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Q: How can I add services inside my own service forwarding the IOptions? I am building my own package in order to abstract the user from some stuffs.
My original Startup.cs looked like
 services.AddAuthentication(options =>
            {
                // Store the session to cookies
                options.DefaultScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;

                // OpenId authentication
                options.DefaultChallengeScheme = OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
            })
         .AddCookie(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
         .AddOpenIdConnect(o =>
            {
                // URL of the Keycloak server
                o.Authority = Configuration["Jwt:Authority"];

                // Client configured in the Keycloak
                o.ClientId = Configuration["Jwt:ClientId"];

                ...
             }

I want to extract those Add* methods in my own package like this:
    public static class MyExtension
    {
        public static IServiceCollection AddMyAuthentication(this IServiceCollection services)
        {
            // Add ASP.NET Core Options libraries - needed so we can use IOptions<SVOSOptions>
            services.AddOptions();

            services.AddAuthentication(options =>
            {
                // Store the session to cookies
                options.DefaultScheme = CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;

                // OpenId authentication
                options.DefaultChallengeScheme = OpenIdConnectDefaults.AuthenticationScheme;
            })
            .AddCookie(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)
            .AddOpenIdConnect(o =>
            {
                // URL of the Keycloak server
                o.Authority = * MyOptions.Authority *;

                // Client configured in the Keycloak
                o.ClientId = * MyOptions.ClientId *

                ...

            });

            return services;
        }

        public static IServiceCollection AddMyAuthentication(this IServiceCollection services, Action<MyOptions> configure)
        {
            if (services == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(services));
            }

            if (configure != null)
            {
                services.Configure(configure);
            }

            return services.AddMyAuthentication();
        }
    }

Of course I want to replace all the Configuration[] calls within my class with some options which I want to send from my new Startup.cs like this:
services.AddMyAuthentication(options => {
       options.Authority = Configuration["Jwt:Authority"];
       options.ClientId = Configuration["Jwt:ClientId"];
})

I'm also doing this because I want to hardcode that the user doesn't need to know. I hope that this is the right way to do something like this.

A: If you're just using the resulting settings during the service registration and you don't have a need to register those options into the service provider for later injection, you can probably just pass them as a strongly typed POCO into your static extension, which will add some clarity as to the required incoming parameters.
public class MyAuthenticationOptions
{
   public string Authority { get; set; }
   public string ClientId { get; set; }
}

and then use Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Binder to bind to an instance:
// Replace the quoted section with your config section
services.AddMyAuthentication(Configuration.GetSection("MyAuthenticationOptions").Get<MyAuthenticationOptions>();

And finally update your extension method to accept the object:
 public static IServiceCollectionAddMyAuthentication(this IServiceCollection services, MyAuthenticationOptions options); //...

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Man falsely claiming to be cop before allegedly shooting Black woman at a Walgreen's still not arrested
Sircie Varnado lost her life at the hands of what was first thought to be a policeman, but now officials say that's not the case
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Chicago police have released the name of the Black woman who was fatally shot inside of a Walgreen's last week after a store manager accused her of stealing feminine products.
According to Chicago's WLS-TV, Cook County officials say the woman who was killed on the city's northwest side was identified as Sircie Varnado.
Police say on Wednesday, Varnado was shopping at the local store when she was confronted by a store manager about shoplifting. During the exchange, police say a customer walked up to them and intervened. Witnesses say the man, who claimed to be a Chicago police officer, argued with the 46-year-old woman before ultimately shooting her in the head and running away.
READ MORE: Security guard says he tried to prevent Home Depot shooting that killed Dallas cop
Varnado was rushed to Mt. Sinai Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. Now her family is demanding answers.
"We really need to know what's going on because she was loved and she had family," said Nydia Foster, her niece.
"There are many ways he could have apprehended her without shooting her in the face," said her sister Maria Reed of the suspect. "He could have Tased her, he could have subdued her, [held] her down, even pepper sprayed her, at least she would have been alive."
READ MORE: Chicago police kill brother of murder suspect as they execute arrest warrant
But Chicago Police say they have identified the shooter, who they are in contact with through his lawyer, and he is not a police officer. Instead, he was described as an "unofficial security guard" at that Walgreens location who only has a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card and a concealed carry license.
"I want to know why didn't the manager call police instead of this wannabe security guard," Reed wondered.
"That's cold-blooded murder right there," agreed store customer Joe Reyes.
A spokesperson for Walgreens spokesperson released a statement saying they plan to fully cooperate with the police investigation.
"We are committed to providing a safe environment for our employees, patients, and customers in the communities we serve," the company said in a statement.
READ MORE: Chicago woman killed by gunfire as she used her body to shield her baby girl from bullets
13 Philadelphia cops to be terminated after offensive Facebook posts

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India-Maldives relation: Maldives polls, India's concerns
(GS-II: International Relations)
In News:
The External Affairs Minister (EAM) of India visited Maldives when the presidential election in Maldives is around the corner.
The incumbent president's (Solih) announcement to run for a second term, has been opposed within his party by former president and leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Mohamed Nasheed.
Though Solih's foreign policy expressly roots for "India First", he is also careful about not alienating China.
Yameen had a pro-China tilt and has run an anti-India campaign('India Out' campaign recently) alleging that the MDP government has sold out to India and permitted Indian troops to be based on Maldivian soil.
What happened during the EAM's visit?
Inaugurated an international airport developed by India ($ 136.6-million) at Hanimadhoo in Haaa Dahaalu atoll.
This is India's second largest infrastructure project after the ($500 million) Greater Male Connectivity project, which aims to connect the Maldives capital to three neighbouring highlands.
Both are prestige projects for Delhi that compete in scale with the Chinese-built Male-Hulumale-Hulhule bridge and the Hulumale airport.
Inaugurated an India-funded community centre In the Foakaidhoo island in the nearby Shaviyani atoll.
Handed over two sea ambulances to the Maldives Defence Ministry.
In the Manadhoo island of Noonu atoll, the two sides signed three MoUs, including –
A proposed collaboration between Cochin University and the Maldives National University, and
A $100 million grant for "high impact community development" projects.
The focus of the discussion was on development cooperation, capacity building and people-to-people ties.
Significance of Maldives for India:
A country crucial to India's interests in the Indian Ocean.
In the past five years, Delhi's Neighbourhood First and SAGAR(Security and Growth for All in the Region) policies have found expression in the improvement of ties.
Maldives is part of the India-driven Colombo Security Conclave.
India's message to Maldives:
India is a committed partner in the Maldives's journey of progress and transformation.
The "new disruptions" in the current geopolitics has made the collaboration even more important.
Maldives is an important player of India's Indian Ocean diplomacy. As a result, India cannot take the Maldives' anti-India campaign for granted.
India should use its goodwill to persuade both citizens and leaders of Maldives of the importance of India in Maldives' development.
Etalin hydroelectric project (EHEP)
The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has asked the Arunachal Pradesh government to file a fresh proposal for forest diversion and the construction of the EHEP.
The FAC (under the MoEF&CC) order came amid reports of noncompliance with its conditions and widespread opposition to the project in the region.
The HEP will necessitate the diversion of 1,165.66 hectares of forest land and the felling of more than 280,000 trees in the area, which is one of the world's mega biodiversity hotspots.
About the EHEP:
The contentious 3,097-megawatt project is located in the Dibang Valley (a biodiversity hotspot), Arunachal Pradesh.
It was proposed (in 2008) to be developed as a joint venture between Jindal Power Ltd and the Hydropower Development Corporation of Arunachal Pradesh Ltd.
The plan combined two run-of-the-river schemes with limited storage requiring concrete gravity dams on rivers Tangon and Dri – tributaries of Dibang river.
It ran into several controversies over concerns of ecological damage, forest invasion and tribal displacement (Idu-Mishmi tribes).
NCERT notifies India's first national assessment regulator
National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) has notified India's first national assessment regulator, PARAKH
About PARAKH:
PARAKH has been launched as part of the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 that envisaged a standard-setting body:
To advise school boards regarding new assessment patterns and the latest research, and promote collaborations between them
To facilitate students for self-assessment of learning outcomes
To remove disparities in the score of students enrolled with different boards
About NEP 2020:
The NEP 2020 intends to boost spending on education by enhancing the education budget to a level of 6% of the GDP. It has emphasised the use of the mother tongue or local language as the medium of instruction till Class 5 while recommending its continuance till Class 8 and beyond.
Grameen Udyami Scheme
MoS Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar to attend the felicitation programme of 200 tribal women under the Grameen Udyami Scheme.
Under the programme, the endeavour is to multi-skill India's youth and impart functional skills to them for enabling livelihoods
Launched by: National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
About NSDC:
NSDC is a non-profit public limited company established in 2008, under Section 25 of the Companies Act, 1956. The Ministry of Finance established NSDC as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.
The Government of India, through the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), owns 49% of NSDC, while the private sector owns the remaining 51%.
The project is being implemented in six states— Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Gujarat.
NSDC under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Enterprises (MSDE) has supported the setting up of labs and classrooms through Sector Skill Councils (SSCs) in Seva Bharti Kendra Skill Development Center.


