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WhatsApp Web has privacy holes that could expose user photos
30 Jan 2015 6 Facebook, Google Chrome, Mobile, Privacy
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WhatsApp has just rolled out a new service called WhatsApp Web that allows users to sync the messaging app between their mobile devices and desktop, but the new web client has a couple of privacy pitfalls that show it's not really ready for its close-up.
The problems with the web client, which were reported to us by Indrajeet Bhuyan, a 17-year-old security blogger, undermine privacy settings that work just fine on the WhatsApp mobile app.
According to Bhuyan, in some situations users of WhatsApp Web can see photos they're not supposed to view and which they wouldn't see on the mobile app.
In the WhatsApp mobile app, you can delete a photo from your device after sending it and the recipient will see only a blurred out version of the photo.
But Bhuyan reported that a photo sent from his mobile device and then deleted was still visible without the blurring in the web client.
As WhatsApp noted in a 21 January 2015 blog post announcing the new service, WhatsApp Web "mirrors conversations and messages from your mobile device," and all messages "live on your phone."
But since photos deleted from your phone are still showing up in the web client, we can infer that the mobile and web apps are not syncing properly.
The second problem, says Bhuyan, is that your profile photo may remain visible on WhatsApp Web even after you've used the feature in the mobile app to restrict your photo to contacts only.
Ironically, this seems to be the reverse of various mobile-versus-web problems we've written about before, where it was the mobile version that fell short of the security offered by its web-based equivalent.
Both of these bugs seem like they could have or should have been caught before WhatsApp Web was released – as though WhatsApp rushed this product out the door without enough testing.
A few other issues with WhatsApp Web make me think it wasn't quite ready and could have waited: so far the web client only works in Chrome, and it isn't available yet for users of the iOS mobile app (due to "Apple platform limitations," WhatsApp says).
WhatsApp, which has more than 500 million users worldwide and was purchased by Facebook in 2014 for a mind-boggling $19 billion, has run afoul of regulators and privacy advocates for its past sloppy behavior.
We applauded WhatsApp when it rolled out end-to-end encryption to protect users' private messages.
But this latest privacy bungle has me, in the shorthand of chat initialisms, SMH (translation – shaking my head).
Image of WhatsApp on Android courtesy of Twin Design / Shutterstock.com.
6 comments on "WhatsApp Web has privacy holes that could expose user photos"
This seems like a non problem. At some stage you've shared a photo or your profile with someone, given them the opportunity to screenshot it/save it/download it to another device…. then changed your settings or deleted the photo.
You should assume that once you've shared something with someone/the whole internet – its out there. Dont expect every feature to work in version 1
If it works one way in the mobile app and another way in the web app *when they are supposed to work the same*, then no matter how small a problem that might be, dismissing it as a "non problem" is not acceptable. It sets the standards that for new software to be "nearly OK" with privacy is fully OK. It is not.
Same for your comment about "version 1." This isn't about whether the automatic exposure correction widget works badly, as it might in V1 and get improved in V2. This is about privacy.
If there's going to be a flaw in V1, let it be that the software doesn't share as much as it reasonably could, not the other way around. Why shouldn't we have a world in which privacy is built in at the start, not bodged on later?
There is no privacy issue here. If you've already given someone your photo at some point in time, you should assume the people you've shared your photo(s) with may have saved a copy somewhere Whatsapp can't delete it.
When you publish something to the public or a group of people, then attempt to unpublish it by deleting it, its generally too late. If you dont want anyone to see it, dont publish it in the first place.
If you have sent someone a photo – they could have made a backup of their device and all its photos/settings to their computer. There is no way for Whatsapp to delete any backups they've made to another device.
Also, if you send someone a private photo, then delete it, it wont be deleted from their phone if they are offline.
Mang says:
All very true, but sort of not true at the same time – The option to 'delete' should work. If it doesn't, it shouldn't be there, regardless of whether or not other users can save pictures.
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How to check whether our Whatsapp has been linked to a Web version without our permission or not? Scenario: A shop that you send your phone to, the guy sets up a Whatsapp Web, then uses your phone to snap the 2D barcode to verify it…then whatever you post/do on your mobile Whatsapp, the shop is able to see it. How to secure this?
Then you go on your phone, Go to settings >> web whatsapp, and logout from all devices!!! its that simple
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In addition to this, the court ruled that Maycock did not have standing to bring the case within the first place. In the time that the decision was pending appeal, the plaintiff Hajro succeeded in his citizenship appeal and became a naturalized citizen. With this in mind, the case being brought could now be considered moot. However, Maycock argued that he had personally suffered injury as a result of the USCIS's actions by not being able to effectively represent his clients due to these FOIA request delays.
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To make matters even more interesting, the Ninth Circuit remanded the case to the district court to check the facts and make sure that the USCIS actually violated the time constraint on these FOIA requests. This ruling comes despite the plaintiff providing over thirty affidavits from other immigration lawyers arguing that this was a reoccurring issue with the USCIS.
As odd as this case may sound, this ordeal provides just a slight glimpse into the dynamic world of immigration law within the United States. There is often much animosity and misunderstanding on both sides, and what every party involved needs to remember is that one's entire livelihood that he or she built within the United States could be stripped away via deportation whenever other interests are involved. In an immigration system that desperately needs to reform, it is important to not forget that in this issue, human beings lives should take precedence to any other ulterior motives, personal or political.
 Hughes, Trevor. "San Francisco Shooting Case Shows Disconnect on Immigration." USA Today. July 7, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2015.
 "What Is FOIA?," FOIA.gov. August 14, 2015. Accessed November 4, 2015.


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Q: (Why) would unmaintained water heater use more electrical energy? I'm specifically thinking about lime/sedimentation at the bottom of water heater, and calcification of heating elements (and not possible thermal insulation deterioration).
It is very often claimed (by both government energy efficiency experts and water-heater sellers/service people - but without sound theoretical explanation, alas) that calcified heating elements in electrical water heaters would lead to much higher energy bills for water heating (numbers often wildly ranging from 30% to over 400% percent increase in electrical power bills), and that it is imperative that water heaters get serviced (usually suggested on yearly basis) to drain out sedimentation and clean/replace the heating elements primarily for that reason (among others).
but I'm looking for theoretical/physical explanation for that (or a denial).
Now, I can see why calcification on and around heating element is bad, as it would be acting as thermal insulation between itself and water, which would:

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*prolong the time needed for heating element to heat the full tank of water (due to slower transfer of heat)

*reduce life of heating element (due to it overheating, as thermostat shutoff would be delayed due to previous point)
Which are both valid reasons for regular service.
However, I do not see why it would case any increase in energy usage?
I've tried looking up, and as best as I can see, the law of energy preservation should hold up. I cannot see the energy being converted to anything other than heat due to calcification of heating elements? And it that heat was used by heater, it must get transferred to the water around it eventually, right?
I see two things happening if heating element gets calcified:

