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1.	Bookmarks: 4	Japanese-Black author, Grace E. Lee introduces new book at Mixed Roots Film and Literary Festival The book offers an intimate glimpse into Japanese culture through the innocent eyes of a mixed-blood child as she struggles for acceptance, guided by her wise father who meets prejudice with a disarming smile and passes profound life lessons on to his young daughter.
2.	Bookmarks: 6	Mysteries of language development in children You can don the mantle of a teacher to optimize learningSince ancient times, parents have held a child’s hand and taught him or her everything they know. Skills and ways to earn a living were handed down from father to son and mother to daughter. In the fast paced and ever changing world of today, you must know how a child learns in order to help it develop appropriate language skills.
3.	Bookmarks: 0	Learn German | Ten Fun Ways To Get Along At Oktoberfest Germans love speed (Can you say BMW?) Speed is also deeply ingrained in American culture. Between commuting, emails, microwavable everything, it’s natural we want results and we want them now. How about learning German in just over a week? In the essence of these fast times, here are ten fun ways to learn to speak German uber fast. Was fällt dir denn eigentlich ein? (What's the big idea?)1. Go on VacationIf you‘ve always wanted to visit your great-grandfather’s hometo...
4.	Bookmarks: 0	Simplifying A Difficult Senior Planning Decision: The Family Home As Father Time marches on, the question of what to do with the home becomes a greater concern. In some cases, ruminating on the alternatives can dominate one's thinking. If a person is aware of the various options and chooses a path that makes the most sense, peace of mind can often be the result.Studies have shown that 90% of married couples and 62% of single persons reach retirement owning their own homes. Coupled with non-monetary considerations of whether to stay or s...
5.	Bookmarks: 0	Internet And Cable Tv Shake Up Democracy Very rarely are we given the opportunity as citizens to participate in a revolution. The citizens that founded our republic participated in a revolution that has affected every corner of the earth for more than 200 years now. Our grandfathers and fathers participated in a revolution during World War II when we successfully ridded the world of Adolph Hitler and his technology of death that was sweeping civilization.Finally we all participated in a quiet revolution when Com...
6.	Bookmarks: 0	The Canadian Political System The Canadian political system as it is known today was first drafted by the Fathers of Confederation at the Quebec conference of 1864. This then became law when the constitution act was passed in 1867. This act gave the formal executive authority to Queen Victoria (Queen of Great Britain) which made Canada a sovereign democracy. The Canadian political system is therefore loosely based on the British system. Now, Canada is an independent Federal state with the Queen stil...
7.	Bookmarks: 2	Father Knows Best: The Story of an Inventor They say necessity is the mother of invention. In at least one notable case, it served as motivation for a resourceful father as well.
8.	Bookmarks: 0	Blaming Our Parents Is Easy It’s easy to blame our parents for how we are:How can I be successful and happy when my father always told me I wouldn’t amount to much?My mother was never a role model for a happy, healthy woman.No one ever showed me love when I was a child, so how can you expect me to have good relationships now?I was sexually abused by my father so everything’s wrong with my life now.No one ever expressed emotions in our family; they still don’t, so don’t expec...
9.	Bookmarks: 0	Martial Art Belt Ranks - Where Did They Come From And What Do They Mean? Martial Art Belt RanksWhere did they come from and what do they mean?There are many theories why present day martial art schools use belts and sashes as a ranking system and where the concept of using belts came from. We will discuss two philosophies, one that is widely accepted by many practitioners and another that can be considered as a legend, or story that was passed down by your grandfather. Please keep in mind that the belt ranking system has only been around a...
10.	Bookmarks: 0	Tech Teen Makes Cents With Tractors The first time one of Jenna Greckel's clients told her to put her father on the phone, she convinced him to change his mind and sold him a $6,000 tractors.
11.	Bookmarks: 0	Unique Father's Day Gifts On The Cheap With Father's Day right around the corner, the last minute scramble starts as people are rushing out to buy their dad a power tool or maybe a necktie. It doesn't matter that he has every tool he could ever want or that he has a closet full of ties and only 5 occasions all year to wear them. Those are the default gifts and, we figure, they are better than a gift card. This year, why not shake things up a bit and get dad a gift that will make him jump for joy. Anyone wh...
