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113-Year-Old Book in UNC asheville library

2/5/2020

The brown leather-bound "Victorian Anthology" book in the center was published in 1906. That book is 113 years old. It appears to have been last checked out in 1979.

I've admired the binding as I walked by a few times each day. It is in the UNC Asheville library near my office.

#uncasheville #universityofnorthcarolina #victoriananthology #beautifulbooks

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Millions of people’s images, taken from security cameras and sites like OkCupid, are quietly being used to train facial recognition software.

7/13/2019

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More on the subject of social media privacy from The New York Times.

"Dozens of databases of people’s faces are being compiled without their knowledge by companies and researchers, with many of the images then being shared around the world, in what has become a vast ecosystem fueling the spread of facial recognition technology.

"The databases are pulled together with images from social networks, photo websites, dating services like OkCupid and cameras placed in restaurants and on college quads. While there is no precise count of the data sets, privacy activists have pinpointed repositories that were built by Microsoft, Stanford University and others, with one holding over 10 million images while another had more than two million."

Read the full article here:

https://nyti.ms/2JwAUqA

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Social Media Privacy

7/12/2019

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You may or not agree with the government's decision as reported in this NY Times article. However, this signals the importance of taking time to manage your privacy settings for Facebook and other social media.

Facebook is a powerful tool to create awareness of service organizations like Rotary and their activities, and potentially to attract new members. Manage your organization's Facebook account carefully (and your personal account) and you can help your club without sacrificing your privacy.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ftc-approves-facebook-fine-5-billion-ny-times-mcafee-mba-phd-abd/

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My new rotary Club business cards

6/13/2019

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The Rotary Club of Motorcycling Rotarians.
Great idea, right?
Meet us at one of our online meetings on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM Eastern time.
Join us at zoom.us/j/661981273

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