May 2010

ሳሮን ገብረስላሰን ቶማስ ተወልደመድህንን ሽልማት ሃሪ ጀሮም ጨቢጦምሳሮን ገብረስላሰን (ናይ መሪሕነት) ቶማ

ስ ተወልደመድህንን (ናይ መሪሕ ዋኒነ-ትካል) ሽልማት ሃሪ ጀሮም ብ24 ሚያዝያ፡ ፕራይም ሚኒስተር ካናዳ ኣብ ዝተረኽበሉ ኣጋጣሚ ኣብ ቶረንቶ ኮንግረስ ሰንተር ሽልማት ተቐቢሎም።

ጓል 22 ዓመት ሳሮን ገብረስላሰ፡ ዓቕሚ ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ኣብ ምሕያል፡ ማሕበራዊ ፍትሒ ኣብ ምንጋስ፡ ዓሌትነት ንምጥፋእ ልዑል መሪሕ ተራ ሒዛ ብምጽዋታ፡ ንኡ

ድ ኣበርክቶኣ ተለልዩ ነዚ ልዑል ክብሪ ዘለዎ ሽልማት ክትወስድ በቒዓ።

ሳሮን ጌና ተመሃሪት 7ይ ክፍሊ ከላ ንኣበርክቶ መማህራን ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ዘለሊ ባይቶ ወዲባ ኣብ ቤት-ትምህርታ ዝርአ ዝነበረ ዓሌታዊ ጸቕጢ ትቃለስ ኔራ። ኣብ ራየርሰን ዩኒቨርስቲ ከም ኣወሃሃዲት ትምህርትን ወፍርን ማእከል ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ራየርሰን ዩኒቨርስቲ ኮይና ንጸለምቲን ኣስላምን ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ዝምልከት ፕሮግራም ኣብ ምድላው ነጢፋ።

ንጉዳያት ብዘይጎነጻዊ መንገዲ ንምፍታሕ ዘለዎ ልዑል ስምዒት፡ ተጠቃምነት ብረት ኣብ ምጥፋእ ኮምኒቲ ዝመርሖ ስትራተጂ ንምንዳፍ ምስ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ካናዳ ነበር ሚስተር ፖል ማርቲን ተራኺባ ተመያይጣ።

ብዘይካ’ዚ ሳሮን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ማሕበ

ራት ከም ሩትስ፡ ጋዜጠኝነት ንምጥባቕ ሰብኣዊ መሰል፡ ሕብረት ተመሃሮ ምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃን ጸለምቲ መንእሰያትን ብደረጃ መሪሕነት ኣገልጊላ። ሓያል ጎድና ናይ መሪሕነት ተራ ናብ ካልኦት ኣብ ምምሕላፍ ምዃኑ ይጥቀስ።

ሳሮን ብፕሮግራም ሬድዮን ተሌቪዥን ኣርትስ ካብ ራየርሰን ዪኒቨርስቲ ብአይ

ፕላስ(A +) ተመሪቓ። ካብ ዩኒቨርስቲ ቶረንቶ ድማ ናይ ማስተርስ ዲግሪ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ‘አይ’ (A) ብምምጻእ ተመሪቓ። ሕጂ ኣብዚ ንኡስ ዕድሚኣ ናይ ፒኤችዲ መጽናዕታ ኣብ ዮርክ ዩኒቨርስቲ ትቕጽል ኣላ። ካልእ ጸባ ካብ ዘስተዩና ተሸላሚ ሃሪ ጀሮም ኣዋርድ ቶማስ ተወልደመድህን’ዩ። ቶማስ ኣብ ምምራሕ ዋኒነ-ትካል (entrepreneur) ዘርኣዮ ጸብለልታዊ ግስጋሰ ነዚ ክቡር ሽልማት ክወስድ በቒዑ።

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ሚኒስተር ዜግነት፡ ኢሚግረሽንን ባህላዊ ብዙሕነትን ካናዳ ሚስተር ጃሰን ከኒ፡ ንስርዓተ-ዕቑባ ካናዳ ሚዛናዊ ምምሕያሽ ንምግባር፡ ንሓተትቲ ዕቑባ ቅልጡፍ ውሳነ ንምሃብ ከምኡ ውን ንክቱር ሓገዝ ዘድልዮም ዝሰለጠ ውሕስነት ዝህብ ሕጋገ ብ30 መጋቢት 2010 ከምዘተኣታተወ ኣፍሊጡ።

“እዚ ሚዛናዊ ምምሕያሽ ንሓተቲ-ዕቑባ፡ ዕቑባ ዝግብኦም ቅልጡፍ ውሕስነት ኣብ ምሃብ ክሕግዝ ከሎ ነቲ ንስርዓትና ኣዘቕቢብዎ ዘሎ መሰረት ዘይብሉ ዝቐርብ ሕቶ ዕቑባ ከጓናድብ’ዩ” ይብል ሚኒስተር ከኒ። “እዚ ለውጢ’ዚ ቁልጡፍ ሓገዝና ዝደልዩ ስሉጥ ዕቑባ ክህብ’ዩ፡ ነቶም ዘይግብኦም ድማ ኣብ ምውጽኦም ዝሰለጠ ክኸውን’ዩ።”

ብመሰረት ጸብጻብ ጠቕላላ ኦውዲተር ካናዳ፡ ምድንጓይ ውሳነ ሓተትቲ ዕቑባ ነቲ ስርዓት ኣብ ምምዝማዝ መንገዲ ይኸፍት’ዩ። ህሉው ስርዓተ-ዕቑባ ካናዳ ብሰንኪ ንዓመታት ዝዳናጎ ውሳነታት ተረሚሱ ከምዘሎ፡ ገለ ጉዳያት ንነዊሕ ዓመታት መዛዘሚ ከይተገብረሎም ከምዝቕጽሉ ይጠቅስ። እዚ ከምዚ ዓይነት ምድንጓያት ንገለ ሰባት ናይ ዕቑባ ሕቶ ምቕራብ ድሌቶም የጥፍኦ፡ ምኽንያቱ ብዘይ ገለ ጸገም ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ኣብዚ ሃገር ክነብሩን ክሰርሑን ከምዝኽእሉ ስለዝፈልጡ።

“ስርዓተ-ዕቑባ ካናዳ ተሴሩ’ዩ ዘሎ፡” ይብል ሚኒስተር ከኒ፡ “ነዚ ክልተ ቀጸላታት ስርዓተ-ኢሚግረሽን ከነወግዶ ኣለና። ሓደ ነቶም ናብ ካናዳ ንክመጽኡ ንዓመታት ብመስርዕ ዝጽበዩ፡ እቲ ካልኣይ ድማ ንስርዓተ-ዕቑባ ከም መዕቆቢ ዘይኮነ ናብ ካናዳ ብሕጓ ንምእ

ታው ዝጥቀምሉ።”

ሓደ ጉዳይ ሕቶ-ዕቑባ ብናይ ቦርድ ኢሚግረሽን ዕቑበኛታት ክስማዕ 19 ኣዋርሕ ይወስድ። እዚ ሕጂ ተጌሩ ዘሎ ምቅይያራት ግን ናብ 60 መዓልታት ኣውሪድዎ’ሎ። “እዚ ነቶም ዕቑባ ዝግብኦም ውሕስነት ፈጢሩ፡ ኣብ ካናዳ ሓድሽ ህይወት ብዝቐልጠፈ ንክጅምሩ ክሕግዞም’ዩ፡” ይብል ሚኒስተር ከኒ።

ኩሎም ዕቑባ ክሓቱ ብቑዓት ኮይኖም ዝተረኽቡ ሰባት፡ ጉዳዮም ብመሰረት ዕቱብነቱ ተመምዩ ብቦርድ ኢሚግረሽን ዕቑበኛታት በብመስርዑ ክርአ’ዩ። ናይ ዕቕብኦም ሕቶ ኣብ ናይ መጀመርታ ዕድል ተቐባልነት እንተዘይረኺቡ ሓድሽ ናይ ይግባይ መስርሕ ናብ ቦርድ ኢሚግረሽን ከቐርቡ መንገዲ ክኽፈተሎም’ዩ። ኣብ ገለ ገለ ፉሉይ ጉዳያት ውን ንኣቕሪቦሞ ዝነበሩ ናይ ዕቑባ ሕቶ ዘራጉድ ተወሳኺ ሓድሽ ጭብጥታት ከቕርቡ ክፍቀደሎም’ዩ።

እቶም ኩሉ ፈቲኖም ዘይሰለጦም ሰባት፡ ጉዳዮም ብቦርድ ኢሚግረሽንን ዕቑበኛታት ናይ መወዳእታ ውሳነ ካብ ዝተዋህበሉ ዕለት ጀሚሮም ኣብ ውሽጢ ሓደ ካብ ካናዳ ክስጎጉ ምዃኖም ሚኒስተር ህዝባዊ ድሕነት ቪክ ቶውስ ብወገኑ ወሲኹ ገሊጹ። “እዚ ንኩላህና ካናዳውያን ዓቢ ረብሓ ኮይኑ ንስርዓተ-ኢምግረሽንና ድማ ውህደት ክፈጥረሉ’ዩ” ይብል ሚኒስተር ቶውስ።

ቅድሚ ሕጂ ዕቑብኦም ዝተነጽገ ሰባት፡ ካብ መሬት ካናዳ ክጥረዙ ካብ 4 ክሳብ 5 ዓመታት ይወስድ ኔሩ። እዚ ሓድሽ ሕጋገ ግን ና

ብ ሓደ ዓመት ኣውሪድዎ ኣሎ።

ብተወሳኺ እዚ ሓድሽ ሕጋገ ኢሚግረሽን ንናይ ካልኦት ዲሞክራስያውያን ሃገራት ኣብነት ምርኩስ ብምግባር፡ ውሑሳት ዝበሃላ ሃገራት ክረቁሕ’ዩ። ኩሎም ዕቑባ ንክሓቱ ጉዳዮም ብቑዕ ኮይኑ ዝተረኽበ ዋላ ካብተን ውሑሳት ሃገራት ተባሂለ ዝተለልያ ሃገራት ይምጽኡ ጉዳዮም ኣብ ቅድሚ ቦርድ ኢሚግረሽን ዕቑበኛታት ምርኣይ ክቕጽል’ዩ። ኩሎም ሓተትቲ ዕቑባ ጉዳዮም ምስ ዝንጸግ ድማ ናይ ይግባይ ሕቶኦም ናብ ፈደራላዊ ቤት-ፍርዲ ከቕርቡ ይኽእሉ።

ሓደ ዝተነጽገ ጉዳይ ሕቶ ዕቑባ፡ ንከፋሊ ግብሪ ካናዳዊ ኣስታት $50,000 (ሓሙሳ ሽሕ ዶላር) ክሳራ ከውርድ ጸኒሑ። እዚ ንናይ ሕክምናን ካልእ ማሕበራዊ ኣገልግሎትን ዘጠቓልል ወጻኢታት ኮይኑ መብዛሕትኡ ግዜ ካብ ኣውራጃዊ ምምሕዳራት ዝግበር ወጻኢታት’ዩ። ሕጂ ተኣታትዩ ዘሎ ሕጋገ ግን ንሓደ ሕቶ ዕቑባ ዝግበር ወጻኢ ናብ $29,000 (29 ሽሕ ዶላር) ከውርዶ’ዩ። ኣውራጃውያን ምም

ሕዳራት ክገብርኦ ዝጸንሓ ልዑል ወጻኢ ኣብ ምጉዳል ዓቢ ተራ ክጻወት ትጽቢት ይንበረሉ። ብተወሳኺ እዚ ተጌሩ ዘሎ ምምሕያሽ፡ መንግስቲ ካናዳ ዓመታዊ ናይ ዝቕበሎም ቁጽሪ ስደተኛታት ካብ 2,500 ናብ 14,500 ከዕብዮ’ዩ። ካልእ መንግስቲ ንሓገዝ ዳግመ-ምጥያስ ናይ $54 ሚልዮን ምወላ ክህብ’ዩ። እዚ ወሰኽ ምወላ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ 10 ዓመታት ንመጀመርታ ግዜ’ዩ ዝግበር ዘሎ ኮይኑ ብዕዉት መንገዲ ኣብ ሕብረተ-ሰብ ካናዳ ንዝወሃሃዱ ስደተኛታት ንምሕጋዝ ክውዕል’ዩ።

ንስርዓተ-ዕቑባ ካናዳ ሚዛናዊ ምምሕያሽ ንምግባር መደብ ወጺኡንስርዓተ-ዕቑባ ካናዳ ሚዛናዊ ምምሕያሽ ንምግባር መደብ ወጺኡ

ካብ 1ይ ገጽ ዝቐጸለ

ወዲ 18 እንከሎ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ናቱ ወብሳይት ሃኒጹ፡ ኣብ መበል 23 ዕድሚኡ ድማ ነዛ ንሽልማት ዘብቅዓቶ ሓንቲ ካብተን ዓበይቲ ኣቕራቢት ኦን-ሳይት-ፐጀር (on-site-pager) ትካል መስሪቱ። እዛ ብTNTech Canada ትፍለጥ ትካል ድሕሪ 6 ኣዋርሕ ካብ ዩኒቨርስቲ ቶረንቶ ብኮምፕዩተር ኢንጂነሪንግ ተመሪቑ ምስ ወጽአ ዝመስረታ’ያ። ኣብ ሓጺር ዕድሚኣ ከኣ ዝዓበየት ኣቕራቢት ኦን-ሳይት-ፐጀር ክትከውን በቒዓ። 70 ሚእታዊት ዕዳጋኣ ኣብ ካናዳ’ዩ። ቶማስ፡ ቅድሚ ንTNTech Canada ምምስራቱ ኣብ ኣይ.ቢ.ኤም (IBM) ከም ሶፍትወር ዲቨሎፐርን ሲስተም ኣርክተክትን ሰሪሑ። ሞራል መንእሰያት ክብ ንምባል ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኮምኒትታት ኣነቓቓሒ መደረ ንምቕራብ ውን ይዕደም’ዩ።

ቶማስ ካብ ዩኒቨርስቲ ቶረንቶ ብኤለክትሪኣልን ኮምፕዩተር ኢንጂነሪን ብዲግሪ ተመሪቑ። ከም ምክትል ፕረዚደንት ማሕበር ጸለምቲ ኢንጅነርታት ኮይኑ ኣገልጊሉ። ብዘይካ’ዚ ብዝገበሮ ህርኩት ኣገልግሎት ንማሕበረሰብና ናይ ጋቨርነር ጀነራል ሽልማት ወሲዱ ኔሩ።

ፕራይም ሚኒስተር ካናዳ ሚስተር ስቲ

ቨን ሃርፐር ኣብቲ ኣጋጣሚ ተረኺቡ ኣብ ዘስምዖ መደረ፡ ጸለምቲ ካናዳውያን ንኩነታት መነባብሮ ማሕበረሰቦምን ነዛ ሃገርን ኣብነታዊ ተራ ከምዝጻወቱ ገሊጹ። “ጸለምቲ ካናዳውያን ኣብ ኩሉ ዓውድታት ኣዝዩ ዝናኣድ ኣበርክቶ ምግባር ይቕጽሉ ኣለዉ፡” ይብል ሚስተር ሃርፐር፡ “ናይ ሎሚ ተቐበልቲ ሽልማት ናይዚ ጭቡጥ ኣብነት’ዮም።” እዚ ሽልማት ብማሕበር ጸለምቲ ቢዝነስን ሞያውያንን ዝተዋደደ ኮይኑ፡ ንስም ናይቲ ኣብ ሓደ ግዜ ዝቀልጠፈ ጎያዪ ዓለምና ዝተባህለን ኣብ ማሕበረሰብ ጸለምቲ ማሕበራዊ ንቕሓት ኣብ ምዕባይ ተስፋ ብርሃን ዘርኣየን ግን ብ1982 ዝሞተ ሃሪ ጀሮም ንምዝካር ዝተዳለወ’ዩ።

ኣብዚ ንመበል 28 ግዚኡ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ጽምብል ሽልማት፡ ሳሮን ቶማስን ዝርከብዎም 14 ዜጋታት ነዚ ክቡር ሽልማት ተቐቢሎም። ካብቶም 14 ተሸለምቲ ሃሪ ጀሮም ኣዋርድ ክልተ ካብ ማሕበረ-ሰብና ምንባሮም ናይ ብሓቂ ዘሐብን’ዩ። ክሳብ ሕጂ ናይ ሃሪ ጀሮም ሽልማት ዝተቐበሉ ቁጽሪ 300 በጺሑ ከምዘሎ ይፍለጥ። ኣብቲ ኣብ ቶረንቶ ኮንግረስ ሰንተር ዝተኻየደ ጽምብል ምስ ፕራይም ሚኒስተር ካናዳ፡ መየር ቶሮንቶ ሚስተር ዳቪድ ሚለርን ካልኦት ሰበ-ስልጣናትን ተሳቲፎም ኔሮም። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ ነዞም ንነብሶምን ስድርኦምን ኣኹሪዖም ንኮምኒትና ዘኹርዑ ሳሮንን ተማስን እንቋዕ ሓጎሰኩም ከማኹም ይብዝሑ ትብል!

