Welcome to our Year 5 class page!
To end the busy year our final topic is Energy.
This project has a focus on science and teaches children about the different sources and types of energy. They will use their ICT skills to research the debate on positive and negative impacts of energy to then create letters, leaflets and arguments. The centre of the topic is focused around creating a mini wind farm where children will be designing wind turbines, recording scientific information and reporting on their findings.
Year 5 and 6 had a lovely time in Barry Island and Porthkerry Park on Monday. The weather gradually improved and the sun did put in a few appearances!
The morning was spent in Porthkerry park where we enjoyed playing games, participating in a woodland walk and spending time on the beach. We walked over to the Knapp for lunch and ended our day in Barry Island. The arcades and ice cream were a big hit as well as the climbing wall. The day flew by and fun was had by all. I have uploaded a few pictures.
We have been planning a story for a competition this week. The competition is called 'Ancient adventures' and the children have to write a 100 word story about a historical figure or era. Some have chosen to write about Anne Frank, some WW2 and others the Victorian era. Miss Hill-Tout has loved reading all their wonderful ideas.
We have also been writing our own poem based on the Magic Box by Kit Wright. They have had excellent ideas of what they would keep in their box ranging from dinosaurs to chocolate and the 'fresh smell of bread'.
As well as language and maths, they have been looking at non-renewable and renewable sources of energy in their topic work. We have used the ipads to research coal and the coal miners and how important coal was in the South Wales Valleys.
We have had a busy week planning for our school time capsule. This month the school are burying a time capsule which will not be opened for 50 years, the children will be 60 by then which is a very scary thought.
We have been writing a diary entry about our lives in 2016, and had lots of fun researching what life was like 50 years ago compared to now. Some of the children couldn't believe there were no iphones, internet or Mcdonalds!
We have had another busy week in year 5 and had some very excited children on Friday going to Kingswood, we hope they all have a lovely time.
This week we have continued to practice counting money and working out change, they have worked really hard on different techniques to do this and Miss Hill-Tout is so proud of all of them with their perseverance. We have also begun to write a persuasive letter about school uniforms, research renewable and non-renewable energy and have really enjoyed creating our own raps with Mrs Herco -Thomas in music.
As you all know the Summer Fayre was on Tuesday the 14th and a big thank you to all who came and supported the school and especially year 5. Our stress balls, glasses and lucky dips were a great success and the children had lots of fun making them. Diolch yn fawr!
Getting ready for the Summer Fayre!
We hope you had a lovely week off and are ready for the last few weeks of this busy Summer term.
We have had a busy start to the term getting ready for the Summer Fayre. We look forward to seeing you all there on Tuesday the 14th of June.
This week we have been working on our story writing skills in language. They started the week off creating mind maps and planning an interesting story based on the adventure/horror genre. In mathematics we have been concentrating on counting money and mental techniques of rounding up.
We have a very busy term ahead full of different activities for the children but also for parents.
A newsletter has been circulated but as a reminder here are a few important dates for your diary. We look forward to seeing you all there!


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Crawley Town FC
Taste of the Terrace: New Italian boss gains rapport with the fans
Crawley Town fan Geoff Thornton gives his views in his new column. SUS-150216-162912002
Geoff Thornton
Gabriele Cioffi's debut as manager of Crawley Town was greeted enthusiastically by Reds' supporters as their side overcame an obdurate Morecambe performance securing three points and climbing to tenth in the table.
There was, however, more to the afternoon than the achievement of back-to-back wins.
The new manager struck up an immediate rapport with the home fans that was cemented bizarrely when he was yellow-carded by pedantic referee Alan Young.
His offence was to run onto the pitch celebrating the second goal with his players.
The decision was technically correct but made no allowance for Italian passion and the crowd loved him all the more for it.
After the two-goal win (four or five would not have been unreasonable) Signor Cioffi took the entire playing and coaching staff to the centre circle to link arms and salute three sides of the stadium.
That's the way to win friends and influence people.
The Italian may have been surprised by the talented players he has in his squad who came from the non- league game.
Ashley Nathaniel-George, who opened the scoring with an impressive solo run and a powerful low drive from the edge of the box, came to us from Southern League Hendon.
Panutche Camara signed last season from Bostik League Dulwich Hamlet and is blossoming this year.
He possesses great skills and the ability to do things that defenders do not expect as Jordan Cranston (a ringer for Crawley comedian Romesh Ranganathan) found out when the striker tied things up with the second goal.
Reds carried no passengers in this match and several players enjoyed a brilliant 90 minutes.
They also had Bondz N'Gala who in the matter of a couple of weeks has attained folk hero status at Broadfield Stadium.
Crawley Town midfielder signs contract extension
There will be widespread delight at the news of his contract being extended from one month to one year.
For a change Crawley looked good in one of those dreaded "ought to" games.
You know; the fixtures that form suggests they ought to win but in the past they rarely have they done so.
Next Reds have the chance to slay another dragon as they travel to the Forest of Dean.
Forest Green Rovers have followed us into the EFL and in their second season they seem to have found their level.
Our own form rarely appears to count when we play in this part of the West Country.
There will be an added incentive for the lads to play well against the division's draw specialists.
One of the coaches will be filled with friends of the late Gill Courtnell who tragically passed away in the summer.
A long term Reds fan with a particular appreciation for full back David Hunt she is greatly missed and would surely have been delighted with the way Crawley Town are heading.

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Q: Get initial copy of untracked files when pulling, forking I am new to git and I couldn't phrase it correctly when searching, so I could not find any relevant info about this. So basically, my problem is:
I have a git repo that has some config files and other php files. I dont want the config files to be tracked. But if someone pull or forks, or clones from that repo, I want them to still get a initial copy of the file, so they can put their config on it.
So,what is the best way to do it? So that git only tracks the initial copy, and others can pull initial of the untracked and latest of the tracked ones.

A: Don't track your config file (or in other words, list you config file in .gitignore file)
Instead, create a config "example" - (if your config's file name is config.ini, you'll usually have it called config.example.ini - and add this file to your git REPO - this way, the users can know the structure of the config file, but you wan't expose any secret data

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Veggies, Eggs & Chicken... Oh My!
CSA is MUCH MORE than just a weekly delivery of produce, pasture-raised eggs or livestock. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a powerful investment in your health, community, and local economy. It's a partnership between farms and consumers that keep independent businesses thriving, helps families eat seasonal, local produce, and charges farmers and consumers with the responsibility of building a strong, equitable food system. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) was introduced to the U.S. in 1985 to promote fresh, locally grown food and foster social and ecological responsibility. CSAs establish a direct partnership between farmers and consumers, allowing members to share the risks and rewards of farming while enjoying a sense of responsibility for sustainable land stewardship.
by paying a seasonal fee (payment plans available), which entitles them to a share of our weekly vegetable harvest.
A "Farm Share" is a simple idea in which a "Member" buys a "Share" of a farmer's harvest at the beginning of the growing season, and then comes to the farm or pick up location each week to pick up their "Share" of the farm's vegetable harvest.
Eat Healthy… you're giving yourself a nice dose of high-quality, nutrient-dense food. studies have found that organic vegetables have a higher antioxidant content than their conventionally-raised counterparts (source).
Save Money… While a CSA subscription may feel like a lot of money up front, you end up only spending around $30 per week on vegetables. Also, since your vegetables are fresher than fresh, they will often last longer than store-bought produce, leading to less waste.
Know Where Your Food Comes From… Knowing where our food comes from is now a novelty that can be hard to come by. If you aren't able to grow your own garden or simply can't grow enough to meet your family's needs, joining a CSA is the next best thing. Not only can you participate in some of the growth of this food, but you can trust and know that it's in good hands from seed to harvest.
Support the Local Economy… This is an important one for many. It has been found that at least twice the amount of money stays within our local communities when we buy products locally vs. not locally (source).
We can build strong local communities by supporting local farmers, artisans, and other creators/producers that contribute to meeting our needs. If there is an option to purchase something locally rather than a "Made in China" product, please consider the local item, even if it may cost a bit more. The money invested locally always comes back around and is an investment not just in the company or person we're purchasing from, but also in our own families.
CSAs started so that consumers could really connect with the farm and the farmers, to really know where their food is coming from and how it's grown. Being a CSA member means you are literally a part of the farm.
Harvest and Music Festivals, Summer Farm To Table Dinner and Visit The Farm Days are some of the upcoming events planned for the upcoming season! Subscribe to our weekly newsletter that keeps you connected to the happenings on the farm.


