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Was looking for a dentist close to home and found scenic acres dental. Great clean facility, staff are pleasant and courteous. Saw dr Donlevy who was extremely caring, helpful and attentive to my needs and fears. She is gentle, always explains everything including options. I had been looking for a place close to home but would go see her wherever in the city if I had to. Definitely worth it
The best dentist I've ever experienced. I wish I lived in Calgary so I could see her more regularly.
Dr Donlevy and all the scenic acres dental staff have always been great to me and my family. I have been going to dr Donlevy since she has been in brentwood (10 years now I guess). I have since had kids and will only ever take them to this office. They have a warm clean waiting room. Front staff are always helpful, hygienists are happy and great at what they do. The assistants are always pleasant and helpful. Dr Donlevy always seems like she cares so much about your dental health. She has even came in while on vacation to help me when I needed a root canal. She is one of the warmest most caring people I have ever met. Which seems to be a rarity in the medical profession these days. Keep up the good work Dr Donlevy. I hesitate to post this because I want to keep her all to myself but she is such a great dentist that I have to let all of calgary know.
From the moment I stepped into this office I felt right at home. It was so cozy and warm and the Receptionists had smiles on their faces, welcoming my family to their practice. I seen Dr. Megan Barnett and she was very thorough with her exam and explaining what I needed to have done. I felt she took her time talking to me and didn't feel like it was about the $$ but about what was best for myself and my health. I have recommened my other friends come here as they will love it and will not be dissapointed.
Shawna is a very good dentist and very friendly as well. The whole team at Scenic Acres Dental is fantastic.
One of the most discourteous front staff - all dentists are part-time and long wait times for appointment bookings for after 3pm. There are many better choices for convenient after work booking times in the N.W.
I've always been very happy with Dr. Donlevy. She takes the time to chat with me as a person, then talks to me as a patient. She always has good advise for me. She is a joy to go visit and the staff and her make me feel very comfortable - and I am typically not a fan dental appointments. I've never been to such a happy and caring dental office in my life until I came here.
Dr. Shawna Donlevy has been my dentist for many years; I have always appreciated her caring and personable attention to my dental work. She is absolutely the best at explaining each step of the procedure she is performing - I can't say enough about how she makes me feel comfortable in her chair. Her staff are amazing and extemely accomodating. Her assistance to everything to make you feel less anxiety about going to the dentist; her front end staff are also excellent in the same way. I highly recommend this dental office!!
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I would recommend Dr. Donlevy to anyone (and have even recommended her to my own family members after they were searching for a new dentist). Shawna is knowledgeable and thorough, her staff are all very friendly, and her office is warm and inviting. I no longer dread going to the dentist. Way to go!
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Step 1: Make the meatballs: Place the bread in a large mixing bowl. Pour the half and half over it and soak until soft, 5 minutes. Pour off the half and half (save it for cereal), then gently squeeze the bread in your fingers to wring out any excess.
Step 2: Add the pork, veal, shallot, ginger, allspice, salt, pepper, and egg. Wet your hands with cold water and knead the ingredients together with your fingers. (Sure, you could use a wooden spoon, but your hands are more efficient.) If you have time, chill the mixture for 30 minutes: It will be easier to shape.
Step 3: Divide the meat mixture into 12 equal portions. Roll each into a ball. Arrange on a plate lined with plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready for cooking. (You can make the meatballs several hours ahead.)
Step 4: Make the Lemon-Dill Sour Cream Sauce (click here for recipe) and keep refrigerated until serving time.
Step 5: Set up your grill for direct grilling and preheat to high. Brush and oil the grill grate.
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Police have identified the man that allegedly fired at two officers earlier this month in Jackson Heights while disguised in a fake beard, trench coat, hat and dark glasses.
Officers were alerted of a suspicious male on the corner of 76th Street and Roosevelt Avenue on Friday, December 2. When the officers approached the suspect – who police say is Antonio Olmeda, 53 – and asked for identification, he pulled a gun and fired two shots, police said.
The officers, who were unharmed, pursued the suspect but failed to apprehend him. The fake beard, hat and glasses were recovered during the pursuit.
Anyone with information in regards to this individual is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website atWWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.


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Eight-year-old Idie Boshoff, accidentally shot and killed by her father in Centurion during an attempted house robbery, will be buried on Thursday, Beeld reported.
"At this stage, we're just going through the motions, and sorting out funeral arrangements," Adele Boshoff, the child's mother, told Beeld.
"Of course we're in a terrible state... what happened is not something that we're going to be able to process very easily."
Jannie Raath, head of the Hennopspark Primary School, where the child was a pupil, said a memorial service had been arranged for Friday, in the school hall. Raath said Idie's parents, and especially her father, were shattered.
"I don't think her parents comprehend the reality of it yet."
Police are still searching for five or six burglars who broke into the Boshoff's home in Lyttelton on Friday night and stole a handbag. Idie was shot dead when she tried to open the door to her parents' bedroom, and her father, mistaking her for one of the burglars, fired a shot through the closed door.
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The two main treatments for persistent depressive disorder are medications and talk therapy (psychotherapy). The treatment approach your doctor recommends depends on factors such as:
Psychotherapy may be the first recommendation for children and adolescents with persistent depressive disorder, but that depends on the individual. Sometimes antidepressants are also needed.
The types of antidepressants most commonly used to treat persistent depressive disorder include:
Talk with your doctor or pharmacist about possible side effects.
You may need to try several medications or a combination before you find one that works. This requires patience, as some medications take several weeks or longer for full effect and for side effects to ease as your body adjusts.
Don't stop taking an antidepressant without talking to your doctor — your doctor can help you gradually and safely decrease your dose. Stopping treatment abruptly or missing several doses may cause withdrawal-like symptoms, and quitting suddenly may cause a sudden worsening of depression.
When you have persistent depressive disorder, you may need to take antidepressants long term to keep symptoms under control
If you're pregnant or breast-feeding, some antidepressants may pose an increased health risk to your unborn child or nursing child. Talk to your doctor if you become pregnant or are planning on becoming pregnant.
Although antidepressants are generally safe when taken as directed, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires all antidepressants to carry a black box warning, the most serious warning for prescriptions.
In some cases, children, teenagers and young adults under age 25 may have an increase in suicidal thoughts or behavior when taking antidepressants, especially in the first few weeks after starting or when the dose is changed. So watch them for possible worsening depression and contact the doctor right away if this occurs, or get emergency help if suicidal behaviors occur.
Keep in mind that antidepressants are more likely to reduce suicide risk in the long run by improving mood.
Psychotherapy is a general term for treating depression by talking about your condition and related issues with a mental health provider. Psychotherapy is also known as talk therapy or psychological counseling.
Different types of psychotherapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy, can be effective for persistent depressive disorder. You and your therapist can discuss which type of therapy is right for you, your goals for therapy and other issues, such as the length of treatment.
Psychotherapy can help you:
Make sure you understand the risks as well as possible benefits if you pursue alternative or complementary therapy. Avoid replacing conventional medical treatment or psychotherapy with alternative medicine. When it comes to depression, alternative treatments aren't a substitute for medical care.
