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Lime Kiln Theater presents Chris Thile in concert on June 2
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The Lime Kiln Theater summer 2019 concert series continues on Sunday, June 2, with Chris Thile. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the show starts at 8 p.m.
Advance tickets are $60 and are on sale now at www.limekilntheater.org. Tickets will be $65 at the door, with cash, Visa, MasterCard, and Discover all accepted. The show will take place at Lime Kiln rain or shine.
Lime Kiln Theater's summer concert series is sponsored by Devils Backbone Brewing Company, Orrison Tree & Landscape Services and J.F. Brown Real Estate. The Chris Thile show is presented by C.W. Barger & Son. Food from JJ's Meat Shak and The Little Cheerful, Devils Backbone beer and Rockbridge Vineyard wine will all be available for purchase.
Multiple Grammy Award-winner and MacArthur Fellow Chris Thile, a member of Punch Brothers and Nickel Creek, and now the host of the radio program, Live from Here, is a mandolin virtuoso, composer and vocalist. With his broad outlook, Thile transcends the borders of conventionally circumscribed genres, creating a distinctly American canon and a new musical aesthetic for performers and audiences alike.
A child prodigy, Thile first rose to fame as a member of Grammy Award-winning trio Nickel Creek, with whom he released four albums and sold over two million records. In 2014, along with a national tour, the trio released a new album, A Dotted Line, their first since 2005.
As a soloist, Thile has released several albums including his most recent, Thanks for Listening, a collection of recordings, produced by Thomas Bartlett, originally written as Songs of the Week for Live from Here. In February 2013, Thile won a Grammy for his work on The Goat Rodeo Sessions, collaborating with Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, and Stuart Duncan. In September 2014, Thile and Meyer released their latest album collaboration, Bass + Mandolin, which won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. Punch Brothers released their latest album, the Grammy-winning All Ashore, in July 2018 with the Pop Matters describing the album as "a call to savor, to pay attention, to step back from the hustle and bustle and remember the importance of being calm."
Lime Kiln Arts, Inc. is a non-profit (501c3), operating at Lime Kiln Theater in Lexington. It opened in 1984 and is rooted in and inspired by the magic of a natural, outdoor theater. After a brief hiatus that started in 2012, Lime Kiln Theater is thrilled to present its sixth consecutive summer season of live music and theater featuring local, regional and national acts.
For more information, visit Lime Kiln on the web at www.limekilntheater.org, or check out our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LimeKilnTheater.


Nippon Ichi's new horror game, which includes live video, will launch on July 19th in Japan. This installment will be called Closed Nightmare and will cost 6,980 yen.
In Closed Nightmare, protagonist Maria Kamishiro wakes up with no memories and a paralyzed arm. She is then forced by Chizuru to participate in a strange experiment.
The game is divided into four parts: text, live-action movie, mechanics, and exploration. The player must make his or her way through each part and figure out how to escape.
The game will be coming to PlayStation 4.


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Bredesen: 'I greatly admire' Corker and Alexander efforts against Trump tariffs
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Phil Bredesen tells The Leaf Chronicle that Hemlock Semiconductor shuttered its $1.2 billion plant in Clarksville – launched while he was governor – because of a dispute between China and the United States over tariffs. The comment was a prelude to declaring his support for efforts by Republican Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander to require congressional approval of President Trump's proposed new tariffs.
"They closed up because of tariffs, you know," Bredesen said after seeing a framed 2008 copy of the Leaf Chronicle featuring a picture of himself when the initial Hemlock investment was announced. He was on a tour of the newspaper office Thursday and most of the resulting report is on Trump's proposed steel and aluminum tariffs.
His reference to Hemlock went back to 2013 when U.S.-exported polysilicon, the raw material for photovoltaic solar cells the company was to manufacture, was saddled with Chinese tariffs as high as 57 percent. The tariffs, according to reports at the time, came as part of Beijing's retaliation for U.S. tariffs on imports of Chinese-made solar panels.
…"I really admire what Sen. Corker has been doing, and I know Sen. (Lamar) Alexander has helped him, to reassert some control over this, and certainly not using national security as an excuse for doing this political kind of thing," Bredesen said. "I certainly support him on that, and I hope everybody, both Democrats and Republicans, will settle down and do that."
Bredesen dismissed Trump's criticism that he would tow the Democratic Party line if elected, pointing to his track record of working with lawmakers of both parties while governor.
"If I'm senator, my obligation is to Tennesseans, and what I think is best for them," he said. "It's certainly not to any party or for a president of either party. People expect you to be a check and balance. They expect you to be independent and to look out for their interests."
Beyond the folks back home, Bredesen knows others are watching. While talking about business and industry recruitment, he mentioned an experience with Volkswagen representatives during negotiations to open a plant in Chattanooga.
He said they liked coming into a "stable situation" where two Republican senators and a Democratic governor "who obviously liked each other and were working together and cooperating to get stuff done," which they didn't find in some other places.
"It gives us comfort that we're not going to get ground up in some political fight," he quoted the executives as saying.
Bredesen said rather than adopting "a take-no-prisoners attitude," one must be willing to work across party lines or work with people in different circumstances.
"You know, after doing this, it becomes a really important part of how you develop jobs," he said. "I think it's one of the things that clearly separates my campaign from that of my competitor."
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Steve L. says:
I would not trust Corker or Alexander to balance my checkbook. In fact, I would not trust them to handle anything important in my life. They are bought and paid for by special interest groups and I believe they would betray me for $100. We are in this tariffs mess because of the US Congress selling us out to every other country in the world.
Tommy Ray McAnally says:
I really THINK TRUMP,BLACK,BLACKBURN,MATHENY,JOHN RAGAN,HARWELL,HASLAM,COOPER,DESJALAIS,CASCA ALL THESE CAN SCREW UP A FREE LUNCH! Thanks AGAIN MATHENY FOR HB 2384 SCERWING THE VETERANS OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. BY THE WAY THANKS FOR SERVING. ALSO LOOKS LIKE BIG MONEY HAS A HOLD ON TRUMP!
Of course Bredesen likes having a couple of alleged republicans working for him!
Tennessee Jed says:
Always get a chuckle out of the GOP, which once claimed to be the party of less government intervention and free trade, going to bat for the terrible, job-killing Trump Tariffs.
Reciprocal tariffs are nothing more than taxes you pay to foreign governments.
Steve L. and Marsha Blackburn probably look like a pretzel with as much twisting and contorting they have to do to support these disastrous taxes….I mean tariffs.
Good on Bredesen, Alexander, and Corker fighting against them. Those guys certainly do terrible stuff all the time, but at least they are right on this issue.
Thank you, Tennessee Jed. Your brief explanation of how international trade functions in the modern world of economics was fascinating. I grew up in a world where tarrifs were explained to me in High School. But why not get the simplified version? If you have been paying attention, other countries have had serious tarrifs on our goods for many years. Killing our jobs as we try to sell into foreign markets. Do you understand that fact? Do you care? The economy is booming, unemployment is low, and confidence in this country is high. All in the first 500 days. Reasons to celebrate. And it will be America First for now. And that just upsets many Americans. So sad. But, I am not tired of winning, yet. No pretzels for me. Just winning. See you at the polls!
We can talk about what we all would support in an ideal world, or we can talk about the world we live in. I'm going along with the Trump tariffs.

