Another big day today, the windows and doors arrived.
After much deliberation, looking at door and window specs and comparing the performance of different windows and doors, we'd settled on buying some (expensive) triple glazed units from Internorm. The quality looked impressive, the windows were Passivhaus certified and we liked the combination of a clear timber finish internally with a maintenance free aluminium clad exterior. The crunch was the price, though, over £17K for the spec we wanted. We also looked at Nordan, and to be fair their performance was pretty much the same as the Internorm windows, and the price was a fair bit better (just under £15k), but the quality and finish just didn't seem to be quite as good.
When we went over to Ireland to see MBC it was suggested we go and look at some windows from Munster Joinery, a big Irish company that make passive house windows to a high spec. Looking around their trade showroom just outside Dublin we were both very, very impressed with the quality of their EcoClad windows. In terms of design and finish they were easily the equal to the Internorm windows we'd pretty much already decided to use, and with performance figures that were, if anything, slightly better. There and then I asked them to give us a quote for their top of the range Ecoclad windows and doors, with the plain lacquered timber internal finish and a dark grey aluminium exterior. A few weeks later I got the quote, via Seamus, and was staggered to find that the all the doors and windows, including fitting, came to less than £9k!
The exterior still has pale grey protective tape on in places, the true colour is dark grey, which which should go well with the larch cladding we're putting on the outside. One thing about these windows is that they are 120mm thick, and I think that the back door may even be thicker than that (it looks like it would be suited to be a bulkhead door on a submarine, it's that thick!). This is to give the doors and windows their excellent thermal performance. The windows have a Uw (the whole window U value, including frame) of around 0.7 W/m².K (the building regs only require that they be less than 2.0 W/m².K, so they are around three times better insulated than required by the regs).
Here are a few more photos (a bit messy in places, that show what the windows and doors look like. The scaffolding is in the way, so it's hard to take a decent photo of the outside, but these should give an idea as to what these budget passive house windows look like.
This is the inside of the back door.
The outside and cill of one of the windows, still covered in the light grey protective tape.
The cladding will protrude around 65mm from the present wall face, leaving the alloy cills protruding around 25 to 30mm outside the cladding.
The only real hitch we had was one of the windows turning up the wrong size. Their fault, not ours, even the fitters drawing showed that the window should be 1600mm wide when it had been made 2000mm wide. This means another ten days or so until we can get a replacement and make the house truly weather tight.
It was novel leaving the site this afternoon and remembering to lock the front door as I went out, though!
I've edited this entry to add the photos that Dave requested showing the way the aluminium cladding detail with the Munster Joinery windows.
This is the way the frame looks, from the inside, with the window partially open. The aluminium cladding covers all the weather exposed surfaces, as far as I can see. The main weather seal is against the aluminium outer skin of the frame.
his shot was of the same window taken from outside and again shows that the aluminium cladding is right around the timber, with all the fastenings, hinges etc connected to the aluminium rather than the timber.
With regard to delivery times from Munster Joinery, then I signed off on the window drawings and dimensions on 3rd October, placed our order and paid for the windows on 7th October and they were delivered and fitted on 25th October. My guess is that their claimed 10 to 15 working day lead time is pretty much spot on. For comparison, all the other window suppliers I look at had at least a 6 week lead time, extending out to 10 weeks during the summer if your order happened to coincide with the big summer holiday period on the continent.
Do you have hints on dealing with Munster ? The impression I get from around the web is that they are not particularly keen to deal with self builders.
Makes you wonder how on earth they manage to make these mistakes with sizes – it costs them more to put it right!
I bet the entrance hall feels totally different now. They're a nice pale colour on the inside, not like the "yellow varnished pine" colour you sometimes see.
Is it possible for a REALLY close up picture of say one external corner of one of these windows?
Is there ANY wood at all visible from the outside, no matter how small and insignificant?
I ask, because I wired a house with aluminium clad windows and was not impressed. If you looked hard, there were little gaps in places on the aluminium outside where you could see timber. And if you can see it, water will get in, and rot the wood behind the aluminium.
You're spot on, they do not like dealing directly with self builders, and my experience of dealing with them was less than wonderful, to be honest. Their local sales rep to me is a good guy, and has been fine to deal with. The company as a whole is a different kettle of fish, and can be a real pain to work with.
In my case I got the quote via MBC which helped, in that it showed on their system as coming from MBC. The snag has been that I've struggled to get things sent to me from now on, the confirmation of delivery was sent to my site (how daft is that?) but was luckily intercepted by a friendly neighbour and passed on to me (it was addressed to MBC, but at my plot address).
The really daft thing here is that the windows and doors really are of a very high quality and performance, and are far less expensive than any of the other passive house windows we looked at (by a massive amount). If they were easier to deal with they would, I'm sure, pick up a lot more business from self-builders.
Talking to Joe Blair the other day (the nice chap that runs MBC Timberframe) he's got so fed up with his customers having problems dealing with Munster Joinery that he went and had a meeting with them and from now on he's going to offer to include their windows in the package that MBC Timberframe offer to self builders as a budget high performance passive house. This seems a great thing to do, as the combination of the MBC budget passive house package and the Munster Joinery windows and doors is going to make for a pretty unbeatable value for money high performance self build house package.
Sure Dave, I can take some close ups tomorrow. There is no wood on the outside at all, though, the outer seals seem to be aluminium – rubber – aluminium.
I don't believe that any of the wood frame is exposed at all, certainly the metal straps that secure the windows (and clip to the sides of the windows before they are fitted) fit to the aluminium extrusions that form the outside of the windows. This part is sealed to the window aperture, so fully protects the internal laminated wood.
I echo the good price and the difficulty of dealing with Munster… Joe is now our intermediary which has at least got us to the point of getting a quote.
Dave, I've edited this blog entry to show the detail of the edges of these windows. I did take a few more photos this morning, so it there are other bits you'd like more detail on just let me know.
Greg, delivery for us was 18 calendar days from placing the order, 15 working days.
Thanks for the pictures. They do look good.
The "problem" windows I saw were funny tilt and turn inward opening things. The aluminium cladding didn't go all the way into the recess around the opening, so you could see little slivers of wood which I just know eill get wet and rot over time.
Have your slates arrived yet? We saw these at the NSBRC this weekend. http://www.ecosystem….com/eco-slate/ – they seem more flexible and "rubbery" than the others we've seen so far.
No, not yet, but we're now committed to using Ikoslate, as the planner has approved them and we've got them on order. The solar panel mounts are on and the panels should be fitted later this week, with the slates (hopefully) going on the week after that. The weather is causing some problems, with roofers working around the clock fixing damage from last night, so our schedule may yet slip a bit. Luckily the wind doesn't seem to have been that high down in our sheltered little valley, as there was no indication of any wind damage when I went down to check and do some odd jobs around site thins morning.
How does it work with solar PV and a new build?
but I presume because of this EPC nonsense, you can't apply for and start claiming your FIT until you get that magic EPC, which probably means not until completion.
Until then you are gifting them all your generated power?
PV and a new build is a PITA, to be honest. I can't complete the FIT registration until the house has a completion certificate, as they won't accept a design EPC (even though in my case the design EPC is way, way over the top of band A) they will only accept the post-completion EPC.
In my case I'm not going to switch on the PV until post-completion, so there will be 6.25kWp of panels up there doing nothing useful until we've finished the build, despite the fact that they could be generating and contributing to the grid. It's a stupid and incredibly bureaucratic bit of daft and totally pointless obstructionism put in place by myopic civil servants who really don't give a @!## about either energy saving or effective microgeneration. I'm not at all fussed about not getting the FIT, the thing that gets my goat is that I'm not actually allowed to connect the PV array to the grid until I have a completion certificate and final EPC, which is, frankly, barking mad.
Sounds like my idea of getting an EPC for my site office is not so daft.
Hi Jeremy, Did anyone from MBC come to your site , or was it all done from plans?
I'm hoping that someone from their team might be able to come and see us when they are over here next. I've sent them a couple of emails, but no reply…..
Yes, Joe came over to look at the site whilst we were doing the ground works, to get an idea of access etc. This was before we'd agreed and signed the contract, so we chatted through that at the same time. Joe seems to be over here every couple of weeks or so, or at least he has been over the past few weeks I think. I'm sure he won't mind me saying this, but I get the feeling he's much happier talking on the phone than using email! I'll PM you some contact details.
Joe also came over to see our site long before we had agreed anything. We also had a few meetings at my [pre-demolished] house before signing the agreement.
I agree with Jeremy on his preference for phone vs email.
Hi JSH, how is everything going? Did Munster replace the wrongly sized window? And how are the slates looking?
Munster are coming to fit the replacement window on Monday, which isn't that big a delay, given these Ecoclad windows are made in the Irish factory, rather than the one up in Warwickshire. Munster after-sales service has been pretty good, there've been a couple of minior snags (like a bit of missing trim and the window keys missing) but they are being quickly sorted by the local rep..
The slates aren't on yet, as we're stuck waiting for a bit of flashing to complete the in-roof PV kit. Our layout has four internal corners between the panels and the flashing kits that were sent over from France wouldn't fit. There's a bit of head-scratching going on at the moment as to how to resolve the problem, as it's delaying getting the house truly watertight.
It just goes to show that problems and delays like this are unavoidable, even for someone as meticulous as you, Jeremy!
It makes you wonder what would happen if you weren't managing it – would someone just bodge it, and cover it up?
Watched a house building programme last night – a timber frame house built on a houseboat! Completely botched by the contractor and all nicely hidden under the timber cladding – it was starting to rot before it was even finished. Scary!
I was wondering if you had pictures of your outside flashing detail. Did you tape from the windows to the breather membrane to keep moisture out of the gap between your window and your frame? Having difficulty agreeing a window position and a sealing deatail with the supplier.
My thinking is in line with the outside of the TF. They have recommended protruding past the frame into the "cavity". However I'm installing half aquapanel with render and half double beveled timber cladding rainscreen! The "cavity" the speak of is the battens to mount the systems. Interested in your thoughts on this!
First off, it's far, far more thermally efficient to have the windows set as fully into the insulated layer as possible, at a minimum this means fitting the windows with the outer face flush with the timber frame and then have deeper external reveals. Deeper reveals has the added advantage of slightly reducing high angle sun in summer, so slightly reducing the over heating risk, whilst still allowing full solar gain in winter.


