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BEng (Hons) Computer Systems and Networks EngineeringSouthwark Campus
Mode: Full-time; Part-time; Day release
Developers and programmers
The networking industry's growth in recent years has been phenomenal. This balanced programme equips you with the skills and knowledge you need to become an engineer, developer or programmer – use it to take you where you want to go. Computer hardware, interface electronics, software and database design, programming for real-time and embedded systems and telecommunications – you'll cover it all (and more).
We offer the opportunity for all undergraduate Home/EU students to undertake a work placement, internship or work experience while studying a full-time course starting in September 2020.
Why study Computer Systems and Networks Engineering at LSBU?
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- Professionally accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, with fast track progression to Chartered Engineer status.
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- Sophisticated software: gain experience in using industry-standard equipment, computer programming and simulation packages.
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- Choose to spend your third year studying with our partner institution, Hochschule Bremen, in Germany.
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- Paid work experience: option to complete your third year in a professional work placement.
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- Ranked 3rd for graduate prospects in London (Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020).
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As a BEng degree programme, this course develops a deep understanding of the essential facts, concepts, theories and principles of computer engineering and its underpinning science and mathematics.
This is a balanced programme of computer hardware, interface electronics, programming for real-time and embedded systems and telecommunications – supported by the basics in analysis, software and database design. You'll use industry-standard equipment to carry out assignments in network configuration.
All learning at LSBU is applied. It's just the way that we do things here. You can expect to take a PC apart, rebuild and configure it at sub-component level. Your third year placement gives you the chance to further hone your skills by developing real-world systems in professional environments.
Methods of assessment for course overall: 44% coursework.
Year 1
- Engineering mathematics and modelling
This module consolidates the mathematical skills that underpin the BEng engineering degrees. It's specifically designed to cater for the wide differences in mathematical background of 1st year students, as well as to prepare you for the Advanced Engineering Mathematics and Modelling module that you'll take in the second year. Assessment methods: 50% coursework, 50% exam.
- Principles of computer engineering
This module consists of two separate parts. The first part covers the essential principles of analogue and digital electrical and electronic circuits. The module will also cover underlying magnetic and electrical properties, with a look at power supplies, power requirements and transformers. Much of the work will be workshop-based and illustrated throughout by typical applications in the industry. In this part you'll use standard digital integrated circuits to implement basic operations, and to build and test simple digital circuits using basic 'off the shelf' components, simple i/o devices, prototype boards and standard workstation instrumentation. The second part of this module deals with computer databases. It will cover database technology and modern networks, as well as their limitations and trends. It will also give an introductory overview of the current state of the technology. It will review database terminology, database design, design rules, and it will teach you to create a database, query a database and use forms. This module will make use of case studies. Assessment methods: 70% coursework, 30% exam.
- Introduction to data communication & networks
Technologies related to data communication and computer networking may be the fastest growing in engineering and in society. People use the Internet more and more every day for learning, research, online shopping, airline reservations, checking the latest news and weather, and so on. Today's business world could not function without data communications and computer networks. This module will provide an introduction of the broad field of data communications and computer networks including principles, design approaches and standards. This module is designed to give you an initial foundation of computer systems and understanding of how computers are used in a networked environment. This will include data communication and computer networking technologies, as well as computer structure and the internetworked environment. It will help you understand the basics of data communications and networking in general and the protocols used. The approach will concentrate on the fundamental principles, from an engineering point of view, on which you can build more substantial computing studies throughout the course and afterwards. The module will lay the foundations of the computer networking engineering course. It will familiarise you with computers and computer systems, which form the basis of the internetworked computer infrastructure, as well as with the applications and terminology used in an internetworked environment. This module will also teach you to appreciate the role and importance of software and computers in the data communications and networking field, and more generically in engineering, and will so provide you with the impetus to quickly become competent in their use. In terms of programming languages, this modules assumes that, in parallel with this module, you study and experience programming with C, C++, Java, or Python. Computing with Python will be introduced to this module. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Engineering Principles
This module will help you develop your understanding of essential scientific principles for the study of engineering to degree level. It's designed to be accessible to students with a range of prior science specialisation. The module comprises two blocks of study. These will introduce the principles of measurement systems and units, thermal physics and mechanical and electrical principles. Assessment methods: 40% coursework, 60% exam.
- Engineering Computing
This is an introductory module that will address the engineering formation as well as programming knowledge and skills. It will enable you to appreciate the role and importance of software and computers in engineering, and so provide you with the impetus to quickly become competent in their use. Assessment method: 100% coursework.
- Design and practice
This module will cover material design activities, team work, creative problem-solving, project management, sustainable development principles, personal development planning, report writing communication, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), employability and transferable skills. It's also a work-based module for part-time students, utilising the Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) to provide supporting teaching material and assessments. Assessment method: 100% coursework.
Year 2
- Operating systems and multimedia
Operating systems are at the heart of all computer applications and multimedia is fast becoming a major field in computer systems and networking applications. In order to inform you in these areas, this module is split into two parts. The first part is designed to teach you about the role that the operating system has in general computer systems. The second part will provide the basic engineering foundations of multimedia technology and its associated tools and components. It will thus consider the applications of computer systems in multimedia engineering and the role that the OS has in supporting the functioning of these. The operating system is the base level of software on which applications run. It is responsible for managing and allocating the system hardware, including CPU, physical memory and I/O devices. It also provides support for additional functions such as file systems and network protocols. There are several ways in which we can put pieces together to build an operating system. Last decade, the influence of the Internet and the www has encouraged the development of modern operating systems that include web browsers and networking and communication software as integral features. In this module you'll view the operating system from several vantage points. There are many instances in engineering when the content of an image or sound sample needs to be used to control other processes. There are consequently many different ways of digitally manipulating the data. This module introduces the main technologies used in multimedia applications. The work concentrates on graphical, audio and video data storage, processing and output. Many of the standards in this field will be defined and explored. You'll be given a chance to contrast and compare different software approaches to creating engineering solutions in multimedia form. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Introduction to communication systems and networks L5
This module is intended to give you an introduction on data communications and computer networking. The topics covered mainly focus on the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model for the basic communication and networks, especially the four bottom layers: i.e. Physical layer, Data-link layer, Network layer and Transport layer. You'll gain comprehensive understanding in terms of overall connection of these layers and the importance of each layer and their specific functions. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Engineering software C++
This module introduces the syntaxes and programming skills of computer language C++ and briefly OOP (Object Oriented Programming). The module is delivered in the way of 2 hours teaching, 2 hours computer workshops and 2 hours tutorials per week. Assessment methods: 50% coursework, 50% exam.
- Computer networks
This module concentrates on teaching you the material that a networking engineer should know before proceeding with network infrastructure design. It begins with seven-layer network reference model (OSI) and network architectural concept, which covers concepts for the rest of the module. Then it follows a systematic approach to explore networks from data link layer to application layer. General background to the technologies that are available for local and wide area networks are covered so that you can relate these during network specification and design. The most important parts of this module fall into the network layer and transportation layer, and TCP/IP is taught in a certain level of detail. The module also delivers knowledge like network performance and security, which are essential considerations in terms of network design. The module wraps up with a network design overview to apply the learning to the practice of design. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Team design project
This is a skills-based module developing your understanding of the design process within engineering, including factors that need to be taken into account in identifying and meeting requirements for new products (used to mean outcome of a process and can include specifications for a tangible product, or process, or system), such as working within Regulatory, professional and Standards requirements, developing practical skills, working as part of a team, handling information, project planning and management, and report-writing and presentation skills. Assessment method: 100% coursework.
