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12 practical budgeting tips + 12 Days of Christmas = a smart financial start to 2009 says Hanafin
Planning ahead to manage Christmas expenses, as well as regular bills which follow in the New Year is the key message from the Money Advice and Budgeting Service" said the Minister for Social and Family Affairs Mary Hanafin T.D., today (
st October 2008
). The Minister launched a new MABS leaflet with tips and a handy planner for families to budget for the additional expenses that occur around the festive season.
We all know that it is very easy to get swept along with all the hype and fuss which the festive season brings. Taking simple steps and following practical advice from now on will help ensure that you do not get into debt which can seem like a black hole" said Minister Hanafin.
Minister Hanafin also visited the staff working on the MABS helpline at their base in Blanchardstown. "
This service has been operation for just one year, and in that time it has received over 10,000 calls from members of the public seeking help and advice. The staff operating the service offer free, confidential and independent advice for people in debt or at risk of getting into debt." MABS are funded by the Department of Social & Family Affairs and have offices in 65 locations throughout the country.
The Minister was shown around the training facilities at MABS National offices in Blanchardstown by Business Manager, Annmarie O'Connor who said "
we want as many people as possible to either pick up this new leaflet from one of our offices or else from the website, which has tips to help plan and manage Christmas spending. Putting in the effort this side of Christmas will definitely add up in the New Year."
Minister Hanafin said that in all the rush to get everything done for Christmas, very often the regular bills such as ESB, Gas or heating can be put to one side and left to mount up. "
Every year we see the massive demands for Exceptional Needs Payments to cover heating and electricity bills which consumers are unable to pay. Between December 2007 and April 2008 over 5,700 payments were made to individuals amounting to nearly €1.5 million for the period around Christmas. Charities also report an increase in funding required to help families to cover the costs of household bills.
It is very easy to get caught up in the frenzy of Christmas, with slick marketing pushing Christmas earlier and earlier each year. Sometimes deciding not to pay regular bills until after Christmas when suddenly they are mounting up is a foolish way to balance your budget.
Over the winter months, increased heating and lighting bills place an enormous strain on household budgets, particularly for those on fixed or low incomes. It is worth householders questioning if they need numerous sets of Christmas lights, giant illuminated reindeers, sleighs, snowmen and Santa Claus decorating their house front, if in January and February they find it difficult to pay increased ESB bills.
This year we should make a real effort to think about the important things around us at Christmas time - our family, friends, neighbours and those who may be delighted with a simple card and some personal contact or company over the winter months."
MABS Tips for managing Christmas spending
1. Set money aside for bills expected in January. If you can put money aside for the bills you know will arrive on your doorstep in January it will give you peace of mind and increase your enjoyment of Christmas.
2. Don't count on bonuses or overtime payments – if you rely on them and don't get them you will have overspent.
3. Make out a budget of your household income and outgoings to see how much you can afford to spend this Christmas.
4. Use our Christmas budget planner to make a list of what food you need and the people you intend to buy gifts for.
5. Decide in advance exactly what you want to buy and more importantly the amount you can afford to spend.
6. Shop early and give yourself time to shop around for the best bargains.
7. Pay cash if you can. Leave your credit card at home.
8. When buying food and drink be realistic. Shops will open again in a day or two after Christmas.
9. Encourage your children to choose early what they want from Santa Claus - before the advertisers decide for them. Children don't need new clothes for Christmas – if you must buy something make sure they can wear it after Christmas too.
10. Remember good friends don't need expensive gifts. Send a Christmas card or set a limit with family and friends on what each will spend on the other or do a "Kris Kindle".
11. Don't panic if you have no gift for the surprise visitor. Simply recycle and rewrap a gift you have received and not used.
12. If you are on a low income and are under pressure to borrow for Christmas or are worried about making ends meet this Christmas contact the MABS Helpline 1890 283 438 or your Local MABS to see what options are available to you.
MABS Helpline (for the price of a local call) – 1890 283 438


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I never thought it would be like this.
That's because life doesn't stop
to check in with my little ideas
about how things should be.
It just goes on being what it is,
this life,
regardless of my thoughts.
If I want to be happy,
I need to be aware of my thinking,
and ask some questions
when my thoughts create shadows
in place of the light.
May I have the strength to see the truth
when my thoughts have blinded me.
May I have the patience to endure
the challenges life has in store for me,
and may these challenges
make me stronger.
Make Me Stronger
I never thought it would be like this.

