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Email Picture Saves Tot's Life
A mum with no medical training has saved the life of a baby girl she's never met... simply by looking at this photo sent from 4,300 miles away.
Madeleine Robb spotted the unusual shadow in the left eye of one-year-old Rowan Santos's emailed picture.
Suspecting there was something wrong, she went on to the internet to find out more and discovered it might be cancer.
She immediately emailed Rowan's mum Megan at her home in Florida, America, to warn her. Within hours, Mrs Santos had taken the baby to a doctor, who found she had eye cancer retinoblastoma.
Specialists say Madeleine's extraordinary detective work most likely saved Rowan.
Now, the child has had laser treatment to reduce the large tumour and is responding well to chemotherapy. Sadly, she will lose the eye.
Madeleine, 32, said: "There was something odd about the picture, the way the light was reflecting off the eye in a sort of white glare.
"I knew from reading news articles that something might be wrong, so I went and looked it up on the internet and realised it could be a specific cancer. Doctors confirmed this within hours. A mum with no medical training has saved the life of a baby girl she's never met... simply by looking at this photo sent from 4,3... more -
The White House is missing emails
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a recovery effort will be completed by the time the Bush administration leaves office, according to an internal White House draft document obtained by The Associated Press.
The nine-page outline of the White House's e-mail problems invites companies to bid on a project to recover the missing electronic messages.
The work would be carried out through April 19, 2009, according to the Office of Administration request for contractors' proposals, which was dated June 20.
Last week, the White House declined to comment on the document.
On Wednesday, the White House refused to talk about internal White House contracting procedures, but said the information is "outdated and seriously inaccurate." It would not elaborate. The White House also declined to say whether it has hired a contractor for the work yet. WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is missing as many as 225 days of e-mail dating back to 2003 and there is little if any likelihood a... more -
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Letters from federal prisoners going electronic
MIAMI (AP) — When Melvin Garcia was sent to prison almost a decade ago for racketeering, he had never used a computer. Now he sends 50 e-mails a month from a federal prison in West Virginia, punctuating notes with emoticons.
Garcia, 38, is among thousands of prisoners at more than 20 federal facilities where inmates now have inboxes. By the spring of 2011, all 114 U.S. prisons are expected to have e-mail available for inmates.
The program, started several years ago, has reduced the amount of old-fashioned paper mail that can sometimes hide drugs and other contraband. Just as important, officials say, e-mail helps prisoners connect regularly with their families and build skills they can use when they return to the community.
For Garcia, that means learning the computer.
"LET'S JUST SAY THAT MY PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT DIDN'T REQUIRE IT :o)," he joked in a recent e-mail.
The system inmates use isn't like programs used in most offices and homes. Inmates aren't given Internet access, and all messages are sent in plain text, with no attachments allowed. Potential contacts get an e-mail saying a federal prisoner wants to add them to their contact list and must click a link to receive e-mail, similar to accepting a collect call from a lockup.
Once approved, prisoners can only send messages to those contacts — they can't just type in any address and hit send. And contacts can change their mind at any time and take their name off the prisoner's list.
Scott Middlebrooks, the warden at Coleman federal prison northwest of Orlando, said his inmates sent more than 3,200 messages and received some 2,800 a day last month through the system, which is called TRULINCS and run by Iowa-based Advanced Technologies Group Inc.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons says the system pays for itself with some of the proceeds from prison commissaries. Inmates also pay 5 cents per minute while composing or reading e-mails.
Security, of course, is a concern. That's why the messages can be screened for keywords that suggest an inmate may be involved in a crime, or read by a corrections officer, just like paper letters. That can create some lag time between when messages are sent and received.
Without analyzing the program specifically, it would be impossible to tell whether inmates could abuse their e-mail privileges, said Bruce Schneier of the security firm BT Counterpane. Coded messages could be sent over e-mail, but that could happen just as easily over the phone, he said.
Despite possible delays for security screens, prisoners and their families say e-mail is still far faster than paper mail. In the past it sometimes took Garcia two days to get urgent news from his fiancee, Rita Torres. Her express mail letters letting him know that a friend had been in a car accident and that a relative had had a miscarriage were delayed.