ሳሮን ገብረስላሰን ቶማስ...

ዝኽረ-በዓል ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም ቶረንቶ፡ ኣባል ባይቶ ካናዳ ሚስተር ጆ ቮልፐን ኣባል ባይቶ ኣውራጃ ኦንታርዮ ሚስተር ማይክል ኮልን ኣብዝተረኽብሉ፡ ብክብ ዝበለ ስነ-ስርዓት ብ2 ግንቦት ተጸምቢሉ።

እዚ ኣብ ከባቢ ኢግሊንተንን ዳፍሪንን ተደኵኑ ዝርከብ ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም ዝተኻየደ ጽምብል፡ ካብ ቶረንቶን ከባቢኣን ዝመጽኡ ብርክት ዝበሉ ምእመናን ተሳቲፎሞ ኔሮም።

ኣብቲ ኣጋጣሚ ኣቦ-መንበር ሰበኻ ጉባኤ ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም ኣቶ ፍቕረ ገብረስላሰ፡ ቤተ-ክርስትያን ባህልን ሃይማኖትን ኣብ ምዕቃብ ልዑል ተራ ከምትጻወት ብምጥቃስ፡ ነቶም ከይተሓለሉ ብወለን

ትኦም ኣብ ኩሉ ንጥፈታት ናይቲ ቤተ-ክርስትያን ዝሳተፉ ዜጋታት ብስም ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም ምስጋንኡ ገሊጹ። ነቶም ነዚ በዓል ንምድማቕ ካብ ቤተክርስትያን ቅዱስ ሚካኤል ቶረንቶ፡ ቤተክርስትያን ቅድስቲ ማርያም ሎንደን፡ ቅድስቲ ማርያም ኪችነር፡ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኪዳነ ምህረት ቶረንቶ፡ ሞንትርያል ዝመጽኡ ዲያቆናት፡ መዘምራንን ካህናትን ከምኡ ውን ወኪላት መንግስቲ ካናዳን ኤርትራን ምስጋንኡ ኣቕሪቡ።

ኣባል ባይቶ ሰልፊ ሊበራል ሚስተር ጆ ቨልፐ “ሰላም ከመይ ኣለኹም” ኢሉ መደርኡ ብትግርኛ ብምጅማር ስለ’ቲ ዝቐረበሉ ዕድመ ምስጋነኡ ገሊጹ።

ናብ 8ይ ገጽ ይቕጽል

ዝኽረ-በዓል ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለምቶረንቶ ብድምቀት ተጸምቢሉ

ሊቀ-ህሩያን ቀሺ ተኽለ ስለዘመዝገብዎ ዓወት ካብፕረሚር መጋንቲ ዝታላእከ ሰርቲፊኬት ተቐቢሎም

ማይክል ኮል፡ ሊቀ-ህሩያን ቀሺ ተኽለ ተፈሪን ኣባል ባይቶ ጆ ቮልፐን

ሚኒስተር ኢሚግረሽን ካናዳ ጀሰን ከኒ

ሳሮን ምስ ኣደኣ መድህን፡ ኣቦኣ ገብረስላሰን ፕራይም ሚኒስተር ካናዳን

May 2010 05

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ኣብ ካናዳ ምክብባር ዓንዲ ሕቖ ማሕበራዊ ናብራ’ዩ፡፡ ብስርዓትን ሕጊን ከኣ ተሓልዩ ይኸይድ፡፡ ነዚ ስርዓት’ዚ ዝጥሕሱ ወይ ዘየኽብሩ ግን ናብ መንገዲ ጽልኢ የምርሑ።

ኣብዚ ዝተወለዱ ወይ ብቆልዑቶም ዝመጹ ደቅና፡ ኣብዚ ስርዓትን ሕጊን ዝሰፈኖ፡ ናይ ምክብባር መንፈስ ዝዓሰሎ ሃዋሁው ይዓብዩ ኣለው። ኣብ ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ሃይማኖትምን ባህሎምን ይኽበረሎም። ንሕና ኣብ ገዛና፡ መስጊድ/ቤተክርስትያን፡ ማሕበረኮምን ካልእ ናይ ደቂ ማሕበር ምትእኽኻብን ነዚ ሰናይ ናይ ምክብባር ባህሊ ከነደንፍዖ ይግባኣና። ደቅና ምስ ደቂ ትምህርቶም ክከባበሩ እናተማሃሩ፡ ንሕና በቲ ተጠዊና ንዕኡ ዘፍርስ ኣስተምህሮ ኮነ ዲስኩር ከነስምዕ የብልናን።

ንሕና ኤርትራውያን-ካናዳውያን፡ ኣብ ባህልና ትግርኛ፡ ሳሆ፡ ትግረ፡ ወይ ካልእ ብሄር፡ ኣስላም፡ ክርስትያን ወይ ካልእ ሃይማኖት ከይበልና ተኻባቢርና፡ ከይተናዓዓቕና፡ ከይተጻላእና ህይወትና ክንመርሕ ካብ ቁርኣን ይኹን መጽሓፍ-ቅዱስ ለበዋታት ንረክብ ኢና። ኣብዚ ብብዙሕነቱ ዝልለ ሃገረ ካናዳ ድማ ብሰላም እናሰረሕና ንነብር ኣሎና። ስለዚ ከም ወለዲ ወይ ድማ ናይ ሃይማኖትን ናይ ማሕበረ ኮም መራሕቲን መጠን፡ ንደቅና ጠጥዑሙ ንምከሮም፡፡ ኣእምሮኦም ብፍቕሪ፡ ሰላምን ምክባብርን ክዓቢ ንሓብሕቦ።

ናትና ሃይማኖት ካብ ናይ እገለ ይበልጽ፡ ናታ ቋንቋ ካብ ናይ እገለ ይጽብቕ፡ ዝብል ኣበሃህላታት ናይ ጸረ ምክብባር ኣብነት ኢዮም። ንደቅና ድማ ኣሉታዊ ጽልዋ’ዩ ዘሕድረሎም፡፡ ከምኡ ብምግባርና ድማ ነቲ ንኣምነሉ ሃይማኖትን ባህልን ባዕልና ነፍርሶ ከምዘለና ኣይንዘንግዕ።

ጸረ-ምክባባር ኣብ ደቅና ዘስዕብዎ ኣሉታዊ ሳዕቤናት፡-

1. ደቅና ብክልተ መልእኽትታት ( ኣብ ቤትምህርቲ ዝረኽብዎን ካብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ወጻኢ ዝረኽብዎ ተጻራሪ ኣባሃህላታት) ሓሳቦም ይናወጽ፡፡ ንኽልቲኡ ወገን ስለዘኽብሩ ንመኖም ከምዝኣምኑ የሸግሮም። ተጻባኢ መልእኽትታትን ስክፍታን ድማ ኣብ ኣተዓባብይኦም ጎ

ዳእቲ ይኾኑ። እዚ ስክፍታ ንገዛእ ርእሱ ደቅና ክልተ ጠባያት ክፈጥረሎም ይኽእል። እቲ ሓደ ውሻጣዊ ( ዝኣምንሉ) እቲ ሓደ ድማ ደገኣዊ (ቃል ዓለም) እዮም። ብኻልእ ኣባሃህላ ካብ መምህሮምን ወለዶምን ንሓደና ይኣምኑ ግን ሓደና ከይጸለኦም ምስ ሓደና ይመሳሰሉ።

2. ናይ ጸረ-ምክባባር ባህሊ ምምዕባል ትርፉ ጽልኢ እዩ። እትነብረሉ ዓዲን ምሳኻ ዘለው ደቂ ዓዲን ፍቕርኻ ክስእኑ ጠንቂ እዩ። እዚ ዓይነት ባህሪ ደቅና ተነጺሎም ንክነብሩ ክደፋፍእ ይኽእል’ዩ፡፡

3. ንጸረ-ምክብባር ብቀጻሊ ዝሰርሑ ሰባት ካብዚ እከይ ጠባዮም ቀልጢፎም እንተዘይተላቒቖም፡ ሓንቲ መዓልቲ ብዓይኒ ስርዓትን ሕግን ካናዳ ምስተታሕዙ፡ ርክብ ህጻናት ኣብ ሓደጋ ክወድቕ ይኽእል። ወለዶም ክጸልኡ ወይ ማሕበረ-ሰቦም ክፍንፍኑ ክድርኾም ይኽእል። ስለዚ እዚ ድሑር ኣባሃህላታት እንተስ ፈሊጥና ወይ ከይፈለጥና ኣብ ቅድሚ ደቅና ክንጥቀመሉ እንተጸኒሕና ቀልጢፍና ይቕረታ ሓቲትና ብሃይማኖትናን ባህልናን ተቐይድና ንምርሓዮም። ናብዚ ሽግር ተመሊስና ከይንኣቱ ድማ

a. መራሕቲ ሃይማኖትናን ኮምኒታትናን ስርሖም ኩሉ ግዜ ብፍቕሪ፡ ሰላምን ምክብባርን ክሰርሑ ንሓልዎም።

b. ኣብ ናይ ደቅና ኣብያተ ትምህርቲ ቀጻሊ ብምኻድ ኣብኡ ዘሎ ግብራዊ ምክብባር ቀሲምና ኣብ ተግባር ነውዕሎ።

c. ቅድሚ ሓደ ቃል ካብ ኣፍና ምውጻእና፡ ብዛዕባት እቲ ንብሎ ኣድቂቕና ንሕሰብ፡ ንፍለጥ፣ ንኽንፈልጥ ድማ ነንብብ፡ ምስ ካልኦት ኢሂን ምሂን ንበሃሃል።

d. ልዕሊ ኩሉ ነገር ግን ከም ጥዑም ዘረባ ዝመስልዎ ነገር ሰለዘየለ፡ ንደቂ ሰባት ዘይኮነስ ንእንስሳ እውን ጠጥዑሙ ንዛረብ!

መሓመድ እድሪስዓባይ ቶሮንቶ

ሚያዝያ 22, 2010

ንደቅና ምክብባር ንምሃሮም

ናይ ምጽሓፍ ናጽነት ትድግፉ እንተኮይንኩም ኣብ ስራሕኩም ክንርእዮ

ኣለናብጀመርታ ሰላም ኣዳለውቲ ጋዜጣ

መፍትሕ። ትገብርዎ ዘለኹም ጽቡቕ ስራሕ ከመስግነኩም ይፈቱ። ሕጂ ግን ክንእደኩም ዘይኮንኩ ክወቕሰኩም ኢለ’የ ዝጽሕፍ ዘለኹ።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ግዜ ክልተ ዝተፈላለይ ጽሑፋት ሰዲደ ኣየውጻእኩሞን። በቲ ዝሃብኩምኒ ሓበሬታ እንደገና ኣመሓይሸ ጽሒፈዮ፡ ሽዑ’ውን ኣየውጻእኩሞን። ንናይ ምዝራብን ምጽሓፍን ናጽነት ትድግፉ እንተኮይንኩም ኣብ ጋዜጣኹም እቲ ስራሕ ክንርእዮ ኣለና። በቲ ዝሃብኩምኒ መልሲ ስለዘይዓገብኩ’የ ሕጂ’ውን ዝጽሕፍ ዘለኹ።

ብዓቢኡ ኣብ ጋዜጣኹም በዓል እስቲፋኖስ ንጉሰ ገንዘብ ይሰርቁ ከምዝነበሩ ጽሒፍኩሞ ኣለኹም። ገንዘብ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነ ካልእ ሕማቕ ነገራት ውን ከምዝገብሩ ናይ መራሒ ጠባይ ከምዘየርእዩ ዘርዚረ ጭብጥን ስእልታትን ሰዲደልኩም፡ ካብዚ ዝዓቢ መረጋገጺ ከኣ የለን። ንዓይ ክርድኣኒ ዘይክኣለ ዘሎ ስመይ ክትዕቅብዎ ምዃንኩም ምስ ነገርኩምኒ’የ ግዜይ ኣጥፊአ ዘርዚረ ጽሒፈዮ። ኣብ ሓዳሮም ኣይትእተው ገለ መለ ዝበሃል ዘረባ ንዓይ ኣይርድኣንን’ዩ፡ ከመይ ጌርኩም ኢኹም ጠባዮም ካብ ስርሖም ክትፈልይዎ፡ ይጽይቑ እንተለው ክግለጹ ኣለዎም። ሕጂ ውን ካልኣይ ግዜ ክትሓስብሉ ይሓተኩም።

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ሰላም ወዲ ቶረንቶ፡- ብመጀመርታ ስለ’ቲ ተሳትፎኻ ነመስግነካ። ከምቲ ደጋጊምና ዝበልናዮ መልስና ሓንቲ’ያ። ጽሑፍካ ነቲ ቀንዲ ኣብ ኮምኒቲ ዝገበርዎ ምጥፍፋእ ጎስዩ ናብ ውልቃዊ ህይወት ሓዳሮም ስለዝቐንዐን ኣብቲ ጉዳይ ዘይወዓላ መጻምድቶም ስለዝተንከፈን ከነአንግዶ ኣይመረጽናን። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ድማ ንቅኑዕ ኣጠቓቕማ ናጽነት ፕረስ ብልቢ ከምንድግፍ ከነረጋግጸልካ ንፈቱ። የቐንየልና!

