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EHR Adoption: U.S. Remains The Slow Poke
American doctors are rapidly jumping on the e-highway, but lag behind several developed nations. A Commonwealth Fund executive says the gap is closing rapidly, though.
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Two-thirds (69%) of U.S. primary care physicians reported using electronic health records (EHRs) in 2012, compared to 46% in 2009, according to a recent survey of doctors in 10 countries by the Commonwealth Fund, which published its report in the policy journal Health Affairs. That's a 50% jump in adoption -- but the U.S. still lags Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and the U.K., all of which have EHR adoption rates above 90%.
Moreover, just 27% of American doctors said they had EHRs with "multifunctional" capabilities. That's a far lower percentage than in other countries such as the U.K. (68%), Australia (60%), and New Zealand (59%), but higher than in Canada (10%), France (6%), Germany (7%), Norway (2%) and Switzerland (7%). The Netherlands was roughly comparable to the U.S. at 33%.
To measure EHR capabilities, the researchers asked physicians about electronic functions in four categories: The generation of patient information, such as lists of patients' medications; the generation of patient registry and panel information, such as a list of patients due for preventive care; order entry management, such as electronic prescribing; and decision support, such as alerts about potential adverse drug interactions. To be counted as a user of a multifunctional EHR, a practice had to report that its system had at least two functions in each of these four domains.
The adoption of multifunctional EHRs by U.S. primary care physicians was roughly similar to that of all doctors in other surveys. For example, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in its latest survey that 57% of office-based physicians said they had an EHR, but only 34% said they had a system that met the CDC's criteria for a "basic EHR."
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Nevertheless, the U.S. is quickly closing the gap with other advanced countries and might even "leapfrog above the other countries," said Cathy Schoen, senior VP of policy, research, and evaluation at the Commonwealth Fund, in an interview with InformationWeek Healthcare.
"What I think is notable is how few countries have broad functionality across all the four areas we looked at," she said. "The countries that brought in electronic health records very early have been layering on functions. So we have the potential, because of Meaningful Use and the EHR standards, of moving faster as we move forward. Because we've got the advantage of looking at what the other countries already have, and how can we do it better. So this lag won't exist for that long."
Some nations have moved ahead faster on multifunctional EHRs because of how their healthcare systems or physicians are organized, Schoen noted. For example, New Zealand asked physicians what they were looking for and solicited bids and negotiated rates with EHR vendors around the world. When the Dutch GP association decided it was time for the country's primary care doctors -- who are mostly in small practices -- to get EHRs, they also negotiated with the vendors. And the National Health Service in the U.K. not only told vendors what it wanted but also told British primary care doctors what the government would provide to them.
Although New Zealand, the Netherlands and Switzerland are further ahead in health information exchange, the ability of doctors to exchange clinical summaries and lab results electronically "is not yet the norm in any country," the report said. The percentage of doctors who said they had this capability ranged from 14% in Canada to 55% in New Zealand, with the U.S halfway in between at 31%.
Health information exchange is still a big challenge around the world, Schoen said, "because it's pretty hard to do." HIE requires a lot of standardization in software structures and terminologies, she noted. In addition, medical specialties have different priorities in the types of information they want to exchange.
Another commonality across the 10 countries, the report found, was the low level of communication between primary care doctors and specialists and hospitals. The researchers did not find a correlation between the percentage of multifunctional EHR capability in a particular nation and the level of communications among providers, Schoen said, although there was some correlation in that respect in integrated delivery systems such as Kaiser Permanente.
Overall, the U.S. ranked low on patient access to primary care. Financial barriers were higher and access to after-hours care was lower here than elsewhere, the report found. However, patient electronic access to U.S. primary care practices fell in the middle of the international pack. Thirty-four percent of U.S. doctors reported that patients could e-mail them about questions of concerns; 30% allowed patients to request appointments or referrals online; and 36% refilled prescriptions online.
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re: EHR Adoption: U.S. Remains The Slow Poke
This comes at no surprise for me. With the political, legal and overall size barriers of our medical industry it's only natural that it would take longer to adopt EHR. Given those barriers, I feel the US has done a great job with the adoption and it won't be long until we're top in terms of adoption rates. It likely much easier to roll out EHR with a national healthcare system like the UK than with independent and private providers like here in the US.
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An Order of Chinese Food Kickstarted This Man's Dramatic 350-Pound Weight Loss
"It was a messed up way to look at it, but I thought, 'Maybe this is a sign.'"
By Stacey Leasca
Zach Moore
At 33 years old, Zach Moore was convinced he was going to die. And really, as a smoker who also weighed in at 500 pounds, he was probably right. Though he tried many times before to regain his health, nothing worked. That is, until fate stepped in and gave him a bout of food poisoning that led to a 360-pound weight loss.
It wasn't that Moore had set out to be that big—who does? But his story, like many others, started with a slow creep on the scale. Throughout his entire adult life, Moore explained, he lived off packaged and fried foods. That unhealthy lifestyle only escalated when his wife became pregnant with their son.
"She was eating for two and I was eating for three," Moore says. But in December of 2013, a few years after his son was born, Moore found himself sitting with his family and reading a book to his child. By that time, he had both high blood pressure and diabetes, all of which put him on the path to either a heart attack or a stroke. His wife took a video of the moment, which should have been a happy one. But, when Moore looked at the video, he was horrified by what he saw.
"That's when it all hit me," Moore said. "I was looking at my wife, looking at my kid, and realized, I'm 500 pounds, and people that big don't live that long, and I wanted to watch my son grow up." He wanted to get healthy, but he he didn't even know where to begin. His takeout habit, it turned out, decided for him.
"I got food poisoning from eating orange chicken right around New Year's Day," he says. "I ate the whole container on the way home because I was fat and I liked to do that. And sure enough, I was the only one that got sick. Nobody else in the house got sick." All week, Moore suffered. It got so bad that he was hospitalized for eight days. But there was one positive side effect: He was dropping weight—fast.
"It was a messed up way to look at it, but I thought, 'Maybe this is a sign. The numbers are going in the right direction,'" he says.
After he felt better, Moore decided it was time to kick a few of his other unhealthy eating habits for good. He started by reducing his meat intake by only eating "birds and fish" and no red meat. Next, he cut out processed foods. And, as he explains, he decided that everything he ate "had to come from the Earth."
In March 2014, Moore decided to take it one step further by undergoing gastric bypass surgery. Though his surgery wasn't without complications, he was able to pull through. On the first day post-op, Moore took 42 steps. From there, he just kept walking.
Instead of implementing a hardcore workout routine, Moore stuck to walking around his property and his town, kicking things up a notch until his he was walking a few miles a day. Following his surgery, Moore also stuck to a low calorie and high protein diet consisting of egg whites, lean meats, and snacks like cottage cheese.
"I pretty much said, this is my new life. This is me," he says. "If I want to help my wife and my son, I need to help myself." Through this efforts, Moore lost an astounding 300 pounds in a single year.
Now 38, Moore, who currently sits at 152 pounds, is keeping it all off by maintaining his active day-to-day life. He's thrown out all the televisions in his home and continues to walk every day. He tries to incorporate healthy foods and routines that the rest of his family can enjoy, too. But he still faces occasional struggles.
Moore went through a multitude of corrective surgeries that his weight gain caused, including a knee replacement and a protruding hernia. There are other things he needs to work on, too, Moore says—like the way he sees himself in the mirror, his evolving relationship with food, and even physical items his weight once wreaked havoc on.
"You leave a lot of shadows behind," he says. "My bed broke, my couch broke, the shocks on my car are shot. The life of that human is left behind and there's just so many little things that still, even five years later, I have to go back and clean up."
Even as he continues to fight these battles, Moore couldn't be happier with the outcome—one set off by a bad plate of orange chicken. As for others in his position, Moore doesn't want to spout platitudes about calorie counting, the merits of surgery, or even a specific workout routine—he knows weight loss is personal. Instead, he prefers to keep his advice simple: "Just keep going."
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## Setup

In order to use the google-cloud-ruby console and run the project's tests, there is a
small amount of setup:

1. Install Ruby.
    google-cloud-ruby requires Ruby 2.4+. You may choose to manage your Ruby and gem installations with [RVM](https://rvm.io/), [rbenv](https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv), or [chruby](https://github.com/postmodern/chruby).

