We already knew Oppo is working on a next generation Find smartphone, but we just got a few more details about it.
As it turns out the smartphone won't be called Oppo Find 6 as was previously speculated. The latest rumor suggests the phone will be called Oppo Find 7 and will launch mid-September. What might cause the Chinese company to skip a number is anyone's guess, though.
The new report confirms previous online gossip about the specs and adds a 4000 mAh battery and 9.9 mm thickness. That would put it on par with the 6" Huawei Ascend Mate, which has the largest battery of any smartphone to date.
In case you need a refresh the Oppo Find 7 is supposed to run on the latest Snapdragon 800 chipset and pack a 5" 1080p display. The previous rumors also suggested a 13MP rear and an 8MP front camera for the next Oppo flagship.
The rest of the previously confirmed specs are the NFC connectivity and 2GB of RAM.
Anyway, if this new info turn out correct the Oppo Find 7 announcement should be just around the corner, so we'll know sooner rather than later.


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Q: What is a common word for horizontal and vertical lines/directions? I would like to differentiate between vertical and horizontal lines/directions in a dot pattern from diagonal lines. However, I am lacking the vocabulary for it. For instance, here I would like to differentiate between the blue arrows and the black arrows. Is there any term/word for this?

A: It is very customary to look at a picture such as yours, and to immediately establish two distinguished perpendicular directions. Perhaps not coincidentally, the most popular distinguished directions are the ones in your picture that are painted black.
Since you are interested in words, I point out that your black horizontal axis is traditionally known as the axis of abscissas. Your black vertical axis is traditionally known as the axis of ordinates.
You have drawn your blue directions as bisecting the Cartesian coordinate axes in black. But upon inspection of the definition of diagonal, we find that any direction not one of the four black directions can legitimately be called diagonal. So, I propose that "diagonal direction" is one way to describe your blue directions.
Also worth considering is "skewed direction".
As an example, consider measure theory. It is standard to consider only rectangles "with sides parallel to the coordinate axes". A rectangle along your blue directions does not satisfy this requirement.

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I found that the sigaction machinery lacks the bits of implementation related to the support of the ucontext_t structure (passed in as a third parameter to the sigaction callback when SA_SIGINFO is requested in flags).
AFAIU, it should be a matter of simply converting the CONTEXTRECORD data provide by the OS/2 exception handler to the format of ucontext_t (and adding the definition of ucontext_t, and, perhaps the getcontext()/setcontext() API as well).
Here is the practical case where I faced this issue: https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/issues/29#issuecomment-39145867.
Note that once this ticket is resolved, it will make sense to remove the hack (DosSetExceptionHandler abuse) applied here: https://github.com/bitwiseworks/mozilla-os2/commit/16f75f297be7df7ef9f50655102ddeb65b630140 (unless it's already solved in some other way by that time).


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Q: Copy text selection to clipboard in Windows using Qt and C++ I would like to allow the user to insert a selected text from any source or application into my Qt application using the middle mouse button.
This functionality is already available with the help of the QCliboard class on operating systems with X11 Window System. According to the Qt documentation, this does not work on Windows because Windows does not support the global mouse selection.
Is there a way to make this functionality available in Windows as well? Can this be achieved with a Qt and C++ implementation? Is there possibly a C++ library that I could integrate which offers this functionality?


Drilling chemicals are majorly used in processes such as oil & gas exploration, metal & mineral extraction, coal seam gas drilling, and for bore well drilling. Drilling chemicals are useful in terms of cooling and lubrication of the drilling equipment, maintaining the pressure, removing cuttings from bore wells, and providing support and stabilizing the bore well area. Drilling chemicals are widely used to aid drilling boreholes into the earth's crust. The rising number of deep water discoveries, especially in the Pacific regions as well as the Persian Gulf is expected to surge growth of the market.
Increasing usage of drilling chemicals is majorly attributed to major investments in energy & mineral exploration. Increasing demand for base metals, precious metals, oil, and natural gas is in turn resulting into rapid growth of the global drilling chemicals market in the recent past. This is primarily the resultant of rising rate of urbanization and industrialization in emerging economies. Growing concerns for spill containment, holding solid wastes and bore holes is also expected to augment growth of the market over the forecast period (2016–2024). Also, factors such as increasing offshore drilling activities across various regions, shale boom in few regions, and increasing exploration activities to discover untapped oil & gas reserves are also expected to be potential drivers of the market.
However, the global drilling chemicals market is affected by few restraints. One of the major restraints is the impact of drilling chemicals on the environment. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) puts a limit on the use of oil-based chemicals in offshore drilling processes, owing to its high level of aromatic substitutes in them which can be a major threat to marine organisms. Drilling chemicals can cause various environmental hazards during its usage and disposal which can have a direct detrimental impact on the flora and fauna and humans.
Onshore drilling is considered as the largest application which has a direct impact on the growth of the drilling chemicals market. Severe environmental conditions such as desert topography, extreme high and low temperatures, and dry environment necessitate deployment of various types of drilling chemicals either as a cooling agent or as a lubricant for the oil field drilling processes. Offshore drilling process is expected to be the fastest growing application market for drilling chemicals in the near future. Increasing expenditure in existing offshore wells in deep waters especially in the Gulf of Mexico, Persian Gulf , North Sea, and the South China Sea is expected escalate growth of the market globally.
Regional segmentation for the global drilling chemicals market includes North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa. North America holds a dominant position in the global drilling chemicals industry, owing to increasing oil and natural gas production in the region along with potential developments in oilfield in countries such as U.S. and Canada. Asia Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing market, owing to the increasing demand for drilling chemicals in countries such as China and India. According to data released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the petroleum and natural gas sector in India attracted FDI valued at US$ 6.8 billion between April 2000 and December 2016. Demand for drilling chemicals in certain countries such as UK and Netherland are significantly high owing to new oilfield exploration activities.
Major companies operating in the global drilling chemicals market include Anchor Drilling Fluids Inc., Tetra Technologies Inc., Canadian Energy Services Inc., Global Fluids & Chemical Co., Baker Hughes, Newpark Drilling Fluids LLC., M-I SWACO, and Halliburton.


