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Denzin & Lincoln Introduction to Qualitative Research
Denzin, N. K., & Lincoln, Y. S. (2003). Introduction: The discipline and practice of qualitative research. In N. K. Denzin & Y. S. Lincoln (Eds.), Strategies of qualitative inquiry (2nd Ed.) (pp. 1 - 45). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Definitional Issues
Historical periods in qualitative research:
Traditional 1900 - 1950
Modernist/Golden Age 1950 - 1970
Blurred Genres 1970 - 1986
Crisis of Representation 1986 - 1990
Postmodern/Period of Experimental and New Ethnographies 1990 - 1995
Postexperimental Inquiry 1995 - 2000
Future 2000 - Present
The Qualitative Researcher as Bricoleur and Quilt Maker
"Triangulation is the display of multiple, refracted realities simultaneously (p. 8)."
"The interpretive bricoleur understands that research is an interactive process shaped by his or her personal history, biography, gender, social class, race, and ethnicity, and by those of the people in the setting (p. 9)."
"The product of the interpretive bricoleur's labor is a complex, quilt-like bricolage, a reflexive collage or montage - a set of fluid, interconnected images and representations (p. 9)."
Qualitative Research as a Site of Multiple Interpretive Practices
Resistances to Qualitative Studies
"To summarize: Qualitative research is many things to many people. Its essence is twofold: a commitment to some version of the naturalistic, interpretive approach to its subject matter and an ongoing critique of the politics and methods of postpositivism (p. 13)."
Qualitative Versus Quantitative Research
"Qualitative researchers stress the socially constructed nature of reality, the intimate relationship between the researcher and what is studied, and the situational constraints that shape inquiry (p. 13)."
Research Styles: Doing the Same Things Differently?
Research is about capturing reality; qualitative research and quantitative research are different ways to do so.
Acceptance of Postmodern Sensibilities
Capturing the Individual's Point of View
Examining the Constraints of Everyday Life
""Qualitative researchers, on the other hand, are committed to an emic, idiographic, case-based position, which directs their attention to the specifics of particular cases (p. 16)."
Securing Rich Descriptions
Tensions Within Qualitative Research
The History of Qualitative Research
The Seven Moments of Qualitative Research
The Traditional Period
Modernist Phase
Blurred Genres
Crisis of Representation
A Triple Crisis
(MY THOUGHTS - Does this debate occur quantitative research because surely quantitative research has drawbacks/flaws or are those flaws simply acknowledged and accepted because the data are numbers?)
Qualitative Research as Process
The Other as Research Subject
Phase 1: The Researcher
Phase 2: Interpretive Paradigms
"All research is interpretive; it is guided by a set of beliefs and feelings about the world and how it should be understood and studied (p. 33)."
(MY THOUGHTS - WHERE I SITUATE MYSELF PRESENTLY): "The constructivist paradigm assumes a relativist ontology (there are multiple realities), a subjectivist epistemology (knower and respondent cocreate understandings), and a naturalistic (in the natural world) set of methodological procedures (p. 35)."
Phase 3: Strategies of Inquiry and Interpretive Paradigms
"A research design describes a flexible set of guidelines that connect theoretical paradigms first to strategies of inquiry and second to methods for collecting empirical material (p. 36)."
Phase 4: Methods of Collecting and Analyzing Empirical Materials
Phase 5: The Art and Politics of Interpretation and Evaluation
Analysis is artistic and political.
Bridging the Historical Moments: What Comes Next?
NotesRebecca West Burns February 4, 2010 20002009, 2003, DenzinN, history of qualitative research, interpretation, interpretive research, LincolnY, qualitative research, qualitative vs quantitative, research, research design, research methods, research strategies, research traditions
Loughran Enacting a Pedagogy of Teacher Education
NotesRebecca West Burns February 20, 2010 20002009, 2007, boundary spanner, boundaryspanning, decision making, dissertation, hybrid, hybrid educator, LoughranJ, pedagogy, pedagogy of supervision, pedagogy of teacher education, supervision, supervisor characteristics, supervisor learning, teacher decisionmaking, teacher education, teacher education programs, teacher educator, teacher educator education, teacher learning, transition
Stake Case Studies in Qualitative Inquiry
NotesRebecca West Burns February 4, 2010 20002009, 2003, case study, cases, collaborative case study, comparision, ethics in research, generalizability, generalization, instrumental case study, intrinsic case study, naturalistic generalizations, qualitative research, research, StakeR, teaming, writing the report


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Vulnerabilities for 'Tp3106 firmware'
Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150-S V200R006C10SPC300, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16PWE, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C00, V200R008C10, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR510 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00SPC180T, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, DP300 V500R002C00, IPS Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NGFW Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, NIP6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6800 V500R001C50, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, RSE6500 V500R002C00, SRG1300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG2300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG3300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SVN5600 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800-C V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SeMG9811 V300R001C01, Secospace USG6300 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6500 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6600 V100R001C00SPC200, V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, V500R001C60, TE30 V100R001C02, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE40 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE50 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00, V100R002C10, USG6000V V500R001C20, USG9500 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, USG9520 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9560 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9580 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, VP9660 V500R002C00, V500R002C10, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C03, ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02 has a resource management vulnerability in H323 protocol. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could craft malformed packets and send the packets to the affected products in the case of failure to apply for memory. Due to insufficient validation of packets, which could be exploited to cause process crash.
Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150-S V200R006C10SPC300, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16PWE, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C00, V200R008C10, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR510 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00SPC180T, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, DP300 V500R002C00, IPS Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NGFW Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, NIP6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6800 V500R001C50, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, RSE6500 V500R002C00, SRG1300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG2300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG3300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SVN5600 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800-C V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SeMG9811 V300R001C01, Secospace USG6300 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6500 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6600 V100R001C00SPC200, V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, V500R001C60, TE30 V100R001C02, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE40 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE50 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00, V100R002C10, USG6000V V500R001C20, USG9500 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, USG9520 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9560 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9580 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, VP9660 V500R002C00, V500R002C10, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C03, ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02 has a memory leak vulnerability in H323 protocol. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could craft malformed packets and send the packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient verification of the packets, successful exploit could cause a memory leak and eventual denial of service (DoS) condition.
Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150-S V200R006C10SPC300, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16PWE, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C00, V200R008C10, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR510 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00SPC180T, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, DP300 V500R002C00, IPS Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NGFW Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, NIP6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6800 V500R001C50, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, RSE6500 V500R002C00, SRG1300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG2300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG3300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SVN5600 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800-C V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SeMG9811 V300R001C01, Secospace USG6300 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6500 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6600 V100R001C00SPC200, V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, V500R001C60, TE30 V100R001C02, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE40 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE50 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00, V100R002C10, USG6000V V500R001C20, USG9500 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, USG9520 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9560 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9580 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, VP9660 V500R002C00, V500R002C10, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C03, ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02 have a null pointer dereference vulnerability in H323 protocol. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could craft malformed packets and send the packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of packets, which could be exploited to cause process crash.
Huawei AR120-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR1200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR150-S V200R006C10SPC300, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR160 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200 V200R006C10, V200R006C13, V200R006C16PWE, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR2200-S V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3200 V200R006C10, V200R006C11, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R007C02, V200R008C00, V200R008C10, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, AR3600 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C01, V200R008C20, AR510 V200R006C10, V200R006C12, V200R006C13, V200R006C15, V200R006C16, V200R006C17, V200R007C00SPC180T, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, DP300 V500R002C00, IPS Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NGFW Module V100R001C10SPC200, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, NIP6300 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, NIP6800 V500R001C50, NetEngine16EX V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, RSE6500 V500R002C00, SRG1300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG2300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R007C02, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SRG3300 V200R006C10, V200R007C00, V200R008C20, V200R008C30, SVN5600 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800 V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SVN5800-C V200R003C00, V200R003C10, SeMG9811 V300R001C01, Secospace USG6300 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6500 V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, Secospace USG6600 V100R001C00SPC200, V100R001C10, V100R001C20, V100R001C30, V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, V500R001C60, TE30 V100R001C02, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE40 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE50 V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TP3106 V100R002C00, TP3206 V100R002C00, V100R002C10, USG6000V V500R001C20, USG9500 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, V500R001C50, USG9520 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9560 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, USG9580 V300R001C01, V300R001C20, VP9660 V500R002C00, V500R002C10, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C03, ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02 has an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in H323 protocol. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could craft malformed packets with specific parameters and send the packets to the affected products. Due to insufficient validation of packets, which could be exploited to cause process crash.
Huawei DP300 V500R002C00, NIP6600 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, Secospace USG6500 V500R001C00, V500R001C20, V500R001C30, TE60 V100R001C01, V100R001C10, V100R003C00, V500R002C00, V600R006C00, TP3106 V100R001C06, V100R002C00, VP9660 V200R001C02, V200R001C30, V500R002C00, V500R002C10, ViewPoint 8660 V100R008C03, ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02, V100R011C03, eCNS210_TD V100R004C10, eSpace U1981 V200R003C30 have a DoS vulnerability caused by memory exhaustion in some Huawei products. For lacking of adequate input validation, attackers can craft and send some malformed messages to the target device to exhaust the memory of the device and cause a Denial of Service (DoS).
Backup feature of SIP module in Huawei DP300 V500R002C00; V500R002C00SPC100; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC300; V500R002C00SPC400; V500R002C00SPC500; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC800; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCa00; RP200 V500R002C00SPC200; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC200; RSE6500 V500R002C00SPC100; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC300; V500R002C00SPC300T; V500R002C00SPC500; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00T; TE30 V100R001C10; V100R001C10SPC100; V100R001C10SPC200B010; V100R001C10SPC300; V100R001C10SPC500; V100R001C10SPC600; V100R001C10SPC700B010; V100R001C10SPC800; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC500; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCb00; V600R006C00; TE40 V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCb00; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC200; TE50 V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPCb00; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC200; TE60 V100R001C01SPC100; V100R001C01SPC107TB010; V100R001C10; V100R001C10SPC300; V100R001C10SPC400; V100R001C10SPC500; V100R001C10SPC600; V100R001C10SPC700; V100R001C10SPC800; V100R001C10SPC900; V500R002C00; V500R002C00SPC100; V500R002C00SPC200; V500R002C00SPC300; V500R002C00SPC600; V500R002C00SPC700; V500R002C00SPC800; V500R002C00SPC900; V500R002C00SPCa00; V500R002C00SPCb00; V500R002C00SPCd00; V600R006C00; V600R006C00SPC100; V600R006C00SPC200; V600R006C00SPC300; TP3106 V100R002C00; V100R002C00SPC200; V100R002C00SPC400; V100R002C00SPC600; V100R002C00SPC700; V100R002C00SPC800; TP3206 V100R002C00; V100R002C00SPC200; V100R002C00SPC400; V100R002C00SPC600; V100R002C00SPC700; V100R002C10; ViewPoint 9030 V100R011C02SPC100; V100R011C03B012SP15; V100R011C03B012SP16; V100R011C03B015SP03; V100R011C03LGWL01SPC100; V100R011C03SPC100; V100R011C03SPC200; V100R011C03SPC300; V100R011C03SPC400; V100R011C03SPC500; eSpace U1960 V200R003C30SPC200; eSpace U1981 V100R001C20SPC700; V200R003C20SPCa00 has an overflow vulnerability when the module process a specific amount of state. The module cannot handle it causing SIP module DoS.

