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Oct 2, 2011 | by Yael Zoldan M.A.
Do I ask God for another chance, a chance I know I don't deserve?
Yom Kippur is here again and I am afraid.
I am not supposed to be afraid. I am supposed to be contemplative, thoughtful and driven to change. I am supposed to feel the privilege of Yom Kippur, the joy of standing before God, our Father and King, who wants to hear us and find us worthy. And I feel all of these things, I do. But mostly, deep down in my soul where the truth lies, I am afraid. The day of reckoning is here again. I have examined myself and I do not find myself worthy.
We are taught that we should find comfort in the thought of God as a loving parent. But this scares me too. Because I am a parent and even in my deep and abiding love for my children I have been snippy and snappish and angry and jealous and spiteful sometimes. I have fallen far short of the standard of mercy, kindness and righteousness that I expected of myself.
Our Sages say that God is our King and we are his servants and I am afraid. Because the world is full of violence and lewdness and inhumanity and its King must not like that.
Last year I stood in shul, dressed in white, and made all kinds of promises. With tears in my eyes and a hole in my heart I stood before my creator and I swore to be different, to be better. To be kinder and gentler, more patient, less judgmental. I meant every word. But as I look back at the year that passed I wonder: How many lies did I tell unknowingly, unwillingly as I stood before God on the holiest day of the year? And does He hold it against me?
This year has been filled with wake up calls. Yet how many resolutions have I kept?
This year has brought the violent and sickening murders of the innocents: of the Fogel family, of Leiby Kletzky, of Rabbi Abuchatzeira. Thousands have been lost to typhoons and earthquakes and illness and war. Like every year, this one has been filled with messages and wake up calls. And yet, how many changes have I implemented, how many resolutions have I kept?
I can tell you right now, not many.
What happened? How did I lose the pure resolve of my Yom Kippur self? It's simple. Life wore me down, mundanely, insidiously. The mornings started too early and the nights ended too late. There was too much laundry. There were too many dishes. I got cranky and bored and uninspired. I fell from my resolve and landed back in my old ways. My white garments were muddied. My high minded promises turned slowly into lies.
I did not do what I said I'd do. And if I know it, He knows it too. So, I am afraid. If I promise again, will He believe me again? Do I dare ask for another chance? A chance I know I don't deserve?
The answer is yes. I do dare. Because if there is one thing that I've learned as a parent it's that a heartfelt apology from a beloved child goes a long way to calming one's anger. When they stand before us, repentant and sad, we remember again how small they are, how young, how hard they try. Our hearts turn to them and we forgive.
And so every year when the candles are lit and we are all dressed in white, I sit down to pray. I whisper, with sincerity and heartfelt emotion. I am sorry. I am unworthy, but I am truly sorry. Please, give me another chance.
Although I am the only one talking it feels like a holy conversation. I say, yes I sinned but I didn't mean to. I fell as all people fall because we are flawed. We are petty and small and wounded. You know that – You created us! And I say, although we have not done everything right, we have not done everything wrong and the world is hard and impure. We struggle to maintain our humanity, our morality and our mission. But our redemption is in the struggle. We try. If we fail again and again, at least we try.
I stare down at the beautiful words on the page until they blur in front of my teary eyes. I confess; I am damaged, I am imperfect. I am angry and deceitful and jealous and proud. But God, You Who knows the truth of all things must surely know that I am sorry. All of Klal Yisrael is sorry today. And the sins we committed were from weakness and not evil. I whisper to God, If we have been ugly, we have been beautiful too. We cried true tears for the murdered, for the sick and the injured in Klal Yisrael. We felt the unity of Jews who are truly one family, children of Abraham, our Forefather. We prayed for a better world, we created lending gemachs and prayer groups, and Torah classes. We tried to teach our children to be better than ourselves.
So this year as I stand before You, God, please look into my heart as only You can. Don't look at last year. Don't look at yesterday. Look at today. What I say right now, I mean, truly. I am sorry. I repent my sins. I fully intend to turn from them and not to do them again. If I was unworthy this year then it's because I am small and imperfect. But You are great and perfect. You are God and not constrained by the bonds of mortality. My Father, My King, I am sorry. See my smallness and love me anyway.
Forgive me and give me another chance. Forgive us all and give us another chance.
Beautiful touching article. thanks for sharing - I appreciate having read it.
This is exactly how I was feeling as Yom Kippur was approaching. Thanking for sharing it with everybody. May Hashem bless us all!
Yom Kippur is over, but I'm still reading articles, trying to hold the feeling and commitment in my heart. This is SOOO my husband--I'm forwarding it to him. Thank you so much.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS WITH US. I FEEL AS IF I WROTE IT. CRIED MY HEART OUT.
This just about sums my feelings up perfectly. Thanks for writing this, and God bless!
I was reading all the articles, looking for the one I could truly be inspired by reading and apply on the long term, this was the one. Thank you. I plan on sharing with friends and family.
Superb. It was like I wrote this article.
I cried reading this. Thank you so much for helping me respond to those negative, hopeless, and ultimately self-sabotaging inner voices.
I enjoyed reading your posting and of course, it resonates. Admitting our iniquities and making our heartfelt sorrow at our shortcomings....with our hearts and efforts merging forth with all good and pure intentions to do better....What I have trouble with is the horrors of things that have happened to good people over the past year, even to children....I don't understand and I ask for peace and blessings of good health & happiness for me, for my family and for all of the children of Israel. I feel that I should not question what happens.....Hashem, please forgive me....and thank you for all that I have.
I love everything you write because you somehow capture a feeling that is so real yet unspoken and you draw it into the light and capture it with just exactly the right words. You should just know that for every article you write, there are probably dozens of angels created by the inspiration you give to your many unseen readers. Don't be so sure you don't deserve another year.... May Hashem accept our heartfelt, feeble apologies and give us all another chance. Gmar chasima Tova!
I had a good bawl reading your article. As I sat on the computer doing some work while reflecting on my past and present situation, and how I have failed God without even intending to do so. I received all the answers from your article that I was struggling with, wspecially the where it says that my wrongs were done out of weakness and not evil; -did i really intend to hurt my Father- the answer would definitely be a NO. Thank you so much for shedding some light in my darkest hour.
It is so comforting to have the support of others NOT to give up, to try yet again to step up and do the right thing. This time of year is not about wallowing in the guilt and becoming depressed about what we've done. It is about finding the strength to make a change. Lets hold onto the faith that even though we may have almost given up on ourselves, GD has not.
This was so well expressed and comforting, we are all wondering what happened to our resolve after last Yom Kippur.
Thank you helping me to realize that I am not alone in my feelings, and for putting my thoughts into words.
Hashem gives credit for every little good deed and thought. For honesty alone, you merit His smiles on your entire family. Small and imperfect we all may be, but repentant in every cell! May your efforts at being good be a defending angel for you!
So heartfelt Yael, and just what I needed to read during these precious days. So good to know that we are not alone in our fear, our longing for connection, for growth, for better and for another chance. And a great reminder that obstacles don't negate progress and renewal.
Thank you for bringing tears to my eyes, and helping me adress Hashem.
Thank you for putting my feelings into words. I hope and pray that my Father, my King can look at me and see my feelings and how I've tried, not how I failed and grant me a good year.


For some reason, I never believe these signs, and feel the need to see if they are telling the truth. This one was a lie.
What do you do on a golf course during the winter? Go sledding and cross-country skiing of course!
After trekking through knee-high snow to get this picture of a barn, I make it back to my car, boots filled with snow, when Callie started having a fit.
She had spotted this beautiful creature before I did.
Picnic tables and playgrounds waiting for summer.
The sign didn't say anything about eating the plant material!
I have loved this house from the first time I spotted it. It is known as "The Field of Dreams." Next to the house is a private baseball field with a scoreboard and all, and I love the way they decorate for Christmas. I made several passes, trying to find a place to stop and capture a picture without getting run over or my car stuck in the snow. I went back to the house and asked my Uncle to help me. He dropped me off at the entrance to their drive; I walked up the road in knee deep snow to the optimal spot for a photo. My uncle Tom waited for me up the road. When I started to cross the busy road, Tom turned my car around and drove back to pick me up.
When he pulled off the road onto the shoulder, MY CAR SANK! Up to my door! After a couple of tries to get the car unstuck and it sliding and turning backward towards the ditch, he asked me to call Marlene and have her bring his wallet, "WHAT? You don't have your wallet?!?" so we could call AAA to pull us out. As I was hanging up my phone a car pulled up behind us, a young, burly man gets out and says, "Stuck?" I was nice, and said, "Yup!" As we are trying to budge the car a mere inch, he looks down at my car tag. "OH! Alabama, eh?" "Yup, Alabama." Unbeknownst to him, the man DRIVING MY CAR is a born and bred Wisconsinite, not some silly Alabamian who doesn't know how to drive in DEEP snow! The guy whose home I took a picture of, saw the commotion across the street and brought two boards over. We dug out the front tires and stuck the boards under them. I found out my car is a rear wheel drive vehicle. Oh, the things you learn after owning something for what, seven years? A third man pulls up to help push; I am now standing in the street directing traffic away from my car that is going to shoot out of the snow at the speed of light and, Voila! She is free! I thank the men profusely, jump in my car and laugh all the way back home. Uncle Tom was not.
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas, and please stay safe this New Years Eve. I look forward to what 2014 has in store for me, and I wish all of you the very best for the New Year!