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Happy Rose Day in Advance.
Is Really True In My Life You Are A Special Part.
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Hope is the expectation that something outside of ourselves, something or someone external, is going to come to our rescue and we will live happily ever after. – Dr. Robert Anthony
Bastille Day Terrorist Attack in Nice, France
According to 'Express' "At least 80 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in the southern French city of Nice tonight after a terrorist firing a weapon drove a lorry into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day. After the truck mowed down crowds for more than a mile the driver got out and sprayed crowds with bullets.
Identity documents belonging to a 31-year-old French Tunisian were found in the truck according to security sources.
The source said: 'The identification of the truck driver is still underway.' The recovered documents indicate the man is a resident of Nice.
One eyewitness described seeing 'bodies flying like bowling pins' and 'hearing noises, cries that I will never forget' as the horror unfolded on a busy promenade at around 10.30pm last night.
The truck driver was said to have shouted 'Allahu Akbar' — God is greatest — before being shot dead by police. Pro-ISIS groups have been celebrating the attack but as yet the terror group has not officially claimed responsibility.
Guns and grenades were later found inside the truck, which mounted the pavement at approximately 40mph and steered directly towards hundreds of people watching a fireworks display.
Anti-terror police swooped in as the city was put on lockdown and residents were warned to stay indoors for their safety. Gunshots rang out in the streets, with gunmen targeting hotels and cafes in the port city in the south of France"
ISIS is celebrating the apparent terrorist attack in Nice, France, on Thursday as retaliation for the death of Abu Omar al-Shishani—the terror group's so-called "minister of war"—who was killed earlier this year by coalition forces while fighting in Iraq.
I guess the sleeping cells are waking up. Next will see a plethora of useless messages from politicians and head of states; however no concrete action is going to be taken.
It looks like nobody wants so address the 800 lbs gorilla in the room: Muslims are not integrating in modern western societies, especially the hard core religious ones. Once they feel comfortable and establish roots in a country, instead of trying to integrate, they put all the effort into making the host country bend over backwards to please them. Why?
Mostly because politicians are a bunch of whiny little bitches, worried for their future pensions. They could not care less about the people who were stupid enough to elect them and give them the power to control their destiny.
Mr Hollande made the chilling warning after visiting vctims in hospital in Nice less than 24 hours after Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel ploughed a rented truck into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day.
Hundreds of men, women and children were mown down leaving 84 dead and hundreds more injured.
Now the French president has warned that the number of dead could rise.
He said: "About 50 people are in an absolute urgency between life and death."
He dded that there were a lot of foreigners and children among the dead and warned that the fight against extremist groups would be long because they would continue to try to strike at Western values.
And to confirm what I mentioned yesterday, following is an opinion of somebody with more clout than me:
Peter Neumann, a professor who specialises in radicalisation, said Nice, as well as other parts of southern France and Paris, have become "jihadist breeding grounds", sparked by failed integration.
The King's College London professor, said the Nice attack, which last night saw 84 people killed by a terrorist ploughing into a crowd of people watching Bastille Day fireworks, should come as no real surprise.
He said there was "almost an entire generation of people" who do not feel a part of "the French project" and that it was time for France to focus on the "deeply rooted problem" of Muslim alienation.'
Source: Express
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Lviv Human Rights Defender Oleksiy Verentsov jailed for 3 days (updated)Human rights activists allege unlawful interference in their workUHHRU: Stop persecution of human rights activists!Ukrainian Human Rights Activist, Journalist Protest Police SearchesSavage sentences against Crimean Tatar journalists for reporting on Russia's 'state terrorism' in occupied Crimea Ukrainian writer and civic activist abducted and tortured for Russian propaganda video Ukraine's penitentiary institutions and the war'Stand up for your convictions, even if you stand alone!' Anti-war activities in Russia, 3-9 OctoberRussia uses Kherson 'evacuation' for enforced disappearance of more Ukrainian hostages and POWs Russian atrocities at Bucha may be nothing to those that will be found when Kherson is liberated 13-year sentence against Belarusian investigative journalist who helped expose crimes against Ukraine Vovchansk Engineering Works: Dungeons on the Chechen ModelThose who unleashed this war will not go to Heaven. Anti-War activities In Russia, 7-14 August 2022"He lay on the sidewalk, naming towns and cities in Ukraine". A digest of anti-war activities in Russia, 23-29 July"Do You Still Want This War?" Anti-War Activities in Russia, 3-9 July 2022Crimean Tatar journalist detained on charges of 'discrediting Russian army' and jailed for "showing resistance"Feminists, "Railroad Partisans" and School-Leavers Protest. A Digest of Protests in Russia, 25 June-2 July 2022 After violently seizing Crimea, Russia accuses peaceful Crimean Tatars of 'terrorism' for defending political prisoners Disappearances in the Zaporizhzhia Region (24 February to 18 June 2022)Russia extends terror and abductions from occupied Crimea and Donbas to all of Ukraine
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Police remove financial documents and computers from Vinnytsa Human Rights Group
During a search officially of the home of Vinnytsa Human Rights Group coordinator, Dmytro Groisman, carried out on Friday, lasting until 2 a.m. that night, the police removed two leaflets from a German anti-AIDS foundation, promoting safe sex, and a video to check it for possible pornography.
Dmytro Groisman points out that his organization provides human rights assistance to women working in the sex industry, and they therefore have a lot of such leaflets.
The black and white film is of Dmytro's child aged 1-2 (he is now 17).
The search of his flat was carried out on the basis of a court order, officially over suspicion of circulating pornography in connection with a posting on his blog from 2 May (http://di-mur.livejournal.com/129792.html ) The video clip, in seriously questionable taste (but not as seemingly related to child pornography as the image shown – translator, who had been rearing to complain to Youtube!) remains available on Youtube to this day.
All exceedingly distasteful, but even those who find the need to re-post such material questionable, must also ask why the search happened now, 6 months later, and – more importantly – why, armed with a court order to search a private flat, the police, without court sanction, also searched the human rights group's offices and removed financial document and computers. Papers removed included some almost ready to be passed to the court regarding a case defending refugees.
Mr Groisman believes the real aim of the search was to paralyze the group's work on refugee rights. He says that the police make money out of providing "protection" over illegal migration. He thinks they may have wanted to removed documents with refugees' testimony for this reason, but notes that there are copies held elsewhere.
He points out that while there was a court order for the search of his home, there was none for the search of the human rights organization, giving grounds to complain to the Human Rights Ombudsperson and Amnesty International in Ukraine. He considers such treatment to be effectively persecution of human rights activists.


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Jim Shore adds his whimsical touch to this heartwarming scene of the motherly Mrs. Potts and her somewhat reckless son Chip. The duo join Shore's collection honoring the 25th anniversary of the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. The Disney Traditions Beauty and the Beast Mrs. Potts and Chip Statue is made of stone resin and measures approximately 4-inches x 5-inches.