The Ring Doorbell is the latest way to help create your smart home. In a world of quickly advancing technology, there are so many ways that you can arm your home to protect yourself. You can turn on your heat on your way home from vacation, make sure your lights are off, and so much more. Now, you can see who is at your door…without needing to be there.
See who is at your door with the Ring doorbell.
Ring is easy to install and doesn't require professional assistance. Simply install the doorbell, connect Ring to your Wi-Fi, download the free app, and you are on your way to improved security.
How do you use Ring? You simply install the Ring doorbell at your home. Then, you download the app on your phone. You will be able to see and interact with anyone who comes knocking.
HD camera: The camera lets you view any visitor through the app so that you know who is visiting and why they are there. Equipped with night vision, you don't need to worry about seeing a late-night visitor.
Two-way audio: Ring's slogan makes you feel safe and secure, "With Ring, you're always home." That wouldn't be true without the audio capabilities. Not only can you see your visitors, but you can also speak with them using the Ring app.
Motion detection: Your Ring Doorbell has built-in motion sensors to let you know if someone is meandering on your property.
Mobile access: Simply download the app to your phone and you will be able to communicate with someone at your front door from anywhere.
Ring Video Doorbell: This is the standard unit available for purchase for around $199. Measuring at 4.98 x 2.43 inches, it works on any home and connects to your Wi-Fi. You can modify the sensitivity of preset motion zones for increased security and you can see your visitor with a 720 pixel resolution. With this model, you get a rechargeable battery.
Choose from four faceplates to match Ring Doorbell to your home.
Ring Video Doorbell Pro: The Ring Doorbell Pro is a slightly smaller, sleeker version. It retails for $249 and requires hardwiring into an existing doorbell. However, you also get a few additional features. Your video resolution is better with a 1080 pixel resolution. You don't need to worry with recharging the battery and you can change out the faces to personalize the look. The Wi-Fi connection is better and you can customize the motion detection zones for increased security.
Get enhanced functionality with the Ring Doorbell Pro.
Ring Chime: Chime plugs into any standard outlet and notifies you when you have a visitor. This keeps you from having to be tethered to your phone while home. This device is available for $29.95.
Stick Up Cam: The Stick Up Cam attaches to a swivel mount and makes it easy to see any visitor. You can integrate as many as you choose with your Ring Doorbell. Each camera is available for $199.
Now, you can feel that warm and fuzzy sensation of increased security…whether you're home or not.


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Luxembourg's financial services centre is unique. With its exceptional range of services, world-class financial infrastructure and expertise, the country's banking industry is competitive.
With its unparalleled range of services, financial infrastructure and expertise, Luxembourg is a financial global hub. Despite a major transformation wave hitting global financial markets combined with an increasingly complex regulatory context, the local financial sector is still resilient, competitive and growing.
A variety of forces have put tremendous pressure on the financial services industry in recent years, leaving many institutions with unsustainable cost-income ratios. And several of these challenging trends - from new regulatory mandates to augmented capital requirements and aggressive fintech competitors - are strengthening.
Banking activity in Luxembourg can either take the form of a branch or of a legal entity in the country. The shareholders of the legal entity can be institutional or private investors. Several foreign credit institutions operate in Luxembourg as a branch or a subsidiary.
The financial sector becomes increasingly regulated by European regulations and directives, in addition to national laws. Credit institutions need to comply with many requirements.
The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) entered into force in Europe in January 2018. By law, banks have to make customer data available to third-parties in a secure manner. Apart from new compliance challenges to be addressed, banks will also need to reflect on their future business strategy. How do they organise themselves and operate in a world of "open banking"?