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Our Blog / 10 May 2019
How The Tech Sector Is Thriving In Belfast
There is no doubt that Belfast has firmly established itself as a world leading tech hub. In 2017, the turnover by digital tech businesses was £875m and it is estimated that Belfast now has over 1200 tech companies. An eclectic mix of global tech firms that celebrate great technology now work in proximity. We're proud to have helped usher in this new era of innovation that has brought a whole new identity to a city that we love. Here, our Head Of Finance, David McKeown, highlights distinct advantages to being based in the Belfast region.
The most connected city in Europe
Belfast was the first European region to have 100% broadband and ranks 4th worldwide for connectivity amongst mid-sized cities. This unprecedented level of connectivity provides extra capacity and reliability to Belfast's growing tech hub. It also means Made to Engage is well-placed to push the frontiers on designing for connected devices. It empowers us to create ever smarter solutions for our clients, which include Ireland's top energy supplier Viridian Group.
Some of the best talent in the world
We have access to great talent in Belfast to leverage and help our clients achieve their aims. Belfast has one of the most youthful populations in Europe, with 53 per cent of people under 40. And it isn't just young but well-educated. Our office is in close proximity to Queen's University and the University Of Ulster, both of which rank highly for software engineering degrees.
We employ young tech talent before they move to London or Dublin through our Graduate Academy and our staff who have done the journey give back the benefits of their experience. Due to its happy, healthy lifestyle - Belfast is ranked above LA, Hong Kong and Dubai in the Mercer Quality Of Living City list - the city is attracting, not just developer talent, but CTOs from around the world. Our own CTO Stephen Anderson is originally from South Africa and leads our technical team in Belfast.
Spaces designed for collaboration and privacy
The Linen Quarter's awe-inspiring Victorian warehouses set the stage for transformative digital experiences. Our workspace at Flax House, a converted mill, allows us to put our iterative design process on full display when welcoming clients. While designed for collaboration, the space has flexibility and allows for lock-and-key privacy with enclosed offices and screens. Both collaboration and privacy are important in the tech industry and Belfast's spacious architectural gems are perfect for optimal delivery of major tech projects.
The tech cluster in the Linen Quarter has a shared sense of innovation. Literally steps from our door on Adelaide Street is US cyber-security leader WhiteHat Security and Fin Tech firm First Derivatives is a stone's throw away. Just up the road is the BBC's HQ at Broadcasting House which is undergoing a £77m transformation into a 'technology centre of excellence' so it can continue to produce high quality shows like Line Of Duty. We're proud to be amongst businesses that share our focus on delivering excellence to clients.
The world on our doorstep
Belfast is strategically located between the US, UK and Europe. There are three international airports within 90 minutes drive from our office, London is an hour away by air and there are daily flights to key business destinations like Paris. What's more, the Linen Quarter is ideally located for our EMEA-based clients. Made to Engage lies adjacent to a proposed £100m Belfast Transport Hub at Great Victoria Street which will become the main hub for trains and buses in years ahead, so we can meet and exceed future client needs.
Mapping the future
Belfast has a strong pro-business climate and is the world's most business-friendly mid-sized city according to the Financial Times. It also ranked second, ahead of New York, for attracting overseas investment. Recently, we invested our capabilities in crafting an experience, with our partner Discover NI, that showcased Belfast to property developers at MIPIM in Cannes. Our touchscreen map secured huge support for Belfast with over £1bn expected over the next 15 years. We're proud to have helped make the region a beacon for world-class investment.
What's next for Belfast?
The Linen Quarter is one of five special priority areas in Belfast's city centre regeneration strategy. Belfast City Council is keen to drive growth whole also maintaining the area's heritage. It is great to see the energy and vibrancy that restoring these areas is bringing not just to the region, but to the people that work within it. We can see that energy spill over into our team's approach to dealing with daily challenges to deliver special solutions for our customers.
As we evolve towards solving ever more complex problems for clients, we look forward to growing partnerships and seeing what great work comes out of the Belfast region. Now that the tech cluster here is increasing its pace, we can see that there is a great future ahead for Belfast.
Want to know why we've been nominated for two Belfast Business Awards? Discover more about our work here.


Beat the heat of Indian summer by taking a refreshing break in misty hills of Himachal Pradesh. Dalhousie is a most beautiful and charming hill station of India and it is the popular honeymoon destination due to its charming beauty. Dalhousie was named after British viceroy Lord Dalhousie as it use to give retreat to British officers, it also has been the gateway to the magnificent Chamba district for a long time. A relatively vast region, it is spread across five hills, namely, Kathlog, Potreys, Tehra, Bakrota and Balun. Evolved from its regal lineage, the architecture and lifestyle still emanates and imperial feel to the place, prefect to keep the hectic schedule of marriage at bay. This hilly delight offers an ideal ambience for that magical start to your life. Dalhousie is not too far from Delhi, Capital of India, which makes it one of the major hot spots for honeymoon couples. In spite of being extremely prominent on the travel map, Dalhousie has a plethora of untouched savoring – the widespread landscapes, idyllic valleys, ancient temples or just free flowing streams. The pine and cedar forests make an enchanting backdrop for long walks and indulgent conversations. For couples who wear adventure on their sleeves, Dalhousie is the perfect base camp for mild to heavy treks. Spend some days at the Pangi Valley, its raw beauty and the mild-mannered Buddhist living there are ethereal. Tempo Holidays offers several North India Tour package which cover Dalhousie. To get a glimpse of the wildlife in Dalhousie, stay at forest rest house of Kalatope. An easy stop to make before you reach Kalatope is Bata Pathar, an ancient temple of the middle of the forest makes it a captivating spot. The most exquisite destination off Dalhousie is Khajjar, a picturesque meadow like spot, in the middle of dense forest. A lake, a golf course and a quaint temple add to the intrigue of the place. The sinuous hills of Dalhousie call for long languid walks and getting lost in the historical extravaganza of churches. St. Andrew's Church, St. Patrick's Church at Balun, St. Francis' Church at Subash Chowk and St. John's Church at Gandhi Chow are definitely a must-see places. The other local tourist attractions are Subhash Baoli, Satdhara and Panipulla. Enjoy a cup of tea in the company of majestic snow capped mountains at the Subhash Baoli. Named after Subhash Chandra Bose, the Baoli is a great spot for viewing the mountains. Satdhare and Panjpulla are also popular amongst tourist. Satdhara as its names suggest is the culmination of seven springs which have medicinal properties. Panjpulla is famous for its five bridges under which natural waters flow from the adjoining hills. The stunning destination in Tour of India – Dalhousie, is best enjoyed at a casual pace, taking in the serene atmosphere of the place. A hill station can be visited throughout any time and in any whether, it will never disappoint you. But during the months of May to September, you can find the town buzzing with tourists. We suggest you to avoid summer holiday period as you may find large number of people visit during this period. It is advisable to visit hill station in quieter months so you get enjoy the charm of the nature.
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For the first time in the eight-year history of the Quinnipiac Invitational, men's tennis didn't win a singles or doubles draw on their home courts. And faced with sterling performances from UConn and Fairfield this weekend, the Bobcats didn't even make a finals appearance.
Senior captain Brian Mikkelson looked poised for a finals run in the Flight A singles draw before falling victim to a hand cramp. Junior James Kwei was ousted in the first round of his singles match, and the three Bobcats in Flight C singles fell short of a finals bid.
Freshman Corey Morgenstern was the lone Bobcat representative in a singles semifinal. After Morgenstern won consecutive matches in the C singles draw, Fairfield's Erik Kremheller dispatched the Long Island native 6-1, 6-2 on Sunday.
After losing his first two matches at the UConn Invitational (his collegiate debut) Morgenstern called the Quinnipiac Invitational his "breakthrough," finally shaking off the nerves of collegiate tennis.
Up a set and a break against UConn's Andrew Marcus in the A Singles quarterfinal, Mikkelson encountered a familiar foe: the hand cramp that occasionally shows up at weekend invitationals.
With Mikkelson clearly handicapped on his serve, Marcus jumped back into the set and won the third set super-tiebreaker, 4-6, 7-5, 10-6.
Kwei, the other Flight A singles representative, fell in the first round to St. Peter's Edzo Huisman 7-6, 2-6, 11-9.
The duos of Kwei and Alex Lazerowich and Mikkelson and Andrew Weeden each snagged two wins en route to the Flight A doubles semifinal, but neither could muster a victory for a finals berth. After defeating doubles teams from Villanova and Fairfield, Kwei and Lazerowich fell to the eventual champions, UConn's Marcus and Scott Warden, 8-6.
Villanova's Trenton Alenik and Thomas O'Brien cruised by Mikkelson and Weeden in the other semifinal, 8-2.
In the Flight B doubles draw, both Quinnipiac teams lost in the first round. Ben Shapiro and captain Dylan Kraus lost at the hands of UConn's Adler and Nic Visinski, 8-6. Morgenstern and Brett Francis fell to UConn's Matt Burns and Teddy Margules, 8-4.