For example, the herbal supplement called St. John's wort is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat depression in the U.S., though it's a popular depression treatment in Europe. It may help improve mild or moderate depression, but the overall evidence is not conclusive.
St. John's wort can interfere with a number of medications, including blood-thinning drugs, birth control pills, chemotherapy, HIV/AIDS medications and drugs to prevent organ rejection after a transplant. Also, avoid taking St. John's wort while taking antidepressants because the combination can cause serious side effects.
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(NEW YORK) — The outlook for holiday employment, says job search portal CareerCast.com, is bright. In fact, says the site's publisher Tony Lee, not only are employers offering more temporary jobs this year than last, the odds that a temporary gig will turn permanent are better than at any time in the past five years.
Why? "We're just one more year further down the road, in terms of economic recovery," he explains. The Department of Labor predicts hiring will be up 3 percent this season.
Being Santa tops the "best" side of CareerCast's list of "Best And Worst Holiday Jobs of 2012," since St. Nick's pay, according to Lee, can top $100 an hour, provided the employer is jolly enough. Being an elf, however, tops the "worst" list, since elves typically make minimum wage. Even so, competition for elf jobs is fierce, says Lee, because of the legion of high-school students who want them so they can earn money for gifts.
Also a bad job: Christmas tree lot attendant. Here again, Lee says, the pay is minimum wage at best, although personable attendants can make more in tips. Attendants, the site notes, are exposed to the elements and often go home covered in sap, from having spent all day lugging pines and cramming them into customers' cars.
Parcel deliverer, which Lee says pays a maximum of $18 an hour, qualifies as a good job. The U.S. Post Office, FedEx and UPS all add extra workers at holiday time to handle the increased volume of packages being shipped under tight deadlines. FedEx alone is looking to hire as many as 20,000 seasonal workers this year, according to Lee.
Which seasonal jobs have the best chance of becoming permanent? Not snow remover—a worst-list job, demand for which tends to taper off after March. Nor candy maker, since, as CareerCast points out, the 1.7 billion candy canes consumed annually are almost all consumed at Christmas.
Retail salesperson and food server, however, both on the best-jobs list, could turn permanent, especially if the economy improves. The National Retail Foundation estimates that retailers will add about 600,000 new jobs this holiday, says Lee. Holiday retail jobs, he says, typically pay less than $10 an hour.
CareerCast's list of the best seasonal jobs includes one that, whether permanent or temporary, pays zero: "Volunteer."
"There's an intrinsic reward in working on behalf of others," says Lee. "For people who cannot afford to make gifts of money, volunteering is a way for them to be generous by giving of their time."
Read the full CareerCast report on best and worst holiday jobs of 2012.
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This was a project for fourth year, first semester. This studio was unique in that it was the first integrated studio at Texas A&M. The studio took the design process and added in the design and specification of the structural elements as well as the systems. The idea was to get the student to understand what else is involved when designing a building besides form and function. The challenge was to design a library of special collections donated by citizens of Bryan, as well as creating a community center that would get people involved in their neighborhoods. This was to be our first group project, and our group consisted of: Myself (Zack Morris), Johnathan Zuniga, and Juliette Thompson. Conceptualizing the project was done in a much more different manner than a typical studio. The studio professor, Michael O'Brien's process was to create sketch models out of common materials. We would find a design we liked, then begin to figure out how we would fit the floor plan inside the design.
There was only a few minutes to derive a concept, so there was not much thought and contemplation involved in the designs. After the sketch models were completed, our systems "advisor" took the class outside to show us how to study and observe the day-lighting element of our designs. She had us study the shadow angles of our building, and begin to find solutions for day-lighting issues, such as excessive sunlight. The group, after several design concepts and ideas, finally decided on using the concept of the yin and yang, creating harmony and balance within our structure. The first way we wanted to express the concept, was to separate the buildings into two uses, daytime, and nighttime. The library would be very open, using natural lighting to create a more open feel. The second building, the auditorium, would be very closed, trying to keep the light inside. Our group began to develop the building, with hand drawings provided by myself, and a Revit model provided, by Juliette. The main issue we had, was that our site was very small, and our building footprint was getting too large to fit, so we devised to move parts of our structure underground. By doing so, it made it easier to keep the special collections preserved underground, away from direct sunlight.
As the concept became more of a solid decision, we began to develop what we wanted the exterior was to look like. I sketched out three possible concepts of what we could do with the exterior facade. I tried to integrate the idea of harmony between the two structures in as many ways as I could. We had decided that the common meeting area that was open more hours of the day would be visually open, allowing much more daylight. The other building was a theater or lecture hall, which did not require as much direct light, so that building would appear more dense and solid than the opposite structure. I then attempted to tie them together by one or two small factors, very similar to the yin and yang.
The choice and color of material that was used in both buildings was the best possible tie because it was the easiest visually for someone to make the connection.
At midterm, we presented before a panel of both studio professors, our consultants, and our peers. Unfortunately, our review was not good at all, and we were told to start back over from the very beginning. They picked apart our project, explaining our concept was a good one, but the expression of that concept was much too simple, almost obvious. After the critique, Professor O'Brien sat down with us and gave us a choice: start over from the beginning, or try to salvage what we could from our initial project. After careful consideration, I decided to move on separately from my the group, and begin the process over with the same concept. I believed that there was still potential with the concept, and I did not want to give up on something so quickly. I took the initial concept and broke it down to find its faults. The largest was the overall form of the building. It resembled the actual yin and yang much too closely, which was the largest concern from the professors. I began to abstract it visually, creating more differences between the two structures, while still keeping key similarities to tie the buildings together. Upon final review, I was able to win the approval of my professors, as well as my peers from my presentation.
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Plans to reform Labour's historic link with the trade unions will be debated by the party's national executive today amid warnings the changes are "not a done deal".
Under the proposals, the electoral college system for leadership elections - which gives a third of the votes each to the unions, rank and file party members, and MPs and MEPs - will be scrapped for a system of one member, one vote.
Individual trade unionists will no longer be automatically affiliated through the payment of the political levy by their union, but they will be able to take part in elections if they choose to join a new category of affiliated members for a fee of just £3. Labour leader Ed Miliband called for reforms last year following a row over union involvement in the selection of a Labour candidate in Falkirk.
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Mr Miliband said: "This is about completing unfinished business from the past 20 years and creating a One Nation Labour Party built on the principle of one member, one vote. And it is about letting the people back into our politics: giving people a real choice and a real voice in our party; changing Labour so Labour can change our country."
A document drawn up by former Labour and union official Lord Collins will be debated by the national executive ahead of a special conference on March 1.
The Collins report reads: "Trade unions and other affiliates should continue to have a collective constitutional role inside party structures, but on a more transparent basis."


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- Industry: Energy Industry (oil and gas); Travel industry; Venture capitalism
- Born: 1943
- Residence: Dallas, TX
Lyda Hill is the granddaughter of oil magnate H. L. Hunt. An inheritor of oil wealth, she also built a successful travel agency and then became a venture capital investor.
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I wish to make the world a better place by advancing solutions to medical and environmental issues through investments in and donations to science.
