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Kristin Henning is the Blume Professor of Law and Director of the Juvenile Justice Clinic and Initiative at Georgetown Law, where she and her law students represent youth accused of delinquency in Washington, DC. Kris was previously the Lead Attorney for the Juvenile Unit of the D.C. Public Defender Service and is currently the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center. She has been representing children accused of a crime for more than 25 years.

Kris trains state actors across the country on the impact of racial bias in the juvenile and criminal legal systems. Her workshops help stakeholders recognize their own biases and develop strategies to counter them. Kris also worked closely with the McArthur Foundation’s Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network to create a 41-volume Juvenile Training Immersion Program (JTIP), a national training curriculum for juvenile defenders.

She now co-hosts, with the National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC), an annual week-long JTIP summer academy for defenders. In 2019, Kris partnered with NJDC to launch a Racial Justice Toolkit for youth advocates, and again in 2020, to launch the Ambassadors for Racial Justice program, a year-long program for juvenile defenders committed to challenging racial injustice in the juvenile legal system through litigation and systemic reform.

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Kris writes extensively about race, adolescence, and policing. Her new book, The Rage of Innocence: How America Criminalizes Black Youth, is forthcoming with Pantheon Books (Penguin Random House) on September 28, 2021. Her previous work appears in journals and books such as Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution and Imprisonment (2017, edited by Angela J. Davis) and Punishment in Popular Culture (2015, edited by Charles J. Ogletree, Jr. and Austin Sarat). The race features prominently in her articles such as The Reasonable Black Child: Race, Adolescence and the Fourth Amendment, 67 Am. U. L. Rev. 1513 (2018), Race, Paternalism and the Right to Counsel, 54 Amer. Crim. L. Rev. 649 (2017), and Criminalizing Normal Adolescent Behavior in Communities of Color: The Role of Prosecutors in Juvenile Justice Reform, 98 Cornell L. Rev. 383 (2013). Professor Henning is also an editor and co-author of the anthology Rights, Race, and Reform: Fifty Years of Child Advocacy in the Juvenile Justice System (2018).

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Henning serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Children’s Law and Policy and is the Director of the Mid-Atlantic Juvenile Defender Center. She has served as an expert juvenile justice consultant to several state and federal agencies, including the USDOJ’s Civil Rights Division, and was the Reporter for the ABA Task Force on Dual Jurisdiction Youth. She is also a lead contributor to the Juvenile Law and Practice chapter of the District of Columbia Bar Practice Manual and has served as an investigator in eight state assessments of the access to counsel and quality of representation for accused juveniles. 

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Professor Henning is the recipient of many honours, including the 2021 Juvenile Leadership Prize, the Robert E. Shepherd, Jr. Award for Excellence in Juvenile Defense from NJDC, and the Shanara Gilbert Award from the American Association of Law Schools for her commitment to justice on behalf of children, selection to the American Law Institute (ALI), an appointment as an Adviser to ALI’s Restatement on Children and the Law project. In 2005, Professor Henning was selected as a Fellow in the Emerging Leaders Program of the Duke University Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and the Graduate School of Business at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Professor Henning travelled to Liberia in 2006 and 2007 to aid the country in juvenile justice reform. She received her B.A. from Duke University, a J.D. from Yale Law School, and an LL.M. from Georgetown Law.

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Avalanche The Architect is a battle rapper from the Bronx, New York who now lives in Toronto, Canada. Avalanche’s aggressive sounds have roots in his martial arts background, and in his lyrics, you can often hear references to his training or actual martial arts. His influences musically, come from rappers like Redman, Canibus, EPMD, K Solo, Das Efx and artists similar to them. The pedigree and skills of Avalanche The Architect shine on the single “Juice In The Car”. This dense, detailed, and multi-layered work of slapping hardcore boom-bap art, is taken from the “Avalanche The Architect Diamond Album”.

As always, on “Juice In The Car”, the rapper schools a master’s class on delivery, technical flow, word-play, similes, metaphors, entendres, and the kitchen sink. While many might not know his catalogue as much as those of his peers and influences, I would certainly argue that Avalanche The Architect is easily in the conversation when it comes to pure, great technical rapping and impacting delivery.

Though Avalanche admirably gives the instrumental aspects the care and room they deserve, it’s his voice that dominates the song. If you have an affinity for the old-school core qualities of hip-hop, you will recognize that Avalanche The Architect is an extraordinarily talented rapper who will impress anybody that lays their ears to his work.

From the opening vocal bars of “Juice In The Car”, Avalanche already asserts his authority over the listener. He bursts out of the gate with aggressive rhymes and abrasive tones. The beauty of his highly developed style though is he always maintains a story or a message.

Each rotation of “Juice In The Car” allows the listener to slowly peel back the onion on a mosaic of words and ideas, only to be rewarded each time. A ceiling many rappers from the battle-ridden 90s hip-hop scene could never quite break through effectively.

Avalanche The Architect is determined to unify a fresh, energizing sound and conceptual goals with no compromise, compared to most rappers out there right now. His single has all the essentials; from wordplay to production, but what makes it refreshing listening is the fact that Avalanche actually has something to say.

