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Jennifer Hudson Says Goodbye To Mother, Brother & Nephew
Hundreds of mourners streamed into a private funeral service for singer Jennifer Hudson's slain mother, brother and nephew at a church on Chicago's South side on Monday (November 3).
According to the Chicago Tribune, the two-hour wake came to an end with the former "American Idol" contestant spending a few moments at the coffins of her late family.
She first paused at the casket of her 7-year-old nephew Julian, then moved on, gently touching the body of her mother. The paper said that Hudson remained composed, as she leaned down to kiss her mother goodbye. She then paused again before her brother's casket before taking her seat.
Then, later, "American Idol Season 3" winner Fantasia Barrino sang the gospel classic, "Your Grace and Mercy," calling the Hudsons "my family." During the performance, she walked off the stage and into the aisle, taking Jennifer's hand and sand directly to her.
The funeral ended shortly after, with procession moving to the cemetery by a horse-drawn carriage.
Hudson's mother, brother and 7-year-old nephew were found shot to death late last month. The two adults were found at their Chicago home, while 7-year-old Julian was discovered in a vehicle found several miles away. Julian is the son of Jennifer Hudson's older sister, Julia Hudson.
So far, no one has been charged in the shootings, although authorities have called Julia Hudson's estranged husband, William Balfour, a "person of interest." He remains in custody on a parole violation.
The Hudson family will be buried at Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side.
The funeral follows a private memorial service on Sunday (November 2) at Pleasant Gift Missionary Baptist Church which garner about 100 people. Afterwhich, thousands of mourners filed into the small hall, writing condolence notes on cards bearing images of the three victims.
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The credit reporting company's recent disclosure of a cyberbreach that compromised personal data for nearly half the nation's population may seem certain to produce wins in lawsuits.
Shannon McNulty, a partner and class-action case specialist at the Clifford Law Offices, estimated late last week that the Chicago-based firm was averaging approximately 20 calls per hour from potential clients fearing Equifax-related harm. Yet roughly one of those 20 said they had spotted evidence of suspicious activity in their credit records, such as "hotel charges in states they never visited," said McNulty, whose firm has also filed a suit against the company.
That could change, as cyber thieves attempt to make broader use of the stolen data and the impact of Equifax's electronic compromise becomes clearer.
There is no consistent standard that federal court districts across the U.S. use to decide the issue of legal standing in cyberbreach cases. However, most have ruled that the theft of personal consumer data "is sufficient to establish standing," said Kevin Sharp, a former federal judge in Tennessee who's now a managing partner for the Sanford Heisler Sharp law firm, which has also sued Equifax.
Yet when it comes to prevailing in court in class-action lawsuits involving electronic intrusions, "cases involving substantial allegations of identity theft will generally fare better than those without," wrote Gibbs Law Group attorneys Aaron Blumenthal and Andre Mura in a September article in Trial, a legal community-focused magazine published by the American Association for Justice.
People who sue Equifax generally will also be required to prove what's legally known as causation. That involves producing evidence that shows the harm they suffered was caused by the credit-reporting giant's loss of their personal information — and not from a breach elsewhere.
Equifax has reached out to consumers, offering a year's worth of free credit monitoring, and waiving the usual fees charged for those who opt to place a freeze on their credit records.
But those efforts likely will do little to deter lawsuits that accuse the company of negligence or recklessness in safeguarding consumers' data.
Additionally, hackers surreptitiously worked inside Equifax's computer network as early as March, two months before the company said consumer data was first accessed, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.
Full details of those issues, expected to be demanded by law firms pursuing consumer class-action cases, ultimately could "provide strong evidence for the plaintiffs," said McNulty.
However, the company last week provided an early signal suggesting it may try to block some legal discovery requests. Equifax said a forensic assessment of the intrusion and its damage conducted by independent cybersecurity firm Mandian was "privileged" — meaning consumer lawyers likely would have to fight for the findings.


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By Ann Ferguson On 8 March 2020
Lil Wayne brings his lyrics to life in the wild video for "Mama Mia."
The trippy clip finds Weezy rocking a Wu-Tang hoodie while surrounded by scantily-clad ladies, crocodiles, apes, and even a rapping baby. He changes outfits multiple times, from a Gucci x Disney jacket to a Moschino x Budweiser hoodie and sweatpants. Tunechi totes a gun in one scene and performs alongside a naked rapping woman before the video ends with a red casket going up in flames.
Speaking with "MTV Fresh Out," the Young Money boss opened up about the concept. "The video, I tried as much as I can to put the visual to the words. I came up with the treatment and it just worked," he said.
The track also features a Harry Potter reference ("I'm a wizard with this mothafucka like I went to Hogwarts"), but he is not a Potterhead. "Truth be told, I know nothing about Harry Porter," said Weezy, who admitted that he just needed to make the rhyme work. "I still don't know what it means, just know it has something to do with Harry Potter and I made it work."
"Mama Mia" can be found on Wayne's fifth No. 1 album Funeral, which also features Big Sean, XXXTentacion, and Lil Baby. Weezy recently appeared in the latter's video for "Forever."
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Tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City: Five Of The Best Shops
Vietnam is changing, and so is the ink scene. Originators like Danis Nguyen and Saigon Ink, and Binx and Recycle Bin are still around, and there's young artists like Chun Hack, Nhut Be at Alchemist, and Tuyen Nguyen at Monster Ink giving more options for where to get tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City
We're often asked where to go for the best tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City. That's because the popularity of tattoos has exploded both internationally and here in Saigon. In the States, around forty percent of millennials have one. And Vietnam isn't far behind—especially now, as HCMC's tattoo scene is flourishing.
Driving the evolution of the art here are true originals like Saigon Ink's Danis Nguyen and next-generation social media-savvy artists like Chun Hack.
