Celebrate World Password Day
They’re strange, they’re complex, they’re everywhere and we forget them far more than is absolutely healthy for us. No, we’re not talking about anniversaries (though sometimes we are! You’ll see what we mean) we’re talking about your passwords! We use them to secure the most private parts of our lives and to help protect our finances, our health records, or maybe just our emails. World Password Day reminds us of the importance of these little crypto-keys and the role they play in making sure we keep hold on our lives, identity thieves are everywhere, and these are your first digital line of defense.
History of Password Day
Passwords have been around as long as people have been keeping secrets, though most people think of them as what we put into the box that follows Username and Email on all those websites. But long before that they served just as important a role, especially in espionage and secret societies. When you want to ensure that the person you were speaking to was the person sent by your organization, why, you’d ask them for the password! Secret Organizations like the Masons and other fraternal organizations also often asked for these before letting you through the door. Without a way to keep the secrets secret, it wouldn’t be much of a secret society would it?
Nowadays such things are of far less concern, but digital protection has become absolutely vital to our day to day existence. Sometimes it’s just protecting our identity on our favorite web forum, and almost everyone has a Facebook account to protect. The problem is, where before you might need just a password or two, most people these days have dozens. Even worse, the protocol for these is often different, some requiring certain characters (numbers, Capitals, Symbols) and others denying the use. It makes having a universal password difficult, and security experts say that doing so is a terrible idea anyway.
World Password Day came along to provide a warning to the world, and to spread awareness that taking care with your passwords is vital to protecting yourself against identity theft. Business insider did research to determine just how vulnerable account were, and discovered that 10,000 of the most common passwords allow access to 98% of all accounts. Tell us that isn’t more than a little terrifying?
Word of the Day
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| Definition: | (adjective) Open to argument or debate. | ||
| Synonyms: | arguable, debatable, moot | ||
| Usage: | He certainly looked at her friend a great deal, but the expression of that look was disputable. | ||
Idiom of the Day
(someone's) hands are full— Someone is too busy or has too much going on to be able to do or become involved with anything else. |
History
Three-Year-Old Madeleine McCann Goes Missing (2007)
A few weeks before her fourth birthday, Madeleine McCann disappeared from an apartment in Portugal, where she, her parents, and her twin siblings were on vacation. Her disappearance received international press coverage, but despite numerous investigations by several different agencies, young Madeleine remains missing and no arrests have been made in the case. However, Portuguese authorities at different times categorized several individuals as having arguido status (suspects),James Brown, the Godfather of Soul (1933) |
| One of the original inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century, "Godfather of Soul" James Brown evolved a highly personal style that combined gospel and blues elements with a spectacular stage presence. During his five-decade career, "the Hardest-Working Man in Show Business" had numerous chart-topping singles and albums. |
Constitution Memorial Day (Japan)
Constitution Memorial Day, or Kempo Kinen-Bi, is observed as a national holiday on May 3 and commemorates the adoption of the democratic constitution in 1947. The holiday is part of Golden Week, which includes Children's Day (Kodomo-no-Hi) and Greenery Day.
If you grow a brain in a lab, will it have a mind of its own?
| There are lots of reasons one might want to grow brains. For starters, they would allow us to study human neurological issues in detail, which is otherwise quite challenging to do. Neurological diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's have devastated ... |
If you grow a brain in a lab, will it have a mind of its own?
1802 - Washington, DC, was incorporated as a city.
1921 - West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.
1933 - The U.S. Mint was under the direction of a woman for the first time when Nellie Ross took the position.
1937 - Margaret Mitchell won a Pulitzer Prize for "Gone With The Wind."
1952 - The first airplane landed at the geographic North Pole.
1966 - The game "Twister" was featured on the "Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
1971 - National Public Radio broadcast for the first time.
1988 - The White House acknowledged that first lady Nancy Reagan had used astrological advice to help schedule her husband's activities.
1998 - "The Sevres Road," by 18-century landscape painter Camille Corot, stolen from the Louvre in France.
