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A Northern California sheriff announced Friday he is firing a deputy who used a choke hold on a man, who later died, while officers were investigating a suspected carjacking. Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said in a video that he found footage of the deputy's actions "extremely troubling." The video released by the department includes the body camera footage of the violent encounter between Deputy Charles Blount and David Glen Ward, who had reported his car stolen."If you watched the body-worn camera video closely, you may be concerned about what you saw. So was I," Essick said. "The way Deputy Blount handles the entire situation is extremely troubling. As a result, I've served Deputy Blount a notice of termination."Ward died the morning of Nov. 27 after two sheriff's deputies and two Sebastopol police officers mistook him for a stolen car suspect. Ward had reported his green Honda Civic stolen three days earlier by a man who he said pistol-whipped him. He was driving the car when officers tried to pull him over and he refused to stop. When they did eventually pull him over, he did not tell officers he was the vehicle's owner and Essick said it remains a mystery why he fled from officers.Ward, who has a blackened left eye, can be heard on the video asking officers "why are you (expletive) harassing me all the time?" Moments later Blount can be seen trying to pull Ward out of the car through the window. Ward screams in pain, saying his legs hurt.Blount then tells fellow officers Ward bit him and he can be seen pulling Ward by his hair, then slamming his head repeatedly against the side of the car while another officer deploys a stun gun on him.Blount then puts Ward in a choke hold inside the vehicle for several seconds while other officers break the passenger-side window. When they drag Ward out of the car through, he lies listless on the ground as several officers say he is unconscious. Ward was pronounced dead at a hospital. The coroner is reviewing the case and has not yet determined a cause of death.Essick said in an interview Friday that Blount violated several department policies, including use of force, stopping high-risk vehicles, the hostage and barricade procedure and firearms policy. He said Blount also violated safety rules. "When I watched that video, it was an aberration. It did not meet the expectations of our sheriff's department or my expectations," he said. Essick said the department will review the conduct of each deputy involved, but its investigation began with Blount because "his actions were the most egregious."The sheriff said Blount has been on paid administrative leave since the incident.The Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff's Association did not respond to a request to speak on behalf of Blount Friday.Ward's half-sister, Catherine Aguilera, has said her brother used drugs and had health issues that began 20 years ago when a drunken driver hit him while he was riding a motorcycle, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a heart condition. Aguilera said Ward had to carry an oxygen tank and use a walker or a wheelchair.___
A Northern California sheriff announced Friday he is firing a deputy who used a choke hold on a man, who later died, while officers were investigating a suspected carjacking.
Sonoma County Sheriff Mark Essick said in a video that he found footage of the deputy's actions "extremely troubling." The video released by the department includes the body camera footage of the violent encounter between Deputy Charles Blount and David Glen Ward, who had reported his car stolen.
"If you watched the body-worn camera video closely, you may be concerned about what you saw. So was I," Essick said. "The way Deputy Blount handles the entire situation is extremely troubling. As a result, I've served Deputy Blount a notice of termination."
Ward died the morning of Nov. 27 after two sheriff's deputies and two Sebastopol police officers mistook him for a stolen car suspect. Ward had reported his green Honda Civic stolen three days earlier by a man who he said pistol-whipped him. He was driving the car when officers tried to pull him over and he refused to stop. When they did eventually pull him over, he did not tell officers he was the vehicle's owner and Essick said it remains a mystery why he fled from officers.
Catherine Aguilera via AP
David Glen Ward
Ward, who has a blackened left eye, can be heard on the video asking officers "why are you (expletive) harassing me all the time?" Moments later Blount can be seen trying to pull Ward out of the car through the window. Ward screams in pain, saying his legs hurt.
Blount then tells fellow officers Ward bit him and he can be seen pulling Ward by his hair, then slamming his head repeatedly against the side of the car while another officer deploys a stun gun on him.
Blount then puts Ward in a choke hold inside the vehicle for several seconds while other officers break the passenger-side window. When they drag Ward out of the car through, he lies listless on the ground as several officers say he is unconscious.
Ward was pronounced dead at a hospital. The coroner is reviewing the case and has not yet determined a cause of death.
Essick said in an interview Friday that Blount violated several department policies, including use of force, stopping high-risk vehicles, the hostage and barricade procedure and firearms policy. He said Blount also violated safety rules.
"When I watched that video, it was an aberration. It did not meet the expectations of our sheriff's department or my expectations," he said.
Essick said the department will review the conduct of each deputy involved, but its investigation began with Blount because "his actions were the most egregious."
The sheriff said Blount has been on paid administrative leave since the incident.
The Sonoma County Deputy Sheriff's Association did not respond to a request to speak on behalf of Blount Friday.
Ward's half-sister, Catherine Aguilera, has said her brother used drugs and had health issues that began 20 years ago when a drunken driver hit him while he was riding a motorcycle, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and a heart condition. Aguilera said Ward had to carry an oxygen tank and use a walker or a wheelchair.