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Wright City police are looking for the man who robbed the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Wright City Wednesday morning at approximately 9:30 a.m.
Wright City Det. Sergeant Tim Matthews said a white male, approximately six feet tall, and in his late 50s to early 60s, walked into the bank and handed a teller a note that read: "This is a hold up. Put the cash from your drawer in the envelope. Do not hit any alarms."
According to Matthews, the man then told the teller he was in possession of a firearm. The teller placed an undisclosed amount of cash in the envelope the suspect provided. The suspect took the envelope and his note and exited through the south door of the bank.
Matthews said the man was wearing a blue polo shirt, blue jacket and blue jeans during the robbery. He also wore white tennis shoes, sunglasses and a red baseball cap with the letters "BC" on it. He was described as clean shaven.
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The Times reports from Canberra today that 4,000 German and Austrian Jews are seeking admission to Australia, thus embarrassing the Government which fears the possible effects of large-scale immigration upon employment. The Government, according to the dispatch, also fears that admittance of a large group is likely to lead to creation of enclaves not easily assimilated into the general community.


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Here are the raw to scaled score conversion tables for the 2008-09 Official SAT Practice Test for each subject. This test was also an actual SAT given in October 2005.
In addition to listing the straight conversion tables, I have also added the raw score point percentages for each scaled score. For instance, to get a scaled score of 600 on the Critical Reading subject for this test, you need 46 raw score points. With 67 total raw score points available on Critical Reading, a raw score of 46 translates into 69% (46/67) of the total points available.
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It's a well-known fact that Time Lords have weird taste. Maybe there's just something odd about the water on the planet Gallifrey (in the constellation of Kasterborous, in case you were confusing it with the one in the constellation of Miniflook, Tungatore, or even Betabloxxor — Gallifrey is like the Springfield of space, am I right?).
So when we were offered the chance to try Gallifrey's Pop-TARDIS Time Lord Pastries, we were a little hesitant. Could they be worse than fish fingers and custard? I wouldn't go that far. I'd say they were only equally awful. Still, the Pop-TARDIS logo is pretty snazzy, wouldn't you say? What Gallifrey lacks in good cuisine sense it more than makes up for in graphic design skills. Oh, and time travel. I'd spare the bigger-on-the-inside pastry box (you'll never finish) and just wear the t-shirt — or snag one for your favorite Doctor Who fan this week before they stop making 'em.


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That's particularly true in recruiting. Despite all the bleak numbers in the news, employers are still adding new staff. They are hiring in a very different way, however, and it's this new behavior which has the hallmarks of a permanent change in the way things are done. What am I talking about? The strategy of upgrading an organization's workforce even as it downsizes that same population. I call it the upside of down.
To put it bluntly, a growing number of employers are now trading out their "C" performers and replacing them with "A" level talent because...well, because they can and they must.
So, the challenge for those of us in recruiting today is to find an answer to this critical new question: how do you upgrade a workforce even as you are downsizing it? It's a complex business, to be sure, but not as outside the realm of our experience as we might at first think. In fact, I believe you can successfully implement an upside of down strategy if you remember just three things that you already know.
First, remember that "C" level performers are people too. They deserve your employer's respect and decent treatment even if they will no longer be among its employees. That's not only the correct way to act, it's the correct way to recruit "A" level performers. The single most important criterion in a top performer's evaluation of a prospective employer is what it will be like to work in the organization. And they make that judgment based on what an organization does, not on what it says. They assume that the treatment an employer accords its displaced workers -- regardless of their capability -- is the treatment it will accord a new employee -- even if they are more talented or will make a greater contribution to enterprise success. Hence, you can have the most compelling employment brand ever devised and you can spend a fortune promoting it to the candidate population, but if your human resource management practices suggest a different reality at work, the best talent will always default to the more negative view.
Second, remember the Golden Rule of Recruiting. This maxim is as simple as it is powerful: what you do to recruit the best talent will also recruit mediocre talent, but the converse is not true. In other words, "A" level performers, even those who are in an active job search, know they are a valuable asset for employers and are determined to be treated that way. They will not respond to job postings which are poorly written and lack the detail necessary for informed decision-making. They will not condone interviews by hiring managers who are unprepared, unfriendly or both. And, they will not tolerate a lack of communications or attention during the recruiting process. They expect to be kept informed of their status on a regular basis and that we recruiters will make the effort to get to know them and their employment goals. To put it another way, they don't want what has sadly become the norm in many recruiting functions today: a supply chain experience that makes even the best prospects feel more like a widget than a talented human being.
And third, remember that you are trying to adopt a new behavior. Senior executives, even those in HR, may not recognize the potential benefit your organization stands to gain from today's high caliber candidate pool or the cost required to attain it. Therefore, sell the value proposition of upgrading your workforce up the chain of command. If possible, take it all the way to the top. Then, after they get the message, educate them on the companion reality: there's no free lunch in recruiting top talent, whether we're in a recession or a boom time. You need capable recruiters, a sensible budget, solid technology and effective leadership to succeed, and now's the time to get them. You've never been able to offer a better return on the organization's investment than right now. So, make your case as an extraordinary window of opportunity -- a momentary and fleeting chance -- to upgrade your employer's talent and, in the process, give it a competitive edge that will serve it well in the recovery and for years thereafter.
Improving the level of talent in an organization is normally one of the most difficult goals to accomplish in recruiting. Typically, "A" level performers have lots of choices, including the employer for which they are already working. They are seldom willing to move voluntarily and are even less frequently forced into transition. That's why it's so important to change your behavior and take advantage of today's atypical situation. The current candidate pool represents a once-in-a-career opportunity to upgrade your organization's capability and ultimately its success. Don't miss it.
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WHILE MOST FOLKS in Asheville were hoping for a celebrity sighting of Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lawrence, Stanley Tucci or Lenny Kravitz as the actors were in the area filming "The Hunger Games," a group of Mass Communication majors were staying mum about secret shooting locales and getting their big break behind the cameras.
In May, lecturer Anne Slatton, also head of the 48 Hour Film Project team, was contacted by a UNC Asheville alum and told filming was to start soon and interns were needed.
Based on the eponymous book by Suzanne Collins, which is set in post-apocalyptic country of Panem, the film made use of the lush, isolated forests of Western North Carolina.
Slatton quickly organized a summer course that would allow the students to receive class credit while gaining the experience of being on a multimillion-dollar production. Eight students, including seniors and recent alumni, signed up and worked with camera crews, the props and art departments, makeup, and editorial team. Their responsibilities involved everything from lighting flaming arrows and constructing fake boulders to running monitor cables for directors.
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UNC Asheville's team, which featured some of Slatton's students and alumni, recently won Best Film at Asheville's 48 Hour Film Project. At 7 p.m. Friday, a mandatory prop, character, and line of dialog was announced, and each team had just 48 hours to incorporate them into a finished seven-minute film.
Intern Miriam Allison, who graduated in May 2011, prepared slates, packed equipment carts with lenses, film stock, batteries, and other equipment, then pushed or backpacked the heavy loads out into the wooded locales as far as she could. The days were long— sometimes 15 hours—but the experience was worth it. "Once you proved you weren't there to look at celebrities, they trusted you," she says. "They welcomed questions and taught us specifics. I love those guys."