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Although Frederick Slabach has been serving as president for the past year, the time has finally come to celebrate his inauguration.
The inauguration will take place 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Investiture Structure, Parking Lot A. In the days leading up to it, there are various special events going on in the Texas Wesleyan community to honor the inauguration.
"I think it's a very exciting and positive event," said Marcel Kerr, inauguration subcommittee chair.
Kerr said she is excited for students who will be in attendance.
"It's a very rare event for students," she said.
The faculty and staff at the law school, who know Slabach from his time as dean on the campus, wanted to reach out to the rest of the Wesleyan community.
"It was very important to recognize him," said Debra Barnett, event coordinator for the Texas Wesleyan Law School.
Barnett said it will give the law students a chance to meet and interact with the president.
"The faculty and staff felt strongly about being bonded with all of the Wesleyan family," Barnett said.
On Jan.24, two events will take place. The first event, set for noon to 1:30 p.m in the Baker Building, is a public interview between Dr. Hector Quintanilla, dean of School of Business Administration, and Global Market CEO Tompe Hall. They will discuss how issues such as religion and culture affect business in the Arabian Gulf. The other event is a concert by the music department set for 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the Eunice & James L. West Library.
At 2 p.m. Jan. 25 in Lou's Place, a faculty scholar's reception will be held. It will showcase the creative works of the Wesleyan faculty. A lecture on interdisciplinary research will also be given.
At 7 p.m. Jan. 26, an evening concert will be held in the Brown Lupton Campus Center. Musical group, Maiden Texas, will be performing. Maiden Texas is a Texas-born singing trio; two of the members work on the Texas Wesleyan campus.
During the morning of the inauguration on Jan.27, from 8 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. in the Polytechnic United Methodist Church, a morning service will be held.
At 8:30 a.m in Martin Hall, former U.S. Secretary of State, Madeleine K. Albright, will speak and also sign books prior to the inauguration ceremony.
John Veilleux, vice president of marketing and communications, said the inauguration is a very important event.
"It is a chance to celebrate the community and make new friends," he said.
Veilleux said he wants students to know the celebrations will not be at any cost to the students or university. All funds for the celebration were attained through fundraisers.
Carla Tennison, senior political science and pre-law major, said she is optimistic about the inauguration and appreciates having Slabach as university president.
"He seems to be really involved with the students and it seems like he cares," Tennison said.
For more information about events, please visit www.txwes.edu and click on schedule of events under The 2012 Inuaguration.


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Integrated LeadGen Results Named One of Constant Contact's 2011 All Stars
Integrated LeadGen Results recognized for acheiving exemplary marketing results
This group is really leading the charge when it comes to delivering relevant, engaging content that drives real business results.
Mission Viejo, CA (PRWEB) March 20, 2012
Integrated LeadGen Results, a Duct Tape Marketing Consultant and Nimble Contact Solution Provider, has received the 2011 All Star Award from Constant Contact®, Inc., the trusted marketing advisor to more than half a million small organizations worldwide. Each year, a select group of Constant Contact customers are honored with the All Star Award for their exemplary marketing results. Integrated LeadGen Results ranked among the top 10% of Constant Contact's customer base.
Phil Lauterjung, President of Integrated LeadGen Results said, "We are thrilled to be recognized by Constant Contact for this honor. We use Constant Contact within our organization and we have implemented it for a number of our clients. The tools available with Constant Contact allow any business to enhance their customer relationships and engagement better than anything else we have found. We are looking forward to 2012 and another great year with Constant Contact."
Constant Contact customers using any combination of the company's Email Marketing, Event Marketing, and Online Survey tools are eligible for this award. Constant Contact looked at the following criteria to select this year's All Stars:
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In 1957, Australia's first shopping centre opened at Chermside in Brisbane. Featuring 24 speciality stores and a department store, a local newspaper described it as "an island of retailing in a sea of car parking"1. Now home to over 400 retailers with a footprint the size of 21 soccer pitches, Chermside redefined what shopping was all about.
Large format retailing (LFR) is once again changing the face of retailing. Sometimes known as bulky goods or big box retailing, LFR began as a way for shoppers to access a better deal on whitegoods, furniture and floor coverings. In time retailers such as Nick Scali, Freedom, IKEA and JB Hi-Fi established large showrooms in cheaper premises, also allowing them to offer lower prices (or make higher margins). The LFR sector now accounts for almost a quarter of total retail sales.
With modern LFR centres now including baby supplies, sporting equipment and international grocers alongside the traditional household goods, broadening their appeal to retail consumers, APN is an avid investor in the sector through our holding in Aventus Retail Property Group.
For investors looking to commercial property for relatively high, income-focused returns with lower risk, LFR is a compelling proposition. The attractive income is a result of six market features identified by APN.
1. Growing sales channel – More prominent retail brands are embracing LFR as a sales channel. Where once there was just a major bedding, electrical and homewares retailer at a 'homemaker' centre, LFR now offers more brands from more categories, from fitness centres and medical services to office, auto, pet and baby supplies. This explains how in the year to 30 June 2017, approximately 22% of total national retail sales took place in LFR centres, equating to almost $70 billion2.
2. Property market a growth driver – Renovation activity and a record number of building approvals are driving LFR sales. Retailers are benefitting from our love of home improvements and furniture upgrades.
3. High market fragmentation an opportunity – Two large LFR investors – Harvey Norman and Aventus – account for about 30% of the national LFR market. The remainder is held either by single asset owners or smaller portfolios. For Aventus, the possibility of market consolidation is a growth opportunity.
4. Offshore tenant demand – Offshore retailers such as Ikea, Costco and Aldi have selected LFR for a substantial portion of their Australian roll-outs. Sports retailer Decathlon and European grocery chain Kaufland are following in their footsteps. This trend is likely to underpin demand for LFR assets.
5. Resilience to online retail – Consumers like to touch and feel LFR goods, which makes them more likely to purchase in-store. In addition, such goods usually entail substantial delivery costs for the customer due to their size. Most products are subject to the "two-man" rule, which increases delivery costs. Both imply that the growth in online retailing is less likely to affect the LFR sector than more traditional retail.
6. The barbell is becoming a tripod – In retail, the middle has become a bad place to be. Better to either service the non-discretionary spend at dominant fortress malls like Chadstone and Bondi Junction, or provide convenience in groceries and other staples at the local Neighbourhood Centre. This bifurcation is known as the 'barbell-effect'. The growth in LFR retailing and the improved mix it offers adds another leg to this framework by presenting a compelling offer for consumers and an efficient sales channel for LFR retailers.
For these reasons, APN took a position in ASX-listed Aventus Retail Property Fund (AVN) at IPO in late 2015. Aventus owns a portfolio of 20 LFR assets valued at about $1.80bn and home to some 557 retail tenants. It's asset base is concentrated to metropolitan Sydney with a strong presence in other markets along the country's eastern seaboard.
With a capable and aligned management team, high quality portfolio, breadth of tenant relationships, and a position as a natural consolidator within a fragmented sector Aventus appeared to be a good fit for us from the outset.
To date, the investment has exceeded our expectations. As Australia's pre-eminent LFR landlord, it exceeded the original distribution forecast outlined in the Product Disclosure Statement in the first year of listing. Aventus has also acquired six more assets valued at around $655m, further executing on the consolidation opportunity.
The group has also taken the opportunity to dispose of non-core assets into strong capital markets, demonstrating willingness to improve portfolio quality. With further concentration to the country's highest quality assets, we expect the company to enjoy a stronger negotiating position with tenants, which simply must be in an Aventus centre to achieve sales targets. In our view, landlord scale within this important retail segment and resultant "leasing leverage" is likely to result in higher rents over the long term.
Of course, an investment is never a set-and-forget proposition. Steinhoff International, the German-listed South African owner of well-known Australian brands such as Best & Less, Freedom and Fantastic Furniture, faces problems. These brands account for about 9% of Aventus' total rental receipts.
But even here there is reassurance. Our channel-checks with Aventus management and examination of publicly available information suggests the local brands are performing as expected (local like-for-like sales growth of 3.1% in the 12 months to November 20173) and isolated from the troubled global parent. We understand Steinhoff Asia Pacific were also recently able to refinance c.$300 million of existing debt with existing local lender on usual commercial terms, suggesting support from banker remains. It has also recently been reported that should Steinhoff be required to divest these brands there is no shortage of suitors4.
As investors focused on high levels of income generated by rents from quality commercial property, plus a commitment to paying quarterly distributions at a healthy spread to the wider sector (Aventus 7.6% p.a. vs. APN AREITs Universe 5.3%)5 the attractiveness of remains.
All up, there are compelling reasons to invest in the LFR sector through Aventus. We'll be hanging onto our investment for a while yet and watching with interest.
5. Prices as at 26 February 2017. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.


