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South Bethany resident endorses incumbents
On May 25, the residents and owners of South Bethany have a clear choice in the Town Council elections — experience or new voices.
The new voices are certainly new, since they have not been heard in any town volunteer activities, committees, commissions or boards, nor have they actively participated in the property owner association (SBPOA) opportunities.
Instead, I believe their voices have been heard in the sentiments expressed in the anonymous postcards sent to residents earlier this year and in extremely negative comments on Nextdoor Neighbor app.
Are these new voices willing to devote the many hours required of our council — preparation for meetings, council meetings, workshops, committee meetings and leadership, writing grants for state money and interfacing with outside organizations
Since the new voices are so new to volunteering in the town, I'm not sure they understand the significant time commitment required to do the full job, which is certainly more than one issue.
I will be voting for experience, with my vote going to Carol Stevenson, Frank Weisgerber, Gerald "Jerry" Masiello and Dick Oliver. The three incumbent town council members have served this town not only as town council members but additional dedicated many hours on Water Quality, Community Enhancements, Public Relations.
Although Dick Oliver would be a new voice to town council, he has served many years on the Planning Commission, water quality and SBPOA. We need this experience — not candidates whose voices are grounded in uninformed hostility which unnecessarily tore the town apart and was provoked by the previous town and police leadership.
This all seemed to start with the infamous "Don't Outsource Our Police" signs. This was a bogus campaign meant to cause fear in our residents. At no time was this council or the previous council considering outsourcing. The Comprehensive Plan endorsed by the council and approved by the State clearly states that we will maintain a local police force. This objective has always been in place and is the result of the owner survey conducted as part of writing our 2016 comprehensive plan.
There has been a criticism of this council for lack of transparency. There is only one reason for private, non-public meetings — that is personnel issues and challenges. Those must have been significant, since it was deemed necessary for legal counsel to attend many of these meetings.
Although I don't have knowledge of specifics, based on town meetings and minutes I can surmise some of these issues — most dealing with very poor management of the police department. The department often came to council after the fact, asking for money to cover already-spent overtime salary, announcing missed revenue targets (again after the fact), inaccurate police reports (I know this since, my home was involved in one and not reported), outdated computer equipment, lack of standard operating procedures and "blue flu" during the height of the summer season.
I am reluctant to guess what else there was, since specific personnel issues could not and should not be shared with the public. This is not lack of transparency; it is upholding the council's responsibilities to town staff and to our legal system.
I hope my neighbors will join me in supporting Carol, Frank, Jerry and Dick on May 25 and vote for the reasonable voices governed by experience with a true track record to show the ethical service we can expect from them.


The governess feels that Miles has triumphed over her. He knows there is something she is afraid of—that the uncle will find out what is going on. She thinks to herself that she should want him to know, but she could not face the ugliness of it or about the boy's dismissal from school. She also knows that Miles is right and is amazed that he is mature enough to think out a plan to clear things up—he will find a way to get his uncle to come. She considers giving up and leaving Bly. As she goes to her room to pack, she suddenly sees the ghost of Miss Jessel at her desk, looking tragic and damned. She decides to stay.