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Party marks milestone for coastal library
At the 70th anniversary celebration at Wells Library were, back row, from left, Chrissie Farley, district councillor Peter Fisher, Ann Ramm, county councillor Marie Strong, front row, Bridget Hawes and Ann Small. Picture: Mike Strong
It has helped thousands of noses become buried in pages, and now the team at Wells Library have celebrated a special milestone.
Staff and supporters of the Station Road centre have marked its 70th year of opening with both cakes and memories being shared at a small party.
Ann Ramm, who has worked at the library for 21 years, said its success was down to the loyal support of its members.
She said: "We are extremely fortunate to have the 'Friends of Wells Library' who have supported the library for a number of years with events and raising much needed funds for us."
Other long-serving staff members include Bridget Hawes, who has been there for 28 years and Ann Small, who has done 27 years.
County councillor Marie Strong added: "The Friends' is a group of enthusiastic and hardworking volunteers determined to keep their library vibrant. Throughout the year the Friends organise many social and educational events, as well as children's activities. All money raised go towards enhancing a much loved and much used library."


our scheme allows encoding repeated choices, which are usually not legal ballots. For example, one can encode the choice 1,1,1 but that would be an illegal vote under all the voting systems we mentioned as examples. The fact that legal ballots are a subset of all possible encodings means that the encoding is necessarily suboptimal with respect to those requirements. We will look at an alternative scheme in the next post.
Despite the reduction, the second encoder is not optimal (the first encoder is optimal given repeatable choices); the range of output numbers is larger than that of legal ballots. It would be interesting to see how to obtain the most compact solution, a detailed analysis could compare these schemes systematically to get quantitive measures of space efficiency.


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Q: How can I pass the value of this from a .change to another function with jQuery? I have the following:
$("#cityID").change(cityIdChanged(this))

function cityIdChanged(select) {
   store.setItem('CityID', select.val());
}

This seems not to work as it gives me an error message saying that "select" does not support the property val.
How can I pass a reference to the thing that changed to my cityIdChanged function?

A: $("#cityID").change(function(){
    cityIdChanged(this); // "this" is the DOM object
});

function cityIdChanged(select) {
   store.setItem('CityID', select.value); // You get value with .value not .val()
}

Don't use jQuery to get input value.
Live DEMO

Know Your DOM Properties and Functions
While one of the goals of jQuery is to abstract away the DOM, knowing DOM properties can be extremely useful. One of the most commonly made mistakes by those who learn jQuery without learning about the DOM is to Utilize the awesome power of jQuery to access properties of an element:
$('img').click(function() {
    $(this).attr('src');  // Bad!
});

In the above code, this refers to the element from which the click event handler was fired. The code above is both slow and verbose; the code below functions identically and is much shorter, faster and readable.
$('img').click(function() {
    this.src; // Much, much better
});

jQuery tag info

A: $("#cityID").change(cityIdChanged(this))

function cityIdChanged(select) {
   store.setItem('CityID', $(select).val()); or // select.value but not select.val()
}


The 'Staircase to Memories' Intergenerational Event brought back a lot of memories and nostalgia. The residents at Kirk House together with Tullycarnet Youth Project created a unique experience for all those who attended the event. The exhibition was impressive with old photographs, posters, documents and memorabilia being displayed, but the Fashion Show was the highlight of the afternoon.
Here is a snapshot of the event for those of you who could not attend it.
One of the residents at Kirk House, Sadie celebrated her 106th Birthday yesterday. We would like to wish her a Happy Birthday and many more wonderful years to come!
Here are some photos taken at the Birthday party at Kirk House.
he Grand Opening of Kirk House's Garden took place on Saturday 6th August 2016. The garden was officially opened by the Guest of Honour- Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman Brian Kingston. The event was connected with the Kirk House Annual Sale accompanied by a range of stalls, game and activities.
Kirk House residents and their relatives have recently created a unique fundraising cookbook, containing residents' favourite recipes. You can make a delicious range of tray bakes, scones, bread and pastry using those well-loved and tested recipes. This amazing cookbook costs only £5.00 and all the money raised will go towards the Kirk House Graden Fund.
"I like it because I have company if I want, but also have my own flat."


i recently in the past few days got a couple of hostpital records by mailing in a form to two diff hosiptals. i always wanted to see what the docs say about me. i have near 20 hospital stays but i only got a couple of recent ones.
it was slightly shocking reading the notes they wrote about me. it was like reading a book. just pages and pages about me. one had 15-20 pages about me. and nother had near 40 pages about me.
im sending in another record for another hospital stay at a third different hospital.
I have to be careful about stuff like that. I know if something surprises me or upsets me in those files, I will completely obsess over it and get very upset and then start to feel like a horrid person.
Some stuff, I really think it's best if I don't know. I am where I am, and knowing what a doctor thought about me 5 years ago, isn't going to help me go forward at this time.
What is your goal for reading all these? Does it change what you think about yourself? Do you know yourself better than the doctors? Or do you believe everything they tell you about yourself is true?
i think it is best to concentrate on the positives as much as possible, what you are now, i am remembering stuff i don't really want to remember at the moment.
would you go into a grave yard and dig up some one long gone, that is what your past is a faded memory !
" i think clutter is the thread of my memory. wanting to have its own continuity through familiar objects ".
beautiful words, but that is what bins were invented for .
I think it's better not to let what they've written affect you. When I was in a manic stage I asked for all my hospital and therapist records and pinned them on my wall and put lines through what they said with permanent marker.
I have been trying to figure myself out for years. Agreeing with my diagnosis, disagreeing with my dx - back and forth.
Why am I like this? Have I improved? What in the world is sza exactly? I honestly tire myself out. I guess it is best for the doctors to do their jobs. I have to trust them at some point.
Same feeling, Wave. I wish I could make it stop.
I got my records about 5 years back. Was quite negative and geared towards pdoc etc- all good/patient- all bad. When you get something like that it makes you realise how subjective psychiatry is compared to other medical branches and that objectivity isn't high on the list of priorities.


Description	 I don't know if report this as a bug report or a feature request.
Shouldn't this situation identify the "pink potion" or at least inscribe it with more information?
The kobold is heavily wounded.
The kobold drinks a potion. The kobold is healed!
You don't know if it was healing or heal wounds.
I know, that's why i said "at least inscribe it" with something like "healed monster" or something like that.
In this case it's ambiguous, so it shouldn't be identified.
As far as I recall, all other potions are immediately identified - might, speed, invisibility. I don't remember seeing a monster drink a potion of resistance, brilliance or agility.
Do we have a special case when we know only one of the healing potions and monster drinks the other kind?
For example, we have a Mummy, he poisons a kobold, who then heals with a potion (non-ambiguous - heal wounds wouldn't heal the poison). Later we notice an orc drink the other kind of healing potion. Do we know both of them now?
I think it would be fine to just tell the player the potion type. It's not like there's a significant effect on gameplay coming from this, and there are all sorts of possible situations like the one Someone-else mentioned where an attentive player would be able to identify the potions unambiguously.
This has been done at some point.


As we have learned in the recent past - it is not IF disaster will strike but WHEN disaster will strike our communities.
Are we prepared as a unit to work together to supply Medical, Food Service, Sheltering, CERT, DART, etc. services to our communities?
Are you prepared as a volunteer to step into one of these areas and provide assistance to your family, friends, and neighbors?
Do you know the other people in our Corps that you will be working with and depending on during an emergency?
We have many training/fundraising events throughout the year that need your participation. These events will provide you with the training and experience needed to work with your team during a disaster.
Many expressed interest in being a part of the Food Service, DART, Community Relations our other Response Team when you signed-up. We need you to participate in our events for training and team building.
Upon successful completion of the course, please send a copy of your certificate to Ed Mello and we will reimburse you the $15 cost of the course.
If you are on the food service response team it is recommended that you take this online course.
The cost is $15. MRC volunteers will be reimbursed for this training.
We have received grant funds to cover the cost of this training. Please click on button below and follow link to online course. (approx. 1h, 30m).
These events offer us and excellent opportunity to raise needed funds, provide training opportunities for members in the use of our Field Kitchen and increase our visibility in the community.
We need volunteers to help in each of the following areas: set-up mobile kitchen on site, cook, prep, serve, cash sales, community relations, break down mobile kitchen.