Proverbs 3:27-28 reads, "Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. 28 Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it"–when you have it with you" (all Scripture in ESV).
We can probably think of many different examples of withholding good from someone or delaying a payment or return of a borrowed item. However, Scripture itself may provide a couple of great illustrations of this proverb in the Law.
Leviticus 19:13 says, "You shall not oppress your neighbor or rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning." The latter half of that verse perfectly echoes what Proverbs 3:27-28 talks about (or rather, Proverbs 3 echoes the Law!). If you've hired a servant to do some task, don't even keep their wages until the next day. Ancient Near Eastern society didn't usually pay employees weekly or bi-weekly, but daily. Withholding a daily paycheck meant that a family usually wouldn't eat the next day. Only a cruel master would withhold money when it was due, which was tantamount to "oppression" or "robbing" a neighbor (Lev 19:13a).
These verses elaborate on what Lev 19:13 says more concisely. It doesn't matter if the servant is a fellow-Israelite or an illegal alien: if you've hired them and they've done their job, pay them their wages – now! Their livelihood depends on it. And the Lord does indeed hear their prayers, which means He will deal justly with us if we neglect doing what we should.
Here, the situation is not with a "friendly" neighbor, but with an "enemy" neighbor. If you come across your neighbor's escaped ox or donkey (or dog or cat or whatever), bring it back. Even though you're enemies, that's how godly compassion acts.
If you come across your enemy's animal collapsed beneath its load (or he's struggling to fix a flat tire on the side of the highway), pull over and help. That's what God desires of His people. Even if your action is undeserved, if you're able to do good, do it. This Exodus passage makes it so that the "to whom it is due" part of Proverbs 3:27 isn't even required on all occasions. If we were to just read Pr 3:27, we would think we only had to do good to those who earned it, "to whom it is due." But Exodus 23:4-5 pushes us to go even further beyond this to help those to whom it is not necessarily due.
No matter how we illustrate it, Proverbs 3:27-28 remains relevant to our situations today. So do good to those around you, and don't procrastinate doing it, either!


Not only are these rainbow glasses stylish, but they also aide in the fight against Congenital Heart Disease (CHD). A portion of the proceeds of each pair sold will be donated to the Children's Heart Foundation. Each year over 1,000,000 babies are born across the world with CHD, and it's the leading cause of death due to birth defects in babies. So each time you slip on a pair, warm your heart with all the feels, knowing that you're taking part in an effort to curb a worldwide epidemic, and helping to save children's lives…one heart at a time.
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The Honeytraps' biggest hit was a cover of A Flock of Seagulls' "Wishing (I Had a Photograph of You)." A clip from the TV series featuring the song is shown below. See if you can pick out Rycroft. Note that the "band" doesn't even bother to pretend playing their instruments.
In 2008, Rycroft apparently emigrated to the United States, and he may be walking among us now.