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*as it is isolated from cold water around it and initial thermostat assumptions, it will overheat, which would increase its electrical resistance somewhat, and reduce it's power in Watts (for example from 2000W to 1500W), thus prolonging time needed to heat the water (and reducing its lifetime)

*the calcification/lime would act as a "wall" which would slow down the heat transfer (which would also prolong time by which whole tank of water would be heated); however that heat energy would not be lost, as the calcification itself would continue to give off that heat energy back to the water even after the heating element was shut off from electrical power by thermostat

Are those assumptions correct, and if so, am I missing something else? Where would such energy used by heater be wasted (not transferred to heated water)?
Or is "irregular maintenance of water heater leads to higher energy bills" just very popular urban legend?
So, the question is "is it true that calcified water heater elements would use up more electrical energy, and if so, why"?
(note: I initially considered posting this in diy.SE which has a lot to say about water heaters; but as I seek theoretical explanation and not practical usage, physics.SE seems much better place. Also note: english is not my primary language, so some terms might be wrong; and my physics knowledge is at [or was, two or three decades ago] at high school level)

A: The electrical energy you pay for doesn't just go into the appliances; some amount of it ends up as heat in the electrical path from the meter to the loads. Also, heat from a load such as a heating element can travel along the electrical conductors away from the application (the water tank) - remember: most good electrical conductors are also good thermal conductors. So, your scaled up water heater element will still produce the same heating power as it always did, but less of the heat ends up in the water, and more ends up outside the water heater. Some of that wasted heat escapes along the wiring, and, because of the increased duty cycle to compensate for the ineffiency, the wiring spends more time carrying current and wasting energy.
Bottom line: energy is conserved in that it doesn't simply disappear... it just gets misplaced to become waste heat somewhere and provides no benefit.

A: The scale buildup will cause the heater to heat water more slowly because of the greater thermal resistance between the element and the water. This means that the heater element itself will get (much) hotter, and its resistance will increase. This reduces the power output, and the heater has a hard time giving you enough hot water. This will not increase your electric bill by very much - but it does mean that long showers will be cold showers.
By contrast, in a gas heater you have hot gas flowing through the heat exchanger; if there is additional thermal resistance, the gas that leaves the exchanger will still be hot, and you have real inefficiencies. Not maintaining your gas water heater will cost you more; but not maintaining the electrical water heater won't.
The only exception I can see is a situation where you have demand pricing: the cost of a kWh changes with time of day. Now, a scaled-up water heater may take its time heating the water, and it may have to continue heating water all day; a more efficient one can use just the off-peak rates, and cost less (same kWh, less money).
As for losses "elsewhere" in the system. If your electric heater is wired into a 40A, 220 V circuit, it will be using (in the US) 8 gage (AWG) wire. Assuming you are 20 feet from the switch panel, you have 40 feet of wire with a resistance of 0.025 Ohm. With 40 A flowing, this gives you a 1 V drop and 40 W dissipation. Compared to the 9 kW for the heater, that's about 0.5%. It is not zero, but it is not that big either. Certainly not as large as the number you are quoting.

A: If I remember correctly, a 1/8 inch of calcium build up on a heating coil is the same as several feet of concrete wrapped around it so you can see how much more electricity it would take to heat the water to temperature!

A: Its like having wheels on a car made of concrete ( What You Ask)
Answer having an element covered in calcium   the element is not
designed to work efficiently in that condition therefore if the hot water heater is used  a lot it is going to cost you more electricity
The equation must relate to usage , also the element can short out
in that state because sockets and cables will overheat