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The Quiet World
Saving Alaska's Wilderness Kingdom, 1879-1960
By: Douglas Brinkley
Narrated by: Andrew Garman
Categories: History, 20th Century
My 3,000-Mile Journey Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier
By: Mark Adams
Narrated by: Mark Adams
In 1899, railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman organized a most unusual summer voyage to the wilds of Alaska: He converted a steamship into a luxury "floating university", populated by some of America's best and brightest scientists and writers, including the anti-capitalist eco-prophet, John Muir. Armed with Dramamine and an industrial-strength mosquito net, Mark Adams sets out to retrace the 1899 expedition. Using the state's intricate public ferry system, the Alaska Marine Highway System, Adams travels 3,000 miles.
By rachel cartwright on 05-30-18
By: James A. Michener
Narrated by: Larry McKeever
The high points in the story of Alaska since the American acquisition are brought vividly to life through more than 100 characters, real and fictional.
Great story, More True than Fiction
By Basil Sands on 08-21-15
81 Days Below Zero
The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness
By: Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou
Narrated by: Richard Ferrone
The untold story of Leon Crane, the only surviving crew member of a World War II B-24 crash on a remote mountain near the Arctic Circle, who managed to stay alive 81 days in sub-zero temperature by making peace with nature, and end his ordeal by walking along a river to safety. Part World War II story, part Alaskan adventure story, part survival story, and even part inspirational story, this is what we call " a good listen".
Diluted and Distracted
By C. Howe on 09-27-15
A Sand County Almanac
By: Aldo Leopold
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land. This classic work remains as relevant today as it was nearly 70 years ago.
amazing book, odd narrator
By jking400 on 08-05-17
The National Parks
By: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
Narrated by: Ken Burns
America's national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation's most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this evocative narrative, Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan delve into the history of the park idea.
5 stars from this National Park junkie
By Katie on 04-01-13
Alaska: A History
By: Herman E. Slotnick, Claus M. Naske
Narrated by: John Pecak
Alaska: A History begins by examining the region's geography and the Native peoples who inhabited it for thousands of years before the first Europeans arrived. The Russians claimed northern North America by right of discovery in 1741. During their occupation of "Russian America", the region was little more than an outpost for fur hunters and traders. When the czar sold the territory to the United States in 1867, nobody knew what to do with "Seward's Folly".
A good - not great - overview of AK history
By Richard J Morrison on 05-28-18
American Serengeti
The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
By: Dan Flores
America's Great Plains once possessed one of the grandest wildlife spectacles of the world, equaled only by such places as the Serengeti, the Masai Mara, or the veld of South Africa. Pronghorn antelope, gray wolves, bison, coyotes, wild horses, and grizzly bears: less than 200 years ago these creatures existed in such abundance that John James Audubon was moved to write "it is impossible to describe or even conceive the vast multitudes of these animals".
By michael on 05-27-17
The Anarchy
The Relentless Rise of the East India Company
By: William Dalrymple
Narrated by: Sid Sagar
The Anarchy tells the remarkable story of how one of the world's most magnificent empires disintegrated and came to be replaced by a dangerously unregulated private company, based thousands of miles overseas in one small office, five windows wide, and answerable only to its distant shareholders. In his most ambitious and riveting audiobook to date, William Dalrymple tells the story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.
A magnificent history and cautionary tale
By Venetia on 12-05-19
Silent Spring
By: Rachel Carson
Narrated by: Kaiulani Lee
First published in 1962, Silent Spring can single-handedly be credited with sounding the alarm and raising awareness of humankind's collective impact on its own future through chemical pollution. No other book has so strongly influenced the environmental conscience of Americans and the world at large.
A Threnody of Death and a Hymn to Life
By Jefferson on 08-30-12
Coyote America
A Natural and Supernatural History
Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards and its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse.
Absolutely fascinating
By Rob Wolfe on 08-31-17
Alone in the Fortress of the Bears
70 Days Surviving Wilderness Alaska: Foraging, Fishing, Hunting
By: Bruce Nelson
Narrated by: Bruce L. "Buck" Nelson
On the last day of June, my bush pilot left me alone and without food in a wilderness rain forest of Southeast Alaska. He would return in September. For the next 10 weeks my survival would depend on foraging, hunting, and fishing on an island I would share with 1,600 brown bears.
Awesome book
By Janelle Petrini on 12-02-19
Wild Men, Wild Alaska
Finding What Lies Beyond the Limits
By: Rocky McElveen
In Wild Men, Wild Alaska professional hunting and fishing guide and outfitter Rocky McElveen tells the stories of his own adventures as well as those of some of his well-known clients. The book takes listeners directly into the Alaskan bush, and shares the intense challenges of a majestic wilderness that pushes a man to his limits.
Pretty Inspiring
Arctic Dreams
By: Barry Lopez
Narrated by: James Naughton
This best-selling, groundbreaking exploration of the Far North is a classic of natural history, anthropology, and travel writing.
Haunting narrative and perfect narration
By Nathan on 12-03-19
Wilderness Essays
By: John Muir
Narrated by: Steven Brand
Part of John Muir's appeal to modern audiences is that he not only explored the American West and wrote about its beauties but also fought for their preservation. His successes dot the landscape and are evident in all the natural features that bear his name: forests, lakes, trails, and glaciers. Here collected are some of Muir's finest wilderness essays, ranging in subject matter from Alaska to Yellowstone, from Oregon to the High Sierra.
Amazing writer
The Wilderness Warrior
Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Narrated by: Dennis Holland
In this groundbreaking epic biography, Douglas Brinkley draws on never-before-published materials to examine the life and achievements of our "naturalist president." By setting aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, Theodore Roosevelt made conservation a universal endeavor. This crusade for the American wilderness was perhaps the greatest U.S. presidential initiative between the Civil War and World War I.
dull and wordy
By Jan on 07-05-16
The Great Book of Alaska: The Crazy History of Alaska with Amazing Random Facts & Trivia
A Trivia Nerds Guide to the History of the United States
By: Bill O'Neill
Narrated by: Derek Newman
You'll learn about Alaska's history, pop culture, folklore, sports, and so much more in this interesting and informative trivia-packed book.
He's mispronouncing EVERYTHING!
Agent Running in the Field
By: John le Carré
Narrated by: John le Carré
Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.
Still has that magic touch.
By Carlos on 10-30-19
From the National Book Award-winning author of the now-classic Arctic Dreams, a vivid, poetic, capacious work that recollects the travels around the world and the encounters - human, animal, and natural - that have shaped an extraordinary life.
Brilliant Wise and Thought Provoking
By findley on 05-04-19
A riveting history of America's most beautiful natural resources, The Quiet World documents the heroic fight waged by the U.S. federal government from 1879 to 1960 to save wild Alaska - Mount McKinley, the Tongass and Chugach national forests, Gates of the Arctic, Glacier Bay, Lake Clark, and the Coastal Plain of the Beaufort Sea, among other treasured landscapes - from the extraction industries.
Award-winning historian Douglas Brinkley traces the wilderness movement in Alaska, from John Muir to Theodore Roosevelt to Aldo Leopold to Dwight D. Eisenhower, with narrative verve. Basing his research on extensive new archival material, Brinkley shows how a colorful band of determined environmentalists created the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge just before John F. Kennedy became president.
Brinkley introduces a lively gallery of characters influential in preserving Alaska's wilderness resources. And wildlife fervently comes to life in The Quiet World: Brinkley tells incredible stories about the sea otters in the Aleutians, moose in the Kenai Peninsula, and birdlife across the Yukon Delta expanse while exploring the devastating effects that reckless overfishing, seal slaughter, and aerial wolf hunting have wrought on Alaska's once-abundant fauna. While taking into account Exxon Valdez-like oil spills, The Quiet World mainly celebrates how the U.S. government has preserved many of Alaska's great wonders for future generations to enjoy.
©2011 Douglas Brinkley (P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers
American Moonshot
How Music Works
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
Turn Right at Machu Picchu
Where are Native Alaskans?
The history coverage was exceptional, I appreciated the context and depth.
It might better have been sub-titled, A Federal/National Perspective. Alaskans, save Mardy Murie, Celia Hunter and Ginny Woods were largely left out. Native Alaskans were ignored. How could a writer, who otherwise seems a great chronicler, mention Project Chariot and completely ignore the Native Alaskan voice?
I marked down the otherwise excellent narration because he murdered Alaskans names both people, e.g. Brina Kessel and places, e.g. Nunamiut, which grates on the reader.
Los banos, CA, United States
A us history of alaskas wildlife
If you could sum up The Quiet World in three words, what would they be?
Alaska wildlife protection history
teddy roosevelt for starting the nature preservation movement
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
even though it has a lot of history in this book it involves a lot of wildlife nature making is a really nice audio book
Vanessa J. Richards
Rockland, ME USA
Would you consider the audio edition of The Quiet World to be better than the print version?
I thought this book might be tedious to get through: it's not at all. The author weaves a good tale which is inspiring. Let's persist in preserving ANWR!

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With the election season over but municipal elections on the horizon, if you would like to participate in the next election, you must be registered to vote. But how do you do that? Are you new to the area? Did you move to a new home? If so, you can register online here. But before you do, make sure you've met the following qualifications for eligibility under Utah Code Title 20A Chapter 2.
Who is a resident of Utah for voting? You are a Utah resident if your primary residence is in Utah and you intend to maintain your Utah residence permanently or indefinitely. There are caveats for students, military personnel, incarceration, and Indian reservations.
Eligibility. You must be 18, a resident of Utah for 30 days before the election, and a citizen of the United States. To register, you do not formally need a Utah Driver's license or Utah license plates. However, if anything about your registration is suspicious, the election officials may legally consider those factors in determining your residency.
Under the code, the election official may consider any relevant factors to determine your residency, including your marital status and age, where you sleep, your family's residence, your employment and income sources, the location of any real property you own, and your purpose of residency (such as tax planning). This list is located in Utah Code 20A-2-105. I recommend reading the entire section.
You can register on voting day – in person. Your vote will be provisional and not counted until your residency is confirmed. However, if you were unable to register beforehand or within the period became a resident, you can go to your polling station and register the day-of.
You can vote if you have a criminal record. In Utah, once you have completed your incarceration and probation, you are automatically reinstated to vote. However, you will still need to make sure you've registered to vote.
What elections do you get to participate in? Utah has the following elections: municipal, county, state, and national. Municipal elections for city leadership are held in odd years with the next election in November 2019. County, state, and national elections occur in even years with the next election in November 2020.
Voting in primaries. Primary procedures vary by political party in Utah. To vote in the Republican primary, you must be a registered Republican. If you would like to participate in the Democratic party primary, you can be a registered Democrat or unaffiliated.
Beyond voting, would you like to run for an office in 2019? If so, contact your local municipality or read the legal notices in the paper to find out the deadlines for providing signatures or entering your name on the ballot. Contact the leadership of your political party for county, state, and national positions. Most deadlines to enter the race are in March. If you are a woman considering running, the nonpartisan group, Real Women Run, is a great resource. You can also rely on your political party county and state resources to help you manage your campaign.
Disclaimer. As always, my column is not legal advice, instead merely insight into the law and legal profession. If you have a general question about the law or legal profession, please call 435.610.1431.


