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Improving the Health of Alaska Native People Through Use of a Policy Change Model and Capacity Building
PUBLIC HEALTH PRACTICE BRIEF — Volume 16 — May 23, 2019
Diana Redwood, PhD1; Kristen Mitchell-Box, DrPH1; Erin Peterson, MPH1; Ellen Provost, DO1 (View author affiliations)
Suggested citation for this article: Redwood D, Mitchell-Box K, Peterson E, Provost E. Improving the Health of Alaska Native People Through Use of a Policy Change Model and Capacity Building. Prev Chronic Dis 2019;16:190077. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd16.190077external icon.
Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country Program
Capacity Building and the Policy Change Model
Building Public Health Capacity to Implement PSE Changes Among Alaska Native People
Implications for Public Health Practice
What is already known on this topic?
Policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) improvements help support healthy behaviors. Despite the benefits of improving PSE factors, public health program staff are generally not trained in PSE-change skills.
What is added by this report?
Training and technical assistance activities increased Alaska tribal staff members' ability to effect PSE change, resulting in 30 PSE improvements across the state.
What are the implications for public health practice?
Providing consistent, intensive technical assistance and focused trainings to increase self-efficacy were critical elements that helped staff move beyond traditional programmatic thinking and one-on-one clinical care. The use of digital storytelling was also a powerful tool that melded traditional Native storytelling with modern technology to enhance PSE change efforts.
Public health training often includes program and education development but not policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies. The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium's Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country program works to build tribal PSE change capacity. Trainings included community health assessment, facilitation and leadership engagement, policy and systems, and digital storytelling. From 2014 to 2017, 30 PSE changes were made: 3 tobacco-free healthcare organization policies; 2 tobacco-free tribal resolutions; 1 tobacco-free school district policy; 3 healthy food policies and environmental changes; 4 improvements in patient-provider communication; 13 prediabetes, obesity, and/or tobacco screening and referral policies; 3 improvements to health care facility signage; and 1 Baby-friendly Hospital application, protecting the health of 46,000 tribal community members. Targeted training and technical assistance moved tribal staff from a focus on direct services to population-based improvements. This increased self-efficacy may increase the sustainability of chronic disease public health efforts and improve tribal health.
Alaska Native people have significantly higher rates of chronic disease than non-Hispanic white people in the United States, and multiple health disparities exist between these 2 populations (1). Modifiable chronic disease risk factors, including unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco use, are also common (1). Access to affordable groceries, fresh fruits and vegetables, and medical, dental, and behavioral health care services are limited in most rural or remote Alaska Native communities. Despite these challenges, Alaska Native people are strong and resilient, with traditions and values that facilitate a culture of health (2).
Changing the policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) factors that affect where people live, work, and play is increasingly being used nationally to support healthy behaviors and increase program sustainability after grant funding ends (3–5). Despite the benefits of improving PSE factors, public health program staff are generally not trained in PSE-change skills such as assessing community needs, developing policy, engaging stakeholders, countering resistance, navigating the policy landscape, working with nontraditional partners, or advocating for changes. These skills are important for ensuring that policy makers adopt, implement, and maintain PSE changes (6,7). In this article, we describe activities that increased tribal staff members' ability to effect PSE change, outcomes of those efforts, and recommendations for others doing similar work.
The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) works in partnership with regional tribal health organizations (THOs) to promote health among Alaska Native people. THOs are responsible for providing care to the people in their region, and in most areas they are the only health care providers available. Services range from primary and emergency care services and behavioral and dental health care to health promotion programs. In 2014, ANTHC began a 5-year Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) program to reduce rates of chronic diseases and their modifiable risk factors among Alaska Native people. The program focuses on supporting healthy behaviors through community-chosen and culturally adapted PSE approaches.
To achieve the goals of the program, ANTHC worked with 5 regional THOs in Alaska to increase access to traditional and healthy foods, increase physical activity, reduce tobacco use, improve health literacy, promote breastfeeding, and enhance chronic disease prevention and control. These THOs are responsible for providing care to 28% of the Alaska Native population living in 93 small communities (with an average population of ~440) (8).
All regional THO GHWIC staff had extensive experience in providing clinical and health promotion services such as diabetes management but minimal or no experience in making PSE change. Many policy change models exist (9), but ANTHC chose the Rede Group's policy change process model (Figure) to help systematically focus GHWIC training activities.
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Policy change process model developed by the Rede Group (http://redegroup.co). The image is reproduced with permission from the Rede Group. [A text version of this figure is also available.]
This model outlines 9 steps for policy change as well as a process for feedback loops and evaluation: it was general enough to allow for adaption to the tribal context of the GHWIC program. Regional THO GHWIC and ANTHC GHWIC staff attended 2-day to 4-day long trainings (15–25 participants per training). Trainees then used the PSE change skills at their THO and the tribal communities that their THO serves.
The first 3 steps of the policy change model focus on 1) identifying and framing the problem, 2) engaging the community and stakeholders, and 3) assessing readiness for policy change. Before the start of GHWIC, program staff members were familiar and comfortable with interacting with patient populations but less knowledgeable about identifying broader community health needs and priorities. To support partner sites and build capacity, ANTHC used the community health assessment training of the National Association of County & City Health Officials' Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships. Participants learned a systematic approach for conducting community health assessments that resulted in new public health system assessments in THO communities and provided direction to focus PSE change efforts. The next 2 training sessions were facilitated by Technology of Participation (ToP) trainers (https://icausa.memberclicks.net). ToP provides training in structured participatory facilitation methods to help strengthen the capacities of organizations and communities. The first training session focused on how to effectively engage community members and stakeholders and build consensus despite competing priorities. The second training session covered strategic planning and how to build a 5-year program logic model to focus annual program activities.
Step 4 of the policy change model is to assess political will and community support. To build capacity in this area, the fourth training was led by the Midwest Academy, which provides civic engagement skills training to help achieve social, economic, and racial justice (www.midwestacademy.com). Participants learned approaches for identifying which constituencies and decision makers to engage to reach their goals. THO staff members use the training to learn how to think strategically, analyze power dynamics and political will of decision makers, build support within their community and organization, and strengthen their ability to make PSE improvements.
The focus of Step 5 in the policy change model is to assess the education and outreach needed for decision makers and for the public. Initially program staff were challenged about how to communicate the value of PSE changes. To help build these skills, and drawing on the rich history of Alaska Native storytelling, ANTHC hosted a digital storytelling workshop. Digital storytelling melds traditional storytelling techniques with technology to create short videos (3 minutes) that include audio, photographs, artwork, and music to tell a person's story (10). During the workshop, THO staff members created digital stories to celebrate existing healthy policies, including a workplace that had breastfeeding policies to support new mothers. Other stories highlighted PSE changes needed to improve healthy behaviors, such as expanding health screenings and referrals and developing an organizational healthy food policy (anthctoday.org/epicenter/wsh.html).
THO staff members used digital stories for educating and engaging leadership and stakeholders within their organization. For example, one organization had passed a tobacco-free campus policy but had not yet implemented it. A THO tribal staff member created a digital story explaining how she and her children had to walk through cigarette smoke to get to their clinic appointments and how she hoped that tribal leadership would implement the policy as soon as possible. The digital story was shared with leadership, who set a date for policy implementation.
The last 4 steps of the policy change model are drafting policies and planning implementation, adopting policies, implementing policies and supporting compliance, and evaluating the impact of the policy change. For these 4 steps, the ANTHC GHWIC program provided ongoing intensive technical assistance and training sessions to regional THOs. This assistance and training covered such topics as health data provision, survey creation and analysis, focus group guide development, and draft policy language and editorial assistance, and it included an organizational health literacy assessment tool and other tools for assessing baseline policies and systems. More than 400 requests for technical assistance were completed in the first 3 years of the program alone.