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VOIPtheMovie.com
Circa 2004 -2005 Comments RE: VoIP: The Movie
2004: Covad claims: "We plan to offer VoIP services in all of our markets by the end of 2004. And sure enough, in 2004 GJP Advertising handled Covad's new marketing campaign for VoIP services. The ads involved a series of movie trailers about "VoIP: The Movie" which were designed to look like trailers from a thriller movie. Unfortunately it wasn't at all clear what they're really advertising (though, the phone does seem to play a central part).
For a number of years this was the website for VoIP: The Movie. When the domain expired the new owner of the site used it for reverse mortgages and retirement information. Again the domain's registration expired and the newest owner had decided to return the site to its original roots, namely about the Covad's marketing campaign for its VoIP services.
Content is from the site's archived pages as well as from other outside press sources including the movie's Facebook page which was created in 2014 along with a new blog website.
The current official website for VoIP movie is found at: https://voipmovie.wordpress.com./ where you can find story boards for the campaign.
VoIP is a high-tech innovative psychological thriller set in New York. VoIP weaves four stories of ordinary people linked by corrupt and insidious forces infiltrating 'Voice-over Internet Protocol' or VoIP systems.
Art dealer, Greg Skinner, is on a routine assignment in Paris when a nightmare is unleashed. Talking with his girlfriend, Joanne, at their apartment via Skype, he witnesses her abduction by a sickening demonic creature. Frantic, Greg flies back to New York but becomes increasingly frustrated with the lack of progress by two detectives working on his case.
In desperation, he turns to an ex-girlfriend now working as a journalist. With her help, he uncovers something seriously unsettling, but in doing so, inadvertently releases the forces that took Joanne into his own life, causing him to spiral into psychological paranoia.
Besieged by horrific images on his computer and plagued with nightmares, Greg takes desperate measures, and in a dramatic turning point, busts genius hacker, Byron Whitworth, from his mundane jail-time community service job of teaching 'silver surfers'. Together with Byron's hacking partner, 'Snake', they begin to unravel the sinister truth behind Joanne's disappearance.
Intriguing, mind-bending, and ultimately disturbing, VoIP throws in twists you won't see coming and will make you seriously question the veracity of what you see with your own eyes.
Directed By James Smith
Written By James Smith
Screenplay By Caroline Spence
Produced By Caroline Spence
You can see an example of the trailer at: www.adforum.com/creative-work/ad/player/51294/voip-movie/covad.
Covad to launch VoIP service
The DSL provider joins a bandwagon load of broadband rivals in offering local and long-distance phone service, which it plans to kick off by the end of this year.
BY BEN CHARNY | FEBRUARY 9, 2004 | cnet.com
Covad Communications Group announced plans to introduce a residential and business telephone service, a move that marks the entry of another top-tier broadband provider into the phone business.
The digital subscriber line (DSL) service provider said Monday that it will begin selling unlimited local and long-distance calling to its business broadband customers by the end of the year. After that, it will introduce phone service plans for its residential broadband subscribers. It plans to announce subscription rates and the service introduction schedule by midyear.
Covad's jump into the telephone service businessis not a surprise, said Jon Arnold, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan. Every major U.S. broadband provider now either sells some kind of phone service or has announced plans to do so. Covad's competitors in the cable broadband industry have been the most eager, as they hope to use cheaper dialing plans to woo customers away from local phone companies.
The technology behind these services is voice over Internet Protocol (), which makes phone calls using the Internet Protocol, a popular method for sending data from one computer to another. After years of overpromising and underdelivering, VoIP is generating significant interest among telecommunications carriers, businesses and consumers, thanks to significant improvements in quality of service.
"Everybody's trying to jump on the bandwagon," Arnold said. "Every ISP is looking to get into voice and (to) do it before their customers are lost to others."
Arnold described Covad's calling plans as on par with those offered by Vonage, 8x8, VoicePulse and other Internet phone service providers, which have a total of 300,000 subscribers, according to most estimates. But the audience for subscription services is expected to blossom to 5 million by 2006.
B2B advertainment
September 17, 2004 | Jennifer RIce brand.blogs.com/
Check out Covad's VoIP: The Movie. The plot's a bit forced, but it's certainly an engaging and entertaining way to get the word out. This is the first time I've seen advertainment for a B2B offering, and I applaud Covad for thinking outside the traditional B2B box.
VoIP: The Movie
from the oh,-please-make-it-stop dept
September 17, 2004 | by Mike Masnick | www.techdirt.com/ This is almost painful. A broadband provider trying to push the concept of VoIP (no, they don't deserve any more publicity by being named here) has decided to start an advertising campaign for VoIP that involves a series of movie trailers about "VoIP: The Movie" which are designed to look like trailers from a thriller movie, and which aren't at all clear about what they're really advertising (though, the phone does seem to play a central part). Cue movie trailer voiceover /
This is almost painful. A broadband provider trying to push the concept of VoIP (no, they don't deserve any more publicity by being named here) has decided to start an advertising campaign for VoIP that involves a series of movie trailers about "VoIP: The Movie" which are designed to look like trailers from a thriller movie, and which aren't at all clear about what they're really advertising (though, the phone does seem to play a central part). Cue movie trailer voiceover voice: "No one can escape it, we're all slaves to it....".
9/14/2004 BY JONATHAN GREENE | www.atmasphere.net/
VOIP the Movie
No one can escape it, we're all slaves to it.
Covad has created a fake movie site that looks kind of like what you might expect from CSI The Movie. It's definitely high quality and well executed (but slow loading) in my opinion. I'd love to see the rest of this campaign to see how it was promoted beyond movie trailers…
The target must be CIO / CTO at Fortune level organizations since the product they show is a dashboard for your company's telephony. I'd imagine there's a pretty intense lead generation campaign going to work off the budget it must have cost to produce the site. I would imagine the close time on a lead in this space is many months so there's probably quite a few moving parts. I don't know that I would have been duped into checking this out, but am glad I did.
I have become quite interested in VOIP tech as of late (had you not been paying attention) and think things are only going to get hotter in the category. Unlike Andy, I don't have any clients in the arena just yet…
June 6, 2005 | AdNews/
GJP Advertising creates new campaign for Covad
GJP Advertising & Design & Partners of Toronto has begun a new phase of a campaign for US-based Covad Communications Group promoting its voice over IP services. The television creative takes the format of a trailer for a horror movie called "The Ringing." The ad, which broke last week, depicts a woman alone in an office at night being attacked by wires coming out of the walls. The campaign directs viewers to a website at to see an extended version of the purported movie and get information about Covad's services. "We know that movie trailers are the most-watched ads on TV," said John Farquhar, creative director of GJP Advertising. "By creating content in this style we stand a higher likelihood of people tuning in mentally and remembering the Covad brand." The ad, aimed at primarily male IT decision makers, is airing on specialty channels such as Comedy Central and during sports programming on conventional channels. GJP produced a similar campaign for Covad last fall. That effort presented a mystery film called "VOIP: The Movie."
VOIP Marketeers Are Askin for It
Mark Sullivan, Reporter, Light Reading 2005
SAN FRANCISCO -- The 2005 National Cable &
Telecommunications Association (NCTA) National Show -- The VOIP business is still young, and it has some unpolished swagger about it. This was never more apparent than at a panel on cable VOIP marketing here Monday, when Pulver.com legal counsel Jonathan Askin filled in for his boss, Jeff Pulver.
Below is an edited version of this article.....
"I don't think that marketing 'IP' or 'telephony' is what the buying public really wants," says Time Warner Cable's senior VP of VOIP marketing, Sam Howe, during a question-and-answer session. Howe says consumers have "100 years of buying experience with the telephone," and his company does not want to market VOIP is a wholly different service.
Later in the conversation, Askin again drew Howe offsides with a remark about the cable industry being uninterested in developing mobile VOIP offerings. "At the end of the day, the decision about VOIP is made by the head of the household, and we have to make sure that she is happy," Howe says. "But now mobile is just not where the bread and butter is."
True to his claim of knowing what doesn't work in VOIP marketing, Askin trotted out some notable missteps from other VOIP players.
"AT&T spent $50 million advertising its VOIP product during the Olympics," Askin says, pointing out that only about 53,000 people signed up for the service. "If you look at it, it cost them about a thousand dollars for every one of those customers."
Covad's "VOIP: The Movie" ad campaign presumed too much about the VOIP knowledge of consumers, Askin says. "I don't know if anybody from Covad is here, but their ads -- I didn't even understand their commercials."
Askin was kinder to Vonage Holdings Corp., the company his boss founded. "Now Vonage's marketing campaign is state of the art. I'd gladly stop being a lawyer to run the marketing campaign for Vonage," he says. "I'm hearing that Vonage is now thinking of postponing its IPO and getting a hundred million dollars more to use in its marketing campaign."
"That's not true," says Vonage's VP of corporate communications, Brooke Schulz, who Light Reading contacted on Tuesday. Vonage's most recent financing round "is intended to take us through to profitability," she says.
Whatever marketing approach is used, Askin says there's just not a single spokesman for VOIP who'll take it to the mass market. "We are still looking for the Steve Jobs of the VOIP industry; we need someone to come along -- and frankly I know it's not [from] my company," Askin says.
Of course, it's worth noting that even without a VOIP version of Steve Jobs, and even without Askin's marketing suggestions, Cablevision and Cox each have approximately 1.3 million VOIP subscribers, while Time Warner Cable is nearing a million.
"I think that's all I need to say at this point," Askin said as he abruptly ended his remarks to a smattering of laughter from the audience.
And isn't the point of VOIP marketing to always leave them laughing?


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Predicting Motor Skill Learning in Older Adults Using Visuospatial Performance
Peiyuan Wang, Frank J. Infurna and Sydney Y. Schaefer
Between-group comparisons of older and younger adults suggest that motor learning decreases with advancing age. However, such comparisons do not necessarily account for group differences in cognitive function, despite the co-occurrence of aging and cognitive decline. As such, cognitive differences may explain the observed age effects on motor learning. Recent work has shown that the extent to which a motor task is learned is related to visuospatial function in adults over age 65. The current study tested whether this relationship is replicable across a wider age range and with a brief, widely available cognitive test. Thirty-three adults (aged 39–89 years old) completed the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) prior to practicing a functional upper extremity motor task; performance on the motor task was assessed 24 hours later to quantify learning. Backward elimination stepwise linear regression identified which cognitive domains significantly predicted retention. Consistent with previous findings, only the Visuospatial/Executive subtest score predicted change in performance 24 hours later, even when accounting for participant age. Thus, the age-related declines in motor learning that have been reported previously may be explained in part by deficits in visuospatial function that can occur with advancing age.
In Journal of Motor Learning and Development Ahead of Print
Grip Type and Task Goal Modify Reach-to-Grasp Performance in Post-Stroke Hemiparesis
Sydney Y. Schaefer, Stacey L. DeJong, Kendra M. Cherry and Catherine E. Lang
This study investigated whether grip type and/or task goal influenced reaching and grasping performance in poststroke hemiparesis. Sixteen adults with poststroke hemiparesis and twelve healthy adults reached to and grasped a cylindrical object using one of two grip types (3-finger or palmar) to achieve one of two task goals (hold or lift). Performance of the stroke group was characteristic of hemiparetic limb movement during reach-to-grasp, with more curved handpaths and slower velocities compared with the control group. These effects were present regardless of grip type or task goal. Other measures of reaching (reach time and reach velocity at object contact) and grasping (peak thumb-index finger aperture during the reach and peak grip force during the grasp) were differentially affected by grip type, task goal, or both, despite the presence of hemiparesis, providing new evidence that changes in motor patterns after stroke may occur to compensate for stroke-related motor impairment.
In Motor Control Volume 16 (2012): Issue 2 (Jan 2012)
Does Dopamine Replacement Medication Affect Postural Sequence Learning in Parkinson's Disease?
Heather Anne Hayes, Nikelle Hunsaker, Sydney Y. Schaefer, Barry Shultz, Thomas Schenkenberg, Lara A. Boyd, Andrea T. White, Kenneth B. Foreman, Philip Dyer, Rebecca Maletsky and Leland E. Dibble
Deficits in sequence-specific learning (SSL) may be a product of Parkinson's disease (PD) but this deficit could also be related to dopamine replacement. The purpose of this study was to determine whether dopamine replacement affected acquisition and retention of a standing Continuous Tracking Task in individuals with PD. SSL (difference between random/repeated Root Mean Square Error across trials) was calculated over 2 days of practice and 1 day of retention for 4 groups; 10 healthy young (HY), 10 healthy elders, 10 individuals with PD on, 9 individuals with PD off their usual dosage of dopamine replacement. Improvements in acquisition were observed for all groups; however, only the HY demonstrated retention. Therefore, age appeared to have the largest effect on SSL with no significant effect of medication. Additional research is needed to understand the influence of factors such as practice amount, task difficulty, and dopamine replacement status on SSL deficits during postural tasks.