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Sixteen hits were not enough for the Yavapai College Roughriders Monday afternoon as it lost a shootout, 10-8, to the Cisco College Wranglers at Suplizio Field.
Things looked bleak for the Roughriders after giving up five runs in the third inning. YC responded with 2 runs of their own in the top of the fourth to cut the deficit to 5-2. The eighth inning provided the fireworks for each team.
Brock Ephan led off the inning with a sharp single to leftfield. Gavin Johns flew out to rightfield and Turlte Kuhaulua reached base on an error. Dylan Enwiller followed that with a single to right field loading the bases for pinch hitter Caden Goldy.Goldby delivered with a single to left field scoring Ephan and Kuhaulua making the score 5-4. With two outs, Ramsey Romano crushed a pitch to the bleachers in left field scoring Enwiller and Guaragna, running for Goldby, and the first lead of the game for the Riders, 7-5.
However, the Wranglers answered the Roughriders with five runs of their own to regain the lead, 10-7.
One Yavapai College run crossed the plate in the top half of the ninth, making the score 10-8. Gavin Johns doubled to the right field corner and Kuhaulua chased him home with a single to centerfield. That was the only run the Riders could muster.
Yavapai outhit the Wranglers 16-12 led by Christian Maggi and Dylan Enwiller with three hits apiece.
Yavapai still has life in the NJCAA World Series as they take on Cowley College in an elimination game on Tuesday, May 31stat 11:00 AM (Colorado Time). YC must win 5 more games for their fourth National Title. In 1977 and 1993, Yavapai came up through the loser's bracket to win the National Championship.Tomorrow's game will be streamed live at http://www.njcaatv.com/landing/index.
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The late Apas assemblyman Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan is remembered as a hardworking leader who served his constituents until the end.
KOTA KINABALU: On Feb 24, Apas assemblyman Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan left his sickbed to deliver what would be his last message to his constituents: Stay loyal to Barisan Nasional (BN).
Tawfiq, who was also Sabah youth and sports minister, had been undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer at Prince Court Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
He died on March 14 at 56 years of age.
Despite his illness, he had attended the ceremony at the Kampung Titingan community hall in Tawau to deliver his personal donation to victims of a fire.
In his three-minute speech, he urged the constituents to continue supporting BN.
"I may be at the hospital for two or three months more," Apas people's development leader Sarman Amat Simito recalled Tawfiq saying during the ceremony.
"Whoever is the candidate during the election, give your support.
"The person is not important, what's important is that we keep supporting BN."
Tawfiq, who was described by some as looking frail, had to be helped onstage before the start of the ceremony.
He said he was sad that he had not been able to meet the people for a long time.
"Today, I made myself get up and meet you so that I could make good on my promise," he told the villagers.
"I came here not as Tawfiq, but for Umno and BN. I made myself come here."
Many of those present appeared touched by Tawfiq's speech and some were seen holding back tears, Sarman told FMT.
During the ceremony, Tawfiq delivered his contributions to 85 families whose houses were razed in the fire. Another 37 families received zinc sheets to repair their homes.
A resident received a wheelchair and 330 others were given basic assistance.
"Every night, I can't sleep thinking about my promise to donate RM1,000 to each head of family affected by the fire that razed Kampung Titingan on Sept 5, 2017.
"I'm worried about passing away without fulfilling that promise. That's why I came today although I am sick.
"The eight months I wasn't with the people of Kampung Titingan felt like eight years. I've long wanted to come back and see the rakyat, but the doctor didn't allow it," Tawfiq said at the event.
He also apologised to the residents of the village, which was named after his late father, for not being able to carry out his responsibilities.
Tawfiq was first elected in Apas in the 2004 general election.
He retained it in a four-cornered tussle in the last election with 9,013 votes, beating his closest rival, PKR's Alizaman Jijurahman, with a 6,122-vote majority.
The other candidates were SAPP's Tahir Dahu who obtained 149 votes, and Chok Yot Min of STAR who garnered 75 votes.
During the last polls, Tawfiq almost doubled the 3,608 majority achieved in the 2008 election.
He defeated two other candidates in the 2008 outing: PKR's Henry Vun (1,801 votes) and independent Ardi Arsah (77 votes).
Sarman, who took over Tawfiq's duty to develop the constituency during his treatment in Kuala Lumpur, said Tawfiq's family had wanted him to rest and retire from politics.
But most of the constituents wanted him to remain as their assemblyman.
"This all depended on his health condition and the doctor's advice at the time," said Sarman.
"Actually, Tawfiq himself wanted to step down. His speech during that ceremony also indicated this."
Apas, along with the state electoral districts of Balung and Sri Tanjong, is within the parliamentary constituency of Tawau on Sabah's east coast.
Sri Tanjong was won by Sabah DAP secretary Chan Foong Hin with a 5,927-vote majority in a three-cornered fight in the last election.
Federal Deputy Education Minister Mary Yap is the MP in Tawau while Balung is represented by Syed Abas Syed Ali, who is also the speaker at the state assembly.
The Apas constituency covers a 60 sq km area and has 18,658 registered voters, 82% of whom are Muslim Bumiputeras.
Sarman said Tawfiq had brought much development to the constituency.
"Some 80% of village roads in the constituency have been improved," he said, adding that many dilapidated mosques had also been repaired.
Sarman said about 80% of water supply and 90% of electricity needs in the area had been met.
"We have applied for allocations for these and also for the repairs of the remaining mosques."
According to him, Tawfiq also helped improve economic activities in his constituency.
"Licensed fishermen have received engines while planters have been helped by agencies such as Felcra (Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority) and so on."
Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman said Tawfiq had been a dedicated leader, and his passing was a great loss to Sabah and its people.
"He was a friend, a kind and honourable man, a dedicated, hardworking, proactive, sincere and trustworthy leader and member of the state cabinet who always kept his word to the people," he said in a statement released after Tawfiq's death.
Musa added that despite his illness, Tawfiq had kept working and serving the people right to the end.
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After graduating Bible college together in Lakeland, FL years ago, the Cahills originally had a business that was called Cornerstone Marketing. But they closed the business after opening the church; time was limited, and their new ministry came first. But last year, some people within the church started inquiring about reopening the business, even offering to do a lot of the legwork to make it possible. That's how Cornerstone Creations recently came into being.
"If you go on our site, where it says Custom Designs, we have stuff that nobody else has, because they're from my head," says Linda of the jewelry she designs herself. "I create every single day. I am always creating something new. And we're doing well with it; we know God honors it, because of what we do with all the profits. Every single time I put a check in, I take a bunch of profits and it goes right into the ministry to help what we're doing. Everything that we do, Cornerstone Creations and Cahill Ministries are intertwined."
Paul and Linda were first ordained on the same day in 1984, but were ministering even before that. It's a unique ministry, with both of them doing the preaching from twin pulpits in their church. It all goes back to a very rough patch in both their lives, which led directly to the path they're currently on.
"Thirty years ago, my wife and I were ready to get divorced," explains Paul Cahill. "I was an alcoholic and involved in drugs, a convicted felon. God turned my life around when this couple on their anniversary night shared the love of Jesus Christ. That night my life changed. That's the whole bottom line in a nutshell of why we do it. It helps us do what we need to do to get other peoples' lives changed."
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Specializes in internal medicine and disorders that impair the locomotor system. Involves the examination of joints, muscles, connective tissues, soft tissues surrounding the joints and bones and autoimmune disorders.
Specializes in diseases and disorders of the heart and circulatory system.
Specializes in Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ) and examines the oral and maxillofacial musculoskeletal, tooth and bone structure to determine causality of a disorder. Also known as an Independent Dental Evaluation.
Specializes in the restoration and correction of form and function. Performed to correct functional impairments that are caused by injuries, burns, diseases and developmental abnormalities.
Specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the ear, upper respiratory system, and larynx. In addition to surgery/ surgical care of the head and neck.
Specializes in mental and behavioral disorders. Utilize empirical methods to determine causal and correlational relationships between psychosocial variables. Varies spheres are examined, including the family, education, employment and past mental health impairments.
Specializes in the relationship between mental and behavioral disorders in relation to the nervous system and dysfunctions of the brain. Examines the neurological, emotional and cognitive functioning of the individual.
Specializes in the study, diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. Determines the impact of the impairment or illness may have upon the psychiatric well being of an individual.
Specializes in the system of therapeutics attributing disease to the irritation of the nervous system. Attempts to restore the normal function of the nervous system by manipulation of the musculoskeletal system.
Specializes in soft tissue as well as musculoskeletal systems. Typical evaluations involve gait oberservations, muscle strength, coordination testing, flexibility, joint assessment, and nerve functioning as well as soft tissue examination.
Specializes in therapeutic massage and involves the manipulation of the soft tissues in the body to prevent and alleviate pain, muscle spasm and stress.
Specializes in the evaluation of how an individual is able to perform activities of daily living, accessibility, caregiving and personal care in the home environment. Assessments are conducted within the physical, cultural and social environment of the individual.
Designed to measure an individual's physical abilities through a variety of objective tests. This can be helpful in determining if the individual can perform at the required level of ability.
A review of an individual's essential job tasks for their occupation and the associated physical demands. The physical environment in which the job occurs is also documented, which can include work station dimension and layout, equipment, tools and any other factors which can affect the workers environment.
The use of standardized assessment tools to determine an individual's employment aptitude, psychological measurements and physical tolerances.
Focuses on an individual's abilities and employment potential. Used to establish realistic job options for rehabilitation goal plans. Evaluator will examine and report on aptitudes, interests, transferable skills and employment related behaviours.
Provides insight into employment-related skills. Education, training, personal vocational characteristics are an integral component in the identification of employment options.
Provides insight to present job opportunities currently posted and provides information regarding suitable employment alternatives and labour market trends for the individual.
Provides detailed information regarding an occupation in which job tasks are identified. Recommendations are provided to accommodate the individual at the place of employment.
Health care service only available to third-party payers, such as insurance companies, employers, and government legal professionals. IME's are performed by health care professionals who have no other involvement in the examinee's care. Evaluations are performed to provide current and impartial information.
The individual is assessed by a team of multidisciplinary evaluators to generate a thorough Independent Assessment by reviewing all aspects of an injury, including vocational, mental, clinical and physical.
Performed by a regulated health care professional. Provides an expert opinion based on the individuals medical documentation, a summary of the findings, and a response to the referral questions received from the referral source to determine eligibility for benefits.
Evaluations are completed to determine if the individuals' injuries meet the definition for Catastrophic Impairment. Our Catastrophic evaluators follow the American Medical Association (AMA) Guides, 4th edition.
Performed by regulated health care professionals. Provides an opinion to determine if the treatment plan is reasonable and necessary.
Provide interpretation services in over 100 languages and dialects across Ontario.
Provide transportation from the individual's home to the point of destination 24 hours a day, 7 days per week. Wheelchair accessible modes of transportation are also available upon request.


