#also the likelihood of the same site being recorded multiple times at least gives you the potential ability to cross reference forms
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100% working in Australia, I've done a lot of jobs doing surveys in National Parks. (Its part of where I've had time to daydream about the possible solutions!)
You're so right though, location is the major problem i keep coming up against (can confirm, even archaeologist's locational abilities can be VERY flawed at times, i've been on many a cartoon survey with old reports, tilting a map every which way, and trying to decide which planet the author was even on at the time).
In an ideal world, if a Park has mapped and recorded tracks and camping areas, having a base map of named and mapped areas itself to give a location relative to those named locations could be part of a solution. (I'm not sure what theyre like in the US, but I feel like most amateur people out walking or camping in Australia are at least going to be in vague proximity to mapped locations)
The best option i was able to come up with for addressing locations was providing enough information for the public to bounce off. ("its near the large bend on x trail"; "the top end of y camp area"). But in an area without a lot of trails and campgrounds, yeah it does get very tricky. Its always been the problem in the idea that I've found the most difficult.
That being said, even if the information is the most general it can possibly get... a location within a 1-2km2 area is... not the worst data possible.
From a CRM perspective, knowing "there's a site here somewhere" in proximity can be super useful, even when you dont know exactly where it is.
And from a public outreach perspective, theres then the... feasible (and even then, feasible is a VERY loose word) option of being able to actually invite the public on a specific day to walk around the "flagged" areas with Parks staff and/or archaeologists to go "you guys recorded some of these, want to come find them with us?"
Forgive me Archaeologist, for I have sinned: when I was 10 years old, I found a shard of pottery with paint on it in the ground at the campsite where my family was having a picnic (this was in the American Southwest, in an area known for ancient civilizations who made painted pottery), and instead of leaving it there, I picked it up and excitedly took it (with the best of intentions!) to the park ranger's station to show them, and they were very annoyed that I had removed it from the site. 😞😭
No 😭😭 Archaeological site foiled by the excitement of children yet again!!
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Actually i have a lot of thoughts on stuff like this! Its the sort of easy accident that happens all the time, especially with kids. I feel like this is actually such a genuine area of excitement and interest that we dont do a good job at interacting with.
Particularly with artefacts like you described, theyre super easy for people to identify and get excited about. But if they dont know what the appropriate course of action is, sites can get harmed.
And honestly i feel like National Parks and public access areas which have sites, or the potential for site, should have... like, something similar to a scavenger hunt type form available.
Something that lets them like mark on a map where they think they are, describe things what they've found and what they think it might be, and to draw pictures or take photos. And then they can excitedly take their "actual archaeology work" back to the park stations. That way when kids actually find sites or historical materials, Parks staff is actually notified, and the sites are less disturbed.
Kids (and even adults) are so excited about archaeology stuff, we've just got to teach them how to be excited about it in a helpful way, and teach then what looking after a site actually looks like!!
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primeinspire · 3 years ago
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How to Avoid Being Hacked When Using the Internet
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Hacking is a common occurrence on the internet all over the world. If precautions are not taken to keep protected information safe, email, social networking, and other internet accounts may be hijacked. There are several measures you can take to keep in control and secure when it comes to preventing your web accounts from being stolen. This post will show you how to safeguard your accounts. Point 1: Email accounts
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Use a password-protected email account. Use all of the verification steps available when setting up for an e-mail account or any other online account. These are frequently extra layers of information that only you have access to. Phone verification, SMS verification, and answering specific security questions are among the verification techniques available. Depending on your specific demands, do some study to choose a secure email account; if you conduct an online search, you can get evaluations from other users. Keep in mind that the email service provider you use will have its own security procedures, thus none are listed here. Simply follow the instructions to ensure that your account is as secure as possible. If you're trying to use an email account that doesn't have any security safeguards, you should think twice about utilizing it. Keep in mind that no email service is completely secure. Make it as tough as possible for hackers to get into your system. Make it more difficult for anyone to guess your email address. If you incorporate a number or an uncommon word with your name, it makes it more difficult for someone to guess your name by combining your first and last names and emailing you. Keep your email password safe. Do not send it to anybody else, save it in your email Drafts folder, or keep it elsewhere it can be accessed. Because your password is valuable, treat it as such and keep it private. Strengthen your account's security. If your account is hacked and your password has been changed, provide an additional phone number and alternate email address for password recovery. To recover your compromised password later, add security questions relating to password recovery. React quickly but cautiously to messages regarding suspected email account threats. Follow up if you receive a message from your email provider stating that they are concerned about the email being hacked. However, read it carefully since if it's a scam, it'll contain telltale signals like terrible grammar, illegitimate/spoofed logos, a click-on link to change a password (do not click; always change a password from the account itself), and so on. If you suspect an email from your email provider isn't genuine, contact them immediately, either by phone or by a separate email sent through their website. Before reacting to the suspicious email, wait for a response from them. Some businesses have email abuse or inquiry departments; for additional information, go to their website. Consider creating multiple email accounts for various needs. If you want a separate account where you can be more irresponsible, such as leaving your email address all over the internet, etc., create one for that purpose and never leave anything personal or sensitive on it. Use the tips above to keep your personal email account safe, but don't give it out to too many people you don't know. It's suspicious if anything seems too wonderful to be true. Be particularly wary if you receive emails offering prizes, wins, money swaps, eternal love, and so forth. Never click on a link that promises such things, and never respond to an email that promises such things. Delete the mail without taking any further action on it. Point 2: Social networking
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Use a password that is extremely difficult to guess. A hacker can gain access to your account by utilizing a technique known as a "dictionary attack," in which all of the words from a typical English dictionary are entered into the password box, and the password is disclosed after a while, resulting in a hack. Add numbers, alphabets, and even symbols (!@#$ percent &) all together to decrease the likelihood of a dictionary attack. Use a pass phrase with digits and symbols if the site supports it - it's much tougher to decipher than a password, albeit it's not as common as passwords. Consider the following scenario: you have the password 'Hello to you' (without the quotes). Using a dictionary attack, this could be hacked in under an hour. If you change it to something like '#ello2u' (without the quotations), it will take more than a month or even a year to break, and the hacker will quit trying and go on to a more straightforward target. Never use passwords that are obvious. Many people, for example, have the habit of using passwords like . People attempting to gain access to your account will start with the most obvious examples. You can use online password strength checkers to test a variety of passwords before using them. This might assist you in determining what is the most powerful at any given time. Change your passwords on a regular basis. Don't put your faith in your strong password. It can also be hacked in a month, so make it difficult for a determined hacker who really wants your information by changing your password frequently. This treatment should be repeated every 3-4 months at the very least, and more frequently if possible. It's also a great method to keep your memory sharp! Make sure not use the same passwords on all of your online accounts. This could be the worst mistake you've ever made, because if a hacker obtains your Facebook password, the natural next step is to use it on other accounts in the hopes that you've been lazy and reused it. If you have, congratulations! Your entire online existence might be obliterated. Point 4: General safety
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Maintain the secrecy of your account information. Keep track of your account information, including your email address, phone numbers, alternate email addresses, and security questions and answers. Keep this information in a safe and secure location, such as a scrap of paper in your house. You may download such information to your computer from some websites, such as Facebook and Twitter, so you might want to do so every 3 to 4 months. Lists of passwords: This is a sensitive subject. The general consensus is to keep passwords in your head. Many people, especially if they need separate passwords for dozens or even hundreds of sites, are unable to do so efficiently. Find a sensible way to keep copies of such passwords safe, such as paper written lists (for example, divide into different lists, keep in different places), not writing down passwords for your most frequently used accounts (those should be easily remembered), or only writing down passwords for accounts that do not contain sensitive information when entered, and so on. You'll have to come up with a safe method that works for you. Keeping in mind that many websites provide password retrieval services in case you lose your password. If you maintain lists of passwords and other information on your computer, be aware that if your computer is hacked, all of the listed accounts may be compromised. To keep any saved personal reminder information safe from being read, use a good code. You can make one up or learn one; the idea is that unless you're keeping a top-secret government document, most hackers won't bother with anything that requires too much work. Reduce the likelihood of you spamming other people. When your email or social networking account gets hacked, spam can be sent from your address/account using your list of contacts. Having a strong password prevents your account from being hacked, as does avoiding adding friends on Facebook who you don't know, and not clicking on links in emails from people you don't know. Never respond to emails that are marked as spam. Delete them right away. You validate your presence by reacting, even if it's in jest, and you'll just get more spam from the sender. Read the full article
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The latest on COVID-19 from Downtown Drs. Brown
Over the last fews weeks a quick glance at any news source reveals COVID-19 is now more active, locally and nationally, than during its prior peak in the spring. Fayette County is seeing a near-daily increase in COVID-19 cases, including associated hospitalizations and deaths. We are seeing this increase at Downtown Drs. Brown as well; we have had more positive coronavirus cases, and patients with exposures to others who are positive, in the last two to three weeks than we have had since the pandemic began. Some of the cases are asymptomatic and some are symptomatic.
Certainly, more testing availability is a large reason why cases are higher now than in the past; but more testing does not explain the rise in its entirety, as the proportion of positive cases is rising, not declining. Furthermore, hospitalizations are increasing in spite of the majority of new cases occurring in younger people. These findings suggest the increased testing is not simply revealing only asymptomatic carriers.
In the spring, as the curve was flattening, there was concern a second wave of the virus could happen in the fall. It appears that is now beginning. Florida is setting records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. California is beginning to close businesses again. Houston has had capacity issues in their ICUs this month. As of last Friday, masks are now mandatory in twenty-eight states including Alabama, Louisiana and North Carolina because COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths are increasing rapidly.
It would make sense that it might not feel as if the pandemic is now worse than the spring. At that time, workers were sent home, schools closed, there was a scramble for personal protective equipment, “stay home, stay healthy” messaging was ubiquitous and all of us slowed to a crawl to learn about this new virus that was engulfing Italy and New York City. The current environment is different, as we are witnessing a more insidious growth of the virus. The new goal is to learn how to live safely with COVID-19 in a community that is not as locked down as it was this spring. Not surprisingly, some growing pains are being suffered as we all adjust to a difficult moving target.
This newsletter is meant to provide an update of where we are now with COVID-19. Below you will find:
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At Downtown Drs. Brown, your health is always our priority. Because of the increased COVID-19 activity locally, we are reinstating our protocol we used in March and April to maximize the safety. We will do the majority of visits by telehealth (video or phone). For patients that must be seen in person, we will use the below precautions. We also will do some visits as a hybrid: you will come in for quick interactions such as vaccines, blood draws or vital signs and then a longer visit will be done with the doctor via telehealth. This approach allows for extended physician visits with minimal time in the office to decrease likelihood of possible asymptomatic COVID-19 spread. Please trust we are doing our absolute best to keep you (and us) safe and healthy. 
Protocol:
When appropriate, we will encourage a telehealth visit. We have the capacity to do simple phone visits or video conferences.
For your appointment reminder, you will be asked if you are experiencing any COVID related symptoms.
Patients are to call/text us when they are in the parking lot. We will then let you know when to come inside. This allows for no waiting time in the reception area and prevents any overlap between patients.
Masks are to be worn by patients and staff unless a medical condition prohibits the ability to wear one. Should you not have a mask, we have some at the door thanks to a wonderful patient who has made them for us!
