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The location was a Sunday School class and the event hap4pened during what would be called a community building exercise. The premise is that the kids get to know more about their classmate's likes and dislikes by using some simple questions. One of those being, "Who is one person from the past that you would most like to meet?"
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From time to time, every top online poker site offer "reload bonuses†to existing real-money players. These are marketing promotions aimed at encouraging players who already have real-money accounts to deposit more dough and play more poker. But the offer is good for all players, not just those whose accounts have run dry.
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Fold early and often. Top holdem players might fold 80% of their hands before the flop. The idea is to only play when you have an advantage. The sad truth is, most of the time you don't have an edge and you can tell just by looking at your first cards. If you're going to fold at all during a hand, the earlier you fold the better, because you will contribute fewer chips to a pot that someone else wins. By folding a lot early, you give yourself a stronger average hand when you do play. That makes it easier to follow the second rule.
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Top players frequently say it's the hands you can lay down that are often the key to profitable play.
Don't Play To Impress Your Opponents Sometimes you're frustrated because there's such a large luck factor in poker. Once we master enough poker skills, it's only natural to want to let others know that we are accomplished players. But I've seen a whole truckload of money lost in a half-hour by players wanting to impress others in a short span of time. You might be able to do that in basketball with a few blocked shots, some fancy dribbling, and a couple of dunks; but poker isn't the type of game that makes impressing others easy. Ultimately, if you vary from your game plan to impress opponents, you're risking losing a lot of money that should have stayed in your purse or wallet. Sitting and waiting for an hour won't look very impressive to your opponents, and choosing the routine thing instead of a fancy play won't, either. But this is the way of winning poker. Only occasionally can you use your expertise profitably to show off. Most of the time, you can't. But, as a consolation, all the money you accumulate by the end of the year will BE impressive in the long term — unless you throw it away by trying to LOOK impressive in the short-term.
A Good Time To Bluff One of the best times to bluff is when an opponent is staring you down, reaching for his chips, or otherwise threatening to call. While opponents who are trying to discourage your bet by threatening to call, MIGHT actually call, they don't have hands powerful enough to raise. So, what remains are usually hands that they will be reluctant to call with. They will either call — reluctantly — or fold. Usually, in limit poker games where the size of the pot dwarfs the size of the bet, an opponent acting in this matter will fold often enough to give your bluff attempt an expectation of profit.
Choose less skillful opponents …if you want to win money. Sounds fairly obvious, but you should play at betting limits where you can beat the majority of players. Move down in limits if you are having difficulties winning money. In poker, always leave your ego at the door.
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This is one of those general rules that many players learn early in their casino playing career and then repeat to other players new to the game. It sounds good, it makes sense generally, and it helps give players who are learning a good understanding of some general principles about how to play. But, unlike the other UTP, it isn't even correct most of the time. It is a gross overgeneralization and more frequently wrong than right. Let's look at it closely to start. To play tight means to play more conservatively. It means, generally, to only play with the highest quality starting hands. A very tight player in Hold Em may only play a very high pair or an Ace-King or suited Ace-Queen, regardless of position. A very tight player in Stud might only enter a pot initially with high Premium Pairs like Queens or better. He'll fold every other hand. To play loose means to play many hands. It means that one has much lower than normal requirements for entering a hand. A very loose Hold Em player may play any two cards before the flop. He'll certainly play any pair no matter what the position and nearly any hand from any position containing a face card or an Ace. A very loose Stud player may call with every starting hand he gets and will certainly call with any pair, any three-to-a-Flush or three-to-a-Straight, and maybe even with just two high cards.
Don't be afraid to use your own personal connections to find poker contacts. Did you attend college? Do they have an alumni book listing alums by city? What a great way to track down a game. Just go to the index, find the locales around where you're going to be vacationing and then call every alum who lives there and ask them for a game. Sure, start with the alums in your class or the ones you knew in college. But if there aren't any people you remember call others anyway. Hey, you're all alums. What's a college education good for if not professional networking? This method has worked wonders from me. The worst that can happen is that they turn you down when you call.
If I judge the initial raiser to be an atypically good, tight aggressive player then I will fold all hands after his initial raise except Aces and Kings, in which case I will call with Kings and reraise all-in with Aces. If, for example, a good aggressive player raises in early position I will fold a pair of Queens. I don't want to go all in with a toss-up hand. If he "only" has Ace-King and raises I don't want to take the chance of losing my entire stack for a 55% favorite. If he's good and aggressive, give him the benefit of the doubt and wait for another situation to make a stand. But if I have Aces or Kings I am re-raising all in because I want the good player to think that I am overplaying a lesser hand (so he will call me). And I want the lesser player, who will see my all-in bet as a challenge to his manhood, to call me with a lesser hand to prove that he won't be intimidated. In any event, I want as much money in the pot right there, when I am clearly the overwhelming favorite. At this level I do not want to seduce a call out of any other players. I want it heads up with all our money in the pot.
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Carn nan Gobhar [Loch Mullardoch]
Summary for Carn nan Gobhar [Loch Mullardoch]
Carn nan Gobhar [Loch Mullardoch] is an munro in Scotand and is located in the area as defined by SMC. (and lies in region known as )
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Càrn nan Gobhar (Mullardoch) stands on the eastern end of 4 munros known as "The Mullardochs" which rise between Loch Mullardoch and Loch Monar. Càrn nan Gobhar is also the smallest on the range so is slightly dwarfed by the other 3 hills. It has a classical pyramid appearance as it's the meeting of 3 main grassy ridges.
The first ridge on the northeast is about 2km and leads to a "Top" called Creag Dubh (946m) which is also the most eastly point on the long ridge. The 2nd ridge heads south easterly over the small top of Mullach na Moille (761m) then twists round giving access to a path by the Allt Mullardoch into Glen Cannich on the eastern banks of Loch Mullardoch. The north western ridge connects to a bigger munro Sgurr na Lapaich via Bealach na Cloiche Duibhe (796 m).
The best feature of Càrn nan Gobhar is the Corrie of the Fairies (Coire an t-Sith) on it's eastern flanks which decends to Loch Mullardoch by a well constructed stalkers path.
The usual ascent of Càrn nan Gobhar is from Glen Cannich parking at the end of the road and along the northern bank of Loch Mullardoch and then climb steeply up the south-eastern ridge over the top Mullach na Moille then onto the summit. The hill can also be combined with Sgurr na Lapaich which most walkers do. Fitter walkers also include the western section of "The Mullardochs" which include the other 2 munros (An Riabhachan & An Socach [Loch Mullardoch]
The number of registered munro-madness users who have climbed Carn nan Gobhar [Loch Mullardoch] is Thirteen


