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# So, Bueng Kan

So (Thai: โซ่) is a tambon (subdistrict) of So Phisai District, in Bueng Kan Province, Thailand. In 2020 it had a total population of 15,880 people.

## Administration
### Central administration

The tambon is subdivided into 18 administrative villages (muban).
| No. | Name | Thai |
| 01. | Ban So | บ้านโซ่ |
| 02. | Ban Ang Thong | บ้านอ่างทอง |
| 03. | Ban Sam Liam | บ้านสามเหลี่ยม |
| 04. | Ban Non Chat | บ้านโนนชาด |
| 05. | Ban Sai Ngam | บ้านไทรงาม |
| 06. | Ban Non Phu Din | บ้านโนนภูดิน |
| 07. | Ban Khok Sa-at | บ้านโคกสะอาด |
| 08. | Ban Huai Sai | บ้านห้วยทราย |
| 09. | Ban Tha Sawat | บ้านท่าสวาท |
| 10. | Ban Non Manpla | บ้านโนนมันปลา |
| 11. | Ban Nong Takai | บ้านหนองตาไก้ |
| 12. | Ban Huai Songkhram | บ้านห้วยสงคราม |
| 13. | Ban Nong Ian | บ้านหนองเอี่ยน |
| 14. | Ban Tha Li | บ้านท่าหลี่ |
| 15. | Ban Sai Thong | บ้านทรายทอง |
| 16. | Ban Isan Phatthana | บ้านอีสานพัฒนา |
| 17. | Ban Non Si Sa-nga | บ้านโนนศรีสง่า |
| 18. | Ban Na Ruang Thong | บ้านนารวงทอง |

### Local administration

The area of the subdistrict is shared by 2 local governments.
* the subdistrict municipality (Thesaban Tambon) So Phisai (เทศบาลตำบลโซ่พิสัย)
* the subdistrict administrative organization (SAO) So (องค์การบริหารส่วนตำบลโซ่)
# Halka Chronic

Halka Chronic (February 26, 1923 – April 16, 2013) was a geologist who traveled and wrote books about the geology of the western United States. She studied the Grand Canyon, Walnut Canyon and then resided in Boulder, Colorado where she continued to study the Rocky Mountains.

## Early life

Halka Chronic was born in Tucson, Arizona on February 26, 1923. She was born to Sidney F. and Marylka Modjeska Pattison as Helena Bainbridge Pattison. Halka spent her childhood summers in Corona Del Mar, California with her mother, an artist, and her brother, Karl. In her early life she took trips across the country to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She developed her passion for traveling and sailing, as well as her skill as a watercolor painter, during these travels with her family. Halka attended the University of Arizona and Stanford University, and she received her Ph.D. in geology from Columbia University in 1949. Halka chose to focus on the fossils of Walnut Canyon, Arizona while earning her Ph.D. Halka spent a summer working with geologist Edwin McKee in the Grand Canyon during the 1940s, work that built the foundation of her future in geology. Halka Married John Chronic in 1948, and moved to Boulder, CO soon after her graduation and their wedding. Halka and John raised four daughters.

## Travels

The couple was based in Boulder, Colorado, but Halka and her husband traveled frequently, spending a year at a time in Scotland, Ethiopia, Australia, and Puerto Rico. Although the couple eventually separated, Halka continued traveling on her own to Mexico, Norway, Poland, China, and Latin America. She also drove the Alaska Highway four times.
While in Ethiopia, Halka taught at Haile Selassie University.
While in Sydney, she began writing geology books. She also worked as a scientific editor for the Geological Society of America.
During a cross country trip, she wrote the Roadside Geology Books for Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona.