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Few people are aware of the degree of suffering involved in egg production. In fact, the egg industry is one of the most abusive of all the industries that exploit animals for food.
Most hens that are raised for egg production today live in small cages where they can't even stretch their wings. They are constantly scraping against the bars of their cages, their feathers wear off, they have bruises and abrasions on their bodies, and they live this way for about a year.
Thankfully there has been a lot of awareness and concern about this, so there's a move now towards cage-free eggs, which is a positive step. However, cage-free is definitely not cruelty-free. We still have hens that are very much overcrowded, packed so tightly that they're de-beaked, meaning part of their beak is cut off so they don't peck each other. And then they're sent to slaughter, usually at a fairly young age. So that's what's wrong with egg production, whether it be in a battery cage operation or in a cage-free operation.
The bottom line is that these animals are seen as commodities—as food production units—not as living, feeling creatures. Whenever that's the case, their suffering is likely, their exploitation is inherent, and when they're no longer profitable, they're killed. That's what happens on all egg farms.
The more you learn about chickens, the more you'll start to see them as individuals with personalities, likes, dislikes, quirky attitudes, curiosity, and many other behaviors not too different from the dogs and cats we live with at home. Here are 5 fascinating chicken facts that may surprise you.
If you'd like to adopt a cruelty-free diet, ditch the chicken eggs and choose plant-based options instead. We have a handy guide showing how to bake without eggs and vegan eggs like the Just egg scramble are also coming to life and quickly becoming more accessible. Look toward these more compassionate options which also happen to be far healthier too.
Many thanks to Farm Sanctuary co-founder Gene Baur for joining us for this VegAnswers video.


Our twins were born at only 25 weeks gestation, nearly 4 months too early. Due to be born end of March 2010, they came into the world mid December 2009. The average weight of a baby at birth is 3500g. Jackson weighed 810g and Keira 560g (about the weight of a tub of margarine).
They were so small, they could each fit into Dad's hand.
Jackson & Keira are true survivors. At birth they were given less than 70% chance of living. And if they lived, there was a 20% chance of a major physical or mental disability.
During their first 12 weeks, they were either diagnosed or closely monitoring development of challenges associated with very young premmies; chronic lung disease, hyaline membrane disease, jaundice, anaemia, reflux, hyperglycaemia, hypaglycaemia, retinopathy of prematurity (eye sight), further weight loss at birth, non-closure of heart duct, brain haemorrhaging, hearing and lots more. Each of the above was a battle one after the other at different weeks of their lives. The miracle is that both of our babies fought and won virtually all of these battles.
They came home for the first time on Monday 22 March 2010 after spending their first 102 days of life (nearly 1/3 of a year) in the amazing Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at the Brisbane Mater Mothers' Hospital as well 3 weeks at John Flynn Hospital Gold Coast.
We are so very proud of our babies. They have come a very long way. We would like to thank family, friends, staff and customers for their amazing support for what has been an incredibly difficult time for Mum & Dad.
A very big thank you goes to the amazing group of doctors and nurses at NICU, a wonderful and dedicated group of people. Thank you for your support, time and amazing care of our children. A big thank you to the wonderful nurse (name unknown but please come forward) who in the wee hours of Xmas morning placed near their cribs 2 Xmas cards; one from Jackson & one from Keira addressed to Mum & Dad. In them were real ink prints of their tiny feet. That will be a Xmas morning Debbie & I will never forget for the rest of our lives.
Also thanks to Gaylene and crew at John Flynn Hospital. It was a short but memorable 3 weeks.
However, a special and greatest mention goes to one amazing person. Dr Luke Jardine, Neonatologist at NICU. Luke, thank you for saving their lives. You are an all-round exceptional human being & we are very grateful to have met you.
I hope you enjoy the photos below which show a glimpse of our world December 2009 - March 2010.
Keira's cot-Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Brisbane Mater. Keira on Day 16. So incredibly fragile and small.
Pink bear angel protecting her.
One of my favourite photos. Keira praying Day 72.


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WILLIS — A Willis resident is accusing the city's police department of illegally using red light cameras designed for traffic control signal enforcement by producing images for homicide and accident investigations.
The public integrity division at the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office received a complaint Monday from Kelli Cook, county coordinator for the political group Campaign for Liberty, alleging the Willis Police Department committed a Class A misdemeanor in violating the general surveillance prohibition in the Texas Transportation Code.
Assistant District Attorney Joel Daniels, recently promoted to chief of the Public Integrity Division, said the office is looking into the claim but it is too early to comment.
The transportation code states that a local authority must operate a photographic traffic control signal enforcement system only for the purpose of detecting a violation or suspected violation of a traffic-control signal.
Using the enforcement system to produce a recorded image in a manner other than specified in the code is a Class A misdemeanor offense, according to Texas law.
"At this point, I'd just have to refer you to the language of the statute itself," Daniels said when asked whether it would be illegal for a police department to use red light cameras for criminal investigations.
Cook says the evidence shows the Police Department's blatant disregard for state law and that city leaders have failed in their oversight duties to prevent such abuses.
"The police chief (James Nowak), City Council and city attorney (Larry Foerster) have specifically given approval to these violations either knowing their actions were illegal or failing to understand the most basic aspects of the law they chose to enforce," Cook wrote in her request to the DA's Office for an investigation.
Email exchanges obtained by Cook and The Courier between Willis Officer Kevin Wolf and representatives from Arizona-based American Traffic Solutions, which stores the video from the city's red light cameras, shows investigators in April sought four hours of footage for a homicide investigation.
Emails also show Willis Sgt. Adam Culak in November requesting a 30-minute video to help investigate an October crash.
Foerster said he believes the meaning of "surveillance" in the law is vague and interprets it differently than Cook.
"I know what the law says, and based on what the chief has said, I don't believe there has been any effort to use the cameras for anything other than their intended purpose," Foerster said. "The statute isn't clear to the meaning of surveillance, but the term you and I would know is like a stakeout where you're using a camera for the purpose of something other than traffic, which is of course a crime.
At the Nov. 18 Willis City Council meeting, Nowak offered a presentation on the value of the red light camera program and how it extended beyond public traffic safety.
Since the program's inception in 2010, Willis police have requested videos on at least 28 occasions for non-traffic control-related incidents, according Nowak's presentation.
Nowak said the complaint was brought to his attention by Foerster Tuesday morning and they agree there was no misconduct in how the red light cameras were used.
While the City Council voted Tuesday night to re-sign its agreement with ATS, there is some question regarding whether the vote for a five-year agreement - pending a citizens' petition - was valid.
The allegations presented by Cook were disputed by Foerster.
"To my knowledge, under Texas law, if you have a quorum present, and you have two for and one against and one abstain, you still have a valid vote," he said. "An abstention doesn't count toward the vote.
Approval of the contract renewal came with the caveat of a petition signed by more than 780 area residents, but must include at least 5 percent of registered voters in Willis from the last election — 113 minimum.
The city still is verifying signatures on the petition, which was turned in at City Hall Friday.
Council members John Lovelady and Tamara Young-Hector voted for the measure, while Bill Van Alstyne was against it and Thomas Belinoski chose not to vote. Anna Ross was unable to attend the meeting.
Had no action been taken at the last council meeting, and the item tabled, the contract with ATS would have automatically renewed for another five years anyway.


