he was "really impressed" by the generous paved shoulders on both sides of most of Portland's highways and freeways and the fact that there were usually a minimum of three lanes in each direction, with more lanes, sometimes up to five lanes, at on and off ramps. Portland's on and off ramps, he said, also tended to be long and smooth and extended for a considerable distance (often with two full lanes available), which stands in stark contrast to the dangerously short stretches of road allocated for merging on and off of the Trans Canada Highway. "Now that's infrastructure," he wrote in one email with reference to Portland.
Now traffic congestion is a real concern and dangerous infrastructure like the Pattullo Bridge needs to be replaced, but we know the following: gas is going up in price, 30% of green house causing gases come from transportation, people are looking for alternatives to the auto, cities are trying to building around people and transit. A far more reasonable approach would be to build transportation alternatives out in the South Fraser which currently don't exist. Restore the Interurban, build light rail on King George Highway and 104th Avenue, build streetcars, build complete roads, and implement congestion tolling. After doing all that, let's revisit the new bridges question.
As Premier Gordon Campbell said when he was Mayor of Vancouver, "You can't build your way out of congestion." But, you sure can do things to provide people alternatives to congestion. You can't expect people to take transit if the service sucks... building more bridge lanes into Vancouver doesn't get people into transit and doesn't help the over 80% of trips that stay within the South Fraser.
Posted by Nathan Pachal at 11:39 AM Labels: Regional/Metro Vancouver, Transportation
Great post! I was wondering what you guys would have to say about this.
My discussion with Mom after reading it in the Sun (we don't have the Province) was that the Ironworkers Memorial actually handles MORE volume than the Port Mann, according to this report, but in 6 lanes PLUS sidewalks on each side for pedestrials and cyclists, AND busses run back and forth all day long with frequent peak service. The Port Mann is poorly designed whereas Ironworkers Memorial is straight; the only tricky parts are knowing how to handle getting on at the south end from Main St south and where to exit on the north end. Like the Port Mann, it isn't congested on the bridge, it's congested on approach... but only during rush hour and if you go early enough it's no problem. (I can't speak for people coming from Lynn Valley.)
The report also ignores density and area, focussing only on population and traffic.
Thanks Nathan for a great analysis of GMBC's report.
Another thing that you don't mention as a difference between Calgary's and Metro Vancouer's bridges is that Calgary's river goes through (or near) downtown. Perhaps a better comparison would be comparing Calgary's bridges to Vancouvers 3 downtown bridges.
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Baylor College of Medicine Brings Acclaimed Performance to the Medical Center
By Britni R. McAshan October 19, 2015
For two years, Elizabeth Kenny spiraled through the mental health system as a result of misdiagnosis and adverse response to prescription medications. What started out as a simple medical problem led to an eventual suicide attempt and several admissions to an in-patient psychiatric hospital. To share her story with others and heal, Kenny wrote the solo performance, Sick.
Sick chronicles Kenny's journey from doctor to doctor as she seeks treatment for mental health symptoms that intensify with each new medication prescribed. Kenny wrote Sick to share her two-year struggle with misdiagnosis and iatrogenic illness and to explore the relationship between health care providers, pharmaceutical companies and patients.
Amy McGuire, Ph.D., Leon Jaworski Professor of Biomedical Ethics and director of the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy at Baylor College of Medicine, saw Kenny preform Sick at TEDMED 2014 and wanted to bring her to Baylor as part of their community outreach program.
"Elizabeth has such a powerful story to tell," she said. "The courage, honesty and authenticity that she displays during her performance have stimulated important dialogue about stigma, conflicts of interest in medicine and the vulnerability that patients and their families experience when navigating the health care system."
Baylor College of Medicine hosted actor, playwright, teacher and lecturer Kenny to perform her solo show, Sick, twice at the Texas Medical Center. Along with her performances, Baylor hosted panel discussions with health care providers in TMC.