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BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching
Become a sports coach who changes people's lives. With focus on coaching practice, sport psychology, and coaching sciences, this degree will give you the skills to evaluate sport coaching contexts and influence ethical and sustainable coaching practice.
Sandwich (Thick) out of college.
Why study BSc (Hons) Sport Coaching at BU?
Placement opportunities can give you practical hands-on experience as well as a fantastic chance to make professional connections
Study abroad at one of our many partner institutions in Europe and the US
Optional alternative to final year dissertation project – a research expedition conducting in-depth research on the needs and responses of people completing a UK-based endurance event
Get involved in various extra-curricular opportunities: our sport and events volunteering programme (RELAYS), workshops, conferences, industry visits, field trips, volunteering, guest speakers and more
We have strong links with some of the biggest names in the sports industry to inform our teaching and provide placement opportunities
92% of graduates felt academic staff on this course were good at explaining things.
Find out more about the content of this course.
What can you achieve with a Sports Coaching degree?
Forge a career that you are truly passionate about. The career opportunities are diverse, ranging from working in sports, leisure, education, health and events. When you graduate from this course you will be well-placed to occupy roles in performance sport organisations, sporting national governing bodies, local authorities, schools and colleges, international sports events providers, and sports and leisure centres.
See what it's like to study on this course
Sport performance laboratories
GAIT and balance analysis using pressure pads
A man lifting bar and weights
Pin prick blood test sampling
Fat calliper measurements
September 2021, September 2022
Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus
3 years full-time with a 6-week placement, or 4 years full-time with a minimum 30-week placement
All subjects considered
For September 2021 entry: 104 - 120 UCAS tariff points including a minimum of 2 A levels or equivalent. BTEC Extended Diploma: DMM. For more information check out our full entry requirements.
If English is not your first language, you will need IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component or equivalent. For more information check out our international entry requirements.
£9,250 (UK, ROI & CI) £14,100 (Int'l) per year
Placement year: £850
Important information about fees
Fee regions explained:
UK: United Kingdom
ROI: Republic of Ireland
CI: Channel Islands & Isle of Man
Int'l: International
Find out more about course fees and costs.
Scholarships are available from £1,000. Find out more.
Take a look at some of the other courses that we offer at BU.
BSc (Hons) Sport Management
BSc (Hons) Sports Therapy
BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
BSc (Hons) Nutrition
Making a difference with sport
Discover how BU graduates Ekow and Beng'yela are creating a brighter future for Ghanian schoolchildren
Sport at BU
Read Noorin's story: a Sports Psychology & Coaching student, a BU sports scholar and 2017 National Weightlifting Champion.
SportBU - what's on offer?
In year one you'll study the underlying concepts and principles of sport coaching practice and the complexity of the sport coaching context.
Core units:
Beginning Research in Sport & Exercise: This unit will introduce you to the role of research in a variety of sport and exercise contexts. It will cover both quantitative and qualitative research approaches, their associated characteristics, assumptions and basic skills, so that you can evaluate and interpret the value of different research approaches.
Coaching Principles & Practice: This unit will cover core sport coaching theories, principles, and practice. You will plan and deliver a practical coaching session informed by key coaching principles, within a structured and managed environment and evaluate the core roles and responsibilities of sport coaches and the appropriateness of different approaches to sport coaching problems.
Sport, Culture & Society: This unit will enable you to use social theory to evaluate and interpret social and cultural issues within the context of sport. Furthermore, it will develop your critical thinking skills that allow you to locate yourself and your own sporting experiences within the broader socio-cultural milieu.
Principles of Sport & Exercise Psychology: This unit will provide you with an understanding of the major theories, principles and concepts of sport and exercise psychology. It will provide you with knowledge concerning the role of the sport and exercise psychologist and introduce you to the variables that influence behaviour in the sport and exercise context.
Fitness Assessments for Sport Exercise & Health: You will develop your practical competencies and interpersonal skills for working with clients in sport, exercise and health settings. Additionally you will acquire an understanding of the scientific rationale and theory behind a variety of fitness and health assessments as well as be aware of the needs of healthy individuals and people with various musculoskeletal, cardiorespiratory and neurological disorders.
Principles of Sport Management: You will gain a contextual understanding of how core management principles operate in practice within the contemporary sports industry. You will explore how you might apply key concepts within various sport organisations and settings.
In year two you'll apply concepts and principles derived from specific approaches and methods to solve problems related to performance, welfare and sustainability in coaching practice.
Principles of Training: You will be introduced to the key principles applied to fitness training with the aim of developing training programmes to enhance the various components of fitness necessary for peak performance for sport, exercise and health. All learning where relevant will be in-line with the Level 2 Gym Instructor, Level 3 Personal Trainer and UKSCA standards. It is intended so that you will be best prepared theoretically and practically to be successful should you progress onto professional practice qualifications in these areas.
Conducting Research in Sport & Exercise: This unit will help prepare you for independent research. It aims to develop a sound understanding of the philosophy and skills that underpin quantitative and qualitative approaches to research enquiry so that you are able to critically evaluate research problems, and apply coherent ethical research designs in a range of sport and exercise-related contexts.
Developing Coaching Practice: You will engage in theoretically-driven practical experiences and discussion of sports coaching practice as well as develop new insights about the complexity of coaching by working with and applying theory to coaching practice for a variety of coaching contexts and populations.
Coach & Athlete Welfare: You will develop a critical understanding of contemporary sociology, management and social psychological theories underpinning coaching practice and coach and athlete welfare. It will develop your understanding of the factors that influence and impact upon human interaction in coaching environments and enable you to take responsibility and make informed decisions to contribute to sustainable coaching environments.
Option units (choose two):
Performance Analysis: Introducing sports performance analysis with emphasis on team sports and match analysis, you will learn to provide systematic, objective observation of performance using both video and statistical analysis, identify key performance indicators linked to performance, generate appropriate results and communicate data effectively.
Issues & Controversies in Sport: This unit engages you as a critical user and producer of sporting cultures, by critically evaluating key contemporary issues surrounding sport through a variety of academic perspectives. You will communicate your viewpoint with regard to current debates and policies in sport and physical culture.
Sport Management & Leadership: This unit will enable you to develop an understanding of the behaviour of people in organisations and how they can use management tools to adapt and respond to these demands.
Advances in Sport & Exercise Psychology: The unit will explore the variables that influence and impact upon human interaction and behaviour in sport and exercise contexts. It will consider both individual differences and group perspectives in sport and exercise environments.
Please note that option units require minimum numbers in order to run and may only be available on a semester by semester basis. They may also change from year to year.
The length of the work placement is optional with a minimum of 6-weeks taken as part of a 3 year degree or a minimum of 30-weeks taken as part of a 4 year degree. The placement can take place in the UK or overseas and gives you the opportunity to turn theory into practice in a business environment.
We have excellent links with sporting organisations, health and fitness clubs and national governing bodies in both the UK and Australia. This includes Sport England, UK Sport, David Lloyd, Fitness First, Holmes Place and the Australian Institute of Sport.
In your final year you'll engage with contemporary and emerging issues, develop specialisms and advance coaching practice in a range of scenarios and coaching environments.
Core units (choose one):
Dissertation: The dissertation will enable you the opportunity to initiate and carry out an independent and self-managed research project. You will apply your knowledge and understanding of the research process learned so far through the application of techniques of analysis and enquiry within a relevant sport and exercise discipline.
Research Expedition: You will have the opportunity to perform in-depth research on the needs and responses of individuals completing a UK based endurance expedition. Projects may include laboratory experiments and/or fieldwork exercises. All projects will require you to work independently under the guidance of a supervisor, to perform a review of literature, conduct investigative work and data analysis, develop suitable conclusions and recommendations, and present this in the form of an independent research project.
Option units (choose four):
Advancing Coaching Practice: To participate fully in this unit, you will need to be working in a sports coaching context. You will explore key research, issues and problems at the forefront of the discipline of sports coaching. You will apply research-informed solutions and develop a systematic and critical understanding of sports coaching as a complex socio-cultural activity.
Applied Sport & Exercise Psychology: You will develop your ability to competently and effectively assess, evaluate and analyse factors affecting behaviour, cognitions and performance in order to implement effective evidence-based intervention strategies.
Advanced Fitness Testing & Exercise Prescription: This unit will provide you with an opportunity to independently apply learning from the first two years in a live environment working with different populations. Applied understanding will be gained via practical physiological assessment of live clients and professional practice opportunities.
Advanced Performance Analysis: You will develop your sports performance analysis skills with a critical understanding of notational analysis within both the applied and research settings. You will learn to provide systematic, objective observation of performance using both video and statistical analysis in order to write appropriate research to further the knowledge of performance analysis in the field of sport.
Sport & Physical Culture: In this unit you will develop a critical awareness of sport and physical culture in a variety of contexts by bringing together theory and practice in reflexive fieldwork. Advanced application of social theories and concepts will be developed in order to encourage diversity, inclusion and sustainability in sport and physical culture contexts.
Talent Development in Sport: Talent development is becoming an increasingly important focus for research and practice, as well as being a key part of coaching, coach education, and sport science more widely. You will gain a deep knowledge of the development of talent in sport, and will learn to look beyond headline findings and widely held myths/beliefs, in order to view current practice critically and develop a research-informed, evidence-based understanding.
Physical Education & Teaching Practice: This unit will develop your conceptual and skills-based knowledge and understanding of effective teaching (in physical education), sufficient that you may successfully undertake initial teacher training.
Strategy & Leadership for Sport: You will undertake strategic analysis, develop strategic plans and understand the key issues in terms of strategic implementation relevant to public, private and voluntary sector organisations using a broad range of strategic tools, models and theories, and understand the importance of leadership in strategy implementation.
Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the programme specification, the information is liable to change to take advantage of exciting new approaches to teaching and learning as well as developments in industry. If you have been unable to locate the programme specification for the course you are interested in, it will be available as soon as the latest version is ready. Alternatively please contact us for assistance.