Monday - DO NOW on gender roles during time period. Intro to Margaret Fuller and "The Dial." In groups, read "The Announcement of the Dial" by Fuller and Emerson. Answer reading questions when done. Discuss. Exit slip: Why the name "The Dial"?
Wednesday - What is an aphorism? The students will react to five important excerpts from the text and analyze each. Write down three quotes or aphorisms that you truly believe in. Print them out and write a paragraph for each. Why are they important to you? What about them do you believe in? If you had to write an essay, like Emerson's "Self-Reliance," what would you focus on? If you were to write an essay to another high school student, what would advice would you give? Conference with groups and share out as a class.
Thursday - Read two poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Answer reading questions and discuss the similarities/differences between the two poems. How do they relate to transcendentalism and what we have read thus far from Emerson and Whitman?
Friday - Begin Thoreau portion of unit. Gain background knowledge on Thoreau and discuss the impact Emerson had on him. Symbols in nature. Class discussion after questions.
HW - Read "Walden" over the weekend and answer close reading questions.


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10 Near-Death Experiences – Reblog…
I am sharing a blog from 2013 today – original link: http://listverse.com/2013/09/15/10-astonishing-near-death-experiences/
A feeling of weightlessness. A bright light at the end of a warm tunnel. The ability to see your own body below you, and friends or loved ones—who passed away years ago—now surrounding you in absolute peace. These are just a few of the things described by people who have had a near-death experience. And not all of them are as positive. Some recount a visit to hell, where they were overcome with fear and hopelessness, and even tortured by demons.
While many in the scientific community are skeptical of these accounts, others believe they offer the most definitive proof of life after death we might ever encounter. And though the debate continues, one thing is for certain: These people insist what they went through was life-altering. But by all means, feel free to judge for yourself.
10 Veronika-Ulrike Barthel
Veronika Barthel says that, after being struck by lightning while driving her car one day in 1981, she was instantly transported into hell, where she found demons escorting her into a big waiting room.
"The creatures that I saw there were more terrifying than anything I even saw in a horror movie. Today I know that they were demons. As soldiers they where marching past me, and in the middle of them were people that were screaming with pain. It was very difficult to breathe down there, because of the terrible smell of this place. I saw a lake, which looked like the inner part of a volcano, where people were cursing because of great pain."
She says that she saw people being thrown into caves, which were guarded by demons, who threw spears at them as they screamed. She also recalled snakes being present all over the ground, which were there to frighten and intimidate the people in hell.
After her experience, Veronika found herself transported back into her car, where for a moment, she saw her own burning hands gripping the steering wheel.
9 Howard Storm
Once a self-described "double atheist" and "know-it all college professor," Howard Storm was leading a three-week European art tour with his students when he retired to his hotel room in France on the last day of the trip. Without warning, he suddenly screamed and dropped to the floor, prompting his wife to call for help. At the hospital, the news was grim: Howard had a perforated stomach that required surgery, and if he didn't get it soon, he would die.
The wait for a doctor to arrive at the hospital was lengthy—so much so, that Howard turned to his wife at one point and said his final farewell to her, insisting that he was moments from death. That's when he recalled finding himself standing next to his own body (which was still on the hospital bed) and feeling more alive than ever, with no more stomach pain. Soon after, he heard unfamiliar voices calling to him.
"Come with us," they said. "Hurry up, let's go. We've been waiting for you."
After calling out to his wife and getting no response, he began to follow the voices, which led him out of the room and down a long, dark hallway. He followed them for so long, and became so increasingly terrified, that he told the voices he wasn't going any further. Then they attacked him.
"We had a big fight and the fight turned into them annihilating me, which they did slowly and with much relish," he says. "Mostly they were biting and tearing at me. This went on for a long time. They did other things to humiliate and violate me which I don't talk about."
Collapsed on the ground, Howard began reciting The Lord's Prayer, after hearing a soft voice tell him to "Pray to God." After saying a few other other prayers, he said that Jesus personally saved him from the demons, and sent him back to Earth, telling him to live his life differently. Storm's book, My Descent Into Death, was published in 2000.
8 Dr. Mary Neal
During a kayaking trip in 1999, Dr. Mary Neal became pinned under the water when her kayak capsized, making it impossible for her to breathe for anywhere between 15 and 25 minutes. That's when she says she experienced a near-death experience that brought her into the presence of God, Jesus, and angels.
During the experience, God told her that her family would be facing an upcoming tragedy and would need her to help them through. Specifically, her nine-year-old son Willie was going to die—but she wasn't told when, where, or how. Ten years later, at age 19, Willie was killed in a car accident in Maine by a driver who was on his cell phone.
Mary is convinced Jesus helped her under the water, making it possible for rescue workers to revive her following the kayaking accident. She awoke with two broken legs and lung complications, and spent a month in the hospital, followed by six weeks in a wheelchair. She wrote a book called, To Heaven And Back, which was published in May 2012.
7 Ben Breedlove
When 18-year-old Ben Breedlove of Austin, Texas began posting a series of videos on YouTube telling the world about his rare heart condition, they instantly went viral, attracting millions of viewers. In one of them, he tells the story of being wheeled down a dark hall by nurses to the surgery room, and seeing a bright, peaceful light near the ceiling. He was four at the time it happened.
Through a series of index cards in the video, he wrote: "There were no lights on in this hall. I couldn't take my eyes off it, and I couldn't help but smile. I had no worries at all, like nothing else in the world mattered." He talks of different times when he "cheated death," including an incident where he fainted in the hallway at school.
"While I was still unconscious, I was in this white room; no walls, it just went on and on. There was no sound, but that same peaceful feeling I had when I was four. I was wearing a really nice suit, and so was my favorite rapper, Kid Cudi. I then looked at myself in the mirror—I was proud of myself, of my entire life, everything I have done. It was the best feeling. I didn't want to leave that place. I wish I never woke up."
Ben's videos attracted the attention of rapper Kid Cudi, who apparently "broke down" after viewing them. He responded: "I broke down, I am to tears [sic] because I hate how life is so unfair. This has really touched my heart in a way I can't describe, this is why I do what I do. Why I write my life, and why I love you all so much."
On Christmas Day 2011, one week after posting the videos, Ben Breedlove suffered a heart attack and died. A family friend stated, "There are times that [the family is] overwhelmed by the pain and the loss of Ben, but then it's replaced with knowing that he was at peace with what was going to happen." The final index cards in Ben's last video stated, "Do you believe in angels or God? I do."
6 Colton Burpo
Colton Burpo wasn't quite four years old when his appendix burst, landing him in a hospital for emergency surgery. And when he awoke two hours later, he had an amazing story to tell. He said he had been to heaven, where he met Jesus, John The Baptist, God, and even family members who had passed away previously—including a baby sister that his mother had lost due to a miscarriage. Neither of his parents had ever mentioned the miscarriage to him.
He also met an old man he called "Pop," whom he had seen as a young man. Later, he was able to identify Pop in a family photograph as the man he had seen in heaven. It was his paternal grandfather. And while the surgery was taking place, Colton told his father that he had seen him in another room, where he had gone to pray.
His father, Todd Burpo, said, "We knew he wasn't making it up, because he was able to tell us what we were doing in another part of the hospital. Not even Sonja had seen me in that little room, having my meltdown with God."
Todd wrote a book called Heaven Is For Real that recounts the entire story of his son's incredible experience in detail. Colton Burpo now travels the country with his parents, sharing his story with others.
5 Betty J. Eadie
In November 1973, Betty Eadie underwent a partial hysterectomy, after which she says she floated out of her body and passed through a tunnel to heaven. She said she was guided by three hooded, monk-like figures who claimed to have always been her guardian angels and informed her that she had died prematurely.
In an excerpt from her book, Embraced By The Light, she recalls:
"I saw a pinpoint of light in the distance. The black mass around me began to take on more of the shape of a tunnel, and I felt myself traveling through it at an even greater speed, rushing toward the light. I was instinctively attracted to it, although again, I felt that others might not be. As I approached it, I noticed the figure of a man standing in it, with the light radiating all around him. There was no questioning who he was, I knew that he was my savior, and friend, and God. He was Jesus Christ, who had always loved me, even when I thought he hated me."
Following its publication in September 1994, her book became a No. 1 best seller and remains in print today.
4 Don Piper