As the intern coordinator, Slatton checked on the students during the filming and watched them become comfortable in their roles. When they started, "they felt prepared though a little terrified. They quickly found out how to do their jobs."
The gig went so well for many that they stayed on as paid employees after the semester, and were offered help in finding jobs if they moved to Los Angeles. Slatton was a little worried a few students would head west before completing their degrees, but they were all back in class this fall. As for Allison, she's moved on to a part-time position making "The Healer," which is being filmed in Hendersonville.
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Craig Shirley
|Craig Shirley
|Craigan Paul Shirley
September 24, 1956
Syracuse, New York, United States
|Alma mater
|Springfield College
|Reagan biographer and historian
|Zorine Shirley
|3 sons, 1 daughter
Craig Shirley (born September 24, 1956) is an American author, lecturer, historian and public affairs consultant. He has written four bestsellers on Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign that Changed America (2014), Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All (2005), and Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan (2015), and Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980 (2017).
Shirley also wrote December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World, a New York Times bestseller published in December 2011 about the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects on the American people and culture.[1] All four books have gone to paperback. Documentaries are now being produced based in part on the 1976 Reagan campaign and December 1941, for the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Born and raised in Syracuse, New York, Shirley earned a degree in History and Political Science from Springfield College. Shirley was named by the London Telegraph, "the best of the Reagan biographers" [2] and writer Tony Lee of Breitbart said he was "one of the most esteemed Ronald Reagan biographers."[3] Fred Barnes of the Weekly Standard called him "a prominent biographer of Ronald Reagan,"[4] Mark Levin called him "one of the best of the Reagan biographers,"[5] and the Washington Examiner's Paul Bedard, said Shirley is a "noted Ronald Reagan biographer."[6] Laura Ingraham has often noted Shirley's authority as a Reagan scholar, and writer Jarrett Stepman called Shirley a "noted Ronald Reagan historian."[7]
His third book on Reagan's final years, Last Act, the topic which had never been covered before, was also highly praised for its rich writing and intricate detail and research.
Shirley has also written dozens of articles and given dozens of lectures about the life and times and lessons of Ronald Reagan.
Life and career[edit]
Youth and education[edit]
Shirley is the second son of Edward Shirley and Barbara Cone Shirley. He is of English and Scottish descent. His parents were charter members of the New York State Conservative Party and his father was the first registered conservative voter in the Empire State.[8] In 1964 he went door to door for presidential candidate Barry Goldwater at age 8.[9] In high school, Shirley was a standout athlete, winning six varsity letters, winning the league pole vaulting championship and was named "Most Improved Athlete" his senior year.[10] He was also the editor of his high school newspaper.
In 1978 Shirley graduated from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he majored history and political science. He was also a member of the school's lacrosse team and track team.
Craig Shirley was professionally involved in American politics and government for over three decades. He worked in government and on campaigns at the congressional, gubernatorial, and presidential levels but now spend his time writing and lecturing on presidential politics and American history.
In 1977, he interned in the Capitol Hill office of Senator Jacob Javits of New York. That fall, he worked on the successful election campaign of John N. Dalton for governor of Virginia.[11]
In the fall of 1978, Shirley was press secretary for Gordon Humphrey,[12] who scored a huge upset win in the U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire. Shirley then served on Humphrey's Washington D.C. staff. Ronald Reagan came into New Hampshire to campaign for Humphrey, where Shirley first met Governor Reagan.[13]
In 1980, he ran an important independent expenditure campaign is support of former California governor Ronald Reagan's presidential bid in the first six primary states on behalf of the Fund for a Conservative Majority. Shirley produced and placed radio and newspaper ads in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and three other states maximizing the three quarters of a million dollars FCM budgeted for the campaign to help Reagan at a time when his own campaign was broke.[14]
He joined the staff of the Republican National Committee.[15] As a Communications Advisor, Shirley traveled across the country advising dozens of campaigns and state committees on public relations, political advertising, and campaign strategy to co-ordinate with the message of the Reagan White House.
In 1984, during the U.S. presidential campaign, Shirley was the Director of Communications for the National Conservative Political Action Committee, America's largest independent political committee, which spent over $14 million on behalf of President Ronald Reagan's re-election on another independent expenditure campaign.[16] In 1986, he became a consultant to the Fund for America's Future, the political action committee of Vice President George H. W. Bush, working closely with the future President George W. Bush. Shirley was retained and tasked with the goal of organizing conservative support for George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential bid.[17]
After Reagan's reelection and in the late fall of 1984, Shirley opened his own firm[18] and worked on numerous matters in co-ordination with the Reagan White House including aid to the Nicaraguan Contras, support for the Strategic Defensive Initiative, support for the Afghanistan Mujahideen, support for Jonas Savimbi's UNITA, and support for the Tax Reform Act of 1986. He also worked on the White House Conference on Small Business in 1985.
In 1991, Shirley ran a major advertising and public affairs campaign supporting President Bush and Operation Desert Storm, later represented the Embassy of the State of Kuwait, and was placed in charge of public relations for an international conference on democracy hosted in Prague by President Václav Havel of then Czechoslovakia. For a short time, Shirley and David Keene partnered in a firm, but that association ended amicably in 1992.[19]
In 1994, Shirley organized a successful grassrotts campaign to stop the "Clinton Crime Bill" on behalf of a host of clients, including the National Rifle Association.
During the 1990's, Shirley conceived and created Citizens for State Power, which represented small investor owned utilities and they successfully stopped the attempts by Enron to nationalize the electricity grid.[20] Shirley also advised the Southeastern Legal Foundation to file suit against the Clinton Administration's attempt to politicize the census. The case went to the Supreme Court and there the SLF prevailed, defeating Clinton in an historic 5–4 vote. Shirley pioneered the "New Media"—and indeed coined the very phrase—of talk radio, faxes, e-mail and later the internet to mobilize for politics and policy. He has also coined the term "Vichy Republicans" and "Police State Republicans."
Shirley led a team of Reagan historians and Reagan White House veterans to challenge the veracity and truthfulness of Bill O'Reilly's book, Killing Reagan. In coordination with various Reagan institutes, Shirley also forced the cancellation of auction of Reagan's blood and the turning over of the vial to the Reagan Foundation. [21]
In addition to working with a host of political, corporate, and trade concerns, he also served as an informal advisor to the 1996 campaign of Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole. In 2000, his firm provided in-kind support to the presidential campaign of then Governor George W. Bush as well as the Florida recount. In that same year, Craig Shirley & Associates became Shirley & Banister Public Affairs with the promotion of Diana Banister from vice president to partner [22] and finally, president of the firm in 2015.[23]
Through his writings, he has popularized the philosophy of "Localism," and indeed coined the phrase, a 21st-century version of Federalism.
Shirley was also a decorated contract agent for the CIA. [24]
Writing career[edit]
Craig Shirley has completed two new books, Citizen Newt and Reagan Rising [25] about, respectively, the revolutionary life and times of Newt Gingrich and the period between 1976 and 1980 when Reagan's political outlook and philosophy underwent an enormous and significant change.