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Wow! We are already to Day 5 of our 25 days of Holiday Cookies and Treats! I hope you have been enjoying these sweet treats! Today we are sharing Chocolate Shortbread Cookies with white chocolate icing. Hello Yum!
So here we are with a Chocolate Shortbread Cookie with a White Chocolate drizzle.
Should there be eggs in this recipe? I tried it and the dough was rather dry and rock like when it came out of the fridge. I have noticed that other recipes have eggs in them.
hi i am trying your chocolate shortbread cookie recipe. There is nowhere that says what temperature the oven is to be set for.
These cookies look amazing and I love how easy they are. Classic shortbread is one of my favorites but I don't believe I have ever tried a chocolate version.
Hi there! What is the oven temperature please? Thanks?
I adore Shortbread cookies, but I have never had a chocolate one before. I have to try this one! Yum!


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The first set of Champions League fixtures were concluded yesterday, with some teams standing out with a string of impressive results. With me having more focus on the English teams, it was nice seeing Leicester City bounce back from their disappointment at New Anfield with a resounding 3-0 win over Club Brugge. Riyad Mahrez was one player that needed some goals to raise his confidence as he has looked like a man bereft of it in recent weeks. Many people were waiting to see what the English champions had to offer in Europe and I'm sure those that placed their bets in the team were not disappointed.
Elsewhere, Sergio Aguero continued his amazing goalscoring form with back to back hat-tricks in the Champions League, bringing his tally this season to nine goals in five games. Tottenham, on the hand, bottled their opening game at home to AS Monaco and I wasn't surprised because it was so Tottenham of them. Bottling things since the creation of the beautiful game in the 1800's.
Arsenal had a hot and cold performance against PSG with Alexis Sanchez canceling out Edinson Cavani's opener as both sides sharing the spoils. With Ludogorets and FC Basel providing opposition, both sides would have to gain maximum points against them and the clash between Arsenal and PSG at the Emirates could determine the winner of the group but that's me making speculations. Football doesn't actually work that way.
However, I have been concerned about the performances of certain players in the team, with a certain Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain coming to mind. Astonishingly, he began the campaign well with a brilliant preseason, wowing the fans with some beautiful football and scoring some memorable goals, raising their hopes that he would finally realize that untapped potential this season. Wenger has also found a way to accommodate the lad in the first team this season but it's fair to say that the Ox hasn't lived up to expectations.
Hey, I don't expect him to go all Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi on us, but at least, show some output from all the direct play. He also has a knack for holding onto the ball a bit too long and on the final third, he has been found wanting. In the four games he has started this season, he has struggled badly and was eventually substituted. You'd be surprised to know that the Ox is just 23, as he has stuck around for quite some time, spending five years with the Gunners, but it seems like Arsenal is stalling on offering him a new contract, as he currently has two years left on his current £65,000 per week deal.
Ox has also struggled with injuries in his fledgling Arsenal career and I'm hoping he would succeed at the club, but when it was stated that the Gunners were open for the lad to move last summer, it raises a lot of questions. For a lad that cost a whopping £12m as a teenager from Southampton, the Gunners are still hopeful that he could prove to be the real deal but time is running out of the lad. While the Ox continues to struggle to impose himself, a certain young Nigerian, Alex Iwobi, has been in great form and he even has two assists to his name this season. With Iwobi impressing, the Ox would soon find himself relegated to the bench, with Alexis Sanchez on the left, Iwobi / Aaron Ramsey on the right while Olivier Giroud and Lucas Perez battle for right to spearhead Arsenal's attack.
Does the Ox deserve a new deal? I'd say yes for the following reasons.
He's a young Englishman that can command a mammoth fee if the Gunners finally decide to cut their losses and let him go. They would certainly take cue from the Serge Gnabry situation to ensure that are not hamstrung by another club looking for their players. We live in a world where Englishmen attract the juiciest fees, so Arsenal will be no different.
I feel he would come good some time because he has some reserves of potential in him. Yes, he's 23 and isn't the 18-year-old exciting prospect we signed in 2011, but if he can show some improvement in his performances, we would definitely want him to stick around for a while.
With so much football left to play this season, I'm hoping for the Ox to get his act right, so he could see himself at a new club next summer.
Bonus Reading: Arsenal Stalling Over the Ox's Contract as Time is Running Out on his Career – The Independent
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Posted on September 15, 2016, in Arsenal, Football, Premier League and tagged Arsenal, Football, Premier League, The Ox. Bookmark the permalink.	2 Comments.
Mel Bestley | September 15, 2016 at 09:31
Sell Chamberlain , Walcott, Wilshire,none of these three have performed to expectations, they are simply not good enough, they have been given plenty of chances and time, replacements are needed of reliability,consistently.Wenger should stop playing Sanchez out of position he is a natural winger not a centre forward ,you can see he is not happy there.Arsenal have to start bucking their ideas up they are playing awful at the moment,but they have been extremely Lucky so far.
enigma106 | September 15, 2016 at 09:35
We have kept the faith with these players for quite some time though. I'm sure we can get a decent fee from their transfers


