As part of the Purple Promise presented by @PhoongLaw, we’re proud to spotlight community leader Shandyn Foster. The Christian Brothers HS Girls Varsity Head Coach has led the program to a 180–65 record since 2017, empowering young women on and off the court.

As part of the Purple Promise presented by @PhoongLawCorp, we’re proud to spotlight inspiring community leader Sydney Gatson. The Whitney HS Girls Varsity Head Coach led the Wildcats to back-to-back Sac-Joaquin Section Championships and continues to empower young women on and off the court.

As part of the Purple Promise presented by @PhoongLawCorp, we’re spotlighting inspiring community leader Michele Massari. The Inderkum HS Girls Varsity Head Coach recently earned her 361st career win. A CA Coach of the Year, she continues to empower young women across our region.

📢 𝗝𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗜𝗡: $ORCL ORACLE and Buck Institute Partner to Advance AI-Driven Aging Research 👉 𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀: ➤ 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 and 𝗕𝘂𝗰𝗸 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 collaborate on predictive aging research. ➤ Buck will use 𝗢𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲. ➤ Platform encompasses over 𝟭𝟮𝟮 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 de-identified longitudinal health records. ➤ Researchers aim to identify biomarkers enabling 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and intervention. ➤ Research targets the first FDA-grade 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲. ➤ Researchers plan models predicting 𝗮𝗴𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗸 before disease onset. ➤ Collaboration supports the Stanford-led 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘 research consortium. ➤ THRIVE is part of 𝗔𝗥𝗣𝗔-𝗛'𝘀 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗣𝗥 program. ➤ Oracle's platform combines 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗜 with real-world health data analytics. 👉 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: ➤ Could shift aging research toward earlier, 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 healthcare interventions. ➤ Large-scale longitudinal data could reveal signals years before 𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲. ➤ A validated vitality score could provide a standardized measure of 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴. ➤ Research could accelerate identification and clinical testing of 𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 interventions. 👉 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗗𝗿. 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝗵𝗗, Buck Institute for Research on Aging: "Understanding how and why we age is one of the most complex challenges in modern medicine," said Dr. David Furman, PhD, Buck Institute for Research on Aging. "Having the right solution and accessible patient data to aid in the study, discovery, and measurement of health span is essential. Oracle Life Sciences Data Intelligence, together with the depth and breadth of its real-world data, will enable us to begin to link early clinical signals and long-term outcomes. We hope to fundamentally change how to predict, delay, and address age-related decline." 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences: "Buck Institute is helping lead one of the most ambitious efforts to transform research on aging into a predictive science, and Oracle is proud to provide the data and analytics foundation to accelerate this work," said Seema Verma, executive vice president and general manager, Oracle Health and Life Sciences. "By combining advanced AI-driven analytics with one of the industry's largest collections of de-identified longitudinal real-world health data, our solution can help researchers uncover earlier signals of age-related decline. This collaboration could reshape how we understand aging, and how to aid early intervention research to help people live healthier, longer lives."

Chris Lyon's Story 🔻 "I joined the Royal Air Force, as a Boy Entrant, in January 1961 serving until March 1999, leaving as a Flight Sergeant. My first experience of an Ejection Seat was in the Javelin that was in our training Hangar. Following 18 months training, there followed a succession of postings over the next 38 years. The majority of which entailed working 1st line on Squadrons. This entailed a myriad jobs of Armament nature including Before Flight/After Flight/ Turn Round Servicings and Removal and Fitment of the various marks of Martin-Baker Ejection Seats. Starting with 90 Squadron Valiants at RAF Honnington (who were disbanded and scrapped within 2 months of me arriving. A “cross posting” to 55 Squadron Victors (who were then still Bombers) followed. Many detachments with 55/57 Sqn were topped by 3 X 3 months in Singapore. Several times per day necessitated the normal AF/BF of the Ejection Seats. Removing the Ejection Seats in the blazing sun was no fun (especially as at that time, the aircraft were painted in gloss white!! In the following years, I was fortunate enough to have 6 tours (20 years in total) to Royal Air Force Germany (2ATAF as was initially). Each Squadron posting, 17Sqn Canberra PR7’s, 14Sqn Canberra’s B(I)8’s. In later years, Phantom FGR11 and Jaguar’s of 6/14/19 and 20 Squadrons always entailed Removal and Fitting the Ejection Seats on a regular basis (6 monthly servicing as it was then). Canberra removal and fitment were not too bad, as were the Jaguar. But, the constant “Seat Pan Removal” on the Phantom’s were a guaranteed task on every shift due to INAS(?) problems. Seem to remember that the worst part of that job (prior to H & S intervention), entailed removing the pan by lifting it out of the cockpit and manhandling it to the ground via the wing!! Tying the connector at the rear left of the seat with cord was no easy task either!! On one posting to RAF Leeming I was NCO I/C the Ejection Seat Bay doing 2nd line Servicing. It was during this posting that I visited your Factory with various items of the Tornado seats on a couple of occasions. Promotions and postings followed and I ended up at 5 Site RAF Stafford where we did the 3rd line servicing on a multitude of Armament Equipment. Not least of all were many marks of Ejection Seats. I left the RAF here but returned as OC Armament as the first civilian OC. I was lucky enough during my Service Career to have “back seat” trips in a Phantom and a Jaguar. Confident in the knowledge that I had, coincidently, fitted the Seats as part of my Squadron tasks". Read more stories on our website: #EngineeringForLife# #Maintainer#