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- Optional placement year
Year 4
- Innovation and enterprise
In the rapidly changing world around us, it's imperative that you're able to think dynamically to create advantage in your life. This module encourages you to question what you see and experience around you and in your prospective engineering field with an aim to enhance your creativity to discover new and better ways of doing things. It aims to equip you with methods and processes to recognise opportunities and to plan on harnessing commercially viable benefits that may exist from exploiting those opportunities in a sustainable fashion. This might be a product or service (such as consultancy or contract management). The application of project management principles will help to define the critical path of a proposed business and how the many processes involved (planning, market research, market placement, finance, operations, human resources etc.) are interlinked throughout the initial planning exercise and how they can change over time. You'll be expected to reflect on what you can contribute towards a group. Assessment method: 100% coursework.
- Systems and software engineering
This module provides formal study of software engineering and its application in the broader engineering fields, with a tendency towards electro-mechanical, electronic and building services engineering. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Network technologies and design
This module will provide you with a broad understanding of the enterprise network technologies, and will teach you how to design enterprise networks. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Advanced computer engineering
This module will begin by considering the predictive and empirical performance measures as well as the technological and architectural approaches to high performance computer architectures. The module will look at high performance and novel architectures such as pipelining and superscalar architectures. The associated memory support will also be considered, and memory techniques for high speed main memory, memory hierarchies and caching technology, as well as virtual memory management, will form a major part of the module. The memory hierarchy will be discussed with special emphasis on CPU cache design. Furthermore, the module will incorporate consideration of I/O techniques for improving latency and throughput. We'll cover concepts such as direct memory access (DMA), I/O processors, buses for system and I/O data transfer as well as bus standards. The very topical subject of parallel processing and concurrency will also be covered, as will be the concept of shared and distributed memory and interconnection networks. The relationship between computer components and the arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and the ALU implementation of number representations and operations will be covered from an engineering perspective. Assessment methods: 30% coursework, 70% exam.
- Project
The Individual Major Project requires you to plan, execute, review and report upon a major piece of technical work directly related to your degree discipline. In this regard, this module provides you with the opportunity to develop a high degree of subject-specific expertise. This module differentiates from others on the course taken due to the high degree of autonomous study expected. This flexibility should be seen as an opportunity to explore new areas of interest and to acquire new and often unexpected skills. The work undertaken within the project will require you to develop your own methodology in advance of presenting solutions to the studied problem. It's therefore expected that project will include evidence and demonstration of detailed research of the subject matter, practical demonstration of understanding of the material, testing and evaluation of the practical elements, detailed reporting, discussion and conclusions of the entire project, and a high level of written presentation and grammar skills. Assessment method: 100% coursework.
With computers now an essential part of our lives, the demand and opportunities for those who can design, manage and service computer systems is only going to continue to grow.
When you graduate you'll be fully equipped for computer network administration roles under Windows and Unix, software engineering and design. Recent graduates work as computer networking engineers, embedded systems developers and senior computer programmers.
Take a look at some potential careers, including software engineer / system developer, on Prospects.
Employability Service
We are University of the Year for Graduate Employment for the second year in a row - The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2018, 2019.
At LSBU, we want to set you up for a successful career. During your studies – and for two years after you graduate – you'll have access to our Employability Service, which includes:
- An online board where you can see a wide range of placements: part-time, full-time or voluntary. You can also drop in to see our Job Shop advisers, who are always available to help you take the next step in your search.
- Our Careers Gym offering group workshops on CVs, interview techniques and finding work experience, as well as regular presentations from employers across a range of sectors.
Our Student Enterprise team can also help you start your own business and develop valuable entrepreneurial skills.
Professional links
Our close links with industry ensure that our course is up-to-date with their needs – and this means are graduates are in demand.
Put your skills to work
Work experience transforms a CV. It's important that you get some – and we'll help you do that. This is a great opportunity to understand the way that the industry functions and to gain an appreciation of the priorities in the commercial environment. Many students get their first job offers through this training year.
What's more you can choose to complete your sandwich year at our partner institution Hochschule (Bremen), where you'll study German and then complete your industrial placement year in Germany.
During the year you'll stay in regular contact with your tutor and your peers – and we'll make sure that you have the support you need.
In-sync with industry
Accreditation is a mark of quality assurance - the degree meets the standards set by the Engineering Council, who represent the engineering profession. This course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).
The IET is the professional society for the engineering and technology community, with more than 150,000 members in 127 countries.
You'll learn to use the latest computer interfacing technologies in our National Instruments Laboratory. Sponsored by National Instruments, the laboratory contains virtual instrument workstations using software including Multisim, Ultiboard and Labview.
Read more about our laboratories and industry-standard software.
Teaching and learning
Your lecturers are leading practitioners in their fields, so everything we do is industry relevant. You'll learn through lectures, seminars, tutorials and practical work. Taking on both group and individual projects, we assess your work through a mixture of coursework and exams, with project and laboratory work counting towards your final award.
We also teach you the life skills of effective communication, problem solving, project planning and team working that will set you apart and give you the best chance of getting the job you want after you graduate.
Applied knowledge is what counts
The amount of project-based learning that you'll do on an engineering degree varies from university to university. At LSBU we offer 'design-make-test' projects throughout the degree course rather than concentrating them all into your final year. This means that you'll adapt theoretical principles to solve real-world engineering problems very early on in your university career.
This experience of delivering innovation makes you attractive to employers. Innovation is at the very heart of what an engineer does on a day-to-day basis. Engineers look for practical ways of making things better, more efficient, cheaper, safer, stronger, more resilient, quicker, more integrated and more effective. Our engineering courses will teach you first-hand how to develop these crucial skills and traits.
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As an undergraduate or MEng Engineering student, you will be allocated a named tutor during your first three weeks at LSBU. The role of your tutor is to be your primary contact for academic and professional development support.
Your tutor will support you to get the most of your time at LSBU, providing advice and signposting to other sources of support in the University.
Your tutor should be the first person at the university that you speak to if you are having any difficulties that are affecting your work. These could be academic, financial, health-related or another type of problem.
You will have appointments with your personal tutor at least twice a semester throughout your course. You can contact your tutor for additional support by email or in person.
Entry requirements
- A Level BBB or;
- BTEC National Diploma DDM or;
- Access to HE qualifications with 24 Distinctions 21 Merits including 3 Distinctions in Maths and 3 Merits in Physics or;
- Equivalent level 3 qualifications worth 128 UCAS points
- Level 3 qualifications must include Maths
- Applicants must hold 5 GCSEs A-C including Maths and English or equivalent (reformed GCSEs grade 4 or above).
- We welcome qualifications from around the world. English language qualifications for international students: IELTS score of 6.0 or Cambridge Proficiency or Advanced Grade C.
How to apply
International students
International (non Home/EU) applicants should follow our international how to apply guide.
Home/EU applicants
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Once we have made you an offer, you can apply for accommodation. You can rent from LSBU and you'll deal directly with the university, not third party providers. That means we can guarantee you options to suit all budgets, with clear tenancy agreements and all-inclusive rents that include insurance for your personal belongings, internet access in each bedroom and on-site laundry facilities.
Or, if you'd rather rent privately, we can give you a list of landlords – just ask our Accommodation Service.
Read more about applying for accommodation at LSBU.