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Youth in Southern Africa will launch the SADC Youth Union in November to spearhead youth development and empowerment in the region.
This was announced by Vice Chairperson of the Pan African Youth Council, who is also South Africa's Executive Chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency, Mr Andile Lungisa at a cocktail party for SADC youth councils in Harare.
According to the Pan African Youth Council, the SADC Youth Union will be launched in Botswana on the 15th of November.
The SADC Youth Union will act as a voice to conscientise heads of state and government on the empowerment needs of youths in Southern Africa.
The Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, Cde Saviour Kasukuwere, said young people should take advantage of the political will that has been shown by their leaders in coming up with a youth empowerment policy, while his deputy, Mr Tongai Matutu, said youths should be united and speak with one voice on issues that affect them.
The cocktail was preceded by a meeting between SADC National Youth Councils, where representatives from Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa deliberated on the establishment of the Union.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, in partnership with a local pension firm, has secured one million dollars for every province to fund youth projects.
Youth provincial structures that are apolitical have already started being set up to preside over the disbursement of the funds.


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Academy of Television Arts & Sciences executives are still scratching their heads-and pointing fingers-over what went wrong with its low-rated Emmys Awards show on ABC last month. Now the group, feeling shortchanged by ABC, may take some marketing efforts into its own hands.
The academy is considering supplementing a network's marketing plans with its own paid advertising. Media executives think supplemental marketing costs would amount to less than $1 million and would consist of outdoor, print and other media. The academy might even make a small cable network media buy.
"We have talked about it casually-on a theoretical basis," said ATAS Chairman and CEO Dick Askin.
This would be in a similar mode to how the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spends extra marketing dollars around its big event, Academy Awards, which is now broadcast in February.
The TV Academy still blames ABC's lack of marketing for the poor performance of the 2004 Emmys Awards program.
"We told ABC we were disappointed," Mr. Askin said. "I saw little presence of many Emmy promos this year, although ABC said they promoted the show well." The show drew a 9.4 Nielsen Media Research household rating and a 4.6 rating in adults 18 to 49-the lowest household rating since 1990.
"We got a lot of e-mail from people saying they didn't know the Emmys were on," Mr. Askin said.
A silver lining was that ratings for the three-hour show were pretty consistent from beginning to end, said Mr. Askin, adding that means the quality of the show was good. Traditionally, if ratings trend down during a program, it indicates viewers are turned off to its entertainment value.
Media executives said the network could have done more to market the event-specifically on ABC's own cable networks. But TV network producers consistently complain about not getting enough marketing support-sometimes even if the show is doing well ratingswise.
Mike Benson, senior VP of marketing, advertising and promotion for ABC Network, said his network did a proper job in marketing the Emmys-including print and radio and cable.
"We gave it the same amount of promotion as the last time we had it, [when] it did a huge number," he said. In 2000 the network earned a 14.2 rating, the highest for the show since 1996, when ABC also had the Emmycast and earned a 14.4 rating.
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The Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Seattle Times both refused to print this photograph of two individuals who have made multiple trips on several of the Puget Sound ferries over the past couple of weeks.
The trips themselves weren't all that suspicious. The activities associated with these two mid-eastern appearing males while they made the trips evidently were.
According to witnesses who observed and at times interacted with them, these two reportedly inquired about the structure of the ferries, the routes, the passenger loads, the schedules, security, rush hours and other less than likely things that other ferry passengers wouldn't normally inquire about.
In fact, the information gleaned from those observations and interactions was passed along to the FBI and piqued the Fed's interest. The FBI, in turn passed copies of the photograph shown here to major news outlets located in the fine state of Washington in the interest of public safety.
According to reports, several witnesses were concerned enough by the "suspicious passenger's" activities and inquiries to take it upon themselves to photograph the pair.
Several of the local televised news sources posted the photo on the air along with the accompanying story, adding that the FBI is simply trying to locate the pair so they can chat with them. All the FBI wants to do is identify them and determine the basis of their curiousities and to establish what their intentions are.
The FBI... they simply want to do their job!
...and the Seattle Post Intelligencer and the Seattle Times both refused to publish the picture. Both papers claimed the subjects haven't done anything wrong.
Nothing's been proven, no charges have been levied, they have done nothing wrong. No publishing of pictures. It's as simple as that.
Yet they publish Michael Vick pictures. They publish Barry Bonds pictures. They published Gary Ridgeway pictures... and oh so many more!
All before anyone is charged, tried, convicted, etc.!!!
The picture of these two guys won't. They're not media celebrities... not yet!
I'm inclined to believe the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer are certainly not acting in the best interests of public safety. I'm inclined to believe the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer are serving their own special, skewed political interests by not aiding in the search for two individuals who, during a time of war act suspiciously and deserve to be interviewed, at least by our FBI.
I'm inclined to believe that the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer are both on the wrong side of this nation's best interests!
Let's hope those two who were photographed truly have no sinister desires. Let's hope they're truly, simply curious as to what makes our ferry system work so well.
As for the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post Intelligencer... well, I've refused to read their crap for years now. I opt to get my news from unbiased, well informed, public oriented sources.
I can only hope others would drop their subscriptions of these long time America hating rags as well.
They're not worthy of wrapping my fish... among other things.
Thank you 2006!!! We have been saved!!!
Can someone please explain to me why anyone would want to vote for the dhimmicrats in 2008?
I mean, a majority of "someones" out there handed them their "victory" in 2006… you know, their pronounced "taking back the country" campaign! Those "someones" gave them the control they wanted… the control they claimed they needed to regain the confidence of the populace.
Well, they got that "control". Now, what do we have to show for their "victory"?
It's obviously not our victory… as a nation.
I didn't vote for them. Personally I have no party affiliation. In 2006 I voted for Independents, Libertarians, Republicans… anything but a dhimmicrat. If there were unopposed dhimmicrats on the ballot I simply didn't vote for them. I'm not to blame for their 8 months (and counting) of hapless "government"… this rudderless ship we call the United States steered by dhimmicrats is a disaster!
The dhimmicrats, the most inept political party to have ever assembled in America.
They're inept. They're incensed about Republicans and quite frankly us for having failed to support them and their corrupt political and personal agendas over the past decade, at least.
They've sold their collective souls to the ultra liberal special interest groups.
The dhimmicrats most recent political victory includes inquiries and investigations into the firing of 8 U.S. Attorneys. These politically charged probes continue to occur at our expense… these go nowhere, do nothing probes into a President's privilege to hire, retain and fire at will those employed in unprotected jobs.
Slick Willy and his significant other were pretty adept at it. They dumped 93 U.S. attorneys. As dhimmicrats they're pretty well versed at getting rid of those who might threaten their waning and very questionable credibility. They crushed their adversaries or otherwise nudged them out of the way so words like "Whitewater", "Vince Foster", "Monica", "Gennifer Flowers", "Somalia", "Haiti", "impeachment", "Bosnia", "Paula Jones", "Kathleen Willey", "Kenneth Starr", "Linda Tripp", "Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan", "health care reform", etc. wouldn't become household words associated with the Clinton's obvious corruption and failures.
And to think I voted for Clinton. The second time.
Would someone please tell me what significant piece of legislation has been passed by this defunct, inept defeatistcrat Congress?
Aside from sitting on their fat asses and collecting exorbitant salaries, per diem, perks and bribes while conducting useless, meaningless "congressional investigations" what's really been accomplished?
Aside from passing a "token" minimum wage bill what's really been accomplished?
Aside from cutting off funding to our military in the middle of a war what's really been accomplished?
Aside from aiding and abetting an enemy during a time of war what's really been accomplished?
Aside from calling our heroic troops killers, murderers, terrorists what's really been accomplished?
They're a party of traitors and defeatists. They're praying the war will be lost for their own political survival. It has to be!
Or they die as a party!
Nah, I think Ted (I can't swim) Kennedy, Pat (Leaky) Leahy, John (let's talk about this money later) Murtha, Nancy (I've finally made history) Pelosi, Chuck (trust me, wink-wink) Schumer, Harry (I should be president—Yee Haw) Reid, William (you mean it isn't spinach lasagna??) Jefferson, Patty (yeah, what they said.) Murray, Hillary (Where's Bill at now?) Clinton and oh-so-many more can take their collective dhimmicrat, defeatistcrat party and head back to their happy little communes. They all look good with those silver spoons in their mouths as they continue to pat themselves on their backs while we, the citizens of this fine country seek strong, confident, progressive, responsive leadership!
Nope, there's nothing under any of these dhimmicrat rocks that I would even begin to care to support.
One of my impromptu rants for what it's worth.