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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Vero Beach Quilt Show
Friday members from the Palm Beach quilt guild went to the Sunbonnet Sue Quilters show in Vero Beach. We stopped at a quilt shop in Stuart (Jam Patch) and to Vero to lunch on the beach. The quilt show had a Hoffman 2008 exhibit (Peacock) and that makes me feel most inferior. The portrait of the gentleman was from the Vero guild. What can be done with quilting is amazing to me. Everyone was so friendly and the vendors were top of the line.
I took two of my 'Tarts' to meet Floozie (see picture). Barbara, owner of Flamingo Island Designs, has quite a cute story ongoing about Floozie, the Flamingo. We had to be satisfied with a picture of all of us next to the wall hanging of Floozie -- Floozie was noshing on fish in the lunch area. The adventures of Floozie can be followed by signing up for her newsletter. http://www.flamingoislanddesigns.com/
I take my time to absorb everything, talk to everyone and have the time of my life. The ladies on the bus are more experienced and don't dawdle.. .. therefore they were ready to go early and I missed some of the best vendors and 'deals.' But we all had a very fun day and as soon as my surgery (Cataract) heals, I'll be back at it.
Thank you for stopping in. God Bless.
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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Face Painting Class
The dolls I make need to be as artful and beautiful and different as I can make them. So a lot of quilt and doll makers attended the class on Sunday at Laura's Sew and Vac in Palm Beach Gardens. Bonnie McCaffery taught the class. Originally the class was meant for quilters to add to their quilting experience. We doll makers climbed on the wagon and away we went. It was difficult painting on fabric, but the results are amazing and with practice I will be better at it. She taught us a way to use our own photographs through Photoshop.
I have included a picture of some of the doll makers (some are quilters) that were present. Ms. McCaffery and the doll maker holding the painted picture is me.
If you look closely, even though it was the day after Valentines day, Laura and her husband Dave gave each of us a red rose and a heart shaped box of chocolates. Ummm, I guess maybe you won't see the heart shaped box of chocolates.
We are always treated so special every time we are at Laura's. Laura wants to provide us with the best educational experiences and we are off to a really big start with Bonnie McCaffery. Thanks Laura and Dave.
Tomorrow is the bus trip to the Vero Beach quilt show. I will get to meet Floozie (from Flamingo Island Designs) for the first time. The 'oldies but goodies doll' Tarts will enjoy meeting her I'm sure.
Thank you for reading. God Bless.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
County Fair January 2009
I have been missing, but I have been in action. I have scheduled a lot of things so that I can relax after cataract surgery the end of February. The fair was so fun and selling raffle tickets for our beautiful basket of flowers (appliqued, embroidered and quilted) was fun and exciting and exhausting but. . .it turned very very cold in south Florida. So cold our famers lost a lot of fruits and vegetables.
My second week I saw the most beautiful white rooster, but he was napping when by the time I was off my shift. The most exciting part of being at the far was the Alabama Gang (Nascar's Old timers) Bobby and Donny Allison and Red Farmer. What a great bunch. It was so much fun meeting them and talking with them. My camera gave out so only have 1 picture.
We had apron lessons at the senior center taught by Lorraine and a show and tell of a very vintage apron that Charlene had found. Both are very great friends.
I'll be back to tell about the face painting class most of the doll group took at Laura's Sew & Vac in Palm Beach Gardens.
Thanks for Stopping by. God Bless. Jan
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Happy February
Larraine and I went to Edna Hibel's 91st Birthday party at her museum in mid-January. Ms. Hibel is very talented, both as painter and also as a doll-maker.
I took a picture of a flower in the bushes outside my front door January 23, 2009. This is truly paradise, although the temps are to be in the 20s tonight not sure about windchill.
I will have more pictures of the fair that just ended Sunday, Feb. 1.
February will prove to be a very busy time.
Thank you for reading and God Bless,
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Sometimes a book comes along which all the children enjoy so much they want to read it ever single bedtime for a week. This is one of those books. It is about a little monster who is really sweet looking and cute but wants to be considered stinky, slimy and scary. Until the end when he realises that actually its quite useful to be sweet. I think my children could identify a little bit with the monster which might be why they liked it so much. They now go around the house saying' Don't call me sweet!' It's ever so sweet…
With some fab illustrations and a great concept behind the story this is a lovely picture book which I am sure your children would enjoy as much as mine do.
In terms of follow on activities we have acted out being monsters and had lots of fun drawing our own sweet little monsters. I also took the book along to Beaver Scouts and we used it as the basis of making some monster masks for a group team work activity.
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St. Ann Catholic Parish
Physical Location: 610 Pike Street, Shinnston, WV
Mailing Address: 43 Mahlon Street, Shinnston, WV 26431
Telephone: (304) 592 2733
Fax: (304) 592 0077
Before the institution of St. Ann Parish, the Catholic people of Shinnston were faced with three difficult options: travel to the nearest Catholic churches which were in Monongah and Clarksburg, attend the services of other Christian faiths, or lose out altogether.
Early in 1923, hoping to arrange for the service of a priest, even on a limited basis, several interested Catholics visited Reverend Father P. H. McDermott, then pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Clarksburg. Through his intercession, arrangements were made for his assistant, Father Patrick A. Mullally to come to Shinnston each week by street car to minister to the community. Sometime early in 1923, by decree of Archbishop Swint, St. Ann Parish was established as a separate entity.
In the new parish, the first baptism recorded was Barbara Josephine Schaffner of Lumberport on May 20, 1923.
The first recorded marriage on June 17, 1923 was that between Joseph Belcastro and Latrina Spino of Shinnston.
The first Masses were held at the funeral-parlor of the Shinnston Furniture and Undertaking Company, which is now the G. C. Murphy Building.
Due to the swift increase in numbers of people attending, arrangements had to be made for a larger room which was found at the Rex Theater, later known as the Anderson Garage Building.
Soon a committee was formed to search for a suitable property to build upon. A harness shop which stood on the site of the present Church was purchased and converted into the first Catholic Church in this entire area extending as far as thirty-six miles on one diagonal. The acquisition also contained a residence which served many years as a rectory.
Within a few years, the little wooden building needed an addition to accommodate its growing body of worshippers. This elongated rectangle, this long, low, glorified harness shop served the community for nearly thirty years.
The present church was built in 1952. The corner stone was blessed and laid by His Excellency, the Most Reverend John J. Swing, D. D., Bishop of Wheeling in May of that year. During the year the church was under construction, from May 1952 until March 1953, all Catholic liturgical services were celebrated in the union hall Owings Local No. 6593, UMWA on Charles Street. The dedication ceremony and solemn blessing of St. Ann Church followed by Mass celebrated by His Excellency Most Reverend Thomas J. McDonnell, Co-adjuror Bishop of Wheeling, took place on June 28, 1953, and the Sacrament of Confirmation was administered on the same date.
The church was renovated according to Vatican II Guidelines in 1968.
The Parish of St. Ann included a mission church, Holy Family located in Spelter, WV until November 30, 2011. The church was a remodeled version of the original building, which was erected and dedicated in 1925. Many good things happened over the years at Holy Family, and many meaningful celebrations of the Sacraments and Word were experienced; however, due to changes in the community population over the last 10 to 20 years, Holy Family was suppressed as a Mission on November 30, 2011. All members of Holy Family were incorporated into St. Ann Parish, Shinnston.
In 1964, a house located on Mahlon Street was purchased to be used for a church rectory. At that time, the old rectory located on Pike Street was converted for use as a catechetical Center. In 1978, the rectory was sold, and the catechetical center was torn down. Construction of a new social hall with the Priest's living quarters upstairs was begun.
In the early years of the parish, the catechism (religious education) classes were instructed by the priest and a few dedicated volunteer teachers. Special classes were offered for First Holy Communion and for Confirmation, which was administered only every three years in each parish. Sisters of Saint Joseph were brought to Shinnston and Spelter for many years to instruct summer schools during the summer vacation. They enlisted the help of interested adults in organizing the classes and in instructing and transporting the children.
After C.C.D. was chartered at St. Ann's in 1952, then revitalized in 1962, teachers were trained by Sisters of the Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart. Sixty hours of instruction were required to certify a lay teacher in C.C.D. Instruction. Many local teachers attained the goal. Currently, C.C.D. classes are held in classrooms on the second floor of the parish social hall. There are seven classrooms, one common room, two volunteer coordinators, 6 teachers, and two substitute teachers. There are 49 students in the 2012 C.C.D. class year. All teachers participating in the C.C.D. program must function under the Diocesan Safe Environment Program, and must complete ongoing VIRTUS training courses. These courses are offered on-line as well as in seminar format. Currently, First Holy Communions are celebrated every year, and Confirmations are held every other year.
In June of 1992, St. Ann's purchased the Harmer and Stout houses that were adjacent to the church. The two houses were torn down, and in September, 1992, a new parking lot was completed for the parishioners of St. Ann's.
On June 18, 1997, discussions began regarding the building of a Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Chapel for St. Ann's. The Chapel would require twenty-four hour a day and seven days a week commitment of individuals for prayer and adoration, as the Blessed Sacrament can never be exposed and alone. This would be a huge obligation for the parishioners of St. Ann's; however, the building of this chapel was a dream of Fr. Karl R. Wohinc, the current Pastor, and he had faith that the Chapel would succeed. Approval to construct the chapel was given, and construction began with Fr. Karl Wohinc as the general contractor. He had visions in his mind of how the chapel should look, and where everything should be. The Chapel was built without blueprints, and is peaceful, amazing, and beautiful. The sanctuary area was modeled from scripture in the book of Revelations.
On October 24, 1999, the Blessed Margaret of Castello Perpetual Eucharistic Chapel was dedicated. This chapel was the only one of its kind in all of West Virginia, and in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. The chapel had thrived with prayer and adoration for nearly 20 years. On October 1, 2015, it became necessary to make the chapel an 18 hour chapel. With this change, exposition times for the Host is from 6:00am to 12:00 Midnight wach day. The chapel is supported by over 184 committed adorers and with over 25 substitute adorers. It is open to all denominations, and people from all over come to visit the chapel to adore and to pray.
St. Ann's is home to 256 households in the Shinnston and surrounding areas. In June of 2012, Rev. Karl R. Wohinc, Pastor for the past 28 years retired, and St. Ann welcomed Rev. Thomas W. Dagle as the new Pastor. Fr. Dagle was at St. Anns until June 20, 2018 when Fr. Akila Rodrigo T.O.R. and Fr. Jude Perara, T.O.R. came to Pastor at St. Ann's.