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SHOULD elite African-American athletes go to HBCUs instead?
Sep 9, 2019 Newsletter
Good morning! Did you all enjoy Week 2? I thought it was a delight. We had a thoroughly entertaining Texas/LSU game, some late-night weirdness out West, the Troops setting off another existential Michigan fan crisis, and my Ohio State Buckeyes obliterating a solid Cincinnati team.
I love blowouts like that. Obviously, I love them because being an Ohio State fan is kind of an exhausting experience, where your favorite team usually wins at least 80% of the time, but you have to read either your own fans complaining about how it wasn't good enough, or college football State Television commentators ripping the performance to shreds out of self interest. If you win by 40, well, those tweets aren't so insufferable.
But it also gives me time to think. And over these last few days, I've been thinking a lot about Jemele Hill's recent article for The Atlantic. Discussing this article in 250 character busts on Twitter would be a disaster. But maybe it might be a good conversation to have here.
Let's talk about HBCUs for a second
When we talk about resources in college football, it's easy to talk about inequalities. The biggest programs, your elite Power Five type schools, these are the ones with athletic budgets stretching $100 million. The ones who can spend $3 million on a head coach, a million on an assistant, and hundreds of thousands on a small army of analysts. The schools in the G5, even the ones with established fanbases and successful programs, do not have anywhere close to that kind of money or resources.
Whatever the resource gap is between the LSUs and the Louisiana Techs is, that gap becomes even more stark when we start talking about HBCUs.
The homecoming bodybag FCS opponent? Often an HBCU. One of the 16 seeds playing in an NCAA Tournament play-in game? Almost certainly an HBCU. From the budget table to KenPom to APR rankings and more, when there is a bottom in Division 1, chances are, an HBCU is in the conversation.
That's not entirely their fault, of course. These schools, your Southerns, your Florida A&Ms, your Coppin States, aren't just substantially under resourced in athletics, they're under resourced, period. And have been for decades. From Hill:
Black athletes have attracted money and attention to the predominantly white universities that showcase them. Meanwhile, black colleges are struggling. Alabama's athletic department generated $174 million in the 2016–17 school year, whereas the HBCU that generated the most money from athletics that year, Prairie View A&M, brought in less than $18 million. Beyond sports, the average HBCU endowment is only one-eighth that of the average predominantly white school; taken together, all of the HBCU endowments combined make up less than a tenth of Harvard's.
This becomes important for folks beyond budget nerds for two reasons. For one, per Hill, HBCUs are disproportionately represented among America's African-American professional class.
Because black colleges play an important role in the creation and propagation of a black professional class. Despite constituting only 3 percent of four-year colleges in the country, HBCUs have produced 80 percent of the black judges, 50 percent of the black lawyers, 50 percent of the black doctors, 40 percent of the black engineers, 40 percent of the black members of Congress, and 13 percent of the black CEOs in America today.
You know who isn't producing tons of black judges, black lawyers, black doctors or white-collar black professionals? That'd be the rest of the Power Five:
Almost all of these schools are majority white—in fact, black men make up only 2.4 percent of the total undergraduate population of the 65 schools in the so-called Power Five athletic conferences. Yet black men make up 55 percent of the football players in those conferences, and 56 percent of basketball players.
If I understanding Hill's argument here, an elite black athlete creates wealth and prestige for an already wealthy institution by playing football or basketball. Why create that wealth for an institution that isn't helping black students when you could enroll at an HBCU instead? Even a small number of blue-chip recruits opting for a Howard, or an NC A&T, Hill argues, could create a significant impact that could help change how those schools are perceived, and could help them raise money.
Regardless of how you feel about amateurism, Hill personally, the whole system…I encourage you to read the article. It isn't super long, and it will make you think.
I don't want this newsletter to really be about SHOULD BLACK KIDS DITCH OHIO STATE TO GO TO GRAMBLING?!? because quite frankly, there are too many folks who look like me that are a little too comfortable saying exactly what they think black folks ought to be doing. Picking where you go to college is an immensely personal choice with a lot of variables, and I don't really feel right pontificating on what each kid should absolutely do.
But here are a few thoughts I've been mulling over in between blowouts over the weekend:
1) I really do think that improvements in television broadcasting and social media have flattened the college athletics world enough that an athlete could build a brand just about anywhere. You don't need a P5 scholarship to build a following on Instagram or Twitter, and almost every college football game, even at the FCS level, is on a reputable streaming system. I also think it's increasingly true that if you are good enough, there's a pathway to the pros from almost anywhere. We just saw a dude from Murray State get drafted #2 overall in the NBA Draft. HBCU players get picked in the NFL Draft every year. If you are good enough, in the year of our Lord 2019, there's an opportunity to crack a pro roster out there.
2) I do think it's unquestionably true that going to a school with more resources can make it more likely that you will become good enough. There are good coaches at HBCUs, but the quality of competition, the nutrition, the facilities, the small army of analysts, the tutors, everything…there's just more of those things are places with more money. That doesn't mean that taking the richest school is always the best option, or that those things matter equally to every kid. But I think it's worth pointing out, if you're encouraging kids to forgo that.
3) ESPN's Bomani Jones pointed this out in this excellent clip…but are we so certain that elite athletes will automatically translate to economic or cultural gains for HBCUS?
Back in the 1950s and 1960s, scores of elite black athletes played at HBCUs. Based on the talent they produced for the NFL and NBA, it's possible to argue that some of those teams were the most talented in the country. And it's not like that talent led to economic boom times for the schools then. Of course, HBCUs were recruiting elite black athletes because those kids weren't allowed to go to SEC or ACC schools (among others), college athletics were not as big a business, and institutional racism was even more flagrant back then.
But Steve McNair finished third in the Heisman vote in 1994, playing at D1-AA Alcorn State. Did that provide lasting economic change to the school? Have NFL draft picks or upsets over FBS programs brought that change? What level of athletic success would be required to bring it about?
Economic growth from a single great sports team is a fickle thing even for institutions that aren't facing political, racial, economic and a slew of other cards stacked against them. It's possible that a Fab Five at oh, Texas Southern, could help change the paradigm for the school. I think it's also possible that instead, it'd just inspire every NCAA suit from Indianapolis to start sniffing around and find an excuse to levy sanctions. The status quo doesn't always take kindly to usurpers, after all.
4) I guess that brings me here. I don't disagree with Hill's assessment of the status quo. But I don't think it's fair to expect, or maybe even ask, a few 17-18 year old kids to shoulder the burden of changing it.
For some hypothetical recruits, going to Howard or Alabama State or Morgan State might be the absolute best thing for them…academically, culturally, spiritually, athletically, the works. But for others, especially those with a real path to making it to the pros, asking somebody to take potentially make their professional path harder is a tough ask, especially if it's a kid.
The responsibility to distrust and change racism systems shouldn't fall just on those who are disadvantaged, even more so for kids. As a society, I don't think it is fair to expect or ask the targets of racism to "fix" racism, for example. That should be the job of the perpetrators and beneficiaries.
I don't want to say that I think Hill is wrong. My #take here, I guess, is that I'd rather adults, especially white adults, push harder to hold political, civic, educational and other leaders accountable and responsible, so that we wouldn't need to ask 17 year olds to make potentially huge sacrifices to push leaders enough to fight structural inequality.
That should be our job.
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U.S. Navy, Bahrain Commit to Advance New Unmanned Systems Efforts
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Photo By Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Mahmod | 210923-N-OC333-1059 NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY BAHRAIN (Sept. 23, 2021) Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces, center right, along with Major Gen. Ala Abdulla Seyadi, commander of the Bahrain Coast Guard, center left; and Rear Adm. Mohammed Yousif Al Asam, commander of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force, right, listen to a presentation on an unmanned aerial vehicle V-BAT system. During the visit, Bahraini leaders committed to partnering with NAVCENT to accelerate integration of new unmanned systems into regional maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Thomas Mahmod) see less | View Image Page
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During a visit to the U.S. Navy installation in Bahrain, Sept. 23, Bahraini leaders committed to partnering with U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) to accelerate integration of new unmanned systems into regional maritime operations.
Major Gen. Ala Abdulla Seyadi, commander of the Bahrain Coast Guard; Rear Adm. Mohammed Yousif Al Asam, commander of the Royal Bahrain Naval Force; and Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of NAVCENT, U.S. 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces discussed future opportunities for cooperation.
"We have an enduring strategic relationship with the Kingdom of Bahrain and our mutual commitment to advancing new unmanned systems demonstrates us strengthening the partnership in a new way," said Cooper. "This initiative enables us to expand maritime domain awareness on, above and below the water and enhance regional deterrence."
NAVCENT commissioned Task Force 59, Sept. 9, to rapidly integrate unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations and drive discovery in human-machine teaming technologies.
Cooper briefed the Bahraini leaders on NAVCENT's latest unmanned surface, underwater and aerial vehicles on site at U.S. Naval Support Activity Bahrain.
In October, Bahrain's maritime forces will be the first regional partners to collaborate with Task Force 59 on a manned-unmanned teaming exercise to evaluate advanced unmanned surface vessels. The at-sea event will kick off a series of maritime exercises that integrate manned and unmanned systems during operations with regional and coalition partners.
The Middle East region's unique geography, climate, and strategic importance offer an ideal environment for unmanned innovation. The area includes the world's largest standing maritime partnership and three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, the Suez Canal and the Strait of Bab-al-Mandeb at the southern tip of Yemen.
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Capoiera was developed by the African slaves brought to Brazil by Portugese merchants. The slaves were from various tribes, some were even from enemy tribes. Realizing that their condition would not change on it's own, they decided to revolt. Bu they had to be able ot fight, and they were obviously not allowed to have weapons, so they took lessons from their tribal dances, and began to develop a way of fighting based on these dances. This was act- ually very clever, as they were able to convince their masters that they were only practicing their ancient traditional dances while they were, in fact learning to fight. The practiced their secret art to the rhythms of drums and a stringed, wooden instrument called the berimbau. Eventually, they did gain their freedom. The "dance" of capoiera and the capoeiristas ( practicioners of the art ) became so feared that Capoiera was actually made illegal in Brazil until the 1930's, when government restrictions were relaxed and students were once again allowed to practice.
Today, Capoiera is popular around the world. The dancing and music initially used to disguise the style have been fully integrated into the style. It is even a type of game for those who practice it.
Capoeira is usually done inside a circle of people called a "roda", pronouced HO-DUH. The people in the circle are usually other capoeiristas waiting to "play", and observers. Player or not you are expected to give energy to the roda by clapping and singing in response to the person "in charge" of the roda. There are several instruments used to make the music in the capoeira roda. The agogo (double cowbell), pandeiro (tambourine), Atabaque (conga type drum), and the Berimbau which is the most important. Each instrument, when played correctly, contributes to the energy in the roda, but the Berimbau is the commanding instrument. It tells the players inside the roda how to play, fast or slowly, agressively or pretty with lots of acrobatics. The berimbau starts and stops the roda, and all the other instruments follow it's rhythm and tempo.
Many people ask if Capoiera is a dance, or a fighting art. Mestre Joao Grande, considered to be one of the greatest Capoiera teachers, answered this question once with this, " In the hour of fighting, it is a fight. And in the hour of dance, it is a dance".
Capoiera is a very interseting form to observe. It appeals to both the body and the mind. The driving rhythms reach into the body and stir one to movement, while the wild dancing and acrobatics entertain the eye and mind. It is a constantly moving style, and this can be very confusing to someone who has never faced a capoeirista before.
Entrance Requirements: PS. 13, P.P. 14, Spd. 15 Costume: None in particular, but students dress in all white. Stance: A low crouching position, with circular motion.