Following a pastor's conference in January 1989, Don Piper was driving over a bridge when a Texas Department of Corrections tractor-trailer truck crossed the center line and ran into him head-on. He said he was "instantly transported to Heaven," where he found himself surrounded by dead relatives and friends, and a large pearl gate.
"The gate of heaven was a magnificent edifice, the one that I saw. It looked no less like a giant gate that had been sculpted from mother-of-pearl," he said. "Behind that portal was such a light that I don't conceive of how you could see it in an earthly body. It could only be envisioned in a heavenly body because it was too bright."
As he lay there crushed in his vehicle on the bridge, a pastor came by, who prayed over him. The EMS staff had told him that Don was deceased. After the pastor prayed, he instantly found himself back in his vehicle, staring up at a tarp that had been draped over him. At the hospital, it was revealed that, although he suffered no major head trauma, nearly every bone in his body had been broken or shattered. Don wrote a book called 90 Minutes In Heaven after his recovery.
3 Bill Wiese
In his book 23 Minutes In Hell, author Bill Wiese tells the story of laying in bed at 3:00 AM and being suddenly thrown into the depths of hell, where he was tormented by demons. He said he was placed in a small cell with vicious "beasts" who looked like reptiles. He recalls understanding that they had been assigned to torment him, which they did, throwing him against the walls and piercing his flesh with their claws. The pain became so bad that he wished for death but was not obliged. He said that he heard the cries of millions, who were either burning in hell, or being tortured as he was.
When he awoke, his wife noted that the clock read 3:23, so his book is titled 23 Minutes In Hell.
2 Crystal McVea
Following a simple medical procedure for pancreatitis in 2009, Crystal McVea of Oklahoma went into full respiratory arrest on the operating table. When that happened, she says she experienced a trip to heaven that renewed her faith in God, whom she met in person. She described him as "an immense brightness," one that she could "feel, taste, touch, hear, and smell," and recalled having 500 senses while in heaven, as opposed to the traditional human five.
"I had angels, I had God, and I fell to my knees in front of him," she said, adding that she'd always been a doubter prior to the experience. When she was asked twice by God if she'd like to return to Earth, she chose to stay both times. But despite her insistence, God sent her back—though not before relieving her of her guilt and shame.
McVea released a book about her experience called Waking Up In Heaven in April 2013.
1 Ian McCormack
While diving for lobster one day on the island of Mauritius, Ian McCormack was stung on the arm by a box jellyfish. He says that, by the time the ambulance arrived, he already felt completely paralyzed and necrosis had begun to set in. As he lay dying, Ian saw a vision of his mother praying for him, and after he made it to the hospital, he was clinically dead for a period of 15–20 minutes. That's when he found himself in a very dark place and began to hear people screaming.
"From the darkness I began to hear men's voices screaming at me telling me to 'shut up'—that I 'deserved to be there'—-that I was 'in Hell.' I couldn't believe it, but as I stood there a radiant beam of light shone through the darkness and immediately began to lift me upward. I found myself being translated up into an incredibly brilliant beam of pure white light—it seemed to be emanating from a circular opening far above me (I felt like a speck of dust being drawn up into a beam of sunlight)."
As he walked toward the light, Ian says he could feel it giving off a "living emotion," and that God then spoke to him. McCormack hasn't written a book but has shared his story with several news outlets and talk shows.
Have you experienced this or know someone that has?
Did it change your belief in life after death or not?
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London police chief says she won't quit after vigil clashes
London's police commissioner on Sunday defended her officers' actions and said she didn't intend to resign, after coming under heavy criticism for the way police treated some protesters during a vigil for a woman whom one of the force's own officers
Canadian Press Mar 14, 2021 11:39 AM
London's police commissioner on Sunday defended her officers' actions and said she didn't intend to resign, after coming under heavy criticism for the way police treated some protesters during a vigil for a woman whom one of the force's own officers is accused of murdering.
Hundreds defied coronavirus restrictions Saturday to protest violence against women and remember Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old London resident whose disappearance and killing prompted a national outcry. But the vigil ended with clashes between police and those attending, and many questioned whether the police force was too heavy-handed.
Home Secretary Priti Patel said scenes from the vigil in south London were "upsetting." The capital's mayor, Sadiq Khan, said the police response was "at times neither appropriate nor proportionate." Both said they were not satisfied with the force's report of events and were seeking a full and independent investigation.
Police were seen scuffling with some women at the event, and one woman was seen pinned to the ground by two officers. Video widely shared on social media showed a woman was pulled up from the ground by officers who then shoved her from the back. Several women were led away in handcuffs as other attendees chanted "Shame on you" at police. The force later said four people were arrested for violating public order and coronavirus regulations.
On Sunday, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick, who is the first woman to head the force, said she was personally appalled by the attack on Everard and she was more determined than ever to lead the organization. She said she fully understood the strength of feeling in response to Everard's case, but stressed that Saturday's vigil was an unlawful gathering and officers had been put in a "very difficult position" trying to police a protest during a pandemic.
She said that as big crowds gathered, officers needed to act to counter the considerable risk to people's health. She added that she welcomed a review into her force's operations.
Many of those attending the vigil were already wary of police because a serving Metropolitan Police officer, Wayne Couzens, was charged with the kidnap and murder of Everard, who vanished March 3 while walking home in London. Her body was found a week later.
The case has sparked a heated debate on women's safety in the public space. Organizers had planned an official vigil at Clapham Common, a park near where Everard was last seen alive, but were forced to cancel the event because of COVID-19 restrictions. A huge crowd turned up Saturday nonetheless.
Khan, London's mayor, said Sunday the police force had assured him the vigil would be "policed sensitively" but that this wasn't the case.
Jamie Klingler, who organized the cancelled "Reclaim These Streets" event, blamed police for denying women their right to have a silent vigil in the first place. The force got the angry reaction Saturday because they refused to facilitate a peaceful rally, she alleged.
"I think we were shocked and really, really sad and to see videos of policemen handling women at a vigil about violence against women by men ... I think it was painful and pretty triggering to see," Klingler said Sunday.
Patsy Stevenson, who was pictured pinned to the ground by two officers during Saturday's clashes, said she was considering whether to challenge the 200-pound ($278) fine she received.
"We were there to remember Sarah, we all felt deeply saddened and still do that it happened, so I brought a candle with me but unfortunately wasn't even able to light it to put it down because the police turned up and barged their way through," she told LBC radio.
Emotions were still running high Sunday, as several hundred demonstrators gathered outside London police headquarters. The crowds, which were peaceful, then marched to Parliament and laid down on the ground for a minute of silence to remember Everard.
Couzens, 48, appeared in court Saturday for the first time. He was remanded in custody and has another appearance scheduled Tuesday at London's Central Criminal Court.
The Metropolitan Police has said it is "deeply disturbing" that one of its own is a suspect in the case. The force said Couzens joined its ranks in 2018 and most recently served in the parliamentary and diplomatic protection command, an armed unit responsible for guarding embassies in the capital and Parliament.
Everard, a marketing executive, was last seen walking home from a friend's apartment in south London at about 10:30 p.m. on March 3. Her body was found hidden in an area of woodland in Kent, more than 50 miles southeast of London, on Wednesday. A post-mortem examination was underway, police said Friday.
Sylvia Hui, The Associated Press
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Located at Panki in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the project will be executed by BHEL on engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) basis.
State-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has bagged Rs 4,400 crore order from Uttar Pradesh for setting up 660-mw supercritical thermal power plant.
The order has been placed on BHEL by Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd (UPRVUNL), an official statement said.
Located at Panki in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, the project will be executed by BHEL on engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) basis, it added.
The key equipment for the project will be manufactured at BHEL's Trichy, Haridwar, Hyderabad, Ranipet, Bhopal, Bengaluru and Jhansi plants, while the company's power sector – northern region division will be responsible for construction and installation activities at the site. The plant shall be equipped with emission control equipment to meet the revised emission norms, notified by the ministry of environment, forest and climate change.
BHEL has supplied equipment to over 70% of the state's power generating capacity, aggregating to more than 17,800 mw.
BHEL has an installed base of 1,80,000 mw of power plant equipment globally. In the supercritical segment, the company has manufactured and executed 660 mw, 700 mw and 800 me sets, the statement said.