Avalanche The Architect is a profound of example of why we love hip hop. He represents almost everything the heads love about the genre. A lot of personality and charisma, a taste for classic beats and production, and most of all an actual gift for intelligent and layered wordplay that deserves all of the praise it gets.

To me personally, it’s always refreshing when an emcee throws down the gauntlet in today’s hip-hop climate and comes out with a hard-hitting song which has top-notch lyrics and a quality beat. “Juice In The Car” is ambitious in its objective to not only raise the bar but to include a concept while doing so.

Avalanche The Architect knows that the beat gets your soul and the words get your mind. Never one to hold back, the lyrical display on the single, throws the average rapper under the short bus with ease.

“Juice In The Car” is bombastic from the start, as Avalanche The Architect unfolds a series of braggadocio rhymes that explode with moxie. More than anything he stands to make his point loud and clear. His delivery is peerless, booming and energetic. Confirming that he is a whirlwind of verbal invention.

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Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Biggz Da Misfit brings pro lyricism, musicality, and production sense to his approach to contemporary rap and hip-hop. With an effortless flow, mellow voice, and genuine songwriting style, Biggz is quickly becoming one of the most exciting faces to look out for in the industry. With five singles released already, plus a full-length album, Born To Be Hated, released in 2021, fans can get hyped on the rapper’s output while gearing up for yet more music to be released in the months and years to come.

Growing up, Biggz was heavily inspired by rap and hip-hop coming out of the south, particularly Three 6 Mafia (Memphis), Pastor Troy (Atlanta), and the artists on Cash Money Records (New Orleans). His earliest musical supporter, Biggz’s mom made sure he had every release to ever come out on Cash Money. During their weekends together, Biggz recalls having competitions with his mom to see who could download the most music from sites like Napster and LimeWire. Of all the rappers he’s drawn inspiration from over the years, Lil Wayne is Biggz Da Misfit’s key influence. This is reflected in the way Biggz writes. He favours deep and emotional topics over superficiality and layers intricate lyricism over unique and often moody beats and instrumentals. Biggz’s 2021 album is a perfect example of this, as it’s anything but a party album. Born To Be Hated is a serious contemplation of life and all that comes along with it, cementing Biggz as a voice to be taken seriously in the industry.

As an only child, Biggz didn’t have much to connect to around him. The older kids in his neighbourhood called him “Biscuit Head,” in reference to the size of his head. The rapper later adapted this into his stage name, Biggz Da Misfit. During his childhood, Biggz recalls finding relatability through music. Without siblings to spend time with, music became an escape for Biggz and a place where he could find his voice and passion. His infatuation with beats and the instrumental side of music fueled Biggz’s creative process, and he wrote an immense amount of music throughout his teenage years. Unfortunately, due to being in and out of detention centres, Biggz lost all of the music he wrote during that time. Despite this early setback, Biggz is a firm believer that art has no age limit. He has continued writing and making music and can’t imagine a time in his life when he’ll stop being creative.

In 2021, Biggz Da Misfit began releasing music online, with two singles dropping that year, “Fake Friends” and “Crazy.” He followed this up with his full-length album, Born To Be Hated, also released in 2021. Already this year, Biggz has released three new singles, “Special,” “Headshots,” and “Legendary.” All of Biggz Da Misfit’s music is available on Spotify, and you can also keep up with him on Instagram.

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Understanding and dealing with the challenges of modern life is not easy. We need support and guidance to navigate our complex emotions and cope in a rapidly changing world. Drawing on the ancient wisdom of the East, and years of experience working in Western psychiatry, Dr Sinha shares a series of analogies that help us understand ourselves. We are awakened to the possibility of not only surviving but thriving. These analogies have been tried and tested in his clinical practice in England and Canada- the book itself is borne out of requests by many patients and colleagues, as a result of the effectiveness of these teachings. In this first book of a series, "Empowered and Strong" transcends the boundaries between East and West, and offers a global perspective on issues that affect us all.

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A Horse Named Spirit is a true story it's about a very special horse named Spirit. He was born from our first horse Stormy. It is written as if Spirit was talking about his trials and tribulations. Many of his life experiences revolve around his mother Stormy and another horse named Thunder.

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Hear Your Song is a non-profit organisation that empowers children and teens with serious illnesses and complex health needs to make their voices heard through collaborative songwriting. Kids living with significant health challenges need the chance to show the world — and sometimes to hear for themselves, too — that they are more than their diagnoses.

In live, collaborative songwriting sessions, Hear Your Song volunteers work with children and teens to guide them through the process of writing their own song lyrics. Using the kid songwriter’s ideas for musical style, melody, instrumentation, and tempo, volunteer composers and musicians then set those words to music and record the song to be heard, celebrated, and shared.

Hear Your Song partners with pediatric hospitals, camps, schools, and other nonprofit programs that serve kids experiencing serious illnesses and complex health needs. Hear Your Song’s volunteers collaborate with kids through campus-based chapters and at the organization’s national level. All of our programs are available to our families and partner organizations free of charge.