Now, she said, she e-mails him three times a day and gets about as many e-mails back, making it feel as though they are "living in the same house" even though she is five hours away in New Jersey.
The e-mails don't replace phone calls, but those are limited to five hours a month. And Torres still sends letters, some sprayed with perfume.
What e-mail does, however, is provide another link to the outside for Garcia and other inmates.
"Receiving an e-mail is like receiving a letter," William Nerlich, a federal prisoner in Georgia who has another six years to serve on a weapons charge, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "It makes you happy to be thought of." MIAMI (AP) — When Melvin Garcia was sent to prison almost a decade ago for racketeering, he had never used a computer. Now he sends 50... more -
United Kingdom Talk Saturday 16th August 2008
Saturday's edition of my three times a week talk show. Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Yet another email catch up show ! LOL.
Sunny spells & showers.
Only flowers.
Itchy ear.
It's raining.
Monica is now a viewer.
Rubbish everywhere.
Setting up the new computer.
Size does matter.
Delivering newspapers.
Do I need to slow down ?
Surrounded by friends.
Do you think you are younger than your age ?
Learning to speak again.
Matty no longer goes to McDonalds.
Trying to hire a bungalow.
Ross & his letters of complaint.
Beloved Scotland.
An important statement.
We are running out of cheap oil.
A bit of a stirrer.
The Steam Coach in Hemel Hempstead and it's lovely pub garden.
Animals in with the Tigers.
How long would the Earth take to sort itself out ?
"The World Without Us".
What was the alarm caused by ?
Take the bus.
The picture may get bigger.
Can we have larger font please ?
Any news on the strollers anyone ?
And now also a direct ITUNES Video subscribe button. Find this here on the main UnitedKingdomTalk.co.uk website to the left underneath all the dates.Again, Thank you to Joe from Americantalkusa.com for this.
Computers with names.What's your computer called ?
Not in the garden.
Beep beep beep beep.
AH ! the backlog is cleared.
Email : chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UK Saturday's edition of my three times a week talk show. Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats. ... more -
Bill Gates Guinness World Record - Most Spammed Mail Receiving a Day
Microsoft chairman William H. Gates III (USA) receives up to four million email spams each day. However, a combination of email filtering by Microsoft staff and anti-spam technology mean that only around ten spam emails reach his inbox per day.
for more detail and records http://www.worldamazingrecords.com Microsoft chairman William H. Gates III (USA) receives up to four million email spams each day. However, a combination of email filter... more -
Is 'Maddie' Madeline?
"My name's Maddie. They took me from my holiday." Secret CCTV footage and documents from Amsterdam have been kept by foreign police. The newly-released documents include scores of e-mails from foreign police forces passing on reports that could provide investigators with a key lead but the Amsterdam sighting is one of the most intriguing.
Dutch shop worker Anna Stam, 41, said she spoke to a little girl aged three or four who said her name was 'Maddie' and replied to a question about her mother: 'They took me from my holiday.'
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What do you think? Could Maddie be Madeline? It may be a real bad although un-likely coincidence, but if she isn't and her Maddies' 'mother' does'nt come to eliminate herself from the investigation after hearing such news, that'd prove she's Madeline McCann.
But do you think the media so reading word of this, might lead kid-nappers to harm Madeline just after a nose that could stress out any criminals? Or just allow people to be some how even more of a look out for 'Maddie'? Is the media attention causing more bad then good? If it is her, how is this person pulling this off? "My name's Maddie. They took me from my holiday." Secret CCTV footage and documents from Amsterdam have been kept by fo... more -
A new and dangerous twist in the Nigerian Fraud scams...
I have just received this email which I have traced to Vietnam and sent to Interpol. It has taken Nigerian Fraud scams to a new level - death threats and extortion are serious criminal offenses. Should you receive the same mail, I advise you to forward it with full headers to your local police department. You can find the appropriate police department in your area/country here: http://www.interpol.int/Public/Links/PolJust.asp
Here is the email in question (without the full headers):
from AL-QAEDA SUICIDE NETWORKS <deadlykillers2001@gmail.com>
reply-to deadlykillers2001@gmail.com
to
date Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 2:16 AM
subject KILL
Attn,
I am very sorry for you, is a pity that this is how your life is going to
end as soon as you don't comply. As you can see we are the members of the
Deadly Networks in the world, which is responsible for the bombing of twin
tower’s in America on Sept. 11th and the bombing of London transport
services on July 7th (AL-QAEDA NETWORKS), I don't have any business with
you, my duty as I am mailing you now is just to KILL you and I have to do
it as I have already been paid for that.