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Interference Reduction in Mobile Ad hoc Networks Using HMM Prediction
Proceedings of National Conference on Mathematics of Soft Computing, National Institute of Technology Calicut, 5-7, July 2012
See all articles by G Suseendran
G Suseendran
VELS Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (Formerly VELS University) - Department of Information Technology
E. Chandrasekaran
Presidency College
Date Written: July 5, 2012
Interference is one of the major degrading factors of mobile ad hoc networks (MANET). Since, MANET transmits over the single wireless channel; packets of the same flow interfere with each other greatly. This mutual interference causes the bottleneck over the network. Further, predicting interference accurately around a transmitter or receiver is a complicated task. As a solution to these problems, in this paper, we propose an interference reduction technique for MANET using Hidden Markov Model (HMM) for predicting the interference of the nodes. Initial transmission power is set by comparing received signal power with minimum and maximum values. During data transmission, RTS and CTS messages are exchanged using initial transmission power level and they include interference value of the source and destination respectively. The source then uses the interference value of the destination to transmit data packet. On the other hand, the destination uses the interference value of the source for transmitting the acknowledgement (ACK) packet to the source. Thus, this interference calculation at both ends reduces the interference. By simulation, we show that our technique reduces the interference considerably.
Keywords: Interference, HMM, Power, Prediction, Reduction
Suseendran, G and Chandrasekaran, E., Interference Reduction in Mobile Ad hoc Networks Using HMM Prediction (July 5, 2012). Proceedings of National Conference on Mathematics of Soft Computing, National Institute of Technology Calicut, 5-7, July 2012 . Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3397411
G Suseendran (Contact Author)
VELS Institute of Science, Technology & Advanced Studies (Formerly VELS University) - Department of Information Technology ( email )


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Having outgrown their current facility, the Town of Windsor enlisted the help of Infusion Architects, along with MDG, to design a new facility.
MDG evaluated the functional requirements, meeting with Town of Windsor stakeholders, facility employees, and Design Team members. These meetings helped ensure the design met the needs of all stakeholders, both now and into the future. MDG and the Team also designed the new facility to be a good neighbor to the surrounding community, providing options through design that shield the nearby neighborhoods and streets from facility operations.
The initial build will allow substantial space for future facility growth through 2035.
The site was a unique triangular plot of land located near the railroad tracks, which took careful planning and design to accommodate.
Located near residences and town streets, the design needed to ensure neighbors were not inconvenienced by the activities or noise on the site.


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You will notice a tab across the top of my page that says Earth Week. There are some things on that page I mentioned before the whole deal took off.
 These will be for raffle prizes and participation gifts.
This is the team I am a part of that handles recycling among many things in the hospital.
I will be handing these out at the movie night.
This is one of the posters I made.
I would like to thank the following for their Commercial use templates and items. Alot of these I had to e-mail a request so I appreciate their time and efforts.
Weekend Ta-Done List! With some Features!!
So I was doing my blog hopin' last night and jumped up and did a few.
Plus still managed to complete some of the "stuff" I HAD to do. YAY!
I didn't use lemon I used some amazing oils I had got a LONG time ago.
Plus my olive oil was made by a family member.
It's Rosemary Olive Oil. O.M.G. AMAZING to cook with & smell!!
Next on mission blog adventure was this amazingly yummy "Cup" Cake!
Last but not least is my project for today!
I adore this little design. There is 3 of us in our little family too.
So of course I must do it. Plus to top it all off I have a new Cricut & our last name is Flowers.
I will post this project and feature Miss Laura this week.
OK I'm off to work on Earth Week Projects for the Hospital!


The Ophthalmological Society of Nigeria, Edo State Branch in collaboration with the University of Benin organized a glaucoma enlightenment programme on local Television and Radio stations to enlighten the public about glaucoma to mark year 2015 WGW with the theme "Beat Invisible Glaucoma" (BIG).
Two ophthalmologists spoke about glaucoma in both English and local language (pidgin english) for about 10 minutes each. The activity was carried out on Radio on Saturday 7th March and Sunday, 8th March on their local morning programmes. A television enlightenment program was done on Tuesday 10th March 2015. Following the enlightenment talk, members of the public were invited for a free glaucoma screening to take place on Wednesday 11th and Friday 13th March 2015 at the Professor Ayanru Ophthalmic Complex, UBTH. The management of the hospital supported this programme as part of their coporate-social responsibility.


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Q: How to make make-series conditional on another value? I am using a query to calculate two values but I need each series to only include records of a specific type in the calculation
let _timePeriodInHours = abs(datetime_diff('hour', _startTime, _endTime));
let _stepConfig = case(_timePeriodInHours <= 24, timespan(1h), _timePeriodInHours < 720, timespan(1d), timespan(30d));
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| where todatetime(TransactionTimeStampUtc) between (_startTime.._endTime)
| where Brand has_any (_brand)
| where Country == _country
| where Store has_any (_store)
| where TransactionValueDiscount == 0
| where IsReturnTransaction == 0
| make-series AvgBasketValueNonDiscountedBaskets = round(avg(TransactionValueGross), 2), AvgBasketValueDiscountedBaskets = round(avg(TransactionValueNet), 2) on todatetime(TransactionTimeStampUtc) from bin(_startTime,_stepConfig) to _endTime step _stepConfig

I want the make-series for AvgBasketValueNonDiscountedBaskets  to ONLY include rows that has TransactionValueDiscount == 0 and I want  AvgBasketValueDiscountedBaskets to ONLY include rows that has TransactionValueDiscount > 0
Can this be achieved?

A: avgif()
| make-series AvgBasketValueNonDiscountedBaskets = round(avgif(TransactionValueGross, TransactionValueDiscount == 0), 2), AvgBasketValueDiscountedBaskets = round(avgif(TransactionValueNet, TransactionValueDiscount > 0), 2) on todatetime(TransactionTimeStampUtc) from bin(_startTime,_stepConfig) to _endTime step _stepConfig


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Tech Companies Aren't Just Donating to Democrats: A Look at Silicon Valley's Contributions to Republican Campaigns
Despite their reputation as strongly liberal organizations, the political donations of tech companies like Amazon and Google go both ways.
Alexa Lee
Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon.
(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
With the mid-term elections fast approaching, there's been a plethora of news coverage examining the influence of the technology industry on American politics. Specifically, many outlets have noted how major social media outlets provide a dangerous platform for fake news and extremist ideology. Other stories paint Silicon Valley workers as pioneers of progressivism, even as they reap the benefits of being corporate employees.
But these aren't the only ways in which technology companies affect United States policies, and it's easy to overlook their most old-fashioned method of acquiring influence: money. Companies like Amazon, Twitter, Google, and Facebook have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into the campaigns of various congressional candidates, many of whom are running or re-running in the upcoming election.
And while it's true that the overwhelming influx of money is donated to Democratic candidates' campaigns, painting Silicon Valley companies as a "bastion of liberalism" doesn't tell the whole story.
On first glance, the data supports the idea that companies like Google and Microsoft are staunchly pro-Democrat. For example, the Center for Responsive Politics reports that, in the 2018 election cycle, Microsoft Corporation donated $1,684,585 to Democratic congressional candidates, compared to $483,776 for Republicans. Similarly, out of the $2,143,048 that Amazon donated to candidates, about one-third went to Republican individuals.
However, examining the contrast between individual and political action committee contributions reveals that, while the people employed by these corporations may veer left, the official PACs representing the companies do not. Over half of the contributions from both Microsoft and Amazon's PACs went to Republican candidates, with Republican candidates receiving $365,000 and $604,000 for their campaigns, respectively. The difference between Twitter's individual and PAC donations is even more stark: 54 percent of PAC contributions went to Republicans, compared to the mere 1 percent of donations from individuals at Twitter.
Though relatively small in the grand scheme of political campaign funding, these contributions nevertheless act as direct support to candidates and, consequently, support for candidates' policies.
Out of the 27 Republican senators who received money from Amazon in the past year, 26 of them voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. Notable recipients of Amazon money include Senator Jeff Flake (R-Arizona), who received $250, and Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who received $21,100, the second-highest sum among Amazon's Republican recipients.
Likewise, Google's PAC (which funds Democratic and Republican candidates more or less equally) gave $6,000 to Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and $1,000 to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) during the 2018 election cycle. Among the recipients of donations from Facebook are Republican senators Marco Rubio (Florida), Cory Gardner (Colorado), and, once more, Cruz and Hatch.
A list of Republican candidates who received money from Amazon in 2018. All candidates except for Steven Daines (R-Montana) voted to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.
Of course, the thousands of individuals that make up a massive corporation such as Amazon or Google do not have homogenous political beliefs, and, as these statistics show, such companies are using their wealth to fund politicians on both sides of the aisle.
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Alexa is a freelance writer and engagement fellow at Pacific Standard. Previously, she was a student at the University of California–Los Angeles, where she studied English and cognitive science.
Tech Talent Recruiting Geography: How Silicon Valley Will Compete
The Innovation Economy peaked with the last financial crisis. In the emerging epoch—the Talent Economy—the competition among companies like Google and Facebook for the same pool of ideas makers will reshape our cities.
Tech TV: Silicon Valley vs. 'Silicon Valley'
Media depictions of tech are rubbing some viewers the wrong way—but the entertainment industry is not the real problem.
Silicon Valley's Brave New Economic Order
A recent study suggests the United States is starting to resemble an oligarchy more than a democracy, and the trend's cradle is unmistakably Silicon Valley.
Silicon Valley's Growing Failure to Create Places for People
Poor planning didn't just aggravate the area's housing problem: it helped create the Valley's growing empathy gap.
Silicon Valley Decline
Entire regional economies depend on the influx of talent. Without immigration, even the home to the world's largest technology companies would be suffering.
Why Are So Many Silicon Valley Companies Valued in the Billions?
WhatsApp, Oculus, Instagram, Tumblr: These are just some of the technology companies recently valued at $1 billion or more. Whether we're in a start-up bubble or not nobody can agree on, but one thing is certain: We have no idea what the future looks like, and an investment today could result in huge profits tomorrow.