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Turkey's Locally Built Logistical Support Ship Launched
The logistic support ship "Üsteğmen Arif Ekmekçi" built at the Selah Shipyard within the scope of the Naval Forces Command's requirements was launched at the ceremony held on 08 July 2017 at Selah Shipyard located in Tuzla/Istanbul.
Prime Minister Mr. Binali Yıldırım, Chief of Defense Full General Hulusi Akar, Minister of National Defense Mr. Fikri Işık (Former Minister of National Defense), Minister of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communication Mr. Ahmet Arslan, Commander of Naval Forces Full Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu, Commander of the Fleet Full Admiral Veysel Kösele and many invitees attended the ceremony taking place at the Selah Shipyard's facilities at Tuzla.
Addressing the attendees at the ceremony, Prime Minister Mr. Binali Yıldırım underlined that the domestic defense industry has been gaining strength day by day and added that the local rate of participation exceeded 60%. Mr. Yıldırım continued: "We made great progress in the last 15 years in the defense industry. We increased the domestic participation rate to over 60% from 24% and now we are able to fulfil the demands of the forces of our friendly and allied countries."
In the course of his speech Prime Minister Mr. Binali Yıldırım conveyed detailed information on the capabilities that will be acquired by the Turkish Naval Forces through the logistic support ships. Mr. Yıldırım: "With the help of the "Üsteğmen Arif Ekmekçi" logistic support ship which will be launched today and the "Yüzbaşı Güngör Durmuş" Ship launched last October, our Turkish Naval Forces will be strengthened further. These ships have the capacity of carrying 4 thousand tons of diesel oil, sufficient for travelling around the world one and a half times. Moreover, they bear the capacity of carrying 335 tons of helicopter fuel, 630 tons of fresh water and 108 cubic meters of food, freight and equipment. Due to the capacity of the ships, they will be able to fulfil the fuel requirements of all combat elements of our Naval Forces and replenish all fuel depots on the coasts. The ship has a long range and thanks to the helicopter deck over it, the heaviest helicopters up to 15 tons will be able to take off and land over the ship night and day. Defense and communication facilities will be available on the ship to fight against asymmetric attacks. "Üsteğmen Arif Ekmekçi", one of the leading ships in its category with its equipment and capacity, will make a significant contribution to our country's defense, with our Naval Forces being in the first place."
During his remark at the ceremony, Commander of the Naval Forces Full Admiral Bülent Bostanoğlu said, "The campaign launched in 1965 by the Ship Association with the motto 'Build Your Own Ship' paved the way for our National Defense Industry to design and build its unique ships at its local shipyards. Today, the marines that can manage to design and those that have the capacity of building and sustaining their own ships are respected instead of those having the most modern ships and they can manage to be efficient, deterrent and permanent." Noting that 8 Training Boats, 2 SAT Boats, 2 Fast Intervention Boats, 16 Tuzla Class Patrol Boats, 3 Logistic Support Ships, 1 Submarine Rescue Mother Ship (MOSHIP), 8 High-Speed Amphibious Ships, 1 Tank Landing Ship built so far at the shipyards of the private sector were successfully conducting their tasks, Full Admiral Bostanoğlu continued: "Moreover, currently the construction and equipment installation activities of the Landing Helicopter Dock "Anadolu", 1 Landing Ship Tank, 2 Logistic Support Ships, 2 Rescue and Towing Ships and 1 Test and Evaluation Ship are being carried on at the private sector shipyards. We believe that the 48 ships, the construction activities of which were completed or ongoing at the shipyards in the private sector for our Naval Forces Command, are the most concrete indicator of the level reached by our private shipyards in respect to construction capabilities. The contract amount of 48 ships is valued at approximately $ 2.7 billion . When we add the services received from the private sector in the construction of the Ada class corvettes, the aforesaid figure reaches nearly $ 3.5 billion. We can claim that through the military ship procurement method, vital contribution is made to the development of our country's ship construction industry and numerous domestic sub industry sectors and therefore to the progress of our country in general. Three 'I' class frigates will be built at the private shipyards in the upcoming period. The private shipyards will be building a warship of this size for the first time and thus they will acquire another critical capacity. As the Naval Forces Command, we strive utmost efforts for improving the export capabilities of the private shipyards. In order to promote our vessels to the friendly and allied countries that are our potential clients, we are executing port visits and mutual training, we also invite foreign observers to the actual firings of our vessels and demonstrate our counterparts our vessel facilities and capabilities."
Logistic Support Ships to be Commissioned into Service in 2018
The logistic support ships capable of performing all types of tasks in the Aegean, East Mediterranean, Marmara and Black Sea will fulfil the fuel requirements of the combat surface vessels, accomplish the resupply of fuel depots and fuel transfer between the depots and cover the JP-5, fresh water and food requirements of the combatant units.
The logistic support ships span 106.51 meters in length, with beam of 16.80 meters and 6150 tons of design draught DWT and helicopter deck. The vessel is capable of performing its task in a range of 9500 knots (17594 km) at a maximum speed of 12 knots per hour (22 km/hour). The "Yüzbaşı Güngör Durmuş" ship launched in October 2016 and "Üsteğmen Arif Ekmekçi" ship launched on July 8th as part of the project are planned to be delivered to the Naval Forces Command within 2018


Today we had a great discussion about how teachers might respond to students who want to discuss yesterday's bombings of the Boston Marathon. I found this article that is directed towards parents, but has some sound advice: Be in Control of What Your Kids Hear.
Here's a shout out for Kelly Okerman, who is currently student teaching. This is a video they made for their school to get them excited for Earth Day. We haven't talked about this in class, but I can imagine using the writing process to block out and create a script for this type of video.


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I visited my friends there at Mobile Loaves and Fishes model community. They had recently moved into new canvas tents. Rent is $220/mo all bills paid. There's Wi-Fi too. The air about the place was still 102', but so cool at how new people were moving in next to each other and all feeling the warm welcoming air of this tiny home village. I helped get the DVD player plugged in and we watched a few small shows. We ate some BBQ from a local spot nearby that had Elgin sausage. The fridge keeps food cold and the crock pot and microwave heats it up. They were able to, after a short 2 month wait, move right in. The bed, the chair, the table and rug were all in place. So I just gotta say thanks to everyone who donated to Mobile Loaves and Fishes' project here. I see the proof that, although not for all, Community First! Village, has struck the bell, on housing homeless people. My friends seem to be proud living here. Recently the group purchased an adjacent track and will have room to expand. Now for copycats, a second location? More cities?