There'll be an exam either tomorrow or the day after but you won't know which day until it arrives.
We saw previously that the one-day announcement is a blindspot for the class, but what of the two-day announcement displayed above? Can the class accept these words to be true?
At first sight, it seems that if they do, then they must expect the exam to occur on the first day. For, clearly, if it were to occur on the second, then, having accepted that there would be an exam, they'd know about this by the end of the first day, in violation of the teacher's word.
But now that they expect the exam on the first day, this violates her word as well!
So it seems that the class cannot sensibly accept the two-day announcement. As soon as they do, it will strike them as being false, whereupon they must abandon it at once. In other words, the two-day announcement defeats itself and seems to be a blindspot for the class no less than the one-day one.
This looks like the start of an unwelcome slippery slope for similar reasoning would presumably show that the three-day announcement is a blindspot for the class as well, and so forth, eventually vindicating our student. His target is the five-day announcement, but the essential features of his reasoning are already found in the two-day case above.
Ah, but what you say cannot be true! Obviously, the exam can't be on the second day, for if it were, we'd know about it by the end of the first. Therefore, it must be on the first day, but that can't be, because we know it now!
Taken at face value, this is to accuse the teacher's words of being false, but, for reasons already explained, this isn't his true intent. His (artful) point rather is that her words are a blindspot for the class. The paraphrase above is supposed to make this plain and I will henceforth ignore the mocking style of argument.
As we shall see, a residual mocking tone may still be found in the paraphrased reasoning but we can clean this up at the right time.
The question now is whether the student is right to claim that the two-day announcement is a blindspot for the class no less than the one-day one. Unsurprisingly, some people think that he is wrong and that the reasoning above contains a clear error. Let's see what it's supposed to be.
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PROMISE 12 – Limiting the Prime Minister's term of office and restructuring PM's Department
PROMISE 13 – Resolve 1MDB, FELDA, MARA and TABUNG HAJI MEGA SCANDALS
PROMISE 14 – Reform the MACC and strengthen anti-corruption efforts
PROMISE 15 – Separating the office of Attorney General from Public Prosecutor
PROMISE 16 – Restore the Dignity of Parliament
PROMISE 17 – Ensure Transparency and Robustness of our election system
PROMISE 18 – Create a Political Financing Mechanism that has Integrity
PROMISE 19 – Restore Public Trust in the Judicial & Legal Institutions
PROMISE 21 – Empowering the Public Service
PROMISE 22 – Make the Governance of all our GLC World Class at Par with International Standards
PROMISE 23 – Ensure Government Procurement Produces the Best Value for Taxpayer's Money
PROMISE 25 – Strengthen the role of Powers of the Local Authorities
PROMISE 29 – Enhance the Transparency & Integrity of the Budget & Budgeting Process
PROMISE 39 – Balancing Economic Growth with Environmental Protection
PROMISE 57 – Malaysia Must be Known for its Integrity, Not Corruption
PROMISE 58 – Defend & Protect the Country's Borders from External Invasion, Trafficking & Smuggling
NATIONAL ANTI CORRUPTION PLAN 2019-2023
22 NACP Priority Initiatives
STRATEGY 1 – POLITICAL GOVERNANCE
STRATEGY 2 – PUBLIC SECTOR GOVERNMENT
STRATEGY 3 – PROCUREMENT
STRATEGY 4 – LEGAL & JUDICIAL
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PORT DICKSON (Bernama): An interim report on improvements to the system and rules surrounding elections will be submitted by the Election Reform Committee (ERC) to Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad by the end of this year. ERC chief executive Amerul Muner Mohamad (pic) said Tuesday (March 26) the report contained 15 matters that should be given special attention by the government.
5 Jan 2019:
The government has been urged to allow the appointment of new members to the Election Commission to go through the newly established Parliamentary Select Committee on Major Public Appointments. Kota Melaka MP Khoo Poay Tiong pointed out that at present, EC members are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice of the prime minister, but added that there is no reason why the process cannot be made public.
ERC to submit report by year-end
The government has been urged to allow the appointment of new members to the Election Commission to go through the newly established Parliamentary Select Committee on Major Public Appointments
To establish a bi-partisan Parliamentary Select Committee on Electoral Matters pertaining to Membership of the Election Commission, Finance of the Election Commission, Delimitation Exercise and Any other matters of public and national interest
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package org.apache.samza.zk;