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Brooks Tigner, Brussels | IHS Jane's 360
The first battalion for the new Central African Armed Forces (FACA) should be fully formed and trained by mid-2017, the commander of the European Union Training Mission in the Central African Republic (EUTM RCA) has said.
Addressing reporters in Brussels on 16 November, Major General Eric Hautecloque said the FACA's first company of 170 infantry should be trained by the end of December.
The training of two more FACA companies begins in January, leading to the formation of the first battalion by summer 2017. "We need seven months to train a battalion," he said, adding that EUTM RCA aims to train up to four battalions by the end of its current two-year mandate.
EUTM RCA was launched on 16 July 2016 with EU funding of EUR12.4 million (USD13.3 million) and 170 personnel.
Maj Gen Hautecloque's team will also help the FACA reconstruct its military academy to help turn out a professional officer corps. EUTM RCA has trained 20 officers since September, when the mission reached initial operational capability.
EUTM RCA is under pressure to train a 7,000-strong force as quickly as possible, Maj Gen Hautecloque observed.
"We hear repeatedly from the government to hurry up because it needs to deploy FACA because their security is mainly guaranteed by MINUSCA," he said, referring to the UN's Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) peacekeeping force.
The FACA currently lacks all but the most rudimentary equipment, while its defence ministry requires a complete structural overhaul, he said.
"There are high expectations on the part the CAR's people for us to help rebuild the country's security forces. This is a difficult task, however, because its government structures are in such disarray," he said. "There is a low level of competence among the recruits, but this is compensated by their pride and enthusiasm to be trained."


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"Rock Your Glock" pistol matches are held at the Lincoln Ikes Range.
The Lincoln Ikes Range is located just south of Hwy. 2 off 134th Street, East of Lincoln Nebraska.
The clubhouse address is: 10801 S. 134th Street Bennet, NE 68317
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Britain's inflation rate has risen to 5.2 per cent, the highest level for three years.
The Office of National Statistics also said the Retail Price Index, which measures retail goods and services costs, has also increased higher than expected to 5.6 per cent.
Economists are also suggesting that the rise has not yet peaked.
The figures are a result of price rises by the six energy companies which increased their profits, in some cases, as much as 733 per cent. The ONS said that although overall prices rose 0.6 per cent from the month of August, the fuels component alone was up 3.5 per cent over the same period and up nearly 9 per cent from a year ago.
One economist said that in light of the recent £75 billion investment from the Bank of England, "Policymakers there must have been desperately worried about growth and very confident about inflation falling sharply."
M&G's retail bond team said this is not the ceiling and that "inflation will be likely to peak next month".
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Former Bush NSA director calls for 'digital Blackwater'
The man who headed the NSA and CIA under President George W. Bush suggested Friday that mercenaries were needed to deal with growing cyber threats.
Gen. Michael Hayden told the Aspen Security Forum that in the near future, the Department of Defense may have to allow the creation of a "digital Blackwater."
Private sector offense "might be one of those big new ideas in terms of how we have to conduct ourselves in this new cyber domain," Hayden explained. "You think back long enough in history and there are times when the private sector was responsible for its own defense."
"We may come to a point where defense is more actively and aggressively defined even for the private sector and what is permitted there is something that we would never let the private sector do in physical space… Let me really throw out a bumper sticker for you. How about a digital Blackwater?" he suggested.
"I mean, we have privatized certain defense activities even in physical space and now you've got a new domain in which we don't have any paths trampled down in the forest in terms of what it is we expect the government or will allow the government to do. In the past when that has happened, private sector expands to fill the empty space. I'm not quite an advocate for that, but these are the kinds of things that are going to be put into play here very, very soon."
Watch the entire Aspen Security Forum on cyber security here.
Watch this video from the Aspen Institute, broadcast July 29, 2011.


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Blockchain Could Reshape the Arts Industry
HBR publishes an article regarding yet another use case for blockchain. There is a very long supply chain in the cultural industries between the creators of movies, art, and music and those who consume them. Each middlemen takes a cut of the creator's revenue, leaving artists with a lot less than they deserve. However, blockchain could provide an ecosystem where artists' creations could be stored and moved securely and privately, eliminating the need for intermediaries. Zach LeBeau, CEO of SingularDTV, a blockchain-based distribution platform, details the advantages of this novel system including:
- inclusive revnues
- transparent ledgers
- digital rights management
- piracy protection
- reputation systems
See how this novel system could completely transform the arts industry here.