Shirley is now working on three more books on Reagan[26] including a detailed look at his 1968 run for the presidency.[27] He is also writing a book about Dr. Howard Snyder, personal physician to President Dwight Eisenhower, as well as a book about George Washington's family.
Achievements and awards[edit]
Shirley is a member of the Board of Governors of the Reagan Ranch[28] and has often lectured at the Reagan Library.[29]
He is also a member of the Reagan Alumni Association. He has addressed the Friends of Ronald Reagan association in Los Angeles and occasionally consults for the Reagan Library, especially on campaign displays and political history.
He was chosen in 2005 by Springfield College as their Outstanding Alumnus[30] and has been named the Visiting Reagan Scholar at Eureka College, Ronald Reagan's alma mater. He taught a week long class, "Reagan 101" at Eureka College in 2012.[31]
He was also appointed as a Trustee of Eureka.[32]
His writings have solved some of the mysteries of Washington and politics including the stolen Carter Briefing Books in 1980,[33] the missing cornerstone to the U.S. Capitol [34] and the real story about the night of the Watergate breakin,[35] to name just a few. He also uncovered a Top Secret memo written by the Office of Naval Intelligence on December 4, 1941, putting information on the possible attack at Pearl Harbor inside the Roosevelt White House, three days before the attack.[36]
His book December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World (2011), was nominated for 2011 Book of the Year Award by Foreword Reviews magazine.[37] His book, Last Act, was named best narrative in the non-fiction category by USA Book News for 2015.[38]
He is a member of various author's guilds, Philadelphia Society, the Fusionist Society and the Lyn Nofziger Society. He is a former board member of the American Conservative Union.[39] He has also lectured at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library,[40] Friends of Ronald Reagan (FORR) and Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics.[41]
He has also lectured at the Buckley Center at Yale,[42] at Larry Sabato's Center for Politics at UVA,[43] at Georgetown University, at Hillsdale College,[44] at Regent University,[45] and other colleges and universities. He has also addressed the Ronald Reagan Lecture Series in 2017.
Op-eds and media appearances[edit]
Shirley is a frequent commentator on politics. He has written for publications including the Washington Post, the Washington Times, the Los Angeles Times, Townhall, the Weekly Standard, the Washington Examiner, Newsmax, National Review, Reuters, Investors Business Daily, Politico, Breitbart, Lifezette and many other publications. He is also frequently sought after for televised interviews on all major networks, including CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX News, MSNBC, C-SPAN, FOX Business and CNN.[46]
Personal life[edit]
Craig Shirley and his wife, Zorine, are the parents of four children, Matthew, Andrew, Taylor and Mitchell. They split their time between "Trickle Down Point" on the Rappahannock River in Lancaster, Virginia and "Ben Lomond," a 300-year-old Georgian manor house in Tappahannock, VA. His hobbies include sailing, writing, scuba diving, water skiing, sport shooting, and renovating old buildings.
Shirley is the acting chairman of the revived political action committee, Citizens for the Republic,[47] originally established in January 1977 by Ronald Reagan after his defeat for the 1976 Republican presidential nomination the preceding summer. On its website, Citizens for the Republic describes itself as a "national organization dedicated to revitalizing the conservative movement. Through education, grassroots organization, advocacy, and political activism...promoting the principles of limited government, maximum freedom, personal responsibility, peace through strength, and defense of the dignity of every individual".[48] The CFTR directors include former Reagan advisors and consultants, such as the honorable Ed Meese and Reagan speechwriter Mari Maseng Will.
Shirley is the founder of the Ft. Hunt Youth Lacrosse Program, and was a coach there for 14 years.[49] In the 20 plus years since Shirley founded the program, thousands of boys and girls have enjoyed learning and playing for Ft. Hunt. Shirley was instrumental in getting the Maryland legislature to make lacrosse the state's sport. He was also an editor of Coaching Youth Lacrosse, published by the Lacrosse Foundation.
His coaching record was 121 wins and 19 losses when he was head coach.
- Reagan's Revolution: The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All (Thomas Nelson, 2005)[50]
- Rendezvous with Destiny: Ronald Reagan and the Campaign That Changed America (Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2009)[51]
- December 1941: 31 Days That Changed America and Saved the World (Thomas Nelson, 2011)[52]
- Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan (Thomas Nelson, 2015)[53]
- Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980 (HarperCollins, 2017)
- Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative (Thomas Nelson, 2017)[54]
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- ^ Stanley, Tim. "The Invisible Bridge The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan by Rick Perlstein, review problematic, partisan analysis". The London Telegraph. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
- ^ Lee, Tony. "America Remains Exceptional Because Of Reagan's 'Informed' Patriots". Breitbart. Retrieved 2014-06-06.
- ^ Barnes, Fred. "Prominent Reagan Biographer Accuses Another of Plagiarism". The Weekly Standard. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
- ^ Levin, Mark. "Mark Levin calls Craig Shirley "one of the best of the Reagan biographers"". The Mark Levin Show. Retrieved 2016-02-10.
- ^ Bedard, Paul. "Reagan biographer Craig Shirley's newest could give GOP a roadmap to the White House". The Washington Examiner.
- ^ Stepman, Jarrett. "New Evidence in Plagiarism Case Against Liberal Reagan Historian Rich Perlstein". Breitbart.
- ^ "Edward Shirley Dies In Hospital". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, New York. March 12, 1977. Retrieved 2015-04-08.
- ^ Thompson, Krissah. "Meet Craig Shirley and Diana Banister, the right's pitch-perfect conservatives". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Craig Shirley; Author, Historian, Lecturer". Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ^ Quenqua, Douglas. "Profile: Shirley helps right-wing ideals reach new heights". The PR Week.
- ^ "Ronald Reagan: A look at his life, presidency and policies with Craig Shirley". Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ^ Shirley, Craig. "Ronald Reagan: A look at his life, presidency and policies with Craig Shirley". The Washington Post.
- ^ "A Bit of History". Retrieved 2015-04-25.
- ^ Lee, Tony. "Biographer: Reagan Fought Elite Establishment His Whole Life; Obama 'Facebook President' Who Lacks 'Understanding Of American History'". Breitbart.
- ^ Dillin, John. "Ad campaigns on behalf of candidates are rough-and-tumble". The Christian Science Monitor.
- ^ "Craig Shirley". Retrieved 2015-04-18.
- ^ "About Us". Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ^ "Craig Shirley". Retrieved 2015-04-18.
- ^ Drinkard, Jim. "Fronts in Lobbying Edging Grass Roots". The Associated Press.
- ^ Shirley, Craig. "Don't sell Reagan's blood". Daily Caller.
- ^ "Banister for Shirley". Retrieved 2015-04-17.
- ^ "New titles at Shirley & Banister". Retrieved 2015-04-11.
- ^ "About Craig Shirley".
- ^ Bedard, Paul. "Reagan biographer Craig Shirley's newest could give GOP a roadmap to the White House". The Washington Examiner.
- ^ Shirley, Craig (2011). December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-59555-457-4.
- ^ "Inside the Beltway: A Reagan reminder" (web). washingtontimes.com. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ "Reagan Ranch Board of Governors". Retrieved 2012-08-08.
