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Mr MITCHELL (McEwen) (12:52): I rise in support of the government's Family Assistance Legislation Amendment (Child Care Financial Viability) Bill 2011. This bill will amend the A New Tax System (Family Assistance)(Administration) Act 1999 and set up new requirements for large long day care bodies to continuously administer their financial viability. The passage of this bill is critical to ensure we can sustain and monitor the financial foundations of our childcare centres so that these centres do not collapse, like when ABC Learning centres went into voluntary administration in 2008.
The bill will also allow for the secretary to request financial information more frequently if there are concerns about a provider's financial viability and make amendments to allow for civil penalties and sanctions if the provider does not comply with the requirements to provide financial information. The bill will also make clear what constitutes a `large' long day care provider, who in turn will be required to provide financial information. So we are creating a more transparent and accountable childcare system. This bill will protect and strengthen our childcare system, with new powers to commission an independent, confidential audit of providers where there are concerns about a provider's ongoing financial viability.
The Gillard Labor government recognises the importance of a stable childcare market to Australian families. The unprecedented collapse of ABC Learning affected families across the country because it impacted on the availability of childcare places, jobs and operations around Australia. However, because of the government's swift and decisive action 90 per cent of these centres continue to operate for families today, including ones in my electorate, and we have provided certainty and options for our working families. We will continue to strengthen the financial foundations of our childcare system so that we do not see those sorts of events again.
If we had not provided support for almost 100,000 Australian families, they may have been faced with the prospect of finding alternative care arrangements with little or no notice, and some 16,000 employees would have found themselves with no work and no future. Again, it underlines the strength of this government's commitment to jobs and ensuring that our families have every opportunity.
The Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations References Committee report into child care found that by 2008 ABC Learning was the largest provider of childcare, holding around 20 per cent of the long day care market and providing care to about 100,000 children. The purpose of that inquiry was to look at the condition of childcare provisions with the intention of informing the current debate over the most desirable practices to pursue as part of a national policy.
As I said, ABC Learning employed around 16,000 staff. The company sold 45 of its childcare centres in July 2007, which contributed to a reduction in the number of centres in 2008. In researching the growth of the company between 2001 and 2006, the Australia Institute noted that ABC Learning achieved close to 100 per cent growth between the financial years of 2004-05 and 2005-06. The collapse of ABC Learning raised serious questions about the regulatory framework for childcare centres. The Commonwealth government and state governments moved swiftly to understand the impacts that the collapse might have on families through the reduced availability of childcare places, jobs and operations around the nation.
In May 2010 the Australian government announced that it would invest $273.7 million to support the introduction of a new national quality framework for early childhood education and child care. Of the announced funding, $1.9 million was to support new regulatory measures to help achieve ongoing stability in the childcare industry following the ABC Learning crisis. This included developing measures that require large childcare providers entering the market to prove their financial viability. The bill will create an early warning system to help prevent such collapses. For parents to receive the child care benefit, large day care providers will have to demonstrate each year that they are financially viable.
When ABC Learning collapsed in 2008 we immediately stepped in with $58 million to ensure continuity of care for 68,000 families and, as I said, around 90 per cent of the centres are still operating today. The government are increasing diversity through a $15 million loan to the not-for-profit consortium GoodStart Childcare to purchase 678 ABC Learning centres. This will allow for greater diversity in the childcare market through a balanced mix of not-for-profit and for-profit providers. This will also give Australian families more choice when it comes to childcare providers.
The establishment of the MyChild website helps parents easily identify child care that suits the needs of their families and provides updates on childcare centres like the ABC Learning centres. The Gillard government are also funding an unlimited number of childcare places. The number of childcare centres in Australia has increased from 11,342 in 2007 to 13,417 in 2010—an 18 per cent increase. We believe in supporting families and giving every child the best possible start in life. This is why we are implementing measures like those in this bill to ensure that childcare providers are sustainable not only today but also in the future.
Research undertaken in a study titled Growing up in Australia has shown the positive effects of child care and its importance to Australian families and children. The study found that the childcare sector assisted parents of those children, particularly those who worked or wanted to further their studies or other activities outside the home. It also pointed to the vast damage to family budgets, as well as to the national economy, that could occur if a significant number of parents gave up work due to a lack of child care. The long-term social benefits that child care brings are vital. The report states that the benefits extend beyond the personal or family domain to the nation's future health, educational achievement, workforce participation and social connectedness. The New South Wales Commission for Children and Young People submitted:
The quality of children's early experiences, including of early childhood education and care, has a significant impact on children's lives. The quality of early childhood settings impacts on children's daily experiences, their healthy brain development, as well as their response to experiences at school and throughout their lives.
There are so many benefits child care brings to families, children, our economy and society, which is why the Gillard Labor government is taking many other measures in addition to this bill to support families and child care. We are helping families access more affordable child care by putting $14.9 billion over four years into assistance for families through the Child Care Benefit and the Child Care Rebate. That is a total spend of $20 billion over four years that we are investing into families and children.
The Child Care Rebate has been increased from 30 per cent to 50 per cent of parents' out-of-pocket expenses. The annual limit for each child also increased from $4,354 to $7,500—an increase of 72 per cent. This has been helping more than 735,000 Australian families since 1 July 2008. The rebate is now paid quarterly rather than annually so that parents do not have to wait until the end of the year to get the childcare assistance they need.
In addition we are providing assistance for 640,000 low- and middle-income families each year through the Child Care Benefit. A low-income family using full-time child care now has around 80 per cent of their childcare fees covered. This bill shows the government's commitment to young families across Australia as we continue to ease the cost-of-living pressures through tax cuts, improvements to family payments, childcare assistance, the education tax refund and, of course, Australia's first ever Paid Parental Leave scheme.
Unfortunately, not all members in this place support young families. The Liberal Party opposed the Paid Parental Leave scheme and, as the workplace relations minister, the Leader of the Opposition said that paid parental leave would be introduced over his government's dead body. Guess what? That happened: they are a dead body of a government. A good government came in and actually contributed to helping families across the nation. The Leader of the Opposition displays mindless negativity, opposes everything and has no real plan to support families when a child is born or to deliver affordable and sustainable child care when they need it.