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Best Paper Awards
- Nicola Falcionelli, Paolo Sernani, Stefano Bromuri, Dagmawy Neway Mekuria, Davide Calvaresi, Michael Schumacher, Aldo Franco Dragoni and Albert Brugues, "An Event Calculus Agent Mind Applied to Diabetes Monitoring", Proc. of the X Workshop on Agents Applied in Health Care (A2HC 2017), São Paulo, Brazil, May 8-9, 2017.
- Alessandro Biondi, Giorgio Buttazzo, and Marko Bertogna, "Partitioning and Interface Synthesis in Hierarchical Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems", Proc. of the 24th Int. Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS 2016), Brest, France, October 19-21, 2016.
- Alessandro Biondi, Marco Di Natale, and Giorgio Buttazzo, "Response-Time Analysis for Real-Time Tasks in Engine Control Applications", Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2015), Seattle, USA, April 14-16, 2015.
- Alessandro Biondi, Alessandra Melani, Marko Bertogna, "Hard Constant Bandwidth Server: Comprehensive Formulation and Critical Scenarios", Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2014), Pisa, Italy, June 18-20, 2014.
- Haibo Zeng, Marco Di Natale, "Using Max-Plus Algebra to Improve the Analysis of Non-Cyclic Task Models", Proceedings of the Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2013), Paris, France, June 9-12, 2013.
- Haibo Zeng and Marco Di Natale, "Mechanisms for Guaranteeing Data Consistency and Flow Preservation in AUTOSAR Software on Multi-Core Platforms", Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2011), Vasteras, Sweden, June 15-17, 2011.
- T. Cucinotta, F. Checconi, G. Kousiouris, D. Kyriazis, T. Varvarigou, A. Mazzetti, Z. Zlatev, J. Papay, M. Boniface, S. Berger, D. Lamp, T. Voith, M. Stein, "Virtualised e-Learning with Real-Time Guarantees on the IRMOS Platform," in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA 2010), Perth, Australia, December 2010.
- Gang Yao, Giorgio Buttazzo, Marko Bertogna, "Feasibility Analysis under Fixed Priority Scheduling with Fixed Preemption Points", Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2010), Macau, China, August 2010.
- Marko Bertogna, Nathan Fisher, Sanjoy Baruah, "Resource-sharing servers for Open Environments", IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 5(3): 202-220, August 2009. Best Paper for the IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics in 2009.
- Enrico Bini, Giorgio Buttazzo and Marko Bertogna, "The Multi Supply Function Abstraction for Multiprocessors", Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2009), Beijing, China, August 24-26, 2009.
- Haibo Zeng, Marco Di Natale, Paolo Giusto Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli "Statistical Analysis of Controller Area Network Message Response Times", Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2009), Lausanne, Switzerland, July 8-10, 2009.
- Benjamin Kuch, Remo Bedini, Antonio L'Abbate, Matthias Wagner, Giorgio Buttazzo, Arne Sieber, "Embedded data logging platform for research in diving physiology", Proceedings of the 7th Workshop on Intelligent Solutions in Embedded Systems (WISES 09), Ancona, Italy, June 25-26, 2009.
- Abhijit Davare, Qi Zhu, Marco Di Natale, Claudio Pinello, Sri Kanajan, Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, "Period Optimization for Hard Real-Time Distributed Automotive Systems", ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC 2007), San Diego, USA, June, 2007.
- Marco Di Natale, Wei Zheng, Claudio Pinello, Paolo Giusto, Alberto Sangiovanni Vincentelli, "Optimizing end-to-end latencies by adaptation of the activation events in distributed automotive systems", Proceedings of the IEEE Real-Time Application Symposium (RTAS 2007), Bellevue, WA, April 3-5, 2007.
- Marko Bertogna, Michele Cirinei, Giuseppe Lipari, "Improved schedulability analysis of EDF on multiprocessor platforms", Proceedings of the Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2005), Mallorca, Spain, June 2005.
- Anton Cervin, Bo Lincoln, Johan Eker, Karl-Erik Årzén, Giorgio Buttazzo, "The Jitter Margin and Its Application in the Design of Real-Time Control Systems", Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Real-Time and Embedded Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2004), Gothenburg, Sweden, August 25-27, 2004.
- Paolo Dario, Giorgio Buttazzo, "An Anthropomorphic Robot Finger For Investigating Artificial Tactile Perception", The International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 6, No. 3, MIT Press, pp. 25-48, Fall 1987. Honeywell best journal publication on robotic systems in 1987.
Best Paper Nominations
- Alessandro Biondi, Giorgio Buttazzo, and Marko Bertogna, "Partitioning and Interface Synthesis in Hierarchical Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems", Proc. of the 24th Int. Conference on Real-Time Networks and Systems (RTNS 2016), Brest, France, October 19-21, 2016.
- Alessandro Biondi, Marco Di Natale, and Giorgio Buttazzo, "Performance-driven Design of Engine Control Tasks", Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS 2016), Vienna, Austria, April 11-14, 2016.
- Alessandro Biondi, Marko Bertogna, and Giorgio Buttazzo, "Supporting Component-Based Development in Partitioned Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems", Proceedings of the 27th Euromicro Conference on Real-Time Systems (ECRTS 2015), Lund, Sweden, July 8-10, 2015.
Best Thesis Awards
- Marko Bertogna, "Real-Time Scheduling Analysis for Multiprocessor Platforms", Ph.D. Thesis, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, May 2008.
"Giovanni Spitali" Award for the best scientific PhD thesis in the years 2008 and 2009.