## Career and awards

Halka began her career at the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff, Arizona. After this she taught at the University of Michigan- Summerfield Campus. Chronic had a B.A. in Zoology earned at the University of Arizona, an M.A. in Biology from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Geology achieved from Columbia University. Halka traveled to Ethiopia in the late 1940s and taught at Haile Selassie University; when she came back she worked at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) as a writer for eight years. Later, she traveled across the West to Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, also known as the Four Corners region. As she was traveling, Halka was studying the geology of the western national parks, and she later wrote Three Pages of Stone. In addition to this Halka wrote two other books. Halka also worked as a consultant for groundwater and petroleum research. In 2004, Halka Chronic received the Geoscience in the Media Award given by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
# Leandis

Leandis (Ancient Greek: Λεανδίς) was a town in the eastern part of ancient Cataonia 18 miles to the south of Cocusus, in a pass of Mount Taurus, on the road to Anazarbus. This town is perhaps the same as the Laranda of the Antonine Itinerary and of the Synecdemus, which must not be confounded with the Laranda of Lycaonia.
Its site is unlocated.
# Theta*

Theta* is an any-angle path planning algorithm that is based on the A* search algorithm. It can find near-optimal paths with run times comparable to those of A*.

## Description

For the simplest version of Theta*, the main loop is much the same as that of A*. The only difference is the ${\text{update}}\_{\text{vertex}}$ function. Compared to A*, the parent of a node in Theta* does not have to be a neighbor of the node as long as there is a line-of-sight between the two nodes.

## Pseudocode

Adapted from.

### Line-of-sight algorithm
## Variants

The following variants of the algorithm exist:
* Lazy Theta* – Node expansions are delayed, resulting in fewer line-of-sight checks
* Incremental Phi* – A modification of Theta* that allows for dynamic path planning similar to D*
# Ernst Ferand

Ernst Thomas Ferand (born Ernő Freund; 5 March 1887 – 29 May 1972) was an American musicologist and music educator of Hungarian birth. He was also known as Ernest Ferand and Ernst Ferand-Freund.

## Biography

Ferand was born in 1887 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He attended the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. He became interested in the methods of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and from 1925 to 1938 he taught at Dalcroze's Schule Hellerau-Laxenburg in Austria. In 1938 he published the influential treatise Die Improvisation in der Musik (Improvisation in Music).
He fled Europe after the Nazi annexation of Austria, finding refuge in the United States. From 1939 until 1965 Ferand was affiliated with the New School of Social Research. He wrote a number of articles which were published in The Musical Quarterly and the Journal of the American Musicological Society.
Peter Wishart described Ferand as "perhaps the most widely acknowledged authority on the subject [of improvisation in Western music.]"
Ferand died on May 29, 1972, in Basel, Switzerland.
# Alex M. Loeb

Alex M. Loeb (May 18, 1918 – May 14, 2015) was an American painter from the state of Mississippi.

## Life

Loeb was born on May 18, 1918, in Meridian, Mississippi. His father owned the Loeb's department store. Loeb graduated from Washington and Lee University in 1937, and he served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Loeb initially worked for his family business. He became a painter, and he worked in oils, acrylics, and pastels in a spontaneous, exuberant style. He described his technique: "I put a few bits of structure on chance and a little order on chaos." In 1995 Loeb had a retrospective exhibit at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art entitled Old Men Shall Dream Dreams. He served on the boards of the Meridian Museum of Art and the Lauren Rogers Museum.
Loeb married Jean Robinson; they had two daughters. He died on May 14, 2015, in Meridian, and he was buried in Beth Israel Cemetery.
# Værøy Lighthouse

Værøy Lighthouse (Norwegian: Værøy fyr) is a coastal lighthouse in Værøy Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The lighthouse is built on a small peninsula southeast of the village of Sørland on the island of Værøya. It was constructed in 1880 and automated in 1984. The lighthouse has not been used since 2008.

## History

The 15-metre (49 ft) tall square, stone tower was built in 1880. The red-topped tower was attached to a white lighthouse keeper's house. The 27,900-candela light can be seen for up to 12.5 nautical miles (23.2 km; 14.4 mi). The light was lit from dusk to dawn from 4 August until 2 May each year. It was not lit during the summer due to the midnight sun in the region.
# Jonathan Toto

Jonathan Toto (born 30 March 1990) is a French former professional footballer who played as a forward.
An Metz youth product, Toto began his senior career in Cameroon with Canon Yaoundé before moving to Italy to sign for Legnano. He moved to Scotland signing as an amateur for Greenock Morton before being quickly released. He moved to Singapore with Étoile in 2011 and then to under-23 side Courts Young Lions.