From old-school to black line and geometric patterns, tattoo artists in Saigon run the whole range of styles. Prices to get inked here are low. Especially when you compare Ho Chi Minh City to international tattoo capitals like London, LA, and San Francisco, where you will often pay three or four times higher—although this can vary dramatically depending on the artist. It's a disparity that might lead to a boom in tattoo tourism once word gets out.
With the tattoo scene here evolving as fast as the city's infrastructure, Vietcetera decided it was time to take a trip around town to put together a list that mixes the old with the new. We've left out favorites like Tattoo Tadashi to make way for some fresh talent. And so, although far from exhaustive, here are five of the best places for tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City today.
The best parlors for tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City
Saigon Ink
Saigon Ink founder Danis Nguyen
"If you do something for many years, over and over, day after day, eventually there will be a moment when you understand it deeply," Danis smiles as we sit down with him in the back of this ten-artist Saigon Ink studio. His reputation was reinforced in 2015 when he was featured in the lavishly illustrated World Atlas of Tattoo.
Danis has been around long enough—he founded Saigon Ink twelve years ago in 2006—to see perceptions of tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City evolve from symbols of rebellion to signs of recognition. "Tattoos don't mean you're bad, but bad people always have tattoos—that's what the social perception seemed to be. The difference between the two causes the beauty of tattoos to be a delicate subject…even today," Danis adds.
This area used to be his private studio. These days he only does four or five tattoos per week if he feels a connection with the client, and that the tattoo they ask for spiritually or symbolically fits his beliefs.
Danis Nguyen working on a tattoo in the ten-artist Saigon Ink studio
With his team doing most of the tattoos, he's broken down his studio. The extended space houses Saigon Ink's nine other house artists like Ans Pham (black and grey, old-school line tattoos), BonBon (neo-traditional, black and grey, and watercolor styles), Phuc Dang (mandalas and geometric patterns), and Jerry (fantasy- and Japanese-style sleeves and large body tattoos).
Location: 26 Tran Hung Dao, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Style: Eclectic with black line, geometric, and fantasy art styles depending on which of the ten artists you choose.
In short: Saigon's original studio with a diverse roster of house artists headed up by Danis Nguyen who you might recognize from The World Atlas of Tattoo.
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Chun Hack Tattoo
Chun Hack working on a text tattoo
Self-taught tattoo artist Hoang Trung, better known now as Chun Hack, is building a reputation for his delicate black line and dot work. He first came to our attention when we learned he did two of Floralpunk founder Julia Doan's tattoos. "That's how I first heard of Vietcetera too," he smiles from his studio's sofa. He's also done tattoos for local icons like stylist Kelbin Lei.
Just like his tattoos, Chun Hack's studio has lots of quirky hand-drawn images, like the sign pointing to the front door that reads "crying room," and there's also a cool wall sign that spells out his name in red neon too.
Chun Hack's neon studio sign
"I've been tattooing for three years," Chun Hack tells us. Already, he has a big Instagram following attracted by his images of finely rendered text tattoos and cooly inked drawings of figures huddled on sofas and fallen leaves, as well as the enigmatic photos of himself that he posts.
He went to school in Russia—where tattoos were more common—stayed on to complete a Masters degree, and opened his studio once he returned. It's now recognized as one of the best parlors for tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City. The Russian artist Vitaly Morozov did the typically fierce tattoo on his left arm. "And I also love Manchester-based artist Susanne Suflanda Konig work," Chun Hack adds.
Chun Hack's Vitaly Morozov tattoo
You can find Chun Hack Tattoo off Nguyen Trai, in District 1 (be careful as the map directions on Facebook are misleading). Above the men's fashion store you have to walk through, you'll find Chun Hack's "crying room" on the first floor.
Location: 2nd Floor, 130 Pasteur, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Style: Fine black line and dot work with cool geometric and hand-drawn designs.
In short: The millennial tattooist with a big Insta-following and a number of high-profile clients.
Tattooist Nhut Be
Founded by Nhut Be, this two-man studio is right across the hall from Hurricane Barbers. But first, you'll have to find the stairs. They're accessible at the back of the ground floor restaurant at 135 Bui Vien—and don't worry, they're used to customers walking through for a trim or to get inked. Alternatively, you can take the alley at the side and double back into the building.
One of Nhut Be's tattoos
Besides once being a tattooist at Saigon Ink, Nhut used to be in a breakdance crew. "I'm too out of shape for that now," he laughs as we settle into the couch in the reception room. "I still do graffiti though," he says of his other passion he's had since 2005. Today, Nhut is best known for his black line work at Alchemist.
His studio partner, Jase, does bold, old-school designs. "We're appointment only," Nhut adds. "People fly here just to get one of our tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City."
Location: 2nd Floor, 135 Bui Vien, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
Style: Black line and old-school tattoos.
In short: Some of Saigon's best tattoos by two artists in the heart of the backpacker district.
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Recycle Bin founder Binx
Recycle Bin are another foundation tattoo crew. After almost a decade of tattooing as a loose affiliate of artists, they finally opened their first store in Autumn 2009. Almost ten years on, house artists like Giang Tran, Lam Nguyen, Ronin, and of course, Binx, have done tattoos for celebrities like singer, Bao Anh, besides their steady stream of international, Viet Kieu, and local clients. And their tattooist Lam Kity does piercings too.
Formerly two separate stores, the "Bin" has consolidated into its current location in Phu Nhuan. They've kept the same concept—recycled objects like the reclaimed wood reception desk, the kooky American license plates pinned to the walls, and a large lived-in chesterfield sofa.
They've added a modern-industrial aesthetic to this location, with a big sliding iron grill gate that leads to the studios' stairs. "Everything here's recycled," the Recycle Bin's founder Chi Hieu, or Binx, says glancing around the first-floor studio. It's a sign of their popularity that they are also currently converting the floor upstairs to provide more space for their team to do tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City.