On our sports courses, you will be able to make the most of our state-of-the-art human performance measurement equipment. It enables you to measure the impact that changes to a training regime can have, and how you as a coach can use that information to better athletes or a team's performance.
We have two human performance laboratories covering 300m2 of space with a wide range of equipment. Visit our facilities page to find out more about these laboratories and equipment available.
At BU, we recognise that placements are extremely valuable and can give you a head start when it comes to your future career. That's why we offer every new student the opportunity to undertake a work placement as part of their course.
The course includes a short 6-week work placement or a 30-week placement that will take place between your second and final year. You can even choose to undertake your placement abroad – giving you the opportunity to develop yourself personally, academically, and professionally and gain skills to help you stand out in the job market.
Find out about BU students' experiences on placementsAll you need to know about placements
How placements benefit you
A placement should be a highly rewarding experience for you and the employing company and we do our best to ensure that everyone involved feels that they have got the most that they can from the experience.
Placements provide a great opportunity to make your first career steps and enhance your employability while you're completing your studies. You'll get the opportunity to:
Put the theory learnt throughout the course into professional practice
Enhance your study and help you decide on subject options (where appropriate)
Learn a wide range of skills such as time management, problem solving and team work (all of these are important to succeed in any career)
Make contacts, as it is not uncommon for our students to be offered permanent positions to return to after graduating
Gain a real insight into how the industry operates in roles that would be almost impossible to achieve for an outsider
Many of our students, during their placement, are given responsibilities normally associated with graduate trainees.
What support will be available?
We will provide a great deal of help and support to ensure you achieve a rewarding and satisfying placement. We have strong links to outside agencies and organisations to best support you along your professional development, and dedicated placement officers to support you.
Our students perform very well on placement and a number of firms return to us year-on-year to source BU placement students.
Our placement students have previously worked with
Our placement students have previously worked with:
AFC Bournemouth Academy – Sports Psychology Intern; Sport Science Intern; Academy Performance Analyst
Active Dorset – Assistant Sports Development Officer
Dorset Cricket Board – Community Cricket Coach
Southampton FC – Sports Psychology Placement
London Irish RFC – Community Marketing & Relations Officer
Crystal Palace FC Foundation – PE & School Sport Officer
The Bourne Academy – PE Teacher Assistant
BU/Orthopaedic Research Institute – Student Research Assistant
England Netball (South) – Regional Coordinator South
British Canoeing – Intern
David Lloyd Club – Personal Trainer
RELAYS Dorset – RELAYS Placement Officer
SportBU – Sports Coach
Norwich City FC – Coaching Work Placement
Surrey FA – Football Development Officer
Millfield School – Athletic Development Coach
West Ham United FC – Education & Community Hub Assistant; Academy Strength & Conditioning Placement; Recruitment & Analysis Work Placement
Barnet FC – Coaching Intern; Youth Development Phase Recruitment; Academy Scout
Bristol Sport Foundation – Community Sport Coach
Watford FC– Strength & Conditioning Intern; Performance Analysis Intern
Plymouth Argyle FC Academy – Sports Science Intern
England Hockey – Player Pathway Officer
Cornish Sports Partnership – Project Support Officer
Exeter City FC – Lead Academy Match Analyst
Guernsey Sports Commission – Sports Development Intern
Fulham FC – Analysis Placement; Coaching Placement
Global Premier Soccer, USA – Sports Management & Development Intern; Player Development Officer; Soccer Coach
US Institute of Sport, USA – Coach
Camps International, Kenya – Camp Leader
Norwegian School of Sports Science – Study Abroad/Intern
German Sport University Cologne, GER – Study Abroad
Frenchman's Creek Golf Resort, USA – Golf Intern
Kiwi Tennis, NZ – Sports Development Coordinator
Rob Nickels Tennis Academy Florida, USA – Tennis Coach
For this course we are looking for applicants who:
Are passionate about developing others, themselves, and society as a whole
Shows signs of developing leadership and good inter- and intra-personal skills
Have an interest in sport, working within the sport industry
Want to learn about sport coaching and related issues and scientific knowledges
Want to work with people in order to bring the best out of them.
Students on this course will typically have a sports background along with a proven ability to work creatively, in groups and individually. We would encourage applicants who are interested in new ideas, can express themselves well in writing as well as practically, work well in groups and can demonstrate a wide range of sporting interests.
We select candidates for this course by looking at your application; there are usually no interviews or selection activities needed. For that reason, make sure your application really stands out from the crowd, and leave us in no doubt as to why you should be joining BU. You can find some handy hints about filling in your UCAS form on our how to apply web pages.
We look at individual applications and make a tailored offer based on your potential to succeed on the course considering a range of factors, including your academic achievements, work and other experience, reference and personal statement, and in some cases, your performance at an interview or a portfolio review. Typically, we make an offer at the bottom of the tariff range.
AccessBU gives you the chance to tell us more about you and your life experiences if you haven't had the same educational opportunities as other applicants. If you are eligible for AccessBU, your offer could be up to 16 UCAS Tariff Points below the published tariff.
Our offer-making process
Full entry requirements
We use the UCAS Tariff in our entry requirements and will accept a combination of grades and qualifications to meet the overall tariff requirement. You can use the UCAS calculator to see how your qualifications equate to UCAS tariff points.
We have outlined our entry requirements below using the most common qualifications that we consider for this course. If your qualification is not on the UCAS tariff or listed below, please contact our Future Students Enquiry Team who can advise accordingly. You can also find out more about how we consider your application in our offer-making process section.
For September 2021 entry: 104 - 120 UCAS tariff points including a minimum of two A-levels or equivalent.
Numeracy and Literacy requirement: GCSE English Language or English Literature and Mathematics grade 4 (or grade C in the old grading system). We also accept iGCSEs, Key Skills and Functional Skills and other qualifications at Level 2 of the National Qualifications Framework. See all the equivalencies.
A-level and AS levels: 104 – 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two A-levels.
Advanced Welsh Baccalaureate – Skills Challenge Certificate: We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.
Access to HE Diploma: 102 – 118 UCAS tariff points with any combination of Distinction, Merit, Pass grades.
BTEC National:
Extended Diploma: Distinction, Merit, Merit (112 UCAS tariff points)
Diploma: Distinction*, Distinction (104 UCAS tariff points)
Foundation Diploma/ 90-credit Diploma: We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff
Extended Certificate/ Subsidiary Diploma: This qualification is accepted as part of the overall tariff.
Cambridge International Pre-U Diploma: 104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two principal subjects.
Cambridge Technical:
Subsidiary Diploma: We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff
Introductory Diploma: We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by an A-level sized qualification to meet the overall UCAS tariff.
Extended Project Qualification: We accept this qualification, but it must be accompanied by two A-level sized qualifications to meet the overall UCAS tariff.
International Baccalaureate Certificates: 104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two Higher Level certificates.
International Baccalaureate (Diploma): An overall score of 28 - 31 points.
Scottish Highers: 104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of four Scottish Highers.
Scottish Advanced Highers: 104 - 120 UCAS tariff points from a minimum of two Scottish Advanced Highers.
AccessBU: AccessBU provides you with the opportunity to tell us about your circumstances that are not always evident in your UCAS application. This widening access initiative also considers relevant criteria such as being in care or if you live in an area with a low participation rate in Higher Education - if you are eligible, your offer could be up to 16 UCAS tariff points below the published tariff.
Apprenticeships: We recognise the transferable knowledge and skills gained through apprenticeships and welcome applications from students with a Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship recognised by the Institute for Apprenticeships. Each application will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Deferred entry: We are happy to consider eligible applicants for deferred entry. If you have already submitted your application, you can request a deferral by contacting our Admissions Team.
Direct entry: We welcome applications from students who have previously studied at degree level at other institutions and wish to transfer onto a BU course. Our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) procedure enables credit awarded from one institution to contribute to a BU award, subject to an application process. Please contact our Future Students Enquiry Team for more information.
Mature applicants: We recognise that mature applicants may have a wealth of experience rather than formal qualifications, so we'll consider your application on these merits if included in your application. You'll need to apply to BU in the usual way through UCAS and you may be invited to an interview to discuss your suitability for the course based on the experience you tell us about in your application.
Please see below some examples of the qualifications for entry onto Year 1 for September 2021 entry:
Диплома за средно образование (Bulgarian Diploma of Completed Secondary Education) or Диплома за средно специално образование (Bulgarian Diploma of Completed Secondary Specialised Education). Minimum score of 4.5
Hong Kong HKDSE Diploma with required scores (4,3,3 to 4,5,5. Minimum 4 in English required)
Italian Esame di Stato[AB1] with minimum 60%+
Spanish Curso de Orientaciòn Universitaria (COU) prior to 2009 or if you hold a Titulo De Bachillerato awarded from 2009 onwards with a minimum of 6/10+
USA High School Diploma with minimum GPA 3.0 plus SAT Reasoning (1200) or ACT (24-26). If there is a subject specific requirement SAT Subject (575) or AP (3-3) will be required.
We offer a number of preparatory programmes through Bournemouth University International College. These courses offer you progression from High School in your home country to a Bachelor's degree at BU.
Foundation Certificate in Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management
Foundation Certificate in Science.
For September 2021 entry: IELTS (Academic) 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each component, or equivalent.
The industries and employment opportunities open to you when you graduate from this course are varied and exciting. You should be able to forge a career that you are truly passionate about and utilise the skills and knowledge you have gained throughout your degree.
The career opportunities are diverse, ranging from working in sports, leisure, education, health and events. When you graduate from this course you will be well-placed to occupy roles in performance sport organisations, sporting national governing bodies, local authorities, schools and colleges, international sports events providers, and sports and leisure centres.
88% of our graduates on this course were employed or continuing their studies fifteen months after graduating.
Industries and alumni employers
David Lloyd Leisure
Dorset County Football Association
Hampshire Football Association
London Marathon Events
NHS Queen Mary Hospital
SportBU/Bournemouth University
Typical starting job roles
After completion of this course typical job roles can include:
Performance Analyst
Recruitment Analyst/Scout
Sport Coach
Sport Development Officer
Sport Welfare Officer
Strength & Conditioning Coach
Once you have completed an undergraduate Honours degree, you can further develop your education by studying for a postgraduate degree. Please visit our postgraduate section for further details about our range of Master's degrees.
All fees are quoted in pounds sterling and are per year. Your tuition fees will be the same for each year of your course. You can find full information about funding your studies and paying your fees in our undergraduate fees and funding section. That's also where you'll find information about the scholarships and bursaries on offer – including unlimited Academic Excellence Scholarships for UK, EU and International students.