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ንምንታይ ወጺኡ ኣይተረድኣንን

ሰላማት ኣዳለውቲ ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሕታም ጋዜጣኹም ማሕበር ኤርትራውያን ካናዳውያን ሜትሮ ፖሊታን ቶረንቶ (ማ.ኤ.ካ.ሜ.ቶ.) ኤክዚኩቲቭ ዳይረክተር ከምዝቆጸረ ኣብ ጋዜጣኹም ሰፊሩ ርእየ። ከምኡ ምግባርኩም

ጽቡቕ ኳ እንተኾነ ካልእ ሕቶ ግን ከልዕል ገዲድኒ። ንዓኹም ድዩ ዝምልከት ንማ.ኤ.ካ.ሜ.ቶ. ርግጸኛ ኣይኮንኩን ግን ሓሳበይ ብጽሑፍ ክገልጽ ክተፍቅዱለይ ኣቐዲመ ይሓትት። ኣነ ነዛ ጋዜጣኹም ኩሉ ግዜ’የ ዘንብባ። እዛ ናይ ኤክዚኩቲቭ ዳይረክተር ናይ ስራሕ ምልክታ ግን ኣብ ጋዜጣኹም ኣይራኣኽዋን። ስለምንታይ ነቲ ምልክታ ናይ ስራሕ ከየውጻእኩም፡ ነቲ ተቆጺሩ ዝብል ምልክታ ኣውጻእኩም ገሪምኒ። ኣባልኩም ምቁጻሩ የሐጒስኩም ይኸውን ግን ትርጉም ናይቲ ምልክታ ኣይተረዳኣንን።

ንሕና ኩላህና ክንወዳደር እንተኮይና ብመጀመርታ ነገር ኣብ ጋዜጣ’ዩ ክወጽእ ዘለዎ። ህዝብኻ ክሳተፉ ትደልዮም እንተኮይንካ ከምኡ’ዩ ዝግበር ብኢመይል ናብ ውሑዳት ሰባት ሰዲድካ ወይ ኣብ ካልእ እዞም ሓደስቲ ዘይንፈልጦ ወብሳይት ኣቐሚጥካ ንኩሉ ዓዲምና ኢና ክበሃል ኣይካኣልን። ነዚ ማ.ኤ.ካ.ኤ.ሜ.ቶ. ክትሓስብሉ ይግባእ። ኣብዚ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ኮምኒቲ ብዙሕ ግዜ ናይ ስራሕ ክፍቲ ቦታ ኣብ ጋዜጣ ከውጽኡ ይርኢ’የ፡ ምምሕዳሮም ፕሪንሲፕል ሓልዩ ከምዝኸይድ ከኣ የርእየና። ማ.ኤ.ካ.ሜ.ቶ. ድማ ብዓርከይ ዓርክኻ ዘመደይ ዘመድካ ሰብ ምእንቲ ከይቁጸር ኩላህና ኣብ ንርእዮ ምልክታኹም ከተውጽኡ ይላቦ።

ሃይለሚካኤል

ሰላም ሃይልሚካኤል፡- ብመጀመርታ ስለ’ቲ ተሳትፎኻን ግሉጽ ሓሳብካን ነመስግነካ። ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ብማ.ኤ.ካ.ሜ.ቶ. ዝተቆጽረ ሰብ ኣባል ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ ከምዘይኮነ ቀጺልና ከነረጋግጸልካ ብፈቱ። ብተወሳኺ ንሕና ከም ኣዳለውቲ ነቲ ዝመጽኣና ምልክታ እሩም መልእኽቲ ክሳብ ዝሃለዎ ተቐቢልና ምውጻእ’ዩ ስራሕና። እቲ ምልክታ ናብ ኩሉ ናይ ምዝርጋሕ ሓላፍነት ግን ነቲ ስራሕ ክህብ ዘመልክት ዘሎ ኣካል ጥራሕ’ዩ ዝምልከት። የቐንየልና!

ምድላው ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ

ግዜኹም ኣይተዕርቡኩሉ ግዜ ብዛዕባ እዞም ክሓምዩ ዝው

ዕሉ ኣሰብኡት ክጽሕፍ ይደሊ ኔረ ግዜ ግን ኣይረኸብኩን። ገሊኦም ሰብኡት በዓል እገለ ተፋቲሖም እንተሰሚዖም ስዋኣ ከምዝጠዓመላ በዓልቲ ውራይ ጸፋዕፋዕ እናበሉ ብዛዕባ እቶም ሰብኣይን ሰበይትን መትሓዚ ዘይብሉ ወረ ክቀባበሉ ይስምዑ። ‘ጸጊባ እንድያ ኔራ’ ንሱ’ውን ጸጊቡ’ዩ ኔሩ’። “እንታይ ይረብሕ ኢልካዮ ዘይሱቕኢሉ’ዩ። ንሳ’ኸ ሓንቲ ሃላይ እንድያ፡ ኣትኪኻቶ እንድያ” ክንደይ ክብሎ ብዙሕ ይዛረቡ።

ኣዋልድ ውን ይሓምያ ይኾና’የን ግን ዝበዝሐ ሕሜታ ካብ ኣወዳት’የ ዝሰምዖ። እቶም ዝሓምዩ ሰባት፡ ‘ንሱ ኣይረብሕን’ዩ’ ኢሎም ዝዛረቡ ከኣ ንርእሲኦም ዘይረብሑ ሰባት’ዮም። ኩሉ ግዜ ግን ብዛዕባ ሰብ ክዛረቡ ግዚኦም የሕልፉ። ከምዚ ኢልካ ኣብ ዘይትፈልጦ ጉዳይ ምዝራብ ጽቡቕ ኣይኮነን። ሰብ ሓዳር እንተተፋቲሖም ከመይ ጌርና ንዓርቆም ኢልኩም ድኣ ክትሓስቡ ኣለኩም እምበር ክትሕጎሱ ኣይግብኣን’ዩ። ኣነ ግን ገሊኦም ሰብኡት ከምዚ ዓይነት ጠባይ ከርእዩ ከለዉ የሕዝነኒ’ዩ። ሱቕ ኢልኩም ስራሕኩም ስርሑ ብዛዕባ ሰብ ክትዛረቡ ዕድሜኹም ኣይተሕልፉ ይብለኩም።

ዳናይት ዳኞው

ደብዳበታትኩም

May 2010 07

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ኣትለታት ዘርእሰናይ ታደሰን ዮናስ ክፍለን ኣብቲ ብ25 ሚያዝያ ኣብ ሎንደን ኢንግላንድ ዝተኻየደ ናይ 42 ኪ.ሜተር ቅድድም ምስቶም ቀዳሞት 10 ውድድሮም ብ

ምዝዛም ብኣንክሮ ክዕዘቦም ዝጸንሐ ህዝቢ ኣሐቢኖም።

ኣትለት ዘርእሰናይ ኣብ ናይ ፍርቂ ማራ

ቶን (21 ኪ.ሜ.) ክብረ-ወሰን ብምስባሩ ካብ ኩሉ ተዓዛቢ ልዑል ትጽቢት ተጌሩሉ ኔሩ፡ እንተኾነ ከም ዓሚ ናይ ማራቶን ውድድር ቀሊል ኮይኑ ስለዘይረኸቦ 7ይ ደረጃ ሒዙ ውድድሩ ብ2፡12.03 ክዛዝም ኪእሉ። ዘርእሰናይ ኣብ ናይ 2009 ዓመት ኣብ ዝተገብረ ናይ ማራቶን ውድድር ኣብ ሞንጎ ኣቋሪጹ ከምዝወጽአ ይዝከር። ሽዑ ናይ መጀመርታ ፈተንኡ ምንባሩ፡ ልዕሊ ትጽቢቱ ከቢዱ ከምዝጸንሖ ገሊጹ ኔሩ። ኣብ ዝቕጽል ዓመት ካብዚ ናይ ሎሚ ብዝበለጸ ግዚኡ ከማሕይሽ ተስፋ ከምዘለዎ ከኣ ገሊጹ ኣሎ።

ካልእ ብሉጽ ተቐዳዳማይ ዮናስ ክፍለ ውድድሩ ምስቶም 10 ቀዳሞት’ዩ ዛዚሙ። ዮናስ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ ክልተ ተኸታተልቲ ውድድራት ቅድድሙ ብ2፡08፡28 ብምዝዛም 7ይ ደረጃ ሒዙ ወጺኡ ኔሩ። ኣብዚ ብሰንበት 25 ሚያዝያ ዝገበሮ ውድድር ድማ ብ2፡14፡39 ቅድድሙ ብምፍጻም 9ይ ደረጃ ሒዙ ክወጽእ ኪእሉ።

ኣብዚ ውድድር’ዚ፡ ኢትዮጵያዊ ጸጋየ ከ

በደ ብ2፡05፡19 ቀዳማይ ተዓዋቲ ብምዃኑ ኣብ ታሪኽ ውድድር ማራቶን ለንደን ሳልሳይ ዝበለጸ ግዜ ከስፍር በቒዑ ኣሎ። ነቲ ብኬንያውያን ተዓብሊሉ ዝጸንሐ ውድድር ማራቶን ለንደን ድማ ክሰብሮ በቒዑ።

እዚ ከምዚ’ሉ ከሎ ኣትለት በረኺ በየነ፡ ብ25 ሚያዝያ ኣብ ጀርመን ሃምቡርግ 16 ሽሕ ጎየይቲ ኣብ ዝተሳተፍዎ ውድድር ማራቶን ሃምቡርግ 2010 ብምቅድዳም ንኬንያዊን ኖርዌጅያዊን ኣትለታት ስዒቡ 3ይ ደረጃ ሒዙ ውድድሩ ዛዚሙ። ነቲ ናይ 42 ኪ.ሜተር ቅድድም ድማ ብ2፡10፡06 ብዓወት ከምዝዛዘሞ ይፍለጥ።

እቶም ቀንዲ ፍሉጣት ናይ ማራቶን ውድድር ሓሙሽተ ኢዮም። ንሳቶም ከኣ ማራቶን ለንደን፡ ማራቶን በርሊን፡ ማራቶን ቺካጎ፡ ማራቶን ቦስተንን ማራቶን ኒው-ዮርክን ኢዮም። ኣብዚ ናይ ማራቶን ሎንደን ዝተሳተፉ ተቐዳደምቲ ቁጽሮም ልዕሊ 36 ሽሕ ምንባሩ ይፍለጥ።

ኣትለታት ዘርእሰናይን ዮናስን ኣብ ሎንደን ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ናይ ማራቶን ቅድድም ምስቶም ቀዳሞት 10 ውድድሮም ዛዚሞምኣትለት በራኺ በየነ ኣብ ናይ ማራቶን ሃምቡርግ 3ይ ወጺኡ

ካብ 4ይ ገጽ ዝቐጸለ

ንደቆም ከምዚ ዓይነት ትካል ጌርሮም ሃይማኖቶምን ያታኦምን ምዕቃቦም ዝናኣድ ምዃኑ ብምግላጽ ንሕብረ-ብዙሕነት ካናዳውያን ምህብታሞም ምስጋንኡ ገሊጹ።

ምክትል ሚኒስተር ድሕነት ኮምኒትን ተሓድሶን ኣባል ኣውራጃዊ ባይቶ ሚስተር ማይክል ኮል ብወገኑ፡ ንነብሱ ካብ ቀዳሞት ወለዶ ኢጣልያውያን ምዃኑ ንምእመናን ብምልላይ፡ ነዚ ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም ኣመዝጊቦሞ ዘለዉ ልዑል ዓወት ምስጋንኡ ኣቕሪቡ። ቀጺሉ ብስም ፕረሚሪ ኦንታርዮ ሚስተር ዳልተን መጋንቲ ንመራሒ ሃይማኖት ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም ሊቀ-ህሩያን ቀሺ ተኽለ ተፈሪ ሰርቲፊኬት ዓዲሉ።

ዲያቆን ሚልዮን ኣብ ዘስምዖ ዘረባ፡ ትምህርቲ ሃይማኖት ንመንእሰያት ብግቡእ ኣብ ምምላማል ሓጋዚ ምዃኑ ብምጥቃስ ወለዲ ንደቆም ሃይማኖታዊ ትምህርቲ ክመሃሩ ዝያዳ ጻዕሪ ክገብሩ ጸዊዑ።

ዝኽረ-በዓል መድሃኔኣለም ኣብ ርእዚ’ቲ ዝነበረ ውሁድ ኣቀራርባ ብምኡዝ ዜማታት መዘምራን ህጻናትን ዲያቆናትን ዝያዳ ማዕሪጉ ምንባሩ ክዝከር ይግብኦ።

ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔ-ኣለም ብ1994 ዝተመስረተ ኮይኑ ሰንበት ሰንበት ኣስታት 500 ምእመናን ከምዘአንግድ ይፍለጥ።

ኣቶ ፍቕረ ገብረስላሰ ኣቦ-መንበር ሰበኻ ጉባኤ ቤተ-ክርስትያን መድሃኔኣለም

ዝኽረ-በዓል ቤተ-ክርስትያን...

ክድገፍ ዝግብኦ ምምሕያሽ ኢሚግረሽን ኣህግራውያን ተመሃሮ ፒኤችዲ

ሚኒስትሪ ዜግነትን ኢሚግራሽንን ኦንታርዮ ንኣብ ህዝባውያን ዩኒቨርስታት ዝመሃሩ ኣህግራውያን ተመሃሮ ፒኤችዲ (International PhD students) ብዝቐልጠን ዝቐለለን መንገዲ ኣብ ኦንታርዮ ንምጥያሶም ንዓንቀጽ ምርጫዊ ትምህርቲ ድሕረ-ካልኣይ ደረጃ (Post-Secondary Education Choice and Excellence Act) ምምሕያሽ ከምዝገበረሉ ሚኒስተር ኢሚግረሽን ኦንታርዮ ዶ/ር ኢሪክ ሂክስ ብ26 ሚያዝያ ገሊጹ።

እዚ ተጌሩ ዘሎ ምምሕያሽ ዓንቀጻት ኣብ ባይቶ እንተጸዲቑ፡ መንግስቲ ንብቕዓት ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ቤት-ትምህርታት ኦንታርዮ ክሕልዎን ኣህግራውያን ተመሃሮ ፒኤችዲ. ክከላኸለሎምን ዝያዳ ስልጣን ክህልዎ’ዩ። ብዘይካ’ዚ እቲ ዝግበር ምምሕያሽ ንዘይሕጋውያን ትምህርታውያን ትካላት ብምክትታልን ነቶም ግዳያት በለጻዊ ስርሓት ናይዘን ትካላት ዝኾኑ ዘለዉ ኣህግራውያን ተመሃሮ ከድሕኖም’ዩ።

ካብ ክግበረ ተደልዩ ዘሎ ለውጢ ዝያዳ ጎሊሑ ዝርአ ግን፡ ኣብ ህዝባውያን ዩኒቨርስትታት ዝመሃሩ ኣህግራውያን ተመሃሮ ፒኤችዲ፡ ብቐጥታ ኣብ ኦንታርዮ ብቀዋምነት ከንብሮም ዝኽእል ወረቐት ንምሓዝ ከመልክቱ ዘኽእል’ዩ። እዚ ናይ ብሓቂ ዓቢ ለውጢ’ዩ። ምኽንያቱ ብመሰረት ሕጂ ዘሎ ሕጊ ሓደ ናይ ፒኤችዲ ተመሃራይ ቀዋሚ መንበሪ ወረቐት ንክሕዝ ኣቐዲሙ ዘስርሖ ኣካል ክረክብ ኣለዎ። ስራሕ እንተዘይረኺቡ ንከመልክት ብቑዕ ኮይኑ ኣይርከብን። እዚ ሕጂ ክግበር ዝሕለን ዘሎ ለውጢ ግን፡ እቲ ተመሃራይ ስራሕ ይርከብ ኣይርከብ ብዘየገድስ መንበሪ ወረቐት ንምሓዝ ከመልክት ይኽእል’ዩ። እዚ ንኡድ ለውጢ’ኳ ክኸውን ዝኽእል እንተኾነ ንገለ ስክፍታ ካብ ምፍጣር ዓዲ ኣይውዓለን። ተመሃሮ ፒኤችዲ፡ ስራሕ ከይሓዙ ናይ ቀዋምነት መንበሪ ምሃብ ነቲ ከፋሊ ግብሪ ካናዳዊ ተወሳኺ ተጽዕኖ ክኸውን ይኽእል’ዩ ይብሉ።

በዚ ኮይኑ በቲ ግን እዚ ክግበር ተደልዩ ዘሎ ለውጢ ንኦንታርያውያን ዓቢ ረብሓ ኣለዎ። ንበሊሕ ዓቕሚ ናይዞም ብሉጻት ተመሃሮ ብጽቡቕ ክንጥቀመሉ ከኽእለና’ዩ፣ ካልኦት በላሕቲ ተመሃሮ ፒኤችዲ ናብ ኦንታርዮ ንምስሓብ ክጠቕመና’ዩ። ስለዚ፡ መንግስቲ ፕረሚር መጋንቲ ክገብሮ ደልዩ ዘሎ ምምሕያስ ብልቢ ንደግፎ።

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መሃሪ ጥቕስታትከመይ ቀኒኹም ኣዳለውትን ኣንበብ

ትን ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ። ጽሑፋት ከጋላብጥ ነዘን ጽቡቕ ምኽሪ ዘለወን ጥቕስታት ረኺበ። ብባህረይ ንዓይ ደስ ዝበለኒ ንሰብ ምክፋል ስለዝፈቱ ከካፍለኩም ይፈቱ። ተስፋ ይገብር ኣዳለውቲ ኣብ ገጻትኩም ከተስፍርዎ። ተስፋ ይገብር ኣንበብቲ ድማ ነዚ ጥቕሲ ምስ ባህርኹም ኣዛሚድኩም ክትርእይዎ። ከምዚ ንዓይ ሞራለይ ኣብሊሕዎ ዘሎ ሞራልኩም ከብልሖ ተስፋ ይገብር።

** ነቲ ክገብሮ ኣይክእልን’የ እትብሎ ነገር ግበሮ!

~ Eleanor Roosevelt***

* ከቢድ ሽግር ንኽትብድህ ደኣ’ምበር። ቀሊል ሂወት ንኸተሕልፍ ኣይትጽሊ!

~ Bruce Lee***

* ሓሊምካዮ’ውን ዘይትፈልጥ ሓይሊ’ዩ ዘሎካ፣ ክገብሮ እኽእል’የ ኢልካ ሓሲብካዮ ዘይትፈልጥ ነገር ንክኽትገብር ዓቕሚ ኣሎካ፣

~ Darwin P. Kingsley***

* ብድሆታት። ዓቕምኻ ንኺመዝኑ ደኣ’ምበር ንኸልምሱኻ ኣይኰኑን ተፈጢሮም፣

~ Bernice Johnson Reagon***

* ብድሆ። ንነብስኻን ንኻልኦትን ዓቕምኻ እተርእየሉ ዕድል’ዩ፣

~ Joe Brown***

* ቀስ ኢለ’የ ግዲ ዝዓቢ ዘለኹ ኢልካ ኣይትፍራሕ፣ ደው ኢልካ ከይትህሉ ግና ክትፈርሕ ኣሎካ፣

~ ምስላ ቻይና***

* ብድሆታት እቶም ንሂወት ዘመቅሩዋ እዮም፣ ንዕኦም ምስጋር ድማ እቶም ንሂወት ትርጕም ዝህቡዋ እዮም፣

~ Joshua J. Marine***

* ሂወትካ ከይተብቅዕ ኣይትፍራሕ፣ ሂወት ዘይጀመርካ ከይትኸውን ግና ፍራሕ፣

~ Grace Hansen

ኢርሚያስ

ትፈልጡ ዶ?ዓሶ ኣብ ነፍስ-ወከፍ 30 ካልኢት ሓ

ደ ሰብ ከምዝቐትል? የገርም’ዩ። ነዛ ጽሕፍቲ ጀሚረ ክሳብ ዝውድኣ 15 ደቒቕ ኣጥፊአ። ኣብዛ ግዜ’ዚኣ 30 ሰብ ዶር በዚ ሕማም ዓሶ ሞይቶም ማለት’ዩ። ዝበዝሓ ግዳይ ዓሶ ዝኾና ሃገራት ኣብ ትሮፒካዊ ኣከባቢ ዝርከባ ሃገራት እየን። ንዕአን ሕማም ዓሶ ዓቢ ጾር ኮይኑ

ይርከብ። ዓመታዊ ልዕሊ ሓደ ሚልዮን ትሕቲ ሓሙሽተ ዓመት ዝዕድመኦም ህጻናት በዚ ሕማም ይሞቱ። ሓፈሻዊ ኩነታት ዓሶ ዓለምና ድማ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ይመስል፡-

=> ኣብ ትሮፒካዊ ከባቢታት ዝርከባ ገለ ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ልዕሊ 40 ሚእታዊት ካብ ህዝበን በዚ ሕማም ይጥቅዑ።

=> ኣስታት 3.3 ቢልዮን ህዝቢ ዓለም፡ ንሕማም ዓሶ ዝተቓልዐ’ዩ። ኣብዚ እቶም ቀንዲ ግዳያት ኣብ ብድኽነት ዝተጠቕዓ ሃገራት ዝነብሩ ህዝቢ’ዮም።

> ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኤስያ፡ ማእከላይ ምብራቕ፡ ኣብ ማእከላይን ደቡብ ኣመሪካን ዝርከባ 107 ሃገራት ኣስታት 3.2 ቢልዮን ህዝበ ኣብ ዓሳው ከባቢታት ይነብር፣ እዚ ህዝቢ’ዚ ድማ ንሕማም ዓሶ ቅሉዕ’ዩ።

=> ኣስታት 60 ሚእታዊት ንሕማም ዓሶ ዝምልከት ዝቐርብ ጉዳያት ዓለምና፡ ልዕሊ 80 ሚእታዊት ኣብ ሃገራት ትሕተ-ሳሃራ ኣፍሪቃ የጋጥም። ዝበዝሑ ዝሞቱ ሰባት ከኣ ካብዚ ከባቢ’ዚ’ዩ።

=> ብካልኦት ዓይነት ሕማማት ካብ ዝሞቱ ህጻናት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ብሕማም ዓሶ ናይ ዝሞቱ ቁጽሪ ይዛይዱ።

=> ናይ ምክልኻል ዓቕሞም ኣዝዮም ድኹም ዝኾኑ ሰባት - ህጻናትን ነብሰ-ጾራትን ብቐሊሉ ብሕማም ዓሶ ይጥቅዑን ናይ ሞት ሓደጋ ውን የጋጥሞምን። ከም ሳዕቤኑ ብዋሕዲ ደብ ይጥቅዑ።

=> ብኸቢድ ሕማም ዓሶ ዝተጠቕዑ ቈልዑ፡ ናይ ሓንጎል ጉድኣት ኣስዒቡ ናይ ኣእምሮ ስንካለ ከስዕበሎም ይኽእል።

ምንጪ።- facts about malaria

ኢርሚያስ

ብዛዕባ ቁጽርታት እንታይ ትፈልጡ?ቀደም ግሪኻውያንን ካልኦት ናይ ጥ

ንቲ ሰባትን፡ ቁጽርታት ሽሑራዊ ሓይሊ ከምዘለዎም ይኣምኑ ነበሩ። ኣብ ዘመና’ውን ዕድለኛታትን ዘይዕድለኛታትን ዝኾኑ ቁጽርታት ምህላዎም ዝኣምኑ ውሑዳት ኣይኮኑን። እዞም ሰባ፡ ንቁጽሪ 3ን 7ን ናይ ጽቡቕ ዕድል፡ ንቁጽሪ 13 ድማ ናይ ሕማቕ ዕድል መግለጺ ገይሮም ይወስድዎም።

ኣብ ሓደ ሓደ ሃገራት ዘለዉ ርሻናት፡ መበል 13 ደርቢ ተነጢሩ ድሕሪ ደርቢ

12 ዝመጽእ ደርቢ ቁጽር 14 ከምስመ ኮይኑ ይስራሕ።

እዞም ሕጂ ኣብ ገለ ገለ ንጥቀመሎም ኣገላልጻታት፡ ካብ ናይ ቀደም ሰባት ዝተወርሱ ኢዮም።

ብፍላይ ግሪኻውያን ቁጽርታት ብዘለዎም ጠባይ ይድነቑ ብምንባሮም፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓደ ሓደ ቁጽርታት ፍሉይ ኣረኣእያ ነይርዎም። ንኣብነት ዝኾነ ምሉእ

ቁጽሪ ንክልተ ብዘይተረፍ ዝምቀል እንተኮይኑ፡ ከም ድኹምን ኣንስታይን የለልይዎ፣ ብኣንጻሩ እቲ ቁጽሪ ንክልተ ብማዕረ ዘይምቀል እንተኮይኑ ከም ሓያልን ተባዕታይን ይወስድዎ ነይሮም።

ካብዚ ብምብጋስ ድማ ናይቶም ቀዳሞት ምሉእን ዘይምሉእን ቁጽርታት ውጽኢት ንዝኾነ ቁጽሪ ሓሙሽተ፡ ከም መግለጺ ቃል-ኪዳን ይጥቀምሉ ኔሮም።

2 + 3 = 5ሰበይቲ + ሰብኣይ = ቃል-ኪዳን

ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ ዘመን ድማ፡ 1 + 1 = 1 ከም መግለጺ ቃል-ኪዳን ክዝውተር ይርአ ኣሎ። ንቃል-ኪዳን ኣየናይ ቁጽሪ ብዝሓሸ ክመዝገልጾ፡ ሰብ ነናቱ ርእይቶ ክህልዎ ስለዝኽእል እቲ መልሲ ናባኹም እገድፎ።

እንተኾነ ኣብ ሃገርና’ውን እዞም ቁጽርታት ንጥቀመሎም ኢና። ንኣብነት ቁጽሪ ሰለስተን (3) ቁጽሪ ሸውዓተን (7) ኣደታትና ብብዝሒ የዘውትርኦ ኢየን። ወዲ እንተተወሊዱ 7 ግዜ ዕልል ይብላ፣ ጓል እንተተወሊዳ ድማ 3 ይዕልላ። እዚ ዓይነት ኣጠቓቕማ’ዚ ካብ ናይ ግሪኻውያን ዝመጽአ ኮይኑ’ዩ ዝስምዓኒ። እንድዒ ኣደታት ከኣ ትፈልጥኦ ታሪኻዊ ኣመጻጽኣ እንተሎ ሓብራና።

ቢንያም ዮሃንስ

ንበይነይኣይጉይይ ክውዕልኣይክሳድ ክሕዝዘርሞ ዘርሞ

ኣይ ምስ ሕቡን ነጋሲኣይ ምስ ምቕሉል ወራሲላንጋ ላንጋ

ኣይ ምስ ደቂ ጤልኣይ ምስ ደቂ ላምኣጉላጉልክምርሽ’የ ንበይነይንነብሰይክሳዕ ዝመስል።

ምሉእብርሃን ሃብተገብርኤል

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ነቲ ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ዝሳዕረረ ሽግርና ንምግላህ ኣዳለውቲ ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ ተካይድዎ ዝጸናሕኩምን ዘሎኹምን ዘይሕለል ዉሕሉል ስራሕ ብመጀመርታ ኣዝየ ዕጉብን ሕጉስን ምዃነይ እናገለጽኩ፡ ንክትቅጽልዎ ዘለኒ እምነት እናሓበርኩ ከመስግነኩም ይፈቱ። ከምኡ’ውን ነቶም ካልኦት ኣብ ክንዲ ሓቂ እንተኣውጺእና ከይንግሰጥን ከይንግለልን ከይበሉ ብድፍረት ምእንቲ ማሕበረሰቦም ክብሉ ብዓይኖም ንዝርኣይዎ ዘይጽፉፍ ኣሰራርሓ ዘቃልዑ ሓቦኞታት ብምሉኣቶም ኣገናዕ ይብል። ሓቂ ትቐጥን እምበር ኣይትስበርን ከምዝብልዎ ኣቦታትና ሳላ ግዜን ጻዕሪ ጋዜጣ መፍትሕን እታ ሓቂ ከምቲ ኣብ ናይ ዝሓለፈ የካቲት ሕታም ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ ዝበልኩሞ “እታ ሓቂ ብርእሳ እንተተቐብረት ብእግራ ቦሎኽ በለት”። ነቲ ኩሉ ናይ ስርቅን ብልሽውናን ኣሰረርሓ ማሕበረሰብናን ተዋሳእቱን ብሰነዳትን ጭብጥታትን ኣሉ ብዘይብልሉ መንገዲ ነቲ ተዳናጊሩ ዝነበረ ህዝብና ሓቁን ሓሶትን ገሊህኩም ኣብርሂኩምሉ። በዚ ኽኣ እየ ግዜን ጋዜጣ መፍትሕን ዘይጻዓዱ ሓያላት ዳኛታት ዘበለኒ።

ሳላ ከምኡ ዝገበርኩም ክኣ ሽግርና ንመጀመርታ ግዜ መተፈንሲ ኣብ ዝረኽበሉ መንገዲ ይሕዝ ዘሎ ኮይኑ ይስማዓኒ። ከምዚ ዘበለኒ ምኽንያት ካብቲ ንብዙሕ ዓመታት ብጉልባብ በዓል ሓድሽ ዓመት ማሕበረኮምና ኣብ ኣዳራሽ ዩክረናውያን ዓመት ዓመት ዘካይዶ ዝጸንሐ በዓል ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ንጉሰ ዳርጋ ዓመታዊ ስልዒት ክባሃል ዝካኣል ብመጋበርያታቱ ገይሩ ካብ ማሕበረኮምና ክዘምቶ ዝጸንሐ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ኣብ ዳፍሪን ሰይንት ክለር ዝርከብ ናይ ሰይንት-ንኮላስ በይዝመንት ከምዝግበር ሰለዝተገብረ ክስእኖ ኪኢሉ። እቶም ብፍላጥ ይኹን ብዘይምፍላጥ ሓላፍነቶም ዘንጊዖም ዝተሓበበርዎ ዝነበሩ ሓለፍቲ ማሕበረከምና፡ ህዝብና ነቲ ጉድ ድሕሪ ምፍላጡ ከም ቀደሙ ተገሪሁ ኣብቲ ዝገብርዎ ናይ ሓድሽ ዓመት በዓል ከምዘይመጾም ስለዝተገንዘቡ፡ ምስቲ ኩሉ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ብዓሻክሩ ኣብቲ ልሙድ ቦታ ክግበር ዝገበሮ ጸቕጢ ንመጀመርታ ግዜ ኣብዚ ዝተገልጸ ኣደራሽ ክፍጸም ብምኽኣሉ ፍረ ጻዕርኹም እዩ ዘርእየና። ሓቂ ሒዙ ዝጻዓረ ዋላ’ኳ ካብቲ ሓቂ ዘባህርሮ ወገን ብዙሕ ጸለመ ከጋጥሞ እንተኻኣለ፡ ጻማ ሓቅነቱን ጻዕሩን ግን ንሓዋሩ ኣይስእንን እዩ።

እቲ ካልኣይ ከምኡ መበልየይ ሓደ ዓርከይ ንዓመታት ዘይተወድአ ኣብ ኣስመራ ዝርከብ ገዝኡ ጉዳይ ንኸሳልጥ ከም ልማዱ ዓመታዊ ናይ ክልተ ካብ ምእቲ ግብሪ ክኸፍል እንተኸደ፡ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ኣብ ማዕጾ ዘይብላ ብመስኮት ጥራሕ ተራኽብ ጸባብ ክፍሊ ተዓጽዩ ንበይኑ ጭልም ጭልም ክብል ይጸንሖ እሞ፡ ጸሓፊት ትቕብል ኣቢላ እንታይ ኣምጺእካ ምስበለቶ ጉዳይ መምጽኢኡ ምስ ሓበራ፡ እስቲፋኖስ ካብ ዝኾነ ንመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝኽፈል ክፍሊት ገንዘብ ይኹን ሰነዳት ካብ ምስላጥ ከምዝተሰናበተን፡ እቲ ጉዳይ በቶም ካብ ኦተዋ ናብ ቶሮንቶ ዝጋዓዙ ሓለፍ

ቲ ቆንስላዊ ጉዳያት ኤርትራ ጥራሕ ከምዝሳለጥ ሓቢራ ከምዘሰናበተቶ የካፍለኒ። በቲ ዝበለኒ ክኣምን ስለዘይካኣልኩ ንኻልኦት ናይቲ ቤትጽሕፈት ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ኣፍልጦ ኣለዎም ዝብሎም ሰባት ሓቲተ፡ ንሶም ከኣ ሓቅነት ናይቲ ዓርከይ ዝበለኒ ኣረጋጊጾምለይ። ከምዚ ዓቢ መርዘን ዝኸደልና ኮይኑ ኽኣ ተሰማዓኒ። ሳላ እቲ ሓቂ ብተደጋጋሚ ዝተቃልዐን ህዝብና ዝሓሸ ኣፍልጦ ብምጥራይ ዝገበሮ ምዕዝምዛም ምዃኑ ጥርጥር የብለይን። ‘ንተቐማጦ ቶሮንቶን ከባቢኣን ከም ኣጻብዕቲ ኢደይ ገይረ እየ ዝፈልጦም’ እንዳበለ ሓለፍቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ግጉይ እምነት ከምዘሕድሩ ገይሩ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝብና ገባርን ሓዳግን መሲሉ ብዘይፍርሒ ዝምትኡ ከካይድ ንዝጸንሐ ሰብ ካብታ ጁብኡ ዝመልኣላ ናይ ገንዘብ መዝነቱ ምስንባት ብቐሊሉ ከምዘይውሰድ ኩላትና ንምግንዛቡ ዘሸግር ኣይመስለንን።

ናይ ግዜ ጉዳይ’ዩ እምበር ከምዚ ዝካየድ ዝጸንሐ ጻዕሪ እንተቐጺሉ ኩላቶም ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት ካብ ህዝቢ ክረኽብዎ ዝደልዩ ሓገዛት ክረኽቡ እንተድኣ ኮይኖም፡ ካብ ህዝቢ ዝሕተት ናይ ኣሰራርሓ ጽፈት ንኸተኣታትዉ ከይተገደዱ ኣይተርፉን እዮም። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ምርጫ ኣብ መንጎ እቲ ግስሩጥን ብልሽውን ኣሰራርሓ ዝጥቀም ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስን፡ ኣብ መንጎ ኣብ ማሕበረሰቡ ረብሓን መኽሰብን ክርኢ ዝደሊ ህዝብን እናኾነ ይመጽእ ስለዘሎ፡ እቲ ዝውሰድ ምርጫ ንኹላትና ርዱእ’ዩ። እቲ ካባና ዝድለ ምስ ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ ኢደይ ኢደይ ኢልና ነቲ ዝተረፈ ብኣገባብን ብምልኡን ብዘይሕብእብእን ከነቃልሖ ጥራሕ እዩ ዝግባኣና።

ብዘይካ እዘን ዝተገልጻ ናይ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ዓመታዊ ስልዒታት እቲ ካብቲ ዓመት ዓመት ብጉልባብ ዓመታዊ ፈስትቫል፡ ማሕበረሰብና ዘካይዶ ናይ መዓልቲ ናጽነት በዓላት ድዝምቶ ናይ ስርቂ ኣታዊ እዩ። ኣነ ንባዕለይ ኣብቲ ናይ መጀመርታ ዓመታት ፈስትቫልትና ሓደ ካብቶም ውሻጣዊ ኣሰራርሓ ናይቲ በዓል ካብ ዘይምፍላጥ ‘ሆ’ ዝብሉ ዝነበርኩ ሰብ ምዃነይ ክናሳሕ ይደሊ። ንኹላትናን ካብ ኩሉ ከኣ ንደቅና መራኸብን መዘናግዕን ይኾነና ብምባል ምስ ካልኦት ከማይ ዝኣመሰሉ ንጹሃት ሃገራውያን ኮይነ ዓቕመይ ዘፍቅዶ ይሰርሕ ነይረ። ጸኒሐ ግን ብናይ ገንዘብ ኣተሓሕዛ ዝረኣኽዎ ዓበይቲ ጌጋታት ክኣምኖ ስለዘሸገረኒ ነቶም ሓለፍቲ ናይቲ ዕዮታት ኢና ዝብሉ ሰባት የካፍሎም እሞ ‘ከምዘይራኣኻ ከምዚ ከማና ትም ዘይትብል’ ዝብል ዘይቅቡል መልሲ ይህቡኒ። ስለምንታይ’ዮም እዚ ኩሉ ኣብ ጸሓይ ቃዕ ኢሎም ደኺሞም ንህዝቢ ክኸውን ዝኣከብዎ ገንዘብ፡ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ምስ ሓለፍቲ ዊስኪ ክጭረመሉን ክዘምትን እናራኣዩ ሱቕ ክብሉ መሪጾም ዝብል ሕቶ ንኽመራመር ኣገዲድኒ።

እዞም ከም ሕሉፋት ኣገልገልቲ ኮይኖም ንነብሶም ኣሕሲሮም እሺ ሕራይ ኢሎም ኣብቲ በዓል ለይቲ ምስ መዓልቲ ከም ውራ

ይ ናይ ገዝኦም ዝዓዩ፡ ብዘይካ እቶም ብዘይምፍላጥ ብግርህነቶም ዝተጸንበሩ ንጹሃት ሃገራውያን፡ ገሊኦም ዝተፈላለየ ግላዊ ረብሓታቶም ንምሕላውን ሕሉፍ ታሪኾም ንምሕባእን ዝገብርዎ ኢዩ። ገሊኦም ኣብ ዝሓለፈ እዋን እሙናት ናይ ቀበሌ ዝነበሩን ናይ ታሪኽ ወይ መንነት ቅልውላው ዘለዎም እዮም። እዚ ንጸለመ ተባሂሉ ዝቐርብ ኣይኮነን። ከምቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሕታማት ጋዜጣ መፍትሕ ኣቶ ሰሎሙን ኣብርሃ ነቲ ናይ ሓሶት ምስክርነትን ማሕላን ዝሃበ ኣቶ ኣኽሊሉ ቀለሙ ዝገለጾ፡ መብዛሕትኦም ሕሉፍ ኣበራቶም ከይቃላዕ ብናይ ታሪኽ ቅልውላው ተደፋፊኦም መጸግዒ ንምርካብ ዝገብርዎ ኢዩ። ነዞም ሰባት ብቐረባ ረኺብካ ከተዛርቦም ከለኻ፡ውን በቲ ዝርእይዎ ናይ ገንዘብ ብልሽውና ሕዙናት ምዃኖም ግን ክዛረብሉ ከምዘይክእሉ’ዩ እዮም ዘካፍሉኻ።

ብኸመይ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስን መጋባርያታቱን ነቲ ዝምታ ዘካይድዎ እንተድኣ ኢልና ፈስቲቫልና ካብ 2000 ዓ.ፈ ካብ ዝጅመር ኣትሒዙ ስጋብ ሕጂ ከም ናይ ደላባ ሓላፊ (ምውጻእ ገንዘብ ንስድራ-ስዉኣት) ተመዲቡ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ ናይ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ዋና እሙንን ኣገልጋልን ኣቶ ኢፍሬም ኣፎወርቂ (ባር ሮማ) ምዃኑ ምግንዛብ ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ኣቶ ኢፍሬም ብስም እቲ ደላባ ዘእትዎን ዘውጽኦን፡ ነቲ ሜዳ ንወነንቲ ትካላት ናይ ምክራዮም ይኹን ኣቑሑት ከም ባንዴራታትን ቆብዓትን ማልያታትን ምሻጥ (ምስ ካልኦት ካብ ቻይና ብሕሱር ዘእትዉ ተሰማሚዑ ዝገብሮ)፡ ሽያጥ ናይ ሃምበርገርን ሆት ዶግን ካልእ መግብታትን መስተን ሽይጡ ዘእትዎ ገንዘብ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ብቐጥታ ነታ ናይ በዓላት ሽማግለ ከምቲ ግቡእ ዘረክባ ንኣቶ እስትፋኖስ እዩ ዘርክቦ። ኣቶ ኢፍሬም ዳርጋ ናይ ከተማና ኣቶ ሓጎስ ኽሻ ክባሃል ይካኣል እዩ። ብኸምዚ ድማ በቶም ኩሎም ካልኦት ኣባላት ሽማግለ በዓላት ከም መላቛመጽን መሳርሒን ኮይኑ ዝፍለጥ። ስለምንታይ’ዩ ክሳብ ክንድዚ ንኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ብዋጋ ክብረት ነብሱ ይሕለቐሉ እንተታባህለ ሕሉፍ ኣበራቱ ክኽውል’ዩ። እዞም ሕጂ ኣባላት ሽማግለ በዓላት ዘለዉ፡ ሕሉፍ ናይ ቀበሌ ታሪኹ ስለዝፈልጡ ኣባል ህግደፍ ኽኸውን ምስሓተተ ኣይንምዝግበካን ኢሎሞ፡ ሽዑ ናብ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ከይዱ ሽግሩ ፈቲሑ፡ ኣባል ህግደፍ ኮይኑ ብድሕሪኡ ከኣ ኣባል ሽማግለ በዓላት ክኸውን በቒዑ። ስለዚ ብሓጺሩ ውዕለቱ እዩ ዝመልስ ዘሎ።

ካብ ስፖርታዊ ንጥፈታት ዝርከብ ኣተዊ ኣብ ምስራቕ ክኣ ኣቶ እዮብ ፎቶ ቀንዲ መጋበርያ ናይ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ምዃኑ ብዙሕ ግዜ ተገሊጹ ስለዝኾነ ከም መመላእታ እየ ዝጠቕሶ ዘለኹ። ኣነ ሓደ ካብቶም ሰለስተ ቆልዑት ብስሩዕ ኩዕሶ ዘጻውቱ ዘለዎ ወለዲ ስለዝኾንኩ በቲ ካብ ጁባና ብሓልዮት ዘይብሉ ዝምልጥጥዎን ዝሰርቅዎን ገንዘብ ብጣዕሚ እየ ድሓዝን። ንኣብነት ዓሚ ኣብ ዝተገበረ ናይ ፈስቲቫል ጸወታ ንወለዲ ይኹን ንእሰልጠንቲ ኣቐዲሙ ከይተነገረና ኣቶ እዮብ ኣብ ርእሲ’ቲ ብስሩዕ $60 ንሓደ ቆልዓ ኣብ ሓደ ወ

ቕቲ ንኸፍሎ ንፓርክ መኽፈሊ ዝኸውን ንነፍሲ ወከፍ ተጻዋታይ $3 ክትከፍሉ ኣለኩም ኢሎም ኣኽፊሎምና። ድሕሪኡ ንኣሰልጠንቲን ኣባላት ቦርድን ሓለፍቲ ሽማግለ በዓላት ምስሓተትኩዎም ብዛዕብኡ ዝፈልጥዎ ከምዘይነበሮምን ምስ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ኮይኑ ኣቶ እዮብ ዝማሃዞ፡ ኣብ ርእሲ እቲ ከም ናይ ስፖርት ኣማሓዳሪ ዝኽፈሎ ናይ ህዝቢ ገንዘብ ተወሳኺ ዝምታ ምንባሩ ኣረጋጊጸ። ሕጂ ከኣ ብዘይመልሲ ምርካብ ተደፊኑ ስለዝኸደሎም እንተድኣ ወለዲ ሽለል ኢልና ሓሊፍናዮ ኣብዚ ዓመት’ዚ ከምዝደግምዎ ኣቐዲምና ክንፈልጥ ይግባኣና።

ሓደ ካብቲ ኣብ ኣዳራሽ ዩክረናውያን ንሰለስተ ምሸታት ድካየድ ናይ ትልሂት ጸወታ ዝኣቱ ገንዘብ ንምዝማት ዝጥቀመሉ ሜላታት ናይ ኣዳራሽ ክራይ’ዩ።

ምስ ኣመሓዳሪ ናይቲ ኣዳራሽ ተሰማሚዑ ንማሕበረኮምና ብዝተዓጻጸፈ ዋጋ ከምዘኽፍሎም ብምግባር ኣብ መወዳእታ ብምስጢር ብጽሒቱ ምውሳድ እዩ። ኣብቲ ናይ መእተዊ ክፍሊት ክእክቡ ዝምደቡ ሰባት ብምሉኣቶም ንዕኡ ከረክቡ፡ ዝተፋላለየ ጸገም ዘለዎም ሕራይ ጥራሕ ዝፈልጡ ሰባት መሪጹ ስለዝምድቦም፡ ብዘይዝኾነ ምትሕስሳብ እዮም ዘረክብዎ። ካብ ናይ መስተ ዝርከብ ኣታዊ ከምታ ኣብ ሜዳ (ፓርክ) ዝገብራ ኣቶ ኢፍሬም ሓላፊ ደላባ በዓላት ሽማግሌ ሓላፊ ናይታ መደብ ስለዝኾነ ምስ ናይ ደላባ ኣመኽንዩ ዝኣከቦ ገንዘብ ብዘይዋዓል ሕደር ከምቲ ኣቶ ኢፍሬም ባዕሉ ዝገልጾ፡ ‘ነቲ ዓቢ ሰብ’ እዩ ዘረክቦ። ምስዚ ንደረፍቲ ዓጀብቶምን ናይ ሆቴልን መግብን መንቀሳቐስን ዝተጋነነ ወጻኢ ገይረ ብምባል ምስ ወነንቲ ሬስቶራንትታት ከም ዓሰብ ረስቶራንት ዝኣመሰሉ ናይ ሓሶት ናይ ቅብሊት እንዳሰነዐ ናይ ምሉእ ዓመቱ ናይ መስተይኡን መግቡን ይዓጹ።

ሕጂ’ውን ዓመታዊ በዓል ናጽነት ሃገርና ኣብ ክንዲ ብማሕበረሰብና ተኻይዱ ንረብሓ ማሕበረሰብና ዝውዕል፡ ንሽማግለ በዓላት ከም ሽጎማኒ ኣቶ እስቲፋኖስ ተጠቒሙ ነዚ ክቡር መዓልቲ ኣብ ውልቃዊ ረብሕኡ ከምቲ ልሙድ ከውዕሎ ክጓየይ ይርከብ። ብኸምዚ ከኣ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ 10 ዓመታት ሽማግለ በዓላት እዚ ኽሉ ብስም ህዝብን ማሕበረሰብናን ዝእክብዎ ገንዘብ ንነብሶም ውን ሕሳብ ከይተረከቡን ንህዝቦም ከይሓበሩን፡ ብውሽጦም እናሓረሩ’ዮም ክጓዓዙ ጸኒሖም። ነዚ ከኣ ካብ ገጾም ከተንብቦ ኣጸጋሚ ኣይኮነን። ንሽማግለ በዓላት ክብሎም ዝደሊ፡ ሕማሙ ዝሓብአ መድሃኒት ክረክብ ኣይክእልን’ዩ። ንሳኻትኩም እውን ሽግራትኩም ንህዝብኹም ክሳብ ዘይካፈልኩም ፍታሕ ክትረኸቡ ዘይትኽእሉ ምዃንኩም ፈሊጥኩም ዝሓለፈ ሓሊፉ ስለዝኾነ ንህዝብኹም ንምኽሓስ ብትብዓት ክትብገሱ ውዓል ሕደር ዘይባሃሎ ጻዋዒት ንገብረልኩም።

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ብ20 ሚያዝያ 2010 ቀዳማይ ዓመት ዕለተ-ልደትካ ዘኽበርካ ምጭው ወድና ብ20 ሚያዝያ 2010 ቀዳማይ ዓመት ዕለተ-ልደትካ ዘኽበርካ ምጭው ወድና

ሰነድ ሃብተ ኣርኣያ፡ ሰነድ ሃብተ ኣርኣያ፡ እንቋዕ ኣብዚ ኣብቅዓካ እናበልና ሕጉስ ህይወት ንምነየልካ!እንቋዕ ኣብዚ ኣብቅዓካ እናበልና ሕጉስ ህይወት ንምነየልካ!ኣደኻ ሰናይት፡ ኣቦኻ ሃብተ፡ ክልቲአን ዓባይካ፡ ኣባሓጎኻ፡ኣደኻ ሰናይት፡ ኣቦኻ ሃብተ፡ ክልቲአን ዓባይካ፡ ኣባሓጎኻ፡

ከምኡ’ውን ኣኮታትካ፡ ሓወቦታትካ፡ ሓትነታትካ፡ ከምኡ’ውን ኣኮታትካ፡ ሓወቦታትካ፡ ሓትነታትካ፡ ኣሞታትካን ኩሎም ፈተውትን መቕርብን! ኣሞታትካን ኩሎም ፈተውትን መቕርብን!

ብ7 ግንቦት 2010 ቀዳማይ ዕለተ ልደትካ ተኽብር ምጭው ወድናብ7 ግንቦት 2010 ቀዳማይ ዕለተ ልደትካ ተኽብር ምጭው ወድና

ኖህ ሕሩይ ዘርኣይ፡ ኖህ ሕሩይ ዘርኣይ፡ እንቋዕ ኣብዚ ኣብቅዓካ እናበልና ሕጉስ ህይወት ንምነየልካ!እንቋዕ ኣብዚ ኣብቅዓካ እናበልና ሕጉስ ህይወት ንምነየልካ!

ኣደኻ ኣልማዝ መድሃኔ፡ ኣቦኻ ሕሩይ ዘርኣይ፡ ዓባይካ ለምለም ከምኣደኻ ኣልማዝ መድሃኔ፡ ኣቦኻ ሕሩይ ዘርኣይ፡ ዓባይካ ለምለም ከምኡ’ውን ኣኮታትካ፡ ኣሞታትካ፡ ሓትነታትካ፡ ሓወቦታትካን ኩሎም ፈተኡ’ውን ኣኮታትካ፡ ኣሞታትካ፡ ሓትነታትካ፡ ሓወቦታትካን ኩሎም ፈተ

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Estifanos Neguse’s secretive fraudulent scheme of looting the community’s resources for the last few years has been concealed by his close collaboration with Mr. Bogdan, the administrator of the Ukrainian Cultural Cen-tre. Since ECAO board members had trust on Estifanos Neguse, it never crossed their mind that Estifanos Neguse will involve himself in such ridiculous act. They were so naïve, they would accept as it is whatever information his messengers would present.

One of the messengers, who is in his fu-tile attempt to cover-up corruption, is Aklilu Kelemu. He declared that Estifanos Neguse’s hand is clean like Pilates, in the article he wrote on Meseret newspaper on June 2009. In his harsh condemnation of Solomon Abra-ha’s critical statement, Aklilu wrote, “It was divisive, defamatory and very regrettable, and very confusing to the naïve.” He also added false fabricated documents in order to make his point. Let’s go back for a moment to look what Aklilu Kelemu presented in his writing.

“. . . On October 26, 2006, a one thou-sand dollar ($1,000.00) deposit cheque was paid from the ECAO account to the ad-ministrator of the centre. As our bank ac-count book indicates, this deposit cheque was issued on November 7, 2006. Later on

and as usual, after the New Year’s Eve party was successfully held, the rest of the unpaid rental fee which was fi ve thousand dollars ($5000.00) was paid to the concerned party. It is obvious by now as the people who are los-ing sleep to fail us and have no shame, have already posted it on their newspaper, we do not need any witness.” said Aklilu Kelemu.

Aklilu provided fabricated words sup-ported with fabricated documents. Let us carefully look at the cheque he posted on Meseret newspaper.

1) This cheque was supposedly signed when Mr. Negussie Tewolde was president of the ECAO. For every cheque issued by the Association the co-signer is the president besides the Treasurer. If we closely notice at the above cheque, we can see this was not signed by Negussie Tewolde. If you want Negussie’s rightful signature refer to picture B. Therefore, the above cheque is a bogus cheque fabricated by Estifanos in collabora-tion with the treasurer to serve as evidence so as to cover-up his corrupt activities.

2) The second evidence is this bogus cheque was not paid to the UCC. As Mr. Bogdan clearly indicated in his interview, and according to UCC’s agreement of con-tract, the UCC accepts only certifi ed cheque. UCC never accepts the cheque like we see in the above on Picture A.

3) Aklilu Kelemu also showed a copy of the CIBC seal placed on the back of the cashed ECAO cheque. (Picture D)This seal proves nothing about the claimed payment. It does not specifi cally show the particu-lar amount, and moreover, you can use any cheque which is sealed on its back. Another item that deserves close attention is the re-ceipt of one thousand dollars ($1000.00).

1) According to UCC’s Articles of Agree-ment, the required deposit is $1,500.00. The amount indicated on this receipt is $1,000.00

only. It is not diffi cult to identify that this is a forged receipt delib-erately made to refute the receipt of $5,000.00 that was presented in Solomon Abraha’s article.

2) Another item that deserves close atten-tion on this receipt is the name of the payer association. The receipt of $1,000 was is-sued on November 2, 2006, to ECAO (Eri-trean Canadian Association of Ontario) [see Picture E]. On the other hand, the receipt of $5,000.00 was issued to ECC (Eritrean Cul-tural Centre) on January 2, 2007 [see Picture C].

3) As Mr. Bogdan indicated in the in-terview, Estifanos went to the UCC in May 2009 to collect the receipt of $1,000.00. Ak-lilu Kelemu failed miserably to convince us that this bogus $1,000.00 receipt was created in November 2006. Why was a receipt cre-ated on November 2, 2006 doing in UCC un-til May 2009; if it were really created then? Why did Estifanos go to UCC to claim a re-ceipt written to ECAO? The trick is so obvi-ous.

This is a bogus receipt created by Mr.

Bogdan and Estifanos in deliberate attempt to cover-up their illegal scheme. However, their act of forgery was so shabby, it did not help them cover-up their fraudulent conduct. Instead of writing the $1,000.00 receipt to ECC, it was written to ECAO, (because it had to be consistent with the already falsely created a $1,000.00 ECAO cheque to cover up the whole scandal). Neither Estifanos Ne-guse nor Mr. Bogdan could notice this blun-der.

We are already aware that as of 2008, ECAO has taken the responsibility of rent-ing the hall of UCC in New Year’s Eve par-ty. As such, any receipt written to ECAO and specifi cally those related to New Year’s events has no validity what so ever. Estifa-nos Neguse passed this forged receipt to Ak-lilu Kelemu and attempted to clear himself from the messy corruption he was in. Aklilu Kelemu just followed the order and posted it on Meseret newspaper. Then, everything fell apart.

Given this fact, anyone with sober mind would naturally raise a question, what was the motive of Aklilu Kelemu to act in such manner? Why did he attempt to defend Esti-

fanos with a false evidences and compromise his personal integrity?

“Aklilu has his own crisis,” said an insid-er who has been around for long time and has extensive knowledge about the administra-tion of the Association. “He is trying to pro-tect himself by defending Estifanos. He was the fundraising director from 2006 to 2008. As you already know, there is no transparent way of doing things. Whatever expenses they had like for sound system rental, musician’s fees or decoration, etc are all exaggerated. Whenever the payments are made they nev-er provided appropriate and valid receipts. Even other aspects of the fundraising efforts were not transparent. …

“… I cannot exactly say he has taken this amount or he has provided that amount, but when I observe him attempting to cover-up the obvious truth with false documents, I can

only say that he is involved in the cor-ruption.” Solomon Abraha, the former

secretary of ECAO also describes Aklilu Kel-emu’s motive in somewhat similar manner.

“Aklilu knows about the corruption.” Sol-omon said. “It is him who said at fi rst the hall rental fees was $7,000.00 and later on after a month who informed us that the rental fees was lowered to $6,000.00.” Knowing this fact, you may wonder why Aklilu attempted to refute the concrete evidence of Solomon Abraha by using a fabricated documents! “May be he has compromised his integrity Or may be he wanted to gain political benefi t to position himself in a more favorable status from a political entity,” said Solomon.

Solomon said that he resigned from the board the ECAO in June 2007. But Aklilu had stayed within the board for 15 months as member of board and director of the fund-raising committee. He did not refrain from expressing his concerns about the possibility of Aklilu’s involvement in the corruption of the Association.

Either way, Estifanos was able to defraud the community for long period of time with-out being suspected as he had good accom-

plices, like Mr. Bogdan, the administrator of UCC, and the corrupt board members of the ECAO. As it was stated in the earlier parts of this series, Estifanos noticed that some board members of ECAO were aware about his corrupt activities. After all, the receipt of the $5,000.00 had already fallen on the wrong hands. He and his messengers within the board were engaged to destroy any evi-dence that will expose them. At the end of their effort he was partially succeed. A bind-er that contained important documents of the ECAO was stolen on February 18, 2007 from the cabinet of the ECAO offi ce.

Solomon Abraha, the former secretary of the board recalls the event in stark sadness.

“Because the binder contained important documents like minutes of meeting, agree-ments, etc” said Solomon:

“I used to keep it at home, because there was similar type of theft before. A software worth of $2,000.00 was stolen from the ECAO’s offi ce during the term of the previ-ous board.”

Solomon added that except this particular binder he used to keep it at home, all other documents of the association were kept in the cabinet of the ECAO’s offi ce. The cabi-net has two copies of keys. Both him and Rahel Haile, (the former treasurer) had one each. Estifanos’s collaborators were busy searching for documents that implicate both Estifanos and them in corruption, whenever Solomon is not around the ECAO offi ce. Un-fortunately, the binder that they were looking for was not found in the cabinet. Knowing the fact that Solomon keeps this binder at home they devised a pretext to cause Solo-mon bring the binder to ECAO’s offi ce. Iyob Foto, the former sports director, requested Solomon to get him the Corporate License of ECAO, pretending he needed it to show the city administrators. The Corporate License was kept in the binder where Solomon kept

at his home. Solomon brought the binder to the ECAO offi ce for the purpose Iyob just requested. Three days later the binder was stolen with all its contents.

“When I saw the binder is no more there, I was shocked,” said Solomon and remember-ing the incident with wonder. “The ECAO offi ce has two doors. The cabinet has its own key. The doors were not broken; the cabinet was not damaged; but the binder was disap-peared. Then I knew that it was an insider’s job. It is only Rahel and I who have access to the cabinet keys.” He added that Rahel Haile is defi nitely the primary suspect in the theft of the binder.

The binder disappeared with all its docu-ments. Estifanos and his collaborators man-aged to destroy incriminating documents. As we say in the Tigrigna language, truth may have been buried down on its head but man-aged to sprout out with its feet. Not every-thing was buried. The receipt of $5,000.00 that became a symbolic evidence of corrup-tion was not kept in the binder. It survived from the conspired theft, and fi nally became the main to in unfolding the corruption of ECAO. The futile attempts and conspiracy of Iyob Foto, (former Sport’s director and co-ordinator for four years), Rahel Haile,(former Treasurer for four years), Aklilu Kelemu (for-mer Fundraising director for two years), and Ferede Abraha, (current Sport’s and Fund-raising director), to cover-up the corruption within the association did not materialize. One document after the other disclosed their true nature, and exposed Estifanos and his messengers’ corrupt activities. These docu-ments have clearly shown that our commu-nity was being looted by its own guardians.

This is the alliance of corruption work-ing behind the scenes and bleeding our community. Estifanos and his collaborators exploited the weak structure of our commu-nity. ECAO is not a functional community; it lacks transparency in the work it does; it is not bound by its own bylaw; its income and expense are not reported properly and not au-dited by competent and certifi ed auditors. It is a comfortable institution for corrupt board

members.

They have good pretexts to act the way they have acted in the past and they will con-tinute to embezzle and mismanage public funds. It is high time! We need to be aware of and give it an appropriate attention. The development of our community can only be guaranteed if we are able to weed out these parasites. We also need to introduce transpar-ency in running the activities of our commu-nity so as to stop this corrupt and crippling practice.

Otherwise, Estifanos and his groupie won’t be deterred from practicing their cor-rupt conduct, or repeating yesteryears’ dra-mas on today’s stage. Let’s awake!

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ECAO, A Community Looted By Its Guardian

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PART 3 & THE END

May 2010

The smell of exotic food,Cooked for hours before Our arrival with all the Care and pa-tience of love,

Was always a wel-come greeting.

Abour and sarma, dormaAnd fresh tabbouleh, lahmajounAnd grilled kebabs, madeOn the propane barbeque that satJust outside the back door.

You could see the rows ofPlants and trees from the backPorch, his gardens in spring andSummer, with their cleanScent of dark turned earthAnd growing vegetables.

They said he had green thumbs. From the kitchen was always theFaintest humming of songsThat were beyond my imagining,Far older than I knew or caredTo know, her voice innatelyComforting as I watched her form Kelour and tarak out of crushedBulgar and ground meat.

The house breathed spice whenShe was cooking.

We would eat together, all of us.And sometimes if we were eatingIn the basement, he would put onHis old records which always soundedSo foreign to me, with theirStrangely wavering middle-easternSound, and their voices which spokeIn tongues that my young ears could Not understand.All of it, Armenian to me.

Jonathan Eskedjian is a recent gradu-ate of Laurentian University’s under-graduate program with a major in English. He is an aspiring poet who works part-time as a bouncer, trains very seriously in traditional martial arts, and also happens to be the orga-nizer of Barrie’s only open-mic poetry/prose group, the Society of the Spoken Word.

He currently lives in Barrie, Ontario, and has hopes of one day making a name for himself on the international political stage as a politician.

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St. Catharines

Oldest twins - Chinese 104-year-old twins, Cao Daqiao (senior, right) and Cao Xiaoqiao talk at home in Weifang, east China’s Shandong province on No-vember 29, 2009. According to the Shanghai Guinness World Records, these twin sisters, who were born in 1905, are the oldest living twins in the world as they are also listed on the Guiness World of Records for the oldest twins.

Shortest and tallest men - Earlier this week, the world’s shortest man, He Pingping, age 21, died after developing chest pains while fi lming a television show in Italy. Pingping suffered from primordial dwarfi sm, a condition which kept him from ever growing taller than 73 cm (2 feet 5 inches) tall. Pingping was recognized by the Guinness World Records or-ganization, who also held a “World Records Day” last November, encourag-ing people all over the world to set their own records. Collected here are a group of superlatives, recent photos of world records and record attempts around the world.

He Pingping of China smiles as Sultan Kosen of Turkey rests his hands on He’s shoulders during a promotional event in Istanbul, Turkey on Janu-ary 14, 2010. He, with a height of 73 cm (2 feet 5 inch), and Kosen, with a height of 246.5 cm (8 feet 1 inch), have been listed in the Guinness World Records as the world’s shortest man and tallest man respectively.

Latest Record of Guinness Book Of Record

Strong man - Indian born British strongman Manjit Singh, 59, pulls a double decker bus using ropes attached to his hair in London, England on November 12, 2009. Singh broke the world record Thursday by pulling the bus a total of 21.2 metres.

Sword swallower - Street performer Chayne Hultgren (a.k.a. ‘The Space Cowboy’), re-enacts his 18-sword swallowing attempt for a Guinness World Record in front of the Sydney Opera House on February 8, 2010. The Aus-tralian beat his own world record when he simultaneously swallowed 18 swords, each blade measuring 50.8cm by 1.3cm, in the lead-up to Interna-tional Sword Swallowing Day on February 28.

ByJonathan Eskedjian

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May 2010

Repeal of ‘faint-hope clause’ would end early pa-role for murderers

OTTAWA, April 20, 2010 –

The Honourable Rob Nichol-son, P.C., Q.C., M.P. for Niagara Falls, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and Mr. Daniel Petit, M.P. for Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles, Parliamentary Secre-tary to the Minister of Justice today announced legislation to ensure serious time for the most serious crime: a bill to repeal the “faint-hope clause” that allows murderers to obtain early parole.

“Our government is taking action to

ensure serious time for the most serious crime,” said Minister Nicholson. “Ending faint-hope reviews will put a stop to early parole for murderers. The families of mur-der victims will no longer have to suffer the anguish of attending repeated early parole eligibility hearings.”

Eliminating the faint-hope clause

would ensure that criminals who com-

mit fi rst-degree murder would not be eligible for parole until they serve the full 25 years of their sen-tence. Similarly, offenders serving life imprisonment for second-degree murder would no longer be eli-gible for parole until their parole ineligibility period is served, which could be up to 25 years.

“This bill is another step forward in protecting the rights of victims of crime,” said Daniel Petit. “Our government agrees with Canadians: the justice system must not put the rights of criminals ahead of the rights of law-abiding citizens.”

Once this legislation comes into force, offenders who commit murder on or af-ter the day will no longer be eligible for early parole under the faint-hope regime and those who are currently serving their life sentence or awaiting sentence will face tougher rules when they apply. An online version of the legislation will be available at www.parl.gc.ca

OTTAWA, April 23, 2010 – The Hon-ourable Rob Nicholson, P.C., Q.C.,

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Member of Parliament for Niagara Falls, and Mr. Daniel Petit, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Member of Parliament for Charlesbourg-Haute-Saint-Charles today introduced the Combating Terror-ism Act.

“The Combating Terrorism Act will

provide more tools for police and pros-ecutors to prevent and investigate ter-rorist activities,” said Minister Nichol-son. “These provisions are necessary to protect our country from the threat of terrorism.” The investigative hearing provisions of the Bill would amend the Criminal Code to allow the Courts to compel a witness who may have infor-mation regarding a terrorism offence to appear in court and provide informa-tion.

The proposed recognizance with conditions provisions would require a person to enter into an agreement

before a judge to abide by certain conditions in order to prevent the carrying out of a terrorist activity. It is designed to aid in the dis-ruption of the preparatory phase of terrorist activity.

These provisions were originally created by the Anti-terrorism Act in 2001, and were subject to a 5-year sunset clause. In February 2007, a gov-ernment resolution to extend the inves-tigative hearing and recognizance with conditions provisions for another three years was voted down in the House of Commons and they expired on March 1,

2007.

The proposed legislation would add safeguards to those already included in the original legislation to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals who may be subject to these pro-visions.

“The fi rst duty of every government is to protect the safety and security of its citizens, while also ensur-ing the protection of their fundamental rights,” said Mr. Petit. “We strongly be-lieve that these amendments improve upon the original legislation.”

CBC: Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20

nations failed to agree on the idea of a global bank tax in Washington Friday. The tax had been put forward by the In-ternational Monetary Fund as a measure to protect against fi nancial sector melt-downs like the one that occurred in fall 2008.

In a communiqué issued at the end of their session, the countries pledged to come up with ways to ensure that banks make a “fair and substantial contribu-tion towards paying for any burdens

associated with government interven-tions to repair the banking system.” The statement also said the countries were working to come up with a co-ordinated effort to overhaul fi nancial regulatory systems, which were found to be seri-ously fl awed.

The goal now is to present a plan to the G-20 leaders when they meet in late June in Toronto. The communiqué also said the global economy is recovering at a better-than-expected rate because of the massive amounts of government stimulus that have been provided.

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GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INTRODUCES COMBATING TERRORISM ACT

G20 FAILS TO ENDORSE BANK TAX

GOVERNMENT OF CANADA INTRODUCES BILL TO ENSURE SERIOUS TIME FOR THE MOST SERIOUS CRIME

TORONTO - Mothers from Scarbor-ough, youth from Jane and Finch

and Rexdale, workers from Hamilton, students from Mississauga, Guelph and Kitchener/Waterloo and families from Davenport all gathered in Toronto in a march of over 2000 on Saturday, May 1, 2010 in St.Jamestown (Wellesley St & Ontario St.) to protest Immigration changes and insist that Minister of Im-migration and Citizenship, Jason Ken-ney, be fi red.

The March began with a large ban-ner dropped off the side of a bridge that read “Fire Jason Kenney”. Rosina Kazi, lead singer, of well-known local band Lal, sang an anthem that got the demonstra-tion dancing as it took over Parliament Street. As chants of “Status for All” rang through the streets, many community members joined in, swelling numbers further. Singers appeared on roof tops urging the community on. The march ended at Moss Park without any major incidents. Police intervened, confi scated and destroyed water fi lled balloons for no reason.

“There has been a systematic media war against immigrants and refugee claimants in the last few months led by Minister Jason Kenney”, insists Carolina Gama, a member of Mujeres Al Frente, a Latin American women migrants group, struggling against the Immigration sys-tem, who is organizing a contingent for the protest on May 1. “Visa restrictions on Mexicans and expedited deporta-tions have led to grave suffering. Grize, a

young mother, tried to claim refugee status twice, was denied twice, and then

killed, yet the Immigration Minister has not changed his policies”.

“Habtom Kibraeb, a refugee claim-ant, killed himself rather than be deport-ed,” says Bairu Sium, an activist in the Eritrean community and editor of Eru-Forum, who is bringing a contingent of concerned community members to the march. “Instead of making it easier for people to come and build a life in Can-ada, Kenney is forcing people into more and more precarious situations with Bill C-11 entering its second reading this Monday. How many people have to die at the hands of this Minister before he gets removed?” he asks.

“I have seen friends and organizers, men with families and jobs, suddenly deported from our neighbourhood. We have no childcare services, no new schools for kids, no good health care here” says Sultana Jehangir, member of South Asian Women’s Rights Organiza-tion, who will be bringing a bus to the march. “Minister Kenney goes around smiling at functions, at photo-ops with immigrant communities, but we know the truth, he is just a liar that must be fi red”.

“In December of last year, 4 migrant workers fell to their deaths, working in unsafe conditions, unable to demand the most basic of protections because they didn’t have full status”, says Faria Kamal, a member of No One Is Illegal Toronto that called the protests. “Immigrant commu-nities are dying as Kenney takes away all ways to enter and live in Canada safely, forcing people into temporary, precari-ous jobs. We need this Minister gone”.

“Fire Jason Kenney” thousands of Immigrants urge in rights rally protesting changes

Mr. Daniel Petit

Mr. Rob Nicholson

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We need to talk about the feelings of Eritrean women. We need to talk about Eritrean women who have always been put down by the men they love. After a divorce, many women remain struggling to raise their kids by themselves while many men, the fathers, leave their kids behind to lead a free and relaxed life. They don’t have problems, they begin to look for another woman right then. They look for a younger women to marry and make them another victims of their irre-sponsible behavior.

Let’s look at the women who raise their kids by themselves. Many of them look ten years older than their actual age. They worry constantly about everything from getting the bread on the table, raise their kids in disciplined way and make them successful in school. They feel lone-ly, tired, and bad about themselves. They feel they need a man in their lives, espe-cially, to help them raise the boys.

When they decide to let a man come in their lives again, their fi rst choice is al-ways a man from their culture because they think it is more safe and comfort-able for themselves and their kids. They don’t want to bring a man to the life of their family outside of their culture. But sometimes, the men they choose turn out to be just as bad as the father of their kids. They think that they could be their friend and serve as father fi gure to their kids, but contrary to their expectation they turn out to be their enemy. They make fun of them by talking with others about their private life.

They betray the women’s trust so badly and some women contemplate to commit suicide to escape the shame. They feel uncomfortable to socialize with their people because they feel they did something wrong. They try to escape from gossips of the community by tak-ing the painful option, just staying away from their community.

I wish I could talk to Eritrean men who are not able to grow up as men. Be a man! Look at what you are doing to your women. Look at what you are doing to you children you leave behind.

I have a lot of friends from the Somali, Sudanese and Ethiopian community, and they all are much better off than Eritrean women. The Somalis and the Sudanese women talk about the women’s issue in their communities. They discuss about women who are struggling with a di-vorce. The Sheik himself raise the divorce issue in the mosques after their prayers, they try their best to help their women

fi nd another man or give them some kind of support. The Ethiopians are the same. What about you Eritrean men, es-pecially those irresponsible individuals? You make fun of your women and your ‘kids’. For God’s sake please stop doing this to your own sisters. Please grow up! We all deserve better life. And women, we need to talk about this.

Y.A.

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS

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We support the McGuinty government’s intention to protect and retain interna-

tional students Dr. Eric Hoskins, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration said on April 26th that Ontario will amend the Post-Secondary Education Choice and Excellence (PSECE)

Act to make it easier for international PhD students to stay in the province. If this act is amended, the government would be able to better protect interna-

tional PhD students and preserve the quality of post-secondary education in the province. Moreover, the amendments would strengthen the province’s ability to shut down unauthorized educational institutions and prevent them from taking advan-tage of international students.

One of the most visible changes would be eliminating the conditions attached to

international PhD students. Unlike the current act, international PhD graduates who enrol at Ontario’s publicly-funded universities would no longer need a job offer to apply for permanent residence.

This is a commendable amendment, but it raises worries for some people. If these

students are allowed to stay here without employment, this could be an additional burden to Canadian tax payers.

There is no doubt Ontarians will benefi t from amendments to the PSECE Act. It

will help us to take advantage of the talents of smart students and it will also serve to attract more smart international PhD students to Ontario. Therefore, we need to support McGuinty’s government Acts to protect and retain students.

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7 Success Secrets for...From page 25This is your country now. Get in-

volved in your community in Canada. Know about your sports teams - wheth-er it is in basketball or hockey or others. Be able to talk at the water cooler about what is going on.

4) Have a Plan B - Everyone has his own skills and experience. One comes to Canada with the goals and hopes of working in a fi eld that is similar to what you have done. To ensure that you are successful, one needs to have a Plan B and as some of the participants at the symposium said, you need to have a Plan C, D and E. Perhaps you may have another passion - it may be in a different career path or a second or third choice related to what you were originally cho-sen to do. Be open to the idea of taking another risk after doing your research fi rst.

5) Stay Clear of ethnic - Silos - Immi-grants who integrate into the Canadian workplace and Canadian life the best

are those who make friends with people from all ethnic groups. Canada is a very multi-cultural country. Don’t limit your-self to be only with people from your na-tive country or from your own language group. Be open to making friends with people from all religious and cultural groups.

6) Take risks - By deciding to come to Canada, you have taken one of the big-gest risks in your life. For that you should be congratulated. To continue your road to success, you need to keep an open mind to new ideas and possibilities. This may be a new business venture or a possible job opportunity for you to consider.

7) Volunteer, mentor, network - The way to fi nding work and succeeding in Canada is being involved in the commu-nity, volunteering with different profes-sional associations, charities and causes that are important to you. This will build your network and your friendships/rela-tionships that will help you in ensuring your success in Canada in the present and future time.

May 2010

The law can be an ass if you persist in exposing fl eshy bits. Like saggy,

low rise, Look at my underwear jeans, exposing your “bits” invites the world to bite. The following are a few interest-ing suggestions to make your arse dif-fi cult to bite!

Family law:

Here are a few clichés: He that fi nd-eth a wife fi ndeth a good thing. Behind every great man is a great woman. Even Jim Carey’s cynical twist, “behind ev-ery great man is a great woman rolling her eyes”. Bottom line, if she is unhappy you are unhappy. Remember that. If you do not give unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s you will fi nd “happiness” with half your stuff.

Ok enough of the jokes. Seriously, separation and divorce are very expen-sive for all concerned. Ask from Sir Paul MaCartney. He deleted an ass pro-tecting step otherwise known as a pre-nuptial agreement. The rest is history. If you are not sure yet you like the idea of marriage, get a prenuptial agreement before or get ass whipped!

In Ontario, should the blinkers come off and there is an irretrievable break down in the marriage, here is what hap-pens. It is this. There is no division of property - but there is a calculation made to determine how much money the per-son whose net asset value has increased most during the marriage should pay to the other so that they each end up with assets of equal value for the period of their marriage. This payment is called an equalization payment. Did I hear you say it’s cheaper to keep her/him?

Criminal law:

If her Majesty’s fi nest come knock-ing, on invite you for a “chat” it is per-haps not the time to put your mouth in gear. You chat in the pub with your friend. A call or visit from a uniformed Public servant especially when your words are being recorded or videotaped is not a chat. Wise men pause. Next they fi nd a big padlock. Then promptly apply it to both upper and lower lips. They then throw away the key and look for a Lawyer with a master key.

What a person says to a law enforce-ment offi cer can and will be used in evidence against him. You may think the law is an ass. The Supreme court of Canada disagrees. It has repeatedly af-fi rmed that being mute even though not by an act of God, is your right. So what do you do when faced with this ass bit-ing moment? I have three simple rules. Rule number one - shut up. Rule num-ber two is even simpler - Do not forget rule number one. If perchance you for-get rule number one and number two, I hope you can fi nd a Lawyer who will beat you till you can recite these two simple rules.

Insurance Law:

Offence is the best form of defence. As you acquire assets, so do you acquire a virtual bulls eye. Success brings out enemies and friends alike. An effective defence tool to protect your proverbial ass is purchasing appropriate policies. Policies for overseas medical cover, dis-ability, critical illness, life, home, au-tomobile cover etc. They protect your down side. I am not a gambling man.

I like insurance. Risk transfer is good. Here is what to remember though. An insurance contract requires both the Policy buyer and Insurance company to act honestly toward each other and to not mislead or withhold critical information from one another. It’s a contract of ut-most good faith. Selective recollection of important facts when you are getting coverage usually ends badly.

Contract Law:

Here is one that will defi nitely bite you if not handled properly. We enter into contracts every single day. Most contracts are verbal. Some sealed with a handshake like gentlemen. I like the belt and braces approach. I trust in the Lord. I also recommend tying down your cam-el. Personally, I like paper and ink.

In order to be valid, a contract re-

quires an offer, acceptance and consid-eration. The parties themselves must be capable of contracting and must have the intention to create legal relations.