> This sound great. One idea for this is inviting Stuart Ballard (CCed).
> of the communities conformance and compatibility drive.
> the quality process overall.
It would seem an appropriate place for further conformance-related ones.
to create the best possible test suite.


Strate, Grant. "Peter Boneham". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 04 March 2015, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/peter-boneham. Accessed 24 April 2019.
Peter Boneham, choreographer, dance educator, artistic director (born at Rochester NY 7 Nov 1934). Peter Boneham is widely respected in Canada and abroad as a choreographer, teacher of dance technique and mentor to young, emerging choreographers.
Peter Boneham, choreographer, dance educator, artistic director (born at Rochester NY 7 Nov 1934). Peter Boneham is widely respected in Canada and abroad as a choreographer, teacher of dance technique and mentor to young, emerging choreographers. First trained in BALLET at the Eastman School of Music, he had extensive experience as a dancer with New York City companies, including the American Ballet Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and the William Dollar Concert Ballet Group, before moving to Montréal to join LES GRANDS BALLETS CANADIENS in 1964. Two years later he joined LE GROUPE DE LA PLACE ROYALE, the first professional modern dance company in Canada, founded by Jeanne RENAUD. In 1971 he became the artistic director of the company, which relocated to Ottawa in 1977.
Until 1988 he continued to direct Le Groupe de la Place Royale as a company performing his own work and that of other Canadian choreographers, including Jean-Pierre PERREAULT, Michael Montanaro and Bill James on tour and the NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE. The company then changed its mandate to become Le Groupe Dance Lab, until its closure in 2009 a dance lab dedicated to the discovery and artistic development of new choreographers guided by his particular vision. For his innovative workshop approach to the education of choreographers he is well recognized as a catalyst for artistic change, and his contribution has made a measurable impact on Canadian dance. The choreographic laboratory has become an effective model for the training of choreographers and is being adopted in England as well as throughout Canada.
Peter Boneham was a recipient of the Jean A. Chalmers Award for Creativity in Dance (1991) and the Dance Ontario Award (1992). In 2005, Boneham was given the GOVERNOR GENERAL'S PERFORMING ARTS AWARD for lifetime artistic achievements.


As you know TP-LINK TL-WR703N have MicroB USB port used ONLY for supplying power to the router. There is USB-A to USB micro-B Cable in the box and USB Power Supply.
I got mine a few days ago, but I did not know that it's possible to use OpenWRT firmware on it.
My first idea was to add LiIon buid-in battery for field use + mini charger, but this is not what I need right now, so I decide to implant my USB2Serial converter (based on PL-2303HX) inside Router box and re-use free ( and not used) D+ D- connections on Micro-B USB port. This will save me one cable and will make the ongoing testing more fun. The other toughs that now I'm having is adding external antenna and dedicated power-jack, plus 1-Wire sensor, and one or more relay to some of really difficult to solder GPIO.
First I need to modify my USB2Serial converter because it was designed for 5V TX levels, this chip PL-2303HX has internal 3.3v voltage stabilization, so I just needed to make sure that the TX not exceeding 3.3v to not fry my AR9331 chip. (Mine is in SSOP 28 package, PIN#4 is VDD_232 for defining RxTx levels it was connected to 5V so I redo and re-connect PIN#4 to PIN#17 VDD_3V3 using thin coper wires) A few more tweaks, getting off USB-A connector on the board and Pins to be able to fit it in the tiny router box, also moving 12MHz crystal to back side of the board.
I post this quick and dirty hardware hack, with hope that someone will find it useful.
For most connection I used coper coil wire ( it has lacquer isolation, which is easily burned with soldering iron, no need to be cleaned), and most important do not apply much pressure on the tiny TP_IN and TP_OUT soldering joint.
I just discovered the power of OpenWRT, so I'm new here.
I'm on Mac and I have to install minicom and PL-2303 driver (md_PL2303_MacOSX10.6_dmg_v1.4.0.zip) before been able to log into the serial terminal.
I was also wondering how to connect the serial-USB, this one was clever !
I used this tool to connect (wrap) to the square pins on serial-USB card.
Strip: hole in the middle.
Wrap: put wire into the smallest hole on the longest end of tool, put the tool into pin, and twist around.
Unwrap: put the other end into pin and twist the other way.
Very nice hack to get that highly desirable second usb port.
Gotta admire your soldering skills on this tiny board.
Wouldnt this mean that you can only connect to the USB2Serial converter once the router is fed with power as you can only connect the terminal to a "live" PL-2303HX chip? I suspect this renders the time window to start up the console quite small if you want to see the whole boot-up process?
But on the next device will just lead-out GND, Tx Rx and Power on external connector. Just can not decide how to do it simple and universal.
I think my console complains if the serial port it is configured to use is not existing on program start. And even the time to get the serial settled (load and register its driver, ...) is around 1-2 seconds, while the router is already outputting something. Another point is, if the router is really messed up, how to issue a reboot?
To wrap it all up, it's probably a good idea to add a power switch to the design.
Yes, power switch is good idea, but I was thinking about dedicated power-jack! and antenna, because I do not like WiFi without antenna!
Ooh that's a nice little mod! I should have thought of using copper wire for my internal hub mod, would have made it a little easier.
Nice HUB mode!, I was thinking if it be possible GPIO - to SD Card mode? And you found a good way to do it!
You should be able to buy the parts from Taobao if you have someone to help you to buy and get it over to you. I bought some 8M flash (MX25L6445EM2I-10G SOP8) for less than one US Dollar each plus shipping. You can also get 64M ram (HY5DU121622DTP) for about 1.5 USD. Shipping to a China address will be about 10 RMB, i.e., 1.5 USD. You'd better buy a few instead of just one because shipping cost is fixed.
I have successfully replaced 8 pin flash chip with no problem. Never tried RAM. Looks pretty difficult.
SMA female connector is also pretty cheap on Taobao.
Are there any detailed instructions on how to add external antenna for wr703n ? I saw somewere some images of wr703 with external rsma connector, but didn't see instructions how to make that.
I live in China,Buy part form Taobao is not a problem . I just try to buy form wrong place firs time... Already WR703N and MR11U have 64MB RAM+ 8M flash. Yes without hot air de-soldering station is pretty hard to remove RAM chip without damage the board. WR703N now has DIP 8 socket installed on the place of this serial board... for easy reprogramming and changing flash using my flash-programmer (also form Taobao).
valentt: Thanks for the antenna links , that's next what I'll add to both my boxes.
So the microUSB port (USB1) is a working usb port, assuming you have the skills to solder to the tiny points? I'm looking at add an additional usb port for a usb drive. This seems like a better/simpler solution versus JamesA's adding a internal usb hub mod.