import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import java.util.Objects;
import org.apache.commons.collections4.CollectionUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade is an implementation of distributed barrier, which guarantees that the expected barrier
 * size and barrier participants match before marking the barrier as complete.
 * It also allows the caller to expire the barrier.
 *
 * This implementation is specifically tailored towards barrier support during jobmodel version upgrades. The participant
 * responsible for the version upgrade starts the barrier by invoking {@link #create(String, List)}.
 * Each participant in the list, then, joins the new barrier. When all listed participants {@link #join(String, String)}
 * the barrier, the creator marks the barrier as {@link org.apache.samza.zk.ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade.State#DONE}
 * which signals the end of barrier.
 * The creator of the barrier can expire the barrier by invoking {@link #expire(String)}. This will mark the barrier
 * with value {@link org.apache.samza.zk.ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade.State#TIMED_OUT} and indicates to everyone that it
 * is no longer valid.
 *
 *
 * Describes the lifecycle of a barrier.
 * <pre>
 *
 *                               When expected participants join
 *      Leader    ---< NEW ---------------------------------------- < DONE
 *                         |      barrier within barrierTimeOut.
 *                         |
 *                         |
 *                         |
 *                         |
 *                         |
 *                         |    When expected participants doesn't
 *                         | ----------------------------------------- < TIMED_OUT
 *                              join barrier within barrierTimeOut.
 *
 * </pre>
 *
 *
 * The caller can listen to events associated with the barrier by registering a {@link ZkBarrierListener}.
 *
 * Zk Tree Reference:
 * /barrierRoot/
 *  |
 *  |- barrier_{version1}/
 *  |   |- barrier_state/
 *  |   |  ([NEW|DONE|TIMED_OUT])
 *  |   |- barrier_participants/
 *  |   |   |- {id1}
 *  |   |   |- {id2}
 *  |   |   |-  ...
 */
public class ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade {
  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade.class);
  private final ZkUtils zkUtils;
  private final BarrierKeyBuilder keyBuilder;
  private final Optional<ZkBarrierListener> barrierListenerOptional;
  private final ScheduleAfterDebounceTime debounceTimer;

  public enum State {
    NEW("NEW"),
    TIMED_OUT("TIMED_OUT"),
    DONE("DONE");

    private String str;

    State(String str) {
      this.str = str;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
      return str;
    }
  }

  public ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade(String barrierRoot, ZkUtils zkUtils, ZkBarrierListener barrierListener, ScheduleAfterDebounceTime debounceTimer) {
    if (zkUtils == null) {
      throw new RuntimeException("Cannot operate ZkBarrierForVersionUpgrade without ZkUtils.");
    }
    this.zkUtils = zkUtils;
    this.keyBuilder = new BarrierKeyBuilder(barrierRoot);
    this.barrierListenerOptional = Optional.ofNullable(barrierListener);
    this.debounceTimer = debounceTimer;
  }

  /**
   * Creates a shared barrier sub-tree in ZK
   *
   * @param version Version associated with the Barrier
   * @param participants List of expected participated for this barrier to complete
   */
  public void create(final String version, List<String> participants) {
    LOG.info(String.format("Creating barrier with version: %s, participants: %s.", version, participants));
    String barrierRoot = keyBuilder.getBarrierRoot();
    String barrierParticipantsPath = keyBuilder.getBarrierParticipantsPath(version);
    String barrierStatePath = keyBuilder.getBarrierStatePath(version);
    zkUtils.validatePaths(new String[]{
        barrierRoot,
        keyBuilder.getBarrierPath(version),
        barrierParticipantsPath,
        barrierStatePath});
    LOG.info("Marking the barrier state: {} as {}.", barrierStatePath, State.NEW);
    zkUtils.writeData(barrierStatePath, State.NEW.toString());

    LOG.info("Subscribing child changes on the path: {} for barrier version: {}.", barrierParticipantsPath, version);
    zkUtils.subscribeChildChanges(barrierParticipantsPath, new ZkBarrierChangeHandler(version, participants, zkUtils));

    barrierListenerOptional.ifPresent(zkBarrierListener -> zkBarrierListener.onBarrierCreated(version));
  }

  /**
   * Joins a shared barrier by registering under the barrier sub-tree in ZK
   *
   * @param version Version associated with the Barrier
   * @param participantId Identifier of the participant
   */
  public void join(String version, String participantId) {
    LOG.info("Joining the barrier version: {} as participant: {}.", version, participantId);
    String barrierStatePath = keyBuilder.getBarrierStatePath(version);
    LOG.info("Subscribing data changes on the path: {} for barrier version: {}.", barrierStatePath, version);
    zkUtils.subscribeDataChanges(barrierStatePath, new ZkBarrierReachedHandler(barrierStatePath, version, zkUtils));

    // TODO: Handle ZkNodeExistsException - SAMZA-1304
    zkUtils.getZkClient().createPersistent(
        String.format("%s/%s", keyBuilder.getBarrierParticipantsPath(version), participantId));
  }

  /**
   * Expires the barrier version by marking it as TIMED_OUT
   *
   * @param version Version associated with the Barrier
   */
  public void expire(String version) {
    String barrierStatePath = keyBuilder.getBarrierStatePath(version);
    State barrierState = State.valueOf(zkUtils.getZkClient().readData(barrierStatePath));
    if (Objects.equals(barrierState, State.NEW)) {
      LOG.info(String.format("Expiring the barrier version: %s. Marking the barrier state: %s as %s.", version, barrierStatePath, State.TIMED_OUT));
      zkUtils.writeData(keyBuilder.getBarrierStatePath(version), State.TIMED_OUT.toString());
    } else {
      LOG.debug(String.format("Barrier version: %s is at: %s state. Not marking barrier as %s.", version, barrierState, State.TIMED_OUT));
    }
  }

  /**
   * Listener for changes to the list of participants. It is meant to be subscribed only by the creator of the barrier
   * node. It checks to see when the barrier is ready to be marked as completed.
   */
  class ZkBarrierChangeHandler extends ZkUtils.GenerationAwareZkChildListener {
    private static final String ACTION_NAME = "ZkBarrierChangeHandler";

    private final String barrierVersion;
    private final List<String> expectedParticipantIds;

    public ZkBarrierChangeHandler(String barrierVersion, List<String> expectedParticipantIds, ZkUtils zkUtils) {
      super(zkUtils, ACTION_NAME);
      this.barrierVersion = barrierVersion;
      this.expectedParticipantIds = expectedParticipantIds;
    }

    @Override
    public void doHandleChildChange(String barrierParticipantPath, List<String> participantIds) {
      if (participantIds == null) {
        LOG.info("Received notification with null participants for barrier: {}. Ignoring it.", barrierParticipantPath);
        return;
      }
      LOG.info(String.format("Current participants in barrier version: %s = %s.", barrierVersion, participantIds));
      LOG.info(String.format("Expected participants in barrier version: %s = %s.", barrierVersion, expectedParticipantIds));