Many people suppose that drinking too much coffee can cause cancer. But it is not proved scientifically. There are several other false assumptions on this topic. For example, artificial sweeteners, deodorants, bras and other things we use in our everyday life are not cancer threats. Watch the whole list of these myths in the infographic below.


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Name: Puerto Rico means "rich port" in Spanish.
Capital: San Juan
Size: 3,515 sq. mi. (9,103 sq km)
Population: 3,474,182(2015)
Statehood: Unincorporated
Electoral votes: 0
U.S. Representatives: 1 (nonvoting)
Puerto Rico is an island about 1,000 miles (1,600 km) southeast of Florida, between the United States and South America. Puerto Rico also includes many smaller islands; the largest are Vieques, Mona, and Culebra. Puerto Rico lies partly in the Atlantic Ocean and partly in the Caribbean Sea.
Puerto Rico has fertile soil, a subtropical climate, and sandy beaches. The island has regions of low land, valleys, and foothills, and the Cordillera Mountains cross southcentral Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico's climate is humid in many places, and some areas experience powerful storms daily. During the summer and fall, hurricanes can cause serious devastation. Mild ocean breezes keep summer temperatures in Puerto Rico relatively cool.
Puerto Rico is the island on which Christopher Columbus first landed in 1493, during his second voyage to North America. Columbus claimed Puerto Rico for Spain, and it remained a Spanish possession until 1898, when Spain surrendered Puerto Rico to the United States at the end of the Spanish-American War.
In 1917, Congress passed legislation that made Puerto Ricans citizens of the United States, and in 1947, the U.S. government allowed Puerto Rico to elect its own governor. Puerto Rico wrote its own constitution in 1950, and became a self-governing commonwealth in 1952. Although Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens, they cannot vote in presidential elections. They elect one representative to the U.S. Congress, but this representative can vote only in committees.
At around the same time, many Puerto Ricans moved to the U.S. mainland to find better job opportunities. This migration slowed during the 1960s and 1970s, when Puerto Rico experienced tremendous industrial growth. In both 1993 and 1998, Puerto Ricans voted to remain a commonwealth of the United States instead of becoming a state or an independent country.
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Tourism is the secondmost developed industry on the island; every year millions of vacationers come from the U.S. mainland and other countries to visit Puerto Rico's white, sandy beaches and to experience the island's unique Hispanic culture.
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Media Release Team Canada
Golf Canada to enhance player-development program with a goal to advance 30 Canadians to the LPGA and PGA TOUR by 2032
Golf Canada
Golf Canada is undertaking an integrated and multi-faceted enhancement of its high-performance program to accelerate Canada's position in the global professional golf landscape.
The National Sport Federation announced today a strategic framework for its player development program with a stated primary objective to increase the cumulative number of Canadian athletes on the LPGA and PGA TOUR to 30 by 2032.
The enhancements to Golf Canada's player-development program are outlined in a detailed update authored by Chief Sport Officer Kevin Blue and will be presented in full at Golf Canada Annual General Meeting on March 2.
"Canada has made significant progress in the development of world-class golfers in the past decade and is poised to take another step forward," said Blue. "Over the past year, we undertook an in-depth analysis of global golf, consulted with numerous stakeholders who are involved in Canadian high-performance golf, and created the framework for an updated strategic plan for Canada to develop more world-class golfers."
It's a special day for golf in Canada ⛳🇨🇦
By 2032, we are committed to helping 30 Canadians advance to the PGA and LPGA Tour to accelerate Canada's position in the global golf landscape.
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— Golf Canada (@GolfCanada) February 23, 2022
Golf Canada's enhanced investments in player development are financially supported by a group of generous donors who have made initial major gifts totalling $13.5 million through the Golf Canada Foundation. Paul McLean, CEO of Turf Care and former president of Golf Canada and Golf Canada Foundation has made a lead gift of $5 million – the single largest gift ever directed towards Canadian high-performance golf.
"The achievement of our players on tour is a source of pride for everyone involved in Canadian golf," said McLean who served as president of Golf Canada in 2015.
"I am thrilled to support the effort to increase the number of Canadians on tour and we look forward to seeing even more Canadian flags on worldwide leaderboards."
Paul McLean
Major gifts were also committed by The Kavelman Fonn Foundation, John Francis, Jean Monty, David Kaufman, Steve Lister and Dr. Molly Rundle, and a pair of donors who wished to remain anonymous. These generous donors are part of the Golf Canada Foundation Trustee program, which provides critical philanthropic support for important Canadian golf initiatives such as player development and First Tee. Golf Canada Foundation is continuing to identify Trustees who are interested in supporting the Team Canada player development program and expanding First Tee across Canada.
Photo by Jeff Vogan/ Golf Canada
The strategic enhancements for the Team Canada player development program were shaped by in-depth feedback from numerous stakeholders in Canadian high-performance golf and a global comparative analysis of other countries' efficiency success in producing world top-200 players. The analysis considered factors such as participation base, culture, and financial investment into high-performance golf, with particular focus on countries such as Denmark, Sweden, Australia, and England that that are geopolitically and culturally similar to Canada.
"Canadian performance on the world golf stage continues to advance significantly since the original implementation of the player-development program and this is a transformational moment for Canada to take the next step forward towards the top-levels of global golf," said Golf Canada CEO Laurence Applebaum.
"Fueled by incredible philanthropic support, stakeholder collaboration, and a systemic enhancement to our player-development system, Canada is well positioned to deepen our talent pool of athletes and become a world-class golfing nation."
Laurence Applebaum
One of the first enhancements to occur in 2022 will be the creation of a national infrastructure for identifying and developing the most promising early-stage juniors in Canada (i.e., ages 10-14), with Team Canada Women's Head Coach Tristan Mullally transitioning to the newly created position of National Talent Identification Director. In this new capacity, Mullally will provide additional resources to the parents and coaches who work with the most promising young juniors in Canada. He will also facilitate the development and implementation of local talent identification camps in every province.
Mullally will transition into the new role over the coming months and a search will begin immediately for a head coach to oversee the women's program as well as an additional assistant coach to complete the women's coaching staff.
The enhancements to Golf Canada's High-Performance program build on the support that Canadian athletes have received in their development years from their family, member clubs, personal coaches, university programs and provincial golf associations. In addition to Golf Canada Foundation and the generosity from the major donor Trustee program, Golf Canada's High-Performance Program and Team Canada are proudly supported by RBC, Canadian Pacific, Audi, Titleist, FootJoy, COBRA PUMA GOLF, Foresight Sports, Heritage Canada, Bear Mountain Resort, Citi Canada (Young Pro) and the Canadian Olympic Committee.
Golf Canada will continue to seek stakeholder feedback on the systemic enhancements to the player development system over the coming weeks. A formal presentation will be made on March 2 as part of Golf Canada's Annual Meeting.