On the night of her first performance, the panel included Baylor President and CEO Paul Klotman, M.D.; Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Ph.D., associate professor of medicine and medical ethics at Baylor; attorney Melanie Gray; Jim Lomax, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor; and Baylor Assistant Professor Ricardo Nuila, M.D. Her second performance was co-hosted with the University of Texas McGovern Center for Humanities & Ethics and panelists included McGuire; Thomas Cole, Ph.D., director of the McGovern Center; John Coverdale, M.D., a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Baylor; and Bobby Nix, M.D.,
an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UTHealth.
After struggling with ovarian cysts, Kenny's doctor recommended that she start taking birth control to regulate the symptoms. A few months after taking birth control, Kenny began feeling depressed and saw a psychiatrist.
At Kenny's first appointment, her psychiatrist asked her to rate how sad she was on a scale of one to ten.
"I was thinking, is this how this really works?" said Kenny. "Doesn't he need to know specifically what I mean by a five in order for this to have any value? I started doing a calculation in my head–I didn't want to be an eight because that seems like a crisis and I don't want to be a three because that doesn't even seem serious enough to be here, so I'm a six."
Kenny's psychiatrist recommended that she begin taking antidepressants to help with her depression. For over a year, Kenny's symptoms worsened and the solution was always trying new medication or changing doses of medication.
Two years after beginning the antidepressants, Kenny started hearing voices and eventually attempted suicide. At that point, her mother stepped in.
Once at home with her mother, the two sought help for her depression from a family friend who was also a therapist. After hearing all of the information, the friend believed it might be the medication that was making Kenny feel the way she did. Kenny began detoxing from her medication and was feeling like herself again.
Today, Kenny is a successful writer and actor and has won several awards for Sick, including The Gypsy Lee Rose award in Excellence of Production, Performance and Playwriting and Gregory Award nominations for best new performance, best new play and best production. She continues to perform across the country and plans for a film adaptation are in the works.
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Joss Whedon's 'S.H.I.E.L.D.' Near Series Order at ABC.
More awesome awesomeness from the World of Whedon. ABC would have to be nuts to not greenlight this with all fan support and the free crossover coverage with the films.


When the Harvard Business Review published a post called Seven Rules For Managing Creative People a few months back, the reaction was an almost universal, Oh, please! This was due to the fact that most of the advice in the piece was bizarrely off base ("surround them with semi-boring people." What?), but also because of the patronizing tone and the assumption that "creatives" are a breed of brats demanding a different set of operating instructions.
That said, the topic is a valid one–there is an art to getting the most out of your teams of creative professionals. When the job is to conjure the next brilliant idea out of thin air, against deadline, via a combination of inspiration, hard work, experience, intuition, and confidence, getting the best work out of creative people on a consistent and efficient basis can be tricky business.
Nurturing and managing a workforce of creative professionals requires a certain degree of sensitivity to individual skills. "Creatives are individual people and have unique things that motivate them. So when you respect understand that, that's a pretty good cocktail," says Evan Fry, executive director of creative development at Crispin Porter + Bogusky.
Fry is speaking from experience. CPB recently installed Fry and creative director Dave Swartz in positions dedicated to inspiring, encouraging, teaching, supporting, and organizing the agency's creative and design departments.
Seen as an investment in creative talent, the new roles have allowed Swartz–a longtime agency fixture–and Fry–who recently returned to CPB after nearly four years at crowdsourcing agency Victors & Spoils–to focus on helping creative people succeed. As experienced creative leaders, both say the most important element in fostering the talent of others is instinct, or as Fry puts it, "A Spidey sense for creative talent"–but there are a number of distinct things that business leaders can do to set its people up for success.
Here, Fry and Swartz share 10 ideas on how to manage creative talent. While they admit some seem deceptively simple, they say that the mere process of introspection required in understanding what a company needs from its talent–new and veteran–aids in clearing the way to help others.
Identify and Leverage Traits of Individuals.