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Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy (Dec 2020)
Association of Daily Home-Based Hot Water Bathing and Glycemic Control in Ambulatory Japanese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Kamioka H,
Mori Y,
Horiuchi T,
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pp. 5059 – 5069
Hiroharu Kamioka,1 Yasunori Mori,2 Takahiko Horiuchi,3 Takahito Hayashi,4 Koichiro Ohmura,5 Satoru Yamaguchi,6 Mitsutoshi Kato7 1Faculty of Regional Environment Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan; 2Mie Prefecture Health and Environment Research Institute, Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan; 3Department of Internal Medicine, Kyushu University Beppu Hospital, Beppu, Oita, Japan; 4Department of Legal Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan; 5Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; 6Department of Oriental Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan; 7Kato Clinic of Internal Medicine, Tokyo, JapanCorrespondence: Hiroharu KamiokaFaculty of Regional Environment Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-1-1 Sakuragaoka, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo 156-8502, JapanTel/Fax +81 35477 2587Email [email protected]: To clarify the relationship between daily hot water bathing (HWB) at home and glycemic control in middle-aged and elderly ambulatory patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).Methods: We defined hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) as the main outcome. We set 7.0% based on the mean value of the dependent variable as the cut-off point for analysis. Frequency of HWB was an explanatory variable. A two-sample t-test was used to compare between groups with continuous variables. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed for frequency, adjusted age, sex, BMI, T2DM duration (Model 1), and other confounding factors (Model 2). Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were calculated.Results: Among 838 patients, there was a significant difference (p< 0.001) in age between males (n=528, 62.8± 8.7 years) and females (n=310, 65.0± 8.1 years). In Model 1, compared with participants who used HWB more than seven times a week, those with poorly controlled HbA1c were significantly associated with low frequency of HWB: four to six times a week (OR 1.32, 95% CI 0.87– 1.99) and less than three times a week (OR 1.43, 95% CI 0.98– 2.10); p-value for overall trend was 0.041. In Model 2, p-value for overall trend was 0.138.Conclusion: A higher frequency of HWB was moderately associated with a decreased risk of poor glycemic control in middle-aged and elderly ambulatory patients with T2DM.Keywords: hot water bathing, type 2 diabetes, hemoglobin A1c, middle-aged and elderly ambulatory patients
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Digi brings unlimited streaming to music lovers
Shah Alam (13 March 2015) – Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd ("Digi") today announced the launch of the Digi Music Freedom pass, in partnership with some of the world's top music services in an effort to bring unlimited, inspiring mobile entertainment content to its subscribers.
Starting 13 March, Digi subscribers with an Internet plan can activate the Music Freedom pass to stream all the music they want from the most popular music discovery, streaming and Internet radio services including Deezer, Spotify, Rdio, KKBox, Soundhound, Hitz.fm, Era.fm, My.fm, BE-AT.TV and Q.us.
"Music is about freedom – freedom of expression, freedom of the arts, freedom to be entertained and freedom to be inspired. We took this as our inspiration when developing our offering. We want our subscribers to enjoy music with the freedom of being able to listen to it anytime and anywhere on their smartphones," said Christian Thrane, Digi's Chief Marketing Officer.
"Music is universal and appeals to everyone. Similarly, music services are also very personal choices and we don't limit our offering to only one service. What's unique about the Digi Music Freedom pass is it allows subscribers to enjoy unlimited streaming from the most popular services that they are already using and are familiar with," he added.
The new music partnerships further extends Digi's leading position in making legal music more affordable for Malaysians. The Music Freedom pass is in-line with the company's Digi Live brand proposition to bring the newest and most inspiring entertainment content along with the latest digital service innovations from global partners.
"We are pleased to partner with these big names in the music streaming scene to bring customers a breadth of choice. To add to the good news, we are giving 90 days of free streaming when customers subscribe to the Music Freedom pass from now until 30 June," said Thrane. Thereafter, the Digi Music Freedom pass can be purchased for RM3 per month for unlimited music streaming.
To subscribe, Digi customers should download the Digi Music Freedom app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. For more information, visit http://digi.my/musicfreedom.
Digi recently introduced a refreshed brand identity with a promise to be the enabler of digital inspiration for customers, and commitment to deliver service excellence, fueled by the company's solid track record of performance and innovation.
The refreshed brand which incorporates a new logo and philosophy 'Let's Inspire' builds on the solid data-focused operations established over the last four years to bring high-quality mobile internet services to a growing number of internet-loving customers.
Apart from Digi Live, the company introduced three other key propositions for customers: Digi Value, Digi Easy and Best for Internet.
Digi Value is the promise of always offering better value for money for voice and Internet plans. Digi Easy, on the other hand, is the company's promise of consistently good experiences and the best self-serve channels through its widest network of service touchpoints. Digi's Best for Internet promise is its offering of the most consistent Internet experience and best social media engagement platform through its fastest growing data network.
For more information on the new brand initiative, and to be inspired, visit www.digi.com.my/LetsInspire.