The reservation for the Avengers : Endgame would be opened at 18:00 on 16th for 2D showtimes first.
However we think that special screening showtimes such as IMAX or 4DX of first few days would be sold out very fast, even in 20 mins.
(As far as we know, this movie has not been rated yet by KOFIC, the related public institution in Korea like MPAA in US.


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Obama orders review of NASA's post-shuttle plans
Space 7 May 2009
By Rachel Courtland
The White House has ordered an independent review of NASA's plans for human spaceflight after the shuttle is retired in 2010
(Image: NASA)
President Barack Obama has ordered an independent review of NASA's plans for human spaceflight after the retirement of the space shuttle in 2010, NASA officials said on Thursday.
The team will examine NASA's current plans for lofting humans back into space under a programme called Constellation, which aims to return astronauts to the moon by 2020 using two new rockets and a new crew capsule.
The smaller of these rockets, Ares I, is expected to be ready to carry astronauts to the International Space Station in March 2015. Since its selection in 2005, Ares I has been embattled by design complications, including vibrations that might endanger astronauts.
Three-month deadline
"The purpose of the review is to go off and assess the progress we've made so far," NASA's acting administrator Chris Scolese told reporters on Thursday. The review will also consider the possibility of extending US involvement in the space station past 2016.
The review team will be headed by Norman Augustine, the former president of Lockheed Martin and the chair of a 2005 National Academies committee that warned that America may be losing its edge in science and engineering.
The review is expected to take 60 to 90 days, allowing the White House to make a decision on how to proceed by August 2009, Scolese said.
Alternative ideas
In the meantime, NASA was asked to continue with its Constellation plans, which include preparations for the maiden flight of the Ares I-X, a scaled-down version of the Ares I rocket, in August. The US currently spends an average of $250 million per month on the Constellation programme.
It is not yet clear what alternative vehicle systems the panel may examine. Some have maintained that existing satellite launchers, like the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, could be easily modified to carry astronauts to space.
Others advocate an alternative plan called DIRECT, a shuttle-inspired system with two solid-rocket boosters.
Moon return
White House-mandated reviews of NASA plans are not unprecedented, says John Logsdon, a space policy analyst at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. In 1993, Bill Clinton ordered a review of the space station programme that resulted in changing plans to allow for Russian participation.
"I think the review was basically an inevitable activity for a new administration which plans to be in office for eight years," Logsdon told New Scientist. "What they've inherited is Mr. Bush's programme, and they have to figure out whether they want to embrace that programme."
"It's a technical review, not a policy review", Logsdon says, adding that NASA's long-term plans will likely remain the same. In a budget outline released in February, Obama backed the previous administration's plan to return to the moon by 2020.
Magazine issue 2708 , published 16 May 2009
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Booze companies claim funds from 'alcopop tax'
Supernovae might be a good place to hunt for alien broadcasts
Other intelligent civilisations may send transmissions after a bright galactic event like a supernova to make them more visible to others, according to SETI researchers
We need a new model of space governance to address today's challenges
Access to space is growing, with more than 70 nations now operating space programmes. We urgently need to update international rules, says chair of the UAE Space Agency Sarah Al Amiri
Original Sin review: Was space flight tainted from the get-go?
A convincing new book by space policy analyst Bleddyn Bowen reveals how space technology was born out of appalling weaponry – and still has a militaristic bent
Neil Turok on the case for a parallel universe going backwards in time
To explain the cosmos without invoking cosmic inflation, physicist Neil Turok has proposed the existence of a mirror-image universe going backwards in time from the big bang. He tells us why the idea is so compelling


