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Facebook: Employees Told to Preserve Internal Documents During Investigation (2016 - present)
There are few people in the world who are unaware of Facebook. With over two and a half billion monthly users (about one third of the planet's population), Facebook is the most popular social media site on the Internet. However, as many people know, the company's success has also come with a seemingly endless stream of controversies dating back to its inception in 2006. This includes a multitude of user data leaks, government investigations, unethical practices, and so much more. However, Facebook (who recently changed their name to Meta) is currently under fire following the release of the Facebook Papers: internal documents detailing a number of wrongdoings being
Zuckerberg testifying to Congress about
the 2018 Cambridge Analytica Scandal
committed by Facebook. Although this alone is enough to spark outrage, one of the most recent developments has been a focal point of the controversy. This being Facebook's order to employees to lock down any internal documents from the company from now dating back to 2016 (Mac & Issac 2021).
Although the focus of this analysis is occurring in the present, the events leading up to it were set in motion long ago. Over the past five years, Facebook has been the center of an incalculable amount of data leak scandals involving their own company as well as their users. Information such as email addresses, 'private' communications and even intimate personal information have been leaked (Yadav 2019). On top of this, many organizations have spoken out against the social media giant claiming that its website serves as a host of harmful, hateful, divisive, and misleading information. Perhaps the most notable of these being The Guardian's publishing of 'The Facebook Files' in 2017. Negative claims against the company's moderation process and role as a social media site prompted investigation by The Guardian which gathered testimony from Facebook employees as well as other vital sources that show how flawed the company's practices were. One upsetting example involved the lack of training Facebook moderators received before working to keep harmful content such as cyberterrorism and child pornography off the site. "Workers exposed to such content should have extensive resiliency training and access to counsellors, akin to the support that first-responders receive. However, testimony from those working to keep beheadings, bestiality and child sexual abuse images off Facebook indicates that the support provided isn't enough" (Solon 2017). Not only was Facebook a host for vile content, the efforts they were taking to combat such content was harming their own employees.
Another scandal that recently ravaged Facebook was the Cambridge Analytica breach. Occurring in March of 2018, this involved the acquisition of the data of over 50 million Facebook users by political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. The company then used this data to manipulate the results of the 2016 presidential election. "'We exploited Facebook to harvest millions of people's profiles,' whistleblower Christopher Wylie told The Observer. 'And built models to exploit what we knew about them and target their inner demons. That was the basis the entire company was built on'" (Chen & Potenza 2018). Evidently, the company was continuing its shady practices and repeatedly falling short in protecting its employees and the privacy of its users. As the years went on, scandals such as these only became more frequent.
Most recently and perhaps most significantly, Facebook is under investigation from the government after former Facebook Frances Haugen blew the whistle on her former employer's knowledge of the terrible impact it was having on people. Over the course of the past few months, Haugen has exposed information regarding Facebook's special treatment of influencers and celebrities, algorithm alterations to increase the divisive nature of the platform, and the overwhelmingly negative impact of Instagram (a Facebook site) on the mental health of teenage girls (Philipose 2021). What the Facebook Papers intended to show people was that the company was actively working to boost its public image and profits with absolutely no regard for their users' and the public's wellbeing. This information was not externally acquired, in fact it was gathered in audits and research done by the company itself (Horwitz, 2021).
What does this have to do with Facebook ordering its employees to lock down their internal information now? Quite a lot as a matter of fact. Facebook is currently focused on damage control. Everyday it becomes more difficult to deny that they are completely free of guilt in this case. This is why they are warning employees to keep information locked down. The most damaging claims against Facebook have time and time again proven to be those made by people on the inside. Whether it be Christopher Wylie from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal or Frances Haugen from the currently unfolding situation. Facebook understands the role their employees can play in exposing their practices that are harmful for their public image or potentially illegal. "'These are the actions of a company attempting to resist scrutiny, not embrace transparency,' Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat of Connecticut who has led a Senate subcommittee inquiry into Facebook, wrote in a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's chief executive about the action" (Mac & Issac 2021). The action they are taking now clearly comes from a place of self preservation. They are not looking to apologize or make things right, they are simply looking to walk away from this situation the same way they have with previous scandals; with a fine that is miniscule compared to the size of their company and a slap on the wrist.
While Facebook has not defined any sort of punishment for violating this order, which is referred to formally as a legal hold, it is easy to infer that doing so would not be great for the employee. Facebook's actions have clearly put employees in an extremely vulnerable position. On one hand they face losing their job for exposing wrongdoing that may or may not be legal but is certainly harming people, and on the other hand they face being held liable for concealing information that is vital to an ongoing investigation. An offense like this is something that would surely get someone in a whole heap of legal trouble. Whether Facebook is able to avoid regulation or not, it certainly won't mean the end of their company. The same can't be said about their employees' careers. Although Facebook has been able to weather many controversies in the past, employees can only hope that this one will be a turning point for the company that allows them to feel safe doing their job.
Timeline of Events Pertaining to this Controversy
The stakeholders involved in this particular Facebook controversy would be Facebook as a company, Facebook's employees, Facebook's users, the whistleblowers, and the government. The way that this controversy ends up being handled will set the stage for Facebook's future as the dominant social media website. Clearly, executives such as Mark Zuckerberg would be implicated. If more damning information gets leaked or the government/Congress uncovers malpractice, the company could be devastated. Harsh regulations could be imposed on the way Facebook is allowed to operate. In fact, depending on the extent of the wrongdoing, the company could be disbanded entirely. Either way, the company's public image is in jeopardy. Next we have Facebook's employees. These stakeholders are in the most difficult position. If they adhere to Facebook's orders, they may be participating in a legal hold that leaves them in good standing with the company (thus protecting their job), or they may be obstructing an investigation by hiding illegal activity. Additionally, they risk losing their job if they disclose wrongdoing, whether it be illegal or just unethical. Facebook's users are absolutely at risk in this case. For one thing, they may be at risk for becoming victims of the social media company's negative effects such as manipulation through misinformation, damage to mental health, or manufactured psychological addiction. More simply, they may be at risk for losing access to a social media site they enjoy using. With nearly three billion users, this is quite a large group of stakeholders. Then there are the whistleblowers such as Wylie and Haugen. These people stand to have their careers ruined if their efforts don't serve to make any impact. They will simply be seen as disloyal employees. However, if their testimony helps bring regulation to Facebook, they will have made a huge impact on the future of the Internet. Finally, there is the government. This includes Congress and any authorities looking to regulate Facebook. In this case, they are responsible for adequately investigating a company with a very checkered history. If they fumble the investigation and let Facebook off easy, they could lose the trust and respect of the people they are sworn to advocate for. More importantly they risk letting what is essentially one of the most globally influential companies in history go unchecked which could have potentially disastrous effects.
The theory and lens of individualism has been used over a number of years as both Friedman and Machan have both recognized this theory. Looking at the case of Facebook through the Individualist Theory, the goal of this theory is for an organization to maximize its' profit for stakeholders by any means within the law. With this being said the company of Facebook inc. has had some very impressive earnings over the past few years, except not at the pleasure of the stakeholders. Rather it has put people in a place of risk and made life profiting for the company more difficult along the way.
Looking through Friedman's scope of ethics he would not completely agree with what Facebook has done but can agree on some things. This is due to Friedman looking for the absolute most profit for an organization. Friedman's Individualism, he believes that the only goal of business is to profit. This leaves the sole obligation that the business person has is to maximize profit for the owner or the stockholders within the law. On the other hand, Machan would most likely look at the situation slightly differently due to his libertarian views on Individualism. His view states;