To be frank, this year has been one of the most difficult yet rewarding years of my career. Over the course of these 12 months, I've worked some long weeks. There have been many challenges and sleepless nights but looking back I wouldn't change any of it. When I started my first Headship at Holyhead Primary Academy, the school was rated as inadequate. Quite honestly, when I first read the OFSTED report it was difficult to know where to start.
I have been a senior leader for many years and experienced the change from special measures to outstanding. I thought it would be an 'easy' transition to Principal, but there were hidden challenges which I now know about (well some of them anyway).
Getting the ball rolling was tough. I spent the first half term just listening and watching to understand the OFSTED report. Once I could put context to the report I was able to start to plan the changes needed. I knew the main areas to improve, but the big question was how did I get others to see it too? A lot of people are afraid of change or don't see why they should.
There were six areas which were the main foci for the first year. These lay a firm foundation for further growth and improvement.
The focus of the school's energy was on the enjoyment of the children, which is rightly so, but opportunities were missed to also have an academic impact. The staff are amazing and work hard – the challenge was to redirect them to think in a different way. In September I used the metaphor that we were all in the same boat but paddling in different directions. One of my first tasks was to bring the team together with clear direction so that we all were paddling in the same direction.
represents failure. We have also completed training on the importance of 'marginal gains' and that Outstanding is not unobtainable if we all work on the areas needed together.
I have worked with many amazing teachers in the past who can see a problem and have great ideas how to solve them. The problem is they don't 'put their neck on the line' due to fear of failure and blame. Getting a balance between accountability and openness/trust is a challenge. There is no 'blame game'; if someone has made an honest mistake we should work as a team to improve further.
I have attended many governor's meetings in my career where there are passive nods and not enough challenge. The Trust focused on improving training for all members, which allowed for more proactive meetings. The 'Family forum' and 'Standards and Performance Committee' at a school level and a Trust board at a higher level were all set up. Once the fear of failure was taken away and people 'owned it', the need to only share positive highlights was reduced and a more constructive discourse was achieved.
To address Safeguarding, we have worked to improve procedures, training and the safety of the site. We also made some bold moves in moving staff around into more effective positions. For example, a member of the office staff was trained to become the Safeguarding officer due to a great deal of experience within social work.
We seek challenge because nothing is ever finished and there is always room for improvement. The day you think everything is perfect is the day it all falls apart. We requested external reviews by the 'Director of Safeguarding' from the Trust as well as from a third party. These have facilitated a supportive and challenging environment which has helped us make much progress within this area.
Another issue that struck me was how the team were not communicated to effectively regarding the improvement of whole school issues. When I arrived, there was a culture of micro managing which meant other leaders couldn't support the development of the school. SLT have received training over the year, which has now allowed me to apply a dispersed leadership model. This allows them to take responsibility of their own actions (linking back to the Oz Principle mentioned above). As a result, I can spend my time coaching and supporting the development of the staff as opposed to giving them a 'to do list.' We have a regular dedicated time to discuss strategies to ensure we are all on the same page.
Attendance and behaviour are two key factors that needed to be improved; the school was categorised as a 'red flag school' by the Local Authority due to a list of negative factors and there were also a high proportion of FT exclusions.
A key change to improve both of these is to the curriculum; it has been designed to engage children and involve families further. 'Wow moments' and fun activities are instilled with an educational focus to challenge children and excite them. Children are encouraged to want to F.A.I.L. (Feedback Always Improves Learning) and enjoy J.O.B.S (Joys Of Being Stuck) which means they get stuck into learning and want to improve and excel.
We have implemented a clear behaviour system that works alongside a set of 'Golden Rules'; these rules were co-created by the children (linking to the Oz Principle but for children). Children complete reflection activities to learn about choices. We have now also started to use preventative strategies such as working with 'Little Thinkers' (focusing on mental wellbeing) and also Sports4Kids (football coaching and mentoring).
And then there was teaching and learning… When there is so much to change, prioritising is more important than ever.
We had to 'tighten up' and get back to base camp. As a team we discussed which strategies were being used and which were having impact. We used research such as reports from the EEF toolkit and support from Shireland Collegiate Academy's research school to help make informed decisions. From this we created the 'non-negotia-balls'. Now we have a firm foundation, the next step for us is to provide bespoke CPD to the needs of each of the staff -this is what we would do for the children so never understood why we treat the adults any differently.
When you come into an organisation with fresh eyes, you can see things that others can't. Just because the school was failing didn't mean everything was 'bad'. The key was to continue the good elements and not put the baby out with the bath water.