2. Install [Bundler](http://bundler.io/).

    ```sh
    $ gem install bundler
    ```

3. Install the top-level project dependencies.

    ```sh
    $ bundle install
    ```

4. Install the dependencies for each package.

    ```sh
    $ bundle exec rake bundleupdate
    ```

## Console

In order to run code interactively, you can automatically load google-cloud-ruby and
its dependencies in IRB with:

```sh
$ bundle exec rake console
```

## Tests

Tests are very important part of google-cloud-ruby. All contributions should include tests that ensure the contributed code behaves as expected.

To run the unit tests, documentation tests, and code style checks together for a package:

``` sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ bundle exec rake ci
```

To run the command above, plus all acceptance tests, use `rake ci:acceptance` or its handy alias, `rake ci:a`.

### Unit Tests

The project uses the [minitest](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest) library, including [specs](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest#specs), [mocks](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest#mocks) and [minitest-autotest](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest-autotest).

To run the unit tests for a package:

``` sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ bundle exec rake test
```

### Documentation Tests

The project tests the code examples in the each gem's [YARD]()-based documentation.

The example testing functions in a way that is very similar to unit testing, and in fact the library providing it, [yard-doctest](https://github.com/p0deje/yard-doctest), is based on the project's unit test library, [minitest](https://github.com/seattlerb/minitest).

To run the documentation tests for a package:

``` sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ bundle exec rake doctest
```

 If you add, remove or modify documentation examples when working on a pull request, you may need to update the setup for the tests. The stubs and mocks required to run the tests are located in `support/doctest_helper.rb` for each package. Please note that much of the setup is matched by the title of the [`@example`](http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/yard/file/docs/Tags.md#example) tag. If you alter an example's title, you may encounter breaking tests.

### Acceptance Tests

The google-cloud-ruby acceptance tests interact with the live service API (or APIs) for each package, including:

* BigQuery
* Cloud Datastore
* Cloud DNS
* Cloud Pub/Sub
* Cloud Storage

Follow the instructions in the [Authentication guide](AUTHENTICATION.md) for enabling APIs. Some of the APIs may not yet be generally available, making it difficult for some contributors to successfully run the entire acceptance test suite. However, please ensure that you do successfully run acceptance tests for any code areas covered by your pull request.

To run the acceptance tests, first create and configure a project in the Google Developers Console, as described in the [Authentication guide](AUTHENTICATION.md). Be sure to download the JSON KEY file. Make note of the PROJECT_ID and the KEYFILE location on your system.

#### Datastore acceptance tests

To run the Datastore acceptance tests, you must first create indexes used in the tests.

##### Datastore indexes

Install the [gcloud command-line tool](https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/gcloud/) and use it to create the indexes used in the datastore acceptance tests. From the project's root directory:

``` sh
# Install the app component
$ gcloud components update app

# Set the default project in your env
$ gcloud config set project PROJECT_ID

# Authenticate the gcloud tool with your account
$ gcloud auth login

# Create the indexes
$ gcloud datastore create-indexes acceptance/data/index.yaml

# Create the indexes for datastore samples
$ gcloud datastore create-indexes google-cloud-datastore/samples/index.yaml
```

#### DNS Acceptance Tests

To run the DNS acceptance tests you must give your service account permissions to a domain name in [Webmaster Central](https://www.google.com/webmasters/verification) and set the `GCLOUD_TEST_DNS_DOMAIN` environment variable to the fully qualified domain name. (e.g. "example.com.")

#### Running the acceptance tests

To run the acceptance tests for a package:

``` sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ bundle exec rake acceptance[PROJECT_ID,KEYFILE_PATH]
```

Or, if you prefer you can store the values in the `GCLOUD_TEST_PROJECT` and `GCLOUD_TEST_KEYFILE` environment variables:

``` sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ export GCLOUD_TEST_PROJECT=my-project-id
$ export GCLOUD_TEST_KEYFILE=/path/to/keyfile.json
$ bundle exec rake acceptance
```

If you want to use different values for Datastore vs. Storage acceptance tests, for example, you can use the `DATASTORE_TEST_` and `STORAGE_TEST_` environment variables:

``` sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ export DATASTORE_TEST_PROJECT=my-project-id
$ export DATASTORE_TEST_KEYFILE=/path/to/keyfile.json
$ export STORAGE_TEST_PROJECT=my-other-project-id
$ export STORAGE_TEST_KEYFILE=/path/to/other/keyfile.json
$ bundle exec rake acceptance
```

### Integration Tests

The google-cloud-ruby integration tests are end-to-end tests that validate library functionality on real Google Cloud Platform hosting environments. The integration process deploys several Rack-based applications to Google Cloud Platform one by one, then validates google-cloud-ruby code by making requests to these test applications.

See the [integration/README.md](integration/README.md) for instructions on how to setup for the integration tests and other details.

To run the integration tests:
```sh
$ bundle exec rake integration
```

## Coding Style

Please follow the established coding style in the library. The style is is largely based on [The Ruby Style Guide](https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide) with a few exceptions based on seattle-style:

* Avoid parenthesis when possible, including in method definitions.
* Always use double quotes strings. ([Option B](https://github.com/bbatsov/ruby-style-guide#strings))

You can check your code against these rules by running Rubocop like so:

```sh
$ cd <package-name>
$ bundle exec rake rubocop
```