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Rescue at Los Baños
The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War IIBook - 2015 | First edition.
From the bestselling author of Hero Found comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest military rescues of all time, the 1945 World War II prison camp raid at Los Baños in the Philippines--a tale of daring, courage, and heroism that joins the ranks of Ghost Soldiers, Unbroken, and The Boys of Pointe du Hoc.
In February 1945, as the U.S. victory in the Pacific drew nearer, the Japanese army grew desperate, and its soldiers guarding U.S. and Allied POWs more sadistic. Starved, shot and beaten, many of the 2,146 prisoners of the Los Baños prison camp in the Philippines--most of them American men, women and children--would not survive much longer unless rescued soon.
Deeply concerned about the half-starved and ill-treated prisoners, General Douglas MacArthur assigned to the 11th Airborne Division a dangerous rescue mission deep behind enemy lines that became a deadly race against the clock. The Los Baños raid would become one of the greatest triumphs of that war or any war; hailed years later by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell: "I doubt that any airborne unit in the world will ever be able to rival the Los Baños prison raid. It is the textbook operation for all ages and all armies."
Combining personal interviews, diaries, correspondence, memoirs, and archival research, Rescue at Los Baños tells the story of a remarkable group of prisoners--whose courage and fortitude helped them overcome hardship, deprivation, and cruelty--and of the young American soldiers and Filipino guerrillas who risked their lives to save them.
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Civilians from across the Philippines are starving to death in a Japanese prison camp. Can the American military get there in time? Well written by the prolific Bruce Henderson, the facts are better than fiction.
I too read books about Los Banos. My mother, aunt and grandmother survived. My grandfather and uncle did not. My brothers and I are excited to read this book
I have been reading books about the Los Banos Internment Camp for years. Why?? Because my mother and her brother(my uncle)were held there for most of WWII. This one of the best. I know this book is on hold for other readers and I am interested if these readers have personal connections, as I do, or are historians. The Los Banos/Santo Thomas camps have a population of survivors and their children in this area. Un fortunately , this population of survivors is dying out. I have info re: contacts in the area, and if you are interested in contacting me, leave a message on this book review site. We can talk, if you feel comfortable. Thanks Roger Kelly.
It is an interesting story on a number of levels. First, it shows again how War brings out both the humanity and inhumanity in those in the middle of the maelstrom of conflict. Second, it is a book that honors the work of the military, in particular the 11th Air Borne, paratroopers , Army Air Force pilots, and Phillipine Guerrillas. Third it tells the story of the civilan internees and the hardships they faced and the bravery and perserverence they showed. This includes the role of the women of the camp Navy Nurses, mothers, and wives. The book gives a well written account of a heroic coordinated rescue from the individuals that were there. It tells the story of the War in the Phillipines, which has not received the historic attention that is deserved.
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1. Web Content Accessibility Test Procedure (Level A, AA, AAA):
Many ATAG 2.0 success criteria refer to meeting WCAG 2.0 success criteria. In order to test these success criteria, you will need a Web Content Accessibility Testing Procedure that is: (a) specific to the "included" web content technology (e.g. HTML, CSS, SVG, etc.) produced by the authoring tool and (b) designed to test WCAG 2.0 conformance to at least the target level (e.g., Level AA)....
scribe: Such a test procedure may include:
Manual tests: These are the most complete tests and should follow How to Meet WCAG 2.0. Even if semi-automated or fully automated tests are available to test certain WCAG 2.0 success criteria, manual tests may be required to test others.
Semi-automated or fully automated accessibility checkers: Some testers choose to use semi-automated or fully automated web content accessibility checkers as part of this procedure. Free automated tools that accept URIs or pasted HTML code include:
WebAIM Wave
Web content markup examination tools: These tools (e.g. Firebug) can help testers discover and visualize the markup that gave rise to a particular onscreen rendering.
Keyboard navigation test: Testing whether the web content is fully operable with a keyboard interface.
Screen reader test: Testing the accessibility of the user interface with a screen reader such as NVDA (Windows), Jaws (Windows), Orca (GNOME), or VoiceOver (Mac OSX, iOS).
alex's comment: If the SC only ask for keyboard to work, then the test should not test for visible focus. WCAG 2.0 has SC 2.4.7 for focus visibility. If we need to solve the same problem, then we need an SC for that. We cannot add extraneous test per 4.2 for A.3.1.4 above just to pluck a hole in ATAG. That goes the same for A.3.1.1. Step 4.2 is not acceptable.
GP: Feel that they are samwe
TB: Agree that they are combined
CE: Not saying its separate, just saying SC has to mention it
JR: OK with it being separate and level A
WCAG2 says 2.4.7 Focus Visible: Any keyboard operable user interface has a mode of operation where the keyboard focus indicator is visible. (Level AA)
JT: OK that seems fairly clear
JR: in wcag it is separate and
... I think it needs to be an A
JT: Any objections to adding an SC like this at level A?
GP: OK with this
TB: Isn't this a major change?
JT: Should not be a major change since the group had intended it.
<Greg_Pisocky> This is Greg I can type
<Greg_Pisocky> General agreement to add a success criteria ;that explicitly addresses visible focus
<Greg_Pisocky> 3.1.5
<Greg_Pisocky> AI Greg to develop alternative language for 3.1.5
<Greg_Pisocky> Make distinction for system wide alternative commands
<Greg_Pisocky> Can't change Ctrl P but can define an alternative sequence that does the same. One handed typist for example.
<Greg_Pisocky> 3.2.1 Roberto's comments and Jan's modifications
<Greg_Pisocky> No objections to Jan's addition
<Greg_Pisocky> 3.2.2 Jan's modification accepted
<Greg_Pisocky> A.3.2.3 More discussion
<Greg_Pisocky> 3.2.3 Issue regarding separation of Content from Control of the Action
<Greg_Pisocky> GP Examples are fine but they may not be sufficient
<Greg_Pisocky> Jutta proposes adding to the example (animatiion or script used as a user interface component)
<Greg_Pisocky> Jutta recommends see pheg(?)
<Greg_Pisocky> AI - Better examples with clarification for 3.2.3 to be provided
<Greg_Pisocky> A.3.2.4
<Greg_Pisocky> Jan has provided language to address Alex's objections at least partially
<Greg_Pisocky> Consensus seems to be that Jan's modification address's Alex's concern
<Greg_Pisocky> Next week, will proceed with the remainder. Bridge issues also will be investigated.
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Rollover Jackpot for Saturday Lotto
Updated: Tuesday 22nd April 2014
There will be a rollover jackpot worth around £6.4 million available in the Lotto game this Saturday 14 July because – as in the EuroMillions game on Tuesday – no ticket matched all of the numbers required to win the top prize in the midweek game on Wednesday. The Lotto results for Wednesday 11 July were 12, 19, 28, 29, 38 and 39, with the number 30 appearing as the Bonus Ball. Although the jackpot wasn't landed, a total of 292,564 tickets did manage to pick up a smaller prize.
The biggest success, as is usually the case when the jackpot gives players the slip, was found at the second-tier prize level, where a single ticket matched five of the main numbers plus the Bonus Ball to win £673,406. That prize is bigger than the £500,000 top prize in the Thunderball game, so well done to whoever managed to win it.
There were 245 winning tickets at the third-tier prize level, and each of those matched five main numbers only to win £1,717 each. 14,244 tickets won £65 each by matching four main numbers and the smallest prize of £10 was won by 278,074 tickets that matched three main numbers.
In the Thunderball game we mentioned a moment ago, the results were 01, 13, 16, 26 and 32, with the number 13 also being selected as the Thunderball. The top prize wasn't won by any player, but four tickets matched the five main numbers only to win a second-tier prize of £5,000 each and another 140,284 tickets won a smaller prize of up to £250 each by matching fewer numbers.
Players who like things to come in threes will be interested to note that the Irish Lotto jackpot also proved elusive on Wednesday. The Irish Lotto results were 01, 03, 04, 07, 27 and 34, and the Bonus Ball was 36. The jackpot had a final value of €2,451,056, so the next jackpot this Saturday is expected to be worth around €3 million.
Congratulations to everyone who managed to win a consolation prize of any size on Wednesday, and we hope that you fare even better in the next round of Lotto and Thunderball games this weekend. Buy your lottery tickets today and you could also give yourself a chance to win the £59 million jackpot in the EuroMillions on Friday!
Written by Tony Sharpe
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Nature Trend Spring Summer 2013 | Video
Florals, Waves and Leaves: Get Inspired by Nature This Summer
Some of the most inspiring things are just outside your own window, which is why we're looking to all things in nature for this installment of Currently Trending. From painterly florals to waves to earthy textural elements, there are so many ways to incorporate the great outdoors into your style — this was a theme we saw on the runways at Michael Kors and Preen. Watch on and get inspired by everything around you for this season!