Temperatures will be taken at the door.
Checkout will be streamlined and many of your follow up appointments will be done over the phone.
DDB staff will thoroughly sanitize surfaces after each appointment.
Drs. Brown will discuss all sick symptoms over the phone before seeing any patient. Any COVID symptomatic patients will be treated in the parking lot.
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COVID-19 Testing
In the spring it was a scramble for limited PPE, now it appears we will soon be scrambling for testing supplies. Here at Downtown Drs. Brown, our acute COVID-19 results used to take 36-48 hours to result. With the significant increase in testing regionally, results are taking upwards of five to six days.
Testing for acute COVID-19 (not serologies), generally falls into two categories- rapid or send-out test. The rapid tests will get a result within fifteen minutes to a few hours. Generally, they are excellent tests but the false negative rate (i.e. you have the disease but the test misses it) can be as high as 10-20%. There are several places in and around Lexington that have rapid testing machines (see below).
The send-out tests are more accurate than the rapid tests. The false negative rate is much lower. Both the rapid and send-out tests have very low false positive rates, which means the vast majority of positive tests are “true positives” (i.e. you have the disease and the test picked it up).
Where the swab is collected can vary from the back of the throat, to the back of the nose to the front of the nose. All of these different swabs, as of recent data, are thought to be similarly accurate.
We are currently out of supplies. We will be testing again in the next few weeks. At this point, we are only able to do send-out tests. We are actively looking into quicker options for testing and will keep everyone updated. We also understand many of you will need results immediately. We have compiled a list of locations offering testing. The list is extensive, but not exhaustive.
Urgent Treatment Centers of Kentucky - They have multiple locations around Lexington and the surrounding area. You can easily sign up to be tested using this link. Results are yielded in fifteen minutes, and they offer pediatric testing.
Walgreens on Executive Drive - Testing is for those 18+ and now requires an appointment using this link. Results are given within 1-3 hours. While a quick turnaround, this is considered a send-out site so more accurate results.
Southland Christian Church - This is a free, no appointment needed option with results in 1-3 days. They offer pediatric testing but a social security number is requested.
Kroger Little Clinic - Turnaround time is 3-6 days and the testing area is located at BCTC.
CVS on East New Circle - Results are taking approximately 3 days and advanced registration is required to see if you qualify.
Baptist Urgent Cares - Test results are taking approximately 1-2 days and done by appointment. Without symptoms, a doctor’s note is required.
What if you have a "positive exposure"?
In short, not all exposures are the same. You might need to do a COVID-19 test or quarantine, but you also might not. If you’re in this position, give us a call and let us walk you through it. And of course, if you have any COVID-19 symptoms let us know promptly.
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Serology Update
There has not been a significant gain in serology (i.e. viral antibodies) information sinceour last newsletter addressed the topic. Unfortunately, we still do not know how common it is to develop antibodies with an infection or as an asymptomatic carrier; unfortunately some data suggests that upwards of 20% of patients with COVID-19 do not develop any antibodies.
If antibodies are produced, it is not known how long they stay with a person, or how effective the antibodies are in fighting a re-infection. In general, most viral antibodies (for non-COVID-19 viruses) last around eighteen months. One early study suggested COVID-19 antibodies wane after three months.
Lastly, LabCorp is still working on a quantitative serology test, which could be much more helpful than the qualitative test that is currently being used.
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Conclusion
Many of us had hoped this pandemic would be a sprint that we would just push through; we now know it is at least a mid-distance run and we must alter our cadence, perspective and interject water breaks when needed. We cannot simply put our heads down and run and hope for the finish line.  
We know it is an unsettling time and information changes daily. We are here to help you navigate the pandemic. Please know you are not alone, as we are available to help you make the safest decisions for yourself and your family. Reference
our last newsletter
for a reminder of what scenarios you can feel good about, when to use caution and when you should be concerned. As we live with this pandemic for the foreseeable future, weigh the risks for each situation and plan for the inevitable disruptions that will occur; but, please do not let this consume you. If your tried and true avenues for self-care are unsafe due to COVID-19, please find new alternatives. Together, and with thoughtful interactions and precautions, we will get through this.
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Things To Consider Before Selling Your Business (Baby)
One of my luckiest investment decisions was not selling anything during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. I just held on for dear life, continued to max out my 401(k) and squirreled away anything left into an online savings account or CD.
In 2012, I got lucky again by receiving zero offers for my SF primary residence. Facebook just went public, but nobody wanted to buy my home. As a result, I held on, paid down more of the mortgage, earned some rental income, and then finally sold it five years later for 68% more.
In 2015 and in 2018 I passed on selling Financial Samurai. To sell before realizing my goal of writing 3X a week for 10 years would have made me feel like a quitter. Then in August 2018, Google had a large algorithm update that has since boosted organic traffic by 50%. That was an unexpected upside surprise, especially since the site has been around since 2009.
It sure seems like the secret to creating wealth is to consistently save, invest, grow, hold and build for the long-term. Almost every significant wealth event in my life has taken at least five years to stew.
Things To Consider Before Selling Your Business
We know there are three main sources of wealth: 1) your job, 2) your investments, and 3) your business. Most people erroneously focus just on their job. Savvier people focus on one and two.
But to really build next level wealth it’s worth doing all three. Start a business, own as much of the equity as possible, grow the business, and reap all the rewards.
Being an employee is fine. It’s just that without equity, it’s really hard to get very wealthy. You’re essentially working to make someone else rich.
You don’t have to build a big business. A small one that provides joy and boosts your overall income by just 10% is fine too. Over time, you just never know how large your business might grow if you stick with it.
If you’ve started a successful business and are thinking about selling it, here are some questions and considerations to go through before letting go of your baby. I’ve shared my thoughts as well as I consider retiring for a second time.
1) An attractive valuation. You must consider the valuation multiple compared to the overall S&P 500 and companies in your space. You must also consider the payback period and your likelihood of lasting beyond the payback period if you don’t sell. The stronger your expected future earnings growth, the higher the valuation multiple you should demand.
Wise public companies buy promising private companies at lower valuations. If a public company is trading at 20X earnings, it should buy private companies trading at lower earnings multiples with higher growth rates all day long. If it does, each acquisition will automatically be earnings accretive.
My thoughts: I don’t want to sell Financial Samurai because I think valuations are too low for private media businesses. Let’s say I’m offered 6X operating profit. This pales in comparison to the average 22X multiple for the S&P 500.
After six years of simply maintaining operating profit, I will have covered the entire purchase price. But every year after six years would be pure gravy. The payback period when all is recouped is also the point of serious regret for many entrepreneurs who sell. 
Further, if I can actually grow operating profit instead of let it stay stagnant, it makes even more sense to hold on. 
For illustrative purposes, let’s say someone offers me $6 million based off 6X operating profit of $1 million. If I can grow operating profit by 20% a year, the operating profit will have grown to $2.49 million after five years. In other words, I would have ended up only selling my business for 2.4X operating profit, which would be like getting mugged in a dark alley! And if I ended up selling for 6X operating profit five years from now, I could get $14.94 million instead of just $6 million. 
The only way I’d ever sell is if someone offered me at least 12X operating profit due to consistent earnings growth and my ability to keep on going for at least five more years. You’ll have to make an assessment on what’s the right valuation for your business. 
2) Cash generator or money loser. You either have a business that is losing money, but hopefully growing at a fast pace or you have a cash generating business that is usually growing at a more steady pace. If you have a money-losing business that isn’t growing, then you need to sell ASAP.
A money-losing business is unsustainable over the long term unless the business can continuously raise money from outside investors to fund operations. Uber, is a great example of a fast grower that lost $1.8 billion in 2018. Yet, because they are able to raise ~$9 billion from its IPO, the company should be able to fund its operations for at least five more years given its losses are shrinking (lost $2.2 billion in 2017).
If you have a cash cow business, then selling in a low-interest rate environment as we have now is a much harder decision to make. The reason is because a much higher capital amount is needed to generate a specific amount of income.
Look at the chart below. It shows the different amounts of capital needed to generate $55,000 and $20,000 in annual income at different interest rates. By a significant margin, cash cows are much more valuable today than they would be if interest rates were higher.
My thoughts: The core costs to run Financial Samurai include server cost, e-mail software cost, random website maintenance cost, and my time. Depending on how I value my time, operating my website results in 70% – 98% operating profit margins. In comparison, Apple’s operating profit margin is roughly 28% and Microsoft’s operating profit margin is roughly 31%. 
Huge operating profit margins is one of the main reasons why everybody should start their own website. There is little downside if you fail, except for your time and maybe a little ego bruising.
It’s not like you have to come up with a million dollars to start a restaurant to pay rent, remodel a space, buy food, and hire staff. A website is just you and your own creativity. 
Given I believe interest rates will stay low for the rest of my lifetime, the value of owning a cash cow should also stay high for the rest of my lifetime. 
10-year bond yield has been coming down since the late 1980s
3) Your personal goals. Do you want to sell for a profit or build a legacy? If your desire for maximum profits is strong, then selling your business may make more sense if you get the right offer. If you desire to build a long-term business because it gives you purpose and joy, then selling your business makes less sense. Decide what your personal goals are for your business.
My thoughts: I didn’t start Financial Samurai to make money. I just needed an outlet to address my fears during the financial crisis. Instead of smoking or drinking heavily, I decided to write. I think you can tell that I enjoy writing, otherwise, I wouldn’t author practically all of Financial Samurai’s content. If I hated writing, I would hire a bunch of freelancers to write lots of product review posts to try and maximize my revenue. But so far, I haven’t.
My purpose for Financial Samurai is to have a creative outlet to share my thoughts on a weekly basis. It feels good to get thoughts on paper and hear different perspectives from the community. To be able to formulate an idea, put it in writing, and releasing it to the world is very gratifying. 
A new goal is to run Financial Samurai long enough to teach my boy about online media, communication, and entrepreneurship. As an overrepresented minority at top universities, I assume it will be tougher for him to get in. I assume he will also get discriminated against in the workplace due to an underrepresentation of minorities in leadership positions. Therefore, it’s nice to have an insurance policy to skip university and the matrix all together. 
He might have zero interest in learning about online media, but at least I can talk to him about the importance of creativity, consistency, and work ethic. A small business has many of the same departments as a large business e.g. finance, marketing, sales, production, etc. 
Finally, what a wonderful way to communicate with family and friends long after I’m gone. I remember replaying over and over an old voicemail recording of a middle school friend who shockingly passed away in a car accident. If I were to die today, at least my wife and toddler will have hundreds of recordings and thousands of articles to go through.
4) Your view of the future. Do you see your business growing or fading? Can you create different products or revenue streams due to the strength of your brand? What are some new technologies that might disrupt your existing business? Are you capable of adapting?
Businesses fade away all the time. The murkier the future, the more you should consider selling.
My thoughts: I’ve always believed that if you can build a brand, your business will do even better in the future. Think about how many different business lines Virgin is in. Richard Branson has built an incredible, edgy brand that has enabled him to get into music, transportation, hotels, and more.
Financial Samurai is a fierce brand in the personal finance space that digs deep into the numbers and provides no BS analysis and answers. Everything is written based on firsthand experience because money is too important to be left up to pontification.