- ^ "Lecture with author Craig SHirley" (web). craigshirley.com. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ "Lecture and Book Signing with Craig Shirley". Retrieved 2015-04-26.
- ^ "Ronald Reagan". Retrieved 2015-04-23.
- ^ "EC elects trustees, officers". Retrieved 2015-04-22.
- ^ Shirley, Craig. "New book pins 'debategate' on Democrat". Politico.
- ^ Shirley, Craig. "Romancing the Cornerstone". Townhall.
- ^ Shirley, Craig. "The Bartender's Tale: How the Watergate Burglars Got Caught". The Washington Magazine.
- ^ Goddard, Jacqui. "Pearl Harbour memo shows US warned of Japanese attack". The Telegraph.
- ^ "BOTYA 2011 Finalists In History (Adult Nonfiction)" (web). forewordreviews.com. Retrieved June 24, 2012.
- ^ "USA Book News Announces Winners And Finalists Of The 2015 USA Best Book Awards" (web). USABookNews.com. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ "Craig Shirley; Author, Historian, Lecturer". Retrieved 2015-04-24.
- ^ "Ninth Annual Roosevelt Reading Festival" (web). fdrlibrary.marist.edu. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ "Friends of the Dole Institute Private Annual Dinner With Craig Shirley, author of Rendezvous with Destiny" (web). doleinstitute.org. Retrieved July 2, 2012.
- ^ "William F. Buckley, Jr. Program: "Barry Goldwater, the 1964 Election, and A Time for Choosing: 50 Years Later"". Retrieved 2015-04-21.
- ^ "8th Annual American Democracy Conference Opens Thursday". Retrieved 2015-04-27.
- ^ "Freedom Library Catalog" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-04-20.
- ^ "The Ronald Reagan Symposium 2015". Retrieved 2015-08-06.
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- ^ "Officers". Retrieved 2015-04-27.
- ^ "Mission". Retrieved 2015-04-27.
- ^ Hosticka, Alexis. "Fort Hunt Youth Lacrosse Celebrates 25th Year". Alexandria Gazette Packet.
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- ^ December 1941: 31 Days that Changed America and Saved the World. Thomas Nelson. 2011. ISBN 978-1-59555-457-4.
- ^ Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan. Thomas Nelson. 2015. ISBN 978-1-59555-534-2.
- ^ Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative. Thomas Nelson. 2017. ISBN 978-1-59555-448-2.


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Over the summer, details have continued to leak out and rumors have continued to swirl about the upcoming Italian nuptials of George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin (I'm still sad they're not tying the knot at Downton Abbey), and the newest one, well, we very much hope is true: Word on the street—or least in the New York Post—is that not only will Anna Wintour attend the blessed event, but that it will be covered in the pages of Vogue.
Mr. Clooney is notoriously anti-paparazzi, so you can bet there will be nary a blurry helicopter-obtained photo to be had of their celebration, and because of that, I had long ago accepted that we probably wouldn't ever see this beautiful lady's undoubtedly beautiful dress (which is reportedly being designed by Oscar de la Renta, who is perfect).
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East Tennessee-based Mother Earth Meats has a new location in West Knox County.
The company offers grass-fed beef and its chickens are free-range. In addition, the animals are not given any antibiotics or hormones in their feed.
The all-natural meat company has recently opened a store on Kingston Pike in Farragut. The company already rents space in a store in Maryville and moved to Farragut to have its own stand alone store.
"Well, I wanted to do my own thing. I wanted to carry a lot of the dry goods that I think are really high quality and unique," said owner Tracy Monday.
The Farragut location has been open for about three weeks.


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Hey, I just moved to North Florida from NY and I'm pretty disappointed at my lack of supply shops here - which is limited to Michaels and JoAnns both an hour away. I have to drive to Tampa next week anyway, and was wondering if anyone knew of any local supply shops where I can stock up on cake drums, flavorings, airbrush colors and gel colors.....I went to place an order online and was shocked at the shipping prices, I'll pay them if I have to, but if anyone knows of anyplace near Tampa I'd rather go there. Thanks!
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PALERMO -- When school lets out next June, Superintendent Jacqueline Dolar will say goodbye to the Palermo Union School District and a long career in education.
Dolar plans to retire June 30, ending 14 years with the district and 20 in education.
The board of trustees began looking for a replacement in early November.
When she took the job of superintendent after Sam Chimento retired, she stipulated it would only be for two years. She began the job July 1, 2012 with a two-year contract.
She talked about her plans in a phone interview Wednesday, and said it's time to retire.
"I had planned on retiring at the end of the 2011-12 school year, so I stayed on two years," Dolar said.
Although the upcoming opening has been advertised in education trade publications, the response has been slow, according to a progress report Dolar gave to the board a week ago.
The deadline for submitting applications is Friday. Dolar told the board only one application had been received, and that they could extend the application date to January if necessary.
Since then, things changed.
"We had several people come in, in the last couple of days," she said. "I think we'll be OK as far as applicants."
The plan for the district is to start interviews at the end of January. There will be reference checks, second interviews and visits to the finalists' current school districts.
Dolar said if it goes as hoped, the board will make a decision at its regular meeting March 5.
"I feel pretty good," she said. "There are things I've put off ... I enjoyed my work, but there are other things I want to do."
One of the things she hopes to do after she retires is resume breeding horses. She and her husband, Keith Dolar, have several horses they bred in the past.
"I want to go back into it," she said. "It's time consuming."
She also wants to spend more time with her husband, and the two have a couple of trips planned, including to see their son in Washington state and their daughter back east.
Dolar said she'll miss the people in the district the most, the everyday contact with personnel and parents.
"This is a good district," she said. "People, when they come, they stay ... I can stop by. It won't be like I'm totally cut off."
One of the things she said she enjoyed as the district administrator was working with kindergarten through eighth grade.
"I'll miss the kids, too," she said.
Though Dolar still has several months left until the end of the school year, she isn't feeling any trepidation about leaving.
"I've enjoyed the last couple of years because I got to do so many different things, I wore so many hats ... I'll be OK," she said.
For information about the job opening, contact the district at 533-4842.


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I would consider myself a minimalist. Maybe not the extreme kind that you've heard of or those families who have an outhouse in their backyard. But in comparison to some, I live a minimalist lifestyle. I don't like clutter. I don't feel that I need to have the latest gadgets and kitchenware. I have no problem parting with clothes and items that hold no use for Hubby and I. I'm constantly filling bags up for the Salvation Army to pick up. Do all of thoughts and facts make me a minimalist? Not necessarily. I believe that it's a way of life and a conscious thought process. But the end result has been what surprised me the most! I'm much happier with much less!It happened gradually.
By nature I'm an organizer and enjoy a thorough cleaning (not the actual work, but the result of it!). My personality doesn't tend towards hoarding and being a pack-rat. So I feel as if in this area I was given a "head start." Another thing that impacted my minimalism was the fact that Hubby and I moved into a 3rd floor, 1 bedroom apartment when we were married. The climb and limited space really limited what we brought into our home. And one more thing set me over the edge. I have a best girlfriend who lives in a 2 bedroom, 800 square-foot apartment in NYC with 4 kids! If she can handle that, thrive and enjoy it, then I could too, I thought! After visiting my NYC girlfriend I was amazed at what could be accomplished with so little. I was amazed that it didn't take lots of things for this family to be happy! I was amazed at how well everything was handled! I. WAS. AMAZED. And I was inspired to be more minimalistic.I didn't throw out everything I owned.
