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Proposals for the additional savings will go before the council’s cabinet next month, followed by a seven-week budget consultation.
But first they will be discussed by the authority’s corporate services committee on Monday, with a report explaining that this is all in advance of the the Local Government Finance Settlement for next year, meaning there may still be some adjustments.
Plus, the proposals are for £24million of cuts up to 2022, which means that £3million of savings still need to be identified, although it may be necessary to use council reserves.
The £24million is made up of efficiencies from almost every department of the council, including £3.8million from children’s services over three years through ‘seeking appropriate contributions from partners in relation to children with ongoing health needs’ and different models of delivery for certain services, including adoption and youth services.
The council also recently reported that a £1.6million overspend is being forecast for this year in relation to children’s social care, with efforts ongoing to wipe this out.
Another £10million will come from adults, wellbeing and health, through the likes of ‘managing staff budgets in relation to turnover and vacancies’ and ‘further efficiencies in telecare, operational staffing and in-house services’.
Changes in service delivery and grants in the culture, arts and leisure department will save another £1million up to 2022.
Planning, housing and resilience’s reduction of £1.6million over three years will come from maximising income from housing services for third parties and planning fees and charges, plus, more controversially, ‘operational efficiencies’ in the fire and rescue service.
In the longer term, the possibility of how the service can work with other fire authorities in the region to deliver services more efficiently will be looked at.
Shared services proposals which are being developed with Newcastle City Council will help contribute to the cuts of £1.7million proposed in resources, revenues and benefits, while opportunities for income generation is one of the main elements of plans to save £4.9million in environment and local services.
Finally, a One Council programme to look at the likes of management structures, commercial opportunities and budgets for printing, photocopying, postage and mileage will aim to contribute a further £1million in savings over the plan period to 2022.
The day was such a whirlwind, with so many well-wishers surrounding her, Dr. Mary Jo Wynn said she was unable to fully soak in what she was seeing for the first time.
So in the near future, she plans to return and take a leisurely tour of the newly remodeled Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Academic Achievement Center on the Missouri State campus.
"If I wanted anything named after me, it would have been toward the academic aspect aimed toward student-athletes, so I'm just thrilled," Wynn said of the second-floor area inside Forsythe Athletics Center for use by the 375 athletes at Missouri State.
Former Lady Bears basketball coach Cheryl Burnett spearheaded a campaign which raised $500,000 for the $600,000 project that was completed last month. It's named to honor Wynn, who spent 41 years at Missouri State, including 25 as senior women's athletics administrator.
Wynn retired in 1998 and, with the academic achievement center at Forsythe badly in need of a makeover, athletic director Kyle Moats and vice president for advancement Brent Dunn went to Burnett with the idea of naming it after Wynn. Burnett, a director of development, seized the idea and ran with it.
"We had a committee that worked very hard wanting it to live up to Dr. Wynn's standards of which we consider trailblazing, always looking toward the future," Burnett said.
The center features two computer labs with 23 desktop computers, two open study areas and six other rooms devoted to individual or group study.
Dan Raines, the center's director for nearly a year, said the modern amenities offer an inviting atmosphere for student-athletes at a place "that didn't have much to sell' before the makeover.
"Before, it was just outdated," Raines added. "We didn't have much to tell in terms of environment. It didn't feel exciting.
"We've had recruits up here already and you can see it's a point of pride now for our coaches to bring recruits through. They're able to show them this is a brand-new facility that can compete with any place in the country."
Missouri State softball coach Holly Hesse called it "a tremendous recruiting tool. Parents, especially, want to know, first thing, what type of academic support their child is going to get. Be able to talk to them about the Mary Jo Wynn Achievement Center and its resources is tremendous."
Added football coach Terry Allen: "It can't get any better for us. It's the front porch to our offices, plus the first thing we always emphasize to recruits when they visit are academics. It's just a cool place now versus the 1980s version we had before."
The center, which operates at a budget of $235,238 from within the $15.1 athletics budget, has four full-time staffers along with a graduate assistant and an administrative assistant that splits time with the compliance office.
Raines said the demand for hiring tutors is down from recent years, with only "three or four" currently needed.
"That's attributable to having really good students right now," Raines said, noting the cumulative grade-point average of 3.06 in 2013-14 was a 15-year high for Missouri State student-athletes.
The achievement center is open to all students, with first-semester freshmen required to spent a minimum of six hours per week in study hall there. After that it's up to individual programs as to how often players are required in the center.