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Measuring Cups and spoons are something every cook/baker needs. It is an item "Must Have." I have two sets of cups and spoons and I use them a lot. I don't think it's as important to have this stuff for cooking as it is for baking. If your going to bake…these are essential to making your dish a success. If your not going to use them…then why are you baking? I figure pretty much anything you will make will turn out into a disaster. If a recipe calls for salt…you want to have the right amount. It would be awful if your chocolate chip cookies tasted more salty than sweet.
You can find them anywhere and they are a dime a dozen…in fact I'm sure the dollar store even has them. I was given a nice set for my birthday a few years back. They are plastic and the labels have rubbed off now, but I still use them a lot even though I bought a nicer stainless steel set a few years ago. I think having a set of two is nice to have since I do quite a bit of baking. So lesson of the day…if you plan to bake…invest in a set! :)


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The Rantasipi Rukahovi Hotel in the heart of the Ruka village has been one of the best-known and most respected ski hotels in Finland for decades. Hotel Rantasipi Rukahovi offers accommodation both in comfortable hotel rooms and spacious apartments right next to the slopes. Rantasipi Rukahovi has been awarded as the Best Ski Hotel in Finland for two consecutive years.
Rantasipi Rukahovi have versatile restaurants, which serve you from the morning until late evening. The restaurants are also known for top artists performing there every week. On Saturday nights, Rukahovi offers dancing with live music.
A wealth of experiences await you in a unique natural setting every day of the year. In winter, there are 28 ski slopes and 500 km of cross-country ski trails, which start just few steps from the hotel's main entrance. After day full of activities one can relax in the pampering oasis Ruka Day Spa, which is full of northern mystique.