## Code of Conduct

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After reversal in Baylor rape conviction, woman's father says ruling enables victim blaming
Filed under Baylor at Mar 2017
Sarah Mervosh, Investigative Reporter
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Updated at 3:33 p.m.: Revised to include comment from Ukwuachu's lawyer and the woman's father
A Waco appeals court has overturned the sexual assault conviction of Sam Ukwuachu, the former Baylor football player whose case helped bring the university's sexual assault scandal to light, and ordered that he be given a new trial.
Ukwuachu was sentenced to six months in jail and 10 years of probation in August 2015 for sexually assaulting a former Baylor women's soccer player.
He won his appeal to the 10th Court of Appeals on Wednesday, when the three-justice panel ruled that he deserved a new trial because the original trial court improperly excluded some text messages from evidence.
If convicted a second time, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna vowed to appeal the decision to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest court for criminal cases.
"We will continue to fight on behalf of our victim and her family," he said in a statement Thursday. He added: "I am extremely confident in the decisions made by our prosecutors and the rulings made by" the trial judge, Matt Johnson.
Baylor sex assault scandal: Everything you need to know to understand what happened
Ukwuachu's lawyer, William Bratton III, said Thursday he was "really pleased" by the ruling. Though the justices focused on the text message issue, he raised several other issues with the appeals court and said he's confident those "backup" issues would weigh in his favor in any further appeal.
While there is the potential for Ukwuachu to receive a harsher sentence if convicted again, he said, "Sam was convinced that in a fair trial, he doesn't need to worry about that."
John Clune, a lawyer who represented the woman in resolving her complaints against Baylor, called it a "bad ruling" and released a statement on behalf of the woman's father.
The father said he was "disheartened" by the court order, which he said enables victim blaming by implying that "even the mere suggestion of prior sexual contact equals consent for future encounters." That is not the law, he said, but "that is the message that will linger."
He said the court's decision further harms his daughter, "someone who bravely stood up to a person to whom she never consented."
The text messages in question were between the woman and a friend immediately before and after the time the woman said the sexual assault occurred.
The woman texted her friend to say that she and Ukwuachu were not coming to a homecoming party. After a short break, the ruling said, the woman texted that Ukwuachu had "basically raped" her.
During the 2015 trial, the judge allowed prosecutors to present text messages from after the alleged assault, but prohibited earlier texts under a rule that says evidence about a victim's past sexual behavior is not allowed.
Sam Ukwuachu (left) appeared at the appeals court with his attorney, William Bratton III, last month. (Jerry Lawson./Waco Tribune-Herald)
But the appellate court wrote that the texts "were made immediately prior to the offense and appeared to potentially relate to prior occasions where the victim and Ukwuachu had engaged in some type of sexual conduct."
The messages should have been included in their entirety, the court ruled, because they were central to the defense's argument that the sex was consensual. After reviewing the messages, the court ruled that they "were not particularly graphic nor did they paint the victim in a negative light."
The court said it could not be sure that excluding the text messages did not affect the jury's decision, "especially when considered with the other alleged errors in the trial."
A Baylor investigation had previously cleared Ukwuachu, according to trial testimony.
A spokeswoman for the university declined to comment on his disciplinary record, citing student privacy. She said he has not attended classes at Baylor since the summer of 2015.
ESPN reported that Ukwuachu had maintained his innocence in a series of emails in recent months. In one February email, he wrote to ESPN: "Im smart enough to know when ive been screwed over and im smart enough to get to the bottom of things and thats what ive been doing for the past year."
Ukwuachu was the second Baylor football player to be convicted of sexual assault in two years, and his case prompted the university to hire an outside law firm to review its handling of assault allegations.
The investigation found that Baylor had institution-wide failures in its response to sexual assault, including in its athletics program.
At least 19 football players have been accused of sexual or physical assault, including four gang rapes, since 2011, the school has said. One estimate — included in a lawsuit filed against Baylor this year — alleges that figure could be much higher, with as many as 31 football players committing 52 acts of rape between 2011 and 2014.
New Baylor lawsuit alleges 52 rapes by football players in 4 years, 'show 'em a good time' culture
Former Baylor defensive end Tevin Elliott is serving 20 years in prison for sexual assault after multiple women testified that he raped them. Former NFL draft prospect Shawn Oakman was charged with the sexual assault of a graduate student last year and is awaiting trial.
On the same day that the decision to overturn Ukwuachu's conviction came down, another former Baylor football player, Tre'Von Armstead, was arrested on a sexual assault charge related to a 2013 case.
Baylor is in the process of overhauling how it responds to sexual assault. It ousted its football coach, athletic director and university president last year and says it has implemented about three-fourths of the 105 recommendations laid out by a law firm that investigated the school.
A date for a new trial for Ukwuachu has not been set.
Complete coverage of the Baylor rape scandal


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Le président King Bradley est personnage fictif du manga Fullmetal Alchemist.

Manga
King Bradley est le chef du pays d'Amestris.
Il cache sa véritable identité qui est Wrath, l'homonculus ayant la capacité de vieillir. Son tatouage de l'ouroboros se situe sur son œil gauche.

En tant que Führer, King Bradley est une personne agréable et quelque peu loufoque, comme lorsqu'il va rendre visite à Ed à l'hôpital et qu'il s'en va par la fenêtre pour fuir ses gardes du corps.

King Bradley a un fils du nom de Selim qui voue une admiration envers l'alchimiste riquiqui comme il l'appelle, Edward Elric mais, on apprendra plus tard qu'il s'agit en fait de Pride, le premier des homonculus.
Dans le manga, il est victime d'un attentat organisé par les rebelles de Mustang : il est présumé mort.

Cependant, après que le coup d'État de Mustang ait apparemment réussi, il fait un retour fracassant en le signalant sur la radio commune des militaires, en arrivant par la Grande Porte au Quartier Général de Central occupé et en détruisant le tank qui le gardait.
De plus il maitrise facilement Buccanner, Lin/Greed et même le vieux Fu ensemble. Il finira cependant par être transpercé par sa propre épée qu'il avait laissé bloqué dans le corps de Buccanner et que ce dernier utilisa pour le transpercer à travers Fu. Il tombera grièvement blessé dans les Douves et rejoindra le Docteur à la Dent d'Or et Pride pour forcer Mustang à ouvrir la Porte. Cela fait, son rôle est terminé et il reste derrière affronter Scar dans un combat final violent et sanglant. Il finira par être vaincu, aveuglé par le retour du soleil après l'éclipse qui ironiquement l'aveuglera, tel une punition du Dieu auquel il n'a jamais cru. Les deux mains tranchés, il réussira néanmoins à blesser gravement Scar. Il mourra, le sourire aux lèvres, content d'avoir eu la mort de soldat qu'il attendait.

Bradley est surement l'un des personnages les plus complexes et ambiguës du Manga. Élevé dans le seul but d'être Chef d'État et ayant eu sa vie calculée pendant les soixante années précédant la série, il accueille avec une joie non dissimulée l'arrivée des divers « perturbateurs » qui arrivent progressivement. On voit qu'il montre une sympathie authentique pour les sacrifices, auxquels il rend visite. Par exemple, sa visite chez Izumi prend vite un air de colonie de vacances à le voir, lui qui ne quitte que rarement Central. Il apporte une dose d'humour à l'hôpital où est interné Edward en faisant une visite surprise pleine de sous-entendu lorsqu'il dit qu'il a échappé pour une fois à la vigilance de ses gardes du corps. Il est même attachant lorsqu'il dit que la seule chose qu'il ait pu choisir, c'était sa femme, qui elle-même avait raconté quelques tomes avant comment ils s'étaient rencontrés (« C'était un tel goujat que je l'ai giflé »).
Cependant, il reste fidèle à Father, et possède parfois un côté effrayant, notamment de par ses habilités physiques surhumaines qui lui permettent de massacrer Greed et sa bande sans leur laisser la possibilité de lui donner un coup. Il n'hésite pas non plus à utiliser la menace psychologique en prenant Winry et Riza en otage pour s'assurer de la coopération de Mustang et Edward. Il refuse toute concession dans le conflit d'Ishbal et méprise totalement les concepts comme Dieu. C'est dans ces occasions que l'on peut sentir qu'il est en premier lieu Wrath, la Colère.
C'est en tant que tel et humain qu'il a du mal à supporter la tutelle de Father et Pride. Comme la Colère, il est retenu et cela se ressent dans ses combats. Son combat final contre Scar est le résultat de sa propre volonté comme il le dit. Plus de lien, plus rien pour le retenir.
« J'ai vécu ma vie dans les limites des règles que l'on m'a imposé, mais grâce à vous, humains, jusqu'à la fin ce fut une belle vie, une vie qui en valait le coup. »

Anime

Dans le premier anime, King Bradley est Pride et non pas Wrath, il se fera tuer par Roy Mustang qui, comme il le lui dit, n'en a rien à faire qu'il soit un homonculus puisque tout ce qui l'intéresse c'est de prendre sa place.

