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Connor de V was critically ill in July 2016 when an MRI contrast dye attacked his respiratory system putting his lungs and kidneys in a critical condition. His only hope was to be ventilated and transferred to Southampton Paediatric Intensive Care Unit. He thankfully recovered due to the care and specialist attention he received.
Over 900 children are treated each year in this 14-bed specialist unit but Connor could not believe how much the specialist unit relied on charitable donations to function properly and hatched a plan to give something back to the unit.
"I'm going to raise money by riding my bike from school to Lands Ends" [Connor]. Ambitious to say the least as Connor had very little road cycling experience and had certainly never taken on a challenge like this. He would need some help and so asked a school friend who had the experience and expertise required. Without a moment of hesitation Andy McN agreed to ride with Connor but it got better when David [Andy's dad] said he would also ride with the pair. The trio would ride the 300 miles starting on 29th May [half term week].
After much logistical preparation, route planning, accommodation bookings, ride support and worryingly little ride training, the small peloton set off.
The route devised by Andy took the team through some stunning countryside. Keeping away from main roads for much of the route required some serious hill climbing, over 1000m every day. In particular crossing Dartmoor, the team climbed over 1600m, truly heroic effort. With perfect weather conditions progress was better than expected, the 3 making the most of dry road descents. The 3 riders epitomised teamwork providing constant encouragement to each other and building a rapport that kept spirits high when legs and bums were feeling sore.
Crossing the finish line at Lands End gave Connor, Andy and David a true sense of achievement. Each doubted their ability to complete the challenge, none had covered more than 60 miles in a single day and yet they achieved 300 in 4 days. This just goes to show what you can do if you put your mind to it, keep focused and remain determined. "We'll never forget this week" they said.
The event has so far raised £2,280 towards 2 new beds for the unit and a new specialist ambulance, all of which are desperately needed. It's not too late to donate if you search jaine devoil on Just Giving.
Friends of PICU is a registered charity that was set up in 2006 by parents of children who have been cared for in PICU. No patient will pass through PICU without being helped in some way by equipment donated, or benefitting from the additional nursing training and education that the charity pays for. All emergency patients that are retrieved by ambulance travel in a dedicated ambulance donated by FoPICU and every parent can use the on-site accommodation near to their child because FoPICU supports and maintains it.
The de Voil family would like to use this opportunity to thank the McNaughton family for their generous support given to this event.
On Monday, eight Year 7-9 students visited Chawton, the home of Jane Austen for the last eight years of her life. The students were treated to a talk by Jane Austen expert, Annalie Talent, about her life and times, and then a tour of her house. The students saw a plethora of artefacts associated with Austen's life, including her writing table and several pieces of jewellery. There was added emphasis this year as it is the 200th year since Austen's death and there were 41 items on display representing poignant moments in her career. The students were asked to choose one of these items to inform their creative writing later in the afternoon.
After lunch, students walked through the village to Chawton house Library, which was owned by Austen's brother. We had a look around and then settled in the 'Oak Room' where the students worked on their creative writing.
It was an incredibly enjoyable day where the students broadened their knowledge about Austen and created some wonderful writing...watch this space for a preview of some of their pieces soon!
On Tuesday years 7 and 8 visited the Mary Rose exhibition and Nelson's flagship HMS Victory. The Mary Rose exhibition turned out to be unexpected and thrilling. To start off our journey here, we began with a short film on how it was raised, after that we set off to have a look at artefacts from the ship. Just as we turned the corner behind glass stood the remaining structure of the compelling Mary Rose. It is amazing to see that quite a lot was actually salvaged from the depths of the sea, including the skeleton of a rat catching dog!
As stated by Mr Seeley it is "a real window into the past". As we went up through the different decks, via a panoramic lift, you could see objects that had been discovered from each deck. You could see the cannons, weapons, tools, shoes and a wide variety of other everyday objects from a sailor's daily life.
Before our tour of HMS Victory, Mr Seeley gave us an eager talk about its background and involvement battle of the Trafalgar. Once we were all on board we ascended a precipitous flight of stairs and reached the peak of our climb (and in the words of the carpenters) we felt like we were 'on top of the world, looking down on creation.' However in reality we were on top of Nelson's majestic ship looking down on Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. After exploring this deck we went up to the poop deck and then down to were Nelson famously died. We visited Captain Hardy's dining chamber and Lord Nelson's private quarters, which seemed very spacious compared to the conditions of the ordinary sailors. Nelson actually had a bed, unlike all the other sailors who had a hammock.
An informative talk from Mr Seeley and the guides took us through the lives of everyday sailors and gunners. Our last stop was the barber surgeon's table which housed some blood soaked bandages, a severed hand in a bucket, a range of blood splattered tools and an amputated foot. This highlighted the harsh conditions of the brave soldiers who lived aboard this famous ship.
This day was enjoyed thoroughly by all and hopefully shall be repeated for many years to come.
On Wednesday some of Year 7 and the Schools ballet club, trekked to the Richmond Theatre to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, ballet.
The show kicked off with a riveting piece of music, which the ballerinas kept in time with. It was a very dark piece. Suddenly, when Bruno came on, it appeared as if he was the one who supplied all the characters with happiness. Yet there was Hitler, who was portrayed by this demon, swathed in ripped cloth and his face was covered in a gas mask. When Hitler 'killed' somebody, he would subtly wrap his arms around their lower torso. Slowly but surely the character getting killed would bend over backwards and fall. This really showed the flexibility of the dancers on stage.
The one scene that stood out for me was the dining room scene, when Pavel, a prisoner from Auschwitz recruited to be a waiter, gets beaten up for spilling wine on Lieutenant Kötler's lap. This really shows the prejudice that was shown towards the Jews at this time.
The ballet really managed to capture the true meaning of the story, and the whole performance was compelling, sad and beautiful all in one go.
Having studied poetry for the first part of this term, Year 6 extended their literary repertoire this week, stepping into the legendary realm of King Arthur. The majestic, ancient woodlands of Ewhurst provided a picturesque backdrop for our first reading of Alfred, Lord Tennyson's "Lady of Shalott". From the water's edge, the pupils were able to imagine some of the Lady's isolation beyond Camelot and visualise her vantage point, locked in her riverside tower, as her hero, Lancelot, approached. The children's interpretations of the text were wonderful to hear, and we now look forward to delving deeper into the mysteries of the curse that kept her prisoner.
On Wednesday the U13 C Rounders team faced Cottesmore at home. The girls won the toss and decided to field first. Cottesmore had some strong batsmen and were able to hit the ball into gaps around the field and score, however our fielding was tight and the girls were able to restrict their scoring to only half rounders. When we came into bat Laura S and Daisy M hit full rounders and the rest of the team scored halves towards the score. End of the innings score was 6 – 8 ½ to Duke of Kent School.
In the second innings, Cottesmore managed to hit some big hits and score 6 full rounders, 4 of which were from the same player who ended up receiving 'Girl of the Game'. Due to the Duke of Kent School girls displaying some spectacular fielding and accurate bowling from Milly B, they were able to bring Cottesmore's high scoring to a screeching halt half way through their batting and this led to Cottesmore rounding up a total of 15 rounders. Duke of Kent School now knew their target to beat and worked really hard as a team to aim for big hits followed by safe running, so they were not run out or stumped out. After a tense last few minutes, the final score was 15-15 so a great draw as both teams played really well. Well done girls!
The Senior School Council have purchased water bottles for every member of the school so as to reduce the wastage associated with current paper cups. Toby H, a member of the school council, said "I have read a huge amount about the health benefits of drinking water and feel we should all be trying to drink more water each day". Sam R added, "Currently we use paper cups which are not environmentally friendly. Hopefully the introduction of these water bottles will mean we are helping to reduce paper wastage and therefore limiting the damage we are causing the environment". The water bottles will be given out over the coming days.
As the nation went to the polls on Thursday, so too did the pupils from Years 1 to 6.
Year 6 created four parties to run for election, as well as a polling station team to manage the election itself. On Wednesday morning they delivered a presentation to Years 1 to 5 that explained the General Election, how it works and why it is important. This was followed by each party then putting forward their manifesto - three main policies aimed at improving the school, helping their peers and winning over voters. Thursday morning saw a final statement from each party addressing the electorate before the polls opened in our Polling Station (the Junior Library) at 8:45am.
The polling station team then took over; checking polling cards against the electoral register, administering ballot papers and ensuring the safe deposit of ballot papers into ballot boxes. The Polling Station was closed and voting was halted temporarily between 9:00am and 12:30pm for the important business of lessons and lunch, before resuming at 13:00pm. Once all votes had been cast the Chief Counting Officer and her team worked quickly but carefully to count all the votes.
As expected, there was little to separate the parties, but it was DOKIP lead by Freddie N who managed to amass the most votes and win the election. I am sure all the parties would like to thank everyone for turning out to vote, which they did in impressive numbers, so very well done to all who voted. A huge well done is also due to Year 6. The parties all worked hard to create a brand, a manifesto and deliver rousing speeches, and the polling station team ran the election superbly - a well oiled machine!
Alex G for displaying kindness and support towards younger peers and continued hard work.
Phoenix H for making great progress in his reading and for continuing to make such a determined effort with his phonics.
Sam W for working with increased independence, confidence and concentration in both numeracy and Literacy.
Isla W for consistently showing a positive and motivated attitude within lessons.
On Monday 5th June, in the Music classroom, Mr Hall's drum pupils showcased a 'live' drum lesson to their parents. This was a great opportunity for the children to showcase what they do in a typical drum lesson, demonstrating pieces, exercises and drum rudiments they learn, all explained by Mr Hall. The children gained some live playing experience and the parents enjoyed an insight into a part of the school day that might sometimes seem a tad mysterious!
We are delighted to announce that next term the Senior School Production will be the brilliant Queen jukebox musical 'We Will Rock You'. This entertaining, funny and inventive musical will feature a cast of 50 pupils from Years 7 -11, a live band and all the wonderful hits of Queen. Watch this space for more information!
Ditch the Label has published research looking at children and young people's experiences of being subjected to, witnessing and perpetrating bullying in online gaming environments. Findings from a survey of 2,515 UK young people aged 12-25 conducted within the Habbo game, a virtual hotel where people go to chat, play games and make friends, include: 57% reported that they have been bullied in an online game; 47% have received threats; and 40% have had unwanted sexual content in an online game. 20% of the children and young people surveyed said they had bullied someone online.