At this point I didn't throw out everything I owned! No, that's a bit extreme. But my mindset changed a little. Did I really need another pair of flip flops to wear this summer? Do I really need another mixing spoon to sit with the dozen I already have? Is it really necessary for me to have a dozen boxes of Christmas decorations - of which I only use about half of the stuff anyway? Is it prudent for me to have 17 purses? No, we didn't throw out all of our worldly possessions; we trimmed it down a bit though. If you look around my apartment you will still see plastic bins of stuff and boxes of books. But that's okay. It's closer to living with less than before! With a new baby coming in August, we would need to be making room for him, as we live in a 1 bedroom apartment. So I began sorting through our clothes, decor, shoes, purses, etc. to purge! You would be surprised how much stuff even I could have that I don't need in a 1 bedroom apartment! I even found 4 pieces of furniture that we don't need that can be sold at a yard sale!You don't really need a whole lot.
I'm learning that I can live with much less than I thought. Our world tells us that we need things, electronics, gadgets, clothes, etc to be happy. Marketing tactics are used to urge us to buy more. So we fill our houses with stuff - stuff that is often not used. And if thought about, we would realize that we don't truly need all of it. (read the rest here)
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Attacking a Richmond County sheriff's deputy earned an Augusta man another six years in prison Friday.
Robert W. Richardson, 32, has spent much of the past decade in prison for crimes including the sale of cocaine, burglary and theft. On Friday in Richmond County Superior Court, Richardson added felony obstruction of a law enforcement officer to his convictions. He received the maximum sentence for obstruction and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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2013 record: 12-12-10 (46 points); 42 GF / 44 GA (-2 GD)
2013 Philadelphia Union statistics
Final Standing
7th, Eastern Conference
Team Leaders
Jack McInerney, 12 G
Sébastien Le Toux, 5 A
Zac MacMath, 1.29 GAA
Zac MacMath, 101 SVS
John Hackworth
PPL Park
For much of the 2013 season, the Philadelphia Union looked like one of the surprise teams in MLS.
Fueled by the offseason acquisitions of veterans Conor Casey, Jeff Parke and Sébastien Le Toux and the improvements of a young core featuring rising stars Jack McInerney, Amobi Okugo and Sheanon Williams, Philly surged into the final three months of the season near the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
But the Union crumbled down the stretch, winning just twice in their final 10 games to finish in seventh place in the East with a 12-12-10 overall record and failing to make the playoffs for the second straight season and the third time in four years.
Now heading into the franchise's fifth season of existence, the Union are still without a postseason victory. But with the continued development of Philly's young stars and more resources to work with in the offseason, manager John Hackworth believes the team is in prime position to make a move up the MLS ladder in 2014.
Best Moment of the Year
The Union were down a man and running out of time when Kléberson stepped up to take a stoppage-time free kick in a scoreless game against lowly Toronto FC on Oct. 5. The Brazilian midfielder had been buried on the bench for most of the season but none of that mattered when he scored a stunning free kick from about 25 yards out, lifting the Union to a thrilling 1-0 victory and sending the PPL Park crowd into raptures. Sadly for the Union, though, that win would be their last of the season.
Worst Moment of the Year
Giving up one game-tying goal in the 97th minute while up a man is tough enough. For the Union, it remarkably happened twice in the span of five days as they followed up a tough 2-2 draw with Dallas with an even more gut-wrenching 2-2 draw with Real Salt Lake on July 3.
The 97th-minute goal from RSL came on a penalty kick after Philly's Ray Gaddis was whistled for a handball in the box, leaving the Union locker room "gutted," according to Hackworth. And the points left on the table would certainly come back to haunt Philly in their playoff chase.
Best Goal
McInerney finished with 12 goals, including a whopping 10 before June 1, but none of them showed off the young striker's skill as much as the first of two goals he netted against D.C. United at RFK Stadium on April 21. After receiving a ball from Casey on a counter, McInerney slowed the ball up (much to the surprise of the Union bench), cut it back, split two defenders and then beat Bill Hamid with a beautiful left-footed strike.
Team MVP
While McInerney endured a four-month goalless skid, fellow Union original Okugo was the picture of consistency for Philly, starting 32 games at center back and anchoring the team's sturdy backline, along with fellow center back Parke. In what was only his second season playing defense, the natural midfielder frustrated opposing strikers, showed off his fine passing and also proved to be one of the team's top offensive aerial threats, finishing the season with three goals and three assists..
Best Move
While Parke and Le Toux were both stabilizing forces in the Union lineup after being signed in the offseason, the best Union newcomer was Casey. After getting dropped by the Colorado Rapids because of injury concerns, the 32-year-old forward was scooped up by the Union in the Re-Entry Draft. And he rewarded Philly's faith in him by staying healthy, logging 10 goals and five assists in 2,201 minutes, and being named a finalist for MLS Comeback Player of the Year.
"To be honest, you saying it was a rebuilding year is the first I've heard of it. Nobody in this locker room thought it was a rebuilding year and we played as such. And I thought we fought hard throughout the season and just came up a little bit short in the end." – Right back Sheanon Williams (pictured at right), following the Union's season-ending loss to Sporting Kansas City on Oct. 26
Offseason Needs
1. Acquire a playmaker: Whether it was Keon Daniel, Michael Farfan or Kléberson, the Union lacked a lot of punch in their central attacking midfield spot. Hackworth knows this is an issue and has pledged to search the globe for a high-quality playmaker in the middle of the field.
2. Get some help on the left side of the field: When the Union signed Fábinho in the middle of the season, Hackworth said the Brazilian would simply be used as a backup left back.
But because he was one of the team's only left-footed players, he ended up as a consistent starter at left midfield. For 2014, the Union not only need another left back but also a true left winger.
3. Sign a quality backup goalkeeper: After trading Chris Konopka and waiving Oka Nikolov, the Union are now left with only one goalkeeper on their roster. And while they have a lot of confidence in starter Zac MacMath, the fact remains he's still just 22 years old and needs to be pushed and mentored by a proven veteran.


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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Last week, I wrote an article for TheStreet suggesting that, after it sells its DVD division, Netflix ( NFLX) should raise prices again.In that article, I briefly mentioned using a celebrity spokesperson to make the announcements and subsequently massage consumer backlash. This makes sense for several reasons. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is an enigma. The man exudes a brilliance beyond anything most of the rest of us could hope to attain. At times, he commands control of a room with a charming persuasiveness that's got to be God-given. By all accounts, he's also a heck of a guy. Plus, it goes without saying -- Reed Hastings is a visionary. If all he did was come up with the DVD-by-mail idea, he would qualify, but there's so much more. I love listening to him speak about the future of television -- smart TV and such. It's dynamic stuff. And his visions and ideas regarding education are equally as strong. He backs up that talk by donating a ton of money to the cause. But, there's another Reed Hastings we see from time to time. I'm not sure how or why it comes out, but it makes cats like Zynga ( ZNGA) CEO Mark Pincus look like dynamic rhetoricians. We all remember last summer. We all remember Hastings' horrific YouTube video where he introduced Qwikster. And we all remember the spoofs that followed from Saturday Night Live to a great one by Conan that I must have missed: Hastings can come off like an aloof Keystone cop on occasion. That's what the public remembers him for. While much of the hate has worn off, it would come storming back if he showed his face again as the bearer of bad news. For the record, I don't think the guy deserved what he got last year when he raised prices and split DVD. He took some viciousness and took it well. I was a bear long before those well-publicized missteps, moves that really didn't phase me much one way or another, as ill-advised as they were.
