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An Evaluation of Building Our Nation's Daughters (BOND): Improving Black Single Mother–Daughter Relationships and Well-Being
Auteur: Rebecca L. Fix
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 1/2022
Although single mothers report being most concerned about financial costs, the needs of these mothers and their children are more extensive. The current study evaluated a program for Black single mothers with adolescent daughters that emphasized the mother-daughter relationship and coping skills to promote well-being. The program is Building Our Nation's Daughters (BOND). Individual interviews were conducted with five mothers and five daughters who had participated in BOND. Interviews were conducted online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed to allow for coding and analysis of qualitative data. Mothers and daughters also verbally provided numeric outcome ratings specific to select outcomes. Mother and daughter well-being improved based both on self-report and report of the other member of the dyad (i.e., mother for daughter, daughter for mother). Results suggest programs like BOND have the capacity to improve mood and strengthen the mother-daughter relationship through development of coping skills and conflict resolution skills. The evaluated program improved mother and daughter well-being in part through skills building, but importantly through improvement in the mother-daughter relationship, as well. BOND could be used as a template for similarly situated families. For example, the program could be modified to address the needs of single father households and single caregiver households with adolescent boys.
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Q: PHP how to loop through a post array I need to loop through a post array and sumbit it.
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A: This is how you would do it:
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This looks after both variables and arrays passed in $_POST.

A: I have adapted the accepted answer and converted it into a function that can do nth arrays and to include the keys of the array.
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LoopThrough($_POST);

Hope it helps someone.

A: Likely, you'll also need the values of each form element, such as the value selected from a dropdown or checkbox.
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A: You can use array_walk_recursive and anonymous function, eg:
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follows this answer version:
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A: For some reason I lost my index names using the posted answers. Therefore I had to loop them like this:
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character, a major protagonist in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. For the majority of the series, he is the headmaster of the Wizarding school Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As part of his back-story, it is revealed that he is the founder and leader of the "Order of the Phoenix", an organisation dedicated to fighting the main antagonist of the series, Lord Voldemort.
Rowling stated she chose the name Dumbledore, which is an Early Modern English word for "bumblebee", because she "imagined him walking around humming to himself".
According to the author, Dumbledore is among her favourite characters; she enjoys writing Dumbledore because he "is the epitome of goodness." Rowling said that Dumbledore speaks for her, as he "knows pretty much everything" about the Harry Potter universe. Rowling mentioned Dumbledore regrets "that he has always had to be the one who knew, and who had the burden of knowing. And he would rather not know." As a mentor to the central character Harry Potter, "Dumbledore is a very wise man who knows that Harry is going to have to learn a few hard lessons to prepare him for what may be coming in his life. He allows Harry to get into what he wouldn't allow another pupil to do, and he also unwillingly permits Harry to confront things he'd rather protect him from." In a 1999 interview, Rowling stated that she imagined Dumbledore "more as a John Gielgud type, you know, quite elderly and - and quite stately." During his time as a student, Dumbledore was in Gryffindor House. Rowling claimed in an interview that Dumbledore was about 150 years old. But then, on her website, she states that Dumbledore was born in 1881, making him either 115 or 116 when he died.
On 19 October 2007, Rowling was asked by a young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love". Rowling said that she always thought of Dumbledore as being gay and that he had fallen in love with Gellert Grindelwald, which was Dumbledore's "great tragedy"; Rowling did not explicitly state whether Grindelwald returned his affections. Rowling explains this further by elaborating on the motivations behind Dumbledore's flirtation with the idea of wizard domination of Muggles: "He lost his moral compass completely when he fell in love and I think subsequently became very mistrustful of his own judgement in those matters so became quite asexual. He led a celibate and a bookish life."
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Dat der wee race in Canadia.
By Mexicola,
June 5, 2014 in World of Motorsport
Vettel looked more on form in Canada than he previously has, so Vettel and Ricciardo is very close to Hamilton and Rosberg.
I don't really see an option for Alonso but to wait at Ferrari. Red Bull will be more than happy with their pairing, Mercedes will feel the same. McLaren is a step sideways, maybe even backwards. If Lotus got the Mercedes engines for next year, maybe he could end up there? There will be room for one more team there, and Lotus may not be considered as a direct threat to Mercedes. I'm not really sure if it is possible or not.