## Career
### Youth level

Toto started his professional career in the youth teams at Metz. He holds French nationality.

### Scotland

Heart of Midlothian manager Jim Jefferies brought Toto to Edinburgh on trial in August 2010 and was trying to finalise the deal with the FIGC over his registration> after his last club Legnano were wound up. During his trial he appeared as a second-half substitute in a friendly against Premier League side Blackburn Rovers.
He spent the last part of 2010 on an amateur contract with Greenock Morton, in the hope of moving permanently to Hearts in January 2011. Allan Moore stated that he was unlikely to be kept on due to failing to find form, saying that:
   "To be honest, I would have to say he's been disappointing".
As a result, Toto was released by Morton towards the end of 2010, and returned to the land of his birth.

### Singapore

In March 2011, Toto signed for Étoile in the S.League in Singapore. After scoring 12 goals in 24 league games for Étoile, the club gave up their place in the S.League to concentrate on grass roots football. Toto signed for Courts Young Lions in January 2012. Young Lions had finished four places below Étoile the previous season.

### Greece

In the first 2013 transfer window, Toto transferred to Greek side Doxa Drama in the second tier. Toto was released by Dramas at the end of the season having failed to score in 15 matches.
# Biathlon European Championships 2003

The 10th Biathlon European Championships were held in Forni Avoltri, Italy, from February 26 to March 2, 2003.
There were total of 16 competitions held: sprint, pursuit, individual and relay both for U26 and U21.

## Results
### U26
#### Men's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Men's 10 km sprint | Oleksiy Korobeinikov | Vladimir Drachev | Carsten Pump |
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Andriy Deryzemlia | Alexander Os | Vladimir Drachev |
| Men's 20 km individual | Olexander Bilanenko | Alexei Aidarov | Marco Morgenstern |
| Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay | Germany Daniel Graf Carsten Pump Jörn Wollschläger Marco Morgenstern | Russia Vitaliy Chernyshov Sergei Kovalyov Filip Shulman Ivan Cherezov | Belarus Alexei Aidarov Vladimir Drachev Rustam Valiullin Oleg Ryzhenkov |

#### Women's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | Martina Halinárová | Svetlana Ishmuratova | Ekaterina Ivanova |
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Ekaterina Ivanova | Olena Zubrilova | Ina Menzel |
| Women's 15 km individual | Elena Khrustaleva | Olena Petrova | Ina Menzel |
| Women's 4 × 6 km relay | Russia Elena Khrustaleva Anna Bogaliy Yuliya Makarova Irina Malgina | Czech Republic Lenka Faltusová Zdeňka Vejnarová Irena Česneková Kateřina Holubcová | Belarus Lilia Efremova Olga Nazarova Ekaterina Ivanova Olena Zubrilova |

### U21
#### Men's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Men's 10 km sprint | Simon Eder | Miroslav Matiaško | Maxim Chudov |
| Men's 12.5 km pursuit | Maxim Chudov | Simon Eder | Oleg Milovanov |
| Men's 20 km individual | Ondřej Moravec | Michal Šlesingr | Vitaliy Pertsev |
| Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay | Czech Republic Martin Balatka Ondřej Moravec Jaroslav Soukup Michal Šlesingr | Belarus Sergei Dashkevich Vladimir Miklashevski Aliaksandr Mytnik Vitaliy Pertsev | Russia Nikolai Kozlov Oleg Milovanov Andrei Makoveev Maxim Chudov |

#### Women's

| Competition | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| Women's 7.5 km sprint | Natalia Burdyga | Lyudmila Ananko | Pauline Jacquin |
| Women's 10 km pursuit | Natalia Burdyga | Lyudmila Ananko | Uliana Denisova |
| Women's 15 km individual | Magda Rezlerová | Pauline Jacquin | Delphyne Peretto |
| Women's 3 × 6 km relay | Russia Yana Romanova Uliana Denisova Natalia Burdyga | Belarus Tatsiana Shyntar Liudmila Kalinchik Lyudmila Ananko | Czech Republic Klara Moravcová Michaela Stranská Magda Rezlerová |