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The Bear's Lair: The costs of consensus
Martin Hutchinson October 15, 2018
In many areas, such as monetary policy, the U.S. Supreme Court, corporate Boards of Directors and Cabinet government, decisions are made by arriving at a group consensus. If the group is sufficiently intellectually diverse, this works well. There is however a pernicious danger, which we have seen in action many times in economic policy, where an entire group forms a consensus around a generally held elite opinion. In those cases, disaster is likely to ensue.
There is a simple rule for group dynamics, whether it's the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Supreme Court or a corporate board. If you have just one vacancy to fill, the safe, experienced option who will not make waves is generally the easiest to select and in many ways the best. However, if you fill all your vacancies that way, the end result will not be pretty. You will get conventional thinking with no dissent. For a court, this will lead to decisions that posterity finds utterly repugnant. For the FOMC this approach will cause huge monetary policy mistakes, either too tight as in 1930-33 or too loose like 1995 to the present day. For a corporation, a Board of Directors full of consensus nominees will completely fail to spot some unexpected market trend and send it bankrupt.
On the Supreme Court, for example, consider a Court of nine Brett Kavanaughs, or if you prefer some mixture of Brett Kavanaughs and Elena Kagans, an equivalently "safe" pick from the left of the spectrum. Routine decisions would be handled very well by such a court, giving the conventional Republican outcome if Kavanaughs dominated or the conventional Democrat outcome if Kagans dominated. But every now and then the Court would come up against a non-routine decision, which required "out of the box" thinking, and in some of those cases, disaster would ensue.
The 1944 decision in Korematsu vs United States, which justified the internment of U.S. citizens of Japanese descent, (and was explicitly repudiated by the Supreme Court earlier this year) was decided by a Court where eight of the nine justices had been appointed by the same President, Franklin Roosevelt. The lone Herbert Hoover appointee, Justice Owen Roberts, dissented. In 1944 Roberts, not in any case a dominant intellectual force on the Court, was unable to assert himself against the predominance of Roosevelt-appointed opinion.
In other areas, the Court of 1944 had three Justices who were certainly not part of a conventional consensus: Hugo Black, Felix Frankfurter and William O. Douglas. Nevertheless, with only one Republican and no strong-willed Republican, it fell into what is now generally regarded as a bad error of consensus. Similarly, the 1857 Supreme Court, that decided Dred Scott v. Sanford by a vote of 7 to 2, another major blot on the Court's record, was decided by a Court consisting of a large majority of southern and "doughface" Democrats, with only one of the two dissenters, John McLean, being a future anti-slavery Republican.
The most useful justices, therefore, are those who by background or intellectual outlook are extreme or eccentric, therefore taking a different approach to decisions from either political norm. On the Democrat side, Black, Frankfurter and Douglas were all such justices, as to some extent is Stephen Breyer. On the Republican side, Antonin Scalia was such a justice, as is Clarence Thomas, partly because of his unusual combination of conservative Republicanism with an impoverished African-American upbringing. Neil Gorsuch may be such a justice; we will have to see. Brett Kavanaugh almost certainly is not.
On the Fed, Paul Volcker was a highly useful dissident voice as President of the New York Fed, a permanent member of the FOMC, from May 1975, recommending tighter money and higher interest rates to a succession of feckless Fed Chairman and politicians. Finally, he became such a well-known dissident voice that the bond market, battered by repeated bursts of inflation, almost forced President Jimmy Carter to appoint him Fed Chairman in August 1979.
Thereafter, Volcker pursued an entirely new monetary policy, which conquered inflation within three years and set the stage for the economic boom of the 1980s and the declining interest rates thereafter. Volcker's successor Alan Greenspan was for the first 7 years of his tenure an equally unconventional thinker, having been an acolyte of the gold-standard free marketer Ayn Rand. Regrettably, after many years of courtship, in 1997 he married the utterly conventional liberal TV journalist Andrea Mitchell. As a result, the second half of his term in office, from 1995 to 2006, was notable for the most flaccid Keynesian easy-money policies, which resulted in the excessive stock market bubble of 1998-2000, the housing bubble of 2004-07 and, after his departure, the financial crash of 2008.
Ben Bernanke (2005-13) and Janet Yellen (2013-17) were both conventional easy-money Keynesians, and surrounded themselves with like-minded colleagues, forcing out those like Kevin Warsh (Fed Governor, 2006-11) who showed a tendency to disagree. Consequently, interest rates were jammed at zero for almost a decade, during which the United States suffered a lengthy period of excessive real estate and other unproductive investment, with productivity growth slowing almost to zero. Only a political change, the advent of the Republican President Trump in January 2017, caused the Democrat Yellen to get serious about beginning a gradual rise in interest rates, that has begun to restore productivity growth to the U.S. economy, although it has not yet caused the inevitable real estate and unproductive asset crisis that we can confidently if nervously anticipate.
The question now arises whether the new Fed chairman Jerome Powell, in office since February 2018, is a conventional thinker. He has continued Yellen's latter-day policy of raising interest rates but has still not got them quite to zero in real terms, since the Federal Funds rate target is currently 2-2¼% while consumer price inflation was 2.3% in the year to September 2018.
Powell is currently being harassed by President Trump, who now doubt is himself being badgered by his former colleagues in the New York real estate industry. This had expanded on the expectation of permanent zero nominal short-term rates and is now turning into a disaster where prices for top-end apartments have dropped some 30% and there are currently very few deals being done. One can hope that Powell is a sufficiently unconventional thinker to resist the blandishments of Trump, and of any squishy Fed governors Trump may appoint, and keep raising interest rates until they are around 2% above the rate of inflation, where they optimally belong.
Only by doing so will the Powell Fed divert resources finally from dodgy real estate and even dodgier leveraged buyout deals and into productive investment where they belong. We have now waited a generation for a sensible monetary policy, with real interest rates securely positive and investment flowing into small business and start-ups, where new jobs and innovation are created. One can only hope that Powell is a sufficiently original thinker and sufficiently secure in his own mind to resist the incredible pressures that will be put on him by President Trump and others and do his job properly.
The same applies in the corporate sector, or in any other area of human activity. For a company to succeed, it needs strong leadership, which must not consist of Identikit managers, diverse in human terms but utterly un-diverse intellectually. Instead it must include eccentrics from unusual backgrounds, who see the company's business and opportunities from a different perspective to their colleagues. Naturally, a Board of Directors consisting entirely of eccentrics would quarrel, be unable to arrive at a considered strategy, and achieve little. However, even such a sub-optimal Board would be better at identifying new threats and new opportunities than a Board consisting only of like-minded, equivalently-trained drones of diverse backgrounds but brain-numbingly conventional thought processes.
Committees are not an especially effective method of reaching decisions. But in many areas, committees are necessary, to represent all the different interests involved in a decision. Those committees will be deeply inefficient as decision makers, often missing the most important factors involved, if they do not have intellectual diversity. Certainly, diversity of sex, age, ethnic background and childhood circumstances can be helpful. But diversity of intellectual approach is absolutely essential, and intellectual misfits should be actively sought out for all such positions that come open.
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INTRODUCING THE TAN(G)KA!
Hay(na)ku Drawing by Glynda "Q-TRACER" Velasco
First, I'd like to remind you of the Feb. 28, 2018 deadline for THE HAY(NA)KU 15 ANTHOLOGY to celebrate the hay(na)ku's 15th anniversary! The anthology is shaping up beautifully: there'll be a section of all-Spanish hay(na)ku that translates most of the poems in The First Hay(na)ku Anthology (which is now out of print); and, to date, six languages, 10 countries, and 13 U.S. states are represented which showcase the hay(na)ku's reach. But there's room for more. So if you haven't yet submitted, Submission information is at https://eileenrtabios.com/haynaku/haynaku-15-call-for-submissions/
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Inspired (or instigated) by the hay(na)ku, a Zambales-based poet Danny Gallardo has created the "Tan(g)ka." The Japanese form tanka has five lines translated by many of its English-language practitioners into the syllable-per-line count of 5,7, 5, 7, 7. Gallardo's "tan(g)ka" has five lines based on the word count per line of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Variations, as with hay(na)ku, can be created, like the reverse tan(g)ka with the 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 word count.
Gallardo has expressed interest in seeing me do a tan(g)ka. But he may not know that I am slow to shorter forms because I'm a maximalist. While I "invented" the hay(na)ku, for example, it took me two years before I "got" that form … and I used to be amused/bemused at all the poets having a grand ol' time doing the hay(na)ku before I got into it. I've long thought I'm not the best poet of hay(na)ku—which, by the way, is more than fine with me as I believe the poem transcends the poet: I can't think of a more fitting result than with me to present a poetic form that others then take forward.
So, back to the tan(g)ka—because the hay(na)ku remains three lines, issues of compression prevent it (I feel) from being flabby (well, perhaps except when one goes into the chained hay(na)ku sequence. But that's another story.) For the tan(g)ka, its five lines (for me) present a challenge for befitting its form. I think it'll take me a while to determine a relationship to its form; right now, I'm having a problem differentiating it much from free verse.
(Just as "poetics" matter to the manifested "poem"—to the extent one separates the two, the form's conceptualization also matters. It may be interesting to revisit the History of the Hay(na)ku … anyway….)
So, wanting to create a tan(g)ka that isn't de facto just free verse, I turned to my MURDER DEATH RESURRECTION (MDR) project which contains the constraint of a database of 1,167 lines (it is a book where reading it means inherently writing new poems). One of the great things about constraint-based writing is how said constraints move the writer from the limits of conscious imagination. From five of MDR's lines, I applied sous rature to create first a VizPo. From the non-stricken (pun intended) lines then surfaces the tan(g)ka. I present my first tan(g)ka—dedicated to Danny Gallardo for conceiving the form. I appreciate any poet that attempts to expand the poetic landscape, not simply repeat inherited forms.
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Jean Cantrell, Head of Government Affairs, Signify
Jean Cantrell of Philips Lighting has a lot of unique features to her job—she runs the federal, state, and local government affairs operations for the business, she grew the state and local operations from scratch, works significantly in government procurement as well as policy, and she does it all as a one-woman operation.
When Cantrell spoke with Quorum, she shared advice about how to do each of these things well—run government affairs at each level of government, grow a government affairs operation from the ground up, and operate as a one person team. Each of these topics, however, came back to one big idea—to do government affairs, and to do it well, you need to form strong relationships.
Throughout her years of experience working with Philips, here are three lessons Cantrell has learned about why having strong relationships is critical to success in government affairs.
Find Company Champions in Every State
It's highly unlikely that a company is able to have a government affairs team member on the ground in every state, so for Cantrell, it's critical to have stakeholders in all 50 states. This is especially true for her as she flies solo on Philips Lighting state affairs.
"You really have to depend on stakeholder groups in order to kind of be a force multiplier for you," Cantrell said. "Sometimes you don't really have a specific issue in a particular state but my approach has been to always have a champion in a state where I don't have a particular nexus today."
Stakeholders can come in multiple forms. First, she looks if Philips has employees in a particular state. If there isn't a company presence, she looks to other stakeholder relationships.
"If you have a manufacturing facility or an office, some presence in the state, that gives you a bit of a foothold, a leg up, to go make a case," Cantrell told Quorum. If you don't have anything in a state except you sell stuff into the state which isn't very distinguishing, to have someone that can be your go-to person in case something comes up in the state has been a real helpful approach for me."
While she may not need to leverage those relationships right away, Cantrell refers to this relationship building like "deposits in the bank" in case she needs to draw on them later.
Have a Group That Knows Legislation Inside and Out
In order to properly analyze the impact a piece of legislation has on Philips, Cantrell works with trade associations to dive into the specifics of legislation.
"We lean on a number of trade associations, industry groups that may be more closely following the technical aspects of a bill," Cantrell told Quorum.
For example, Cantrell sought out the knowledge of trade associations when several states took action to create recycling programs for mercury-containing compact fluorescent lightbulbs. As this was a policy that had an impact not just on Philips ability to expand their market, but the lighting industry as a whole, the trade association provided a source of knowledge and unified voice for Cantrell to work with.
"Mainly [policy issues] are industry wide issues of typically there's not something that just impacts Philips," Cantrell said. "[It] makes my job easier because there are other people that are in a coalition or in a trade group that would be helping to work that.
Build Relationships with Elected Officials; They Could Be Potential Customers
At the local level, Philips has a major stake in government procurement of lighting needs. Since the local government affairs operation was started in 2009, Cantrell has worked to engage local officials to get in the door for business development.
One way she does this is through the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
"We've been very active there for the last five plus years so we're a known entity, our brand is known there, and we can make lots of contacts," Cantrell said. "Part of my job is to help the sales team in the follow up with that."
While mayors are likely not the ones deciding where to procure its lighting needs, by creating relationships with executives, Cantrell can make asks of mayors to connect her with the parking authority or the department of transportation who may be a decision maker for lighting purchases.
"We devise a strategy, does it make sense to have a meeting with the mayor, probably not, but what we would do is seek the mayor's help in identifying who is the best person for us to go talk to," Cantrell told Quorum.
Jean Cantrell is unique in the many hats she wears and the responsibilities she encompasses within the Philips Lighting operation, but the lessons she learned from her experiences are universal. With limited time and resources, building relationships with stakeholders, trade associations, industry coalitions, and elected officials can always benefit a team's bottom line.
Written by Theresa Hebert
theresa@quorum.us
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Tom Tyrell, who's voice was synonymous with Manchester United for decades, has died.
He was the sports editor and United commentator from the very start of Piccadilly Radio, having previously worked at BBC Radio Manchester.
United fans hold him particularly close to their hearts as he also did the Old Trafford tannoy announcements. Recently United We Stand fanzine published a story about when he was sent to Stamford Bridge to cover a game, but security wouldn't let him in. So instead he had to commentate the whole match for Piccadilly Radio by peering over a fence.
"It was a great pleasure & an education to work alongside Tom Tyrrell at Piccadilly Radio. Very sad to hear he has passed away. Thoughts with his family. He was admired by many," said BBC's Dan Walker, who was previously sports presenter at Key 103.