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Are you looking to learn about photography in Cambridge ME? Whether you are a beginner, hobbyist, or professional, the best way to improve your photography technique is through hands-on training with professional instructors.
There are numerous accredited and recognized photography schools in Maine. Subjects taught in photography classes include lighting techniques, digital capture, outdoor photography, exposure, composition, and many other basic and advanced camera techniques. Growing into an experienced photographer can result in a lifelong hobby or a booming professional career.
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In the shortest month of the year, let's make every day count.
February 14, 1e van der Helststraat 13 Amsterdam
Let's not get snobby about Valentine's Day. The beginning of the year is in dire need of something festive and spring is still miles away; so why not celebrate love and be commercial and buy cards and chocolate and flowers? Hey; why not get married while we're at it? Wed and Walk offers the whole shabang for 75 euros, including the dress, the suit, the speech, the flowers, the rings, the guests, the pictures – and minus the inlaws and the lifelong commitment.
One of Amsterdam's favorite pop-up restaurant has chosen to pop-up in one of Amsterdam's most secretive neighbourhoods; the Spaarndammerbuurt. Of course we all know that when things start popping, gentrification is as undeniable as global warming; and this is definitely the case for the Spaarndammerstraat, separating the centre of town with a new neighbourhood that is being built at spectacular speed near the water. Take a stroll, marvel at the famous, fairytale-esque architecture, check out the new building site, have a drink in one of the bars lining the Spaarndammerstraat and settle down at Baut for some tasty, modern cooking and a peak at Amsterdam's young and beautiful.
Paleis op de Dam, Dam Square, until February 18
It is the first time that the work of Govert Flinck and Ferdinand Bol, both students of Rembrandt, are shown together in an exhibition of this size. Moreover, four of their most important works, commissioned 350 years ago for the Palace, can still be admired today in the very same location they were created for. Until the end of February there will be 30 minutes Gallery Talks on the exhibition, on Saturday and Sunday at 13.00 and 14.00. There is no need for reservations, just let the cashier know you want to join.
RAI Amsterdam, from February 17 until February 25
So you visited all the major exhibitions, you checked yourlittleblackbook to carefully select one of Amsterdam's hotspots to have dinner, you took pictures of the canals and you did some shopping in the Negen Straatjes. Still; you are not certain that you now completely grasp the Dutch identity. You feel that something is missing… In this case; visit De Huishoudbeurs; or freely translated: The Household Fair – "the party of the year, for you and your friends to enjoy". Since the 1950's this major event has drawn crowds of Dutch women, looking for all the news concerning fashion, beauty, living, cooking, health and recreation. Take a couple of hours for a visit and expect a real encounter with local culture and more specifically; the Dutch woman. Admire how she collects bags of freebies, watch her sip her koffie verkeerd, marvel at her rosy cheeks and her functional shoes (you walk miles on these fairs), and don't forget to treat yourself to the newest Swiffer mop. You won't get closer to the Dutch, I promise, and you really do get a lot of free things to take home. That settles souvenir shopping.


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This beautiful waterfront Victorian reminded me of a house you'd see in a Disney movie. There were a couple of squirrels running about, one looked down towards me from the roof of the guest house which I guess perpetuated the idea that this could have been the house from Up.
The name of the house given to by its owner and my AirBnB host, however, is Waratah Cottage, named after the SS Waratah, which had a very un-Disney ending.
Ramsay fell upon the cottage almost by accident. She was visiting Maine from California years ago and saw a house for sale in the paper. One thing led to another and she ended up with the house where she now learns to play the cello in her sun room overlooking a lake.
Not a bad accident.
But as lovely as Maine can be, it doesn't have good Chinese food, Ramsay told me, nor does it have sourdough bread. No one has real sourdough bread except for the Bay Area. Real sourdough can only be made there because the bacteria in the air is what gives it its sour quality. So if you're eating sourdough somewhere that isn't in California, you might as well make it a sourdough kobe beef sandwich and continue living your lie.
We then talked a bit about my project, which she was excited about and said she'll see me on the Today Show sometime.
That'd be pretty Disney, I think. To my disappointment, though, I had to dress myself the next morning with no assistance from the forest animals, so there's still some work to do.


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Bartlett Farms hosts an annual Farm Day where we take you on a tour of the farm and explain how we produce real food. Attendees will experience various farm chores like milking a cow, riding a horse and more.
Private tours are available all year, so please contact us to schedule ahead.
We also offer presentations to groups interested in real food and healthy living, so if you have a group, let us know!
The 2015 Farm Day will be July 18th. Details will be announced via our Facebook and email list prior to the event. You're invited!