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Mask Fools Apple iPhone X's Face ID
Publish Date: Nov 13 2017 11:09AM
Updated Date: Nov 13 2017 11:09AM
A woman sets up her facial recognition as she looks at her Apple iPhone X at an Apple store in New York
Using a composite 3D-printed mask, a team of Vietnamese researchers claim to have fooled Apple's Face ID authentication system in "super-premium" iPhone X, stressing that face recognition is "not mature enough" to guarantee security for smartphones.
At iPhone X launch event, Apple's Senior Vice President Phil Schiller had claimed that Face ID can distinguish human's real face from masks, thanks to its artificial intelligence (AI).
Using a 3D printer, the team at Vietnamese security firm Bkav created a mask that cost them $150.
"Nose was made by a handmade artist. We use 2D printing for other parts (similar to how we tricked Face Recognition nine years ago). The skin was also hand-made to trick Apple's Artificial Intelligence," Bkav said in a blog post.
"The mask is crafted by combining 3D printing with makeup and 2D images, besides some special processing on the cheeks and around the face, where there are large skin areas, to fool AI of Face ID," said Ngo Tuan Anh, Bkav's Vice President of Cyber Security.
The Bkav security experts who also posted a video on how they did this, said that Face ID can be fooled by mask, which means it is not an effective security measure.
In 2008, Bkav was the first company in the world to show that face recognition was not an effective security measure for laptops when Toshiba, Lenovo and Asus used this technology for their products.
"Many people in the world have tried different kinds of masks but all failed. It is because we understand how AI of Face ID works and how to bypass it," the firms said on its FAQ page.
"In the future, we might use smartphones with 3D scanning capabilities (like Sony XZ1); or set up a room with a 3D scanner, a few seconds is enough for the scanning (here's an example of a 3D scanning booth)," it added.
Face ID projects more than 30,000 invisible IR dots and claims to only unlocks iPhone X when customers look at it and is designed to prevent spoofing by photos or masks.
Apple's Face ID technology uses a TrueDepth camera system made up of a dot projector, infrared camera and flood illuminator, and is powered by A11 Bionic to accurately map and recognise a face.
According to the firm, the recognition mechanism is not as strict as one thinks and Apple seems to rely too much on Face ID's AI.
"We just need half a face to create the mask. It was even simpler than we ourselves had thought," Bkav said.
According to the firm, if exploited, Face ID can create problems.
"Potential targets shall not be regular users, but billionaires, leaders of major corporations, nation leaders and agents like FBI need to understand the Face ID's issue.
"Security units' competitors, commercial rivals of corporations, and even nations might benefit from our Proof of Concept," Bkav noted.
As for biometric security, fingerprint is the best, said the firm which discovered the first critical flaw in Google Chrome just days after its launch in 2008.
Ronit.R National Hill View Public School
Okay so face recognition is not completely safe .Bad news


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"The quality of our perceptions determines the quality of our judgement. Our judgement determines how we interact with the world.
How we interact with the world changes the world. So, the quality of our perceptions changes the world."


I just found a blog (in my link-hopping I did this afternoon) that is from Scotland. And there is a story there that the author has asked anyone reading it to pass along – to be read by others – a love story – and so I am passing it along to you.
February is the perfect month for this love story.