They looked to be home and dry as the final whistle approached but a splendid free-kick by Cristiano Ronaldo in the 88th minute gave his side its third goal and saw them escape with a point. Why, he must wonder, does no one ever ask how he masterminded a European championship-winning team built from one single superstar and 10 others you might struggle to name.
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Previously Iran had just tasted success once when they defeated the Americans in 1998 by 2-1, their first clean sheet came against Nigeria in 2014 when they held the Africans for a nil all draw.
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"We lost a battle but we haven't lost the war". Russian Federation are now top, while second-placed Uruguay are expected to defeat Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to set up a battle for top spot next Monday against the host nation.
Spain were not the only pre-tournament favourite to suffer disappointment in their opening game.
Earlier, Senegal secured a first win for an African nation at this tournament, benefiting from a awful error from Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny to beat Poland 2-1 in Moscow.
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Parents can contact the school by telephone, email or make an appointment to discuss special educational needs.
How will the school support my child/ young person?
All teachers are teachers of students with special educational needs. Teachers help all their students to learn. Some classes may have a learning support assistant who helps all students to access the curriculum.
Some students with a high level of special educational needs may be allocated a school key worker from the learning support team. This person monitors progress and supports inclusion and communication between the student, teachers and parents.
Some students with a high level of special educational needs may be included in small group lessons to help them to develop key skills.
The SENCo will inform parents of any school based support for special educational needs that is given to their child.
Each child will be part of a mentor group with other students and a teacher who acts as their mentor. The mentor programme supports students to develop socially and morally and contributes to their development as a citizen.
Some students who are not making progress across the curriculum are allocated a Learning Mentor to support them to improve.
The school tracks the performance of all students and is supported by the Governing Body to ensure that all students are safe and progress with learning.
The SEN policy can be found here.
All teachers are teachers of students with special educational needs. Teachers promote learning in ways that meet the particular requirements of their students. Leaders at the school develop a curriculum to meet the needs of the students.
Some students with a high level of special educational needs have a personalised curriculum to help them to be more successful. This is coordinated by the SENCo, with help from school leaders and the students' House Leads and Wellbeing Leads.
The school reports progress in all subjects. Parents receive a progress report with advice from each teacher about what their child needs to do to improve. Parents will also receive a grade card.
There is a subject consultation evening each year (and twice in year 10) for parents, teachers and the students' Head of House to meet and discuss how well your child is doing.
In year 7 there are planned opportunities for parents to come into school and review how their child is settling in. This information is also provided in writing. There is also a planned opportunity for parents to meet their child's mentor.
In addition to this, teachers and parents can communicate using the students' planner. Where there are concerns these can be discussed by email, telephone and sometimes in person.
Students with Education health and Care Plans will have a formal Annual Review meeting with key staff from the school including the SENCo.
Each child will be part of a mentor group with other students and a teacher who acts as their mentor. The mentor group contains students from year 7 to 11 who support each other. The mentor programme supports students to develop socially and morally and contributes to their development as a citizen. Each mentor group is part of one of four houses. Each house has a House Lead and Wellbeing Lead who supports students and discusses issues, including behavior and attendance, with parents and teachers.
At post 16 students are part of a tutor group with a tutor. There is also a Student Services Leader who supports students' wellbeing.
There are qualified first aiders on duty during the school day. Redland Green School aims to ensure that all students with medical conditions, both physical and mental health, are properly supported so that they can play a full and active role in school life, remain healthy and achieve their academic potential. Arrangements will be put in place by the school that will promote learning, confidence and independence, including self-care. Some students have individual care plans. The school policy on supporting students with medical needs can be found here (to be added).
Students can express their views through the student council directly or through a student representative. The school actively seeks the opinions of our students.
Classes are taught by qualified teachers who are specialists in their subject areas. Teachers are informed of students' needs and provided with some key strategies to meet them. Teachers have not had specialist SEN training. Some teachers have and will receive training specific to the needs of students in their classroom provided by external experts.
Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) may be deployed to support learning in some classes. LSAs have received training in understanding and meeting specific needs to enable access to the curriculum and to support learning.
Redland Green School aims to ensure that all students are properly supported so that they can play a full and active role in school life, remain healthy and achieve their academic potential. Where it is reasonable to do so the school will make adjustments and provide support to ensure students with SEND are included in activities and trips. Inclusion and meeting additional needs is part of the planning procedures for trips and activities. All students have equal access to trips and activities. However, students with SEND may not be able to access every trip, even with reasonable adjustments in place, due to the nature of the trip itself.
The school was built to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act. The school has a sloping central street and is based over 4 floors. A lift connects the floors. There are toilets for disabled users on each floor. There are disabled parking spaces. The stairs have high visibility edges. There are no other special adaptations to the building to support vision or hearing difficulties. Where specialist equipment is required this is discussed with the Local Authority and occupational therapists as required.
How will the school prepare and support my child to join the setting, transfer to a new setting or the next stage of education and life?
All schools have a duty to support students to make the transition to the next stage in education and towards adulthood. This is a feature of the planning discussed at the annual reviews for students with Education Health and Care Plans.
All schools provide students with independent advice and guidance.
Students with statements of SEN or Education Health and Care Plans will already be known to the school as the Local Authority will have consulted the school about the placement. When any student's place at Redland Green School is confirmed by Bristol City Council admissions team the school will discuss the needs of the students with their current schools. Where the current school indicates SEN needs this information will be passed on to teachers.
When moving from year 6 to year 7 the primary schools let us know if any student has a high level of additional need. These children will be included in a thorough plan to support them to make a successful transition to Redland Green School. This typically involves 3 visits to the school and a transfer of information between staff. Parents can help by providing copies of any SEN documentation they hold.
Parents of year 9 students are invited to an options evening to discuss curriculum choices for year 10 and 11.
The school works in partnership with agencies (Learning Partnership West) commissioned by the Local Authority to support successful progression to post-16 education.
How are the school's resources allocated and matched to students' special educational needs?
The student's level of need determines what resources are allocated. Allocation of resources must be compatible with the education of others. Funding is not unlimited! Resources are allocated in a cost effective way to provide value for money. The SENCo has the strategic overview of and works with the strategic leadership team (SLT), curriculum team leaders and other colleagues to ensure resources are allocated do that students make progress.
All teachers are teachers of students with special educational needs. Teachers help all their students to learn.
All teachers are teachers of students with special educational needs. Teachers help all their students to learn. The school believes that students should be in classes receiving direct input from their teachers where ever possible. This means that students are not frequently withdrawn for extra sessions and Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) are not allocated to every class.
The student's level of need determines what support allocated. The SENCo has the strategic overview of this and works with the strategic leadership team (SLT) curriculum team leaders and other colleagues to ensure resources are allocated do that students make progress.
There are many opportunities for parents to be involved in supporting the school. We understand that when your child starts a new school it can be a stressful time for parents. The table below details opportunities for parents to engage with the school on a regular basis. The school calendar and bulletin contains the details.
In addition to these meetings the school also has an Inclusion Steering Group.
FORGS (Friends of Redland Green School) welcomes support from parents to be able to support the school with a wide range of events and fund raising.
Other events as arranged by the school for example Parent Support sessions on topics such as 'Understanding Adolescence'.
Subject Consultation meetings are evening when parents will discuss the progress their child is making with their subject teachers.