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NEWS CREATION SCIENCE UPDATE WORLDWIDE CATASTROPHIC EVIDENCE IS EVERYWHERE
The 'Mystery' of Octopus Fossils
BY BRIAN THOMAS, PH.D. * |
Around 150 years ago, Charles Darwin asserted that "no organism wholly soft can be preserved."1 He concluded this based on the assumption that fossilization required long periods of time.
The reality is, however, that fossilization must occur rapidly, at a faster rate than the specimen would decay. Darwin's belief in vast geological ages, borrowed from Charles Lyell and perhaps from his grandfather Erasmus, led to his misinterpretation that fossils form slowly and gradually. Since Darwin's time, however, many organisms that were "wholly soft" have been found preserved and fossilized, and by far the best explanation for their formation is not through slow and gradual means, but rapid and catastrophic ones.
Although extremely uncommon, worms, jellyfish, bacteria, a host of different kinds of leaves, and now three exquisitely preserved octopods have been found in fossilized form.2 Discovered in Lebanon, these wholly soft-bodied animals must have been rapidly engulfed by watery sediments. The mud that encased them turned to stone, preserving the octopod impressions before the creatures could rot.
These specimens provide strong testimony for a rapid fossilization process. Soft tissue fossils have long been a problem for those who believe that sedimentary deposits represent vast ages. For example, paleontology research at the University of Leicester refers to the soft-body phenomenon as an "ancient mystery." The university stated in 2008 that "the Burgess Shales preserved soft tissue in exquisite detail, and the question of how this came to happen has troubled scientists since the discovery of the fossils in 1909."3 Interestingly, university researchers solved this "mystery" by suggesting "rapid sedimentation of up to decimetre-thick units at this location from pulsatory, quasi-continuous density currents."4
In addition to "wholly soft" creatures found in fossilized form, preserved soft body parts—such as the fossilized brains of a T. rex and an extinct fish—have been discovered, and Nature recently reported on "exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod from Italy." 5, 6 The rock layers that contain these fossils could not have taken long ages to form, because these creatures would have decayed too quickly to have been preserved the way they exist today. The "rapid sedimentation" cited by the University of Leicester researchers would, however, be consistent with a widespread deluge, such as Noah's Flood.
Since there is no record of vast eons in these rocks,7 and the only answer to the mystery of fossilized soft tissue matches the account of catastrophe already given in God's Word, perhaps it is time to discard the unfounded and outdated concept of long geological ages.
Darwin, C. R. 1859. The Origin of Species. Middlesex, England: Penguin Classics, 298.
Fuchs, D., G. Bracchi, and R, Weis. 2009. New Octopods (Cephalopoda: Coeoidea) from the Late Cretaceous (Upper Cenomanian) of Hâkel and Hâdjoula, Lebanon. Paleontology. 52 (1): 65-81.
Macedo-Hatch, T. Ancient mystery solved by Leicester geologists. University of Leicester press release, February 22, 2008.
Gabbott, S.E., J. Zalasiewic, and D. Collins. 2008. Sedimentation of the Phyllopod Bed within the Cambrian Burgess Shale Formation of British Columbia. Journal of the Geological Society. 165 (1): 307-318.
Thomas, B. What Does It Take to Fossilize a Brain? ICR News. Posted on icr.org on March 11, 2009, accessed March 24, 2009.
Dal Sasso, C., and M. Signore. 1998. Exceptional soft-tissue preservation in a theropod from Italy. Nature. 392 (6674): 383-387.
Morris, H.M. 1976. Up with Catastrophism! Acts & Facts. 5 (8).
* Mr. Thomas is Science Writer at the Institute for Creation Research.
Article posted on April 1, 2009.

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His Name May Not Be Familiar, but His Famous Test Endures
Walter Mischel created the marshmallow test to gauge kids' self-gratification; he's dead at 88
By Newser Editors, Newser Staff
Posted Sep 21, 2018 11:55 AM CDT
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(Newser) – A psychologist by the name of Walter Mischel died this month at age 88, and if the name doesn't ring a bell, a test he concocted in the 1960s just might. It's the "marshmallow test," and the premise is simple: Mischel presented young children with a marshmallow (or other treat) and offered a deal. If they could sit alone in a room with the marshmallow for a while without eating it, they'd get two when he returned, explains Quartz. As it turns out, only about 1 in 3 of the kids managed to refrain from eating it, notes the Washington Post. The test gained renown when Mischel followed up with the kids and found a striking correlation: Those who learned to master the art of self-gratification tended to be more successful later in life. But as Mischel himself would stress, the results often were misinterpreted in the mainstream.
One key part of his test that often goes unmentioned, he once explained, is that some of the kids were taught strategies on how to keep from eating the marshmallow, while others were left to their own devices, reports NPR. The main lesson, then, was that people can teach themselves better habits rather than relying on sheer willpower. "People can use their wonderful brains to think differently about situations, to reframe them, to reconstrue them, to even reconstrue themselves," Mischel said. (See this video for the interview.) Another facet of Mischel's life: He grew up as a Jewish child in Austria before World War II, and he gave a 2014 interview to the Guardian in which he talks about the hardships he endured. Mischel's family fled to the US in 1938. (Read more obituary stories.)


