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Providing boundaries is also one of the most important things that can happen for their positive development, because that will leave them in a position to thrive inside those boundaries. And equally important for their development into well-adjusted young adults, they also need to know that if they stray outside the b... |
One of the greatest and most rewarding things a person can do with children is to teach them the joys of reading. Not only is it genuine fun, the rewards in later test scores will be substantial. |
Then do yourself, your children and society a big favor — turn off the television and eat as many meals together as a family as you can. If you develop the habit of talking to each other about what happened to them that day, it will put each of you more in tune with each other, help you lead a closer and fuller family ... |
Similarly, if you or your spouse speaks a foreign language, try to use it as often as possible in your household. Children can learn languages without even trying, and if you teach them a second language you will be giving them a truly important and lasting gift. |
Of course, children really are like sponges in virtually every other manner as well. They not only will mimic what you do and say (for example, if you hear your young child using a swear word, you will not have to look far to see where it came from), they will also follow your ethics. |
Allow your children to take on more responsibility. One way is to give them a reasonable amount of money each week as an allowance, but then have them pay for things like their own haircuts, movie tickets, ice cream cones and, when they are much older, gasoline and oil changes. And have them get a job — any job — first... |
My final five random thoughts are, first, to love your children openly and fully, and tell them so frequently both with words and hugs. Second, there is a great deal of truth in the comment that the most effective mother is one who is firm beneath her gentleness, and the most effective father is one who is gentle benea... |
Fourth, the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. And fifth, slow down and enjoy your children every step of the way. My baby girl just had her 35th birthday last week, which is to say that children grow up quickly. You will never regret spending time with your children while they are you... |
JAMES. P. GRAY is a retired judge of the Orange County Superior Court, the composer of the Chapman University fight song "Second to None," and can be contacted at JimPGray@sbcglobal.net or http://www.JudgeJimGray.com. |
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 — From Monday 27 November, eleven poignant and beautiful stories of regional artists with disability will be broadcast on ABC TV and iview, to mark International Day of People with Disability on Sunday 3 December. |
The short films are part of Createability 2017, a program initiated by Screenworks in association with Create NSW and the ABC to showcase artists with disability living and creating across regional NSW. |
Screenworks General Manager, Ken Crouch is proud of the opportunities and outcomes that the Createability initiative has provided for the filmmakers and artists. |
“The Filmmakers have also benefitted as their short films get a broadcast credit which helps them progress their careers. I’m looking forward to seeing what benefits arise for the artists and filmmakers in this collection, I’m confident there will be many,” Mr Crouch said. |
Acting ABC NSW Regional Editor, Justine Frazier, said that the broadcaster is proud to share the stories of regional artists with a disability who are making a difference in their local communities and within the arts sector. |
“ABC Regional’s mission is to give a voice to the one-third of Australians who live outside of our capital cities so that their stories can be shared within their communities and with the nation. The depth of the ABC’s commitment to regional Australians with disability is enforced by our involvement in initiatives such... |
The films will be broadcast on ABC TV and available on iview from Monday 27 November, in the lead up to the International Day of People with Disability on Sunday 3 December 2017. |
Laremy Tunsil, arguably the top offensive tackle prospect in the Class of 2013, has narrowed his list of schools down to three. |
Following a visit to Gainesville on Sunday, the 6-6, 295-pound Columbia High School (Lake City, FL) product told Derek Tyson of GatorNation on ESPN.com that Florida, Georgia and Alabama are his three finalists with National Signing Day not until next February. Over the last week he has also visited Athens and Tuscaloos... |
Tunsil, who has more than a dozen offers, said that it’s a “tie right now with all of them.” He is unsure of when he will make a final decision. |
The tackle said he will greatly take into account each team’s playbook when he makes his decision because he wants to maximize his athleticism while blocking on the edge. Georgia’s playbook has impressed him the most thus far. |
Tunsil was my No. 3 uncommitted prospect on the list I released last week at the NFP. |