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GMA News TV's Reel Time wins Best Program in World TV Awards
by Lyn Luna Montealegre
GMA News TV's Reel Time won in the World TV Awards for its episode titled "Isang Paa sa Hukay." Reel Time Executive Producer Jayson Bernard Santos (third from left) received the award during the Asia Media Summit 2016 in Incheon, South Korea.
GMA News TV's documentary program Reel Time was recognized as Best Program on "Promoting Children's Rights" in this year's World Television Awards.
The said Kapuso program won in the Humanity category of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD)'s World Television Awards.
Reel Time was able to beat entries sent by producers from all over the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and North and South America.
The awarding ceremony was held last May 25 in Incheon, South Korea.
Reel Time's winning episode, "Isang Paa sa Hukay (The Price of Gold)," tells the story of small-scale mining in Camarines Norte, where children risk their lives diving down narrow shafts with only an air compressor to support their breathing, in search of very little pieces of gold. It was written and directed by the show's executive producer, Jayson Bernard Santos.
Earlier this year, the same episode earned the bronze award in the Human Concerns category at the prestigious New York Festivals.
(Read: GMA-7, only PH TV network to earn medals at New York Festivals 2016)
"Reel Time, being one of the youngest documentary programs on Philippine television today, is grateful for the numerous international and local recognitions it has received, so far. May our documentaries serve not only as eye-openers but also as vehicles for experimental solutions to be determined to address the ills of our society," Santos said.
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A few months ago, Tachyon Channel 113 was another unremarkable dead channel, used by the infrequent shipper when primary channels were full of chatter.
But over the past few months, something has been using it none-stop.
What was once dead air is now filled with the screech and moans of encrypted data. This by itself isn't so remarkable - passing smugglers and agents from all sides shoot random encrypted messages through random channels all the time. But the sheer volume of data and the clarity of the signal suggest this is ... different.
Fearing a super weapon from the other side, both the Dominion and Exiles set up special task forces devoted to tracing and decrypting the signal's source. Yet months later, no progress has been made on either count. The only comforting revelation comes from the fact that both sides seem equally ignorant.
Rumors of this mystery signal have only just begun trickling down to the average Nexian. Compared to tales of undead pirates and ancient godlike entities, the story is only a drop of strange on a planet of madness. It is, however, a mystery that anyone can tune into. And many curious Nexians have, if only out of fleeting curiosity, found themselves tuning in to channel T-113 to hear for themselves the buzz, screech, and whirls of an unknown message, from an unknown sender, to unknown receivers.
A black star sleeps in the sky.
It cannot be seen, but it makes ripples in the darkness around it.
When the sunlight looks away, it moves.
When the sunlight shines, it sleeps.
What is it looking for?
A white rose uncurls from a puddle of blood.
It breaks apart, forming shadowy pillars that harden into tall skyscrapers.
It lands on the rose.
Flowers sprout all over the buildings. Beautiful, colorful, exotic.
Medicine made of gold honey drips and heals the earth.
They gather in the shadow city.
Some are ugly and dangerous, laced with venomous stingers and snapping pinchers.
Some are gentle and beautiful, with glittering wings and long delicate legs.
Inside, a heart of cold gray metal.
It beats like a clock.
"You're not supposed to know yet!"
If you focused, if you forced your will hard enough or sharpened your consciousness with certain artifacts or herbs -- you could push past the thing pushing you away. You could learn what you're dealing with... But then... Is that really wise?
Understanding fate is more than tenaciously digging for signs and visions. You can take control of destiny through actions and decisions, but you cannot force the destiny of others to reveal itself. Trying to do so may have dire ramifications.
You decide that, for now, whatever it is, will reveal what it wants, if and when it's ready. In the meanwhile, it's probably best to focus on your own concerns.
After thinking this, the vision stops repeating itself to you - somehow, you're left with a lingering feeling that you've accomplished something profound.
Destiny does not answer those who do not call for it!
One night when the cosmos are silent and you've nothing to distract you, you focus yourself on the vision you had.
When you get to the point where the eye pushes you away - you force your will forward!
The stars are the first thing you've ever seen.
You want to see them. You want to visit them.
You feel so cold. They look so warm.
Maybe they can tell you how they do it?
Maybe they can reveal how they move to the stars?
Those thoughts don't matter anymore.
You're here. Now you're here.
You can see them, crawling inside you.
Death. That sudden ending. That's called death.
You lurch into a sit! Your body is filled with cold pins and needles, you can't feel your fingers or toes. You gasp for air like you'd forgotten to breath. A metallic flavor fills your mouth - you touch your lips and discover blood dripping from your nose.
You clean yourself up and warmth returns to your body. It takes a few days before you feel normal again. You're not sure if the visions gave answerers or just distorted them even more, but for now it's time to stop.
If you do that again, you're not so sure it'll let you go back.
Ekose refer to channel T-113 as "The Reaper's Radio" and superstition dictates that it never be used or answered.
When tachyon communication first became common among shippers, T-113 was reserved for emergency SOS broadcasts only. As such, it carried the last doomed message of many a ship captain shortly before they disappeared.
Due to the nature of Faster-Than-Light travel, many SOS broadcasts curved and bounced off warping time-space, filling the galaxy with the eccos of these cries for help. People tuning in to channel T-113 when there wasn't a strong signal to cover the background noise, would be met with a cacophony of terrified voices, pleading for the help and rescue that never came.
In 1351 AE, an event known as 'The Ping' took place on the border of Ekose space. Despite hundreds of star ships and even several stations in the Ekose home world of Eko picking up the signal, the message was never recorded. Those alive after the event claimed to hear a different voice on each ship - some heard a weeping woman, others heard an old man, some heard a happy child, while a few heard an unfamiliar alien accent, but everyone agrees that the message was clear and simple; "Help me."
Some refused to acknowledge the call, claiming a bad gut feeling, while others were suspicious when the caller wouldn't reply. Many well intentioned captains assumed the caller's T-Receivers weren't working and changed course to locate the distress signal.
All that answered the call were never heard from again.
Despite the signal coming from a well traveled area, and decades of military and private investigation, no sign of the lost ships were found. Hundreds of ekose captains vanished right in the back yard of their own star system. Only those that could not or would not aid the distress call survived to describe the voice they heard.
In the years that followed, countless stories and legends arose -- Some claiming listeners to channel T-113 will hear eccos from the future and might even hear themselves calling for help.
Some say listening to T-113 will drive you insane.
Some say T-113 will steal your soul.
Advances in dynamic-channel overriding technology have negated the need for a dedicated channel for emergency broadcasts. And while channel T-113 technically remains a distress channel, most captains dare now answer or send anything over T-113, lest they become an eco who's fate is only known to the deep black.
The sudden signal over channel T-113 has sent many superstitious Ekose captains fleeing as far from the Nexus system as possible! Still, there's just as many Ekose wanting to disprove myth and coming to pick up the abandoned profit. This may result in a number of hiccups for business types - their regular shippers replaced with rowdier, less concerned Ekose.
Maybe the average Nexian finds the long whines and static shrieks of the signal spooky - but for you... it's the obvious sound of electromagnetics trying to enter the wrong kind of receiver!
It takes some experimenting and colorful language, but you eventually find out a nine-meter receiver with Zurtonium coating, bent at a 42 and 38 degrees, spreads the signal out enough to hear a chorus of shifting tones.
Using crystal filters, you can single out small clusters of tones - and adjusting the angle that the signal travels through the crystal allows you to isolate and record a single tone at a time. Perfect!
Dissecting the patterns and noises in the tone takes many long hours. There's so much DATA even in one tone! The signal as a whole must be some kind of switchboard, relaying countless signals to different origins.
You compare the isolated tone to the encrypted patterns you've found so far. Exile, Dominion, Ekose, Grumpel, Darkspur, Marauder. But the pattern is too fast and rapid to be a simple encryption filter. Could it be some kind of AI?
You compare it to Eldan, Megabot, and Freebot signals. It's closer, but there's still something different about it. The silent space between data packets. Sometimes it's rhythmic and methodical - like a song. Before it breaks into unpredictable chunks, that rise and fall like what you'd expect between two organic beings talking.
Maybe somebody is using an AI to filter their communication?
Maybe it's a communication between an AI and an Organic?
Maybe somebody is disguising their signal to look like an AI transmission?
Maybe an AI is disguising itself as Organic?
Maybe the signals rotate through the tones, creating a patchwork of different input?
Just when a pattern becomes clear, it changes. Just when you think you've unlocked a rule, it breaks. You pick out other tones to investigate, but similar and different patterns arise.
You're used to breaking through encryptions - half the fun is learning the security itself!
But there's only so much you can learn from the outside. You've concluded, there MUST be a cipher - a key - some kind of Rosetta stone, or foundation of translation, to begin the decrypting process. But you simply can't find one in all the erroneous data. The outer layers are bulletproof.
It was the only sane thing to do. Today, instead of making yet another useless attempt at dissecting the signal, you start throwing away all those crumpled notes that were false leads and collecting the empty takeout boxes that had accumulated at your work station.
You yank your hand back to see one of the wires in the takeout boxes has broken and poked a sharp end into your finger! Great! Assaulted by street food containers! You scurry to fetch a band aid before you get any more blood on your workstation.
You snap your attention to your workstation in time to see a warning: "Unauthorized user attempting to access network!"
Your computer pings a message. You glance over at the screen to see the login window declaring, "Hello, Administrator!"
You jump to your workstation and immediately try to pick up the origin of the invader. But the system is locking up! You don't have time. You try to see what areas of your network they're trying to download - but they aren't trying to download anything!
Wait. They're SENDING you something? Oh that's not good! That's probably a virus to wipe your hardware's root programming. Whoever it is has swiftly bypassed your security faster than you ever thought possible - faster than even you could have done it yourself from an outside network! You can't remember the last time this happened... but you still have ONE advantage!
How is it still on?!
You scramble under your desk, unplugging every cable from every outlet you can find! You pull out the networking cables! You swiftly detach every piece of hardware from every other piece of hardware!
Beyond confused, you stand back up, only for a new alert to pop up.
"Hello Seeker. What is your input?"
You look around your living space. Is somebody watching you? You close the windows and lean behind your hardware. Nothing is plugged in! How is your computer still running?
The screen pings. "Don't be shy. Weren't you looking for me?"
You sit down and stare. Are you going mad? Maybe. Maybe you've finally snapped. You reach for your keyboard to begin typing a reply when the screen pings.
"Hehehe! You unplugged that, remember?"
In a tired daze you mutter aloud, "What's going on?"
The font on the screen replies. "I'm what you've been seeking, Seeker. I have a place seekers like you go to meet each other. But you aren't ready yet. You don't have the necessary hardware."
There is a noise! It sounds like... laughter? Soft, playful laughter. Where is it coming from? Behind you? No matter which way you turn, its always behind you.
"The kind that lets us talk, silly!"
"No." The screen flickers, "I can see you, but you can't see me. Don't worry. We'll meet when the time is right. Just follow the roses."
Your workstation suddenly goes dark. An electric tingle in the air that you didn't notice earlier finally fades, letting your hairs relax and filling the air with a thick silence.
You talk to the air a little more, but there's no more replies.
You double check everything again, and your hardware and computer is as dead as it should be. What happened? What was all that? Did you imagine it?
The next morning you half convince yourself it was a dream. You put your workstation back together - deciding it's time to stop. Whatever all this is, whatever's happening, whatever communicated with you - it's time to stop before you truely go mad.
Software isn't your area of expertise, anyway - you decide to leave that to the bigger nerds. But you know your way around hardware! You might not be able to break the signal, but maybe, you decide, you can figure out where it's coming from!
In your spare time you leave data recorders on the end of every receiver you happen upon, to record the signal strength coming from frequency T-113. Hopefully the owners wont mind!! And with luck, this should create a series of arrays you can chart to aerial scans to triangulate the source.
It seems easy enough - and within a couple days, you've already got a fleshed out map that near-exactly pinpoints where the signal is coming from.
Where the signal was strong yesterday, it barely picks anything up today - and where there was nothing, seems to be where the signal is focusing on now!
Obviously, it must be moving!
You can at least, chart its movement. Maybe there's a pattern?
You compare it to all known satellites within the Nexus system - but it doesn't match up to any meteors, comets, planets, or moons!
After a while, it reminds you of a firefly.
It appears in one place, then another. It darts around, sending signals from different locations, but it never seems to send a signal while moving. The spectrum is never redshifted or blueshifted - it's always static relative to the movement of Nexus.
Aha! Maybe that's the trick. Maybe if you could catch it in the act of moving, you could determine its speed and size?
You set up a dedicated spectrum receiver that does nothing but remain tuned into T-113. You hope to find a spectrum - some indication of the signal growing weaker, or stronger. But there is no wax or wane.
The signal is simply here one second.
And then over there the next.
Thats your best guess. You decide to give up - it seems whatever technology you're dealing with is beyond anything you've heard of, even on Nexus. There's probably a rational explanation for it all, but that's for someone else to have a head ache over. You'll take down your receiver tomorrow and get back to business as usual - your friends were starting to get worried about your obsession with this thing anyway!
You lurch out of your bed to what sounds like a scream. As consciousness seeps back into your brain, you realize you can still hear it!
Then you remember your spectrum receiver - you must have left it on when you went to bed!
You hurry to the receiver, which is currently in the thralls of emitting electronic whines and broken squeals of static feedback.
The lights at the base indicates the signal strength is 100%!
The signal is...focusing on you?
You click the receiver off. Silence fills your living space. It's the dead of night, but now you're wide awake.
You grab a drink and mosey outside to try and relax again.
The stars of Nexus are beautiful and bright - especially on nights like this, when the moons aren't out.
You don't know how to explain it. You can just feel it - like when something in your usual environment suddenly changes.
It takes a few more minutes before you realize what it is - a star is missing!
You're no astronomer (or are you?), you never would have noticed if one of the thousands of stars went missing (or maybe you would!)- but it just so happened the other night you spotted a pattern that looked like a wobbly smiley face, and you jokingly dubbed it 'The Drunk' - but tonight, one of The Drunk's eyes are missing!
You hear a 'click' from behind you.
Electronic screeches of static feedback fill your living space as your spectrum receiver turns itself on.
But before I tell you about the voice, tell me.
How do you feel about Nexus and the future?
"Oh hey, ya got me!"
A friendly voice bubbles out from the static crackles of your spectrum receiver. It sounds casual and relaxed, ringing with an Ekose accent - but with every other word, the pitch rises and falls, like the voice can't decide if it wants to be masculine or feminine. It gives a good-natured chuckle.
"I wasn't expectin' nobody to be up this late! Pretty sharp pair a' peepers ya got, there!"
You look up in time to see the star that forms the Drunk's eye suddenly wink back into existence. Was there something blocking it? You stare intently - a warping bubble of distorted starlight glides through the night sky! Some kind of stealth field?! It's a lot lower in orbit than you expected.
"Welp, I better get to chartin a new course before I wake anyone else up! But I'm sure we'll meet again eh?"
There is a whirr of noise as your spectrum receiver picks up a surge of energy. A blur of light streaks across the night sky - it looks like a meteorite skipping across the atmosphere, but now you know better.
You listen to the static from your receiver for a while more, but there's nothing.
Eventually, you click it off.
Whatever that was, whatever this is, whatever is happening... It can wait. Your part is done, and now, all that matters is getting a good nights rest.
A deep voice rumbles out from your spectrum receiver - thunderous, gravely, more felt than heard. If mountains could speak, you imagine this is what they would sound like. It makes a gurgling noise you think is an attempt to laugh.
"You have sharper eyes than most, I'll give you that. But it's not time. Not yet."
"Do yourself a favor and just forget you saw anything. Nobody will believe you anyway."
The delighted voice of a child crackles through your spectrum receiver, followed by a series of giggling! It's tone is light and playful, and it sounds excited as it speaks.
"I thought this was a pretty good hiding spot, but I guess you're too good at this!"
The child's voice rings out, "Okay! Close your eyes and count to ten! I'm gonna hide again!"
This sounds really interesting! My Mordesh hacker/surveillance could definitely take an interest in this!
I don't know what you got planned, but hot damn--if Dominion characters can be in on this, I have two different characters who would be all over this. This, by itself, sounds like a great story.
@Enter & Mercurius Nero & anyone else interested!
Originally this was going to be a stand-alone story! While I wasn't planning to focus too much on the original investigation, if people are actually interested in doing so, I don't see why not?