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London, United Kingdom, 2009/10/05 - Cachet Software Solutions ("Cachet") today announces the formal launch of the eyeShare IT Critical Situation Management software in the UK.
An Israeli-developed product, eyeShare is the first such solution for IT and is being currently used by a number of leading international clients such as Amdocs, Elite-Strauss and Checkpoint as well as having partnerships with leading systems integrators such as HP-EDS.
Stuart Kenley, MD of Cachet says "eyeShare is attracting a lot of interest from leading UK IT shops such as Barclays, Vodafone, BT and several others, and we expect first users of the system to be announced very soon now. In addition we have already signed partnerships with leading SI's and these include HP-EDS".
The eyeShare product can cut mean-time-to-repair for mission-critical IT systems such as online business portals, trading platforms, telco platforms and many others by as much as 80%, and frees up costly IT labour for other work - whilst allowing them to still be involved in the key decisions to be taken in the recovery process - even if they are at home in bed at 2 a.m. when the decision is to be made.
Kenley adds "we want to allow key IT staff to get an SMS from the software and make a decision at home in bed, and then allow eyeShare to continue the recovery process automatically - this will be ideal because the user still feels involved and in control of the recovery, but doesn't have to be inconvenienced by having to log in from home at unsocial times".
Cachet's eyeShare product (cachet-software.com) offers workflows and dashboards that allow for all the aspects of recovery that can be automated, to be carried out by the software, while allowing key IT personnel to be informed and allowed to make critical decisions in the recovery work - using SMS, email, IM or voicetext, or indeed any other communication method. The dashboards show IT management an at-a-glance overview of all critical IT recoveries in process, with Service Level timeouts for escalation and many other features designed to shorten recovery times and keeping to Service Level Agreements ("SLA's").
The system can save £ millions per annum for mission-critical IT shops by cutting business system downtime or reducing problems in areas such as performance or network failures. In addition it can react to other emergencies such as Fire and Rescue and other security situations.
Kenley concludes "we are offering eyeShare currently mainly for IT usage, but there is nothing in the software that would prevent usage by Fire, Police, Ambulance, Rescue, Military or any other service that requires fast reaction to emergencies via computer software interacting with key personnel. In fact we are bidding eyeShare to some Fire and Rescue services as we speak and the solution can even help with homeland security too."
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BOSTON ( TheStreet) -- Summer rentals don't just disappear with the holiday traffic after Memorial Day, but late-game renters need to keep their sunglass-protected eyes open if they still want to score a place to stay this season.With Memorial Day gone and the Fourth of July fast approaching, summer rental season is in full swing and the number of vacationers continues to swell. American Express' ( AXP) Spending and Saving Tracker found that 59% of Americans plan to travel despite high gas prices and will spend an average of $1,200 on their summer vacation this year. About 70% of those travelers are hitting the road with families this year, up from only 45% last year.
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Dear partners in Christ,
We, as the Haiti Baptist Convention, are back to you with facts from first hand observation. We have had a two days mission trip to the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince, Friday January the 15th and Saturday January the 16th with two teams: the first one composed of Rev. Ludner Cardichon (president), Rev. Emmanuel Pierre (general secretary), Rev. Joel Dorsinville (advisor/consultant), Rev. Jethro Souffrant [chaplain to the hospital], and two volunteers from UK working with the Hospital of Quartier-Morin; and the second team composed of two medical doctors [Steeves James and His friend], an assistant Nurse, and other folks from our community.
Our aim was mainly to evaluate the situation, to give first aid to people as possible we could, to rescue some young people from the capital. We can now tell you that the situation is worse than what you have seen on TV. It was a very heartfelt and yet very perilous trip. We came difficulty to gather those facts and pictures we are sending to you:
1. The center of the capital where were located the government is totally destroyed [ the national palace, the parliament, the State Finance office, the State office for taxes, the telecommunication services, the water distribution service, the postal office, the police headquarters, etc. So now the government is totally disarmed, incapable to intervene
2. The largest agglomerations that form the capital [Carrefour, Canape Vert, Pacot, Delmas, Tabarre, Santo, Petion-ville] are severely destroyed. Now survivors are laying on the streets waiting for help. Some get stuck in the bus stations waiting an occasion to flee to provinces, but there is no bus, because no gas at the gas stations.
3. The Haiti Baptist Convention is grieving the lost of many of its members throughout the country. In the capital, we have lost: Rev. Bienne Lamerique died under his collapsed house, leaving behind wife and three children [16, 13, and 11 years old]; Rev. Venel Dessiere died under his house, leaving behind wife and four children [17, 13, 10, 7 years old].
Many others members of different families are
wounded. Pastor Dorsinville has lost one of his cousins died at Canape Vert. In
Pastor Dorsinville's church, one of the most dedicated woman leaders, Mrs.
Dessalines Paul, has lost his husband died in the capital. Rev Christian
Toussaint [Martissant Bapist church] has lost a niece; Pastor Cardichon's house
is getting damaged, Pastor Manno's brother who living in Santo, Port-au-Prince, has had
his house destroyed. Rev. Judson Beaubrun has had part of his house collapsed.
Rev. Charles Romain has had his house totally destroyed.
And it will take us more time to have a final survey of other casualties from each individual church disseminated throughout the country. We are waiting report from other severely affected cities, namely Petit-Goave, Grand-Goave, Leogane, Carrefour, Martissant, etc.
Dear partners in Christ, at this point, we surely need your support in prayers. In addition we expect you could join your efforts to ours to helping us:
1) Providing first aid to survivors and displaced persons [shelter, food, healthcare, clothes]
2) Organizing other missions trip to rescue other people getting stuck in Capital
3) Organizing memorial services for ministers died and lost under collapsed houses
4) Assisting widows and orphans helping them rebuilding their lives through spiritual guidance, counseling assistance, education, and continuing healthcare
5) Relocating University students from the Capital to other campuses by allocation of scholarships
6) Helping, in the long term, communities and congregations rebuild homes and churches destroyed.
A relief plan with estimated figures will follow this report. We, as a Body church, are open to meet your representative, to give conference, interview, to share thoughts and insights; we are also ready to cooperate with volunteers or experts in disaster management, who might, for a little while, work with us, to help rebuild lives and communities. We are proud to have you as our partners in Christ in such a time of trial for our nation.
Yours in Christ's mission,
For the Executive Committee
Rev Joel Dorsinville
Advisor / Consultant