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THE WATER DIVINER: FANTASY NOT HISTORY By Dr Panayiotis Diamadis – Neos Kosmos English Edition: Saturday 10 January 2015 "Satan's army: the dark side of The Water Diviner", "Bizarre", "Disgusting", "Lies" and "Disgraceful". –These are some of the responses to the depiction of Hellenes and Orthodox Christians in The Water Diviner, screenplay and novel by Andrew Anastasios and associates. Anastasios ... Read More »
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An overview of a historical event that changed the face of modern Greece Neos Kosmos – Published 24 Sep 2013 This month marks the 91st anniversary of the catastrophe of one of the great cosmopolitan metropolises of the Mediterranean sea, Smyrna. The month of September also marks the beginning of the end of the 3,000 year long presence of Greeks ... Read More »


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Happy New Year everyone!
This is just a quick post (no outfit 😦 ) but I still wanted to do it.
Last night my family and I went to a Watchnight Service. It was really fun, so fun that even though I really wanted to get a picture of my outfit I forgot… Anyway there was a great service, amazing food, and after we heard testimonies from people as well as heard some good singing. And then prayed in the New Year. My family sang ('Do You Hear What I Hear?'), even my little brothers did and they did a really great job.
I saw a challenge online the other day to take one picture everyday for a year. I thought it was a cool idea and here's what I took last night around one o'clock.
I was too tired to do anything else! 😀
Thanks for reading. I hope you had a good 2017!


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There's a fair bit of recycling throughout – something that neither of his other two mixtapes that year suffered from. He's going to drop the word serotonin twice ("Rolling Stone" and "Heaven or Las Vegas"; the latter is sadly not a Cocteau Twins cover and he makes up a variation of the word for the former so it can fit the meter better). Then, there's the Godawful coda of "Lonely Star" wherein he lists the days of the week that pops up again as the chorus of "Thursday" (and people made fun of Rebecca Black; go figure). Of course, we all knew that the Weeknd's complete inability to sing about anything other than sex and drugs would get stale soon, but more problematic is the sonic recycling – the acoustic coda of "The Birds, Pt 1" is turned into its own song on "Rolling Stone" and the martial drums are used as the percussive force in three tracks: "Lonely Star," "The Birds, Pt. 1" and "Heaven or Las Vegas." That aside, most of the tracks I just mentioned are the mixtape's highlights, so the recycling is more of an observation than a criticism. The worst tracks are the album's longest – Drake's verse on "The Zone" isn't worth hearing Tesfaye's directionless croon for 5 minutes; the 8-minute "Gone" reveals the weakness of Thursdayas a whole – it's basically House of Balloons with conventional drumming.
That being said, there's plenty of good stuff: the way Tesfaye runs through the hook of "Lonely Star" over the alternating immense bass throb and military drums; the way he squeezes the hook of the peer-pressuring "Life of a Party" (he'll expand on the suggested violence better on Echoes of Silence) and the military drums of "The Birds, Pt. 1" are huge(though hearing Tesfaye sing "Don't you fall in love with a niggah like me" on it and its sequel is particularly wince worthy because you can hear the "-h"). "Rolling Stone"'s "So I'mma keep on smoking til I can't hit another note" is surprisingly touching from an empty human being and I quite dig the psychedelic percussion in that same track – like someone's knocking on the door from the outside but he's too stoned to hear it. Should've been the album closer if you'd ask me, though that's not to discount the proper closer, "Heaven or Las Vegas," the only track on the album that has direction: nighttime ambience, bass bubbles, rolling drums, biting riff, twinkling piano – all introduced one at a time. Still, those successes aren't nearly as many as they were on House of Ballooons or as interesting as they were on Echoes of Silence. That, coupled with its failures, makeThursday the worst of his mixtape trilogy.


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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Hunting for treasures...
While I was searching for rares in the north part of the Jade forest, I found a pool of water. It was like shrine and when I went close a saw something sparkling. I clicked on it and it turned out to be a dagger-Wodin's Mantid Shanker. Later I found some information and now I know that there are many hidden treasures in Pandaria. I think that those items are harder to find that the rares ,so this will be even more challenging to accomplish. The dagger is account bound and I will keep it in my bank.I can't use it ,but for me it some kind of treasure.
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Jamie Smart's latest find Chaffy book is on sale NOW! Can YOU find the Chaffy's hidden in The War Of The Hot and Cold Plops? Orinbetween The Living Cupcakes or The Space Penguins? Will you find them all in The Garden Of The Bipples? Well - Theres only one way to find out!
Or you could just buy one from all
good bookstores (and a few bad ones) in the UK and hopefully abroad. You can also pick up a copy off Amazon.


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From time to time I shall put some of our students essays on as posts, for people to read and comment on. Others can be found under training on the Navigation bar. These are essays that have to be written before taking certain grades. It is designed to expand the students knowledge of the martial arts as they have to do some research on the subject, aid in their education and give them further interest in their studies.
Below is the first one published as a Post. It has been written by B. Challans for her 1st Kyu Grade in Junior Anshin Ryu Karate. Hope you enjoy it? If you want to leave her some encouraging comments then please do.
History of Wado-Ryu in England by Beckie Challans
After viewing a Wado-Ryu demonstration at a London Kendo club, a British student asked the Japanese Karate Federation to send an instructor to the UK to start a school in England. Mr Tanabe was sent in 1964 as an official instructor, where he founded the All Britain Karate Association. This was the first Wado-Ryu organisation to be established in Europe. Shortly after his arrival, Mr Tatsuo Suzuki moved over to London to teach Wado.
In May 1965, Mr Suzuki was joined by another Japanese instructor; Mr T. Kono, who, at the arrival of Mr Masafumi Shiomitsu, moved over to the Netherlands to spread the knowledge of Wado-Ryu farther through Europe. Due to a quickly growing demand for training in the UK, over the next few years more instructors transferred: in 1966, Mr T. Takamizawa and Mr Hayawaka came to England from Japan; in 1968 Mr K. Sakagami arrived in the UK; in 1969 Mr S. Suzuki moved over to Ireland, and Mr Kobayashi and Mr Maeda also arrived in Britain. With some of these original instructors returning to Japan, they were replaced by other British and Japanese instructors, and the numbers were then quickly added to by students of Wado, helping the style spread even farther across the UK.
Up until 1970, the All Britain Karate Association was the main setup in the UK, but Mr Tatso Suzuki decided to leave the organisation and set up his own; The United Kingdom Karate-Do Federation. After a short while, most of the Japanese instructors joined this organisation. Mr T. Takamizawa also set up his own association. Mr Masafumi moved first to France, then Madagascar to teach, but later returned to the UK to join the re-named United Kingdom Karate-Do Wado-Kai in 1976.
This new organisation took over to become the primary one in the UK, until 1989, when Mr Masafumi expressed dislike towards the direction the style and its teaching had taken under the United Kingdom Karate-Do Wado-Kai organisation and therefore he chose to leave the association to form his own, the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy. Mr K. Sakagami, Mr T. Takamizawa and the majority of the now Dan graded British students. However, after a short while, Mr K. Sakagami decided to leave the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy and to set up his own organisation, the Wado-Ryu Aiwakai Karate Federation. With this organisation also set up, the UK now had three major Japanese headed Wado-Ryu organisations:
The United Kingdom Karate-Do Wado-Kai, with Mr Tatso Suzuki who was an eighth Dan at its head. This association is also linked to the Wado-Ryu International Karate Federation, and Mr Tatso Suzuki is also head sensei for this organisation.
The Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Academy's head was Mr Masafumi Shimoitsu, also an eighth Dan. His academy was affiliated to the Wado-Ryu Karate-Do Federation, and the chief instructor for this organisation is Mr H. Ohtsuka II, the Grand Master of Wado-Ryu Karate-Do. Mr H. Ohtsuka is a ninth Dan.
The Wado-Ryu Aiwakai Karate Federation is led by Mr K. Sakagami, a seventh Dan. This association is connected to the Japan Karate Federation Wado-Kai, headquarters, in Japan.


text: Redevelopment efforts are in full swing in downtown Decatur. You may notice many of the current and finished projects such as streetscape projects, pocket parks, the Alabama Center for the Arts Phase I and the Daikin Founders Park Amphitheatre, but there are many projects going on that are not as easily recognizable. We have developed the Work in Progress section on our website as a way to explain and share the exciting projects that are happening downtown.