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The thieves, knifeman and other criminals locked up in December 2020
Everyone featured was given custodial sentences for their crimes
Some of the criminals locked up by North Wales courts in December 2020
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These are some of the criminals who were put behind bars in North Wales in December.
Each individual appeared before the courts for their crimes.
There were a string of offenders from thieves who stole lead from a Bangor University roof then raced off with police in hot pursuit, to a mucus dribbling thug and a drug dealer who stashed almost £5,000 in a bucket behind his mum's garden shed.
Here's a recap of the cases which judges decided were so serious that only a custodial sentence would suffice.
Callum Lee Davies and Daniel Simon Wyn Hughes
Callum Lee Davies (Image: North Wales Police)
Daniel Simon Wyn Hughes (Image: North Wales Police)
A "defenceless" man was filmed being repeatedly kicked and punched as he lay on the ground during a brutal attack by two teenagers.
After fleeing the scene, the 19-year-old attackers returned and assaulted their victim once more, before leaving him unconscious in the road.
Caernarfon Crown Court heard he was taken to hospital with fractured ribs and a head injury.
Callum Lee Davies, of Lon Cefn Du, Caernarfon and Daniel Simon Wyn Hughes, of Ffordd Pandy, Caernarfon, who both admitted causing GBH, were sentenced to six years detention in a young offenders institution.
Richard Lee Stringer
Richard Lee Stringer sentenced to 18 months in prison at Caernarfon Crown Court for attacking a man with a broken beer bottle. (Image: North Wales Police)
A man who attacked his partner's son-in-law with a broken bottle and left a two-inch wound in his neck was sent to prison.
A judge jailed Richard Lee Stringer for 18 months for the violent attack on Carlos John Glyn Williams in Wrexham.
Stringer, 44, of no fixed abode, was charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, having a blade in public, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place, possession of amphetamine and possession of cannabis.
Ben Peter Randles
Ben Peter Randles, 27, of St Mark's Avenue, Connah's Quay, was jailed for five years and four months at Mold Crown Court for wounding with intent to cause GBH. (Image: North Wales Police)
A "dangerous" knifeman who stabbed his victim in a North Wales pub was jailed for more than five years.
Ben Peter Randles, 27, "lunged and swiped" at Lewis Mills with a large knife with a serrated blade after Mr Mills reported Randles for stealing his car.
Mr Mills needed stitches and other hospital treatment for forehead, finger and thigh injuries after the incident at the Melrose Inn pub in Shotton.
A judge sentenced Randles, of St Mark's Avenue, Connah Quay, to a total of five years and four months imprisonment for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing a bladed article in a public place.
Derren Kilbride, Wayne Armstrong and Jamie McLoughlin
Derren Kilbride, 21, of Ronald Street, Liverpool, was caught in a police County Lines investigation called Operation Boltrope and jailed at Caernarfon Crown Court for conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. (Image: North Wales Police)
Wayne Armstrong, 33, of Feltwood Road, Liverpool, was caught in a police County Lines investigation called Operation Boltrope and jailed at Caernarfon Crown Court for conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine. (Image: North Wales Police)
Jamie McLoughlin, 25, of no fixed address, was caught in a police County Lines investigation called Operation Boltrope and jailed at Caernarfon Crown Court for conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine, and also for the possession and the production of cannabis. (Image: North Wales Police)
Three men who preyed on vulnerable people by taking over their houses to sell hard drugs to hundreds of customers in north east Wales are behind bars.
The gang sold heroin and cocaine using "graft" phones with one mobile making or receiving up to 400 messages a day.
But police launched an investigation called Operation Boltrope into the County Lines ring which was operating in the Flintshire area and known locally as the BB line.
On December 5, the three men were jailed for conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine: Derren Kilbride, 21, of Ronald Street, Liverpool, for three years and four months, Wayne Armstrong, 33, of Feltwood Road, Liverpool, for six years and three months., and Jamie McLoughlin, 25, of no fixed address, for three years and four months plus another four months for possession and production of cannabis.
Paul Anthony Gibson and Robert Vaughan
Paul Anthony Gibson who was sentenced today at Caernarfon Crown Court (Image: North Wales Police)
Robert Vaughan who was sentenced today at Caernarfon Crown Court (Image: North Wales Police)
Thieves who targeted an Anglesey building site and stole from Bangor University have been jailed.
Paul Anthony Gibson and Robert Vaughan were caught following a high-speed police chase on the A55, Caernarfon Crown Court heard.
Vaughan, 36, of Arnside Street, Manchester, and Gibson, 58, of Birch Avenue, Whitfield, both admitted burglary and theft, while Gibson also admitted dangerous driving and driving while disqualified and without insurance.
Sentencing Vaughan, the judge Mr Recorder Simon Mills said he was given a suspended sentence at a magistrates court in November and was in custody serving six months, four for a suspended sentence and two for breaching a restraining order.
He sentenced him to 18 months for the burglary and theft offences, consecutive to the magistrates' sentence, making a total of two years.
The judge sentenced Gibson to two years for all his offences.
Ashley James Massingham
Ashley James Massingham who was jailed today at Caernarfon Crown Court (Image: North Wales Police)
A drunken man who threatened to slit his girlfriend's throat and kill her in a terrifying two hour ordeal, has been jailed.
Ashley James Massingham, also choked Kathryn Joyce Evans, chased her down the street, tackled her to the ground and bit her cheek before putting a knife to her throat.
He smashed her phone during the incident in Ruabon, Wrexham, on October 19, 2020, Caernarfon Crown Court heard on December 10.
Massingham, 32, of Daniels Drive, Ruabon, admitted assault occasioning actual bodily harm, affray and criminal damage.
The judge Nicola Jones jailed Massingham for a total of two years and three months.
Nathan Lee Howard
Nathan Lee Howard who was jailed today after stealing his bosses' van (Image: North Wales Police)
A drug driver was jailed after stealing his employer's van, sparking a six-mile police chase, and hitting a driving instructor teaching a learner.
Nathan Lee Howard was employed to deliver leaflets and was out in the grey Transit with his boss on March 7 this year, Mold Crown Court heard.
But, when his employer got out of the van in a lay-by in Prestatyn in Denbighshire, Howard stole the vehicle.
Police were alerted and chased Howard. He was eventually spotted by a police helicopter hiding in a field by a police helicopter and caught.
Howard, of Brookway Lane, St Helens, admitted five counts of aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving with no insurance and drug driving.
Judge Niclas Parry said Howard had used the vehicle "as a toy for thrills" and jailed him for 22 months.
Joshua Morris
Joshua Morris, 29, from Old Colwyn has been jailed after leaving a baby with life changing injuries
A man who shook a "helpless" 10-month-old baby, causing her life-changing injuries, was jailed for three and a half years.
Joshua Michael Morris, 29, had shown no remorse for his actions, or concern for the child following an "explosive loss of temper", Judge Rhys Rowlands said at Mold Crown Court.
The 29-year-old, of Ffordd Elias, in Old Colwyn, was found guilty of causing the baby, who cannot be identified, grievous bodily harm but was acquitted of a second charge of causing GBH with intent, following a trial in November.
Nicholas Ashley McElroy
Nicholas Ashley McElroy from Colwyn Bay who was sentenced today (Image: North Wales Police)
A man who beat his partner "black and blue" in a tent and threatened to murder her, has been jailed.
Nicholas Ashley McElroy, of Tan Y Fron, Colwyn Bay, must serve half of the two years and five months in prison, half on licence and has been given an indefinite restraining order from approaching Amy Russell.
McElroy initially pleaded not guilty, but changed his plea in November, admitting two charges of actual bodily harm and one charge of common assault in June this year.
The court heard that McElroy had suffered from anxiety and depression but Judge Nicola Jones told him he had carried out a "campaign of bullying and violence."
Jake Blackwell
Jake Blackwell, 28, of Chapel Terrace, in Bagillt, Holywell, was jailed for more than two years at Mold Crown Court (Image: North Wales Police)
A "prolific" drug dealer who supplied steroids and cocaine has been jailed for more than two years.
Jake Blackwell, a gym worker, began supplying steroids - taken to build muscle or improve sports performance - in February 2017.
Prosecutor Anna Pope told Mold Crown Court it was during a police investigation into his involvement with steroids that they discovered he was also supplying cocaine.
Blackwell, 28, of Chapel Terrace, in Bagillt, Holywell, was also found to be using sub-dealers to sell cocaine for him.
On December 8, Judge Niclas Parry jailed Blackwell for 26 months for the supply of cocaine and gave him a 12-month concurrent sentence for all other offences.
Daniel Jake Croft
Daniel Jake Croft who was sentenced at Mold Crown Court
A thug who punched and bit his ex-girlfriend and pushed his mum over has been jailed for a year.
Daniel Jake Croft, 26, of Heol y Goron, Leeswood, Flintshire, was sentenced at Mold Crown Court, following two separate incidents this year.
The first happened on July 7 in Leeswood, when he got into an argument with his girlfriend at the time, Sharon Pollard, after they attended a funeral and had been drinking.
The court heard he punched Ms Pollard on one occasion and bit her on the left cheek another time. He also pushed over his mother.
A judge called his behaviour "cowardly".
David Ian Bateman
David Ian Bateman who was sentenced at Mold Crown Court
A dealer was jailed after bringing thousands of pounds worth of drugs into North Wales.
David Ian Bateman, 43, of High Street, Caerwys, Flintshire, was caught on two separate occasions, in 2018 and 2019, with cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy, Mold Crown Court heard.
But it took 18 months to summon him to court, which was branded an "unacceptable" delay, by Judge Rhys Rowlands.
On December 15, the court heard he was first caught in October 2018, when a cleaner discovered a large stash of drugs in his room in a Northop hotel.
Jack Paul Grocott
Jack Paul Grocott, 25, of Cwrt Brenig, Buckley, was jailed for 19 months at Mold Crown Court today for being concerned in the supply of cannabis. (Image: North Wales Police)
A "spoilt and arrogant" man has been jailed for 19 months for being involved in supplying cannabis.
In various searches in the investigation into Jack Paul Grocott, police found equipment for growing cannabis, £4,800 in cash hidden in a bucket behind his mother's garden shed, and other drugs paraphernalia. His offending continued even after court proceedings had started against him.
A judge at Mold Crown Court sent him to prison on December 16 and urged him to use his time behind bars to change his life.
Grocott, of Cwrt Brenig, Buckley, was jailed for 19 months for being concerned in the supply of cannabis in 2018 with other sentences to run concurrently.
Toby Humphreys
Toby Humphreys, of Porthmadog (Image: North Wales Police)
A thug, who kicked and bit two police officers as they tried to arrest him, was jailed for six months.
Caernarfon Crown Court heard Toby Humphreys was behaving like an animal and had mucus dribbling down his face.
One officer said it was the worst violence they had seen in 21 years.