You don't need to wait for a confirmed place on a course to start applying for student finance. Read how to pay your fees as an undergraduate student.
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After you've received your offer we'll send you emails about events we run to help you prepare for your course.
Before you start your course we'll send you information on what you'll need to do before you arrive and during your first few days on campus. You can read about the process on our Enrolment pages.
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Fees are shown for new entrants to courses, for each individual year of a course, together with the total fee for all the years of a course. Continuing LSBU students should refer to the Finance section of our student portal, MyLSBU. Queries regarding fees should be directed to the Fees and Bursaries Team on: +44 (0)20 7815 6181.
Year 1 FT Southwark SEPT
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Year 1 PTDR Southwark SEPT
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See our Tuition Fees Regulations (PDF File 136 KB) and Refund Policy (PDF File 102 KB).
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The release of Windows Server 2003 SP2 gets pushed to 2007 while Beta Refresh 2 for SP2 hits the streets. XP SP3 is moved to 2008.
The release date for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 has been pushed back from the second half of 2006 to the first quarter of 2007, and some users think that's just fine.
At the same time, Microsoft made available Beta Refresh 2 for Windows Server 2003 SP2. The beta includes fixes for bugs reported by beta customers and other users of previous SP2 builds and hotfixes and security releases to date. The refresh also has a fix for volume licensing customers using Windows XP Professional 64-bit Edition.
Some IT managers welcome the SP2 delay and said they believe the upcoming release dates for Vista and Longhorn may be to blame.
"I'm happy with the delay -- maybe this means they're going to get it right," said Dan Stolts, president and senior systems engineer at Bay State Integrated Technology Inc. in Lakeville, Mass. "I'm guessing they're probably pulling off developers because they're really focused on trying to meet the timeline for Vista and Longhorn."
Stolts said that he has been testing Vista and believes Microsoft still has a long way to go to deploy a solid product within the timeframe it set. Vista is expected to be released to manufacturing in November and to the general public in January. Microsoft said the SP2 delay is related to incorporating customer feedback from beta testing to date.
Microsoft has also pushed back the release of Service Pack 3 for Windows XP until the first half of 2008. The company released the last service pack for XP in August 2004.
"I'm personally disappointed," said Mike Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash. "Microsoft talks about maintaining a roadmap of releases for customers. That, in my mind, should include predictive [roadmaps] for service packs, and it's been a significant amount of time since we've had a service pack for XP."
Josh MacNeil, assistant director of technology services and network operations for the Whitman-Hanson Regional School District in Whitman, Mass., said the delays will have little -- if any -- impact on his organization because the district is moving to Vista over the summer.
"We already implemented the Windows Server 2003 R2 version after Service Pack 1, so I don't see the [Windows Server 2003] SP2 delay as a problem or the 2008 delay for [Windows XP] SP3," MacNeil said. "As long as you've been on top of the critical upgrades and enhancements, you shouldn't have a problem with this."
However, Cherry said there are a few reasons why IT organizations, whether moving to Vista or not, should be concerned. For one, a Vista rollout is not going to happen overnight, and many companies will be running in a mix mode of operating systems until the Vista rollout is complete, he said.
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And I actually think this years championship has been decent so far. A couple of horror shows, but in general decent games and close and exciting.
I just feel a lot of the noise (not including people on here who have genuine long held beliefs about structures) about the Championship and tiers etc, is being made by pundits and media people who would much prefer to fill columns or minutes with chat about Kerry, Dublin, Tyrone, Mayo and whoever else happens to be riding the crest of a wave at that time. They just do not want to be talking about Sligo, Offaly, Westmeath, Carlow, Laois or anyone else even in the middle tier, never mind Waterford, Leitrim and London. At this moment in time, the grumbling is at a crescendo because they have to preview/review a game like last Sunday, and also qualifiers involving teams that they don't really care about. Maybe I'm an auld cynic, but I think that if a tiered competition came in, the games would get the same coverage as the hurling tiered competitions do.
Dublin and Kerry are the two teams who year after year waltz through their province virtually unchallenged.Mayo looked like they were dominating Connacht for a while there but Galway and maybe Roscommon have ended that run again.Donegal and Monaghan were controlling Ulster for a good while there but would have thought Down and Tyrone would contest this year's final.Leinster is just awful to watch every year when the Dubs play anyone.Maybe if the top 4 teams in Div 1 go through to the quarterfinals and opt out of their province it would make winning your province a lot more possible for many counties.


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What if you had the ability to predict the value of an employee over his tenure with your company? That intelligence sure would make employment decisions like hiring, firing, and training a lot easier.
For many years, marketing professionals have been calculating Customer Lifetime Value (CLV). CLV is defined as the present value (usually expressed in currency) of future profits that can be calculated based on current customer profits and customer behavior. There are many variations in models but most contain the following components:
• Time- period over which lifetime value will be calculated
• Interest rate
• Cost to attract, service and retain customer
• Revenues
To calculate CLV, sum the revenue, subtract costs, and take the present value over the specified time period. This information allows managers to determine if customers are profitable or not. This is a great way to get rid of your non-profitable, high maintenance customers.
Fast forward... over the last year, many articles have been written about using this same methodology for Employee Lifetime Value. Wow, wouldn't that give a new meaning to performance management?
By using a similar methodology as above for employees, companies can track employee value over their employment life cycle. For example, ELV may be lower in the first few years of employment due to ramp up and training but higher in the later years due to increased loyalty, commitment and deepened relationships.
HR can play a critical role in ELV. By learning to calculate and track employee value, HR can assist management in understanding how employees add value. HR can then focus on those VALUE enhancing activities like training, skills development, and career development. By calculating the ROI on these activities through a metric like Employee Lifetime Value, HR has a great way to show its own value!


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It was ten years ago, when very few passionate men and women who would love to see the young people in Ma'di sub region (particularly in the Anglican Church) grow in their love and knowledge of Christ thought of an initiative for an annual youth gathering. A decision was reached to initiate an annual youth camp that would bring together the you for a week-long experience with the Lord and fellowship with one another. With barely nothing to start with, the group of men and women set December 10-16 as the dates for the annual event. That year, the it was wonderfully a small gathering of about 60 boys and girls confined in a small classroom of Erepi Demonstration Primary School.
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Life is a race track and full of competitions. It is about survival of the fittest and being able to handle complex situations with courage and confidence. The story for me is the same too as right from my childhood, I am told to study and get good proper education so that I can get a good job and earn money to survive. This all required lot of hard work to achieve success in my goals and giving up my aspirations and wishes. In order to get success and for achieving my unfulfilled goals, I had to give up many things and there were restrictions on doing a certain task. There is no escape to it and even after getting settled, there are new challenges to get promotion, earn more money and other needs.
But if the life becomes very simple and I have lot of wealth and option to do whatever I want to do in my life, then the top 5 things on my bucket list BefikarUmarBhar would be-
1. Cricket and sports is very much close to my heart and I have been watching cricket matches for more than a decade but never got an opportunity to watch India vs. Pakistan match at the stadium. Being a hardcore cricket fan, it is my wish that someday I get a chance to watch India vs. Pakistan ICC tournament match like world cup, champions trophy etc at Lords in England or at an international destination. It would be like a dream to be part of high voltage match with full of emotions. The amount of money spend on expenses would be nothing to see this competition and if India beats Pakistan.