DesignX is Professor Larry Leifer, PhD's research group at the Center for Design Research at Stanford University.
For more information contact Professor Leifer or simply join in for weekly DesignX research group meetings during the school year.
DesignX usually meets during Stanford's Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters.
DesignX meetings are held Wednesday evenings from 5:15 to 6:30 PM (17:15-18:30) on the second floor of the Center for Design Research at 424 Panama Mall, Building 560 on the Stanford campus.
The GPS coordinates for the front door of CDR are: Latitude 37 degrees 25.25 minutes North, Longitude 122 degrees 10.31 minutes West.
Click on the red link below for the current quarter's programs, speakers and schedule.
The scope of the design research activity in the DesignX research group spans a broad range of topics related to design, including understanding existing practice, developing emerging technologies, and charting the course of design education.
reference information in conceptual design , how social interaction affects design outcomes , how different learning styles of team members affect group design work , how geographical distribution affects design team collaboration , how designers use question-asking in the conceptual design process , how expert assistance influences design outcomes , how design entrepreneurs use informal networks to develop innovative ideas , and how design affects the corporate bottom line . This research has contributed to the larger understanding of what design is, has explored how different factors affect the products of the design process, and has influenced how design curriculum should be structured.
collection and analysis; research on design observatories, noun-phrase analysis, internet knowledge repositories, instrumented workspaces  emerged as a natural byproduct of our efforts to understand design. Design researchers are also able to build innovative designs, prototyping the design artifacts of the future to gain insights on the issues, constraints and opportunities which designers will face in years to come. By employing design as a tool and method for conducting research, we are able to better understand how design occurs, and expand the realm of how design is applied.
Design is a social process.
This framing and philosophy is evidenced in the major themes of DesignX research. The notion of "design as redesign," which incorporates our ideas about design being iterative, about design by analogy and situated design, has led DesignX researchers to look for external sources of design inspiration; researchers of implicit interactions provide detailed discussions of the human behaviors that interactive products emulate to communicate with users. The emphasis on collaboration, particularly in environments where people are geographically distributed and come from different disciplinary backgrounds, speaks to our belief that design is a social process. Our interest in informal and ad-hoc methods, as well as our history of research in sketching activity as part of the iterative design process, is clearly influenced by the importance of ambiguity as a critical design resource. Our researchers often exploit the ambiguity of what it means to do design research to pick and choose the research methodologies that will best suit the project or question at hand; after all, good designers use whatever tools are at their disposal, and even invent new ones if the situation demands.
Ju, W., Neeley, L., & Leifer, L. "Design, Design & Design; An overview of Stanford's Center for Design Research," Position paper for Workshop on Exploring Design as a Research Activity, CHI 2007, San Jose, CA.
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Telstra Award winner uses platform to advocate for mental health awareness
Fiona Grimmer, (pictured left) Marketing Manager with HorizoneOne Recruitment used her acceptance speech at the 2019 Telstra Business Women's Awards, to highlight the need for mental health support and awareness in the workplace.
Grimmer was named the winner of the 2019 Emerging Leaders Award for the ACT, announced at a gala event held at Canberra's Hotel Realm on March 12.
Grimmer, who was diagnosed with bipolar disorder six years ago, said mental health, while not a central focus of her application, was at the forefront of her mind when accepting the very prestigious award given the platform it provides to be heard.
"There are so many people out there like me out there who are suffering, yet also thriving while they are living with a mental health illness," she said when accepting the award.
"Did you know that one in five Australians aged 16-5 experience a mental illness within their lifetime? Almost 50 per cent of those people with a mental illness do not access any treatment.
"I think that is in part not only because of the potential stigma that may come with being diagnosed but also because people don't understand how absolutely normal it is to experience a mental health issue. It is normal.
"Mental health issues come in all different shapes and sizes. They affect everyone differently and they do not have to stop you from becoming a valuable and successful person."
Speaking with The Brief, Grimmer who is "helping to successfully disrupt the recruitment industry in Canberra", added she is pleased she made the decision to use her acceptance speech as a platform to talk about her experience and advocate for awareness about the issue.
"I have been completely overwhelmed by the support and encouragement following my win," she said. "Mental illness is such a personal subject and one that effects people who you would never guess. I have been approached and thanked by some incredible people for speaking out."
Grimmer was nominated for the Telstra Business Women's Awards by HorizonOne's founder and Director, Simon Cox, who she says, did not appreciate at the time that the application process was extremely time-consuming.
"It was a nice gesture that he thought of me when reading about the award criteria and that he thought it was a good chance for my work to be recognised," she says of the nomination.
"A number of the application questions were very personal, so even though the awards are business related and looking at specific achievements, it's also a lot about each applicant's story."
Grimmer insists it is important for the recruitment and staffing sectors to acknowledge and educate clients about mental health illness, how common it is and why it should not be a deterrent to employing candidates with mental health issues.
"I do understand why some employers may be reluctant to take on someone with a mental health illness," she said. "Up until my Telstra win, 80 per cent of my colleagues didn't know my story, "Before my own issues arose, I had no experience of mental health issues and I certainly didn't have the education to understand the realities of someone living with a mental health illness. I likely thought that a lot of people just needed to toughen up and get on with it.
"And I think that is the problem. Education: I didn't have it and neither do so many people. We need to educate employers on what a mental health issues really means. How it affects literally one in five Australians and how it doesn't mean that person won't be a valuable employee."
That said, Grimmer also accepts that speaking openly about mental health issues is not going to be something everyone is comfortable with and which will even always be well received in the workplace.
"Everyone is on their own journey and the best thing you can do is to be kind," she added. Grimmer said workplaces can assist and support those experiencing mental health issues by ensuring open conversation is encouraged and people feel safe to reveal themselves and problems they may be experiencing.
"I am not saying that everyone needs to go around shouting from the rooftops that they are depressed," she continued. "Far from it. But people do need to feel supported enough to take the time they need, when they need it.
"I have been at H1 for just over five years now and there certainly have been some rocky moments for me. Moments where I was not able to work to my full ability or even at all. Moments where I couldn't even leave the house.
"What has been a constant throughout is the support and understanding I have received. I tend to be a very upfront person. I had established myself as a valuable member of the team and started to build a good relationship with the Directors when I experienced my first really dark patch at H1.
"The relationship I had with them meant I felt more comfortable in being open and honest about my situation. This meant that I could focus on getting better and back to work rather than trying to hide what was happening.
"Over the years, and after a lot of my own self-reflection and work, I have developed a sort of early warning system to an upcoming episode. This means I can approach the boys and take a day to get myself back on track. If this wasn't possible, I would likely not be able to divert an episode with self-care and end up in a much worse situation, needing significant time away from work."
H1, aware of the need for good mental health, also offers staff an additional paid day off once a quarter which they call "human day" and, Grimmer explains, is "ideally used for self-care and to take a day to enjoy whatever that makes you feel happy and fulfilled".
Other RCSA members to be named finalists for the awards were:
Hollie Broekman, an Executive Accountant with FourQuarters Recruitment who was a finalist for the Victoria 2019 Telstra Emerging Leader Award. "I genuinely believe that a diverse workforce is a more effective and interesting workforce," Holly told award judges. "I am an advocate for diversity."
Sarah Lowe, Director of Recruiting Services, Defence Force Recruiting at ManpowerGroup was a finalist for the (NSW) 2019 Telstra Medium & Large Business Award. She told judges: "This role allows me to add value to society in a range of ways, including helping people contribute, find work, and feel better about themselves, all while serving Australia's national interest".
Suzie Celotti, Managing Director of Celotti Workforce was a finalist for the 2019 (NT) Telstra Medium & Large Business Award. "We individualise the recruiting process, ensuring the correct match is made every time," she said in her application.