## Medal table

| № | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | | 4 |
| 4 | Belarus | 1 | 7 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | Austria | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 5 | Slovakia | 1 | 1 | | 2 |
| 7 | Germany | 1 | | 4 | 5 |
| 8 | France | | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Norway | | 1 | | 1 |
# Thaisella

Thaisella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails.

## Species

Species within the genus Thaisella include:
* Thaisella callifera (Lamarck, 1822)
* Thaisella chocolata (Duclos, 1832)
* Thaisella coronata (Lamarck, 1816)
* Thaisella forbesii (Dunker, 1853)
* Thaisella guatemalteca Simone, 2017
* Thaisella kiosquiformis (Duclos, 1832)
* Thaisella mariae (Morretes, 1954)
* Thaisella trinitatensis (Guppy, 1869)
* Thaisella tumulosa (Reeve, 1846)

### The following species were brought into synonymy:'

* Thaisella blanfordi (Melvill, 1893): synonym of Indothais blanfordi (Melvill, 1893)
* Thaisella dubia (Schepman, 1919): synonym of Indothais dubia (Schepman, 1919)
* Thaisella gradata (Jonas, 1846): synonym of Indothais gradata (Jonas, 1846)
* Thaisella javanica (Philippi, 1848): synonym of Indothais javanica (Philippi, 1848)
* Thaisella jubilaea (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990): synonym of Reishia jubilaea (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1990) synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802) (superseded combination)
* Thaisella keluo (Tan & Liu, 2001): synonym of Reishia keluo (K.-S. Tan & L.-L. Liu, 2001)
* Thaisella lacera (Born, 1778): synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
* Thaisella luteostoma (Holten, 1803): synonym of Reishia luteostoma (Holten, 1802)
* Thaisella malayensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of Indothais malayensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996) (superseded combination)
* Thaisella mutabilis (Link, 1807): synonym of Indothais lacera (Born, 1778)
* Thaisella pinangensis (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of Indothais pinangensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
* Thaisella rufotincta (Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996): synonym of Indothais pinangensis (K. S. Tan & Sigurdsson, 1996)
* Thaisella sacellum (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
* Thaisella tissoti (Petit de la Saussaye, 1852): synonym of Indothais sacellum (Gmelin, 1791)
* Thaisella wutingi (Tan, 1997): synonym of Indothais wutingi (K. S. Tan, 1997)
# Klappholz

Klappholz (Danish: Klapholt) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig-Flensburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
# Ellwood Madill

John Ellwood Madill (15 January 1915 – 5 December 1999) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Melancthon, Ontario.
From 1952 to 1957, he was a municipal councillor for Mono Township, subsequently its deputy reeve to 1959, then reeve from that point until 1963. In 1962, he was warden of Dufferin County.
Elwood Madill was an insurance agent in Orangeville, Ontario when he won the local Progressive Conservative nomination for the Dufferin—Simcoe riding on 16 February 1963. Madill won that seat in the federal election later that year. He was re-elected to a second term in 1965.
Due to riding boundary realignments in 1966, Madill campaigned in the newly formed Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe riding in the 1968 election but lost to Bruce Beer of the Liberal party. Beer only served one term in Parliament before Madill won back Peel—Dufferin—Simcoe in the 1972 federal election. However, after his term in the 29th Parliament, Madill left federal political office after his defeat to Ross Milne in the 1974 federal election.
Besides his insurance practice, Madill was also a businessman and farmer during his career.
# Louis Yuen

Louis Yuen Siu-cheung (born May 23, 1967) is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He co-hosted the Super Trio series, Super Trio Supreme, in season 8 with Eric Tsang, Chin Kar-lok, and Wong Cho-lam. He also co-hosted the Fun with Liza and Gods series with Liza Wang, Johnson Lee and Wong Cho-Lam. Finalist in the 1984 3rd TVB New Talent Singing Awards.