2. Study Medicine to be a doctor
I always had a dream to become a doctor but somehow could not pursue it and go ahead it with this profession. The reason is that in my family no one has ever taken this profession yet and so I had to give up as my parents wanted me to do graduation then master of business administration. I have also seen many sick family members in my family who have lost the fight to dangerous life threatening diseases which could have been cured in a better way if I had taken medicine as my profession. The pain of losing close family members is still there but if get a chance and time; I would start my innings with getting admission into top medical college and learn medicine.
3. Social Work and help
I consider it is as important for everyone to give something back to the society. It is human nature that we keep on thinking about ourselves and close family members I have more time and money, then I would like to visit a non government organisation and teach poor people part time and also donate books and money to improve their conditions and bring a smile on their face.
4. Give Time to my parents and family
I have regret that I am not able to give more time to my parents and on special festival occasions due to work load. I would like to have an opportunity to take my parents to religious places on a divine trip.
5. Learn Scuba diving
My last wish is learn professional scuba diving so that I can dive and see the unexplored world and marine life. I want to visit Maldives and then right in the middle, go for a dive and then swim with fishes and see the coral reef. It is the best way to connect with nature.
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The first embarrassing moment I can even recall was when I peed my pants in second grade. I had asked my teacher numerous times to use the restroom, but she kept saying, "No." Our class had just gone to the restroom as a class and I had refused to take the opportunity. So, in her domineering attempt to teach me a lesson, I wet myself...and my chair, and the floor. I can still see that puddle to this day (and hear it)! Surprisingly enough, no one made fun of me for it. I think the other kids were all empathetic that she had refused my repeated requests--well, that and the fact that I began bawling hysterically upon releasing the flood gates. I guess they all decided I'd already had enough stress. One boy, who usually took every opportunity to pick on me, even came over and said he was sorry for me. Kids can be cruel...but they can also be wonderful. I still remember the hideous jeans she made me put on until my mom could arrive with fresh attire. Boy, was I stylin'. As if wetting myself wasn't enough humiliation.
My next most embarrassing moment was when I was around 16 years old. I was at Grand Lake in Oklahoma vacationing with two girlfriends and their families. We'd left the cabin for the day to take the boat out for a fun day of tubing and skiing. I didn't know how to ski yet, so one friend's cousin kindly asked if she could get in the lake with me and teach me. Being the sports-lover and athlete that I was (and still attempt to be), I was thoroughly excited that someone was willing to teach me a new sport. Within about 30 minutes, (and several face flops and massive wedgies), I was slalom skiing and absolutely elated about it! The feeling of accomplishment to have learned a challenging and new sport was quite a thrill. As I proudly climbed into the boat with my friends cheering and encouraging me for a job well-done, I was so busy feeling exhilarated that I failed to do a "self-check" of my swim attire before removing my life jacket. As I unwittingly unzipped that life vest, I looked up to see the face of my friend's boyfriend, who was seated dead in front of me. His expression changed rapidly from normal to utter shock. Upon looking down to see what the issue was, I screamed and bailed over the side of the boat in sheer horror. It was a good thing I dove into the water because my face was so red-hot I needed cold water to keep it from exploding! To make matters worse, this friend's beau proceeded to call me, "four eyes" for the remainder of the trip and even later (and I didn't wear glasses then). Ay, yai, yai. I wanted to just die. Every time I saw him afterward, I felt like he took abnormally great pleasure in the fact that he saw, "the girls" without my approval. Embarrassment in the purest form...
The last anecdote I will share occurred my freshman year at Kansas State University. I was just 18 years old, had recently married my high school sweet heart, AND we had a new baby. (Side note: Yes, I endured and survived an unexpected, teenage pregnancy. That would easily rank #1 in the "embarrassment" and "shame" department for me, but God is merciful and good. I am still married to the same man and our, "little bundle-of-unplanned-bliss," has been just that--she is our pride and joy. She had to have been the easiest child ever to raise, and was the apple of both our eyes. But that lengthy story of sin, mercy, and blessing is better-suited for another blog post, not one on, "embarrassment"). Back to my original tale... So I'm standing in a horrendously long line in the Financial Aid Office at KSU, waiting to receive my Financial Aid check so I can go register and pay for my first semester of classes. I can't recall who was watching my little girl, but she was not with me. Now you moms and new mothers will understand the overwhelming feeling you have nearly 100% of the time as the mother of a 6-week old. When your baby is not with you, you feel completely detached and out-of-sorts. You've been used to carrying the precious little babe for nine months, and they belong with you. It's just unnerving. (Another side note: They say the top five major, normal stresses an adult can face in life are: marriage, moving, a new job/position, a new baby, and an unexpected death. I had experienced 4 of the 5 in just six months, and all at only 18 years of age). Suffice it to say, I was a basket of emotional, toxic-nervousness. So I'm standing in line for nearly two hours panicking that I'm not going to make it to registration, and even more strained over the fact that as a nursing mom I needed to return home ASAP for the next feeding. I had left some other feeding options for the sitter, but my little babe was particular and didn't like bottle feedings. So my goal was to try to get back in time, and I was praying like Job for God to help me do so! As I obsessively watched the clock, I knew I wasn't going to make it. Meanwhile, the ditzy sorority girls behind me in line were driving me totally bonkers. All their senseless, self-absorbed talk of, "getting wasted in Aggieville the night prior," and how they, "had their daddy's credit card to go to the mall after this," and how they, "couldn't wait to pick up on guys at the bar again tonight," was making me emotionally and physically ill. The rest of my day would consist of racing to pay my course fees, rushing home to feed my baby, more laundry, making supper, cleaning up supper, and probably bawling myself to sleep from the stress of the day. I recall bitterly entertaining myself with thoughts like, "I wonder...if we spliced the brains of these two together, would it equal one brain?" and, "God knows how many STDs these two will get in this semester alone..." I'm not proud to admit my nasty thoughts, but it's the truth. These two girls were clearly not at K-State for studying, let alone doing so while caring for a family as I was. All of sudden, I hear one of them say in her best, dumb-girl tone, "OH, MYYY GODDDD! What in the HELL is THAT?" Her even less-intelligent friend said, "OH, GA-ROSSE!" I dun-NO!!!!" I looked down to see what all the panic was about to find that my nursing pad had slipped out of my bra onto the freaking floor of the Financial Aid Office, and these two geniuses of course had no idea what it was, nor the tact to just let it go! I thought they would never shut-up about it. I wanted to die, right there on the K-State campus--and I wasn't even officially a freaking Wildcat yet. In all of about 30 seconds, I weighed the odds of what to do. Should I explain to them quietly what it was, and apologize condescendingly? Should I bend down, maturely pick it up, and go throw it away in silence? Or should I ignore the entire situation? I chose Option 3. As I stood there listening to them go on and on incessantly and crudely about what they thought the foreign, round object lying on the floor was, I began to cry quietly. Huge crocodile tears poured down my face, and thank God, no one noticed. I was pretty invisible, and for once in my life, I was glad. I stammered out of my foggy tears to hear one of them say, "What should we DO with it?" So I turned around and angrily kicked my nursing pad clear away from them and gave them a look of disgust as if it say, "Would you two drop it, please?!" And they did. I think they knew at that minute they'd been total A$$E$. "Wow. Maybe their brains would add up to one," I thought. As I attempted to pull myself together, I then began to panic because I knew I was going to be needing that nursing pad any minute now. By the time I finally got to the front of that stinking line and got my check, I was soaked. I bawled all the way to my car and drove straight home. Thankfully, I was able to call and register the next day with no problem (and there were no nursing pad incidents that day, praise God)!