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What a sports day at Fry Lodge. The big news is that Ruby played her first ever soccer game – made extra sweet by her team's 6-1 victory. Ruby did great, playing three different positions throughout the game: defender, midfielder and goalie (no scores against her). Nice work, Ruby!
We started the day with Henry's soccer game, which was also fun. His team played Lynden, who are apparently very serious about their sports. The Southside Tsunami held their own for most of the game. Henry's a great defender.
Oh, and the Gonzaga Bulldogs won their Elite Eight game against Xavier, sending the Zags to the NCAA Final Four for the first time.


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Off The Shelf: Making Your Own Flora & Fauna
For our monthly post of book reviews, I thought it might be fun to look for some how-to guidance on making flora and fauna if you can't find the real thing in your local florist shop or animal shelter. Sometimes a gal just wants to hold a ring-tailed lemur and it's frustrating when you can't get your hands on one. Right??? So here are my favorite picks for creating flowers and animals, plus, a little review of Holly Becker's new book on incorporating cut flowers into your decor.
I'm not a knitter but I know a lot of you are part of that passionate group of people who have brought back the pastime and given it a modern twist. Knit Your Own Zoo should be right up your alley! These animals aren't your typical chicks and pigs granny would be whipping up. We're talking anteaters and mandrills here. And who wouldn't want a lemur or meerkat perching on their shelf? Or one of my personal favorites, an armadillo? I'm always drawn to using a traditional craft for creating something you wouldn't usually associate with that craft. And although there are many knitted animals out there, I just wouldn't expect to see a knitted fruit bat hanging from, say, a large potted plant. Now I want to learn how to knit just so I can have my own knitted orangutan.
The first flower you make from Paper to Petal is like a gateway drug. If you start making them to put on top of a present, to tuck in a bud vase or to use as a bookmark, you will probably find yourself inundated by requests to make more, more, MORE from your friends and family. While the decorative flowers do resemble the real thing (in most cases), they are really more about conceptualizing something beautiful than trying to replicate an authentic specimen. And WOW, they do not disappoint! This is a great book for learning a variety of techniques for folding, cutting and painting flowers so that you can either copy theirs or compose your own. My favorite part is how the authors talk about where they find inspiration for new arrangements: a yellow rain slicker becomes a wet-looking flower with blue and white leaves mimicking raindrops; striped and painted paper is chosen based on a child's colorful patterned outfit. The authors really know how to imagine flowers with an artistic eye and you will be well educated after practicing their techniques!
Now, if you'd rather go in the direction of realism, this book lives up to it's "exquisite" title. You will actually do a cartoon double-take when you flip through the pages of The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers. But don't be intimidated because Livia Cetti's how-to photos really break down the process of creating the papers you'll need. She shows you dying, painting and cutting techniques as well as the anatomy of a flower so you start to get an intuitive feel for how a stem might behave in the real world. I'm imagining a vase full of living flowers with a few paper ones mixed in and then a large mass of paper flowers climbing out of the vase and onto the wall. These flowers are showstoppers and if you're in the mood to make a statement, pick up this book and get going!
Needlefelting is the craft of taking a clump of wool, pricking it a million times with a needle and shaping into something amazing. (Ok, it's not that simple, but I think I might have more luck with this than with knitting so I'm trying to convince myself I can do it). If you've never tried needlefelting, Saori Yamazaki takes you from the beginning in Wild & Tame by showing you the materials you'll need and the steps you'll take from how to pull apart your wool roving to blending different colors of wool. She then goes through the various techniques you'll use for different animals including how to make stripes and sew eyes. But the best part is the animals themselves. My favorites are the red panda, the prairie dog and the chipmunk. Luckily, Karen knows how to needlefelt so I might raid her supply closet and try out a woodland critter or two on a summer road-trip.
Decorate With Flowers is a beautiful and practical book by one of the masters of the design blog world. I love how Holly and Leslie envision floral arranging to be organized by style so that each chapter focuses on a different mini-aesthetic, from "Pastels & Neons," to "Coastal," to "Black & White." At Little Yellow Couch, our visual interests change with the seasons, span a variety of eras and across several color palettes and so Decorate with Flowers speaks to our different moods. There are photos that show the order in which each type of flower is added to an arrangement, a different project for each chapter and style tips sprinkled throughout, including their "little black book" of suppliers which I was pretty giddy about. All in all, this is a must-have resource for anyone interested in creating little moments of loveliness throughout your home.


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