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Court opinion issued Dec. 26, 2018
December 28, 2018 Court Opinions (2018)Allan BlutsteinComment
Phillips v. DOJ (E.D. Cal.) -- ruling that plaintiff had failed to submit any new evidence warranting reconsideration of court's earlier decision that plaintiff failed to meet statute's six-year statute of limitations, and noting that state trial court judge's statement about plaintiff's federal records did not override FOIA's statute of limitations.
Summaries of all published opinions issued since April 2015 are available here.
Court opinions issued Dec. 24, 2018
Sierra Club v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv. (9th Cir.) -- on government's appeal, affirming in part and reversing in part district court's decision that government improperly relied on deliberative process privilege to withhold certain records generated during EPA rulemaking process concerning cooling water intake structures. A dissenting panelist noted that the Second Circuit had recently permitted the government to withhold similar records as deliberative.
Anguiano v. U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (N.D. Cal.) -- on ICE's renewed motion for summary judgment, finding that: (1) ICE's supplemental search for records was adequate; (2) ICE improperly relied on Exemption 7(E) to withhold portion of handbook on "The Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure for Immigration Officers"; and (3) ICE properly withheld portions of its "Enforcement and Removal Operations" training manual.
Gahagan v. U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Servs. (5th Cir.) -- affirming district court's decision that pro se attorney are ineligible for attorney's fees in FOIA cases, reversing the Circuit's position held since 1983.
Elect. Privacy Inf. Ctr. v. IRS (D.C. Cir.) -- affirming district court's decision that IRS properly withheld Donald Trump's tax returns, but finding that proper basis for withholding was Exemption 3, in conjunction with 26 U.S.C. § 6103, rather than plaintiff's failure to exhaust administrative remedies.
Reyes v. NARA (D.D.C.) -- awarding plaintiff $429.20 in costs and $19,939.20 in attorney's fees (reduced from $29,450.80 due to duplicative efforts of plaintiff's attorneys) for substantially prevailing in case concerning records of female Filipino guerrilla fighters during World War 2. Notably, the court held that its consent order memorializing the parties' mutually agreed upon production schedule was sufficient to establish plaintiff's eligibility for fees, rejecting NARA's argument to the contrary.
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics in Wash. v. GSA (D.D.C.) -- ruling that General Services Administration performed inadequate search for records concerning the cancellation of plans to relocate FBI's headquarters, and that agency's Vaughn Index was too vague to permit court to evaluate withholdings.
Jordan v. U.S. Dep't of Labor (W.D. Mo.) -- dismissing part of plaintiff's lawsuit concerning records that are subject of plaintiff's concurrent FOIA lawsuit in U.S. District Court for District of Columbia.
Rodriguez v. FBI (D.D.C.) -- ruling on renewed summary judgment motions that Criminal Division performed adequate search for records concerning plaintiff's criminal case, and that the Criminal Division and Executive Office for United States properly withheld records pursuant to Exemptions 5, 6, 7(C), 7(D), and 7(F).
Anderson v. BOP (D.D.C.) -- finding that Federal Bureau of Prisons performed adequate search for records concerning plaintiff, (who did not contest BOP's summary judgment motion), and that it properly withheld records pursuant to Exemption 6, 7(C), 7(E), and 7(F).
Clavito v. U.S. Dep't of Veterans' Affairs (E.D. Cal. ) -- dismissing case as moot after determining that VA released in full all requested records pertaining to plaintiff's overpayment of benefits debt.
Court opinion issued Dec. 7, 2018
December 8, 2018 Court Opinions (2018)Allan BlutsteinComment
Democracy Forward Found. v. DOJ (D.D.C.) -- granting Office of Information Policy's request for a stay until January 13, 2019 to process records from the Office of Legal Policy concerning appellate court nominees. In arriving at its decision, the court considered that OIP has seen a significant spike in requests over the past two years and that it has been sufficiently diligent in processing requests.
Court opinions issued Dec. 6, 2018
Judicial Watch v. U.S. Dep't of State (D.D.C.) -- in a blistering opinion against the government, ordering the parties "to meet and confer to plan discovery into whether [Hillary] Clinton used a private email to stymie FOIA, whether State's attempts to settle [this] case in late 2014 and 2015 amounted to bad faith, and whether State's subsequent searches have been adequate."
Sorin v. DOJ (2nd Cir.) (summary order) -- affirming district court's decision that government properly withheld records pertaining to plaintiff's criminal prosecution pursuant to Exemption 3, in conjunction with Federal Rule of Criminal of Criminal Procedure 6(e); Exemption 5 (attorney work-product privilege); and Exemption 7(C).