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Johnston, Arthur
, was born at Caskieben, near Aberdeen, the seat of his ancestors, in 1587, and probably | was educated at Aberdeen, as he was afterwards advanced to the highest dignity in that university. The study to which he chiefly applied, was that of physic; and to improve himself in that science, he travelled into foreign countries. He was twice at Rome, but the chief place of his residence was at Padua, in which university the degree of M. D. was conferred on him in 1610, as appears by a ms copy of verses in the advocates' library in Edinburgh. After leaving Padua, he travelled through the rest of Italy, and over Germany, Denmark, England, Holland, and other countries, and at last settled in France, where he met with great applause as a Latin poet. He lived there twenty years, and by two wives had thirteen children. At last, after twenty-four years absence, he returned into Scotland, as some say in 1632, but probably much sooner, as there is an edition of his "Epigrammata," printed at Aberdeen in 1632, in which he is styled the king's physician. It appears by the council-books at Edinburgh, that the doctor had a suit at law before that court about the same time. In the year following, Charles I. went into Scotland, and made bishop Laud, then with him, a member of that council; and by this accident it is probable the acquaintance began between the doctor and that prelate, which produced his "Psalmorum Davidis Paraphrasis Poetica." We find, that in the same year the doctor printed a specimen of his Psalms at London, and dedicated them to his lordship, which is considered as a proof that the bishop prevailed upon Johnston to remove to London from Scotland, and then set him upon this work; neither can it be doubted but, after he had seen this sample, he also engaged him to perfect the whole, which took him up four years; for the first etlition'of all the Psalms was published at Aberdeen in 1637, and at London in the same year. In 1641, Dr. Johnston being at Oxford on a visit to one of his daughters, who was married to a divine of the church of England in that place, was seized with a violent diarrhoea, of which he died in a few days, in the fifty-fourth year of his age, not without having seen the beginning of those troubles which proved so fatal to his patron. He was buried in the place where he died, which gave occasion to the following lines of his learned friend Wedderburn in his "Suspiria," on the doctor's death:
"Scotia moesta, dole, taiiti vidtiata sepulchro
Vatis; is Angligenis contigit akus honos."
In 1632, as already remarked, was published at Aberdeen "Epigrammata Arturi Johnstoni;" and in 1633, he translated Solomon's Song into Latin elegiac verse, and dedicated it to his majesty; in 1637, he edited the "Deliciae Poetarum Scoticorum," to which he was himself a large contributor, and which, says Dr. Johnson, would have done honour to any country. His Psalms were reprinted at Middleburg, 1642; London, 1657; Cambridge,; Amsterdam, 1706 Edinburgh, by William Lauder, 1739 and at last on the plan of the Delphin classics, at London, 1741, 8vo, at the expence of auditor Benson, who dedicated them to his late majesty, and prefixed to this edition memoirs of Dr. Johnston, with the testimonies of various learned persons. A laboured, but partial and injudicious comparison between the two translations of Buchanan and Johnston, was printed the same year by Benson, in English, in 8vo, entitled <* A Prefatory Discourse to Dr. Johnston's Psalms,"&c. and" A Conclusion to it."This was ably answered by the learned Ruddiman in" A Vindication of Mr. George Buchanan's Paraphrase of the Book of Psalms,"1745, 8vo. Johnston's translations of the" Te Deum, Creed, Decalogue,"&c. were subjoined to the Psalms. His other poetical works are his" Parerga,"and his" Musae Aulicse,"or commendatory verses upon persons of rank in church and state at that time. Johnston is evidently entitled to very high praise as a Latin poet; and the late lord Woodhouselee seems to admit that from his days the Latin muses have deserted the northern part of our island: Benson's comparison between Buchanan and Johnston was absurd enough, but it is not fair that Johnston should suffer by his editor's want of taste. The abler critic we have just mentioned, does not think Johnston's attempt to emulate Buchanan as a translator of the Psalms, greatly beyond his powers; for, although taken as a whole, his version is certainly inferior (as indeed what modern has, in Latin poetry, equalled Buchanan) yet there are a few of his Psalms, such as the 24th, 30th, 74th, 81st, 82d, 102d, and above all, the 137th, which, on comparison, lord Woodhouselee says, will be found to excel the corresponding paraphrase of his rival. And Dr. Beattie seems to speak in one respect more decidedly. Johnston, he says," is not so verbose as Buchanan, and has of course | more vigour;" but he very justly censures the radical evil of Johnston's Psalms, his choice of a couplet, which keeps the reader always in rnind of the puerile epistles of Ovid. 1
1 Memoirs by Benson. Chalmers's Life of Ruddiman, p. 42, 176, &c, Tytier's Life of Kamei. Beattie's Dissertations, 4to, p. 645,
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Johnson, Samuel (1649–1703)
Johnston, Arthur (1587–?)
Johnston, Charles (?–1800)
Johnstone, James (1730–1802)
Johnston, John (1603–1675)
Joinville, John, Sire De (?–1318)
Joly, Claude (1607–1700)
Kaempfer, Engelbert (1587–?)
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TechWeek: In conversation with Joe Dignan
The digital transformation expert talks to Nicci Martel about how an island like Jersey could be at the vanguard of smart city technology.
After nearly 10 years spent focusing on the digital transformation of cities, Joe Dignan had an idea: what if islands were actually the perfect testbed for exploring what was possible?
If he could find an island that could accurately mirror what was happening in the developed world, it could be used to examine how enabling technologies can be harnessed to deal with issues of pollution, energy, air quality, water, waste, transport and health.
"It's the perfect sandbox, a petri dish, a microcosm of what's happening in the developed world".
A smart island, if you like, one that embraced tech such as AI, augmented and virtual reality, 5G and digital twins, could pave the way for solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing urban communities worldwide. And Jersey is that island, he says.
Jersey has the potential to take digital transformation to a level unseen anywhere else in the world, Joe believes. It just needs to take the leap.
"Jersey has a good finance industry, a good agritech industry and, according to who you speak to, it's a democratic jurisdiction," he says with a wry smile during a chat to discuss his involvement in Jersey TechWeek 2020.
"It's the perfect sandbox, a petri dish, a microcosm of what's happening in the developed world. It already has a digital twin and an IoT platform. What it doesn't have is a data exchange, and that's not just a Jersey issue, that's a global issue. It doesn't exist anywhere in the world.
"But what if Jersey created one? What if Jersey created the first sovereign data exchange in the world? What could the potential be if the island took that next step?"
'It's basically joining up all the plumbing'
As a recognised expert in the digital transformation arena, and the founder of consultancy Kintechi Ltd, Joe has spent a decade advising on and researching technology's role in the future of urban living. He's part of the World Bank's Smart City Expert Framework, and his career, which has seen him work in both private and public organisations, has given him a background in national security, economic development, education and digital enablement. He is ideally positioned to fully grasp the vast and complex problems posed by rapid urbanisation.
Roughly 50% of the world population of 7.7 billion people lives in cities, but this is predicted to rise to 70% by 2050, potentially creating another 5,000 cities. The way to deal with the inevitable problems this will cause is to create smart cities – jurisdictions that combine digital technology, design thinking and data to improve the quality of people's lives, as well as efficiency and sustainability.
"It's basically joining up all the plumbing", Joe says, and it's a good analogy.
You can think of a smart city as a complex plumbing system of public and private services, city infrastructure, people and devices (smartphones, sensors, IoT devices) that constantly interact with each other. Within this system there are massive amounts of data exchanges taking place, but so much of this data is meaningless, explains Joe, because it can't be brought together in one place to synthesise a useful narrative.
Creating the 'holy grail' of smart city technologies
Data governance can be a thorny issue, quite rightly, and governments have to consider whether data is internal or external, transactional or personalised and how the data is stored, archived, duplicated, and destroyed. But what if a common standard was created, and what if Jersey created it?
"If you can create that, and I think it's something Jersey can do, the export potential is massive".
"Governments have a disparate view of the citizen, their health, mobility, how they use transport, but imagine if they could meld all that information together to create a clear picture? A sovereign data exchange is the holy grail, a way for the public sector to gain a single view of the citizen", explained Joe.
"If you can create that, and I think it's something Jersey can do, the export potential is massive. Jersey has the right calibre of people – creating things like regulation governance and fraud protection for the financial services – to design the right privacy and security protocols to make this possible."
With so much of the financial industry's compliance work now being picked up by AI, designing a data exchange that can be easily replicated and exported offers the island's economy an opportunity to diversify, he says. And there has never been better time.
Cities will need to work smarter to manage Covid-19
Rather than the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic diverting investment away from smart and sustainable city goals, Joe argues that Covid-19 will accelerating funding because to deal with the effect of it on the world economy, we'll need cities to work smarter, and we'll need to understand them better, especially the movement of people.
Due to the pandemic, we're seeing an accelerated trend towards virtualisation and digitalisation in all industries, says Joe, with more online meetings, less travel, flexible workspaces, less manual reporting and more AI-enabled analysis, maintenance tasks performed by robots and less manual intervention.
Jersey's digital twin created by Augment City.
A digital twin, such as the one designed for Jersey by Augment City, will become a vital tool for authorities, giving them the ability to see the spread of contagion and respond accordingly. But to maximise a digital twin's potential requires a data exchange. And to convince governments and organisations to invest in this technology requires new ROI models that can include health and wellbeing, for example.
