Author Archives: Michael K. Barbour

About Michael K. Barbour

Michael K. Barbour is the Director of Faculty Development and a Professor of Instructional Design for the College of Education and Health Sciences at Touro University California. He has been involved with K-12 online learning in a variety of countries for well over a decade as a researcher, teacher, course designer and administrator. Michael's research focuses on the effective design, delivery and support of K-12 online learning, particularly for students located in rural jurisdictions.

Joan Para Luncheon

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Earlier today several members of our branch had the opportunity to sit down for lunch with our remaining World War II veteran in the branch. Joan Para served in Army Communications, where she trained in Bradford and was eventually stationed in London, near Buckingham Palace from 1942 to 1946. Below are some pictures from the event where the branch presented her with a little display.

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Military decoys work as well now as they did eight decades ago

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Military decoys work as well now as they did eight decades ago

STORY BY STEPHEN J. THORNE

You don’t have to speak Russian to get the message. The pictures and the accompanying audio on a recent internet post tell the story.

The drone video of a target parked next to a shed and partially hidden by vegetation is set to a heavy beat; shortly after, there’s an explosion and fire, followed by the guttural utterings of an evidently boastful narrator.

The Telegram channel Kremlin Pachka posted the video in early-June, lauding it as evidence of a Lancet drone strike on a Ukrainian tank near Krasnolimansky—Lyman to the Ukrainians who live there—in the country’s Donetsk Oblast.

Operation Husky : The allies take Sicily

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To Kill the Right to Kill

STORY BY PAIGE JASMINE GILMAR

“The country as a whole will rue the day this has happened,” Progressive Conservative MP Allan Lawrence admonished.

An ominous warning, Lawrence had said these very words shortly after a free vote on Bill C-34 in Parliament. By a 130-124 standing, Canada had, mostly, abolished the death penalty. It still applied, under the National Defence Act, for members of the Armed Forces found guilty of cowardice, desertion, unlawful surrender, or spying for the enemy.

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Salute! July 2023

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