By establishing a brand that goes against the status quo (e.g. engineer your layoff vs. quit), plenty of new products can be created to leverage the brand. With only one book, I’ve barely gotten started on the business aspect of things. Now that my brand is established, I truly believe the opportunities are endless.
I envision a future where the consumption of online media via mobile devices only continues to grow. I see opportunity for Financial Samurai to expand internationally, especially in Asia and Europe.
Written content will never go away. It is by far the fastest way to consume information. Audio and video will continue to grow, and these are mediums I can easily utilize.
5) Will the money change your life. You can’t fault someone for wanting lots of money. If the sale of your business can significantly change your life for the better, then selling is absolutely an attractive decision. If the financial windfall doesn’t do much for your life, then you will likely feel a great let down because doing something mainly for money tends to feel empty.
My thoughts: The money received from selling Financial Samurai won’t change our lives. The only thing I might do is buy a bigger house. But I’ve already done the analysis on a larger house before, and it doesn’t feel worth it. Instead of feeling joy, I feel my headaches of owning a larger property with a $55,000 annual property tax bill would only multiply.
With the windfall, I’d give more money to a foster youth organization I volunteer at. I’d pay for a luxurious cruise for my parents. If my parents wanted, I’d also pay for their home remodel while putting them up in a nice temporary housing condo in Honolulu.
Other than these things, there’s really nothing more I’d do with the money except investing it in passive income generating investments. When you are already free to do whatever you want, having more money doesn’t move the happiness needle much.
6) Will you regret not selling if the market turns south. Fantastic selling opportunities open up only so often. If you pass, can you live with your decision that you could have gotten so much more if you sold earlier? Do you have the patience to wait for another 10 years for the next fantastic selling opportunity?
For example, Yahoo was once once worth over $100 billion and eventually sold itself to Verizon for only $5 billion. The good times don’t last forever.
My thoughts: I’m sure I’ll regret not selling today if I could only get 95% less years later. Meanwhile, however, I will have gotten a priceless amount of joy building Financial Samurai. It’s cool to have a web property I can click on from anywhere in the world.
It’s the same type of pride and joy you get as a parent when you look at your kid and think proudly, I helped make that. If you truly love your kid, you would never sell him or her. The same goes with your business, sometimes to your detriment.
I also am pleased with the steady growth of the Financial Samurai Forum. It feels like a new website with different offerings I will help nurture. I’m sure it will grow into a tremendous destination if I can manage it well over the next five years.
7) Will the new buyer be a good steward. You don’t want to sell your business to anybody. Instead, you want to sell your business to someone who believes in your vision and carries out many of the things you’d like to do, but don’t have the ability or energy to do on your own.
Consider selling your business similar to giving away your daughter or son’s hand in marriage. You’re definitely not going to let your daughter or son marry a scumbag.
My thoughts: After several conversations, I finally warmed up to someone who I think could really grow Financial Samurai and improve the user experience. Like me, he is a father, but to three boys. He has a team of hundreds of writers and developers who could create a lot more value. Let’s see where this relationship takes us. I’m definitely going to take my time finding a proper suitor. 
Enjoy Your Business For As Long As Possible
The joy you get from creating something out of nothing far outweighs any joy you get from making a lot of money. Yes, there will be difficult times when you’ll just want to sell and quit. Do your best to keep on going.
I know of several people who sold their online businesses for the money and later became depressed because they didn’t have a purpose anymore. Many in the online media space tried to re-create the magic and failed. They became irrelevant.
Money really doesn’t bring much more happiness once you’re earning enough to have all your basic needs met. Some say that number is $75,000 a year, while others believe $300,000 a year is more likely in a HCOL area.
If you feel the end is near for your business, definitely try and sell. If someone gives you a crazy offer way outside average valuation multiples and you’re burned out, then accept their offer with open arms.
But if you continue to enjoy what you do and see growth potential, then keep on going. The legacy you leave will be wonderful. Just remember to always keep an open mind as there is a price for everything.
Not a day goes by where I’m not thankful for launching this site in 2009. It has given me more joy and purpose that I ever thought possible. Thank you!
Related posts:
How To Start A Profitable Website
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Bankers, Techies, And Doctors You’ll Never Get Rich Working For Someone Else
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mcjoelcain · 6 years ago
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Things To Consider Before Selling Your Business (Baby)
One of my luckiest investment decisions was not selling anything during the 2008-2009 financial crisis. I just held on for dear life, continued to max out my 401(k) and squirreled away anything left into an online savings account or CD.
In 2012, I got lucky again by receiving zero offers for my SF primary residence. Facebook just went public, but nobody wanted to buy my home. As a result, I held on, paid down more of the mortgage, earned some rental income, and then finally sold it five years later for 68% more.
In 2015 and in 2018 I passed on selling Financial Samurai. To sell before realizing my goal of writing 3X a week for 10 years would have made me feel like a quitter. Then in August 2018, Google had a large algorithm update that has since boosted organic traffic by 50%. That was an unexpected upside surprise, especially since the site has been around since 2009.
It sure seems like the secret to creating wealth is to consistently save, invest, grow, hold and build for the long-term. Almost every significant wealth event in my life has taken at least five years to stew.
Things To Consider Before Selling Your Business
We know there are three main sources of wealth: 1) your job, 2) your investments, and 3) your business. Most people erroneously focus just on their job. Savvier people focus on one and two.
But to really build next level wealth it’s worth doing all three. Start a business, own as much of the equity as possible, grow the business, and reap all the rewards.
Being an employee is fine. It’s just that without equity, it’s really hard to get very wealthy. You’re essentially working to make someone else rich.
You don’t have to build a big business. A small one that provides joy and boosts your overall income by just 10% is fine too. Over time, you just never know how large your business might grow if you stick with it.
If you’ve started a successful business and are thinking about selling it, here are some questions and considerations to go through before letting go of your baby. I’ve shared my thoughts as well as I consider retiring for a second time.
1) An attractive valuation. You must consider the valuation multiple compared to the overall S&P 500 and companies in your space. You must also consider the payback period and your likelihood of lasting beyond the payback period if you don’t sell. The stronger your expected future earnings growth, the higher the valuation multiple you should demand.
Wise public companies buy promising private companies at lower valuations. If a public company is trading at 20X earnings, it should buy private companies trading at lower earnings multiples with higher growth rates all day long. If it does, each acquisition will automatically be earnings accretive.
My thoughts: I don’t want to sell Financial Samurai because I think valuations are too low for private media businesses. Let’s say I’m offered 6X operating profit. This pales in comparison to the average 22X multiple for the S&P 500.
After six years of simply maintaining operating profit, I will have covered the entire purchase price. But every year after six years would be pure gravy. The payback period when all is recouped is also the point of serious regret for many entrepreneurs who sell. 
Further, if I can actually grow operating profit instead of let it stay stagnant, it makes even more sense to hold on. 
For illustrative purposes, let’s say someone offers me $6 million based off 6X operating profit of $1 million. If I can grow operating profit by 20% a year, the operating profit will have grown to $2.49 million after five years. In other words, I would have ended up only selling my business for 2.4X operating profit, which would be like getting mugged in a dark alley! And if I ended up selling for 6X operating profit five years from now, I could get $14.94 million instead of just $6 million. 
The only way I’d ever sell is if someone offered me at least 12X operating profit due to consistent earnings growth and my ability to keep on going for at least five more years. You’ll have to make an assessment on what’s the right valuation for your business. 
2) Cash generator or money loser. You either have a business that is losing money, but hopefully growing at a fast pace or you have a cash generating business that is usually growing at a more steady pace. If you have a money-losing business that isn’t growing, then you need to sell ASAP.
A money-losing business is unsustainable over the long term unless the business can continuously raise money from outside investors to fund operations. Uber, is a great example of a fast grower that lost $1.8 billion in 2018. Yet, because they are able to raise ~$9 billion from its IPO, the company should be able to fund its operations for at least five more years given its losses are shrinking (lost $2.2 billion in 2017).
If you have a cash cow business, then selling in a low-interest rate environment as we have now is a much harder decision to make. The reason is because a much higher capital amount is needed to generate a specific amount of income.
Look at the chart below. It shows the different amounts of capital needed to generate $55,000 and $20,000 in annual income at different interest rates. By a significant margin, cash cows are much more valuable today than they would be if interest rates were higher.
My thoughts: The core costs to run Financial Samurai include server cost, e-mail software cost, random website maintenance cost, and my time. Depending on how I value my time, operating my website results in 70% – 98% operating profit margins. In comparison, Apple’s operating profit margin is roughly 28% and Microsoft’s operating profit margin is roughly 31%. 
Huge operating profit margins is one of the main reasons why everybody should start their own website. There is little downside if you fail, except for your time and maybe a little ego bruising.
It’s not like you have to come up with a million dollars to start a restaurant to pay rent, remodel a space, buy food, and hire staff. A website is just you and your own creativity. 
Given I believe interest rates will stay low for the rest of my lifetime, the value of owning a cash cow should also stay high for the rest of my lifetime. 
10-year bond yield has been coming down since the late 1980s
3) Your personal goals. Do you want to sell for a profit or build a legacy? If your desire for maximum profits is strong, then selling your business may make more sense if you get the right offer. If you desire to build a long-term business because it gives you purpose and joy, then selling your business makes less sense. Decide what your personal goals are for your business.
My thoughts: I didn’t start Financial Samurai to make money. I just needed an outlet to address my fears during the financial crisis. Instead of smoking or drinking heavily, I decided to write. I think you can tell that I enjoy writing, otherwise, I wouldn’t author practically all of Financial Samurai’s content. If I hated writing, I would hire a bunch of freelancers to write lots of product review posts to try and maximize my revenue. But so far, I haven’t.
My purpose for Financial Samurai is to have a creative outlet to share my thoughts on a weekly basis. It feels good to get thoughts on paper and hear different perspectives from the community. To be able to formulate an idea, put it in writing, and releasing it to the world is very gratifying. 
A new goal is to run Financial Samurai long enough to teach my boy about online media, communication, and entrepreneurship. As an overrepresented minority at top universities, I assume it will be tougher for him to get in. I assume he will also get discriminated against in the workplace due to an underrepresentation of minorities in leadership positions. Therefore, it’s nice to have an insurance policy to skip university and the matrix all together. 
He might have zero interest in learning about online media, but at least I can talk to him about the importance of creativity, consistency, and work ethic. A small business has many of the same departments as a large business e.g. finance, marketing, sales, production, etc. 
Finally, what a wonderful way to communicate with family and friends long after I’m gone. I remember replaying over and over an old voicemail recording of a middle school friend who shockingly passed away in a car accident. If I were to die today, at least my wife and toddler will have hundreds of recordings and thousands of articles to go through.
4) Your view of the future. Do you see your business growing or fading? Can you create different products or revenue streams due to the strength of your brand? What are some new technologies that might disrupt your existing business? Are you capable of adapting?
Businesses fade away all the time. The murkier the future, the more you should consider selling.
My thoughts: I’ve always believed that if you can build a brand, your business will do even better in the future. Think about how many different business lines Virgin is in. Richard Branson has built an incredible, edgy brand that has enabled him to get into music, transportation, hotels, and more.