Suggest–But Don't Necessarily Impose–a Process.
Encourage Switching Off to Switch On.
Make Retention a Conscious Choice.
That creatives routinely switch agencies after a couple of years is accepted practice in advertising. But Fry and Swartz believe it doesn't need to be that way. Swartz, a 25-year CPB veteran, and Fry, who is among the agency's many "boomerang" employees (those who leave and then come back), say part of their job is to foster an environment that people don't want to leave. "Everyone's going to get itchy feet here and there, and anyone who's doing good work is going to get courted. But keeping your culture healthy is huge. You have to understand it's not just about money as these people are being courted. It's always about culture. Culture is what retains talent," says Fry.
Know When To–And Be Able To–Speak The Tough Truth.


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NASCAR Cup Breaking news
NASCAR reveals 2018 rules package for Cup cars
Lee Spencer
Oct 3, 2017, 5:20 PM
Aerodynamically, the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series car won't be significantly different from the version raced this year.
The rules governing the use of engines in those cars, however, feature important changes.
In a Tuesday morning release, NASCAR provided Cup teams with a 50-page document — broken down to 38 pages of explanations and the remainder featuring diagrams detailing the important changes for next year.
NASCAR will release the hard copy of the 2018 Monster Energy Cup Series Rulebook on December 11.
For the first time, teams will be required to use the same engine in more than one race. Specifically, short-block sealed engines must be used in 13 races, meaning the engine block, crankshaft, camshaft, connecting rods, pistons and oil pan are sealed for use in a second race. Teams can choose in which 13 races they will use the sealed engines.
New engine policy among changes
For The Clash at Daytona and the All-Star Racing, teams will use a long-block sealed engine that has the same components as the short-block sealed engine along with cylinder heads and valves — pieces that are highly susceptible to failure.
NASCAR will enforce the single-engine rule at all events, including the Daytona 500. If a team is forced to replace an engine — no matter whether the failure occurs before first practice or after Happy Hour -- the car will start at the rear of the field for the event. Teams will no longer be able to carry engines in their backup vehicles. NASCAR is attempting to discourage teams from carrying three engines to the track.
The spoiler on next year's Cup cars will remain at 2.375-inches tall by 61-inches wide. Each manufacturer will use a common flat splitter, radiator and oil cooler. The net rear steer will remain set at zero. NASCAR introduced this at the All-Star Race in May in an effort to keep team from reducing side force on the cars. With the exception of repaved and reconfigured tracks, NASCAR will set a one-rear gear rule for each race.
Due to teams' continued work in the aerodynamics underneath the car, NASCAR has limited the number of fans located at wheel corners which are used to manipulate the air. The front sub-frame rules were also modified to reduce additional aerodynamic development.
NASCAR has eliminated ride heights at superspeedways. Through wind tunnel testing, NASCAR has discovered having the cars closer to the ground decreases lift-off speed by approximately 30 miles per hour. Teams will no longer have mandatory rear shocks or springs at Daytona and Talladega. The restrictor plates for the super speedways will continue to be 7/8-inch.
On the safety side, NASCAR will delay the introduction of the enhanced vehicle chassis (EVC) to 2019. Beginning in November, teams will be required to certify with EVC.
Despite the success of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway aero package in the Xfinity Series, NASCAR currently has no plans to use the same rules for Cup next season. According to a NASCAR spokesperson, the air ducts which were instrumental in the car's success are not as easy to install on the Cup cars. However, it's likely the Xfinity teams will use that same package at the Brickyard for 2018 and possibly at other venues on the tour.
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The head of the Republican Governor's Association said on Friday that in emails sent to him moments before she announced her resignation as governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin discussed expanding the role she played in the Republican Party.
"Part of her decision is she wants to spend more time campaigning for candidates," Nick Ayers, the executive director of the RGA, told Fox News.
In other words, [edit: if this story checks out], she is trying to claim the mantle of Republican leadership and thereby be considered the de facto leader going into the 2012 GOP nomination contest. GOP Leadership is not going to come from the Senate or House–what do you think Eric Cantor is going to run for President? Sanford's out. The moderate Republicans are going to have a helluva time winning the primary (e.g. Charlie Crist). Newt's too old and too f'in crazy.
I've always thought Huckabee was the front-runner for 2012. Pawlenty with an outside chance, but he's not exactly telegenic. The outside chance X factor candidate would be Gen. Petraeus but Obama has seemingly neutralized him (for now) by putting the Gen. as head of CENTCOM and getting him on board with Obama's Af-Pak policy.
Palin therefore has to steal the ground on the social conservative base from Huck. He's gone for the talk show thing, but she appears headed now for hard campaigning.
On the one hand I actually appreciate her retiring. Given that she doesn't want to do the job she was hired for I mean. Once a girl like that has seen life in the big city how is she gonna go back to the sticks of Alaska? She's clearly not interested in being Governor, so I think it's actually the right move in terms of putting somebody in the position who will be focused on governing. Presumably Gov. to be Sean Parnell will be interested in his own political career as Gov.
While the commentary consensus (so far) seems to be this means her political career is over, I wouldn't be so fast to write her off. She's trying to replay her rather unlikely win in the Alaska Gov. race. Go hard to the base and get a deeply personal, extremely loyal following. Then expand from there to reach out to the middle. And force the issue by deploying cultural war battles.
We will see. This is a major gamble on her part, but if she gets spots to campaign for others she could build a network on the national level that could in theory catapult her to the Republican Nomination. If she doesn't get the return calls from local GOPers running for House, State Senate seats, PACs and the like, then she's toast.
But I would not underestimate how she could could win some major brownie points in the GOP base by campaigning for other candidates. That said, she better get it together because that press conference today appeared very discombobulated and thrown together last minute. She better have some hard yes-es on this campaigning idea or this could be over fast.
But if it does bomb, I think it would be from lack of execution not the decision itself. By the transitive properties of the Feiler Faster thesis combined with the fact that campaigns never so much begin and end as are continuous processes now in American politics (they just go through hotter and colder phases of activity/inactivity), this could pan out for her. The old consensus on having to finish terms is really up in the air. Obama won his Senate seat in 2004 and started running for President in 2006 (if not 2005). Why couldn't it work for a Governor?
I should say at this point–given there hasn't yet been a total economic meltdown–I think she would be crushed by Obama. She would need a real crisis moment socially and politically to try to ride in Huey Long populist demagogue style in order to win. A scary proposition in my mind–both the collapse scenario and just as frightening in my mind Palin as President.
One problem she is going to have when she runs for the GOP nomination–which is undoubtedly what she wants to do and if she has opening I have to assume she'll go for it–she'll have to figure out how to deal with the primary calendar which is not going to serve her well.
Iowa: Huckabee is going to be near impossible to beat there.
New Hampshire: They are not fans of hers up there. I know she's all pro-gun but there is not a big social conservative base in NH.
I would think she could do well in South Carolina. Nevada potentially as a Western candidate. Though Romney was strong there in 2008.
I thought the tone in this one was pretty clear, but apparently not. She wasn't qualified to be VP and she won't be ready to be President in 2012. The thought of her anywhere near actual federal power keeps me awake at night. But not for the same reasons it does for Rich Lowry. She has a certain brassy streets smarts politically but she doesn't actually have political smart smarts imo. Especially on foreign policy…to put it very very charitably. iow, I would love it if the other commentators were right and she's ready to be stuck with the fork, but I'm a little worried that isn't the case.
Update III: The official story is that she is done with politics. Maybe. If so, I wish her well in life.
The other other theory is that it might be damage control for an upcoming scandal. If that ends up being true and the scandal sticks, then for sure she's a goner. She's weathered a number of potential scandals up til now, so we'll just have to wait and see. She was very shaky in that press conference.
But in a statement posted on Palin's Facebook account, she suggested that she had bigger plans and a national agenda she planned to push after she resigns at the end of the month.
But what kind of crisis could this nation face, that sarah would be the answer to? If we had a military/terrorism crisis would sarah be in any way a solution to that? Other repubs maybe, but will anybody but her rabid followers see her wink and you betcha act as what is needed for cope with another 911.
Yes, that's why Kagan thought she was so wonderful and her "non-elite" ignorance of foreign policy didn't matter.
Sarah Palin and Ron Paul combined?
She didnt jump, she was pushed.
Guess we'll find out the push-force.
Also…Obama started running with his speech at the DNC convention.
That spate of hastely contrived Heartland Pageant Speak is just cover for her real reasons, w/e they might be.
Its like Miss Congenality or the second runner-up doing a facesaving climbdown from her ambitions.
Mike, brilliant! She does seem to have to learn a great deal plus she's not a natural "smack 'em in the mouth' kind of debater, yet she appeals to many people with her very simple message. By the time the Big O has his four years in my old dog, Buck, might be able to beat him.
I'm putting you in at CBS to replace the churlish, tight-assed, Katie!
Romney I think has the backing of the establishment conservatives (he did last time around and I assume will again in '12). But for me he's just so awkward and robotic. He's so uncomfortable and in the age of television that matters. Whether it should or not is a different question, but it does. He's technocratic and in the end he says what's popular, so he doesn't scare me like Palin does (although I wouldn't vote for him) but we'll see. He had everything set up for him in 2008 but couldn't seal the deal. Hard to imagine that chance coming around twice, but who knows. The Republican Party is really lost and someone eventually is going to have to become the leader, if only for a short period of time.
I can't get a handle on Romney — he does seem robotic.
The social conservative component of the GOP is only growing. I don't see how he wins them. They vote on personal identification (Reagan, Bush II, Huck/Palin) never mind Romney's Mormonism which only makes it that much harder for him.
I don't think this is right at all. There's little evidence from the primaries that evangelicals have a problem with Romney. He won most of the caucuses and the red states outside the south, which indicates that his popularity was strongest with the Republican base. The south voted for Huckabee, but I expect that's mainly due to regional affinity rather than an antipathy towards Mormons. And Romney doesn't need the south – he's not a moderate (his statements in the 2008 primary were doctrinaire talking-point Republicanism) but he may be able to present himself as one due to his stint as Mass. governor and I don't see anyone who has a better chance of winning primaries in the large blue states.
You may be right. Romney won some states out West (where he is strong) and some uncontested ones but he just wears poorly. By all rights it should be his–he's got the money, he's got business background, well organized. But he just doesn't have that thing.
No Republican won in the 20th (and 21st) century without Ohio. Could Romney win Ohio? Being a native Buckeye, I gotta say no. Romney could in theory put pressure on Obama out West (Nevada, Colorado shading purple/blue, New Mexico). But he's weak in the Midwest.


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Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (Continued)
Dáil Éireann Debate
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[Deputy Clare Daly: ] We now have the irony of a society with more wealth than it has ever had, but it is in a smaller number of hands and there are greater levels of inequality than ever before. To me, this is utterly reprehensible. I honestly think we are demeaning people. We are degrading them in the manner we treat them and they interface with social services. It is not right. I was going to read a quote from the end of the film which sums up what we are not doing, but as I do not know whether I would be able to hold it together without crying, perhaps I will not. The bottom line is what the man proudly proclaims at the end, which is that he is not a client, a customer, a service user, a shirker, a scrounger or a beggar or an insurance number but somebody who has paid his dues and was proud to do so. He never asked or looked for charity. He states he is a man, not a dog, and demands his rights and respect. He is a citizen, nothing more and nothing less. We have lost the concept of citizenship and what it means. We are not creating a society but a gulf between myth and spin, on the one hand, and the real lives of people, on the other.
I will not have time to go into all of the points, but there is no doubt about it - other Deputies have referred to it - many of the measures included in the budget have been designed to make those who already have a greater share of the wealth even wealthier. The special assignee relief programme will cost the guts of €5 million, money which I believe could have been better used on public services.
Points have been made about the inheritance tax measure which will benefit approximately 2,000 people, at a cost of €20 million to the State. The Government is bragging about the €35 million being spent on child care initiatives, while €20 million is being written off to the benefit of approximately 2,000 people, which, to me, puts the matter very much in perspective.
While the Government might state it is great that we will have 1,000 extra nursing posts as provided for in the budget, which is very good, it does not undo the damage caused by the fact that we are down 5,200 nursing posts since the recession and that there is a deficit of 17% in the number of midwifery staff needed to run maternity services which has resulted in a crisis in maternity services. Eight maternity hospitals are under investigation following the tragic deaths of either babies or women in a country which a few years ago was lauded as being the safest country in the world in which to give birth. Sadly, that is not the case any more and the cutbacks are not being undone.
Deputy Mick Wallace has dealt much better than I could with the so-called and misnamed help-to-buy scheme, which is really the give a few bob to the developers scheme. It is an absolute joke and will do no good and will probably do a lot of harm.
There has been a huge play in the media about pensions. In some ways, it shows Fianna Fáil's historic policy of vote buying from its clientele, the over-65s, in the mileage it has been making out of the issue. While it is welcome that pensioners will receive an extra €5, it is not enough. Not only is it not enough, it does not do anything to address the shameful inequalities in the pension system. It is completely unacceptable. A full contributory pension is being denied to thousands of Irish women and some men, some of whom worked 30 or 40 years, because they did not engage in paid work for periods of their working lives for a variety of reasons. It might have been because they were caring for children, because they had volunteered abroad or because they were suffering from depression. Whatever the reason, in many cases women, in particular, were forced out of the workforce by the marriage bar and now in their later years they are being punished again by the failure of the Government to redress this inequality. They are being punished with reduced pensions. Many of these women re-entered the workforce after their children had been reared but because their contributions were based on an entire working life, they will not receive the full benefits. Meanwhile, people who did not work all of their lives and only started to work at, for example, 54 years of age and made PRSI contributions for ten years will receive a full pension. Others who, in some instances, worked 30 years will not. This is ludicrously unfair and I do not see why the Government will not correct this unfairness. It is completely wrong. The Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Leo Varadkar, plans to introduce a new total contribution system to correct the unfairness, but the plan is to introduce it by 2020 when, sadly, some of the women and men who would benefit from it may not be around. This is particularly the case because the Minister has stated he will not backdate the scheme. Many of the people who find themselves in this situation will not benefit, which is completely wrong. I will briefly read from a letter from a constituent who wrote to the Minister about this issue to show how disappointed she is it that is not being addressed.
Your response gives no understanding of the circumstances which could have led to women having atypical PRSI contribution histories. These were often due to societal expectations on women such as rearing and caring for children both healthy or suffering from intellectual or physical impairments. As the parent of an intellectually impaired daughter I could teach you a few facts on that score. Not alone was there a dearth of childcare facilities but there were even less facilities for those with such impairments. Include into this mix those women who were required to care for elderly or ailing parents and a clear picture of the impossible position which women were placed in back in the late 1960s and early 1970s begins to appear. Now those same women who were relied so heavily on by the State to give their time post-marriage to caring duties are being penalised heavily and shamelessly by the same State. It defies all reason and demonstrates neither empathy nor understanding of the circumstances which led to the atypical contribution history of [these women].
I could not put it better myself. When we speak about looking after older people, equality and a new Ireland, let us start dealing with the matter for real and deal with the women who brought the country to where it is, who reared and looked after others and who are not in any way getting the benefit.
I have many more points to make. I want to speak about the shameful waste of giving further taxpayers' money to Horse Racing Ireland, representatives of which will appear before the agriculture committee tomorrow, and the greyhound industry, a diminishing industry which has shamed us internationally for its appalling treatment of greyhounds. There are so many examples where we could have spent the money better.
The budget is a missed opportunity. It is stunningly unambitious and incredibly dull in its content. It will not do anything to address the fundamental inequalities which the Government has served to increase rather than reduce.
Deputy Mattie McGrath: I am glad to have another opportunity to reply to some measures included in the budget and thank everyone for his or her co-operation. Last night someone said the budget was like a light shower of snow over a farm, that there was no great amount in anyone's pocket or any one field. This is the best description I can use because there was a little for everyone, for which we must be thankful, in fairness. I have been in the House for many years and this is the first budget I can remember in which we are able to give something. It is very little, but we have to cut our cake according to measure. We went wild in past years and are suffering as a result. The suffering endured in the past nine years of austerity has been frightening. The impact it has had on families and human beings has been appalling.
We cannot ever write out of history the number of people who are abroad and the number who are sick. We also have those who are under pressure and cannot pay their mortgage and are being terrorised by the banks. They were not mentioned in the Budget Statement. We have the terror industry around the banks and the repossession agents. We have the peace process in the North to deal with the impact of the Troubles and there are peace processes all over the world. We need someone to intervene to call off the hound dogs. Deputy Clare Daly spoke about blood sports. There is a blood sport and there is not a word about it. People are being terrorised and beaten up in their homes and on bóithríns and roads and being evicted. It is going on, but we have had a budget that does not even mention home repossessions or those in mortgage distress to any great extent.
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Sydney FC 1.Ivan NECEVSKI (gk), 2.Seb RYALL, 5.Matt JURMAN, 6.Nikola PETKOVIC, 8.Milos DIMITRIJEVIC, 9.Shane SMELTZ, 11.Bernie IBINI, 13.Christopher NAUMOFF, 14.Alex BROSQUE ©, 16.Alex GERSBACH, 17.Terry ANTONIS, 20.Vedran JANJETOVIC (gk), 21.Mark JANKO, 23.Rhyan GRANT, 25.Aaron CALVER, 26.Jacques FATY, 27.Mickael TAVARES, 34.Robert STAMBOLZIEV.
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This clash to end round 21 of the Hyundai A-League has all the ingredients of a belter. Both sides are unbeaten since the competition's resumption following the Asian Cup break. Roar head to Sydney buoyed by some good results over the last week in A-League and ACL and have a strong record in the Harbour City. Depending on the result between Perth and Wellington on Saturday night, the Sky Blues could go top with a victory and at the very least move into the top two.
Sydney FC get Alex Gersbach and Mickael Tavares back from the suspension and the pair should come straight into the starting side. Jacques Faty has been named but must get through the last training session on Saturday to be eligible after two weeks out with a hamstring strain.
Suspension has ruled Luke Brattan out for Brisbane with Socceroo midfielder Adam Sarota the most likely candidate to take his spot in the XI.
-Sydney FC has taken just 13 points at home this season, compared to 22 away.
-Sydney have won just one of their last six Hyundai A-League games against Roar (D2 L3), excluding playoffs.
-Brisbane has failed to score in their last two against Sydney. They last went three games without a goal against them in January 2008 (excluding playoffs).
-Sydney have scored as many home goals in their last two games at Allianz Stadium as they had in the rest of their games there this season (7).
-Roar has scored twice in each of their last three away fixtures.
Sky Blues striker Marc Janko is aiming to become the first player in Hyundai A-League history to score in seven consecutive Hyundai A-League matches. Janko has nine in his last six games and scored a contender for goal of the season when the two sides met back in round three.
He will again be a focal point for the home side, with coach Graham Arnold hoping he can get a bit more support in the goal-scoring department from the likes of skipper Alex Brosque and Bernie Ibini. Roar hasn't scored against Sydney in both previous clashes this season but that was during their poor run of form.
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