One of the fun things about traveling during October is seeing all the different Halloween festivities. Last year, we got to see how Halloween was celebrated across the country from Kentucky to Lousiana. Luckily, when we were in Atlanta we got to experience their annual Little 5 Points Halloween parade. It's a pretty big deal for that part of town, it seems like everyone dresses up and goes out to see it. A middle school friend of mine, who now lives in Los Angeles, at the time lived in Atlanta and turned us on to the event.
Earlier in the afternoon we had parked our car near an Urban Outfitters to explore the cool hipster shops nearby. We discovered the gnarliest antique shop, it seriously deserves its own post. But anyways, where we were was only a thirty-minute walk to the parade and I knew it would be foolish to try and find parking closer. We weren't the only ones walking to the parade either, the streets were filled with people! A mixture of characters in personality and costume, most of the time we were walking behind a "Robin Sparkles". When we arrived at the parade's main street, there was no doubt we were in the right place, people were sitting on top of buildings and holding themselves up on street signs. Every inch of sidewalk was taken up by a spectator.
Thankfully, we had a local to meet up with because I think I would have been insanely overwhelmed if I was on my own. We met her and her friends up on a hill for a great view of crazy floats. Trucks with trailers were decked out with riders in DIY costumes. My friend even gave me the lowdown on different floats, the small business that were behind it or who it was in memory of. You could really tell this was an event for a fun thriving community. As tomorrow is Halloween I figured this would be the perfect time to share my photos from the parade.


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UC program funds testing of HIV prevention pill
April 24, 2012 • UC In The News • Add Comment
UC's California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP) has awarded grants totaling $11.8 million to three teams of investigators to test a potential HIV prevention pill among high-risk HIV-uninfected people in California.
The studies also will examine new strategies to engage and retain HIV-infected people in care and treatment. These combined strategies are expected to help curb the HIV epidemic in California.
Two of the research teams will offer the HIV prevention pill — part of an intervention known as PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis with antiretroviral drugs) — to an estimated 700 high-risk uninfected men who have sex with men (MSM) and to transgender women (male-to-female transgendered people) in Los Angeles, San Diego and Long Beach over the next four years. PrEP also includes the provision of risk-reduction counseling and other services.
These researchers also will assess the implementation of testing and linkage to care plus treatment — known as "TLC+" — a strategy to locate, engage and retain HIV-infected people in care and start them on life-saving treatment for HIV infection. The TLC+ intervention will include some 3,000 people in Southern California.
A third research group will not fully implement PrEP or TLC+ at this time, but will instead plan and pilot PrEP/TLC+ implementation strategies for young MSM of color in Oakland, Richmond, Berkeley and other East Bay locations.
This will be the largest PrEP/TLC+ demonstration project initiative in the U.S. and the first to test PrEP in these Southern California communities.
"HIV has been with us for more than 30 years, and it's time to provide some new interventions for high-risk people so they have options to protect themselves and prevent further transmission," said George Lemp, Dr.P.H., director of the UC-based CHRP. "We hope this new approach can finally help to curtail the epidemic in this state."
"These studies will provide critical information on the implementation of PrEP and TLC+ strategies in California and will help guide state and national efforts to address the epidemic," Lemp added.
"UC is pleased to support this important initiative in California, which we believe is unique in the nation," said Steven Beckwith, UC vice president for research and graduate studies. "We are pleased that UC resources and talent can play an important role in addressing these health care challenges as the research arm of the state."
>> See the full story, including details about the three research teams who received funds.
>> Get more information about the California HIV/AIDS Research Program.


