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“and the winners are...” CHANEL JOAN ELKAYAM, UK International Designer of the Year VANNY TOUSIGNANT Couture Designer of the Year DANIEL HERNANDEZ Designer of the Year

SEIRA KIYONO, THAILAND International Model of the Year YVONNE CHUNG Female Model of the Year GIO DELAVICCI Male Model of the Year

Special thanks to Jorgen Jorgensen for presenting the awards.

Spotlight has been named "Fashion Magazine of the Year!!!” Our publication rose to the top in a field of heavy contenders. Some would ask, how did a Medicine Hat Magazine win in a New York City international competition? We strive to introduce models and designers in a market that is relatively untouched by the fashion industry. Canada offers great opportunities to all designers to enhance their bottom line in an upwardly mobile buying climate, rivaling the USA market. It is true we are much smaller in population, but a large percentage of Canada has the economic muscle to purchase high end merchandise. The industry is beginning to visualize the chance of expanding their brand in an area their competition has ignored and profits are unlimited. Spotlight works hard to extend proper photo credit to models, and tag them on social

media, which enhances their ability to get noticed, and find additional modeling work. We try to use "not just the best pictures we have shot," but the images that best portray the designer, their creations, and the models on the runway. A delicate balance between professional publishing, and recognition for the people we interview and serve. This award is exciting for Spotlight staff, and we humbly accept this award and thank the New York Fashion Awards, for the recognition and credibility it carries in the publishing community. Spotlight applauds Joan Bateman of Gainsboro Studio for the incredible work she has produced over the last four years. Without her tireless efforts we would not have achieved this latest step in our evolution of becoming the most talked about magazine in Canada. Joan's work is

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seen in other publications, and has appeared on the big screens in Times Square New York. She travels to get those breath taking shots across Canada and the USA. Whether she is shooting one of the numerous celebrities who have graced our cover, Miami Swim Week, the cast of a Broadway play, or the Fashion Files, each month the images are epic. This award to be honest, caught me by surprise. Just to be nominated in a field so “high profile,” was heart stopping. Everyone desires acknowledgment and to be credited by their peers, Spotlight is no exception. This means we will now have to double down in every area. Seeking to be ever worthy of this most prestigious accolade bestowed upon us, thank-you.

THIS ISSUES

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7 FINANCE Think About Your Money BMO Consultant - Dan Hein

9 Golf

Four Most Common Faults in the Golf Swing

Columnist Donald Crawley

11 MLA Avoiding Debt is in Our Interest Columnist Drew Barnes

12 EDITORIAL Bizzaro Politics Scott Cowan 13

The Fashion Files Gainsboro Spotlight

17 Politics Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Not Just the Right That Need Uniting Columnist Brent Dunstan 19

Law

Talking to the Police

Columnist Scott Stenbeck

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Designer Anniessa Hasibuan

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This month's cover features one of New York's better known models, Kelsie Mckenna. She has graced runways in prestigious shows for many years. Kelsie has been consistently chosen the signature model for well known designer and fashion producer Andres Aquino. Couture Fashion Week has been a main stay in New York for over twenty years. Kelsie graces the Spotlight cover this month wearing a Anniessa Hasibuan creation. McKenna has the ability to drape her flawless frame in fabric and accessories, while transferring her natural beauty to showcase the designers gown. Hasibuan is a rising star having carved out a niche all other designers have ignored or failed to confront. That is high fashion in the Muslim community. In a culture where the uniformed see the Hijab as nothing more than a religious symbol to tolerate or disdain, Anniessa brings fresh newness and beauty to a significant portion of the world unknown for fashion. While simultaneously making the hijab attractive to a worldwide audience. Anniessa was the first to present the hijab to a New York runway in her "Modest fashion movement." At only a startling 28 years of age, she is a designer to whom we should all pay close attention in the coming years. She highlights three distinct themes. "Glamour", as a child she dreamed of being a queen. Our cover displays in vivid reality this little girls imagination realized. "Elegance," is second pertaining to the modern woman's needs of business attire around the world. Finally, "Winter style," addresses beautiful coats necessary in the chillier climates for women who may relax under palm trees but do business where it snows.