The skill and ability among THO staff members in Alaska to navigate the PSE change process within their organizations and communities has increased greatly since the start of the program in 2014. Across training opportunities, program staff members reported that these opportunities helped enhance their ability to identify, implement, and promote the use of PSE changes to improve population health. GHWIC staff members noted that the training on advocating for change, countering resistance, and engaging with leadership helped to strengthen their efforts to promote PSE changes more than traditional public health approaches that focus primarily on awareness building and education.
As a result of program efforts, 30 PSE changes were made. These changes included a tobacco-free policy at a health care organization (n = 3); a tobacco-free tribal resolution (n = 2); a tobacco-free policy in a school district (n = 1); a healthy food policy and environmental changes (n = 3); changes in patient–provider communication (n = 4); screening and referral policies for prediabetes, obesity, and/or tobacco (n = 13); changes in health care facility signage (n = 3); and an application for a Baby-Friendly Hospital designation (n = 1). These policies now protect the health of more than 46,000 tribal members and THO employees.
Program staff members emphasized the importance of staying organized, having a multidisciplinary steering group, and including important stakeholders in the PSE change process, although some PSE changes took longer than expected because of external factors (eg, board priorities, changes in electronic record systems). Tribal leaders felt that the PSE changes made by the program had immediate positive impact on their organizations, including reducing tobacco use on the campuses of health care facilities, improving clinical quality measures, and serving as an "overall cultural change and shift." Leadership noted the importance of using a strategic approach to introduce new policies and spending time gaining support.
The ANTHC GHWIC program activities have made significant PSE contributions to the health of Alaska tribal communities. These successes are all the more remarkable for occurring in small organizations providing multiple health services to remote tribal communities. Providing consistent, intensive technical assistance and focused trainings to increase self-efficacy were critical elements that helped staff move beyond traditional programmatic thinking and one-on-one clinical care. We recommend similar skill building and technical assistance for other tribal or public health organizations seeking to do PSE change work. The use of digital storytelling was also a powerful tool that melded traditional Native storytelling with modern technology to enhance PSE change efforts. PSE changes are often complex, involve multiple levels of an organization or community, and take more time to establish than traditional programs. Building these changes into organization norms and culture may substantially increase the sustainability of chronic disease public health efforts, leading to improved tribal health in the future.
Funding for development of this article was provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's A Comprehensive Approach to Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (cooperative agreement no. 5NU58DP005422) and Building Public Health Infrastructure for Alaska Native People Component A (cooperative agreement no. 1 NU58DP006379). The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We thank the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Board of Directors for their contributions and support.
Corresponding Author: Diana Redwood, PhD, Alaska Native Epidemiology Center, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, 3900 Ambassador Dr, Anchorage, Alaska 99508. Telephone: 907-729-3959. Email: dredwood@anthc.org.
Author Affiliations: 1Alaska Native Epidemiology Center, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Flint: The conservative coalition will be back
On 24 November, the Australian people did what many conservatives, including myself, believed they would never bring themselves to do - dismiss a government which on any economic indicator was not only the nation's but probably the world's most successful government, writes David Flint.
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die… A time to get, and a time to lose…
[Ecclesiastes 3]
As the results of the 1999 referendum came in, Malcolm Turnbull said that if John Howard were to be remembered for anything, it would be as the man who "broke the heart of the nation". But on the morning after, as I gazed across Bondi Beach, I could only see what was typical of any Australian Sunday morning, a nation at play, a nation at peace with itself. And so it was yesterday morning.
I was reminded of an evening in Paris in 1979, watching the news on television. It showed Prime Minister James Callaghan leaving No 10 before the votes were fully counted to offer his resignation to The Queen. Soon after Margaret Thatcher was called to the Palace, kissed hands and was driven to Downing Street.
The French presenter, astounded about the orderly transfer of power, the courtesy and propriety, said "Messieurs les anglais, I salute you." We should never forget that we are also one of the few countries where transfers of power are peaceful, orderly and smooth.
On 24 November, the Australian people did what many conservatives, including myself, believed they would never bring themselves to do – dismiss a government which on any economic indicator was not only the nation's but probably the world's most successful government. So Kevin Rudd assumes office with advantages none of his predecessors has ever enjoyed.
As John Howard said, he is being handed a nation "stronger and prouder and more prosperous than it was eleven-and-a-half years ago."
Australians did not reject this conservative government to install one with a radical programme. Just before he was elected, Kevin Rudd seemed to be assuring Australians that not only was he the social and economic conservative he so often proclaimed in the campaign, he was in fact more Tory than the Tories. He would go further than John Howard, who was so criticised by the left for the "Pacific solution."
Like Dr. Mahathir he would turn the boats back, using the threat of detention and the nation's close ties with Indonesia. Moreover neither the Aboriginal recognition nor a republican referendum, nor a separate Aboriginal treaty would proceed in his first term, "if at all." If at all.
In any event, this declared conservativism means Kevin Rudd has the clear duty to continue Howard's successful economic policies, and to resist the temptation to answer problems with some new well funded bureaucracy. And if he would be a statesman, he would offer the nation some grand projects, the most important being watering the land with something as visionary as and larger than the Snowy.
He could solve the problems of federalism by giving back the states their powers, and ending their present mendicant status. The American Founding Fathers warned that governments cannot function properly if they do not have to answer to the people for the taxes they themselves raise.
There will be whole theses and conferences on why Howard lost. Among the reasons advanced will of course be the absence of adequate media scrutiny. On that it was amusing to hear Kerry O'Brien on Saturday evening referring to the "swing to the ABC." Indeed. But most observers would give WorkChoices pride of place.
Federalists were outraged by the extreme centralism displayed, and hoped that the High Court would find the legislation unconstitutional. Others criticised its complexity. Some suggested, often with the benefit of hindsight, that while flexibility was important, the "big bang" approach was questionable. It would have been better to have had a staged approach over years , repealing the so- called unfair dismissal law first, at least in relation to small business.
It seems the Labor–Green alliance may not control the new Senate, the people having determined that the upper house again become a check and balance. Conservatives must accept Labor's "very emphatic victory," and the legitimacy of the Rudd government. They should continue their previous policy when in opposition of not opposing for the sake of opposing. This does not mean they should be a rubber stamp, only that legislation be judged on its merits and with due regard to whether it is sanctioned under a clear mandate.
That said, the Coalition would be entitled to expect that any changes to WorkChoices should act neither as a disincentive to small business employing additional staff nor remove the sort of flexibility which has proved so attractive to both employees and employers, especially in WA. While Kyoto can be ratified without legislation, it is of little practical relevance, and the Kyoto2 policy has been corrected by taking Howard's line that Australia s not adopt burdens unless all major emitters do.
With no state or territory governments, the opposition parties is now significantly weakened organisationally and financially. But if there are any rules of inevitability in these things, one is that politics are cyclical. (Perhaps the other is Enoch Powell's proposition that all political careers end in failure.) The normal cycle seems now to be about two or three terms, extended when the opposition is at war with itself or offers something which the electorate fears.
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Gold Gold GOLD to Flinty: Love the way Ruddie was the devil in the red dress last week and More John Howard that John Howard this week. Streets a head of the Chaser and Newstopia.
In a rare reflective moment on Saturday night, I wondered how David Flint was taking the news. Good to know he survived with most of his belligerence and all of his Howard adoration intact. This campaign just wouldn't have been the same without him.
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David Flint is a perfect example of the old, but very true saying," there are none so blind as those who will not see"!
I voted first in 1949 and saw my dream of a "fair go" disappear. Witnessed Menzies taking us into the Vietnam war on a lie. It seemed axiomatic that as having "Ming" as his hero John Howard would do the same; he did 2003. It's over; well done Labour!!
Transfer of power have been smooth in spite of the attempts by the Liberal Govts to drive us into division of despair and deception, Flint. Dont even attempt to take any credit for it. If you or Howard had let rip we'd be on the streets with dogs after us