"'Don't waste a good crisis, or so the saying goes. We have an opportunity to accelerate what we're doing and the way we want to do it. There's a huge consensus around looking to sustainable development goals as something we can aspire towards. The problem is that ROI models are very blunt and old and they're not fit for purpose, but we're working towards creating new ones", says Joe.
"There's been a feeling that up until now a green infrastructure will cost more but you'll get less. We're trying to flip that thinking. We've got the technology to do amazing things – look at the hydrogen buses in China – but that's the easy bit; the really hard bit is making the business case".
Shifting attitudes towards privacy
If Joe hopes that financial investment might now be more forthcoming, he also believes that the general public are more amenable to the idea of smart infrastructure than ever before, up to a point.
"There are lots of uses of technology that scare me…But there has been a sea change and people now want to know who is around them and who's got the virus"
While the idea of a social credit system, such as China's, will be a step too far for most people in democratic, developed nations, Joe does think the pandemic has shifted people's tolerance for being monitored.
"There are lots of uses of technology that scare me. I don't like facial recognition or social scoring, where if you drop litter you get minus 10 points. I wouldn't want to be involved in anything like that. But there has been a sea change and people now want to know who is around them and who's got the virus", he says.
"The whole Covid thing has actually ameliorated people's fears about surveillance. But data ethics has to be at the centre of this. It's gone from being some weird outsider topic to the mainstream. It's the idea of who pays and who gains; trust is absolutely critical".
Jersey's new potato
Jurisdictions around the world are catching on to the benefits of IoT platforms and digital twins, but without a data exchange to really maximise the potential of these technologies, there remains a missing piece of the jigsaw puzzle.
By stepping up to the challenge, which Joe believes Jersey is uniquely positioned to do, the island could not only improve its own decision-making capabilities, improve the efficiency of its services and make life better for islanders, but it will have created a product that could do the same for other jurisdictions.
"They say data is the new oil, and in Manchester they say it's the new cotton. Perhaps in Jersey, data could be the new potato", Joe says jokingly.
Perhaps it's a joke worth taking seriously.
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Rapper celebrates animal rescue while dispelling stereotypes about pet ownership
Jen Reeder
January 19, 2022, 3:01 PM ·4 min read
Watching the new video "That's My Dog" by Baltimore rapper Dapper Dan Midas — or DDm for short — is a joyful experience.
While DDm cradles an adorable Chihuahua to lyrics like "He's always eating good, 'cause I treat him like a king," an audience of mostly Black animal lovers sings and dances along to celebrate the bond they share with their pups.
"I'm a pet owner, I'm very sensitive and very much an advocate for pet care and pet wellness and just pet owners all around," DDm told TODAY. "But I didn't want to make a song about pet ownership that was corny and sad and depressing…I wanted to make something that was a little bit more positive, especially in these times, and uplifting for people who are champions of pet advocacy and ownership.
"Maybe they'll sing it to their dog — who knows?"
While the video is a ton of fun, it serves a higher purpose: working to dispel stereotypes about Black pet owners and combating the bias and discrimination that can plague the predominantly white animal welfare industry.
During the racial justice protests in 2020, African American, Hispanic, Native American and mixed-race staff members of Best Friends Animal Society shared their experiences with racism in animal welfare. For instance, Black people trying to adopt pets can face extra scrutiny and might find their adoption applications rejected if they live in an underserved community. Even people simply hoping to volunteer can face distrust.
To help combat this, DDm teamed up with the nonprofit Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity, or CARE, to create the video for "That's My Dog."
DDm said he hopes the video sparks an uptick in people adopting pets and makes animal lovers proud of giving pets the best possible care they can.
"I also hope it shows that Black people and people of color care about their pets. We're not out here dogfighting and all of those stigmas that kind of get thrown around," he said. "I hope it shows that Black people take care of their pets, and they love their pets just like everybody else."
DDm shares a special moment with his late cat, Taco Bell. "Taco Bell was just so chill. He kept me company, we would have conversations, and we'd sit and watch Marvel films. It was like having a roommate almost, to a certain degree," he told TODAY. "I miss him so much." (Courtesy Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE))
When producing the "That's My Dog" video, CARE prioritized hiring and paying people of color, from the makeup artist to the extras, according to the nonprofit's founder and CEO, James Evans.
"Almost everyone in that video had an animal at home, and some of them had animals on the scene," he told TODAY. "I don't think I've had that much fun at work ever. That whole video process was amazing."
During production for "That's My Dog," Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity prioritized hiring a diverse crew of animal lovers. (Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE))
At one point, the camera flashes to a shirt emblazoned with the logo for TrapKing Humane, a nonprofit founded by rapper turned cat rescuer Sterling "TrapKing" Davis. Davis not only dances in the video but previously received funding from CARE to purchase a new trap-neuter-return vehicle to continue his work with stray cats in Atlanta.
Evans said that's because CARE works to expand and diversify animal welfare — which he prefers to call the "human and animal well-being field" — not only by encouraging mostly white organizations to make real change but to help bring in new groups run by people of color and support existing ones through its CARE Centers.
CARE founder James Evans smiles at home with his children, Andrew, 11, and Lila, 13, and their beloved rescue dogs, Guapo, 3, and Rocky, 4 months. The family was rejected for dog adoption by rescue organizations a dozen times before a colleague connected them with Rocky. (Courtesy Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE))
CARE, which Evans started in 2020 just before the coronavirus pandemic hit the U.S., partnered with the BlackDVM Network and other organizations to create the Dr. Jodie G. Blackwell Scholarship Fund for African American veterinary students.
America faces a shortage of veterinary professionals, and roughly 90% of U.S. veterinarians identify as white, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The fund raised and awarded over $87,000 in 2021.
Working to diversify a variety of animal-related industries and celebrating Black pet ownership is both a professional and personal goal, Evans said. Recently, he and his family tried to adopt a furry companion for their rescue dog, Guapo, but were denied 12 times.
DDm smiles at his co-star, Mellow. (Courtesy Companions and Animals for Reform and Equity (CARE))
It wasn't until a colleague at the Humane Society of the United States connected him with Rocky, an Akita puppy rescued from a puppy mill raid, that they could finally welcome a new pet into their family.
"It's a really frustrating thing to be steeped in how it feels to be casually rejected for no reason, or not be called back at all," he said. "We have a research division doing a longitudinal study on animal control records and also on adoption across the country to try to figure out what exactly are the pain points for people of color dealing with adoption and dealing with animal control."
Animal lovers dance during the filming of the DDm video
In the meantime, Evans hopes animal advocates, shelters and rescue organizations will share the video for "That's My Dog" on social media to help promote animal adoption and change misconceptions about people who have pets.
"I want people to think of pet ownership as being as diverse and complex as pets themselves," he said. "There is a pet out there for everyone. … What we want to focus on is love."
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TinyWars Prototype Publicly Available on Android and PC Download
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For too long we've been teasing character artwork and music without any point of contact with an actual product, finally we are happy to announce the public release of our gameplay prototype! The prototype is available for both Windows PC and Android devices, and can be downloaded here.
Feel free to play our prototype if you want!
Here's a break down of the development timeline:
Implement the new menu systems and visual theme. (As close to final as possible, what you see in the prototype is only temporary)
Begin work on assets for the cutscenes and story elements. (The next demo will feature the first chapter of the game, including story and gameplay.)
Develop/Program the new story cutscenes
Build out the tutorial level (There will only be one tutorial level, then the player can jump directly into full featured gameplay.)
Build out the first levels' gameplay sequences.
Finish animation frames for units and enemies.
Compile everything together into the game and release the first official demo. (What is currently released is a prototype, what we plan to release will be an actual representative demo.)
New Visual Theme
Imagine somebody has been collecting hints and evidence for the existence of "tiny people" and has been compiling all this evidence into a scrapbook: This is the theme of TinyWars in terms of menu design as well as how we plan to deliver the story. It is slightly complicated to explain without a video or some better visuals, but in terms of the TinyWars story, there has been a lot of events that happened before the main game that lead up to this tiny "war."
Part of the purpose of this book is to help deliver an account for all the events that have happened. Of course, if the player has no interest in this, they don't have to explore the journal entries. You can play through the entire game of TinyWars and experience just the story of Mary and the girls saving the kingdom without having to read any of these entries. However, those who take their time to read through the entries might experience a totally different story. And perhaps, some elements and references in the game's cutscenes will be clearer.
Any extremely key events will be included in the game's main cutscenes, but other story elements that I deem optional will be put into the optional reading. If the game is able to raise a larger budget, ideally I'd like to have all the journal entries animated or at least in some form of interactive cutscene, however I think most of these smaller entries will be text format. Sorry, I know it doesn't sound like the most exciting thing in the world! I promise that I will do my best to at least give justice to at least some of the bigger key events.