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President Obama talks to Presidents Ernest Bai Koroma and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf : U.S. Leader promises help to contain Ebola
August 14, 2014 Publisher and Chief Executive Officer KABS KANU TOP STORY, Uncategorized 0
(AFP) – US President Barack Obama called his counterparts in Liberia and Sierra Leone Thursday to discuss the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the White House said.
The calls to Presidents Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia and Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone came as the US State Department ordered families of its diplomats in Sierra Leone to leave the country to avoid exposure to the disease.
PRESIDENT BARAK OBAMA
"In his conversations with both leaders, the president underscored the commitment of the United States to work with Liberia, Sierra Leone, and other international partners to contain the outbreak and expressed his condolences for the lives lost," the White House said.
As of Wednesday, according to the World Health Organization, 1,069 people had died of the disease since the start of the year when it spread from Guinea to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria, the last and most populous West African country to be affected.
PRESIDENT ERNEST BAI KOROMA
In announcing the departure of families of US embassy staff in Sierra Leone, the State Department said it was acting "out of an abundance of caution."
State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf cited "a lack of options for routine health care services at major medical facilities due to the Ebola outbreak."
PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF
Harf said the State Department was also "reconfiguring" its staff at the embassy in Freetown to "be more responsive" to the crisis ravaging the country.
"We remain deeply committed to supporting Sierra Leone and regional and international efforts to strengthen the capacity of the country's health care infrastructure and system — specifically, the capacity to contain and control the transmission of the Ebola virus and deliver health care," she said.
On August 7, the United States ordered families of embassy staff out of Liberia due to the disease
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It was meant to be a Christmas Eve Vigil and Carol-Singing program and glorification of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ whose name was lifted indeed high in songs and […]
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7 days of Mourning across the country has been declared with immediate effect The National Flag will be Flown at Half Mast All relatives are asked to visit the Connaught […]
Sierra Leone's APC Secretary General visits Liberia
Sierra Leone's National Secretary General of the ruling party, the All People's Congress (APC) Mr. Victor Bockarie Foh and his wife would be visiting the Republic of Liberia from Saturday […]
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Investments in poor children save more lives per dollar spent, new UNICEF study says
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A number of IP rights that apply across the European Union no longer apply to the United Kingdom, now that it has left the EU and the transition period has come to an end. This includes Community registered and unregistered designs. However, for those who held these IP rights before the end of the transition period at 11pm on 31 December 2020, a replacement right will be granted in the UK by the UK Government. The statutory instrument that applies is, "The Designs and International Trade Marks (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019".
Registered community designs: If a design is registered on the RCD register and published in the Community Design Bulletin before the end of transition, it will be treated in the same way as if it were a UK registered design. It will be automatically entered on the UK register at no cost and termed a "re-registered design". The priority date and any other assessment dates will remain the same. Note, design owners can opt out of the automatic entry onto the UK register should they wish.
Registered international designs: The same applies to designs registered for the EU under the Hague System, although these will be termed "re-registered international designs" instead. The Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs will remain open for UK businesses to access as the UK has already ratified this agreement in its own right.
However, if the application for a design right is pending after the transition period ends, despite having a filing date, the rights holder will have to re-file its application at the UKIPO as a UK application within nine months from 1 January 2021.
Unregistered community designs: UCDs that exist before the end of the transition period will automatically convert into an equivalent UK right post-transition, the "supplementary unregistered design right". These new equivalent rights will be called "continuing community unregistered designs". These rights will expire on the same day they expire in the EU. Where designs are first disclosed, will be significant post-transition. UCDs arise when the design is first made available in the EU, therefore, qualification for the new UK right will be dependent on first disclosure in the UK, or other qualifying country, but first disclosure in the EU will not establish the right and may destroy the novelty in the design.
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Existing Community registered designs will be replaced with, "re-registered designs".
Existing Community registered designs under the Hague System will be replaced with, "re-registered international designs".
Existing unregistered Community design rights will be replaced with, "continuing unregistered Community designs".
a new type of unregistered design right will replace the rights gained by current unregistered Community design rights, known as the, "supplementary unregistered design right".
At Haley Guiliano LLP, we tailor our relationship for every one of our clients, recognizing that a cookie-cutter approach to IP representations is not adequate. We make it a point to understand our client's business, its needs, and its goals. This underpins the work that we perform in the course of our representation. For more information on any of the matters discussed above, contact us here.
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Q: Help with finding a vertex I am having trouble with this math problem.
The coordinate of the vertex of $f(x) = ax^2 + bx +c, a \ne 0$, is______.
Now I know that to find the $x$ coordinate I would use this formula.
$x = \frac{-b}{2a}$
However I am not sure how to find the y coordinate. I also don't know how to find the $x$ coordinate without numbers for $b$ and $a$. I assume that it would just be $\frac{-b}{2a}$ but I am not sure. Any help would be appreciated, thank you for your time.

A: The $x$ coordinate of the vertex can be found by:
$$x = \frac{-b}{2a}$$
To find the $y$ coordinate, plug the $x$ you found above back into the original equation.So,it is:
$$f \left ( \frac{-b}{2a}\right)=a \frac{b^2}{4a^2} + b \left ( \frac{-b}{2a} \right) +c=\frac{b^2}{4a}-\frac{b^2}{2a}+c=c-\frac{b^2}{4a}$$

A: The formula $x=-\dfrac{b}{2a}$ can be derived using completing the square or differentiation (easied method).
The $y$-coordinate of the vertex can simply be found by plugging in the $x$-coordinate you found into your quadratic equation.

Completing the square:
$f(x)=ax^2+bx+c=a\Big(x^2+\dfrac{b}{a}x\Big)+c=a\Big(\Big(x+\dfrac{b}{2a}\Big)^2-\dfrac{b^2}{4a^2}\Big)+c=a\Big(x+\dfrac{b}{2a}\Big)^2-\dfrac{b^2}{4a}+c$
Hence, the vertex is $\Big(-\dfrac{b}{2a},-\dfrac{b^2}{4a}+c\Big)$
Differentiating:
$f(x)=ax^2+bx+c$
$f'(x)=2ax+b$
$f'(x)=0 \Longleftrightarrow x=-\dfrac{b}{2a}$
Find the $y$-coordinate by plugging $x=-\dfrac{b}{2a}$ into the original equation.