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INTERPREP ★ JULY 15, 2019
Audio • Bits & Breaks • Country Prep • Datebook • Datebook Tomorrow • Entertainment • Fun & Games • News & Nuggets • News Attack • Number for the Day • Television • Wacky-But-True • User's Guide Facebook Group
DATEBOOK: JULY 15, 2019
• Linda Ronstadt is 73
• Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington is 69
• Terry O'Quinn (Lost, West Wing, Alias) is 67
• Forest Whitaker is 58
• Brigitte Nielsen is 56
• TV personality Adam Savage is 52
• Scott Foley (Scandal, Felicity) is 47
• Brian Austin Green (Beverly Hills 90210) is 46
• Diane Kruger (National Treasure, Troy) is 43
• Laura Benanti (Law and Order: SVU) is 40
• Taylor Kinney (Chicago Fire) is 38
IT HAPPENED TODAY
• 1606: The painter Rembrandt was born in Leiden, Netherlands.
• 1979: President Jimmy Carter delivered a speech in which he lamented what he called a "crisis of confidence" in America. Though he didn't use the word, it became known as the "malaise" speech.
• 1992: Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton claimed the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in New York City.
• 1996: MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network, made its debut on cable TV and the Internet.
• 1997: In Miami, Florida, serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan gunned down Gianni Versace outside his home.
• 2002: "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh pleaded guilty to supplying aid to the enemy and for the possession of explosives during the commission of a felony.
• 2002: A Pakistani judge convicted four Islamic militants in the kidnap-slaying of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl.
• 2006: Twitter was launched.
• 2012: In Egypt, protesters threw tomatoes and shoes at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade.
• Be A Dork Day
• Gummi Worm Day
• Tapioca Pudding Day
• Get Out of the Doghouse Day
• Give Something Away Day
• July 16: Emmy nominations announced
• July 18: Comic-Con kicks off in San Diego
• July 28: Shark Week begins
• July 30: Second Democratic debate, in Detroit
• August 1: NFL pre-season begins
• August 1: Lollapalooza begins
• August 2: Sturgis Motorcycle Rally begins
• August 24: College football returns with two games: Florida vs. Miami and Arizona vs. Hawaii.
• September 2: Labor Day
• September 5: NFL season begins (Packers and Bears)
NUMBER FOR THE DAY
7: Percentage of water consumption used in households (in the U.S.). The other 93 percent goes to industrial use or farms.
NEWS ATTACK!
A city in the UK set a new world record when 664 people played hopscotch at the same time. [I didn't realize that you could still find 664 people who had even heard of hopscotch.]
A Wisconsin fire department received a mysterious Amazon package containing sexy lingerie. [Somewhere there's a guy on his honeymoon wondering what his wife is doing with heavy boots and a fireproof suit.]
Starbucks says it will stop selling newspapers in its cafes starting in September. [It's just phase one of their big modernization plan. Next, they plan to stop selling cassette tapes.]
With a special song on his latest album, Ed Sheeran finally confirms that he did indeed marry his longtime girlfriend. [I can't wait until the remix so we can find out if they have any kids.]
24/7 Wall St. has named Rochester, Minnesota as America's healthiest city. [In Rochester, potato chips are only available for purchase with a doctor's prescription.]
A woman in Florida was arrested after she posted video of herself waiting with her daughter at a medical center. Her daughter licks a tongue depressor then places in back in the container. [And you don't want to know what they did with the catheter.]
A reward of $38,000 is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the person or persons who killed a dolphin in Florida. [The dolphin was scheduled to testify against a powerful underworld crime lord.]
Europe is battling an infestation of caterpillars that have hair loaded with toxins. When they lose their hair, the hair floats through the air causing allergic reactions in people. [So, if you're going to Europe, be on the lookout for bald caterpillars.]
People in Siberia are racing to a lake to take selfies since toxic waste turned the water an unusually brilliant blue. People are saying that it reminds them of the water in the Pacific. [Or the water in the toilet bowl.]
A Houston man caught a fish with a snake wrapped around it. [Surf and turf.]
NEWS & NUGGETS
$700,000 SPACESUIT PRESERVATION _ The spacesuit worn by Neil Armstrong when he walked on the moon in 1969 is going back on display at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. this week (July 17) after a four-year, $700,000 preservation job. The airtight suit is made out of 21 layers of fabric, rubber, metal and fiberglass and designed to prevent punctures from micrometeorites. It was, however, only meant to last six months.
WE FEEL THE NEED TO TREAT OURSELVES THREE TIMES A WEEK _ The stresses, strains and achievements of modern life leave the typical adult feeling the need to treat themselves up to three times a week. Feeling sad, finishing a big project at work and getting stuck in traffic are among the main reasons for choosing a 'pick-me-up'.
… We treat ourselves with ice cream, a coffee drink, a manicure or pedicure, an upgrade to our usual adult beverage, some chocolate, or with the purchase of a new book.
THIS IS THE AGE WHEN WE MASTER THE ART OF BARBECUING _ If you're approaching the age of 40 and think life is nearly over, you're way off — especially if you're barbecue fan. According to a new study, we truly master the art of barbecuing at the age of 38. This point we are able to successfully grill a burger without turning it into charcoal, cook a brat without it being pink in the middle, and grill a veggie kebab to perfection.
AMAZON PRIME DAY _ Amazon's Prime Day started at midnight (Monday morning) and runs through Tuesday. The massive sale for Prime members began 2015, when Amazon had a sale to celebrate its 20th birthday.
… Even if you're not a Prime member you can still take advantage of the deals by signing up for a 30-day trial. After you've shopped, go to your account and cancel Prime so your card isn't charged.
… Even if you're a lapsed Prime member and you can't get the free trial, signing up for a one-month membership may be worthwhile, depending on what Prime Day deals you want to take advantage of.
BOY SLIPS THROUGH SECURITY TO BOARD BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT TO L.A. _ Police at London's Heathrow Airport are investigating how a 12-year-old boy slipped through security and managed to board a British Airways flight to Los Angeles — without a ticket or boarding pass. The kid, who had no travel documents, mingled with passengers getting on the flight and was only spotted when cabin crew asked to see his boarding pass in order to direct him to his seat. The mystery youngster was not traveling with his parents and refused to cooperate with cabin crew when he was challenged. Fellow passengers said he refused to leave the aircraft and was eventually removed by police officers who boarded to assist aircrew.
THREE GORED IN FINAL DAY OF PAMPLONA BULL RUN _ Three people were gored during the final bull run in Spain's San Fermin festival on Sunday, bringing the total for the year to eight. A bull broke free from the pack of six animals used in the run in the city of Pamplona and gored two Australians and a Spanish man.
… A hospital spokesman said one man was gored in the leg, flipping over the bull's horn and slamming into the ground, while another was gored in the right arm and the third in the armpit.
… None of the injuries were considered life-threatening.
… The Red Cross reported additional injuries from people who were knocked down by bulls and runners sprinting out of the animals' path.
… A total of 16 people have died in the Pamplona bull runs since 1910.
ULTRA-MARATHON COMPETITOR DISQUALIFIED AFTER RUNNING AN EXTRA MILE _ If a runner cheats by taking a shortcut during the race, they should be disqualified, right? But what if a runner takes a wrong turn and ADDS a mile to the race? When Tom Fairbrother crossed the finish line of his first ever ultra-marathon (100K/62 miles) eight minutes ahead of his closest rival all he felt was relief that he had survived the gruelling test of endurance.
… But that relief soon turned to anger when he was told that he was being disqualified because he didn't complete the course. Fairbrother had taken a wrong turn and ran an extra mile. And still finished eight minutes ahead of the second place finisher.
… On his blog Fairbrother said he followed a sign that sent him down the wrong path. After awhile, when he saw no other course arrows, he pulled out his phone and was told by his Google maps app that he was no longer on the course. He knew he had to get back to the spot where he'd made the wrong turn. He even declined an offer to get a ride from someone in their car because he knew that would probably disqualify him.
… Even after finishing, the CEO of the race — who knew Fairbrother had gone off course and added a mile — congratulated him and told him his win was valid. He posed for photographs and gave an interview, but five minutes later organizers informed him that despite running the extra distance and gaining no advantage from going off course he was to be disqualified.
… The runner-up was awarded first place.
42 IS THE SEXIEST AGE _ 42 is the sexiest age. Not 19, 27, or 35, but 42. Esquire says 42 is the most alluring age for a woman. Anna Faris, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Liv Tyler and Kerry Washington are all 42 this year.
WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY TOGETHER _ Researchers (Australian National University) identified what it takes to keep a couple together, and it's a lot more than just being in love. A couple's age, previous relationships and even whether they smoke or not are factors that influence whether their marriage is going to last.
… The study, entitled "What's Love Got to Do With It," tracked nearly 2,500 couples — married or living together — to identify factors associated with those who remained together compared with those who divorced or separated.
… It found that a husband who is nine or more years older than his wife is twice as likely to get divorced, as are husbands who get married before they turn 25.
… Children also influence the longevity of a marriage or relationship, with one-fifth of couples who have kids before marriage — either from a previous relationship or in the same relationship — having separated compared to just nine percent of couples without children born before marriage.
… Women who want children much more than their partners are also more likely to get a divorce.
… A couple's parents also have a role to play in their own relationship, with the study showing some 16 percent of men and women whose parents ever separated or divorced experienced marital separation themselves compared to 10 percent for those whose parents did not separate.
… Also, partners who are on their second or third marriage are 90 percent more likely to separate than spouses who are both in their first marriage.
… And couples where one partner, and not the other, smokes are also more likely to have a relationship that ends in failure.
EAT MORE STRAWBERRIES _ Research from Harvard Medical School found that strawberries may offer cardiovascular disease protection. The study found that those who reported eating the most strawberries experienced lower blood levels of C-reactive protein, a blood biomarker that signals the presence of inflammation in the body. Elevated levels of CRP have been shown to be a potentially good predictor of risk for both heart disease and stroke.
THIS HAS TO BE FALSE! _ A survey shows a third of people pick their nose while driving. Really, only a third?
4% OF US WOULDN'T LAST A DAY WITHOUT OUR SMARTPHONE _ A survey found 4% of us wouldn't last a day without our smartphone. 91% of us say our phone is as important as our car. People under the age of 40 rank their phone higher than deodorant and a toothbrush.
REMAINS FOUND IN OREGON BELIEVED TO BE ACTOR CHARLES LEVIN _ Remains found in a remote area of Oregon are believed to be of missing actor Charles Levin, who played numerous roles on television comedies such as Seinfeld and Night Court. Levin, who was 70, was reported missing on July 8 by his son after he hadn't heard from his father for several days.
CHICK-FIL-A MANAGER FIXES WWII VETERAN'S FLAT TIRE _ When a 96-year-old Chick-Fil-A customer showed up at his favorite Maryland restaurant with a flat tire, the manager sprang into action. The manager knew the customer only as Mr. Lee, a WWII veteran who usually ordered chicken biscuits and coffee. When Mr. Lee arrived Thursday morning he told the manager his dilemma. As soon as Mr. Lee finished his sentence, the manager knew he had to jump into action to change the flat.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: WOMAN SAYS TACO BELL PUT A DOORKNOB IN HER NACHOS _ A New York (Fishkill) woman shared a picture Facebook, claiming that she found a doorknob in her Taco Bell nachos. The woman said Taco Bell hung up on her when she called to complain. It took her several calls before she was able to get someone to take her claim seriously. In a statement, Taco Bell said it was investigating the incident. • LINK