Fees quoted are for tuition only unless stated otherwise, and we're committed to ensuring there are no hidden extra costs while you're at university – that's why we're clear about what you can expect us to cover, and what your cost of living will be. You'll also find you could benefit from a range of discounts as a student.
Materials for laboratory and mandatory field-based teaching activity.
Support for finding placements (UK or abroad) and fieldwork, and non-financial support whilst on placement
Access to Brightspace, our virtual learning environment, which offers a responsive and personalised learning experience with powerful learning analytics capabilities, integrated social media and advanced video features.
IT labs (some open 24/7), wireless network, AV equipment to borrow
Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) scheme
Disability and additional learning support
The BU Language Centre to help you develop/improve foreign or English language skills
24 hours a day, 365 days a year security team
Costs of living and other expenses you need to consider
Additional costs
We are committed to offering you value for money and ensuring there are no hidden costs while you are studying with us, therefore we have listed below any additional costs you may incur that are not covered by your tuition fee:
Laptops, tablets and mobile devices.
Textbooks, general stationery and other supplies. Our award-winning library is stocked with a large range of textbooks and online resources, free of charge. The Students' Union shops stock a wide range of stationery supplies on both campuses.
Accommodation and living costs. Our accommodation price guide can be found on our website.
Travel costs to and from the University campus. An annual bus pass is included in your rent if you are living in halls of residence/Unilet accommodation.
Travel costs to and from your placement (both in the UK and overseas). Information about funding your placement year can be found on our website.
Travel costs, outdoor wear and footwear for optional field trips.
SportBU membership.
On this course you will be taught by staff with relevant expertise and knowledge appropriate to the content of the unit. This could include senior academic staff, qualified professional practitioners and research students, many of whom are actively engaged in research and/or professional practice which is integrated into the teaching of this course. Please note that staff can change.
Dr Adi Adams – Programme Leader
Dr Adi Adams joined Bournemouth University in 2016 and is a Senior Lecturer in Sport. In 2015 he completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of Bath, where he also achieved a Master's in Research (Sociology) and a BA in Coach Education & Sports Development.
Adi's research interests are located in the discipline of qualitative sociology, sport and sport coaching, with a particular focus around youth sport, competitive sport environments, sport coaching interactions, gender and masculinities. Adi has published his research in peer-reviewed academic journals including Sport, Education & Society, Soccer & Society, Journal of Gender Studies, Journal of Language & Social Psychology, Qualitative Research and Sociology.
Adi is a UEFA B (Level 3) qualified association football coach with over 16 years of coaching experience and ten years of experience working in professional football academies. He was previously a semi-professional footballer and a member of the Professional Footballers' Association.
View Dr Adi Adams' staff profile
Dr Emma Kavanagh – Senior Lecturer
Emma is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Psychology and Coaching Sciences and a BASES Accredited Performance Psychologist and Chartered Sport and Exercise Scientist, working with a number of athletes at National and International level.
Emma teaches across the sports degree programmes; her research interests are within the academic disciplines of psychology and sociology. Emma's work centres on critically examining abuse in virtual and face-to-face sporting environments, understanding the duty of care and enhancing safeguarding in sporting spaces.
Emma has recently been a member of the BASES athlete protection task group responsible for the development of safeguarding workshops which aim to educate existing and trainee sport and exercise scientists on issues of athlete safeguarding in the United Kingdom. She is also part of a number of international research networks which have a clear vision to enhance the climate and environment in which high-performance athletes function.
View Dr Emma Kavanagh's staff profile
Dr Amanda Wilding – Senior Lecturer
Amanda is a Senior Lecturer in Sports Psychology and Coaching Sciences. She has been BASES Accredited since 2005 and since this time has worked with a number of athletes, coaches, parents and referee's in their pursuit of excellence in a range of sports including football, golf, badminton and athletics.
As a national athlete Amanda has always had a passion for understanding the link between body and mind and more importantly the amalgamation of academic literature and sporting experiences. She has pursued a career in sport since a young age and in 2009 Amanda accompanied two athletes to the World Cadet Fencing Championships.
Amanda is currently working on a project looking at the lonely Olympic road and the sacrifices people make to accomplish their dreams.
View Dr Amanda Wilding's staff profile
Andy Boland – Demonstrator in Sport
Andy joined Bournemouth University in 2012 supporting the level 4 and 5 coaching units as part of our sports degrees, before assuming the role of unit leader for the level 4 principles of coaching unit. During this time Andy achieved his Post Graduate Certificate in Education Practise and is currently exploring his research options with a view to beginning a Masters in Research in January 2021. Andy has also received two SUBU Your Brilliant Awards for connecting with and supporting BU students, as well as being shortlisted for the Vice Chancellors unsung hero award in 2017.
Andy currently divides his time across three areas of BU; academic delivery, the management of our sports ambassador programme 'CoachBU' and as the head coach of the TeamBU futsal programme. CoachBU is an ambassador based programme, connecting students with industry related opportunities in the local community to help support personal and professional development.
Andy holds a number of coaching qualifications and has 20 years' experience working within sport, education and community. Before BU he worked in outdoor education, corporate hospitality, climbing wall management and with all levels of the education system focussing on P.E, sports leadership, events and numerous community initiatives through our local youth services.
Professor Tim Rees – Professor in Sport
Tim is a Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Sport Sciences, with a number of strategic University roles, including Professoriate Member of Senate and University Board Member. Tim is also a Higher Education Academy Fellow, as well as a British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow, and a BASES Accredited Sport & Exercise Scientist.
His research centres on the development of talent and the social psychological influences on performance and physical activity. In total, Tim has been involved in successfully capturing over £1.5m of funding from a range of sources, including the Economic and Social Research Council, the National Institute for Health Research, the British Council, the International Olympic Committee, UK Sport, the England and Wales Cricket Board, and England Rugby.
Tim's research has been featured in all major UK broadsheets, BBC R4's flagship programme "All in the Mind", US National Public Radio's "Only a Game", and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, plus Psychology Today and Huffington Post, and has informed and changed practice across all UK Olympic Sports, England Rugby, and the England and Wales Cricket Board.
View Professor Tim Rees' staff profile
Dr Keith Parry - Deputy Head of Department
Keith is Deputy Head of Department in the Department of Sport and Event Management at Bournemouth University, an Adjunct Fellow of Western Sydney University and he is a Senior Fellow of the HEA. His research interests are based on the sociology of sport, with a focus on sports fandom, health and the spectator experience. His knowledge and expertise have been recognised with invitations to write for websites such as The Conversation and News.com.au, allowing him to disseminate his knowledge to a broad audience. He is an award-winning teacher and writer, receiving a UN Day Media Award for a co-authored media piece: Pushing casual sport to the margins threatens cities' social cohesion.
Keith's PhD examined the formation of sports heroes within the setting of a new professional sports team (the GWS GIANTS), it investigated when and how heroes are formed, and who (or what) dictates their emergence.
Keith is passionate about teaching and has developed many blended learning strategies, often making use of innovative technology, to enhance his teaching. Keith's creative, enthusiastic, innovative and dynamic teaching approach has been recognised for positively motivating and engaging students through a variety of teaching awards.
View Dr Keith Parry's staff profile
Dr Jo Mayoh - Senior Lecturer
Joanne's interests are located within physical, cultural studies focusing on digital cultures, embodied experience and wellbeing. Her recent papers have focused on how people engage in physical gender and identity practices using social media, and have philosophically conceptualised how physicality provides existential possibilities for wellbeing.
Joanne has a passion for methodology, and particularly those that empower and involve the general public within the research process. She has recently collaborated with internationally renowned authors on several methodological journal articles that focus on the formal conceptualisation and review of Mixed Methods Phenomenological Research.
Joanne is also proud to be a co-convenor of the Bournemouth University Woman's Academic Network and has a passionate interest in feminism and the promotion of equal rights.
View Dr Jo Mayoh's staff profile
Dr Nicola de Martini Ugolotti - Senior Lecturer
Nicola De Martini Ugolotti is a Senior Lecturer in Sport and Physical Activity at Bournemouth University, and member of Associazione Frantz Fanon in Turin, Italy. He completed his PhD in Physical Cultural Studies at the University of Bath, after an MSc in Medical Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, and several years of professional activity as a clinical psychologist with migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Italy. His interdisciplinary research focuses on leisure and expressive forms of physicality (from capoeira and parkour to dance, theatre and music-making) as lenses to address the reciprocal constitution of bodies, spaces, power and subjectivities in contemporary contexts of migration, uneven urban (re)development, and social exclusion. His work has been published in Leisure Studies, Patterns of Prejudice, the International Review for the Sociology of Sports, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, and City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action.
View Dr Nicola de Martini Ugolotti's staff profile
Dr Susan Dewhurst - Senior Lecturer
Dr Susan Dewhurst is Senior Lecturer in Exercise Physiology in the Department of Sport and Physical Activity. Having worked as a lecturer and researcher in academic institutions in Scotland, NW England, Denmark and Rome, and more recently as a Senior Scientific Officer at the Ministry of Defence, she brings a broad range of teaching and scientific experiences to BU.
Susan's primary research interests focus on helping older individuals maintain independence and quality of life through scientific research which can be readily used and translated into practical applications.
Her research has featured in a variety of applied physiology-based journals including, Frontiers in Ageing Neuroscience, Experimental Brain Research and Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology.
View Dr Susan Dewhurst's staff profile
Dr Carly Stewart - Head of Department
Carly is Head of Department for Sport and Event Management. She joined Bournemouth University in 2016 and was previously a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
Carly gained her PhD in Sport and Health Science (Sociology of embodiment) from the University of Exeter in 2006. Carly's research is interdisciplinary and draws on sociology, psychology and literary criticism/autobiography studies. Her research interests are primarily focused around narrative identities and body-self relationships as they relate to the sociology of storytelling. Carly explores these issues via a range of auto/biographical methods. Recent research includes advocating for sports autobiographies as an analytical resource and of exploring the trouble that stories cause in lives. Carly is part of an international research group that focuses on gymnastics culture, and she is undertaking a British Academy funded project to explore the transgender experience of community swimming.
Carly is a co-convenor of the British Sociological Association Auto/biography Study Group and Editor of Auto/Biography Review.
View Dr Carly Stewart's staff profile


