CIAO has been offering coaching as part of the Trafford Early Help partnership since 2016 to help some of Trafford's most at risk families. This means working with 53 young people aged 13+ and their families, particularly those displaying anti-social behaviour, at risk of challenging, risky or offending behaviour or struggling to manage anger.
Plugging a gap: We're told CIAO is providing a valuable service for parents of children whose behaviour is escalating. There are some great services for young people but parents are part of the picture too and if their behaviour doesn't change it can be harder for the child to reap the benefits of their own support.
Whole family support: We've signed more – or sometimes even all – family members up to coaching after just one person has been initially referred. The benefit to an individual is increased enormously when other family members are also changing how they think and act.
Young people: All the young people we are coaching are engaged and fitting coaching in around their school / college commitments. They are working things out and setting goals just like our adult clients. We are seeing their confidence grow along with their motivation to make changes.
We have worked with over 700 clients over the last six years, in prison and the community, but when you factor in the numbers of children that clients have left at home or who are looked after elsewhere the number of those affected by prison and other circumstances becomes much higher.
So often we hear people talk of the damage done in their own childhoods now being played out in their own children's lives. Coaching before things escalate is incredibly powerful as people are supported to find solutions to problems they thought were insoluble. Clients can find the skills, energy and commitment to bring about positive changes needed to prevent further problems – and perhaps even stop the cycle of imprisonment for some vulnerable young children of vulnerable parents.


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I like the opening shot. The nature of the subject matter, the contrast between the vertical lines of the lighthouse and the more horizontal lines of the bands of clouds overhead, and the quality of the light (one would think that an overcast day would have created a totally different feel as one viewed the setting).
Yes, I am most attracted by the ladder of clouds in the O.P.


When we launched Illinois Health Matters in 2011 healthcare.gov was just a notion, and Illinois policymakers were still debating how the 1.6 million uninsured would get covered. For far too many of us it was unclear whether the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act was going to remain the law of the land – whether a single person would ever enroll in a "health care exchange" much less get access to health insurance if they had a pre-existing condition.
Today, a month into 2014, more than 7 million people are newly enrolled in Medicaid or private health plans, and thousands have had their first month of coverage. And, despite continued opposition in some corners, the national narrative about health coverage has changed in a fundamental way. If you start typing "enrollment" into Google, it suggests "enrollment in obamacare" as a phrase you might be looking for. At IHM, we see this as the first of many culture shifts to come as the nation and Illinois transitions from a system of "sick" care to one of health and wellness.
The time remaining is short, and there is much to do. As of January 31st, we have 58 days to help Illinoisans "get covered." And while the websites are now working, the public discourse is still muddy, and many people who are not insured today are still unclear that they can get help with health coverage. One such group is the topic of our featured blog post, below.
ACA enrollment figures released by HHS showed a steep increase in enrollments in December, with the total nearly doubling in the closing days of the year. On January 24, CMS Administrator Tavenner announced the private Marketplace total had topped 3 million.
Families USA's "Health Action 2014" conference was held January 23-25. This year's theme was "Making the Promise Real." Among the highlights were speeches by Vice President Joe Biden, Wonkblog's Ezra Klein and San Antonio Mayor Julia Castro, as well as numerous presentations by health care advocates from around the country.
Surgeon General nomination As you may know, Dr. Vivek Murthy has been nominated by President Obama to serve as the 19th Surgeon General. His nomination will be considered by the Senate HELP Committee at a hearing on February 4th. For those of you affiliated with national or local organizations that can endorse a nominee for Surgeon General, this would be a great time to weigh in. Illinois Senator Mark Kirk is on the HELP Committee.
How will our state do?
Stephanie Altman, Assistant Director of Health Care Justice at the Shriver Center, training 45 new ACA navigators. They'll join 1,200+ certified navigators on the ground now in Illinois.
The Starting Strong for Community Health! series covers in depth such topics as Health Plan Selection, the ACA and Small Business, Outreach Best Practices, and the Unbanked.