1999 - Hasbro released the first collection of toys for the Star Wars movie "Episode I: The Phantom Menace."
If You Were Born Today, May 3
Thoughtful and involved, you express yourself well, possess quiet charm, and easily endear yourself to others. You have an artistic bent that is undeniable, and your creative mind can help bring financial success. You are multi-talented and many of you spread yourself over multiple career paths and hobbies as a result. You expect a lot from yourself, and sometimes too much, which can lead to indecisiveness. Famous people born today:
1469 Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian politician and writer (Prince), born in Florence, Italy (d. 1527)
1898 Golda Meir [Mabovitch], Israeli teacher, stateswoman and 4th Prime Minister of Israel (1969-74) "Iron Lady" of Israeli politics, born in Kiev, Ukraine (d. 1978)
1903 Bing Crosby [Harry Lillis Crosby], American actorand singer (White Christmas, Going My Way), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 1977)
1906 Mary Astor, American actress (Maltese Falcon, Dinky), born in Quincy, Illinois (d. 1987)
1921 Sugar Ray Robinson [Walter Smith], American middle/welterweight boxer (1946-52, 55, 58), born in Ailey, Georgia (d. 1989)
1.
SEEfest 2018
Apr 26 - May 3, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles’ South East European Film Festival, or SEEFest, is a cinematic showcase of the region between Western Europe and the Middle East. The festival illustrates the cultural diversity of Eastern Europe through screenings of features, shorts and documentaries sharing a wide range of perspectives and experiences, many of which reflect on the region’s challenging political landscape. In addition to film screenings, the festival hosts a business conference and retrospectives, creating a forum for cultural exchange.
further information: SEEfest | South East European Film Festival
2.
Indy Film Fest 2018
Apr 26 - May 6, 2018 | Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis Museum of Art|4000 N Michigan Rd
The annual Indy Film Fest in Indianapolis, Indiana, showcases the best in independent film in the Indy area and from around the world. The ten-day cinematic event boasts over 100 films from 40 different countries, world premieres, awards ceremonies, Q&As with auteurs and actors, screenings, workshops, expert panel discussions, after parties and various genre-themed programs.
further information: Indy Film Fest
3.
Philadelphia Independent Film Festival 2018
May 2-5, 2018 | Philadelphia, PA
The Philadelphia Independent Film Festival brings together a diverse community of filmmakers and their appreciative audiences. The festival accepts submissions of all kinds and welcomes anyone with an interest in creating, producing or viewing film to join. The screenings, meetings and gatherings of the festival celebrate and explore the process of making independent films as well as the finished products.
further information: 11th Annual Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
Pictures of the day
The Lute Player is a painting completed by Orazio Gentileschi c. 1612–1615. It depicts a young woman in a golden dress with a lute, turned away from the observer, concentrating her attention on the nineteen-stringed instrument and listening intently to a note. The work, which exhibits influences from Caravaggio, has been variously identified as a genre painting, an allegory of hearing, and as a portrait of the goddess Harmonia. The Lute Player is now held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
KATE ANDERSON, 12
Owning the stage.
knit
thanks, Marcy
knit
thanks, Leah
knit
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knit
crochet
thanks, Gabby
crochet
thanks, Adele
crochet
crochet
RECIPE
thanks, Shelley
CROCKPOT RECIPE
Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff Recipe
SWEETS
thanks, Lesley
ADULT COLORING
CRAFTS
Reuse Thread Spools
Vintage Thread Nests
CHILDREN'S CORNER ... crafts
thanks, Lana
PUZZLE
right photo, wrongly labeled
Pterois & Moray Jigsaw Puzzle
WORD SEARCH
| account anything assistance banter believe better bright bring | camel childhood civil construction cuss found fresh | halt happy higher hurry instruction invent money murky | quick renew sate series solar spite start success | tease there through urgent |
SUDOKU ... easy
solution:
QUOTE
CLEVER
When I want caramel sauce, this is my favorite thing to do cause it's easy and tasty.
EYE OPENER
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