Humphreys, 27, of Pensyflog, Porthmadog, admitted two charges of assaulting an emergency officer, on November 23, 2020.
On December 18, he was imprisoned for six months for each offence with the terms to run concurrently.
Stephen Andrew Jones and Colin David Lyness
Stephen Andrew Jones, 34, of East Parade, Rhyl, was jailed for 12 weeks and Colin David Lyness, 34, of Abergele Road, Old Colwyn, was jailed for 22 weeks. (Image: North Wales Police)
Two thieves who stole items from a popular Anglesey shop have been jailed.
Stephen Andrew Jones, 34, of East Parade, Rhyl, was jailed for 12 weeks and Colin David Lyness, 34, of Abergele Road, Old Colwyn was jailed for 22 weeks.
The pair were arrested in Old Colwyn after stealing from the James Pringle Weavers store at Llanfairpwll on Anglesey.
Paul Benjamin Jones
Paul Benjamin Jones, 43, of Bron-y-Waun, Chirk, Wrexham, arranged to facilitate the commission of child sex offences and was jailed at Mold Crown Court for six years. (Image: North Wales Police)
A "pathetic fantasist" sent a sexual image and comments to two girls aged 13, and agreed to meet another girl, aged eight with her "parents" for sex as part of a police decoy operation.
Paul Benjamin Jones, 43, had used social media app Kik to contact the older "girls" but had failed to follow through on a meeting with the younger girl and her parents, who were in reality undercover officers.
Jailing him for six years at Mold Crown Court, a judge called Jones a "pathetic fantasist" who was also "calculating and manipulative".
Ritvan Qullhaj
Ritvan Qullhaj, 21, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to producing cannabis after police raided a 'cannabis factory' in Kinmel Street, Rhyl (Image: North Wales Police)
An illegal immigrant looked after a cannabis factory in Rhyl with more than 300 plants worth up to £30,000.
When police raided the site and arrested him the 21-year-old claimed he had been forced into it.
But a judge today queried why in that case the man had been spotted "happily drinking beer, going to the bookies and entering shops".
Ritvan Qullhaj had earlier pleaded guilty to producing cannabis and was jailed on December 21 for 14 months at Mold Crown Court.
Prosecutor Andrew Green told the court that Qullhaj had entered the UK illegally from Albania.
On January 15, North Wales Police executed a search warrant at the Windsor Vaults in Kinmel Street, Rhyl and found a "sophisticated cannabis production operation". The police discovered the defendant's fingerprint on one of the fans used to ventilate one of the growing areas.
Bleddyn Wyn Harris
Bleddyn Wyn Harris was jailed for two years for assault occasioning actual bodily harm, and three months each, to run consecutively, for two counts of common assault. (Image: Dyfed Powys Police)
A former ambulance worker stabbed his partner during a row then switched into "paramedic mode" and began to treat her "gaping wound".
Bleddyn Wyn Harris, 40, of Newtown, used a knife to cause the small injury in her chest after telling her where she would "bleed slowly" and "bleed quickly," but immediately staunched the flow of blood with pads.
The woman survived but had been too scared to seek hospital treatment.
Harris, 40, admitted assault causing actual bodily harm in that incident and two common assaults - all against his now ex-partner, Lauren Owen.
A judge at Mold Crown Court jailed him for a total of two-and-a-half years.
Barry Butcher-Downings
Barry Butcher-Downings, 41, of Cae Mor, Towyn, Conwy, pleaded guilty to drugs offences involving heroin and crack cocaine and was jailed at Mold Crown Court to a total of five years and four months. (Image: North Wales Police)
A drug dealer tried to hide 271 wraps of heroin and cocaine in his underpants during a police search.
Officers had spotted Barry Butcher-Downings at Rhyl harbour in Kinmel Bay and taken him to a police station.
But the suspect tried and failed to hide the wraps in his underwear.
The 41-year-old admitted possession with intent to supply heroin and crack cocaine and on December 23 was jailed by a judge at Mold Crown Court for a total of five years and four months.
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American Sign Language Classes at the Chelsea Community Center are set to begin on Monday, Nov. 13. (File)
ASL classes coming to Chelsea Community Center
By Amalia Kortright
Published 4:11 pm Friday, November 3, 2017
CHELSEA – Classes on American Sign Language are set to begin at the Chelsea Community Center on Monday, Nov. 13. According to Instructor Belinda Walker, the classes will be held once a week for six weeks.
Walker said the classes are for beginners and cover things like correct hand motions, appropriate facial expressions and vocabulary.
"I assist people with learning sign language, and a lot of people have been interested in learning because they have a family member or a coworker or a schoolmate who is deaf and they want to communicate with them," Walker said.
People seemed to enjoy learning about ASL when Walker taught similar classes at the Chelsea Community Center in the past.
"It can be a lot of fun," Walker said.
The class can also serve as a way to educate people on deaf culture and dispel misconceptions and stereotypes about deaf people, according to Walker.
"I'm deaf, myself, and I know that some people might be apprehensive or uncertain about communicating with me, but there's nothing to be afraid of," Walker said.
The cost is $30 for six weeks' worth of classes. Seating is limited to 20 people, and classes are open to anyone, however children under the age of 11 must be accompanied by an adult. Anyone interested in signing up can contact Walker by sending her an email to walkerbelinda93@yahoo.com or call Jeff Jones at 677-2052.
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Woman's health is far beyond mother and child care: Anika Parashar
Woman's health in India has been viewed primarily with an obstetric focus. What about mental health, dermatology, endocrinology, gynaecology, nutrition and fitness are ignored. It is time to think of a 360 degree approach.Shahid Akhter | ETHealthWorld | August 24, 2017, 08:05 IST
In an interview with ETHealthworld, Anika Parashar, COO, Fortis La Femme, talks about the need to rethink about woman's life today. She discusses the various issues and possible solutions to empower a woman today. Edited excerpts:
Tell us about the whole concept of Priority Health?
Priority health was conceptualised few months back, it has actually come out of a lot of learning that we had in the last year or so. La Femme being its own business vertical in the Fortis Healthcare group, we realised that till now woman's health in India has been viewed primarily with an obstetric focus. So when we talk about woman's health it is mostly about mother child health rather than comprehensive woman's health, so these clinics focus on other areas of a woman's life and actually nudge a woman to actually get check-ups and get preventative care if required. We launched this across our hospitals which are in four locations.
Why do you see the need to open these 4 specialty clinics (viz adolescent clinic, breast clinic, obesity clinic and menopause clinic)?
When we talk about woman's healthcare we talk purely about the birthing stage of their lives but woman are beyond their birthing stage, we exist as pre mothers and post mothers as well. The campaign came in the interest to actually cater to women of different life stages and to be able to provide them with comprehensive health solution for these stages of life. Like La femme, there are other hospitals in the country that say that they are women health hospitals but the primary focus for all of us has been obstetrics, during the birthing and delivery stage of a woman's life. We have taken this step to put together comprehensive care clinics with 360 degree care which is mental health, dermatology, endocrinology, gynaecology, nutrition and fitness because we are trying to tell women that you are important so start thinking yourself as important as well.
Statistics show a steep rise in PCOS which is a cause of concern for poor health of Indian women. How do you look at this situation?
PCOS is a prevalent problem all over the world, in India more so because of type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance. More women are being detected in their late teens with PCOS which is why we are looking at these clinics. We actually do corporate camps and our doctors address this issue of PCOS particularly because there is a grave need to give women the emotional, physical and clinical support that they require if detected with PCOS because there are definite health consequence to this condition. As we are detecting and diagnosing more and more PCOS, it is having an impact on Indian woman's health and it needs to be addressed.
Your approach to Breast cancer
Over the last decade or so breast cancer has become one of the most prevalent cancers in India and what is quit upsetting and shocking is that the presentation of breast cancer in India is at 3rd or 4th stages. The survival rate actually goes down and therefore the numbers of people which actually succumb to breast cancer are far greater. According to a WHO study that happened a few years back, in the US for every five or six women who have breast cancer one succumbs to cancer, in China it is one out of every four and in India it is one out of every two. So if we only took the care get preventative checkups, mammography, breast ultrasounds, if women invested in their health and we could catch the cancer at an earlier stage then the chances of them surviving would be far greater.
Early puberty
Puberty now in happening in girls as young as nine and that brings about a lot of emotional and physical changes. This is happening because of all the lifestyle changes that we are going through as a contemporary society today; the kind of food that we eat, the stress levels that exist and the exposure that we have to chemicals, pesticides, plastic products etc are shifting the line of puberty where it used to start later to an earlier stage and young girls find it very difficult to cope with this. So not only they but also their parents need the support on how to handle this particular phase of their lives.
One in every four teenager in India by WHO statistics has depression. Depression as a mental disease is becoming more and more prevalent in Indians whereas earlier it was a globally recognised disease. Now there are more and more therapist and counsellors available, we are looking at mental health as it should be looked at, it needs that kind of support that any physical ailment or illness would need.
Importance of breastfeeding
Breastfeeding has come a long way in India because of the work that lactation counsellors do, the BPNI (Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India) does, the government, a lot of the doctors and there is a very strong movement amongst the mothers as well. Several groups across social communities exist on actually increasing breast feeding. We recently opened a breast milk bank and we are opening another one in Bangalore to encourage premature babies to be able to feed donated mother's milk if in case their own mothers don't lactate. So there is a huge breast feeding movement happening in India and women support systems have increased. We have our own breast milk bank in our Delhi facility in GK, we are opening one next month in Bangalore La Femme as well. Here women can donate breast milk if they have a surplus supply and women who are wanting to feed their babies but don't have that supply of breast milk can also take it. The idea is to be able increase the number of infants who actually get access to breast milk.
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Q: How do I get list of calendar app data? For example:
I would like to access all my calendar data (default iOS App) which has user embedded data on
Start date 11/11/2013 10:00 AM with Title "Meeting w/ Australian".
Or another one,
Start date 1/1/2012 08:00 AM with Title "2012 New Year's Party".
How do I access these and put them on NSMutableArray?
Can someone help me here?