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55 of Dialogue 2. For in the time of Edward III. the sound sense of Englishmen (though thereto pricked hy some unwillingness to pay tithe) perceived that the income of property was one thing and the increase of it was another; and the same good sense perceived that the one claiming the income was always present, desiring to strip the inheritance, so that the law should lean against him; and it perceived that no absolute line of distinction between income and increase of capital could be drawn, but that often the increase, as of growing wood, was partly because no income was taken away from year to year, and that, after many years, the increase was divided off all at once. And so they drew an arbitrary line logically indefensible, yet reasonably near where it ought to be, and resting on a principle which will always stand, cropping out anew from time to time, as in the Massachusetts statutes about dower and life-interests in woodland and wildland, and in decisions about the income tax {Gray v. Darlington, 15 Wall. 65), probably working hardship in every application made of it, but inherently wise and just on the whole.
We have received, at a late hour, this pamphlet, "A Third Chapter on the Rule in Minot's Case. By a Layman. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Association Building, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-third Street. 1874," which seems to deal principally with Leland v. Hayden, 102 Mass., and with an article in vol. v. of this Review, p. 720. After copying a paragraph from our article, " a Layman " writes (p. 34): "Well, now, I do not know who could venture to say this of the court except some member of the court; and this remark, with other internal evidence, confirms my belief that the article before me is from the pen of the Chief Justice or one of his associates." Again (p. 45): "The opinion of the court, the article in the Law Review, the text, and the note of Mr. Perry's Treatise, bear marks too obvious of a common origin and a common' construction." "Opinions, reviews, and treatises, these, are the channels through which the judges can find ready access to the public ear, aud by which they can circulate and perpetuate the most patent errors."
It is this rare faculty of investigating the " innards " of matters, and this almost preternatural power of discovering the nests of timid mares, however carefully they may be hidden, that make "a Layman's" pamphlets so instructive.
Trial of Emil Lowenstein for the Murder of John D. Weston, at West Albany, August 5, 1873, commenced at the Albany Oyer and Terminer, Monday. January 26, and concluded February 19, 1874, with the Evidence, Arguments of Counsel, Charge of the Court without Condensation, Verdict of the Jury, Sentence of the Prisoner, and an Account of his Execution, &c. Albany: William Gould & Son, Law Publishers and Booksellers, 63 State Street. 1874.
This is a very full account of the trial and conviction of a murderer on purely circumstantial evidence, and derives its chief value, as a record, from the minuteness of its detail of the testimony. It contains also, in the argument of the district attorney, a very interesting collation of the cases relating to circumstantial evidence. It is bound in pamphlet form, and is worthy of careful preservation. Few lawyers in the course of their professional life have occasion to participate in a murder trial, but, to the few who do, the records of celebrated trials are of inestimable value, and the courage of the author who has taken the time and pains to prepare a work like the one before us is by them gratefully remembered.
On Civil Liberty and Self-government. By Francis Lieber, LL.D., Corresponding Member of the Institute of France, &c.; author of " Political Ethics," " Principles of Legal and Political Interpretation," &c. Third edition, revised. Edited by Theodore D. Woolsey. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. London: Triibner & Co. 1874. Charles Sumner, though bred to the law, learned, in the later years of his life, to look upon the statesmanship of lawyers with profound distrust, and often complained bitterly of the lawyers in the Senate whose "technicality and obstructiveness" not unfrequently delayed, and sometimes defeated, the measures he had most at heart. Others, governed by a different feeling, have complained that our politics are dry, and that parties in this country have found little to discuss but the construction of statutes and constitutions, so that our history has been wholly devoid of that romantic interest which the student finds in the political struggles of continental Europe. Mr. Sumner knew well, but in his impatience of narrow-minded opposition sometimes perhaps forgot, that the technicality of which he complained was merely the evidence of that jealous respect for law which is essential to the maintenance of liberty; and it would be well for us all to remember, now that we are struggling to restore the law to its old supremacy which the struggles of civil war have somewhat shaken, the words of Burke, " Law and arbitrary power are in eternal enmity. . . . We may bite our chains if we will; but we shall be made to know ourselves, and be taught that man is born to be governed by law, and he that will substitute will in the place of it is an enemy to God." We surely shall not complain of legal technicality when we see the condition of those foreign republics where it, and the respect for law of which it is the fruit, are alike unknown.
In a government like ours, lawyers always have, and of necessity must, play a prominent part, and books like that which is the subject of this notice will naturally find a place in their libraries. Dr. Lieber's work, however, has been too long before the public, and its merits are too well known, to need introduction or extended criticism. It is a very valuable book for use as a text-book in colleges; and the student will find in it, clearly and succinctly stated, the arguments which have been used in support of our system of government and its principal institutions. It may be doubted, however, whether the reader who has mastered the fundamental principles, and is familiar with the ordinary discussions, would find much in it to help him in solving the practical problems which tax the wisdom of statesmen to-day, unless it be that help which it always gained from a thorough grasp of first principles. In fact, the book is elemental, at least to an American, who will find it easy to agree with its author, since we are easily convinced that our institutions are, in theory at least, as nearly perfect as human ingenuity has been able to devise. Perhaps, however, the study of elemental principles might profitably be renewed by our legislators, whose laws are often wofully inconsistent with them.
While the book, therefore, is of interest to lawyers as legislators and citizens, considered in a strictly professional view it affords little food for criticism. Dr. Lieber declares himself unhesitatingly against making unanimity in juries essential to a verdict; and his discussion of the subject is more interesting now on account of the movements recently made on both sides of the water looking towards a change in the jury system. We douht, however, whether the judgment of students is entitled to weigh in this matter with that of practical men. The real reason for requiring unanimity is that it insures deliberation. If a bare majority or even if two-thirds of a jury could give a verdict, it would constantly be the case that hasty and ill-considered verdicts would be rendered by the least competent members of the panel. A jury at best only represents the average wisdom of the community, and the men of sound judgment, therefore, will generally be in a minority, some would be tempted to say in a very small minority. Unless their consent was necessary to a verdict, their opinions would lose the weight with their fellows which they properly should have. Eight fools would render a verdict without waiting to hear what the four wise men had to say. The danger of disagreement is greatly over-estimated, and it would be curious to get the statistics on the point; but every practising lawyer knows that it is one of the least objections to the jury system.
Dr. Woolsey has edited the book carefully; but his own contributions are not large, nor such as to call for extended criticism.
A Treatise of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Bank Notes, and Checks. By Sir John Barnard Byles, late one of the Judges of Her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. Sixth American, from the eleventh London edition, with Notes from the fifth American edition. By MauRice Barnard Byles, Esq., with additional Notes illustrating the Law and Practice in the United States. By Hon. George Sharswood. Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co. 1874.
The fifth American edition of this book, from the ninth London edition, was published in 1867; and in our notice of that edition we say, in regard to the book itself, " The arrangement is so lucid, the statements of the law are so concise, there is such an entire absence of the loose talk in which inferior writers abound, that the book might well be enacted entire by act of Parliament;" in regard to that edition we say, "The only criticism we have to make, and it is a grave one, is on the omission to insert the American cases in the index, — a serious deficiency in this otherwise complete edition."
We are sorry to see that this omission remains in the present edition. In any book the practising lawyer would suffer great inconvenience oftentimes from the want of a table of cases; for frequently it is the best index, and, by telling him where a leading case is cited, refers him most quickly to-the subject he is studying. These remarks apply particularly to this book; for the index is not full, and there are very few cross references. The author or editor, we do not know which, has thought it necessary to say, if " the index in any part of it be found defective, the reader is referred to the copious analytical table of contents prefixed."
The eleventh London edition contains many of the notes in the fifth American edition; and, as all those notes are retained in the present edition, we have frequently the same note twice, — once in the English notes and once in the American. The editor says it was impossible to remedy this without altering the original work, which the American publishers did not think it would be proper for them to do. How much new matter there is in the present edition we are unable to state. There are twenty-four more pages than in the last edition, but probably a considerable part of this space is occupied by the notes which appear twice.
In the absence of a table of American cases, we cannot ascertain whether the important decisions made since 1867 have been added. So far as we have examined the notes of the present edition, they are the same as those of the preceding, with very few changes or additions. There are several leading cases which we have looked for without finding; but we cannot be certain of their omission without a very close examination of the book. The book itself we have already praised very highly; this edition of it, though capable of improvement, is the best there is.
Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the New York Law Institute. New York. 1874.
Legal Bibliography. The Catalogue of the Library of the New York Law Institute. By R. S. Guernsey. Reprinted from the New York Daily Register of March 27, 1874.
The elegant volume described above deserves a more comprehensive title than the compiler's modesty has given it. Nothing less than the table of contents can give an idea of the scope of the work, and even that is so condensed that we propose to copy instead the fuller synopsis from Mr. Guernsey's excellent article. The latter, however, does not refer to the preliminary fifty pages, which are devoted to lists of officers, members, and donors, and to a sketch of the Law Institute and of its deceased presidents, prepared by Mr. Edward Patterson, a member of the Library Committee. This contains much curious and interesting information relative to the origin and development of an institution for which Boston is partly responsible.
Mr. George Sullivan, a member of the Boston Bar, removed to New York in 1826, and was naturally desirous of establishing in the city of his adoption a law association and law library like those which he had left in Boston. Becoming intimate with the late Mr. James W. Gerard, he secured his active co-operation, and in 1828 the Law Institute was fairly organized, with Chancellor Kent as its first president, whose successors in that office have been Air. Justice Thompson, afterwards Secretary of the Navy, Chancellor Jones, Mr. Anthon, Mr. James T. Brady, and Mr. Charles O'Conor. Incorporated in 1830, it has steadily increased in importance and influence, until the number of its members exceeds six hundred, and its library contains nearly seventeen thousand volumes. Many of our readers have had occasion and opportunity to make use of this valuable collection, which, in Mr. Patterson's words, "now ranks third, if not second, in importance in the United States, and in some departments of the law, as the Catalogue will exhibit, is the best furnished in the Union."
Mr. Guernsey's synopsis of the contents of the body of the volume is as follows :—
1. Alphabetical Catalogue of Authors, Compilers, &c., with date of issue,
the edition, number of volumes, form, and place of publication of the work.
2. Chronological Lists of the Reports of the United States Courts, with lists
of Digests and Compilations of the United States Laws and Decisions.
3. Chronological Lists of State Reports, and lists of recent editions of the
Revised Statutes, Digests of Reports, and Codes of the various States.
4. Chronological Lists of the English, Irish, Scottish, Canadian,, and Indian
Reports, Digests, Codes, and Compilations. These lists embrace not only the reports which are included in what are usually known as the regular series of reports, but also the volumes that, by reason of their scarcity and price, are rarely possessed by either private or public libraries.
5. Lists of Collections of the British Statutes, Parliamentary Documents, and
Reports of Debates; Collections of Digests of English Decisions; Col-
lections of Cases, American and British; Collections of American and
British Leading Cases; Collections of American Trials; Collections of
British Trials; Collections of Miscellaneous, American, British, and
Foreign Trials.
6. Table of British Regnal Years; Explanatory Notes as to the British Law
Terms; the Law Reports, Classification of English Statutes, &c.
7. The title, number of volumes, size, place, and period of publication of the
various American and British law periodicals whose publication ceased prior to the year 1873; the title, number of volumes, size, place, term, and period of publication of the American and British law periodicals in existence during the year 1873.
8. Tables exhibiting the corresponding volumes of the original English Reports
to those in the American reprints known as the English Common Law Reports, English Chancery Reports, &-c.
9. Seventy pages of abbreviations used in references to American and British
Law Reports, and in Roman Law Citations; and an Index to subjects of very nearly two hundred octavo pages, in which are grouped, under the various titles and sub-titles of the law, the Treatises, Digests of Decisions, Collections of Cases, Law Periodicals, Trials, Reports of Cases, &c., relating to the same, with the classification as to authors into American, British, and Continental, and the designation, by means of italics, of the name of the author, compiler, &c., whose work, or its most recent edition, has been issued during or since the year 1869.
A careful examination of the volume justifies hearty commendation of its plan and confidence in its general accuracy.
The brevity of the titles in the Catalogue of Authors may be regarded as a defect from a bibliographical point of new, but is partly compensated by facility of reference, which is no small merit in a library manual, while space


As the third largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, Bellevue is the high-tech and retail center of the Eastside.
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Does anyone else not find the fun in programming...?
Next message (by thread): Does anyone else not find the fun in programming...?
> most of my hazy thoughts into it. But FUN !!!
Perhaps you are working on the wrong projects?
I program for work. That isn't fun. Well it's not bad either.
Combining programming with some kind of hobby hardware can also be fun.