PRIME Minister Hun Sen threatened to sack the head of the national railway on Tuesday if he did allow not an electric pylon to be installed on his land near the Vietnamese border. |
Power lines from Vietnam were placed in Takeo province Monday and will be connected to Phnom Penh. |
But the director of the Royal Railway of Cambodia, Sokhom Phekavanmony, did not allow the lines to be installed on his private property, which threatens to delay the entire project. |
"I want to know whether Phekavanmony wishes to maintain his position as director of the Royal Railway of Cambodia or if he wishes to keep his land, because he may lose both," said the prime minister. |
"What is the problem? There would only be one pole running through his land," he said. |
"If you don't give this small plot of land, you will be terminated from your position. Phnom Penh lacks electricity because of this problem," Hun Sen added. |
"The shortage of electricity in Phnom Penh is getting serious, and the EdC [Electricite du Cambodge] is having to rotate blackouts across the city, so I won't let this situation continue anymore," said Hun Sen. |
"I hope to have the new electrical lines connected to Phnom Penh before Khmer New Year." |
Hun Sen ordered Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An, Minister of Industry Suy Sem and the municipality to settle the conflict in one week and to start installing the electricity pylons according to plan. |
Sokhom Phekavanmony did not answer his phone on Tuesday. |
Keo Rottanak, managing director of EdC, the government body in charge of the transmission lines, was also unavailable for comment on Tuesday. |
Electricity supply continues to fall short of demand in Phnom Penh, forcing authorities to institute blackouts, which have typically been most severe in poorer districts of the capital. |
All Current or former members of the Battalion and their accompanying guests are encouraged to come be a part of an evening to celebrate the legacy of our great Spartan battalion. The Spartan Ball is an opportunity to thank spouses and families for their continued support as well as recognize Soldiers within the Sparta... |
The Samoa Rugby Union says the door is always open to those who want to help administer the game, but all candidates must be qualified and go through the same processes. |
Last month a group of senior players raised concerns regarding the governance and management of the union and threatened to boycott last weekend's test against England. |
The strike was averted but SRU officials failed to attend meetings in the UK and requests to meet with the SRU have gone unanswered. |
The International Rugby Players' Association says the Manu Samoa players have a lot of rugby knowledge and expertise to offer if given the chance. |
The SRU treasurer and board member Paimang Jensen says if players do want to contribute, they need to have the appropriate resume. |
"Most of us running the Union are all ex Manu Samoa players with qualifications. If they want to come and run the Union there is a process to go through. They just can't come and run the union: they have to apply, they have to have coaching levels, they have to have degrees. They can't just come as a player and run the... |
The SRU treasurer and board member Paimang Jensen. |
Technically, there are two wild-card berths up for grabs in the AFC. Really, there is just one. |
The Los Angeles Chargers are 8-3, just a game behind the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC West. In the NFL's modern era, 130 teams have started the season 8-3, and just 16 (12.3 percent) have missed the playoffs. The Chargers’ playoff odds seem to range from very good (88 percent) to very, very good (93 percent). |
Which leaves six other teams realistically in contention for the No. 6 seed over the season’s final five weeks. With their win Sunday over the Oakland Raiders, the Ravens held on to the final wild-card spot heading into their game Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons. |
The NFL’s tiebreaker procedures read about as well as a terms-of-service agreement, but for now, they favor the Ravens, who are ahead of the Indianapolis Colts by virtue of their superior record in AFC play. The Ravens also have crucial head-to-head wins against other wild-card contenders, a crucial tiebreaker. |
The field is bound to shrink in the coming weeks, but here’s where the postseason race stands after Week 12. |
From the Ravens' delayed fury on the ground to Terrell Suggs' spotty impact, here are five things we learned from a 34-17 win over the Oakland Raiders on Sunday. |
The Ravens have a fearsome running attack with Lamar Jackson, so why did they wait to unleash it? |
Of the contenders for the AFC’s second wild-card spot, the Ravens are the only team set to face two opponents rated among Las Vegas’ top seven Super Bowl favorites. Worse yet, they don’t face the Chiefs or Chargers at home. The schedule is at least conducive to a sustained Ravens rushing attack, whether that's with Lam... |
The Colts, victorious in five straight games, would have the AFC’s top winning streak if not for the lone team above them in the AFC South: the Texans, now 8-3 after an 0-3 start. With its Week 4 home loss to Houston, Indianapolis is unlikely to rally to win the AFC South. That puts the pressure on Andrew Luck and Co. ... |