A: Given the quarantine-like protection built in IPhone apps, I bet you won't be able to access the info, I've never tried personally but I'm willing to bet on it.
thats probably why all the calendar apps start empty.
I would look at exporting Ical to CSV then parsing it ingot he app as a hacky way to get around it.
Good luck though.


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(Johnny Ward / OneStep4Ward) Johnny Ward at Easter Island in 2014.
In 2009, Johnny Ward was living in Australia, working for a company that organized corporate conferences.
It was a sales job, and with his commission he was able to earn up to $20,000 a month.
Ward, who was raised by a single mother in Northern Ireland, couldn't believe how much he was earning after years of hustling for cash. "I come from quite a poor family," he says. "It was crazy. Not having had much growing up, I'm careful with money. I have anxiety about not being broke again."
Between graduating from university in England in 2006 and taking on his steady office job, Ward had worked as a counselor at summer camps in the US and taught English in Thailand — for which he spent five weeks participating in medical research in an Irish hospital to raise the money for his trip, which he remembers was between $2,000 and $3,000.
The secure job in Australia, while high-paying, was still missing something, he thought. "I felt like it wasn't fulfilling in any way," the now 31-year-old says, "and I wasn't free, having to ask for permission for take time off — and I don't do well with authority."
He only lasted six months in his sales job, and when he tried to leave, his employers offered to put him in a new position, double his salary, and sponsor him for an Australian passport. Ward accepted, but his heart wasn't in it. He lasted only another four months in the new role.
In 2010, he left for Africa. "The World Cup was on, and I had all this money burning a hole in my pocket," he says. "I'd never seen money like that in my bank account before, so I booked a one-way ticket to Zimbabwe."
(Johnny Ward / OneStep4Ward) Ward in Baños, Ecuador.
Before arriving in Zimbabwe, Ward had spent the last few months setting up a website — a travel blog, to document the exploring he now had the money to do.
"I'm terrible at tech," he admits. "If I forget my Facebook password, it's a struggle. I associated the concept of making money online with this like charlatan personality. I couldn't get my head around how people actually do it, and then I cracked the specific thing that I do online and was like 'Wow, I can't believe it.'"
"I remember the first bucks I ever made," he says. "It was like $80. The first guy ever to pay me for an advertisement on my site changed my mindset entirely, and I thought, 'This might work!'"
As he embarked on a mission to see every country in the world, he used the insights he'd gained from his blog, OneStep4Ward, to create an online media company: Step4Ward Media, which provides web services like creating content and managing SEO. Ward works virtually with four other people, and in the three years since he established the company, Step4Ward Media has earned $1 million and averages about $1,000 a day.
(Johnny Ward / OneStep4Ward) A day at the office for Ward in Tamanique, El Salvador.
One of the first things he did with the money was buy a two-bedroom apartment in Thailand, in cash, where he now spends about three months out of every year working and relaxing before heading off again. Currently, he's visited over 140 countries.
"It doesn't seem that real," he reflects. "I don't live a flash lifestyle, so it feels arbitrary. I'm really careful with my money. I have a wealth manager in the UK, and I'm investing heavily. I bought a place in London and the one in Bangkok, and I'm looking to buy another in London."
He advises people who want to live a similar lifestyle to take the plunge. "I worry in the social media age, people get so caught up in creating inspirational memes and oversharing, when you just gotta do it," he says.
"I love to read that stuff, but you need to draw a line in the sand and say, 'Now I'm going to do it.' You can get caught up in the online hyperbole. I tell people you don't need to make $1 million. Initially you can make $1 or $10 or $50, and have that money in your Paypal and then be like, 'Wow, this is actually possible.'"
Also, he says, start a blog. "No matter how you plan to make money online, always start a blog, even if you're not going to monetize. Have a voice, be an authority. I think having a blog is so integral to that movement."
"I always dreamed of being free," he says. "Initially that feeling came from backpacking broke, but I wasn't truly free because I wasn't financially free. Truly free is to have the financial security to allow you to do whatever you want to do."
Have you taken a nontraditional career path to start earning more on your own? Or have you given up a steady income to simplify your life and live on less? Reach out to yourmoney[at]businessinsider[dot]com.