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Books, Movies, Politics August 4, 2017 August 9, 2017
America's Most Prolific Serial Killer
by Thomas M. Loarie
The case of jailed abortionist Kermit Gosnell is extreme, but it will shake any reasonable person's perception of the abortion industry.
Ann McElhinney did not like "pro-life" activists. She found them to be "too earnest, too religious and very manipulative." She was also dismissive of pictures they used to illustrate abortion … she believed them to be photo-shopped. She then came face-to-face with reality when she began to look into trial of Kermit Gosnell, MD, who operated an abortion clinic in West Philadelphia.
Gosnell and various co-defendant employees were charged with eight counts of murder, 24 felony counts of performing illegal abortions beyond the state of Pennsylvania's 24-week time limit, and 227 misdemeanor counts of violating the 24-hour informed consent law. In May 2013, Gosnell was convicted of first degree murder in the deaths of three infants, involuntary manslaughter of one of his patients, 21 felony counts of illegal late-term abortion and 211 counts of violating the 24-hour informed consent law. He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
McElhinney quickly had her worldview about abortion and "choice" turned upside-down.
Her new book, Gosnell, provides a detailed account of McElhinney's change of mind. It cover he facts surrounding the investigation, the grand jury indictment, the trial and conviction of Gosnell and others, and her post-trial prison interview with Gosnell.
She and her husband, Phelim McAleer, are Irish documentary filmmakers and New York Times best-selling authors. They have written and produced the highly acclaimed political documentaries FrackNation and Not Evil Just Wrong. Their latest project is the true crime drama film based on this case and on the book–which was been an Amazon and New York Times best-seller.
The pair initially set out to make the movie so they could bring to light the house of horrors Kermit Gosnell created in Philadelphia, its cover-up by local and state authorities, the agenda of univocally biased media, and in their words, "the national conspiracy against humanity that is being orchestrated by pro-abortion advocates."
But they uncovered many more facts and previously unreported revelations which could not be in included in the documentary. So they decided on this book, "Gosnell," to provide a complete record of their investigative efforts, a detailed account of the trial, and what they learned about serial killers. You'll be shocked at how much of what the media tells you about such criminals are merely myths.
This book is not for the faint of heart. The authors provide great detail on how abortions are done – facts that the mainstream press refuses to report. Facts like the need to cut the spines of babies after botched abortions, like live births that witnesses observed and testified to in the trial. "Babies who jerked their arms, made swimming motions and cried."
The Gosnell case may be an extreme one, but it will will shake any reasonable person's perception of abortion and the abortion industry. As McElhinney and McAleer conclude, "One cannot dismiss abortion and the innocence and perfection of the unborn as an issue of choice. (We) "now know that what is aborted as a person, with little hands and nails and a face that from the earliest times has expression. The humanity in all the pictures is unmistakable."
Gosnell, while very graphic and unsettling makes for fascinating reading. This is a meticulous record of "barbaric abortion infanticide" by an inner city physician and his "team" who killed hundreds of babies and the exposure of a racket that included state health officials, politicians and the press.
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I have talked about many things regarding children. I have discussed infant brain development, parents, teachers, curriculum, education, teacher unions, public schools, obesity, and nature, to name a few topics. All of this discourse has brought me back to "The Family; America's Smallest School". Paul E. Barton and Richard J. Coley wrote a report for the Educational Testing Service in 2007 on this topic. It is an interesting and informative read. They assert, as I have in my book, "Peek-a-Boo, I See You!", that the family is the determining factor in a child's success in school and beyond. Family means Two (2) Parents + Children.
At last, we are looking at and demanding change in the way we educate our nation's children. Alarms have sounded and we now admit that our children do not read at grade level, cannot balance a checkbook, write a paragraph, or speak the English language articulately. The richest, most powerful country in the world is producing an illiterate generation compared to its European counterparts. We are depriving our American children of the freedom that comes only through education and literacy. Without these tools they will always be someone else's slave, never free to create, invent, or fulfill their destiny and promise. It is the Family that ensures a child's destiny and success, not anyone else, or any entity.
• Forty-four percent of births to women under age 30 are out-of-wedlock.
• Sixty-eight percent of U.S. children live with two parents, a decline from 77% in 1980. Only 35% of Black children live with two parents. In selected international comparisons, the United States ranks the highest in the percentage of single parent households, and Japan ranks the lowest.
• Nationally, 19% of children live in poverty. The percentages increase to nearly a third or more of Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Hispanic children.
• Nationally, 11% of all households are "food insecure". The rate for female-headed households is triple the rate for married-couple families, and the rate for Black households is triple the rate for White households.
• Nationally, one-third of children live in families in which no parent has full-time, year-round employment. This is the case for half of Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native children.
• There are substantial differences in children's measured abilities as they start kindergarten. For example, average mathematics scores for Black and Hispanic children are 21% and 19% lower than the mathematics scores of White children.
• By age 4, the average child in a professional family hears about 20 million more words than the average child in a working-class family, and about 35 million more words than children in welfare families.
• About half of the nation's 2-year-olds are in some kind of regular, nonparental day care, split among center-based care; home-based, nonrelative care; and home-based relative care. Black children are the most likely to be in day care.
• Overall, 24 % of U.S. children were in center-based care that was rated as high quality, 66 % were in medium-quality center-based care, and 9 % were in low-quality center-based care. Of those in home-based care, 7 % were in high quality settings, 57 % were in medium-quality settings, and 36 % were in low-quality care. More than half of Black, Hispanic, and poor 2-year olds were in low-quality home-based care.
• As of 2003, 76% of U.S. children had access to a home computer, and 42% used the Internet. Black and Hispanic children lag behind.
• Eighty-six percent of U.S. eighth-graders reported having a desk or table where they could study, just above the international average but well below the averages of many countries.
a television on a given day, while 59% of their Black peers do so.
• One in five students misses three or more days of school a month. Asian-American students have the fewest absences. The United States ranked 25th of 45 countries in students' school attendance.
• Since 1996, parents have become increasingly involved in their child's school. However, parent participation decreases as students progress through school, and parents of students earning "A" averages are more likely to be involved in school functions than the parents of students earning C's and D's.
A new report card by UNICEF on the state of childhood in the world's economically advanced Nations paints a bleak picture for the future of education in the United States. In the report, UNICEF compared the United States with 20 other rich countries on their performance in six dimensions of child well-being. The United States ranks in the bottom third of these 21 countries for five of these six dimensions. It ranked 12th in educational well-being, 17th in material well-being, 20th in family and peer relationships, 20th in behaviors and risks, and 21st in health and safety.
We can make all the changes we want in our educational structure by implementing and funding Charter Schools, The Seed Schools, Teacher Operated Schools, Parent Operated Schools, Magnet Schools, Waldorf Schools, and Alternative Schools. These progressive and innovative ideas may work for a few, for a time. However, unless the Family, two parents, changes the nurturing of their children, the unattended masses will remain the slaves of those who were nurtured and loved from birth.
The freedom and success we wish for our children is birthed in the Family. Literacy development begins long before children enter formal education. It is critical to their success in school and in life!
I will explore many of these issues in my next series of posts.
What are we doing to our children? Where is our common sense? Who are these parents? What are they thinking? Why are they stealing childhood from these beautiful 4 year old innocents?
Parents used to comfort their children in their arms. They used to put "bambaids" on their "boo-boos" when they fell down. Children used to play in backyard kiddy pools or run through front yard sprinklers screaming with joy. Their laughter used to fill the streets of family neighborhoods. Ice cream trucks were the gathering place in the evening with shouts of flavors and a little pushing here and there. Sandlot games and neighborhood competition were places of healthy physical ventilation for childhood frustration. Children used to ride bikes to school; roller skate to the houses of their friends, fly kites on windy days, skip rope, play hide and seek or kick the can. They were not fat, or obese.
Italian families ate a lot of pasta, no one got fat. Slavic and Irish families ate a lot of potatoes, no one got fat. Dinner was a family affair and everyone showed up, or else! The father was the head of the household and the mother ruled the roost. The children were protected, loved, sheltered, and treasured. They knew their boundaries and when they stepped out of bounds they were hardily pushed back in. I traveled once with a friend whose out of control 2 year old child became a distraction at every meal. Finally, I leaned over to my friend one evening, looked directly at the child, and told the mother, "In our household the parents controlled the children; the children did not control the parents." I lost a friend and the child grew up to become an obnoxious adult who needed obsessive attention. Undisciplined children become undisciplined adults.
Now we have an educational system that has something called "gifted kindergarten" testing for entrance. Parents in New York are sold this ridiculous bill of goods and spend thousands of dollars on books and prep classes for their 4 year old sons and daughters so they can be admitted into these kindergarten programs. Many do not make "the cut" leaving parents devastated and children feeling inadequate.
Can you imagine, $90 workbooks, $145 an hour tutoring, and weekend "boot camps" for 4 year olds? One tutoring company, who services this industry in New York, says that parents of the 120 children her staff tutored spent an average of $1,000 on test prep for their 4 YEAR OLD CHILDREN! THAT'S $120,000!
Have parents lost their minds?
It seems these days that all things begin simple and go to complex as the discussion moves up the chain of command. For example, what is complicated about parenting? It takes common sense, serious thought, dedicated action, and daily commitment. Instead of focusing on the simplicity of what should come naturally to parents in raising children, we build elaborate explanations for poor parenting. Instead of tackling the parenting issue in a straightforward manner as Bill Cosby does, we build an array of complex solutions that require funding, governmental intervention that support places to dump our children, and academic treatise that define a multitude of esoteric explanations devoted to "parenting problems".
Having said this, I was ruffling about in the stacks of papers on my desk looking for my latest thoughts on parenting when I came across an article I read and printed on March 7, 2010. It was printed in "The Daily Monitor; Truth Everyday; Uganda News…" It came from the Sunday Life section of the paper. I have no recollection of the article and I was intrigued as to what it was that made me print this article by Dennis D. Muhumuza. He credited Fagil Mandy, an educational consultant in Uganda, who developed a series of trainings. Mandy says, "The rising cases of child sacrifice, street children, starvation of children and violence in homes has resulted in a parenting crisis." The article is amazing in its simplicity of solutions. Follow below the thinking of Fagil Mandy as he is interviewed by Dennis Muhumuza on Uganda's "parenting crisis".
Why have you started the Good Parenting training?
Because there is a parenting crisis and we cannot afford to have our future generations going without proper tuning and direction. Parents or potential parents, young people and university students, policy implementers or leaders both in government and private sector or even those interested in learning more about good parenting need to know about addressing the challenges of parenting today; we are going to look at the world of work and education; how to train a child to be a worker, thinker, leader. The world is changing so fast that the demands on a child or the growing up generations are so intense and diversified and the parent must be brought along to understand the diversity in the world today.
You talked of a parenting crisis. What really is the problem?
I've run workshops for parents and young people and have made some discoveries: I've found out, particularly children from middle class parents have no capacities to deliver, to work, to produce or generate ideas. And, today, because most parents are working, the child is largely neglected so there is an increasing mystery or this huge gap between the parents and the children. Also, I've met a lot of parents who think parenting is simply producing a child; most of them think that a child of four or five years doesn't need any particular guidance and counseling, or driving in a certain direction, so there's a heavy dose of ignorance. Even more, our education system is not equipping our children with the right attitude, mindset and physical skills to succeed in this tough world.
What are the major concerns of young people in regard to the way they are brought up?
The last time I carried out a leadership training programme, I asked the children what they would have wished their parents to teach them. Many of them regretted that their parents had not talked to them enough about issues of love, relationships, sexuality and even politics and leadership. Also, most of them complained their fathers hardly featured in their lives and that they feel not protected or guided by their parents.
Did you also register any complaints by parents about their children?
Of course! Most parents cried out about the cartoons on TV; their children are becoming cartoons themselves; TV has become a preoccupation for young people. And most TV stations show pornographic material – it is killing their children.
But how can children keep themselves occupied meaningfully in a situation where parents are at work and cannot keep a close eye on them?
But you see, I don't agree that every parent must work away from home. One of my sons works but his wife is a stay-at-home mother. But most mothers don't want to first stay home and raise their children because of greed, it's all primitive accumulations; we think that the wife must produce so much money and the husband so much money but I think someone intelligent enough must sacrifice; why can't wife and husband organize their activities in such a way that, say, the husband works out and the wife stays at home or looks after a small family business that involves the children too? Parents must involve children in the family business.
In this age of emancipation, women cannot surely be expected to stay at home to look after children.
Why not? I think, again, it is greed; a lot of women are running around in this so called economic independence because they want to run wild programmes. I disagree with that sort of thing because every child needs a stay-at-home mother because there is no way you are going to compensate for the emotional dislocation of a child who has not had proper parentage.
First, one must be knowledgeable enough – one is not going to be a parent worth their soul when they are ignorant; a parent must know a bit of everything because they are the encyclopedia for their child. Secondly, parents must know how to do several things because a child must follow their example; you must be a good reader, be able to clean your own compound, fix a bulb and have a multi-skilled capacity for your child to emulate. Also, you must be healthy; no child likes to grow up with a dying parent; remember, a parent must help the child lead a healthy life and how can you do that if you are not healthy yourself? Then of course, a parent must be able to generate enough income to look after the family and be available to provide the time required for the child. If you are unavailable, don't produce the child.
Are animals better parents than humans?