Financial Samurai is a fierce brand in the personal finance space that digs deep into the numbers and provides no BS analysis and answers. Everything is written based on firsthand experience because money is too important to be left up to pontification.
By establishing a brand that goes against the status quo (e.g. engineer your layoff vs. quit), plenty of new products can be created to leverage the brand. With only one book, I’ve barely gotten started on the business aspect of things. Now that my brand is established, I truly believe the opportunities are endless.
I envision a future where the consumption of online media via mobile devices only continues to grow. I see opportunity for Financial Samurai to expand internationally, especially in Asia and Europe.
Written content will never go away. It is by far the fastest way to consume information. Audio and video will continue to grow, and these are mediums I can easily utilize.
5) Will the money change your life. You can’t fault someone for wanting lots of money. If the sale of your business can significantly change your life for the better, then selling is absolutely an attractive decision. If the financial windfall doesn’t do much for your life, then you will likely feel a great let down because doing something mainly for money tends to feel empty.
My thoughts: The money received from selling Financial Samurai won’t change our lives. The only thing I might do is buy a bigger house. But I’ve already done the analysis on a larger house before, and it doesn’t feel worth it. Instead of feeling joy, I feel my headaches of owning a larger property with a $55,000 annual property tax bill would only multiply.
With the windfall, I’d give more money to a foster youth organization I volunteer at. I’d pay for a luxurious cruise for my parents. If my parents wanted, I’d also pay for their home remodel while putting them up in a nice temporary housing condo in Honolulu.
Other than these things, there’s really nothing more I’d do with the money except investing it in passive income generating investments. When you are already free to do whatever you want, having more money doesn’t move the happiness needle much.
6) Will you regret not selling if the market turns south. Fantastic selling opportunities open up only so often. If you pass, can you live with your decision that you could have gotten so much more if you sold earlier? Do you have the patience to wait for another 10 years for the next fantastic selling opportunity?
For example, Yahoo was once once worth over $100 billion and eventually sold itself to Verizon for only $5 billion. The good times don’t last forever.
My thoughts: I’m sure I’ll regret not selling today if I could only get 95% less years later. Meanwhile, however, I will have gotten a priceless amount of joy building Financial Samurai. It’s cool to have a web property I can click on from anywhere in the world.
It’s the same type of pride and joy you get as a parent when you look at your kid and think proudly, I helped make that. If you truly love your kid, you would never sell him or her. The same goes with your business, sometimes to your detriment.
I also am pleased with the steady growth of the Financial Samurai Forum. It feels like a new website with different offerings I will help nurture. I’m sure it will grow into a tremendous destination if I can manage it well over the next five years.
7) Will the new buyer be a good steward. You don’t want to sell your business to anybody. Instead, you want to sell your business to someone who believes in your vision and carries out many of the things you’d like to do, but don’t have the ability or energy to do on your own.
Consider selling your business similar to giving away your daughter or son’s hand in marriage. You’re definitely not going to let your daughter or son marry a scumbag.
My thoughts: After several conversations, I finally warmed up to someone who I think could really grow Financial Samurai and improve the user experience. Like me, he is a father, but to three boys. He has a team of hundreds of writers and developers who could create a lot more value. Let’s see where this relationship takes us. I’m definitely going to take my time finding a proper suitor. 
Enjoy Your Business For As Long As Possible
The joy you get from creating something out of nothing far outweighs any joy you get from making a lot of money. Yes, there will be difficult times when you’ll just want to sell and quit. Do your best to keep on going.
I know of several people who sold their online businesses for the money and later became depressed because they didn’t have a purpose anymore. Many in the online media space tried to re-create the magic and failed. They became irrelevant.
Money really doesn’t bring much more happiness once you’re earning enough to have all your basic needs met. Some say that number is $75,000 a year, while others believe $300,000 a year is more likely in a HCOL area.
If you feel the end is near for your business, definitely try and sell. If someone gives you a crazy offer way outside average valuation multiples and you’re burned out, then accept their offer with open arms.
But if you continue to enjoy what you do and see growth potential, then keep on going. The legacy you leave will be wonderful. Just remember to always keep an open mind as there is a price for everything.
Not a day goes by where I’m not thankful for launching this site in 2009. It has given me more joy and purpose that I ever thought possible. Thank you!
Related posts:
How To Start A Profitable Website
Real Estate Versus Blogging: Which Is A Better Investment?
Bankers, Techies, And Doctors You’ll Never Get Rich Working For Someone Else
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How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors.
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information on assaults and record consent.
When many think of blockchain, they think of cryptocurrencies. But as one of the most exciting new fields of emerging technology, there is an incredibly wide array of use cases for blockchain — as well as many empty promises and scams.
When it comes to combating the age old problem of how to prevent sexual assault, it’s clear we need to look for new ways to do so. Blockchain’s ability to store and record information and anonymize records holds promising potential in this area.
Several new projects promise to use blockchain to circumvent government censorship, store information on reported assaults, create databases, and record consent. In this article, we take a look at how effective these initiatives actually are.
Ethereum and #MeToo
China’s internet is infamously censored, and the government has often used it as a form of control over dissidence and political activity. Because of this, the #MeToo movement hasn’t really gained momentum in the country until recently. Earlier this year, Chinese student activists ignited the movement in their country by using blockchain technology to surpass government censorship.
Prior to this, posts referring to the feminist movement were frequently removed from social networking sites such as WeChat and Weibo.
Stories vanished, including that of a decades-old sexual assault case where Peking University (PKU) student. The student, Gao Yan, committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a professor.
Recently, eight PKU students submitted a freedom of information request to the school to open Gao Yan’s case records. One of the students, Yue Xin, published an open letter claiming she faced harassment and intimidation from the faculty in efforts to make her back down.
Institutional and governmental pressure has forced activists and survivors to find a different route to share their stories. Despite activist attempts to keep Xin’s letter from also being censored (including republishing it upside-down) it was also removed from social media — but now it’s on the Ethereum blockchain for good.
Keeping #MeToo alive in countries that wish to block it out is just one example of blockchain being used to help sexual assault survivors, but it’s not the only blockchain initiative preserving important records.
Callisto and game theory
Another such promising blockchain project is Callisto, a San Francisco-based tech non-profit which seeks to empower survivors to report incidents. Since 2015, they’ve been focusing on sexual assault cases at universities, an initiative titled “Callisto Campus.” So far, it’s been launched in 13 campuses and has supported over 149,000 students.
Callisto offers survivors three options: record abuse, issue a report, or store a report until another survivor files a similar report against the same perpetrator. The last option is based on “information escrows” ― a system which keeps a sexual assault report confidential until at least one other person has accused the same individual of assault.
How exactly does this project utilize the blockchain? To encourage victims to come forward and report attacks, Callisto employs game theory, a mathematical tool which models situations of conflict.
As stated in its white paper, “In game theory terms, there is a first-mover disadvantage with high consequences for a victim when accusing a perpetrator. That disadvantage comes from the disclosure and resulting exposure of the victim, opening the victim up to consequences (countermoves in game theory) of retaliation, disbelief by authorities, reputation damage, and stigma.”
“Callisto’s solution leverages the two key facts described in the previous section to eliminate first mover disadvantage: we enable the likely multiple victims of a perpetrator to know they are not alone and create a path for them to act together.”
This approach disincentivizes retaliation by alleged attackers, reduces disbelief in victims, and lowers the likelihood the accusers will face damage to their reputationwhile reporting.
Blockchain technology also helps to encrypt and anonymize the reports: “Callisto approaches the problem of protecting the victims’ (and the perpetrators’) privacy through comprehensive use of privacy-preserving encryption technologies and user authentication practices. Personal information of users, their accounts of incidents, and the identities of perpetrators they provide are protected by encryption from before that data leaves the user’s personal computer.”
The data stays encrypted, until it is decrypted “on the personal workstation of a Callisto Legal Options Counselor. In addition, even Counselors cannot see incident or perpetrator identity information unless more than one user has identified the same perpetrator.”
“Access to user accounts are protected by multi-factor authentication, strong password requirements, and email verification. User activity on the platform cannot be linked to identifying user account information.”
According to Callisto, 15 percent of reports found a match causing them to report simultaneously.
Jess Ladd, the founder and CEO of Callisto, further illustrated how Callisto’s technology works in her TED Talk:
youtube
On average, one in five women and one in 13 men will be assaulted during their undergraduate career in the United States. Less than 10 percent will ever report their assault to the police and those who do, on average, wait 11 months to make their report. 
Survivors using Callisto Campus took four months to report their sexual assault experience, which is three times faster than the national average of 11 months.
According to Callisto, the service has increased the chances a survivor will report, the speed of their reporting, and the detection of serial sexual perpetrators on college campuses. They also claim survivors who visit their school’s Callisto Campus website are five times more likely to report their assault than those who do not.
An anonymous male survivor of sexual assault said: “It was hard to imagine coming forward in an immediately public way, but to start by chronicling what had occurred would have been a helpful and important first step.”
Apps putting consent on the blockchain
Blockchain tech has also been employed in projects seeking to approach issues of consent. The app LegalFling, for example, allows users to secure their explicit consent before engaging in a sexual act with one or more persons with just one swipe.
Once all participants have confirmed their consent, it uses contracts stored on the blockchain to let users specify consent, along with things like “explicit language” and use of protection.
But LegalFling and other projects like it have faced criticism, as they operate on a dangerous and deeply flawed representation of one-time consent. As anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) explains, “Giving consent for one activity, one time, does not mean giving consent for increased or recurring sexual contact.”
LegalFling does address this on their site: “’No’ means ‘no’ at any time. Being passed out means ‘no’ at any time.” The company acknowledges consent recorded on the app is automatically “null” and “void” if someone is passed out. But the app itself doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent.
Stephanie Alys, co-founder of MysteryVibe, a company that creates personalized pleasure products said during her talk at the TNW Conference last year that there’s a difference between seeking consent and seeking agreement – and the latter is what you get when you hand someone a contract.
Instead of tools to help people battle a legal case in the event that they’re accused of sexual assault or harassment – which is what LegalFling seems to be – more education and discussion on what consent means, and how everyone has the right to it, is needed.
Blockchain can’t get rid of rape culture
An app like LegalFling doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent. Swiping “okay” beforehand is therefore not an accurate indicator of consensual sex, but this doesn’t mean blockchain can’t help prevent assault.
As in the case of Callisto and #MeToo activists utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, this technology can be of help, both in prevention and to survivors, as it anonymizes cases and records data that can never be altered. However, as shown in the case of LegalFling, technology cannot replace cultural change and better sex education.
Technology is black and white, but the world of humans is not. We can never solely rely on technology to protect us, because technology can never be a replacement for a healthy sexual culture, where consent is respected and discussed openly.
Read next: Focal Elegia Review: Neutral hi-fi headphones you can actually commute with
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adrianjenkins952wblr · 6 years ago
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How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors.
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information on assaults and record consent.
When many think of blockchain, they think of cryptocurrencies. But as one of the most exciting new fields of emerging technology, there is an incredibly wide array of use cases for blockchain — as well as many empty promises and scams.
When it comes to combating the age old problem of how to prevent sexual assault, it’s clear we need to look for new ways to do so. Blockchain’s ability to store and record information and anonymize records holds promising potential in this area.
