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[CakePHP] : Why don't we take a chat to solve it ?
- By sunuwibirama
- November 4, 2007
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First of all, it's for you who take a lot of time with CakePHP Framework as your main framework to create a web based application. Readers, commonly i've a problem about extending a class in file app/config/database.php. I have a single element and want to access a database directly from my element (without any help of controller, component, helper, or model). I used to put some "ordinary" database connection script in my element. However, when i change my database configuration, i've to change 2 files simultaneously. So that, i want to extend the DATABASE_CONFIG in app/config/database.php file. How can I do that ? Check this chat out ….
macsuntzu: hello …
macsuntzu: i am sunu from indonesia ..
macsuntzu: i am 22, male, from indonesia
macsuntzu: i am having a problem with extending DATABASE_CONFIG class
macsuntzu: in CakePHP
macsuntzu: i am recently searching it by Google, return noting
macsuntzu: return nothing
macsuntzu: i am trying to use var $default in my element
macsuntzu: without making model and controller ..
macsuntzu may somebody help me ?
kalileo: macsuntzu: i do not understand what you are trying to do
kalileo: please explain
macsuntzu: emm…
macsuntzu: okay ..
macsuntzu: we know that we should put our database configuration in app/config/database.php right ?
macsuntzu: i create a single element to render up some data in my database..
macsuntzu: i didn't use any model or controller for that element ..
macsuntzu: so i put database connection variable in my element
macsuntzu: such as $host = 'localhost' ;or $db_user = 'sunu'; etc
macsuntzu: however .., i want to take it from class DATABASE_CONFIG in app/config/database.php
kalileo: element?
macsuntzu: may i extends that class in my element ?
macsuntzu: yup
kalileo: you mean elements as used in layouts and view?
macsuntzu: a piece of view file ..
macsuntzu: yup
macsuntzu: yes that's right sir ..
kalileo: you want to access th adatabase directly from your elemnt?
macsuntzu: yes,
macsuntzu: can i do it ?
macsuntzu: or i just simply put some connection variable…… like i've just explained before ?
kalileo: macsuntzu: is there any reason why you do not want to use a usual model / controller to access your data?
kalileo: macsuntzu: if you can't set your data to be used bu the element in your controller/action, you could still use requestAction() in your element to pull in any data
macsuntzu: emm ..
macsuntzu: okay kalileo ..
macsuntzu: i'll read more manual or API file again by now
macsuntzu: thanks for your suggestion
SupaPhreak: macsuntzu http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/creating-reusable-elements-with-requestaction
macsuntzu: thanks SupaPhreak..
cornernote: hi
kalileo: thanks, SupaPhreak ! However macsuntzu you might not even need requestAction if you can set your data in your controller. A controller can use different models …
macsuntzu: yes ..
cornernote: i used requestaction once to do currency conversions.. thought it would be a good way to do it…
cornernote: note to self, dont use 100 requestactions on 1 page
macsuntzu: i am reading the article
macsuntzu: heheh..
macsuntzu: yeap ..
cornernote: i built a controller+helper.. much better solution
cornernote: *component+helper
cornernote: thats 1 thing i dont like, if you want the same logic in controller+view, you need a component and a helper
cornernote: with very similar code
macsuntzu: before it ..
cornernote: and because the helper doesnt connect to the db, you need to pass a bunch of data to it
macsuntzu: usually i use component also
macsuntzu: and i add var $components in the controller
macsuntzu: using helper is a nice way too , i think
macsuntzu: thanks cornernote
cornernote: didnt really know i was helping .. but no problems..
cornernote: i was more just making discussion
cornernote: having a whinge, etc
EOF. I hope you can understand what i've just talked about. If you turn to be bored with your problems in CakePHP, just feel free to take a chat with some bakers at :
irc.freenode.net (channel : #cakephp)
Gracias !


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It turns out I was not a year off-track. I last posted in August, which was more recently that I expected, unless that was from the year before last. I need to learn to read time stamps properly. I still haven't adjusted to writing '2015' yet. These things take time. Give me another month or so to adjust.
I think I will try to post daily here, just for shits and giggles. It is entirely plausible that I will not be able to keep it up, in which case, well, I don't really care, because as I said, it is for shits and giggles. A second experiment.
A while ago, I came across a graphic that gave my perfectionism a well-timed and effective knee in the automatic negative thoughts. It seems appropriate to share it here, now:
This is day 2 of round 2 of my attempt at blogging as a public domain record of my rather ridiculous rollercoastering in the course of my academic life.
I am going to dedicate this one to the bad habits academia allows me to maintain, if not indeed exacerbate. These habits range from the psychological to the practical. For instance, I need to take a moment now to run my lunch up to the fridge in the common room, because when I came in to the office I started writing emails, then followed that up with a desperate trot to the nearest hot water urn to obtain some caffeine, and then the door of a professor I had been intending to meet with for quite some time was open, so I took my tea in there and that took half an hour, and then I came back to my office and wrote another email I had been resisting writing as a way of avoiding starting serious work for the day, and now here I am, still avoiding everything in the name of a writing exercise.
Let it be known: I have gone and put the risotto in the fridge. A small victory against procrastination and something I can be proud of today (I made the choice not to give myself salmonella, hooray!).
Rightio. Bad habits. Number 1, the really really big one, is the way it allows me to allow myself to not get to the point of things. This is probably not a habit I derived from academia. I watch the behaviour of the people I grew up around and I can see that the crazy rants and excessive self-justification are behaviours that I learned. Besides, being obsessed with the why is often what makes a good researcher. It's just that the obsession with why needs to be tempered with a how, and you can answer almost every possible how with a why not, which can lead to days sitting in front of the desk just thinking 'well shit'. And that's the part where we need to remember that we just have to try, and try again, and at least once more. As long as we do that, we will always end up with something statistically significant.