Is the Story Really That Good?
The game looks so cute and happy right? How could it possibly have a deep and interesting story, it's probably some cliche anime girl story right?
While I am in no position to brag about the story which has yet to be materialized into the game, all I can say in response is that I will be very surprised if the game does not receive an "M" rating after all the story elements and visuals are put into the game.
Anything Else to Say About the Game?
I really wish I could say more about this project, without having the game released, most of what I discuss is just concept at the moment. There's a lot of material here that I would love to discuss! We will be releasing some official music tracks to help build up some excitement for the game.
This is just a mockup image of the music "cover." There will be more to discuss when the soundtrack is released. I hope you will enjoy our live recorded orchestra, some beautiful violin pieces, and some great action/boss fight background music!
TinyWars Gameplay Prototype Ready for Testing This Week!
TinyWars Gameplay Prototype Ready for Testing This Week! https://tinywarsgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Frame0Melee.jpg 1228 1228 andrew andrew https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9769ddc45e202e9079affd1b6ee0335f?s=96&d=mm&r=g October 19, 2016 April 10, 2017
After all the teasing, artwork, and seemingly "random" cast of characters, we are pleased to announce that officially NONE of those connections or story will be clarified at all! This gameplay prototype serves one purpose, the backbone of the gameplay for TinyWars and gameplay, as a mechanism to deliver our story! Sorry, that has to wait for the real demo! It would be an injustice to the story if we released a buggy game attached to it!
How to become a Beta Tester
Beta testing will begin this Thurdsay, October 20th, 2016. We have a pretty hefty list of volunteers to conduct the beta testing, however we are happy to have more!
Beta Tester Signup:
Send a message to TinyWars with your email address! That's it!
https://www.facebook.com/TinyWarsGame/
If you don't have facebook (which is the easiest way to get in contact with us), you may also contact us via the contact form on this website!
Plans for Beta Test
We plan to release the beta downloads in waves, once per week until the beta testers have run out! First wave will test the first beta, after we have a few days to address some common issues or bugs, we will release the revised beta to the next wave, and continue this for a span of 2 – 4 weeks before the bug free beta is released to the public!
The beta will be released on a first come first serve basis, beginning with our closest personal contacts first, then branching out to the volunteers on our beta testing roster, beginning with those who were added earliest!
Unfinished Aspects of the Beta
Many animations in the current gameplay prototype are totally incomplete! As you can see from the picture above, a lot of love and car goes into every single animation frame! We can not spare enough time to incorporate the full animations. We need to get people playing this game or else I fear that some may loose interest and hope in the project! The prototype will be the first manifestation of TinyWars as a video game.
Up until this point, all TinyWars has been was a bunch of images and characters with supposedly "interesting stories" but nothing to deliver the story. This prototype will do nothing to clarify this! But it will have somethings in it to look out for, mainly gameplay experiences.
What is in store for the future?
After the gameplay prototype has been thoroughly tested and perfected (and I don't expect it to be 100% perfect at this point, but polished up enough), We will begin work on the actual, official, real TinyWars game! The idea being that, once the first few levels of the real campaign have been developed, we can release that as a true TinyWars demo and give the players a real experience of what is in store for them!
I hope people will get a taste for the unique story telling and tower defense/siege gameplay we want to bring to the table. Anyways, this is all for now, if you are interested in beta testing be sure to contact us!
What Makes TinyWars Different from Other Tower Defense Games?
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We are at a 30% completion mark for our upcoming gameplay demo, very exciting to see the project progress everyday! We estimate 30% completion based on the fact that we have done 5 out of the 15 waves that will be in the demo.
Planning wise, the content of the waves has been planned out, but they have not been coded into the demo yet. What sounds awesome on paper can often need a lot more tweaking when put into the game.
How is TinyWars Revolutionizing Tower Defense
…Not sure if "revolutionizing" is the right word, but we certainly are building upon a tried and true genre. Tower defense has been done many times before us, from really basic app games to some AAA titles, but these days it seems to be a stagnant, unpopular niche genre. With TinyWars we hope to build upon a lot of cool features from our favorite TD games and inject some of our own original ideas into it.
Cool Features to Expect in the Demo!
Mary will have more poses in the final demo than what is seen in the gameplay video (above)
Path Shifting
The battlefield is constantly changing, anything can happen at any time that could stir up the battle and shift the course of the enemies. You need to be able to adapt your strategy at any time, don't get too comfortable with your tower placement, be willing to sell units when necessary to adapt to the changing battlefield.
In the demo: This will happen in the demo regarding the strawberry. (spoilers)
Updated upgrade animation
TinyWars
What is a "TinyWar?" TinyWars happen periodically during the game, they can happen at any time, in any level, so be on your guard! A TinyWar is a phase in the game when "dark magic" takes over. Normally there are breaks in between waves where the player can take time to plan and even "retry" waves that they didn't do too well on. However, during a "tinywar" that will not be available, you must complete the entire set of waves and if you fail, you can only restart form the beginning of the tinywar.
In the demo: This will happen when a certain character makes an appearance in the demo. (spoilers)
Unlimited Upgrades
This is still a concept we have been experimenting with, but limiting the unit upgrades to only 3 – 5 phases is what most tower defense games do. We have been juggling with the idea of having unlimited amount of upgrades, different upgrade "paths", or transformation upgrades that totally change the way the character behaves. The last one is nothing new, we've seen it before in other games, but I am not sure if it has been utilized to its fullest extent! We'll see about this concept.
In the demo: This feature is currently not planned for the demo.
Lastly we want to create a tower defense game where players are rewarded for having good strategies! Not merely building the most towers or the most powerful towers. In tower defense, placement should be a key component of the game and we have units that specifically react to certain units. This is something you must figure out as you play, and don't worry, the logic behind which units react to what type of attacks is anything but randomized! There has been a lot of thought put into the enemies and what they do.
What is this Blue Blob guy? Is he a placeholder?
Ah yes, you might have noticed this beautifully rendered "test demo enemy." Throughout playing the demo countless times, we have grown quite fond of this character to be honest. He will be staying in the demo. Will he appear in the final game? Maybe not, but he's staying in the demo and that's final!
How Many Playable Units Will Be In the Demo?
Currently two, the Fire Witch (Kim), and the Melee Unit (Suzu).
Will that be boring? No, because there is a lot of enemy types to fight against. Having a lot of unit types is cool, but having a lot of enemy types is far more interesting! Enemies should not be overlooked in a tower defense game!
Also this demo takes place in the "Grass World," which is the first chapter in the TinyWars story. In that chapter these are the only two playable units. Each chapter unlocks more units, but we do want this demo to reflect some early gameplay of TinyWars. There's just a lot of things relating to the story that we just can't spoil! Trust me, you're going to like the story a lot!
How Difficult Will the Demo be?
Oh man, we designed this demo to be accessible to everyone to be able to get into tower defense (surprisingly, a lot of people are not familiar with tower defense), but we also created this demo to be like a little "challenge." Challenge yourself, your friends, or people you know to actually beat the demo.
We said it would be easy and fun to pick up! We never said we would make it easy to beat. In fact, the final wave of the demo has been specifically designed to be a challenge. We're trying to cram 100 units into the screen at once, we'll see about that. But we will make sure it's not easy to beat, or at least not easy to beat with a perfect score! (not taking any damage!)
We promise we will play through the demo ourselves to ensure that it is possible to beat without taking damage!
Is there Any Story in the Demo?
There will not be story related cutscenes in this demo, this is just a lighthearted demo for fun and to demonstrate the gameplay mechanics of TinyWars. However, there will be story "elements" in this demo. Mary's personality will be presented, and some other hints might be made, but regarding the main story we just don't have anything in this demo.
This is NOT to suggest that we don't have the TinyWars story figured out! Oh no! The storyline for TinyWars has been written well in advanced of any gameplay or coding! By this we mean that all the main events and key plot points have been outlined in the story, this doesn't mean all the lines have been set in stone and scripted fully, but the events have been pretty much set in stone!
The story is not shallow, nor generic, I can certainly promise that! It will be fun to follow, it'll be a wild ride, and there will be some heart breaking moments for sure. Maybe one day TinyWars might get an anime deal! Who knows? But we're getting way ahead of ourselves here… First thing is first, the gameplay demo!
Be on the look out, we are 30% done and progressing faster and faster now that many of the core mechanics have been implemented and lots of bugs have been addressed!
What platforms will the gameplay demo release on?
The gameplay demo will release on Windows PC for sure. Regarding mobile development, there still needs to be a lot of testing done to make sure device comparability is maximized. The game is fully responsive and should work (in theory) on any sized screen or device, BUT this has yet to be tested.
First the PC version of the game needs to be completed before we can even begin testing for mobile, I'm sure there will be many tweaks and adjustments to be made in order to get the mobile version running smoothly… Oh boy, I'm getting excited just thinking about it.