I also like signatures to contracts. Writing inks our thinking and seals our understanding. It also takes away the he said she said confusion. Most impor-tantly, it makes it easy for a Judge to interpret in the event of memories fad-ing as to an agreement. So next time you want to buy a business, hire a contractor, sell or buy an asset, sign a lease, rent an apartment etc, ink that thinking. Failure to take this step might become more ex-pensive than you ever intended.

Wills oh Wills:

Like taxes, passing on cannot be avoided. It is predestined to happen to 100% of us. Why not “take care of busi-ness” when one has a chance? Creating will (even one from staples) is better

than no will at all. It ensures that those “interesting people” who rear their ugly heads after you are gone and harass your family, will have no legal force to con-tinue. A well crafted will ensures that your family can kick their ass to the grass.

What happens if a person does not make a will ? In Ontario, that persons es-tate will be distributed according to On-tario’s intestate succession law. Without a will, guess what? It’s the Provincial government that dictates what happens to your hard earned. Yikes!

This irreverent piece from the diary of a Lawyer is meant to amuse, chal-lenge and educate you. It is not legal advice.

Bode Odetoyinbo is a Partner in the Odetoyinbo Law Offi ce. You can consult the Odetoyinbo Law Offi ce at 905-487-6333. www.lawyer4me.com

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The Law is an Ass.Make sure it does not

bite yours.

By Bode Odetoyinbo

May 2010

The responses of children (physiological or otherwise) tend to be less restrained than those of adults. This means that their reactions to things, such as allergies and sensitivities, generally tend to be more ob-vious and more acute.

As humanity evolves, more sensitive people are born into this world. A more sensitive

child is more reactive to the chaos, noise and electromagnetic disorganization of the mod-ern world. More and more children are diag-nosed with attention defi cit disorder (ADD) because they are easily distracted or over-stimulated, and are easily affected by chaos in the classroom and elsewhere. Our modern world is abrasive and disruptive to the mind of a sensitive person.

Do these children need treatment, or does society need to change? In my opinion, society needs to change. In the meantime, we must treat these children so they can live and thrive in this chaotic world. As do pets, children tend to refl ect the chaos and ill-ness of their parents. Treating their parents is often still the best option. For children, a calm and orderly home is often helpful.

Too much time spent around noise, televisions, computers and other electronic devices is chaotic and harmful. This does not mean that these things should be banned outright, but rather they should be used in moderation. Children, like adults, may become addicted to things they are sensitive or allergic to.

Allergies in children are usually an inherited pattern, which is brought into symptomatic manifestation by a number of interactive factors, in-cluding vaccinations, antibiotics and other drugs. Parental smoking and drug use affect children as well. Toxic laundry chemicals and household cleaners should be avoided. Many skin rashes in children can be caused by laundry chemicals. Using pure, simple soaps and cleaners such as those found in health food stores can make a signifi cant difference in the long-term health of a child. Organic foods also make a very signifi -cant difference.

It is wise to avoid metal dental work in children’s mouths. It is also wise for children to avoid artifi cial colors, fl avors and sweeteners, as well as excessive refi ned fl our products and refi ned sugars. Once again, mod-eration is key in all things. Children need to have physical exercise and spend time outdoors.

They need a healthy relationship with nature, and they need to un-derstand themselves as part of nature. This is not intended to put the child in opposition to society and the modern world, but to keep the child connected to that which is sustainable and long-term. The chaos of the modern world cannot last indefi nitely. The treatment of children requires specialized training in acupuncture and other allergy treat-ment methods.

If you seek a practitioner to treat your child, be sure the practitioner is trained in treating children. More subtle methods of treatment are best for sensitive children. Choose your practitioner - and your choice of treatment - wisely.

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Tell us something about yourself “With over many years of experience in

the IT Consulting industry, I have consulted on turn-key Web/Internet, Business Intelli-gence and Multimedia projects. Although be-ing an IT Professional, I have also been writ-ing since the past 5 to 6 years. My passion for writing has led me into the world of Media and Journalism”

Tell us about your work especially in the world of Writing and Journalism

“Being a Canadian writer of short stories, articles and poetry since 2004, I have written for a number of newspapers, on-line Journals and magazines. I have also written for a main-stream newspaper that has headquarters in New York. I have also written a large number of articles across various publications/jour-nals, books and magazines since 2004”

As a part of your media coverage what would you consider your best achievements

“Having covered some prestigious events in the past such as Obama’s Press Conference with Harper right inside the Parliament Press room in Feb 2009 during his visit to Ottawa, JUNO Awards conference, TO Fashion Week 2009, TIFF, NetIP 2009, Remembrance Day’s True Patriot Love 2009 event attended by PM Harper and other dignitaries, Anokhi awards ceremony 2010, Heart Truth Fashion show 2010. I have interviewed and met many per-sonalities and celebrities in the past through the various publications that I write for”

Recently, you were on Rogers TV, broad-cast several times thru the week. What was the reason?

“Two pieces of my work got published in a new book “Canadian Voices” which is a multicultural book published by Bookland Press and I consider this achievement very important as the book features many good writers. The interview on Rogers TV was in this regards as well as due to my appear-ances in the world of Media and Journalism. I consider getting interviewed on the TV as a good achievement since it was aired several times on the Television at different timings all through the week on Channel 10 and then on 63. I was also interviewed on ThatChannel webTV’s Liquid Lunch program earlier”

You are now the co-host on a multicul-tural TV Talk Show, what’s the new show?

“We started this Talk show which is called ‘Believers & Achievers’ fairly recently. Anyone and everyone who have believed in themselves and have achieved a milestone and success, we have featured them on our show. Basically, each and every one of us has a story to tell. What we do on the ‘Be-lievers & Achievers’ platform is a means to facilitate these stories to a wider audience as it is watched by large number of people in North America (US/Canada) and the UK. Canada is a multicultural country. So here we are trying to recognize the very achievements of our people, may they be mainstream Cana-dians or Immigrants coming to Canada from different parts of the world. We have already interviewed many personalities on the show. ‘Believers & Achievers’ thereby aims to show

how diverse Canada is and to celebrate this diversity. We have some great plans, the proj-ect is going to have a very big cross-section of the people in Canada getting featured on the show”

Tell us about your appearance in the Me-dia in the world of acting/modelling

“Having worked in the Theatre in 2006 (Tapestry of Dreams), I have appeared in a foray of media including TV appearing briefl y on CBC’s Primetime show “The Border” and on background work in a Hollywood Produc-tion “Devil” which is in production. With hard work, I am determined to strive to get into the foreground in the future! Apart have been involved in modelling/fashion show, having started through a modelling contest where I was picked by one of the agencies”

You have also worked on the Multimedia Production of a Theatrical Show providing high display Computer Graphics. What was it about?

“In the fall of December 2006, I was in-volved in the Multimedia Production of a Theatrical show dubbed “DreamWeavers : Tapestry of Dreams” by Sirius Theatrical. It

was essentially an inter-generational, multi-disciplinary, multicultural animation project consisting of a live performance interspersed with dance, music, drama, photography, sing-ing, spoken words, visual arts and fi nally Computer graphics. The performance played huge emphasis on new Immigrant stories from the communities and since this is what reso-nated with me hence I took part in the show. I am a Web Designer and Computer Graphics/Multimedia Professional and that’s why I was involved in the show not only for Multimedia but also for Acting and Visual arts”

What message would you like to give to our readers

“I would like to thank you Aaron and your publication for the interview. I would also like to thank the readers and say that if you have an inspiration or an idea put it down on paper and then expand on it step-by-step. Keep on work-ing in the direction of the objectives diligently and persistently and they will manifest!”

Correspondent Jatin Naik speaks about his accomplishments and

achievements in an exclusiveInterview

PediatricAllergies

By Dr. Xiyan Cao

Jatin Naik

May 2010

Tournament details

Host country South AfricaDates 11 June – 11 JulyTeams 32 (from 6 confedera-

tions)Venue(s) 10 (in 9 host cities) 2006 2014

The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament. It is scheduled to take place between 11 June and 11 July 2010 in South Africa. The 2010 FIFA World Cup will be the culmination of a qualifi cation process that began in August 2007 and involved 204 of the 208 FIFA national teams. As such, it matches the 2008 Summer Olympics as the sports event with the most compet-ing nations.

This will be the fi rst time that the tournament has been hosted by an African nation, after South Africa beat Morocco and Egypt in an all-African bidding process. Italy are the defending champions. The draw for the fi nals took place on 4 December 2009 in Cape Town.

Host selection

Africa was chosen as the host for the 2010 World Cup as part of a new policy to rotate the event between football confederations (which was later abandoned in October 2007). Five African nations placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup:

• Egypt • Libya / Tunisia (co-host-

ing) • Morocco • South Africa

Following the decision of the FIFA Executive Committee not to al-low co-hosted tournaments, Tunisia withdrew from the bidding process. The committee also decided not to consider Libya’s solo bid as it no lon-ger met all the stipulations laid down in the offi cial List of Requirements.

After one round of voting, the winning bid was announced by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at a media conference on 15 May 2004 in Zürich.

South Africa was awarded the rights to host the tournament, defeating Morocco and Egypt.[1]

Voting Results

South Africa 14 Morocco 10 Egypt 0• Tunisia withdrew on 8 May 2004

after joint bidding was not allowed • Libya bid was rejected: bid did

not meet the list of requirements and joint bidding was not allowed

Qualifi cation

As the host nation, South Africa qualifi es automatically for the tour-nament. However, South Africa did participate in World Cup qualifi ers because the CAF qualifi ers also serve as the qualifying tournament for the 2010 African Cup of Nations.

They were the fi rst host since

1934 to participate in preliminary qualifying. As happened in the pre-vious tournament, the defending champions were not given an auto-matic berth, and Italy had to partici-pate in qualifi cation.

The qualifi cation draw for the 2010 World Cup was held in Durban, South Africa, on 25 November 2007.

List of qualifi ed teams

The following 32 teams qualifi ed for the fi nal tournament.

AFC (4) • Australia • Japan

• Korea DPR • Korea Republic CAF (5+1) • Algeria • Cameroon • Côte d’Ivoire • Ghana • Nigeria • South Afr ica (hosts)

CONCACAF (3) • Honduras • Mexico • United States CONMEBOL (5) • Argentina • Brazil • Chile • Paraguay • Uruguay OFC (1) • New Zealand UEFA (13) • Denmark • England • France • Germany • Greece • Italy

• Netherlands • Portugal • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Switzerland

Qualifi ed countries in green

This is the fi rst World Cup with no debutant associations, although two of the qualifi ers (Slovakia and Serbia) have previously appeared only as parts of former competing nations. In both cases FIFA considers these teams to have retained the earlier

nations’ records.

Based on the October 2009 rank-ings used for the main draw, South Africa at 86 were the lowest ranked team in the tournament.[2]

Qualifying match con-troversies

Controversy surrounded several of the fi nal qualifi cation matches in November 2009.

In the second leg of the play-off between France and the Republic of Ireland French captain Thierry Hen-ry, unseen by the referee, illegally handled the ball in the lead up to the winning goal, which saw France make the fi nal 32 teams ahead of Ireland. The incident caused wide-spread debate on FIFA Fair Play, and how matches should be refereed at the highest level.

The Football Association of Ire-

land (FAI) requested a replay on grounds of fairness, but this was de-nied by FIFA under the Laws of the Game.[3] A widely reported later re-quest by Ireland to be included as an unprecedented 33rd World Cup en-trant was later withdrawn by the FAI, and dismissed by the FAI as periph-eral to their other more substantial petitions for change in world football made to FIFA.[4][5] Costa Rica also complained over Uruguay’s winning goal in the CONMEBOL–CONCACAF playoff.[6]

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The province intends to introduce amendments to the Post-Secondary Ed-ucation Choice and Excellence Act that would, if passed, allow the government to better protect students and safeguard the quality of post-secondary educa-tion in Ontario. The amendments would strengthen the province’s ability to shut

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McGuinty Government Acts To Protect And Retain Students

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Be open to do what you can to im-prove your English Speaking skills - take upgrading courses, join Toastmasters, listen to English speaking talk stations including CBC radio and watch English news. Make friends with English speak-ing people and try to speak English as much as possible.

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2010 FIFA World Cup...

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There was crowd trouble around two matches between Egypt and Algeria, with the Algerian team bus stoned before the fi rst in Cairo, and reports of Egyptian fans ambushed after the second in Khartoum. Local media made lurid reports, and dip-lomatic relations between the coun-tries nosedived.

On 2 December, FIFA called an extraordinary general meeting of the Executive Committee. The Alge-ria–Egypt episode was assigned to a subcommittee for further investiga-tion. FIFA announced they would be setting up an inquiry into technol-ogy and extra offi cials in the game, but they did not announce a widely expected move of the fast-tracked introduction of goal-line referee’s as-sistants, already being trialled in the Europa League, and confi rmed the competition in South Africa would be offi ciated as normal with a ref-eree, two assistants, and a fourth of-fi cial.[7] On the subject of fair Play, FIFA President Sepp Blatter said:

I appeal to all the players and

coaches to observe this fair play. In 2010 we want to prove that football is more than just kicking a ball but has social and cultural value...So we ask the players ‘please observe fair play’ so they will be an example to the rest of the world[8]

Prize money and club payments

The total prize money on offer for the tournament was confi rmed by FIFA as $420 million, a 60 per cent increase on the 2006 tourna-ment. Before the tournament, each participating team would receive $1 million, for preparation costs. Once at the tournament, teams exiting at the group stage would receive $8 million. Thereafter, the prize money would be distributed as follows:

• $9 million - Round of 16 • $18 million - Quarter-fi nals • $20 million - Semi-fi nals • $24 million - Runners up • $30 million - Winners

In a fi rst for the World Cup, there would also be payments made by FIFA to the domestic clubs of the players representing their national teams at the tournament. This would see a total of 26 million being paid

to domestic clubs, amounting to just over 1,000 per player per day. [2]

This was the result of an agree-ment reached in 2008 between FIFA and European clubs to disband the G-14 and drop their claims for com-pensation dating back to 2005 over the fi nancial cost of injuries sus-tained to their players while on in-ternational duty, such as that from Belgian club Charleroi S.C. for injury to Morroco’s Abdelmajid Oulmers in a friendly game in 2004, and from English club Newcastle United for an injury to England’s Michael Owen in the 2006 World Cup.

Mascot

Zakumi, the mascot of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The offi cial mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup is Zakumi (born 16 June 1994 (age 15)), an anthropo-morphised leopard with green hair. His name comes from “ZA”, the in-ternational abbreviation for South Africa, and “kumi”, a word that means “ten” in various African languages. The mascot’s colours refl ect those of the host nation’s playing strip – yel-low and green.

Zakumi’s birthdate coincides

with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa and their second group match. The year 1994 marks the fi rst non-racial nationwide elections in South Africa. He will turn 16 in 2010.

The Zakumi’s offi cial motto is: “Za-kumi’s game is Fair Play.” The motto was seen in the digital advertise-ment boards during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and it will also appear at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Match ball

Jabulani, the offi cial match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup

The match ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be named the “Jabulani”, made by adidas, which means “bringing joy to everyone” in isiZulu. The number eleven plays a prominent role in the new technologically advanced ball: it is the eleventh World Cup match ball made by the German sports equipment maker; it features eleven colours, one for each player on the pitch; and there are eleven offi cial languages of South Africa.

Also, the event will start on the elev-enth day of June and end on the elev-enth day of July. There have already been critics on the ball. FC Barcelona’s goal-keeper, Víctor Valdés, said: “I’m scared about the ball, it’s unpredictable”.

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