Anniessa Hasibuan creations incorporate silk, velvet, and brocade, in combinations that take your breath away. Her signature accessories include sequin stones and luxurious pearls. Andres Aquino did not disappoint this season presenting his latest collection entitled, “Glamour Rush.” Exquisite luxury handbags by VITVITY. The show included performances by Amine J. Hachem, David Gvinianidze, Elisabetta Russo, Julia Saleno, Mariela Rodas Gonzalez, Olga Alexandrova, Raquel Suarez Groen, Veronica Iovan, Victoria Miningham, and special appearances by Fox Business Network producer Jennifer Eckhart and canine celebrities Roxie in the City and Zuzu Swag. Performers were sponsored by Go Doctorate Go Media. Couture Fashion Week’s 24th season was presented by ZEE TV, reaching almost 1 billion viewers in some 170 countries. “Glamour Rush,” is a fantastical place where time and fashion collide, and where music, art and fashion exist in harmony. It is a nostalgic look at the future, where the colors and shapes of the past take center stage. The stunning luxury handbags which will accessorize the fashion collection are by VITVITY, inspired by the ancient Chinese arts. This is the first hand carved Chinoiserie style bespoke leather handbag collection ever introduced to the global market. The intricate carving process, along with the delicate painting of the three dimensional leather and the embedding of exquisite natural pearls combine to produce the finest leather

accessories in the world. The make up artistry was the magic of Voodo makeup of New Orleans. Featuring gluten, corn, and soy free makeup. A lineup of world-class performers is also set to delight the audience. Including Romeo and Julia Saleno, the world’s first pop opera couple; award-winning soprano, and a favorite with CFW audiences. Elisabetta Russo; soprano Victoria Miningham, who will also walk the runway in an Andres Aquino gown. Acclaimed jazz songstress Candace Woodson, soprano Raquel Suarez Groen, who recently made her debut with Opera Carolina; rising pop star Magdalena G; and soprano Veronica Iovan. All have been delighting CFW audiences for many seasons. Andres Aquino is known for his theatrical productions combining multiple creative elements such as singing, dancing, visual art, and dramatic hair and makeup. But always presenting wearable couture designs. His work has been featured in major publications and programs worldwide. He has shown his designs at prestigious fashion events in Dubai, India, France, Mexico, the Caribbean, Romania, and Nepal, among others. Mr. Aquino is the founder and producer of Couture Fashion Week as well as the founder and director of the Global Short Film Awards Festival (New York-Cannes.) Mr. Aquino recently partnered with the ZEE TV network to bring content from his show and highlights of other Couture Fashion Week shows, to one billion viewers in over 170 countries.

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Planning for the Unexpected An emergency fund covers the cost of surprise expenses. 3 to 8 months’ worth of living expenses in your emergency fund is recommended. Put aside a set amount of money on a regular basis – this reduces your need for credit cards, loans or personal savings when unplanned events occur.

The ‘Big 3’ Financial Priorities A recent BMO Wealth Institute Report1 reveals, like your baby boomer parents, Buying a Home, Funding your Kid’s Education and Saving for Retirement are Millenials top three financial priorities. 1. Buying a Home – The real cost of home ownership in Canada has increased significantly since your parents purchased their first home. In the past 17 years, incomes are up just over 50% (2.6% annually). Yet, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association, average home prices have more than doubled in this same period (5.4% annually)2. • Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSA) provide terrific flexibility – such as saving for your down payment. Contributions aren’t tax deductible BUT investments grow tax-free and withdrawals are not taxable. Canadian adults can contribute $10K per year, and unused contribution room is carried forward to be used in any future year. Withdraw funds at any time, for any purpose. So, if 1

allows tax-free withdrawals from your RRSP to finance training and education, including postgrad degrees. You may withdraw up to $10K a year, to a maximum of $20K. LLP withdrawals must be repaid to your RRSP within 10 years. – HBP and LLP may look attractive – but the opportunity cost to your RRSP is the growth potential of the loan amount and the compound income it would earn over time. The younger you are, the greater the loss to your RRSP. Also, repaying the funds with regular annual amounts may prove difficult to manage.

you withdraw $25K from your TFSA in June for a down payment on a house, starting the following year you can re-contribute that $25K in addition to your $10K annual limit. 2. Education Funding - Take advantage of the Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) to help cover the cost of your kid’s post-secondary education. RESP contributions aren’t tax deductible, but investments grow taxdeferred and are eligible for Canada Education Savings Grant (CESG) from the federal government. You can contribute a maximum of $50,000 per child, and each child may qualify for up to $7,200 in CESGs. Withdrawn funds are taxed in your child’s hands. 3. Retirement - RRSP contributions are tax deductible and grow taxdeferred until withdrawal. Your RRSP contribution amount shows on your Notice of Assessment from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). • If you contribute $10K each year to your RRSP from age 50 to 65 and earn 6% annually, you would accumulate $246,725. By starting at age 30, your RRSP would be worth $1,181,209 at age 65. The extra $200K plus 20 extra years of compounding creates an extra $934,484! • 2 federal programs may allow you to make tax-free withdrawals from your RRSP before retirement

If your cash flow is insufficient to maximize both your RRSP and TFSA contributions, discuss the choice with your trusted Wealth Advisor how to best achieve your goals.