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Lifetime Employment in Japan
A Manifestation of Collectivism
Japan is ranked as a collectivist culture by the well-known Hofstede Insights group, putting it at the opposite end of the spectrum from generally individualistic Western cultures. This measure is a product of the tendency of individuals in a culture to think of things in terms of "we" rather than "I," and of the predisposition to consider the wider consequences to society of any given choice or action. This is actually a fairly common trait of many Asian cultures, but in Japan this collectivism manifests itself in a unique way.
In other Asian countries, collectivism can often be seen in a focus on and loyalty to extended family ties. In Japan however, the "in-group" of greatest importance is often found in the workplace.
Company Loyalty
In a more Western, individualist mindset, changing employment or even careers can be seen as entirely positive and an important part of finding a "best fit" for an individual – in America the average worker changes jobs 10-15 times during their career and changes careers 3-7 times. In Japan, such behavior might be seen as detrimental and as a blatant sign of disloyalty. In this group-focused culture, employment at one company from the time one graduates until retirement is not uncommon.
Employees are loyal to the company and work tirelessly for its wellbeing, and in return the company is expected to be just as loyal to its employees. For example, high-level positions tend to be filled exclusively from promotions within the company rather than outside hires, and a company will cut costs in every other way possible before laying off any full-time employees.
There are a number costs to lifetime employment, however, including a less agile and less responsive workforce. Additionally, while unemployment in Japan is incredibly low, many companies have to drastically cut employee hours to avoid layoffs. And even getting hired as a new employee in the first place is increasingly difficult in such an environment. [crp limit="3″ heading="1″ cache="0″]
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They fought hard for victory on the stage from a breakaway, but Chris Froome was a victim of mechanical failure in the finale after he and Richie Porte had dropped Nairo Quintana before the finish at Chalet-Reynard at Le Tour De France.
Chris Froome was involved in a rather farcical crash as the overcrowded roads of Mont Ventoux became too much for the British man and was forced to run up a hill until the next checkpoint where he was given a new bicycle to ride.
He lost the lead to Adam Yates before having his all-important yellow jersey reinstated.
Thomas de Gendt won stage 12 due to this unfortunate accident.
Chris Froome, despite the accident still leads the overall race at 57 hours 11 minutes and 33 seconds and has a 47-second advantage over the nearest cyclist.
In second place is another Brit, Adam Yates and in third is the Colombian Nairo Quintana.
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Officer – but I have a prescription!
Very recently, I had major eye sugery and my doctor prescribed me some pretty potent pain medications to assist me in the recovery process. This experience reminded me again of the hazards/perils of prescription pain medications and driving as well as how often the public doesn't associate prescriptions with DUI's. Over the years, I have represented many people for prescription drug DUI's including oxycontin, ambien, zanax, percocet and even some anti-depressants. Although, I managed to negate the DUI charges (obtain a reduced charge or dismissal) in every case, it still was a very costly and traumatic experience for the ones involved.
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Posted on December 21, 2018 December 21, 2018 by Kath Rogers
Friends of the Guild,
It is time again for our annual membership renewal drive, and we are excited to update you on the Guild's work. In the face of federal policies that oppress the most vulnerable, chip away human rights, tear apart families, offend human dignity, and threaten the livability of our climate, our work is important as ever. As a member, you fund the Guild's vital programs and stand with the ranks of people's lawyers and activists on the front lines of resistance. Below is a sampling of what we have accomplished this past year.
We offered legal support and provided legal observers at the Tijuana border for both Refugee Caravans, in coalition with immigrants' rights organizations. Our attorneys provided pro bono legal counseling to refugees, as well as assistance in preparing for their asylum interviews. We trained nearly 150 legal observers to travel to the border and helped to coordinate volunteers to carpool and travel together. The LA chapter continues to coordinate and send down volunteers to the border.
We provided legal observers for more actions and events than ever—serving to deter and document violations of protesters' civil rights. We now have a Legal Observer Coordinator and Committee to help ensure that we can respond to more requests. Some weeks, we're at actions nearly every day!
We provided post-arrest legal support and representation for numerous actions—including mass arrests at an Occupy ICE encampment, a civil disobedience action protesting Jeff Sessions, and a 66-person road take-over blocking access to the Long Beach Port by a coalition of labor and immigrants' rights groups protesting termination of TPS status. We also helped secure protest permits and provided legal assistance for political actions throughout the region.
We provided know-your-rights trainings to multiple groups throughout the region. This is especially popular for activists engaging in civil disobedience to know their rights and what to expect.
Our attorneys have engaged in crucial legal battles. Guild attorneys sued Adelanto Detention for inhumane conditions on behalf of detained men who led a hunger strike to protest their treatment and captivity. Guild attorneys led the courtroom fight in Orange County to combat criminalization of homelessness in the riverbed. Guild attorneys sued local jails and the Sherriff on behalf of people who were mistreated in their facilities. Guild attorneys are on the legal team representing a Black Lives Matter Los Angeles co-founder in her criminal case relating to free speech at police commission hearings. These are just a few of the weighty civil rights cases by our members.
We continue to offer two monthly homeless legal clinics, in partnership with LA-CAN and Venice Justice Committee, in Venice and Skid Row. Volunteers conduct clinic intakes, and lawyers provide free representation to fight infractions related to criminalization of homelessness. Attorneys routinely get cases dismissed in the interest of justice and otherwise obtain favorable outcomes for clients.
We participated in several coalitions to oppose ICE and disentangle immigration enforcement from local government. With our coalition partners, we support local sanctuary ordinances—including ongoing efforts to pass a strong, enforceable sanctuary ordinance in the City of L.A.
Our Worker's Rights Committee published a Know Your Rights in the Workplace booklet in English and Spanish, providing an overview of legal protections for workers in California. The booklets provide a rights primer for individual workers and can be used as an organizing tool by our labor allies.
Our newly formed Black and People of African Descent Task Force is dedicated to building the Chapter's capacity to meet the increased demand for Black legal observers, conducting outreach and know-your-rights programming in the Black community, and providing legal support throughout LA.
Our immigration, workers' rights and housing committees hold regular educational panels on topics of interest to attorneys and advocates in these practice areas, as well as those from impacted communities. The committees also host regular (and fun!) mixers for members with similar interests to meet one another and strategize future collaborations.
We continue our efforts to legalize street vending and promote street vendor rights, in collaboration with community partners. We have deployed legal observers to document law enforcement confiscations of street vendor property, and we recently hosted a legal clinic to interview vendors about rights violations. Guild attorneys are currently working with street vendors to end property confiscations and vindicate their rights.
This summer, we hosted our largest Law Student Activist Retreat yet, with approximately 75 students representing every law school in LA and OC. Students participated in panel discussions about activism and peoples' lawyering. We also hosted more than a hundred students this summer at our annual Summer Law Student Mixer, providing a space for students to meet Guild members and attorneys.
We are in the process of launching a formal year-long Guild mentorship program, in response to popular demand by law student members. So far, more than 80 students and other new Guild members have signed up to be paired with a more experienced Guild mentor! The mentor pairings will be announced soon. We hope this will foster meaningful friendships and collaborations, as well as providing advice and guidance for newer Guild members.
We provided student scholarships to help 17 students attend the National Lawyers Guild's annual convention (held in Portland this year at the end of October).
We hosted many Continuing Legal Education (CLE) sessions. For example, one of our CLE's covered criminalization of homelessness, including ways to fight the systematic punishment of people living on the street and violations intended to drive these individuals from rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.
We sponsored community forums, teach-ins, and trainings for the progressive community. For example, one such forum discussed important international litigation and human rights abuses in Gaza.
We have renewed a close partnership with People's College of Law (PCL). Established in the 1970s as the "Guild Law School," the collectively-owned law school is founded on principles of people's lawyering. PCL generously donated office space to us this year, and in return we work to promote PCL to our membership, recruiting students and volunteer professors.
We continue to provide a progressive voice in the media through our weekly public affairs radio show on Pacifica Radio, The Lawyers Guild Show. It airs Wednesday afternoons at 2pm on KPFK 90.7.
We have accomplished a lot in the past year, but there is so much more to do. We welcome your leadership and active participation in the chapter. Please join our ranks and help us create a more just world. It is an honor to work by your side for justice.
Yours in Solidarity,
Kath Rogers, Executive Director
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Louis Roederer elaborates this Louis Roederer Cristal Jeroboam 2007 (£2,508.00), a sparkling wine from the region of Champagne that is based on 2007 pinot, pinot noir, pinot nero and chardonnay and comes with an alcohol content of 12%. The Louis Roederer Cristal Jeroboam 2007 is the ideal sparkling to combine with foie and fruits. 3 of 5 points is the average score of this sparkling according to Uvinum users while renowned wine guides give the following ratings: robert parker: 95 and wine spectator: 94.
- View: Louis Roederer Cristal Brut 2007 is a sparkling lemon yellow with bright and slightly orange reflections.
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Exide Industries Ltd gained 1.58% today to trade at Rs 227.85. The S&P BSE Auto index is up 0.71% to quote at 19016.9. The index is down 4.41 % over last one month. Among the other constituents of the index, Hero MotoCorp Ltd increased 1.11% and Maruti Suzuki India Ltd added 1.03% on the day. The S&P BSE Auto index went down 25.12 % over last one year compared to the 5.38% surge in benchmark SENSEX.
Exide Industries Ltd has lost 11.86% over last one month compared to 4.41% fall in S&P BSE Auto index and 2.61% rise in the SENSEX. On the BSE, 14460 shares were traded in the counter so far compared with average daily volumes of 1.06 lakh shares in the past one month. The stock hit a record high of Rs 304.65 on 24 Aug 2018. The stock hit a 52-week low of Rs 192.85 on 06 Feb 2018.