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Riva del Garda is now an unmissable destination for the lovers of sports, outings and activities in unspoilt natural environments, which actually causes considerable contrast.
The Residence Cristine allows you to fully enjoy all these activities.
Olive and palm trees thrive in this area where mountains rise steeply above the lake's waters, which vary in colour from cobalt blue to sky blue. The wind – as reliable as sunrise and sunset – is the joy of surfers and sailors.
There are plenty of opportunities to practise all kinds of water-based disciplines, such as windsurfing and sailing or new disciplines such as kitesurfing, climbing and trekking.
The town has also became a paradise for mountain bikers as it offers cycling routes, stores and rental areas which provide the best equipment, to the delight of the lovers of this sport.
Many people prefer to sit for hours on the shores of the lake or in the luxuriant gardens or enjoy visiting attractions such as the Varone Falls.
The numerous bars and restaurants in Piazza III Novembre make it one of the town's best areas to dine and relax in.
Riva del Garda has plenty to offer motorcyclists as well – there are entertaining and adventurous routes for all kinds of motorcycles, be they street bikes, trail bikes or comfortable scooters.


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We spoke with pastor and author Skip Vaccerello about his latest book, Finding God in Silicon Valley: Spiritual Journeys in a High Tech World. He shared about the issues and challenges of doing ministry in a place that considers itself "spiritual" but not very interested in Christ.
What was it in your own personal journey that caused you to stop and explore the claims of Christ?
I grew up attending church, but grew away from faith for around 20 years. While I would have said I believed in God during those 20 years, and probably would have identified as a Christian, I was in truth far from God. Quite frankly, I was too busy pursuing my career and building a family to think much at all about God.
After achieving some success, I found it wasn't as satisfying as I expected. I began to think there must be something more to life than business, financial success, and even family. My wife was invited to church by a neighbor. Seeing what it meant to her, I followed. The messages I heard resonated with me. I started attending every Sunday, started reading the Bible, and investigated the evidence for faith. It all made sense to me, and I committed my life to Christ in the mid-1980s.
Over the next decade, God put on my heart the desire to help others know the joy that comes from knowing Christ. That is why I engage in activities to reach people who are like I was – "spiritual" but not knowing Christ. And that is why I lead the Silicon Valley Prayer Breakfast as an outreach activity.
People might consider Silicon Valley to be the hub of "spirituality" like the kind you find in the life of Steve Jobs or others, but not necessarily a place where you'd find many expressions of the Christian faith. Is that a wrong stereotype?
Your stereotype is not entirely wrong, except I don't believe that people think of Silicon Valley the "hub" of spirituality. I think most people consider Silicon Valley as the hub of technology, entrepreneurship, self-reliance, and wealth. "Spirituality" is not often included in that stereotype. Most think of the area as a pretty secular place.
Your statement, however, is correct in that most people in Silicon Valley would call themselves "spiritual." That is my observation anyway. Silicon Valley attracts people from all over the country and the world. They come from many faith traditions, and some have no faith background. The spiritual beliefs of many people are sort of an amalgamation of various religious views, with the sense either that there are many paths to God, or that spirituality is simply the effort to find inner peace and purpose. John Ortberg, author and pastor of a large Silicon Valley Church, uses the term "smart skeptics" to describe the large number of highly educated technology workers in Silicon Valley.
What makes ministry in Silicon Valley different than in other areas of the country? What makes it more challenging and what brings opportunity?
The challenge is that many people are indifferent to Christian faith. Faith is just not on their radar screens. And several factors make ministry different in Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley is home to people who come from different cultures. Community does not happen naturally in neighborhoods. Churches offer community, but people do not attend churches as a way of life. Silicon Valley also has many people in need—people living below the poverty level; suffering from homelessness, and with drug and alcohol abuse problems; and coming from broken families.
There is an opportunity both to provide community and to help people meet the needs of others. There is a movement afoot to coordinate service opportunities among churches. Several churches close worship services one weekend a year to serve community needs in homeless shelters, non-profits serving the disadvantaged, and at schools and parks. Such efforts provide opportunities to include those people who are not yet of faith. They find community and satisfy their need to make a difference. Most service opportunities extend beyond a single weekend.
I know of several churches that are growing and looking to expand with a multi-campus approach. Some have already done so successfully. While this effort is laudable, land prices are so high that such endeavors are self-limiting. Churches do not have the resources to continue to buy land and construct buildings. Churches are forced to think creatively on how to accommodate the growing need. Personally, I think that small group meetings in homes and places of business could contribute significantly to the future of the church in Silicon Valley. Such groups satisfy the need for community and can multiply with minimal expense.
Is there something inherent in the pursuit of technological advancement that helps or hinders a person's quest to know God?
A characteristic of people in Silicon Valley is that they want to make a difference in the world. Technology is the primary vehicle for doing so. Technological development is inherently an intensive, individual effort, even when one is working as part of a team. Once successful with a breakthrough technology, financial rewards typically follow. There is a tendency to take personal or organizational credit when this happens. Work becomes their identity. Pride, as we know, gets in the way of a relationship with God.
But it works in both ways. Work in technology can also bring large setbacks—failed start-ups, work and financial stress. These challenges provide opportunities to reach out to people. With their source of identity disrupted, people may be open to friends coming alongside them to care for them and to help them find a different source of identity, meaning, and purpose, which we know only can come satisfactorily from Christ.
If you could give a piece of advice to pastors, church leaders, and others who minister to the tech community, what would that be?
First, I would say to encourage business and tech leaders in your churches and ministries to look at their work as a ministry. Colossians 3:23 is, of course, instructive: "Whatever you do, work at it heartily as for the Lord, not for men." Believers in business – whether in technology or not – are missionaries. In one of the stories in my book, Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, a $6 billion public company refers VMware as his church and its 18,000 employees as his congregation. It doesn't mean that he preaches to them, but he goes about his job with integrity, reflecting Christ's love in all he does.
Second, I would encourage church and ministry leaders to take the church to the community. Don't expect people to come to church. By that I mean, personally engage in the community and encourage people in your church to develop relationships with people outside the church. Serve needs in your community. Unfortunately, non-believers often know us for what we are against, not what we are for. Let them see what we are for. Show them love.
Third, do not compromise the truth by watering down sermons and other messages. People are looking for meaning, purpose, and truth. But do so in a way that is culturally relevant to the lives of people.
Daniel Darling is vice-president of communications for the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is the author of several books, including his latest, Activist Faith.
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Historical significance: The history painter Charles Lucy (1814-1873) studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Paul Delaroche and later at the Royal Academy Schools in London. He lived for many years at Barbizon, near Fontainebleau. He specialised in large historical pictures from English history, with a particular interest in Puritan scenes, and exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1834 to 1873. Lucy received a premium of £200 for his painting Embarkation of the Pilgrim Fathers in the ship Mayflower in the Westminster Hall competition of 1847.
In 1868 Lucy was commissioned to paint a series of portraits of eminent figures. The majority were 19th-century English parliamentarians: Joseph Hume, Richard Cobden, John Bright, Gladstone and Disraeli; also depicted were Oliver Cromwell, Horatio Nelson and Giuseppe Garibaldi. The Liberal MP Sir Joshua Walmsley, who commissioned the series, bequeathed it to the V&A in 1872.
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Beach ridge and dune (Pleistocene/Holocene) at surface, covers 44 % of this area
Undifferentiated Quaternary Sediments - Much of Florida's surface is covered by a varying thickness of undifferentiated sediments consisting of siliciclastics, organics and freshwater carbonates. Where these sediments exceed 20 feet (6.1 meters) thick, they were mapped as discrete units. In an effort to subdivide the undifferentiated sediments, those sediments occurring in flood plains were mapped as alluvial and flood plain deposits (Qal). Sediments showing surficial expression of beach ridges and dunes were mapped separately (Qbd) as were the sediments composing Trail Ridge (Qtr). Terrace sands were not mapped (refer to Healy [1975] for a discussion of the terraces in Florida). The subdivisions of the Undifferentiated Quaternary Sediments (Qu) are not lithostratigraphic units but are utilized in order to facilitate a better understanding of the State's geology. The siliciclastics are light gray, tan, brown to black, unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, clean to clayey, silty, unfossiliferous, variably organic-bearing sands to blue green to olive green, poorly to moderately consolidated, sandy, silty clays. Gravel is occasionally present in the panhandle. Organics occur as plant debris, roots, disseminated organic matrix and beds of peat. Freshwater carbonates, often referred to as marls in the literature, are scattered over much of the State. In southern Florida, freshwater carbonates are nearly ubiquitous in the Everglades. These sediments are buff colored to tan, unconsolidated to poorly consolidated, fossiliferous carbonate muds. Sand, silt and clay may be present in limited quantities. These carbonates often contain organics. The dominant fossils in the freshwater carbonates are mollusks.
Undifferentiated sediments (Pleistocene/Holocene) at surface, covers 35 % of this area
Holocene sediments (Holocene) at surface, covers 16 % of this area
The Holocene sediments in Florida occur near the present coastline at elevations generally less than 5 feet (1.5 meters). The sediments include quartz sands, carbonate sands and muds, and organics.
Anastasia Formation (Pleistocene) at surface, covers 5 % of this area
The Atlantic Coastal Ridge is underlain by the Anastasia Formation from St. Johns County southward to Palm Beach County. Excellent exposures occur in Flagler County in Washington Oaks State Park, in Martin County at the House of Refuge on Hutchinson Island and at Blowing Rocks in Palm Beach County. An impressive exposure of Anastasia Formation sediments occurs along Country Club Road in Palm Beach County (Lovejoy, 1992). The Anastasia Formation generally is recognized near the coast but extends inland as much as 20 miles (32 kilometers) in St. Lucie and Martin Counties. The Anastasia Formation, named by Sellards (1912),is composed of interbedded sands and coquinoid limestones. The most recognized facies of the Anastasia sediments is an orangish brown, unindurated to moderately indurated, coquina of whole and fragmented mollusk shells in a matrix of sand often cemented by sparry calcite. Sands occur as light gray to tan and orangish brown, unconsolidated to moderately indurated, unfossiliferous to very fossiliferous beds. The Anastasia Formation forms part of the surficial aquifer system.