Remembrance Sunday – November 6, 10:30 a.m.
The last post, lament and reveille … with silence at the centre … and prayers for peace. The apostle Paul crossing from one continent to another with the gospel, and the first Christian of Europe is a woman, Lydia of Philippi (Acts 16:6-15). A celebration of the Lord's Supper, the presence of the Living One.
There are several threads to our service of worship this Sunday morning at St. Andrew's. Come as you are, and allow God to weave these threads, and many others, together for good, for your strength, for your joy.
Have a look at the Order of Service and join us if you are in the neighbourhood. Clergy Street is now open! A nursery and programme for children are available during the service.


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Angelo Ogbonna can't wait to face Manchester United on the opening day of the season.
The West Ham United defender enters his third season with the Hammers and he can't wait to get the new campaign underway.
"I'm very excited for the start of the season," the Italian told the club's website.
"I cannot wait for the Manchester United game, not just me but also our whole team.
"Everyone wants to show themselves but we have to be focused and prepare for that game by working hard in pre-season."
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Phnom Penh Post - Nicer jails for wealthy inmates mulled as fix to Cambodia's prison overcrowding
Nicer jails for wealthy inmates mulled as fix to Cambodia's prison overcrowding
Soth Koemsoeun | Publication date 21 February 2018 | 04:29 ICT
Interior Ministry officials attend the annual meeting of the Prison Department in Phnom Penh yesterday, where its report showed a 30 percent increase in Cambodia's prison population last year. Pha Lina
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Soth Koemsoeun
Cambodia's prison population swelled to more than 28,000 inmates last year – well over the system's capacity – with Interior Minister Sar Kheng suggesting yesterday that the construction of more luxurious pay-to-stay prison blocks for wealthy inmates could help alleviate the severe overcrowding.
The Prisons Department yesterday released its annual report, which also showed that the prison population had ballooned by some 30 percent in 2017, to 28,414, with more than 10,000 of the system's inmates locked up in pre-trial detention – an issue consistently flagged by the United Nation's human rights body and rights groups.
In 2016, there were around 22,000 inmates, with 7,500 in detention awaiting trial.
The spike coincided with a controversial drug crackdown started by law enforcement at the beginning of last year that has so far seen 17,800 arrests, the majority of whom were small-time drug users. The campaign is expected to continue at least until the July national elections.
Kheng acknowledged the longstanding overcrowding issue yesterday, suggesting that more holding cells were required, specifically pointing out a privately built block for wealthy inmates at Phnom Penh's Prey Sar prison as a model.
"Obviously, we will check and test the Prey Sar prison first, and if this test is successful, we will start to implement it in other prisons, such as in Siem Reap, Battambang, Svay Rieng, Kampong Cham, Takeo, Stung Treng and some provinces," he said.
He said provisions were needed to facilitate private investment in prison infrastructure, calling on firms to be open to such projects.
Sar Kheng announced the construction of the "hotel-like" prison block at Prey Sar last year, saying inmates could pay to use the facilities, which would be a far cry from typical Cambodian prison cells, where scores often share a single latrine and ailments like nutritional deficiencies, abnormal physical weakness, diarrhoea and scabies are common. Yesterday's report noted that construction was 60 percent complete on the Prey Sar facility.
Observers have noted that allowing prisoners with disposable incomes to live more comfortable lives was concerning and would make existing informal economic divides in the prison population official.
A 2015 Licadho prison report also found that cash flow already "dictated" life inside Cambodia's prisons, with inmates forced to pay bribes for everything from food, water and medical treatment to visits from loved ones.
Licadho's Am Sam Ath agreed yesterday that there was a need for more housing for prisoners, but said it wasn't clear if providing luxury prisons was the solution. Were these pay-to-stay facilities to become prevalent, he said, there would be an unfair disparity between the living conditions for wealthier and poorer inmates.
Prisons Department officials yesterday did not provide figures for the prison system's exact capacity, and the department's deputy director, San Keo, would only say the capacity had doubled since 2016.
"There are some small rooms and some large rooms. So we can say that it has doubled the number of inmates across the whole country," said Keo, who was unable to give a figure.
In 2015, rights group Licadho reported the prison capacity across the country to be around 8,500, making the current population more than three times over the limit. Even a doubling of this capacity to 17,000, as per Keo's claim, would still leave prisons at 165 percent capacity.
Rather than attribute the spike in inmates to the drug crackdown's nearly 18,000 arrests, Prisons Department spokesman Nuth Savna yesterday pegged the increase to improving economic prospects, better trade and an influx of foreign investment.
"Therefore, the trade has increased, so if trade increases, the population in the area also increases and the crime rate also increases as well," he said.
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Justice Ministry may try community service after UN envoy points to excessive use of pre-trial detention
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Thavy, 24, spends her days avoiding the police, looking for a quiet place to sleep and trying to keep her heroin withdrawal at bay. "Before the
Prison numbers jump 20 percent
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When people buy or use a company's products, they expect a high-quality experience. And if a company provides less than what is expected from a customer, there's room for any degree of disappointment. Employees that have a drive to produce high-quality work are a necessity that companies can't effectively function without.
Quality Focus involves promoting and maintaining high standards at work, looking for ways to improve products and services, and encouraging coworkers to do so as well. People who perform well at this competency apply discipline and detail-orientation to their work activities.
The group of scales that make up a competency are shown visually in an assessment as a competency model. Colors indicate whether or not a candidate falls in a preferred range for each scale.
The Assess Personality Survey measures innate characteristics that impact the amount a person focuses on quality and how it affects their work performance. Our experience and research have shown that there are three main traits that deal with Quality Focus.
Attention to detail is one of the most important aspects in driving quality. Some jobs require a high amount of precision while others do not. Managerial roles focus more on assigning detailed work to a team while the team's job is to be consistent and accurate when performing detailed projects.
People who fall on the low end of this scale tend to avoid involvement in detailed tasks. They may become impatient when doing projects that incorporate a lot of specifics. Better suited in a role where the "big picture" needs focus, these employees may overlook smaller but potentially critical elements. On this end of the scale, people tend to want to delegate routine detailed tasks to others.
When employees fall on the high end, they're likely to enjoy doing detailed tasks and focus on accuracy and consistency. Oftentimes, these people show more patience because they are used to taking their time and making things precise. This end of the scale is the best place to find those who will provide high-quality work.
In all industries at some level, there need to be people that pay attention to detail. Finding people who not only perform well on projects, but who also enjoy doing so is critical to ensuring quality services.
The ability to complete a task and persist through projects is an important trait for employees who strive to produce quality work. Do your employees have trouble following through on the jobs they're in charge of?
The low end of this scale represents those who are comfortable leaving tasks unfinished. These employees are more willing to drop what they're working on and shift priority if needed. However, because they are so comfortable leaving tasks unfinished, they may, well… leave tasks unfinished. Managers who have a tendency to leave jobs incomplete may be too forgiving when assigned projects aren't completed, negatively impacting deadlines and slowing down the team's progress.
The higher on this scale a person scores, the more likely they are to finish tasks given to them. Employees with a high need for task closure carry out jobs to completion and encourage others to do so as well. As long as people who fall on the high end are able to change priorities when necessary, having the need for task closure helps ensure the highest amount of quality.
Creating and maintaining services and products takes diligence and discipline. In all industries, repeatable tasks should be carried out without being rushed through to assure that a high-quality standard is met. Do you find employees rushing through jobs without taking the time to be careful?
Employees who fall on the left end of this scale tend to rush through tasks without fully completing them. If they are in charge of a duty that requires daily, repeatable actions, employees may become sloppy in their work. This is because these people tend to see monotonous tasks as easily done and therefore should be finished quickly and not require too much thought. Although these employees may be more comfortable responding to short-notice situations, they may also have the urge to be impulsive and draw conclusions too quickly.
A chef cooks food all day. Disregarding a note from the waitress on a ticket about a fish allergy, he uses the same utensil to cook a burger that he'd been using for salmon. The customer, awaiting the ambulance to treat her child's anaphylactic shock, is not only unhappy, but most likely isn't coming back.
The right end of the scale includes employees who tend to be more responsible and cautious. They follow through on duties and take the time to be careful and do a quality job. These people typically make sure a decision is the right one instead of acting on impulse. They are careful not to miss details even though they may be in charge of a repetitive duty. Because they are more serious-minded, they provide the most quality every time perform a task.
Because these scales deal with the way people carry out tasks and their attitude toward details, they provide insight on how good or bad a person will be at providing Quality Focus.
Since all industries rely on quality services to maintain and grow their customer base, companies need employees who enjoy performing at their best. Employees who have attention to detail, follow through on tasks, and take the time to do a good job are the best for providing the most quality.
To learn more about using competency models to predict success, download our Competency Spotlight eBooks for Corporate Managers, Retail Managers, or Restaurant Managers.
The Competency Spotlight series focuses on the personality traits measured by OutMatch assessments, and how these traits impact performance. No one measure can say with 100% accuracy how an employee will behave, but considering these competencies can help you identify candidates that are 'prewired' to be successful in a particular job type.