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Gnathium es una especie de coleóptero de la familia Meloidae.

Especies
Las especies de este género son:
 Gnathium bicolor Brèthes, 1910
 Gnathium caviceps MacSwain, 1952
 Gnathium eremicola MacSwain, 1952
 Gnathium francilloni Kirby, 1818
 Gnathium martini MacSwain, 1952
 Gnathium minimum (Say, 1824)
 Gnathium nanulum MacSwain, 1952
 Gnathium nitidum Horn, 1870
 Gnathium obscurum MacSwain, 1952
 Gnathium politum Dillon, 1952
 Gnathium texanum Horn, 1870
 Gnathium vandykei MacSwain, 1952

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Health, Materials, Technology & Society
How miniaturized electronic devices can be used as medical therapeutics
Inspired by personal experience, an engineer pioneers the development of 'electroceuticals' that can dispense treatments or monitor functions deep inside the body.
By Carrie Kirby
Ada Poon is developing tiny electronic devices to dispense treatments or monitor functions deep inside the body. | Photo courtesy of Poon Lab
Twice in her career, Ada Poon has experienced the vulnerability of the human body in ways that led her to become an associate professor of electrical engineering and a pioneer in research to develop electronic therapies to heal the body from within.
The first incident occurred while she was an undergraduate studying computer programming in Hong Kong. Poon spent so many hours writing code that she developed intense shoulder pain. Her doctor advised her to switch to a field that involved less keyboarding, and when she arrived at the University of California, Berkeley, to attend graduate school, Poon shifted her focus to the study of information theory for wireless communications.
After earning her PhD in 2004, Poon worked in industry for a while, developing processors for radios and wireless HDMI connections to link TVs and set-top boxes.
Then came a second and more serious shock when Poon's father was stricken with cancer. Chemotherapy seemed to hurt him more than it helped, and to her great sadness he did not survive. "This incident let me realize how helpless a patient could be," Poon recalls. It also led to some soul searching. "I didn't want to spend my career just to build gadgets for entertainment or for leisure," she says.
So in 2008 Poon joined the Stanford faculty determined to apply the principles of electrical engineering to discovering new ways to fight disease. "At that time I knew nothing about biology," she recalls with a quiet laugh. "Now that I think about it, I was very brave."
But Poon's academic training, her work in industry and her life experience had given her a needs-based approach to research. The problem with chemotherapy or any drug therapy is the lack of active control and response to feedback. Once the infusion or pill goes into the patient's body, all the doctor can do is wait and watch and perhaps adjust the dose or the frequency. These therapies can't self-regulate based on feedback from the body in order to increase or decrease their effects in accordance with the patient's needs. Adding control and feedback are what electrical engineers are good at.
Electronic devices, Poon knew, could be programmed to respond to the body's feedback and modulate their own effects after being implanted in the body, thus offering the potential for a closed-loop system that could improve therapeutic outcomes. Researchers have come up with a term for this emerging category of devices – electroceuticals.
But when Poon started her research it was easier to say electroceutical than it was to build one. Size was a problem. Pacemakers, cochlear implants and other devices designed to work in the human body were too bulky to work locally on, say, nerve fibers.
Power was an even bigger obstacle to creating electroceuticals. Engineers already knew how to miniaturize the electronics in any device. But batteries were difficult to shrink, and running wires from the outside of the body to a device implanted within would be risky and impractical.
Wireless power transfer technologies did exist for uses such as the electric toothbrush. But wireless power transfer to a miniaturized medical device implanted deep inside the body seemed impossible. The prevailing assumption was that the efficiency would be too low to be practical.
Both Poon's education in information theory and mathematics and her work experience in wireless communications pushed her to reject the assumptions that had held back the development of electronic medical devices. "That's what I think engineering is about," Poon says. "There are certain needs, and we expand our skill set to solve the problem."
Over a period of several years, working alongside biologists in an interdisciplinary setting, Poon started from scratch and discovered how to safely and efficiently beam electromagnetic energy into the body. This has enabled her team to create tiny electronic devices that can be wirelessly powered or recharged from outside the body.
One minuscule prototype is designed to swim through a patient's circulatory system to deliver drugs or perform tests. Another is a pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice. It can be recharged when necessary by holding a credit-card-sized power transmitter up to the chest.
Currently, Poon is helping to design a wireless biosensor that could continuously monitor the drug concentration in the bloodstream of chemotherapy patients, so that the dose can be self-regulated and save patients from excessive exposure to the toxic chemicals.
Poon credits these achievements to the fact that researchers from many fields feel comfortable working together. "We can start to solve this kind of problem because we're of the generation that accepts multidisciplinary thinking," she says.
Poon recently outlined one of her new research efforts at a conference organized by Stanford's SystemX Alliance for academic and industrial cooperation. It involves a tiny neuromodulator chip installed on the nerves that regulate the heart and brain. The chip is powered and directed by a disposable skin patch. This electroceutical system would be intended to lower blood pressure or adjust heart rate, and allow the patient to apply a new power and control patch as needed.
"Imagine instead of a bottle of pills, it becomes a box of patches," she says.
Poon envisions that companies will eventually turn such research into products for all sorts of uses from controlling blood pressure to relieving pain, but she wants to stick to research and leave the commercialization to others. "I'm more interested in the science part," Poon says. "I would like to expand myself into more than a technician to the medical doctors. I myself want to participate in exploring parts of the pathways, understanding the human body."
Indeed, her next big goal is to help map the nervous system the way electrical engineers might diagram a circuit.
Better understanding the intricacies of the body's electrochemical control network would allow engineers to develop therapies to treat the most complex diseases and guide their efforts to implant electroceuticals at optimal locations in the body.
Poon also has found other ways to have an impact, such as serving as a role model for girls interested in science and engineering.
Last summer, through a program called Girlz Gone Wireless, she taught 22 high schoolers how to make their own cellphone chargers and wireless speakers. "I hope they'll experience fewer hurdles with studying electrical engineering or any other engineering field," Poon says.
Ada Poon, associate professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University