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Facebook has added an option that will enable Messenger users to report offending conversations and allow you to tell what happened in your own words.
While the Messenger app allow users to flag messages in the categories of harassment, hate speech and suicide, and users could only flag inappropriate content on Facebook itself, many users of the Messenger app whom are mobile-only have clamored for the feature to report conversations.
Now, Facebook has launched new tools on mobile for people to report conversations that violate the Community Standards, in order to help minimize bad experiences that can get in the way of people who use Messenger to connect with family and friends, make plans, and share photos and videos with loved ones.
The reporting tools can be accessed from any Messenger conversation on iOS or Android, simply by tapping the name of the person or group with whom you're having conversation, and scroll to "Something's Wrong", then select from several categories such as harassment, hate speech, or pretending to be someone else.
After reporting the conversation, you'll receive a confirmation that it was successfully submitted for review.
Facebook reviews the reports in over 50 languages, making it faster to address issues so that Messenger users can continue to have positive experiences on the platform. And the more granular reporting options in Messenger also makes it easier to report things for the team to review.
The company encourages Messenger users to use the reporting tools, as the more they do, the better assist it get in keeping the Messenger community safe.
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'The most iconic police officer cartoon ever': The Policeman Movie, in five parts
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Q: Why does this have a complex component? Why does:
$$(-2)^{\frac{2}{3}}$$
have a complex component?
I thought it would be equal to:
$$((-2)^2)^{\frac{1}{3}}$$
$$= 4^{\frac{1}{3}}$$
which doesn't have a complex component.
But Wolfram Alpha says it has a complex component:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28-2%29%5E%282%2F3%29

A: It took the cube root first.  There are three cube roots of a given value.  It took one with an imaginary component.  Exactly why it did that I do not know.  I've found with wolfram-alpha you have to be really careful and hamfisted when there are cube roots involved, otherwise it will produce non-real roots for real inputs.  You have to do it like this:
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%28%28-2%29^2%29^%281%2F3%29
You may have to go to the Mathematica SE to learn more technical reasons for why it does this.

A: More generally, you can think of the question "What is $(-2)^{\frac{2}3}$?" as the statement "$x=(-2)^{\frac{2}3}$ Solve for $x$." which is another way of saying "Solve $x^{\frac{3}2}+2=0$ for x."
That last polynomial has (by the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra) 3 roots in the complex plane because it is equivalent to solving $x^3-4=0$. One of the roots is $\sqrt[3] 4$ as you point out, but the others are $\sqrt[3] 4e^{i\frac{2\pi}3}$ and $\sqrt[3] 4e^{i\frac{4\pi}3}$. (You may notice that $-2=2e^{in\pi}$ for $n\in\{\text{Odds}\}$; therefore, $(-2)^{\frac{2}3}=\sqrt[3]{(-2)^2}e^{in\frac{2\pi}3}$.)


At Innotrans 2018, Flexicon will be launching its brand-new rail industry brochure alongside a range of flexible conduit solutions designed to improve performance and safety.
The specialist flexible conduit systems' manufacturer will feature four dynamic displays on their stand located in Hall 2.2 – Stand 206, demonstrating product fire performance, system security, integrity and quality assurance.
Innotrans 2018 will see the worldwide launch of the company's new updated 2nd Edition rail brochure, offering detailed technical information to assist with the accurate specification of cable protection for rolling stock and infrastructure applications. With 96 pages of application and product content, it is more than double the size of the 1st Edition and is an invaluable tool for the correct specification of cable protection for Rail applications.
In addition, visitors to the stand can learn more about Flexicon's updated accreditation to the latest International Railway Industry Standard (IRIS) Certification™ rev.03 system. As a widely recognised and requested certification, IRIS replaces the need for individual management system evaluation offering an efficient and transparent system for auditing suppliers for the Rail Industry.
Visitors can also view the company's range of flexible conduit systems, with options available in metallic and non-metallic to suit particular application requirements.
Non-metallic products will include FPR, and the new FPIHR flexible conduit range, offering HL3 level performance to EN 45545 combined with excellent dynamic performance for fatigue life and flexibility even at low temperatures.
Also on show will be Flexicon ULTRA™, which uses 'One Piece' integrated sealing technology, resulting in a single push, twist and seal fitting that is IP68 and IP69 rated. All-round teeth allow for 360˚ tensile strength up to 100kg, alongside superior anti-tamper, dynamic and vibration performance.
New Metallic flexible conduit systems on display include the FSS and FSSBRD – stainless steel corrugated conduits which offer superior ingress protection, corrosion resistance and inherent fire performance.
"Our flexible conduit systems have been designed to ensure continuous operation and maximum safety for the rail industry," said Tim Creedon, Sales and Marketing Director for Flexicon.
Flexicon specialises in cable protection for demanding applications where continuity of supply, performance and safety is critical. The company provides a wide range of flexible conduit systems for rail applications, with products that meet numerous international standards.
For further information about Flexicon visit stand 206 in Hall 2.2 at InnoTrans 2018 or contact Flexicon Ltd, Roman Way, Coleshill, Birmingham, B46 1HG. Email flexiconsales@atkore.com. www.flexicon.uk.com.