… Also, in her Facebook post showing the cheese-covered doorknob, the woman claims she waited 45 minutes in the drive-thru.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: WINDSURFER CAUGHT WIND _ A German windsurfer who had just gotten out of the ocean caught by a gust of wind and was blown into a tree. When a bystander helped him down, he got caught by another gust and was blown ten yards away into a parked car.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MAN WITH CAT BROKE INTO HOME, ARRESTED WEARING HOMEOWNER'S CHRISTMAS ONESIE _ A man, accompanied by his cat named Spaghetti, made himself at home after breaking into Oregon residence on Sunday. Once inside he tried on an article of the female homeowner's clothing, ate a cupcake, and made coffee.
… The homeowner told police she returned home and noticed damage and items that didn't belong to them. She said she found a cat wearing a shirt in the crawl space beneath the house. When officers arrived, a man wearing the owner's Christmas onesie emerged from the crawl space. Spaghetti was taken to an animal shelter; police said the homeowner declined her onesie not be returned after the suspect was arrested.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: WOMAN ACCUSED OF SANDWICH ASSAULT _ A Florida woman was arrested for assault after throwing a sandwich at her boyfriend. Police say the pair were arguing over their pets.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: PORTA-POTTY BOOM _ Smoking in the toilet can be dangerous. A portable toilet exploded after a man in Russia who was inside lit a cigarette. The man drove himself to the hospital. The explosion resulted from a buildup of methane gas inside the portable toilet.
WACKY-BUT-TRUE: MESSAGE OF LOVE BURNS HOUSE _ A lovestruck man in Germany tried to impress his girlfriend by laying out hundreds of candles in the shape of a heart and spelling out the words "You set my heart on fire." Unfortunately, what he set on fire was his house, which burned to the ground.
THE BACHELORETTE (8p ET, ABC) — New. Hannah and Peter enjoy time aboard a luxury yacht, spends a day at the spa with Tyler, and Luke shares his feelings on the fantasy suite.
AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR (8p ET, NBC) — A new, 2-hour episode. In a new twist to the City Finals, the two fastest finishers take on the Power Tower for a chance at a safety pass.
LOVE ISLAND (8p ET, CBS) — New.
BEAT SHAZAM (8p ET, FOX) — New
PENN AND TELLER: FOOL US (8p ET, CW) — New.
THE CODE (9p ET, CBS) — New. Abe receives a warning about testifying in a lawsuit against the Corps.
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (9p ET, FOX) — New. The first round of the academy callbacks begin.
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (9p ET, CW) — New.
GRAND HOTEL (10p ET, ABC) — New. Javi finally reveals his big secret to the family, and Alicia and Danny's hidden relationship becomes more complicated as new rules are enforced.
FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (HBO Go, HBO Now, HBO On Demand) — This award-winning 1998 miniseries returns, with the original visual effects replaced by computer-generated ones. The 12 episodes tell the story of the Apollo program during the 1960s and early 1970s. The cast includes Sally Field, Gary Cole and Tom Hanks. An HBO channel marathon airing of all 12 episodes begins the morning of July 20.
TOP TEN MOVIES _ Spider-Man was the top dog at the box office for the second weekend in a row, but this weekend it will fall to second because The Lion King is in theaters.
Spider-Man: Far from Home, $45.3 million
Toy Story 4, $20.6 million
Crawl, $12 million
Stuber, $8 million
Yesterday, $6.7 million
Aladdin, $5.8 million
Annabelle Comes Home, $5.5 million
Midsommar, $3.5 million
The Secret Life of Pets 2, $3.1 million
Men in Black International, $2.2 million
… One year ago this week the number one movie was Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation.
… Five years ago this week: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
… Ten years ago this week: Bruno.
… Twenty years ago this week: American Pie.
… In theaters Friday: The Lion King (PG); The Art of Self-Defense (R)
JENNIFER LOPEZ RESCHEDULES AFTER NYC BLACKOUT KILLED HER CONCERT _ Jennifer Lopez's rescheduled concert in Madison Square Garden in New York City is tonight (Monday). Her Saturday show was canceled due to the blackout in Midtown Manhattan.
ACTRESS LASHANA LYNCH IS 007 IN THE UPCOMING JAMES BOND _ The James Bond franchise has been in need of a jolt for a while now, and there has long been speculation that once Daniel Craig steps down from the role, he could be replaced by Idris Elba. But in the upcoming installment (directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga of True Detective), Bond is indeed getting replaced, not by Elba but by British actress Lashana Lynch. Most recently, Lynch appeared as a fighter pilot in Captain Marvel, alongside Brie Larson. According to the Britain's Daily Mail: A movie insider said: "There is a pivotal scene at the start of the film where M says 'Come in 007', and in walks Lashana who is black, beautiful and a woman. It's a popcorn-dropping moment. Bond is still Bond but he's been replaced as 007 by this stunning woman."
… There aren't many other details on the film yet, there are rumblings that Christoph Walz, who was recently seen on set. Bond 25, as it's currently nicknamed, is expected to be in theaters next spring.
PINK DEFENDS HER KIDS RUNNING IN HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL _ While Pink spent time with her children in Berlin, she shared several photos from her time in the European city — including her two children at the city's Holocaust Memorial.
… In the photo, her daughter Willow Sage, age 8, and son Jameson Moon, 2, can be seen running through the memorial. Pink, who has been incredibly vocal in the past about the "parenting police," went on to caption the slideshow of images with an explanation of why she chose to include the image of her children, even though she knew many online might not understand: "For all of the comments; these two children are in actuality Jewish, as am I. The very person who constructed this believed in children being children, and to me this is a celebration of life after death. Please keep your hatred and judgment to yourselves."
… Peter Eisenman, the American architect who designed the memorial, has previously shared that he has no problem with some of the more light-hearted ways visitors respond to the space: "People have been jumping around on those pillars forever. They've been sunbathing, they've been having lunch there and I think that's fine. A memorial is an everyday occurrence, it is not sacred ground."
THE WALKING DEAD WORKING ON BRINGING BACK LAUREN COHAN _ When fans of AMC's The Walking Dead realized that beloved character, Maggie Greene, played by Lauren Cohan, had seemingly disappeared from the show, there was no shortage of complaints for her speedy return. Now it seems fans will finally have their complaints resolved as producer Angela Kang has confirmed that Cohan will definitely be back next season.
… Cohan stepped away from the show to focus on other projects after reportedly being denied a salary bump. One of Cohan's first projects after The Walking Dead was ABC's Whiskey Cavalier, where she stepped into the role of CIA operative Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge. The show was canceled by ABC after just one season. After the cancellation of Whiskey Cavalier, Cohan began dropping hints about a possible return to The Walking Dead.
JOANNA GAINES ANNOUNCES NAME OF THE COFFEE SHOP SHE'S OPENING WITH CHIP _ Chip and Joanna Gaines are that husband-and-wife duo who seem to be able to do it all — including making a cup of coffee. Joanna recently announced the catchy name for their new coffee business. The coffee shop will be located in Waco, Texas — naturally — and will be called Magnolia Press. The pair already have their own restaurant in Waco called Magnolia Table.
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PHONER: How did you pick the baby name?
DROP: I'm not a baby, I'm a man!
DROP: They hang out together, they're really like a band.
CHRISTMAS IN JULY: It's July, but we're already in Christmas mode. Hallmark is in the process of filming 40 holiday movies for this season, and Amazon Prime Day is Monday and Tuesday.
BITS & BREAKS
CUSTOMER SERVICE HORROR STORIES
BuzzFeed asked readers about their worst experiences with customers.
• I worked at a fast food restaurant, and one night our systems were down, so we could only accept cash. A man came through the drive-thru and upon being told we couldn't take his credit card, he got out of his car and started beating the speaker system with a hammer.
• I saw a dude at an Apple store argue with the workers because they wouldn't take his iPhone back even though it was "broken." I heard the guy who worked there say, "Sir, this isn't an iPhone, so we can't help you." I looked, and sure enough the person didn't have an iPhone.
• I work at a pizza delivery place and I told a customer on the phone that there's a 50-cent fee when using a credit card. He started screaming at me and hung up. Later on, at 3 AM, that same man came to the restaurant and spat in my face.
• I worked at an ice cream shop and one time a kid threw up in my tip jar. His mom just stared, didn't apologize, and then they casually walked out like nothing happened.
• I worked at a gas station. A guy walked in and asked for cigarettes, so I rang them up. He started to flip out and said I was ripping him off. The sign clearly said $5.83 plus tax, and he demanded to know why they were $6.35. I then spent 10 minutes of my life explaining the intricacies of sales tax to a 42-year-old man.
• A customer came in with a bottle of Heinz ketchup and asked to return it because the ketchup inside was brown, not red. As the stock guy, I was called by customer service to investigate. Not only were there no other bottles with the brown substance inside, but we didn't even carry that particular size bottle in the store. Finally, it hit me to check the "sell by" date on her bottle. It was from December of 1987. I guess she was cleaning out a rarely used pantry or something. She still wanted a refund, but we wouldn't let her return it.
• I worked at a large store during my high school years. A couple walked up to the customer service desk with an Elf on the Shelf doll and asked to return it. When I asked them what was wrong with the doll they said that it wasn't moving around at night like it was supposed to.
I'LL HAVE BACON WITH THAT
Square is a mobile payments company used by millions of businesses. They also have a way of tracking exactly what customers want, down to the condiment choices at restaurants. The data, based off tens of millions of orders, has concluded something you already know — we love bacon.
• Bacon is one of the most popular requests at restaurants. We are 145% more likely to choose bacon over sausage, and 38% more likely to choose bacon over tomato.
Other findings also found that…
• We love caffeine. We're more than 132% more likely to add a shot of espresso than ask for decaf.
• We love big. We're 58% more likely to choose a 16 ounce drink than a 12 ouncer.
CAMPING COMPLAINTS
These are actual comments left on U.S. Forest Service registration sheets and comment cards by backpackers completing wilderness camping trips:
• "A small deer came into my camp and stole my bag of pickles. Is there a way I can get reimbursed? Please call."
• "Trails need to be wider so people can walk while holding hands."
• "Ban walking sticks in wilderness. Hikers that use walking sticks are more likely to chase animals."
• "Trails need to be reconstructed. Please avoid building trails that go uphill."
• "Too many bugs and leeches and spiders and spider webs. Please spray to rid the area of these pests."
• "Chair lifts need to be in some places so that we can get to wonderful views without having to hike to them."
• "The coyotes made too much noise last night and kept me awake."
• "Too many rocks in the mountains."
TRIVIA: 500 million of these are made each year. (Slim Jims)
TRIVIA: On average, a cow does this 14 times a day. (Stands up or lies down)
TRIVIA: Experts on the human body say this travels at 350 feet per second. (Pain)
BREAKFAST BINGO
Five questions. Each answer begins with the corresponding letter in the word BINGO.
• A stiff folder-like office supply that has three rings. (Binder)
• It's home to Des Moines and Davenport. (Iowa)
• A room within the house designed for the care of a young child or children. (Nursery)
• What you pour beverages into. (Glass)
• Someone who's plain or average might also be called this. (Ordinary)
HOLE IN THE HEADLINE
Question: Men Are Worse Than Women When It Comes to Lying About _______.
Answer: Shopping. A survey of 2,000 Americans discovered that 41% of men have lied about a recent purchase, compared to 22% of women.
• Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance) is 61
• Phoebe Cates is 56
• Will Ferrell is 52
• Corey Feldman (Stand By Me, The Lost Boys) is 48
• 1880: Dr. Emily Howard Stowe became the first woman licensed to practice medicine in Canada.
• 1955: The Disneyland park opened in Anaheim, California.
• 1957: United States Marine Major John Glenn flew a F8U Crusader supersonic jet from California to New York in 3 hours, 23 minutes and 8 seconds setting a new transcontinental speed record.
• 1969: Apollo 11 was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, and would become the first manned space mission to land on the moon.
• 1999: John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bessette were killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha's Vineyard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy.
• 2004: Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement by a federal judge for lying about a stock sale.
• 2005: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K.Rowling hit bookstores and sold over 9 million copies in the first 24 hours.
• 2017: The BBC announced its first ever female Doctor Who would be played by Jodie Whittaker.
• Hot Dog Day
• World Emoji Day
• Peach Ice Cream Day