In this section. you can read more about the graphical version of Vim in Vanilla Vim vs GVim.As it always is with Windows, the process is slightly more visual. Navigate to www.vim.org/download.php#pc in your browser and download an executable installer. At the moment of writing this book, November 2018, the binary is called gvim81.exe, where 81 stands for version 8.1.


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Hurricane season 'begins' tomorrow — but it's already off to a head start
Brian McNoldy
Image: University of Miami
The 2016 hurricane season "officially" begins on Wednesday, June 1 — but this year it's off to a running start...
Back in mid-January, we had the first hurricane of the season: Alex. And just this past weekend Tropical Storm Bonnie formed and made landfall on South Carolina, the first U.S. tropical cyclone landfall since June 16th, 2015 when Tropical Storm Bill hit Texas.
The last major hurricane, Category 3 or stronger, to hit the United States was Wilma in October 2005 — over 3,800 days ago. There have been nine U.S. Category 1-2 hurricane landfalls since then (if we include Sandy) with the strongest being Hurricane Ike in 2008.
But this gap is not for a lack of storms. Since the 2005 ultra-active season, 25 major hurricanes and about 12 major hurricanes have made landfall in areas south of the U.S.


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The summer holidays have arrived! The boys and I love going out and about, but we are exhausted too so a few quiet mornings at home are also helpful for us. My toddler (22 months) is really interested in numbers, and loves pointing out all the numbers he knows. So I thought we would have some fun making some numbers out of pipe cleaners to then attach to the radiator.
To make the numbers, I twisted two pipe cleaners of different colours together and then bent them into the desired shape. My toddler was really happy sitting on the floor telling me what number to do next. My preschooler had fun playing with pipe cleaners and scissors and making his own 'creations'.
We made the numbers 0-9 (and discussed what colours we were using for each one), and my toddler liked picking them up and putting them in order (with some help!) and naming them.
We then attached some string to each one and put them on the radiator. My toddler spent quite a while picking each one up and talking about them. I think he will enjoy coming back to them again and again!
If you want to have a go, here are links to the supplies we used. Please note that these are affiliate links, which means that if you purchase the items here I get a small commission at no cost to you.
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A wound care system impregnated with manuka honey has passed the FDA's 510(k) approval process. The concept from Derma Sciences has passed approval in several iterations prior, but the new formulation comes in gel form (no, the tube is not shaped like a bear.) A cursory PubMed and Medical Lit search does in fact show a developing evidence base for the use of honey in wound care management for its purported anti-microbial and immune activating properties.
This latest MEDIHONEY line extension is dispensed from a tube and is comprised of Active Manuka (Leptospermum) honey blended with natural-based gelling agents. This is the fourth product in the expanding MEDIHONEY franchise, and will be launched into the market by the Company's 20-person U.S. sales force at the major annual wound conferences this spring.
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Q: multiple rows in one row So I have a table, which looks like this:
ID  |  parentID  |   name   |  typeID
---------------------------------------
1   |      2     |  thing1  |    1
2   |      4     |  region1 |    0
3   |      4     |  region2 |    0
4   |     NULL   |  region3 |    0
5   |      3     |  foo1    |    2
5   |      3     |  foo2    |    2
6   |      3     |  bar1    |    3

What I need, is an output that is like this:
ID  |  region  |   thing  |  foo  |  bar
--------------------------------------------
1   |  region1 |  thing1  |  NULL |  NULL
2   |  region2 |  NULL    |  foo1 |  bar1
3   |  region2 |  NULL    |  foo2 |  NULL
4   |  region3 |  NULL    |  NULL |  NULL

With this
Select ID,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 0 THEN [name] END) AS region,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 1 THEN [name] END) AS thing,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 3 THEN [name] END) AS foo,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 5 THEN [name] END) AS bar
FROM [my].[dbo].[foobarthingtable]
where type = 0 OR type = 1 OR type = 3 OR type = 5

I get this (logically):
ID  |  region  |   thing  |  foo  |  bar
--------------------------------------------
1   |  NULL    |  thing1  |  NULL |  NULL
2   |  region1 |  NULL    |  NULL |  NULL
3   |  region2 |  NULL    |  NULL |  NULL
4   |  region3 |  NULL    |  NULL |  NULL
5   |  NULL    |  NULL    |  foo1 |  NULL
6   |  NULL    |  NULL    |  foo2 |  NULL
7   |  NULL    |  NULL    |  NULL |  bar1

How do I get those "foos", "bars" and "things" in the same row as the (parent) regions?
A JPA way (CriteriaQuery) would also be nice, since I have to display this as an overview on a JSF page.
Thx

A: Now you should GROUP result set by ID
SQLFiddle demo
WITH CTE AS
(
Select

    (case when [typeID]=0 then ID ELSE parentID END) as ID,

    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 0 THEN [name] END) AS region,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 1 THEN [name] END) AS thing,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 3 THEN [name] END) AS bar,
    (CASE WHEN [typeID] = 2 THEN [name] END) AS foo
FROM foobarthingtable
where typeid in (0,1,3,2)
)

select id,
 MAX(REGION) REGION,
 MAX(THING) THING,
 MAX(FOO) FOO,
 MAX(BAR) BAR
from CTE group by id

A: You can try to use PIVOT statement
;WITH PivotData AS
(
SELECT
    ISNULL(t2.name, t1.name) as ParentRegion, -- grouping column
    t1.name, -- aggregation column
    CASE t1.typeid
       WHEN 1 THEN 'thing'
       WHEN 2 THEN 'foo'
       WHEN 3 THEN 'bar'
    END as mycolumn -- spreading column
FROM foobarthingtable t1
LEFT JOIN foobarthingtable t2 ON t1.[parentID]=t2.id AND t2.typeID = 0
WHERE t1.typeID in (0,1,2,3,5)
)
SELECT ParentRegion, [thing], [foo], [bar]
FROM PivotData
PIVOT(MAX(name) FOR mycolumn IN ([thing], [foo], [bar]) ) AS P
ORDER BY ParentRegion;

A: Finally, I've got it
;With NumberSequence( Number ) as
(
    Select 1 as Number
        union all
    Select Number + 1
        from NumberSequence
        where Number < 100
),
base_list AS (
    SELECT
       ISNULL(t2.name, t1.name) as Region,
       t1.name,
       t1.typeid
    FROM foobarthingtable t1
    LEFT JOIN foobarthingtable t2 ON t1.[parentID]=t2.id AND t2.typeID = 0
)
SELECT
    ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY reg_list.Region, reg_list.Number) as ID,
    reg_list.Region AS region,
    thing_list.name AS thing,
    foo_list.name AS foo,
    bar_list.name AS bar
FROM (
    SELECT
       t1.Region,
       NumberSequence.Number
    FROM (
       SELECT DISTINCT
          ISNULL(t2.name, t1.name) as Region
       FROM foobarthingtable t1
       LEFT JOIN foobarthingtable t2 ON t1.[parentID]=t2.id AND t2.typeID = 0
       WHERE t1.typeID in (0,1,2,3,5)
    ) t1
    CROSS JOIN NumberSequence
) as reg_list

LEFT JOIN (
    SELECT
       bl.Region, bl.name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY bl.Region, bl.name) rn
    FROM base_list bl
    WHERE typeID =1
) thing_list ON thing_list.Region=reg_list.Region AND reg_list.number=thing_list.rn

LEFT JOIN (
    SELECT
       bl.Region, bl.name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY bl.Region, bl.name) rn
    FROM base_list bl
    WHERE typeID =2
) foo_list ON foo_list.Region=reg_list.Region AND reg_list.number=foo_list.rn

LEFT JOIN (
    SELECT
       bl.Region, bl.name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY bl.Region, bl.name) rn
    FROM base_list bl
    WHERE typeID =3
) bar_list ON bar_list.Region=reg_list.Region AND reg_list.number=bar_list.rn

WHERE thing_list.name is not null or foo_list.name IS NOT NULL OR bar_list.name IS NOT NULL OR  reg_list.Number=1

ORDER BY     reg_list.Region,    reg_list.Number


Davido lost out to Taylor Swift in the Favorite Global Music Star category at the 2019 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.
Following a successful 2018, Davido, who had been nominated alongside the likes of BlackPink from Asia, Troye Sivan from Australia/New Zealand, Europe's David Guetta, Taylor Swift from North America, J Balvin from Latin America and UK's HRVY was however unable to add another gong to his packed cabinet.
The award which was hosted by DJ Khaled honored major names in the entertainment industry in the categories of music, movies, TV and more.