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A little over a year ago I made a list of iPhone apps that I found particularly good, just to share the love. These applications are much better than most of the 140k apps available and, though all of them are paid-for apps, they are well worth getting!
AirVideo, stream video from your Mac/PC to your iPhone/iPad. It supports -ALL-video formats, by performing live conversion, so you can watch -anything- on the go!
Comics, buy and read comic books. Reading is made a very nice experience, because the app takes things one image at a time instead of dumping the whole page on screen.
Dropbox, I've written about this before. It allows me access to my onion file storage, which is synced to all my Macs/PCs. I read comics with the above Comics, watch anime with AirVideo and I read manga and PDFs using Dropbox. What a team!
Zombieville USA and OMG Pirates!, both great side-scrolling fighters by MikaMobile. Zombies, ninjas and pirates, what else do you need?!
Minigore, a frantic, top-down shooter. Easy to pick up, difficult to master.
Orbital, a relaxing and great looking puzzler. Again, easy to play, yet very hard to master.
Sudoku unlimited, for all I care the -best- sudoku app because of its "Newspaper" theme. Looks great, plays great.
So, from the list it should be apparent that I play a lot of games on my iPhone. These games are great for a short pickup-and-play during small "cigarette breaks" at the office and during my daily commute.
Mind you, now that Apple have introduced their new iPad I imagine some great productivity tools to come out as well!


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Well Krampusnacht has passed, leaving this writer relieved that he's done just the right amount of bad things to enjoy his year but not so many that the beast has carried him away into the snow. Here's hoping Santa is as lenient.
Whilst I was away for the Krampus launch itself, I'm reliably informed by the lovely Vicky Ponting that it was a fantastic night. No authors were harmed in the making of such tales, although some may have had sore heads the next day.
Whilst missing the main event for the cold but baklava heavy delight of a holiday in Istanbul, I was delighted to see that our stories have gone up on the Leeds Big Bookend website in the meantime.
If you wish to read my forked tongue in cheek piece, 'Expectations' you can do so here.
Enjoy, and be thankful you're safe from the beast… for at least one more year.