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Euphilotes rita, the rita blue or desert buckwheat blue, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and northern Mexico. The species was first described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916.

The wingspan is 17–22 mm. The upperside of the males is bright lilac blue with dark borders and a small orange patch at the corner of the hindwings. The upperside of the females is brown with an orange marginal band. The underside of both sexes is off white with black spots. Adults are on wing from July to late September in one generation per year. They feed on the flower nectar of Eriogonum species. Its habitats include juniper-pinyon woodlands, sand dunes, oak woodland, and prairie grasslands.

The larvae feed on the flowers and fruits of wild Eriogonum species, including Eriogonum effusum, Eriogonum flavum, Eriogonum leptocladon, Eriogonum racemosum and Eriogonum wrightii. The larvae are tended by ants. Adults feed on nectar from host plants and seep-willow.

Subspecies
Euphilotes rita rita
Euphilotes rita coloradensis (Mattoni, 1966)
Euphilotes rita mattoni (Shields, 1975)
Euphilotes rita emmeli (Shields, 1975)

References

Butterflies described in 1916
Euphilotes
Butterflies of North America

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I look for the error, that which drives me, but also seek precision.
I do not care about technical excellence. I do not make any concessions.
I want to be simple. I do not want to be predictable.
I use the power of repetition, but it's me who controls the time.
no headset
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HUMAN PLAY FIRST IS A STATE OF MIND
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PostCards is a reaction against and an attempt to escape from two worlds: that of business people, where time has to be short and things predictable, and that of the state, where things have to be complicated and solemn.
In a regulated world, access to my fellow citizens as a musician has become complicated: I need to fill in forms to participate in the state culture and convince a commercial structure to pass the media filters.
Then, there are public roads. Better still if they are country roads, so as not to be confined to one's home. and maybe meet people who really want to share in these moments.
LISTEN TO ALL THE CONCERTS
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In 1999, as an electro-dub musician among jazz musicians, a problem came up: what to do when the drummer starts? But it was inconceivable to use a click track during these sessions, and therefore impossible to use MIDI sequences or hip-hop inspired breaks in this playing situation.
It was necessary to create a device that could create the click (aka MIDIclock) based on the interpreted music.
Although technical solutions existed at the time, none of them were satisfactory since recordings where the musician expresses themselves rhythmically and the machines follow are extremely rare, except those using only loopers. So, between 2007 and 2014, I developed to have a tool that allows me to create this kind of music for different shows for which I make the soundtrack.
While solutions have been found, a musical problem remained and it was linked to the very nature of improvised music, which tends to create accumulations. How to make radical changes (breaks, cuts) when several actions are needed to achieve them? This is why has become a Script Looper which, like the other devices that have appeared since 2007, allows you to create a MIDIclock from a loop, but also allows you to prepare groups of commands launched sequentially with a single pedal.
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May 8, 2010 . Yelm: A Town Takes Root (1872-1940) • 1900-1940 Education in Yelm by Yelm History Project . Leave a comment
By Travis Walthall (5-19-05)
Within the Ylem Tornado annuals, I was able to find that there was originally an orchestra instead of a band. Going through the annuals, I was able to find out why the orchestra died out. The oldest annuals are from1927 and 1928. Within both of these years, the school only had an orchestra. This orchestra consisted of only eight people in the 1927 annual. 1927 was the first year a music group was an organization within the school. The following year, the orchestra had lost one person, making an only a seven person orchestra, but with the size of the school, it seems to be about right. The next annual in the set of annuals was the 1932 annual. Within this year, the orchestra had grown by four people, and having a conductor by the name of Mr. Slayer. The following year, the orchestra had grown immensely by nearly 50% to 20 musicians. With the evidence of the photograph within the annual, the ratio between wind and string instruments was about 50/50. Although the low bass and baritone sections were seemingly taken up with wind instruments. (The collection of annuals did not have another annual in the following years until 1939) With the six year space, the orchestra had grown in numbers. There was 31 musicians, having a new conductor leading them, Mr. Sherman, and having another music class/subgroup created. This seems to be the start of the end for the Yelm orchestra, for this new class/subgroup being the pep band, an band that consisted of mainly wind instruments.
After the creation of this pep band, the orchestra (and all string musicians) started to decline in numbers. For the next three years was recorded within the Yelm Tornado annuals that you can see what happens to the orchestra. Within 1940, the orchestra seemed to have a little comeback. With it still growing slightly, one more to the number of musicians, and there was not a pep band recorded into the annual. The string musicians also had a cello player, as for the previous years, was not seen. With the turning of another page and another year, the orchestra gets split. This year, there is a band and an orchestra with different musicians within them, making it known that there is two different music classes. This is yet another step to the end of the orchestra within Yelm High School. The two music classes still grew, but some students were integrated within the two of them if they were a wind instrument player. This makes the actual orchestra even smaller for the integrated students could have gone to one side. There was yet another skip in the annual set, for the missing of the 1943 annual. Although the 1944 annual was in the set, this is the year that the orchestra takes the hardest hit. With the coming of another conductor, Miss O'Bryon, there is only a band. The only survivors of this outcome were in a string ensemble of only four girls. The next annual does have an orchestra within it, but again, it was integrated, and with only five string instruments within the orchestra. The next annual in the line, 1949, had the orchestra gone as with no orchestra for the following annuals in the set.
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package org.apereo.cas.web.security.authentication;

import org.apereo.cas.authorization.LdapUserAttributesToRolesAuthorizationGenerator;
import org.apereo.cas.authorization.LdapUserGroupsToRolesAuthorizationGenerator;
import org.apereo.cas.configuration.model.core.monitor.MonitorProperties;
import org.apereo.cas.util.CollectionUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.util.HttpRequestUtils;
import org.apereo.cas.util.LdapUtils;

import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import lombok.val;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
import org.ldaptive.Credential;
import org.ldaptive.ReturnAttributes;
import org.ldaptive.SearchExecutor;
import org.ldaptive.auth.AuthenticationRequest;
import org.pac4j.core.authorization.authorizer.RequireAnyRoleAuthorizer;
import org.pac4j.core.authorization.generator.AuthorizationGenerator;
import org.pac4j.core.authorization.generator.DefaultRolesPermissionsAuthorizationGenerator;
import org.pac4j.core.context.J2EContext;
import org.pac4j.core.context.session.J2ESessionStore;
import org.pac4j.core.profile.CommonProfile;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.security.SecurityProperties;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.AuthenticationProvider;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.BadCredentialsException;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.InsufficientAuthenticationException;
import org.springframework.security.authentication.UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken;
import org.springframework.security.core.Authentication;
import org.springframework.security.core.AuthenticationException;
import org.springframework.security.core.authority.SimpleGrantedAuthority;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;

/**
 * This is {@link MonitorEndpointLdapAuthenticationProvider}.
 *
 * @author Misagh Moayyed
 * @since 5.1.0
 */
@Slf4j
@RequiredArgsConstructor
public class MonitorEndpointLdapAuthenticationProvider implements AuthenticationProvider {
    private final MonitorProperties.Endpoints.LdapSecurity ldapProperties;
    private final SecurityProperties securityProperties;

    @Override
    public Authentication authenticate(final Authentication authentication) throws AuthenticationException {
        try {
            val username = authentication.getPrincipal().toString();
            val credentials = authentication.getCredentials();
            val password = credentials == null ? null : credentials.toString();
            if (StringUtils.isBlank(password)) {
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Password cannot be blank");
            }
            LOGGER.debug("Preparing LDAP authentication request for user [{}]", username);
            val request = new AuthenticationRequest(username, new Credential(password), ReturnAttributes.ALL.value());
            val authenticator = LdapUtils.newLdaptiveAuthenticator(ldapProperties);
            LOGGER.debug("Executing LDAP authentication request for user [{}]", username);

            val response = authenticator.authenticate(request);
            LOGGER.debug("LDAP response: [{}]", response);

            if (response.getResult()) {

                val roles = securityProperties.getUser().getRoles();
                if (roles.isEmpty()) {
                    LOGGER.info("No user security roles are defined for CAS to enable authorization. User [{}] is considered authorized", username);
                    return generateAuthenticationToken(authentication, new ArrayList<>());
                }

                val entry = response.getLdapEntry();
                val profile = new CommonProfile();
                profile.setId(username);
                entry.getAttributes().forEach(a -> profile.addAttribute(a.getName(), a.getStringValues()));