Artist Giang Tran and studio manager Mi Nguyen
The part of town also has a concentration of great street-food restaurants. Try the com tam shop right across the street, whose version comes with freshly BBQ-ed pork ribs, if you need a break during a sitting, or you're waiting for the team to complete a design. But in case you don't want to venture out, the Recycle Bin also have a complimentary cafe inside serving juices and coffee (and they'll probably order you a com tam to-go if you ask nicely).
Location: 176 Nguyen Van Banh, Phu Nhuan, Ho Chi Minh City
Style: Diverse, as you'd expect from a tattoo parlor with nine artists. They specialize in black line, realism, watercolor, minimalist and old-school tattoos.
In short: Foundation names in Saigon's ink scene keep getting better with their airy modern-industrial tattoo and piercing studio in Phu Nhuan.
Monster Ink
Monster Ink's entrance down an alley off CMT8
Monster Ink are known for their breathtakingly beautiful flower tattoos. In fact, all the tattoos created in this studio are by one artist, Tuyen Nguyen. And his style, developed over five years as a tattooist, isn't restricted to flowers—he also does colorful geometric pieces that incorporate animal images, watercolor-style tattoos, and creative cover-ups. "Many of my customers are Viet Kieu who find me through Facebook," Tuyen explains from behind the reception of his tattoo parlor.
Monster Ink's Tuyen Nguyen
The studio is hard to find down a blink-and-you'll-miss-it alley off Cach Mang Thang Tam. But it's worth the effort. Look out for the nearby Ninomaxx store and the Bao Long Mobile store right beside the alley.
Location: 494/11B Cach Mang Thang 8, Ho Chi Minh City
Style: Large tumbling flower tattoos and geometric shapes.
In short: A one-artist studio hidden off bustling Cach Mang Thang Tam that's worth taking the trouble to find.
Tips for getting tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City
Some studios, like Saigon Ink, will accept walk-ins. However, that might restrict your choice of artist. Added to that, some tattooists, like Saigon Ink's founder Danis Nguyen, only work with local clients or ones referred to them. Other studios, like Alchemist, are strictly appointment only—and their popularity might mean there's a waiting list to see their tattooists, Nhut Be and Jason Truong Nguyen. Fortunately, thanks to social media, booking in advance has never been easier when getting a tattoo in Ho Chi Minh City. Most tattooists will offer an online consultation too, and some advice about how much it will cost.
Choosing a tattoo
The best advice is to do some research, find a design, and even better, an artist that you like, don't rush the decision, and view getting the tattoo as a collaborative process.
Facebook and Instagram have provided two platforms on which tattooists can regularly update images of their work. Artists like Chun Hack (@chunhack) connect to most of their customers that way. That also means you can browse artists' work before you book, and make a considered choice of both artwork and artist well in advance.
Communicating your concept
English proficiency in Vietnam has leaped in recent years, particularly in Ho Chi Minh City and in other major cities like Danang and the capital Hanoi. All the studios covered here either have fluent English-speaking tattooists and staff (like Alchemist and Recycle Bin), or assistants around to help translate (like Monster Ink).
As with any tattoo appointment, if you're getting tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City, don't proceed until you are completely happy with the design. But also be receptive to your artist's advice—all the tattooists in this article know what they're doing.
Paying for your tattoo
Check on the studio's payment policy before getting inked. Even some of the best parlors for tattoos in Ho Chi Minh City, like Alchemist, are cash only. However, the majority will take credit cards, especially larger studios like Saigon Ink. Also remember many studios will ask for a deposit, like the 25% requested by the Recycle Bin that's deducted from the total cost at the end.
The legality of tattoos in Vietnam
Despite the yearly Tattoo Convention, and the popularity of parlors like Chun Hack Tattoo, tattoo shops are not recognized as a business. Lots of the store owners we met were hopeful that overdue acceptance is imminent. As a customer, you won't be affected. And note that these studios still maintain the highest standards and enforce an over-18 legal limit.
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The Everyday Life in Middletown manifesto revolves around three concepts: experimental research methods and aesthetics, a democratic vision of inclusiveness and connectedness for Muncie, and everyday life itself. Drafted after the sixteen members of the EDLM team had spent a month reading intensively in everyday life theory and learning about Muncie's history, economics, and social geography, the statement is marked by a Utopian strain that now looks naïve. But that's okay: mission statements should be at least one part dream, and dreams are part of everyday life. Dreams informed this seminar in the form of Surrealism and its Freudian roots, which were among the angles we considered as we searched for ways of examining and representing the everyday. If Freud was right that dreams express wishes, our wishes — to "establish a new culture," to "assemble a culture from the ordinary," to "un-mire Middletown from its anthropological history and to hypothesize a future identity for our small city" — are noble, if idealistic and over-reaching.
Fortunately, our manifesto also had more concrete goals: to "create a documentary that displays everyday life in an experimental way, using collaged images and local perspectives to articulate an everyday collective, bolstered by individual agency," and to create a website that provides "a space for local voices to express the obscure intricacies of their daily life." On these we have been more successful. Despite the inevitable compromises that come with any project, we do feel that we stayed true to our commitments to local voices, to capturing the eccentricities of the everyday in a way that emphasizes connections among people, and to experimental methods.
In what follows, we take each of these themes — everyday life, experimental aesthetics, and a vision of a democratically inclusive Muncie — and evaluate the successes and shortcomings of our project.
You wake up from an obscure dream, which evaporates as you try to pin it down. You sit up on the side of the bed and let the cobwebs clear. The dog is at your feet, wanting to be walked. You pat her head, stand, and pad slowly to the bathroom. You switch on the light, which is harsh to your eyes. You pull your toothbrush from its holder and squirt a dab of red-and-white toothpaste on it.
This is everyday life. Each of these micro-activities is just as everyday — and therefore just as important to the study of everyday life — as the more intense and "meaningful" parts of your day. Indeed, every fleeting moment of your morning, of everyone's morning, is potential grist for the study of everyday life.