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Q: Explode comma separated integers to intvals? Say I have a string like so $thestring = "1,2,3,8,2".
If I explode(',', $thestring) it, I get an array of strings.  How do I explode it to an array of integers instead?

A: array_map also could be used:
$s = "1,2,3,8,2";
$ints = array_map('intval', explode(',', $s ));
var_dump( $ints );

Output:
array(5) {
  [0]=>      int(1)
  [1]=>      int(2)
  [2]=>      int(3)
  [3]=>      int(8)
  [4]=>      int(2)
}

Example codepad.

A: Use something like this:
$data = explode( ',', $thestring );
array_walk( $data, 'intval' );

http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-walk.php

A: For the most part you shouldn't really need to (PHP is generally good with handling casting strings and floats/ints), but if it is absolutely necessary, you can array_walk with intval or floatval:
$arr = explode(',','1,2,3');
// use floatval if you think you are going to have decimals
array_walk($arr,'intval');
print_r($arr);

Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
)

If you need something a bit more verbose, you can also look into settype:
$arr = explode(",","1,2,3");
function fn(&$a){settype($a,"int");}
array_walk($f,"fn");
print_r($f);

Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
)

That could be particularly useful if you're trying to cast dynamically:
class Converter {
    public $type = 'int';
    public function cast(&$val){ settype($val, $this->type); }
}
$c = new Converter();

$arr = explode(",","1,2,3,0");
array_walk($arr,array($c, 'cast'));
print_r($arr);

Array
(
    [0] => 1
    [1] => 2
    [2] => 3
    [3] => 0
)

// now using a bool
$c->type = 'bool';
$arr = explode(",","1,2,3,0");
array_walk($arr,array($c, 'cast'));
var_dump($arr); // using var_dump because the output is clearer.

array(4) {
  [0]=>
  bool(true)
  [1]=>
  bool(true)
  [2]=>
  bool(true)
  [3]=>
  bool(false)
}

A: Since $thestring is an string then you will get an array of strings.
Just add (int) in front of the exploded values.
Or use the array_walk function:
$arr = explode(',', $thestring);
array_walk($arr, 'intval');

A: $thestring = "1,2,3,8,a,b,2";

$newArray = array();
$theArray = explode(",", $thestring);

print_r($theArray);

foreach ($theArray as $theData) {
  if (is_numeric($theData)) {
    $newArray[] = $theData;
  }
}

print_r($newArray);

// Output
Original array
Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 [3] => 8 [4] => a [5] => b [6] => 2 )

Numeric only array
 Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 2 [2] => 3 [3] => 8 [4] => 2 )

A: $arr=explode(',', $thestring);
$newstr   = '';
foreach($arr as $key=>$val){
  $newstr .= $val;
}


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Physics pioneer to grace new stamp
Feb. 10, 2021 at 10:28 a.m.
The Chien-Shiung Wu stamp will feature a detailed portrait of Wu wearing a black-and-white high-collared traditional Chinese gown known as a qipao.
USPS will salute nuclear physicist Chien-Shiung Wu with a stamp on Feb. 11, one of three releases this year honoring Asian American lives and culture.
During a career that spanned more than 40 years in a field dominated by men, Wu (1912-1997) established herself as an authority on conducting precise and accurate research to test fundamental theories of physics.
She worked on uranium enrichment and radiation detectors for the Manhattan Project, the scientific collaboration that produced the atomic bomb, which brought an end to World War II.
The Forever stamp will feature a detailed portrait of Wu wearing a black-and-white high-collared traditional Chinese gown known as a qipao. The illustration was first drawn in graphite, then rendered in egg tempera paint.
The background was painted with the pigment lapis lazuli, a highly valued color historically used in artistic depictions of angels, nobility and religious figures.
Ethel Kessler designed the stamp with original art by Kam Mak.
The spelling of Wu's name on the stamp reflects how she wrote her own name and referred to herself. It is also how she was known to the scientific community at large.
This romanized spelling is based on the Wade-Giles system, which is all but obsolete for Chinese words and names. The Pinyin system of phonetic notation for Chinese characters is now the standard in both China and the United States.
In addition to the Wu stamp, the Postal Service released a Lunar New Year stamp last week. Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers of WWII, a stamp honoring the contributions of 33,000 soldiers who served in the U.S. Army during World War II, is also planned this year.
The Wu stamp, which will be available at Post Offices and usps.com, will be dedicated during a virtual ceremony that can be streamed on the Postal Service's Facebook and Twitter pages on Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. EST.
Share your feedback at uspslink@usps.gov. Your comments could be included in the "Mailbag" column.
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USPS dedicates Lunar New Year stamp
The Postal Service dedicated its Year of the Ox stamp during a Feb. 2 virtual ceremony that showcased Chicago, home to one of the nation's largest Lunar New Year celebrations.
Stamp selection process begins with committee
The Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee reviews suggestions and offers recommendations to the Postmaster General.


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Nickelback - "Get Rollin'" Album Review
Story posted November 30, 2022 in Arts & Entertainment by Brianna Cavalieri.
Nickelback still makes music? Apparently!
After a five-year hiatus since its last album release in 2017, Nickelback is back like they never left. Since releasing their first album in 1996, they've still found ways to gain attraction but the reviews aren't all good.
The Canadian rock band has released their tenth studio album and has entered their country/ heavy metal era. With Chad Kroeger's distinctive raspy voice, Nickelback has established its own sound that stands out among other bands.
The album bounces all over the place with different styles of rock to satisfy its very diverse audience. The evolution of Nickelback has proven that they won't fully stick to one genre.
The first song on the album is "Say Quentin" which is an excellent illustration of their comeback. It's written from the perspective of an inmate and it has a heavy metal sound to it which would make one think that the rest of the album would continue with that sound, but they would be wrong
"Skinny Little Missy" is not a song title that you would typically hear nowadays but to each their own. This track still continues the hard rock trend with a heavier tone.
The band does not stay on the same tone for too long. "Those Days" switches up the sound with the nostalgic pop-rock style of Nickelback. It sounds very similar to "Photograph" released in 2005.
Having nostalgic beats in their new music is a must considering they are most well-known for their album "All the Right Reasons" from 2005. If they were to change too much, they risk losing fans that liked the old Nickelback.
"High Time" changes the tone again with a country-rock sound. This track is a different style for Nickelback but they make it work.
"Vegas Bomb" brings back the typical Nickelback sound but it's missing something that would make the song stick. It's one of those tracks that won't be hard to forget.
"Tidal Wave" has a more delicate sound and speaks about love life and "Does Heaven Even Know You're Missing?" goes back to 2005 Nickelback vibes again with the acoustic guitar and nostalgic vocals while still bringing something new to the table.
"Steel Still Rusts," "Horizon" and "Standing In The Dark" are all classic Nickelback songs with catchy beats. They all sound fairly similar.
"Just One More" is a very well-put-together song but not the most pleasing way to close the album. They have more powerful songs that could've ended the album better.
Many people love to hate Nickelback, but they've had prominent success over the years. The album was the best it could be, but Nickelback is missing the vibrancy that it once had.
Kroeger sounds comfortable on this album even when slightly experimenting with some new sounds. The album is very diverse and all over the place which brings up the question if all of these songs belong in the same album.
Nickelback is still here and attempting to make a comeback but their old music will forever outshine anything else that they release no matter how hard they try.
Reviewer's Favorite Songs: "Horizon," "Just One More," "Those Days"
Reviewer's Least Favorite Song: "Vegas Bomb," "Steel Still Rusts," "High Time"
Brianna Cavalieri is a third-year majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact her, email bmc6284@psu.edu.
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Brianna Cavalieri is a third-year broadcast journalism student at Penn State University. She joined CommRadio in the Fall of 2022 and has written multiple articles for the Arts and Entertainment department. She has also contributed to the Pulse of Penn State talk show in the news department. She has shadowed with 93.3 FLZ, a radio station in Tampa, Florida, owned by iHeartMedia and her future goals consist of working in news or radio.