Several new projects promise to use blockchain to circumvent government censorship, store information on reported assaults, create databases, and record consent. In this article, we take a look at how effective these initiatives actually are.
Ethereum and #MeToo
China’s internet is infamously censored, and the government has often used it as a form of control over dissidence and political activity. Because of this, the #MeToo movement hasn’t really gained momentum in the country until recently. Earlier this year, Chinese student activists ignited the movement in their country by using blockchain technology to surpass government censorship.
Prior to this, posts referring to the feminist movement were frequently removed from social networking sites such as WeChat and Weibo.
Stories vanished, including that of a decades-old sexual assault case where Peking University (PKU) student. The student, Gao Yan, committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a professor.
Recently, eight PKU students submitted a freedom of information request to the school to open Gao Yan’s case records. One of the students, Yue Xin, published an open letter claiming she faced harassment and intimidation from the faculty in efforts to make her back down.
Institutional and governmental pressure has forced activists and survivors to find a different route to share their stories. Despite activist attempts to keep Xin’s letter from also being censored (including republishing it upside-down) it was also removed from social media — but now it’s on the Ethereum blockchain for good.
Keeping #MeToo alive in countries that wish to block it out is just one example of blockchain being used to help sexual assault survivors, but it’s not the only blockchain initiative preserving important records.
Callisto and game theory
Another such promising blockchain project is Callisto, a San Francisco-based tech non-profit which seeks to empower survivors to report incidents. Since 2015, they’ve been focusing on sexual assault cases at universities, an initiative titled “Callisto Campus.” So far, it’s been launched in 13 campuses and has supported over 149,000 students.
Callisto offers survivors three options: record abuse, issue a report, or store a report until another survivor files a similar report against the same perpetrator. The last option is based on “information escrows” ― a system which keeps a sexual assault report confidential until at least one other person has accused the same individual of assault.
How exactly does this project utilize the blockchain? To encourage victims to come forward and report attacks, Callisto employs game theory, a mathematical tool which models situations of conflict.
As stated in its white paper, “In game theory terms, there is a first-mover disadvantage with high consequences for a victim when accusing a perpetrator. That disadvantage comes from the disclosure and resulting exposure of the victim, opening the victim up to consequences (countermoves in game theory) of retaliation, disbelief by authorities, reputation damage, and stigma.”
“Callisto’s solution leverages the two key facts described in the previous section to eliminate first mover disadvantage: we enable the likely multiple victims of a perpetrator to know they are not alone and create a path for them to act together.”
This approach disincentivizes retaliation by alleged attackers, reduces disbelief in victims, and lowers the likelihood the accusers will face damage to their reputationwhile reporting.
Blockchain technology also helps to encrypt and anonymize the reports: “Callisto approaches the problem of protecting the victims’ (and the perpetrators’) privacy through comprehensive use of privacy-preserving encryption technologies and user authentication practices. Personal information of users, their accounts of incidents, and the identities of perpetrators they provide are protected by encryption from before that data leaves the user’s personal computer.”
The data stays encrypted, until it is decrypted “on the personal workstation of a Callisto Legal Options Counselor. In addition, even Counselors cannot see incident or perpetrator identity information unless more than one user has identified the same perpetrator.”
“Access to user accounts are protected by multi-factor authentication, strong password requirements, and email verification. User activity on the platform cannot be linked to identifying user account information.”
According to Callisto, 15 percent of reports found a match causing them to report simultaneously.
Jess Ladd, the founder and CEO of Callisto, further illustrated how Callisto’s technology works in her TED Talk:
youtube
On average, one in five women and one in 13 men will be assaulted during their undergraduate career in the United States. Less than 10 percent will ever report their assault to the police and those who do, on average, wait 11 months to make their report. 
Survivors using Callisto Campus took four months to report their sexual assault experience, which is three times faster than the national average of 11 months.
According to Callisto, the service has increased the chances a survivor will report, the speed of their reporting, and the detection of serial sexual perpetrators on college campuses. They also claim survivors who visit their school’s Callisto Campus website are five times more likely to report their assault than those who do not.
An anonymous male survivor of sexual assault said: “It was hard to imagine coming forward in an immediately public way, but to start by chronicling what had occurred would have been a helpful and important first step.”
Apps putting consent on the blockchain
Blockchain tech has also been employed in projects seeking to approach issues of consent. The app LegalFling, for example, allows users to secure their explicit consent before engaging in a sexual act with one or more persons with just one swipe.
Once all participants have confirmed their consent, it uses contracts stored on the blockchain to let users specify consent, along with things like “explicit language” and use of protection.
But LegalFling and other projects like it have faced criticism, as they operate on a dangerous and deeply flawed representation of one-time consent. As anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) explains, “Giving consent for one activity, one time, does not mean giving consent for increased or recurring sexual contact.”
LegalFling does address this on their site: “’No’ means ‘no’ at any time. Being passed out means ‘no’ at any time.” The company acknowledges consent recorded on the app is automatically “null” and “void” if someone is passed out. But the app itself doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent.
Stephanie Alys, co-founder of MysteryVibe, a company that creates personalized pleasure products said during her talk at the TNW Conference last year that there’s a difference between seeking consent and seeking agreement – and the latter is what you get when you hand someone a contract.
Instead of tools to help people battle a legal case in the event that they’re accused of sexual assault or harassment – which is what LegalFling seems to be – more education and discussion on what consent means, and how everyone has the right to it, is needed.
Blockchain can’t get rid of rape culture
An app like LegalFling doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent. Swiping “okay” beforehand is therefore not an accurate indicator of consensual sex, but this doesn’t mean blockchain can’t help prevent assault.
As in the case of Callisto and #MeToo activists utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, this technology can be of help, both in prevention and to survivors, as it anonymizes cases and records data that can never be altered. However, as shown in the case of LegalFling, technology cannot replace cultural change and better sex education.
Technology is black and white, but the world of humans is not. We can never solely rely on technology to protect us, because technology can never be a replacement for a healthy sexual culture, where consent is respected and discussed openly.
Read next: Focal Elegia Review: Neutral hi-fi headphones you can actually commute with
Source link https://ift.tt/2zWsN15
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bobbynolanios88 · 6 years ago
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How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors.
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information on assaults and record consent.
When many think of blockchain, they think of cryptocurrencies. But as one of the most exciting new fields of emerging technology, there is an incredibly wide array of use cases for blockchain — as well as many empty promises and scams.
When it comes to combating the age old problem of how to prevent sexual assault, it’s clear we need to look for new ways to do so. Blockchain’s ability to store and record information and anonymize records holds promising potential in this area.
Several new projects promise to use blockchain to circumvent government censorship, store information on reported assaults, create databases, and record consent. In this article, we take a look at how effective these initiatives actually are.
Ethereum and #MeToo
China’s internet is infamously censored, and the government has often used it as a form of control over dissidence and political activity. Because of this, the #MeToo movement hasn’t really gained momentum in the country until recently. Earlier this year, Chinese student activists ignited the movement in their country by using blockchain technology to surpass government censorship.
Prior to this, posts referring to the feminist movement were frequently removed from social networking sites such as WeChat and Weibo.
Stories vanished, including that of a decades-old sexual assault case where Peking University (PKU) student. The student, Gao Yan, committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a professor.
Recently, eight PKU students submitted a freedom of information request to the school to open Gao Yan’s case records. One of the students, Yue Xin, published an open letter claiming she faced harassment and intimidation from the faculty in efforts to make her back down.
Institutional and governmental pressure has forced activists and survivors to find a different route to share their stories. Despite activist attempts to keep Xin’s letter from also being censored (including republishing it upside-down) it was also removed from social media — but now it’s on the Ethereum blockchain for good.
Keeping #MeToo alive in countries that wish to block it out is just one example of blockchain being used to help sexual assault survivors, but it’s not the only blockchain initiative preserving important records.
Callisto and game theory
Another such promising blockchain project is Callisto, a San Francisco-based tech non-profit which seeks to empower survivors to report incidents. Since 2015, they’ve been focusing on sexual assault cases at universities, an initiative titled “Callisto Campus.” So far, it’s been launched in 13 campuses and has supported over 149,000 students.
Callisto offers survivors three options: record abuse, issue a report, or store a report until another survivor files a similar report against the same perpetrator. The last option is based on “information escrows” ― a system which keeps a sexual assault report confidential until at least one other person has accused the same individual of assault.
How exactly does this project utilize the blockchain? To encourage victims to come forward and report attacks, Callisto employs game theory, a mathematical tool which models situations of conflict.
As stated in its white paper, “In game theory terms, there is a first-mover disadvantage with high consequences for a victim when accusing a perpetrator. That disadvantage comes from the disclosure and resulting exposure of the victim, opening the victim up to consequences (countermoves in game theory) of retaliation, disbelief by authorities, reputation damage, and stigma.”
“Callisto’s solution leverages the two key facts described in the previous section to eliminate first mover disadvantage: we enable the likely multiple victims of a perpetrator to know they are not alone and create a path for them to act together.”
This approach disincentivizes retaliation by alleged attackers, reduces disbelief in victims, and lowers the likelihood the accusers will face damage to their reputationwhile reporting.
Blockchain technology also helps to encrypt and anonymize the reports: “Callisto approaches the problem of protecting the victims’ (and the perpetrators’) privacy through comprehensive use of privacy-preserving encryption technologies and user authentication practices. Personal information of users, their accounts of incidents, and the identities of perpetrators they provide are protected by encryption from before that data leaves the user’s personal computer.”
The data stays encrypted, until it is decrypted “on the personal workstation of a Callisto Legal Options Counselor. In addition, even Counselors cannot see incident or perpetrator identity information unless more than one user has identified the same perpetrator.”
“Access to user accounts are protected by multi-factor authentication, strong password requirements, and email verification. User activity on the platform cannot be linked to identifying user account information.”
According to Callisto, 15 percent of reports found a match causing them to report simultaneously.
Jess Ladd, the founder and CEO of Callisto, further illustrated how Callisto’s technology works in her TED Talk:
youtube
On average, one in five women and one in 13 men will be assaulted during their undergraduate career in the United States. Less than 10 percent will ever report their assault to the police and those who do, on average, wait 11 months to make their report. 
Survivors using Callisto Campus took four months to report their sexual assault experience, which is three times faster than the national average of 11 months.
According to Callisto, the service has increased the chances a survivor will report, the speed of their reporting, and the detection of serial sexual perpetrators on college campuses. They also claim survivors who visit their school’s Callisto Campus website are five times more likely to report their assault than those who do not.
An anonymous male survivor of sexual assault said: “It was hard to imagine coming forward in an immediately public way, but to start by chronicling what had occurred would have been a helpful and important first step.”
Apps putting consent on the blockchain
Blockchain tech has also been employed in projects seeking to approach issues of consent. The app LegalFling, for example, allows users to secure their explicit consent before engaging in a sexual act with one or more persons with just one swipe.
Once all participants have confirmed their consent, it uses contracts stored on the blockchain to let users specify consent, along with things like “explicit language” and use of protection.
But LegalFling and other projects like it have faced criticism, as they operate on a dangerous and deeply flawed representation of one-time consent. As anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) explains, “Giving consent for one activity, one time, does not mean giving consent for increased or recurring sexual contact.”