It’s never too early for a financial plan Balancing saving priorities while paying for everyday living expenses and establishing an emergency fund may seem overwhelming, but by starting early and developing a financial plan that addresses your unique needs and goals, it will ensure you live comfortably, provide your children with the opportunity for a great education and enjoy your retirement.

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Four Most Common Faults in the Golf Swing

Donald Crawley Golf Columnist TOP 100 Teacher Director of Instruction Boulders Golf Academy 480 488 9028 Donald.crawley@theboulders.com www.theboulders.com www.golfsimplified.com

After 42 years as a professional, and full time teacher/swing coach for the last 36 years, I feel I am qualified to write this article. The four most common faults in the golf swing, regardless of age, race, gender, size or strength.

being grip. If you hold the club incorrectly and there is a lot of different ways to do that, you will struggle to square the face during your golf swing. Three pointers here to help correct your grip and fix the face. Hold the club more in your fingers than your palm (except putting).Next make sure both V’s (that is the crease between your thumb and forefinger) run parallel to each other. If you play golf right handed, both V’s should point toward your right shoulder. Lefties, point both V’s toward your left shoulder. You should have equal pressure in both hands/fingers and not very tight. Tight enough to hold on to the club throughout your swing, but with relaxed arms and shoulders. Most men grip it way too hard and “muscle,”the ball. Those guys are the worst toppers and slicers of all. If you are one of them, fix your grip, lighten up! Second...aim. To play golf well you have to hit the ball toward your target. If you can’t aim it in the correct direction, it is nigh on impossible to find your ball after you’ve hit. When I ask the questions “what do you AIM?”, so many golfers don’t seem to know. The

answers range from, “the ball, your feet, your left shoulder, stance; until someone bumps into the correct answer. First the club face, then your body. The club face has two edges, bottom and top. They do not run parallel to each other. Aim the bottom edge of the club face perpendicular to the target line, with the sole laying flat or flush to the ground. You must aim the face square with the correct loft. Then you stand across from the shaft, let’s call that the handle. Stand to the handle that points 1’ left of your body center line; i.e. the fly on your pants. Align your body parallel to the target line. Not just your feet but your hips, and especially the forearms and shoulders. Where you aim your shoulders dictates the path of the swing. Quick review, aim the bottom edge of the club face, stand to the handle, align your body (especially your arms and shoulders) parallel to the target. Parallel means that your body is pointing to the left of the target. Visualize railroad tracks. The club head is aimed down the outer track and your are stood on the inner track, parallel to each other. Finally posture, his is huge for you to improve Continued On Page 21

I was in the golf school business for twenty years. I was fortunate to get caught up in the golf boom of 80’s and 90’s. I was a co founder of the largest golf instruction operation in the United States. I was exposed to as many as 2000 student days each year. That means one golf student would attend one day of golf instruction. Not a half hour quick fix but a day of instruction! Consequently I saw everything possible. I tell a new students who may be nervous, to expose “their swing.” Quoting “you’ve never seen anything like this,” relax you will not show me anything I haven’t seen before”. That doesn’t mean I have all the answers to every possible scenario. But I do believe I know the four most common faults in a golf swing. The really good news is that three of them can be fixed before you swing. First, 80% of golfers slice the driver, 10% hook. The rest split their time equally! One of the reasons golf is more difficult than other sports, is you have to control the club face. Slicers listen up, you slice the ball because your club face is open at impact. What controls the face? Two primary factors, the main

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Avoiding Debt is in Our Interest turning a poor situation into a calamity. By focusing so much blame on the price of oil, the government betrays what its true plan is: double down on ballooning spending growth while keeping fingers crossed for an immense recovery in energy prices.

DREW MLA BARNES Cypress - Medicine Hat cypress.medicinehat@assembly.ab.ca 403-528-2191

An old saying goes, “It is against some people’s principle to pay interest, and seems against others’ interest to pay the principal.” After reading the province’s first quarter fiscal update, it’s not hard to see which group the government falls into. The update is a story of a province deeply in debt, with a larger than expected deficit ($10.9 billion this year alone) and out-of-control spending when we can least afford it.