Our aim is to provide a competitive price, prompt delivery and consistent quality of glove products to our customers.
Glove Resources Sdn Bhd (GRSB) established in the year 2004 as a trading company which specialize in distributing Latex Medical Glove. In 2009, GRSB had made remarkable progress by upgrading the trading hub to Manufacturing division.


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Q: Show different number of column per row in foreach loop I have fetched some list of destinations cities from database and want to show it in view.
here is my normal approach
<?php
$this->db->select('*');
$citydata = $this->db->get('cities')->result_array();

foreach ($citydata as $citydatas){?>

<img src="<?=$citydatas['banner];?>" />

<? } ?>

Above code will display 3 columns in each row,
But What i want is different approach, I need to show 2 columns in first row, then 3 column in second row.
and
Another Approach would be - three column in first row but first column will take half screen and other two will take another half and in second row first two will take half and then third will take rest half screen using col-6
here is the first grid style what i am looking for

here is the second grid style

My Approach for first style, is below approach good to use?
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$this->db->select('*');
$citydata = $this->db->get('cities')->result_array();

$i = 1;

foreach ($citydata as $citydatas){?>

<div class="<?php if($i++ == 1 || $i++ == 2){ echo "col-lg-6";}else{echo"col-lg-4";}?>">
<img src="<?=$citydatas['banner];?>" />

<? } ?>

A: You can use nth-child selector along with CSS grid to get the desired result.
First Grid Style

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  grid-gap: 10px;
  grid-auto-rows: 200px;
}

img:nth-child(6n + 1),
img:nth-child(6n + 2){
  grid-column: span 2;
}

img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

Second Grid Style
For second grid style, you just need to change the nth-child selector, rest of the code will be same.
img:nth-child(6n),
img:nth-child(6n + 1) {
  grid-column: span 2;
}

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: repeat(4, 1fr);
  grid-gap: 10px;
  grid-auto-rows: 200px;
}

img:nth-child(6n),
img:nth-child(6n + 1) {
  grid-column: span 2;
}

img {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

PHP Code
Use following code to render this layout using PHP

  <?php foreach($citydata as $citydatas): ?>
    <img src="<?=$citydatas['banner]?>"/>
  <?php endforeach; ?>


In the heart of West Cork on the Wild Atlantic Way, Budds Restaurant of Ballydehob are here to offer you good food made with love.
First and foremost we want to prepare good quality food and drinks made with love using the freshest local seasonal produce, be it wild or produced, foraged or bought, raw or cooked. In addition to this we want to incorporate as many of the so called super foods as possible to create menus that are tasty and healthy.
We also want to cater for anyone and everyone no matter what your dietary requirements – and our prices will reflect this also.
Sustainability is also an integral part of our philosophy and we take great care to ensure that the meat, fish, veg, coffee, poultry and dairy are all sourced from small independent farms or local fishermen.
We care a great deal about this and believe that the people eating these should do too.
We have a state of the art coffee machine and serve Badger & Dodo gourmet coffee.
We work with the best of local producers and farmers to bring the best ingredients and food to you.
We cater for a large variety of tastes - vegetarian, vegan, carnivores and, most importantly, kids!
Our young team are here to welcome you into the restaurant to relax, observe your senses, smell, taste, look, listen.
We want to take you on a culinary adventure.