I mean other than that, where else is there? It is a shame, but I don't think Alonso will win another title unless Ferrari improve a lot. And lets face it, that will be a couple of seasons.
https://vine.co/v/MD0BgJYVeam
Perez's fault. Fight me IRL.
Considering Kimi finished 3rd in the championship in 2012 on his return and I believe it was 5th or something in 2013 despite missing the last couple of races, you can't really say he under performed there, I mean Grosjean simply wasn't as fast as him in the races and we know Grosjean does have the speed. He is struggling at Ferrari, but remember he's been punted into enough times putting him out of good positions, in Spain he was nip and tuck with Alonso, Monaco he was an absolute beast until Chilton hit him. He needs more time, especially adapting to what we know is a dog of a car, even Alonso was struggling on the brakes last weekend. I wouldn't put him at the top now simply because of his consistency, we have seen the speed pop up here and there even in a couple of quali sessions. I'd put him with Rosberg as a driver who can push the top 3 guys, but isn't as complete or consistent anymore.
I'm just going to sit down and be patient, wait and see what happens in the long run. I think what really catches my eye right now is the fact that we have so many rookies already pushing the top drivers this early in their careers. Hulkenberg, Ricciado and Bottas come to mind. I think we have an exciting future driver wise.
No idea why one of my words was randomly censored, you probably know what I meant.
I don't see why people still think Kimi's one of the best on the current grid. Dude hasn't been spectacular ever since 2006 and I don't want to know what the likes of Hamilton or Alonso would have been able to get out of the Lotus in 2012 and 2013.
Alonso/Raikkonen is by far not the strongest pairing in F1 right now, that should be clear. Hell, I'd rate Vettel/Ricciardo higher than the Ferrari boys (mainly due to Kimi).
Ham/Ros on top imo.
That's more down to the cars than the actual drivers though I think at the moment
Alonso is still the best on the grid. He's probably had his absolute peak but he's still on top form. He's making Raikkonen look like an amateur atm. Alonso has got the best result possible in that Ferrari at every race so far this season, bar Canada due to that mistake at the end.
I think he'll get a 3rd WDC, he wants it & he's fit enough to carry on for another 5+ years.
I'd also say Button has a few more years in him, still Magnessun hasn't shown him up.
Alonso has the ability to get that 3rd one. But which team will he win at? Mercedes + Red Bull are better now, and as a result, Probably next year too because they have a better car to work from and build on.
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People say this, but then completely ignore the fact that everytime you see Alonso on track, Raikkonen is always there and a few times this season, in front, he just can't catch a break with reckless idiots on track (Kobayashi Austrailia + Electronics failure much worse than Alonso's, Magnussen Malaysia, Magnussen Bahrain, Chilton Monaco). He has been near Alonso quali wise and fast in the practice sessions, hardly amatuer if Alonso is supposed to be the best on the grid. It's probably less painful for me, I feel for Alonso fans watching his career fade away bit by bit with Alonso being completely powerless.
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Kimi has been unlucky this year, no question. But Monaco & Spain are the only times he's been on par with Alonso.
He was destroyed by him at China, and last weekend he must have ended up about 30+ seconds behind.
Still i think Kimi will come back towards the end of the season, but i can't see him getting close to Alonso in the championship.
Unfortunately neither will get close to the championship at Ferrari, not for a few years at least.
I can't see Ferrari providing a championship winning car for the next 2 years (2015, 2016), and isn't that when Alonso's contract is up at Ferrari? I think Mercedes will win again next season to be honest, but with close competition from Red Bull.
So where can Alonso go after that? Mercedes I think will stay the same with Hamilton and Rosberg for a few years, and I can't really see Vettel and Ricciardo leaving Red Bull either. McLaren, maybe they'll be competitive again by then, who knows.
But I think if Alonso wants another championship he'll have to go somewhere else. I think McLaren could be his best bet.