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By Regina Villiers. Originally published July 10, 2002 in The Suburban Life, added July 13, 2016.
Jim Eichmann, now with Cincinnati Bell, started working as an usher at Camargo Theater at the age of 14.
The building that housed Camargo Theater was a magnificent, old building with atmosphere. After the theater closed in 1967, the building became a top restaurant in the area, the Madeira Manor.
Back in March, Jim Eichmann, a former usher at the Camargo Theater, a bygone movie house in Madeira, took a crowd of people on a trip to the past, as he talked to the Madeira Historical Society.
Before he entered the room, the lights were extinguished as he led a woman to her seat in the dark, using a flashlight as he once did as a teen-age usher.
Old-timers in Madeira remember well the Camargo Theater as a family-friendly place to meet your friends or to take your date. Parents remember it as a baby-sitter. At Saturday and Sunday matinees, you could drop off your children and know they'd be safe till you returned to pick them up when the movie ended. And parents could trust the movie, too. They knew the subject and the dialogue would be suitable for their children.
Eichmann started as an usher at age 14 to earn money while attending school at Moeller. He also worked at the home of the movie house owner, Robert "Red" Strauss, doing odd jobs and cutting grass. He usually earned a dollar an hour. He also delivered the Suburban Life newspaper for additional income.
"Mr. Strauss was like a father to us ushers," Eichmann said. "He watched after us and taught us responsibility. He taught us presentation. We had to wear ties, shirts and jackets. We knew we represented the theater."
The ushers did everything. The worked outside, before and after the shows. They sold tickets, and then helped patrons to their seats.
They were in charge of crowd control, toning down kids if they got too noisy. "The empty candy boxes became noisemakers," Eichmann said. No gum and no soft drinks were sold at the theater, but there was lots of popcorn and lots of candy. Some of the candies sold were Dot Drops, Junior Mints and Juji Fruits.
At the meeting, Eichmann passed around a box of candies, allowing the audience to choose one, to taste again he sweet days of their youth.
The popcorn was delivered to the theater already popped, in a half-dozen huge bags. Prior to the shows, the usher would bag it up in small bags to be sold.
The theater scheduled general movies on Wednesday and Sunday nights. Special matinees were shown on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The price of admission was 75 cents for adults and 35 cents for children. Special movies were shown on Tuesday and Thursdays, costing 50 cents each.
Some of these were "Naughty Marietta," "Rosemarie," "May Time" and "Girl of the Golden West."
Some of the movies Eichmann remembers showing were "Clarence, the Cross-Eyed Lion," "The Shaggy Dog Story," "That Darn Cat," "101 Dalmatians" and "My Fair Lady."
He remembers one movie with an adult, for the times, theme. Now it would seem quite tame. It was "The Sandpiper," starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It produced the hit song, "The Shadow of Your Smile," made popular by singer Tony Bennett.
The Camargo Theater closed in 1967. The grand old building then became Madeira Manor, a restaurant with a long, successful run that also evokes nostalgia among Madeira residents.
Jim Eichmann no longer lives in Madeira and is light years away from his days as an usher at Camargo Theater. He's now a sales vice-president for Cincinnati Bell.
But his days of ushering were a building block of his life. He remembers it as a time of family, friends and having fun. "Madeira's family culture helped me begin my life, " he said.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. football club profile
by MairaS on April 13, 2011
in English Premier League
Wolverhampton Wanderers football club is an English professional league football team located in the city of Wolverhampton, in West Milands region of England. The club was founded in 1877 as St. Luke's, currently playing in the top-flight "English Premier League". The club plays the home games at Molineux Stadiuam with the capacity of 30,000 spectators. Wolverhampton FC are the pioneers of football as well as played an important role in the establishment of the UEFA Champions League.
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, well known as the Wolves, are sponsored by internet gambling company Sportingbet branding on both home and away games' kit. The club plays home games in Orange jersey with Black shorts while away games in Black jersey with Black shorts.
In 1888, the club became a founder members of the English Premier League and finished 3rd on the league table. In 1893, Wolves achieved the first milestone beating the Leicester City Football Club in the finals of FA Cup. And a year later, they won their first League title. 1950s is regarded as the most successful years in the history of clubs' football, as Wolves finally won the league championship for the first time in 1954 under the captaincy of Billy Wright. And repeated twice in the 1957/58 season and 1958/59 season and ended the 1959/60 season as runners-up.
The club was performing brilliantly in the 70s until the time 80s brought real decline. Wolves slipped right from top-flight all the way to the lowly fourth division. The club became in severe debts and the Molineux stadium itself became in dangour of being condemned. After some ownership changes, the club was sold to businessman Sir jack kayward in 1990. He amazingly paid off the debts and rebuilt the stadium. However slowly but surely, in 2003 they return to the top-flight "English Premier League".
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Top 10 Players of West Bromwich Albion
by MairaS on February 23, 2011
Tags: Champions League, English football clubs, English football history, English football league system, English footballers, English Premier League, Football Clubs, Football in England, Football in the United Kingdom, Top 10 Players of West Bromwich Albion, West Bromwich Albion FC
Performance record of West Bromwich Albion FC
West Bromwich Albion FC possesses an old history in making great records, which includes winning the Premier League's First Division back in 1920. However they have gained the FA Cup crown five times, although the last one was won back in 1968.
After the formation of the WBA football club in 1878, they enjoyed much of the early successes. West Bromwich Albion joined the Birmingham & District Football Association at the start of the 1881/82 season. The Albion side competed in the Birmingham Senior Cup, and though they couldn't win the competition, they beat respected local sides "Elwells FC" and "Calthorpe/football club" on their way to the Quarter Finals.
1887/88 – FA Cup Winners
1901/02 – Division Two Champions
1919/20 – Division One Champions
1920 – FA Charity Shield Winners
1954 – FA Charity Shield Winners (shared with Wolves)
1965/66 – Football League Cup Winners
Biggest League win: 12-0 vs Darwen (h), April 4, 1892
Biggest FA Cup win: 10-1 vs Chatham (a), March 2, 1889
Biggest League Cup win: 6-1 vs Coventry City (h), 1965/66 and 6-1 vs Aston Villa
(h), 1966/67
Biggest League defeat: 10-3 vs Stoke City football club (a), February 4, 1937
Biggest FA Cup defeat: 5-0 vs Leeds United (a), February 18, 1967
Biggest League Cup defeat: 6-1 vs Nottingham football club Forest, 1982/83
Biggest League attendance: 60,945 vs Wolves football club, March 4, 1950
Biggest FA Cup attendance: 64,815 vs Arsenal football club, March 6, 1937
Record seasonal league goals total: 105 in Division Two, 1929/30
Record seasonal league goalscorer: WG Richardson, 39 in 1935/36
Record career goalscorer in all games: Tony Brown, 279
Record career league appearances: Tony Brown, 574 (561 and 13 sub)
Record career appearances in all games: Tony Brown 720 (706 and 14 sub)
Oldest player: George Baddeley, 39 years, 345 days vs Sheffield Wednesday, April 18, 1914.
Youngest player: Frank Hodgetts, 16 years, 26 days vs Notts County, October, 1940.
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Performance record of Stoke City football club
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Performance record of Bolton Wanderers football club
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Performance record of Fulham football club
by MairaS on January 5, 2011
Since its establishment, Fulham fc has reached new heights and never looked back. The club plays remarkable football, pleasing to the eye and has filled its trophy cabinet from time to time by lifting numerous trophies. The huge fan following of the club is an inspiration for the players who then perform well on the pitch and win crucial matches for their fans therefore Fulham fc is one big football family eager to win more titles and increase the pride of their club. The performance records of the club themselves show the success percentage of Fulham fc and outline the hard drill and commitment of the players and fans towards the club. Fulham football club has performed very well in history. This club has never been an easy target for other football clubs in English Premiere league.
Performance records:
1) Second Division/First Divison Champions (2 times).
2) Third Division/Second Division Champions (2 times).
3) Southern League First Division Champions (2 times).
4) Southern League Second Divison Champions (2 times).
5) Europa League Runners-up (2009-10).
6) Intertoto Cup Winners.
7) Middlesex Senior Cup Winners.
8 ) West London Cup Winners.
9) West London Observers Cup Winners.
10) London Challenge Cup Winners.
11) Malaysian Touring Cup Winners.
These prestigious achievements show the quality and talent present in the club which allows Fulham fc to succeed forward.
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Sunderland AFC profile and Performance Record
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Everton FC profile
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Aston Villa FC profile
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English Premier League – Structure
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"When a person is in need, politics goes out the window," says chef Edward Lee.
Editor's note: Communal Table, a forum for amplifying first-person voices in the food industry. Our goal is to work long term with leaders to create more humane and sustainable workplaces. We encourage restaurant and bar workers and owners to write in and share their experiences here: kat.kinsman@meredith.com. Have ideas about how to make the industry a safer, better, more sustainable place to work? Please share them, too. We'll edit and post some entries to foodandwine.com.
Edward Lee is the chef/owner of 610 Magnolia, MilkWood and Whiskey Dry in Louisville, KY and the culinary director for Succotash in National Harbor, Maryland and Penn Quarter, DC. He has been nominated for a daytime Emmy for his role as host of the Emmy-winning series, Mind of Chef on PBS. Most recently, he has hosted and co-produced a feature documentary called Fermented. Lee is the author of Smoke & Pickles: Recipes and Stories from a New Southern Kitchen and of Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting Pot Cuisine. Lee also runs the non-profit The LEE Initiative which promotes equality and diversity within the restaurant community.
When I first heard about the government shutdown, I, like so many others, thought it was just an annoyance that would soon fix itself. As it spiraled into the new year and it became clear that federal employees would miss a paycheck, I realized a crisis was brewing. I travel often and I know the faces of the TSA officers in my hometown airport of Louisville like I know my cooks. On January 11, I sent all 75 TSA officers at the airport a burger, fries, and a drink from Whiskey Dry as a gesture to say that we recognize how hard this is and that we thank you.
The response was overwhelming. I got so many messages from the TSA officers and others who began telling me their stories. I knew that a small gesture of lunch would not be enough. Inspired by the humanitarian efforts of Jose Andres who has shown the world how one person can make an enormous difference in the lives of people in need, I asked a few chefs in Louisville if they would help out. In one afternoon, we enlisted several restaurants willing to help. By the end of the week, we had over a dozen restaurants and markets offering free food to federal employees in need. Among all the restaurants, we gave away thousands of meals that week.
My fellow chefs and friends and I boxed hot meals, handed out chicken pot pies, and shook a lot of hands. I listened to the workers' stories. As the weeks went by, we knew the unthinkable would happen, and these dedicated employees would miss a second paycheck. It was heartbreaking to see the families who would come in for a hot meal. It was not just the 800,000 employees being affected by the shutdown, but the far greater number of all the families whose lives had come to a screeching halt.
I listened as they told me about families going down to one meal a day to make ends meet, about missing insurance and car payments, about missing birthdays and cancelling trips due to the uncertainty of the future. I saw the shame in the faces of the men and women who had to wait in line for a meal, knowing that they did nothing wrong. I even heard of some workers being reprimanded for accepting these free meals when they had no other options available.
I witnessed a roomful of people joined together as a community, blind to the ideology of politics or partisanship. I have been involved with charities for a number of years and I can say with certainty that when a person is in need, politics goes out the window. When we need a helping hand, we don't care if the sleeve behind it is red or blue.
The shutdown ended, and the world (at least for now) seems to have some stability to it. As I look back at the last few weeks, I am astounded at how many people tried to turn the optics of this crisis into a political argument. I had my share of angry messages directed at me for simply trying to feed people in a time of need. If there is one thing that I learned from all this, it is that we need more compassion, less yelling.
Restaurants have a built-in ability for compassion. I witnessed every team member of 610 Magnolia, jump in and help on their days off, in the bitter cold, as they packed up food and delivered it to cars with all the respect and professionalism they would have given to any other customer. I was proud of that and for what my community of Louisville did to step up.
Restaurants are asked to be many things: ambassadors of the community, purveyors of local ingredients, standard bearers of excellence and fairness, all while serving great food with a smile. For the most part, we do pretty well at it. But there is one more thing we can do: We can lead the way with compassion. If you have spent any amount of time working in a restaurant, you have probably seen all types of customers: the entitled blowhard, the timid couple on a first date, the family that goes out once a year to celebrate, the local guy who is more lonely than hungry, and so on. We serve them all with the same care and attention we would our own families. When it comes to people in need, it is only natural that the restaurant communities around the nation would rise to the occasion. It is no surprise that compassion is in our very DNA.
To me, compassion goes beyond hospitality, beyond customer service. It starts with listening. It is being sensitive to the needs of a community, often one that does not or cannot dine in my restaurants. Compassion transcends politics or race or gender. It is doing what I can to preserve a sense of kindness in my community. Compassion doesn't end when the shutdown is over. There will be something else. Always. Maybe a restaurant cannot solve the world's problems. But so what? If we don't try just because the task seems impossible, then we have already given up on our communities, on our kindness for one another.
In that last week before the end of a shutdown, I was terribly moved by a mother who couldn't afford to get her son a gift for his 17th birthday. The free meal we offered was his only birthday celebration. He wanted an iPhone, like all 17 year olds do. I went out and got him the phone partly because I wanted him to know that there was still kindness in the face of all this madness. But also, I knew I was reassuring myself that kindness and compassion could still exist in the face of all this madness.
I have pledged to do my part in these uncertain times because I believe in the urgency of it. Right now. While we do everything else that a good restaurant does. While we still continue to argue about the merits of the next trending toast on Instagram, we can also do our part to preserve our communities.