The government is serious about our childcare sector and is ensuring that it is financially viable today and into the future so that we do not see any collapses of providers like we did in 2008. We, unlike those opposite, are continuing to support young families and children to ensure that they get the best possible start in life, and this bill plays a big role in doing that. As I said, the Gillard government is committed to doing everything in our power to ensure continuity and reliability of child care across Australia, and that is why I strongly commend this bill to the House.


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Jackie French is a full-time writer who lives near Braidwood in the Araluen Valley, NSW. In 2000, Hitler's Daughter was awarded the CBC Younger Readers' Award. To the Moon and Back won the Eve Pownall Award in 2005. Macbeth and Son, and Josephine Wants to Dance were both shortlisted for the 2007 CBC Awards.
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Hey there guys,
I have completely redesigned the folder and document structure of our company and am trying to come up with a good way to do the swap. The present structure is a nightmare. All of the files and folders are spread out among the file servers and cheap NAS's. I have all the Data consolidated to the fileservers now. Next step is getting everything into the new folder structure.
It would probably take us a week full down time to move everything in one shot. So do I set up P: and N: and set the present structure up with M: and Q: and tell everyone that they are to work with the new structure on any future things, and that we are to move from the old setup to the new by February?
Any tips from the seasoned veterans on this one?
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Dec 3, 2013 at 8:58 UTC
Dept by dept with lots of training for the user on the new way so that in 6 months its not a mess again.
(ie baby steps if at all possible not a big bang)
Dec 3, 2013 at 9:10 UTC
I agree with Martin, it needs to be a hand holding exercise so that the whole thing doesn't blow up if a handful of people don't understand.
Dec 4, 2013 at 3:58 UTC
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Adaministrator, you're on the right path here and I do believe the best way to go about an undertaking like this is a gradual transition. You should create/identify strategic opportunities to demonstrate your new system. Perhaps an event with a recurring deadline that requires employees to access and file documents.
If you can get your users to understand how much easier it will make their lives, then it will make your life easier. Demonstration is a great teacher. Make "don't tell them, show them" a part of your philosophy and utilize it whenever possible.
And lastly, make things as simple and concise as possible. Create a clear policy with a tiered implementation, hard deadlines, and easy to access references. Your users need only know enough to do their jobs, anything more could risk confusion at the outset. If you make the process as fool-proof as possible on your end before the rollout, you'll have less headaches to deal with during the switch.
One thing that doesn't show up in the job description is that it is IT's responsibility to create the culture around embracing change and adopting new technology. Your best tool will be communication. Use it well and use it frequently!
Good luck!
Dec 6, 2013 at 7:14 UTC
Implement DFS to abstract the shares from the drive mappings. That way it is easier to make changes next time.
Dec 17, 2013 at 9:53 UTC
Hey guys thanks a lot for the tips! Sorry it took me so long to get back on this thread.
@Erik I never implemented DFS, I always held it for a service to be used in case of separate locations.
I will check that out!
Dec 17, 2013 at 12:37 UTC
There are two parts to DFS. Namespaces and replication. The replication helps more if you have multiple sites but namespaces are a great way to ensure that users always connect to a consistent naming structure regardless of which servers or shares actually hold the files behind the scenes. You can implement it before you even move any data since updating everyone's mapped drives and pointers is the hard part. Then you can move data and add/remove namespace target folders in the background and no one even notices.
Jan 16, 2014 at 12:44 UTC
May I ask what type of structure you use? Do you use Departments - Site A, Site B, Site C or do you use Site A - Department A, Department B, Department C and so on. Trying to figure out what is easiest to use.
Jan 16, 2014 at 12:54 UTC
May I ask what type of structure you use? Do you use Departments - Site A, Site B, Site C or do you use Site A - Department A, Department B, Department C and so on. Trying to figure out what is easiest to use.
Each company's needs are different. I only have one site, so I use more of a departmental structure. However, with DFS, it doesn't really matter. The structure you see in your DFS namespace is for organizational purposes only. Each entry in your DFS tree just points to a shared folder on a physical server somewhere.
If you have multiple sites and want to cut down on WAN congestion, you'd probably want to combine DFS namespaces with replication so that the files live on a server in each site and then use AD Sites and Services with the DFS settings to ensure that each person who accesses a folder in the namespace is transparently directed to the DFS replication partner in their own site.
Jan 16, 2014 at 3:28 UTC
Erik is quick!
Same here, we only have one site, so it is departmental here.
This discussion has been inactive for over a year.
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HOLLADAY, Tenn. — A man charged with the murder and kidnapping of a 20-year-old nursing student in West Tennessee has a history of violence toward at least two women, according to court records.
Zachary Adams, 29, of Holladay, about 80 miles southwest of Nashville, was convicted of shooting his mother in the knee in 2004 and the next year threatened to shoot his grandparents. The records show a history of drug use that may have fueled that violence.
"We are in fear of our lives," Adams' mother and stepfather said in documents at the time requesting a protective order. "He shot his mother point blank with a 9 mm Glock. He is a danger to us and the community and our relatives."
Adams was indicted on Wednesday on charges of especially aggravated kidnapping and first-degree felony murder in the case of nursing student Holly Bobo, 20, of Darden, Tenn. She was last seen April 13, 2011, as a man dressed in camouflage led her into the woods. Authorities have not said whether her body has been found, but prosecutors say they believe Bobo died during the kidnapping, snuffing out the family's hopes that she could be alive.
In 2004, Adams' stepfather and mother, Joseph King II and Cindy Lee King, filed their petition saying he was a danger to them and their two other children, John Dylan Adams, then 15, and Justin Clifford King, then 18. Zachary Adams pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in the Feb. 7, 2004, incident.
He was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days in jail. All but six months of that sentence was suspended, and Judge C. Creed McGinley of the 24th Circuit Court in Benton and Decatur counties allowed Adams to serve that time in rehab about 50 miles away at the Jackson Area Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency.
By the time he was sentenced in September 2004, he had served 88 days in jail.
On June 16, 2005, Zachary Adams threatened to shoot his grandfather, Dick Adams, and grandmother, Becky Adams, with a shotgun, according to an arrest affidavit that charged Adams with aggravated assault. At that time, Zachary Adams was ordered to have no contact with his parents.