A: Memorizing formulas works really well in grade 5 and grade 6, but in grade 10, it just blows up in your face. Your teacher expects you to do some algebra to find the answer. The approach that I've taken uses linear transformations.
We know that
$$y=x^2$$
has a vertex at the origin [i.e. at $(0,0)$].
Stretching the curve by a factor of $a$ has no effect on the vertex (if you stretch zero, you get zero). The stretched equation becomes
$$y=ax^2$$
To shift every point up (including the vertex) by an amount of $k$, the equation would be
$$y=ax^2+k$$
Next we shift every point to the right by an amount of $h$
$$y=a(x-h)^2+k$$
So this new equation should have a vertex at $(h, k)$.
Expanding this equation we have
$$y=a(x^2-2hx+h^2)+k$$
$$y=ax^2-2ahx+h^2+k$$
$$y=ax^2+ (-2ah)x+(h^2+k)$$
we know that $b$ (aka $x$'s coefficient) is $-2ah$
$$-2ah=b$$
$$h=-\frac{b}{2a}$$
We also know that $c$ (aka the $x^0$'s coefficient) is $h^2+k$
$$h^2+k=c$$
$$k=c-h^2$$
$$k=c-\bigg(-\frac{b}{2a}\bigg)^2$$
$$k=c-\bigg(\frac{b}{2a}\bigg)^2$$
So the vertex is $\displaystyle\bigg(-\frac{b}{2a}, c-\frac{b^2}{4a^2}\bigg)$

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With the Super Bowl only days away, calls for halftime show performers Maroon 5, Travis Scott, and Big Boi to make a grand gesture toward fans the NFL has alienated with recent moves have only grown louder. The latest voice to join the chorus belongs to former Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters, who implored his musical colleagues to take a stand during their performance by taking a knee.
The NFL has been under scrutiny ever since Kaepernick accused the league of colluding to keep him from playing after his 2016 protests drew criticism from conservative pundits and Donald Trump, who cast his refusal to stand for the national anthem as "disrespectful" to the flag and the nation's veterans. Kaepernick has since brought a lawsuit against the league and many musicians outright refused to play the Super Bowl in solidarity. Maroon 5 and Travis Scott both met with criticism for their decisions to perform and in response, have each donated a half million dollars to charity.
You can read the full text of Waters' statement below.
This is my band taking a knee at the end of a gig in Hartford, Connecticut on Sunday 24th of September 2017. We did it in solidarity with San Francisco Quarterback Colin Kaepernick's gesture of protest against the endemic racism and often deadly force meted out by police departments across this land. It was the third Sunday of Colin Kaepernick's lock out by the NFL. The message was clear, "Shut your mouth, boy!" Next Sunday will be the 36th Sunday he has been locked out of your national game. This is not a victory for the NFL, it is a defeat, you have denied football fans everywhere the pleasure and the honor of watching one of the greatest quarterbacks who ever played the game, and you have shown your true colors. You can sit in your boardrooms and huff and puff on your cigars in your glass boxes, but your action is a poke in the eye for everything that is decent in America. Colin Kaepernick is an American hero. If the USA is to have a future, it is the Colin Kaepernicks of this world who will lead you there, in fact, it is Colin Kaepernick who is leading you now. My colleagues Maroon 5, Travis Scott and Big Boi are performing during the halftime show at the Super-bowl this coming Sunday, I call upon them to "take a knee" on stage in full sight. I call upon them to do it in solidarity with Colin Kaepernick, to do it for every child shot to death on these mean streets, to do it for every bereaved mother and father and brother and sister. My mother used to say to me, "In any situation there is nearly always a right thing to do, just do it." So, there you go my brothers, you are faced with a choice, I'm not saying it will be easy, all the Presidents men, all the huffers and puffers, will be royally pissed off, but, $#@%'em, I call upon you to do it because it's the right thing to do and because somewhere inside you know it.
The Super Bowl will air Sunday, February 3 at 6:30pm EST.


Are you sh*tting me Boston? It's only a one dollar fine for running into traffic and possibly causing multiple deaths? I have said it before and I will say it again…our traffic laws are a joke.
Why would you ever assume any driver is paying attention and trust a complete stranger with your life? Maybe we just enjoy playing human Frogger like our Chinese comrades…and at only a buck a whack…it's a rot of bang foh yo dorrah.


WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan said he does not dispute the Puerto Rican government's estimate that nearly 3,000 people were killed in a hurricane that ravaged the island last year.
"I have no reason to dispute these numbers," Ryan (R-Wis.) said at a news conference on Thursday.
Ryan was asked to respond to a series of tweets by President Donald Trump that contended the death toll was much lower.
Last September, Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm that at its height produced 175 mph winds, devastated the small Caribbean island.
The official death toll from the storm is estimated at 2,975. The previous death toll was 64. The new number, which was released in late August, was determined by a study Gov. Ricardo Rossello commissioned. Researchers from George Washington University's Milken Institute School of Public Health conducted the analysis.
In comparison, Hurricane Katrina killed at least 1,836 people, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Puerto Rico's electrical grid was destroyed as was much of the basic infrastructure. It took 11 months to fully restore power. Thousands of people lost their homes.
The Trump administration has been criticized for its handling of the relief effort.
Trump and San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz engaged in a twitter feud earlier this week. The feud began after Trump praised his administration's handling of the relief effort. Cruz has said the U.S. response was inadequate.
The dispute comes as Hurricane Florence is expected to soon slam the coasts of North and South Carolina.
Ryan said Congress may consider assistance if needed.