Halo 4, the hugely anticipated title from Microsoft and 343 Industries, is just a couple of months away from release – and more details are being revealed all the time.
Set for release in November this year, the latest round of upgrades to be revealed included new and improved noises on pre-existing weapons, such as the rocket launcher, shotgun, pistol and DMR.
Details of eight specialisation options, which have been created to "make the play experience months and even years after release feel fresh", have also been unveiled. So what do we now know about them?
Pioneer: Here users can build up experience points at a faster rate via Fast Track mode.
Wetworks: A cover tool that shows players on screen with just an outline and allows them to move more quietly.
Engineer: An arrow directs players to where weapons have been dropped, giving them a first look at the arsenal.
Tracker: If gamers aren't happy with the weapons offered in a weapons drop they are able to select new ones.
Pathfinder: This reduces cool-down period for guns on vehicles, as well as giving players the ability to carry detached weapons faster.
Operator: This specialisation rewards you for good driving and it also allows you to recharge vehicle health more rapidly.
Rogue: Enables players to be more stable while sniping.
Stalker: Gamers can see who they were last killed or attacked by and enact their revenge.
Wetworks and Pioneer will be available on launch, but the users wanting to have a go at the remaining six will need to wait for the Halo 4 Limited Edition package.
Earlier released details about the game include the fact that users can create their own individual looks by customising everything from their armour to emblem design.
The excitement surrounding Halo 4 has been growing steadily since its announcement, but with these details – not to mention the details of new weapons that came to light recently – November can't come soon enough.