"Whether they are individual people or the stockholders of a publicly-traded company. The business has no direct responsibility to any other interest-groups, which are often called stakeholder groups in the context of business. Employees, customers, suppliers, and the societies that the business impacts are all examples of stakeholders when they are affected by the business's decisions".
Even though it has been exposed that Facebook values profit over people, at what expense are they holding these values. If they care too much about profits it would begin to go against Individualism theory. Even with all these views of Individualism within a business in mind it's hard to argue in favor of Facebook. As they did not do what was in favor of their stakeholders and they technically did not stay within the law if found guilty of some of things they have been accused of.
Individualism could be looked at in this case as a means of a fair and balanced view. The reasoning behind this is because it looks at both the profit for the organization while also taking a slight step back into ethics by making sure that the organization isn't breaking any laws. The only part the theory falls short is the gap in between illegal or just unethical.
An example of how facebook was unethical looking through the individualist lens is their many data privacy breaches in their history. It would be one thing if they were actively trying to keep data secure and keep these breaches from happening, however they are not. Documents from within Facebook leaked that showed that they were running a "secretive global lobbying operation targeting hundreds of legislators and regulators" in order to get rid of data privacy laws. This is because this would benefit them exponentially however, at their customers detriment, by selling their personal information. This is considered unethical by individualism because they were focused 100% on their profits here without a care as to how getting rid of data privacy laws would affect their customers. Which proves that in a lens that is for profit and pro-company that they were undeniably in the wrong.
From a utilitarian perspective, Facebook has drastically mishandled this controversy as well as the events that have led up to it. Utilitarianism is an ethical theory that focuses on the maximization of happiness for all sentient beings capable of feeling it. This applies to the short term and long term effects of an action. With many of Facebook's actions surrounding this case, they have done just the opposite of maximizing happiness for practically all stakeholders involved.
Facebook (Company): Ultimately, it is Facebook and its executives such as Zuckerberg themselves who have dug the hole that they are currently stuck in. Instead of doing their absolute best to maximize the success of their own company through ethical practices, they disregarded the public good to maximize their profits and therefore focused on their own happiness. In fact, they actively made their users miserable because it kept people on the site longer which, in turn, made them more money. Sure, they may argue that their site makes people happy by allowing them to connect with others but in the long run its effects are proving to be overwhelmingly negative. This will be revisited in the user section. Now Facebook is feeling the consequences of their selfishness and greed. Had they focused on making a user experience that was safe and healthy for everyone, they would have a more secure and more accepted business free from endless controversy. More presently, had they been more transparent and open with investigators, they could receive help on making their platform a place that could maximize happiness for everyone. Instead shut everyone out and conceal vital information that might help in achieving the aforementioned goal (Dwoskin et al. 2021).
Facebook Employees: Happiness is sure to be at an all time low for Facebook employees. For all they know their job and their career as a whole are at large for the sake of Facebook's profits. Facebook's order to preserve information has had a profoundly negative impact on employees' happiness. Not only do they have to worry about losing their job, they must also worry about possibly facing legal action if they conceal the wrong information. This is bound to be incredibly stressful and either choice has bad outcomes for these employees. A utilitarian would be appalled by the way Facebook is treating its employees.
Facebook Users: The long term versus short term effects are the primary reason why utilitarianism goes against the way Facebook is manipulating its users. In some cases Facebook is giving users very short term happiness by triggering the release of dopamine with a notification or a like or a cool post. However, in the long run this leads to a social media addiction that can even result in withdrawal symptoms without constant use. Additionally, a lot of Facebook's strategy revolves around increasing divisiveness and anger on its platform. The company determined that this keeps people coming back and keeps them on the site longer (Ghosh & Scott 2018). Overall, Facebook currently sees sad or angry or unhappy customers as more valuable than happy ones and it will therefore stay designed to keep customers that way.
Whistleblowers: The whistleblowers in this case may not all be coming from a utilitarian standpoint but their actions certainly are utilitarian. These people saw a company actively committing wrongdoing that resulted in the suffering of potentially billions of people. Instead of sitting by and watching, they stood up and did something about it, putting their own careers at risk. In doing so, they hoped to make a difference that allowed for the maximization of happiness for the maximum number of people involved in this case. Even if it was bad for Facebook, it may stand to help billions of people become happier.
Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen discussing
the experiences under her former employer
The Government: The government is the only other saving grace for utilitarians in this case. They are the only force that appears to be attempting to maximize happiness for people. After the whistleblowers stood up the government saw that people were suffering and started an investigation that will hopefully put a stop to it. Although the government does have a shady history with large companies and corporations such as Facebook it does truly seem that a concerted effort is being made to impose regulation that will make social media a better place for everyone. This will ultimately be incredibly beneficial to the maximization of happiness for countless individuals.
Undeniably, Facebook is wrong to continue with its current practices from a utilitarian point of view. Over its fifteen year history it just seems to get worse. Year after year more people seem to be negatively affected by the company than positively and it is simply a shame. All those involved can only hope that action is taken to help Facebook become a force that maximizes happiness for everyone instead of destroying it.
Kantianism is defined as acting rationally, allowing and helping people make rational decisions, respect people and their autonomy and their individual needs and differences, and being motivated by Good Will. Act rationally means to not act inconsistent with your own actions and do not think that the rules don't apply to you but they apply to everyone else. In Kantianism you also have to think about the Formula of Humanity. The Formula of Humanity says "Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time as an end and never simply as a means." This is saying that everyone is valuable and able to make their own rational decisions. There should also be no lying, cheating, stealing, or deceiving because it disrespects people and treats them like a mere means. An example for that would be to say you are selling something and you willingly withhold information to the customer that would make them rethink their purchase in order to get them to purchase your product. That is against what Kant is saying.
Kant would deem Facebook's way of forcing their employees to keep quiet in order to save themselves impermissible. This is because they are deceiving themselves and the people that use their website by trying to make them think nothing bad is going on in this whole case. They are also lying to the people who use their website and platform saying that they are trying to fix the problem when really, they are doing nothing but just making it an act by putting a legal hold on the documents since 2016. Right off the bat, the Facebook Papers that started this whole case, repeatedly shows how Facebook was lying, deceiving, and disrespecting its users. Mark Zuckerberg, and other employees of Facebook, continue to lie and lie about what is going on within his own platform. Authors of the article, "Only Facebook knows the extent of its misinformation problem. And its not sharing, even with the White House", note how Facebook has taken recent action in restricting researcher's access to their data that they once offered with open arms. This comes not long after significant connections to health and election misinformation and Facebook were discovered. As the White House and other parties put pressure on Facebook to explain why data access is being revoked or heavily restricted, they simply put forth misleading or untruthful reports about their own investigations into misinformation or claim that all the data researchers need is already available to them. A common strategy of Facebook throughout its many instances of controversy has been to throw large amounts of seemingly meaningless data at the authorities. The data has very little context to it and is practically useless, however it gives the company a way to call themselves transparent while maintaining their coverup operation (Dwoskin, Zakrewski, Pager). Facebook is lying to its users by posting things that lead them to be misinformed. Not only that, they aren't doing anything to stop the fake news, so that could be considered them being lied to. By hiding the research they have conducted on their company from the public and investors, they are not being respected as someone who would want to know about what is going on in a company, especially the people who are investing and need to know if they should pull their money out from the investments. They are withholding information in order to get more and more people to use their app without giving them the knowledge of the things they are doing that some people would acknowledge as wrong doings.