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I agree with that too the only question would be whether Alonso could put his past disagreements with them behind him because if he can't then it won't look good for him
I would rather be in McLaren with Ron Dennis and his team than Ferrari who don't seem to be able to make any form of improvement.
so would I but this is the question Alonso has to ask himself I think if he wants a real shot of at least 1 more title before he retires that's his best option because I don't think he'll get it hanging around at Ferrari right now. The only other possible option would be maybe Lotus but he'd need to bring some money to the table in order to make it happen though and take Maldonado's seat. The one thing in his favour here is he knows the people there given it's still moer or less his former Renault team. I think the move back to McLaren is the more likely to happen it's just a question of whether he'd be comfortable making that move
Someone should send a tweet to Fernando Alonso with a link to this thread. Then he could take our advice and I believe we would solely be responsible for his 3rd world championship.
Well 123 tweeted Ferrari about the Abu Dhabi race ending on lap 1 and Fernando being champion in 2010 but I don't think it worked.. :P
who's to say he's not watching it already :p
The thing is both McLaren and Ferrari are currently in transitional stages, and are likely to continue being in that stage over the next few years, so it's fairly hard to judge where Alonso's best bet is.
Even after a few years still though I just can't understand the situation at McLaren. They ended 2012 with the best car, and they started 2013 badly, but everyone expected them to resource their way out it. Here we are a year on and we've still not seen any real improvement. They're falling down the field if anything even with the superior engine of the grid, and you've got Eric Boullier saying it will be another few years before they reach the top again. I can't get my head around how and why one bad winter for McLaren has now transcended in to what looks like multiple years of mediocrity, and why they can't get it fixed.
Pessimist.
Though I do feel that if he does move and wins another championship, we're entitled to some of the prize money.
Best not forget to include @mike96 and I on that prize money ;)
RevolvingPrawn said:
I think we all deserve a slice of it :p
This ain't the lottery bud ;)
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I blame Button for McLaren's mediocrity. Back mediocre drivers and you get mediocre performances. Which is why Ferrari obviously went bad, Alonso's fault.
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I don't BAR/Honda were never the strongest team and they only really woke up once Ross Brawn got involved for me the only reason why McLaren and Ferrari are struggling is because they're lacking leadership right now. I think now thart Ron Dennis has reasserted himself back in charge there's hope McLaren can recover a full recovery still takes time though tbf. Ferrari on the other hand still need a Ross Brawn/Ron Dennis type character with a clear vision to start leading them if they want to even think about recovering tbh. It's got nothing to do with Button because on the one occasion he's hada shot at glory he's taken it so he can't be all that bad.


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But, what if there is something more to all of these moments, where it feels like we have lived them before—what if it's because we really have? In this film, Bill Murray's character lives the same day repeatedly, until he gets it right.
What if we live a different version of our same life over and over again until we get it right? Perhaps we are surrounded by our soulmates, or a select few of them in each life, to help us along on our journey. Maybe the whole point of living isn't to just meander along the road unknown—but to learn the necessary lessons so that one lifetime, we will finally get it right. Getting it right doesn't mean living perfectly—but maybe fulfilling our ultimate destiny. While the possibilities are mind-boggling, maybe each of us have a predetermined destination when we are first born. Maybe we can't absorb all of the lessons that our souls are meant to learn, in just one singular lifetime.
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Statement of Finance Minister on results of the Request for Proposals for the sale of the Point-a-Pierre refinery
Mr. Deputy Speaker
I am authorized by the Cabinet to make this Statement.
PETROTRIN, Trinidad and Tobago's largest crude oil producer, operating the country's only petroleum refinery, ceased refinery operations on November 30, 2018. The refinery was plagued by high and increasing debt; low productivity levels; escalating manpower costs; and an expenditure pattern of habitually surpassing its earnings and income. The refinery lost billions of dollars every year.
Following the closure of the company, Cabinet agreed to the establishment of a new state enterprise: Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited (TPHL). The TPHL was vested with the responsibility to manage the former PETROTRIN's oil and related assets, which, in turn, now fall under the management of four (4) subsidiaries:
i. Heritage Petroleum Company Limited, the new Exploration and Production Company.
ii. Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited
iii. Legacy PETROTRIN, manages all legacy items of the former Petrotrin.
iv. Guaracara Refining Company Limited, was established to replace what was known as PETROTRIN's Pointe-a-Pierre refinery.