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Why we partnered with The Marcy Lab School
Jiun Kimm
Driving innovation through diversity and inclusion
By Jiun Kimm
Why we partnered with Techstars
By Brandon Hoffman
With a new year nearly upon us, Samsung Next remains as committed as ever to exploring new, untapped possibilities, including opportunities to improve diversity and inclusion throughout the tech ecosystem.
We're continuing to put significant effort into building a more inclusive ecosystem and believe it's not enough to just support founders and workers from underrepresented backgrounds who are currently in it. We also must nurture all of the incredible talents of future generations who will be transforming the industry in their years to come.
Addressing systemic inequities
Through a new partnership with The Marcy Lab School in Brooklyn, Samsung Next supports Marcy Lab in breaking down systemic inequities by providing pathways for Black and Latinx students into tech, an industry that continues to fail in equitable representation and inclusion for these communities. We have historically engaged with organizations in shorter, periodic engagements, but with The Marcy Lab School, we are excited about building a partnership that lasts for many years to come.
Founded in 2019, Marcy Lab offers an affordable but rigorous college alternative that equips young people from low-income backgrounds with the education necessary to launch a career in tech. The school's 10-month software engineering fellowship, for instance, is designed to be a direct pathway to employment as an entry-level software engineer. In 2020, Marcy Lab graduated its first class of nine students who have earned an average compensation package of $103,500 writing software at companies such as WW, The New York Times, and Democracy Works.
"The Marcy Lab School is thrilled to be partnering with Samsung Next," said Reuben Ogbonna II, Executive Director of The Marcy Lab School. "We are excited about the training and experience that our Fellows will receive working alongside engineering and product leaders at one of the most innovative companies in the world."
Focusing on the next generation of tech workers
At Samsung Next, we have the opportunity to support Marcy Lab's students with resources, networks, and workforce experience that will build on their skills and talents in becoming the world's next generation of builders and founders.
In the coming year, our goal is for at least half of our employee base to participate in the activities taking place at least once a quarter, including a hackathon, career panels, fireside chats, and a "Job Prep Fair" to get Marcy Lab students ready for job interviews. Over the course of the year, students will be receiving mentoring from Next employees to have frequent, meaningful touchpoints that will support them in better understanding the day-to-day of the work.
We have also partnered with Marcy Lab on a paid summer apprenticeship with Samsung Next's product engineering teams. During this apprenticeship, students will explore and grow their engineering skills, working on projects that impact the business, with the ultimate goal of transitioning these students in full-time employment once the apprenticeship ends.
We know that this important partnership is just the beginning in doing our part to fight systemic inequities but are committed to continuing to take action in this realm and partner with the incredible organizations like Marcy Lab who are doing the impactful work of supporting community members each day.
Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Samsung Next
Jiun is the Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Samsung Next. In her role, she strengthens internal support and programs for underrepresented groups, and leads strategy and thought leadership to increase Next's engagement with underrepresented founders, empowering a global tech ecosystem that is more diverse and inclusive. Prior to Next, Jiun created and led the first diversity investment strategy with the foundation at Two Sigma and was most recently the D&I Lead at Squarespace, where she designed the company's first global employee resource group retreats. Jiun is a trained coach and social justice facilitator, and began her career as an educator in Harlem.
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1. This chapter is, of course, primarily descriptive, but we did find a policy change that we'd like to object to. Under "Land Use and Zoning" (II-1), we urge you not to eliminate the "resident-serving commercial" district of the plan.
MIG seems to have misinterpreted the intent of this zone in pointing to the fact that resident-serving uses occur in other zones. The idea was not to confine resident-serving businesses to a sort of ghetto but to attempt to even the playing field for businesses that typically make less money by giving them a place where they would be preferred. Rents have historically been lower on Ocean than on Forest, and creating a resident-serving district there was an attempt to preserve a safe haven for them. The district initially reflected the uses that were there when it was established (when we had a tailor's shop, a bookstore, a couple of dry cleaners, a Community Clinic, and an additional bank in addition to the surviving shoe repair shop, the banks, the post office [with its own parking lot], the Zinc café, the bus station, the public restrooms, and the brokerage).
Despite MIG's assessment that the downtown "serves most resident needs with the exception of specialty food stores and office supply stores" (Task 2.10 Recommendations regarding retail uses p. 34), its own (albeit limited) online retail survey indicates that customers desire, among other things, more "affordable clothing stores" and "stores with everyday goods (such as cookware, office supply, home goods)" (p. 35).
The resident-serving district was the only thing the creators of the DSP could think of to encourage these uses, and in the absence of other incentives it appears that we still need it.
We encourage MIG to assemble those data and make the comparison that the original DSP envisioned. It would also be useful to examine the square footage devoted to the various uses, which would probablygive a different picture of the contrast between residential and nonresidential uses.
3. The general remarks under "Public Infrastructure and Utilities" as originally written seem pointless, and specific descriptions are limited to the storm drainage system.
4. The section "Environmental Hazards" might include a statement of the implications for further development of the downtown's being largely in the 100-year floodplain (elevation of new construction above the flood level and its effects on the streetscape).
Perhaps, too, as we have indicated in our line-by-line comments (attached), it should say a little about sea-level rise, which is mentioned under Policy 7.3 of the Land Use Element.
In addition to these general remarks, we offer a number of detailed suggestions for corrections or additions as "tracked changes" to the attached Word version (kindly provided by staff) of the document.
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this important effort.
that identification of certain permitted uses, with an emphasis on resident-serving ones, could serve as an incentive and reduce the need for CUPs.
that fees should be reduced for resident-serving businesses.
that we need a building maintenance ordinance.
that simplifying the approval process might help to reduce uncertainty.
that specific saturation levels should be established for problematic uses that could over proliferate.
What is "alcohol + one," and how would this use affect the retail mix? What is the problem it is intended to solve?
Have the survey results, particularly those critical of the current process, been reality-tested? It's said that the CUP "could potentially be impacting the economic vitality of Downtown," but where is the evidence that it is? On the contrary, the downtown is said to have many strengths (p. 34) and to be "one of the most vibrant and pedestrian-friendly downtowns out of the five communities examined" (p. 14).
What criteria were used in selecting the retail cities analyzed? Should Carmel and Malibu have been included? How can annual sales be compared with Newport's, where people are buying boats? What might we learn from Carmel's experience with managing its retail mix?
How is the use of the CUP process in the current plan "inconsistent with how the CUP process should be used according to the Laguna Beach Municipal Code"? The code (25.05.030) says that the purpose of the CUP process is to allow uses to be "modified to the extent that they can be made compatible and harmonious with adjacent uses" and consistent with the General Plan.
How do we maintain "a balanced retail mix that also allows for flexibility of business types" while streamlining and in some cases eliminating the need for the CUP process?
How will formula-based businesses be addressed, particularly with respect to the recommendation to modify Topic 3, Policies 6 and 8?
What mechanism will be used to maintain the retail and food use mix with the proposed modification of Topic 3, Policies 9 and 10?
What outdoor noise level is suggested to replace the current requirement of 60 decibels as required in Topic 3, Policy 15?
How will entertainment uses be controlled with the proposed modification of Topic 3, Policies 16 and 17?
That combining the CBD-1 and the CBD-2 zones could reduce the number of resident-serving businesses by eliminating an area designed to be a refuge for these uses.
That encouraging more food-related uses could drive out retail uses and dramatically change the retail mix, especially since the proposed new use for food service that does not require a kitchen would be going into former retail spaces rather than former traditional food service spaces.
That an administrative use permit process would be a needless complication if certain uses were simply permitted.
That rather than eliminating the parking lots on Ocean Avenue, we should be examining ways to beautify them and to implement design features and appropriate peripheral uses that will better integrate them into the downtown ambience.
That the Central Bluffs should be considered as part of comprehensive recommendations, since they affect the retail and entertainment mix.
That changes to the current methods of handling formula-based businesses could negatively impact the character of the downtown.
That key policies that should be preserved weren't identified at the beginning of the revision process.
That the proposed schedule does not appear to provide sufficient opportunity for public response to Sections III and IV(Issue Statement and Policies and Urban Design) of the document.
We appreciate the opportunity to raise these concerns and hope that you'll address them.
The proposals for updating the Downtown Specific Plan presented by the urban planning firm MIG last month were greeted by the City Council and the Planning Commission with open minds but very appropriate caution. As longtime activists in favor of Laguna's village atmosphere, Village Laguna welcomes Councilmembers' comments on the need to assess the feasibility of the firm's suggestions and to have a policy discussion of the conflict that Toni Iseman pointed out between facilitating more housing downtown and creating more "vibrant" nightlife. As a contribution to these discussions, we'd like to draw on twenty-five years of experience in observing the operation of the specific plan to raise some questions.
As we pointed out in our previous letter on this subject, a planning process should proceed in a logical fashion--gathering information and input from the public, making conclusions on needs and goals, defining problems to be solved and then proposing alternative ways to solve them. We seem to be witnessing attempts by the consultants to solve problems before the other steps have been taken. Thus solutions are proposed for undefined problems—perhaps problems for which no solutions are even needed.
New second stories: What is the problem for which allowing more second stories would be the solution? The 12-foot height limit was introduced to preserve the downtown's pleasing diversity of building heights, preserve public views of the ocean and hillsides, and maintain light, air, solar access to the streetscape and maintain the human scale. How would residents benefit from a relaxation of the rule that has protected the character of the downtown for all these years? Does anyone support this idea beyond the property owners who imagine that they might financially benefit from it and those who would build the second stories? How could the selective approval of new second stories be done fairly, and what would prevent the whole downtown from going two-story as each property owner insisted on the privilege granted his neighbor? Are the existing residences in the downtown a success for their occupants and their owners? Are the buildings big enough to be attractive as residences, especially given the high rents that can be expected to be charged for them? Where would the proposed new residents park their cars? More fundamentally, can these old buildings structurally support second stories? Replacement or substantial improvement for residential use would be required by law to be elevated 2 feet above the base flood level (which historically has been 1–3 feet above the ground on Forest Avenue, 2–3 feet on Beach Street, and 3–4 feet at the Coast Highway).
Underground parking on Cliff Drive and behind Las Brisas: What effect would this have on traffic? Would the residential neighbors object to the intrusion of hundreds of new cars and pedestrians into their quiet neighborhood? Would the new "park" on the structure's roof obstruct cherished views of Main Beach and the ocean? Would shoppers use the parking structure knowing that they would have to walk back up the stairs with their packages to retrieve their cars? How does the idea square with the community consensus about the need for peripheral parking rather than big structures downtown? Would the residents who recently objected to taking on $69 million in debt for a parking structure at the Village Entrance be any more willing to pay for such a project on Cliff Drive?
Moving the library: Aside from the unanswered question "Where to?"—is everyone aware that the building belongs to the County and operates on rather limited funds? (The secondhand books sold by volunteers in the basement help buy new ones for the collection upstairs.) Is everyone aware that the library is one of the oldest institutions in the City and has a loyal and active support group that generously funds improvements, the most recent of them in 2010? That the building was designed by a respected local architect in 1972? That it's centrally located and close to the high school, whose students it serves? And is there any real community interest in opening up that particular space for a view of the ocean blocked by shops and moving cars?
Some of MIG's other ideas—the pedestrian scramble on the Coast Highway, relocation of the bus station, and a "green" Ocean Avenue—are more appealing than these four at first glance, but we need to know what the changes would do to traffic patterns. Where would the bus station be moved to? While "greening" Ocean Avenue we hope that it will still look like it belongs downtown, not a trendy, millennial anomaly. Where everything is interconnected as it is in our tiny downtown basin, small changes can have large consequences.
Finally, beyond all the practical questions, there's the question of benefits. We're told repeatedly that visitors love the downtown just as it is, and we know that many residents feel the same way. Before we commit to any of these changes, we need to know how they're linked to problems actually identified by residents and how such changes would solve those problems. As the planning process continues, we will be encouraging the City Council to keep these issues in mind.
On June 16 the City Council unanimously approved two parklets proposed by the City's Downtown Specific Plan consultant over the objections of nearly everyone who spoke on this agenda item.
Your original plan to identify locations in the downtown to foster small, informal community gatherings was a good one. What you ended up approving was turning over our street parking spaces to four restaurants and/or bars, for their exclusive use.
This proposal is unfair to our other businesses. It also takes away public parking with no benefit to the public in return. If you ask restaurants to invest in the construction of these venues, they will push to make them permanent. Sometimes a good intention can take a wrong turn. It is our retail shops, not our restaurants and bars that could use some support.
Village Laguna suggests a re-evaluation of this proposal. The City needs to craft a proposal that benefits our residents and retail establishments. Other cities have done it. We can too.
All this work is to come together to produce a revised Downtown Specific Plan. When we see that, we should be able to decide whether parklets, street closures, and other features not yet considered will be appropriate for implementing our community goals.
To our knowledge, MIG has accomplished Item 1 and possibly Item 2. We see the present projects as premature and a distraction from its main tasks. We as a community won't be in a position to evaluate these projects until the assigned tasks have been completed.
In addition, we feel strongly that the premise that the downtown needs to be revitalized is essentially flawed. Rick Barrett's summary of public input emphasized that respondents wanted to protect the character and feeling of the town as it is, not make fundamental changes. The downtown doesn't need revitalization, but it does need more resident-serving businesses.
It isn't the role of our downtown (in the regional context) to be "up to date." If residents and visitors seek an "up to date" shopping experience, there are many shopping centers in Orange County to visit. People come to Laguna Beach's downtown because it's different; it has a sense of history and a traditional main street environment that's quaint, charming, shady, friendly, and right next to Main Beach Park. It offers an experience not available anywhere else. We don't need to apply solutions developed for other towns to problems we don't have.
We recommend that the Council authorize the planning for moving the Farmer's Market to Ocean Avenue, and postpone any decision on the remaining items until MIG's work is completed.