## Filmography

Actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1993 | The Chord of Victory 少年五虎 | Chan Siu Cheung 陳兆祥 | |
| 2000 | The Legend of Lady Yang 楊貴妃 | On Luk San 安祿山 | |
| 2000 | When Dream Come True 夢想成真 | Yu Wing Fat 余永發 | |
| 2000 | Street Fighters 廟街·媽·兄弟 | Ngor Lam 柯南 | |
| 2001 | Colourful Life 錦繡良緣 | Ching Chi Bok 程智博 | |
| 2001 | Virtues of Harmony 皆大歡喜 | Yau Nim Fu 游念富 | |
| 2003 | Virtues of Harmony II 皆大歡喜 (時裝版) | Lau Kam 劉錦 | |
| 2005 | Women On the Run 窈窕熟女 | Dong Fai 董輝 | |
| 2007 | Heart of Greed 溏心風暴 | Ling Po 凌波 | Won: Best Supporting Actor |
| 2008 | Moonlight Resonance 溏心風暴之家好月圓 | Yuen Yan Chi 袁恩賜 | |
| 2009 | A Chip Off the Old Block 巴不得爸爸 | Ngau Ching Wing 牛正榮 | |
| 2009 | ICAC Investigators 2009 廉政行動2009 | Wong Hou Nam 王浩南 | |
| 2010 | Suspects in Love 搜下留情 | Leung King-Ho 梁勁豪 | |
| 2010 | Can't Buy Me Love 公主嫁到 | Kam Tuo-fuk 金多福 | Nominated – Best Supporting Actor Nominated – My Favourite Male Character |
| 2011 | The Other Truth 真相 | James Wai Man-hon 衛文翰 | |
| 2011 | The Fortune Buddies 勁抽福祿壽 | Yuen Fuk Cheung 阮福祥 | |
| 2011 | Super Snoops 荃加福祿壽探案 | Kung Duk-lam 恭犢嵐 | Nominated – TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Male Character (Top 15) |
| 2012 | Queens of Diamonds and Hearts 東西宮略 | Ngan Ying 晏英 | |
| 2012 | No Good Either Way 衝呀！瘦薪兵團 | Man Ka-wah 閔家華 | |
| 2012–2013 | Friendly Fire 法網狙擊 | Lok Koo-tin 洛古天 | |
| 2013 | Brother's Keeper 巨輪 | Lung Fei 龍飛 | |
| 2013 | Bounty Lady My盛Lady | Tung Ting-kiu 董天驕 | |
| 2015 | 12 Golden Ducks 12金鸭 | Leung Lung Yan 梁能仁 | |
| 2016 | Brother's Keeper II 巨輪II | Lung Fei 龍飛 | |
| 2016 | Inspector Gourmet 為食神探 | Mak Sai 麥犀 | |
| 2016 | Come with Me 性在有情 | Kam Cheung 甘昌 | |
| 2017 | Heart and Greed 溏心風暴3 | Leung Jaan 梁贊 | |
| 2017 | Destination Nowhere 迷 | Lau Chow 劉　秋 | |
Host
| Year | Title | TVB Anniversary Awards |
| 2008–2009 | Super Trio Supreme 鐵甲無敵獎門人 | Nominated – Best Presenter (2008) Won – Best Presenter (2009) |
| 2009 | Brain Wall (Hong Kong version: Hole in the Wall) 大咕窿 | |
| 2010 | Fun with Liza and Gods 荃加福祿壽 | Won – Best Presenter (2010) |
| 2010 | The Voice Season 2 超級巨聲2 | |
| 2010 | Liza and Gods Anniversary Charade 荃加福祿壽玩轉台慶 | |
| 2011 | What The Face? 變身男女Chok Chok Chok | Nominated – Best Host (2011) |
| 2011 | Acts of Gods 福祿壽大假光臨 | |
| 2012 | Let's Play With Our Food 皆大歡喜之溏心風暴 | Nominated – Best Host (2012) |
| 2012 | Games Gods Play 萬千升呢福祿壽 | Nominated – Best Host (2012) |
| 2018 | The Forgotten Valley 平安谷之詭谷傳說 | Supporting Role |
| 2021-2022 | Dub of War 好聲好戲 | |