So why do I share my little stories with you? Because in thinking about embarrassment, I realize that though I've had many embarrassing moments in life (that are now funny tales), none of them come close to the shame I feel for the sins I have committed against my beloved Lord. Every day I fail Him. I do stupid, selfish things without even thinking. I think depraved thoughts of doubt and fear without even realizing it. I worry about things instead of trusting my God. I eat too much, hoard my money at times (another sign of fear and mistrust of God), and spew venomous words when hurt or angry (as I've confessed in a recent, prior blog). I tell white lies for ease in dealing with difficult people, ignore people who annoy me, and struggle to forgive and forget people who have hurt me deeply. I avoid friendships where I have to be the one who does all the giving and encouraging. I also battle a major people-pleasing illness, thinking everyone needs to love and accept me, and if they don't, I obsess over what it is that could possibly be wrong with me that causes them not to love or want to be with me (and the vanity of that disgusts me--Jesus Himself couldn't and still can't get everyone to love Him, and He was perfect)! On top of all that, I don't pray or read my Bible as much as I should. You might think, "Oh, please. You can't read the Bible every second!" No, that's true. But for the depravity of my mind, I need to read it much more. If we're brutally honest with ourselves, we ALL have areas we need to truly work on for improving our lives. I make it all sound worse than it is, but in an effort to be as transparent as possible, I must say that I am sick of falseness. I see it everyday--people trying to convince the world that they have it all together, that all is well, and that they are "perfect." Well, folks...I am far from perfect, and I'm not playing the game anymore. These are my sins and I am sick of them. I have no interest in friendships with people who aren't real or honest. We aren't here to put up a show, win placement in the popularity-of-the-month-club, or keep up appearances. We are here to love and help each other. We are here to be encouragers and love others higher than ourselves.
God's Word tells us numerous times that our sins will all be brought into the light one day, even if we try to hide them. I do not say that to bring fear, undue pressure, or even pain into any one's life. But I do say it to make the point that there really is no point in touting false appearances to others. God will bring it all to light one day anyway. On top of that, the Bible tells us we need to share our sins with others in order to get victory over them. Now I don't believe that means you have to share your sins and struggles with the world, as I'm basically doing here. I trust that God means we need to tell someone because the enemy loses his power over us when we bring things into the light. When we desire to keep our sins or struggles secret or hidden, that is when they grow and can become serious issues. I have found this to be absolutely true, though I am aware that my sharing honestly makes me quite vulnerable. There are those who are reading this blog simply because they are curious--they really don't care about me and have no honest intentions regarding me. Those "curious" folks could have a field-day with the information I share here, and God help them if they do. Does this bother me? A little. Will it silence me? Absolutely not. One of my biggest struggles is with fear--and the only way to conquer fear is to face it. People's opinions of me weigh heavily with me--this is yet another struggle I battle. But if I'm ever going to tackle the vanity and self-absorption of that, I have to face it head-on, as well. The only thing I really want to care about in this life is sharing the eternal life that God freely gives to me with as many people as I possibly can. The rest is just hay and stubble and won't survive the fires of life (1 Cor. 3).
Maybe you're reading this blog and thinking, "Oh, good grief. Why is she always so adamant about her faith? There are plenty of other faiths out there and hers is no more special than any of the others." Well, friend, I would disagree with that with my very life. I believe in One true God--the God of the Holy Bible, Jehovah God, the God of Israel. I believe the Holy Bible is the inspired Word of the One true God. I believe Christ came as the incarnate God, the Son of God, the deity of God, to die for the sins of the world. I believe that Jesus is the ONLY way to heaven and for eternal life. If I say I truly believe all these things, but I keep my faith compartmentalized and hidden, then I am either a liar or I desire to see the world rot in hell. Since neither of those things is true, here I am...sharing honestly from my heart about what God has done for me and about how I am a wretched sinner who needs Him every second of every day.
Embarrassment is defined on Google as, "a feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness." Jesus felt shame for us. He died on a cross in the middle of a public square with wretched criminals at His sides, as if He were one, as well. He was naked (ultimate embarrassment), beaten to a pulp (fairly embarrassing as a guy), agonizing in pain, and mocked in public while He died. It gets no more embarrassing and shameful than that. Add to that the fact that God Himself, Christ's own Father, had to look away and turn His back on Him for a moment--the moment when your sins, my sins, and those of the entire world, past, present and future, were laid upon Him. God was too perfect to look upon all that horrendous stuff, even though He shared a deity with His Son unlike any bond any of us will ever have. So Jesus suffered the utmost shame and embarrassment, and He did so totally alone. Even God Himself wasn't with Him for a moment. None of us endures that. We have God with us every second, even if we choose to make our bed in hell (Psalm 139:8). We choose to leave God or ignore Him. He doesn't leave us--ever. We leave Him.
I also love the definition of, "shame," given by an online Bible Study course by Dean & Laura Van Druff: "Shame is the wounding of our flesh towards its death with the truth of God." Basically, when we feel shame, we are deeply feeling our own depravity. We weigh and filter our actions through God's truth, and it is painful. It is not the kind of embarrassment placed on us by an outside source or by one out of our control (like my three stories above). This is the embarrassment and shame we feel when we truly get real with ourselves about our sins. Funny how others' sins are so pungent to us, but our own? Nah...we put those through a nice, clean filter of justification and reason, and we think they come out looking and smelling like a rose. What a joke. We conveniently forget about the thorns...and even if those thorns don't hurt us, they hurt others.
I don't want to stand in heaven alongside you one day and be ashamed that I made myself out to be perfect when God and Christ tell and show otherwise. I'm a scum-bucket, and I need Jesus every day--period. I've got issues, friend, and guess what? So do you. The gate and throne of heaven is no place for embarrassing moments. Praise be to God for His steadfast love and forgiveness to us. "His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:22-23).
Related Scriptures on SHAME:
* Jeremiah 6:15, "'Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,' says the LORD."
* Jeremiah 31:19, "After I strayed, I repented; after I came to understand, I beat my breast. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth."
* 1 Corinthians 15:34, "Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God--I say this to your shame."
* Jeremiah 3:3b, "Therefore the showers have been withheld, and no spring rains have fallen. Yet you have the brazen look of a prostitute; you refuse to blush with shame."
* 1 Peter 2:6, "For in Scripture it says: 'See, I lay a stone in Zion, a chosen and precious Cornerstone, and the one who trusts in Him will never be put to shame.'"
* Isaiah 54:4, "Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood."
* Ezekiel 16:63, "'Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation,' declares the Sovereign LORD."
* Psalm 69:5-7, "You, God, know my folly; my guilt is not hidden from You. Lord, the Lord Almighty, may those who hope in You not be disgraced because of me; God of Israel, may those who seek You not be put to shame because of me. For I endure scorn for Your sake, and shame covers my face."
* Hebrews 12:2, "Fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Pioneer and Perfecter of faith. For the joy set before Him He endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."
* Romans 7:24, "What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is subject to death?"
* 1 John 1:8-10, "If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar and His word is not in us."
* Psalm 40:1-3, "I waited patiently for the Lord; He turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; He set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in Him."
Related Scriptures on Bringing SIN to LIGHT:
* Matthew 10:26-27, "So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs."
* Mark 4:22, "For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open."* Luke 18:13-14, "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.' I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
* Psalm 90:8, "You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence."