Here lies the central problem of studying everyday life. The everyday is an infinite archive of such moments, most of which disappear without being recorded. As a result, our work has been less about making large, explanatory generalizations and more about rescuing such lucid, resonant, or perplexing moments and making a kind of sense of them.
The archive assembled on this website and the film produced by the EDLM team provide a wealth of such moments. Here you will encounter citizens of Muncie during their morning daydreams, their sweet and eccentric pet care rituals, their minor vexations, their workouts, their meals, their passing resolves and worries, and much more.
While the "Insights" section of the website stitches together some of these moments, and digs into their significance in a range of ways, our approach has not been to offer grand revelations about "Everyday Life in Middletown" but rather to place these luminous details in suggestive frameworks where you—the reader/listener/viewer — can discover connections and insights beyond the modest ones we offer.
The film is a case in point. The images are resolutely everyday — family breakfasts, commutes to work and school, personal grooming, daily prayers, boredom. On the soundtrack, you hear what people said to us when we asked them to talk about their everyday lives. In the gap between the images and the words — between, say, a retiree tending to her birds and her reflections on her family's history in the factories of Muncie — lies the mystery of the everyday, the great question of the links between routine activities and consciousness, between the banality of breakfast and the significance of the stories we tell about ourselves.
If we have no great, totalizing theory about everyday life in Muncie to offer, we do have a treasury of such suggestive images. Our products are our invitation to you to explore the everyday.
II. Experimental methods and aesthetics.
The everyday is notoriously hard to pin down: both comforting and stifling, passing us by in the very moment that we would arrest it, largely unconscious, practically infinite.
In the first weeks of the seminar, we read Highmore's Everyday Life and Cultural Theory and spent several days with him. We took to heart his account of how various thinkers, for the last hundred years, have consistently concluded that studying the everyday requires experimentation. No single methodology can access a sphere as varied and slippery as the everyday. Since so much of everyday life consists of activities we do without thinking, just making everyday consciousness visible at all is a primary challenge.
Accordingly, we reached consensus early on that studying and representing everyday life would require two things: eclectic methods that violate the boundary between art and social science, and experimental methods of representation. You will find eclecticism and experimentation on the "Insights" section of the website, where what started out as "theoretical essays" evolved in multiple and unpredictable directions (audio essay, informational graphic, creative prose sketch, and art comic, along with several variations on the more conventional expository essay). You will find them in the film, for instance in its play between realistic location shots and short, staged studio sequences.
The aesthetic principle that most insistently informs all of our work is that of montage — the juxtaposition of surprising or contrasting elements — which was foundational to Surrealism and to the development of cinema in the early twentieth century. Montage is inescapable in cinema, and in our film you will find surprising juxtapositions that we hope will provoke questions and insights for you about the everyday and its relations to the past, present, and future of our city. Taken in its entirety, our website constitutes a large montage of the everyday. Indeed, each visitor who navigates it will be making, in real time, a new montage of Everyday Life in Middletown.
Any study of everyday life will ultimately be an unfinished project. It is in our most high-flown objective — that of bringing a degree of unity and social healing to the city — that Everyday Life in Middletown is most unfinished.
Yes, this is an idealistic goal. On a smaller scale though, "community" is at least as much a process as a place. Community is something that happens — when people gather to volunteer, to debate, to share a beer and argue about politics, to lunch together. Democracy, too, is more vibrant as a thing that you do — or try to do — than as a static theory or a codified form of government. This project has given us the opportunity to "do community" and to "do democracy." The voices that we are making audible here will, we hope, stimulate thought and ultimately action on which aspects of Everyday Life in Middletown should be sustained and which need to be bolstered, reformed, liberated.
But in these small, everyday ways that community and democracy happen, we wish we had done more.
We would have liked to know our volunteer informants better — to eat with them, chat aimlessly with them, take a walk, share the rhythms of life in less time-bounded, prescribed ways than a formal interview or a questionnaire, or the email exchanges surrounding them. We would have liked to offer more chances for them to give us feedback during the process. We would have liked to let them further into our everyday lives: we shared our own, early day-diaries with some of our informants, but it would have been nice to do this in a more sustained way.
At an informal lunch one day, we had a fascinating but all-too-brief discussion with several of our collaborators. We talked about how keeping a diary makes you hyper-aware of the everyday and therefore changes it. We talked about Muncie's history and economy. We talked at length about drug addiction, about meth and opiates. We wish that conversation could have gone on, included more people, and informed the project more completely.
We would have liked to spend more time at community events, getting a more detailed, concrete sense of how community and democracy are happening in Muncie.
On every objective, time has been our enemy. Both the film and the website represent the collision of expansive, creative ideas with the realities of logistics and time schedules. "Emotion colors time," Highmore writes, "intensifying it, elongating it, syncopating it, truncating it and filling it." We have felt this throughout the semester but especially now, as the voices assembled here begin to sound beyond the walls of the Kitselman Center.
We are left with the hopeful conviction that the everyday remains a place where the commonalities that unite us might be discovered and harnessed towards the common good. Undoubtedly, the divisions of class, race, and gender inform the everyday as profoundly as they do any other sphere of life. Amidst our divisions, though, the experience of the everyday may be as close to a universal as we are likely to experience. We all have bodies, senses, moods, thoughts: the everyday is where the world and the body collide and where thought, feeling, life happen. Everyone lives in this space. Everyone wakes up every day, and gets on with life.
I was driving home to Muncie today from my boyfriend's house in Carmel. Usually we take the same car but we needed two cars today. I'm glad it happened because I started thinking about how both of us are using this road to get where we need to go. Then that got me thinking that me and so many other people using this road right now are doing the same, everyday thing–driving. I started singing a song playing in my car and wondered how many people in the world were listening to the same song, have the same car make, bought the same CD…. My little insight tonight is that studying the everyday makes one aware of how connected, not to mention on the same playing field, you are with anyone at any given moment in time. If you are crying, someone is crying with you. If you are happy, someone is happy with you. Studying the everyday makes the world that much smaller.