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In public, they are famous for having the thickest of hides, and yet in truth, they are probably the most thin-skinned identities you could imagine.
Take Kyle Sandilands, for example. He has made a career out of saying some pretty awful things about other people and has copped a lot of criticism for his opinions. Yet he has steadfastly refused to engage in any dialogue with me about such matters because, as it was pointed out by one of his minders fairly recently, ''you never write anything nice about him''.
Hey, don't shoot the messenger.
I know of a rival columnist, once a friend, who is notorious for the prickly barbs found riddled in her columns. She too cops a lot of flak for what she does, some of it unwarranted. But I also know that despite her claim to having the ''hide of a rhinoceros'', she has anxious, lonely moments in the early hours of the morning staring at her bedroom ceiling and mulling over the morality of what she has written.
And while her victims refuse to believe it, behind the ''death stare'' is really just a big old pussy cat who wants to be loved.
As a journalist, I'm not interested in being loved; it tends to obscure one's news judgment.
Recently, I documented the Sydney social pecking order as played out in the seating arrangements at the glittering David Jones fashion show. I'll be honest, it is a well-worn chestnut I have wheeled out with some (cough, cough) regularity, but it is one that never ceases to intrigue me and my readers. Who makes it to the front row and who is relegated to the ''nosebleeds'' is always very telling, as well as the behaviour of some of those who discover they have been relegated to a less-than-favourable position.
It's amazing how seriously some people take this stuff.
Of course, it all means nothing in the real world, but gee, it's entertaining to watch and a great antidote to the drudgery of life.
Most of the names I referred to in that article took it on the chin; indeed, one of them I ended up sitting next to in the front row at the Myer show the following week. Initially, she gave me the evil eye and was a little frosty, but she soon warmed up, even managing to smile and chat with me as we joked about the theatre of life and how it is plays out inside the Sydney fishbowl. It was a relief to see she had a healthy sense of irony.
Sadly, the same cannot be said for PS regular Roxy Jacenko.
A socialite-publicist who has pursued a level of recognition with the sort of strategy and gusto one would usually associate with an election campaign, or indeed a military operation, Jacenko has opened up her home and her personal life for countless spreads in magazines, been praised by her media ''mates'' as a fearless industry leader and is arguably one of the hardest-working publicists in town, especially when it comes to promoting herself.
But she has a selective view on what journalists should write about, and what they should ignore, namely the multimillion-dollar insider-trading charges her husband, Oliver Curtis, is facing or the toxic email written by former employees that went viral recently.
Jacenko stopped returning my calls about various stories months ago, choosing most recently to reply … via a lawyer.
So, when I wrote about her being relegated to the back row, behind a fashion writer for a free suburban weekly, Jacenko was less than amused. ''Your [sic] a strange man Andrew - I cannot fathom what you could have gone though to become such a bitter and twisted person - surely its [sic] not all worth it to turn a dollar,'' she began, though I'll spare you the subsequent psychoanalysis she offered.
Remember, this is the same woman whose antics on national television had her portrayed as a fire-breathing, horned she-devil who brought grown women to tears, and yet she's upset about being outed in the back row?
In the end, she asked for me to ignore her, and I'm happy to oblige, but Roxy, are you sure that's what you really want?


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Steven and Brooke wanted a fun and casual atmosphere for their big day. They made sure to have some delicious home-cooked BBQ at their reception, as well as some rustic decor pieces. Brooke was most inspired by blush and gold colors, which are perfect for the summertime. Vibrant pink peonies were seen in every bouquet, and paired with whimsical bridesmaid dresses. The dance floor was a big hit that night and everyone danced to an array of great tunes, from Forever Young to Uptown Funk! These two lovebirds will be headed to Central America for their amazing honeymoon.
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I've been thinking of ideas for iPhone apps since I can't remember when, but the time to put into them and the development partner were never there.
Until this past week.
I was talking to my buddy Kyle, Head Geek @ BigSprocket and founder of LetsTalkiPhone.com, and mentioned that someone should make an iPhone app that lets you interrupt or talk trash your friends and coworkers in the *ahem* style of Kanye West on the VMAs. Well wouldn't ya know it, Kyle thought it was a funny idea and we started tossing thoughts back and forth. 48 hours later, our first collaboration was submitted to the app store.
I've been lucky enough to work with very good creative developers in my time and Kyle definitely fits that description. Not only were we able to both concentrate on our own tasks and push stuff back and forth to each other at a fever pitch, but we could openly let the other know when something needed to be addressed and know that it would get done quickly and with quality. Gotta love it that feeling…
Kyle's product page is here and once the (frustratingly slow) app approval process is complete you can find it over here.


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OR browse call number 822.33. The 37 individual plays are shelved under 822.33 P 1-37.
Shakespeare A to Z: the essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more. Boyce, Charles, New York: Facts on File Publications, 1990 (Ref 822.33 B692)
Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, Dobson, Michael, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001 (Ref 822.33 Ox2 or eBrary)
The Greenwood companion to Shakespeare : a comprehensive guide for students, Rosenblum, Joseph, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005. v. 1-4. (Ref 822.33 R7232)
Rescripting Shakespeare the text, the director, and modern productions. Dessen, Alan. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002 (eBrary 792.95)
The Routledge companion to directors' Shakespeare. Brown, John Russell, London; New York: Routledge, 2008. (Ref 822.33 B8132r)
Shakespeare: an illustrated stage history. Bate, Jonathon, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996 (Book Stacks, 822.33 B316s)
Looking at Shakespeare: A visual History of Twentieth-Century Performance. Dennis Kennedy. Cambridge [England] ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001. (Link+)
The Cambridge companion to Shakespeare on film. Jackson, Russell Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2000. (Book Stacks, 822.33 J137)
Focus on Shakespearean films. Eckert, Charles, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1972] (Books Stacks, 822.33 Ec572)
Framing Shakespeare on film. Howlett, Kathy M., Athens : Ohio University Press, 2000 (Books Stacks, 822.33 H844)
A history of Shakespeare on screen: a century of film and television. Rothwell, Kenneth S., Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999 (Book Stacks, 822.33 R746)
Shakespearean criticism : excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays and poetry, from the first published appraisals to current evaluations, Harris, Laurie Lanzen, Detroit, MI : Gale Research Co., c1984- (Book Stacks, 822.33 H242)
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The Municipal Council met today to file lodging plans for Jewish popular apartment houses to be built beyond the Yarkon River.