Gaming Chair gift for yourself or the Gamer in your Life? Buy the Best Video Game Chairs for 2019 here!
The fun, interactive, and addictive video computer games we play in 2019 are nothing like the early video games including Pong, Centipede and Pac Man.
In the late 1970's and early 1980's video games were accessed most often in pizza parlors, bowling alleys, movie theaters and game arcades. Decades later, we bring these much improved and technologically advanced computer games into our homes with cinematic graphics, realistic sounds and a desire for comfort and functionality.
Today we are well aware that these computer games aren't just for children. Our new video gaming systems give many adults a reason to spend hours, days, and weekends behind the screen and that means having a comfortable gaming chair is a must.
If the best video games of 2019 are games you play for hours or yes, even days at a time, having a comfortable space that makes your game and audio more exciting and interactive might be for you. And Black Friday 2019 deals will be here before you know it.
Although I wouldn't consider myself a gamer I do know many people who are obsessed with video games and the gaming world. One accessory that every video game fanatic and/or geek wants or puts on their birthday or Christmas list is a comfortable chair for gaming. This one pictured is for the budget conscious gamer who might consider an ergonomic chair if the price is right. You can purchase one for under a $100.00. What will be the best gaming chair in 2020?
Do you need a Gaming Chair?
Consider Comfort – Long hours will wear on a gamer without the appropriate design and style that supports your body efficiently. Newer chairs feature lumbar support and ergonomic design.
Consider Health – Review the alignment of your body while gaming. How are you supporting your neck, spine and lower back?
I purchased this chair for my office three years ago and it has saved my back. Note I sit 8-10 hours a day on my computer for my work-at-home job. Comfortable, adjustable and if you or your gamer sits at a desk I highly recommend this classic design. These chairs are made to last. If this is in your budget make sure you read the reviews.
What is your priority in buying a gaming chair?
What is a gaming chair or rocker chair?
This is an ergonomic, usually leather, heavy cloth or vinyl chair, that is designed to make video gaming more comfortable and more fun to play. Rocker chairs do what they say...they rock and move to the users movements.
Gaming chairs with speakers have an integrated speaker system so you'll hear everything that the game sound designers wanted the user to hear including the noise of the car crash and all of the other sounds that immerse you in the game. Most of the chairs are low to the ground or on the ground and some are on pedestals and they usually include a high quality speaker system and easy to integrate controller system.
Other chair features can include lumbar support, motion, massage and high quality sound.
While all gaming chairs are similar, if you are looking for a gift or a computer gaming chair for yourself consider the following checklist that has become the internet standard.
What features does the gaming chair have? Are the features unique or common in gaming chairs?
How is the sound system? Is the sound system in the gaming chair important to you?
Is it affordable? In other words does the cost of the chair fit your budget?
Is it the best gaming chair you can afford? For example, have you looked at how an additional $50.00 might get you to the next level?
Can it support the weight, size and shape of the user?This is important as there are gaming chairs that are specifically marketed towards kids and young adults and some larger and wider computer chairs that are marketed for adults who have more money to spend and want a roomy comfortable place to place their new PS4!
Where do you intend on having the chair? Dorm room, kid's bedroom, family room, great room? You should consider the size, material, durability and color of the gaming chair and ask how it will fit in with the rest of the furniture in the room.
When are kids ready for a gaming chair?
If choosing a gaming chair for kids you first should think about where the chair will be located. Generally speaking, kids gaming chairs range from a simple smaller bean bag type chair that is low to the ground to the rockers that I mentioned above. For a child or young adult I wouldn't spend much more than $100.00 because they will outgrow the gaming chair pretty quickly. If you have a child that is a serious gamer they may steer you towards a chair that has the latest and greatest technological advancements in gaming. It may come down to where you want to spend your money. A new PS4 or the top of the line gaming chair.
Is it a necessary gaming accessory?
Game controllers and gaming systems are necessary... gaming headsets are great too! But Gaming chairs are not a necessity to enjoy your system but if you want to take gaming to the next level it's something to consider. Gaming chairs, also called rocker chairs or video gaming computer chairs are all about comfort and making the gaming experience better for the user. Having the speaker system within the chair eliminates the need for surround sound and/or a gaming headset.
I've talked to several people who I know spend a lot of their time playing video games and I asked them do they own gaming chairs?
No, but they all said they could see how this type of chair would add more to the experience. One of my friends uses a low to the ground beach sand chair, another a broken down couch...what they are looking for is a comfortable spot to spend a lot of time with a good sound system. If you've spend any time at all in front of a computer monitor in a wooden chair or an office chair you know how uncomfortable that can be. Take your time in reading through the gaming forums, serious gamers spend a lot of time getting to the next level. If you are looking for a gift you might consider asking the gamer if they don't have a chair what chairs interest them.
I work at home so my office computer chair has taken a beating with the fabric worn down on the right arm and the padding all but disappeared in the seat. The same comforts that you look for in a home office chair but with the addition of new wireless technologies.
What are you willing to pay for a gaming chair?
Can You Find a Chair for the Budget Minded?
Ok, I didn't want to spend a lot of money and this accessory can get very pricey. Consider who the gift is for. An adult that weighs over 200 pounds might break down the chair in a year of heavy gaming. A child or teenager might be better suited for the gaming chairs under $100.00. There is a lot of competition in gaming accessories so take your time in picking out the right gift.
The best video games combine outstanding graphics, an interesting story, exciting surprises and a fast pace. In my opinion, the chair just adds to the experience with built-in speakers and sub-woofers. Most rocker chairs allow you to hook up your television, cable, MP3's and of course your favorite gaming system whether it's Xbox, Wii U or PlayStation 4 so that you can really feel like you are part of the game!
If you have a surround sound system already set up in your house you can hear all of the rumbles and nuances that the developers added to the game but if you don't you are missing out on some awesome sound effects. Not only are most of these chairs pretty portable so you can easily move it to the dorm room or the game room but consider the alternative...buying an expensive sound system. For about $200 you can get a pretty decent game chair that will last from your teenagers bedroom through the college years at the dorm.
Every year PCWorld and other Game Magazines publish their best of list. The most common complaints on this accessory is that the padding breaks down pretty quickly. Read the reviews online for the best computer accessories but also do your homework, ask your fellow geeks which chair they recommend, and if possible check out the chair in a gaming environment. Geeks want comfort, affordability, great sound, and a computing chair that is easy to put together.
I got two Xrocker IIs for my kids last year and they've held up pretty well. I agree that it's good.
I never even knew this existed! WOW I started playing video games at my neighbor's house with Pong. Now I play GW2 on my laptop. My couch is indented from it. A chair like this will be a must have for my next man cave!
@Coffee-Break: Thanks so much! I will have to add your link for gaming monitors!
My friend is looking for a gaming chair, he came to me for advice for gaming monitors, which I happily provided, but I am no expert in the chairs area. So I will send him the link to you page. Great resource by the way.
My sons are gamers, serious gamers, one is actually majoring in game development and marketing in Chicago. I've had a couple of these chairs in my house, but only the cheap kind. They can buy the more expensive ones themselves. Good articles.
My son would love one of these!
The X Cooper looks so cool and fashionable! It will be a great gift for X'mas. Thanks for the info, Writingnag!
@DeborahDian: Yes they do and if you read the reviews it seems like they are!
@WriterJanis2: I would too! Just for relaxing and watching tv.
Hi nice lens you got there and ranking well. Looks really comfortable, I could take a nap in that!!
Have given you a squidlike.
My kids would love one of these.
Wow what a great info and lens! Just awesome!
All these chairs look very comfortable!