Someone whom you called your friend wants you dead by all means, and this
person have spent a lot of money in this venture, This person came to us
and told me that he wanted you dead and he provided us with your name,
picture and other necessary information's we needed about you. So I sent
my boys to track you down this including bugging of your phones with
satellite tracking devices and they have carried out the necessary
investigation we needed for the operation on you, and if you doubt this
information am going to give you all the necessary information about you
back to you in your next reply so that you can believe me, and my boys are
really on you but I told them not to kill you that I will like to contact
you and see if your life is important to you and the one of your family. I
called my client back and ask him of your email address which I didn't
tell him what I wanted to do with it and he gave it to me and I am using
it to contact you now. As I am writing you this mail my men are monitoring
you and they are telling me everything about you.
Now do you want to LIVE OR DIE? Since all program has be made and draw to
kill you. Get back to me now if you are ready to pay some fees to spare
your Life, $25,000 is all you need to spend in this process you will first
of all Pay $15,000 and then I will send a tape to you which I recorded in
every discussion I had with the person who wanted you dead and as soon as
you get the Tape, You will pay the remaining balance of $10,000. If you
are not ready for my help, then I will carry on with my job straight-up.
WARNING: DO NOT THINK OF CONTACTING THE POLICE OR EVEN TELLING ANYONE
BECAUSE I WILL KNOW ,REMEMBER, SOMEONE WHO KNOWS YOU VERY WELL WANT YOU
DEAD!
I WILL EXTEND IT TO YOUR FAMILY, INCASE I NOTICE SOMETHING FUNNY ABOUT
YOUR TELLING THE SECURITY ABOUT IT BECAUSE A GOOD LOOK IS OUT YOU AT THE
MOMENT.
DO NOT COME OUT ONCE IT IS 7PM UNTIL I MAKE OUT TIME TO SEE YOU AND GIVE
YOU THE TAPE OF ALL DISCUSSION WITH THE PERSON WHO WANT YOU DEAD THEN YOU
CAN USE IT TO TAKE ANY LEGAL ACTION. GOOD LUCK AS I AWAIT YOUR REPLY I have just received this email which I have traced to Vietnam and sent to Interpol. It has taken Nigerian Fraud scams to a new level ... more -
100-year-olds use Wikipedia too
A survey of 100 centenarians published by healthcare coordination program Evercare found at least two very wired respondents. Three of the 100 said they've used Wikipedia. The full results:
* 19% use cell phones
* 12% have used the Internet
* 7% have used email
* 4% have sent or received digital photos by email
* 2% have “Googled” someone
* 2% have visited someone’s personal Web site
* 1% have used text messages
* 3% have dated someone they met through an online social networking site
* 3% have used the online encyclopedia “Wikipedia”
* 3% have purchased a gift online
* 2% have used the Internet to research a health topic (such as WebMD or RevolutionHealth)
* 2% have visited a political website A survey of 100 centenarians published by healthcare coordination program Evercare found at least two very wired respondents. Three of... more -
Pete Townshend Muses on Rock Honors, Smashing Computers, Eddie Vedder in E-Mail to...