LegalFling does address this on their site: “’No’ means ‘no’ at any time. Being passed out means ‘no’ at any time.” The company acknowledges consent recorded on the app is automatically “null” and “void” if someone is passed out. But the app itself doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent.
Stephanie Alys, co-founder of MysteryVibe, a company that creates personalized pleasure products said during her talk at the TNW Conference last year that there’s a difference between seeking consent and seeking agreement – and the latter is what you get when you hand someone a contract.
Instead of tools to help people battle a legal case in the event that they’re accused of sexual assault or harassment – which is what LegalFling seems to be – more education and discussion on what consent means, and how everyone has the right to it, is needed.
Blockchain can’t get rid of rape culture
An app like LegalFling doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent. Swiping “okay” beforehand is therefore not an accurate indicator of consensual sex, but this doesn’t mean blockchain can’t help prevent assault.
As in the case of Callisto and #MeToo activists utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, this technology can be of help, both in prevention and to survivors, as it anonymizes cases and records data that can never be altered. However, as shown in the case of LegalFling, technology cannot replace cultural change and better sex education.
Technology is black and white, but the world of humans is not. We can never solely rely on technology to protect us, because technology can never be a replacement for a healthy sexual culture, where consent is respected and discussed openly.
Read next: Focal Elegia Review: Neutral hi-fi headphones you can actually commute with
Source link https://ift.tt/2zWsN15
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mccartneynathxzw83 · 6 years ago
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How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors.
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information on assaults and record consent.
When many think of blockchain, they think of cryptocurrencies. But as one of the most exciting new fields of emerging technology, there is an incredibly wide array of use cases for blockchain — as well as many empty promises and scams.
When it comes to combating the age old problem of how to prevent sexual assault, it’s clear we need to look for new ways to do so. Blockchain’s ability to store and record information and anonymize records holds promising potential in this area.
Several new projects promise to use blockchain to circumvent government censorship, store information on reported assaults, create databases, and record consent. In this article, we take a look at how effective these initiatives actually are.
Ethereum and #MeToo
China’s internet is infamously censored, and the government has often used it as a form of control over dissidence and political activity. Because of this, the #MeToo movement hasn’t really gained momentum in the country until recently. Earlier this year, Chinese student activists ignited the movement in their country by using blockchain technology to surpass government censorship.
Prior to this, posts referring to the feminist movement were frequently removed from social networking sites such as WeChat and Weibo.
Stories vanished, including that of a decades-old sexual assault case where Peking University (PKU) student. The student, Gao Yan, committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a professor.
Recently, eight PKU students submitted a freedom of information request to the school to open Gao Yan’s case records. One of the students, Yue Xin, published an open letter claiming she faced harassment and intimidation from the faculty in efforts to make her back down.
Institutional and governmental pressure has forced activists and survivors to find a different route to share their stories. Despite activist attempts to keep Xin’s letter from also being censored (including republishing it upside-down) it was also removed from social media — but now it’s on the Ethereum blockchain for good.
Keeping #MeToo alive in countries that wish to block it out is just one example of blockchain being used to help sexual assault survivors, but it’s not the only blockchain initiative preserving important records.
Callisto and game theory
Another such promising blockchain project is Callisto, a San Francisco-based tech non-profit which seeks to empower survivors to report incidents. Since 2015, they’ve been focusing on sexual assault cases at universities, an initiative titled “Callisto Campus.” So far, it’s been launched in 13 campuses and has supported over 149,000 students.
Callisto offers survivors three options: record abuse, issue a report, or store a report until another survivor files a similar report against the same perpetrator. The last option is based on “information escrows” ― a system which keeps a sexual assault report confidential until at least one other person has accused the same individual of assault.
How exactly does this project utilize the blockchain? To encourage victims to come forward and report attacks, Callisto employs game theory, a mathematical tool which models situations of conflict.
As stated in its white paper, “In game theory terms, there is a first-mover disadvantage with high consequences for a victim when accusing a perpetrator. That disadvantage comes from the disclosure and resulting exposure of the victim, opening the victim up to consequences (countermoves in game theory) of retaliation, disbelief by authorities, reputation damage, and stigma.”
“Callisto’s solution leverages the two key facts described in the previous section to eliminate first mover disadvantage: we enable the likely multiple victims of a perpetrator to know they are not alone and create a path for them to act together.”
This approach disincentivizes retaliation by alleged attackers, reduces disbelief in victims, and lowers the likelihood the accusers will face damage to their reputationwhile reporting.
Blockchain technology also helps to encrypt and anonymize the reports: “Callisto approaches the problem of protecting the victims’ (and the perpetrators’) privacy through comprehensive use of privacy-preserving encryption technologies and user authentication practices. Personal information of users, their accounts of incidents, and the identities of perpetrators they provide are protected by encryption from before that data leaves the user’s personal computer.”
The data stays encrypted, until it is decrypted “on the personal workstation of a Callisto Legal Options Counselor. In addition, even Counselors cannot see incident or perpetrator identity information unless more than one user has identified the same perpetrator.”
“Access to user accounts are protected by multi-factor authentication, strong password requirements, and email verification. User activity on the platform cannot be linked to identifying user account information.”
According to Callisto, 15 percent of reports found a match causing them to report simultaneously.
Jess Ladd, the founder and CEO of Callisto, further illustrated how Callisto’s technology works in her TED Talk:
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On average, one in five women and one in 13 men will be assaulted during their undergraduate career in the United States. Less than 10 percent will ever report their assault to the police and those who do, on average, wait 11 months to make their report. 
Survivors using Callisto Campus took four months to report their sexual assault experience, which is three times faster than the national average of 11 months.
According to Callisto, the service has increased the chances a survivor will report, the speed of their reporting, and the detection of serial sexual perpetrators on college campuses. They also claim survivors who visit their school’s Callisto Campus website are five times more likely to report their assault than those who do not.
An anonymous male survivor of sexual assault said: “It was hard to imagine coming forward in an immediately public way, but to start by chronicling what had occurred would have been a helpful and important first step.”
Apps putting consent on the blockchain
Blockchain tech has also been employed in projects seeking to approach issues of consent. The app LegalFling, for example, allows users to secure their explicit consent before engaging in a sexual act with one or more persons with just one swipe.
Once all participants have confirmed their consent, it uses contracts stored on the blockchain to let users specify consent, along with things like “explicit language” and use of protection.
But LegalFling and other projects like it have faced criticism, as they operate on a dangerous and deeply flawed representation of one-time consent. As anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) explains, “Giving consent for one activity, one time, does not mean giving consent for increased or recurring sexual contact.”
LegalFling does address this on their site: “’No’ means ‘no’ at any time. Being passed out means ‘no’ at any time.” The company acknowledges consent recorded on the app is automatically “null” and “void” if someone is passed out. But the app itself doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent.
Stephanie Alys, co-founder of MysteryVibe, a company that creates personalized pleasure products said during her talk at the TNW Conference last year that there’s a difference between seeking consent and seeking agreement – and the latter is what you get when you hand someone a contract.
Instead of tools to help people battle a legal case in the event that they’re accused of sexual assault or harassment – which is what LegalFling seems to be – more education and discussion on what consent means, and how everyone has the right to it, is needed.
Blockchain can’t get rid of rape culture
An app like LegalFling doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent. Swiping “okay” beforehand is therefore not an accurate indicator of consensual sex, but this doesn’t mean blockchain can’t help prevent assault.
As in the case of Callisto and #MeToo activists utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, this technology can be of help, both in prevention and to survivors, as it anonymizes cases and records data that can never be altered. However, as shown in the case of LegalFling, technology cannot replace cultural change and better sex education.
Technology is black and white, but the world of humans is not. We can never solely rely on technology to protect us, because technology can never be a replacement for a healthy sexual culture, where consent is respected and discussed openly.
Read next: Focal Elegia Review: Neutral hi-fi headphones you can actually commute with
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courtneyvbrooks87 · 6 years ago
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How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
How blockchain technology can — and can’t — prevent sexual assault
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors.
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information on assaults and record consent.
When many think of blockchain, they think of cryptocurrencies. But as one of the most exciting new fields of emerging technology, there is an incredibly wide array of use cases for blockchain — as well as many empty promises and scams.
When it comes to combating the age old problem of how to prevent sexual assault, it’s clear we need to look for new ways to do so. Blockchain’s ability to store and record information and anonymize records holds promising potential in this area.
Several new projects promise to use blockchain to circumvent government censorship, store information on reported assaults, create databases, and record consent. In this article, we take a look at how effective these initiatives actually are.
Ethereum and #MeToo
China’s internet is infamously censored, and the government has often used it as a form of control over dissidence and political activity. Because of this, the #MeToo movement hasn’t really gained momentum in the country until recently. Earlier this year, Chinese student activists ignited the movement in their country by using blockchain technology to surpass government censorship.
Prior to this, posts referring to the feminist movement were frequently removed from social networking sites such as WeChat and Weibo.
Stories vanished, including that of a decades-old sexual assault case where Peking University (PKU) student. The student, Gao Yan, committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a professor.
Recently, eight PKU students submitted a freedom of information request to the school to open Gao Yan’s case records. One of the students, Yue Xin, published an open letter claiming she faced harassment and intimidation from the faculty in efforts to make her back down.
Institutional and governmental pressure has forced activists and survivors to find a different route to share their stories. Despite activist attempts to keep Xin’s letter from also being censored (including republishing it upside-down) it was also removed from social media — but now it’s on the Ethereum blockchain for good.
Keeping #MeToo alive in countries that wish to block it out is just one example of blockchain being used to help sexual assault survivors, but it’s not the only blockchain initiative preserving important records.
Callisto and game theory
Another such promising blockchain project is Callisto, a San Francisco-based tech non-profit which seeks to empower survivors to report incidents. Since 2015, they’ve been focusing on sexual assault cases at universities, an initiative titled “Callisto Campus.” So far, it’s been launched in 13 campuses and has supported over 149,000 students.
Callisto offers survivors three options: record abuse, issue a report, or store a report until another survivor files a similar report against the same perpetrator. The last option is based on “information escrows” ― a system which keeps a sexual assault report confidential until at least one other person has accused the same individual of assault.
How exactly does this project utilize the blockchain? To encourage victims to come forward and report attacks, Callisto employs game theory, a mathematical tool which models situations of conflict.
As stated in its white paper, “In game theory terms, there is a first-mover disadvantage with high consequences for a victim when accusing a perpetrator. That disadvantage comes from the disclosure and resulting exposure of the victim, opening the victim up to consequences (countermoves in game theory) of retaliation, disbelief by authorities, reputation damage, and stigma.”
“Callisto’s solution leverages the two key facts described in the previous section to eliminate first mover disadvantage: we enable the likely multiple victims of a perpetrator to know they are not alone and create a path for them to act together.”
This approach disincentivizes retaliation by alleged attackers, reduces disbelief in victims, and lowers the likelihood the accusers will face damage to their reputationwhile reporting.
Blockchain technology also helps to encrypt and anonymize the reports: “Callisto approaches the problem of protecting the victims’ (and the perpetrators’) privacy through comprehensive use of privacy-preserving encryption technologies and user authentication practices. Personal information of users, their accounts of incidents, and the identities of perpetrators they provide are protected by encryption from before that data leaves the user’s personal computer.”
