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‘Selfies’ could be used to detect heart disease – ScienceBlog.com

The study is the first to show that it’s possible to use a deep learning computer algorithm to detect coronary artery disease (CAD) by analysing four photographs of a person’s face. Although the algorithm needs to be developed further and tested in larger groups of people from different ethnic backgrounds, the researchers say it has the potential to be used as a screening tool that could identify possible heart disease in people in the general population or in high-risk groups, who could be referred for further clinical investigations.

Source: ‘Selfies’ could be used to detect heart disease – ScienceBlog.com

Living And Dying In A Banana Republic

Deja vu – Jonestown?

In Saner Thought

Sending troops to attack protesters…..jailing journalists…..sending police to voting stations….all this sounds like some third world Banana Republic.

The questions is being asked….do we now live in a Banana Republic (not the retail giant)?

How would we know?

Jack A. Goldstone has given us a few of the characteristics……

To sum up, let me offer a short (well, not so short) list. You know you are living in a banana republic when:

1. The top policy-making jobs go to the President’s children and in-laws, rather than to experienced, qualified professionals.

2. Second-tier jobs go to friends and hangers-on of the President (e.g. having the President’s family wedding-planner appointed to a top housing job in the country’s largest city; or appointing people with no scientific qualifications to critical jobs overseeing scientific/technical programs).

3. Qualified professionals are reduced to window-dressing; they don’t attend key meetings and are not put in charge of…

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Notre Dame responds to student newspaper’s plea regarding Covid-19 – CNN

The university on Tuesday said it would move to digital learning for two weeks in an effort to stem the spread of the virus as the number of cases jumped. If the virus continues to spread, the school will shift to remote learning for the rest of the semester.
The Observer, a student newspaper for Notre Dame and nearby Saint Mary’s College and Holy Cross College, ran the editorial on its front page Friday, asking everyone — students, the administration and faculty — to do everything in their power to contain the virus.
“The University administration has largely blamed the COVID-19 outbreak on students attending off-campus parties,” the editorial said. “While this isn’t entirely misplaced, it has been used to deflect responsibility from the very administrations that insisted they were prepared for us to return to campus. Clearly, they were not.”

Source: Notre Dame responds to student newspaper’s plea regarding Covid-19 – CNN

Maine CDC now links 53 COVID-19 cases to Millinocket wedding reception – Portland Press Herald

The number of COVID-19 cases connected to a wedding reception in Millinocket continues to climb, with state health officials saying on Saturday that they could trace 53 confirmed cases of coronavirus to the reception. That’s up from 32 confirmed cases on Friday. Those affected range in age from 4 to 98 years old, with a median age of 41. A woman who did not attend the reception died on Friday after contracting COVID-19 from a person who did attend the event, health authorities said. They did not identify her, nor the guest she came into contact with.

Source: Maine CDC now links 53 COVID-19 cases to Millinocket wedding reception – Portland Press Herald

Open Thread | Once Again, This Administration Chooses Poorly | 3CHICSPOLITICO Covid-19 test; good or bad? No longer FDA approved – fraud access/promotion enabled

Andy Slavitt @ 
@ASlavitt

Aug 21, 2020

Replying to @ASlavitt

Instead the White House has one switch: Laissez-faire inaction & laissez-faire late action. So now it’s a free for all. Labs will be able to make and sell tests & you won’t be able to see the data on how well they work. False positive, false negative.

Source: Open Thread | Once Again, This Administration Chooses Poorly | 3CHICSPOLITICO

Another Covid-19 Treatment — In Saner Thought

I try to keep my readers up-to-date on the news around the Covid-19….some of it good….most not so…..like 5.7 million cases and 177,000 deaths…..like I said not so good…… Well we all know that social distancing works and masks help stem the flow of germs…..and Donald the Orange has offered several ways to help prevent […]

Another Covid-19 Treatment — In Saner Thought

Un estanque en el bosque, Amazonas, Venezuela – ¡¡¡NO a la destrucción de tierras indígenas en Venezuela por el Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro

¡¡¡NO a la destrucción de tierras indígenas en Venezuela por el Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! ¡¡¡NO a la retirada de Bolsonaro de protecciones a territorios indígenas en Brasil !!! NO al ORO del SANGRE !!!

Un estanque en el bosque, Amazonas, Venezuela – ¡¡¡NO a la destrucción de tierras indígenas en Venezuela por el Arco Minero del Orinoco de Maduro !!! — Barbara Crane Navarro

Forgive and Forget!

Until when! Until when are we going to hold on our grudges, grievances, anger, and bitterness? Until when are we going to remain trapped in the cage of waste and heavy feelings? They are only taking away our happiness from us and though subtle but generating anger within. Until when are we going to hold on? After all, whatever happened is over and is gone. Maybe at that moment circumstances were different, maybe people didn’t mean it the way I took it, or maybe situations were created intentionally. But all of that is done then why hold on?

Ride Through Thoughts

Until when! Until when are we going to hold on our grudges, grievances, anger, and bitterness? Until when are we going to remain trapped in the cage of waste and heavy feelings? They are only taking away our happiness from us and though subtle but generating anger within. Until when are we going to hold on? After all, whatever happened is over and is gone. Maybe at that moment circumstances were different, maybe people didn’t mean it the way I took it, or maybe situations were created intentionally. But all of that is done then why hold on?

The time is now, the day is new, new me, new you, elevated thoughts, pure feelings, but wait, is the mind quiet? Maybe not! Because somewhere down we’ve gripped heavy feelings tightly. Every now and then these feelings peep out and disturb the mind. They probably do not allow the mind to…

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