12.	Bookmarks: 0	How Fatherhood Contributes To Fitness And Healthy Living When speaking about fitness and healthy living, most men usually think of the stereotyped image of a guy eating a balanced diet, going to the gym regularly, and engaging into sports activities. All right, if you want to be different, you'll probably choose yoga, ballroom dancing, carpentry, or even pottery as your means to exercise, relieve stress, and fight boredom. But you'll probably do a lot of sneaking when you want to do some unique stuff. Yet the truth is that male hea...
13.	Bookmarks: 3	Give Someone A Bird Bath Ever since I can remember I have loved buying special gifts and presents for the people in my life. I love nothing more than surprising someone I care about with something I know they will love. I try to match potential gifts to people that I know would really enjoy the gift, for there is nothing worse than giving or receiving a gift that just doesn't match a personality. I recently gave a bird bath to my father for his birthday and I quickly realized that it was the perfect ...
14.	Bookmarks: 1	Families are Beautiful It's nice when the whole family spends time together. You share a special bond between one another that cannot be recreated with anyone else. Father, mother, sister, brother, you all belong to each other in a special way.
15.	Bookmarks: 3	The Secret To Healthier Plants? Let’s Ask My Grandfather. Farmers and gardeners of a few decades ago knew a thing or two about healthier plants and soils. This is what I learned from one of them.
16.	Bookmarks: 0	A Brief Look At George Washington, The Politician George Washington was the very first President of the United States of America. He was born on February 22, 1732 in a small County called Westmoreland, located in Virginia. Washington, whose father passed away when he was only 11, was home schooled and learned how to become an expert woodsman and mapmaker by himself.In 1759 Washington married Martha Curtis, a wealthy widow. Although Washington and Curtis never had children of their own, Curtis had two children, Martha and...
17.	Bookmarks: 0	Agriculture Directory is an Essential Aid in Modern World An online agriculture directory is an excellent aid that can support modern day farming. These days, agriculture resembles an industrial activity, very different from the farming practices of our forefathers.
18.	Bookmarks: 48	Pursuing Your Post-Retirement Passions Online Ten years ago, computer literacy was an issue with older Americans. My father was insistent that one of those machines would never be seen near his desk. So we bought him one for Christmas and let the instruction manual drag him in. Now he paints with it.It seems that resistance to computers is largely a thing of the past among most of us these days. They are a part of everyone's life, and grandparents are no exception. The ease and simplicity of email has spread computer...
19.	Bookmarks: 0	Some Great Golf Gifts For Father’s Day There are lots of unique and fun golf gifts for Father's Day that can be found at local golf shops and online.
20.	Bookmarks: 1	Similarities Of Golf And Archery Golf started a little more than 500 years ago. It may have gone back as far as the roman days. The golf ball was a leather pouch stuffed with feathers. Is it possible the kids back then started the game of golf by taking the feathers of their father’s arrows and stuffing their pouch, and used a club instead of a bow to get the curvilinear motion of a game they really wanted to play? The Scottish Shepherds started playing golf back in Scotland, by hitting a leather ball st...
21.	Bookmarks: 0	Introducing Kids To Golf One of the keys to the success of Tiger Woods as a golfer is that growing up his father knew the system of golf and generously guided him through it. Now, if you have children and are thinking of introducing them to golf, you must be asking yourself: Where should I start? Who should I call? Should I purchase junior clubs or get a used set of adult ones that have been cut down to size?Don't get ahead of yourself! Relax!Golf is not a pursuit that you can simply sign you...
22.	Bookmarks: 1	History Of Golf For generations, the favorite type of recreation in my family has been golf. I remember being a small child and trailing my great-grandfather, my grandfather and my own father around the golf course near my mother's place of work. Come to think of it, my only memory of my great grandfather is that of him with a golf club in his hands. Actually, the same goes for my grandfather as well. I remember that as a young boy, the first time I ever received applause in the classroom wa...
23.	Bookmarks: 9	History Of Chess I come from a family of golfers. Golf is the favorite recreation of everyone in my family, including my grandparents, my mom and dad, myself and my four siblings. Every year, we have a family reunion of sorts featuring all my relatives from my father's side. At those gathering, the entire clan always has a sportsfest wherein each of the different families take on one another in four key sports. We always win the golf competition. The others are volleyball, ping pong and chess...
24.	Bookmarks: 0	Golf Gadgets at www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk If you are looking for a golf gift that is completely unique and different then www.find-me-a-gift is the right place. They offer a fantastic range of golf gifts whether you are an aspiring fanatic or a self-confessed pro.
25.	Bookmarks: 0	Fathers Who Work From Home These days more and more fathers are choosing to work from home in a quest to spend extra quality time with their children. They have chosen to get out of the normal routine of travelling to and from work each day in order for them to be able to take their kids to school as well as pick them up in the afternoon.
26.	Bookmarks: 0	Debunking Popular Golf Myths Golf is replete with myths. Covering everything from driving to course management, these myths are passed down from father to son, some in the form of golf tips on swing mechanics, others in the form of wise advice on how to do things. Unfortunately, many of these myths are just plain wrong.Below are three popular myths I like to debunk in my golf lessons and golf tips. One or two of them may have an element of truth in them. The other may have no truth in it at all. Rega...
27.	Bookmarks: 0	Choosing Between Graphite And Steel Golf Clubs Choosing the right golf club is an extremely important part of improving how you play the game. If you are able to get golf clubs that work extremely well for your golfing style, you will notice an immediate improvement in your game. Usually beginner golfers don’t put much thought into the clubs they use. Perhaps you have just been using your grandfather’s old clubs that you dug up out of the attic, or maybe you bought some cheap clubs at a yard sale. If you ever want to be a...
28.	Bookmarks: 0	Making A Wedding Speech Sooner or later, at some point in your life, you may be called upon to speak at someone’s wedding. Perhaps you’ll be the proud father of the bride or someone’s best man. Whatever the case may be, it can be a good idea to know how to make the appropriate wedding speech. Some people may think these points are obvious, but they’re not the ones that are giving the speech. If you’re not much for public speaking, you may find these tips helpful if you ever have to speak a...
29.	Bookmarks: 0	How To Give The Perfect Best Man Speech So you're going to a wedding and you have to make a speech, but you sure as hell know that you don't want it to be a boring old speech like you know every one else's is going to be like. You want people to remember your speech and rightly so. It doesn't matter if you're the father of the bride, the best man or just a friend wishing the lucky couple well, making a memorable speech and making people laugh will add something to their wedding day.
30.	Bookmarks: 0	Where Would You Look? Recently I have been reminiscing about my grandfather and all of the lessons he taught me. The funny thing is, I don’t even think he was aware that he was doing it. It wasn’t until much later in life that I became aware of what was being taught.For instance, one warm day in Santa Cruz, California, I was helping him out in the fields near his property. With the neighbor’s permission, his plan was to expand the size of his field and add more crops. Back then a handshake and...
31.	Bookmarks: 3	Digging For Gold When I was a young boy in Santa Cruz, California I used to help my grandfather in the fields by his home. This was not his land but back in those days it was not unusual to barter with the neighbors to work it for them so he could grow the vegetables that he loved. He would then share them with the neighbor for payment. He grew corn, beans, peas, zucchini, cucumbers and garlic. And nobody could grow bigger dahlias than my grandfather.As I worked along side him he used to ...
32.	Bookmarks: 3	Addiction to Complaining Complaining is a way of life for some people. It was certainly a way of life for my mother. I don’t remember a day going by without her complaining, endlessly. I don’t think I ever heard a word of gratitude out of my mother’s mouth. No matter how good things were, she would manage to find something wrong. No matter how perfect I was – and God knows I tried to be perfect! – she always found something wrong with me, as well as with my father.
33.	Bookmarks: 0	The Secret - Collection Of Inspirational Quotes ( Part 34 ) Heed the still, small voice that so seldom leads us wrong, and never into folly.-- Madame du DeffandAll that is necessary for the forces of evil to win in the world is for enough good men to do nothing.-- Edmund BurkeMen argue; nature acts.-- VoltaireWhen you call upon a thoroughbred, he gives you all the speed, strength of heart and sinew in him. When you call on a jackass, he kicks.-- Patricia Nealregarding a motto above her father's desk....
34.	Bookmarks: 0	Spirituality Information - Journey In The Fields Of Forever ( Part 23 ) My father once told me the story of the Ambrose Stone. He never mentioned from where it got its name, but said that it was a stone infused with miraculous power. If you touched a sick person with it, that person would be healed. If you slept with it under your pillow, you would have dreams of the future and would be more able to plan your life in a way that would be most beneficial.The Ambrose Stone, my dad said, would bring its owner, love, joy, peace, health and prosper...
35.	Bookmarks: 0	New Age Spirituality – Morning Has Been All Night Coming ( Part 8 ) “There is really nothing else we can do,” said the chief physician with a deep sigh.“We must now wait.”A horrible emptiness overcame me. We had not come this far to lose. First, losing all our material possessions years earlier,then losing my father*, and now the chance oflosing my wife? No! My heart screamed out in protest,as if by sheer force of will I could change the course of destiny. No! She will again recover as she has done so many times before. But a still, smal...
36.	Bookmarks: 0	New Age Spirituality - Inspirational Stories ( Part 15 ) Knowing that mother and father are the visible representatives of God, the householder, always and by all means, must please them. If the mother is pleased, and the father, God is pleased with the man. That child is really a good child who never speaks harsh words to his parents.Before parents one must not utter jokes, must not show restlessness, must not show anger or temper. Before mother or father, a child must bow down low, and stand up in their presence, and must not...
37.	Bookmarks: 0	Captivated There's a song which has dominated my attention for the past couple of weeks. From the first time I heard it, I began to play it so many times I've lost count. I think it's a beautiful song, of course, but there's so much more to it than that. It's a simple, quiet song with two voices and an acoustic guitar. I really want to suggest it not as a song, but as a prayer--a prayerful preparation for a conversation with our Heavenly Father.
38.	Bookmarks: 0	Five Things You Don't (And Should!) Know About Stress Whether it’s called stress management, relaxation training, or its newest incarnation, “Resiliancy,” it seems that the question of healthy response to the stress of daily life is on everyone’s mind. But it’s important to remember a few things about stress that are rarely discussed—if known at all! 1) Stress won’t hurt you. Hans Selye, the “father of stress” was a polylinguist, whose first language was not English. Before he died, he said that, ha...
39.	Bookmarks: 0	You Can Change Your Destiny This month has been like a history lesson for me as I outlined the trail of the past “great ones” in the field of self-improvement. From Russell Herman Conwell’s book “Acres of Diamonds” a generation of self-help gurus sprang up including Og Mandino, Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, W. Clement Stone and Earl Nightingale. These were the founding fathers of self-help. It was Earl Nightingale who said, “It's in your moments of decision that your destiny is created.&#...
40.	Bookmarks: 2	What’s Slipping Under Your Radar? Ben, a high-level leader in a multi-national firm, recently confessed that he felt like a bad father. That weekend he had messed up his Saturday daddy duties. When he took his son to soccer practice, Ben stayed for a while to support him. In the process, though, he forgot to take his daughter to her piano lesson. By the time they got to the piano teacher’s house, the next student was already playing. This extremely successful businessman felt like a failure.
41.	Bookmarks: 5	A Leader Should Be Willing To Take Responsibilities Who would forget the ever-famous line of Peter Parker’s grandfather, “With great power comes great responsibility.” The society expects Spiderman, a comic book, TV, and movie superhero, to be responsible for saving his town, or even the world, in some instances, from evil because he has super powers.From all the episodes he appeared in, he never let us down. With the power he possesses, he makes sure to be responsible in using it for the good of the people around him....
42.	Bookmarks: 0	Law of Attraction Classics: The Link Between Creation and Desire - Thomas Troward What is the direct connection between what you desire and what you manifest? The great-grandfather of the Law of Attraction, Thomas Troward, lays out the exact link in this excerpt from his 1925 classic The Hidden Power. In his words, Desire is the force behind all things; it is the moving principle of the universe and the innermost center of all Life. Read on to learn the underlying theory to why the Law of Attraction works as it does.
43.	Bookmarks: 0	Ecommerce And The Reason Why The other night, I watched a rerun of the original Superman film from 1978. In it I noticed a considerable amount of time was spent showing how Superman ended up on planet earth. We saw his parents on Krypton, the escalating doom affecting that planet, and why his parents took the decision to place him in a pod and send him to earth. We saw his father Jor-El rationalise this to his wife, explaining how the differing gravities, and less advanced life forms of Earth would give ...