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FAQ s- Competition Law in Israel
Published on : 05 Mar 2021
FAQs - Competition Law in Israel
Q1. What is the outline of Israel's Competition Law?
The Economic Competition Statute, 5748-1988 (the Law) is Israel's primary antitrust law, with the aim of preventing damage to competition and the general public. The law lays down the substantive principles that apply to a variety of trade restrictions (restrictive arrangements, mergers, monopolies, concerted groups and official importers).
The Law also contains regulations governing the structure and powers of the Israeli Competition Authority (ICA), its inspector general (the Director General), and the Competition Tribunal (the Tribunal), as well as procedural rules that relate to cases brought before each of them.
Trends in recent years have included:
strengthening the ICA's position;
increasing regulatory and criminal compliance, as well as the ICA's emphasis on its advisory capacity within the government; and
increasing civil "follow-on" class actions against foreign cartels.
The Israeli parliament adopted a major change to the Law on January 1, 2019. The amendment made significant and substantive changes to the Law's terminology, including key provisions relating to the Israeli monopoly control regime, the Israeli merger control regime, the Law's compliance mechanisms, and more, as outlined below. The amended Law also includes a terminological change: the word "restrictive trade practices" has been replaced with "competition." As a result, instead of being known as the Restrictive Trade Practices Law, the Law became known as the Economic Competition Law.
Q2. What changes have been made to Israel's competition law recently?
On 1 January 2019, Parliament passed a bipartisan amendment to the Economic Competition Law as a government-sponsored bill advocated by the Israel Antitrust Authority (now called the Israel Competition Authority (ICA)).
The amendment affects almost all of the major chapters of the Economic Competition Law, including:
the regulation of restrictive agreements;
the merger control regime;
monopoly regulation; and
Criminal and regulatory compliance steps.
Q3. What are the most significant improvements in Israel's monopoly regulation?
Prior to the amendment, the only way to determine whether a company had a dominant position (monopoly) was to look at its market share. Any company that owned more than half of a specific product market was considered a monopoly, and was therefore subject to anticompetitive unilateral behaviour prohibitions (similar to Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union). Any company with a market share of less than 50% was excluded from the monopoly chapter's application and from the special duties placed on monopolies.
The amendment keeps the market share-based concept of a monopoly, which means that any company with a market share of more than 50% is considered a monopoly. It has, however, broadened the concept by including a market power test. According to the amendment, a company will be classified as a monopoly even though its market share is less than 50% if it has "major market control" in a specific product market.
The ICA published draft guidelines on the definition of' significant market power' on 3 February 2019, outlining a number of factors to consider, including:
an undertaking's actual market share the number of competitors active in the same market;
the importance of a specific product or brand for retailers' inventory; and
the presence of entry and expansion barriers in the market.
The ICA also stated that before the final version of the guidelines is released, it would not take compliance actions based on unilateral behaviour by undertakings that may be subject to the provisions of the monopoly chapter following the amendment.
Many businesses, particularly those with a significant market position, will have to rethink their business strategies and conduct (especially pricing behaviour) as a result of the market power test.
Furthermore, the ICA's guidelines address "collective domination" conditions, making it easier to apply monopoly limits to market players in oligopolistic markets.
Q4. What are the most significant amendments to Israel's merger control laws?
The Israeli merger control system prohibits the acquisition of more than a quarter of:
a company's outstanding shares;
a company's voting rights;
rights to name company directors; or o rights to a company's earnings.
The obligation to inform and obtain consent for a merger agreement is subject to certain notification thresholds, and the amendment has made significant adjustments to both this and the merger control review procedure.
since 1999, the turnover threshold has been increased to account for the increase in the gross domestic product (the last time the turnover threshold was revised). If the combined turnover of the merging parties (on a group basis) is NIS360 million (approximately $100 million), the merger filing condition is now triggered. This is a major improvement from the previous threshold of NIS150 million (roughly $41 million). The additional requirement that at least two of the merging parties have separate turnover of at least NIS10 million (approximately $2.7 million) has been retained; however, the ICA has stated that this amount could be increased in the future.
The merger control regime has been extended to registered non-profit organizations.
The ICA commissioner now has the power to extend the existing 30-day legislative timeline for merger control analysis to 150 calendar days at his or her discretion. A rational administrative decision by the commissioner is required for such an extension, obviating the need for the ICA to obtain the consent of the merging parties or approval from the Competition Tribunal (previously, the Antitrust Tribunal). Although this move is unlikely to have a significant impact on complex merger transactions, which were previously subject to lengthy approval periods and extensions, it is unclear how it would affect less complicated transactions, which were typically reviewed in a comparatively expedited manner.
Q5. What are the most significant amendments to Israel's competition law enforcement of restrictive agreements?
Restrictive agreements are made between businesses that can harm competition (as well as certain types of horizontal agreements). Entering into a restrictive agreement is forbidden unless it:
falls under a statutory exemption;
falls under a block exemption; or
is approved by the Competition Tribunal or exempted from the approval provision by the ICA commissioner.
Exemptions for restrictive arrangements have traditionally been written broadly, resulting in a large number of unique exemption requests from the ICA commissioner.
The amendment, when combined with the recent amendments to two basic block exemptions laws (the Block Exemption for Restraints Ancillary to Mergers and the Block Exemption for Joint Ventures), has incorporated far-reaching reforms in this regard, with a transition to a substantive self-assessment system for most types of restrictive arrangements.
The implementation of new block exemption rules in November 2018 marked the start of the transition to a self-assessment system. For otherwise legal agreements that did not meet the formal standards and technicalities previously needed for the use of most block exemptions, merging parties and joint venture partners were given a more versatile self-assessment process. The amendment aims to strengthen the ICA's ability to deter and sanction parties to anticompetitive agreements, in addition to removing an undue administrative burden on legitimate business practices.
To that end, the amendment gives the ICA more authority to levy administrative penalties (see below). Furthermore, regardless of the circumstances, the maximum prison term for entering into an illegal restrictive agreement has been extended from three to five years. Previously, the five-year punishment only extended to offenses committed in the presence of aggravating circumstances.
Q6. What major reforms have been made to Israel's competition law in terms of compliance measures?
Any violation of the Economic Competition Law is punishable by law. The ICA, on the other hand, usually performs criminal investigations and seeks indictments only when there are substantial or obvious breaches of the law (especially serious violations such as cartel arrangements and bid-rigging schemes). Other infractions of the legislation are generally dealt with administratively (primarily administrative fines since 2012).
The maximum financial administrative penalty limit for companies has been increased from NIS24.5 million (approximately $6.7 million) to NIS100 million (approximately $27.5 million), although the turnover-based cap of 8% of a group's turnover has remained unchanged. In the past, the ICA commissioner has gone beyond the formal financial penalty limit by combining several offenses stemming from the same factual basis. As a result, potential regulatory compliance proceedings could result in financial penalties of hundreds of millions of New Israeli shekels.
Q7. What is the Israel Competition Law's Mandatory Enforcement Program?
Corporate officers (including active managers, general partners, and corporate officials in charge of the sector in which an infringement occurred) now face a new form of criminal responsibility under the amendment, which requires them to supervise and avoid breaches of the Economic Competition Law by the corporation.
Failure to comply with this obligation carries a maximum sentence of one year in prison. Furthermore, even though no breach of the law has occurred, corporate officers may now be held criminally liable, which is why this one-of-a-kind provision has been dubbed "a mandatory enforcement programme clause" by local practitioners.
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Eye On Detroit - dPOP and City YearHome to a treehouse nook, innovative maps and comfortable furniture, this space will be used as a base for City Year AmeriCorps members to mentor students, collaborate and innovate together. City Year helps students and schools succeed. Fueled by national service, City Year partners with public schools to provide research-based support to help students stay in school and on track to graduate while becoming ready for college and career success. In 2018-2019, 91 City Year AmeriCorps members are serving in 10 schools in Detroit, reaching more than 6,500 elementary, middle and high school students during the school year. Since 2013, dPOP has been transforming workplaces across the country into authentically creative, collaborative and culture-focused environments. Exercising an elevated understanding of office functionality, sustainability and wellness, dPOP designers leverage analytics and research to deliver immersive brand experiences while optimizing operations and productivity.
Family Feud Question of the Day 4/26/19Here's today's Family Feud Question of the Day.