Stories, photos and video from the Ravens' game Sunday. |
The Dolphins are here in the pecking order by virtue of their conference record, but their postseason prospects face long odds. FiveThirtyEight’s statistical model gives Miami just a 5 percent chance, worse than every other AFC wild-card contender. The return of quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who started Sunday’s loss to ... |
The Bengals have fired defensive coordinator Teryl Austin. They’ve lost quarterback Andy Dalton to a season-ending injury. They’ve had their doors blown off by the Cleveland Browns. With wide receiver A.J. Green’s availability still uncertain, Cincinnati’s role in the playoff picture will be one of a potential spoiler.... |
In their past four games, the Broncos have fallen to the Chiefs in Kansas City by a touchdown, lost to the Texans at home by two, edged the Chargers and beaten the Pittsburgh Steelers. Now comes the easier part. Their next four opponents are a combined 13-30-1, and Denver ends its season at home against the Chargers. S... |
Whatever momentum the Titans had after their Week 10 rout of the New England Patriots has been squandered with consecutive losses to the Colts and Texans. Tennessee doesn’t have an opponent remaining on its schedule that has won at least seven games this season — the only team among these contenders with that distincti... |
Few television and radio executives and investors are shedding tears over seeing a nasty 2002 come to a close. But neither are they celebrating the coming of the new year. |
"The big guys got slammed," said one weary Wall Street executive, who says he's run out of ideas other than noting that stocks have to rebound sooner or later. "I can't see any reason why anything gets better next year." |
No one's expecting much growth in advertising spending. "TV ad growth isn't nearly as strong as everybody thinks," said Morgan Stanley media analyst Richard Bilotti, saying that estimates of 10%-plus growth this year were artificially inflated by panic spending from car companies. "Pull out autos and politica... |
The New Year is also filled with uncertainties, which tend to give investors pause and suppress stock prices. A war with Iraq could crush any prospect of a strong advertising rebound. And TV and radio companies do not know how far the FCC will go in loosening its ownership limits or what inroads personal video recorder... |
Significant loosening of the ownership rules could give a boost to broadcast and cable stocks. Most FCC watchers believe the agency will relax the cap on the size of broadcasters' TV station portfolio and in which markets one company can own two stations. The commission is also likely to significantly loosen restr... |
Such moves will most likely prompt newspaper companies to buy additional stations, rather than spur broadcasters to enter the publishing business. A couple of cable operators, like Cox or Comcast, might test the waters and buy a station in one or two cable markets and combine their local ad sales efforts. |
The most difficult force to grapple with is the effect of on-demand programming, which threatens the advertising model. Between TiVo clones and cable operators' VOD-ready systems, about 12 million TV homes should have what UBS Warburg analyst Chris Dixon considers true appointment television. |
The numbers will be too small to create to be a real threat. "But it's enough to feed anxiety and depress valuation multiples," Dixon said. |
And there are other question marks. Will Mel Karmazin stay at Viacom to keep investor anxiety from diminishing his own holdings? If so, will Karmazin clash with Sumner Redstone? And what will happen to MTV Networks Chairman Tom Freston—Karmazin's heir apparent—or Paramount Chairman Jon Dolgen, whom Karmazin has de... |
Exexecutives are also watching whether Disney CEO Michael Eisner can turn around ABC and the theme parks and remain a cast member. |
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch is clearly going to commence a yearlong process drive to acquire DirecTV, probably with the backing of Liberty Media Chairman John Malone. The year-end firing of Charter Communications' CFO indicates that indictments of former executives at that commay may be looming. |
On average, stocks tracked by BROADCASTING & CABLE dropped 24% during 2002. The B&C 10—the largest and most important players in broadcast TV, cable and radio—dropped 16.5%. |
Of course, not everyone's crying. |
The Washington Post Co. came out on top, rising 39% for the year. Next was radio syndicator Westwood One, up 28%, followed by Media General (23%), Granite Broadcasting (21%), Tribune Co. (21%) and Sinclair Broadcasting (21%). |
"What always happens when times are not so great, people tend to discount newspaper and local TV," said Tribune CEO Dennis FitzSimons. "But we also throw off cash in good times and bad." |
The losers' list come from a broad media mix. The worst performer was satellite radio programmer Sirius, whose financial troubles sliced 96% out of its stock price, taking it down to just 52 cents. |