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Orrick has advised Renewable Energy Systems (RES), a global renewable energy company, in its negotiations with General Motors for the purchase of 50 megawatts of power produced from the Cactus Flats Wind Farm, a 150 MW wind farm being developed by RES in Concho County, Texas. When the contract begins in the first half of 2018, 6 percent of GM's global energy use will be powered by renewable energy.
This agreement is GM's largest renewable energy procurement to date, purchasing enough wind power to equal the electricity needs of 16 of its U.S. facilities.
The Orrick team advising RES was led by energy and infrastructure partner Giji John and included assistance from Nik Mathews and Vanessa Guillermety.


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Playful design and classic shaping come together to create the SeventyOne Arbor eyeglasses. This secure metal frame offers a subtle Retro Wingtip shape for flattering definition against wider foreheads and narrower jaw lines best. Subtle details at each temple mimic the fun, patterned interior, while flexible spring hinges ensure a comfortable fit on medium to large faces.


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Semiconductor tester
The tester in the diagram can be used to test virtually any kind of semiconductor device, ranging from switching diodes to power transistors. In addition, it provides a rough gain indication of bipolar transistors, and, more generally, can be a useful aid in finding funcbanal, short-circuited and internally open devices in semiconductor batches.
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Brightcove Learning Services offers a set of tools and concepts to help developers work with the Brightcove Player, APIs, and SDKs.
Developer topics include conceptual guides to working with JSON data, CORS, and HLS video, and debugging apps and pages on the desktop or mobile devices using the developer tools in the browser. There is also a full guide to setting up a client-proxy app that can access the Brightcove APIs from a web interface.
There is an overview of testing tools for API requests, as well as an online testing tool, a guide to using the popular REST client Postman, and setting up cURL to test requests. There are also a couple of utilities for encoding strings and converting date formats.


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Oct 27, 2017 - Egret standing on a partially submerged tree at Skyway North area.
The yacht that had passed the egret was made by Nordic Tug.
My book, Pelican Beakon, earned a silver medal at 2017 Florida Authors and Publishers Association President's Book Award in the short story fiction category. The Pelican Beakon is a newspaper for pelicans, by pelicans, and their one staff human photographer who dreams of being writer. Read more about the Pelican Beakon on its website.
Enjoy more stories and images of what I get to enjoy everyday!
Purchase Robert Neff's Photography online at Saatachi Art, Adobe Stock Photography and Fotolia. If you see a photograph that is not there, let me know. I can add the image.
Condo Seniors and Driving The Divas are trademarks registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office. Pelican Beakon is Trademark pending.
Copyright ©2017 Robert Neff. All Rights Reserved.


text: Find an array of accessories for your Madjax Genesis 250 rear seat kit. These accessories mount to the patented railing system found only on the Genesis 250 and 300 golf cart back seats. Accessories include: bag attachements, the claw, cooler rack with rod holders, lockable storage compartment that can also serve as a cooler, removable step, and new ones being added weekly.


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Although stocks are clearly in an uptrend at the present time, one could not be blamed for feeling like the dog-days of summer are upon us.
Russell 2000 and NASDAQ
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With the exception of just a couple solid up days, the stock market has spent the vast majority of the last three weeks going sideways. But with the Russell 2000 finishing Monday at a fresh all-time high, the NASDAQ closing at another new 13-year high, and the S&P only a smidgen away from new high ground, it is hard to argue with the fact that the overall trend remains a friend to the bulls.
However, the bears are quick to remind anyone willing to listen that all good things come to an end, eventually. Another saying that the glass-is-half-empty crowd has been heard bandying about lately is "the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent." And while this might appear to be a warning about not staying on the wrong side of the tape for too long, in the bear camp it is actually a reference to the idea that this market has no business being where it is these days.
Speaking of Wall Street wisdom, most successful investors will agree that markets are never wrong, people are. And back in the 1980s, one of the first lessons learned about this game was that nobody cares what a trader thinks. This is a lesson that traders should remind themselves of on almost a weekly basis.
Yet, it is fascinating that thirty years later, the airways are filled daily with professionals telling us what is going to happen next and that there is still a raging bull market in opinions about the stock market.
Predictive Camp
Rest assured, this is not a launch into yet another diatribe on the benefits of staying in tune with what the market IS doing or using systems to guide your buying and selling decisions. However, yet another caveat will be provided to show that this discussion could easily be placed into the "predictive camp," and that using such an approach in a vacuum can be downright dangerous.
Again, the bottom line is that checking in with the cycles of the stock market can be a useful exercise as the market oftentimes follows either the one-year, the four-year Presidential, the ten-year decennial cycle or a combination all three cycles to a "T."
So, given that it is early in the month and there isn't much happening right now, this is a good a time as any to check back in with the cycle work.
The first point to make about the cycles is that after diverging a bit in June, the market appears to be back on track with the projections of the cycle composite (a combination of the one-, four-, and ten-year cycles). While the cycles called for a fairly big dip in July - which didn't happen - the cycle had also not called for much of a decline in June.
So, these moves appear to have cancelled each other out.
Looking ahead to August, the cycle composite is choppy within in a fairly tight range throughout much of the month. And then, near the end of the month, a modest uptrend resumes into early September. Therefore, both teams may wind up becoming frustrated over the ensuing weeks.
Once again though, there are some discrepancies among the messages provided by the individual cycles that are worth noting. For example, while the one-year cycle projects a steady advance in August, the four-year actually suggest a downtrend that stays intact until November. And as you might suspect, the tie-breaker - the ten-year decennial cycle - suggests that August will be modestly higher.
So, there it is; the market is likely to move up, down or sideways! And if traders feel compelled to insert an eye roll here, they won't be blamed.
However, the takeaway is that since the one-year suggests a strong up move and the ten-year points to a modest trend higher, the odds would seem to favor the bulls. But... should the bears finally find a raison d'etre and if prices start to break down, it might be a good idea to pay attention to the four-year cycle.
(c) 2013 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.


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More than that, ScreenStudio is also able to stream your desktop directly to Ustream/Youtube/Twitch.tv/Hitbox over RTMP to share your gameplay with the world.
A new milestone has been reached this week as I found out that it was possible to port ScreenStudio over OS X for our Apple friends. Yes, you read it right! ScreenStudio does support OS X! As of writing this post, a BETA version is available for you to try it out.
Expect a few bugs and a few issues. But overall, it should work. This video was entirely recorded on an old Macbook 2009 with ScreenStudio. Just make sure that Java 8 is installed and follow the video instructions.
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In the American Civil War a doctrine called the Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization was likely the most important determination of victory in the war. This may be the first war where this was understood by one side, and it would be the way in which the World Wars were fought. Victory in the world wars depended on disabling the capacity of the enemy to produce the material of war. The idea of total war had also been simmering and came into existence during the war between the Federalists and Confederacy. The wars of the Middle Ages were no less brutal, but were in fact kind of guided by ideas of chivalry and divine right but also were limited by the human scale of industrial production. Labor in the Middle Ages was the labor of humanity and animals. This had gradually given way to wars inflected by technology and more so by the industrial capacity of nation states at war. The World Wars saw the logical conclusion of war as a conflict between the economies of nation states. These wars of factories and the reproductive capacities of vast nation states. Without much of a surprise the losers of the war were industrial titans, Germany and Japan, and the winners of the war, The United States and Russia were monolithic and totalizing systems from top to bottom — Industrial Capitalism in one corner and Industrial Communism in the other. China was present in this war but was violently shucking off its colonialism and then embarked on the rational path of Industrial Communism.
But at the end of the war, technology and industry had produced the destructive capacities of the Nuclear Age, and at the same time, produced the networks that would give rise to Globalism. Globalism would in the end become the epoch that would replace Modernism with its nation states. In Modernism the corporation belonged to the nation state and while profits were vital to the mission of the corporation it was within the construct of the nation state. In the transition period between Modernism and Globalism, which might be called Post-Modernism, corporations gradually eroded their ties to nation States. For example corporations such as Apple Computers while being born in California in the United States by the first decade of the 21st Century relied on components from a global supply chain, Chinese labor, and sales to a global market. Apple is hardly as much a United States corporation as it is a Chinese corporation. It is a global company and does not really belong to any nation state. Continue Reading →