Upon the closure of the PETROTRIN refinery, the Government indicated its intention to offer for sale or lease the refinery and associated fuel trading facilities, where applicable. The bidding process was divided in two stages, with Stage 1 of the bidding process attracting 77 Expressions of Interest. Of this 77 potential bidders, 25 elected to sign NonDisclosure Agreements (NDAs) which allowed them access to a virtual data room, containing highly confidential information on the assets and on the overall process. Further, of the 25 potential buyers who signed the NDAs, 8 proceeded to submit NonBinding Offers (NBOs).
During Stage 1, the following key criteria were utilized to evaluate the bona fides of each of the eight (8) remaining bidders:
 Proposal contemplates a restart of the refinery;  Potential buyer or lessee possesses Refining and Marketing experience or has reasonable prospects of attracting a partner with such experience;  Proposed purchase price and/or lease terms are potentially attractive; and  Potential buyer or lessee has demonstrated that they possess the financial capability to fund the proposed purchase price or lease payments, and the capital expenditure required to restart the refinery.
After evaluation, a shortlist of five (5) bidders was prepared, as follows:
i. Beowulf Energy; ii. Glencore Limited; iii. Edgewood Holdings; iv. Klesch; and v. Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited (Patriotic)
Subsequently, in June 2019, Cabinet agreed to the appointment of an Evaluation Committee of senior public servants and industry professionals with a mandate to make a recommendation to Cabinet on the undermentioned:
 Select a preferred bidder;  negotiate and finalize a binding offer;  negotiate and execute a definitive agreement (lease or sale);  Initiate negotiations of critical commercial agreements; and  negotiate any Government incentives and conduct environmental audits.
At the Close of Bids on August 20th, 2019, three (3) bidders submitted compliant binding offers for the purchase or lease of the refinery, namely:
i. Beowulf Energy ii. Klesch; and iii. Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited
The Evaluation Committee comparatively reviewed all three (3) proposals on twelve (12) specially selected criteria, ranging from financial capability, upfront consideration, history of refining and marketing experience, refinery restart time, proposed crude slate, exclusivity period, lease/sale arrangements, SPA comments, union involvement, social and economic aspects, Bidders Equity and approximate time for the start of preparation for the Ultra-Low Sulphur diesel.
Upfront Cash Consideration
In terms of an upfront cash consideration. Patriotic was the only bidder which offered an upfront payment consideration. Their proposal indicated upfront cash of US$700 million for the refinery assets plus US$300 million for the non-core assets of Legacy PETROTRIN, for instance the hospital. However, the non-core assets were not offered for sale by Government. Beowulf offered no upfront consideration, but instead proposed a lease payment of US$42,000 per month over a 15-year initial term, and future 50/50 profit sharing contingent on Beowulf recovering its capital investment and achieving a 15 percent internal rate of return (IRR). Klesch's proposal indicated that the only payments to the Government would be through taxes.
Sale Purchase Agreement (SPA)
Patriotic submitted a reasonable markup of the Sale Purchase Agreement as did Beowulf. Klesch did not submit any draft agreements.
Union Involvement
Patriotic has as its sole shareholder the Oilfield Workers' Trade Union. Beowulf advised that they will comply with existing local labour laws. Klesch indicated that they currently operate in a unionized environment at the Heide refinery, and have no objection to workers being unionized.
Social and Economic Aspects
Patriotic proposed the introduction of staff incentives through a performance-based framework. They also committed to improving the work culture. Beowulf highlighted direct job creation and proposed to incentivize staff through profit sharing. Klesch also highlighted direct and indirect job creation, and their direct impact on the economy through the payment of taxes.
Bidders Equity
Patriotic indicated its intention to secure an equity and debt provider. This transaction would be through asset-based financing. Beowulf proposed to use its own finances to fund the due diligence exercise and indicated that another entity was willing to provide debt financing. Klesch signaled its intention to utilize its own finances to fund the due diligence exercise.