Different Homepage For Each User Group?
Does anyone know what line of code I'd need to put in a custom page (not PHP-Fusion's Custom Pages but custom PHP Pages I'm creating) that would redirect users to a specific homepage after login based on their user group? I am creating different homepages for each user group they will see after login to the site.
You could edit setuser.php in your base directory.
Just replace and/or add group id.


3M Command Brand Decorative hook.
DO NOT use with wallpaper. May not adhere well to vinyl surfaces. DO NOT use for antiques, heirlooms or other valuable or irreplaceable items. DO NOT hang items over beds.
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In Search of the Origins of the Philistines – Part 2
(Read Part 1 here) Commonly referred to as the modern Queen of the Philistines , archaeologist Trude Dothan, believes that in some part, the Philistines originated from the island of Cyprus to the North of Egypt and West of Canaan (Dothan, Queen of the Philistines, 59) Dothan would continue to excavate outside of Israel and on Cyprus. Working closely with Cyprus's director of the Department of Antiquities, Dr. Vassos Karageorghis, who previously excavated the site of Kition, Dothan focused specifically on the Cypriot site of Atheniou, which eventually yielded extraordinary finds of Mycenaean IIIC 1:b pottery which date to approximately 1200 - 1025 BCE. This pottery was reminiscent of the local manufactured pottery found in land of the Philistines in Canaan. Other clues linking the Philistines to Cyprus were the Enkomi ivory made game box, their dress (i.e. the short panelled kilts with wide hem and tassels and the ribbed corselet found above the waist and over their shirts), and an image of a warrior with similar headdress as seen in Egyptian reliefs (see images above) engraved on a stone seal (Dothan, People of the Sea, 95).
Ivory game box found at Enkomi Cyprus. Image source: Wikipedia
While the excavations of Dothan indicated that there was a Philistine presence on the island of Cyprus at the time and/or just prior to their invasion of Egypt and resettlement in the Levant, it still did not conclusively produce sufficient evidence to claim that they originated from Cyprus.
Based on personal research, it is this author's opinion that the Old Testament verses may be correct on this matter. Possible earlier references and never before associated links to the Philistines may be found on the island of Crete, but before we identify those pieces of evidence, let us briefly summarize the history of the Aegean.
During the Late Bronze Age period of the Eastern Mediterranean, at approximately 1400 BCE, the Mycenaean Greek civilization overtook the pre-existing Minoan control of the Aegean and began to occupy Crete among the other Aegean islands. In the process of extending their dominion and influences from mainland Greece to these regions, they adopted and adapted the Minoan Linear A form of writing, which has been dubbed as Linear B by modern scholars and they also resumed the Minoan trade routes throughout the Near Eastern world (Cline, 47). It is uncertain as to whether the Mycenaean expansion into Minoan territory was a peaceful integration or a violent takeover but one thing is for certain, what didn't assimilate under the new Mycenaean regime simply vanished and traces of the older Minoan ways were to disappear completely off of the historical record until British archaeologist, Sir Arthur Evans, would rediscover the lost civilization at the beginning of the 20th century CE. Evans would have the privilege of naming the civilization after the mythical king Minos (Castleden, 1). Prior to the Mycenaean takeover, Minoan influence extended beyond the Aegean and their legacy would be found throughout Anatolia, Egypt, Cyprus, the Levant, and even Mesopotamia (Cline, 19). Going back to Cyprus, the Cypriot kingdom of Alashiya (the name given to this island in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern records), most likely centered at the site of Enkomi would adopt the Minoan Linear A script and adapt it for their own use. This would give way to a new Cypro-Minoan syllabary which would later be referred to as Linear C. The undeciphered Linear C script would eventually evolve and be used to inscribe the later spoken Arcadocypriot language (read below).
Tablet inscribed with Cypro-Minoan 2 script. Late Bronze III. Photo source: Wikipedia
Archaeologists Dothan and Karageorghis may have been on the right path and not too far from the truth all along. Although they were missing a vital piece to the puzzle and that piece was to be found on the island of Crete and at Pylos on the southern Greek mainland in the Peloponnese. As mentioned earlier, the Mycenaean Greek language was recorded with the Linear B script. The syllabary was comprised of hundreds of signs that represent syllabic, ideographic, and semantic values. Linear B was deciphered and translated by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick between 1951 - 1953, providing insight into the more archaic form of Greek spoken by the Mycenaeans (Chadwick, 84). Following the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization at the end of the Bronze Age, new dialects of the Greek language emerged which included variations of Doric, Aeolic, Attic, Ionic, and Arcadocyriot; the latter of which we are concerned with at the present.
In the Late Bronze Age, the Mycenaean Greek language was established as the lingua franca of the Aegean world. When the Mycenaean civilization collapsed entering into a Dark Age (ca. 1200 BCE) and the centralized places and outlying settlements dispersed into the highlands and into more isolated communities, various dialects descending from the once unified Mycenaean Greek language emerged and would continue to evolve. Eventually Greece stepped out of that Dark Age and into the Archaic Period at approximately the 8th century BCE. In this period we can archaeologically observe the Greek colonization of (and communication with) the Aegean, Anatolia, and Cyprus to the East and also southern Italy and Sicily to the West; thus spreading the various dialects throughout the Mediterranean world. By this time, these variations of the Greek language had evolved so much that the only dialect that seemed more like its direct descendent (i.e. Mycenaean Greek) was Arcadocypriot. It was spoken in the central Peloponnese and on Cyprus. The earliest recorded evidence of Arcadocypriot Greek dates to the 11th century BCE with an inscription found on a bronze skewer in a tomb in Palaepaphos in southwestern Cyprus. The inscription is written in the same Cypro-Minoan syllabary mentioned earlier and contains the Greek proper name, Opheltas (Karageorghis, 28). This find showcases that a post-Mycenaean Greek presence existed on Cyprus during the Dark Age. Did groups of Mycenaeans migrate from the Aegean and to Cyprus following the collapse of the Mycenaean empire, between 1200 and 1100 BCE? The inscription and the Mycenaean style pottery of local manufacture seem to indicate that this is the case. That aside, our next step is to locate an origin of departure.
As we sift through the surviving inscriptions of Mycenaean Linear B tablets, a recurring word seems to hold a link. Transliterated by both Ventris and Chadwick, the terms in question is still undeciphered. These terms are, pe-ri-te and pe-ri-te-u. Based on the Pylos inscription number Vn 130, Pe-ri-te is written in the dative case (Ventris, 571), that is stating that a product came from a region known as Pe-ri-te; suggesting that it was a town of some sort. Another inscription from Pylos, number An 654 speaks of a "Klumenos, a senior coast guard officer, of Pe-ri-te," however, in this case, it would seem that it is written in the toponym case, Pe-ri-te-u (author's interpretation). This second form is also observed on two separate tablets found at Knossos on Crete: C 594 and B 5025. One of those two tablets seems to indicate a possible offering of sheep from this town or region. The second is too badly damaged to interpret.
Now, if we recall the Egyptian rendering of the term Philistine, that is Peleset. It is written with hieroglyphs as p-r-s-t; where the letter 'R' is sometimes interchangeable with the letter 'L.' The same can be said with Mycenaean Greek. The syllabary does not account for the letter 'L' which is why in some cases, the letter 'R' can be rendered as such. Another interesting fact about Mycenaean Greek and Linear B is that there are cases in which the letter 'T' can be rendered as 'ST.' An excellent example for both cases can be observed with the Mycenaean word te-re-ta which equates with the later Greek word, telesta translating to "an official" (Ventris, 585). If we apply the same logic to the word pe-ri-te and pe-ri-te-u, we would read Peliste and Pelistu which shows an uncanny similarity to the Egyptian Peleset, the Hebrew Pelishtim (the 'im' ending indicates that it is an ethnic term in the Hebrew dialect, thus translating to "people of Pelesht"), and even the Akkadian Palastu. If we continue to follow the clues with the few surviving inscriptions containing the two variations of this word, there seems to be some sort of indication that this town or province may have been located outside of the Greek mainland and local to the island of Crete.