      // check if all the expected participants are in
      if (participantIds.size() == expectedParticipantIds.size() && CollectionUtils.containsAll(participantIds, expectedParticipantIds)) {
        debounceTimer.scheduleAfterDebounceTime(ACTION_NAME, 0, () -> {
          String barrierStatePath = keyBuilder.getBarrierStatePath(barrierVersion);
          State barrierState = State.valueOf(zkUtils.getZkClient().readData(barrierStatePath));
          if (Objects.equals(barrierState, State.NEW)) {
            LOG.info(String.format("Expected participants has joined the barrier version: %s. Marking the barrier state: %s as %s.", barrierVersion, barrierStatePath, State.DONE));
            zkUtils.writeData(barrierStatePath, State.DONE.toString()); // this will trigger notifications
          } else {
            LOG.debug(String.format("Barrier version: %s is at: %s state. Not marking barrier as %s.", barrierVersion, barrierState, State.DONE));
          }
          LOG.info("Unsubscribing child changes on the path: {} for barrier version: {}.", barrierParticipantPath, barrierVersion);
          zkUtils.unsubscribeChildChanges(barrierParticipantPath, this);
        });
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Listener for changes to the Barrier state. It is subscribed by all participants of the barrier, including the
   * participant that creates the barrier.
   * Barrier state values are either DONE or TIMED_OUT. It only registers to receive on valid state change notification.
   * Once a valid state change notification is received, it will un-subscribe from further notifications.
   */
  class ZkBarrierReachedHandler extends ZkUtils.GenerationAwareZkDataListener {
    private final String barrierStatePath;
    private final String barrierVersion;

    public ZkBarrierReachedHandler(String barrierStatePath, String version, ZkUtils zkUtils) {
      super(zkUtils, "ZkBarrierReachedHandler");
      this.barrierStatePath = barrierStatePath;
      this.barrierVersion = version;
    }

    @Override
    public void doHandleDataChange(String dataPath, Object data) {
      LOG.info(String.format("Received barrierState change notification for barrier version: %s from zkNode: %s with data: %s.", barrierVersion, dataPath, data));

      String dataStr = (String) data;
      State barrierState = State.valueOf(dataStr);
      List<State> expectedBarrierStates = ImmutableList.of(State.DONE, State.TIMED_OUT);

      if (expectedBarrierStates.contains(barrierState)) {
        zkUtils.unsubscribeDataChanges(barrierStatePath, this);
        barrierListenerOptional.ifPresent(zkBarrierListener -> zkBarrierListener.onBarrierStateChanged(barrierVersion, barrierState));
      } else {
        LOG.debug("Barrier version: {} is at state: {}. Ignoring the barrierState change notification.", barrierVersion, barrierState);
      }
    }

    @Override
    public void doHandleDataDeleted(String path) {
      LOG.warn("Data deleted in path: " + path + " barrierVersion: " + barrierVersion);
    }
  }

  class BarrierKeyBuilder {
    private static final String BARRIER_PARTICIPANTS = "/barrier_participants";
    private static final String BARRIER_STATE = "/barrier_state";
    private final String barrierRoot;
    BarrierKeyBuilder(String barrierRoot) {
      if (barrierRoot == null || barrierRoot.trim().isEmpty() || !barrierRoot.trim().startsWith("/")) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Barrier root path cannot be null or empty and the path has to start with '/'");
      }
      this.barrierRoot = barrierRoot;
    }

    String getBarrierRoot() {
      return barrierRoot;
    }

    String getBarrierPath(String version) {
      return String.format("%s/barrier_%s", barrierRoot, version);
    }

    String getBarrierParticipantsPath(String version) {
      return getBarrierPath(version) + BARRIER_PARTICIPANTS;
    }

    String getBarrierStatePath(String version) {
      return getBarrierPath(version) + BARRIER_STATE;
    }
  }

  public static int getVersion(String barrierPath) {
    return Integer.valueOf(barrierPath.substring(barrierPath.lastIndexOf('_') + 1));
  }
}

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Promoting Healthy Relationships in Adolescents
ABSTRACT: Obstetrician–gynecologists have the opportunity to promote healthy relationships by encouraging adolescents to discuss past and present relationships while educating them about respect for themselves and mutual respect for others. Because middle school is a time when some adolescents may develop their first romantic or sexual relationships, it is an ideal timeframe for obstetrician–gynecologists and other health care providers, parents, and guardians to play a role in anticipatory guidance. Creating a nonjudgmental environment and educating staff on the unique concerns of adolescent...
Episiotomy - Procedure and Repair Techniques
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Concerns Regarding Social Media and Health Issues in Adolescents and Young Adults
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Geraldine (Baver) Sack, 87 years of age, of Fort Myers, FL, formerly of West Hartford, CT and Boynton Beach, FL, died Tuesday, October 29, 2019. She was the widow of Gilbert Sack. Born in Hartford, CT, she was the daughter of the late George and Rose (Leybovich) Baver. Gerri was an administrative assistant in the Hartford school system for more than 30 years. She ended her career as executive assistant at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School, which was located in the former Weaver High School, Gerri's alma mater, where Gerri met her husband Gil and made many lifelong friends. Gerri leaves her daughters, Debra Sack Massave and Karen Sack, both of Dunwoody, GA, and her sons, Rabbi Marc Sack and his wife Leni of Fort Myers, FL and Jonathan Sack and his wife Lisa of Brooklyn, NY; her grandchildren Benjamin, Michael, Anton and Gemma Sack; and her great-grandchildren Kayla and Joshua Massave. She was predeceased by her husband, Gilbert Sack, who was an owner of Forster Heights Pharmacy in Hartford for many years. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday November 1, 2019 at Beth El Temple Cemetery, 51 Jackson Street Extension, Avon, CT with Rabbi James Rosen officiating. Following the interment the family will receive relatives and friends at Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Beth El Temple, West Hartford, CT. Arrangements are entrusted to Weinstein Mortuary, Hartford, CT. For further information, directions and to sign the guest book for Gerri, please visit online at www.weinsteinmortuary.com/funerals.cfm.
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CVS buys Aetna: What does it mean for us?
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Dec 9, 2017 · 1 min read
How the largest purchase of the year will change the healthcare industry
On Sunday, CVS Health announced that it agreed to buy Aetna Insurance for a whopping $69 billion. Bet you wish you had that much money lying around.
It was announced that Aetna stockholders will receive $207 per share- $145 in cash, and $62 invested back in CVS stock. Bet you also wish you had money invested in Aetna stock.
But what does this all mean for us? The merge of these companies comes at a time of intense transformation in the healthcare industry, and the CVS-Aetna partnership means a change in the way people receive care.
At its root, the goal of the merger is to benefit patients by making receiving diagnoses, prescriptions, and care cheaper and easier. CVS plans to transform its pharmacy and clinic locations, and to expand the services that they offer.
By staffing these locations with more nurses, pharmacists and professionals, and providing them with more equipment, CVS-Aetna will establish a new way to provide care. People will be able to attend a CVS location for problems as small as a sore throat, as well as for bigger problems, such as diabetes counseling or diagnoses of other diseases.
In other words, they want to become the one-stop-shop for all people's needs, making it faster and more effective for people to receive the care that they need.
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Description: The Attachment Features and Functions Measure includes subscales of proximity maintenance, separation distress, safe haven, and secure base to describe features of attachment. Each item is asked about a person that the participant nominated as someone they feel that it's important to talk to regularly, could turn to in times of need, and/or is someone they could count on.
At intake, participants were given 16 items describing attachment features of their nominated people, and are asked to respond to an agreement scale for each. At follow-ups, participants were asked 4 items for any new "true" attachment figures not previously identified ("true" = scores of 4, 5, or 6, on the four attachment categories from SNA at intake). Each item at follow-up represents one of the four subscales.
Tancredy, C.M. & Fraley, R.C. (2006). The nature of adult twin relationships: An attachment-theoretical perspective. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 90(1), 78-93.