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This time: My 25-minute-long interview with Wil Shipley, Chief Monster at Delicious Monster, publishers of Delicious Library. Our topics: Designing great software, coming up with ideas for software and why the hard part is the implementation, not the idea. We also talk about Wil's widely-read manifesto for Apple's' App Store. We do not, sadly, discuss Battlestar Galactica.
Previously in this series, I interviewed The Iconfactory's Craig Hockenberry. We'll be posting more videos from Macworld Pulse in the coming days, so stay tuned.


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Q: C# NAudio: What is correct data struct? I have a circuit that sends me microphone data as bytes.I save these bytes into .txt file and reading them using FileStream Circuit's frequency is 16khz.
My problem is when I try to convert those bytes to wav, it gives me a meaningless result. Also my record time is not matched with wav file duration.
WaveFormat waveFormat = new WaveFormat(16000,8,1);
using (WaveFileWriter writer = new WaveFileWriter(tempFile, waveFormat))
{
  writer.Write(audioBuffer, 0, audioBuffer.Length);
}

What is the data structure for a wav file? Should I convert them Hex or float or something else?

A: It's very common to record 16 bit rather than 8 bit, so I'd recommend trying this first:
new WaveFormat(16000,16,1);

Once you get the bit depth right, you should hear recognizable sound, although the pitch will be wrong if you have the wrong sample rate or channel count.

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France's European spleen
By Aurelien Mondon in Politics, January 28, 2014
As is now common in France, the biggest shock in the Euro elections will come from the far-right Front National, emboldened by a change in perception towards the party from many French voters. However, it may turn out that abstention becomes the largest 'party' in France.
Thailand's Deep Divide
By Walden Bello in Politics,
Thailand's anti-corruption protesters appear to have lost faith in the key tenet of representative democracy: rule by people or parties elected by the majority of citizens. For many on both sides, it is no longer a question of if but when this deep-seated civil conflict descends into outright civil war.
Goodbye Childhood
By Paul N. Avakian in Features,
A review of "Adiós Niño: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death", by Deborah T. Levenson. "Guatemala has long been a country where social and political problems are resolved by death in one way or another and the morbid killing in the country's 1960-1996 internal conflict has produced a youth shell-shocked by the bloodletting, and now inclined toward it".
Clouds over Honduras
By Sam Badger - Giorgio Cafiero in Politics, January 27, 2014
Honduras' new president, Juan Orlando Hernández, takes office amid rising tensions between developers on one side and indigenous and campesino communities on the other. But there are still unanswered questions about the legitimacy of his victory in November.
An Interview with Ai Weiwei
By Ai Weiwei and En Liang Khong in Arts and Culture, January 13, 2014
Still denied his passport after nearly three years, Ai Weiwei exists in a strange purgatory. In this exclusive openDemocracy interview, the artist explains that China's exploitative processes of development demand great responsibility from the nation's intellectual and artistic currents.
The Dangers of a South Sudanese Civil War
By Daniel Wagner - Giorgio Cafiero in Politics, January 9, 2014
The turmoil that erupted in Juba last month threatens to ignite a full scale ethnic civil war. If peace talks fail, a potential genocide may even result.
U.S and Morocco: good intentions do not help
By Anna Theofilopoulou in Politics, January 7, 2014
It is time for the US to re-evaluate its current strategy in helping resolve the Western Sahara. Frustration is building within the Territory and the refugee camps in Algeria.
A BRIC in Search of a Growth Model
By Richard Segal in Economics and Finance, January 2, 2014
An incisive look at how Brazil is managing its growth story with an economy propelled in recent years by rising export demand and rapidly increased domestic credit, partly funded by borrowing from abroad. But are the country's growth rates sustainable?
Caruso the Pop Idol
By John Potter in Arts and Culture, December 29, 2013
When he died in 1921 the singer Enrico Caruso left behind him approximately 290 commercially released recordings, and a significant mark upon the opera world including more than 800 appearances at the New York Met. John Potter, singer and author of Tenor: History of a Voice, explores Caruso's popular appeal and how he straddled the divide between 'pop' and 'classical'.
Conspiracy of silence on the EU-US trade deal
By David Owen in Politics,
Lord Owen calls today for transparency from Prime Minister David Cameron over the secret mandate for the EU-US Trade Negotiations which he hopes to boost at the G8 Summit in five weeks time.


Come to Grainger when you need vertical milling machines to expand your operation or replace aging equipment. You'll find vertical mills in a variety of sizes to handle a wide range of drilling, boring, cutting and tapping appliions.
2017-3-23 · Vertical Milling Machine This study guide will cover the major working parts, functions, and machining techniques that can be found/used on most vertical milling machines. This study guide has been designed to directly represent the questions that will be found on the open book written assessment and as an aid for the hands-on usability assessment.
2018-11-1 · Milling machines, whether horizontal or vertical, involves a method where curved, irregular or flat services are machined on a workpiece. It has a rotating cutter, which has many cutting edges; this is used in addition to the workpiece to achieve the wanted result.
2018-11-1 · The best vertical milling machines have some very unique capabilities like automatic lubriion and cooling systems, safety features which are built into each travel axis, high precision screws and nuts for total accuracy, state-of-the-art electrical components, high quality control systems and changeable speeds.
2018-11-26 · CNC milling machines are often classified by the nuer of axes that they have.The axis for horizontal movement are called X and Y.And the axis for vertical movement is called Z.A common milling machine often has this three axis X,Y, Z.To meet the requirement of some complex components'produce, there are now 5-axis,6-axis more common used.
Worldwide Machine Tool a MDNA dealer provides new and used CNC Mills to manufacturers, machine shops, job shops and manufacturers. We have a large selection of new CNC milling machines available for all machining appliions.


Everyone who commits benefit fraud is a benefit thief!
Many people assume that benefit theft applies only to those who are working for 'cash in hand' whilst claiming Jobseeker's Allowance. This is not the case. All benefit theft is crime.
There are no exceptions. People who knowingly withhold information or deliberately fail to report a change in their circumstances are benefit thieves. It is not 'playing the game' - it is breaking the law!


MUM alumna Leslee Goldstein, PhD just had her study published in Health Care for Women International on how the Transcendental Meditation® technique can empower single, disadvantaged mothers in Uganda.
Dr. Goldstein decided to focus her Maharishi Vedic ScienceSMdoctoral study on women in Africa for two reasons. She had always enjoyed working with women, and there had been no studies done on this population.
Of the 81 women, 41 learned the TM® technique, and the rest served as the control group. After practicing the TM technique twice a day for three months, the study participants improved their ability to cope with difficult life challenges. Although Dr. Goldstein graduated in 2014, her study didn't end. She and her team followed up with additional questionnaires after eight months and then again in three years.


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Q: stripos() doesnt recognize first character I am asking a question that I feel has no answer and I am curious as to why.
I have a test products array that lists all my people get_products_all().
function get_products_all() {
$products = array();
$products[101] = array(
    "name" => "Jared",
    "age" => 23,
    "sex" => "Male");
$products[102] = array(
    "name" => "Gen",
    "age" => 21,
    "sex" => "Female");
$products[103] = array(
    "name" => "Noah",
    "age" => 24,
    "sex" => "Male");
return $products;
}

I then have a search function that pulls all of the products from get_products_all() and loops through the products to find a string in the "name" field that matches the search
   function get_products_search($s) {
    $results = array();
    $all = get_products_all();

    foreach($all as $product) {
    if (stripos($product["name"], $s)) {
        $results[] = $product;
    }
}
return $results;
}

As you can see, $s is the parameter I wish to search by. In this case, lets say Im searching for "Jared". Whenever I run this code, it tells me there is no one named "Jared" in my array! However when I just insert "ared"... it finds "Jared" just fine... If I put a space in front of "Jared" in the name field in the array, then it also works just fine.
My question is this: why doesn't stripos recognize the first character in the name field? Even when I use an offset of 0 it doesn't seem to include the first character. Is there any way around this?
I just want to be able to search for names without having to put a space in front of the name value.

A: According to the PHP manual:

This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE. Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.