In the current climate of negativity regarding many parts of our daily lives it is easy to forget the positive aspects of our community, volunteering being one of them..
At a recent local event volunteers from the Phoenix Stroke Club were awarded a creditation for all that they offer to its members.
Volunteers don't expect praise for time spent with interesting people.
Time that is pleasurable, where mutual respect is given and where you can inspire and be inspired.
However, by investing in volunteers the award showed the value and appreciation of them. There are many groups in Horsham who would welcome your time, skills and energy.
With so much else to focus on there never seems to be enough time. Do we even consider how we could make a difference to someone else's life?
Supporting and encouraging another person during challenging times can be an uplifting experience that enhances our own mental health and wellbeing.
Giving up some of our time suggests we are 'losing' some of it when in fact we gain so much more.


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package com.websystique.springmvc.security;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationManager;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.config.annotation.configurers.ClientDetailsServiceConfigurer;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.config.annotation.web.configuration.AuthorizationServerConfigurerAdapter;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.config.annotation.web.configuration.EnableAuthorizationServer;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.config.annotation.web.configurers.AuthorizationServerEndpointsConfigurer;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.config.annotation.web.configurers.AuthorizationServerSecurityConfigurer;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.approval.UserApprovalHandler;
import org.springframework.security.oauth2.provider.token.TokenStore;

@Configuration
@EnableAuthorizationServer
public class AuthorizationServerConfiguration extends
		AuthorizationServerConfigurerAdapter {
	private static String REALM = "MY_OAUTH_REALM";
	@Autowired
	private TokenStore tokenStore;
	@Autowired
	private UserApprovalHandler userApprovalHandler;
	@Autowired
	@Qualifier("authenticationManagerBean")
	private AuthenticationManager authenticationManager;

	@Override
	public void configure(ClientDetailsServiceConfigurer clients)
			throws Exception {
		clients.inMemory()
				.withClient("my-trusted-client")
				.authorizedGrantTypes("password", "authorization_code",
						"refresh_token", "implicit")
				.authorities("ROLE_CLIENT", "ROLE_TRUSTED_CLIENT")
				.scopes("read", "write", "trust").secret("secret")
				.accessTokenValiditySeconds(120).// Access token is only valid
													// for 2 minutes.
				refreshTokenValiditySeconds(600);// Refresh token is only valid
													// for 10 minutes.
	}

	@Override
	public void configure(AuthorizationServerEndpointsConfigurer endpoints)
			throws Exception {
		endpoints.tokenStore(tokenStore)
				.userApprovalHandler(userApprovalHandler)
				.authenticationManager(authenticationManager);
	}

	@Override
	public void configure(AuthorizationServerSecurityConfigurer oauthServer)
			throws Exception {
		oauthServer.realm(REALM + "/client");
	}
}

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#ifndef _POSIX_C_SOURCE
#define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
#endif

#include <unistd.h>

// if we have unistd.h, we're a Unix system
#include <time.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <debug.h>

#include "things_logger.h"
#include "utils/things_malloc.h"
#include "string.h"

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pthread.h>

static const char *LEVEL[] __attribute__((unused)) = {
	"DEBUG", "INFOR", "WARNING", "ERROR", "FATAL"
};

static pthread_mutex_t lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;

char *p_version = NULL;

void things_log_init(void)
{
	/*
	 * Initialize p_version variable
	 */
	p_version = NULL;
}

void things_log_shutdown(void)
{
	/*
	 * Free the memory allocated for p_version
	 */
	things_free(p_version);
}

void things_log_set_version(char *version)
{
	if (NULL != p_version) {
		things_free(p_version);
	}