Don’t we deserve better than being told we are passive victims of factors beyond our control? Albertans deserve decisive leadership that rises to the challenge. Albertans deserve leadership that finds opportunity for improvement, even in tough times – especially in tough times. The plan needs to be creating a competitive, attractive economic climate while demonstrating that our public finances can be responsibly reined in. I think we all understand only too well that fiscal restraint and discipline are not easy. I also believe that it is not in our nature as a province to defer our obligations to the future. We are people who believe in paying the principal, and it is in our best interest to do so. There are very real and hard costs to be paid for not being wise managers of the province’s finances. The present cost of the debt trap is high interest expense, which we already see.

The future cost of today’s over-spending will be paid through future taxation; every dollar needed to pay back the debt is a dollar that cannot be left in the economy for productive use by Alberta’s families, entrepreneurs, or workers. Nor can these debt repayment dollars be used for essential services. What we spend now is merely borrowed from Alberta’s future. This is why it’s so important that we correct our course now. It is far easier to curtail waste, reform our government services, and fix systemic inefficiencies now than it will be when we are labouring under the weight of a cumbersome and crippling debt. We all want the government to be able to take care of its core functions, but we also want these things to last. It is precisely because we value things like health care, construction of key infrastructure, and education that we do not wish to see them collapse under the weight of debt. For the sake of the sustainability of government functions and our long-term prosperity, we must get our spending under control now before it gets control of us.

The numbers tell a story of a shrinking private sector losing jobs by the tens of thousands, yet still being asked to support an ever-expanding government. The productive output of our economy is declining, taking with it Albertans’ standard of living. Despite the government making such a big deal about the increase to tax rates in order to get a “fair share” of economic output, business tax revenues are actually down almost $900 million. The sad reality is that there is simply less production left to tax; the government takes a bigger share of a smaller pie. The deficit is up. Interest payments are up. The size and scope of government is up. But Albertans are down. Yes, there are certainly outside factors working against us. As the government is keen to point out, they cannot control the price of oil. However, the government needs to be accountable for its own actions that are

Bizzaro Politics

Scott Cowan Editorial

We now live in a world where I constantly have to readjust. I struggle with the way it was... and now is...different. What I mean, the world is seemingly capsizing. What used to be true is not, and what was once shunned... is main stream. Politically I used to be a "Progressive Conservative." Then it changed to just "Conservative." But the far left politicians have co-opted the word. Now people who are pro choice, LGBTQ , or are in fear of climate change and the destruction of the ice caps... call themselves, "Progressives." Therefore, if you do not believe or accept the radical left's positions, you're not a "Progressive" thinker, or person. In fact, if you advocate any position other than the left's agenda, you're branded a hateful, bigoted, misogynist, or worse. The biggest change the Progressives foster is that there is NO absolute truth. Not spiritually, economically, and most importantly not morally. Truth has become fluid, issues are too complicated to look at only... "one side."

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once truth has been assassinated... then any substitute becomes optional and debatable.â&#x20AC;? There is no standard by which one can measure the issue saying this is so, and that is not. There is no right and wrong. For instance, we like to aggrandize ourselves in thinking that the gay rights issue has been finally addressed by us as an enlightened society. Except history tells us every major civilization in history has dealt with the moral implications wrestled over every day in newscasts. We are not so progressive as some

like to think. The difference is the left does not want to debate...they want to dictate. Last week as of this writing, Alberta's bishop Fred Henry penned an article discussing the unusually high suicide rates amongst trans gendered peoples. He went on to quote esteemed psychologists who support his position. This created a fire storm. Accusations of hate and backward thinking were leveled by none other than a United Church minister. Today, there can be no objective conversation as to the morality of gay issues. It must be accepted unconditionally... or the person discussing same is a bigot, and even a criminal under hate legislation. In other words not only has science and medicine been suspended, but spiritual belief and theology as well. The bible once accepted as holy, and absolute, for thousands of years is now needing "revision." Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a much different thing to pass legislation guaranteeing rights or protection under the law regarding discrimination. Yet quite another to dictate change in religious belief or doctrine. Do you have a "right," to your religious belief? Or has that right become a privilege, extended to us only after it has been sanitized by our politi-

cally correct government masters. Welcome to Canada's thought police. Environmentally, if you do not accept that "the science is in," you are labeled a climate denier. According to radicals such as David Zuzuki, you should be jailed. Hitler said wisely, "if you tell a lie, make it big, and tell it often enough, it will become truth." According to the failed presidential candidate Al Gore, the polar ice caps would be completely melted by this time next September. An unfortunate truth is that ice fields have in fact expanded. The perfectly orchestrated sound bite lie... "that the science is in," has also been exposed as a computation of computer generated and manipulated frauds. But then the second phase of the progressives is implemented. When your lie is exposed, simply deny the truth. Talk about the complexity of the issue. Claim that those offering the truth are wrong, supported financially by the other side. Or destroy the dissenter if possible professionally, or even physically. Nothing illustrates my point so much as this presidential election. Donald Trump says illegal immigrants are flooding across the Continued On Page 22

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It’s Not Just the Right That Needs Uniting

Brent Dunstan Columnist

It seems straightforward enough. In a democracy, political parties are formed, establish agreed upon policies, and choose leaders their members can rally around and support, and who will support and represent their members. Then elections are held where citizens elect a government, depending on the system, formed by the party with the most members elected, or, like the U.S. a combination of that and a direct election of a Chief Executive. But have you noticed that every aforementioned step is increasingly less simple? It seems that every step of the way, the process has become complicated, convoluted, and chaotic, and is trending to become even more so. Why is this? Almost across the board, those active in political parties are sacrificing common goals for narrow interests, at the risk of their own demise. The current Presidential election could be exhibit A for a case that partisan political institutions are disintegrating into smaller, more self-interested subsets. In the U.S. the phenomenon is readily observable due to the relative simplicity of what is, for practical purposes, a two party system. However, this is showing indications of becoming ripe for change. The two major parties both show distinct signs of being houses divided against themselves. Oddly enough, as both exhibit deep divisions, they are almost perfectly juxtaposed by any point of comparison, save the same point of internal division; between party tarnished brass and party not so faithful. One the one hand, the Republicans have a candidate whose chief cause for criticism (one of several), is that he's a Washington outsider, with inconsequential political experience, thus lacking the wherewithal to address the

issues because of his past absence from the internal machinations of government. On the other hand, the Democrats have a candidate whose chief cause for criticism (one of several), is that she's a Washington insider, with unprecedented political experience, thus lacking the objectivity to address the issues because of her past presence in the internal machinations of government.

cal ground, than compromise by a comparatively small degree to a candidate within their own party and provide clear sailing to the White House. The Democrats should consider themselves fortunate that their Republican adversary seems most adept at lobbing verbal grenades into his own campaign boat, and then trying to stop the leaks by lobbing more grenades into the boat.

The Republican candidate secured his nomination via the support of a populist movement within the party, despite evident and vocal opposition from the party establishment, creating a visible fracture of party unity. The Democratic candidate secured her nomination via the support of the party establishment, despite evident and vocal opposition from a populist movement within the party, creating a visible fracture of party unity.

Meanwhile, north of the 49th parallel, almost all the political parties could put a banner entitled "Self Interest Before Party Unity" at the front of the hall at their next convention. Most seem to have elements within their party that seem purposely seeking ways to destroy themselves. For the Bloc Québécois (a federal party whose raison d'être gives it a limited shelf life one way or the other), it's members seem resigned to riding the burning airplane of separatism to the ground.

The Republican Party Elite oppose their own candidate, seemingly content to scuttle his campaign chances, and possibly concede victory to their ideological opposite, who, under more normal circumstances, could be entirely beatable. The Democratic Party Populists oppose their own candidate, seemingly content to scuttle her campaign chances, and possibly concede victory to their ideological opposite who, under more normal circumstances, could be entirely beatable. Their common characteristic: both parties have significant and influential elements who would rather hold firm to their narrowly defined ideologi-

The NDP, who not so long ago was thought of as a party looking out for the "everyday Joe", was generous to a fault to their leaders, and had finally climbed into the race as a serious Federal alternative, has disintegrated into fractious disarray. The last vestiges of it's rural and blue collar roots have been sacrificed on the altar of urban Utopianism. The "end" of Thomas Mulcair's leadership was positively Shakespearian, and the fact that he remains on as interim leader only proves that his favourite flavour is bitter. The coup de grâce however, might well have been a small Continued On Page 20

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Talking to the Police

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I want to say that I respect the police and the work that they do. I don’t want anyone construing this article in any way to justify being difficult or ignorant with a police officer. However, I felt it was time to write on this subject, I find that most of the time when someone needs me to assist them with a criminal charge - they have already put themselves in a disadvantageous position by talking to the police. I will now share for free, what I write on the back of my business card. When someone calls me and is concerned that they have received a call from the police wanting to “talk” to them about “something.” Or they ask you to come down to the station to “clear a couple things up”. My card says, “My lawyer tells me that it’s not in my best interests to talk to you.” There is literally no good that can come from talking to the police, if you are suspected of a crime. Whatever you say can be taken down and used later. When I say “don’t talk to the police”, that is often interpreted as “don’t give a statement”. No, what it means is, “don’t talk to the police.” Because even verbal exchanges that are not reduced to a statement, and signed, are still taken down by an officer in his or her notes. Identify yourself, accept whatever process they are going to serve you with, and leave it at that. Now, even when someone talks to me first, and is later questioned or arrested, even after me giving the above advice, why do most people still talk to the police? Well, I believe it is because most of us in the end are actually moral people. That is what is used to get someone to talk. Most of us want people to understand why we did what we did, and that we had a justification for acting the way we did. Say, for example, I decide that I am going to steal from my boss. (This probably won’t get me ahead much since I’m self-employed!). Then, say eventually my boss gets

suspicious and calls the police. They interview me. Being a basically moral person, I don’t want someone to think that I am someone that just goes and steals for no reason. I want to justify myself and my behaviour. So I tell the police officer “My boss makes me work weekends a lot of times. He makes me come in really early sometimes. On days where there is a lot of work, I have to stay late and he doesn’t pay me overtime! He says that we want to give the best service so he makes me carry a cell phone. I take calls from clients in the evenings, on holidays, and during personal time! (All true, I do make myself do all those things) So of course I took some money! I figure it evens out for all the extra time I give him that he doesn’t pay me for!” So, even though I feel better for justifying why I behaved this way. A natural human tendency, I have now done the police officer’s job for him. He doesn’t care what a jerk my boss is, he only cares that I admitted to what they are investigating. Now he hardly needs any evidence at all, I have given a voluntary confession, case closed. This natural human tendency to want others to think well of us, and to explain ourselves, can also be pushed along by a good police officer. They say things like “Look, I know you’re basically a good guy, and you wouldn’t have done it without a good reason.” Or “hey, I know you have never been in trouble before, I know you must have been having a real tough time, why don’t you tell me about it?” Another reason that people talk to the police is that they think that somehow it will result in a more lenient punishment. A police officer is not allowed to threaten a greater punishment or promise a reward for a confession, but they don’t have to in most cases. Most of us are intimidated by the surroundings in the situation, and we are uncomfortable. We think that things will go better if we just confess. Sometimes officers do urge this misconception along by saying something like, “We already know what happened, you might as well just tell us.” Again, even if they already know everything, the case against an accused is just made that much more airtight with a confession. I do hear from time to time in the courtroom on a guilty plea something like “my client was fully co-operative with the police and confessed immediately”, but I don’t know that such a situation is what helps mitigate the seriousness of the matter as opposed to just the early guilty plea. The Crown prosecutor is certainly not allowed to do the reverse as say “the accused would not confess to the police, so he deserves a more serious punishment”. So again, I don’t really think the

confession buys much, if anything, in terms of an easier punishment, and I have had plenty of clients that have been sentence to jail even after confessing. So, here is the irony in all the above. The explanation to the person reading this who just said “Hey, aren’t you giving criminals the information they need to avoid punishment?” A serious and career criminal already knows what I set out above. Further, a serious criminal sociopath (someone who doesn’t care about the difference between right and wrong) isn’t concerned with what others think and doesn’t feel as much pressure when under investigation. So they are unlikely to confess to justify what they have done to an officer. They don’t care what that officer or anyone else thinks about what they have done. Most of my criminal practices are clients that have never been in trouble with the law. They have just made a mistake, or were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Most are immediately intimidated and afraid when contacted by police. Often clients end up giving full confessions. Most criminal cases are disposed of by way of some kind of plea bargain or joint submission or agreement reached between the defence and the Crown prosecutor. The ins and outs of the deal making, depends in part on the likelihood of the Crown getting a conviction. When a full and voluntary confession has been given, the Crown is in a very strong position. I don’t have as much to negotiate with, so I have more difficulty getting a sentence reduced with a plea bargain. On the other hand, the person who doesn’t talk to the police, everything else being equal, has a greater chance of being acquitted. So the Crown has a greater risk of losing that I can use to bargain with and get a better deal. So, ironically, the good person that makes one mistake, gets charged and immediately spills the beans actually fares worse than the sociopath that just keeps his mouth shut. The sociopath has a greater chance of being acquitted, and it is thus more likely that he will get a favourable deal. This doesn’t mean that there isn’t a chance for a person accused to explain why they did what they did, or to own up to their mistake if they so choose. If that is what they want to do. It just means that they should wait and let me do it on their behalf later, when the discussions I have with the Crown prosecutor can’t be used against them.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Not Just The Right That Needs Uniting Continued From Page 17