Cars that have been out of circulation for a long time, that do not roll around the streets and have become a burden, are usually considered a problem.
This problem is as much for the owner as for society and even more for the State. While we never pay attention to vehicle records, it is necessary to know that if it is expired you should act now, because it can end up generating a lot of losses.
When the car that has been considered junk or scrap does not have the vehicle records up to date, it generates a strong problem for the owner. Since many times without knowing it we are breaking any established law that is in force in the locality.
If your car is stranded for a long time somewhere in the city, either in the backyard of your home or abandoned in a parking lot for whatever reason, you will soon receive notification.
Warnings that your car is not up to date with the municipality's law will not be long in coming. Following this, you will receive notifications that no payments have been received regarding vehicle traffic taxes.
Fines for these causes can make you lose a lot of money because they are constant, substantial and monthly you will have to allocate money to comply with it.
So that this does not happen or you generate a problem the best thing you can do is get rid of the car that has already completed its useful life. In this way you will get a profit and you will be freed from the yoke of taxes and fines for having it stopped at home.
Over the years municipal laws have been evolving and increasingly are focused on maintaining the order and hygiene of the streets. This is so with the idea of maintaining adequate environmental restrictions to avoid contamination and protect the health of people. Attending this problem have generated many more storage centers for junk cars or better known as junkyard to provide junkcar owners a place to sell their cars.
Contributes to the birth of insects and animals.
Environmental pollution by the gases and liquids that are expelled from the junk car.
Society, and even the state, did not find a better way to fight the junk car problem than creating junk deposits. This is undoubtedly a creative and very useful option, even more efficient than the innumerable fines.
People at some point had to invest a lot of money to buy their junk car, and that's why sometimes it costs a bit to get rid of them. But having the option of receiving money in exchange for giving something that is useless is much more likely to be added to the action.
In addition to helping to remove junk car from the streets, junkyards serve as environmental protectors. Since you first dismantle the old cars that cause pollution; but also, with the recycling of the various pieces, the environment is also taken care of.
When recycling the iron and aluminum of the car, less industrial waste is produced in its creation. And the recycling of batteries and their components also avoids polluting chemical waste.
If you have a car that is not up to date in legal matters, that your permits have expired and that it is not viable to be shot through the streets of your locality, it is advisable to use the junkyards.
Selling your car on time means less expense for you and you may even get a good profit on it. As long as the car is in good condition greater may be the payment you will receive.
If instead you leave your car on the street while it continues to deteriorate the day you want to sell it will be a real scrap. Also, while you decide you may have already lost a lot of money paying a nonsense fines.
If you want to know more about what we mean when we talk about a junk car, we invite you to read the following article about the junk car definition.
¿Cuánto dinero puedes pedir por tu carro viejo?


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Омело () — деревня в Червенском районе Минской области Белорусии. Входит в состав Ляденского сельсовета.

Географическое положение
Расположена в 18 километрах к северо-востоку от Червеня, в 81 км от Минска, в 20 км от железнодорожной станции Гродзянка линии Гродзянка—Верейцы.

История

Населённый пункт известен с начала XX века. На 1908 год урочище Имело в составе Юровичской волости Игуменского уезда Минской губернии, где насчитывалось 4 двора и 20 жителей. На 1917 год фольварок в составе Хуторской волости в 1 двор, где был 21 житель (13 мужчин и 8 женщин). 20 августа 1924 года вошёл в состав вновь образованного Хуторского сельсовета Червенского района Минского округа (с 20 февраля 1938 — Минской области). В 1929 году здесь был организован колхоз «Красное Омело», при нём была кузница. Во время Великой Отечественной войны 12 жителей деревни не вернулись с фронта. На 1960 год население деревни составило 75 человек. На 1980-е годы она относилась к совхозу «Нива». На 1997 год здесь насчитывалось 7 домов, жили 12 человек. 30 октября 2009 года в связи с упразднением Хуторского сельсовета вошла в Колодежский сельсовет. 28 мая 2013 года передана в состав Ляденского сельсовета. На 2013 год 2 круглогодично жилых дома, 2 постоянных жителя.

Население
 1908 — 4 двора, 20 жителей
 1917 — 1 двор, 21 житель
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 1960 — 75 жителей
 1997 — 7 дворов, 12 жителей
 2013 — 2 двора, 2 жителя

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Населённые пункты Червенского района


Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Preheat a medium cast-iron skillet over medium heat. Add the almonds and toast, stirring often, for 3 to 5 minutes, until lightly browned. Sprinkle the brown sugar and salt over the almonds and cook, stirring almost continuously with a wooden spoon, until the brown sugar is completely melted and darkened in color, watching the skillet carefully so the almonds don't burn, 3 to 5 minutes. Spread the almonds in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet and let cool completely, then break up any clumps with your hands and get to work on eating your fill.
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Gordon Newell MOTT, Congress, NV (1812-1887)
MOTT Gordon Newell , a Delegate from the Territory of Nevada; born in Zanesville, Ohio, on October 21, 1812; completed preparatory studies; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Zanesville in 1836; moved to Texas during its struggle for independence and served nine months as a volunteer; returned to Ohio and resumed the practice of law; moved to California in 1849; judge of Sutter County in 1850; district judge 1851-1854; moved to Nevada in 1861; appointed by President Lincoln associate justice of the supreme court of Nevada Territory on March 27, 1861, and served until his resignation in 1863, having been elected to Congress; elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served from March 4, 1863, to October 31, 1864, when the Territory of Nevada became a State; was not a candidate for Representative from the new State in 1864; died in San Francisco, Calif., April 27, 1887; interment in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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In cooperation with Mohn Media we are developing and producing the cover of the Guinness Book of World Records, since 2013. We are collaborating with Guinness World Records this year as well. The Guinness Book of World Records is a reference book published annually, listing world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The Guinness company established in 1955. We met the Englishmen in Gelsenkirchen and showed them our proof of the cover 2017, at the beginning of the year.
Afterwards we invited them into the studio of our artist Christian Nienhaus, in which homemade pizza was served in the show-kitchen. A glass of London Dry Gin with Tonic was not to be missed. The vibes were superb, as well as our proof. The cover is certainly top secret, but we can tell you: 'Everything that makes curious is good'.