The Palestine government has leased to the municipality, the only all-Jewish city in the world, 700 dunams of land for building the apartments.
The new houses are expected to aid in reducing rents, which have risen to inordinate levels as a result of land scarcity.


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There are no collections during the service. Only Baha'is may donate funds for the upkeep of the Temple.
Special services of worship are held from time to time to commemorate Baha'i Holy Days, special United Nations days such as International Women's Day, International Day of Peace and Human Rights Day, and other important events, such as National Refugee Week.
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One of the three people being considered by Vancouver's centre-right party for its mayoral candidate has withdrawn his name and thrown his support behind competitor Kirk LaPointe.
Tech entrepreneur Leonard Brody sent out a message to supporters early Thursday saying it was "not the right time" for him to get involved with politics, as he bowed out of the Non-Partisan Association's campaign.
"Primarily, my decision was based on the fact that my business obligations prevent me from giving the job the time and care it deserves," said Mr. Brody, 43, who has started and sold several businesses already and currently has investments in several new ventures. He has also just finished writing his third book and is frequently asked to speak at events around the world.
Mr. Brody said he may still be involved in the campaign in other ways and he strongly endorsed Mr. Lapointe, one of the two remaining people being considered by the NPA.
"I have known Kirk LaPointe for a long time and believe wholeheartedly he would make an excellent mayor for this great city. I give him my full support and I look forward to working with him in any way that I can if he is chosen as the eventual candidate," the statement said.
Mr. Brody's statement said he wanted to make his decision known early before the NPA's board meets next week.
It's unclear what that means, as officials with the NPA had said two weeks ago that the board held a meeting and secret vote to decide on a candidate after interviewing the three possibilities: Mr. LaPointe, Mr. Brody and long-time NPA member and former parks board commissioner Ian Robertson.
That process has caused some dissent within the party. Board member Ken Charko refused to vote, saying it wasn't a good way to choose a candidate and calling it a "star chamber" process. He would have liked to see NPA members vote on their choice for a mayoral candidate.
Mr. Charko and others have also expressed concern, as candidates for all positions were being vetted, that the choices were too dominated by white men from the west side.
The NPA, founded in 1937, dominated city politics for most of its existence, but it has struggled in the past decade to get more than a couple of its candidates elected to the 11-member city council.
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The City-Parish Planning Commission wants the Metro Council to approve a controversial rezoning request necessary for the Rouzan development southwest of Perkins Road and Glasgow Avenue.
The Metro Council is slated to vote Wednesday whether to reinstate traditional neighborhood development status to the long-debated neighborhood, following a recent court ruling that reverted Rouzan to the parish's stricter A-1 single family zoning.
But the ongoing fight over Rouzan is likely to stretch beyond this week's vote.
Several nearby residents spoke out against the zoning change Monday when it came before the Planning Commission.
"The problem starts here," said Bob Welch, a resident who was among those who challenged Rouzan's rezoning in court. "(The commission is) creating problems."
Neighborhoods designated as TNDs can have homes on smaller lots and also can include commercial buildings and multifamily housing.
At the Planning Commission meeting, Rouzan developer Tommy Spinosa again defended his project and the steps needed to move forward with the neighborhood.
"We have — from the beginning — worked diligently to satisfy all of the needs of (the opponents). We've bent over backward to accommodate these people in every way," he said.
The Planning Commission voted 5-3 in favor of Spinosa's rezoning application.
Voting to recommend the rezoning were Commissioners W.T. Winfield, James Gilmore, Darius Bonton, John Price and Laurie Marien.
Commissioners Sarah Holiday-James, Gregory DuCote and Steven Perret voted against the request, and Commission Chairwoman Tara Wicker was absent.
The move comes just a week after the Metro Council amended the TND obligations by dropping a requirement that a developer prove his or her "control of the entire area." According to the Parish Attorney's Office, that change made the ordinance more consistent with city-parish requirements for other types of rezoning requests.
Those locked in a court battle over Rouzan have argued the change was intended only to benefit Spinosa.
"It smells funny to me and to a lot of other people, too," said Janet Hoover, one of the other residents who has challenged the Rouzan development in court.
In other action Monday, the Planning Commission approved plans for a nearly 75-acre Halloween attraction and haunted house near Central. The seasonal attraction, which will be operated by the 13th Gate, will include a hayride, laser tag and a corn maze.
Commissioners also scheduled a special meeting for 2 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the ongoing search for a new planning director.
The search has been underway for nearly six months, with more than 90 applications received.
But after a series of setbacks that have included multiple candidates pulling out of the process and the commission's top pick declining its offer, the only two of the finalists left in the running are Don Broussard, of Atlanta, and Frank Duke, of Norfolk, Va.
Metro Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Chandler Loupe, in an email to fellow Metro Council members last week, suggested the council appoint interim Planning Director Ryan Holcomb to the post. Commissioners have been split on the proposal and are expected to discuss several options at Wednesday's meeting.


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This is the first picture of a seven-year-old boy left fighting for his life after being doused with petrol and set on fire as he played out.
Preston Flores has now been moved to a specialist hospital unit where he is in a critical condition, police said.
Relatives of the youngster were left horrified after seeing him running in the street in flames.
Chief inspector Nick Topping, the local Police Scotland area commander, said: "We are grateful for the continued assistance we have received from the local community to help us piece together the events leading up to this incident.
"We have spoken to a number of residents about what they saw or heard which has been very helpful and important to our inquiry.
"I can confirm that the young boy who was injured is seven-year-old Preston Flores. We can advise that he was transferred last night from Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital to the ITU unit at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh.
"We understand he is still in a critical condition.
"Our investigation into this tragic incident will continue today and I would reiterate that so far there has been no evidence of any deliberate act."
The horror unfolded after a group of children allegedly took petrol from the back of an unattended council vehicle in Aberdeen.