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2 1 Introduction The Deaf Society of NSW (DSNSW) has been in operation since 1913 and is the largest provider of services to the Deaf Community in New South Wales. Following a sustained period of growth and change the Board of Directors identified the need to develop a Strategic Plan to ensure the DSNSW s long term viability and increase the value that the Deaf Community derive from the organisation s activities. The organisation has engaged Matrix on Board (Matrix) to work with them to develop this new Strategic Plan, which will guide the DSNSW s operations from July 2010 to June Background The DSNSW is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and, as such, is governed by a Board of Directors elected by the organisation s membership. The majority of the DSNSW s members are Deaf people who use Auslan. The DSNSW provides core services in the traditional areas of need, such as welfare and counselling, community development, information, interpreting provision, advocacy, education and training and employment and workplace support. Services are provided through the main office in Parramatta, six regional offices and a number of outreach services. Recent achievements include an increase in the number of deaf staff in management positions, gaining Registered Training Organisation (RTO) status, professionalising the interpreting service and continuing to deliver high quality services across the state even where there are severe funding pressures. The environment that the DSNSW operates within has undergone significant changes in recent years. These changes have given rise to a number of key issues that are addressed within this plan. Questions that have been considered include the role of deaf people in leading the DSNSW, the continued shift away from a welfare model of service provision, the organisation s advocacy responsibility and the provision of services to hard of hearing individuals Methodology In preparation for developing this Strategic Plan, Matrix consultants conducted a thorough research and mapping process. This included reviewing various documentation and reports and conducting in-depth interviews with various staff, Board members and stakeholders. A workshop with staff was held in October 2009 to develop strategic responses to two recently published reports (the Demand Project Report and the Seniors Report). In addition, Matrix supported the DSNSW in conducting an extensive community consultation process. This consultation process consisted of an online survey and a series of community events. The online survey had all questions in both written English (text) and Auslan (videos). Ten community consultation events were held in January and February in locations around the state. All consultations were conducted in Auslan with voicing where required. A total of 371 surveys were completed and a separate report Community Consultation Report has been produced. In March 2010 a planning workshop was held with DSNSW Board Members and senior management team. A clear consensus was reached on the strategic approach of the organisation. The mission and vision were revised and direction was given on how to address the key issues facing the organisation at this time. The community consultation report, stakeholder interviews and staff suggestions were all used to inform the planning process. The senior management team have led a number of meetings and workshops that have seen a lot of DSNSW staff participating in the planning process. The Board would like to thank all staff for their valuable contribution. The Board would also like to thank the Deaf Community and our 2 P age
3 partner organisations for their feedback through the community consultations and the online survey. 2. Who we are and who we work with The mission and vision are the aspirations of an organisation. They are essential because they define what the DSNSW will (and will not) do. These core aspirations form the basis for strategy, defining the organisation s overall approach and setting priorities for action. Aspirations drive everything the organisation does and define its identity. It is important to be clear about the community served by, and engaged with, the organisation. This clarity ensures that resources are appropriately allocated, services are best targeted and the most suitable growth opportunities are followed Vision Equity for deaf people 2.2. Mission We work in partnership with the Deaf Community to enhance the quality of life of deaf people, strengthen the community and advocate for changes that will ensure fundamental rights and freedoms Who we work with Deaf adults who use Auslan have always been the main focus of the DSNSW and this continues to be the case. We also work with individuals and groups in the wider Deaf Community, including, but not limited to: Deaf children and deaf young people Hard of hearing people of all ages People with cochlear implants Deafblind people Deaf and hard of hearing people with disabilities Hearing parents and hearing children of deaf people Friends and families of deaf people Other groups and organisations that work with deaf and hard of hearing people (The order of this list does not imply importance of people to the organisation) The words Deaf and deaf are used throughout this document. We use Deaf with a capital D, when we talk about the Deaf Community which represents the linguistic minority group that share a language and culture. We use deaf with a lower case d when we talk about deaf people in general and deaf organisations when referring to organisations that work with deaf people. Our use of capitalisation is not meant to infer inclusion or exclusion to our community and our organisations. We use the term hard of hearing throughout this plan but recognise that some people prefer the term hearing impaired. In choosing this term we have followed conventions set by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH). 3 P age
4 3. Key Directions for The views of the Deaf Community have been gathered through the community survey and the stakeholder interviews. These views have been a powerful influence on the planning process. The DSNSW Board members described community opinion as the wind behind our sails. A number of key issues were identified in the consultation process and discussed by the Board and senior management team. The table below describes the background for each issue and the direction that has been set for the organisation. This direction underpins many of the goals and strategies in this plan and should also be used in project and service delivery throughout the period. Background Direction Human rights and deaf people In 2008 Australia became a party The approach to our work should reflect the CRPD. to the UN Convention on the Human rights for deaf people is based on principles such Rights of Persons with Disabilities as: (CRPD). - Recognition and use of Auslan and respect for Deaf This signals a new era for the culture and identity rights of deaf people, deafblind - Bilingual education in Auslan and English people and people with - Accessibility to all areas of society and life disabilities. - Availability of Auslan interpretation Deaf leadership within the DSNSW The Board has had a consistent focus on recruiting more deaf members, but also needs to ensure the required skills are represented. The community and stakeholders have responded very positively to the recent hiring of senior deaf staff. Hiring and then developing capable deaf staff is a way for the DSNSW to develop mentors for deaf people and to support deaf people in pursuing careers beyond the DSNSW. Previous strategic plans have positioned the DSNSW as a service provider before anything else. Many people in the Deaf Community have benefitted from our services over the last 97 years and we are proud of our legacy. The DSNSW is funded to provide specific services. Historically it has also played a role in strengthening the Deaf Community through the way it has worked to develop organisations and individuals. There is significant community demand for Deaf Community spaces. A consequence of not having a community