Unlike other ethical theories, virtue theory does not have a set of rules to follow: the theory is practiced by attempting to be a good person, then actions will effortlessly come after. This theory questions whether a person can distinguish what is right and wrong. However, knowing righteousness is simply not enough, therefore he/she must act and practice to be virtuous. In the case of Facebook, we may use four characteristics of the theory and analyze the morality of the company. The four characters are Courage, Temperance, Justice, and Honesty.
In short, courage in business ethics indicates a company's willingness to take risks: the ability to face challenges and admit reality for the sake of rightness and rectitude. Facebook, as noted, has been recognizing its impacts on society, but it has never shown its courageous actions. Many studies and professionals concluded that the platform creates a disturbing effect on users, and the effect is even more visible when it comes to politics. Facebook itself admits Instagram or any photo/video-sharing social media adversely affects teenage girls (Philipose, 2021). However, preventing those issues would harshly decrease the company's profits, simply because the platform would have less attractive content and fewer viewers (Silberling, 2021). In other words, as of now, Facebook is choosing money over the safety of users. Therefore, the company fails to achieve courage by nonapplication of moral values in actions.
Temperance is also an important character to evaluate the case. The great profit tempts Facebook to ignore and devalue the safety of users. The company is losing control to enforce more restrictive policies and rules to protect users from skewed information. The company must recognize and respond to its violation of ethics, even though such critical actions decrease the profit.
Justice in business ethics means the value of equally treating individuals and the effort of producing good quality products. Facebook does not treat its users in the right ways but does treat them as their source of revenue. The quality of service they provide is not promised as the company insists, rather the service is creating harm among users and stakeholders (The Social Dilemma). The company failed to have justice, showing its negligence to overlook the malpractice. Facebook continues hurting users for the sake of money.
Among the four characters, honesty is the only character Facebook has displayed in the case. Honesty is the characteristic of being truthful to their actions. The company has disclosed its comment on the negative impact of both spreading misinformation and creating skewed body images on their young users (The Social Dilemma). The disclosure of acknowledgment of the issue is significantly crucial in Virtue theory, and the company has succeeded to perform the character.
Finding Means
Facebook overlooks the value of those four characteristics and fails to be virtuous. Facebook overlooks the value of those four characteristics and fails to be virtuous. The company should also find the means within the four characteristics. The balance of those characteristics is essential to become virtuous.
Facebook shows its failure to practice the majority of the four characteristics. The wrongdoings of the company have been putting society at the risk of extreme polarization and psychological harm from misleading information. Facebook acknowledges the uncertainty and manipulation by fear mongering on the platform, yet it executes no further regulations to prevent serious problems. The recognition of righteousness is inadequate. Facebook can only become virtuous when it takes pivotal actions.
Facebook and its controversies have created a very toxic workplace for its employees and an incredibly harmful platform for its users. What began as simply a manner for people to connect to others over the Internet has turned into nothing more than an algorithm that is intentionally manipulating its users to keep them on the app for as long as possible and sell their attention to advertisers. There is a way to fix this, however, but it is going to require Facebook to completely reevaluate the way they conduct their business.
Currently, Facebook is keeping a lot of its data and the manner in which it processes said data under lock and key. Previously, they were involved in numerous efforts to share the massive amounts of data they collect from their billions of users with organizations looking to study it for a number of reasons such as predicting criminal activity, identifying mental health issues, and overall simply studying the way people interact with each other in the setting. In response to controversies, Facebook has ceased sharing their data and keeps it completely internal for fear of it incriminating them in any sort of illegal activity. This is nothing less than counterintuitive. With their efforts, it appears Facebook is attempting to keep their platform running the way it does with no regard for the way it affects people. What they don't seem to grasp is that people are going to uncover any negative actions they are taking while running their business. Take a look at the Social Dilemma (2020). A number of people were able to work together to make a feature length documentary about what Facebook is doing all while they continue to "preserve" their data. The only way the company can move forward is to once again make their data available to outside organizations so that they can help the company find non-harmful ways to run their business. Additionally, they must stop deploying harmful algorithms that promote addictive and mentally harmful behavior by its users. This would not only help the users but the employees negatively impacted by all the effects they've been ordered to take to cover up bad practices.
Zuckerberg's apology letter to users after one
of many Facebook data leaks
Something that could serve to guide Facebook through this change and potentially show users how it has turned a new leaf is to alter its current mission statement. Facebook's mission statement has slightly changed over the years but it is always essentially "to bring the world closer together." Something that might be a little more thoughtful and helpful for the near future would be "to bring the world closer together and promote the exchange of ideas in a positive and user-friendly way." This improves on the old statement because it promises a certain degree of ethical behavior on the part of Facebook and reminds them of their new goal to make their unprecedented influence a positive one.
Facebook's lack of certain core values have led to it possessing a less than ideal reputation. Some values that it should possess to make it more reputable are user mental health, preventing/stopping the spread of misinformation, innovation, creativity, and a healthy spread of ideas. These values would serve to guide them on improving their company and support their mission statement to show they aren't all talk. Chiefly, stopping the spread of misinformation and prioritizing user mental health would directly address some of their strongest criticisms.
Monitoring this goes right along with the initial plan. By sharing their data with external organizations it would be very easy to monitor any deviations from their new commitments. For good measure however, Facebook could allow these organizations to do internal examinations similar to how accountants perform audits. This would uncover any wrongdoing or any data that is seemingly being misused. Finally, employee surveys could be done by external organizations that guarantee job safety and anonymity if wrongdoing is reported.
Maybe people won't use the websites as much as they do now but it would still be something that people use most likely everyday. The popularity of Facebook's websites is undoubtedly increasing more and more everyday with no end in sight. It is undeniable that advertisers would still find the online real estate the company offers as invaluable despite the scaling back of harmful practices. Help from outside organizations would allow Facebook to develop a clear roadmap on how to gradually scale back its use of practices that are harmful to users without potentially harming their own profits.
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NEW ALBANY, Ind. – The NCCAA Mideast Regional Alice Lloyd College Lady Eagles traveled to New Albany, Indiana to battle the always-tough Indiana University Southeast Lady Grenadiers on Sunday. Following are recaps of each contest.
The Eagles had runners on second and third in the opening inning but ended the rally by hitting into a double play. The hosts then displayed their firepower by scoring 2 quick runs in the bottom half.
Alice Lloyd answered in the third when McKenzie Brewer walked and Samantha Sturgill drove her in with a double. The score remained just 2-1 until the fourth when IUS scored 4 big runs, assisted by an error and 3 singles. They then iced the game one inning later with 3 more runs on 3 hits.
Pitcher Morgan Keefer went 4 innings to earn the win, allowing 1 hit while striking out 1. Morgan Albury took the pitching loss, allowing 9 runs on 11 hits. She stuck out 3.
Samantha Sturgill's double and Morgan Albury's single in the second were the only hits of the game for ALC. IU Southeast won the hitting battle, 11-2.
Game two was all Southeast as they raced out to a quick 4-0 lead. They blew the contest wide open with a huge 7 run third.
Pitcher Morgan Keefer went the distance to earn the win, allowing 4 hits while striking out 2. Kaitlyn Clark-Wyatt suffered the pitching loss, allowing 8 runs on 8 hits.
The home club outhit ALC 13-4. Alexis Napier, Jada Estep, Lydia McIntosh, and Madison Gaines each singled for the Lady Eagles.