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Lilly, Photo by: Patrizia Frazau Pereira & Per Østerby
Lilly-Ann Hertzman is a Danish jazz musician who performs under her given name, Lilly.
LILLY aka LILLY-ANN HERTZMAN (b. 1973) is a singer, songwriter and producer who has received great reviews for creating evocative songs and soundscapes of a rare kind and with a personal expression and sound. Her inspirations and influences are many and goes across genres like jazz, singersongwriter, folk(lore) and pop. Her origins also cross borders, with a mother from Japan and a father from Denmark.
Lilly has released four acclaimed albums. Two with own lyrics in English, Before The Crossing (2005) and Love Is A Sound (2009). Her third album, and the first with lyrics in Danish, was titled Menneskeblomst (2016), a selfinvented word that means Humanflower. The duoalbum , Tenderly feat. Gilad Hekselman (2017) , received rave reviews from USA, Germany and Denmark, and was chosen as Top 5 Best Vocal Release 2017 by The New York City Jazz Record.
Lilly is educated from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark, from the department of music & movement, and has played, recorded and collaborated with some of the finest, most talented and versatile creative musicians in Scandinavia, Europe and US. Among others Lew Soloff (US), Aaron Parks (US), Gilad Hekselman (ISR), Kirk KnuWe (US), Gustaf Ljunggren (S), Anders AC Christensen (DK), Jonas Berg (S), Jeppe Kjellberg (DK), Thommy Andersson (S), Krister Jonsson (S), Jacob Fischer (DK) a.o.
Lilly feat. Gilad Hekselman & Kirk Knuffke - The Song is You
Interpreting the standards from the Great American Songbook is considered by many to be the supreme discipline in jazz. Anyone who dares to sing songs like "My Foolish Heart" by Victor Young and Ned Washington, "It Might As Well Be Spring" by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein or "Prelude to a Kiss" by Duke Ellington automatically exposes himself or herself to the comparison with hundreds of performers who have already sung them.
For the Danish jazz singer Lilly – full name Lilly-Ann Hertzman – they also are part of her musical DNA. "I love these songs; they speak to me," she said with enthusiasm. "I have been listening to and singing jazz since I was a teenager, so I am very familiar with these songs. I mostly only sang my own songs on my first three albums. But it was completely natural for me to sing these other songs now."
She already did this on her previous album "Tenderly", in a duet with the Israeli-American guitarist Gilad Hekselman. The album received euphoric reactions. For Lilly, this was a reason to dare something similar without repeating herself. This time, Kirk Knuffke joined the tried-and-tested duet of singer and guitarist. The American trumpeter brings an additional tone quality into play.
"The entire album was recorded in New York on one day; it was very spontaneous," the singer stated with obvious pleasure. "Of course, I was very happy to be able to record with Gilad and Kirk."
The Song is You, 2021
Tenderly, 2017
Menneskeblomst, 2016
Love Is A Sound, 2009
Before The Crossing, 2005
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Robotic Surgery Has Been Connected to 144 U.S. Deaths Since 2000
Jamie Condliffe
All surgery carries risk, and that's also true when it involves robots. A new study of U.S. Food and Drug Administration data reveals that a variety of malfunctions have been linked to 144 deaths during robotic surgery in the last 14 years.
In the study, researchers from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, MIT and Rush University Medical Center dive into record kept by the FDA. The Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience database—known as MAUDE—contains mandatory and voluntary reports about incidents that have occurred. The researchers note that that, to date, "no comprehensive study of the safety and reliability of surgical robots has been performed."
Some of the reported incidents sound a little... worrying. There's descriptions of equipment arcing or sparking during procedures, which burned 193 patients in total between 2000 and 2013. Elsewhere, broken pieces fell into the bodies of patients in 100 cases, once killing the victim. And "uncontrolled movement" apparently injured 52 and killed 2 patients. The reports, however, don't typically go into this level of detail—though over 60 percent were related to "malfunction."
It's worth noting that the number of deaths is small compared to the total number of procedures. The analysis shows that robotic surgery was related to 144 deaths between 2000 and 2013, but between 2007 and 2013 over 1.7 million robotic procedures were carried out. One thing the result does show, though, is that over the same period the number of deaths per procedure has remained relatively constant—suggesting that problems aren't necessarily being ironed out.
Sadly, the study doesn't compare the results to surgeries carried out without robots, which makes it hard to draw any real conclusions about the risks involved with robotic surgery. Still, the presence of the report, published on the arXiv servers, highlights the need for better reporting and analysis of robotic procedures. The authors agree: "Improved accident investigation and reporting mechanisms, and safety-based design techniques should be developed to reduce incident rates in the future," they write.
[arXiv via Technology Review]


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Are you planning to bake? Something au gratin?
Opt for the youngest vintage. The 9 to 16 months Grana Padano releases humidity more slowly. In fact, by forming a sort of protective layer, vapour slows down caramelisation, contributing to a uniform, perfect baking.
The younger Grana Padano is also ideal for creamy recipes, as it melts completely when mixed with liquids.
Try the harmonious, discreet flavour of the youngest vintage, ideal for salads, dips and fish or beef carpaccios.
With a distinctive character, strong yet never over powering, Grana Padano "over 16 months" is the perfect match for wines that are fresh and medium bodied.
Does your recipe require a perfect crispy wafer?
Thanks to it slow moisture, higher fat concentration and a good melting speed, a mature vintage of Grana Padano is the ideal choice for these kind of recipes.
What do you have in mind? A meat or vegetable stuffing? An omelette? A quiche? A focaccia?
Then go for the stronger flavour of the "over 16 months" vintage of Grana Padano. It will make all those dishes tastier, adding harmony and balance between all the ingredients without overpowering them.
With its strong flavour, rich with various, complex aromas, Grana Padano Riserva offers itself as the excellent choice.
Do you love cheese tasting?
"Riserva" is perfect when combined with aged balsamic vinegar and the usual accompaniments for cheese and salami platters: honeys, jams and fruit chutneys.
Intense, full-bodied wines, high in alcohol-content, also make perfect partners to "Riserva".
"Riserva" is perfect when combined with aged balsamic vinegar and the usual accompaniments for cheese and salami platters: honeis, jams and fruit chutneys.
No starter is the same without a sprinkle of Grana Padano?
"Riserva" provides that magic touch which turns risotto, pasta and soups into something special.
The long ageing prevents the formation of unappealing lumps and stringiness.
"Riserva" provides that magic touch which turns risotto, pasta and soups into something special. The long ageing prevents the formation of unappealing lumps and stringiness.


Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has ordered a detailed enquiry to ascertain the cause of the blast that took place in a match-making factory in Industrial Growth Centre at Mansa Road, Bathinda, which left one person dead and one critically injured.
The Chief Minister has also announced ex-gratia of Rs. 3 lakh for the next of the kin of the deceased, identified as Harish Kumar, a junk dealer, and Rs 50,000 for the injured.
The Chief Minister has also directed the Deputy Commissioner Bathinda to ensure the best possible treatment, free of cost, to the injured Raj Kumar.
In his directive, Captain Amarinder Singh has asked the DC to ensure a thorough probe into the incident to ascertain the cause of the explosion and suggest remedial measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents in the future.
Acting swiftly on the directives of the CM, the Deputy Commissioner Bathinda has entrusted the task of enquiry to Additional District Magistrate.
The Chief Minister has also extended his sympathies to the families of the victims.


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using namespace arangodb;
using namespace arangodb::basics;
using namespace arangodb::rest;

RestAuthHandler::RestAuthHandler(GeneralRequest* request,
                                 GeneralResponse* response,
                                 std::string const* jwtSecret)
    : RestVocbaseBaseHandler(request, response),
      _jwtSecret(*jwtSecret),
      _validFor(60 * 60 * 24 * 30) {}

bool RestAuthHandler::isDirect() const { return false; }

std::string RestAuthHandler::generateJwt(std::string const& username,
                                         std::string const& password) {
  VPackBuilder headerBuilder;
  {
    VPackObjectBuilder h(&headerBuilder);
    headerBuilder.add("alg", VPackValue("HS256"));
    headerBuilder.add("typ", VPackValue("JWT"));
  }

  std::chrono::seconds exp =
      std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::seconds>(
          std::chrono::system_clock::now().time_since_epoch()) +
      _validFor;
  VPackBuilder bodyBuilder;
  {
    VPackObjectBuilder p(&bodyBuilder);
    bodyBuilder.add("preferred_username", VPackValue(username));
    bodyBuilder.add("iss", VPackValue("arangodb"));
    bodyBuilder.add("exp", VPackValue(exp.count()));
  }

  std::string fullMessage(StringUtils::encodeBase64(headerBuilder.toJson()) +
                          "." +
                          StringUtils::encodeBase64(bodyBuilder.toJson()));
  std::string signature =
      sslHMAC(_jwtSecret.c_str(), _jwtSecret.length(), fullMessage.c_str(),
              fullMessage.length(), SslInterface::Algorithm::ALGORITHM_SHA256);

  return fullMessage + "." + StringUtils::encodeBase64U(signature);
}

RestHandler::status RestAuthHandler::execute() {
  auto const type = _request->requestType();
  if (type != GeneralRequest::RequestType::POST) {
    generateError(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED,
                  TRI_ERROR_HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED);
    return status::DONE;
  }

  VPackOptions options = VPackOptions::Defaults;
  options.checkAttributeUniqueness = true;

  bool parseSuccess;
  std::shared_ptr<VPackBuilder> parsedBody =
      parseVelocyPackBody(&options, parseSuccess);
  if (!parseSuccess) {
    return badRequest();
  }

  VPackSlice slice = parsedBody->slice();
  if (!slice.isObject()) {
    return badRequest();
  }

  VPackSlice usernameSlice = slice.get("username");
  VPackSlice passwordSlice = slice.get("password");

  if (!usernameSlice.isString() || !passwordSlice.isString()) {
    return badRequest();
  }

  std::string const username = usernameSlice.copyString();
  std::string const password = passwordSlice.copyString();

  AuthResult auth =
      GeneralServerFeature::AUTH_INFO.checkPassword(username, password);

  if (auth._authorized) {
    VPackBuilder resultBuilder;
    {
      VPackObjectBuilder b(&resultBuilder);
      std::string jwt = generateJwt(username, password);
      resultBuilder.add("jwt", VPackValue(jwt));
      resultBuilder.add("must_change_password", VPackValue(auth._mustChange));
    }

    generateDocument(resultBuilder.slice(), true, &VPackOptions::Defaults);
    return status::DONE;
  } else {
    // mop: rfc 2616 10.4.2 (if credentials wrong 401)
    generateError(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::UNAUTHORIZED,
                  TRI_ERROR_HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED, "Wrong credentials");
    return status::DONE;
  }
}

RestHandler::status RestAuthHandler::badRequest() {
  generateError(GeneralResponse::ResponseCode::BAD,
                TRI_ERROR_HTTP_BAD_PARAMETER, "invalid JSON");
  return status::DONE;
}

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When you do decide to throw down with a wild Pokémon, there's just the small matter of actually bagging said creature and adding it to your growing roster.
Rather than battling a wild one as you would in a regular Pokémon game, Pokémon Go instead uses a special 'Capture' mode. The virtual world is swapped for the real one as your camera jumps into AR.
Before you throw a Pokéball, check the colour the ring changes to - green equals easy, yellow equals moderate and red equals tough. Know these colours and you'll be on your way to mastering Pokémon Go.


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World > Africa > Mauritania > Inchiri Region > Akjoujt
Akjoujt
Latitude / Longitude : 19° 58' 10" N / 15° 0' 32" W	| Time zone : UTC+0	| Currency : MRO	| Telephone : 222
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Country - Mauritania
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Mauritania is a country in Northwest Africa. It is the eleventh largest sovereign state in Africa and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Western Sahara to the north and northwest, Algeria to the northeast, Mali to the east and southeast, and Senegal to the southwest.
The country derives its name from the ancient Berber kingdom of Mauretania, which existed from the 3rd century BCE into the 7th century CE in the far north of modern-day Morocco and Algeria. Approximately 90% of Mauritania's land is within the Sahara; consequently, the population is concentrated in the south, where precipitation is slightly higher. The capital and largest city is Nouakchott, located on the Atlantic coast, which is home to around one-third of the country's million people. The government was overthrown on 6 August 2008, in a military coup d'état led by General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz. On 16 April 2009, Aziz resigned from the military to run for president in the 19 July elections, which he won.
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'There was clearly a top-five to fight for', says Gasly after Imola retirement heartbreak
Gasly
Pierre Gasly's brilliant performance across the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix weekend was cut cruelly short by a coolant leak that saw him retire from the race on Lap 8 of 63 – with the Frenchman feeling sure that he would have been on for at least a top-five finish at Imola had mechanical gremlins not intervened.
Gasly had been quick out of the blocks at the Imola circuit that lies just 15 kilometres from AlphaTauri's Faenza factory, taking P4 in the weekend's only practice session, before repeating the trick to claim a season's best fourth on the grid in qualifying.
READ MORE: Kvyat sad to miss 'cherry on the cake' podium after scintillating restart helps him to fourth at Imola
But there were early warning signs of a problem when Gasly's mechanics were spotted fixing an issue on the grid before the race – while that same issue, which AlphaTauri Team Principal Franz Tost later termed a "radiator failure" – eventually forced him to retire on Lap 8.
"That one is quite hard, especially for our home race here in Imola," said a despondent Gasly afterwards. "The whole race was going so well until now, so really sad to retire. But the guys spotted a drop of water pressure already on the laps to the grid, so they tried everything on the grid to fix it, and unfortunately it didn't work out, so we had to retire after a couple of laps."
2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix: Power unit issue forces Gasly to retire
Gasly's fate was all the more cruel given that he was running comfortably in P5 in the early part of the race – having lost a position at the start to eventual podium finisher Daniel Ricciardo, after getting squeezed into Turn 2 on the first lap by Lewis Hamilton – while with Gasly's team mate Daniil Kvyat ultimately finishing fourth after starting eighth, Gasly felt sure that he could have been in amongst the fight for the final podium position had his car gone the distance.
"I had a great start, my reaction time was very good," he said. "I tried to go alongside Lewis, but he decided to close quite hard and I had to back out from it, so after that we were running P5.
"The car was so fast all weekend. I felt good behind Daniel, I think we had slightly more pace than them. There was clearly a top five to fight for, and on such a weekend for our home race, it feels quite hard. But that's motorsport unfortunately."
READ MORE: Technical Director Jody Egginton opens up on the secrets of AlphaTauri's success in 2020
Gasly at least had the comfort of putting in a strong performance at Imola on a weekend when, having been confirmed at AlphaTauri for 2021, he'd openly questioned Red Bull's decision not to consider him for a re-promotion to the top team for next year – with Red Bull's current driver Alex Albon, who replaced Gasly at the team in 2019, classified last at Imola, having made an unforced error with five laps to go after getting passed by Sergio Perez.
Ferrari Driver Academy announces 2022 roster and line-up changes
McLaren announce launch date for their 2022 car, the MCL36


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Greensboro to sue over restructuring
The council voted 8-1 on Wednesday to file a lawsuit against the state law.
Greensboro to sue over restructuring The council voted 8-1 on Wednesday to file a lawsuit against the state law. Check out this story on citizen-times.com: http://avlne.ws/1IMsEfF
News & Record Published 11:49 a.m. ET July 9, 2015
GREENSBORO – The Greensboro City Council is planning on suing the state over a new law that restructures the council.
The News & Record reported that the council voted 8-1 on Wednesday to file a lawsuit against the state law, which passed last week.
Mayor Nancy Vaughan says the lawsuit is necessary because the newly passed House Bill 263 makes Greensboro the only municipality that can no longer restructure its City Council and draw its own district lines.
Councilman Tony Wilkins says he voted against taking legal action because he doesn't believe the city can win the lawsuit.
The vote came after a public hearing on the issue that lasted more than two hours. Among the 60 people who spoke, proponents of a lawsuit outnumbered opponents by about a 2-1 ratio.
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November 13, 2018 – Ontario steel tube manufacturer J.M. Lahman Manufacturing Inc. will be charged $150,000 by the Ministry of Labour after a child was struck and killed by falling steel tubes in its factory last year. The company was convincted today following a guilty plea.
According to the Ministry of Labour, a worker/supervisor for the company was attending at the facility, located in Linwood, Ontario northeast of Kitchener, and was accompanied by two children. One of the children was moving freely through the aisles of the facility unaccompanied. The worker used a crane to place three bundles of steel tubing on top of a stack of similar bundles. The three bundles had been left over from the day's work. Each bundle of tubing weighed approximately 2,140 pounds. The total weight of the stack was estimated to be 15 tons.
The Ministry of Labour notes that a workplace is a factory as defined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act with regulations that prohibit the presence of persons under the age of 15 in a factory unless accompanied by an adult. A fine of $100,000 was imposed for permitting a person under the age of 15 to be in a factory. A fine of $50,000 was imposed for failing to ensure that bundles of steel tubing were placed and/or stored in a manner such that they could not tip, collapse and/or fall as required by the regulations.


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Trigger Point review – amnesia spy thriller that's instantly forgettable
The "intelligence community" proves to be a misnomer on both counts in this dud round of a thriller. With a head-scratching heap of betrayals and double-crossings, and none of the operatives smart enough to see them c...
If this were an ethical government, Matt Hancock would have gone instantly
At his most recent audience with the Queen, Boris Johnson assured her that the health secretary was "full of beans". That's not all Matt Hancock is full of, but one thing he has none of is credibility. Even he eventua...
Dean Blunt: Black Metal 2 review – instantly familiar yet utterly unknowable
Dean Blunt's first band stole the name of celebrated rap video director Hype Williams and became infamous for playing the sort of gig where no one present was entirely sure it was really happening. They peaked with 20...