Next was Charter Communications, whose own financial scandal triggered a 93% plunge. Charter was follwed by Gemstar-TV Guide International (-88%), DBS distributor Pegasus (-88%), personal video recorder maker Sonicblue (-88%) and cable hardware manufacturer Seachange (-85%). |
Air India subsidiary Alliance Air on Friday started the Ranchi-Raipur flight as part of the Centre's regional connectivity scheme from the Birsa Munda Airport here. |
The inaugural flight was flagged off by Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das and Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha. |
Today we flagged off the Ranchi-Raipur flight. The Ranchi-Kolkata flight will leave in the night, Sinha told a press conference after the inaugural flight. |
On Saturday, Alliance Air will commence flight operations between Ranchi and Bhubaneswar. |
Around 40 passengers boarded the inaugural Ranchi-Raipur flight while 60 passengers will board the Ranchi-Kolkata flight in the night, Sinha said. |
"Three important cities are being connected with Ranchi by Raipur, Kolkata and Bhubaneswar. There is a flight to Kolkata earlier too, but this flight will be convenient to the passengers as it will land in Ranchi from Kolkata in the morning and the passengers can return to Kolkata in the evening, Sinha said. |
He said that the fares for these flights are almost the same as train fares, Sinha said. |
One way fare from Ranchi to Kolkata and Raipur is Rs 1,999 while it is Rs 1,666 to Bhubaneswar. |
During the last four years, the number of people travelling to these routes have grown rapidly, he said. |
The number of passengers have grown from six lakh in 2014 to a projected 27 lakh in 2018. |
"The passenger growth has increased four times, which is a significant growth. There were only 11 flights in 2014 and the number has increased to 27 flights in 2018, Sinha said. |
Sinha said that the Deoghar Airport will be ready within the next 2-3 years and also expected Bokaro-Kolkata flight in the next 6-8 months. |
Sinha said talks are on for a joint venture between the Jharkhand government and the Airports Authority of India for construction and operation of flights at Dalbhumgarh, Hazaribagh, Daltonganj/Palamau, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Dumka. |
Ranchi MP and Chairman of Airport Advisory Committee sought flights from Ranchi to Ahmedabad and Lucknow. |
Jharkhand Urban Development and Transport Minister C P Singh said talks were on to acquire 24 acre of land belonging to the Army to construct facilities at the Birsa Munda Airport. |
Stating that offices and hotels along with parking space can be constructed after the acquisition of the 24-acre land, the Union minister added Ranchi Airport would become a economic engine for the city. |
Sinha also expected international flights connecting Singapore or Dubai from Ranchi. |
Just when you thought there couldn't be room for another running series, here comes a brand-spanking new series tonight. |
This one, like the other three, has its own special niche. It is run by a group called the Southern York Elite, and it is headed by Kyle Hardenbrook, a varsity track and middle school cross country coach at South Eastern. |
The official title of this new creation is the York Summer XC Series, and there will be five races. Each race will take place at John Rudy Park. A half-mile run for kids will precede a 2-mile cross country race. The start time is 7 p.m. for the kids' run, with the main event to follow. |
"We just want to help unite the York County running scene as we work to elevate the level of high school cross country competition," Hardenbrook said. "This series is part of that process. York County as a whole is a little behind Lancaster and pretty far behind the Philly area. |
"With some work, I think we can really step it up to match those areas where cross country is really growing strong. It's also a great time for the community as a whole to experience what cross country is all about." |
The race tonight starts a five-week adventure that will take place every Tuesday until the series finale July 28. The best part of this series is kids run for free, and adults pay a $4 entry fee at each race. So, the whole series will cost a runner $20. |
Registration opens at 6:15 p.m. and closes at 6:58 p.m. Hardenbrook pledges to have results posted online within 48 hours of each race. |
"Now, looking at the forecast, of course there is an 80-percent chance of thunderstorms," Hardenbrook posted on the York Road Runners Club's Facebook site Monday. "This is XC. We will run in the rain. However, if it is dangerous we will cancel the race. I will post here by 5 p.m., and I will post it on the website as w... |
For more details, check the official website at https://sites.google.com/site/southernyorkelite or contact Hardenbrook at khardrunner14@yahoo.com with any questions. |
U.S. ROAD RUNNING >> Hats off to Gabe Lloyd, who won the 5K portion of the Summer Luau 5K/10K at Pinchot State Park in Lewisberry in 19 minutes, 44 seconds and placed second in the 10K in 43:49. That's quite an impressive feat for the 17-year-old from Dover. |
William Brent (20:53 and 44:40) of Dover was also busy on this day, placing third in both events. |
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