space is that it is less easy for deaf people to access information. We believe that the Deaf Community are the moral owners of the DSNSW and that deaf people should play a major role in setting the organisation s direction. We are committed to recruiting and promoting deaf people with the right skills in leadership positions throughout the organisation. The Board will maintain its emphasis on recruiting deaf members and will also focus on ensuring its meetings and processes are deaf friendly. When employing and promoting staff we will maintain our affirmative action policy of appointing deaf candidates who are suitably qualified for jobs. We wish to ensure that all staff are well supported to develop their careers. We will continue to improve the staff and office culture to ensure that the DSNSW is a deaf friendly place of work. Current Services We will continue to provide a broad range of services that aim to enhance the quality of life of deaf and hard of hearing people and their families. Community development We want to be explicit in our commitment to community development on community, group and individual levels. We will take an active role in nurturing and supporting social, sports and interest groups that contribute to the Deaf Community. We will make our spaces and technology available for community events and communication. We would assist appropriate individuals or organisations that wish to own or manage community spaces. We do not believe, at this time, that it is an affordable priority for the DSNSW to own or manage spaces. We believe that the Deaf Community need to be aware of all the services and projects available to them so that they can make the most effective choices for themselves. We will promote appropriate services and projects delivered by other organisations, as well as those that we provide. 4 P age
5 Background The Deaf Community sees a clear role for the DSNSW in systemic advocacy and lobbying in NSW. Other Deaf organisations have a greater advocacy mandate than does the DSNSW, but they may be more effective if they can team with better-resourced organisations such as the DSNSW. The DSNSW has a potential role in providing leadership and mentoring programs for deaf people. The community consultations gave a clear mandate for the DSNSW to engage in this work. It has been identified that the quality of the different services is not consistent at the DSNSW. It is clear that the community are unaware of a number of services and programs that could be of benefit to them. Deaf people in regional and rural areas are often extremely isolated and derive great benefit from local services. Regional services are not seen as meeting the needs of the community. The DSNSW is not funded to provide services across the state. Services are more costly to deliver per head in regional and rural areas. New technologies are changing rapidly. Deaf people have more options to communicate and interact with information, each other and the wider community. There will often be potential for the DSNSW to provide demonstrations and trials of new technology, and initiate their use in service provisions and community support. Direction Systemic advocacy We plan to increase investment in our role in influencing government policy and advocating for the rights of deaf people in NSW. We believe a partnership approach is the most effective way of achieving change. Wherever possible we will undertake advocacy and policy work in collaboration with Deaf Australia (NSW), the Australian Federation of Deaf Societies and other key agencies. The implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the key driver for our approach to advocacy. The areas that have been prioritised for a new DSNSW advocacy project are: education, employment and access to interpreters. Leadership and mentoring We consider leadership and mentoring a crucial aspect of our work. We are committed to providing targeted programs to develop deaf people s leadership skills, with a particular focus on young people. We will also support the Deaf Community more broadly to allow mentoring to happen naturally (the way it does in wider society). Our commitment to Deaf leadership in the DSNSW is a key mechanism for promoting role models and mentors. Service quality We want to provide high quality services to the Deaf Community throughout NSW and to learn from our successes. We will continue to gather feedback data and conduct rigorous reviews of all services. We will also review our administration, finance and human resource systems and processes to ensure that they produce the best outcomes for our staff and clients. We will promote our services more widely available in both Auslan and English. Regional Services Without securing additional, specific funding we are unable to increase our investment in regional services. It is highly unlikely that we will secure sufficient funding to offer the same range and quality of services in regional areas as we can in Sydney. We will seek further government funding to maintain and improve regional services. We will review our regional service provision to ensure that we are spending the funds in a way that has the greatest impact on the quality of life deaf people across NSW. We will aim to balance two priorities. We are aware that these priorities may sometimes compete: - Offer services that are taken up by more people - Offer services that have the most impact on the individuals that use them New technology We are keen to embrace new technology and will continue to keep abreast of new developments and support individuals and groups as they explore their usage. We will ensure that our staff have access to technology and hardware that will increase their ability to communicate with clients and stakeholders. 5 P age
6 Diversity of experience of deafness Medical advances such as cochlear We cannot ignore the changes in the demographics of the Deaf implants are changing the landscape Community. We recognise that the future of the DSNSW and the of the Deaf Community and the Deaf Community will involve acceptance of the diversity of issues it faces. experience of deafness. The vast majority of deaf children are We will be explicit when our services are available to hard of now fitted with cochlear implants. hearing people and will continue to seek funding for services that The majority of respondents to the are appropriate for the wider Deaf Community. community consultation encouraged Some of our services and projects will be targeted at culturally the DSNSW to be open to hard of Deaf people and people who use Auslan. We are aware that this hearing people and those with may exclude some hard of hearing individuals. cochlear implants. We will increase our engagement in the diagnosis and medical A significant minority of deaf treatment of deaf people. We wish to promote Deaf Community respondents are resistant to widening and Deaf culture and to advance the acceptance of bilingualism the target of the DSNSW s audience. amongst cochlear implantees. It is important not to alienate culturally We will explore ways of ensuring our services are appropriate for, Deaf people who engage with the and welcoming to, deaf Aboriginal Australians and deaf people organisation. from culturally and linguistically diverse communities. Partnerships The DSNSW have a small number of effective partnerships and have identified the potential for more. Members of the Deaf Community expressed a desire to see more collaboration between agencies that they engage with. The focus of this plan is on improving the quality and reach of existing services. We understand that the DSNSW is the only Deaf Registered Training Organisation in the country. There are clear opportunities to offer some services nationally. 