Try
if (stripos($product["name"], $s) !== false) {

instead


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I have a question about the COVID vaccine
Chas521 January 28, 2021, 4:16pm #21
NAF giving information to Ataxia patients - register here:
https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/286072447414280720
Beryl_Park January 29, 2021, 9:58am #22
Too late for me…I'm having it tomorrow.
seafret February 8, 2021, 9:00am #23
By way of reassurance I would like to mention that I had my first Covid jab 4 weeks ago. I have had no bad reactions, no funny aches nor any other symptons. So far so good. Looking forward to my top up jab…
Beryl_Park February 8, 2021, 10:20am #24
I've been fine, nothing to complain about, the sore arm was barely noticeable.
My husband (no ataxia) has had mild flu symptoms.
We both had the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine.
Chas521 February 11, 2021, 4:52am #25
It's my understanding that the second shot [booster] can be a little troublesome. However, it's been said in the news that it's the immune system antibodies working from the first shot.
Chas521 February 14, 2021, 4:24pm #26
Had my second vaccine shot (booster) yesterday. So far, no problem except arm pain. Fingers crossed!
My niece had a minor temperature and feeling out of sorts after her second shot. About 14 hours later! But she felt fine the next day. She just took a couple of Tylenol.
MY SUGGESTION TO ALL IF YOUR DOCTOR APPROVES: GET THE VACCINE SHOT. YOU DON'T WANT THE COVID VIRUS! VACCINE APPEARS TO HAVE NO ILL EFFECTS. Just know that the vaccine does not prevent you from getting the virus. The vaccine only stops it from getting to a very serious point - fingers crossed.
Footymad1 February 20, 2021, 6:04pm #29
Am having a vaccine tomorrow due to my health conditions am a bit nervous actually but I have always said that if I got offered one I would take it I will keep you updated on how it goes and that but it might not be for a couple of days afterward
Scamom April 24, 2021, 7:12am #30
My husband just got his 2nd Pfizer dose this past week. He had pretty bad flu like symptoms intermittently for several days afterward. It was a hard few days. He was required to consent to it and to bi weekly tests for his job (which has no contact with the public).
From December 2019 to March 2020, he and I and our then 5-6 year old were strangely sick with what was first called a stomach virus, then flu A, then walking pneumonia with a rash (for our son), with residual fatigue and shortness of breath for both me and my son for months afterward. I was hospitalized within hours of first getting sick in 2019. I couldn't walk or talk anymore. We were all three treated aggressively, no questioned asked, never tested back then. Still haven't been antibody tested. I think we had it and thas why my husband's reaction to the vaccine was so strong.
My husband wants me to take the vaccine and so does my neurologist but I will not. Purposefully triggering a dramatic immune response in myself is more likely to wreck my ataxia than re exposure to something I think I already had. No way am I going to trust science with my rare disease when they are always admitting to us that they are just guessing.
However. MRNA has been murmured for years to be a possible treatment for us. So if this works out maybe other treatment options will open up later.
Beryl_Park April 24, 2021, 8:22am #31
I had a bad reaction to the flu vaccine last year, it lasted 48hrs. This made me apprehensive about having the Covid vaccine. But to my surprise I was ok After the 1st vaccination all I noticed was a barely sore arm, and after the 2nd I had no after effects whatsoever.
ModSupport April 24, 2021, 12:29pm #32
Generally speaking, people who had covid are having a worse reaction to the first vaccine, because it's acting like a booster. In terms of whether or not you get the vaccine. . . . I heard something interesting on a medical call in show yesterday, from NYU. They were basically saying that if the level of covid in the community is low, that the potential risks of the vaccine may well outweigh the risks for someone who has a concerning condition. But that if the level of covid in the community increases, that the more real risk of the disease may well outweigh the risk of potential vaccine side effects. Something to think about, that you could consider using this to guide your decision/timing.
Sharon from ModSupport
Chas521 December 4, 2021, 4:33pm #33
It's been awhile for this topic but I would strongly suggest that everyone gets vaccinated and if eligible everyone should get the booster especially with our condition. If someone gets COVID there is a possibility that symptoms may have a lasting effect and don't we have enough problems just coping with "normal" life? Also, and I find this very important, most of the problems with variants come from people who are not vaccinated. If folks refuse to get vaccinated, eventually a variant will be developed that makes the vaccine worthless.
Chas521 September 6, 2022, 10:22pm #34
Getting my third booster tomorrow. Continuing with Pfizer.
Chas521 September 7, 2022, 7:35pm #35
Also got my flu shot. CDC says it's ok to have both on the same day.
Beryl_Park September 9, 2022, 9:25am #36
The Flu jab has been offered (no appointments available when I rang for an appointment). But…no news yet of another booster.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES TO ALL MY UK FRIENDS ON THE LOSS OF QUEEN ELIZABETH. When you finally get to make an appointment for the booster definitely ask if it is the new booster.
Beryl_Park September 9, 2022, 3:25pm #38
Thank you for your kind thoughts …It really is the end of an era
Hopefully there will soon be appointments given for the Autumn Booster…as far as I know it's simply a case of waiting for supplies.


Maharashtra abounds with lush hill stations, beaches, cities, spiritual sites and so much more. Introducing the enchanting locations of the state, the Amazing Maharashtra Tour is a well-planned 5 nights and 6 days itinerary. The destinations covered are Khandala, Lonavala, Mahabaleshwar and Alibagh along with Mumbai. Enjoy the charm of the Western Ghats, the bliss of the Arabian Sea, the amazing sights, incredible culture and take home fond memories.
Note: This meticulously designed itinerary offers the best possible plan. However, it can be tailor-made as per requirements. Feel free to have words with us in case you want to alter it as per your needs. We will come up with the customized holiday to make your tour an unforgettable one.
Mumbai Sightseeing – Gateway of India, Prince of Wales Museum, Elephanta Caves, etc.
The Amazing Maharashtra Tour starts with your arrival at Mumbai. Meet our tour representative and get assistance for transfer to the hotel. The 'City of Dreams' Mumbai is the capital city of Maharashtra. Flocked by business as well as leisure travelers, it is one of the most sought-after destinations of the country. Check-in to your hotel and take rest. You are free to spend the day as per your own liking. Stroll at the Marine drive enjoying the fresh breeze of the sea. Visit the popular markets or nearby tourist attractions and more. Stay overnight at the hotel.
Start the day with a healthy breakfast. Later, leave for sightseeing. The first stop is the Gateway of India, built during the British rule and now a popular landmark. Explore the Prince of Wales Museum- now named The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya which houses several interesting ancient artifacts. Stroll through the Hanging Gardens, a beautiful terrace garden also known as Pherozeshah Mehta Gardens. Take the blessings of the divine at the Haji Ali Dargah, which is not only a mosque but a landmark placed on an islet. In the evening, unwind at the famous beaches like Juhu Beach and Chowpatty Beach. Marvel at the sunset as you enjoy delicious street food or indulge in fun activities etc. Overnight stay in Mumbai hotel.
On Day 3 of your tour, you will leave for the lush hill stations of Maharashtra. After breakfast, begin your drive to Lonavala, via Khandala. Treat your eyes to the lush greenery of the hills on your way. The fresh air of the mountain is soothing. Halt at particular points and click some nice pictures with the loved ones. On arrival in Lonavala, check-into your hotel. The beautiful town in the Western Ghats is blessed with lakes, waterfalls and caves. The popular landmarks are the 2nd century Bhaja Buddhist caves, Karla Caves, which is also India largest cave temples and Koregad fort, ideal for trekking expedition. Overnight stay in Lonavala.
Wake up to the bliss of hills. After breakfast, begin driving towards Mahabaleshwar. The mesmerizing hill resort of Maharashtra is one of the relaxing weekend getaways from Mumbai. On your arrival, complete the check-in formalities. After you freshen up, leave for sightseeing. Visit the famous tourist points like Arthur's Seat, Babbington Point and Sunset Point. Bask in the pleasant weather, admire panoramic views of the surrounding areas. Pay a visit to Morarji Castle, known for its British architecture. Enjoy sunset from one of the picturesque viewpoints. Overnight stay in Mahabaleshwar.
Day 5 of your tour you will travel to Maharashtra's beach haven, Alibagh. After you are done with breakfast, get on the road. On our arrival, check-into the hotel. After some rest, get ready for sightseeing. The beach town is famous for its beautiful shores and ancient forts. Explore the popular forts like Khanderi Fort, Kolaba Fort and Undheri Fort. Also, have a good time at Kihim beach, Akshi beach of Alibagh. Stay overnight at hotel in Alibagh.
Today marks the last day of your Amazing Maharashtra tour. After a scrumptious breakfast, get an assisted transfer to Mumbai airport for boarding the flight for your onward journey.


North Wales is set to sizzle this weekend as temperatures continue to climb.
The region is set to bask in sunshine for the next few days as building pressure pulls warm air to the UK after the country shakes off a cooling fresh northerly breeze.
Forecasters predict it will be dry and sunny across much of the nation throughout the weekend, with temperatures reaching 21C in Hawarden on Sunday.
It will be a chilly and bright start on Saturday but, as the day progresses, there will be plenty of warm sunshine with the mercury rising throughout the weekend.
The best of the weather for North Wales is expected in Hawarden and Wrexham, where it is expected to reach 21C on Sunday – with the Met Office predicting full sunshine with no cloud between 1pm and 7pm.
But other towns in the region won't be far behind, with the mercury expected to hit 18C in Llandudno, and 19C in Rhyl, Barmouth and Holyhead.
However, UV levels are expected to be high so sunseekers are warned to take extra care when outside enjoying the weather – especially children and the elderly.
Temperatures are set to gradually increase throughout next week, when temperatures are expected to peak at 27C in the north east of Wales – with some forecasts indicating it could reach 30C in the south of the country.
A spokesman for The Weather Channel said: "Dominant high pressure will result in a warmer and drier week with temperatures rising well above normal.
"The high pressure brings increasingly settled conditions with a very warm, hot and sunny week expected as air moves in from the south or south-east.
However, while the UK bakes in the sweltering conditions, sunseekers heading to Spain and Portugal will face sharply contrasting conditions.
Many parts of Iberia will gradually become less warm because of lower pressure and a cooler maritime flow of air from the Atlantic with rain and thunder showers in the north-west.
Frank Saunders, Met Office chief meteorologist, said: "As warmer air from the continent moves towards the UK from Wednesday, temperatures will climb into the mid to high 20s quite widely, even in parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland.