Facing the Nakba

Obstacles Facing the Iranian Basketball Academy

This study, which is a strategic study with a mixed research approach aimed to identify obstacles facing the academies of Iranian Basketball Federation. The population comprises board of directors and committees responsible for Education and Talent Spotting Association, academy administrators, physical education instructors, qualified experts, professors, coaches, referees and heads of delegati...

Facing the Facts

This paper has two simple messages: 1. Remove overconfidence in order to make quality visible; 2. This requires earlier and more frequent review than is usually done. 'If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in' Anon. Initial questions (answers later) 1) Are defects good or bad? 2) If your reviewer tells that they found no defects in a ...

Facing the facts.

The Choices Facing Geriatrics

These words of Browning suggest that to achieve anything worthwhile, a person should attempt even those things that may turn out to be impossible. Canadian geriatricians have tried to abide by this dictate, but it has not always worked out as well as hoped. We have spread ourselves thinly in our efforts to both improve the lives of older persons and fulfill our academic responsibilities. As a r...

Facing the Consequences1

AS IN OTHER FIELDS OF POLITICS, MAJOR CHANGES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM tend to occur when there is not only a practical need and political support for change but also a theory or philosophy with which to justify new practices. The search for alternatives to the court system for dealing with young offenders is a good example. Practitioners and observers of the system for dealing with young offender...