                LOGGER.debug("Collected user profile [{}]", profile);

                val context = new J2EContext(HttpRequestUtils.getHttpServletRequestFromRequestAttributes(),
                    HttpRequestUtils.getHttpServletResponseFromRequestAttributes(),
                    new J2ESessionStore());
                val authZGen = buildAuthorizationGenerator();
                authZGen.generate(context, profile);
                LOGGER.debug("Assembled user profile with roles after generating authorization claims [{}]", profile);

                val authorities = profile.getRoles()
                    .stream()
                    .map(SimpleGrantedAuthority::new)
                    .collect(Collectors.toCollection(ArrayList::new));
                LOGGER.debug("List of authorities remapped from profile roles are [{}]", authorities);
                val authorizer = new RequireAnyRoleAuthorizer(roles);
                LOGGER.debug("Executing authorization for expected admin roles [{}]", authorizer.getElements());

                if (authorizer.isAllAuthorized(context, CollectionUtils.wrap(profile))) {
                    return generateAuthenticationToken(authentication, authorities);
                }
                LOGGER.warn("User [{}] is not authorized to access the requested resource allowed to roles [{}]",
                    username, authorizer.getElements());
            } else {
                LOGGER.warn("LDAP authentication response produced no results for [{}]", username);
            }

        } catch (final Exception e) {
            LOGGER.error(e.getMessage(), e);
            throw new InsufficientAuthenticationException("Unexpected LDAP error", e);
        }
        throw new BadCredentialsException("Could not authenticate provided credentials");
    }

    private Authentication generateAuthenticationToken(final Authentication authentication, final List<SimpleGrantedAuthority> authorities) {
        val username = authentication.getPrincipal().toString();
        val credentials = authentication.getCredentials();
        return new UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken(username, credentials, authorities);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean supports(final Class<?> aClass) {
        return UsernamePasswordAuthenticationToken.class.isAssignableFrom(aClass);
    }

    private AuthorizationGenerator<CommonProfile> buildAuthorizationGenerator() {
        val ldapAuthz = this.ldapProperties.getLdapAuthz();
        val connectionFactory = LdapUtils.newLdaptivePooledConnectionFactory(this.ldapProperties);

        if (isGroupBasedAuthorization()) {
            LOGGER.debug("Handling LDAP authorization based on groups");
            return new LdapUserGroupsToRolesAuthorizationGenerator(connectionFactory,
                ldapAuthorizationGeneratorUserSearchExecutor(),
                ldapAuthz.isAllowMultipleResults(),
                ldapAuthz.getGroupAttribute(),
                ldapAuthz.getGroupPrefix(),
                ldapAuthorizationGeneratorGroupSearchExecutor());
        }
        if (isUserBasedAuthorization()) {
            LOGGER.debug("Handling LDAP authorization based on attributes and roles");
            return new LdapUserAttributesToRolesAuthorizationGenerator(connectionFactory,
                ldapAuthorizationGeneratorUserSearchExecutor(),
                ldapAuthz.isAllowMultipleResults(),
                ldapAuthz.getRoleAttribute(),
                ldapAuthz.getRolePrefix());
        }
        val roles = securityProperties.getUser().getRoles();
        LOGGER.info("Could not determine authorization generator based on users or groups. Authorization will generate static roles based on [{}]", roles);
        return new DefaultRolesPermissionsAuthorizationGenerator<>(roles, new ArrayList<>());
    }

    private boolean isGroupBasedAuthorization() {
        val ldapAuthz = this.ldapProperties.getLdapAuthz();
        return StringUtils.isNotBlank(ldapAuthz.getGroupFilter()) && StringUtils.isNotBlank(ldapAuthz.getGroupAttribute());
    }

    private boolean isUserBasedAuthorization() {
        val ldapAuthz = this.ldapProperties.getLdapAuthz();
        return StringUtils.isNotBlank(ldapAuthz.getBaseDn()) && StringUtils.isNotBlank(ldapAuthz.getSearchFilter());
    }

    private SearchExecutor ldapAuthorizationGeneratorUserSearchExecutor() {
        val ldapAuthz = this.ldapProperties.getLdapAuthz();
        return LdapUtils.newLdaptiveSearchExecutor(ldapAuthz.getBaseDn(), ldapAuthz.getSearchFilter(),
            new ArrayList<>(0), CollectionUtils.wrap(ldapAuthz.getRoleAttribute()));
    }

    private SearchExecutor ldapAuthorizationGeneratorGroupSearchExecutor() {
        val ldapAuthz = this.ldapProperties.getLdapAuthz();
        return LdapUtils.newLdaptiveSearchExecutor(ldapAuthz.getGroupBaseDn(), ldapAuthz.getGroupFilter(),
            new ArrayList<>(0), CollectionUtils.wrap(ldapAuthz.getGroupAttribute()));
    }
}

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How they lived in King Alfred's Time
Posted by dennybradburybooks in History
Christianity, Denny Bradbury, education, healing, King Alfred, Paganism
The time of King Alfred. To many, indeed my own introduction to the Great man himself was to learn about a King of England who infamously burnt a humble woman's cakes. Disguised as a soldier in his own army, fleeing the marauding Danes, he concentrated too much on planning his warfare strategy and subsequently forgot his minder's duties. Burnt cakes and a thoroughly chastised King by one of his own subjects who had no idea she was giving a dressing down to the great King of Wessex himself.
King Alfred's reign from 871 – 899 was a period of much change, with his subjects living through a time of war as the majority of it was spent fighting the Danes. On the White Horse Hill in Uffington, the battles between the Danish and King Alfred's army was so fierce and so brutal that the Danish blood drowned the grass on the knoll and it is a proven fact that to this day no vegetation will grow there.
The latter half of the ninth century was in the midst of the decades when the Pagan Vikings from Scandinavia were constantly raiding the Christian British Isles. This is a topic that Denny Bradbury takes to her heart in her soon to be published novel, Borvo, where her chief protagonist is a young healer boy who still practices his healing pagan rituals at a time of critical religious change within England. In the book, as discussed here, Denny tells of how one of the King's own subjects comes to his aid with his pagan healing at a time when the King was rejecting Paganism in favour of Christianity. Denny's love of the county of Wessex leads her to set her novel in the period when the very first King of Wessex was appointed.
During Alfred's reign, he pushed very hard for better education for a nation of people that were not well-educated and more importantly he helped make learning important in the lives of the people of his land. With the Danes having looted the monasteries and the churches – buildings that were the centres of education – and having burnt down many libraries, Alfred sought to promote a national educational system by establishing a Court school, and also importing internationally famous scholars to teach there. He regarded access to public education based upon a Christian foundation as the birthright of every Englishman. Under Alfred, the nation was united in fighting for their homeland and also educated to have a far clearer understanding of the rules they were living by, which Alfred did by translating the Ten Commandments under his own Law Code, despite having had no formal education. It was during this period that English became the official written language.
Through the time of his reign, Alfred defeated the Danes, protected his people and improved social order, applying all his energy to the physical task of defending his country and the mental task of improving the way the country was governed. Such a devoted ruler was he and such a positive influence upon his people that he remains the only English Sovereign ever to be given the epithet the Great which was bestowed upon him in the 17th century.
In Part II, I shall concentrate more on the differences between Paganism and Christianity and how Alfred's battle against one to introduce the other meant a dramatic time of change. For, as Alfred himself said, "Learning makes life more rewarding and enjoyable… the worst thing of all is ignorance."
Never a truer word was said.
Elizabeth Bridgefield
To purchase one of Denny's books please click on the images below or contact Denny directly at email denisebradbury@btinternet.com.