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Time Out Market Chicago, the premier culinary and cultural hub located at 916 W. Fulton Market is excited to add to its carefully curated showcase of delicious cuisine with the addition of Lil Amaru set to open on Monday, January 24. A spinoff of its sister restaurant - Amaru, located in Chicago's Wicker Park neighborhood, Lil Amaru will feature globally inspired Latin street food. "It is so exciting to welcome Lil Amaru to our vendor lineup," said Robert La Pata, Time Out Market Chicago General Manager. "The original Amaru has been a great addition to Chicago's dining scene, and we're happy to bring its Latin flair to Time Out Market Chicago as we continue to capture the best of Chicago under one roof." Chef Rodolfo Cuadros created the original Amaru concept with the core belief of serving authentic Latin food and drinks and providing excellent service. "Amaru is so much more than the food," said Cuadros. "It's more about the energy, passion, and culture. We want to spread our kindness through our hospitality and the food that we serve." His passion for cooking shines through the thoughtful menu at Amaru Wicker Park, and he's now looking forward to bringing a different style of Latin cuisine in the form of street food and tacos to Time Out Market Chicago. Visitors to Lil Amaru can expect an array of Latin-inspired starters, sandwiches, tacos, and beverages, including the Criollo Chicken Sandwich ($14), Grilled Amish chicken, sweet plantains, mojo criollo, arugula, tomato
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Ontario vows new bail policy will be 'faster and fairer'
The new policy emphasizes that Crown attorneys should only be demanding as a last resort that a person accused of a crime have a surety in order to be released from jail.
By Jacques GallantLegal Affairs Reporter
Mon., Oct. 30, 2017timer5 min. read
The Ontario government has come out with a new policy for Crown attorneys to make the bail system "faster and fairer," with a shift in focus from protection of the public to the rights of the accused that could lead to far more people being granted bail.
A response to court delays and the staggering number of legally innocent individuals crowding Ontario's jails awaiting trial, the new policy emphasizes that Crown attorneys should only be demanding as a last resort that a person have a surety in order to be released. A surety is a person who promises to ensure that the accused complies with the conditions of their bail, and who puts up money that they can end up losing if they fail in their surety duties.
Criminal defence lawyers have long complained of an over-reliance by Crown attorneys on the use of sureties, which can make it difficult for vulnerable but otherwise low-risk individuals to secure their release.
The new policy also comes after the release of provincial data showing that Black people spend more time in jail awaiting trial than white people, even when facing the same type of charge, and as experts reiterated that the lack of a surety can be a major barrier for African-Canadian accused persons in being released from custody.
"Let me be clear: there are some people who pose a risk to public safety and should rightly be denied bail, but for those people who are low risk and may just need a bed to sleep in, that is where Ontario can step up and help," Attorney General Yasir Naqvi said at a news conference Monday. "People should not be denied bail by the simple virtue of their disadvantage."
Ultimately, the decision to release an accused on bail is left in the hands of the court, almost always a justice of the peace. The new nine-page policy, which takes effect Nov. 14, adopts the "ladder principle," which Naqvi said was outlined in a Supreme Court of Canada decision this year known as R v. Antic.
"Antic sent the justice system an unequivocal message: it is a clear reminder that at the bail stage, save for some exceptions, an unconditional release of the accused should be the default position," Naqvi said. "The Supreme Court spelled out the ladder principle for us, which in practice means starting at the least onerous form of bail, considering it before rejecting it, and moving up the ladder."
The policy also stipulates that the Crown should be requesting only bail conditions that are "necessary and required in the interests of the accused and the safety and security of the victim or public and related to the commission of the offence." Naqvi said cases of individuals breaching bail conditions that had nothing to do with their alleged offence have been clogging the courts.
The new policy also tells prosecutors that they must consider the unique circumstances of Indigenous persons at the bail stage, as well as those from racialized communities and persons with mental health and addictions issues. Naqvi highlighted that the government has introduced more supports in communities for individuals who may need supervision and assistance, but who cannot secure a surety.
"Pretrial detention should never be used as a substitute for mental health or other social measures," the new policy says.
Under questioning from reporters, Naqvi maintained that the current Crown policy on bail — adopted in 2005 and not much more than a page long — did comply with the Criminal Code, and outlined the various interests the Crown must weigh when deciding its stance on bail, including protection of the public and the liberty interests of the accused.
But the current policy also said that protection of the public must be the Crown's primary concern, "given the potential for tragedy at the bail hearing stage of the process." It also said that while "speed is essential" for an efficient court system, Crowns must "exercise particular care in conducting bail hearings," while the new policy urges Crowns to complete the bail hearing at the accused person's first bail court appearance.
Naqvi said Monday the current policy "focused significantly on risk aversion."
The new policy is the result of a review conducted since last December by three bail experts, led by Brian Lennox, the former chief justice of the Ontario Court of Justice. The review was part of a provincial government announcement last year to respond to the Supreme Court's R v. Jordan ruling, which set strict timelines to bring criminal cases to trial.
The new policy is supported by the associations representing Ontario's Crown attorneys and criminal defence lawyers, as well as the John Howard Society of Ontario, a charity that advocates for humane treatment of those accused or convicted of crimes.
"(The society) has long been recommending an approach to bail that places greater emphasis on the presumption of release and the presumption of innocence, and moves away from the reliance on sureties as a condition for release," said Michelle Keast, the society's director of the centre of research, policy and program development, in a statement.
A person who is arrested can either be released by police, or held for a bail hearing, where the Crown can consent to their release or show why they should remain detained. In the case of some offences, such as murder, the onus to show why bail should be granted falls on the accused person.
One of the supports the province announced last year, when it also announced the bail review, was the creation of a bail bed program, which funds 70 beds in Barrie, Kitchener, Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Toronto, allowing vulnerable individuals who require supervision to still be granted bail rather than sent to jail.
In a separate move, the Ontario Court of Justice, which deals with the bulk of the province's bail hearings, recently announced that judges would replace justices of the peace at all bail hearings in Ottawa and at Toronto's College Park courthouse, as part of a pilot project to explore "whether the introduction of judges' criminal trial experience at the earliest stage of the criminal court process could reduce time to final disposition."