A relative, who did not want to be named, said: "I've never seen anything so horrible in my whole life.
"I ran out and saw him running up the street in flames, they were covering his whole body.
"His clothes were half burnt off him and half sticking to him. It was awful. I was in floods of tears."
The family member said she was only alerted to the tragic scene after another relative banged on her door.
The blaze was put out by quick-thinking neighbours who splashed water on the boy.
The relative said: "I was in my house getting ready and my cousin banged on my door shouting 'He's on fire, he's on fire'.
"Around 40 people ran out of their flats and started chucking water on him.
"His mum collapsed when she found out and she needed to be taken in the same ambulance for oxygen."
Emergency services sped to the scene just before 2pm and rushed the youngster to the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital together with his mother.
The relative claimed the children had been playing out on the road when they took a petrol can out of the back of a council lorry.
She said: "Him and a group of mates were just mucking about. They were playing near a council van that had petrol in the back of it. I don't think they knew it was petrol.
"The back of the van was open and his mates were chucking petrol on him. They had lighters and they were sparking them.
"The next thing I know he is running down the road screaming."
A spokesman for Aberdeen City Council said the authority would not be drawn on the allegation of the petrol being taken from one of its vans.
He said: "We are assisting police with their enquiries and our thoughts are with the family of the boy."
Barney Crockett, Aberdeen City Council leader, said: "I feel sorry for this boy and what's happened to him.
"Obviously thoughts are with the family and the boy that's been injured. We'll have to look at things when we know more in due course."
Police said they were following a positive line of inquiry in their investigation, but were still trying to establish whether petrol had been used.
A spokeswoman said: "We were called to an incident regarding a young boy on fire.
"Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Ambulance Service are responding to reports of a boy receiving burn injuries in the Bedford Avenue area of Aberdeen.
"Police Scotland was alerted to the incident at 1.57pm and Bedford Avenue is currently closed to traffic.
"A seven year old boy has been taken to Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital and enquiries are currently on-going to establish the circumstances of the incident.
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Cavell Leitch Queenstown team grows as resort's property industry strengthens
August 14, 2014
Award-winning law firm Cavell Leitch is expanding its Queenstown team as the resort's commercial and property industries continue to strengthen.
Lana Christensen is the newest member to join Cavell Leitch's growing Queenstown office.
Christensen joins the Cavell Leitch team as a Solicitor, bringing nearly seven years of industry experience in commercial and property law with her. She adds to the already impressive legal team of Principal Partner, Stephen Brent and Senior Associate, Karen Castiglione.
Christensen believes her skills will complement Cavell Leitch's offering: "Having worked in a smaller law office in Christchurch I have been involved with a wide range of issues across many different areas of law," she says.
"Queenstown is going through a period of growth right now and Cavell Leitch is a great resource to help with any legal issues people may have."
A keen netball player, Lana comes to Queenstown from Canterbury with her partner and loves the lifestyle and scenery that the region offers. "Queenstown is an amazing place to be able to live and work, I'm just trying to get out and see as much of it as I can," she says.
Cavell Leitch Queenstown Principal Partner, Stephen Brent says: "The outlook for commercial property development in Queenstown is strong, with several new buildings in the pipeline such as the Countdown, Mitre 10 Mega and Pak'n'Save developments on Frankton Flats, as well as the continued expansion of Remarkables Park. We believe that Queenstown will continue to grow and prosper, so we have made the decision to grow our firm with this in mind.
"We are thrilled to have Lana join our team. She brings not only youth and enthusiasm, but a wealth of experience with her. She's a fantastic young Solicitor who will be able to handle a great deal of work cost-effectively for our clients. We're really excited about having her join the team and expanding our Queenstown office."


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Senate Democrats Skeptical About Climate Bill
Date: 10-Sep-09
Country: US
Author: Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON - Several U.S. Senate Democrats, including a top leader, on Wednesday questioned whether it would be possible to vote on a climate change bill this year, especially with healthcare reform eating up so much of the lawmakers' time.
"It's a difficult schedule" with many members already "anxious" about healthcare reform, Senator Dick Durbin, the second-ranking Democrat, told Reuters when asked about prospects this year for a bill to cap emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
President Barack Obama is engaged in the toughest fight of his presidency in trying to win passage of expanded healthcare. Obama also has called on Congress to approve legislation this year to control climate change by reducing pollutants from utilities, oil refineries and factories.
Besides the need to pass the complex healthcare bill this year, which Durbin said was "first in the queue," he also noted the need to tackle legislation imposing stricter rules on the U.S. financial industry.
Durbin said it was unclear whether the climate bill or financial industry reform would be a higher priority in 2009.
With most Senate Republicans expected to oppose a climate change bill in the 100-member Senate, nearly all of the 60 seats controlled by Democrats would have to line up in favor of the legislation for it to clear procedural hurdles.
But several other Democrats besides Durbin, representing a range of interests, on Wednesday also were skeptical.
Many of them are moderates who instead want the Senate to simply pass an energy bill awaiting floor debate. That bill would require utilities to generate more electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar power, while also allowing expanded oil and gas drilling off Florida's Gulf coast.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has talked about coupling the energy bill with the more sweeping "cap and trade" climate legislation that still has not been unveiled.
But one moderate Democrat, Ben Nelson of Nebraska, told Reuters: "We have enough on our plate at the moment (with the fight over healthcare reform). It's questionable to open another front." Instead, Nelson said the energy bill could be passed as a stand-alone bill, calling it "far less controversial" and "necessary."
Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, where concerns run strong over greater factory job losses if more expensive alternative fuels are required, told reporters that "there's no bill" that will pass the Senate unless protections against cheaper foreign goods are included.
The House-passed climate change bill does contain some border adjustment provisions to help energy-intensive industries in the United States, such as steel, cement, paper and glass companies, compete against foreign firms that may not be subject to stringent climate controls.
But some countries have raised concerns about trade protections in a climate bill and it's not clear yet how senators drafting the legislation will handle this issue.
"We're not real close" to working it out, Brown said.
"People are so focused on healthcare, there haven't been a lot of discussions," on the climate bill worries, Brown added.