Three years ago today, American Pharoah made history. It took 37 years after Affirmed won the Triple Crown before horse racing fans would see another horse come along with that kind of magic. On June 6, 2015, American Pharoah was finally "the one" as Larry Collmus put it in his famous call at the Belmont Stakes. Today — for a few more days — he is the world's only living Triple Crown winner.
Justify is hard on his heels though, having already won the first two legs of the Triple Crown and just days away from the Belmont Stakes. In addition to Bob Baffert training both horses, memories of the beloved American Pharoah taking the Triple Crown and then the 2015 Breeders Cup at Keeneland is on the mind of all Kentucky horse racing fans this week.
After becoming only the 12th Triple Crown winner in history by winning the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, American Pharoah continued his display of dominance in 2015 by breaking the track record at Keeneland by more than five seconds in his win at the Breeders' Cup Classic. He's the only horse to win the Grand Slam of Thoroughbred racing.
"It has been a privilege to train this horse. This is the greatest horse I'll ever see. He is a champion," Baffert told the press after American Pharoah's final race.
The pressure of those big G1 races is a lot for most horses to handle, but as Ryan tells it, he always took everything in his stride. American Pharoah would finish his racing career at 9-1 with nearly $9 million in total earnings before owner Ahmed Zayat retired him.
What does he do now that he's no longer thrilling fans on the track? Living the good life while standing at stud at Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles. He spends his day eating and relaxing in his spacious stall, roaming in his own paddock, but what keeps him most preoccupied is—breeding.
His stud fee is listed as private this year and he spends the Southern Hemisphere season being shuttled to Australia. According to Ryan, American Pharoah has been very well received by the industry. A pair of his weanlings have already brought $1,000,000 each in the sales ring and Ashford Stud is really looking forward to the major yearling sales this autumn, then of course his first runners next year.
Pharoah is very popular with both the breeders who send their mares to him, and also the huge legion of fans he gained during his glittering career. In fact, there have been over 10,000 visitors to the farm since Pharoah came to Ashford in 2015.
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New Lab Opens at Cornell for Golden Nematode Research (Aug 1, 2019)
Cornell University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
For the last seven decades, Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) has been leading the fight against nematodes—invasive, microscopic worms that can destroy seasons' worth of crops. However, researchers had been working in a facility that lacked the infrastructure to keep pace with their innovative work. On August 1, 2019, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from New York State and another $400,000 in federal funding, CALS cut the ribbon on the new Golden Nematode Quarantine Facility, located on the Cornell campus in Ithaca, NY. The facility is the only research program in North America with expertise in biology, resistance breeding and management of potato-cyst nematodes. At the lab, Cornell scientists work in tandem with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agriculture Research Service (ARS).
Virginia Tech, University of Virginia Work to Safeguard U.S. Tomato Industry from Invasive Pest (Mar 2, 2020)
Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech entomologist Muni Muniappan has warned of Tuta absoluta's likely arrival into the United States since he began monitoring the pest's spread throughout Africa in 2012. Thanks to a joint grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Muniappan's team and collaborators will be able to model the pest's entry into the United States — protecting the country's billion-dollar tomato industry — before irreparable damage is caused. Tuta absoluta is a tomato pest native to South America. If left unmitigated, it has the potential to destroy 100 percent of tomato crops. In 2016, the pest caused a "tomato emergency" in such countries as Nigeria, where tomatoes are a lifeline for many smallholder farmers. With the U.S. as one of the world's leaders in tomato production, the pest's impact would be severe if nothing is done to stop it. The USDA's Food and Agriculture Cyberinformatics Tools Initiative awarded the University of Virginia's Biocomplexity Institute and Virginia Tech the four-year, $500,000 grant to project the pest's movement and rate of spread into the U.S. The model, to be developed by the Biocomplexity Institute, will map the spread of invasive species over time, accounting for factors such as climate, biology, and demographic information.
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The inpatient fracture neck of femur: an important subgroup of patients
BARRIE, JAMES., Green, C., Zeiton, M. & Foulkes, K., 2014, In: Injury. 45, 12, p. 1946-9 4 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
The Integrated Review: A look ahead to the Government's review
BUTCHARD, PATRICK., Dickson, A., Smith, B., Mills, C., Ares, E., Dawson, J., Curtis, J., Brooke-Holland, L. & Fella, S., 19 Nov 2020, House of Commons. 30 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Technical report
The integration of asylum seeker pupils into white mainstream UK
Foster, R. & Groves, J., 2003.
The Interaction of Iconic Gesture and Speech in Talk
Holler, J. & Beattie, G., 29 Jul 2010, English. Berlin: springer, p. 63-69 7 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).
The inter-cloud meta-scheduling (ICMS) framework
Sotiriadis, S., Bessis, N., Kuonen, P. & Antonopoulos, N., 28 Mar 2013, Proceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding (ISBN) › peer-review
The Interface between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Depression: A Psychobiological and Neurophysiological Conundrum: un enchevêtrement psychobiologique et neurophysiologique
: The interface between chronic fatigue syndrome and depression: A psychobiological and neurophysiological conundrum
Larkin, D. & Martin, C., 1 Apr 2017, In: Neurophysiologie Clinique / Clinical Neurophysiology. 47, 2, p. 123-129 7 p.
The interface between return migration and psychosocial wellbeing.
Vathi, Z., 13 Mar 2017, The interface between return migration and psychosocial wellbeing. Vathi, Z. & King, R. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, 288 p.
The Internal Market Legislative Programme and Sport
Miettinen, S. & Parrish, R., 18 May 2007.
The International Criminal Court and R2P
SWART, MIA., 2019, Responsibility to Protect in Theory and Practice. Sancin, V. (ed.). Ljubljana University Press
The International Economy of Children's Rights: Issues in Translation
I'Anson, J., Quennerstedt, A. & Robinson, C., 20 Jun 2017, In: International Journal of Children's Rights. 25, 1, p. 50-67 18 p.
The International Political Economy of ASEAN Economic Integration and Bilateral FTAs
DENT, CHRISTOPHER., 1 Jan 2007, In: Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs. 26, 1, p. 51-75 25 p.
The International Political Economy of Northeast Asian Economic Integration
DENT, CHRISTOPHER., 28 Mar 2002, Northeast Asian Regionalism: Learning from the European Experience. Dent, C. M. & Huang, D. W. F. (eds.). London: Routledge, London
The internet of things: Shaping the new internet space
Mustafee, N. & Bessis, N., 22 Apr 2015, In: Concurrency Computation. 27, 8, p. 1815-18
The Interplay Between Emotion, Identity and Workplace Relations in Community Sport Coaching.
Ives, B., Gale, L., Potrac, P. & Nelson, L., 6 Jul 2018, (Accepted/In press) Context and contingency: Research in sport coaching pedagogy. Crosby, C. & Edwards, C. (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Publishing
The interplay of human and social capital in shaping entrepreneurial performance: the case of Vietnam
Santarelli, E. & Tran, H., 2013, In: Small Business Economics. 40, 2, p. 435-458
The interplay of magmatism and tectonics: An example based on the satellite scoria cones at Llaima volcano, Chile.
Schonwalder-Angel, D., Cortes, J. & Calder, E., 25 Oct 2018, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016: The human rights conformist
Hale-Ross, S., 29 May 2019, Terrorism and State Surveillance of Communications. Hale-Ross, S. & Lowe, D. (eds.). Routledge
The invisible impact of educational research
Cain, T. & Allan, D., 12 May 2017, In: Oxford Review of Education. 43, 6, p. 718-732 15 p.
The in-vitro effects of insulin and the effects of acute fasting on cardiac beta-adrenoceptor responses in the short-term streptozotocin-diabetic rat
Austin, C. & Chess-Williams, R., 31 May 1994, In: Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. 46, 5, p. 326-31 6 p.
The IRA are not Al Qaeda: New Terrorism Discourse and Irish Republicanism
McGovern, M., 2010.
Mcgovern, M., 2010, Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution: Debating Peace in Northern Ireland. Hayward, K. & O'Donnell, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 192-208 256 p.
The Israeli military justice system and international law
GIUFFRE, MARIAGIULIA., LANGFORD, PETER. & MARINIELLO, TRIESTINO., 2017, In: Questions of International Law.
The ITT Core Content Framework: What trainee primary school teachers need to know
GLAZZARD, JONATHAN. & Stones, S., 5 Oct 2020, Learning Matters. 184 p.
The Jailhouse Rocks
Brown, A., 29 Oct 2007, In: BBC History Magazine.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal)
The Jest-Book, the Body, and the State
Bradshaw, M., Sep 2007, The Ashgate research companion to Thomas Lovell Beddoes. Berns, U. & Bradshaw, M. (eds.). Aldershot: Ashgate, p. 67-80 292 p. (The Nineteenth Century Series).
'The Jew on Stage and on the Page: Intertextual Exotic'
Bradshaw, M., 8 Dec 2015, Staging the Other in Nineteenth-century British Drama. Morosetti, T. (ed.). Berlin, Bern, New York: Peter Lang, Vol. 5. p. 41-60 20 p. (Writing and Culture in the Long Nineteenth Century).
'The Jim Hangovers': A short story
GLASS, ROGER., 3 Mar 2016, Being Dad: : Short Stories About Fatherhood. Coxon, D. (ed.). Bristol: Tangent Books, p. 87097 10 p.
The John Henry effect
Irving, G. & Holden, J., 2 Apr 2013, In: British Medical Journal (BMJ). 346, p. f1804
The journey home: an Irish adaptation of Salò
Shortt, D., 2006.
The journey is the destination: Reconsidering expertise in coaching.
Turner, D., NELSON, LEE. & Potrac, P. A., 2012, In: Quest. 64, 4, p. 313 325 p.
The Journey of a Teacher Educator: From Transmission to Construction
Patterson, E., 2009.
The Kadi Rulings: A Survey of the Literature
Poli, S. & Tzanou, M., 2009, In: Yearbook of European Law. 28, 1, p. 533-558
The key to successful achievement as an undergraduate student: confidence and realistic expectations?
Nicholson, L., Putwain, D., Connors, E. & Hornby-Atkinson, P., 2013, In: Studies in Higher Education. 38, 2, p. 285-298
The Khulumani Litigation: Complementing the Work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
SWART, MIA., 1 Jan 2011, In: Tilburg Law Review. 16, 1
The Killing Fields: The non-prosecution of Marikana
SWART, MIA., 2019, Marikana Unresolved: the Massacre Culpability and Consequences. University of Cape Town Press, p. 119-138
The knowledge and attitudes of student nurses towards patients with sexually transmitted infections: Exploring changes to the curriculum
Bell, A. & Bray, L., 15 May 2014, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nurse Education in Practice. 14, 5, p. 512-517
The knowledge and skills required of advanced level practitioners for accreditation and safe practice
Gloster, AS. & Leigh, JA., 11 Feb 2021, In: British Journal of Nursing. 30, 3, p. 168-171 4 p.
The Korean version of the University of Washington Quality of Life Questionnaire for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer, and its use in an initial validation study of 56 patients
Chang, M. Y., Rogers, S. N., Lowe, D., Jeong, W. J., Cha, W., Park, K. T., Kim, D. W., Chang, H., Sung, M. W., Kim, K. H. & Kwon, T. K., 2012, In: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 41, 10, p. 1201-1205
The Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Theatre. Porata: The Jury
Cort, S. & Peimer, D., 2003
The Lake District as a tourist destination in the 21st Century
Rawding, C., Blakey, P. & Hind, D., 2004, Sustainable Tourism in the English Lake District. Hind, D. W. G. & Mitchell, J. P. (eds.). Business Education, p. 75-100
The Lancashire Experience of Child Pedestrian Education and Training: What Works and Lessons Learned
Leeming, K. & Farrer, C., 2007.
The Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese
McEnery, T. & Xiao, R., 2003, European Language Resources Association.
Research output: Other contribution › Dataset
The Lancaster Corpus of Mandarin Chinese: A corpus for monolingual and contrastive language study
McEnery, T. & Xiao, R., 2004.
The Lancaster Los Angeles Spoken Chinese Corpus
Xiao, R. & Tao, H., 2006, UCREL, Lancaster.
The landing error scoring system (LESS) and lower limb power profiles in elite rugby union players
Relph, N., 1 Dec 2018, (Accepted/In press) p. A2-A3. 1 p.
Rowell, S. & RELPH, NICOLA., 1 Oct 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. 16, 5, p. 1286-1294 9 p.
The landscape of professional doctorate provision in english higher education institutions: Inconsistencies, tensions and unsustainability
Robinson, C., Mar 2018, In: London Review of Education. 16, 1, p. 90-103 14 p.
The Landscape of the Bones
Hewison, J. & Man, M., 7 Sep 2013
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
The language of performativity? A Content Analysis concerning differing constructions of leadership for secondary school PE departments.
Williams, G., 1 Mar 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: School Leadership and Management.
The largest digital database of fern and lycopod records from Honduras: spatial, temporal and collector biases
BATKE, SVEN., DALLIMORE, THOMAS., Reyes-Chávez, J., Diaz Maradiaga, R. F., Somers, E., Jones, I., Atkinson, W., Acosta, L. F. & Reid, G., 2022, In: Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. p. 1-11