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The Triggerbee data model concists of five components: sessions, visitor, contacts, organizations and events. Understanding these concepts is vital to being able to analyze the data you are collecting.
A session is a visit to your website. We collect the time, duration, what page views and other events that took place, device information, geolocation and more.
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If a contact buys a new computer, uses several different browsers, using a phone and a computer Triggerbee will connect the different devices of the contact to give you a unified complete view of each contacts history. For every device /browser the visitor must convert again so that we know his identity.
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The Mountain View Food Bank Society receives donations of food and money from individuals, businesses, churches, schools, service clubs and other groups; and uses the donations to provide food to County of Mountain View applicants in need of assistance.
The Mountain View Food Bank operates solely with the use of volunteers. There are no paid personnel. Less than 5 percent of the donations received are used for Administration and Fund Raising meaning that 95% assists individuals in need.
We take the privacy of our clients very seriously. Your name and address will never be sold or traded and the information of our donors and recipients is kept anonymous.
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Here's how Ford will spend $10M on workforce development, affordable housing around Corktown
More funding will be used for scholarships, hiring
Per resident requests, Ford Motor Company will invest $10 million into various housing and development funds supporting Corktown and Southwest Detroit, executives announced at a Monday meeting.
The initial $10 million investment will leverage a future $12.5 million in public and private funding to support neighborhood initiatives. A breakdown of the $10 million Ford investment is as follows:
$2.5 million will be put into the Affordable Housing Leveraging Fund to preserve or create approximately 200 new units of affordable housing in the impact area.
$2.5 million will be put into the City of Detroit's Strategic Neighborhood Fund, which will specifically be used for neighborhood park improvements, streetscape and mobility improvements, financial support to help income-eligible homeowners secure 0% home-repair loans and help eligible seniors secure emergency home-repair grants, financial support for a facade improvement program and a set amount for a community-advised fund.
$5 million for workforce training, education and development, which will specifically be broken down as follows: $1 million in funding for Golightly Technical Center to train adults and youth for emerging technology jobs; $1 million to Grow Detroit Young Talent; $1 million to support training programs for skilled-trade jobs through Detroit At Work; and $2 million in funding for workforce development programs, scholarships and programs for youth in Ford's footprint pursuing careers in STEAM fields; entrepreneurship programs; and other programs to be determined with further community input.
The funding comes after weeks of regular meetings between Ford, a Neighborhood Advisory Council elected by area residents per Detroit's community benefits ordinance, and residents themselves. During an earlier September meeting, residents listed each of their wants and needs for the area impacted by Ford's pending revitalization of Michigan Central Station, which it purchased in May.
This story will be updated as the meeting progresses.
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Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses of individual participant data: the PRISMA-IPD Statement
JAMA. 2015 Apr 28;313(16):1657-65. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.3656.
Lesley A Stewart 1 , Mike Clarke 2 , Maroeska Rovers 3 , Richard D Riley 4 , Mark Simmonds 1 , Gavin Stewart 5 , Jayne F Tierney 6 , PRISMA-IPD Development Group
PRISMA-IPD Development Group:
Mark Simmonds, Gavin Stewart, Lesley Stewart, Mike Clarke, Richard Riley, Maroeska Rovers, Lesley Stewart, Jayne Tierney, Doug Altman, Lisa Askie, Sarah Burdett, Lelia Duley, Jonathan Emberson, Francois Gueffier, Amanda Kerr, Karmela Krleža-Jerić, Toby Lasserson, David Moher, Karel Moons, Bob Phillips, Pascal Piedbois, Jean-Pierre Pignon, Christopher H Schmid, Catrin Tudur Smith, Claire Vale, Emma Veitch, Keith Wheatley
1 Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York, United Kingdom.
2 All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom.
3 Radbound Institue of Health Sciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
4 Research Institute of Primary Care and Health Sciences, Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom (initial work carried out at School of Health and Population Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom).
5 Centre for Rural Economy, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development Newcastle University, Newcastle, United Kingdom (work carried out at the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, United Kingdom).
6 MRC Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, London, United Kingdom.
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.3656
Importance: Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of individual participant data (IPD) aim to collect, check, and reanalyze individual-level data from all studies addressing a particular research question and are therefore considered a gold standard approach to evidence synthesis. They are likely to be used with increasing frequency as current initiatives to share clinical trial data gain momentum and may be particularly important in reviewing controversial therapeutic areas.
Objective: To develop PRISMA-IPD as a stand-alone extension to the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) Statement, tailored to the specific requirements of reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of IPD. Although developed primarily for reviews of randomized trials, many items will apply in other contexts, including reviews of diagnosis and prognosis.
Design: Development of PRISMA-IPD followed the EQUATOR Network framework guidance and used the existing standard PRISMA Statement as a starting point to draft additional relevant material. A web-based survey informed discussion at an international workshop that included researchers, clinicians, methodologists experienced in conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of IPD, and journal editors. The statement was drafted and iterative refinements were made by the project, advisory, and development groups. The PRISMA-IPD Development Group reached agreement on the PRISMA-IPD checklist and flow diagram by consensus.
Findings: Compared with standard PRISMA, the PRISMA-IPD checklist includes 3 new items that address (1) methods of checking the integrity of the IPD (such as pattern of randomization, data consistency, baseline imbalance, and missing data), (2) reporting any important issues that emerge, and (3) exploring variation (such as whether certain types of individual benefit more from the intervention than others). A further additional item was created by reorganization of standard PRISMA items relating to interpreting results. Wording was modified in 23 items to reflect the IPD approach.
Conclusions and relevance: PRISMA-IPD provides guidelines for reporting systematic reviews and meta-analyses of IPD.
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Guidelines as Topic*
Meta-Analysis as Topic*
Publishing / standards*
Random Allocation
Review Literature as Topic
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Back to the chalk stream to stalk out a new PB bream and it took about 30 minutes searching the riverbed with polarized glasses before I spotted a shoal in the gin-clear water. A dozen fish about 5 or 6lb, with a lump in the mix. I fed them some free samples and quickly set up the world's simplest rig - size 10 hook directly to 10lb mainline, wetting the bread makes it sink.
Ten minutes later I had them feeding confidently, but there was no logic to which bream was going to eat which bit of bread. Often, but not always, the lead fish would miss the bread and one behind would grab it. Sometimes they would move across the stream to intercept it, sometimes they didn't bother. It was breaking my brain!
Eventually the lump moved to the outside edge of the shoal and I cast upstream and slightly outside the target. And watched with my heart in my mouth as she pealed off from the shoal and sucked in the bread. Not a bad fight for a bream, mostly just turning broadside in the current while I prayed the hook wouldn't pull.
Safely in the net. I'd got my double, 10lb 9oz, and a beautiful dark bream at that - brilliant!
Wow, that's some river bream! Well-in, Brian!
Lovely copper-colour bream. Was about to tease you about fishermen holding the fish close to the camera to make it seem larger than it really is... Then I re-read the article... 10lb! Nice catch!
Nice one Brian, well done sitting it out and waiting for the right time to cast to it.
Cheers Martin, I did feel a bit like Rain Man sat there trying to work out which bream would intercept which bit of bread - but a bit of patience and a lot of luck paid off!
nothing wrong with your photos mate.your slight build makes them look big.it's never a case of sausage fingers!it's worse the other way,being a big guy,i can never make them look big.


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Episode 42: Liz Laugh Cry/Rhode Runner Collab - 2020 Spotify Wrapped
Lizzie Newton is back on the show! It's another Music-centric episode as Lizzie and Paul go over their Spotify Wrapped playlists. This is a fun one that you don't want to miss! Enjoy!
- Hannah Montana grew up!
- Lizzie succeeded in her New Years resolution to not watch Bravo
- The (underappreciated) Mindy Project
- Lizzie recommends Insecure
- Mindy's Thought of the Day
- Spotify Playlists
- Lizzie - Zara Larrson's "All the Time"; Paul - Avalon's "Testify to Love"
- Lady Gaga poison Oreo cookies
- Lizzie - "Rain on Me" by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande
- Paul - "Testify to Love" by Avalon
- Lizzie - "911" by Lady Gaga
- Paul - "When the Heartache Has Gone" by Revolution Saints
- Paul - "Runaway Lights" by Survivor
- Lizzie - "34/35" and "Positions" by Ariana Grande
- Paul - "Story of My Life" and "This is Me" by Lea Salonga
- Lizzie - "Cruel Summer" by Taylor Swift
- Paul - "Skyscraper" by Demi Lovato
- Demi drama
- Paul's Creative Writing
- Lizzie's Screenplay
- Tik Tok Talk
- A Christmas Carol
- Return to the '80s news
- Upcoming interview with Stan Bush
- "The Touch" and "The 80's"
You can find Lizzie in the following places:
Instagram - @LizzieDNewton
Tik Tok - lizlaughcry
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Gridiron Heroes and the Movie
December 1, 2015 December 1, 2015 Dustin Fink4 Comments
Being part of the concussion space there are many different things that come to my inbox. Much of that is garbage and thinly veiled attempts at advertising for something that I am not interested in.
A couple of weeks ago I received an email about a movie that I had heard of in passing; Gridiron Heroes. I did not know what it was all about but the co-director, Seth Camillo, encouraged that I see this. He never said it was ground breaking but told me it is "documentary about the important issue of brain and spinal cord injuries that are sustained on the football field."
I was given the opportunity to screen the film and I must say that I was not disappointed by the hour and 17 minutes. (Trailer below)
It begins with a overview and reason for a foundation called Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation; the injury and subsequent paralyzation of Chris Canales. Although rare in occurrence this type of injury does happen on the football field. Instead of being overwhelmed by this difficult situation and blaming the game the Canaleses went about helping others that found them selves in this unfortunate situation.
Catastrophic injury and death should never be tolerated in sport, but like in life there are circumstances where they happen in freak accidents. This is not unlike car accidents that are no fault of anyone and understanding that life comes with some risk. The Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation set upon trying to heal and help those that have no clue what is happening and how to come to grips with the "finality" of these injuries.
The movie interviews former professional players – most notably Decon Jones's raw and honest opinions, "players in the game" like Alan Schwarz, as well as those afflicted regarding the sport and where it sits in their eyes. The movie even takes on the issue of repetitive brain trauma and concussion.
This movie is not about tearing down the game/sport it is about facing the realization that football can be a risky endeavor for some and that instead of ignoring and looking past the issues, taking them on is the better way to approach this.
I am not a movie reviewer, per say, but I can tell you that this is worth your time and money (all profits from the film go to the Gridiron Heroes Spinal Cord Injury Foundation). This would be appropriate for anyone that is around football a lot like coaches and parents. It is not intended to scare but to inform, mainly about the foundation, but about the sport.
Seth Camillo and Andy Lauer did a fine job of telling a trying story not only of Chris Caneles and those like him, but of the sport of football.
You can get the movie on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Walmart Entertainment, Google Play and Dish Network.
If you have seen it feel free to comment on it, here.
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