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This is #6 of the Weekly Update. Today: a small thing about the lifecycle of a game.
If you are not familiar with Game Development and never made a game, you probably don't know that the hardest part about making a game are the famous last 10%.
The development process, at least for us, always starts with a glimpse of an idea. Something that sparks your interest and pushes you to create something that you can try out. These are the very first magical moments, when you put something together and it works as you expected. Then you slowly start to evolve this idea with a lot of play testing and feedback and the game starts to grow. The next step is thinking about the Theme or Fiction the game should live in. Once you have setup your vision the execution starts. This is where most people start to drop off.
Having an idea and executing it are two different worlds. This is why we think execution is worth way more than having an idea, because if you never leave the "honeymoon phase" where you are seduced just by the idea of your game, you will never find out if you have what it takes to finish it.
When you start with Game development no one tells you how small the actual game part of your game can be. There are so many things that are easily overlooked like menu and UI interactions, balancing, AI, animations, sounds and of course bugs that will haunt you when you try to sleep.
And when you finally managed to get all those things right, this is where the last 10% start. This is where we are with Muffin Munch right now. The Game is complete on a basic level, but we need to polish, fix and improve so many things and the rate of progress really slowed down. But we are very confident that we will manage to complete those 10% also.
As said we are on a very good way and we are super happy how the game turned out. Stay tuned for more updates in the coming days and have a nice Sunday!