* Ephesians 5:8-14, "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible—and everything that is illuminated becomes a light. This is why it is said: 'Wake up, sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.'"
* Job 28:11, "They search the sources of the rivers and bring hidden things to light."
* Proverbs 28:13, "Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy."
* 1 Cor. 4:5b, "He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God."
* James 5:16, "Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective."


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Though Dantès does not physically die in prison, he does lose nearly all of his previous character traits. He enters prison innocent, honest, kind, and loving, but leaves it bitter, vengeful, and full of hate. His basic need to die within Dantès is his basic humanity. He is left without compassion and without the ability to show or have normal human emotions, such as sadness, joy, and remorse. It is not Dantès's time in prison but rather his knowledge that he is suffering this miserable fate because of evil done to him by other human beings. Dantès's desire for vengeance acts as a poison, eliminating the side of him that would be considered kind.
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It's been a while since I've posted letters, so today seems like a great Friday to do it!
Dear Friday, This day is particularly special because it's the second to last day of classes. I don't know where this school year went, but it's almost gone and another summer is upon me. Dear summer, I'm looking forward to making lists and getting lots of stuff accomplished. Last summer was the summer of the wedding and honeymoon, and this summer is going to be more about being productive and getting our life in order. Dear SkinnyTaste, your recipes never let me down. I tried your triple berry chia pudding, and I really liked it! I need to add some stevia next time, but for now I can already tell I'll be making it frequently.


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Mother-Father God, through the Great Central Sun hierarchy, through the Office of the Christ, through the Order of Melchizedek, I call upon Archangel Michael to bring the Sapphire Blue Ray. Cut away, cut away, cut away anything in my four lower bodies not emanating directly from my I AM Presence.
I call upon Archangel Zadkiel, Keeper of the Violet Flame. Blaze, blaze, blaze the Violet Flame through my four lower bodies. Transmute, transmute, transmute all the psychic debris Michael has cut free.
I now call upon the Invincible Ring Pass Not and the Mirror Blue Light of Invisibility to completely surround me. I call forth a shaft of pure Christ light to completely surround me and go down to the center of the earth where I call upon Archangel Gabriel to seal it. And I ask that the legions of Michael completely surround this tube of light.
Now I ask that my vibration be raised high above the psychic and astral worlds into the highest Realm of Illumined Truth that I can attain at this time. And now, Mother-Father God, I place myself in service to you and to humanity.
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Why do we have baby showers? Where did they come from?
Checking out a few website on the subject I found a pretty detailed site which details 'baby rituals' as far back as ancient Egyptian times.
The site I went to was Random History, here is a condensed version in my words.
It seem that child birth throughout history was very much revered and women hidden away until after the birth. It seems that even as recently as Victorian times women were thought of as 'unclean' and that the pain of child birth was in fact due to the fact that the baby is conceived from sin.
That sounds awful! So why would they celebrate it?
A baby shower or ritual has been around in some shape or form since ancient Egypt. And was more about social ranking and position for the women then a party as we know it. The main differences apart from the lack of silly games is that the ritual takes place after birth. It is a ritual where the baby is welcomed into society and into the home and where the women can be re-introduced back into society. Childbirth was such a dirty thing for them that they needed to cleanse themselves after.
Egyptians would visit temples and ritually dispose of the after-birth. This would happen after 40 days and for them would symbolise the end of the 'pollution of childbirth'.
It was also where the naming of the child would take place.
The ancient Greeks were similar in their thinking. Their ritual was to welcome into society the baby and for the women meant recognition from a very male world, where childless marriages would usually end in divorce.
Middle ages were a bit more superstitious. Not only was labour pain due to the sin the baby was conceived in but was punishment for that sin to the women. They would often have a priest present as birth usually meant death for the women. And mid-wives were given permission to cut open a dead mother in order to enable the baby to be baptised. In those days unbaptised babies went straight to hell!
If the mother and baby lived it would be baptised the very next day.
Women in this time were still view as unclean and would not be allowed back into society for 40 days.
Gifts were given to the baby, a common gift would be a pair of silver spoons.
Us women really get a raw deal so far!!!
It's not until Renaissance times that things got a little better………not much though.
It was encouraged to celebrate the women in this period and is the first time that gifts were given to the mother.
Often the gifts would be decorated trays carrying food for the mother.
They would serve as decorations to hang on the walls after there use.
In Victorian times it took a little step back as women were rarely seen in public. It was such a taboo subject that they would stay house bound till the birth.
After birth her friends would hold a tea party to celebrate the new arrival.
Gifts would be hand made and games would be quite childish and superstitious.
The silver spoon tradition was still around but was for the grandmother to give the spoon to the baby.
As a side note silver spoons were given as they would protect the baby's health.
Silver has for a long time been known to disrupt bacteria and in a time when antibiotics where not available silver was the next best thing.
Boy am I glad I wasn't around for all that!
Now up to the modern time the idea of a baby shower is far more how we know it today.
It was something that became more popular during the 50's and 60's.
It had become a way to help new parents with some of the expense a new baby brings.
It is still a ritual of welcoming but instead of welcoming the baby it is a re-introduction of the women in her new role as a mother.
In these new modern baby showers the mother would have a kind of throne to sit on, which is usually decorated and allows her to open the gifts in front of her friends.
Games would be played that are quite child like and return the expectant mother back to innocents.
Who would have thought that baby showers went that far back.
It was a conversation with a taxi driver that prompted my research as he said "Never had that in my day".
Well there you have it, they did and for many years before that too.
This brings me right up to date with my very modern baby shower.
My sister and my best mates Sian and Minh Ai did an awesome job on Sunday.
In my Dad's garden on Plum Lane I arrived at 2pm, the dress code was glam.
The food was a BBQ where we had fruit punch and bubbly and streamers and bubbles to blow bubbles like when you were a kid.
I felt like a princess with all my closest friends, my Nan and my favourite Aunties all around me.
They had a chair for me with balloons attached and lots of presents to open.
They even came up with a good game to play.
Taking lots of photos from my childhood they stuck them to a big sheet of card and wrote down captions that would fit the photo.
I also have to make mention of the banner that Minh Ai made and the wonderful cake shaped like a push chair my sister made.
You all made that day very special for me and is something I will never forget!
So next time someone asks you where do baby showers come from? You know the answer.
And rather then being a materialistic thing of no significance it actually plays an important part in the transformation from women to mother.
Sally Dixey is a Crossfit London Coach.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it ordered its non-essential officials to leave South Sudan because of violence, warned U.S. citizens not to visit and urged those already there to leave immediately.
In a travel warning, the State Department also said that its embassy in the capital, Juba, was suspending "normal operations until further notice and cannot provide routine consular services to U.S. citizens in South Sudan."
Gunfire and explosions were heard throughout Juba on Tuesday, a day after South Sudan President Salva Kiir said security forces had put down a coup attempt by a faction within the army. Twenty-six people have been killed in fighting.
Kiir blamed the trouble on Riek Machar, a former vice president and long-time rival from an opposing ethnic group. Machar was being sought on Tuesday after 10 senior political figures were arrested as part of the attempted coup.
The State Department said it was suspending normal operations until further notice and would not be able to provide routine consular services to Americans in South Sudan.
"U.S. citizens who choose to stay in South Sudan despite this warning should review their personal security situation and seriously reconsider their plans to remain," the department said in its travel advisory.