The data stays encrypted, until it is decrypted “on the personal workstation of a Callisto Legal Options Counselor. In addition, even Counselors cannot see incident or perpetrator identity information unless more than one user has identified the same perpetrator.”
“Access to user accounts are protected by multi-factor authentication, strong password requirements, and email verification. User activity on the platform cannot be linked to identifying user account information.”
According to Callisto, 15 percent of reports found a match causing them to report simultaneously.
Jess Ladd, the founder and CEO of Callisto, further illustrated how Callisto’s technology works in her TED Talk:
youtube
On average, one in five women and one in 13 men will be assaulted during their undergraduate career in the United States. Less than 10 percent will ever report their assault to the police and those who do, on average, wait 11 months to make their report. 
Survivors using Callisto Campus took four months to report their sexual assault experience, which is three times faster than the national average of 11 months.
According to Callisto, the service has increased the chances a survivor will report, the speed of their reporting, and the detection of serial sexual perpetrators on college campuses. They also claim survivors who visit their school’s Callisto Campus website are five times more likely to report their assault than those who do not.
An anonymous male survivor of sexual assault said: “It was hard to imagine coming forward in an immediately public way, but to start by chronicling what had occurred would have been a helpful and important first step.”
Apps putting consent on the blockchain
Blockchain tech has also been employed in projects seeking to approach issues of consent. The app LegalFling, for example, allows users to secure their explicit consent before engaging in a sexual act with one or more persons with just one swipe.
Once all participants have confirmed their consent, it uses contracts stored on the blockchain to let users specify consent, along with things like “explicit language” and use of protection.
But LegalFling and other projects like it have faced criticism, as they operate on a dangerous and deeply flawed representation of one-time consent. As anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) explains, “Giving consent for one activity, one time, does not mean giving consent for increased or recurring sexual contact.”
LegalFling does address this on their site: “’No’ means ‘no’ at any time. Being passed out means ‘no’ at any time.” The company acknowledges consent recorded on the app is automatically “null” and “void” if someone is passed out. But the app itself doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent.
Stephanie Alys, co-founder of MysteryVibe, a company that creates personalized pleasure products said during her talk at the TNW Conference last year that there’s a difference between seeking consent and seeking agreement – and the latter is what you get when you hand someone a contract.
Instead of tools to help people battle a legal case in the event that they’re accused of sexual assault or harassment – which is what LegalFling seems to be – more education and discussion on what consent means, and how everyone has the right to it, is needed.
Blockchain can’t get rid of rape culture
An app like LegalFling doesn’t leave room for someone to withdraw their consent. Swiping “okay” beforehand is therefore not an accurate indicator of consensual sex, but this doesn’t mean blockchain can’t help prevent assault.
As in the case of Callisto and #MeToo activists utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, this technology can be of help, both in prevention and to survivors, as it anonymizes cases and records data that can never be altered. However, as shown in the case of LegalFling, technology cannot replace cultural change and better sex education.
Technology is black and white, but the world of humans is not. We can never solely rely on technology to protect us, because technology can never be a replacement for a healthy sexual culture, where consent is respected and discussed openly.
Read next: Focal Elegia Review: Neutral hi-fi headphones you can actually commute with
Source link https://ift.tt/2zWsN15
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jakehglover · 7 years ago
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Boiled Frogs and the Pesticide Time Bomb
By Dr. Mercola
Corn and soybean seeds colored red and blue, respectively, have become an all-too-common sight on U.S. farms. The seeds are given a colorful hue because they’ve been treated with neonicotinoid pesticides, and the coloring is one of the only ways to tell them apart from their untreated, yellow counterparts. In 2018, nearly every field corn seed sown in the U.S. contained the insecticides, along with about half of soybeans and most of the cotton.1
(For clarification, there are three kinds of corn: field, sweet and popcorn. Popcorn is never genetically modified, 2 although some brands may include GMO Ingredients, for example, if you purchase preflavored bags. Sweet corn is that tasty corn you eat right on the cob every summer, and it’s moist when it’s harvested,3 unlike field corn, which is left on the stalk longer so it can dry out in preparation for processing. Field corn is then used to make processed food products and animal feed.)
According to John Tooker, associate professor of entomology at Pennsylvania State University, “ … [T]hese insecticides will be used across at least 150 million acres of (field corn) cropland, an area about the size of Texas.”4
While some attention has been given to neonicotinoids’ potential role in bee decline, Tooker believes the chemicals are having an even greater pernicious influence on insects, such that entire ecosystems could be in jeopardy. What’s more, neonicotinoids are only one type of agricultural chemical that’s being used in excess while the environmental consequences begin to unfold all-around us.
Neonicotinoids Devastating the Environment While Reducing Farmers’ Crop Yields
In recent years, the acreage of crops treated with neonicotinoids has skyrocketed, as has the volume used. From 2011 to 2014, Tooker says, seed suppliers doubled the amount of insecticide applied to each seed. During that time, the number of pests have stayed largely the same, as they have since the 1990s, when only 35 percent of U.S. corn acres and 5 percent of soybean acres were treated with neonicotinoids.
Even at those levels, “pest populations did not cause economically significant harm very often,” according to Tooker. “This suggests that it is not necessary to treat hundreds of millions of acres of crops with neonicotinoid seed coatings.” Further, while the chemicals are very effective at killing insects, this is part of the problem.
Not every insect is a pest; in fact, many are beneficial. Research by Tooker and colleagues found that planting neonicotinoid seeds kills off insects that prey on slugs — prominent corn and soybean pests — thereby reducing crop yields.5
Other research revealed that planting seeds coated with neonicotinoids reduced predatory insects by up to 20 percent.6 Such insects help to reduce pest infestations on crops from insect pests like black cutworm, giving another example of how using neonicotinoids may actually lead to reduced crop yields for farmers. There are other alarming effects as well, particularly since only about 2 percent of the chemical is taken up by the plants.
“The critical question is where the rest goes,” Tooker says, and it’s known that some of it ends up in nearby waterways where the chemicals are now polluting rivers and streams and killing off aquatic insects that other species depend on for food. Not only can the treated seeds directly kill birds if they pick one up for a snack, but research suggests that declines in insect-eating birds are associated with high usage of neonicotinoids.7
An investigation by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) even found that treating soybean seeds with neonicotinoids provides no significant financial or agricultural benefits for farmers.8 The researchers also noted there are several other foliar insecticides available that can combat pests as effectively as neonicotinoid seed treatments, with fewer risks.
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Duration of Pesticide Exposure Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Risk assessments for pesticide application often consider only the present time of use and don’t factor in that usage may increase over time or the modes of application may change. In reality, pesticide usage is changing rapidly and non-target species are being exposed to multiple chemical agents for long durations of time, with unknown consequences. Writing in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science, researchers tackled the question of how changing pesticide usage over time may affect migrating amphibians such as frogs.9
They looked in particular at glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, which has been continuously increasing since it was introduced in the 1970s. “Glyphosate-based herbicides can be used as an appropriate indicator for assessing how changes in pesticide application modes affect wild-living organisms in agricultural landscapes over time,” they reasoned, estimating that the use of glyphosate in German agriculture increased by 5.7-fold from 1992 to 2012.
During this time, amphibians also became more likely to transverse fields treated with the chemical during their travels. Their analysis found that juvenile great crested newts and fire-bellied toads faced the highest likelihood of coming into contact with the herbicides, while moor frogs and spadefoot toads were subjected to moderate increased of exposure ranging up to 3.6-fold higher.
Such exposure could be devastating, as glyphosate-based herbicides are toxic to amphibians, especially during the aquatic life stages, with POEA (polyethoxylated tallow amine), a surfactant commonly added to the chemical formulations, thought to be responsible for many of the adverse effects. Although POEA-free glyphosate-based herbicides were introduced in Germany in 2013, there is still concern that glyphosate-based herbicides could lead to problems with development, malformations, stress and death in amphibians.10
Dicamba Drift Reports Continue
In November 2016, the EPA approved Monsanto’s weedkiller, XtendiMax with VaporGrip Technology, a dicamba variety that is supposedly less prone to vaporization and drift, designed for use with genetically engineered (GE) dicamba-resistant seeds. The chemical was supposed to solve earlier problems caused by Monsanto’s dicamba-resistant crops, which were released before they received approval for the less drift-prone herbicide.
As a result, illegal dicamba formulations were used, and the resulting dicamba drift caused significant damage to cropland across the U.S. The newer dicamba, however, did not prove to be the panacea that Monsanto had promised, and by November 2017, an estimated 3.6 million acres across the U.S. had been damaged by dicamba drift,11 as had trees in Iowa, Illinois and Tennessee.
In response, the EPA placed some restrictions on dicamba usage, making it more cumbersome for farmers. For instance, special training is required to apply the herbicide, and its application is prohibited when wind speeds are greater than 10 mph. Farmers are also asked to assess the risk that spraying could have on nearby crops, as well.
Despite this, reports of damage from dicamba drift have continued in 2018, including 25,000 acres of soybean damage in one area of Missouri alone. Some farmers feel they’re being forced to buy Monsanto’s GE dicamba-tolerant seeds, just so they can survive their neighbors’ chemical sprays.12 Kevin Bradley, a University of Missouri weed specialist, confirmed that this is, indeed, a reality, telling the Delta Farm Press:13
“From what I can tell … if you don’t have Xtend soybean, your crop is going to be cupped up from one end to the other. That’s not a surprise because we’ve seen that for the past two seasons … [It doesn’t take a] super-trained eye to see the tree injury from dicamba. It’s kind of shocking to me to see so much damage to trees … I said it all winter: it’s rarely one thing, but a combination of factors. One of those factors is physical drift …
We also have volatility. All the data in front of me says we still have a problem that hasn’t been addressed. It isn’t all operator error like some claim, no way … drift calls from folks who are incredulous and surprised at what’s happened. I’m not — this is the third year of this and I haven’t seen anything that’s worked to keep these products from moving off-site.”
Monsanto, meanwhile, has continued to downplay the damage reports, sometimes blaming them on farmers’ using the chemicals at wind speeds higher than outlined on the label, changes in wind speed or direction or on other factors entirely.
They have no plans to scale back usage of the environmentally devastating chemical, instead boasting that they intend to sell even more GE Xtend crops (and the dicamba to go along with them) in 2019: “We went from 25 million acres in 2017 to a doubling of 50 million acres this year [2018] and expect that to continue to rise for 2019.”14
The Hat Trick — Neonic-Coated Seeds With Roundup/Dicamba Premix
Pesticides do not provide a long-term solution, even in the best-case scenarios, as nature typically finds a way around them. Glyphosate-resistant superweeds like pigweed are now driving farmers to seek out dicamba-resistant crops, but dicamba-resistant weeds have already sprouted in Kansas and Nebraska, raising serious doubts that piling more pesticides on crops will help farmers, or the environment, in the long run.
In fact, in one greenhouse study of the weed Palmer amaranth, Jason Norsworthy, a weed scientist with the University of Arkansas, was able to induce dicamba resistance in just three generations by applying dicamba at sublethal doses to the first two generations. “Even though this resistance was recorded in an artificial environment, the research confirms herbicide resistance can develop in just three years if the same weed population is exposed to sublethal chemical doses,” Farm Journal reported.15
The industry’s solution, not surprisingly, has been to create crops tolerant to an ever-increasing mix of toxic chemicals. In 2016, for instance, Monsanto released Roundup Ready Xtend cotton and soybean seeds, designed to tolerate both Roundup and dicamba. Add in the neonicotinoid (neonic) seed coating and you’ve got exposure to three toxic chemicals all from the same seed.
