Some sit high up on bright orange lifeguard-like chairs, calling out pleasantries through bullhorns as spectators leave events: "We are glad to see you". "Please come again". "We hope you had a good time". Other engaging young Russians stand at bus stops in the early morning drizzle, checking that schedules are on time and the right people are getting on the right buses.
And this is also a good time to engage in some serious infrastructure spending, which the country badly needs in any case.
The new magazine, called Ranger Rick Jr., will feature Ricky Raccoon, who will serve as a mascot for children ages 4 to 7. As interest in ecology has grown, the editors at the wildlife federation said now was a good time to engage beginning readers who are curious about animals.
The US government's irritation at Tuesday's "unhelpful" private visit to North Korea by a motley crew of Google business executives, sightseers, and a former governor of New Mexico disguises a deeper diplomatic conundrum: when is it ever a good time to engage the secretive and unpredictable grand panjandrums of Pyongyang?
But it may be a good time to engage with younger regime figures who may be less paranoid than Than Shwe, know more of the outside world and may be willing to consider moves to a more dynamic economy, end Myanmar's near-isolation and reduce its dependence on China.
Duke's license with its current LMS, Blackboard, comes up for renewal in 2012 so this is a good time to engage in a full review of the LMS "landscape". The question: In 2012 should we stay with Blackboard version 9, or move to a different product?
Plus, they want to you to have a good time and get engaged in what's going on onstage.
So this might actually be a good time for Beijing to engage peaceful democracy advocates like Liu, who is now serving an 11-year sentence, or the 23 retired Chinese Communist Party officials who last week published an open letter challenging the government to improve speech and press freedoms.
Now would be a good time for HEIs to engage more in practical ways to equip young people for employment, including self-employment; to form partnerships with companies; and to develop technologies that reduce our carbon footprint, produce energy more cheaply etc.
As with the children and social work bill, which is generating widespread public, professional and parliamentary opposition, now is a good time to pause, reflect and engage with those working within children's social services.