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Cultural Tidbits
So, today I was making Canadian-ized gallo pinto (I've decided that the reason mine tastes so different is because I put 1/16 of the amount of oil in mine compared to the locals) and I dumped the rice in the pot before I realized that the whole bag (even though it was sealed pretty tightly with a twist-tie) was crawling with bugs. There goes that batch… I've bought cream of wheat twice too. Both times FILLED with bugs before it's even left the grocery store. Sad days. I am also an expert on what cockroach poop looks like now (note for any future ex-pats: rinse the pots before you use them).
Also, 5 out of 6 active volcanoes were currently in eruption mode. It's crazy. All is safe still, no worries.
Lessons & Learning, Prayers & Petitions
Have you ever done something for so long with so little tangible success that you start to ask yourself, "Why?" "Is it worth it?" "Does it make a difference?"
That's where February often sits for me for whatever reason. This February felt exceptionally brutal. If you'll recall, I was sick for a good chunk of January (I'm feeling better and only get brief relapses for short periods now. I'm still denying that it was chikingunya…) and so by February I was already exhausted. Add to that the 100th day of school, Valentine's Day (if you are not a teacher, you may just have to trust me on how brutal these days are), progress reports, and a freighter-sized load of other exceptional challenges and I was ready to throw in the towel.
I've been running for years off and on, but never with any growth. Now I have found two wonderful morning running buddies here. We have been seriously running three times a week since Christmas, and it is paying off – a fun 5 km Color Run in January with my students, the Managua Marathon 10 km in February. It was such a thrill to see the improvement in my time and distance.
I've also been helping choreograph for the school's musical since October, and it's finally opening night! Up until the last rehearsal, I was worried they were going to fall apart and there were a lot of interesting rehearsals, but they looked amazing now!
Since August I've been trying to teach my students Bible with a "faith is action" kind of lens. Yes, we believe and knowledge is important, but it means nothing without action. However, it has been hard to see that tangible evidence in them and the practical implementation. Since the Lenten season began we've been doing daily faith challenges in Gr. 1-3 (thanks for the lasting impression and idea, St. A's teachers!). The challenges focus on study, prayer, and service, always linked to Scripture. The sweet stories, important questions, genuine prayers, selfless acts, and wonderful discoveries they are making are profound. Oh, the faith of a child…
All three of these things have taken months or years. None have been in a week or a day. Now I continue to struggle with residency and daily interactions, but I am trying to remain focused on purpose, fulfillment, and patience.
So, the lesson: It leads to fulfillment. There is an end, there is a reward (even if not the expected one). There is purpose. There is peace. There is joy. Do I need to get better at seeking the peace, purpose, and joy in the midst of trials? Yes. Without a doubt. Do I need to get okay with not seeing the immediate successes? Definitely. There are things that permanently fail. There are things that I will never see evidence of my impact. But is it refreshing to see the very physical fruits once in awhile? Absolutely.


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cline either in the matter or manner of his works; indeed his last great book is a monument of historical scholarship, and contains several passages of splendid writing (see especially History of Sicily, iii. c. 8). Freeman raised the study of history in England to a higher level than that on which he found it, chiefly by inculcating the importance of a critical use of original authorities, of accuracy of statement, and of the recognition of the unity of history. He did good service to the public by his unsparing exposure of pretentious ignorance and his correction of popular errors in his reviews and other articles, and he gave the world some books which, praised as they are at present by all competent judges, will not be valued less highly by historical scholars of later generations.
A full list of Freeman's books and his articles in quarterly and monthly publications is given in his 'Life and Letters.' Besides pamphlets, lectures published singly, and contributions to books, periodical literature, and archæological journals, he wrote:
- 'A History of Architecture,' London, 1849.
- 'Essay on … Window Tracery in England,' Oxford, 1850.
- 'Poems,' with Mr. (now Rev. Sir) G. W. Cox, London, 1850.
- 'History and Antiquities of St. David's,' with William Basil Jones [q. v. Suppl.], later bishop of St. David's, Oxford, 1856.
- 'History and Conquests of the Saracens,' lectures delivered at Edinburgh in 1855, London, 1856; with a new preface, 1876.
- 'A History of Federal Government,' vol. i.—all published—London, 1863; republished and edited with additions by Professor J. B. Bury as 'The History of Federal Government in Greece and Italy,' London, 1893.
- 'Old English History for Children,' London, 1869; reissued with omission of 'for children' in title, 9th edit., revised, 1892.
- 'History of the Cathedral Church of Wells,' lectures with notes, London, 1870.
- 'History of the Norman Conquest,' 5 vols. and index vol., Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1867-79; 2nd edit. vols. i-iii. 1870-5; 3rd edit. vols. i. and ii., 1877.
- -13. 'Historical Essays,' collected, first series, 1871; 2nd ser. 1873, 4th edit. 1892; 3rd ser. 1879; 4th ser. 1892—all London.
- 'Growth of the English Constitution,' London, 1872; French translation by M. A. Delahaye, Paris, 1877.
- 'General Sketch of European History' in Macmillan's 'Historical Course for Schools,' which was edited by Freeman, London, 1872.
- 'Comparative Politics,' lectures at the Royal Institution, London, 1874, 1896.
- 'Disestablishment and Disendowment,' London, 1874.
- 'History of Europe' in Macmillan's 'History Primers,' edited by J. R. Green, London, 1875.
- 'Historical and Architectural Sketches,' with illustrations from the author's drawings, London, 1876.
- 'The Ottoman Power in Europe,' London, 1877.
- 'Short History of the Norman Conquest,' Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1880.
- 'Subject and Neighbour Lands of Venice,' London, 1881.
- 'Historical Geography of Europe,' vol. i. text, vol. ii. maps, London, 1881, 1882.
- 'Lectures to American Audiences,' Philadelphia, London, 1882.
- 'The Reign of William Rufus,' 2 vols., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1882.
- 'Some Impressions of the United States,' London, 1883.
- 'English Towns and Districts,' addresses, &c., collected, London 1883.
- 'Methods of Historical Study,' Oxford lectures, London, 1886.
- 'Chief Periods of European History,' Oxford lectures, London, 1886.
- 'Greater Greece and Greater Britain,' lectures, London, 1886.
- 'Exeter' in 'Historic Towns' series, edited by Freeman and W. Hunt, London, 1887.
- 'Fifty Years of European History,' Oxford lectures, London, 1887.
- 'William the Conqueror' in Macmillan's 'English Statesmen' series, London, 1888.
- 'Sketches from French Travel,' Tauchnitz, Leipzig, 1891.
- 'History of Sicily,' 3 vols., Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1891-2; vol. iv. edited by Mr. A. J. Evans, 1894.
- 'Sicily' in 'Story of the Nations' series, London and New York, 1892.
- 'Studies of Travel' (Greece and Italy), 2 vols., edited by Miss F. Freeman, London and New York, 1893.
- 'Studies of Travel' (Normandy and Maine), edited by Miss F. Freeman, London, 1897.
[Dean Stephens's Life and Letters of Edward A. Freeman, 1895, 2 vols.; English Historical Review, July 1892, vii. 497 sqq., by Right Hon. Jas. Bryce; Somerset Archæol. and Nat. Hist. Soc.'s Proc. 1892, xxxviii. 370sqq.; Manchester Guardian, 18 March 1892; personal knowledge.]
FREMANTLE, THOMAS FRANCIS, first Baron Cottesloe (1798–1890), eldest son of Vice-admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle [q. v.], who married at Naples, on 12 Feb. 1796, Elizabeth (d. 1857), daughter and coheir of Richard Wynne of Falkingham, Lincolnshire, was born in Bolton Row, Piccadilly, on 11 March 1798. He matriculated from Oriel College, Oxford, on 19 March 1816, and graduated B.A. in 1819, taking a first class in mathematics and a second in classics. On 14 Aug. 1821 he was created a baronet, out of respect to the memory of his father, who died on 19 Dec. 1819. As Sir Thomas Fremantle he entered parliament at the general election of 1826,