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While many agree that, for a brief period between September and November, the grove does provide a lovely place to read under a hollow nook or jump into a tall, amber-colored piles of leaves, sources report that the only things to experience right now are yellow snow and frostbite.
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Katzenberg: 3-D vision goes beyond animation
SINGAPORE — It's a 3-D world, and Jeffrey Katzenberg thinks it's time to reflect that on the big screen — and not just in animated films.
"In five to seven years, all films, regardless of budgets or type, will be made in 3-D," the DreamWorks Animation boss said here Wednesday during his keynote at the inaugural 3DX Film and Entertainment Technology Festival.
"3-D is how we see, how we take things in. It's natural," Katzenberg said. "This is not a gimmick, it's an opportunity to immerse the audience, to heighten the experience."
He added that the migration to 3-D will happen on all screens, including mobile phones and laptops.
Katzenberg was joined by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Group president Mark Zoradi and others in stressing the industry's commitment to 3-D as the future of film.
Moviegoers' early response is clear, Zoradi said, citing the success of such 3-D titles as "Chicken Little" and "Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert."
"Consumers clearly prefer 3-D if they have a choice," he said, adding that 3-D films could bring in two to three times the business of a 2-D release.
Zoradi touted his studio's new five-picture deal with Imax, which will kick off with Robert Zemeckis' "A Christmas Carol" in November 2009, adding that the slate could involve projects from Tim Burton and Jerry Bruckheimer, though no details were disclosed.
Producer John Landau, now working with James Cameron on "Avatar," said that 3-D would "do for cinema what stereo did for the audio industry."
All the film industry has to do is "demystify" 3-D for consumers, whose perception of 3-D may be of "gimmicks on B films" and "theme parks that forced things off the screen," Landau said.
Zoradi's presentation Wednesday included the first public screening of 3-D footage from "Beauty and the Beast" (originally released in 1991), which Disney is re-rendering for a 2010 release, as well as Disney's "Tron 2," set for 2011 or 2012.
The addition of "Beauty and the Beast" brings Disney's number of digital 3-D releases for 2009-10 to 11, with another six to come in 2011. This would give Disney more than 50% of all 3-D releases during the next three years; 11 of those would be animated.
"The biggest barrier (to 3-D) is not product, it's the installed base of digital cinemas," Zoradi said.
Katzenberg predicted that 35%-40% of admissions for March DWA release "Monsters vs Aliens" will be for 3-D. For a film coming out 15 months later, he envisions 80%-85% of admissions for the company's next "Shrek" installment to be for 3-D.
Stressing the technical advances that made the latest incarnation of 3-D different from past efforts, Katzenberg said 3-D "will bring people back to the movies who have stopped going."
"This is not my father's 3-D," he said. "There's no ghosting, no eye strain and best of all, you don't throw up. Throwing up is not good for anyone's business."
All agreed that 3-D's ability to immerse audiences in the film is the key.
"There is nothing more immersive than 3-D," Landau said. "On 'Titanic,' our goal was to use visual effects to make people feel part of the film. With 'Avatar,' we're using technology to transport people to another world."
Katzenberg said that theatrical digital 3-D represents a "unique opportunity for cinemas" to create an experience that consumers could not get at home, "and it will be many years before they can."
Among the reasons cited was the fact that light diminishes the quality of the image.
"The only place in the home to replicate this is in the coat closet … and I would not want to spend two hours there watching a movie," he said.
Source: Hollywood Reporter