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These children will lash out at other children and adults if they do not get their own way or like what they are told to do. One incident sticks out in my mind; a boy threw a basketball at another boy for stealing the ball from him during a game. This boy was then told to go inside, sit down and put his head down.
He then started to throw a temper tantrum, banged his head on the table and made his lip bleed. For the rest of the day though, he was upset and just not his normal self. Life can be hard for children with Attention Deficit Disorder.
ADD frustrates many children because of the fact that they can not concentrate and seem to always get into trouble, whether it is at home or in school. They also are shunned by a lot of children because of the way they act and treat others. Some children are even too quiet or shy, so children do not even bother talking to them. The results Ritalin has on children with ADD, gives them a good self-image and higher self-esteem.
These children do not get into as much trouble, which means they are not always being yelled at or punished. Their grades improve along with their social skills. Other children will now talk and play with them. As previously stated, if untreated, as children with ADD grow older, they are more likely to experience drug abuse, antisocial behavior, conduct disorders and injuries.
A direct result of this was her grades improving tremendously. She also began talking more during class and with the other children. It was obvious that her self-esteem had greatly improved. New research from the National Institute of Health explains why this is true. Oral doses of Ritalin take about sixty minutes to reach its peak. Concentration in the brain, compared to five minutes for cocaine or nine minutes for Ritalin taken intravenously.
There are many cases where people who do not need to take it, abuse Ritalin. The theft and abuse of these drugs overwhelmingly occurs in schools. A recent incident involved two teachers at a Tennessee school. Also, in Georgia, investigators are looking into the theft of over four hundred pills between two schools. In these two incidences, investigators thought the pills had been stolen for personal use or for re-selling on the street or to other students Colgan Ritalin alone is an enormous step in the right direction!
You can order a custom essay, term paper, research paper, thesis or dissertation on ADD topics at our professional custom essay writing service which provides students with custom papers written by highly qualified academic writers. High quality and no plagiarism guarantee! Get professional essay writing help at an affordable cost. It is…… [Read More]. Add Adhd Study Skills Guide for. Symptoms of DHD Patrick is a ten-year-old boy and for the past nine months he has been developing a strange behavior.
He gets easily bored when doing his school work especially when the work involves activity that he does not like. He is easily distracted and is very forgetful, he moves from doing one thing to another without completing them. This has led to his teacher complaining of inability to complete or turn in his homework assignments.
Patrick has become a concern to his parents and appears less interested in school work; he talks all the time, moves around and has difficulty in performing tasks that require silence. Diagnosis There is a possibility of mistaken diagnosis for DHD. Therefore, it is important for involved parties to ascertain that there are no cases of maturity level, personalities or temperaments.
This is because this condition is not easy to diagnose, symptoms vary…… [Read More]. Most of the observed differences in the subgroups are oftentimes related to response inhibitions. It is important therefore to learn and understand the differences between typical children and children with ADHD as well as the differences in the ADHD children according to what subgroup they can be categorized.
Perhaps a more comprehensive understanding of the different subgroups would provide better treatment, more focused treatment, which would likely lead to better results from those treatments on an individual basis. Treatments With the misuse of stimulants becoming a major problem and the cost of medications exacerbating the problem, other effective treatments…… [Read More].
Managing ADHD with a Diet Diet has attracted considerable attention in the healthcare sector with regards to its significance and role in addressing childhood and adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD. There are reports that improved nutrition through intake of mineral and vitamin supplements.
The other dietary factors that allegedly have significant effects on behavior include refined sugars as well as food additives and allergies Collingwood, n. The role of omega-3 fatty acids in enhancing the behaviors of ADHD patients, especially children, has been strongly supported by evidence that show the link between…… [Read More]. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition recognizable by attention deficits, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that manifest across multiple settings.
Common symptoms of inattention include poor listening skills, frequent mistakes, disorganized, avoidance of mentally challenging tasks, distracted, and forgetful. Children suffering from ADHD would therefore have a difficult time succeeding academically. This includes multimedia computers and televisions among many other learning devices that have been developed. Their use in special classroom environments presents advantages and disadvantages, as how they also do to normal learners who have no disabilities.
However, in an advocate to maximize…… [Read More]. Antisocial ehavior in Females with Comorbid Diagnoses of ADHD Detention centers and residential treatment facilities are replete with male and female youth that have been in and out of the juvenile justice system for many years.
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Antisocial behaviors are acts that violate social rules and the basic rights of others. They include conduct intended to injure people or damage property, illegal behavior, and defiance of generally accepted rules and authority, such as truancy from school. When childhood antisocial behaviors exceed certain defined thresholds -- the diagnostic criteria specified in the Diagnostic and…… [Read More].
There were five sources used to complete this paper. As the medical community continues to make advances, disorders that were at one time questionable, are now accepted fact.
One of the most controversial disorders in the past five decades has been ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder has been the center of focus in the media, and in other arenas when it comes to the topic of abnormal psychology.
After decades of debating its merit and validity the public has come to accept the fact that it is a real disorder, most likely biologically based, and something that can last a lifetime. Program-Evaluation -- Evidence-Based Practice: Case Study eview There is growing recognition that the used of evidence-based practices promotes improved clinical outcomes and can help guide clinicians in their respective disciplines.
Mental Health and the Addictions to provide a description of a salient case study and the identification of the critical elements that require the review of published research to guide professional practice. In addition, a summary of a research study by Spengler, P.
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Motivational Strategies to Support Learners in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Classrooms Motivational strategies in the classroom in general represent a challenging enterprise, but the need for such effective strategies in classrooms with young learners suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is particularly pronounced.
The condition affects the ability of students to learn in a number of ways that can detract from the most thoughtful motivational strategies, though, and teachers in crowded classrooms may find themselves as a distinct disadvantage trying to satisfy the mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act as a result.
To determine what motivational strategies have proven effective in classrooms with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder learners, this paper provides a review of the relevant peer-reviewed and scholarly literature, followed by a summary of the research and important findings in the conclusion.
Children With ADHD Visuospatial development and non-verbal memory skills have usually been evaluated using the ey-Osterreith Complex Figure, which is one of the widely used neuropsychologic tests. This test is commonly used because it entails copying a multifaceted geometric figure and recreating it from memory, instantly and after a short delay.
The ey-Osterreith Complex Figure is regarded as a very beneficial tool for examining the functioning of the frontal lobe, which is needed for strategic planning and organizing in relation to executive skills.
Children apply different approaches to performance of the ey-Osterreith Complex Figure task, which indicates various aspects including visual perception, quality of attention, motor planning and control, metacognitive skill, and organizing. This neuropsychologic test has been widely used in neuropsychologic evaluation of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD. When using this test, the assessment primarily focuses on potentially compromised skills in neuropsychologic domains.
The purpose of the…… [Read More]. PBS Strategy The author of this report has been asked to address two general question as they pertain to a child named Leonard. The scenario and proposed intervention involves the plight of a child named Leonard. The child is exhibiting some of the telltale characteristics of having Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
However, the parents are resisting him being diagnosed or shifted to a special education environment. Even so, some sort of intervention is required as Leonard is not doing well in school and his behaviors are also disruptive to other children. While Leonard is not going to get the help he needs until his parents are cooperative and participatory, there are indeed assessments and measurements that can be done in the meantime.
Indeed, those…… [Read More]. Technology implemented in the school and in the classroom is critically dependent upon collaboration in development and implementation which is inclusive of the participation of students, teachers, parents and the community at large.
Some of these technological methods that are included in the curriculum are use of video, networking, PDAs, email, Internet access and other various technologies. The objective of this work is the research and review of technologies that have been effective as well as ineffective and finally the technologies that offer new promise to the teaching and learning initiative for students with disabilities in learning such as…… [Read More].
But this does not mean that all cases are the result of over-diagnosis and this cannot be used…… [Read More]. OCD is known to cause anxiety and isolationist behaviors leading to decreased emotional self-regulation.
ODD, connected to ADHD, is a disorder that has the child react angrily and spitefully to people in otherwise normally responsive situations. The extreme feelings of children or adolescence who manifest ODD make it hard for them to…… [Read More].
Scientists have not yet figured out what causes ADHD, even though many studies propose that genes play a large part. Like a lot of other sicknesses, ADHD almost certainly can be contributed to a mixture of factors.
In addition to genetics, researchers are looking at probable environmental factors, and are examining how brain injuries, nutrition, and the social environment might add to ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD Most research supports the hypothesis that ADHD is a physiological situation and is consequently present at birth. Nevertheless, the obvious beginning of ADHD indications characteristically takes place early in childhood. Prior to the age of five, ADHD indications may be hard to diagnose, for the reason that most young kids are extremely energetic, easily distractible, and impulsive.
The dissimilarity in diagnosis age likely takes place…… [Read More]. In other words, the parents should communicate with the teachers to determine if the interventions have been effective. I would then talk to the parents themselves every two months to make further recommendations as necessary. Those who have benefited reported that the effects were almost immediately visible, on the same day the drug was used. On the other hand, drug therapies for any mental disorder have been imperfect and frequently plagued by side-effects and non-compliance.
Continuous research is therefore necessary to improve not only drug therapies and identify potential harmful effects in the long-term, but also to find possible…… [Read More]. While most individuals experience their first episode of BMD around the age of 18 or after -- the mean for diagnosis is 26 years of age -- children do rarely develop BMD.
Clara would experience her ADHD as a chronic, consistent impairment, while the BMD is episodic, alternating with periods of normal levels of moods.
That said, it is important to recognize that ADHD is typically associated with emotional reactions to certain trigger events, and that the people with ADHD are often quite passionate. The occasion of happy events bring ebullient reactions; unhappy experiences evoke intense…… [Read More].
Foundations Do you think this student might have a learning disability? Why or why not? The student understands information, memorizes information, understands science concepts, and has fairly good math skills. ADHD is defined through three main groups of symptoms; inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity.
Inattention; the student has messy writing, lacks focus -- struggles to read class materials, and forgets to complete homework. Hyperactivity; the student has difficulty staying at his desk, and is very talkative in class. Impulsivity; has difficulty following rules, and talks out inappropriately without raising his hand. What assessment tools would be used to determine whether or not this student has ADHD?
There is not an established criterion…… [Read More]. The parents at home or teachers in school cannot succeed in instructing him to do any specific thing.
Furthermore, he loses his homework and shows other signs of disorderliness. It is evidently hard to take care or treat him. This is a sign of disease and uncomfortable living. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder ADHD This disorder affects the psychological stability of individuals and alters the way they face the world and handle their lives.
The disorder mainly affects children at their young age. Indeed, the case in question is one the author of this report is aware of from an internship as a social work intern. The boy in question comes from lower socioeconomic status and, obviously, is of a racial minority group at the same time.
The author will cycle through five different book excerpts and journal articles that pertain in whole or in part to the plight and diagnosis faced by the boy mentioned above and the learning gleaned from each source will be applied to his case.
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Medication required to attain this usually needs a number of doses in the course of the day, since a single dose of medication remains effective for a short interval up to 4 hours. A esource for School and Home Psycho-stimulant medications like MPH are considered to trigger auto-regulatory or control procedures, thus improving the basic restraint shortfall in children having ADHD.
Documented experiments on stimulants have exhibited experimental favor for this hypothesis. For instance, the influences of MPH on reaction restraint employing the fundamental stop-signal…… [Read More]. References "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder from the Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. Adults Diagnosis and Treatment Guideline. References Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Retrieved May 31, at http: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Barkley, Russell Attention-Deficit.
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Journal of Learning Disabilities, 35 6 , Early intervention for preschool-age children with ADHD: The Possibilities of Misdiagnosis," Roeper Review The ADHD youth are less likely to prefer alcohol but more apt to prefer cigarettes. Both of these groups use substances to self-medicate and get high. It is suggested, then, that adolescent self-medication is not just for those with ADHD and that ADHD youth who self-medicate are similar in symptomatology to those who use substances for euphorigenic effects.
Levin and Mariani of Columbia University conclude that it is important to continue these types of studies regarding ADHD and substance abuse disorder because substance abuse only further aggravates the difficulties with ADHD, present more difficulty with remission and with treatment.
The co-morbidity can also lead to other psychological problems. Studies have been few to date of ADHD and substance abuse, so it would be helpful to place more an effort here in the future to better understand how these different elements come together. Implications of Late Onset and Subthreshold Diagnoses.
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Some serious research needs to be ongoing and money needs to be invested through private and public sources. How does a child develop symptoms? One of the suspected culprits that is lurking in many households and public places in the U. While in the womb, a child exposed to smoke - or lead - could possibly. PLOS One, 8 5: Bibliography ADHD health center.
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Lower Historic District is a historic district on Washington Mountain Road in Washington, Massachusetts.  The district encompasses four homesteads built between 1765 and 1803, including the town's oldest house.  The houses are clustered along a stretch of Washington Mountain Road near the town line with Becket, and represent one of its first places of settlement.  The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Description and history
Land grants in the area that is now the town of Washington were first made in 1763.  One of the first ten grants was made to William Milliken, who built the house at 1796 Washington Mountain Road not long afterward. Between then and the early 19th century, Milliken was joined by three other settlers in the immediate area, which is set on a terrace on the southeastern slope of Washington Mountain (elevation ). This dispersed rural development was typical of the region in the period, but has in many instances been lost due to infill development.  In this area, the soil was never very good for agriculture, and the properties changed hands numerous times.  The area also lacked resources for industrial development, and was bypassed by the railroads, all of which were factors that effectively precluded later development.

The district extends along Washington Mountain Road, north from the town line with Becket.  Its principal surviving built resources are four houses, of which the Milliken house is the only one that predates American independence.  The other three were built in the late 18th or early 19th century, and are examples of vernacular Federal period architecture.  All are of wood-frame construction, with clapboarded exteriors; one is  stories in height, while the other three are  stories.  There is also a 19th-century barn associated with one of the houses.

See also

Upper Historic District (Washington, Massachusetts), which encompasses the old town center
National Register of Historic Places listings in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Washington, Massachusetts

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'Ghost Stories' directors attempt to serve up a scare
Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee return for anthology
Published: January 05, 2020 17:15 IANS and ANI
Mumbai: Director Zoya Akhtar at the screening of the upcoming Netflix film "Ghost Stories" in Mumbai on Dec 23, 2019. (Photo: IANS) Image Credit: IANS
Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Anurag Kashyap and Dibakar Banerjee — four influential new-age filmmakers of Bollywood with very different styles of filmmaking — have come together all over again to create the anthology horror film, 'Ghost Stories'.
This is their third collaboration after 'Bombay Talkies' and 'Lust Stories'.
Talking about how their interpersonal relationship has grown since 2013 when 'Bombay Talkies' released, Kashyap said: "Our friendship has grown strength to strength and also we have evolved as people. It has become a yearly project for us that gives us a chance to see each other's works, and also do some experimental work. After the release of 'Lust Stories', we were looking forward to doing something interesting. I am sure after 'Ghost Stories' we will meet in two weeks to do something new."
Kashyap has directed a segment in the anthology that features Sobhita Dhulipala.
Director Anurag Kashyap. (File Photo: IANS) Image Credit: IANS
"Making the film is fine but what excites me the most is our interactions. We really are different in our approach of storytelling and this collaboration makes us think differently on the same topic," Kashyap added.
Banerjee's segment features Gulshan Devaiah and Sukant Goel in the leads and is a play on the horrors of urbanisation.
"I just want to mention that although Anurag and I are often mentioned in the same breath, we are really different filmmakers. This idea worked in my favour almost like a luxury because I have no pressure. There is Karan, Zoya and Anurag. So I can do my best experiment here without feeling pressurised," Banerjee said.
Does that make the 'Khosla Ka Ghosla' maker complacent?
"No, not really. None of my films in these anthologies have been easy. In 'Ghost Stories', too, I narrate a story that is uncomfortable, and technically tough to shoot. Imagine, we are showing a ghost in daylight! There was no other way I could have told the story outside this anthology format. So yes, as long as I am getting a chance to experiment, I will keep taking these luxurious opportunities," replied Banerjee.
Johar, who has directed one of the four segments, says the horror thriller should make for a great community viewing experience.
"'Ghost Stories' comes under the horror genre which people like to watch together. People like to watch and enjoy these kind of films together and they like to feel scared together while watching the film."
Gulf News tabloid! breaks down the four short films, with the directors giving insight into their respective stories.
Starring: Janhvi Kapoor and Surekha Sikri
Plot: A young woman is hired as a nurse to assist a bedridden woman. But all is not what it seems in the house or with the patient herself.
It's rare that at the age of 74, even after suffering a stroke, an actress appears as graceful, energetic and passionate about life as a youngster. It's also rare that an auditorium full of people gives a standing ovation when the actress, wheelchair bound, receives her third Indian National Film Award. Surekha Sikri has been through both these realities.
The veteran actress returns to the screen in 'Ghost Stories' for Akhtar's segment.
"Zoya is more complex than you see her. She is very poetic and she has feelings for things around her. The poem by Robert Frost that has been used in the film was so beautiful. I recited it and she used it aptly in the film," Sikri said.
Akhtar's story revolves around a bedridden old lady who was beautiful in her youth and has lived a wholesome life. In her old age, when a nurse (played by Kapoor) comes to take care of her for three days, mysterious things start happening.
"It is a very real character in many ways. I often wonder what the subtext would be. I want people to find out instead of me unveiling the story to you," says Sikri.
Akhtar, who is known for taking up modern-day issues in her films, added: "Fear of ageing and abandonment were thematically things that attracted me. Your body grows old, starts disintegrating and you're not the same person anymore. You suddenly need to be taken care of, and there is a certain horror element to that. It's the cycle of life, but it frightens people and that attracted me to it."
DIRECTOR: ANURAG KASHYAP
Starring: Sobhita Dhulipala and Pavail Gulati
Plot: A pregnant woman is reliving the horrors that have befallen her in the past, even as she takes care of her young nephew who is not what he seems.
"I wanted to create something that would confuse people as to what's real and what's not and engage their state of mind. My film comes from the anxiety a woman goes through when she's pregnant, and the trauma of miscarriage," Netflix India quoted Kashyap as saying.
"You constantly live in the fear that, will it be this time or not, and I've seen people like those people who really want to have children but cannot. I think our monsters are manifestations of our own fear, which is what I decided to explore," the 'Manmarziyan' director explained.
Dhulipala, who plays the traumatised pregnant woman, says that the scars attached to miscarriage and the way society treats a woman who is apologetic for the incident, is intimate and universal at the same time.
"It is an interesting story and I know that it is a reality for so many people. It is a very intimate and a very internal feeling yet very universal. When a woman loses a child — that is if a miscarriage happens — she goes through a trauma. On top of that, her upbringing and social conditioning make her apologetic about her existence for the rest of her life. If a woman fails to give birth, society looks at her as if she is not woman enough — as if she does not deserve the life she has. It is not a reality for one section of society. It is universal," Dhulipala said.
The story revolves around the bond between a little boy and his pregnant maternal aunt who is desperately waiting for her child to be born, having suffered a miscarriage in the past.
"I have no first-hand experience of parenthood or miscarriage but I have seen people who have gone into depression after miscarriage, and how society makes it worse for them to deal with the trauma. They turn it into a taboo, there is shame attached to it, but why? When society shames a woman, the realisation of it makes you move," she added.
DIRECTOR: DIBAKAR BANERJEE
Starring: Gulshan Devaiah and Sukant Goel
Plot: The film looks at the horrors of urbanisation through a zombie Armageddon.
Banerjee, who is a fan of the horror genre said that zombie films attract him and he feels that being scared is an evolutionary requirement.
"A horror film should always be something else along with being horror. People are afraid and anxious, walking around with fear in their eyes nowadays. I think zombie films attract me because they hit at the fundamental fear that we all have in two layers," Netflix India quoted Banerjee as saying.
"One is the fear of us dying. And the second is the fear that all of us will die. As a country, we are afraid and for a society that has learnt to live with fear, for a society that has learnt to shut up with fear — I think it's the right time for a film like this," the director further explained.
Devaiah, who stars in the short, admitted he's not a fan of the horror genre.
"I am one of those people who cannot sit through a horror film, so if you ask me whether I was excited to be a part of this genre, I will say I was not. I grabbed the opportunity because it was my chance to work with one of the finest filmmakers of our time — Dibakar," Devaiah said.
Goel, on the other hand, was the polar opposite. "I love horror but there is always a question in India whether an actor gets scope to perform in a horror film, and also whether the genre has been taken seriously. For me, it was interesting to be a part of the film. The story is good but my point of excitement was also to work with Dibakar."
DIRECTOR: KARAN JOHAR
Starring: Mrunal Thakur and Avinash Tiwary
Plot: Ira agrees to have an arranged marriage with Dhruv. But she soon realises that her husband has an unhealthy relationship with his dead 'granny'.
Director Johar, popularly known for his larger than life Bollywood multi-starrers, called himself a newbie in the horror genre.
"I realised I don't know how to dabble with the genre. Zoya sent me the script and it intrigued me, but I wanted to do it in my own way. I don't know horror and I wasn't looking to make any internal commentary," Johar said.
In an interview with India Today, Johar stated that directing a horror film was not only challenging but also an exciting opportunity. "I have always been mortified to watch the horror genre and have always stayed very far away from any ghost story! So to direct one is not only hugely challenging but also exceptionally exciting."
While critics have not been kind to Johar's segment, the director keeps a very simple approach.
"I did exactly what I wanted to do, showing good-looking people getting scared in a good-looking way," the director said, summing up his vision for the film.
Johar further added: "I feel scared for my own film. I think other films in this anthology are really scary and my films for other reasons scare me. I think it will take a lot of time to talk about our individual films but we just want to say that we are feeling really excited for it. It's a really unique concept of anthology."
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/************************************************************************************
 * drivers/serial/serialirq.c
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2007-2009, 2011 Gregory Nutt. All rights reserved.
 *   Author: Gregory Nutt <gnutt@nuttx.org>
 *
 * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
 * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
 * are met:
 *
 * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
 *    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
 *    the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
 *    distribution.
 * 3. Neither the name NuttX nor the names of its contributors may be
 *    used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
 *    without specific prior written permission.
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
 * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS
 * FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 * COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT,
 * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING,
 * BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS
 * OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED
 * AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN
 * ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 *
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Included Files
 ************************************************************************************/

#include <tinyara/config.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <semaphore.h>
#include <debug.h>
#include <tinyara/serial/serial.h>

/************************************************************************************
 * Pre-processor Definitions
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Private Types
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Private Function Prototypes
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Private Variables
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Private Functions
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Public Functions
 ************************************************************************************/

/************************************************************************************
 * Name: uart_xmitchars
 *
 * Description:
 *   This function is called from the UART interrupt handler when an interrupt
 *   is received indicating that there is more space in the transmit FIFO.  This
 *   function will send characters from the tail of the xmit buffer while the driver
 *   write() logic adds data to the head of the xmit buffer.
 *
 ************************************************************************************/

void uart_xmitchars(FAR uart_dev_t *dev)
{
	uint16_t nbytes = 0;

	/* Send while we still have data in the TX buffer & room in the fifo */

	while (dev->xmit.head != dev->xmit.tail && uart_txready(dev)) {
		/* Send the next byte */

		uart_send(dev, dev->xmit.buffer[dev->xmit.tail]);
		nbytes++;

		/* Increment the tail index */

		if (++(dev->xmit.tail) >= dev->xmit.size) {
			dev->xmit.tail = 0;
		}
	}

	/* When all of the characters have been sent from the buffer disable the TX
	 * interrupt.
	 *
	 * Potential bug?  If nbytes == 0 && (dev->xmit.head == dev->xmit.tail) &&
	 * dev->xmitwaiting == true, then disabling the TX interrupt will leave
	 * the uart_write() logic waiting to TX to complete with no TX interrupts.
	 * Can that happen?
	 */

	if (dev->xmit.head == dev->xmit.tail) {
		uart_disabletxint(dev);
	}

	/* If any bytes were removed from the buffer, inform any waiters there there is
	 * space available.
	 */

	if (nbytes) {
		uart_datasent(dev);
	}
}

/************************************************************************************
 * Name: uart_receivechars
 *
 * Description:
 *   This function is called from the UART interrupt handler when an interrupt
 *   is received indicating that are bytes available in the receive fifo.  This
 *   function will add chars to head of receive buffer.  Driver read() logic will
 *   take characters from the tail of the buffer.
 *
 ************************************************************************************/

void uart_recvchars(FAR uart_dev_t *dev)
{
	FAR struct uart_buffer_s *rxbuf = &dev->recv;
#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_IFLOWCONTROL_WATERMARKS
	unsigned int watermark;
#endif
	unsigned int status;
	int nexthead = rxbuf->head + 1;
	uint16_t nbytes = 0;

	if (nexthead >= rxbuf->size) {
		nexthead = 0;
	}
#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_IFLOWCONTROL_WATERMARKS
	/* Pre-calcuate the watermark level that we will need to test against. */

	watermark = (CONFIG_SERIAL_IFLOWCONTROL_UPPER_WATERMARK * rxbuf->size) / 100;
#endif

	/* Loop putting characters into the receive buffer until there are no further
	 * characters to available.
	 */

	while (uart_rxavailable(dev)) {
		bool is_full = (nexthead == rxbuf->tail);
		char ch;

#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_IFLOWCONTROL
#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_IFLOWCONTROL_WATERMARKS
		unsigned int nbuffered;

		/* How many bytes are buffered */

		if (rxbuf->head >= rxbuf->tail) {
			nbuffered = rxbuf->head - rxbuf->tail;
		} else {
			nbuffered = rxbuf->size - rxbuf->tail + rxbuf->head;
		}

		/* Is the level now above the watermark level that we need to report? */

		if (nbuffered >= watermark) {
			/* Let the lower level driver know that the watermark level has been
			 * crossed.  It will probably activate RX flow control.
			 */

			if (uart_rxflowcontrol(dev, nbuffered, true)) {
				/* Low-level driver activated RX flow control, exit loop now. */

				break;
			}
		}
#else
		/* Check if RX buffer is full and allow serial low-level driver to pause
		 * processing. This allows proper utilization of hardware flow control.
		 */

		if (is_full) {
			if (uart_rxflowcontrol(dev, rxbuf->size, true)) {
				/* Low-level driver activated RX flow control, exit loop now. */

				break;
			}
		}
#endif
#endif

		ch = uart_receive(dev, &status);

		/* If the RX buffer becomes full, then the serial data is discarded.  This is
		 * necessary because on most serial hardware, you must read the data in order
		 * to clear the RX interrupt. An option on some hardware might be to simply
		 * disable RX interrupts until the RX buffer becomes non-FULL.  However, that
		 * would probably just cause the overrun to occur in hardware (unless it has
		 * some large internal buffering).
		 */

		if (!is_full) {
			/* Add the character to the buffer */

			rxbuf->buffer[rxbuf->head] = ch;
			nbytes++;

			/* Increment the head index */

			rxbuf->head = nexthead;
			if (++nexthead >= rxbuf->size) {
				nexthead = 0;
			}
		}
	}

	/* If any bytes were added to the buffer, inform any waiters there there is new
	 * incoming data available.
	 */

	if (nbytes) {
		dev->received(dev);
	}
}

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Most automatic speech recognition systems existing today are still limited to recognizing what is being said, without being concerned with how it is being said. On the other hand, research on emotion recognition from speech has recently gained considerable interest, but how those emotions could be expressed in text-based communication has not been widely investigated. Our long-term goal is to construct expressive speech-to-text systems that conveys all information from acoustic speech, including verbal message, emotional state, speaker condition, and background noise, into unified text-based communication. In this preliminary study, we start with developing a system that can convey emotional speech into text-based communication by way of text balloons. As there exist many possible ways to generate the text balloons, we propose to utilize linguistic and acoustic features based on comic books and anime films. Experimental results reveal that expressive text is more preferable than static text, and the system is able to estimate the shape of text balloons with 87.01% accuracy.
Bibliographic reference. Matsumiya, Sho / Sakti, Sakriani / Neubig, Graham / Toda, Tomoki / Nakamura, Satoshi (2014): "Data-driven generation of text balloons based on linguistic and acoustic features of a comics-anime corpus", In INTERSPEECH-2014, 1801-1805.


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Workplace Safety News and Notes - October 2014
Here's a collection of recent workplace safety news and notes from around the web:
OSHA launches national dialogue on hazardous chemical exposures
OSHA is launching a national dialogue with stakeholders to manage worker exposure to hazardous chemicals in the workplace. The first stage of this dialogue is a request for information on the management of hazardous chemical exposures in the workplace and strategies for updating permissible exposure limits (PELs). Ninety-five percent of OSHA's current PELs, which cover fewer than 500 chemicals, have not been updated since their adoption in 1971 and they cover a small fraction of the chemicals currently used in the U.S. Some new approaches for which OSHA is seeking public comment include: Streamlined approaches for risk assessment and feasibility analyses; and alternative approaches for managing chemical exposures. Read more here.
New Safety Climate Workbook Available
The Center for Construction Research and Training has released a 10-page workbook, "Strengthening Jobsite Safety Climate: Eight Worksheets to Help You Use and Improve Leading Indicators." The workbook is designed to help construction managers, safety professionals and hourly craft workers learn leading indicators of safety climate, as well as ideas for strengthening them. The book contains eight worksheets with brief self-assessments and a list of ideas that owners, safety directors and supervisory staff can implement to evaluate and improve their safety climate. Learn more here.
The rudest drivers are in... Idaho?
In a survey seeking to rank the states with the rudest drivers, Idaho earned the dubious honor of being #1. Respondents to the survey by Insure.com said Idaho drivers present a wide variety of rudeness, "Those who are moving so slowly that they're judged to be rude, and the aggressive drivers who speed around them and flip them off."
What's Your Site Safety Assessment Strategy?
Regular site assessments and field surveys are a critical element of any safety plan. Why? Because first-hand observations let managers determine if the safety aspects of a project will meet the objectives set out in the safety plan. They also offer an opportunity to identify potential areas of concern - before inspectors arrive or problems arise.
How detailed an assessment should be depends on the nature of the site and the work that is currently underway. A thorough assessment should also anticipate upcoming work and identify hazards that may arise as the scope of the project changes.
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Top OSHA Fines Exceed $3.5 Million in Sept. 2014
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OSHA issued 17 significant fines in September (more than twice as many as August!) with a proposed total of $3.57 million. The top three fines were issued for confined space, chemical and fall protection violations. Other common violations included machine guarding, cranes and scaffolding. Most cases are still pending final decisions. Here are some details:
$497,000 and SVEP for willful confined space violations and more at an Illinois metal recycling plant
The company was cited for seven willful and one serious safety violations following the death of a worker whose arm was caught in a conveyor belt. At least three other workers were also exposed to dangerous, unguarded machines during cleaning operations. The workers entered a shredder discharge pit through a 2.5- by 3.5-foot opening to shovel metal scrap onto a takeaway conveyor system. This conveyor was not guarded and the shredder was not locked out prior to the workers entering the pit.
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$341,550 for chromium and other violations at an Oklahoma plating plant
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Of fatalities in 2013, 11 resulted from 11 accidents on freight railroads and four were on commuter or transit railways. The average number of railroad worker fatalities has fluctuated but has remained about 6.4 per year from 1990 to 2013. The report states that comprehensive job briefings could help prevent accidents and that national inspection protocols for work activities are necessary to ensure the safety of roadway workers.
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On any work site where heavy machinery or potentially hazardous equipment, chemicals or other dangers are present, it's vital to have the correct safety signs and notices to help keep everyone safe - and to reduce your liability. ComplianceSigns.com has the internationally recognized signs for about any scenario you can imagine.
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Potable/Non Potable Water:
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