If what is being proposed here for the first time is true, then we have the earliest reference to the Philistines within the historical record; that is, dating to before 1200 BCE. This would either mean that the Philistines that eventually migrated to the Levant were either Mycenaean or the product of the intermingling of the Mycenaean and indigenous Minoan stock, from a town or province on the island of Crete, proving the Bible's claim to be true. As they moved eastward, some would have stopped on the island of Cyprus either permanently or briefly before moving on to Egypt and the Levant.
Featured image: A relief carving of the 'Sea Peoples'. Image source .
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Chadwick, John. The Decipherment of Linear B . New York: Cambridge UP, 1958. [Print]
Cline, Eric H. 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed . Princeton: Princeton UP, 2014. [Print]
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Thomas Albert wrote on 20 May, 2014 - 19:53 Permalink
In Search of the Origins of the Philistines - The Minoans WERE the Philistines, the traders, merchants and civil leaders than manage to escape the eruption and destruction of the Minoan civilization when the island of Santorini blew. The re engagement of the trade routes made sense and since the Minoans guarded their trade routes and the Phoenicians made sharing that sort of knowledge a criminal offence, we can conclude that the Minoans not only established the nation that became Philistine also create the Phoenicians and others groups that later specialized in the sea and commerce. You can track it clearly from the point of destruction.
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It's pretty clear that St. Cloud Mayor Dave Kleis will say or do anything to avoid having an honest discussion about the costs that Somali refugees cause that St. Cloud taxpayers pay for.
According to the Times article, Kleis "calls the proposed moratorium unconstitutional and said that the city's budget doesn't fund refugee resettlement." What Kleis omits in his statement is that refugees cost the city money in terms of law enforcement costs, city health inspections and other services.
Kleis has also argued that money spent on education isn't part of the city budget so it shouldn't count towards the city budget. While it's technically true to say that the School Board budget is separate, it's equally true to say that the taxpayers don't notice that distinction because it's part of their property tax bill. It's a distinction without a difference to taxpayers.
Kleis is also quoted as saying that "cities clearly don't have a role in immigration. This is a federal issue." That's another slippery answer. I'm not disputing the fact that the federal government sets immigration policy. What I'm disputing, however, is the fact that cities have specific responsibilities.
For instance, the Refugee Act of 1980 "states in 8 U.S.C. 1522(2)(A): 'The Director and the Federal agency administering subsection (b)(1), shall consult regularly (not less often than quarterly) with State and local governments and private nonprofit voluntary agencies concerning the sponsorship process and the intended distribution of refugees among the States and localities before their placement in those States and localities.'" That's a specific responsibility given by the federal government to "local governments." They didn't suggest that the federal government work with local governments. They instructed the federal government to work with local governments.
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Ernesto Sanchez
Laura Barberena
No Name Hill
By Mikael DeSanto
Laredo, Texas, native Ernesto Sanchez didn't always want to join the military, even when there was a war in Korea. He was a college student -- hoping to get an officer's commission in the ROTC -- and didn't want to leave his family. That changed when he saw that communists were advancing through Korea. He said to himself, "Well, someone has to stop them." He decided to step up.
Sanchez was born in Laredo on Dec. 4, 1928, to Ernesto Sanchez Sr. and Paula Rodriguez, who had emigrated from Mexico to find a better life in America. They operated La Rivera dairy and a grocery store in Laredo. His parents had had only three days of school and his mother had reached the fifth grade. His mother taught his father what she knew, and she also told their six children that they needed to get an education. So, even though he did not like school, Sanchez stuck with it.
After graduating from Martin High School, Sanchez started a pre-law program at Laredo Junior College and Texas A&M at College Station, then transferred to the Texas College of Arts and Industries in Kingsville, Texas, 126 miles east of Laredo. After his time in the military, Sanchez earned his master's degree in education.
After basic training at Camp Roberts in California, Sanchez was stationed in Japan as part of the 40th Infantry Division, 223rd Regiment, where, he said, he "tried to do as little as possible." He and his squadmates mostly partied in downtown Tokyo. He also collected items like china dishes to send back to his mother, so she could sell them. He supplemented his pay in Japan by loaning money to fellow soldiers who gambled and then repaid him double on payday. He also continued a moneymaking operation that he started during basic training: doing soldiers' laundry for a quarter per load.
He was soon shipped off to Korea and stationed as a guard at the 38th Parallel, the border between North and South Korea. He recalled that he was increasingly frustrated by U.S. soldiers throwing food across the wall in Chunchon to help North Koreans. He was concerned that the supplies were most likely being used by the enemy. He requested to be moved to the front lines.
His request was granted, and he was made a corporal with his own platoon. Soon after, the losses of war caught up with him. He took part in the battles of No Name Hill, the Iron Triangle and Heartbreak Ridge. Three of his company's commanders died; Sanchez saw one of them get shot between the eyes. He also lost friends to friendly fire, a subject he still gets emotional about. One of his friends was killed by guerillas. He and his platoon searched for the guerillas but never were able to find them. At one point he caught some Chinese soldiers sneaking up to the camp and killed them. Afterward, he felt greatly upset and went to talk to a priest, who told him, "It was you or them." Sanchez recalls replying: "They were someone's sons." Looking back, Sanchez believes he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after every battle.
He took part in capturing and holding No Name Hill, so named because the soldiers did not know its actual name. After the securing of No Name Hill, Sanchez was sent to Non-Commissioned Officers School, where he excelled as a leader. Because he had such high marks in NCO School, he was assigned the role of instructor. After a few months, although he had been told he was valuable in that position, Sanchez increasingly wanted to return home as quickly as possible. Again he requested that he be sent to the front lines, and again his request was granted.
When he returned to the Korean front lines, Sanchez recalled, he noticed other things: the Americans blowing up the South Koreans' onions and garlic so that they did not "smell bad."
He remembers sending letters home, telling his girlfriend back in Texas everything that was going on in Korea but lying to his mother. For roughly a year, he told his mother that he was still in Japan, not in Korea.
His family was waiting for him at the port in San Francisco when he got off the ship that brought him home, the USS Walker. After his return, he was stationed in Los Angeles and then at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, and then finally discharged from the military.
He returned to Laredo to teach but was blacklisted by what he referred to as "The Old Party," an established network of families that essentially ran the town and did not like his family. So Sanchez moved to California, where he got a job teaching English and Spanish to juniors and seniors at Big Bear High School in Big Bear City. Eventually he married and had four children, then got divorced. After three years of being single, he remarried and had another child.
These days Sanchez is living back in his hometown and travels around Laredo, teaching people about "what really happened in Korea. …They have to know why they're free."
Sanchez said he believes the United States won that war because the U.S. helped South Korea develop. He tells his listeners that his favorite memories involve watching Korean children play on the ice and seeing North Koreans settle in South Korea. He remembers that American troops bought apples to feed the people and that he collected money to donate to an orphanage about 40 miles back from the front lines.
"We did good," he said.
Sanchez stands firmly in support of the U.S. military actions overseas, including the Iraq War, and on military drafts. He said soldiers do not want medals.
"They just want to come home," he said.
Mr. Sanchez was interviewed by Laura Barberena in Laredo, Texas, on March 6, 2010.


