Mr. Ninda\u27s Business

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Where You Are

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The Third Thing

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Torts - Negligence - Liability of an Occupier

The California Supreme Court has stated that the proper test to be applied to the liability of a possessor of land is whether in management of his property he acted as a reasonable man in view of the probability of injuries to others, and plaintiff\u27s status as a trespasser, licensee, or invitee is not determinative. Rowland v. Christian, 70 Cal. Rptr. 97, 443 P.2d 561 (1968)

Recent advances in the application of stable isotope ratio analysis in forensic chemistry

This review paper updates the previous literature in relation to the continued and developing use of stable isotope ratio analysis in samples which are relevant to forensic science. Recent advances in the analysis of drug samples, explosive materials, and samples derived from human and animal samples are discussed. The paper also aims to put the use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry into a forensic context and discuss its evidential potential

Literacy Co-Teaching with Multi-level Texts in an Inclusive Middle Grade Humanities Class: A Teacher-Researcher Collaboration

This article reports on a middle school literacy intervention implemented during a yearlong teacher-researcher collaboration. The purpose of this collaboration was to combine and adjust commonly recommended pedagogical approaches to address the literacy needs of a heterogeneous group of seventh graders attending an urban school. University researchers designed and implemented the intervention with an interdisciplinary team of three teachers. The intervention drew on sociocultural theories of language and learning. It had three main features: integration of English and social studies, multi-level texts, and co-teaching of heterogeneous groups. Qualitative data included field notes from classroom observations and planning meetings, transcripts from teacher interviews, and classroom artifacts. Data were analyzed as they were collected and used in planning sessions. Additional analysis after the intervention ended focused on exploration of critical events reflecting convergence and divergence of teachers\u27 and researchers\u27 perspectives on the intervention features. Findings were organized around three representative critical events, one per intervention feature. Implications of results for future middle grade co-teaching literacy interventions were explored

Informatics competencies: Transition from classroom to bedside

The purpose of this presentation is to: - Create educational strategies to build regional informatics competency. - Review assessment findings and identified gaps in informatics knowledge/skills facing graduate nurses integrating into the nursing workforce. - Apply survey results to determine sequencing and core content of nursing informatics competencies - Present educational tools to facilitate learning

Improving Prison Safety: Breaking the Code of Silence

A system permeated by a code of silence reinforces negative behaviors in inmates, ultimately increasing the risk to staff. As the former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety, Edward A. Flynn, is keen on saying, “If nothing else, inmates must leave our custody with a belief that there is moral order in their world. If they leave our care and control believing that rules and regulations do not mean what they say they mean, that rules and regulations can be applied arbitrarily or capriciously or for personal interest, then we will fail society, we will fail them, and we will unleash people more dangerous than when they went in.” We know that many offenders go through life believing that rules and laws do not apply to them. If the system in which they are incarcerated lacks integrity and moral order their notions regarding law and order are reinforced. Corrections staff should be the very best people inmates encounter, as we may be the first individuals they are exposed to who do respect rules and laws. We should be role models of positive behavior. If staff members do not follow the rules there is no hope for intervention or for changing inmate behavior in the long term. If staff members are not held accountable we demonstrate that there is no consequence for bad behavior