The Who, Pete Townshend e-mailed Rolling Stone’s Jenny Eliscu with a post-mortem discussing his own performance, his desire to smash plastic Rock Band instruments and the advice he gave Eddie Vedder a few years ago. Here’s the message The Who, Pete Townshend e-mailed Rolling Stone’s Jenny Eliscu with a post-mortem discussing his own performance, his desire to smash p... more
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What Every Parent Must Know About Cyber Bullying
Looks like a new kind of bully has moved into our cyber neighborhoods. Cyber bullies hiding behind their keyboards are tormenting our children and teenagers online. What can parents do to protect their children and teenagers? Looks like a new kind of bully has moved into our cyber neighborhoods. Cyber bullies hiding behind their keyboards are tormenting our ... more
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Fake news headlines are the latest spam Storm
Be careful when you open your email at work today. Over the weekend, your inbox may have become inundated with messages carrying links to news stories with lurid headlines about Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Britney Spears and other celebs. Don't even think about clicking on the link. If you do, you will instantly join millions of others duped over the past 18 months into turning over your PC to the operators of the Storm botnet. Your PC will then be used to spread fraud spam; you'll help these guys sell fake drugs and carry out pump-and-dump stock market scams. For good measure, the Storm gang will gleefully harvest all of your usernames, passwords, credit card numbers, Social Security number -- any sensitive data you type into web page forms. Your personal data will be sold to the highest bidder in a thriving, eBay-like underground market. And to add salt to your wounds, the only way to get Storm off your PC is by reinstalling a fresh copy of your Windows operating system. Be careful when you open your email at work today. Over the weekend, your inbox may have become inundated with messages carrying links... more
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How the Internet Has Changed the World
The Internet has dramatically changed politics, business, how we socialize and our very culture.
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Iraqi PM backs Obama troop plan? White House accidentally emails story to reporter...
The White House this afternoon accidentally sent to its extensive distribution list a Reuters story headlined "Iraqi PM backs Obama troop exit plan - magazine."
The story relayed how Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the German magazine Der Spiegel that "he supported prospective U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's proposal that U.S. troops should leave Iraq within 16 months … ‘U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes,'" the prime minister said.
Latest: McCain advisor on Iraqi PM's Obama endorsement - "We're f*cked":
http://current.com/items/89119614_mccain_adviser_on_ira...
Fox plays down al-Maliki's endorsement:
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/20/iraq-pm-not-end... The White House this afternoon accidentally sent to its extensive distribution list a Reuters story headlined "Iraqi PM backs Oba... more -
Take two Prozac and e-mail me in the morning
Ah, the promise of e-mail! The minute I started giving out my address to my patients, I fantasized about how much time I would save on routine phone calls and how clear and unambiguous the communication would be.
Indeed, there was a honeymoon period. Could I change a Monday appointment for Wednesday? Of course. Would I phone in a renewal of Prozac? With pleasure. This was really neat: no more phone tag with patients, just simple requests with simple solutions.
Not for long.
"Dear Dr. Friedman," one patient e-mailed at 3 a.m. "I am having dark thoughts and wonder if I should increase my antidepressant. Can you let me know what you think?"
It was 8:30 that morning when I opened my e-mail and read her message with alarm. What exactly were "dark thoughts"? I wasn't sure, but I had to assume the worst — suicidal feelings or thoughts — and called her immediately.
She came in later that afternoon and explained that she felt bleak and hopeless and thought she and her family might be better off with her dead.
"Why didn't you call me right away?" I asked, as I recall the conversation.
Read more... Ah, the promise of e-mail! The minute I started giving out my address to my patients, I fantasized about how much time I would save on... more -
'No decision' on giant database
No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security minister Lord West says.
(because I think there's ALREADY a huge enough database on us all) No decision has been taken to create a huge database containing details of all phone calls, e-mails and internet use, security ministe... more -
Posterous
Posterous.com is a fairly new site that lets you post content via email.
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Mother & Daughter Banned for DisneyLand
Banned for life?!
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What is Gmail's Mysterious Grey Box
The guys over at TechCrunch are trying to figure out what the mystery is behind the grey box in the upper left corner of Gmail. So far, no one knows what the real story is behind this box, but people are speculating and imaginations are running wild.
What do you think the box is there for? Does Google make style mistakes, or is that too obvious? The guys over at TechCrunch are trying to figure out what the mystery is behind the grey box in the upper left corner of Gmail. So far... more -
I Put A Shell On You
If, for some reason, you find all this email business a bit too quick for your liking, and long for the good old fashioned days of slow, or lost, post, then Bournemouth University and some snails are your new best friends. If, for some reason, you find all this email business a bit too quick for your liking, and long for the good old fashioned days of slo... more
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