Hesse said she's seen little resistance from her newcomers and other student-athletes agree that the center helps with the transition to college life.
"It was very good to have to go," redshirt freshman football player Cecil Bratton said. "You associate it with a place to get your work done and I wound up making good grades."
Added senior football player Gannon Sinclair: "It's no nice when you have class and football all day to have a nice place to study that's kind of away from everything. It makes it a lot better experience and you're able to do well academically."
That's exactly the philosophy that Wynn imparted in her long career at Missouri State, as a coach and then administrator. And it's why she's proud her name is a permanent part of the center going forward.
"I'm so proud that student-athletes, male and female, will have this," Wynn said. "Words can't express how I feel about this."
The Republican House leadership has agreed to vote on a contempt resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if the Justice Department does not hand over requested documents related to the Russia investigation by the end of the August recess.
A vote on an impeachment resolution within two days of the beginning of the new session Sept. 4 remains an option, according to congressional sources. But a contempt resolution — which must go through the House Judiciary Committee — is the first choice.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a candidate for House speaker, said in an interview Sunday that he and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., have not backed down from their vow to call for an impeachment vote if Rosenstein does not comply with the document request.
“The House has a constitutional duty to do oversight if the executive branch isn’t going to do that,” Jordan told radio host John Catsimatidis of WMYM-AM in New York on Sunday.
Jordan’s communications director, Ian Fury, confirmed to WND on Monday that Jordan and Meadows are keeping impeachment on the table despite an apparent shift in strategy last week after the two lawmakers on Wednesday joined nine other Republicans in filing articles of impeachment.
Jordan and Meadows emphasize their objective is to obtain the documents, and any resolution would be unnecessary if the Justice Department complies.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he opposes an impeachment resolution against Rosenstein, contending the accusations don’t rise to the level of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” as required by the Constitution.
“I don’t think we should be cavalier with this process,” he told reporters Thursday.
Paul Mirengoff of the popular Powerline blog, wrote that he’s “no fan” of the deputy attorney general but also doesn’t believe impeachment is warranted, asserting a better remedy would be to enforce the subpoena for documents in court. President Trump also could order Rosenstein to produce more material faster, he wrote.
Jordan responded Monday to the argument that impeachment is not warranted.
“The Department of Justice has ignored Congress’s letters requesting documents. They’ve ignored two subpoenas,” Jordan said in a statement issued to WND from his office.
Saudi police said on Tuesday they had detained a 14-year-old boy who was filmed dancing to the 1990s hit song "Macarena" at a street crossing in the coastal city of Jeddah, in a clip that was widely shared on social media.
The teenager, whose name and nationality were not given, was being questioned because he had shown "improper public behavior" and disrupted traffic, a statement from Mecca police said. It was not clear whether he would be formally charged.
In the 45-second video, a teenager wearing a striped t-shirt, grey sports shorts and brightly-coloured shoes strides to the middle of a crosswalk. He starts dancing to the catchy tune in front of five lanes of cars stopped at a traffic light.
Earlier this month police arrested and released a Saudi singer for using the 'dab' move in an onstage dance. Abdallah al-Shahani appeared on a viral video performing the dance at a music festival in the city of Taif in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
The dance had been banned in the Kingdom by the National Committee for Drug Control, on the grounds that it advocated or encouraged drug abuse, according to Saudi media.
Saudis are among the most active users of social media in the Arab world, using the Internet as an outlet for debate and interaction in their deeply conservative society.
Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings on "The Americans."
"The Americans," which premieres its fifth season Tuesday night on FX, follows KGB spies living as a married American couple with kids in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., during the early 1980s. The show stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings.
Despite relatively low ratings, the FX drama — which premiered in 2013 — is universally loved by critics and remains on the air. In 2016, the show was nominated for four Emmys including best drama, best actor in a drama, and best actress in a drama. It's an underrated gem.
It's based on a real-life Russian spy program.
In 2010, the FBI busted a Russian espionage ring, which resulted in the US kicking out 10 Russian spies who were living in the country under false identities. One couple had two sons who were unaware of their parents' true identities — they thought they were Canadian.
One of the showrunners is a former CIA agent.
Showrunner and cocreator Joe Weisberg is a former CIA agent, having worked for the agency in the early '90s. Because of this, the CIA has to approve all of the scripts to ensure that the show doesn't reveal any classified information.
It follows a historical period that isn't often covered in movies and TV.