Meanwhile, Senator Blanche Lincoln, who is taking over the chairmanship of the influential Senate Agriculture Committee, on Wednesday fretted climate change legislation would hurt farm profitability through higher energy costs.
It would be "a heavy lift" to pass a climate change bill this year, she predicted. "In this economy, it is important to take it one step at a time," she said as she praised the pending energy bill.
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According to a National Trust for Historic Preservation survey, more than half of U.S. states have established statewide heritage or cultural tourism programs, compared to virtually none a decade ago. Twenty of those programs are less than five years old. The National Trust's Heritage Tourism Program, which provides technical assistance and information to state and local heritage tourism programs, surveyed state-level tourism officials nationwide to gauge industry trends.
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For the past 1 or 2 days, Internet is abuzz with the arrival of RGV's new find, Anaika who is making her filmy debut with Satya 2. Buzz is that she has been roped in to play a lead role in Vasanthabalan's upcoming bilingual film Kaaviya Thalaivan. Siddharth is playing the lead role and will be seen a singer. The film is set in 1920s and it's reportedly inspired from the lives of S G Kittappa and KB Sundarambal. Anaika is said to be playing the role of a princess in this film. A R Rahman is scoring the music and the film will hit the floors later this year.
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Tip of the golf visor!
The Powder Horn hosted the annual Sheridan High School Boosters golf tournament Sunday. More than 30 teams teed it up for the blue-and-gold — the field rich in alumni, coaches, current students, friends and many more.
The hospitality of the event was led by SHS alum, 'Scotty' Scott, Class of 1952, and one of 77 high school All-Americans that year. Scott led the Broncs to the state football championship with a 7-1 record. In the big victory over Casper High (now Natrona), Scotty rushed for 300 yards on 20 carries and scored 42 points. His 157-points scored total during the 1952 season is still a state record.
In 2008, Scotty had his jersey number — 42 — retired at Homer Scott Field.
"I bleed blue-and-gold," he says.
You can own your own town. One more Wyoming town is for sale — Aladdin, Wyoming. It's in Crook County on Highway 24 near Belle Fouche, South Dakota, and Devil's Tower. According to a story in the Wyoming Business Report, the owners, Rick and Judy Brengle, are willing to part with its popular mercantile store, the post office, land and other amenities for $1.5 million. Its mercantile store is one of only five 19th century mercs left in the state. Aladdin's population is 15.
Last year, a Vietnamese entrepreneur bought Buford, population two, according to its highway sign, for $900,000. He changed the name to PhilDeli. It's in Albany County and is located on Highway 80. The store in PhilDeli sells imported Vietnamese coffee.
Press reader Peggy Forister drops a note about the Sheridan WYO Rodeo Bed Races, always a popular event during Rodeo Week. The first bed race, she says, was 28 years ago and A-1 Electric won the race. The reason she remembers so well, says Peggy, it was the date of the birth of her first granddaughter, Darby Forister, July 11, 1986. Parents: Rob Forister, Cary Marosok Forister.
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"Sometimes love can be so wrong, like a fat man in a thong."
— John Hiatt, singer/songwriter, from his new album, "Terms of My Surrender," released yesterday.


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I'll be sat just like that at my yoga/meditation class next week. Ommmm
But seriously, there's some good artwork in there. I admire anyone who can create stuff like that. Thanks.
Everybody should believe in something.
I believe I'll have another coffee!
interesting stuff.........but i'd love to see some of Jims stuff.....but i can appreciate why he might not want them on public display..........it's kinda like ripping your soul out for folk to gawp at......
aww those are great..... is there a larger pic of those cartoons of all his characters hes played???.. there awesome!
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A trucker was driving through Illinois last week when he notices a state trooper allegedly speed past him while on his cell phone.
Brian Miner decided to take the law into his own hands and honked his horn repeatedly, prompting the officer to pull over.
When the officer walked to the side of the truck, Miner starts to record him.
"The reason I pulled you over.. the horn. I don't know what that was about."
Miner explains, "Because you were speeding and you had your cellphone in your hand."
The argument continues as the trooper says, "No. Police officers can actually use technology while they're driving."
After letting the trooper know he's being recorded, the video seems to show him have a change of heart and he decides to NOT give Miner a ticket.
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MONTREAL (May. 21)
Shearith Israel Congregation, Canada's oldest synagogue, has ended a week-long celebration of the 185th anniversary of its founding. The synagogue was set up by the first Jews to come to Canada and traces its traditions to the family chapel of the family of Aaron Hart established in Three Rivers in 1763, 190 years ago.
The first members of the Montreal synagogue, which was founded in 1768, were mostly Sephardic Jews who came to the colony with the British forces after the French and Indian wars. Among the founding families were names such as: Judah, de Cordova, Miranda and Franks. Now the overwhelming majority of the synagogue's membership is made up of East European Jews.


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Max Chernin, Sam Heldt & More Set for Ars Nova's Reading of PIED!, 7/24
Ars Nova presents, as part of the Out Loud series, a FREE reading of the new musical PIED! by Uncharted residents Gordon Leary and Julia Meinwald, directed by Portia Krieger with musical direction by Andrew Resnick. The cast includes Max Chernin, Sam Heldt, Greg Hildreth, Victoria Huston-Elem, Julia Mattison, Brad Standley and Dana Steingold.
PIED! charts the rise and fall of beauty queen-turned-pop star-turned-spokeswoman-turned-cultural crusader Anita Bryant and the man who sealed her fate with a single banana cream pie.
Out Loud is Ars Nova's ongoing public reading series showcasing new work from Ars Nova's Play Group and Uncharted residents, offering writers the chance to see their work in front of an audience in the early stages of development. Each new play or musical reading is the culmination of a week-long workshop in which Ars Nova provides artistic support and essential resources for key creators to collaborate with leading actors and directors.
Uncharted residencies provide music/theater makers with peer support and artistic feedback as they work on first drafts of new musicals in monthly meetings. First year residencies culminate in public concerts offering the writers the chance to debut their new material in front of a live audience. During the second year of their residencies, the writers participate in weeklong workshops of their musicals with top-notch directors and performers, culminating in full Out Loud readings.
Gordon Leary (Book and Lyrics) is a Brooklyn-based bookwriter and lyricist. His musicals include Pregnancy Pact (2012 Weston Playhouse premiere, 2011 NAMT Festival, 2011 Yale Institute for Music Theatre), Cheer Wars (2009 Richard Rodgers Award), Across the River (2013 Seoul Musical Festival), Disappeared (2009 Lincoln Center Directors Lab), and One-Man Show (2010 DanceNOW [NYC]). Gordon was a 2009-2010 Dramatists Guild Fellow and is a current Ars Nova Uncharted resident. BA: Vassar College. MFA.: NYU/Tisch Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. www.omfgordon.com
Julia Meinwald (Music) is a composer for musical theater, film, and the occasional computer game. Favorite projects include the musical Pregnancy Pact (2012 Weston Playhouse premiere, 2011 NAMT Festival, 2011 Yale Institute for Music Theatre), and the movie musical Galaxy Comics (2012 NYTV Festival). In addition to being an inaugural Ars Nova's Uncharted resident, Julia was a Dramatists Guild fellow, a proud participant in the New Dramatists Composer Librettist Development Program, and a resident artist with American Lyric Theater. She received her BA in music from Yale University and her MFA from NYU Tisch's Graduate Musical Theatre Writing Program. www.juliameinwald.com.
PIED! will be read on Thursday, July 24 at 3:00pm in the Ars Nova Loft. The OUT LOUD Series is FREE and open to the public. Reservations are required. Ars Nova is located at 511 West 54th Street. For more information and to reserve tickets, please visit www.arsnovanyc.com.


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In the intense competition between telecommunication giants Rogers and Bell, it's the contest between Sportsnet and TSN that has become the keenest. While both make healthy profits (TSN made $40.3-million in 2009, Sportsnet $40.7-million), TSN has the primacy of national NHL packages and being first on the scene in 1984. Sportsnet has five separate regional channels that broadcast NHL games. It also has the means to promote its products across a number of Rogers media platforms.
Both have sports radio outlets, websites and iPad and iPhone apps. Both are connected to larger TV networks (TSN has CTV while Sportsnet has CITY and Omni). Both boast an array of top-flight sports rights. Both are wedded to the lucrative mobile phone business.
What distinguishes Sportsnet from TSN, however, is its ability to leverage market share via its Rogers publications wing, which includes titles such as Maclean's, Chatelaine, Canadian Business and many others. TSN publishes its own website with its own journalists, but Rogers is making a concerted effort to win the print battle, expanding past its own website to create a sports publishing empire. While TSN sticks to its own hires, Sportsnet has gone outside the tent to recruit new voices.
It has attracted mainstream journalists such as Michael Grange, Mark Spector and Shi Davidi to bolster its website content and support its radio and TV franchise. It also employs Globe and Mail writers Stephen Brunt and Jeff Blair as hosts or co-hosts on its Sportsnet Radio Fan 590. And on Sept. 29 it will launch Sportsnet Magazine. This week, Steve Maich, the former group publisher of Rogers' consumer business magazines (Canadian Business, Profit, and MoneySense) and editor-in-chief of Canadian Business, was named publisher and editor-in-chief of Sportsnet magazine.
Maich is a self-confessed sports fan who feels that the time is right for a magazine that speaks to Canadian sports readers. "We've always been able to read Sports Illustrated, but that felt like overhearing a conversation with Americans talking to Americans. Hockey's a perfect example of how we're different. While SI covered hockey, it was never a focal point of the magazine. Sportsnet magazine is a great opportunity to write about the things that Canadians talk about."
While magazines as a genre seem under duress these days, Maich believes there's still growth in the sector. "It's true that magazines aren't growing as an industry. But our experience here at Rogers with Hello, Chatelaine, MoneySense and Maclean's shows our magazines are growing handsomely. I feel like there's a resurgence in traditional magazines. Everyone tried to emulate websites, but now it's moving back the other way. Look at Grantland.com [the new online sports website in the U.S. headed by ESPN's Bill Simmons]. Readers are looking for depth and quality of story telling. I believe there's still a sizable audience that wants the traditional magazine in its hands.
"We can learn from ESPN (The Magazine), but it would be a mistake to say we'll emulate it. We prefer the European approach to design and editorial in soccer magazines in England, Italy. They're written almost from the fan's passion, the energy that leads people to pay $50 to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in an event in which they have no input but an emotional one."
Then, finally there's the potential to take a traditional magazine across a series of platforms and outlets in the Rogers chain. There will be a traditional magazine, available at news stands, an online version ($29 for a yearly subscription) and an app for iPad and iPhone use, all serviced by Rogers. "I don't think anyone is in as advantageous position as Rogers at the moment to do this," Maich says.
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This year's Gemini nominations for best play-by-play announcer are Bob Cole, Gord Miller, Chris Cuthbert and Mark Lee. We'll never quite understand the vagaries of the Gemini voting, but how does Bob Cole rate ahead of Jim Hughson? Maybe they can make a Seniors Tour version of the award to give to Cole, but really? Hughson's the best at CBC, bar none. Our vote among this year's nominees (if we had one) would be to recognize Gord Miller reaching one million air miles this year in his career. And giving up Christmas every year for the world juniors.
The best host category has James Duthie, Michael Landsberg, Ron MacLean, Scott Oake and Scott Russell. Duthie's the funniest, most able hockey host at the moment, a pro who gets his point across without a heavy hand. But for this year, how about a Gemini for Scott Russell, who escaped Hockey Night in Canada to do a fine job on the 2010 World Cup of Soccer?Report Typo/Error
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Reds shortstop Zack Cozart (Yahoo! 27%, ESPN 27%, CBS 66%) remains underowned. He won't knock your socks off with his production, but he's a capable middle infield option. Cozart has put a dreadful May behind him and is hitting .294/.368/.441 in 34 June at-bats. He has as many walks this month (four) as he had in 106 at-bats in May. He has also cut back on his strikeouts, nearly cutting his K rate in half from May, reducing it from 25.5 percent to 13.2 percent in June. If he is able to find a happy medium between both strikeout rates, he should be capable of hitting .260-.265 with mid-to-high teens home run pop.
Reports of Salvador Perez's (Yahoo! 6%, ESPN 1.5%, CBS 18%) rehab have been positive. He began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Thursday and has played in three games. Perez caught all nine innings in Friday's game and followed that up with a designated hitter assignment on Saturday. In three games with the Storm Chasers, he is hitting .500/.500/.571 through 14 at-bats. Once he is deemed healthy enough to handle everyday catching duties, he should see a call-up to the parent club shortly thereafter.
Regardless of host fantasy site, Plouffe offers positional flexibility. Of course, positional flexibility matters only if that player is hitting the ball well, but Plouffe is doing just that. He has used an extreme fly ball approach in June (59 percent fly ball rate) to smack four home runs in 29 plate appearances. In all, he is hitting a scorching .370/.414./.926 this month. Even when he was struggling in May, his power was on display with four home runs in 71 plate appearances. He'll cool down eventually, but it is looking increasingly like his power explosion last season (23 home runs in 540 plate appearances split between Triple-A and the majors) is for real. Invest in the pop, but recognize that his propensity for taking to the air is probably going to lead to a low average, and his tiny BABIP isn't all poor luck.
After over 1,000 games played in the bigs, Rod Barajas (Yahoo! 5%, ESPN 0.4%, CBS 19%) is what he is. He is a catcher that owners are always looking to upgrade from but one that, when he's getting steady playing time, is a useable second catching option. As a member of the Pirates, Barajas has seen a steady diet of playing time, and he has made the most of it. His .246/.311/.410 line, but that is weighted down by a putrid April in which he hit .143/.222/.184. Over the last 30 days, he has ridden a blistering 29 percent line drive rate to a .358/.421/.597 slash line. Ride the hot hand out, and look for a replacement when he finally cools down.
Add Stephen Drew's (Yahoo! 22%, ESPN 15.1%, CBS 40%) name to the growing list of injured players nearing a return that are featured this week. He has yet to play in a game for the Diamondbacks this season while recovering from a broken ankle and ligament damage he suffered last July. He did, however, play in his first rehab game for Triple-A Reno on Thursday. He sat on Friday, which was a planned day of rest, and played again on Saturday. According to USA Today, the Diamondbacks plan to continue to have Drew alternate games played and days off as he begins a 20-day rehab assignment. It isn't required that Drew spend the entire 20 days in the minors while he proves his health, and with no timetable released for his anticipated return, reports are mixed as to how long he'll be in Reno. With Willie Bloomquist playing well at shortstop in Drew's absence, manager Kirk Gibson may choose to ease Drew back into action for the Snakes.
Drew is a name brand shortstop, and his ownership levels will soar as he gets closer to a healthy return to the majors. Owners with an available disabled list slot or some bench flexibility should add Drew whether or not they need middle infield or shortstop help. Even without a pressing need at his eligible position, owners may be able to use him as a trade chip to fill a need elsewhere upon his return.
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Would you pick up Drew if it meant cutting Ackley or Walker?
Jun 11, 2012 09:44 AM
Josh Shepardson
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I wouldn't cut Ackley or Walker for Drew. I like Drew, but there are enough questions about how he'll hold up, and how long it will take him to perform at previous levels, that I'd pass. That said, his presence on the waiver wire could make them expendable through trade. Walker has played better than Ackley, and perhaps you could find a trade market for him.
Jun 11, 2012 11:21 AM
Note that the Royals have already said that when Perez comes back he will NOT catch every day this season. Look for about four games a week.
Jun 11, 2012 09:48 AM
Josh Shepardson
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I had not read that, but it makes sense to rest him each week. I should have been more clear in my "everyday," declaration. Intuitively I expected him to sit more than say, the elite at the position, because of the injury. What I should have said is that he'll be the unquestioned starter when he returns, and he'll be called up when he's able to handle the bulk of the work behind the plate. Nice note, though, thanks for catching my gaffe.
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Thursday, October 8, 1998 Published at 20:11 GMT 21:11 UK
World: South Asia
Analysis: Resignation shifts balance of power
Wiill the army now take a tougher line with the government
Owen Bennett-Jones reports on whether General Jehangir Karamat's decision to step down marks a new phase in Pakistani politics.
On the face of it, General Karamat's resignation is a considerable political victory for the Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif. Some 48 hours before he decided to step down, the military issued a press release which quoted some remarks made by the general.
Although he didn't explicitly name Mr Sharif as the target of his comments, few doubted what General Karamat meant when he said the country could not afford the destabilising effects of polarisation vendettas and insecurity-driven expedient policies.
At first the prime minister seemed unsure how to react. The government appeared to be on the back foot, refusing to respond to the general's remarks.
But then Mr Sharif struck back. After a series of secret consultations with senior advisors and family members, he had a stormy meeting with General Karamat in which he asked the army chief to justify what he had done.
The general, complaining that his motivation had been misunderstood, decided to go.
That decision would seem to leave Mr Sharif as the most powerful prime minister in Pakistani history.
He has already won showdowns with the presidency and the judiciary. Now, he has forced an army chief to resign - an unprecedented feat.
Government supporters are keen to portray the general's departure as a victory for democracy. After all, the general was suggesting that there should be a National Security Council to give the military a more formal role in decision-making.
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But it may be that Mr Sharif will come to regret his decision. General Karamat had for years, consistently and repeatedly said that he would never resort to military intervention and launch a coup.
His departure suggests that he was indeed genuine in those statements.
But few doubt that when General Karamat complained about the current government, and proposed the establishment of a National Security Council, he was speaking for the army as a whole.
And the military's disenchantment with the government is only likely to be enhanced by the fact that Mr Sharif has effectively humiliated a widely-respected military chief.
Not much is known about the new army chief, Pervez Musharaf. Military sources describe him as very much in the same mould as General Karamt - a reformer with pro-Western attitudes.
If that assessment is borne out over the next few months then the military might be content to remain on the sidelines, occasionally advising the government behind the scenes.
Alternatively, the sense of discontent in the army could grow. General Karamat has scarcely concealed the fact that the army was under great pressure to take a tougher line with government.
He says he long resisted the temptation to do so. It remains to be seen whether his successor will take the same view.