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The man who once told us he loved us from the bottom of his pencil case, founder Beautiful South member Dave Hemingway returns with his new band SUNBIRDS playing Stockport – The Spinning Top on Friday 1st July 2022. 

Having retired from the live scene at the back end of 2016, Dave has been keeping busy with erstwhile South colleague, guitarist/songwriter Phil Barton, discovery singer/violinist Laura Wilcockson and drummer Marc Parnell.

'Cool To Be Kind' was released in November 2020, on the independent label Nectar Records signalling the arrival of Sunbirds with new songs and a new sound.

Although born and bred in England, the band's sound predominantly features the instrumentation of traditional American roots music combined with the occasional outburst of guitar-heavy melody more associated with Seattle in the late 80's/early 90s.

However, you can only sing about what you know.

"Although a lot of the songs have an Americana feel," says Dave "they're still about life in England. You'll feel a bit daft singing about pick-up trucks and low-down honky-tonks when you live in Yorkshire." 

Their debut album produced by cult producer Teo Miller captures truthful, open-hearted, funny and sometimes painfully honest songs, turning the page to a new chapter for Dave Hemingway and The Beautiful South story.

'Cool To Be Kind' is the result of a few transitional years in Dave and Phil's worlds. It tells tales that cover contemporary themes and age-old matters of the heart and soul - all viewed through the bottom of a recently drained pint glass. 

"Now we're Sunbirds we're free to dig a little deeper into ourselves", says Phil "having said that, there's no exact science here, we're just enjoying ourselves and expressing whatever we want whether it's about love, longing, depression or Gary Lineker's crisp adverts".

"Cool To Be Kind is a must-have album which helps us forget the pandemic and lust after the days where this amazing new band can deliver their songs live" - UK Music Reviews

"A highpoint of its roomier rosterWe Are Cult

"Appealingly understated songwriting" - Classic Pop Magazine

"An album with warmth to spare" - MOJO Magazine

Sunbirds 'Cool To Be Kind' debut album is out now available on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Amazon UK & Music, all HMV stores and via the website - www.sunbirds.co.uk

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For many, a summer holiday is a window in time to rest and relax - forget about the stresses of day-to-day life and relinquish all responsibilities. In fact, 45% say they travel explicitly for this, more than those who do so to explore new destinations and cultures (35%).

Meanwhile, almost six in ten (59%) want to travel more for their mental and physical well-being, further going to show they understand the impact a well-planned and executed break can have on the mind and body.

That is likely down to the time spent outdoors while away, with 63% agreeing they feel better when surrounded by nature. At a time when 42% have said their mental health suffered from not travelling during the pandemic, this is especially important.

However, 42% often return feeling as if they need another week to rest and recover before returning to work and the normal day-to-day, according to new research from Destination British Columbia.

Dr Amir Khan, GP and wellbeing expert, will be available to share his advice, having just returned from British Columbia, Canada, where he soaked in the benefits of the great outdoors and experienced what is known as "The British Columbia Effect".

British Columbia and the BC Parks foundation are being hailed as a pioneer in this space, recently attracting attention for its PaRx "nature prescription" programme which sees medical professionals offer free national park passes in all Canadian provinces (except Quebec) to tackle mental and physical health issues.

This goes a step further than the NHS's green social prescribing initiative, outlined in the NHS Long Term Plan to link people to nature-based interventions and activities to improve mental and physical health.

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Mark Pattison is a personal trainer and founder of Hark Hydro Greens. He started his indoor farm when he tried to make his diet as healthy as possible and help change the world of farming. Hark Hydro Greens now provide for your everyday chef and high-end restaraunts.

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The world we are living in has been undergoing modernisation for more than three centuries. Especially ever since the industrial revolution began, the world has experienced a series of technological innovations. Progressive as it may sound, it has led the earth to have a myriad of never-ending issues, including overpopulation, exorbitant misuse of natural resources, unemployment, lack of education opportunities, poverty, terrorism, ecological degradation, corruption, and last but not least, manipulated elections.

People of authority who have the power to take action against these problems are only interested in winning elections. They make vague promises about solving national issues only to score more votes. However, in reality, they are least bothered about public matters. This corrupt approach is the root cause of all the problems facing humanity on its own. In his book, Why The World Needs Global Political Parties, Dr Jalil Ahmad has discussed these issues quite in detail.

Apart from shedding light on these massive problems, Dr Ahmad has proposed a remarkable solution that will prove to be a breakthrough in the history of the world. The author believes that nations can come out of these global issues and thrive only if they are governed by a single global political party that will work solely for the well-being of the world. Most issues are global; therefore, these can be solved only by global efforts and regulations. The Global Political Party’s primary objective is to empower nations by providing unbiased opportunities for education and employment. By aligning their goals and empowering their people through centralized governance, not only can the nations combat poverty, hunger, and illiteracy but also create harmony among people and far better economic opportunities than those that exist now.

When people have better access to the rights they are entitled to, such as education and employment, the world will see a dramatic decline in poverty and crimes. Hence, our planet will become a peaceful and prosperous place. Implementing a global government is, of course, not an overnight task. It will require persistence and dedication. However, once implemented, it will change the outlook of the entire world.

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