After reviewing all the facts as presented, Cabinet today agreed:
1. To select Patriotic Energies and Technologies Company Limited (Patriotic) a company wholly owned by the Oilfield Workers' Trade Union (OWTU) as the preferred bidder for the sale of the Guaracara Refining Company Limited and Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited on the following terms and conditions:
a) Patriotic will be given one month to present to the Evaluation Committee a satisfactory and comprehensive work plan on how it intends to complete the process going forward with respect to the following key deliverables
i. Confirmation of its ability to finance the purchase and operation of the refinery; ii. a draft Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) and various other Commercial Agreements inclusive of Crude Handling, Domestic Fuel supply, Natural Gas supply, Product Offtake and Transition Support; iii. a finalized Business Plan that addresses other key deliverables inclusive of the provision of a guaranteed, reliable and seamless supply of refined petroleum products to Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region, ensuring the long term viability of the refinery and reducing its carbon footprint; iv. a statement of any fiscal incentives or tax concessions required from the Government of Trinidad & Tobago; v. an approach to any historical environmental liabilities; vi. a Refinery Start-up plan which involves any necessary additional work inclusive of the Refinery Refurbishment plan and the Terminal start-up plan; vii. a plan for the supply of petroleum products during the transition to full operationalization by Patriotic of the refinery, inclusive of the finalization of an MOU with Trafigura PTE Ltd; viii. a suitable staffing plan, inclusive of senior management; ix. proof of qualification to engender the startup and performance enhancement processes for the new business as well as the evaluation of growth opportunities to deliver solutions that integrate information, analytics and insight, to solve client challenges at all points along the energy value chain; and x. approval from the Board of Directors of Patriotic for the definitive terms and conditions of the proposed transaction;
2. Patriotic will be granted a three (3) year moratorium on all payments of principal and interest, towards the purchase of the refinery and a further ten (10) years, at a fair market interest rate, to complete the payment of the sum of US$700 million it has offered for the refinery.
3. The Evaluation Committee will be reconstituted as follows, with a mandate to submit its findings and recommendations to the Cabinet on the aforementioned issues within six (6) weeks :
The Evaluation Committee i. Mr. Vishnu Dhanpaul: Chairman - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance ii. Mr. Selwyn Lashley: Energy Strategic Adviser, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries iii. Mr. Anthony Chan Tack: Director, Trinidad Petroleum Holdings Limited iv. Mr. Sahid Hosein: Chairman, Trinidad and Tobago National Petroleum Marketing Limited v. Ms. Sandra Fraser: Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries vi. Mr. Ian Welch: Chemical Engineer vii. Mr. Joseph Remy: Trade Unionist viii. Mr. Dale Mc Leod: Insurance Executive ix. Mr. Terrence Bharath: Attorney-at-Law x. Ms. Arlene Chow: Interim CEO Heritage Petroleum Company
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Police are looking for a man considered armed and dangerous who allegedly shot a Rutter's cashier during an armed robbery early Saturday morning in Hanover.
Hanover Borough Police say shortly after 4 a.m., a man walked into the Rutter's on 661 Broadway, pointed a handgun at the cashier and demanded money. The cashier, a 54-year-old Hanover woman, was shot in the leg during the incident, according to police. Once the man received an undisclosed amount of money, he left on foot, running toward Broadway Street, police said.
The man is described as being 6-foot-1, with a thin build, and he was wearing black clothes, a black ski mask and white sneakers. Police say he is considered armed and dangerous.
The woman who was shot was taken to York Hospital with a non-life-threatening injury, according to police.
Investigation is ongoing, anyone with information is asked to call (717) 637-5575. Rutter's is also offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the incident, according to the release.
— Reach Christopher Dornblaser at cdornblaser@yorkdispatch.com.


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Back to school – dangerous threats, creative opportunities
Richard Hall 2 September 2021
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The new school year is upon us. Shops in high streets display 'Back to school' notices as though nothing has changed. Under normal circumstances, this would not be significant. But these are not normal circumstances.
While the news cycle is dominated by Afghanistan, new Covid infections in excess of 30,000 per day and a daily death toll above 100 are largely being ignored because the government is determined to signal the end of the pandemic to the public. Reopening schools serves that purpose even though teachers and children look likely to become the subjects of an experiment with herd immunity for political expediency.
Gung-ho government
Department for Education (DfE) guidance stresses that "there is now an imperative to reduce the disruption to children and young people's education with a priority for schools to "deliver face-to-face, high-quality education to all pupils." Government puts responsibility squarely on schools to carry out health and safety procedures in compliance with the law, and develop contingency plans should covid outbreaks occur.
The requirement to wear masks has been removed and procedures for responding to infection relaxed. The concept of bubbles has been abandoned. A letter from Dr Jenny Harries, CEO of the UK Health Security Agency and head of NHS Test and Trace, even states that clinically vulnerable children who had previously been shielded, would be expected to return to school along with everyone else.
This gung-ho attitude has alarmed those taking the scientific evidence more seriously than the politicians. They are concerned that the government's approach is at odds with the best information available to limit the spread of covid. Christina Pagel, Clinical Operational Research Unit director at University College London says schools provide the perfect environment for covid to spread rapidly.
Missing measures
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) identifies factors not present in schools but crucial to controlling the spread. Professor Alice Roberts points out those aged 12-15 are only now under consideration for inclusion in the vaccination programme, while those under 12 have no vaccination plan at all. Deepti Gurdasani, Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary's College University of London and clinical epidemiologist has accused the government of "a deliberate mass infection policy for children."
The government seems blasé, even indifferent, to these risks. Recent reports suggest Boris Johnson would accept 1000 deaths a week before he got concerned. Ministers have been warned to expect a huge surge in infections by the end of September. It took a determined campaign by teacher unions just to persuade the DfE to issue carbon dioxide monitors to schools, to help check fresh air levels. Now some parents are alarmed enough to go public with their concerns, risking prosecution by threatening to keep their children out of school.
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Potential u-turn
This threatens to become chaotic. No one in education disputes that children's learning has been severely disrupted over the last 18 months and many government supporters, especially in sections of the press and media will nod along with the government line without a second thought.
People want a return to the predictability offered by the familiar school day. But it's worth recalling what happened in January of this year. Education Secretary Gavin Williamson was forced to u-turn within 24 hours or so of insisting the Spring Term would resume as usual because infections rocketed. With growing numbers of reports showing that children do get seriously ill with covid and with long Covid another u-turn cannot be ruled out.
Schools could take back control
Interestingly this dire situation also gives schools an unexpected opportunity. They are no longer managed by local – let alone central – government and can innovate in management and teaching to create better opportunities for pupils. They have done this already as a matter of necessity. Why not do it deliberately?
Many things are in their favour. Working patterns have been significantly disrupted by Covid. People have adjusted to the idea and the advantages of working from home. Schools have had to develop remote learning and working with small groups in focused activities. Teacher assessment has been given a considerable boost. Schools could take control of this situation to change how they work permanently.
Why continue opening at 9 and finishing mid afternoon, with all children arriving and departing together? Why teach in groups of 30 when small group teaching is so much more effective? Why not emulate the Open University, with online content provided remotely and a mix of contact between teachers and learners in small groups on site at different times of the day. It wouldn't necessarily work at primary level but it certainly could at Key Stage 3 and above.
If it's true that we must 'learn to live with Covid', the next 12 months present a perfect chance to embed these enforced changes and create a new way of working fit for the 21st century, finally abandoning a system tied to the agricultural needs of the economy rather than the educational outcomes for pupils and bequeathed to us 150 years ago.
There is opportunity here. Are there any headteachers and governors with the imagination and vision to seize it?


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Tadayoshi Kohno (Yoshi Kohno)
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Email: yoshi@cs.washington.edu
UW CSE Security and Privacy Research Lab
UW Tech Policy Lab
"Our Reality"
At UW. Professor in the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. Adjunct Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering, the School of Information, and the School of Law. Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access in the Allen School. Co-director of the Security & Privacy Research Lab. Co-director of the Tech Policy Lab.
Prior to UW. BS, University of Colorado (with Hal Gabow and Evi Nemeth). PhD, UC San Diego (with Mihir Bellare).