but influential minority putting a policy fast tracking the complete ban of fossil fuel use in Canada on their convention floor for debate. In Edmonton. Alberta. The only province with an NDP Government. An NDP Government overseeing an economic downturn as a result of a weakened oil & gas industry. They might as well have proposed the elimination of the French language at a policy convention in Quebec City. If such a policy were adopted, it would likely result in the Alberta NDP disassociating itself from the NDP, as their party constitution requires Provincial branches to adopt Federal policy. All might appear to be sunshine and lollipops on the Good Ship Liberal, but it wasn't that long ago they were the poster children for back room back stabbing and internal discord. There were ChrĂŠtien Liberals and Martin Liberals. Stephane Dion became leader because higher profile candidates essentially refused to allow each other to win. Michael Ignatieff really was just visiting. Even the Prime Minister won his party's leadership by wresting control of the selection process away from the old guard party elite, and putting it in the hands of the previously unengaged masses. Ironically, this is essentially the same strategy that propelled Donald Trump to the Republican nomination. The Federal Conservatives seem cohesive enough, despite their election loss, but the candidates for their party leadership race are barely in the starting blocks. Whether or not they can avoid the same pitfalls and pratfalls of the most recent U.S. Party nomination campaigns remains to be seen, but early evidence indicates otherwise. The land mines of East/West, former PC/Alliance, Centre/ Right, Old Guard/New Blood are all in the field; whether they can navigate a leadership campaign without a major explosion will be worth watching. However, the gold medal for self immolation might have been won by the Green Party. With the prospect of electoral reform, coupled with support migrating from other parties, increased success seemed to be coming their way. Evidently that doesn't sit too well with their rank and file. In direct conflict with their leader and only MP (who gave fair warning by publicly expressing her opposition

in advance), Green members adopted BDS policies regarding Israel as party platform. Of course, of all the issues, foreign or domestic, that should be forefront for Canada's Green Party, the Israeli - Palestinian debate would otherwise rank about 483rd on their list, were Green members not seemingly committed to preserving their also-ran status in the face of finally achieving credible and tangible political influence. It's almost as if Green members actively sought out the most controversial, out of profile, and contentious issue possible, for the expressed purpose of derailing their own progress. Leader Elizabeth May publicly considered turning in her Green card, and resigning as leader. This would have created a unique historical event in Canadian politics, where every party represented in Parliament would be without a permanent leader, save the governing Liberals. As it is, the Greens now have a leader who is on the record as not supporting policy that was adopted at their convention by majority vote, and has intimated that her leadership may be

contingent on their reversing course. At this point it's difficult to determine if Elizabeth May is losing The Green Party, or The Green Party is losing Elizabeth May; hardly a united front. The takeaways are simple. In an environment where political parties are disintegrating from within into small factions of constricted interest, success will be found in stability; keeping your head while all those around you are losing theirs. Being elected to government will be achieved by simply growing (or merely maintaining) one's support base, while all the other sectors of the political spectrum carve themselves into fractions of their former selves. Failure to consolidate a party's support base and it's efforts will result in being on the outside, looking in. Anyone looking to unseat incumbent Governments in any jurisdiction need only learn this lesson - better to give a little, than lose a lot. Brent Dunstan

Four Most Common Faults in the Golf Swing Continued From Page 9

your swing. Posture is the angle of your spine and the flex of your legs. The posture controls to a large degree the plane of your swing, which dictates the angle of attack. That’s the angle the club approaches the ball which decides whether you hit it fat, thin, or pure. The Tour players have that pure angle and ball striking that we all dream about. Improve your posture and you are on the road to recovery. Here are the keys; chin up, back straight, pull your shoulder blades back, tip at the hips. Do not slouch at the shoulders until your arms hang straight down over your toes, then flex your knees. Your weight will be on the balls of your feet. Your legs are athletic and ready for action. You will feel tall but relaxed at the shoulders. So your arms that are hanging relaxed are ready to swing and swish the club through the ball at maximum speed.

outside from the top. All are describing the same thing. Hence because of faults one, two, three, the big fault #4 develops early on in your golf swing history, and then it becomes ingrained, repetitive muscle memory, in the wrong way. So if I ever get the opportunity to give you a personalized hands-on lesson, I will adjust faults one two three, so that you start from the best possible address position. In turn you will rotate better, swing the club up down and around on a more correct plane and direction. Attack the ball at a better angle, with the club face square. If you still hit over the top, at least the ball will fly straighter with better contact. The shot may be a pull to the left 9 for the righties. Then we would tackle the breaking down of old habits. By instilling drills and exercises to start the process

to swing on and inside to inside path, striking the ball farther and straighter. Breaking old habits are challenging, but it can be done. I am pleased to announce that I teach people well into their eighties who see improvement in their golf game. The younger you are and the least you’ve played, the easier it is to change and improve dramatically, quickly. There is hope, and the four most common faults can be fixed. Come see me at the Boulders Resort in Carefree, AZ in the winter months and traveling multi States in the summer months. Check my website www. golfsimplified.com for more details.