I had a lot of fun selecting the fabrics for this flower, some of them jump out at you and say "pick me" whereas other fabrics just sit quietly in the background until you notice them.
A very beautiful flower Pip!! Love your fabrics and the fussy cutted pieces.
I hear music coming from this block...makes me want to dance with this vibrant lady! 12 varying fabrics? It must have been fun choosing them. I adore the purple splash.
wow, your new strategy must be working,very quick. This is really lovely. I love how you have placed the fabrics making the best of each design.
Most definitely....a good daylight lamp is essential for working at night. Maybe they costalota,but cheap, in comparison to saving our eyes for many more projects.
Ive had to put my Lollypops aside for a few weeks to make a pieced quilt for a wedding gift,but continue to read and enjoy all of the Glorious Applique sites.These inspired me to commence my Kim Mc Lean quilt.I love your strong colours Pip.


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Good Morning all you lovely crafters, it's time to announce the winners of our June Bingo theme. As always there were some stunning entries and a great big thank you to everyone for joining in the fun.
Huge congratulations, pleas mail me brenda@ibas.co.uk with your full postal addy.
Well done to you all, fabulous work, please go grab our Top 3 logo to display on you own blogs.
I will be back bright and early tomorrow with our July challenge, see you all then.
Good Morning to you all, it's time to announce our new challenge, but before I do that I need to explain that our May winners will be announced a little late...............my fault entirely, we booked a very late holiday deal and of course in my excitement I totally forgot leaving at the end of month was not the ideal time, so I will post them as soon as I can when I get home on 12th June.
As always there's new things popping up at the shop to feed our crafty addiction, you will always find them in the What's New section here and it's always worth keeping an eye on the Specials section here, at the moment there are lots of special offers on Hero Arts stamps.
It's can be used as a big kit to do your own calendar with, but it can equally be used in parts in several smaller projects.
As always the DT have come up with some fabulously inspirational pieces for work, I hope you will pop along to their individual bogs and see how they created their cards and you can click on the thumbnails below to check out some of the products they used.
Now it's over to you, have fun with out Bingo grid and we look forward to seeing all your lovely creations.