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Todd Grant Yonkman
pastor, author, coach
Regular People Doing Scary Things
October 4, 2018 / toddyonkman
What's Up with Pastor Todd 10-4-18
"Activism is about regular people doing scary things." That's what Ana Maria Archila told a reporter who interviewed her about her confrontation with Senator Jeff Flake in an elevator on capitol hill last week. That confrontation led to a shift in the confirmation process for Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Instead of having a Senate vote last week as planned, there has been a delay so that allegations of sexual assault against Judge Kavanaugh can be investigated by the FBI. This shift was seen as a crisis of conscience on the part of Senator Flake when directly confronted by assault survivors.
Ms. Archila is an activist. She is the co-executive director for the Center for Popular Democracy. The other woman who confronted Senator Flake, Maria Gallagher, had never engaged in any kind of activism before, but was motivated by the Kavanaugh hearings to travel to Washington to see if she could make her voice heard. Many people, including the women themselves, were surprised when their voices actually were heard, and that their voices made a difference whether Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed or not.
Ms. Archila told the story of how she and Ms. Gallagher happened to meet in the Senate offices. They were both looking for Senator Flake in hopes of sharing their stories of sexual assault with him. She talked about how both of them were scared and that neither had shared their stories publicly before. Even more than Ms. Archila, Ms. Gallagher was just a "regular person" doing something she had never done before. She was making herself vulnerable before a very powerful person. And that scary vulnerability changed him. Activism is about regular people doing scary things.
It occurred to me that church restart is also about regular people doing scary things–not nearly as scary as confronting a senator in the capitol building–but scary nevertheless. Introducing yourself to strangers can be scary. Sharing your faith can be scary. Inviting neighbors to a party can be scary. Putting yourself out there can be scary. But it's something we all need to learn to do. We can't just leave it to the professionals–clergy and staff. Regular people, lay people, doing scary things can have a big impact.
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Would You Go on a Tour of Tranyslvania?
I think most of us can agree that going on a tour of a new place is exciting. Where would you go and what would you do? Where in Transylvania would you find the most interesting places?
Of course I would love to see Alba Iulia but also other cities, one of them being Brasov. I think that these two would top my list and I am certain that most people would want to go and see these cities. This is not to say that I would not visit other cities. This is where I would go first in Transylvania.
Where else would I go? I would like to see older castles and I would also visit the Banat region, but that would make for a very big tour of Transylvania.