The posture, this straight spine is the key for you to be able to rotate your core both back and through. The core rotation adds power and direction of your swing. If you are in the incorrect posture (knees too bent, weight on heels, head down chin in chest, shoulders slumped etc.)You will be unable to ‘turn’. When I use the word turn, it is important to fully understand what that means. A correct turn is when your torso rotates around and maintains the angle of your spine. In the back swing your chest, back, abdomen, oblique’s, shoulders, even your hips, but to a lesser degree. It is not just turn your shoulders! Think of it as rotating your top half, from the waist up, but holding your legs stable and steady, keeping your rear leg flexed. In the downswing the lower half unwinds before the top half. Your legs, hips, tummy, in that order unwind around your lead leg. Your weight will finish on your front foot, with hips, chest shoulders facing the target. Most poor swings stem from an incorrect posture. If you feel ‘all arms, it’s because you are not rotating your core, because you have an incorrect posture. Finally, the most common swing fault in golf is beyond doubt, hitting outside-in, heaving the shoulders over the top, casting the club

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deny. border and are drug dealers, criminals and worth ten billion dollars, employs we need to build a wall. He says stop thousands of people, and made the Muslim immigration because we don't money himself. Just ignore that we find know who is going to be slipping in as Clinton did the same thing last year on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Trump is guilty of trash talking an enemy soldier. Progressive's go crazy her taxes, but only for $140,000,000.00. calling him every negative thing imagwomen... but so is every man who She had foreign governments pays hunined. To top it off, the wall is terrible dreds of millions into her family foundabecause of all the poor people needing has ever sat in a bar and looked at the tion for access to her as secretary of state. help. They scream about his trash talk But that is okay if you're a democrat. She dance floor.â&#x20AC;? about women. Clinton is portrayed as has been in the smartest woman ever, and most government for 30 - 40 years but has amassed Bill Clinton on the other hand has been qualified to be president. But what is the a personal fortune in the hundreds of convicted of sexual misconduct, been truth? Well increasingly statistics are accused of rape, and impeached. His wife now millions. How did that happen legally? The emerging proving the illegal immigrants from running for president, enabled and destroyed truth is that she should be in jail. Mexico are dealing drugs. In fact cartels are But this is my dilemma, what is truth worth women who came forward to expose her exporting their guns and killers into the USA today? Should we expect the truth on life husband. That is the truth. Clinton was setting up ever increasing criminal support to still protect us? I know one thing... secretary of state and watched for thirteen organizations. Virtually every terrorist attack the left hates the truth. Because even though hours as the people in the Benghazi embassy has been committed by immigrants directly, so many will look the other way, they fear the were murdered... and did nothing to help, or home grown, and radicalized by the same power of truth. Ultimately it is the only thing that is truth. Then lied about the whole people Trump wants deported. They say that can revive the masses. So I'll close in the thing to the parents while their loved ones Trump should not have the nuclear codes. But lay in the casket before them. Then called most politically incorrect fashion I can muster, vice president Joe Biden in his canned stump to capsulate the comments mentioned above. the parents liars, that is the truth. She lied speech for Clinton, has repeatedly pointed to "Because when they knew God, they glorified to the FBI, saying she handed over all the the secret service agent carrying the him not as God, neither were thankful, but e-mails marked classified. Then thousands nuclear football in his entourage. Mexico is became vain in their imaginations, and their more marked secret were revealed. No one now building a wall to keep illegal foolish heart was darkened. Professing is caring, at least not one single democrat. immigrants out of... their southern border. themselves to be wise, they became fools, Clinton said Trump is not a good business Worse, President Obama sent $140,000,000.00 man because he lost a billion dollars and he who exchanged the truth of God for a lie." dollars for its construction. Clinton has told paid no taxes... Romans 1:21,22,25 so many lies this media space does not allow because he legally carried the loss to list them all. But no matter just deny, deny, forward. Forget at the end of the day, he is

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