### Films

* I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change! (2019)
* A Beautiful Moment (2018)
* Meow (2017)
* House of Wolves (2016)

### Dubbing

* Dub of War's Second Season Graduation Project- Spider-Man: No Way Home (2022)- Wong
# Tubuca coarctata

Tubuca coarctata is a species of fiddler crab found in the western Pacific ocean, including Japan, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia (in Queensland and the Northern Territory). The common name of these crabs is either the compressed fiddler crab, or the orange-clawed fiddler crab, (although this name is also used for Gelasimus vomeris). They are found on tidal mud flats adjacent mangroves and muddy tidal creek and river banks.
These are medium sized fiddler crabs with a carapace of males around 21 mm across. The clawed limb of adult males is in general orange or light brown with the color continuing onto the top and bottom fingers of the claw and fading to white at the ends. Sources from Australia refer to adult males having a white spot at the back of the last walking leg. The color of the carapace is variable however typical coloring for adult males is mostly black on the back with white or yellow or blue markings. A hook like projection at the end of the upper claw is present in males. A difference to Tubuca dussiemeri (which also has red-orange coloration on the adult male claw) is that there is one rather than two grooves in the claw. The carapace of adult females is also typically black with either small yellow markings or blue markings or sometimes orange. Juvenile males have a blue carapace with black markings and juvenile females either orange or blue with black markings similar to males.
Tubuca coarctata was formerly a member of the genus Uca, but in 2016 it was placed in the genus Tubuca, a former subgenus of Uca.
# Aolar Mosely

Aolar Carson Mosely (May 12, 1912 – October 29, 1999) was an American artist. She was a founding member of the Freedom Quilting Bee, and is associated with the Gee's Bend quiltmakers, along with her daughter Mary Lee Bendolph and her granddaughter Essie Bendolph Pettway. Almost all of her quilts were destroyed when her house burned down in 1984.

## Early life

Born in May 1912, Mosely was one of eleven children of the Elizabeth Pettway Carson and Sim Carson family. Her mother was very active in the quilting community and would often host quilting bees at their home.As a small child, Aolar along with her siblings helped collect the materials for her mother to use as quilting frames. They would collect the wood from nearby forests that their father would fashion into the quilting frames. Aolar learned to sew at the young age of eleven when she sewed a dress for herself that her mother had cut out to be sewn. Aolar used a sewing machine both then, and when she quilted. It wasn’t until the age of twelve though that Aolar made her first quilt. Aolar was unable to finish school past fifth grade as her family was unable to afford to send her.
She married Wisdom Mosely in 1929. Together they had seventeen children, only thirteen of whom survived childhood. In 1932, they lost everything to a raid of their property by agents of the Camden merchant's estate. However, in 1935, her family benefited from New Deal program called the Resettlement Administration, followed by the Farm Security Administration. With assistance from the Resettlement Administration, she and her family bought a house and 116 acres of arable land in Gee's Bend.
She developed dementia later in life. After her house caught fire in 1984, which destroyed all of her remaining quilts, she spent her remaining years living with her daughter, Mary Lee Bendolph.

## Work

Mosely's mother taught her how to quilt at a young age. Her father bought her a sewing machine, and thus, she was one of the only people in Gee's bend to quit entirely by machine. Her family was a cornerstone of the quilting community, and even made frames from found wood for other quilters. She was a founding member of and tireless resource for the Freedom Quilting Bee. She prided herself on the efficiency with which the bee ran when she was managing it. "When they get there, they ain't got nothing to do but go to sewing."
She worked for the bee until 1981 and then spent most of her time there volunteering. However, her earnings from the quilting bee allowed her to, over time, purchase a washing machine, indoor plumbing, and a freezer.