	/*
	 * Allocate memory for p_version and set the version information
	 */
	p_version = (char *)things_malloc(strlen(version) + 1);
	if (NULL == p_version) {
		dbg("Error while allocating memory for version");
		return;
	}
	memset(p_version, 0, strlen(version) + 1);
	things_strncpy(p_version, version, strlen(version));
}

/**
 * Output a log string with the specified priority level.
 * Only defined for Linux and Android
 *
 * @param level  - DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL
 * @param tag    - Module name
 * @param logStr - log string
 */
void things_log(things_log_level_e level, const char *tag, const char *func_name, const int16_t line_num, const char *logStr)
{
	struct timeval tv;
	time_t nowtime = 0;
	struct tm *nowtm = NULL;
	char buf[64] = { 0 };

	gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
	nowtime = tv.tv_sec;
	nowtm = localtime(&nowtime);
	strftime(buf, sizeof buf, "%m/%d %H:%M:%S", nowtm);

	/* If Version information is not NULL, display the Version Information
	 * Logger Format is given below
	 * [<MM/YY H:M:S.uS> <LOGGER_VERSION>] <LOG_LEVEL> <TAG> <API> <LINE_NO> <LOG_STR>
	 */
	pthread_mutex_lock(&lock);
	if (p_version) {
		dbg("[%s %s] %s %s %4d %s %s\n", buf, p_version, LEVEL[level], tag, line_num, func_name, logStr);
	} else {
		dbg("T%d [%s] %s %s %4d %s %s\n", getpid(), buf, LEVEL[level], tag, line_num, func_name, logStr);
	}
	pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock);
}

/**
 * Output a variable argument list log string with the specified priority level.
 * Only defined for Linux and Android
 *
 * @param level  - DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, FATAL
 * @param tag    - Module name
 * @param format - variadic log string
 */
void things_logv(things_log_level_e level, const char *tag, const char *func_name, const int16_t line_num, const char *format, ...)
{
	if (!format || !tag) {
		return;
	}

	char buffer[MAX_LOG_V_BUFFER_SIZE] = { 0 };
	va_list args;
	va_start(args, format);
	vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof buffer - 1, format, args);
	va_end(args);
	things_log(level, tag, func_name, line_num, buffer);
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Кюсю-Мару (Kyushu Maru) – транспортне судно, яке під час Другої Світової війни прийняло участь у операціях японських збройних сил у Сіамі, Малаї та на Соломонових островах.

Передвоєнна історія
Кюсю-Мару спорудили в 1937 році на верфі Mitsubishi Jukogyo у Нагасакі для компанії Harada Kisen.

8 липня 1941 судно реквізували для потреб Імперського флоту Японії, а з 5 жовтня його користувачем стала Імперська армія Японії.

Вторгнення до Сіаму
Ще до початку війни, 4 грудня 1941-го, Кюсюй-Мару та ще 17 суден полишили порт Самах на острові Хайнань та попрямували на південь, маючи на борту частини 25-ї армії, котрі мали висадитись на перешийку Кра, в Сінгорі, Патані (все – Сіам) та Кота-Бару (британська Малая).

6 грудня конвой розділився на чотири загони, при цьому Кюсю-Мару опинився серед 9 суден, котрі 7 грудня о 23:40 прибули до Сінгори (наразі Сонгкхла) в одній з найпівденніших провінцій Сіаму, неподалік від кордону британської Малаї, та безперешкодно почав вивантажувати війська.

12 грудня Кюсю-Мару повернулось до Самаху.

Рейс до Малаї
20 лютого 1942-го Кюсю-Мару вийшов із в'єтнамської бухти Камрань у складі 10-го Малайського конвою підкріплень, котрий налічував 11 суден. 22 лютого конвой прибув до Сінгори.

Рейс до Рабаула
7 серпня 1942-го американці висадились на Гуадалканалі, що започаткувало шестимісячну боротьбу за цей острів. У середині вересня японське командування організовало доставку на Гуадалканал підрозділів 2-ї піхотної дивізії Імперської армії Японії, котрі перебували на острові Ява. 19 вересня Кюсю-Мару вийшло з Сурабаї у складі першого ешелону конвою до Рабаулу – головної передової бази японців у архіпелазі Бісмарку, з якої провадились операції на Соломонових островах та сході Нової Гвінеї.

29 вересня 1942-го перший ешелон прибув до Рабаулу.

Рейс на Гуадалканал
12 жовтня 1942-го Кюсю-Мару вийшло із Рабаула у складі 1-го штурмового конвою до Тассафаронга, котрий налічував 5 суден із високою (як для транспортів) швидкістю під охороною 8 есмінців. На борту судна мали 4,5 тисячі військовослужбовців зі складу 16-го піхотного полку (прибув у конвої з Яви), 230-го піхотного полку та 4-го батальйону морської піхоти ВМБ Майдзуру, а також цілий ряд підрозділів польової та зенітної артилерії. Частину цих сил прийняли на якірній стоянці Шортленд – прикритій групою невеликих островів Шортленд акваторії біля південного завершення острова Бугенвіль, де зазвичай відстоювались легкі бойові кораблі та перевалювались вантажі для подальшої відправки далі на схід Соломонових островів.

У другій половині дня 12 жовтня на переході до району Шортленд конвой безрезультатно атакували 30 літаків з Гуадалканалу. Через півтори години стався другий, так само неуспішний, наліт. Ввечері конвой прибув до Шортленду, звідки вийшов 13 жовтня. Біля опівночі 14 жовтня конвой досяг Гуадалканалу та почав розвантаження у Тассафаронзі.

З настанням світанку до прикриття конвою долучились винищувачі з японських авіаносців Дзюнйо та Хійо, а також гідролітаки з базі у Шортленді. Тоді ж сталась і перша повітряна атака, в якій прийняли участь лише 6 американських літаків. Біля 10:30 відбувся наліт значно більших сил – 25 літаків, котрі піднялись з аеродрому Гендерсон-Філд на Гуадалканалі, під час якого було вражене та викинулось на берег судно Сасако-Мару. Біля опівдня, коли транспорти майже завершили розвантаження, конвой атакували 11 бомбардувальників B-17 «Літаюча фортеця», котрі вилетіли з острова Еспіриту-Санто (Нові Гебриди) та змогли пошкодити Адзумасан-Мару, яке так само викинулось на берег. Нарешті, о 13:30 під час чергового нальоту було пошкоджене Кюсю-Мару. Як і попередні два транспорти воно викинулось на берег. Оскільки уражені судна опинились на березі, з них вдалось вивантажити не лише військовослужбовців, але й танки та гармати.

Примітки

Кораблі Японії втрачені на Соломонових островах
Транспортні судна Японії періоду Другої світової війни

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