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Farm Safety Week 2015 Farming – it's not child's play!/
- Themed help and advice placed online each day of the third annual Farm Safety Week 6-10 July
- Farm Safety Foundation, Farm Safety Partnerships, the Health & Safety Executive, Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and Health & Safety Authority, Ireland join forces to drive the initiative.
- Friday's theme - Farming – it's not child's play!
Today marks the final day of Farm Safety Week 2015 supported by the Farm Safety Foundation, Farm Safety Partnerships, the Health & Safety Executive, Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and Health & Safety Authority, Ireland and today reminds us that farming is not child's play!
The third annual Farm Safety Week offered a week of themed practical advice and guidance for farmers and coincided with the Livestock Event at Birmingham NEC. From falls and transport to child safety – Farm Safety Week 2015 urges farmers not to learn safety by accident especially when it comes to children…
According to Rob Jones, Farm Safety Foundation Trustee: "Every child loves being on the farm, but while it can be place of great fun and excitement, it can also be an extremely dangerous environment – especially for children. As a parent of two young children it is upsetting to read that sixteen children have lost their lives on England's farms over the past decade. Farms remain the only workplace where children still continue to die in what is always a horrific tragedy for families and heart-breaking for their communities. This is why it is important that the issue of farm safety is addressed, a plan is devised and implemented properly.
"Summer is a time when children can be more at risk with the long school summer holidays and the challenging workloads for farmers. We are encouraging farming families to have a dedicated safe play area for younger children so as to keep them safe from heavy machinery and other dangers around the farm, particularly when farms are at their busiest. Too often, children have access to the entire farm and view it as one big play space. Children must be taught about farm dangers and be kept isolated from these risks.
Rob added: "Whilst it is important that children are looked after they should still be encouraged to engage with farms in order to learn how they work and understand how food is produced. It is also important that the next generation of farmers are able to safely help their parents on the farm. If children are old enough, tell them about the dangers they should look out for and where they are not allowed to go and encourage them to be responsible. Don't let them learn safety by accident. Always take the time to think about what you are doing on the farm, where the children are and what might go wrong as making a few simple checks could actually save a life – maybe your own child's!" #FarmSafetyWeek


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My entire life I have had a front-row seat to a leadership style that is grounded in purpose and relationships. My parents, Herb and Judy Billings, were missionaries in Guatemala, and both were natural leaders who were more preoccupied with contribution than personal achievement. Their clarity of purpose, combined with a humility and curiosity, gave me a lot to be proud of and a lot to live up to.
Growing up in Guatemala to American parents meant that from birth, everywhere I looked, there were two or more ways to do just about everything. As a result, I grew up with an appreciation for diversity and differences. Part of that experience was the awkward curse/gift of looking different where I felt the same (Guatemala) and looking the same where I felt different (the United States). This made me acutely aware of how many assumptions we make about each other based on outer appearances, fed an intense desire in me to understand inner worlds, and crystallized a deep understanding that the cover of a book is just that—the cover.
College took me to Baylor University for a degree in theatre arts—the perfect place to explore the richness of inner worlds. From there, I headed to the University of Texas in Austin for my master's degree in educational psychology—another rich opportunity to better understand the human experience.
After graduate school, I had the good fortune of being exposed to more servant leaders who taught me who I wanted to be. I was moving from Austin to Dallas (chasing love, which turned out to be a good bet) and looking for my first job as a family therapist. I called on dozens of organizations, but nobody wanted to hire a recent graduate that was not yet licensed. Even my ace—being fluent in Spanish—didn't get me in the door. Most of the people I called couldn't get off the phone fast enough—most, but not all.
I called Momentous Institute, and Delane Kinney, head of the mental health program, took my call. She didn't want to hire me either, but that phone call was different from the others. She took the time to encourage me and treat me with kindness and respect, and she connected me with Lynne McClean, who had a great job available for me and was an extraordinary mentor.
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One of our stakeholders, Chris Willis, was going through Stagen's Integral Leadership Program (ILP) at the same time he was learning about our work at Momentous. To him, the similarities between our organizations were astonishing. He introduced us, and I eagerly enrolled in the year-long ILP myself.
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Now, using the Weekly Focusing practice, each Friday I get a clear handle on the upcoming week. Each night I pick two to three items that will get done the following day. I used to feel terrible at the end of a meeting-filled day when I checked nothing off of my to-do list. Now, when my schedule is packed with meetings, I commit to being fully present in each instead of punishing myself for an unrealistic expectation that tasks would get done on a day without white space.
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Below you can see a video made by an Inventright Student
As I have wanted to learn how to license my invention ideas for a long time now, I thought it was about time I learned a lot more about it. I have been listening to the InventRight Podcasts for quite a few months now and so decided to take the plunge and invest in the InventRight Course on how to license your inventions. My initial impressions so far have been excellent, before committing to the course I arranged a Skype chat with one of the Co founders Andrew Krauss just to see if was for me and he was really helpful so I decided to take the plunge.
I immediately got access to the Inventright member site where I could access past webinars about inventing and licensing and within about half an hour got a call personally from Stephen Key (an inventor who has successfully licensed may ideas) the other Co Founder welcoming me. It is one of the only courses where you get to talk directly to the company founders.
Within a week (and I am in the UK they are in the US) I received my pack containing booklets and CDs/DVDs about their system for getting a product licensed for the least amount of money possible. Contrary to a lot of sites they are firmly in favour of finding out if your product is marketable before spending a fortune on a full patent.
After going through some of the booklets there were a few things I was unsure of so I emailed Stephen and Andrew. I received a reply back quickly with some brief answers and suggestions, telling me to arrange a call with them. I booked a call and again got to speak to one of the founders (they really do answer the phone themselves). Andrew answered all my questions, pointed me to some webinars that would be useful for me and told me to feel free to contact him at the next stage or if I had an further questions.