Teaching Authors--6 Children's Authors Who Also Teach Writing: Wednesday Writing Workout ~ NEWSPAPER STORY STARTERS ~ !
Wednesday Writing Workout ~ NEWSPAPER STORY STARTERS ~ !
Before we get to today's Wednesday Writing Workout, I wanted to share author and bookseller Elizabeth Bluemle's latest post on her Publishers Weekly blog, ShelfTalker. It moved me. It's called "The Best Author Letter Ever."
"Take Five! Create Fun with The Poetry Friday Anthology"
...author of the eerily timely novel, This is Not a Drill (Penguin), published just a few weeks before Sandyhook.
1) Give this exercise about 20 minutes.
2) Divide the class into groups of two or three.
3) Let them choose newspapers and magazines from a stack you've brought in.
4) Their job will be to select a news article and make up their own story using the article as a starting point. They'll add characters, twists, etc. to create an even more engaging story.
4) Each group elects a spokesperson. The spokesperson shares a two-to-three minute synopsis of the "story" they've outlined, beginning with what the article actually said so everyone knows their starting point and how the group changed it.
Beck says, "...you're demonstrating where ideas come from and how a real event can trigger a story idea that's ultimately totally different from the original."
"102 Ways to Use Newspapers" in the classroom.
P.S: My Writing Picture Books for Children class in the UCLA Extension Writers Program (which I've taught since 1999) started this week. I hope to use the newspaper exercise in class this quarter. Let me know how it works! And if you have any suggestions on how to make it more effective, my students will be most grateful--please take a moment to scribble a comment!
Finally, don't forget: there's still time to enter our blogiversary giveaway for a chance to win one of four $25 gift cards to Anderson's Bookshops. See this post for details.
picture of Monkey and drawing of dancer by April Halprin Wayland.
Hi April! Thank you for the inspiring, marvelous story of the 'spectacles'! My daughter, now grown, would have loved that book, too. What a joy to receive such a letter! Thanks also for the newspaper idea. I will share with my colleagues!
I love that exercise. Thank you so much for sharing.
It was such an honor to share Hattiesburg with you, April! And hang out again with Beck. She knows her stuff and knows what works with students, for sure.
Thanks for sharing all of this today - I know your newest UCLA students will be in for a wonderful class.
Thanks for the pat on the back re: my class, Robyn. Every new class is exciting and, well, NEW! As if I'm inventing everything all over again!
And Linda, Linda, Linda--it's always wonderful to see you here. Thanks for reading and commenting, both.
Pen N Ink...if you end up trying this exercise, feedback would be fab!