40% of the DSNSW s income comes from government contracts. There are likely to be some changes in the way services are funded in the coming years. Like most not for profit organisations, the DSNSW has a portion of income that is not tied to any government grants or contracts. The Board has discretion about how this money should be invested or spent. Much of this money is currently used to provide regional services. The DSNSW has historically been granted significant sums of money through legacies. As the best-resourced organisation for deaf people in NSW, we believe it is our role to show leadership as well as facilitate interagency and partnership work. We consider that increased collaboration will lead to better outcomes for Deaf communities across Australia; we are open to partnerships, inter-agency collaboration and mergers. Growth The DSNSW does not have an aggressive expansion plan. We will explore ways of offering training for the Deaf Community across Australia. We will explore ways of offering Auslan courses across Australia. Wherever practical we will deliver services in collaboration with other state Deaf societies. We will continue to expand Auslan translation services in NSW and in other states. We will investigate ways in which emerging technologies may facilitate growth. Government funding Our priority for new government funding is for services to regional areas. We will continue to build positive relationships with all the relevant funding bodies and ensure we are in a good position to offer services through any revised models. We will support deaf people to maximise their use of funding opportunities. Earned income In setting the direction in this plan, we have prioritised community development projects and advocacy for investment of earned income. We do not want to erode the services to the regional areas of NSW and will seek additional funding for those services in order to free up money for the new priorities. We will invest in a fundraising strategy with a focus on major donors and legacies. Our focus is not on community fundraising. 6 P age
7 4. Strategic Plan Overview This diagram summarises the strategic plan: the mission is the star in the middle; the three key result areas are the hexagons; the twelve goals are the boxes. Key Result Area 1: Provision of high quality, flexible and responsive services and programs Key Result Area 2: Promotion of Deaf culture and development of Deaf Community Key Result Area 3: Leadership by example KRAs, Goals and Strategies Goals and priorities have been developed from the views expressed by staff, community and stakeholders during the consultations and strategic planning process. Key result areas (KRAs) have been developed to focus these goals into the main areas in which the DSNSW works. This will allow the DSNSW to achieve the results that fulfil its mission. Underneath each KRA are a number of goals these set out the outcomes that the DSNSW wants to achieve. Each goal has a number of strategies linked to it these are the actions that the organisation will take to meet the goal. These have defined outcomes and dates and will form the basis of the measuring process. 7 P age
8 In order to make the plan accessible to the Deaf Community and other stakeholders the KRAs and goals do not necessarily follow the DSNSW s organisational structure. In this strategic plan there is a strong focus on the outcomes of the work, rather than the ways it is carried out KRA 1: Provision of high quality, flexible and responsive services and programs KRA1 brings together the service provision at the DSNSW. Services are separated into those that focus on the skills and support of deaf people (traditionally viewed as welfare oriented services) and services that increase deaf people s access to society (including interpreting and Auslan courses for hearing people). Goal 1 Ensure that deaf and hard of hearing people have the skills and support to enjoy a high quality of life Goal 2 Increase deaf and hard of hearing people s access to wider society Goal 3 Increase awareness of the services and programs offered by the DSNSW Goal 4 Ensure consistent, high quality services 8 P age
9 4.2. KRA 2: Promotion of Deaf culture and development of the Deaf Community KRA2 brings together the new investment in community development and advocacy projects at the DSNSW. Recognising and working with the diversity of the Deaf Community has been included in this plan to make this commitment clear. Goal 5 Actively develop the strength and capacity of the Deaf Community Goal 6 Advocate for the full and equal rights of deaf people Goal 7 Positively engage with the diversity of the Deaf Community Goal 8 Celebrate the strengths and resilience of the Deaf Community 9 P age
10 4.3. KRA 3: Leadership by example KRA3 brings together the changes that the DSNSW will make to its organisational structure and functioning. As the best-resourced Deaf organisation in NSW the DSNSW has an important role in promoting best practice in employment of and working with deaf people. Goal 9 Develop and maintain productive partnerships Goal 10 Review and strengthen internal administration, financial and HR processes and systems Goal 11 Sharpen governance and accountability processes Goal 12 Model deaf-friendly work practices 5. Monitoring the Strategic Plan Staff will report quarterly to the CEO against the identified strategies, detailing which performance indicators have been met for the relevant period. This data will feed into Matrix s monitoring Dashboard and generate a one-page report to summarise for the Board the DSNSW s progress against each of the identified goals and across all Key Result Areas. The Strategic Plan will be reviewed on an annual basis; additional strategies and detailed indicators will be developed one year at a time. 10 P age
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Mitel Contact Centre Solutions is a portfolio of applications that will enable your business to maximise the efficiency of its contact centre. Each application equips contact centre agents with a unique set of tools to handle customer inquiries quickly and efficiently while, at the same time, empowering supervisors to improve business processes. Contact Centre Solutions are browser-based, making them simple to manage from anywhere over the Internet.
Ideal for sophisticated contact centres of all sizes, Contact Centre Solutions not only meets the advanced requirements of small, single-site contact centre, but also seamlessly scale to address the needs of distributed, multi-site, virtual contact centres. It supports all forms of communication including voice, e-mail, Web chat, fax, and walk-in and SMS services. Designed to ensure business continuity, it is a robust solution that delivers resiliency and high availability.
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Family Care Network is committed to preserving your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the Family Care Network patient portal website and governs data collection and usage. By using the Family Care Network patient portal, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.
What are the benefits of signing up for the Family Care Network patient portal?
Family Care Network's patient portal offers secure, online access to portions of your health information record to help manage and receive information about your health.
Communicate electronically and securely with your health care provider regarding routine non-urgent medical concerns. If you have an urgent or new concern, call your provider's office directly to schedule an appointment.
Will Family Care Network share my information with anyone?
Conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on Family Care Network or the portal site. Under certain circumstances, state and federal laws require disclosure of protected health information.
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Only employees and providers of Family Care Network have access to view your account. You control who has access to your portal password and log in information. It is important to keep this information secure. The guarantor on your account will be able to view the visit diagnosis and procedure information in your account. Call the FCN Patient Accounts Department if you have questions about your guarantor, (360) 318-8800 or (866) 494-4414.
The process to make a payment or view your balance is user friendly and meets the request of our patients for an efficient online method for paying their bills. Simply follow the directions to make a payment through the portal.