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Then + Now: Burning Man at Baker Beach
Monday, Jul 11, 2016 Category History
Did you know Burning Man can trace its roots to Presidio's Baker Beach? Last year, the Cacophony Society's Michael Mikel – who along with original "Burner" Larry Harvey, helped bring Burning Man to life – spoke at the Presidio Officers' Club about "San Francisco's Roots of Burning Man." He was also interviewed for Presidio Stories. In honor of Burning Man taking place this week, take a trip down memory lane with Michael and see some incredible photos from the early years of the event.
History of Baker Beach Fires
Baker Beach has long been an eclectic place for gatherings. As early as the 1890s, when the Presidio was still a military post, people began having bonfires at Baker Beach. In 1933, a fire believed to be caused by a careless fisherman camping at the beach spread all the way up the cliffs to within 100 feet of the coastal gun batteries, covering a distance of a half a mile (it took 50 Presidio firemen, 100 coast artillerymen, and three SF engine companies to extinguish the fire). In 1997, Baker Beach became part of the national park system, and today beach fires are no longer permitted.
Origins of Burning Man
In June 1986, while the Presidio was still an active Army post, a new tradition started at the northern end of Baker Beach – Burning Man. Initially, the founders of Burning Man were drawn to Baker Beach because of the bevvy of driftwood found there. The northern portion is notoriously known as a "clothing optional" spot for sun bathing and one of the more isolated beaches in San Francisco. Thus it was the perfect place for a group of 20 friends to gather for a bonfire where Burning Man founder Larry Harvey set aflame the eight foot tall wooden structure he called "the Man."
Though Larry was the first to burn a structure of a man, he wasn't necessarily the first to start this effigy burning tradition at Baker Beach. Several years before burning a man was even a twinkle in Larry's eye, Mary Grauberger, a friend of Larry's girlfriend, held annual bonfires at the beach where she'd assemble driftwood statues to burn in honor of Summer Solstice.
The Birth of an Event
Picture this: it's pre-tech boom San Francisco and the City is overflowing with artists, hippies, and free-thinkers. Into this comes the Cacophony Society, "a randomly gathered network of free spirits united in the pursuit of experiences beyond the pale of mainstream society," according to Michael Mikel, one of the Cacophony Society's founders.
Influenced by the Dadaists, Surrealists, and Situationists, the Cacophony Society was a proponent of the "free university." They also had an extensive mailing list and each month they'd invite members to participate in fun and unusual activities – like exploring architecture, putting on plays, or dressing up and having adventures around San Francisco.
Larry Harvey was a member of the Cacophony Society, and in 1988 he invited Michael to attend his first effigy burning at the as yet-unnamed event at Baker Beach. The following year Larry asked Michael to help publicize the solstice gathering through the Cacophony Society's mailing list, and thus the event became the newly minted "Burning Man" in their newsletter. Attendance shot up to 300.
"San Francisco was ripe for something like Burning Man," Michael shared. The following year attendance grew to 350 before local law enforcement shut down the burning of "the Man" due to the group's lack of a fire permit.
In 1990, Burning Man moved to Nevada, far away from the Presidio and the Golden Gate Bridge. And the event has certainly grown since – last year 65,564 people watched a 60-foot structure of a man burn on the playa in the heat of Black Rock Desert.
Michael now lives in Reno so he's closer to Black Rock Desert, but he comes to San Francisco every few months, and he's looking forward to speaking at the Presidio Officers' Club in August 2016. "The Presidio is such a beautiful place," he says. "I came out to Crissy Field recently and gave friends a tour of the whole area. We had a barbecue." When asked if he burned anything while there, he laughed, "No. Surprisingly, I managed to not burn the hot dogs."
Then: 1986 — "The Man" during the first year at Baker Beach
Photo credit: Jerry James
Then: 1989 — Bringing "the Man" to Baker Beach
Photo credit: Stewart Harvey
Then: 1989 — Raising "the Man" at Baker Beach
Then: June 2012 — Michael Mikel (left) and Larry Harvey (right), founders of Burning Man, at Baker Beach, Summer Solstice, June 20, 2012, for the 25th Anniversary of Burning Man.
Now: Summer 2016 – Baker Beach is still a popular public beach, and one of the warmest sandy spots on San Francisco's Pacific Coast. It's an excellent place to sunbathe, whale watch, or have a picnic. Though bonfires are no longer allowed on the beach here, check out the National Park Service Beach Fire Regulations for information on beaches in the area where fires are permitted.
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Horned Owl, designed by Jessica Sporn, was inspired by the American Creek Indians. The medicine men would wear a stuffed Great Horned Owl as part of his headdress or attached to his arm, as if perched there. My hope is that this symbol of wisdom gives you inspiration for your mixed media projects.


Like gobs of other Americans, viewing the ads for the new Beauty And The Beast movie caused instant nostalgia. Which was abruptly cut short when I head the terrible fact that the animated version was more 25 years old. I know I've put on weight over the years, but realizing I had gained 25 years put me in a tailspin.
So here are some of the love lessons I learned at the tender age of 11.
First appearances can be deceiving. When we first meet Mr. Beast he's ...a beast. With a major attitude problem. Don't write someone off without learning more of the situation. Give people a chance.
Being good looking without compassion can be a serious no-no. Gaston seems to epitomize the opposite of 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. He is not patient, nor kind. He is definitely boastful. And proud. And rude. And he totally does not rejoice in the truth.
Love involves sacrifice. Belle took the place of her father in the castle, And lest we forget, the Beast took one for Belle at the end of the movie.
Love involves being vulnerable. When the Beast was hurt and Belle was trying to nurse him back to health, he had to expose a physical vulnerability. When he invited her to dinner he exposed an emotional one.
Love involves being aware of your partner's likes and dislikes. When they are eating, Belle daintily sips on her soup/porridge/chowder as the Beast wolfs it down. When he realizes Bell is all but aghast at this method, he tries his own spoon. But that does no good-it's hysterical to watch him try.
Love involves compromise. After they realized they couldn't eat in the same manner they simultaneously eat soup the same way-by lifting the bowl and drinking from it. It's the perfect compromise for the two of them.
It's okay to try new things. Remember the two of them in the snow? And the Beast looking like a telephone poll wire because so many birds were sitting on him?
The things you take for granted are the same things someone else is praying for. Remember that all but abandoned the castle? Beast had tons of books but no desire to read. And Belle would read anything she could put her hands on.
The Celine Dion/Peabo Bryson version of the song "Beauty and the Beast" is the best. John Legend killed it on the new version, but their version is priceless. You could even say "tune as old as time".
Brunettes can rock the color yellow like nobody's business.
Take dancing lessons so you can waltz, fox trot, and do all those other kinds of dancing. You just never know when you're going to be whisked into an immaculate, ornate ball room to dance the night away. Thanks to the movie, the precedent's been set.
So, world, here's the advice for the next generation of kids. You can thank me later.


Kilwa Kisiwani is a historical town in Tanzania, Africa. Oldest city in the history of East Africa.
Kilwa Tanzania is in Lindi region and one of the 6 districts in the region. It is bordered by Indian Ocean on the East, Pwani region on the North and Lindi rural district on the South. Kilwa is known for its history.
Kilwa Ruins to see: The Great Mosque, the mosque is considered to be (at that time) the largest in the East African coast. It has domed chambers, monolithic pillars, water tanks, and slabs for prayers. Great House; the remains of a residential complex. This group of 3 inter-connected dwellings, with sunken courtyards and numerous rooms, gives an insight into the lives of Kilwa's weathly inhabitance during the 14th to 16th centuries. Small domed Mosque: a small mosque with a domed and vaulted roof, originally decorated with glazed Islamic bowls set in the plaster-work Makutani Palace: Makutani is a large enclosure surrounded by a defensive wall. A fortified palace dominates the area. It was built to protect the Sultan and his family from Omani aggression during the 18th Century. Makutani means where the big walls are. Gereza (Kilwa 's fort) which was built by Portuguese and later re-built by the Omani Settlers from Zanzibar in the early 19th Century. It is dominating the view of the island from far Husuni Kubwa: these extensive ruins are probably the remains of a grand palace and trading complex built by the Sultan Al-Hassan bin Sulaiman, Kilwa's greatest builder in the early 14th Century.
Dar Kilwa by car Leave Dar-es-salaam early morning for Kilwa, Drive to Kilwa Kivinje to see the Germans and Arab Buildings before heading to Kilwa Masoko for relaxing on the beach or snorkelling; accommodation at kilwa sea view resort.
Kilwa Kisiwani and Kilwa Kivinje excursions Activities in Kilwa, include excursions to the historical ruins in Kilwa Kisiwani, local guides give tours of the ruins and arrange dhow tours afternoon return to the resort for staying at leisure. Accommodation at Kilwa Sea View resort. The KILWA SEAVIEW RESORT (MBUYUNI) set up on a cliff overlooking the Kilwa Masoko Bay. The restaurant and bar with its natural palm thatched roof, built around an old Baobab tree and our stoned bandas in African style.
All have a view towards the island of Kilwa Kisiwani with its 14th century ruins. The resorts 250 meter sandy beach invites swimmers, snorkelers & relaxers.
Drive back to Dar-es-salaam Early morning breakfast and then start driving back to Dar-es-salaam. Arrival at around 1400 hours.
There are daily schedule flights from Dar es Salaam or Zanzibar to Kilwa Masoko and return.
An 6 to 8 hour trip from Dar es Salaam via Nangurukuru to Kilwa Masoko.
Minimum 2 persons for this trip.
Winners of certificate of excellence by TripAdvisor 2014/5/6/7/8 .