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  <artifactId>jackson-datatype-joda</artifactId>
  <version>2.11.4</version>

But, the error does not disappear. In the resource, I tried to obtain the following request:
@GET
public DateTime getTime(){
    return new DateTime(2019, 03, 24, 3,50);
}

Do you have any suggestions? Thanks

A: You need to add something like:
@Singleton
public class MyCustomizer implements ObjectMapperCustomizer {

    public void customize(ObjectMapper mapper) {
        mapper.registerModule(new JodaModule());
    }
}

in order to make the ObjectMapper configured by Quarkus, aware of Joda types

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The 19-year-old was found dead at his home in Burslem last month.
Hundreds of people turned out to support a fun day in memory of murdered teenager Nathan Bates.
Relatives and friends of the 19-year-old staged the event at the Green Star pub, in Smallthorne, on Sunday to help pay for Nathan's funeral - which takes place on Friday, November 9.
The event - which included a tombola, raffle and a cake sale - followed a charity football match at Kidsgrove Athletic in the morning.
Port Vale fan Nathan, of Barnfield Road, Burslem, was found dead at home on October 11.
Amy Baker, who helped to organise the event, said: "Nathan's close family friend Craig Jones came up with the idea of a football match and fun day to raise money for Nathan's funeral, and the whole thing has just snowballed."
The 39-year-old, of Norton, added: "We advertised the event on Facebook and it has been seen and shared by more than 2,500 people. So the support we have had for this has been incredible."
Hannah Sproston, of Packmoor, is selling black and white wristbands - decorated with Nathan's name and year of birth - as part of the fund-raising.
She said: "I used to go out drinking with Nathan, we were friends. He was such a caring lad, he would do anything for anyone. The fact that so many people turned up to support this event goes to show how popular he was."
Hannah, aged 19, added: "I ordered 1,000 wristbands and made sure they were black and white - the Port Vale colours. Hopefully we will sell them all and everybody will be wearing one to remember Nathan."
Jane Craddock, Emma Plant and Amy Baker helped to organise the fun day in memory of Nathan.
Both Port Vale and Stoke City football club donated prizes for the raffle and auction, as well as darts ace Phil Taylor who knows Nathan's mum Tania Morris.
Thirty-six-year-old Jane Craddock, of Norton, was a family friend of Nathan's.
She said: "Nathan had lots of friends, he was a lovely fellow.
"Everybody has been so, so generous. Businesses donated some brilliant prizes for the raffle and auction.
"We just want to raise as much money as we possibly can for Nathan's family. They can use it to pay for his funeral or whatever else they need."
Police have confirmed that Nathan's death is being treated as murder. His body was discovered two-and-a-half hours after 57-year-old Robert Goodwin, of Brown Edge, was found dead near allotments on Leonora Street, Burslem.
Nathan's funeral is taking place at Swan Bank Methodist Church, in Burslem, at 11.15am on November 9. It will be followed by interment at Burslem Cemetery.