The GLM-E Automac is the ideal price labelling kit for packaging machines from Automac / Waldyssa (Elixa Plus, Elixa Mega, W 33-38, W 45).
This successor to the Bizerba Gx-Generation label packaging units from above using blow-on application – efficient and easy to service.
As a variation of Bizerba's GLM-E series, the price labelling kits are especially advantageous when work flexibility is required: for very small and large-surface price labels, with TrueType font and a high resolution of 12 dot/mm – regardless of the data communication to the EDV system.
The GLM-E Automac offers functions that go far beyond the performance spectrum of the Gx-Generation – and with a competitive price. The application unit accepts label rolls with a diameter of up to 300 millimetres, which cuts the number of roll changes in half. Up to 45 packages per minute can be weighed and labelled, depending on the packaging machine.
A display is built into the labeller housing. In addition, the external Bizerba displays GT-6M and GT-12C can be connected, wall-mounted, or placed onto a separate stand. Remote user interfaces in monochrome and colour touch can be added as options to optimise the ergonomic design of the workplace.
Wearing parts in the print head can be changed without tools, which shortens maintenance times and reduces costs. Remote maintenance using e-service is also available for packaging machine kits.


Stand on the Mountain. Gaze at the horizon. Smile! Humor and wisdom join here on the state of geezerhood, the ripening years of life.
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When We Die, What Happens to Us?
How Arrogant Can a Scientist Be! ?
Having thrived during 59 years of marriage to Patricia, the love of my life, and raising 3 sons and 7 grandchildren, I was widowed in March, 2012 after sharing her 10 yr. journey through dementia. I retired after 25 yrs. as a pastoral psychotherapist, 10 years as a college administrator, and 16 years as a Protestant pastor and campus minister. I have therefore certified myself as a full-fledged Geezer. This enables me to offer whimsical wisecracks and witty wisdom on Geezerhood and other related and unrelated topics.


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Broomfield City Council candidates talk housing, pandemic, growth in forum
Opinion on affordable housing, pandemic recovery and growth were all discussed Thursday evening during a candidate forum for Broomfield's 12 City Council candidates.
About 40 community members attended the in-person event hosted by the Broomfield Chamber of Commerce and moderated by Chamber President and CEO Sam Taylor. Questions were curated from submissions from residents before the forum and questions written down by members of the audience.
There are two candidates running in each of the five Ward races as well as the mayoral race this year. Because of the number of candidates in this year's election, Taylor noted not all questions will be asked of each candidate. Candidates Grayson Hofferber and Mindy Quiachon participated remotely though Zoom, and candidate Brian Peotter told the Chamber he would not be present.
The 11 present candidates were each given two minutes to offer an opening statement introducing who they were and what they were campaigning on. The candidates expressed a shared love of Broomfield and desire to keep community safe, healthy and thriving.
When asked what their top three priorities, Mayor and mayoral candidate Guyleen Castriotta said public health and safety takes precedence, followed by housing and sustainability. Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Kimberly Groom listed business recovery, stabilizing large developments and ensuring a sustainable financial future.
In the Ward 1 race, candidate Chriss Hammerschmidt mentioned safety, affordable housing and lowering property taxes. Opponent James Marsh-Holschen said residential traffic safety, economic recovery and affordable housing.
Ward 2 candidate Ausin Ward said his top priorities are addressing affordable housing, transportation and sustainability. Opponent Brent Hultman said safety, helping small businesses bounce back and the "wise engagement and good stewardship" of Broomfield's 33.6 square miles.
Ward 3 councilmember Deven Shaff, running for reelection, listed affordable housing, sustainability and recovering from the pandemic. Peotter, also running for the seat, has campaigned primarily on lowering property taxes, followed by other secondary issues such as safety and revitalization.
In the Ward 4 race, candidate Mindy Quiachon said community service and safety, followed by economic recovery and support and then smart growth. Opponent Bruce Leslie said his priorities are to keep Broomfield a place where "our grandchildren want to live," followed by collaborating with Broomfield residents and maintaining a high quality of life.
Ward 5 Councilman and candidate Todd Cohen said his priorities are affordable housing, economic recovery and open space. Opponent Grayson Hofferber listed affordable housing, public safety and "smart development financial responsibility."
When asked how Broomfield can ensure law enforcement is prepared to handle individuals with disabilities, mental health issues or those who don't speak English, Cohen said officers must listen to the individual and continue training. He also nodded to the department's successful co-responder program. Hofferber said "the biggest thing is understanding our police have an incredibly difficult job as it is," and said it's a matter of approachability and accessibility.
Leslie responded that issues are solved by leadership, empathy of the officers and by training. Quiachon said she's campaigning on increase mental health support and support for disabled residents.
The same question was lastly asked of the two mayoral candidates. Groom said officers must respond with care, respect and empathy, and pointed to the co-responder program. Castriotta also spoke to the value in the co-responder program, adding she'd like to see more funding toward the program so mental health co-responders could operate 24/7.
Taylor, acknowledging the number of times affordable housing had already been mentioned, asked candidates to share an idea for specific actions that the Council could take to address affordable housing.
Marsh-Holschen said he's like to see a local homestead exemption open to everybody that's means-tested and reevaluate the affordability of the mobile home parks in Ward 1. Hammerschmidt said it would be her job to figure out why housing became so expensive in Broomfield, noting part of it may be due to "government overregulation."
Shaff, when asked, cited the inclusionary housing ordinance the Council passed and the independent housing authority created Tuesday as two avenues that will both lead to more affordable units in Broomfield.
When asked what role residential development plays in Broomfield and the government's role in managing growth, Ward said residential development plays a huge role, adding, "One of the things I'd like to see us do is do more mixed-use development where you include both commercial and residential developments so people can walk and bike instead of having to drive." Hultman, asked the same question, first chose to address the previous question. He said he would put pressure on the mayor to encourage state legislature to fix the "construction defect litigation situation, which is a huge part of why Colorado is so unaffordable." Answering the current question, he then said local government has a responsibility to keep a balance of residential homes versus businesses.
When each asked if they supported tax increment financing and metro financing to jumpstart development, Castriotta, Groom, Marsh-Holschen, Hultman, Ward, Quiachon, and Leslie all said yes, and Hammershmidt said the community needs to be involved in the localized tax district.
Shaff, asked to share his opinion on Broomfield's pandemic-related support, said City Council must continue to communicate effectively and work with area partners to ensure residents are taken care of.
Taylor then asked if candidates would be willing to reduce Broomfield's 40% open space goal to allow for affordable housing. Hofferber, who alluded to the idea earlier in the forum, initially said when asked that the idea is something City Council needs to consider calling it a supply-and-demand issue. He then said he thinks it's possible to achieve both. Opponent Cohen, who's campaigned on preserving open space, said it would be shortsighted to give up the conserved land now for a housing surge, acknowledging the city and county would never get that open space back. Neither Castriotta or Groom, when asked, agreed with the idea of lowering Broomfield's percentage of open space.
When asked if Broomfield's planned future civic center should house nonprofits, Quiachon, Leslie, Hammerschmidt and Marsh-Holschen all said yes. When asked how they thought Broomfield handled the recent conversation around homelessness, both Ward and Hultman agreed city staff and police handled the issue well and with compassion, though Hultman added there could've been better communication explaining the process to residents.
The forum can be viewed through Broomfield's streaming webpage at bit.ly/3FPwiqM