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Aristides Maria Pereira, född 17 november 1923 i Boa Vista, Kap Verde, död 22 september 2011 i Coimbra, Portugal, var en kapverdiansk politiker. Han var Kap Verdes president mellan 1975 och 1991.

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Pereira grundade 1956, tillsammans med Amilcar Cabral, det illegala självständighetspartiet för Guinea och Kap Verde, PAIGC, och var en av ledarna i kampen mot portugiserna.

Gerillakrigaren Pereira tillträdde 1975 som Kap Verdes första president då landet fick sin självständighet från Portugal. Pereira införde enpartisystem och styrde landet enväldigt fram till 1991 då han tvingades utlysa val efter internationella påtryckningar. I valet samma år förlorade han mot António Mascarenhas Monteiro. Valet som Pereira förlorade var det första demokratiska presidentvalet i Kap Verdes Historia.

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Amphelictus astales är en skalbaggsart som beskrevs av Martins och Monné 2005. Amphelictus astales ingår i släktet Amphelictus och familjen långhorningar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Aishwarya Rai trolled for a new look at Ponniyin Selvan trailer launch, netizens blame botched cosmetic procedure; what are risks of plastic surgery?
Aishwarya Rai was recently trolled for her looks at the trailer launch of her latest mega-budget, most anticipated Ponniyin Selvan, when the Twitterati was asking if she underwent cosmetic surgery. Know the risks of getting under the knife.
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As Aishwarya Rai gets ready for the release of her much-anticipated, multi-starrer Ponniyin Selvan, she recently got slammed for her appearance during the trailer release of the film
New Delhi: As Aishwarya Rai gets ready for the release of her much-anticipated, multi-starrer Ponniyin Selvan, she recently got slammed for her appearance during the trailer release of the film.
The former Miss World was called out for "Botox supremacy" and "beauty or plastic" by fans on Instagram and Twitter, alleging she underwent cosmetic surgery.
Bollywood entertainment website, Desimartini also wrote, "A section of people feel that her face has become fatty and also claim that she went under the knife that's why she looks different. Well, recently, the actress was photographed at the airport. Dressed in a long white jacket and a pair of black trousers, she wore a sindoor and looked drop gorgeous as he flashed her million-dollar smile for paps."
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Earlier this year as well, when Aishwarya went to Cannes, she was subjected to similar scrutiny and trolling. "When did Aishwarya Rai Bachchan become Kim Kardashian?" one Twitter user wondered in the comments.
What is cosmetic surgery?
While we may not know whether Aishwarya Rai did go under the knife, cosmetic surgery has been very popular among actors, who use the technique to bring lasting and dramatic changes to your outside appearance.
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The procedure can enhance many physical characteristics of the face and body, like lifting the under-eye area, re-shaping the nose, and filling up the lips.
The most popular cosmetic surgery procedures include:
Botox, chemical peels, chin surgery, cosmetic dentistry, dermabrasion, eyebrow lifting, facial contouring, facial fillers, facial wrinkle-lifting, laser hair removal, laser resurfacing, eyelid surgery, otoplasty, rhinoplasty, and a host of other procedures.
Apart from the face, many other areas of the body where cosmetic surgery is performed are tummy tuck, arm lift, breast augmentation, breast reduction, inner thigh lift, and laser hair removal.
What are the risks involved with cosmetic surgery?
For any surgical procedure, doctors need to be sure of the vital indexes and if you are suffering from an underlying condition like diabetes, the risk includes complications like blood clots.
According to the Mayo Clinic, many other risks of cosmetic surgery include:
Complications related to anesthesia, including pneumonia, blood clots, and, rarely, death
Infection at the incision site, which may worsen scarring and require additional surgery
Fluid buildup under the skin
Mild bleeding, which may require another surgical procedure, or bleeding significant enough to require a transfusion
Abnormal scarring due to skin breakdown
Separation of the surgical wound, which sometimes requires additional procedures
Numbness and tingling from nerve damage, which may be permanent
Disclaimer: Tips and suggestions mentioned in the article are for general information purposes only and should not be construed as professional medical advice. Always consult your doctor or a dietician before starting any fitness programme or making any changes to your diet.
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Aclosma bispinosum är en nattsländeart som beskrevs av Morse 1974. Aclosma bispinosum ingår i släktet Aclosma och familjen krumrörsnattsländor. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Hey there! I haven't posted on a saturday in a long time. If you were at Scrapbook Island's Open House today you may have seen this adorable vintage spool ornament, and you may have wanted to make one or a few as gifts. They're so easy!
First you'll need to gather the materials.....many can be purchased at Scrapbook Island.
1. Trim patterned paper and adhere to spool.
2. Apply glue to top and and bottom rim of spool. Affix glitter. Let dry.
3. Set Round 14 in scallop setting and set aside.
4. Trim 7" of wire, thread through spool and into shank button near end and pull up into loop back towards the spool's center.
Affix a little glue to shank and pull wire up towards the top of the spool. Let dry.
5. Thread pearls onto wire at top of spool.
6. Bend wire as shown.
7. Trim sentiment from patterned paper. Adhere sentiment and vintage setting to spool ornament.
OHHH! This vintage mini spool is SOOOOO beautiful! I LOVE that charm and that glitter!!! GORGEOUS, Em!
Thanks for sharing with Claudia and I at the Island on how to make these adorable ornaments!


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26 Mar 2012 |
Violence, Threats, and Attacks Aim to Undermine SINALTRAINAL for Defending Labor Rights
Dear Members of the United States Congress,
We value the commitment of the Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights in Colombia (CMGLR) to promote the respect for labor rights in Colombia. While we welcome the creation of the Labor Action Plan (LAP) between the U.S. and Colombia, we report that the LAP has not met its goals. In Colombia, huge obstacles remain to ensuring basic labor rights and direct contracts. Six trade unionists have been murdered in Colombia in 2012 alone. Efforts to dismantle and impede the formation of trade unions remain strong. Trade unions and labor organizers operate in an environment where they are routinely threatened and attacked.
SINALTRAINAL is the national food and beverage trade union in Colombia representing 3,100 workers. In thirty years, SINALTRAINAL members have fallen victim to systematic persecution—24 killed, 2 disappeared, 14 imprisoned, 80 death threats, 49 displaced, 6 exiled, and several more have been attacked. The political persecution of SINALTRAINAL has included efforts to discredit the union and campaigns to terrorize its members. Impunity in these cases is the norm.
Despite international efforts to protect members of SINALTRAINAL, affiliates are still routinely threatened, attacked, and murdered. On November 9, 2011, paramilitaries attacked the family of SINALTRAINAL Executive Committee Member Juan Carlos Galvis. Two paramilitaries, covered by closed motorcycle helmets, broke into Juan Carlos' home in Barrancabermeja and assaulted his wife and children. One paramilitary pointed a gun at Mr. Galvis' daughter, who suffers from Down's syndrome, and threatened to kill her if his wife screamed. They bound and gagged another child along with his wife and proceeded to spray paint her face, hair and clothing red. The men stole two computers and memory drives. On December 9, 2011, the murdered body of another SINALTRAINAL member, John Fredy Carmona Bermúdez, was found in the Aragon de San Antonio neighborhood of Medellin. The Colombian government's response to these attacks is inadequate.
Given the lack of guarantees in Colombia's judicial system, SINALTRAINAL has been forced to present cases of labor rights abuses before international courts. In 2001, SINALTRAINAL sued the Coca Cola Company for the murder of Isidro Segundo Gil (Carepa), the kidnapping of Jorge Leal (Cucutá), an assassination attempt against Juan Carlos Galvis (Barrancabermeja), and the torture of five workers in Bucaramanga. In 2012, SINALTRAINAL brought a case against Nestle in Zug, Switzerland for the 2005 assassination of the union leader Luciano Enrique Romero Molina. SINALTRAINAL has also presented cases of labor rights violations before the International Labor Organization (ILO) against Sodexo, Kraft Foods, Saceites, and in the sugar industry.
SINALTRAINAL has also supported efforts to establish direct contracts for workers. Labor intermediation continues to violate workers' basic labor rights. There is a growing tendency for companies to lay off workers and replace them with subcontracted labor. Despite the Colombian government's stated commitment to address abusive sub-contracting practices by Associative Labor Cooperatives (CTAs) in the Labor Action Plan, the model continues to function as the primary form of employment in many sectors of the economy. SINALTRAINAL affiliates attempting to establish direct contracts have received threats and been stigmatized as problematic by other companies, making it impossible for them to find other work.
We ask that the Congressional Monitoring Group on Labor Rights highlight that:
Companies in Colombian are not recognizing unions or respecting Colombian laws.
Colombian authorities are not prosecuting companies that refuse to comply with labor laws, violate human rights, and benefit from crimes against humanity.
The Colombian government is not providing effective protection measures for trade unionists. The Attorney General's Office is not fully investigating and bringing to justice cases of murders, threats, attacks, abductions, disappearances of trade unionists and labor organizers affiliated with SINALTRAINAL.
Workers do not yet have direct contracts with companies. Efforts to end labor intermediation should not be limited to CTAs as many of sub-contractors are using the same model with a different name.
Congress should not allow for implementation of the FTA until the Labor Action Plan is successful in ending the violence against trade unionists and labor intermediation is ended and the right to labor organizing is fully protected.
SINALTRAINAL
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