4 ply sock yarn Regia.
75% Superwash wool, 25% Polyamide.
Self patterning 4 ply sock yarn from Regia. 75% Superwash wool, 25% Polyamide.
These Granny square samples are 9cm (3½ inches) and were made using a size 4mm crochet hook.
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This kit includes a selection of 12 DMC 8m yarn skeins. Makes 8-10 Granny squares depending on crochet style.
This kit includes a selection of 12 colours of DMC 8m yarn skeins. Makes 8-10 Granny squares depending on crochet style.
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Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values
Data, artificial intelligence, and other health technologies
Deliberation, engagement and values in health
Responding to public health risks, pandemics and emergencies
Reducing harm and waste in healthcare
Our research into health and big data
The ACHEEV Team talks about the relationship between health and Big Data
Annette Braunack-Mayer [00:00:03] Every day we produce large amounts of information about ourselves through our interactions with government agencies in ACHEEV we're exploring what governments should be allowed to do with our data, who they can share it with
Belinda Fabrianesi [00:00:16] and what ordinary people in our community think about these questions.
Jackie Street [00:00:20] To take one example, health departments should be able to use our own information to provide appropriate treatment for all of us. But at the same time, I think most people believe that health departments should be able to combine everyone's information to improve services and the health system as a whole.
Rebecca Bosward [00:00:37] But what about combining everyone's hospital records with their education records or housing information
Belinda Fabrianesi [00:00:43] or giving our data to a pharmaceutical company to develop new drugs or to monitor the safety of drugs that are already available?
Annette Braunack-Mayer [00:00:50] And the whole field of big data is changing so rapidly that there will be new uses for our data, new organisations and people to share it with and even new data sets we hadn't thought of using.
Rebecca Bosward [00:01:01] It's not surprising that some people are concerned about using government data in this way. We could lose control over where or how our personal information is stored, and this could lead to a potential violation of our privacy.
Jackie Street [00:01:13] Our research suggests that people mostly worry about discrimination and embarrassment if their personal details were revealed. And this has the potential to undermine the public trust in the service providers and the system as a whole.
Annette Braunack-Mayer [00:01:27] So we're asking community members what they think about these issues, and we're feeding the information back to the agencies who make decisions about data sharing.
This theme focuses on how data, and technologies like artificial intelligence, will change our health futures.
Data is now at the centre of human lives. Data allow humans to visualise, measure, monitor, intervene, predict, plan, communicate and much more. We all generate masses of data every day—whether we know it or not—and these data are valuable to many different interests. From data, developers are building artificial intelligence-powered technologies designed to support or replace human workers in healthcare systems. Health services have always involved technologies of some kind—ranging from ancient tools to modern imaging machines—but healthcare artificial intelligence, built on healthcare data, promises a new and transformative kind of health technology.
This raises big questions: not least, can the promised benefits of data use and new technologies ever be delivered? And if they are, what harms might they also cause, and who will be harmed? Using innovative social and deliberative research methods, and ethics and social science analysis, we generate new frameworks and recommendations that reflect what matters to patients and communities, to make health data use and health technology better.
Our goal is to produce new ways of thinking that will reduce harm, increase benefit and promote justice in health data use and health technology.
The algorithm will see you now: ethical, legal and social implications of adopting machine learning systems for diagnosis and screening.
Artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance breast cancer screening: Early detection of interval cancers, economic impact and women's perspectives
The ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of using artificial intelligence (AI) in health and social care.
Integrated Futures for the use of Motorised Mobility Devices
Professor Stacy Carter
Dr Yves Aquino
Dr Chris Degeling
Professor Annette Braunack-Mayer
Associate Professor Lei Wang
Associate Professor Khin Than Win
Lucy Carolan
Professor Nehmat Houssami (University of Sydney)
Dr Bernadette Richards (University of Adelaide)
Susannah Sage-Jacobson (Adelaide)
Wendy Rogers (Macquarie)
Maame Esi Woode (Monash)
Machine learning systems—algorithms or forms of artificial intelligence (AI)—are increasingly able to contribute to, or even take over, diagnostic and screening tasks.
This project responds to the need to prepare for the ethical, legal and social implications of diagnostic and screening AI.
Our team includes ethicists, social scientists, lawyers, clinicians, public health academics, health economists and data scientists.
We will focus on two cases where machine learning is well-developed: breast cancer and cardiovascular disease. This multi-method project engages with diverse stakeholders to understand, from their perspectives, what is happening and what should happen in diagnostic and screening machine learning technology.
We are interviewing a wide range of stakeholders, holding dialogue groups with service users, conducting discrete choice experiments, running community juries with members of the public, and undertaking fundamental ethical and legal research.
Based on this we will develop strategies to address the ethical, legal and social implications of diagnostic and screening AI.
NHMRC Ideas Grant 1181960, 2020-2023, $823,476.40
The ethical, legal and social implications of using artificial intelligence systems in breast cancer care
Reporting of screening and diagnostic AI rarely acknowledges ethical, legal, and social implications: a mass media frame analysis
Clinician checklist for assessing suitability of machine learning applications in healthcare
This multi-phase project applies, for the first time worldwide, cutting-edge AI technology to 'real world' breast cancer screening practice. Colleagues at Curtin and the University of Sydney will conduct a novel comparison of AI and human readers using datasets that are representative of screening populations, and will conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis of using AI in breast cancer screening. At ACHEEV, we will run dialogue groups with women about how AI should be incorporated into breast screening program design, and what factors make the use of AI more or less acceptable to women
Dr Luke Marinovich (Curtin University), Professor Nehmat Houssami (University of Sydney)
National Breast Cancer Foundation Investigator-Initiated Research Scheme. 2020-2022, $822,561.28
Scarlet Wilcock (University of Sydney)
Senior Professor David Steel
Pauline O'Shaughnessy
Sebastian Isbanner
AI has been widely used in industries including finance, marketing, communications, human resources and policing. It is now making its way into other sectors including health care and social services. Few researchers have investigated what people think about the adoption of AI. This project employs a novel survey methodology to examine whether Australians support or oppose the adoption of AI in health and social services, and what aspects of AI implementation they think are most important.
2019-2020 ($49,239), University of Wollongong Global Challenges Project Grant
Dr Theresa Harada
Professor Gordon Waitt
Dr Thomas Birtchnell
Our aim in this project is to increase knowledge about the experiences of users or motorised mobility devices (MMDs), and the everyday meanings of MMDs for users. The project is designed to provide empirical evidence that will be useful in informing planning and policy agendas in transport, disability, health, infrastructure planning, and the types of MMDs designed and sold in the future. This is a multi-stage project: ACHEEV researchers will lead a deliberative engagement with MMD users in relation to a future urban planning project, as a practical experiment in inclusive participatory planning.
ATSA
Let's all move together
ARC Linkage LP180100913. 2019-2022. $356,000


"ju-das strain, n. A scientific term for an organism that drives an entire species to extinction"
A master at combining historical and scientific intrigue with cutting-edge adventure, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Map of Bones" and "Black Order" James Rollins returns with his most relentless, high-octane thriller to date--a terrifying story of an ancient menace reborn to plague the modern world . . . and of an impossible hope that lies hidden in the most shocking place imaginable: "within the language of angels."
From the depths of the Indian Ocean, a horrific plague has arisen to devastate humankind--a disease that's unknown, unstoppable . . . and deadly. But it is merely a harbinger of the doom that is to follow.
Aboard a cruise liner transformed into a makeshift hospital, Dr. Lisa Cummings and Monk Kokkalis--operatives of the shadowy covert organization SIGMA Force--search for answers to the bizarre affliction that has inexplicably washed ashore. But there are others with far less altruistic intentions. In a savage and sudden coup, terrorists hijack the vessel, turning a mercy ship into a floating bio-weapons lab.
At a Fourth of July celebration a world away, SIGMA's commander Gray Pierce thwarts the murderous schemes of a beautiful assassin--a would-be killer who holds the first clue to the discovery of a possible cure. With the fate of every man, woman, and child on Earth hanging in the balance, Pierce joins forces with the woman who wanted him dead, and together they embark upon an astonishing quest--one that winds through Venetian tombs, Byzantine cathedrals, and jungle-encrusted ruins--following the trail of the most fabled explorer in history: "Marco Polo."
But time is an enemy as a worldwide pandemic grows rapidly out of control. And as a relentless madman dogs their every step, Pierce and his unlikely ally are being pulled into an astonishing mystery buried deep in antiquity and in humanity's genetic code. And as the seconds tick closer to doomsday, Pierce will realize he can truly trust no one--not the bewitching enigma who runs at his side or even those who are closest to him--for any one of them could be . . . "a Judas."