The front lines of the Cold War and the early '80s in particular are not saturated in film and television. It was a time rich in music, but not fashion.
It’s a family drama, high-stakes spy thriller, and history lesson all rolled into one.
It’s a slow burn, but totally worth the wait.
It's got action, but the character drama is what stands out.
The performances are so good, you might actually root for the Russian spies.
Short positions below 1315.00 with targets at 1308.00 & 1305.00 in extension.
Above 1315.00 look for further upside with 1317.00 & 1319.00 as targets.
Short positions below 15.8400 with targets at 15.6800 & 15.6200 in extension.
Above 15.8400 look for further upside with 15.9000 & 15.9900 as targets.
Short positions below 52.60 with targets at 51.70 & 51.30 in extension.
Above 52.60 look for further upside with 53.00 & 53.40 as targets.
The State Government will pump a further $1.9 million into Tourism Queensland's Best Job in the World campaign, as pressure mounts to turn advertising acclaim into cold hard cash for local operators.
Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor talked up the success of the campaign yesterday, claiming flight bookings from the US to Cairns were up 34 per cent on the back of a cheap Best Job Qantas flight deal.
He also quoted figures from travel agency STA Travel showing a 17.3 per cent spike in Queensland visitor bookings from the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions as a result of Best Job package spin-offs like "the Best Honeymoon in the World" and "the Best Diving in the World".
"While the initial campaign budget was $1.7 million and returned more than $200 million in publicity, it would be negligent not to maximise this opportunity," Mr Lawlor said in announcing the extra funds yesterday.
"And better still, 80 per cent of the program's budget has been spent with Queensland businesses including cafes, hotels and tour operators.
But the figures are at odds with recent research by analysts Herron Todd White which found passenger numbers through Cairns International Airport had halved in the past six months.
The research, which made headlines last week, found the number of international arrivals and departures fell from about 81,000 to 42,000 between November 2008 and May this year.
Employment in the region had also fallen from about 134,000 in September to 128,900 in May.
International flight cuts and a decision by Qantas to replace some Asian routes with budget carrier Jetstar services have combined with the global financial crisis and swine flu pandemic to hurt the far north tourism industry, operators say.
Despite that, Tourism Tropical North Queensland chairman Stephen Olle remains confidence the numbers will bounce back as interest in the Best Job campaign continues.
The island caretaker job search scooped the pool at a recent international advertising awards ceremony in Cannes, bagging a record number of advertising "Oscars". And 94,000 people have subscribed to a Tourism Queensland e-newsletter providing updates on the progress of Best Job winner Ben Southall.
A further 2000 people have signed up to follow Mr Southall on Twitter and website www.islandreefjob.com website has logged more than eight million hits.
Mr Lawlor said the campaign had sold Amway Australia. The direct sales company has chosen Hamilton Island to host its 2010 business conference as a result of the publicity.
Tourist numbers rising once again but memories of 2004 disaster that destroyed Khao Lak resort remain painful.
When the Asian tsunami hit Thailand in 2004, it decimated popular tourist resorts and killed thousands of locals and visitors, especially in Phuket.
Now 10 years on, although the memories are still painful, the tourist numbers are finally rising again.
Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa went back to Khao Lak, the resort town that bore the highest death toll.
A man was captured on a Ring home security camera taking a package from a Danbury residence on March 28, 2019.
DANBURY — Police are trying to identify a man caught on security camera taking a package from a Maplewood Drive residence last Thursday.
The homeowner said it all began March 25, when she woke up to a bunch of emails.
“I thought my identity was being stolen, but at closer look, someone had just used my email address to sign up for numerous newsletters,” she said.
In the middle of all of the emails was one from AT&T confirming an order for three Samsung Galaxy smart phones, totaling $3,000, the homeowner said.
The homeowner said AT&T told her they would cancel the order. That, however, did not work, as she got a shipment notification from AT&T two days later.
“I called AT&T again, and they said cancellations sometimes don’t go through for whatever reason but they would try and intercept FedEx,” she said.
The next day, FedEx delivered the phones to the homeowner’s doorstep around 11:40 a.m.
Twenty minutes later, a man pulled up in a dark Honda and took the package.
Police are trying to identify a man caught on security camera taking a package from a Maplewood Drive residence on Thursday, March 28, 2019.
After seeing this on her Ring home security, the homeowner notified police and sent them the videos.
“Internet scams are not an uncommon occurrence anywhere, including Danbury,” Lt. Andrew Corrado said.
Corrado said the police department tries to educate the public on ways to protect themselves from becoming victims of internet scams.
For those who do fall victim, he said, it’s important for them to report incidents to police as soon as possible.
“Danbury police will work with various agencies as appropriate, depending upon the nature of the crime, level of investigation required, as well as many other factors. There is really not a one-size-fits-all response to these types of incidents,” he said.

Proposals for the additional savings will go before the council’s cabinet next month, followed by a seven-week budget consultation.

But first they will be discussed by the authority’s corporate services committee on Monday, with a report explaining that this is all in advance of the the Local Government Finance Settlement for next year, meaning there may still be some adjustments.

Plus, the proposals are for £24million of cuts up to 2022, which means that £3million of savings still need to be identified, although it may be necessary to use council reserves.

The £24million is made up of efficiencies from almost every department of the council, including £3.8million from children’s services over three years through ‘seeking appropriate contributions from partners in relation to children with ongoing health needs’ and different models of delivery for certain services, including adoption and youth services.

The council also recently reported that a £1.6million overspend is being forecast for this year in relation to children’s social care, with efforts ongoing to wipe this out.

Another £10million will come from adults, wellbeing and health, through the likes of ‘managing staff budgets in relation to turnover and vacancies’ and ‘further efficiencies in telecare, operational staffing and in-house services’.

Changes in service delivery and grants in the culture, arts and leisure department will save another £1million up to 2022.

Planning, housing and resilience’s reduction of £1.6million over three years will come from maximising income from housing services for third parties and planning fees and charges, plus, more controversially, ‘operational efficiencies’ in the fire and rescue service.

In the longer term, the possibility of how the service can work with other fire authorities in the region to deliver services more efficiently will be looked at.

Shared services proposals which are being developed with Newcastle City Council will help contribute to the cuts of £1.7million proposed in resources, revenues and benefits, while opportunities for income generation is one of the main elements of plans to save £4.9million in environment and local services.

Finally, a One Council programme to look at the likes of management structures, commercial opportunities and budgets for printing, photocopying, postage and mileage will aim to contribute a further £1million in savings over the plan period to 2022.

The day was such a whirlwind, with so many well-wishers surrounding her, Dr. Mary Jo Wynn said she was unable to fully soak in what she was seeing for the first time.

So in the near future, she plans to return and take a leisurely tour of the newly remodeled Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Academic Achievement Center on the Missouri State campus.

"If I wanted anything named after me, it would have been toward the academic aspect aimed toward student-athletes, so I'm just thrilled," Wynn said of the second-floor area inside Forsythe Athletics Center for use by the 375 athletes at Missouri State.

Former Lady Bears basketball coach Cheryl Burnett spearheaded a campaign which raised $500,000 for the $600,000 project that was completed last month. It's named to honor Wynn, who spent 41 years at Missouri State, including 25 as senior women's athletics administrator.

Wynn retired in 1998 and, with the academic achievement center at Forsythe badly in need of a makeover, athletic director Kyle Moats and vice president for advancement Brent Dunn went to Burnett with the idea of naming it after Wynn. Burnett, a director of development, seized the idea and ran with it.

"We had a committee that worked very hard wanting it to live up to Dr. Wynn's standards of which we consider trailblazing, always looking toward the future," Burnett said.

The center features two computer labs with 23 desktop computers, two open study areas and six other rooms devoted to individual or group study.

Dan Raines, the center's director for nearly a year, said the modern amenities offer an inviting atmosphere for student-athletes at a place "that didn't have much to sell' before the makeover.

"Before, it was just outdated," Raines added. "We didn't have much to tell in terms of environment. It didn't feel exciting.

"We've had recruits up here already and you can see it's a point of pride now for our coaches to bring recruits through. They're able to show them this is a brand-new facility that can compete with any place in the country."

Missouri State softball coach Holly Hesse called it "a tremendous recruiting tool. Parents, especially, want to know, first thing, what type of academic support their child is going to get. Be able to talk to them about the Mary Jo Wynn Achievement Center and its resources is tremendous."

Added football coach Terry Allen: "It can't get any better for us. It's the front porch to our offices, plus the first thing we always emphasize to recruits when they visit are academics. It's just a cool place now versus the 1980s version we had before."

The center, which operates at a budget of $235,238 from within the $15.1 athletics budget, has four full-time staffers along with a graduate assistant and an administrative assistant that splits time with the compliance office.

Raines said the demand for hiring tutors is down from recent years, with only "three or four" currently needed.

"That's attributable to having really good students right now," Raines said, noting the cumulative grade-point average of 3.06 in 2013-14 was a 15-year high for Missouri State student-athletes.

The achievement center is open to all students, with first-semester freshmen required to spent a minimum of six hours per week in study hall there. After that it's up to individual programs as to how often players are required in the center.

Hesse said she's seen little resistance from her newcomers and other student-athletes agree that the center helps with the transition to college life.

"It was very good to have to go," redshirt freshman football player Cecil Bratton said. "You associate it with a place to get your work done and I wound up making good grades."

Added senior football player Gannon Sinclair: "It's no nice when you have class and football all day to have a nice place to study that's kind of away from everything. It makes it a lot better experience and you're able to do well academically."

That's exactly the philosophy that Wynn imparted in her long career at Missouri State, as a coach and then administrator. And it's why she's proud her name is a permanent part of the center going forward.

"I'm so proud that student-athletes, male and female, will have this," Wynn said. "Words can't express how I feel about this."

The Republican House leadership has agreed to vote on a contempt resolution against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein if the Justice Department does not hand over requested documents related to the Russia investigation by the end of the August recess.

A vote on an impeachment resolution within two days of the beginning of the new session Sept. 4 remains an option, according to congressional sources. But a contempt resolution — which must go through the House Judiciary Committee — is the first choice.

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a candidate for House speaker, said in an interview Sunday that he and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., have not backed down from their vow to call for an impeachment vote if Rosenstein does not comply with the document request.

“The House has a constitutional duty to do oversight if the executive branch isn’t going to do that,” Jordan told radio host John Catsimatidis of WMYM-AM in New York on Sunday.

Jordan’s communications director, Ian Fury, confirmed to WND on Monday that Jordan and Meadows are keeping impeachment on the table despite an apparent shift in strategy last week after the two lawmakers on Wednesday joined nine other Republicans in filing articles of impeachment.

Jordan and Meadows emphasize their objective is to obtain the documents, and any resolution would be unnecessary if the Justice Department complies.

House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he opposes an impeachment resolution against Rosenstein, contending the accusations don’t rise to the level of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” as required by the Constitution.

“I don’t think we should be cavalier with this process,” he told reporters Thursday.

Paul Mirengoff of the popular Powerline blog, wrote that he’s “no fan” of the deputy attorney general but also doesn’t believe impeachment is warranted, asserting a better remedy would be to enforce the subpoena for documents in court. President Trump also could order Rosenstein to produce more material faster, he wrote.

Jordan responded Monday to the argument that impeachment is not warranted.

“The Department of Justice has ignored Congress’s letters requesting documents. They’ve ignored two subpoenas,” Jordan said in a statement issued to WND from his office.

Saudi police said on Tuesday they had detained a 14-year-old boy who was filmed dancing to the 1990s hit song "Macarena" at a street crossing in the coastal city of Jeddah, in a clip that was widely shared on social media.

The teenager, whose name and nationality were not given, was being questioned because he had shown "improper public behavior" and disrupted traffic, a statement from Mecca police said. It was not clear whether he would be formally charged.

In the 45-second video, a teenager wearing a striped t-shirt, grey sports shorts and brightly-coloured shoes strides to the middle of a crosswalk. He starts dancing to the catchy tune in front of five lanes of cars stopped at a traffic light.

Earlier this month police arrested and released a Saudi singer for using the 'dab' move in an onstage dance. Abdallah al-Shahani appeared on a viral video performing the dance at a music festival in the city of Taif in southwestern Saudi Arabia.

The dance had been banned in the Kingdom by the National Committee for Drug Control, on the grounds that it advocated or encouraged drug abuse, according to Saudi media.

Saudis are among the most active users of social media in the Arab world, using the Internet as an outlet for debate and interaction in their deeply conservative society.

Matthew Rhys and Keri Russell as Philip and Elizabeth Jennings on "The Americans."

"The Americans," which premieres its fifth season Tuesday night on FX, follows KGB spies living as a married American couple with kids in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., during the early 1980s. The show stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys as Elizabeth and Philip Jennings.

Despite relatively low ratings, the FX drama — which premiered in 2013 — is universally loved by critics and remains on the air. In 2016, the show was nominated for four Emmys including best drama, best actor in a drama, and best actress in a drama. It's an underrated gem.

It's based on a real-life Russian spy program.

In 2010, the FBI busted a Russian espionage ring, which resulted in the US kicking out 10 Russian spies who were living in the country under false identities. One couple had two sons who were unaware of their parents' true identities — they thought they were Canadian.

One of the showrunners is a former CIA agent.

Showrunner and cocreator Joe Weisberg is a former CIA agent, having worked for the agency in the early '90s. Because of this, the CIA has to approve all of the scripts to ensure that the show doesn't reveal any classified information.

It follows a historical period that isn't often covered in movies and TV.

The front lines of the Cold War and the early '80s in particular are not saturated in film and television. It was a time rich in music, but not fashion.

It’s a family drama, high-stakes spy thriller, and history lesson all rolled into one.

It’s a slow burn, but totally worth the wait.

It's got action, but the character drama is what stands out.

The performances are so good, you might actually root for the Russian spies.

Short positions below 1315.00 with targets at 1308.00 & 1305.00 in extension.

Above 1315.00 look for further upside with 1317.00 & 1319.00 as targets.

Short positions below 15.8400 with targets at 15.6800 & 15.6200 in extension.

Above 15.8400 look for further upside with 15.9000 & 15.9900 as targets.

Short positions below 52.60 with targets at 51.70 & 51.30 in extension.

Above 52.60 look for further upside with 53.00 & 53.40 as targets.

The State Government will pump a further $1.9 million into Tourism Queensland's Best Job in the World campaign, as pressure mounts to turn advertising acclaim into cold hard cash for local operators.

Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor talked up the success of the campaign yesterday, claiming flight bookings from the US to Cairns were up 34 per cent on the back of a cheap Best Job Qantas flight deal.

He also quoted figures from travel agency STA Travel showing a 17.3 per cent spike in Queensland visitor bookings from the UK, Ireland and Nordic regions as a result of Best Job package spin-offs like "the Best Honeymoon in the World" and "the Best Diving in the World".

"While the initial campaign budget was $1.7 million and returned more than $200 million in publicity, it would be negligent not to maximise this opportunity," Mr Lawlor said in announcing the extra funds yesterday.

"And better still, 80 per cent of the program's budget has been spent with Queensland businesses including cafes, hotels and tour operators.

But the figures are at odds with recent research by analysts Herron Todd White which found passenger numbers through Cairns International Airport had halved in the past six months.

The research, which made headlines last week, found the number of international arrivals and departures fell from about 81,000 to 42,000 between November 2008 and May this year.

Employment in the region had also fallen from about 134,000 in September to 128,900 in May.

International flight cuts and a decision by Qantas to replace some Asian routes with budget carrier Jetstar services have combined with the global financial crisis and swine flu pandemic to hurt the far north tourism industry, operators say.

Despite that, Tourism Tropical North Queensland chairman Stephen Olle remains confidence the numbers will bounce back as interest in the Best Job campaign continues.

The island caretaker job search scooped the pool at a recent international advertising awards ceremony in Cannes, bagging a record number of advertising "Oscars". And 94,000 people have subscribed to a Tourism Queensland e-newsletter providing updates on the progress of Best Job winner Ben Southall.

A further 2000 people have signed up to follow Mr Southall on Twitter and website www.islandreefjob.com website has logged more than eight million hits.

Mr Lawlor said the campaign had sold Amway Australia. The direct sales company has chosen Hamilton Island to host its 2010 business conference as a result of the publicity.

Tourist numbers rising once again but memories of 2004 disaster that destroyed Khao Lak resort remain painful.

When the Asian tsunami hit Thailand in 2004, it decimated popular tourist resorts and killed thousands of locals and visitors, especially in Phuket.

Now 10 years on, although the memories are still painful, the tourist numbers are finally rising again.

Al Jazeera's Veronica Pedrosa went back to Khao Lak, the resort town that bore the highest death toll.

A man was captured on a Ring home security camera taking a package from a Danbury residence on March 28, 2019.

DANBURY — Police are trying to identify a man caught on security camera taking a package from a Maplewood Drive residence last Thursday.

The homeowner said it all began March 25, when she woke up to a bunch of emails.

“I thought my identity was being stolen, but at closer look, someone had just used my email address to sign up for numerous newsletters,” she said.

In the middle of all of the emails was one from AT&T confirming an order for three Samsung Galaxy smart phones, totaling $3,000, the homeowner said.

The homeowner said AT&T told her they would cancel the order. That, however, did not work, as she got a shipment notification from AT&T two days later.

“I called AT&T again, and they said cancellations sometimes don’t go through for whatever reason but they would try and intercept FedEx,” she said.

The next day, FedEx delivered the phones to the homeowner’s doorstep around 11:40 a.m.

Twenty minutes later, a man pulled up in a dark Honda and took the package.

Police are trying to identify a man caught on security camera taking a package from a Maplewood Drive residence on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

After seeing this on her Ring home security, the homeowner notified police and sent them the videos.

“Internet scams are not an uncommon occurrence anywhere, including Danbury,” Lt. Andrew Corrado said.

Corrado said the police department tries to educate the public on ways to protect themselves from becoming victims of internet scams.

For those who do fall victim, he said, it’s important for them to report incidents to police as soon as possible.

“Danbury police will work with various agencies as appropriate, depending upon the nature of the crime, level of investigation required, as well as many other factors. There is really not a one-size-fits-all response to these types of incidents,” he said.