Here's an interesting example of getting renewable energy using a ground source heat pump (GSHP) – that takes its heat from the water in a pond rather than from the ground.
The Cambridgeshire householder replaced his gas boiler with a Kensa 24kW Single Phase Twin Compressor GSHP to harness renewable heat energy from a nearby lake to provide space heating and domestic hot water (DHW) to his Grade 2 listed farmhouse.
pond mats consisting of slinky pipes attached to corrosion resistant stainless steel frames into the lake on a closed loop system. They connected the system up to the heat pump which is housed in an annex building via pipes running under the lawn up to the main house. This method removed the need for large amounts of drilling or digging, thereby reducing the cost and duration of the installation.
A GSHP is eligible under the UK government's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) – which means that the householder will receive quarterly payments over a seven year period that are likely to cover the capital costs of the installation. Plus the householder is likely to pay less for energy bills.
In order to claim back under RHI a Green Deal Assessment is required. We (pjb Associates) can provide a Green Deal Assessment before or after the installation of a renewable solution like a GSHP. Get an Assessment We can now cover the whole of East Anglia.
A £4000 grant is still available for home-owners of Cambridgeshire homes who require solid-wall insulation (SWI). But, you need to be quick as you will need to get an assessment and sign-up for SWI before 31 March 2016 with installations to be completed by 31 July 2016.
There is also a grant for Private Landlords of £4000 for solid wall insulation. In both cases at 25% contribution is required by the owners. Private Landlords will also be able to get an additional £1000 for other approved measures. The funding comes from the Cambridgeshire Green Deal Communities Fund – that originally came from the National government's Department for Energy and Climate Fund.
When its gone – it's gone!!
It's very unlikely that home-owners will get any more grants like this in the next few years. The current government appears to be moving away from subsidies. So home owners need to move fast.
Over 1000 Cambridgeshire homes have received a grant for solid wall insulation.
According to Judith the owner of this Cambridge 1912 terraced house, the main aim of the renovations was to create a bigger and more usable space. Rather than moving she realised that they could live better where we were with just a ground floor extension and better storage.
light, for both aesthetic reasons as well as energy usage.
Improvements included using different types of internal wall insulation including polyurethane with aerogel in smaller spaces and on the chimney breasts. They also added a wood burning stove and solar PV.
Full details. Look out for Cambridge Open Eco Homes days where you can visit the property. The Open Eco Homes are run by Cambridge Carbon Footprint.
Just five weeks into the scheme, over £36 million pounds worth of vouchers have now been issued by the UK government's Green Deal Home Improvement Fund. This means the first £50 million, current rates guaranteed, could be used up within the next two weeks at the current rate of uptake.
It is unknown at present, what the government will do once the £50 million threshold, has been reached. Although, it is understood that this £50 million is part of £120 million available during this current financial year. Government could decide to reduce the subsidy for some or all the measures or simply release more money and put it into the GDHIF pot. No doubt there will be surplus funds available from the previous Cash-back scheme that finished on 30 June 2014.
However, government needs to move quickly in order to avoid being accursed of "roller-coaster intervention" by the industry and householders – which fails to create a sustainable market that is of benefit to both householders and installers.


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Chicago Bears' Hall of Fame Linebacker Dick Butkus, Chicago Treasurer Neely and Visa Inc. Showcase Financial Football
Chicago Students Score Touchdowns with Help From Financial Education Video Game
Chicago, IL – April 17, 2013 – Chicago Bears' Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus was joined by Visa Inc. today to tackle financial literacy among Chicago teens. Butkus showcased the statewide effort to improve money management skills of Illinois high school and middle school students with Financial Football, a free educational video game and classroom curriculum developed by Visa.
Treasurer Neely kicked the event off with the help of Butkus. The legendary Bear shared his personal experiences on the importance of responsible money management with students. The eight-time Pro Bowl defender then rolled up his sleeves to lead student teams from Theodore Roosevelt High School in a high-energy game of Financial Football.
The popular game is the centerpiece of Visa's nationwide educational initiative with the NFL and NFL PLAYERS. Financial Football helps students and adults tackle their financial futures. The game is accompanied by its own classroom curriculum and has been distributed to every public middle school and high school in the state of Illinois.
"Financial Football is a wonderful playbook that engages students in their own personal finances and is a tool they can use for game planning the rest of their lives. It is never too early for kids to learn about managing their money," said Chicago Bears' Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus. "It's important for parents, teachers and mentors within the community to work together in order to give teenagers a strong understanding of personal finance."
By combining the structure and rules of the NFL with personal finance questions of varying difficulty, Financial Football puts students' fiscal knowledge to the test. The engaging, fast-paced video game is available in English and Spanish and can be played online at www.practicalmoneyskills.com/football, or downloaded as a free Android or iOS app.
"For more than fifteen years, Visa has been committed to promoting financial literacy and we are proud to help strengthen financial education for high school students in Chicago," said Nat Sillin, Head of U.S. financial education, Visa Inc.
Since 2006, Visa has partnered with 37 state governments and the District of Columbia to co-brand and distribute free copies of Financial Football to every public middle and high school in those states (28,470 public schools so far) including: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin. The online version of Financial Football has been played more than 650,000 times.
Financial Football is part of Practical Money Skills for Life, Visa's free, award-winning financial education program that launched in 1995. The program contains comprehensive money management resources and lesson plans tailored for use at home and in the classroom. Visa also runs What's My Score (www.whatsmyscore.org), a leading higher education consumer awareness program.
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast, secure and reliable digital currency. Underpinning digital currency is one of the world's most advanced processing networks–VisaNet–that is capable of handling more than 20,000 transaction messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and guaranteed payment for merchants. Visa is not a bank, and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to offer consumers more choices: Pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with credit products. For more information, visit http://www.corporate.visa.com.


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Q: searching in LDAP via PHP I am following this script
http://php.net/manual/en/ldap.examples-basic.php
and I can't understand this line of code due to lack of knowledge of LDAP
$sr=ldap_search($ds, "o=My Company, c=US", "sn=S*");

what extacly is o and c?
for sn, I am assuming and based on the comments from the code it's a surname entry.
EDIT :
anyway, what should I ask the admin about the PHP configuration, for example I want to query a list of users or authenticate a user to my php script, what are the values I need to acquire from the admin. thanks.

A: o is short for organization and c is short for country.
Next time try google before asking it here. The answer was the first hit on a simple google search.
Try looking here for more information:
Ldap Tutorial


Tequila aficionados who value exceptional quality, old-world craftsmanship and superior taste and finish will enjoy the extra care and attention that goes into each bottle of Pura Vida Añejo Tequila.
An ultra premium tequila, Pura Vida Añejo is aged for a minimum of one year in high quality, American oak Kentucky bourbon barrels. This aging process allows our Añejo to darken and mature resulting in a flavor that's smoother, richer, and more complex.
Very nice. Long, slow legs in the glass; coats the mouth well. Agave and spices in the aroma, sweet with a slight bite initially, extending into spices, caramel and wood. Very enjoyable.
This is a really good solid tequila.
Aroma: Smells of cooked agave and spices.
Initial Taste: Nice initial sweetness, but nothing too amazing.
Body: Nice medium body. This is where this tequila shines. The spices notes come through with cinnamon and caramel. Not too sweet, not too spicy.
Finish: A nice long, lingering finish with the agave and the spice. A very mild and pleasant alcohol burn.
The bottle was around $40, which is a solid price for a tequila of this caliber. The bottle itself is nothing special. This is a very good tequila. Taste-wise, it's a bit like Riazul Anejo, but not quite as spicy or smooth. However, it is easier to find and $15 or so cheaper. I'd recommend it for sure.