Reporting by Arshad Mohammed; Writing by Bill Trott and Arshad Mohammed; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Andrew Hay


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No Child Left Unscathed
Andrew Lichtenstein, Corbis
Leave My Child Alone!
"The time not to become a father is eighteen years before a war." E. B. White
My pal Swami Uptown has done it again. In his personal holy war against the unholy war in Iraq, he's discovered a loophole that could protect our children. It's a long shot, but a hell of an idea. If you have children high school age or younger, you can-you must-read about it on his beliefnet blog. Here's what he found Leave My Child Alone!
This brought to mind a stump speech I wanted to write for John Kerry during the 2004 campaign -- targeting the Soccer Mom Vote. A force to be reckoned with, if you recall, and as it turned out, one of the decisive swing votes that cost Kerry the election.
I used to be a speech writer, but I'm rusty, so this isn't poetry. And I never submitted it (don't ask), so he never delivered it. But it's still painfully relevant today, especially in counterpoint to the egregious failure of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind.
I See A Child
"I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, 'Mother, what was war?' " Eve Merriam
As I look out over this enthusiastic crowd, I'm heartened to see so many men and women determined to take America in a better direction. Dedicated to make the changes that will regain our country's honor ... our safety ... our reputation ... and our future.
Then I see a child. And I ask: in the past four years, who has looked out for him, and his future? Who has given her a better chance to survive? Who has improved the quality of his life, his education, the streets on which he plays? Who has provided for her medical care, her college fund, her personal freedom?
George Bush? No!
I see a child. And I ask: will he grow up to fight and die for his country -- or will his country have renounced war fought for personal revenge and political gain? Will she put herself in harm's way to save others from the abomination of terror -- or will her country have used the RIGHT resources for the RIGHT reasons to hunt down and destroy the REAL agents of terror?
Under George Bush? No!
I see a child. And I cannot help but see all the children lost to us, and to their loved ones. Every one of the brave soldiers killed in Iraq was somebody's child ... and wife or husband, brother or sister, mother or father, friend. Every one of the innocent citizens, heroic firefighters, police-and-rescue personnel, and ordinary heroes who lost their lives on September 11 was somebody's child ... and father or mother, sister or brother, husband or wife, friend.
Four years ago, and then three years ago, and now again, at critical turning points in our nation's history, George Bush promised hope. And change. And a safer world.
Has George Bush delivered? No!
I see millions of children living in poverty, their parents working two and three jobs to keep a roof over their heads, while legions of corrupt CEO's rake in billions of ill-gotten profits -- directly from your hard-earned tax dollars. And George Bush has done nothing to stop it, nothing to stem the torrent of jobs flowing overseas, nothing to create more jobs here at home. In fact, he has mortgaged America's future, allowing the national debt to climb to over 7 trillion dollars.
Who will stop the profiteers, strengthen America's Middle Class, protect our environment and restore fiscal responsibility to the government?
George Bush? No!
I see a child. And I ask: will he find a level playing field in higher education and in the job market? Will she be able to afford a home, day care, a well-deserved retirement? Will they be breathing clean air, drinking clean water, viewing the natural beauty of uncontaminated forests and wetlands, mountains and valleys, rivers and oceans?
Under George Bush? No!
I see a child, too many children, suffering and dying needlessly of preventable and treatable diseases, while health care costs skyrocket. And the Bush Administration's drug industry friends rake in obscenely inflated profits. Who will overhaul our failing medical system and make health care affordable to all?
George Bush? No!
I see a child, desperately turning to crime, to drugs, terrorizing other children, because no one has given him an opportunity, a chance, a helping hand. I see a child having a child, dooming them both to a hopeless cycle of poverty and oppression, because no one has given her information, options, the power of choice.
I see a child, trying to learn in crumbling schools, to survive in desolate neighborhoods, to discover possibilities in shrinking employment markets, while George Bush pours billions of American dollars into a war with no global support, cuts hundreds of vital social programs and allows his NRA friends to put deadly assault weapons back on the streets.
Who will save our schools, our neighborhoods, our jobs, our children -- our children's lives?
George Bush? No!
I see a child -- and I see hope slipping away under the Bush administration policy of protecting the rich while ignoring the poor and middle class. I see respect weakening under George Bush -- respect for America, for her citizens, for her children.
And I know we must get Hope and Respect back. We CAN get it back.
We must tell that child-all children-that their parents and teachers and doctors and police and firefighters and soldiers will protect and provide for them. That laborers and farmers and industry captains and government leaders are going to bring HOPE and RESPECT and SAFETY back to them, and to America.
Because when I see a child, I see our most precious resource -- the future.
And I know that to save our future, we must first see a child.
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During the summer of 2012, tragic events took place on Lake Lanier. The step-son of rapper Usher died after sustaining injuries by a jet ski that ran over him while he was inner tubing. Another tragedy that took place on Lake Lanier during the summer of 2012, ended in the deaths of two Gwinnett County brothers. The boys were on a pontoon boat with other family members when another boater struck the pontoon and the boys ended up being killed.
In the latter case, the boater who is now stripped of the right to boat in Georgia, was eventually charged with homicide by vessel. His trial and verdict ended in an acquittal on that charge. He was instead found guilty on lesser charges. The charges on which the jury found him guilty include the following: boating under the influence, reckless operation of a vessel and a failure to render aid after hitting the pontoon, which is akin to a hit and run. The penalty for the guilty verdict on these charges is now set and the former boater will now serve 30 months in prison. As noted, he is precluded from ever boating again in Georgia and will perform community service as part of his sentence.
The boating summer of 2012 that began with three fatal accidents involving children on Lake Lanier and 12 total fatalities within Georgia, has resulted in some good. After his death, two laws were enacted with the push from grieving moms of Kile Glover and Jake and Griffin Prince. Both the Prince brothers' mom and Kile's mom, who was previously married to Usher, began efforts to reform the boating laws in Georgia. Their efforts resulted in the passage of the Jake and Griffin Prince BUI Law and the Kile Glover Boat Education Law enacted by the Georgia legislature and signed by Governor Deal earlier this year.
The new boating laws do several significant things, including lowering the blood alcohol level to .08 — which is the same for operation of a motor vehicle — from the higher and more lenient .10 level. Other provisions require kids under the age of 13 to wear life jackets whenever they are on a boat that is in motion, whether by motor or by wind or wave. When the boat isn't anchored, life jackets for kids under 13 are now mandatory. Prior to the new more stringent laws, kids under 10 were required to wear a life jacket.
When boating injuries occur, help is available for you and your family. The Law Offices of P. Charles Scholle, P.C., has represented those injured in all types of accidents for two decades. We can evaluate your situation and we are here to answer your questions at no charge to you. Contact Charles Scholle personally for a conversation about your injury or accident as soon as possible, to preserve evidence and ensure the best recovery possible.


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On Halloween, we have no trouble stepping into a costume and acting "as-if". There's a fun to it. A playfulness that transports us to our childhood, into a character, another era, or perhaps another species…real or mystical.
Imagine if it was just as easy every other day of the year…and, in a real sense… to transform? What are the gifts of Halloween that we can carry with us in our personal real-life transformations? Brainstorming "aloud"…
- Suit up.
- Act accordingly.
- Fake it 'til you make it.
- Have fun with it.
- Don't take yourself (life) too seriously.
- Take some time out to satisfy your sweet tooth.
- Conjure memories of Halloweens (transformations) past.
- Summon your inner witch, fairy, superhero, princess, or preferred form of alchemist…
Yes, alchemist. An alchemist – a.k.a. magician, wizard – is the archetype associated with transformation. In the Middle Ages, the alchemist turned ordinary metals into gold. In the modern age, think of "ordinary into gold" metaphorically to describe your gift as an alchemist. By taking something in ourselves (or in our world) that appears worthless or ordinary, and making it meaningful and powerful, we transform it…and we thereby transform ourselves.
This week, I highly recommend picking up the book, The Alchemist. Consider the following lessons and quoted gems from this masterpiece by Paulo Coelho:
1. Always lead with love.
When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
2. Keep dreaming.
It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting."
3. Lose fear.
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure."
4. See the extraordinary in the seemingly ordinary.
The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them."
5. Lead from desire.
And, when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."
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Gavin Long, the gunman who killed three police officers in Baton Rouge in an ambush-style attack, identified with an anti-government "sovereign citizen" movement who don't believe they're subject to federal and state laws, including paying taxes or getting a driver's license.
The 29-year-old resident of Kansas City, Missouri, filed documents in May 2015 declaring himself a member of the United Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah, a group that believes black people were the original inhabitants of the U.S. and changed his name to "Cosmo Setepenra," according to court records obtained by the Kansas City Star.
READ MORE: Gunman 'was seeking out' police in 'ambush' on 6 officers
So-called sovereign citizens believe themselves to be above the laws of the land say experts, and have a history of violent confrontations with police.
"[Sovereign citizens] is a social and political group or movement who believe in a variety of conspiracy theories and worldviews that the government is a hostile entity that is out to essentially take away the rights and privileges of law abiding citizens such as themselves," David Hofmann, an assistant professor of Sociology at University of New Brunswick told Global News.
"A lot of [sovereign citizens] pick and choose what they want to believe, but the overarching theme is they want to disconnect themselves from what they see as a hostile federal or state government."
WATCH: Baton Rouge shooter calls for 'bloodshed' in YouTube video made prior to his death
In various social media posts linked to accounts under the name "Cosmo Setepenra," Long discussed his anger at the recent killing of Alton Sterling by Baton Rouge police and argued African-Americans should utilize force, not peaceful protests to fight "oppression."
"100 percent of revolutions, of victims fighting their oppression, from victims fighting their bullies, 100 percent have been successful through fighting back, through bloodshed," he said in a video
READ MORE: What we know about gunman Gavin Long who killed 3 police officers
Sovereign-citizens have been classified by both the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Southern Poverty Law Center as extremists, with the FBI labelling them as a "domestic terrorist movement."
A 2013-2014 survey by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, found that law enforcement agencies perceived the sovereign-citizens movement as the top threat in the U.S., ahead of jihadists.
In recent years there have been several law enforcement officers killed during traffic stops with those identifying themselves as "sovereign citizens."
In 2012, two deputies were killed and two more wounded in Louisiana after a shootout with several heavily armed suspects tied to the "sovereign citizens" ideology. And in 2010, sovereign citizen Jerry Kane, together with his son Joseph Kane, died in a shootout with police after killing two cops in Arkansas.
Sovereign citizens connected to Freeman-on-the-land?
WATCH ABOVE: Police dispatch calls reveal frantic moments following shooting in Baton Rouge
A similar ideology exists in Canada known as Freeman-on-the-land. It originated in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, and members of the movement believe they can declare themselves sovereign by cutting all ties with government.
"[Freemen] use pseudo legal documentation and ritualistic behaviour to 'sever' themselves from the government," said Hofmann, who has studied the freeman movement in Canada. "They believe that one has to consent in order to be governed."
Members of the Freemen movement argue that by opting out of things like health cards and social insurance numbers they are exempt from government laws.
READ MORE: Alberta justice minister says he has 'had it' with Freeman-on-the-Land movement
A declassified 2012 report from the Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS), described freemen as extremists capable of serious domestic terrorism.
CSIS estimated there were 30,000 freemen in Canada, although Hofmann disputes that number saying it likely includes sympathizers and not just active members.
Hofmann says while the majority of Freeman don't directly pose a threat to national security there are a few members of the "radical fringe who engage in violence."
Last year, Norman Raddatz shot and killed Const. Daniel Woodall, and wounded Sgt. Jason Harley in Edmonton before setting fire to his home.
In 2012, two RCMP officers were shot in Killam, Alberta after two men, Bradford Clarke and his nephew Sawyer Robison, refused to allow the RCMP to execute a search warrant for a handgun and opened fire on the officers at the scene.


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David Barrett, CEO, Expensify
David Barrett is the CEO and founder of the expense management company Expensify.
Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of exclusive interviews with some of the accounting industry's leading executives and thought leaders.
David Barrett started programming at the age of 6. Ever since, he has been aspiring to become an expense report magnate. Ask him, and he'll tell you straight up that he hates expense reports. Hates them.
His life work, aside from being married to an opera singer, spending time with the world's cutest beagle, miles of third world travel and fine wine, is dedicated to the proposition that you won't hate the act of the expense report, too.
The road to Expensify was paved with a career pursuing his love of all things technical. At the University of Michigan, he worked in the Virtual Reality Lab, before moving to Texas to write 3D graphics engines for the video game industry. Next, he moved to California to join Travis Kalanick in building a peer-to-peer file transfer technology called Red Swoosh, which was acquired by Akamai in 2007.
In 2008, David left Akamai to start Expensify – the first step in helping relieve the world of that treaded question: "Did you turn in your expense report yet?
Insightful Accountant sat down with David to get his thoughts on what the New Year holds, and what every accountant should expect from Expensify moving forward:
What are three things every accountant should expect in 2017?
I think 2017 is the year that every modern accountant will see their most "never cloud" client ask about the cloud. They're going to switch away from hourly pricing (which encourages low-grade grunt work) and to value pricing (which encourages top-grade advisory work.) And they're going to start to standardize all their clients on a single cloud-based technology stack in which they develop a deep expertise.
How do you think the accounting landscape will change in 2017?
I think we'll see consolidation of some of the smaller cloud vendors as the next natural step of a maturing market. It's become very difficult to differentiate with basic web or even mobile functionality, meaning the key players will increasingly turn to cutting edge machine-learning and AI features to do more than merely "digitize" your paper workflow, but enable a first-ever, truly "digital" workflow.
Define how AI will continue to transform the marketplace.
Anything that can be broken down to a series of very crisp rules that need to be executed reliably and at scale will ultimately be taken over by AI. This means anything involving raw data entry or route execution of defined procedures is ripe for automation – not immediately, but increasingly over time. Accordingly, anybody whose business currently depends on this sort of activity will need to move their business up market toward more advanced advisory work, otherwise they'll soon be out of business.
What are the best ways to for accountants and vendors to build work together and partnerships?
Partnerships are ultimately just relationships, and relationships are a function of time and engagement. The key to working together is for accountants to be very clear about which vendors they ultimately want to focus on. This enables the vendors in turn to focus on and optimize for them in return.
What is the biggest thing on your to-do list?
Perfecting our real-time expense management functionality to enable firms to switch from a "past-tense batch processing" to a "present-tense exception management" mindset.
What's the next "best thing" for Expensify?
Expanding our Concierge AI to be a fully capable bookkeeper for the millions of businesses that have none. Currently, Concierge handles receipt transcription, duplication detection, policy enforcement and other rule-based bookkeeping processes. And this year, we're expanding Concierge's natural language processing capabilities to handle the full range of real-world exceptions that every business encounters.