Committees. USENIX Security Steering Committee (2012-Present). Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Advisory Board (2020-Present). USENIX Committee for Black, African-American, and African Diaspora Inclusion (2020-Present). Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS) Steering Group (2011-2014). National Academies Cyber Resilience Forum Member (2014-2018).
Awards. Technology Review TR-35 Award (2007). Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship (2008). NSF CAREER Award (2009). IEEE S&P Test of Time Award (2019 and 2020). ACSAC Test of Time Award (2019). AAAS Golden Goose Award (2021).
Research. I strive to envision what the world might be like the next 5, 10, or 15 years, anticipate what risks and harms might arise (under various possible futures), and then proactively and ethically study those risks+harms and explore mitigations. I am particularly interested in (1) exploring new, previously unexplored technologies and research areas, (2) exploring existing research areas with novel, new approaches, (3) exploring issues of contemporary importance, (4) conducting work that is cross-disciplinary, (5) leveraging the best methodologies to explore the questions at hand (e.g., user studies, Internet crawlers, or experimental attack explorations), and (6) conducting work that is import to society and that recognizes that society and technology are deeply intertwined.
Example technology areas of study include:
Electronic Voting Security: In 2003, my colleagues and I conducted the first academic security analysis of real electronic voting machine software. Our work played a pivotal role in the emerging national discussion of electronic voting security. I continued to work in electronic voting security until 2006, including co-chairing the USENIX/ACCURATE Electronic Voting Technology Workshop in 2008. I also testified before the U.S. House of Representatives, on the topic of electronic voting security.
Remote Physical Device Fingerprinting, Clock Skews, and Side Channels: In 2005, my colleagues and I discovered and studied mechanisms to remotely fingerprint physical devices by inferring information about their clock skews from their network packets. I have been told that the credit card industry uses my methods to help detect online credit card fraud. I continue to be interested in other forms of information leakage and side channels. For example, we studied the ability to infer what one is watching on TV by monitoring their powerline. We studied the ability to fingerprint automotive drivers by the ways in which they operated their vehicles. We also studied information leakage in the DNA sequencing pipeline.
Wireless Medical Device Security: In 2008, my colleagues and I published the first academic security analysis of a real, wireless implantable medical device. This work helped initiate the field of medical device security and resulted in significant changes within industry and government. My subsequent work includes studies with patients and medical providers, and encompasses cardiac devices, insulin pumps and glucose monitors, telerobotic surgery, and brain-machine interface devices. For the latter, we coined the term neurosecurity. Our vision is outlined in a 2010 New England Journal of Medicine article. We co-founded the USENIX HealthSec conference in 2010. My ongoing work is focused on telerobotic surgery.
Automotive Computer Security: In 2010 and 2011, my colleagues and I published the first experimental computer security analyses of a modern automobile, including research results demonstrating the ability to remotely compromise a vehicle over cellular, Bluetooth, and other non-contact means. This work has been cited as the impetus for the creation of a $70M DARPA effort (HACMS) as well as significant changes within the automotive industry and government. This work also received the 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Golden Goose Award. This is our project page.
Augmented and Mixed Reality, Computer Security, and Privacy: In 2011, my colleagues and I initiated a research program focused on computer security and privacy risks with next-generation augmented and mixed reality technology. Our program began at a time before Google Glass (and many more recent technologies) were announced. Our research is broad and includes, for example, the design of systems, users studies, a collaboration with neuroscientists, and hosting an academic-industry workshop. This is our project page.
Computer Security and Smarthome Technologies: In 2012, my colleagues and I published a paper titled "Computer Security in the Modern Home." This paper articulated our vision for computer security and privacy for smarthome technologies, for the decades to come. Our 2012 article is based on work that we did prior to 2012. We continue to conduct research in this space. Example works include our discovery of security and privacy risks with wireless toy robots, our discovery that it is possible for devices monitoring a home's powerline to infer information about what is being displayed on a TV, our discovery that it is possible for a compromised device controlling an electrical outlet to "pop" lightbulbs, and our study of security and privacy risks and practices when the owners of a residence are not the occupants (e.g., in the case of vacation rentals by owners).
Web Tracking, Privacy, and Ads: In 2012, my colleagues and I published one of the first measurement studies of the privacy risks with online web tracking. We continue to study the advertising ecosystem from a security and privacy lens. We used the Wayback Machine to retroactively study web tracking in the past. We explored the means by which the purchasers of ads can use the advertising ecosystem as a large-scale surveillance platform. We have also studied clickbait and deceptive ads on news and misinformation sites.
Tricking Computer Vision Algorithms with Physical Objects: In 2017, my colleagues and I wrote a paper studying the ability to trick computer vision algorithms with alterations to physical objects. Specifically, by strategic placement of stickers, we tricked a computer vision algorithm into interpreting a stop sign as a speed limit sign. This paper was published in 2018 and has been cited as part of the motivation for the creation of a $70M DARPA program (GARD). Our Stop Sign has been on display in at the Science Museum in London, in their exhibit on autonomous driving. This work inspired us to explore, from a legal perspective, whether tricking a robot is considered "hacking".
DNA + Biology + Computer Security: In 2017, my colleagues and I published a paper that studied, for the first time, the ability to compromise computer software with exploit code encoded in synthesized DNA. Figure 1 in our paper provides a photo of a test tube containing our synthesized DNA. In 2020, we published a study of privacy risks with genetic genealogy systems. We are calling this field "CyBio Security". I continue to research cybio security risks and defenses; this is our project page.
Example themes that crosscut my research include:
Specific Populations: I am and have been deeply interested in the computer security privacy needs and values of specific populations, including understudied populations. I have considered computer security for wireless children's toys (2009), the relationships between parents and children (2010), medical device patients (2010), medical providers (2014), censorship in Thailand (2017), users of online dating systems (2017), refugees (2018), guests at vacation rentals that contain smart devices (2020), and activists during the Sudanese revolution (2021).
Contemporary Issues: I am deeply interested in studying issues of contemporary interest. In 2008, we published a largescale measurement study of whether and to what degree ISPs were modifying web pages inflight between the webserver and a user's browser. In 2008, we experimentally found that it was possible to frame nonsensical devices (like IP printers) for illegal filesharing, resulting in those devices getting DMCA takedown orders. In 2009, we studied security and privacy risks with the (then) emerging Enhanced Drivers Licenses. In 2017, we published the results of our research aimed at detecting whether cities were deploying citywide cellphone surveillance devices (called IMSI catchers). In early 2020, we launched a longitudinal study of people's privacy preferences with respect to COVID-19 contact tracing applications, and we also launched a study of people's technology use (and security and privacy risks and perspectives) during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased work-from-home. In 2021, we published research focused on helping people protect themselves from unwanted face recognition.
Education. I care deeply about education, including helping students understand the importance of understanding and carefully considering the relationship between society and technology.
Early in my teaching career, I introduced "security reviews" and "current events" assignments into my undergraduate computer security courses. My goal was to help students learn to think broadly about technology and the relationship between society and technology. Wired provides a summary of my course's use of "security reviews". I modeled the "current events" assignment off an assignment from my high school history course.
In 2012, my colleagues and I released a card game called Control-Alt-Hack, the goal of which was to help raise awareness about key computer security concepts, as well as the breadth of technologies that could be impacted by poor computer security design choices and the human impacts of security and privacy compromises.
In 2013, my colleagues and I released The Security Cards: A Security Threat Brainstorming Toolkit. The toolkit consists of 42 physical cards designed to assist in computer security-related brainstorming and education. The are four card suits: Human Impact, Adversary's Motivations, Adversary's Resources, and Adversary's Methods.
Fiction. I believe that fiction can help catalyze conversations and deep thinking about the relationship between people, society, and technology.
In 2011, I published a short paper about my experience asking students to write science fiction short stories in a computer security course. By asking students to create and explore a fictional world, and to place technology in that fictional world, my goals was to help students think critically about the broader societal context for computing systems.
In 2020, I co-edited the UW Tech Policy Lab's short story anthology, Telling Stories: On Culturally Responsive Artificial Intelligence.
In 2021, I published Our Reality, a novella written to contribute to discussions on society, racism, and technology; I also released a companion document that elaborators on the educational content in Our Reality.


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