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Each patient portal account is unique, with a unique log in (user id) and a unique password that the patient or guarantor selects. It is your responsibility to ensure that your password is not shared or inadvertently disclosed. Using a complex password is also essential to minimize the risk of hacking by an outside party.
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Sensitive information may only be released to the parent(s) of minors between the ages of 13 and 17 if the minor signs a release, and with the approval of the primary care provider.
Family Care Network's patient portal collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address, and telephone number.
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Family Care Network encourages you to review our privacy statements. Family Care Network is not responsible for the privacy statements of, or other content on web sites outside the Family Care Network patient portal and Family Care Network website.
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How does Family Care Network use my personal information?
Family Care Network collects and uses your personal information to operate the Family Care Network patient portal, to validate and track communication and access of your personal health information, for future health information exchanges which we will notify our patients regarding, for access to certain health care data, as well as providing access regarding billing and payment information. We may also use this information and the portal to contact you with appointment reminders, health care preventive screening recommendations, surveys, or a new service that may be offered.
If I send a message to my provider's office, how long will it take to get a response?
Secure messaging to a provider may take 1-3 business days for a response, depending on the day you send the message and the provider's work schedule. We request that only routine, non-urgent questions be sent through the portal. If you have new or worsening symptoms that require medical intervention or treatment in a timely manner, please call the office directly and as soon as possible.
What are my rights regarding my health information?
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Any information posted in the portal is directly from your Family Care Network medical record at your provider's office. You may send a secure web message to your provider, however if the change is something that may impact their treatment or evaluation of your health status it must go through a review process.


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Survivor 43: Meet the Paralympian Competing
Published by Jean Brooks at Tue, 06 Sep 2022 at 15:45:28 | Category: Entertainment
Survivor is well-known for having a wide spectrum of players over its 20-plus-year run, from everyday, ordinary white-collar workers to celebrities, athletes, and Olympians alike. Just the past few seasons, fans will remember famous screenwriter Mike White, Olympic swimmer and gold medalistElizabeth Beisel, and Dallas Cowboys player Danny McCrayin.
Season 43 will add a whole new dimension of diversity to the program, but Lambert is a 25-year-old former Paralympian from New Hampshire. And while it may be difficult for fully able-bodied people to endure the Fijian elements for 26 days, Lambert is confident that she will thrive in the game.
Noelle Lambert set a new record at her Paralympic Games.
Noelle Lambert (@noellelambert) has shared a post.
NoelleLambert will make history on the next Survivor season for being the first ever paralympian to compete in the game. However, Chad Crittenden of season 9, Vanuatu, and Kelly Bruno of season 21, Nicaragua, have all lost their left leg in a moped accident in 2016, according to the Concord Monitor.
Lambert competed as a sprinter in the Tokyo Summer Paralympics, where she placed seventh in her respective category for the 100 meter dash, according to USA Lacrosse Magazine. This race, which she finished in 15.97 seconds, set a new record for her sex and amputee category.
Lambert was not even a sprinter when she lost her leg in her CBS introduction video. Through her youth and through college at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, per Team USA, she had quickly scored a goal, which is what motivated her to return to the sport she had never even attempted before: track and field.
Lambert founded the Born to Run Foundation, a non-profit that aims to provide prosthetic limbs to young people and children who are unable to otherwise afford them. The Foundation explains that their goal is to show amputees that being different is something to embrace.
Lambert is certain she will make Survivor history.
Lambert is a dedicated supporter of the game and does not want her disability to define her. In her CBS bio, many people notice me as her prosthetic, and they feel sorry for me and doubt my abilities. And that is their first mistake.
Lambert is relying on her social acumen, her capacity to quickly form friendships, and her adaptability to constantly changing circumstances. Quite appropriately, Lambert believes that whenever she is confronted with the impossible, I will overcome it. And in the end, she is optimistic about her prospects.
Lambert stated in her introductory video that she is absolutely certain that she will win. Im going to be the first amputee to ever win the game of Survivor. No doubt that Lambert has overcome the odds before, but time will tell if her track record continues in the game of Survivor.
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, you may catch our live coverage of the two-hour Survivor 43 premiere at 8 p.m. Eastern.


Every weekday, host Joshua Johnson convenes a conversation about the most important issues of our time. The show takes a deep and unflinching look at America, bringing context and insight to stories unfolding across the country and the world.
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On Tuesday 10 December 2013 the City of Wanneroo adopted its first Public Health Plan. The 3 year strategic plan provides a framework to improve the health and wellbeing of the City's community. The Plan identifies actions to prevent and/or minimise public health risks, and enable people living in the community to achieve maximum health and wellbeing.


Catalonia (Catalunya) is an autonomous community in Spain that consists of four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida and Tarragona. AirVuz created this aerial compilation to give viewers an aerial tour of the most visited places in this beautiful region of the world.
Barcelona is the largest city in Catalonia and the capital. Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí designed the famously unfinished Roman Catholic church, La Sagrada Familia, that you can see from a drone. Barcelona is also known for its beaches, the sunken church of Sant Roma and the island Montserrat.
Next fly over Spain's coastal region and the Costa Brava province. There are many historic sights to see in Girona. A drone pilot captured people mountain biking in Giverola.
In the province of Lleida you can fly your drone in the Pyrenees or go on a kayak trip in Mont Rebei Gorge.
Lastly, the province of Tarragona has breathtaking landscapes that drone pilot like to capture. Montferri is one of the most popular spots to visit because of the Our Lady of Monsterrat church. Two other locations drone pilots fly is the Ebro River and L'amettla de Mar.
If you're thinking of visiting Spain's Catalonia region and want to view more drone videos, click here.
"17 Best Places to Visit in Catalonia | PlanetWare." PlanetWare.com, www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/catalonia-cataluna-e-cat-cat.htm.
"Catalonia." Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Jan. 2019, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia.