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Live Streaming – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly       securingtomorrow

Listen up parents: live streaming is the latest trend that you need to get your heads around. Not only are there privacy issues that you need to understand so you can keep your kids safe but live streaming may just explain why your Internet usage is spiraling upwards!

To ensure we’re are all up to speed, I am going to start at the very beginning.

Streaming is when video footage or audio is watched (or listened to) online without having to download the entire file first. There is no file to download, just a continuous stream of data. Good examples are Internet radio and television broadcasts.

Now there are two types of streaming – on demand streaming and live streaming. On demand streaming is when the user chooses to watch content that has previously been recorded, for example Catchup TV and YouTube videos. Live streaming is different – footage is shared online as it happens – just like live TV.

Live streaming apps have been around for about 10 years with platforms such as Google Hangouts On Air and Twitch but it wasn’t until the launch of Meerkat and then Periscope this year that live streaming really gained mainstream traction. Meerkat and Periscope are both mobile apps that enable users to live stream (or share footage) over Twitter.

Clearly there are some huge benefits to live streaming. Large companies can live stream events to customers and staff, universities can live stream lectures, churches can ensure their parishioners get their weekly sermon and citizen journalists (with Twitter accounts) are even more empowered. But there is a darker side to live streaming and it’s all about privacy.

A quick five minutes on Meerkat and I have viewed a Swedish kitchen, moments of a Christian conference in Sydney, a suburban road in London with residents in full flight and someone’s holiday. All interesting if you are a people watcher, but each stream was full of unwilling subjects blissfully unaware their image was being streamed across the Internet. Strike one for live streaming.

Strike two – geo tagging. While being able to hone in on location specific footage can be amazing for information in a crisis or for a market read, it can also be devastating for the uploader. Periscope can even pinpoint the street from which a user is streaming. I don’t need to spell out what this could mean if there was a jilted ex-lover or disgruntled parent without access involved. Users need to actively turn off their location sharing services to prevent this information being available.

Online harassment and bullying – call me a Negative Nellie but yes, this is happening on Meerkat and Periscope – strike three. Whilst both platforms say shared content is verified and checked, I am aware of too many cases of inappropriate behaviour of both abuse and bullying. Meerkat and Periscope also both prohibit ‘pornographic or overtly sexual content’ as well as ‘explicitly graphic content’ but I can tell you that it exists. Periscope says that if such footage is reported it will be taken down but clearly they can’t keep up with the high volume of content!

Q:

Does live streaming good or bad?

Your opinion about live streaming?

What do you think about the internet celebrities?

Do you want to be an internet celebrity?

Do you follow the latest trend?

Do you want to share your privacy on line?

What are the mobile apps you think is convenient for you?

What are your opinion about online harassment and bullying?

單身獨居增多

As more singles live alone, businesses cater to their needs

(CNA)

A new variant of papaya produced by Yang Chien-te (楊乾德), a farmer in Gaoshu Township in Pingtung County, is about half the weight of the current ones on the market, and is sold for about NT$80 (US$2.65), suitable for a person to eat during breakfast. It has been welcomed by local consumers.

Recipe books for people living alone have meanwhile become popular mainly among women aged 30 and up, and especially for women in the 40-44 age group, according to Books.com.tw (博客來), Taiwan's largest online bookstore.

Travel books for solo travel are also selling well and some 80 percent of its buyers are women, it said. As a case in point, Chinese translations of picture books by Japanese woman author Naoko Takagi, who has published some 30 books on living alone since 2003, have been popular in the past decade.

Single people, however, admit there are inconveniences and awkward moments.

A 30-year-old public servant, surnamed Wang, who rents an apartment with her elder sister in Taipei, said she and her sister both dine out since they have different work shifts.

Wang said finding someone to have dinner with is not easy, because married coworkers have to go home and unmarried ones might have a date or other arrangements. So "single friendly restaurants are a salvation" for us unmarried people, she said.

Chang Hua-chen (張華宸), a barbecue restaurant owner, said his motivation to open his single friendly eatery was due to his own experience of being discriminated against in a lamb and goat barbecue restaurant.

He never thought his restaurant would become popular among singles, but now nearly 40 percent of all customers are singletons, Chang said.

Business owners have meanwhile noticed single people have different consumption habits.

Shen Yu-wei (沈佑威), a spicy hotpot restaurant owner, said single customers normally spend 50 minutes in a meal, while two customers might spend an hour and a half.

Shen said despite not taking as much time eating, single customers interestingly spend on average more than customers in a group.

"About 30 percent of our monthly revenue, which is nearly NT$1 million, comes from single customers," he said.

Q:

What are your opinion about there are more singles live alone?

Is being single hard?

Do you think that there are inconveniences and awkward moments for single people?

Pros and cons of being single?

What are your spending habits?

Is breakfast really your most important meal?

How to live alone without feeling lonely?

What do you think the cost of living in Taiwan?

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道歉公司?

Japanese Apology Agencies Say 'I'm Sorry' on Your Behalf      

By Sumitra    odditycentral

It’s not easy to apologise, and most people would like to avoid it entirely if possible. Well, it turns out it is possible, if you happen to live in Japan. They have these ‘apology agencies’ through which you could simply pay someone to say sorry on your behalf.

I can see why these businesses are so successful – it’s really tough to face the person you’ve wronged and tell  them that you’re sorry. It’s a highly uncomfortable situation, especially if you’ve made someone angry or hurt their feelings.

By hiring an expert, not only do you get to avoid the discomfort, you also make sure that the person gets a proper apology. These agencies train their employees to handle things based on the gravity of the situation. These people are professionals, and it looks like they can get you out of all sorts of sticky situations.

For example, they may send a person pretending to be your parent or friend to break up with a clingy lover. Or they may call your workplace pretending to be your wife and tell them you’re sick, on those days when you’d rather not go into to work.

Of course, it doesn’t take away from the fact that these services are based on deception. Nothing can match a face-to-face, personal apology, no matter how badly you mess up. Apology agencies have come up against severe criticism because they allow people to skate around an essential human experience.

Nevertheless, these businesses are doing pretty well for themselves. About 40 percent of their customer base is believed to be female, between the ages of 20 and 40 years. Some of the most popular reasons for approaching apology agencies are problems with money or love.

Prices vary depending on the nature of apology required. The Shazaiya Aiga Pro Agency charges 25,000 yen ($240) for a face-to-face apology, and 10,000 yen ($96) for an email or phone apology. Nihon Shazai Daikokao, on the other hand, charges 3,500 yen ($33) per hour.

A few agencies like Yokohama Benriya Natchan prefer not to reveal their prices – estimates are provided by phone consultation and they even offer ‘apologies while crying’ services for particularly angry people.

Q:

What are your opinion about that Japanese apology agencies say 'I’m sorry' on your behalf?       

Would you pay someone to do your apologizing for you?

Do you find it difficult to apologize?

How to make proper apology?

Why we need to apologize?

How to break up with a clingy lover?

Is it a good idea to hire a person pretending to be your wife and call your workplace tell them you’re sick?

 

食品標示 熱量選擇

Would warning labels on food make people eat better?    debatewise

Yes because...

Food labelling is an excellent way to make people eat better. People don’t want to become obese and...

Food labelling is an excellent way to make people eat better. People don’t want to become obese and unhealthy, so if you provide them with the right information, they will make a different choice. To make sure the information is actually read, it needs to be clear, specific and understandable. It also needs to be visible at the moment of choosing to buy the product, so that consumers can actually pick an alternative.

Yes because...

The impact of bad diet on people throughout the world is leading to a global health emergency. For the first time, teenagers in richer countries may now enjoy less healthy lives and may die younger than their parents. Not only is there a strong moral case to act to change the way people eat, unless something happens governments soon won’t be able to afford the extra healthcare costs. Clearly banning certain foods or forcing people to eat more vegetables would be too harsh. But passing labelling laws will nudge people in the right direction and push food companies to provide healthier choices for fear of losing business.

No because...

Food labelling is a pretty poor way of making people eat more healthily. The idea assumes that people actually read the label – which quite often, they don’t. Reasons for this can vary: consumers might be in a hurry when buying groceries or don’t understand the information. A lot of consumers don’t really care enough about the long-term dangers of eating unhealthily and find it too much of a fuss.

No because...

Even if people would read the label, they probably won’t change their behaviour. This is because humans are not very rational: they often sacrifice a longer term benefit for a short term gain. Take a look at smoking: even though everyone knows that smoking is a serious health risk, people still smoke. “Bad choices” may be a result of peer pressure, maybe because they think it looks cool or because they like the kick of the nicotine in the here and now. \

The same goes for food: the short term satisfaction of a tasty supersized, extra-fat hamburger will outweigh the longer term health benefits of eating a salad instead. This is all the more so because there are very powerful biological factors leading us to prefer fat, salty or sweet foods. In times of food scarcity these foods are the most essential for our survival because they provide the most energy. Thus after millions of years of evolution, we’ve become hard-wired to prefer salty, sweet and fatty foods.

No because...

But even if people would read the label and are rational enough to change their behaviour, they probably won’t understand the information on the label. For example, what is the difference between saturated fat and trans fat, and why is that relevant? What are “carbohydrates” and are they good or bad? Is what is healthy for an elderly person also good for an active, growing teenager? Being able to understand what’s in your food requires a lot of specialist knowledge which the average consumers doesn’t have.

Q:

Would warning labels on food make people eat better?  

How to make a good choice when select food products?

How to eat healthy?

What are the factors leading us to prefer fat, salty or sweet foods?

What are the factors that influencing your purchasing decisions?

What are the impacts of bad diet on people?

Why a 'western' diet could be bad for you?

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誰敢來挑戰

Top Ten Grossest Fear Factor Stunts!    kidzworld.com

It's a TV show that pushes its contestants to face their biggest fears - whether its scaling a tall crane to collect Fear Factor flags, walking through glass or swimming with snakes, Fear Factor has had its contestants do it all. The contestant that finishes all three, fear-saturated stunts ends up winning $50,000. But let's not forget about the gross stunts that contestants are faced with episode after episode.

1.) Fear Factor Pizza - Episode 317 (Season 3): This stunt must have made some of the contestants give up on eating pizza ever again. With a crust made from cow bile, coagulated blood paste for sauce, rancid cheese and topping choices like live red worms and fish eyes, Fear Factor pizza isn't exactly something you'll be finding at your local pizza joint any time soon. Although most contestants ended up puking up their tasty treat, all contestants managed to complete the stunt and move on to the next round.

2.) Rat Bobbing - Episode 416 (Season 4): During Couples' Fear Factor, the girls had to lie down in a plexi-glass tank, and then were covered in 400 rats. The guys then had to retrieve ten chicken's feet from the tank, using only their mouths! One couple bowed out of the stunt cuz it was just too gross! The couple who won this stunt won an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas - think it was worth it?

3.) Bug Body Bag - Episode 433 (Season 4): This All-Female edition of Fear Factor included one truly gruesome stunt. Contestants were stuck inside a morgue drawer, in a body bag filled with giant hissing cockroaches, flesh-eating worms, crickets and stink beetles. Locked in the pitch black of the morgue drawer, the girls were locked in chains and had to fumble around to find the right key to unlock themselves.

4.) Eat African Cave-Dwelling Spiders - Episode 408 (Season 4): This stunt was not for elimination but instead to win a brand new car. Contestants lined up at a table full of African cave-dwelling spiders and had to grab hold of them, and then eat them alive. We're not talking run-of-the-mill basement spiders either. These bad boys looked like a cross between a spider and a crab and even had the little pinchers to prove it. This stunt brought one contestant to tears and she almost forfeited the challenge. In the end, all of the contestants ate a couple of spiders. The winner ate a whopping 12!

Q:

What do you think this TV program “Fear Factor”?

Would you dare to eat spiders or lock yourself in a morgue drawer if you could win a free trip to Las vegas, or geting a free new car?

Have you ever tried some special food stuff?

What are your opinion about TV surviving shows?

What are you afraid of?

How to face your fears?

如何讓男人愛上妳?

How to Make a Man Fall Madly in Love With You       pairedlife.com

He's the man of your dreams, and you adore him. You want him by your side right now but unfortunately you still don’t have him. You're willing to do whatever it takes for him to chase you, like you, get attracted to you and fall madly in love with you but it seems like a huge undertaking.

In this article you will get to learn some of the basic and not so basic things that girls can do in order to attract a man to their side and make him fall in love with them.

Be Aware of Your Appearance

Don’t let your appearance let you down. Your appearance can make you win or lose when it comes to dating. To please a man and make him get interested in you, you should be presentable. Be aware of what you are wearing, whether or not your hair is clean, and if you are dressed appropriately.

Choose your clothing and your style to match the occasion. But be aware of how you look. Do your best to look as good as you can, no matter where you are going. You never know when you might unexpectedly bump into the man of your dreams.

Listen, Don't Just Talk!

When you want to please and make a man fall for you, it is important that you listen. Don't just talk. If you chatter incessantly when you are nervous, find some other way to cope with your nerves.

Many girls make the mistake of talking more than they listen when they are around a potential male partner. Girls aren't the only ones, of course. Many men do the same thing. But this is a big mistake that can easily cost you getting the man of your dreams.

Even a man who is generally not talkative will definitely have something to say. Everyone likes to be 'heard'. If you keep talking and talking all the time without giving him the chance to express himself, he's likely to be disappointed. Making it hard for him to get a word in could lower your chances of him falling in love with you.

 Smile and laugh.

When you are working on ways to make a guy fall in love with you, it is essential to smile and laugh. Don’t present an unfriendly face. Be as outgoing, friendly, and social as you feel comfortable being.

    Guys generally like girls with a sense of humor who can make them feel good. Tell him enjoyable stories, and don't be afraid to laugh. Remember not to go overboard and look like a comedian. It is great to have a partner who is enjoyable and outgoing, but very few people like the idea of living with a comedian.

    You have to give, and not just take, to increase your chances of him falling in love with you. A man can easily differentiate between a girl who wants something from him, and one who cares for him.

    There are certainly girls who are after money (gold diggers). Differentiate yourself from the typical gold digger and let him see you are interested in him for his love and not his money or any other material thing

   

    Instead, allow him to make advances towards you. Many men enjoy the thrill of the 'chase.' Catch his eye and his attention, and then let him work a little to win you over. Let him notice how much he misses you when you are not around. As soon as he suspects he's falling in love with you, he will definitely do something to get you.

  

 Have good morals. Good morals are a necessity in convincing a man to love you. Nobody wants to get involved with someone who can't be trusted. Men like women who are disciplined and are not pushovers. Behave maturely towards him and be respectful of him, just as you expect him to be respectful towards you.

Q:

How to make a man/woman fall madly in love with you?   

How to make a man or a woman getting attracted to you?

Do you think that your appearance can make you win or lose when it comes to dating?

How to dress appropriately at important events?

In your personal opinion that love, money and material things which one is more important?

Sharing your opinion about “gold diggers”

How to find your potential partners?

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Taiwan happiest country in East Asia: World Happiness Report | Taiwan News

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- A new report shows Taiwan is the happiest among the East Asian countries and ranked No. 33 in the world, an improvement from No. 35 last year.

According to the latest World Happiness Report, released by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations, Norway moved up from fourth place last year to the tops list, and displaced three-time winner Denmark, taking the title of "world's happiest country" for the first time. As for East Asia, Taiwan ranked as the happiest country in the region, which was better than Japan (No. 51), South Korea (No. 56), Hong Kong (No. 71) and China (No. 79), maintaining its top spot since 2015.

At No. 33, Taiwan ranked as the third happiest country in Asia, trailing Singapore (No. 26) and Thailand (No. 32), and ahead of Malaysia (No. 42) and Japan (No. 51).

Of the 126 countries with data for 2005-2007 and 2014-2016, there were 58 which saw significant increases, ranging from 0.12 to 1.36 points on the 0 to 10 scale. The changes in happiness levels in Taiwan also increased from No. 48 (0.190) to No. 47 (0.233).

According to the report, China's GDP growth over the past quarter century is viewed by many analysts as the hallmark of a successful transition from socialism to capitalism. But the happiness of the people in China didn't scale up with the growth of economics because of the high unemployment rate and weak social welfare. If the welfare of the "common man" is taken as a criterion of success, the picture is much less favorable and more like that of European transition countries.

The rankings are based on gross domestic product per person (GDP) and healthy life expectancy with four factors from global surveys including social support, social freedom, generosity, and absence of corruption. In the surveys, people give scores on how much social support they feel they have if something goes wrong, their freedom to make their own life choices, their sense of how corrupt their society is and how generous they are.

Happiest countries:

1. Norway

2. Denmark

3. Iceland

4. Switzerland

5. Finland

6. Netherlands

7. Canada

8. New Zealand

9. Australia

10. Sweden

Q:

What are your opinion that Taiwan has ranked as the third happiest country in Asia?

Why Norway taking the title of "world's happiest country"?

What are the factors that make a happy country?

What are the factors that make happy people?

Do you think that corruption, unemployment rate and social welfare are influence the level of happiness?

What are the factors that make you feel unhappy?

What are factors that making people have a healthy life expectancy?

拒絕的藝術

How to Say No to an Invitation You Can't Accept        By Debby Mayne thespruce

Have you ever received an invitation that you couldn't accept? Do you struggle with how to decline without hurting someone's feelings or causing conflict? Does it bother you to turn someone down? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, you're not alone. In fact, this happens to most people at some time in their lives. The key is to let the person know whether or not you can accept the invitation as soon as possible and in a polite manner.

When You Must Decline an Invitation

As much as you'd like to go to everything you're invited to, there are times when you simply can't. Perhaps you already have plans for that particular time, or you have to work. Or maybe you're exhausted and need to pull it in for a while.

Remember that declining an invitation doesn't mean you're rejecting the person who sent it to you. It's simply a statement that you are unable to attend whatever you've been invited to.

How to Graciously Decline an Invitation

Here are some tips on how to turn down an invitation in the most polite way:

    Don't ignore the invitation. Putting the invitation aside to deal with later isn't good for you or the person who sent it. She needs to know whether or not you'll be there. Ignoring the invitation shows that you don't know proper etiquette, and you might be left off the guest list for her next party.

    Don't wait. As soon as you know you'll be unable to go, let the person know. Most events require planning and budgeting.

    Be thankful. Always sincerely thank the person for inviting you and let her know that you're honored that she'd think highly enough of you to send the invitation.

    Be honest. You don't ever have to come up with false excuses for why you're unable to go to the event, but you also don't have to go into detail. Let her know that you already have plans. That should be enough.

    Ask for a different time. If the invitation is exclusive to you, let the person know you're unable to make it at the time she requested, but you'd love to get together with her at another time.

    Don't over-explain. If you can't make it, keep your explanation short and to the point. Doing otherwise will make it sound like you're just trying to come up with excuses.

    Send something. If you would typically bring a gift to whatever event you were invited to, such as a birthday party or baby shower, go ahead and send something.

Q:

Have you ever received an invitation that you couldn't accept?

Does it bother you to turn someone down?

How to say no to an invitation you can't accept?

Have you ever made excuses when you don’t want to go to the event?

How to come up with excuses if you're unable to go to the event?

How to pick the perfect gift?

Do you think honesty is always the best policy?

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