Mjesto i datum: Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 3-9.07.2016.
Authenticity of high value extra virgin olive oils is an emerging issue in European countries, including Croatia. Standard analytical methods in routine olive oil geographical characterization are still laborious and time- consuming. Therefore, efforts have been put in development of fast and reliable analytical methods that might precisely determine the geographical origin of this valuable food product. In the presented study, combined chromatography, mass spectrometry and spectroscopy approach coupled to chemometrics has been tested for authentication of Croatian extra virgin olive oil.


Do you have fifteen minutes to spare? A new UK-based study has opened looking at the impact of volunteering within befriending and/or mentoring roles supporting refugees, asylum seekers and forced migrants.
Volunteering in a befriending or mentoring capacity or role.
Volunteering for a UK based organisation or charity that mostly works with refugees, asylum seekers or forced migrants.
Have been volunteering for a minimum of six months.
Have worked with refugees, asylum seekers or forced migrants in the last month.
Are aged 18 or over.


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Their RLSs ranges from ~6 to >40. Other genes such as SOD1, although its mutation leads to an RLS of ~3, it is not considered as an essential gene (not in all essential sets I mentioned).
YDR364C (736, 16.4), YGR092W (5237, 9.8), YHR191C (2127, 8.0), YLR268W (2769, 23.0).
These genes also appear in the SGA_NxN table with 3k-7k entries.
The RLS set itself also has some problem: For example, swh1 and osh1 are two names of the same gene YAR042W, and these two tests have mean RLSs of 22.4 and 26.4, respectively. I found 9 such cases. Apparently we can only use 1 (may be average of the two tests) for them.
For the essential genes, I think, we may start with the DEG set that based on the yeast deletion collection, and set some criteria: a). did not appear in the RLS set; b). did not appear in the NxN CellMap table; and c). did not labeled nonessential in the growth-fit set. These three criteria give 70, 65 and 73 overlaps, respectively, and overall there are 91 genes should be removed from the DEG set. Of these genes, 70 have RLS data, but 21 do not.


I'm still pinching myself!! I knew I was good on the 8's for the MID. But I got the surprise for the EVE. I took a gamble on keeping the 7 in P1 and it paid off!!!
That was a good gamble!
678 731 258 148 108 238 GL!!!!!!!
Congrats to all the people who made cash today!!!!!!!!
Noticed that the doubles lately have been the root sums that are needed to come out.
RS 3 and 8 are missing but they came out as digits. RS 7 has fallen and now RS 1. Prepare for RS 3 and 8 to fall soon.
congrats CSenior... on yesterdays killer wins..
Thank you Pil!! Got lucky on the EVE draw though. We'll see what happens today hopefully we'll get lucky again!
congrats all yesterday winners !!
was a good day !!!!
mid day, today picks .


APPSC - Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission has announced a bumper offer to the unemployed youth of Andhra Pradesh state as the festival gift in Hyderabad. A total of 10 notifications were made by APPSC in Hyderabad in a single day. A total of 2,602 Government jobs in Andhra pradesh are going to be filled in the coming one year. Examination dates for these posts are also announced.
a) Hostel Welfare Officers Gr-II in AP Social Welfare Dept.


Liverpool have joined Manchester United in the race to sign Porto defender Eder Militao, according to reports.
The right-back is available for £42.5million due to an early release clause in the five-year contract that he signed with Portuguese champions back in August.
Porto already want to give Brazilian international new deal to remove the relatively low buy-out clause and to increase his salary so he is not tempted to move on after just a few months.
With doubts over the long-term future of Nathaniel Clyne and with Joe Gomez looking like he'll be mainly used as a central defender from this point onwards, Liverpool will likely need to sign a new right-back in the summer.
United have been tracking Militao for a while as they too need a new right-back, but Liverpool will want to bring somebody in so they have two players in the position; Trent Alexander-Arnold being the other.
Whether that player is Militao remains to be seen.


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Aree Wiratthaworn (; born February 26, 1980) is a Thai weightlifter.

She competed in the women's 48 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal with 200.0 kg in total.

At the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships she won the bronze medal in the 48 kg category.

At the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships she won the silver medal in the 48 kg category.
She snatched 85 kg and clean and jerked an additional 103 kg for a total of 188 kg, 29 kg behind winner Yang.

References

Aree Wiratthaworn
Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Aree Wiratthaworn
Aree Wiratthaworn
1980 births
Living people
Olympic medalists in weightlifting
Weightlifters at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Aree Wiratthaworn
Southeast Asian Games medalists in weightlifting
Aree Wiratthaworn
Aree Wiratthaworn
Competitors at the 2003 Southeast Asian Games
Aree Wiratthaworn
World Weightlifting Championships medalists
Aree Wiratthaworn


The last day of first grade. As the Junie B. Jones cast goes through their final day of first grade, they wave goodbye to the audience and the classroom. The cast worked for months on the show, and it finally paid off. ¨The feeling of being on stage and being a character is so fun,¨ says Alyssa Lucas, a lead actress.
Viewers get to transport themselves back to elementary school with the theater department's newest musical: Junie B. Jones Jr. Based on the popular kids' book series, the play features the ups-and-downs of Junie B.'s life as she enters the first grade. The play is relatable to people of all ages, whether it's reviving nostalgic memories of first grade or recreating the drama that we all went through.
Freshman Mackenzie Beenken and Sophomore Alyssa Lucas played the lead: Junie B. Jones. They were able to shed some light into what working on such a huge production was like.
What was your favorite part of playing Junie B Jones?
What motivated you to try out for Junie B Jones?
What kind of commitment was put in?
What makes it all worth-while?
Elementary schoolers come in excitedly to watch the show. The team rehearsed for hours each to prepare for their arrival.
The play was whimsical, colorful, and hilarious. A treat for everyone, those wanting to see it for themselves can go watch it at 7 o´clock on both Thursday and Friday (November 29th and 30th), and Saturday, December 1st.