In addition to the environmental risks, exposure to dicamba has been linked to developmental and reproductive problems as well as to non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer originating in your lymphatic system.16Glyphosate has also been linked to a slew of health problems, including being labeled a probable carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
Integrated Pest Management and Other Solutions for the Pesticide Time Bomb
There’s little doubt that the ever-increasing rate of pesticide usage is a ticking time bomb for environmental and human health — but there are other solutions that are far healthier (and productive) for everyone involved. Tooker, among other experts, recommends the use of integrated pest management (IPM) as one tool.
A 2015 study found that IPM techniques reduced pesticide use while boosting crop yields in a meta-analysis of 85 sites in 24 countries.17 Some were even able to eliminate pesticide use entirely using techniques such as crop rotation and pheromone traps to capture insect pests. In order to work, however, seed companies must cooperate and admit to their mistakes. Tooker wrote:18
“To implement IPM in field crops with neonicotinoids, seed companies need to acknowledge that the current approach is overkill and poses serious environmental hazards. Extension entomologists will then need to provide growers with unbiased information on strengths and limitations of neonicotinoids …
Finally, the agricultural industry needs to eliminate practices that encourage unnecessary use of seed coatings, such as bundling together various seed-based pest management products, and provide more uncoated seeds in their catalogs.”
Unfortunately, as it stands, an estimated 7.7 billion pounds of pesticides are applied to crops each year, and that number is steadily increasing.19 Rather than acknowledging that pesticide usage is overkill, companies like Monsanto incentivize the use of more harmful chemicals to farmers by offering cash back for purchasing more chemicals.
You can get involved by actively seeking out and supporting organic, regenerative farmers, who have decided that avoiding chemical-treated seeds and excessive chemical spraying is essential to nurturing soil health, protecting the environment and growing nutritious food.
from HealthyLife via Jake Glover on Inoreader http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2018/07/17/pesticide-ticking-time-bomb.aspx
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davisgordonc · 8 years ago
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BustedMugshots.com: The Entire Process Explained
Chances are if you’re reading this post you have a picture on BustedMugshots.com and you want to know how to remove it.
Guess what? You’re not alone.
We hear from tons of people each and every month who have an issue with this company.
Because of this, we’ve done our fair share of research into bustedmugshots removal policy and what your options are.
Before we go into what you should do, let’s get something straight.
BustedMugshots.com isn’t your ally here. A simple removal request won’t cut it.
Their business model basically revolves around funneling you into their partner company for a profit.
Is it shady? Yup.
Are they the first mugshot site to do this? Nope.
There are dozens of mugshot databases like bustedmugshots.com that feature booking photos of people. Most of these sites refuse to remove these images even if the charges are overturned, or the crime is a small misdemeanor…unless you’re willing to pay a fee.
Currently, at least 8 states have pending bills to regulate the world of publishing mug shots online.
What we’re getting at here is if you have a mugshot out there about you, now is the time to educate yourself on the industry. This will save you time and money in the long run.
Plus you can have the satisfaction of not giving sites like BustedMugshots.com any of your hard-earned money.
Alright, let’s jump right into it.
Negative search results are a liability
Some of the most common stumbling blocks that people face today when managing their online reputations are negative search results associated with their name.
Whether it’s something unflattering written by a disgruntled ex or former employee, a simple misunderstanding that got out of hand online, or an image on a site like bustedmugshots.com, negative search results can ruin how you look online and even impact your real life.
From compromising job prospects to personal relationships, negative search results are a liability in every sense of the word.
While mugshots that circulate online are often the source of a couple of laughs once they’ve gone viral – these types of images can also completely alter the course of the subject’s life.
Unfortunately for many, mugshots get published on sites like bustedmugshots even when the person is not convicted of anything, or their charge is overturned. That means that even if you happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and get arrested, you’re still subject to being associated with that experience online – indefinitely.
Databases like bustedmugshots.com search and catalog all publicly accessible mugshots and make them easy to find by typing someone’s full name into their site.
If you’re in the position where your mugshot is available on a site like bustedmugshots.com – don’t worry, there are ways to reduce the potential damage.
The reality of your mugshot existing online
Remember, each online directory is different when it comes to mugshot removal. A quick bustedmugshots search is not as far as you need to go. There’s a good chance that even if you get it removed from one directory it can (and most likely will) show up elsewhere.
With that in mind, suppression (we’ll go over this in a moment) must be a key component to your overall strategy when it comes to dealing with negative search results – images or otherwise. You can’t rely solely on the busted mugshots removal policy to protect you here.
Instead of hoping that this unflattering photo just disappears, take control of your reputation online by sharing a more accurate representation of yourself on web properties that you control.
While it’s a good idea to focus most of your energy on negative suppression, you can also explore the options available to you based on the rules of that database.
Understanding busted mugshots removal policy
Bustedmugshots.com is a database that collects mugshots and information about the person in the photo. These photos are publicly accessible and taken upon arrest. Bustedmugshots.com claims that their mission is, “to help make crime awareness part of your everyday life in keeping yourself and family safe – just the same as locking your doors, setting your alarms, protecting your identity, hugging your kids, etc.”
The site also emphasizes their company’s value in sharing, “crime incident, sex offender registry and arrest information”.
While all of this seems reasonable for anyone who appreciates safety and protecting their loved ones, the fact is that many people end up on this and sites like this even if their charges are ultimately dropped, their records are expunged, or if they are charged for non-violent misdemeanors that have nothing to do with sexual misconduct.
Once you understand that many of the people who appear on bustedmugshots.com and sites like it probably just made a minor mistake, it’s easy to empathize with someone dealing with mugshot removal. At BrandYourself, we do not work with sex offenders or people arrested for violent crimes as you can see in our terms of service.
However, we acknowledge that databases like busted mugshots often lump together a number of different types of charges regardless of severity, outcome or relevance.
This means that someone booked for not paying parking tickets is branded the same way as someone charged with aggravated assault and battery.
While the descriptions on the “about us” page of the site suggest one thing, in truth this database retains information about all kinds of incidents.
With that in mind, we truly sympathize with those who made a small mistake recently – or decades ago that resulted in a terrible presence online that threatens everything from earning potential to personal relationships.
Our intention in this guide is to explain how this database works, and how to reduce the chances that people will see a false representation of who you are online.
Bustedmugshots.com wants you to pay them for removal
Unfortunately, there are a number of mugshot sites that “partner” with or are owned by so-called “reputation management companies”. These “companies” give a bad name to the whole industry, and typically just rip off the consumer. Some companies even own multiple mugshot databases, and once a consumer pays for removal on one site – it will pop up on a similar site.
While this is extremely unfair, this is a practice that – while frowned upon – isn’t always corrected. Because of this, we suggest that you do your homework before paying money to have your mugshot removed by a “partner” or “sponsored” site.
So if you’re dealing with a scenario like this, what’s the best move? While it’s possible that paying the site might help, we would suggest that instead you focus your efforts on image suppression.
Is it possible to delete the mugshot forever?
While we completely understand the urge to rid the internet of this mugshot of you, unfortunately, that may not be possible. Your image has already been released into the wild wild web, and even if you get it de-indexed or taken down from the site, that doesn’t mean it won’t come back to haunt you.
If someone downloaded your mugshot, or posted it on another site, then the steps above won’t help you. The problem can be contained, but it’s worth noting that there’s always the possibility that it could surface elsewhere.
This doesn’t mean you should live in constant fear of being exposed, but it does mean that you need to come up with a plan to reduce the chances that someone else will see it.
Before starting this campaign, take some time to think about what you need to accept this fact. Consider what you would say if someone asked you about your mugshot in a job interview or a social setting. Come up with a way of addressing it head on that feels good to you. You don’t want to be caught off-guard if someone came across your picture on bustedmugshots.com.
Once you’ve practiced a response that you’re comfortable with and accept that this may be a possibility, it’s time to get to work!
The best way to fully conquer bustedmugshots.com? Image suppression.
Image suppression is a great way to not only bury this negative result and significantly reduce the likelihood that anyone will actually see that mugshot, but it also gives you the opportunity to create a new story based on the kinds of images that you choose to publish online.
When it comes to image suppression, there isn’t a single way to go about it, and some strategies may work better than others. But typically the best approach to suppressing negative images is as follows:
Make sure your online foundation is solid: If you don’t already have a strategy in place for managing your online reputation, then it’s time to make one. We have tons of information about this on our blog, and we take you through the process on our newly launched BrandYourself University.
Compile images: Don’t pick any old photos. Aim to include flattering photos that you’re in, or interesting pictures that you’ve taken. Make sure that these are images that you’re comfortable sharing publicly.
Correctly label files: When appropriate, make sure that you include your name in the filename, and specific details describing the image.
Upload to popular photo-sharing sites: One great thing about social media platforms today is that we are no longer dependent strictly on photo-sharing sites to share photos and other forms of rich media. With this in mind, there are a number of sites that you can use to share these photos that you’ve just uploaded with others, and potentially gain some traction in rankings.
Fill in all relevant meta-data and tag appropriately: In addition to labeling the filename of your images, make sure that this information makes it to the meta data. Fill out all alt tags and meta descriptions. When appropriate, always include your name. Also, describe the image as best you can with these tags.
Actively share and disseminate this info on your profiles: While labeling your images correctly, and filling out information about them is a start, it won’t mean much if you don’t generate activity around them. So get conversations going. The more engagement these images receive, the better.
Repeat regularly with new photos: After publishing and sharing a whole bunch of photos, you’ll soon start to see these rank in images attached to your name. However, this won’t last forever if you don’t regularly repeat the process. Stay active on your social media
You can read more details on this process here.
Takedown request
In some cases, it may be possible for you to submit a takedown request to Google. While this won’t remove the picture itself from the internet, if successful, the image will be de-indexed from all Google search results. Someone performing a busted mugshots search might still be able to see the image, but that is the only way they could find it. Google won’t help them if it’s deindexed.
While the likelihood is pretty slim for getting this removed using  a Google request, there are some ordinances by state regarding where and how a mugshot is displayed – particularly if the charge is overturned, or the subject isn’t prosecuted.
Sites like bustedmugshots.com are legally bound to follow these rules, so make sure that you fully understand the laws within your state to ensure that the site complies with the request.
Luckily, you shouldn’t have to hire a lawyer in order to demand these changes. But, if threatening the site isn’t enough… you may need to enlist the help of legal counsel. Hopefully things won’t come to that, but if they do and you can’t afford a lawyer, double down on your efforts to suppress that unflattering image.
Now you know your options
While dealing with bustedmugshots in your search results is frustrating, remember that it’s not the end of the world, and you do have options in significantly reducing the chances that someone will actually see it. Your best bet is to focus on suppressing the image and building a stronger personal brand for yourself in the meantime.
If you’re not sure where to begin, sign up for our free DIY tool to get a better sense of how to do this on your own. If you don’t have the time to commit to this, then contact one of our reputation advisors for information on our managed services.
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