Although the course may sound a little pricey at $897, how often do you get to speak directly to someone who has been there and done that and can act as your mentor. Usually these courses are overseen by the founders who put people in place to answer questions.
One of the exercises the course suggests is to work on novel ideas for candy/sweets. Doing something like this you don't need to bother paying out for patent protection and can practice the InventRight steps (including contacting possible companies who might be interested in your ideas) without feeling to precious about your ideas. I decided this would be a good place for me to start. So far I have been to the supermarket to check out some existing sweets and looked online, then begun sketching some ideas and checking to see if they already exist using Google image and product search.
Overall my first impressions of the InventRight course have been excellent and I will be updating you on my progress. My only disappointment and it's a minor one is the quiet forum, I was hoping there would be more of a buzzing lively place and I would have been interested in connecting with other aspiring inventors. Maybe this is because Andrew and Stephen are so good at answering questions that students don't find it so necessary.
Read the next stages of my progress:
Part 2) Review of Progress to Learn about Licensing Invention Ideas on the InventRight Course
Part 3) I Suck at Inventing, What About You?
Part 4) Filing a US Provisional Patent Plus Useful Books and Software
Part 5) Signed my First Licensing Agreement for an Idea
Part 6) Seen Samples of my Candy Idea
Please note links are NOT affiliate links as its early days for me in the course and I wanted you to feel I was being impartial.
A video with Stephen Key InventRight as he shows how to make a simple prototype


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The Dublin Tech Summit 2018 was a great opportunity for B-HIVE to connect the dots in fintech, more specifically in the Irish fintech ecosystem of startups. Even tough DTS is seen as a big conference, it also allowed us to see everything and everyone we wanted. With the presence of a lot of big tech companies, the result was a very active entrepreneurial scene composed by a lot of small tech spinoffs.
One interesting discovery was the messaging integration app Mingo that ingeniously combines all the three following domains: messaging, gaming and cryptocurrency. If we think of the new generation of mobile users, it definitely is an interesting combination for them.
We were highly surprised to see that the audience of DTS18 was composed of 49% women amongst which were students, executives, creative agencies, etc. The women's presence was not only in the crowd, but also on stage. The great diversity of the speakers was resulting from the interesting mix between industries that were showcasing during the event. As the B-HIVE ecosystem is dedicated to fintech, we picked up the 6 most relevant for our community:
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- Tenderscout: an tool aggregating open calls and tenders, and providing templates and guidance
- Linkilaw: legal templates for startups
- Kontainers: a digital ocean freight platform using big data and machine learning for optimalization
- MyMoneyplatform: a human-robo advice hybrid for goals based financial planning
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Brewery: Hot Liquor Tank heating controller
For the last two years or so, I have experimented with temperature control for my femto-brewery with varying results.
The purpose of this post is to convince you that buying something off the shelf is the smartest option, or for an even simpler solution, do single vessel BIAB. Building your own, in particular if you don't have someone to copy, is insane. It is more expensive, and it is more frustrating. I do like tinkering, though…
Heating approach one: Immersion Heater
My first heating solution used an immersion heater which worked quite well. An IKEA colander became a heat shield around the hot end. I also quite early added recirculation using a little brown pump (buy them on ebay or ali for the best price). Recirculation is necessary to be able to maintain the temperature when doing eBIAB.
Controller one: Brewpi
For reasons I don't remember I ordered two brewpi shields, one was intended for converting my soon-to-be-replaced fridge to wine storage, and the other I intended to use for mash temperature control. I never did the wine fridge conversion, because we still haven't managed to find a new fridge of the correct height. I assume that the brewpi will work perfectly fine for that, since that is the design objective of the brewpi. I can't explain why I thought the second one would make a good mashing controller though.
Quite soon after I got the hardware, brewpi moved to a new HW platform as well, which meant that the Genuino version didn't really evolve at all. The software required the Atmel studio for hacking, and it was quite difficult to understand what was going on internally.
The stock software wasn't really suited for mash control and I got impatient trying to figure out how to control it, so I abandoned this idea. The SSR:s and the one-wire temperature probes have however been used in all subsequent attempts.
Controller two: Adafruit sous vide
The Adafruit sous vide controller actually worked quite well, except that it lacked step mashing and remote control. I used a Genuino, with a screw shield and an LCD shield, adapted the software a bit to fit the hardware I had, and started brewing.
The main problem with this solution was probably that it wasn't complex enough :-). I wanted to be able to step mash.
Controller three: Brewtroller
Please note that there is a new business selling new variants of brewtrollers, my hardware was delivered by the old business and I don't know anything about the newer alternatives.
The third attempt was based on a brewtroller BX2 (I think). Apart from some serious problems with the rotary encoder (that I fixed), this has actually worked out quite well. However, the company making the brewtrollers went out of business quite soon after I bought the kit (of course) and software updates stopped. The main downside with the brewtroller is the programming interface, the rotary encoder issues made it a bit of a bother to program the setpoints. I have implemented a python interface to make it bit easier to use.
I used this solution for nearly two years and have been mostly happy with it. I actually think that the brewtroller could be a good solution for someone who want something out of the box, but the lack of software updates made me frustrated.
Heating approach two:
Some time during this period, the utilities company increased the voltage from 198 volts to 230 volts, which caused the immersion heater to be too hot and I got problems with wort scorching and decided to rethink the heating approach. I ordered a water heater element from ebay, and a sheet metal punch of the correct size, and built an electric kettle with recirculation. I also purchased a Chugger pump since I had problems with cruft in the little brown pump. Unfortunately, the Chugger turned out to be way too powerful and I still haven't managed to get it working right.
I used this together with the brewtroller for about 1.5 years, quite successfully. Then I wanted to experiment with HERMS. (I like tinkering, remember?) So I got some hardware (solenoid valves, etc) and decided that modifying the brewtroller would be stupid: it works, and I intend to keep it that way. So, time to do something new.
Controller four: return to the brewpi shield
After finishing my Ph. D, I had time to tinker again, and I decided to build something off the brewpi hw that was collecting dust in the garage. I realized quite quickly that using the Atmel IDE and modifying the existing software was an exercise in frustration, so I extracted the display driver and the buzzer driver (both are on what seems to be non-standard SPI interfaces) into a separate Genuino IDE libraries which allowed me to use the genuino IDE and write new software for the brewpi shield. At the time of writing, controller four is being tested with lots of water.
I will spend some time in a future post describing how controller four works and what the design approach has been.
As I wrote in the introduction, I have most likely spent more money on this than an off the shelf solution would cost (there were no good solutions available when I started building mine, though) It has definitely been more difficult to use the home-made system for brewing than plugging something in and just using it.
Would a pre-made system have been as fun as building my own? Absolutely not.


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As Amazon, Facebook, and Google have proved, where there is a global desire for a product, online dominance of that sector is not only possible, but it is becoming the norm.
Netflix for streaming movies, Spotify for music, Uber for taxis…why shouldn't this work for betting?
Bookies offer different odds – that might be one argument, but how many casual punters care about that? If you just want a bet on the football or on the National or The Masters, the difference between 9/2 and 11/2 won't matter much. So long as it is easy to place the bet, you get paid right away and, if something does go wrong, customer service is splendid.
So, how do you beat your rivals in this fight for dominance? Well, brand recognition is a crucial aspect. If I were the CEO of one of the majors, I'd be grabbing every sponsorship opportunity I could get while my rivals dithered about agreeing ABP status.
The usually astute Paddy Power seldom let an opportunity for name recognition pass, and I'm astounded that they're hanging around on the question of ABP.
I'd take every sponsorship of every race I could get my hands on for the next five years, so that all that the betting public sees, a dozen times a day, seven days a week and at all the major events would be my company's name. Not only is that name drip, drip, dripping into their consciousness, it's displacing the names of all my rivals, for there is nothing left for them to sponsor.
Of course, they can go into other sports, but at what price? And I'm going to be there too, with a much more recognisable brand.
I've worked in the betting and racing game since 1971 and I've seen some short-sighted decisions, but this is one to beat the band.
Is there nobody out there with the vision to grasp this opportunity for long-term dominance?


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50 days and Australia runs out of petrol/diesel/
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that Australia, at best, only holds 50 days worth of liquid petroleum product. If anything were to disrupt shipping lane and/or shipping traffic and the petrol stopped coming, then in 50 days all the pumps would be dry. No petrol! No diesel! No aviation fuel!
Industry would grind to a snail's pace and most flight would stop.
Countries that are IEA members are required to maintain on-shore fuel reserves to cover a minimum of 90 days.
It seems the USA has on-shore stocks for 309 days—almost a year.
The following snippet comes from MSN news (here).
So, if some kind of serious trouble does break out between North Korea and the USA then we should probably expect to run out of fuel a few months later.


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Expectant management, or observation, is sometimes used to manage complications of a high-risk pregnancy. Depending on the severity of your preeclampsia, you may need expectant management at home or in the hospital.
Expectant management at home requires reduced activity and careful checking and daily recording of:
The daily log of symptoms and measurements is combined with frequent (usually twice weekly) checks at the doctor's office.
Being on expectant management may mean you are advised to stop working, reduce your activity level, or possibly spend a lot of time resting (partial bed rest). Although partial bed rest is considered reasonable treatment for preeclampsia, its effectiveness is not proved for treating mild preeclampsia.footnote 1 It is known that strict bed rest may raise your risk of developing a blood clot in the legs or lungs.
Expectant management in the hospital requires some bed rest and includes more frequent electronic and laboratory monitoring of the mother and fetus.
Sibai BM (2003). Diagnosis and management of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 102(1): 191–192.
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Here's a printable BOGO coupon for a free 31° Below (which is pretty much a milk shake) that expires 6/21/09.
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There's also the $3 off any $15+ cake coupon that Jenna posted a few weeks back.
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A month ago Peter Diamandis wrote an interesting post on disrupting the Real Estate market. It caught my eye mainly because I'm in the process of selling my old house and buying a new one.
Diamandis paints a wonderful picture of being able to use Virtual Reality to browse real estate, and see what your future home might look like with renovations.
The thing is, as much as real estate could benefit from Virtual Reality and other virtual experiential marketing, that isn't the most pressing issue in the process as I see it. The biggest issue is that from start to finish, buying a house is almost universally regarded as a terrible customer experience.
You Need a Sales Funnel as Long as the Keystone XL to Sell Real Estate
I am a big fan of CRM tools, and one of the best things a CRM tool does is help you map out and manage your sales pipeline. If you're lucky, you'll be in a business that has as few as three or four steps in the sales pipeline from inbound contact, to money in the bank (E-Commerce is great for short pipelines).
When you have a simplified, well managed sales pipeline, it reduces sales friction. Put another way, when it's easy to buy something, consumers are less likely to abandon the purchase, and more likely to be a repeat customer. Amazon is the quintessential example of a purchasing process with minimal friction.
In real estate the sales pipeline for buying and selling currently resembles something like Pan's Labyrinth.
During the process, I lost count of the sales funnel steps after about 50. And boy, is the process antiquated. I'm not sure that buying a house today is a whole lot different than it was 100 years ago.
Sign this. Stamp that. Mail that. Spin in a circle. Light a candle. Give your left arm. Now your right. Oh, we made a mistake, do not pass "Go", do not collect $200.
The worst part is that you have to drag mortgage brokers, buyers, lawyers, conveyancers and realtors kicking and screaming for the privilege of giving them your money.
As much as I would have enjoyed looking at a house through something made by Oculus Rift, what I really wanted, was to be able to fork over my hard earned money easily and walk away happy.
What Does Jeff Bezos Think?
I really like Peter Diamandis, and quite enjoyed his book "Abundance." However, I do not think his vision of real estate is the most urgent need. What the industry really needs is a relentless visionary with an obsession for making purchases simple and less expensive.
Amazon's stated goal is to be "The Everything Store." So, how about real estate Jeff Bezos? I'm an Amazon Prime Member, can you hook me up next time?


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In this new virtual course you will find out what kinds of interview questions are considered unethical, why to avoid them and whether there are any exceptions.
Do you want to know what candidate requirements are discriminatory, who are interview agents and what to do when unethical questions are asked? If so, this virtual course is for you.
You can buy the second issue of the virtual course on MotivP website or by clicking on the link under the short video. Although the videos are available only in Czech, we will be happy to get in touch with you if you are interested in learning about this topic in another language.
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Rentsch Legal in cooperation with the Prague office of Boyden Executive Search and the MotivP agency have prepared an interesting project for you entitled HR HOT ISSUES, a series of videos intended mainly for HR officers and managers, but also everyone who deals with everyday HR questions.
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I Am Captured by His Grace
Ephesians 2:3-9
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
The power that raises men and women out of darkness and makes them alive in Christ is in the power of the Gospel (by grace are ye saved.) Salvation brings spiritual life to the dead. Before we can experience the grace of God, we have to see ourselves as the sinners we really are in the sight of a Holy God. Paul wrote in 1 Timothy 1:13-14; "Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus." Paul knew the ugly scandal of his own past and included in his writings descriptive language expressing whom he was in Christ. "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief" (I Timothy 1:15b.) In ( 1 Corinthians 15:9) he states, "I am the least of the apostles," and in (Ephesians 3:8) explains, "Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ."
What is this gift of grace Paul so freely writes about? He says, it's not of yourselves but that it is the gift of God through faith in Jesus Christ. No works are involved in God's gift of grace for good works cannot produce salvation but are the evidence of His great work done in you. In all the world, there are only two religions that can be found. The first is by faith in Christ alone and the other, by works which men have done. You know and Paul made it known that human achievement is designed for failure and leads to a dead end. You might as well build yourself a ladder to heaven if you think that you can get there by any other means then by repentance and putting your faith and trust in a righteous God. His free gift of grace is His provision for your life with Him throughout eternity.
Have you been captured by His grace? John Newton, the great song writer and preacher of the gospel, wrote these words in his song, "Amazing Grace"–––"How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed." John Newton was a poor lost sinner, a wretch, as the song describes him, before the Lord captured his heart, on a storm tossed ship. The apostle Paul, who was first known as, "Saul of Tarsus," was transformed on the road to Damascus when a light from heaven stopped him and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest" (Acts 9:3-5.) Has the Lord of Glory stopped you on your road to destruction? Have you cried out to Him, expressing your guilt of sin, calling upon Him to be merciful to you a sinner? Luke 18:13 ~ And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Can you see the apostle Paul, after all he has gone through in his life, leaning against a cold cell wall and singing to himself, Psalm 89:1? "I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations." Paul was captured by God's wonderful saving grace. Picture John Newton's experiences at sea, with the treacherous waves and frightening storms singing his–––Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost but now am found, was blind, but now I see.
T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed
And Grace, my fears relieved.
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Thought: Beloved friend, the story of salvation begins at the foot of the cross, where grace covers all sin. Grace is a powerful force in the world and can save any sinner that will repent and put their faith and trust in Christ. May you begin now to partake of His wonderful grace with your whole heart and from this very moment know the Author of grace, Jesus Christ, the Rescuer of your soul.
I am thankful that I personally have been rescued from the road of destruction and been given life eternal through God's gift of grace. I too, was lost in sin when Jesus found me, and now I am no longer blinded by the world's delights, for I am captured by the ultimate expression of His love, His Amazing Grace.


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Have you read the recent news about Facebook? It's more than just a tweak. Facebook is giving its news feed an overhaul to fill it with more friends, family members, and good vibes, and fewer news stories, company updates, and viral videos.
Here's what this news means for both you and your company's page:
So, why is Facebook doing this?
From the mouth of Adam Mosseri, Head of News Feed himself: "Facebook was built to bring people closer together and build relationships. One of the ways we do this is by connecting people to meaningful posts from their friends and family in News Feed. Over the next few months, we'll be making updates to ranking so people have more opportunities to interact with the people they care about."
What are the core changes?
Okay, so that seems nice, but what is Adam actually saying? As you already know, Facebook uses things like likes, comments, or shares to determine what to show you as you're doing your daily (or maybe multiple times a day, no judgement) Facebook check. Now they're adding to that list and prioritizing posts that spark "meaningful" interactions between people. You'll be delivered content that is aimed to get you chatting and interacting with your friends and family, like group posts and that adorable puppy picture everyone is commenting on (I mean how could you resist?). If you've ever tagged a friend in the comments of a funny video or gif, you get the idea. Facebook wants you to stop just hitting a little thumbs up button, and instead have back-and-forth discussions as your friends announce their life events, ask for recommendations, or actively discuss a news story. In summary: people you care about > everything else.
Um, okay, But what about my company page?!
Starting to feel worried about your own company's content? You're not alone. The news of the major overhaul is leaving companies wondering where their posts will come into play on their audience's news feeds. We have good news and bad news. The good news is that company page updates are not completely absent from someone's news feed. They're still there. The bad news? It's much, much harder to get traction; the coveted news feed slots are for page posts that generate conversation between users. For example, live videos, community updates, and relevant events are more likely to spark a discussion than your average news story.
What does that mean for your business?
Unfortunately, this major update could hurt your performance on Facebook in a big way, especially if you're just mailing in your posts and not considering what drives engagement. At the end of the day, Facebook is promising to show less content from businesses now. How this will impact you and your page will depend on the type of content you post and how people are interacting with it. For those of you with company pages on which people are constantly sharing, commenting, and tagging each other, you should be affected less. But for us with lower engagement, or whose content mostly drives likes? Facebook is predicting you may be hit the hardest.