The MPR E-Scan is a rugged, industrialized, in-line process refractometer. It directly measures the refractive index of process fluids and then displays the reading in any number of customer-desired units (Brix, Percent Solids, Dissolved Solids, SGU, R.I., etc.). This reading may be used as an error indicator or part of a complete process control system. A high-resolution color display and a 4-20mA output is standard. HART® protocol, RS-232, and RS-422 outputs are available. Each sensing head is custom tailored and calibrated specifically for the desired process application to ensure the most accurate and useful reading. A simple 0-10Vdc signal is used to transmit the reading from the sensing head to the electronics console, ensuring a robust reading that has a minimal chance of being effected by interference. The entire package is NEMA 4X rated and designed and manufactured with the best materials for each application to provide years of trouble-free service with a minimum amount of maintenance.
The MPR E-Scan has numerous applications in the paper industry. The most common applications are on black liquor and green liquor. More information on these can be found by clicking the links below. Other applications include red liquor, white liquor, tall oil, and resin. Please contact us for more information.
The MPR E-Scan has numerous applications within the chemical industry. Some of the most common are listed below. In general, the MPR E-Scan can measure the strength of a chemical when diluted with water (or another chemical). If there is a concern with optical coating, a hand-operated brush cleaner is normally the preferred method. Various material alloys are available for wetted parts and Teflon® coating is available for non-wetted parts. Our extensive experience with in-line process refractometers has resulted in numerous other successful applications. Contact us today to discuss your application.
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Q: Captured photos are black when using MediaCapture on Windows Phone 8.1 I am using MediaCapture to capture photos and store them. It works in the emulator. But when running the app on a real phone (Nokia Lumia 530) the captured photos are just black. They have a correct size and the file has a certain byte length, but when displaying the photo it's black. Please note that I do not use Silverlight and am fixed on using MediaCapture. The camera on the phone works when using the default camera app. The App's manifest includes the capabilities "Pictures Library" and "Webcam".
Does someone know what could be wrong?
Here is the test code I use:
using (var mediaCapture = new MediaCapture())
{
   await mediaCapture.InitializeAsync();

   ImageEncodingProperties imageFormat = ImageEncodingProperties.CreateJpeg();
   StorageFile photoFile = await KnownFolders.PicturesLibrary.CreateFileAsync("TestPhoto.jpg", CreationCollisionOption.GenerateUniqueName);
   await mediaCapture.CapturePhotoToStorageFileAsync(imageFormat, photoFile);

   BitmapImage bitmap = new BitmapImage();
   using (var photoStream = await photoFile.OpenReadAsync())
   {
      bitmap.SetSource(photoStream);
   }
}

Edit
I found a solution. The photo is captured correctly if we have a CaptureElement, set it's source to the MediaCapture object, invoke MediaCapture.StartPreviewAsync before taking the photo, take the photo (using CapturePhotoToStorageFileAsync) and finally invoke StopPreviewAsync. It seems that MediaCapture needs an existing (and displayed) preview to be able to capture photos. Strange that this is not documented and using CapturePhotoToStorageFileAsync without a preview does not throw an Exception.

A: The photo is captured correctly if we have a CaptureElement, set it's source to the MediaCapture object, invoke MediaCapture.StartPreviewAsync before taking the photo, take the photo (using CapturePhotoToStorageFileAsync) and finally invoke StopPreviewAsync. It seems that MediaCapture needs an existing (and displayed) preview to be able to capture photos. Strange that this is not documented and using CapturePhotoToStorageFileAsync without a preview does not throw an Exception.


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Feed radar data to the backend in order to show the most dangerous streets on a Basel map.
We are using this dataset: https://github.com/StakaBS/BaselHack/tree/master/radardaten

### Installation
Install java, mysqld, and a web server
On Debian/Ubuntu:
```sh
$ apt install openjdk-8-jre mysql-client mysql-server apache2
```
On RHEL/CentOS:
```sh
$ yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk mariadb mariadb-server httpd
```
Configure mysql with mysql_secure_installation and the structure provided.
Clone this repository; set up a basic VirtualHost containing our Javascript files
You will need to configure data sources accourding to your installation inside "backend/src/main/resources/hibernate.cfg.xml"
Then you can launch the java backend.

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Advances in clinical trials continue to evolve at an exciting pace. Supporting these advances, technology has progressed to address the increased scale, complexity and costs of clinical trials. With these changes in mind, ICH GCP E6 (R2), the largest revision to the ICH GCP guidelines in over twenty years, provides several addendums focused on ensuring reliability of trial results by addressing these advances in clinical trial technology. While many areas can be affected by these changes, the topic of good clinical practices (GCP) investigator training is one Trifecta is focused on helping our clients ensure compliance with the global impact of these changes effective in 2017.
Trifecta offers standardized GCP training that can be offered on demand to ensure compliance for your investigators at their convenience, anywhere across the globe. Fully customizable and animated, Trifecta's GCP training is compliant with ICH E6 (R2) guidelines, making it easy for clients to update their GCP library as well as maintain compliance with the recent changes.
In addition, Trifecta partners to help create and execute customized strategies for gap training. To ensure compliance of site staff with new regulation via updating existing training and handle changes/amendments, Trifecta works closely with clients to perform analysis and create strategies specific to client needs.
Tarra Roshan leads Trifecta's global Quality Assurance and Compliance activities. Ms. Roshan brings more than 23 years of Quality and Regulatory compliance experience in the life sciences industry. Prior to joining Trifecta, Ms. Roshan held positions at Beckman Coulter, Baxter Healthcare, and Braun Medical where she was responsible for numerous quality and compliance management initiatives. Ms. Roshan's educational background includes an MBA from the University of La Verne and a Bachelor of Science degree from California State University Fullerton.


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Q: Chart.js options and documentation I am wanting to make some slight alterations to my chart but struggling to understand the manual. they are basic alterations I just want to know if anyone has had similar requests or issues as I have looked all over the web but there isn't much out there.
I simply want to change where the key is for my chart and have control over its layout and retain its clickable functions, I did find a little snippet that allowed me to move it but its was just plain text.
My chart
Chart illustration
Here are the options:
var ctx = document.getElementById("myChart1");
var myChart1 = new Chart(ctx, {

  type: 'radar',
  animationEasing: 'linear',
    options: {
         legend: {
            display: true,
        },
         tooltips: {
            enabled: true
        },
        scale: {
            ticks: {
                fontSize: 15,
                beginAtZero: true,
                stepSize: 1
            }
        }
    },

A: Per the docs, this will change the position of the legend:
options: {
  legend: {
    display: true,
    position: 'bottom'
  }
}

Position of the legend. Possible values are 'top', 'left', 'bottom' and 'right'.