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Making Cards Magazine...where there are two further card projects in this series.
Monday, 21 May 2012
Diamonds and Pearls
Making Cards Magazine...where there are two further card projects in this series.
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Love those colours!!!!ReplyDelete
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...eye candy or what!...this is superb, the soft hued florals are so very English & so perfect for this rather special shabby chic Union Jack Jubilee tribute...so much attention to detail, I adore it...super crafty making Emma...Mel :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous21 May 2012 at 15:37
Very beautiful!ReplyDelete
This is so elegant, really stunning. XReplyDelete
You tease lol. Love your elegant sophisticated card. Very English, reminds me of Engliah china, love it. Will have to get a copy of the magazine. Tracy xReplyDelete
This is beautiful, and very reminiscent of a traditional english tea party.ReplyDelete
I am so sad not to be part of the celebrations and find it a real shame my 2 boys will not experience a part of their heritage. :-(
There are no celebrations happening at all in ireland.
Can't wait to see your next Clarity samples
Claire x
I just love the colour palette, the lines and gorgeous design on this card. It's a little work of jubilee inspired art!ReplyDelete
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No I don't like it........ because I LOVE IT!!!! What a super pretty shabby card love, love love....
That's gorgeous Emma! Love it - will have to buy magazine now!! I need that mini rosette die too!! XReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 May 2012 at 20:36
really wonderful take on the Union Jack and perfect for the upcoming Jubilee! love the dress and the flowers on the Union Jack itself...ReplyDelete
the Queen would love it! :D
This is such a pretty card Emma, beautiful papers, and a great style.ReplyDelete
Love the Bon Voyage card too.
Thank you for all your comments and messages, they are all appreciated and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon...
Emma ~xx


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Find Transactions and Transaction Journals in MYOB
MYOB allows you to Find Transactions you have entered in MYOB so that it is easy for you to review transactions when needed. This feature is found on the lower portion on any of the main command centre and click on the Find Transactions.
Under this feature, you see the transactions that can be found as follows:
1. Account – In this find transactions tab, you will find the transactions entered for a specific account and for a specific from and to date. For example, you like find the transactions entered to a specific bank account. In this search category, you need to specify the Account and you have the option to choose by clicking on the dropdown arrow to choose and click on the account and date from and to as per screenshot below:
2. Card – You use this tab if you want to see transactions for a specific card – to use for finding transactions for a specific supplier, customer, employee or other cards. If you know the card you wish to find transactions, you indicate it in the field but if not, you click on the dropdown arrow on the field and when you find the card you, click on it to select. Next is to indicate the date from and to for the period you wish to find the transactions entered for the card as per screenshot below:
3. Item – This enables you to find transactions related to an item also for a date from and to as per screenshot below:
4. Invoice – This feature enables you to find transactions for sales invoices issued. You just have to indicate the invoice number in the dropdown arrow with option to view according to:
4.1.) All Invoices
4.2.) Invoice #
4.3.) Customer PO #
Please take note that there is no date from and to in this find transactions as per screenshot below:
5. Bill – This feature enables you to find transactions for purchases with the following search options:
5.1.) Bills
5.2.) PO No.
5.3.) Supplier Invoice #
6. Category – This feature enables you to find transactions for categories with date from and to with the following options:
6.1.) All Categories
6.2.) Categories
7. Job – You can find transactions for jobs with date from and to with the following options:
7.1.) All Jobs
7.2.) Job No.
MYOB also allows you to review transactions entered into MYOB by the use of the Transaction Journal which is found on the following command centre:
- Accounts
- Banking
- Sales
- Time Billing
- Purchases
- Inventory
To review Transaction Journal, click on it under the tabs on any one of the 6 main command centre as per screenshot below:
In the Transaction Journal window, the following screen appears with the following tabs:
- General – This tab contains the transaction journals like the record journal entry and adjustments.
- Disbursements – this tab contains the transactions entered for payment transactions.
- Receipts – this tab contains the transactions entered through the Banking – Receive Money and Sales – Receive Payments
- Sales – this tab contains all the sales transactions entered in the Sales main command centre
- Purchases – this tab contains all the Purchases transactions entered.
- Inventory – this tab contains all the transactions entered in the Inventory command centre.
- All – This tab all the transaction journals which are found under the General, Disbursements, Receipts, Sales, Purchases and Inventory.
In the Transaction Journal tab, indicate the start date which is the field Dated From and the end date of transaction journal in the field To.


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Update: A new version of this post is available on my main blog.
This piece speaks to my experience as a neurodivergent father with neurodivergent kids. "Special" is non-inclusive, discriminatory language. It is a deficit and medical model euphemism. Use instead the language of neurodiversity & the social model of disability. Use the language of diversity & inclusion, design for real life, and universal design. These are a human rights and human collaboration framework that will accelerate industry, education, and society. Segregation never works. Time now for inclusion. Disability is an engine for innovation. Say the word, and design for real life, together.
Although human diversity, the social model of disability and inclusion as human rights framework concepts are developing traction, for much of society the "special story" still goes like this:
A child with "special needs" catches the "special bus" to receive "special assistance" in a "special school" from "special education teachers" to prepare them for a "special" future living in a "special home" and working in a "special workshop".
Does that sound "special" to you?
The word "special" is used to sugar-coat segregation and societal exclusion – and its continued use in our language, education systems, media etc serves to maintain those increasingly antiquated "special" concepts that line the path to a life of exclusion and low expectations.
The logic of the connection between "special needs" and "special segregated places" is very strong – it doesn't need reinforcement – it needs to be broken.
Further, the "special needs" label sets up the medical "care" model to disability rather than the social inclusion model of disability. It narrows and medicalises society's response to the person by suggesting that the focus should be on "treating" their "special needs", rather than on the person's environment responding to and accommodating the person – including them for the individual that they are.
There is another insidious but serious consequence of being labelled (as having or being) "special needs". The label carries with it the implication that a person with "special needs" can only have their needs met by "special" help or "specially-trained" people – by "specialists". That implication is particularly powerful and damaging in our mainstream schooling systems – it is a barrier to mainstream schools, administrators and teachers feeling responsible, empowered or skilled to embrace and practice inclusive education in regular classrooms, and accordingly perpetuates attitudinal resistance to realising the human right to inclusive education under Article 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
In other words, the language of "special needs" leads to, and serves to excuse, a "can't do" attitude as the default position of many general educators – it effectively deprives inclusive education of its necessary oxygen – a conducive "can do" classroom culture.
The label of "special needs" is inconsistent with recognition of disability as part of human diversity. In that social framework, none of us are "special" as we are all equal siblings in the diverse family of humanity.
Source: "He ain't special, he's my brother" – Time to ditch the phrase "special needs" – Starting With Julius
It is also to acknowledge and discuss the fact that the disability rights movement has been having conversations about language and disability terminology for decades, and that many nondisabled people are (perhaps willfully) unaware of these conversations. They come up with complex and tormented euphemisms to talk about disability instead of just asking a disabled person if there's an appropriate term. Many nondisabled people are shocked that many people with disabilities, including myself, view 'special' as a rank insult that is horrifying to encounter. This word makes me so angry. So angry.
Thus, when I say "special' troubles me,' I mean 'please do not use this term to refer to me, because I find it personally insulting, and I have an identity, that identity is disabled, please respect my identity by using the word I self identify with to refer to me' and I also mean 'I would vastly prefer that you consider not using it as a default/general term, but use it for self identification if you identify with it, and to describe other people who self identify with it.' And, in return, if I know that someone identifies as special needs or with any other term involving 'special,' I will refer to that person that way, because I believe that respecting self identification is a critical thing. However, I note that I don't personally know anyone who identifies with this term; I see it being used by nondisabled friends and family, applied as a label by others and not claimed as a self identification.
So, here's what I, personally, don't like about special: I feel like it's an isolating word. I feel that the concept of 'special' stands in the way of full integration into society, and it also perpetuates some very harmful myths. It sets people with disabilities aside and stresses that they are different and alien. That using a wheelchair, for example, is 'special' and different and weird.
This word, to me, stresses a hierarchy of normality. And, thanks to the way that it has become twisted, it has become a singularly loaded word. Everything from ramps to quiet rooms for taking exams is considered 'special treatment' and sneered at. Nondisabled people think that we are pulling off some kind of giant scam here and that's reinforced when we talk about, for example, 'special education.'
The very idea that accommodations are 'special' stresses that they should not be expected. That they are a prize or treat. That you don't deserve them. I want to see accommodations normalised. I want to see it assumed that everyone who wants to participate in something is able to do so, that no barriers are presented by other participants or the venue. I don't want that to be 'special.' I want it to be ordinary.
Likewise, the idea of referring to human beings as 'special' is one I find troubling, not least because this term has become weaponised. I have trouble parsing whether it is being used as a celebration of identity or an insult whenever I encounter it.
Source: Ableist Word Profile: Special | FWD/Forward
The "special needs" language falls into normativity. There's a "normal" and a "right" way to do things, and that way is how able people do it. If you don't do it that way, suddenly it's "special" because it's different and scary.
"Special needs" is part of this dichotomy which is used to split able and disabled. Indeed, to alienate disability. Disability is different and "special" and hard and weird. "Special" is an isolating word, in fact, because it sets people apart, and not necessarily in a good way, no matter what the original meaning of the word is.
Think "special bus" or "special education," both of which are used to isolate developmentally disabled folks from their peers, often under the argument that they are "hard to control" or "disruptive" or "upsetting" or, sometimes, just "gross." People use "special" to push these folks away, to isolate them somewhere where they cannot bother the nice able people.
It's one of the many euphemisms for disability which is used to create a veil of obscurity. Disability as Other. Indeed, "special needs," a term which people often use because they are fumbling for something else to use, looking for the "right" way to say it, is intensely othering.
Source: Needs Are Not Special | FWD/Forward
For one night, the special needs community will shine! And then the day after, they will go back to being ignored by much of their communities.
Here's the real problem for me – why put this money behind isolated, segregated, events? I know Tebow et al. think they are doing good here, and I'm sure the people who go will have a good time. But it accomplishes nothing other than a brief moment of fake normality.
"Prom" didn't matter to me, but to many people prom = normal highschool experience. So if people with disabilities are being excluded from such activities, if that's something they want, then the solution is to put time and money behind making such events more inclusive and more accessible.
A segregated special event for special needs, no matter how well intentions, just reinforces the idea that people with disabilities cannot function in "normal" society.
Source: How Did We Get Into This Mess?: Special Proms for Special Needs – Good Intentions but a Bad Idea
There's a social media campaign going on right now to #SayTheWord – it was started by Lawrence Carter-Long, the Public Affairs Manager for the National Council on Disability, and is an active Twitter hashtag. The word, of course, is disabled.
The importance of this campaign is driven home to me over and over again as I see people performing ludicrous and painful contortions to avoid saying it. Reminder that when I make a criticism the way well-meaning people interact with disability, I am not attacking the people (parenthetical reminder that I was immersed in ableism myself not long ago), but inviting people to think about things in a different way.
Instead of saying disabled, nice people say things like:
- differently abled
- handicapable (yes, really)
- physically/mentally challenged
- special needs
It's that last one, special needs, that I really want to take aim at, because I believe that seemingly innocuous phrase does serious damage to disability rights.
Every time someone says "special needs," they reinforce the false notion that disabled people are asking for "extras" when we require accommodations, modifications, and/or support to access the same things that non-disabled people are able to access, such as education, public spaces, community involvement, and so on.
That's the first problem, because access is not "special" for disabled people. It's our right. The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, modeled on the Civil Rights Act of 1964, protects disabled Americans from discrimination, requires us to be accommodated in the workplace, and grants us equal access to public spaces and institutions. Other countries have laws in place to protect disability rights in similar ways.
The second problem is, the phrase "special needs" flies in the face of the social model of disability. The social model says, the disabled person's inability to access things is due not to the disabled person's failings, flaws, or deficits, but on the environment's failure to provide access to the things. For example, a Blind person is not disabled because they can't see, they are disabled because the world was set up by seeing people for seeing people and is made of many things that are inaccessible to non-seeing people.
Source: #SayTheWord, Not "Special Needs"
My son, who has Down syndrome, is 10. By the time he was 3 (thanks in part to spending his first few years reading everything I could get my hands on), it was pretty clear to me that while he had particular needs, they weren't all that special. He needs an education, safe housing, independence, meaningful community, health care, and basically all the other stuff that everyone else needs. Our means to get him there might vary and require specific techniques, tools, and resources, but it's not because his needs are so "special."
Moreover, as a euphemism, "special" has become its own brand of insult. Anecdotally, I increasingly see people substituting the word where they might have used the word "retard," because ableism can always survive the shifting of norms. "Special," appended before "snowflake," was the "defining insult" of 2016, according to The Guardian. "Special" connotes both undesirably different and unjustly self-centered.
In fact, there's a broad cross-disability movement dedicated to working against euphemisms like "special needs" or "differently-abled." While the origins of the expression "special needs" are complicated and debated, Rebecca Cokley, executive director of the National Council on Disability, explained to me that it's clear "the term was never chosen by our community; it was chosen by educators, family members, and other professionals who felt uncomfortable by the use of the term 'disability.'"
It's not just about law, either. Lawrence Carter-Long launched the #SayTheWord campaign in 2016 to get people to use "disability" or "disabled" rather than dodging the issue. He told me that in the past, "Disability was only a diagnosis, but it now equals identity, it equals community, it equals history, it equals constituency. So part of saying the word is the recognition of the evolution of what the word has become." He's equally opposed to special needs, as a concept, because, "A need isn't special, if other people get to take the same thing for granted."
The #NotSpecialNeeds video doesn't say the word disability, but I don't know that it needs to do so. It's an impressive piece of work, chipping away at the euphemism "special needs" with hilarity, positing scenarios that would qualify as special, like needing massages from cats or celebrities to conduct wake-up calls (the latter scene features John C. McGinley, the actor from Scrubs, whose son has Down syndrome).
Source: Stop Calling Some Needs 'Special'
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