Among today's picks: the Syrian situation, Burma and Thailand play good neighbors and inside Argentina's soccer hooligan culture.
Syrian Escalation — As the Guardian reports on "bloody urban warfare" raging on the streets of Damascus and Aleppo Sunday, the Associated Press covers Israel's prime minister warning his country would "have to act" if the Syrian regime collapses and there's the risk of chemical weapons and missiles falling into the hands of militant groups. "Could you imagine Hezbollah … having chemical weapons?" Benjamin Netanyahu asked during U.S. TV interviews Sunday.
Neighborly — Thailand's the Nation reports on Burma President Thein Sein's three-day official visit. As Burma continues to open up its economy, Thailand is eager for involvement, including developing a deep water port in the city of Dawei. "Thailand intends to stress economic cooperation with [Burma] as a new prospect for their relations although the two countries also have many other unsolved issues such as [Burma's] detention of 92 Thais," said the newspaper.
Libyan Migration — Despite the newly elected government's plans to establish legal channels for guest workers, Al Jazeera English writes that people smuggling continues in Libya. Migrants comprised over 30% of Libya's workforce before the revolution and demand has not abated. The summer months are "the peak time for migration flows through Libya, when sea crossings to Europe are at their calmest." However, the government has signalled a tougher stance by deporting an estimated 800 men across to border to Chad.
Election Protest — "Thousands of people marched through Mexico City on Sunday to denounce the July 1 election of Enrique Pena Nieto as president," states Reuters. It is the latest in a series of challenges to the election verdict. A legal challenge was launched by second-placed rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who has accused the President of money laundering and vote-buying. It came after an official recount confirmed Pena Nieto as the victor.
Accompanying Rebels — The BBC interviews rebel fighters slipping into Syria through the last remaining illicit route left from neighboring Lebanon. Although divisions exist between Free Syrian Army (FSA) who call for Syria to become a civil state and the Salafis who are calling for an Islamic emirate, one Salafi fighters states, "But that is not the time for that. Now is the time to finish the regime." The two armed groups are presently united in bringing down President Bashar Assad's regime.


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The library is full of amazing decorated eggs that have been designed and made by our creative children and their families.
The whole school has enjoyed this year's World Book Day Celebrations, especially sharing our favourite books with our friends.
The children all took part in track and field events during KS2 Sports Day. Well done to Raleigh, the winning house!
All the children enjoyed taking part in races and activities during sports day. Well done to Raleigh who were the winning house.
Thank you to everyone who helped to run the Summer Fayre and to everyone who came along to support it. We raised a fantastic £2,020 to help provide new school resources.
Well done to everyone who entered this year's decorated egg competition. Take a look at all the fantastic creative entries.
During Science Week, children across the school have enjoyed using their scientific skills of questioning, predicting, observing and testing to carry out scientific enquiries and then draw conclusions about what they found out.
Our Eco-warriors have been out and about round school, picking up litter and doing their bit to Keep Britain Tidy.
As part of their Sherlock Bones project, the children in the Y3/4 classes have enjoyed working with their parents to measure bones.
The children in Foundation Stage and KS1 enjoyed a performance of Dotty the Dragon!
The staff and children in the KS1 classes created this fantastic art gallery to showcase all the beautiful art work they created during their Wonderful Me project.
Parents and children getting to grips with some maths problems during our recent curriculum evening.


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Researchers share a vision for sight-impaired students
Well-intentioned people are failing to see the entire child and that child's immense potential because they see the child's disability first, according to an inclusive education researcher. Source: ACU.
Melissa Cain is an inclusive education researcher and lecturer at Australian Catholic University (ACU). She is also mother to a 12-year-old son with a rare genetic vision impairment. Her son attends a mainstream high school which has taken measures to cater for his disability.
Remarkably, Dr Cain's research partner, Melissa Fanshawe, not only shares the same name but is also mother to a 12-year-old son with the exact rare vision impairment.
Ms Fanshawe, who is also an inclusive education researcher and a maths lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland (USQ), said, "In my work with students with vision impairment, I have learnt that students are children first with their own talents, interests and passions. The vision impairment impacts the way they access things, not who they are."
In Australia, it's estimated there are around 3000 school-aged children with a vision impairment that cannot be corrected with glasses or medication, and 300 have a severe vision impairment or blindness.
Although some children with vision impairment may have other disabilities and attend special education units, the majority of students with vision impairment attend mainstream schools. Creating a culture of inclusive, safe, and supportive environments is not just best practice, it is now an ethical and legal requirement for all educational contexts in Australia.
Inspired to remove barriers, Dr Cain and Ms Fanshawe have doubled their efforts to research ways to improve the mainstream schooling experience for those students with a vision impairment.
The two researchers say that students with a vision impairment also find novel solutions to navigating the environment and are usually only hampered by others who place restrictions on them.
"With some assistance, children with a vision impairment can do everything that everybody else can," Dr Cain said. "However each student has individual needs, depending on their unique qualities and interests, and whether they were born blind or have acquired sight loss."
Seeing double to improve inclusivity in the classroom (ACU)


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