What can I do about it?
Before you delete your company page and admit defeat, know there is hope: focusing on content that engages and Facebook advertising. Facebook has always wanted your company's money. But now you may be more likely to give it to them to still show up on your audience's news feeds. The quantity of company posts on the feeds is going down and the demand for the coveted advertising slots will likely go up. If your company's Facebook page is really important to you and your audience, start thinking about putting some skin in the game (meaning an advertising budget) to keep up. And of course, consider posting more content that engages, rather than just slapping up some links to articles and hoping it works.
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Moving a monolith
Now approaching the climax of its 2008 60th Anniversary Celebrations, The University of the West Indies is a sexagenarian monolith. Since its establishment in 1948, the University has evolved from a small, mainly residential academy in an elitist higher education setting into a relatively large publicly funded institution with three main campuses, 12 additional Centres across the English-speaking Caribbean, a combined enrolment of almost 40,000 students and an annual output of some 6,600 graduates.
But if the institution is monolithic, its new 2007-2012 Strategic Plan is monumental, detailing four vast areas of Core Strategic Focus. The four core areas—Teaching & Learning, Graduate Studies, Research & Innovation and Outreach through the Open Campus—are closely interconnected, and each comes with a cluster of appending issues. If the plan is impressive in scope, that is because it has been conceived and constructed, not by executive heads but by a broad cross-section of the University community, with constant sharing and input from all relevant stakeholders. In the words of UWI Vice Chancellor Professor E. Nigel Harris, the plan is "one in which we have gone to Governments, the business community and our own constituents to ask, 'How can we serve your goals and interests better?'"
Managing the implementation of the University's Strategic Plan for 2007 to 2012 is largely the portfolio of the University's new Pro Vice Chancellor (PVC) Planning and Development, Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, former St Augustine Campus Principal. To Dr Tewarie has come the awesome responsibility of managing the institutional research, funding, implementation and continual assessment of the Plan. The new PVC, who is supported by the Office for Planning and Development, tells me that the 60-year-old university's new Strategic Plan could bring chiropractic adjustments to the University's complex internal structures, going far beyond ideation and cosmetic change, if the collective will of the leadership of UWI can be summoned to execute what the plan requires.
"We have the most comprehensive system of management of a Strategic Plan that I have seen for a university anywhere in the world," said a confident PVC Tewarie. His new job has required him to see both across the width of the regional university and down into the internal structures of each of the three physical Campuses in Mona (Jamaica), Cave Hill (Barbados) and St Augustine (Trinidad and Tobago). "The real challenge is ownership of execution where it matters most not just at the level of Executive Management but at the level of departments and units and at the point of interface with customers and stakeholders."
Better Teaching, Higher Learning The undertaking has demanded and will continue to demand closer collaboration among Tewarie and other PVCs, most significantly among those whose responsibilities overlap with the four core areas of focus, including PVC Graduate Studies, Professor Ronald Young; PVC Research and Innovation, Professor Wayne Hunte; PVC Open Campus, Professor Hazel Simmons-Mc Donald; and PVC Board of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Alvin Wint.
"A strategic plan succeeds or fails on execution. And effective execution demands a willingness to collaborate, with a focus on building a culture of high performance" observes PVC Tewarie. "In an organization such as UWI, which is a multi-campus, multi-mode, research, learning and innovation institution, which is at once dispersed and interconnected, building a high performance culture requires collective buy-in on the need for collaborative endeavour to boost performance levels. This is the bridge that we are seeking to cross now. This is the challenge ahead of us. This is the hurdle we must surmount to accomplish our mission."
I caught up with Professors Wint, Young and Hunte on the St Augustine Campus in late October, and asked about the interconnections between their respective areas of focus.
"There is tremendous synergy between all the components of the work that we do," said PVC Wint, who is Chairman of the Board for Undergraduate Studies and whose portfolio represents the Teaching and Learning component of the Strategic Plan. "At the heart of UWI's strategic plan is a focus on orienting our teaching and learning processes to produce the ideal UWI graduate: a critical, creative, innovative, informed and knowledgeable thinker and problem solver who communicates effectively, is a leader and team player, is socially and culturally responsive, operates ethically with a regional frame of reference and is motivated to be a life-long learner. And that is precisely the kind of mind that we are looking for when we recruit at the graduate level. I think the linkages between teaching, learning, research, graduate studies are very clear and very significant."
"They're inextricable," chimed in PVC Young. "We are now trying to embed in all the undergraduate programme the opportunity for all of our students to develop significant research competence. We're designing programmes to introduce them to the concepts of inquiry, analysis and production of a report that summarises findings in a systematic way. That's an indispensable tool, whether they continue to higher degrees, post-Docs or reintegrate into leadership levels of the wider society."
One of the aims of the Strategic Plan, he told me, was that all UWI students should come out of the undergraduate level ready to do research, whether they were entering a postgraduate programme or not. Professor Young described the University's undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes as "all part of one process."
Graduate Studies: Faster, Stronger, Stickier Given the University's success in rapidly increasing the size and diversity of its undergraduate student population, the Strategic Plan's focus on its undergraduate recruits is not misplaced. But, as PVC Young observed, the Plan has not overlooked the University's postgraduate and research programmes. Indeed, this is the area targeted for significant growth over the life of the plan so that the ratio of undergraduates to graduate students will be effectively altered by 2012-13.
"It is becoming increasingly evident that the comparative advantage of the UWI over other competing institutions in the region will be in relation to its ability to deliver strong and relevant graduate programmes aimed at meeting national and regional needs in our increasingly knowledge-based economies. Unfortunately, surveys over the three traditional Campuses have shown that attrition rate is high and throughput times prolonged, particularly in the MPhil graduate research programmes," said Professor Young, identifying insufficient funding, sub-optimal supervision and slow feedback on submitted work as some of the roots of the problem.
The University's five-year Plan recommends specific actions for each of these problems, and aims to improve the graduate student experience and accelerate throughput in the University's graduate programmes. It addresses the issues of attrition and throughput directly through the development of a quality assurance system, aligned to the established undergraduate quality assurance system, for ensuring best practice in the conduct of graduate programmes. The quality issue is a dominant concern at UWI, says PVC Young.
"One Senior Programme Officer, devoted to Quality Assurance in the Graduate programme and in the Research programme, has already been appointed," noted Professor Wint. "And that Officer is already linked in with the Board for Undergraduate Studies because we have such a well-established culture of Quality Assurance at the undergraduate level.
In fact, all three of us [Wint, Young and Hunte] are responsible for supervising the Officer, which demonstrates the integrated nature of our roles in the Strategic Plan."
Building a Research Enterprise "We're building a Research Enterprise," volunteered Professor Hunte, "and one of our biggest challenges is to ensure that there is an environment supportive of research in the University, an environment in which we carve out the time for people to think, to be creative, to be analytical. Even more than in the past, we're working to nurture an undergraduate culture that produces critical thinkers who are introspective, who are problem-solvers, who haven't been simply engulfed in information but who have been taught to reason, to question, to challenge, to innovate."
The vision of the Strategic Plan is not limited to the way that the university deals with its students, but extends to areas of cross-campus collaboration and inter-university partnerships. As Hunte remarked, "We have a number of faculty members on all our campuses who are doing internationally competitive research of regional relevance. We actually have many members of Faculty who are well known internationally and who have people writing to them and asking to come to our University and work with them. The opportunities for bringing young, bright talent into the University are there."
For Hunte, international collaboration also brings the opportunity for institutional capacity-development: "We need to establish several carefully worded, functional MOUs with international universities of high research repute, which would encourage staff and student exchanges, and encourage external co-supervision of our research students so that some of the pressure on our staff to supervise is relieved."
Monolithic Movement, Monumental Management PVC Tewarie described the Plan as "ambitious", an assessment justified by statements like this extract from the Plan: "By 2012, the UWI will be an innovative, internationally competitive, contemporary university, deeply rooted in the Caribbean, committed to creating the best possible future for all our stakeholders. It will be the university of first choice for the region's students and talented academics. It will provide a truly supportive environment that rewards excellence and it will be agile enough to thrive in a dynamic global environment."
The new Plan certainly demands a leap in performance standards for the University within the five-year timeframe. And in my interaction with PVCs Tewarie, Wint, Young and Hunte, I've found strong evidence of a corporate culture of intense collaboration among the highest levels of leadership, precisely the kind of institutional culture that augurs well for the successful implementation of the Strategic Plan.
"At the heart of the Strategic Plan is transformation of the monolith that is UWI and transformation on that scale will only take place with a shift in thinking which leads to culture change," said PVC Tewarie. "So in a fundamental sense institutional transformation requires individual transformation on a pretty massive scale. I am hopeful that we are getting there. But I know that we are not there yet."
[Download a copy of the strategic plan - PDF]
Originally published in The UWI Pelican magazine


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Health Education
Educating people about potential health problems caused by exposure to lead and other metals in soil is an important soilSHOP activity. Health educators talk to soilSHOP participants one-on-one about the following:
- Results of the participants' soil screening,
- Health problems that could be caused by exposure to high levels of lead, and
- Tips to lower exposure to lead in soil.
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It helpful for the soilSHOP planning team to begin drafting the resources sheet early in the planning process, and to ask for input on the list from local and regional partners. Consider printing many of these for distribution on your event day – you may hand out this sheet to passersby who didn't even come with a soil sample!
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The soilSHOP Internal Evaluation Form.docx is a tracking tool to help soilSHOP planners evaluate the planning and implementation process of an event, and how many individual interactions and health education consultations were completed at the soilSHOP. At the soilSHOP, this form can be completed by a health educator and other staff after each health education consultation with a soilSHOP participant, or interaction with an event passerby. This form can be prepared in the weeks leading up to your event, and printed in sufficient copies so that there will be one form for each anticipated soil sample.


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Our Annual Reviews summarise our activity and achievements for the year. You can access each year's Review using the links below.
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As with many African countries, Mozambique is a stunning combination of habitats that some tourists travel all around the world to see.
Although the mountains in Mozambique are not easy to get to by way of public transport, you can admire the gorgeous backdrop they provide as you are transported to your resort. Enjoy the paradisiacal contrast of surprisingly high mountains and the calm, flat sea. If you really would like to go hiking throughout the mountains, you will likely have to make your own way there in a four-wheel drive, and set up your own camp. The highest peak in Mozambique is Mt Binga, situated in the Chimanimani Mountains; the best starting point is Chikukwa, where guides and porters can be arranged.
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At 1400 square kilometres, the Bazaruto Marine Park is one of the largest in the Indian Ocean. It is home to humpback whales, dolphins, manta rays, five species of turtles and the very rare dugongs.
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Beaches & Lakes
It goes without saying that Mozambique is most popular for its beaches. Kilometres and kilometres of powdery white sand met with turquoise waters on one side and gorgeous palm trees, coconut groves and dunes on the other. You can spend your day lounging in the sun, sipping on refreshing cocktails, or you can venture into the calm waters to enjoy a comfortable swim in the ocean's warm waters. Dotted around the beach are stunning little fishing vessels, casting out nets for the day's catch (which you will no doubt savour later for dinner). You can also enjoy water and beach sports such as beach volley, water gym, beach soccer, and yoga on the beach (is there anything more relaxing?).
Mozambique is also home to more than two hundred lakes! While not all of them are accessible, you can enjoy sunset cruises on a select few, and enjoy the sights of the wildlife that enjoy this special habitat. This includes animals quenching their thirst, crocodiles eagerly awaiting their next meal, and birds dancing on the water's surface as they skim it in hopes of catching a fish. At some of the lakes, you can also have a go at fishing and enjoy bird watching.
Explore Mozambique yourself and enjoy it from the luxury of Diamonds Mequfi Beach Resort, where you can enjoy the likes of Quirimbas National Park, direct access to the gorgeous beach front, and delightful excursions that can be organised through the excursion desk.


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[slideshow] By Emily Morgan
Trained studio artist and midwest transplant Bridget Quinn always had an knack for creating public art. In 2010, the idea to transform abandoned pay phone booths into interactive art installations turned into one of the only temporary art initiatives in Austin — The Pay Phone Revival Project. With the creativity and dedication from local, commissioned artists and donations from interested public the 27-year-old was able to engage and inspire the public to see the beauty in what once was. ORANGE met with Quinn to find out her inspiration and role behind the Pay Phone Revival project, as well as what Austinites can look forward to seeing from her in the future.
ORANGE: What's your background in art?
Bridget Quinn: I graduated from the Milwaukee School of Art and Design in 2007. Initially, I started with a sculpture degree, but before I graduated, I got really distracted with video and print making. So I ended up graduating with an integrative studio art degree, which is basically just fine arts.
How did you get started in interactive public art?
Well, I've always been attracted to public spaces and their interaction with the public. I began with this project in college, called the Urban Radio Network, where I took two-way radios and mounted them inside intercom boxes around Milwaukee. It created this 10-block radius where if you spoke into one of the radio boxes, your voice would come out of one of the other intercoms. The idea was to create this really local communication network that was fleeting and random. It allowed people to have this raw interaction with strangers.
How did this translate into your obsession with pay phones?
I'm not really sure. I just think [pay phones] are really beautiful objects. They almost have this human stature about them and used to be viewed as 'lifelines' for a lot of people. I actually didn't have a cell phone until way past when everyone was getting one, so they did have a strong presence in my life for a while. Slowly, I began noticing them fall into disrepair. At first, I was just really interested in photographing them. However, when I moved to Austin, I noticed that many of the phones had been removed. It was sad to me because they struck me as these amazing frames with nothing in them. I felt a sense of responsibility to give these objects some new function that would engage and excite the public.
What's been the overall public response?
I've gotten so much support — it's been really great. I think part of it is because these objects are so marginalized and small that it evokes a sense of surprise. And so, people tend to respond positively even if they don't really understand exactly what it is.
Who were some of the artists that worked on this project with you?
All of the installations were done by local artists, who contacted me with an interest in participating. I was actually really surprised because I received a lot of interest from professional artists who wanted to try something outside of a gallery or bigger-budget permanent art. One of the artists I worked with in 2010 was Jimmy Panser, a long-time local artist with amazing talent and a great reputation. I also worked with Matthew Rodriguez, who is known for his street art around Austin.
How did you find funding for this project?
In 2010, I was lucky to get a $1,000 grant from the City of Austin and received a small donation from the Texas Payphone Association, which was great because neither really have a lot money to spend, particularly on art. This year, the project was much more supported. I was able to raise $10,000 through donations from the Fusebox Festival, the Awesome Project and community members. Kickstarter was a huge part of this, because I was finally able to target supporters who would have normally felt funny about writing a check for $20. This extra funding helped increase our budget for maintenance, marketing and larger artist stipends, which also meant more money for supplies.
A lot of the pay phone booths appeared on the East Side of Austin. What's your attraction to this area?
In places where there's a lot of rapid change, I think things tend to be left behind and forgotten about. Not a lot of people take ownership over places like [the East Side] and fail to realize the potential in things that don't seem to have a purpose.
Oct. 21, 2012 marked the end of your second installation for the Payphone Revival Project. Do you plan on doing a third?
Not right now. I would love to do it again, but I feel like I need to figure out how to build capacity. I am only one person, and given that I work full time at the Austin Nature & Science Center, I just don't think I'd have the time to devote. I really want to do another project like this again, but I need to make sure I have the time to put all of my energy into it.
So, what can we look forward to seeing from you in the future?
Right now, I'm working on this guerilla project. I've been really interested in the East Side and all the little pieces of urban architecture that are left over and no longer have purpose, much like pay phones. An example of this would be the staircases leading up to vacant lots where there used to be a house or structure. The idea is to paint these staircases gold to direct the public to memorialize what was once there. When you see a golden staircase, it almost creates this shift in perspective and allows you to see beautiful potential in this land. But it also almost opens this dialogue about how quickly the East Side is changing.
Is working in temporary, public spaces something you think you'll always be drawn to?
Whatever media, or context makes the most sense for the message or story or conversation I want to have with the public, that's typically what I'll work in. So, yeah, right now public and temporary art is my passion. But I still do enjoy painting and stuff like that, because sometimes you need gravity to not exist. I definitely have this feeling of playing when I'm working, so whatever excites me, that's what I tend to go for.
To find out more about the Pay Phone Revival Project, visit its website or Facebook.


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The Mules 2nds finished the season in style beating Aberavon Quins 2nds 18 - 13 in the final of the Enoch Lewis Cup played at Cae Gof, Cefn Cribwr.
The Mules played some excellent attacking rugby and they deserved the victory against a tenacious Quins outfit.
The Mules scored two outstanding tries, the first from veteran centre Rhodri 'Todger' Clarke who was on the shoulder of fly half Nicky Giles as he glided through a gap in the Quins midfield to give Todger a run in from 20 metres.
The second came on the counter attack with some classy interplay amongst the backs with strong running from Kyle Oram to see winger Dan Heatley running in from 30 metres to score in the corner.
Man of the Match was Mules youngster Lewis Rees, who gave a first class performance in attack and defence.
The victory saw the Mules celebrate the District League and Cup double - well done!
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