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Harnessing the value of an ageing workforce
As the war for talent intensifies, business owners with an eye on the future are nurturing older workers. Michael Hyatt, Director, Human Capital Advisory at Deloitte Australia, discusses the benefits of maturity and the importance of harnessing skills and experience.
In Australia, the war for talent is likely to intensify over the next 10 to 15 years. At the same time, the population is ageing and more people past retirement age either need or are choosing to keep on working. It sounds like a win-win situation, but employer preconceptions could be standing in the way.
"Many employers are still working on the assumption that younger people are more innovative and energetic, while older workers are set in their ways and find it difficult to adapt to new work environments," says Michael Hyatt, Director Human Capital Advisory at Deloitte Australia. "I think this is a very short-sighted view. Yes, innovation is critical to growth and maintaining a competitive edge but it isn't exclusive to the young. At Deloitte, for example, we use 'design thinking', where we put together as diverse a group of people as possible and throw out a problem or challenge. We regularly see amazing outcomes that wouldn't have been possible without that diversity."
Older workers can also help reduce the time to innovation by passing on the lessons they've learned along the way.
"You can waste a great deal of time and money pursuing a path that someone with experience has already explored and rejected," says Hyatt.
Some businesses overlook entirely the experience, skill and corporate knowledge that sits with older workers until they leave and all that is suddenly beyond their reach.
"It's vital that businesses have systems in place to draw out that knowledge and pass it on to the next generation," says Hyatt.
Working with the difference
Hyatt encourages businesses owners to understand and work with the nuances of a multi-generational workforce.
"Generally speaking, Generation X and Baby Boomers work well together no matter who is managing whom," he says. "Generation Y tended to be micromanaged by their parents and generally want the same in the workforce, but they also want a level of respect for their skills and to be treated as peers. If there isn't that awareness, Baby Boomers and Generation X often dismiss Generation Y as lazy and apathetic when in fact they're quick to adapt, love to collaborate and show the kinds of leadership skills which are becoming more and more sought after.
"I worked with one client where a number of older employees were using a very old manual system which needed to be updated. We set up a dual mentoring programme where the older people passed on their skills and knowledge to the younger ones while the younger ones taught them about current and emerging technology. It worked very well in terms of efficiency and it also helped to foster mutual respect and friendships."
Business owners who understand the implications of the war for talent are acting now to protect their future. "We're seeing moves towards taking succession planning more seriously and embedding it in culture, developing internal talent rather than recruiting and looking at different talent pools, including older workers," says Hyatt. "In order to harness that value, business owners are developing what we call an elastic workforce, where employees past retirement age might work just one or two days a week. They're also looking at new roles and career pathways for older workers and offering different incentives and remuneration structures. A blending of these kinds of strategies can place them in the best position to deal with the challenges and leverage the opportunities ahead."
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Polk | Crime & Court
Grand Jury Returns Indictments
Among the Grand Jury Indictments: Polk County Woman Charged with Fraud Scheme
U.S. DOJ l Western District of Wisconsin | Press Release
Thursday, March 10, 2022 | Updated Mar 10, 2022 6:53 am CST
MADISON, WIS. - A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
Polk County Woman Charged with Fraud Scheme
Sarah Anne Tischer, 42, Amery, Wisconsin, is charged with 5 counts of wire fraud in connection with her alleged misuse of an individual's special needs trust for which she had been designated the trustee. The indictment alleges that the wire fraud was committed from October 2017 to September 2019. The indictment alleges that Tischer fraudulently obtained funds from the trust by claiming the funds were needed for home repairs that had been previously reimbursed by an insurance company, and that Tischer spent these funds on personal expenses and at a casino. The indictment also alleges that Tischer used funds from the trust to purchase property that she claimed was for recreational purposes, but records from Tischer's insurance company show that Tischer planned to use the house for rental purposes. In addition, the indictment alleges that Tischer withdrew cash from the trust's checking account and spent the funds at a casino.
If convicted, Tischer faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each count. The charges against her are the result of an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with the assistance of the Polk County Sheriff's Office and the Polk County Human Services Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chadwick Elgersma is handling the prosecution.
Madison Man Charged with Drug & Gun Crimes
Sylvester Ray Gavins, Jr., 31, Madison, Wisconsin, is charged with possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and heroin, with possessing a loaded firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The indictment alleges that on March 26, 2021, he possessed cocaine and heroin for distribution and a loaded .40 caliber firearm and .40 caliber ammunition.
If convicted, Gavins faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison on each of the possession with intent to distribute charges, and 10 years on the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The charge of possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime carries a mandatory minimum penalty of 5 years in federal prison, which federal law requires to be served consecutive to any other prison term imposed.
The charges against Gavins are the result of an investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Corey Stephan is handling the prosecution.
Three Marathon County Residents Charged with Drug Crimes
In related matters but in two separate indictments, three Marathon County residents have been charged with methamphetamine trafficking. Victor Pennington, 26, and Lucas Ellwart, 28, both of Wausau, Wisconsin, are charged with conspiring to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The indictment alleges that the conspiracy operated from June through September 2021.
The indictment also charges them with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on June 24, 2021 and July 14, 2021, and with possessing 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for distribution on September 14, 2021. In addition, Pennington is charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine on August 2, 2021.
Sarah Waggoner, 41, Norrie, Wisconsin, is charged with 3 counts of distributing methamphetamine and 1 count of possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The indictment alleges that Waggoner distributed methamphetamine on April 9, May 10, and August 12, 2021, and that the May 10 distribution involved 50 grams or more of the drug. The indictment alleges that she possessed 500 grams or more of methamphetamine for distribution on September 2, 2021.
If convicted, Pennington, Ellwart and Waggoner face a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years and a maximum of life in federal prison on the counts alleging 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and a mandatory minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 40 years on the counts alleging 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Waggoner faces a maximum of 20 years on the other two distribution counts. The charges against them are the result of an investigation by the Central Wisconsin Narcotics Task Force, Wausau Police Department, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and Drug Enforcement Administration. Assistant U.S. Attorney Taylor Kraus is handling the prosecution.
Kansas Man Charged with Possessing Methamphetamine for Distribution
Jimmy Castillo, 22, Topeka, Kansas, is charged with possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine. The indictment alleges that he possessed the methamphetamine on February 19, 2022.
If convicted, Castillo faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years and a maximum of life in federal prison. The charge against him is the result of an investigation by the La Crosse Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Wegner is handling the prosecution.
Two Dane County Men Charged with Being Felons in Possession of Firearms
Alexander Jefferson-Cooper, 28, and Zendel Rolack, 26, both of Oregon, Wisconsin, are charged with being felons in possession of firearms. The indictment alleges that on September 7, 2021 through October 5, 2021, Jefferson-Cooper possessed a Walther handgun. It further alleges that on October 5, 2021, Rolack possessed a Smith and Wesson revolver, a Cobra handgun, and a Walther handgun.
If convicted, Jefferson-Cooper and Rolack each face a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The charges against them are the result of an investigation by the Fitchburg Police Department, Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Taylor Kraus is handling the prosecution.
DeForest Man Charged with Gun Crime
Raymond Poore, 29, DeForest, Wisconsin, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The indictment alleges that he possessed a loaded 9mm handgun and 9mm ammunition on November 18, 2021.
If convicted, Poore faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The charge against him is the result of an investigation by the Madison and Monona Police Departments, Dane County Sheriff's Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Anderson is handling the prosecution.
Milwaukee Man Charged with Gun Crime
Brian D. Mitchell, 32, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The indictment alleges that he possessed a Glock 48 handgun and 9mm ammunition on December 22, 2021.
If convicted, Mitchell faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. The charge against him is the result of an investigation by the Wisconsin State Patrol and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Steven Anderson is handling the prosecution.
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