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Los Angeles Sheriffs Getting Electric Mini Coopers
LA County Sheriffs stuck driving Crown Vics are about to be left feeling tragically un-hip. Their Board of Sups just approved a deal with BMW to lease 17 fully electric MINI Coopers.
Approved on Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will lease the MINI Es for only $10 a month. With a market lease rate of $850, automaker BMW offered up the bargain price in exchange for deputy's feedback.
Um, BMW, I too will give you feedback for $10 MINI E lease.
I'm sure the MINI's will sport the standard police flare, but my vote is for the pimped out–and unrelated–version above by Agent Provocateur. Not that the 60's style isn't cool too.
BMW wants feedback for how the MINI Es drive and handle on Los Angeles County road conditions, Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said. You know, like can they chase Ford Broncos and stuff like that.
On top of the discount price–which constitutes a gift to the county–MINI USA will also be installing charging stations and handling all vehicle maintenance and repairs. The MINI Es will be accompanying the police force's full size Crown Vics, Caprice Classics, and more recently Dodge Chargers.
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved the gift as it supports the county's strategic goal of promoting environmental responsibility. The cars will be used for administrative, recruitment, volunteers, and other specialized units.
"It's clean-energy, it's cost-effective and it could prove to be a boon for the county," Whitmore said.
The MINI E model is currently only available to drivers in the U.S. as part of a field trial. And only 23 of the 450 Mini E prototypes have been delivered thus far.
While here in the States a MINI cop car might sound a bit ridiculous, it's not that odd of an idea. The Cooper has a long history of being a police vehicle. Even Oregon's Tualatin Police Department has one!
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What is the most ludicrous cycling myth you have heard? Tell us in the comments section below.
It's all downhill on the way back.
When your friends offer to go out for an easy ride.
>>> What's the most unusual item of food you've taken cycling?
"It's all about the bike." Simply twaddle. Bikes are like-for-like and samey at each level. It's all about the rider. Or possibly… The Bass.
That 25mm tyres are better than 23mm… oh, there's 28mm? They're deffo better.
Painting a white line on the ground and calling it a cycle lane, makes it safer to ride on the road.
That you can train yourself to do without the need for water.
Every year your bike is destined to become obsolete. Bigger wheels, less gears, flat pedals, wider tyres. The bike industry has to keep selling stuff, right?! Meanwhile I'm still having fun riding steel road bikes, 26-inch mtb wheels and triple cranks.
That cyclists have no respect for laws.
That 'weight penalty' is an actual penalty. If you get dropped, it wasn't because your bike was 0.5kg heavier.
That Mikel Landa will lead Movistar for next year's Tour.
That rim brakes work even when wet.
I'm not sure it's ludicrous, but it's widespread, and it's a myth. Furious pedalling. It doesn't exist. This surprised me very much, because when I was a lad, about 15 years old, I sprinted through an amber traffic light just about to change to red, unaware of the policeman watching. He pulled me over and lectured me for a bit, telling me the only reason he wasn't taking me down to the station to charge me with furious pedalling was my age, and that I had to behave in future. It worked, mind you, in the 20-odd years since, I haven't ever sprinted through lights just as they're changing.
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It is finally time to start showing you more from the second project under development at SCS Software currently - 18 Wheels of Steel Extreme Trucker 2. This game is actually supposed to be finished much sooner that ETS2 - to be available on the market very early next year already.
Extreme Trucker 2 is a project commissioned by ValuSoft. While SCS is the developer, we do not decide on the features and we do not own the resulting product; it belongs to the game's publisher - the game is created on order and budget provided by ValuSoft. Those of you who know the previous game are surely aware that the aim of the games is a bit different than where we are headed with "serious" simulator series - it is simpler, there is no deep "tycoon-style" gameplay included, it's more arcade-like, quicker to get into and enjoy driving in very diverse conditions around the globe.
Extreme Trucker 2 builds on the previous game, but it's not just a small facelift. We are adding two new maps, but all the older maps have been extended too. There should be a glimpse in the new game of the all-new physics system that we are developing, also the AI has undergone major upgrades (and we'll keep on improving it further). We also did important work on the effects system, it will be most noticeable on the way the truck lights work at night.
A few pictures here on the blog, a larger gallery has been posted a short time ago on SCS Software's facebook page.
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Salguero October 23, 2010 at 6:30 PM
A model of "Extreme Trucker 2" will be used to "Euro Truck Simulator 2" or vice versa?
Jogo muito bom como todos da SCS só acho que deveria ter umas lombadas pra dar mais realismo. parabéns toda a equipe!!!
I would not buy....
Very bad game still...Arcade,taycoon,racing....
Haulin I like game....Please Haulin 2.....
Eric_hc October 25, 2010 at 5:04 AM
extreme trucker is a fail game..
they should create a 'new Haulin' with the actual tecnology
So when will SCS go into the Multiplayer side of games? These single player things are getting old. Where is the challenges?
I would love to go head to head in a race with a friend to see who gets the most loads with the least amount of fines (Ice Road Truckers, IRT)
Or maybe have a convoy where you need at least 3 friends to haul a rock concerts equipment for Ozzy and get paid a huge bonus for rocking out with him at the after party for getting it there on time and in one piece or something.
Not to say they are fun but after countless versions of the same game with different locations and loads but the same old unrealistic on and off-ramps of the real USA roads (mind you that should have been the first thing to upgrade to new versions).
It just gets old...
Hash October 25, 2010 at 7:42 AM
Now if they made a Haulin 2 with Multiplayer, realistic transitions of weather, better on and off ramps for highways like there real life counterparts... As well as if a car runs into you, YOU DO NOT GET FINED!
I mean when Haulin and American Long Haul is the same game but with Mexico added as well as a few other stuff... Its still the same to me. Just that Haulin was more fun for some reason...
Ye enough we eurotruck german trucking go back to hualin style with online play and all these better textures ect and game play. its what most if not all what people want and hopefully with mutli player to after all we pay and play the game.
Please don't forgive multi trailers possibility, those are big fun!
Please make new 18WOS like new ETS2! With big states to drive miles and miles! And make all european countries for ETS2!
Deth October 31, 2010 at 2:42 AM
I think that y'all should make an Australian Truck Simulator, and focus solely on the road trains and Outback driving, that would make for one awesome game, being able to haul 5 and 6 trailers across unforgiving territory would make for a fun experience, but make it free roam like Haulin and ALH, so you can explore and haul whatever loads you want and build up a fleet of awesome trucks, like SuperLiners, Titans, and other heavy duty trucks from the land down under.
I think if you made the character to get off the truch... and walk it will be a good ideea, a new feature....soneting new in the game... if you change the map and the trunck you change little things , for hard core players you need to bring new "staff" to the game.
1. sorry about my english.
2. game industri si like a lottery.
TruckerFan November 1, 2010 at 7:33 PM
I, personally, like the Extreme Trucker especially because it has small and more exciting roads, and it is more challenging than the previous games. Nonetheless, I think that the best thing would be a new, 'real' 18 WoS game where we could drive in whole North America, including the USA (Alaska as well), the northern parts of Mexico and Canada. A game like that would be cool with realistic freeways and freeway exits, and with lots of small, more interesting roads. There should also be more traffic signs and guide signs should be realistic, just like in Extreme Trucker. Cities should be realistic and bigger as well.
mtrmarivaldotadeu November 2, 2010 at 6:47 PM
could redo Haulin, American Long Haul or Pedal To The Metal ETS2 with technology would be very good and have bus in traffic, you being on the road with no bus is missing something, hugs.
You should build 10 pin wheels for trucks and trailers and "DYNAMIC SHADOWS" for vehicles.