44.	Bookmarks: 5	Two Dads: One computer-maniac, the other computer-phobic. One father is a computer maniac. Whenever a new technology, software, gadget, or website emerges he is one of the first to grab it up and evaluate it. My other father has an old piece-of-crap box that looks something like a computer, with a tediously slow dial-up connection to the World Wide Web.
45.	Bookmarks: 0	Does the American government see its citizens as its children? The founding fathers had an idea for a country and a way to govern the people, by the people and for the people, but does this mean that the government has the right to tell us we can not do something because it is bad for us.
46.	Bookmarks: 50	Pahl Overcomes Heartbreaking Winter To Capture Bronte Prize After a three-month span that included the sudden and early deaths of both the canine companion he called “daughter” and his beloved father, indie lit penmaster Nelson Pahl deserved a break.He finally got one—even if it pales in comparison to his heartbreaking winter.Pahl’s Bee Balms & Burgundy, published on independent imprint Café Reverie Press, won romantic fiction’s biggest award, the Bronte Prize. The accolade recognizes the best love story published in th...
47.	Bookmarks: 8	Truth or Lie: Fiction vs. Memoir—How Memoir Writers Can Approach Truth and Healing As a memoir teacher, I find that people are very worried about the ethical issues involved in memoir writing. For example, the writers ask such questions as, “what if I don’t remember the exact conversation when my mother died,” or “I don’t know what clothes I was wearing the day my father went away forever.”
48.	Bookmarks: 4	Get Inspired To Write With Your Grandfather Clock You look outside the window and you realize it is raining. The wind is blowing hard against the oak tree out in your backyard and the tree dances with the tune of the wind. You pour yourself a cup of coffee and sit behind the desk of your study and find yourself staring at your grandfather clock, which stands across the room. You cast a glance at the keyboard of the computer in front of you and your mind wanders off into another place and another time.Get in the Mood for ...
49.	Bookmarks: 3	Does the American government see its citizens as its children? The founding fathers had an idea for a country and a way to govern the people, by the people and for the people, but does this mean that the government has the right to tell us we can not do something because it is bad for us.
50.	Bookmarks: 6	Website Promotion: How Articles Bring Visitors To Your Website You’ve built a website and are very proud to be counted among the ranks. Now you’re expecting people to come for a visit. In fact if this is your first website you’re probably thinking maybe I’ll get a few visitors or maybe a thousand visitors. Would it surprise you if I told you that you are going to get very few visitors? Remember the movie Field of Dreams, 1989? Kevin Costner plays an Iowa farmer whose dream is to be a baseball player, something his father wanted for h...
51.	Bookmarks: 6	Love In A Time Of Herpes I was born in 1965- a year often considered the first year of “generation-x”. The previous generation- the baby-boomers like my parents, grew up in a time of free love. My mother didn’t take advantage of this but my father sure did, but that’s another story.Us gen-x’ers were the first generation to have to deal with AIDS and the fallout from it. Instead of the sexual revolution we had fear and loathing in our own pants. Now as a Holistic Herpes Treatment Specialist I ...
52.	Bookmarks: 3	FATHER-the embodiment FATHER-the embodiment
53.	Bookmarks: 5	How to Powerfully Invoke Intensity in Your Relationship – The Mystery behind Sending Mixed Signals. If you think being steady and uniform in your behavior, will keep your woman happy, think again. By being unvarying and regular, you are merely telling her how good a husband and a father you might be! Now that is definitely a premature signal, during your dating days, because you are truly giving the wrong signal at the wrong time.
54.	Bookmarks: 49	The Man who worked laboriously so you can bloom Every father is a hero to his children. When children grow-up and become busy in their lives, they commonly forget about their fathers, who greatly helped them in becoming the successful individuals they are today.
55.	Bookmarks: 15	Hypnotherapy For Relationships – Improving The Quality Of Life Human beings are social creatures; in our day to day lives we are constantly meeting and interacting with people, and creating relationships with them. Fathers, mother, sibling, friend, lover, co-worker, subordinate – These are just a few examples of relationships which are common to people across the globe. While some of us are really good with maintaining these relationships, others are want for improvement. It is a fact that not all our relationships can be called successf...