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HomeCancer screening and primary care: A quality improvement toolkit Module 4: Care Step 6: Strategies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Step 6: Strategies for enabling Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to participate in cancer screening
Step 6.1 Build a culturally-competent practice team
Step 6.2 Work in partnership with your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community
Step 6.3 Ensure your practice consistently asks patients if they identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
Step 6.4 Provide health assessments that integrate cancer screening
Step 6.5 Make screening spaces comfortable
Step 6.6 Ensure appropriate follow-up of abnormal results
Step 6.7 Use your data effectively
Step 6.8 Use resources and programs designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
The information below provides a range of suggestions on actions that can be taken to support increased participation in cancer screening by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
These strategies should be used in addition to the strategies described in:
Step 2: Use good practice strategies to increase participation in cancer screening
Use this template to implement the actions your team decides to undertake.
The strategies described below are guided by The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cancer Framework 2015, Priority 3: "Increase access to and participation in cancer screening and immunisation for the prevention and early detection of cancers". 25
Position statement on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health
"We acknowledge the profound social and emotional impact of discriminatory policies and practices, including the forcible removal of children from their families6 and the years of failure of governments and health professionals to act effectively to protect and improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.7
"Over 200 years of loss and dispossession and the systematic disempowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people cannot be addressed without the genuine commitment of governments, non-government organisations and the wider Australian community.
"Health and medical professionals and their representative organisations have a clear role to play in this process. Solutions must draw on the strength and resilience present in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities today, and should be developed in partnership with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities."
- Extract from the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' Position statement on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.69
It is important that your team has the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to provide appropriate care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
This includes understanding:
the impact of discriminatory policies and practices on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's health and interactions with the health system
the diversity within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in Australia
how to provide culturally-appropriate and safe care
how to communicate effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
the impact of 'deficit discourse' on perceptions, policy, practice and health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
What is 'deficit discourse'?
Deficit discourse represents people in terms of deficiencies and failures. Deficit discourse places responsibility for problems with individuals or communities, overlooking the larger socioeconomic structures in which they are embedded.
Deficit discourse impacts educational attainment, health and wellbeing and contributes to external and internalised racism.39
Step 6.1.1 Ensure your team has undertaken cultural awareness and cultural safety training
Read the RACGP's Cultural awareness training and cultural safety training guidelines for more information on training options.
Talk with your PHN or appropriate local Aboriginal community organisation about training options.
Queensland health provides guidance on communicating effectively with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This guidance provides helpful information; however, it should be used in addition to cultural awareness and cultural safety training.
Success in practice:
"It's like a lucky door prize if you get a good doctor and nursing staff who understand, respect your cultural background; explain things thoroughly and just respect you as a human being." (Cairns)
- Excerpt from Consumer health information needs and preferences: Perspective of culturally and linguistically diverse and Aboriginal and Torres Strain Islander people, by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.36
Step 6.1.2 Recruit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff
Employing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in your practice can:
enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander to have input into your practice's planning and provision of care
improve the perception that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have of your practice as a safe place
support linkages between your practice and the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Working in partnership with your local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is a powerful way to increase cancer literacy and to encourage participation in screening. This can include partnering with25:
key Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community members and health workers
local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community organisations
cancer survivors who have had a positive experience with screening
local cancer screening champions.
Your PHN, local health district's Aboriginal Health Unit and/or local Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHO) can support your practice to strengthen community linkages.
Success in practice: Helen's story
Aunty Helen Archibald-Simmons wanted to use her experience with breast cancer to encourage other women, especially Aboriginal women, to attend screening.
Aunty Helen approached the Mid-North Coast Local Health District to make a short video that can be:
used in waiting rooms
shown to women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer to help them understand what to expect
shared with health professionals to improve their understanding of the cancer journey from the perspective of an Aboriginal woman.
'Helen's story' is a great example of using community champions to promote screening.
Step 6.3 Ensure your practice consistently ask patients if they identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
"About 50% of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people access Indigenous-specific primary health care services, but the other 50% access general primary health care services. Asking all of your clients about Indigenous status is particularly important because GPs have a really big role to play in regards to prevention and early detection of cancer."
- Professor Gail Garvey, Kamilaroi woman, Senior Principal Research Fellow and Deputy Division Leader, Wellbeing and Preventable Chronic Diseases Division, Menzies School of Health Research.38
Understanding who among your patients identifies as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is an important step in the provision of care. Visit the RACGP's 'Identification of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australian general practice' for further information.
A significant number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people access health care in mainstream practices, but relatively few health assessments are provided by these services.26
Providing health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and incorporating cancer screening into health assessment templates (see Module 3 for more information) is an important step in supporting improved cancer screening participation.25
Ensure your screening service is comfortable, and culturally safe and appropriate.
This includes ensuring gender-appropriate screening facilities, staff and approaches.25
Seek advice from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, or local community organisations, to better understand how to ensure a comfortable, safe service.
It is important that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have an abnormal cancer screening result are followed up in a way that ensures a timely diagnosis and treatment.25
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people may need specific types of support to engage in diagnostic and treatment processes. Your practice can seek advice from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and community services in your area to develop your policy and processes for supporting and engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with abnormal cancer screening results.
Maintaining, analysing and applying lessons from your practice data is an important part of high quality care.
Consider how you can use data to deepen your understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's engagement with bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment.
There are a range of resources and programs that your practice can use which are designed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to participate in bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening:
Visit indigenousbowelscreen.com.au for a comprehensive range of educational and promotional materials for both consumers and health professionals, including the following:
Information for health professionals:
An information sheet for GPs: Talking with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients about bowel cancer screening
An information sheet for health workers
A video overview of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program for health professionals
Webinar: How to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients to do a bowel screening test
Resources for Aboriginal and Torres and Strait Islander people that can be printed or downloaded:
Postcard: Bowel screening is women's business
Postcard: Bowel screening is men's business
A flip chart to assist health workers to talk with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people about bowel cancer and bowel cancer screening
A poster to encourage patients to do the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program test when it arrives in the mail, or check when their test will arrive.
A range of videos, music clips and links to further information
Bowel screening can save your life is available in six Aboriginal languages from the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
Posters and brochures designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can be downloaded or ordered for free from BreastScreen NSW.
Robin's breast screening story is a powerful video that encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to screen. This video can be shown in waiting rooms and at education and awareness events.
Information for Aboriginal women about BreastScreen NSW.
Posters and brochures designed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women that can be downloaded or ordered for free from the National Cervical Screening Program.
Cervical screening information for Aboriginal women from the Cancer Institute NSW.
Toolkit for engaging under-screened and never-screened women in the National Cervical Screening Program. This toolkit has been developed to assist health care providers to engage under-screened and never-screened people in cervical screening, and to support them should they choose to participate.
Previous section Step 5: Understand and address the cancer screening needs of specific population groups Next section Step 7: Strategies for increasing culturally and linguistically diverse communities participation in