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Rumors have it that Sony is working on a new flagship smartphone called Sony Xperia XR. Speculations indicate that the smartphone will be announced in the next month at the IFA 2016 event.
Sony was rumored to release Sony Xperia Z6 at the start of this year. However, the Japanese company surprised the tech world by axing the Sony Xperia Z lineup forever. It has replaced the Xperia Z lineup with the new Xperia X lineup.
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Injuries to key players have led to the Spartans, who were pegged as one of Big Ten preseason favorites, owning just an 8-7 mark.
Why a season that began with high hopes has hit a tough spot for MSU women's basketball Injuries to key players have led to the Spartans, who were pegged as one of Big Ten preseason favorites, owning just an 8-7 mark. Check out this story on lansingstatejournal.com: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/sports/college/msu/womens-basketball/2020/01/12/michigan-state-womens-basketball-injuries/4423804002/
Brian Calloway, Lansing State Journal Published 6:30 a.m. ET Jan. 12, 2020
EAST LANSING - Coach Suzy Merchant and the Michigan State women's basketball program began the season with high expectations.
And there were plenty of reasons why.
There were four returning starters, including a preseason All-Big Ten selection in senior guard Shay Colley.
And there was a nice mix of veterans, like seniors Victoria "Coco" Gaines and Taryn McCutcheon, and youth, like sophomore Nia Clouden, as well as a talented group of five freshmen.
Those elements led to Big Ten coaches pegging the Spartans to finish second in the league and conference media picking them to place third in preseason projections. And it also led to MSU appearing in the the top 25 of the Associated Press and USA Today coaches national rankings.
But meeting those expectations has become a little more challenging for the Spartans, who have been pounded with injuries and become a much different-looking team than the one pegged as one of the Big Ten's best.
Gaines, an emotional leader with plenty of knowledge and playing experience and who had served as a guiding presence for a group of young post players, is out for the season with an MCL injury.
Colley has appeared in just six of 15 games because of a knee injury.
Mardrekia Cook, a talented junior that has shown her capabilities at times, has been in and out of the lineup and missed two of the last four games.
All of those elements have contributed to the Spartans dropping six of eight games since the start of December while falling to 8-7 overall and 1-3 in the Big Ten entering Sunday's home matchup against Wisconsin.
Michigan State guard Nia Clouden (24) drives during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Michigan, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio) (Photo: Carlos Osorio, AP)
"I'm down to two players that have played significant minutes in Taryn and Nia, and everybody else is kind of a first-year kid right now so we're very young and inexperienced," Merchant said this week. "What we thought we were going to have and what we have right now in the course of about three weeks has been (a) pretty significant (change). We're going to have to keep grinding and finding a way."
With Colley's status uncertain, the Spartans are left needing to rely heavily on McCutcheon and Clouden to be consistent performers each contest. More is also being asked of senior Nia Hollie, who has moved into the starting lineup. Outside of that trio, the injuries have resulted in the Spartans relying heavily on inexperienced olayers. There were instances against Michigan last Sunday when McCutcheon was surrounded by three freshmen and a sophomore on the court.
"It's challenging because you certainly saw the promise of where we were going and then all of the sudden you get a little derailed," Merchant said. "That's a tough thing. It takes time to gather that experience. I've had young teams before. This might be the youngest team I can ever remember having.
"You've got five freshmen and two sophomores that were hurt last year. They didn't really play a ton of minutes due to their injuries, so they are like freshmen and they are in the rotation."
Clouden, who is averaging a team-leading 15.1 points per game, said that youth has had a dramatic impact for a Spartan team that has been in a lot of games but struggled to finish - especially on the road. In its last two games against Michigan and Penn State, MSU has entered the fourth quarter within four points before things have slipped away.
"Some people may not have as much of experience in closing out games and being able to hold the other team off and being able to fight through the whole games," Clouden said.
Clouden knows despite the lack of experience, she and teammates still need to find a way to win games.
Michigan State's Moira Joiner looks to pass the ball during the fourth quarter on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, at the Breslin Center in East Lansing. (Photo: Nick King/Lansing State Journal)
Sophomore Kayla Belles, who battled injuries much of her debut season last winter, believes the Spartans will get things put together as she and other young players continue to gain experience.
"I feel like sometimes that does show through - that inexperience (we have)," Belles said. "Even though our freshmen are amazing, there's still parts they are still learning. Myself and the other bigs are still learning to come together. We did lose to Michigan, but they can't say they are better than us because we're still in a learning phase. We're going to hit some bumps because we're losing some of our big seniors. Mardrekia, Shay and Coco were such a big part of our team.
"Now we have to learn as a younger collective group to come back together, because at the end of the season, we're going to slowly get there. In the end we're going to be something to be afraid of, I think."
Contact Brian Calloway at bcalloway@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @brian_calloway.
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The Chinese soldiers hurled stones while attempting to enter Ladakh region near Pangong Lake on Tuesday but were confronted by Indian soldiers, said a top police officer. The officer said Indian soldiers retaliated but neither side used guns.
China did not comment directly on the reported incident, but called on India to comply with earlier agreements and help maintain peace and stability along the border.
An Indian intelligence officer said the confrontation occurred after Indian soldiers intercepted a Chinese patrol that veered into Indian-held territory after apparently it lost its way due to bad weather.
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A worker, employed by GMJ Electric Inc., contracted by Santoro Construction Inc., out of Mississauga, Ontario, fell from a ladder and suffered critical injuries while performing electrical wiring work on a renovated office site.
The company was constructing a new office building and renovating an existing building at 27 Fasken Drive in Toronto.
Santoro Construction Ltd. was the constructor of the project at 27 Fasken Drive and had contracted with GMJ Electric Inc. to carry out all the electrical installations.
The worker and a co-worker were tying in and labelling electrical wiring in the ceiling of a renovated office area. The worker was working on the top third rung of a 10-foot step ladder and reaching into an area above the grid of a drop ceiling. The worker fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering critical injuries.
The defendant, Santoro Construction Inc., failed to provide a worker with the equipment appropriate for situations where work cannot be done on or from the ground without hazard to workers.
A separate trial will be held with the employer GMJ Electric and an individual as the defendants, scheduled to begin in July 2018. (future blog post)
Following a guilty plea, the company was fined $90,000 in Toronto South court by Justice of the Peace Rosanne Giulietti; Crown Counsel Indira Stewart.
The court also imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
The law(s) in contravention,
Santoro Construction Inc. was found guilty of a section of the Ontario 'Construction' regulation 213/91, section 125, subsection (1) which states,
(1) "Where work cannot be done on or from the ground or from a building or other permanent structure without hazard to workers, a worker shall be provided with a scaffold, a suspended work platform, a boatswain's chair or a multi-point suspended work platform that meets the requirements of this Regulation."
This could have been easily rectified if the worker was given access to a push-around elevating work platform as described in "CSA/CAN3-B354.1-M82", 'Elevating Rolling Work Platform' or a small 'Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platform' as described in "CSA/CAN3-B354.2-M82" and "CSA/CAN3-B354.3-M82".
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