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Tide Pod Challenge – CWEB.com
The online trend is causing concern among doctors and parents as really can’t believe this has to be explained detergent is not meant to be eaten and could have adverse effects on children’s and grown ups’ bodies.
The ‘Tide Pod Challenge’, as it’s called, is simple. Pop one in your mouth and bite down on the seal to release the brightly coloured blue and green liquid soap and powdered detergent.
Tide Pod challenge? Is there an epidemic of stupid in this world?
Mega Millions Florida – CWEB.com
The 20-year-old man from Port Richey chose to receive a one-time, $282 million lump sum.
20-year-old Shane Missler has chosen a paltry lump sum of $282 million.
“I’m only 20, but I hope to use it to pursue a variety of passions, help my family and do some good for humanity,” he said in a statement.
The winning numbers to claim the nation’s 10th-largest jackpot were 28-30-39-59-70 with a Mega Ball of 10.
The winning ticket was bought at a 7-Eleven in Port Richey. The retailer will receive a $100,000 bonus.
The Tampa Bay Times reported that Missler was grinning widely and clutching a yellow envelope when he turned in his ticket Friday at Florida Lottery headquarters in Tallahassee. His father and his lawyer came with him. They released a statement on his behalf.
“If there is one thing I have learned thus far in my short time on this earth it is that those who maintain a positive mindset and stay true to themselves get rewarded,” Missler said in the statement. “I look forward to the future.”
Lottery officials said the money will be paid to a trust, set up with Missler as the managing member, called “Secret 007, LLC.”
CDC Flu – CWEB.com
The U.S. is experiencing widespread and intense flu activity, and flu activity is likely to continue for several more weeks. Vaccination is our main tool to prevent flu infection. Flu vaccination efforts should continue as long as flu viruses are circulating, but antiviral drugs are the most important tool for flu treatment. Get CDC’s latest updates and guidance on the 2017-2018 flu season.
CDC conducts studies to measure the benefits of seasonal flu vaccination each flu season to help determine how well flu vaccines are working. These vaccine effectiveness (VE) studies regularly assess and confirm the value of flu vaccination as a public health intervention. Study results of vaccine effectiveness can vary based on study design, outcome(s) measured, population studied and the season in which the flu vaccine was studied.
Adjusted vaccine effectiveness estimates for influenza seasons from 2005-2017:
In 2004-05, the flu vaccine was 10 percent effective.
In 2005-06, the flu vaccine was 21 percent effective.
In 2006-07, the flu vaccine was 52 percent effective.
In 2007-08, the flu vaccine was 37 percent effective.
In 2008-09, the flu vaccine was 41 percent effective.
In 2009-10, the flu vaccine was 56 percent effective.
In 2010-11, the flu vaccine was 60 percent effective.
In 2011-12, the flu vaccine was 47 percent effective.
In 2012-13, the flu vaccine was 49 percent effective
In 2013-14, the flu vaccine was 52 percent effective.
In 2014-15, the flu vaccine was 19 percent effective.
In 2015-16, the flu vaccine was 48 percent effective.
In 2016-17, the flu vaccine was 39 percent effective.
CDC has been working with researchers at universities and hospitals since the 2003-2004 flu season to estimate how well flu vaccine works through observational studies using medically attended laboratory-confirmed flu as the outcome. This is the U.S. Flu Vaccine Effectiveness (VE) Network. The U.S. Flu VE Network currently consists of five study sites across the United States that measure the flu vaccine’s effectiveness at preventing outpatient medical visits due to laboratory-confirmed influenza. CDC’s observational studies at U.S. Flu VE Network sites measure outpatient visits* for laboratory-confirmed influenza infections using a highly accurate lab test called rRT-PCR to verify the outcome. These studies compare the odds of vaccination among outpatients with acute respiratory illness and laboratory-confirmed influenza infection to the odds of vaccination among outpatients with acute respiratory illness who test negative for influenza infection.
The overall, adjusted vaccine effectiveness estimates for influenza seasons from 2005-2017 are noted in the chart below. (Estimates are typically adjusted for study site, age, sex, underlying medical conditions, and days from illness onset to enrollment.
Exclusive Image Of GM’s Driverless Car Without A Steering Wheel – CWEB.com
When asked earlier Friday about the planned announcement, a GM spokesperson said the automaker had no comment.
GM rolled out an extensive game plan last fall for the company’s self-driving car plans. The automaker said it’s confident it can deploy fully autonomous cars in 2019 that could be used for a ride-sharing service.
The image tracks with previous comments made by GM’s autonomous car execs. In November, Cruise’s CEO said that its plans for self-driving deployment won’t include small-scale pilots “where you’ve got drivers still in the car,” a fact that immediately raised concern from safety groups.
A digital gift card platform that enables you to buy, send gift cards from hundreds of top retailers such as Sears, Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks, Target, and many more – CWEB.com
Gyft is an interesting online service for purchasing gift cards for leading online retailers such as Sears, Amazon, iTunes, Starbucks, Gamestop, Facebook, Nike, Staples, Target, Victoria’s Secret and many others that accepts Bitcoins as well as other typical payments methods. This allows you to actually shop with Bitcoins in stores that normally do not accept crypto currency payments directly, by first obtaining a gift card for a given amount that you pay for with Bitcoins. Of course you can also send the gift card to someone else in the form of a gift that the receiver can use in the specific store and you can pay with crypto without first having to go through an exchange to turn the Bitcoins in USD for example.
UBER and Sears Shop Your Way ® Rewards, Whether You’re Driving or Riding the Perfect Marriage — CWEB.com
Sears CEO Eddie Lampert has already made changes to the Sears online shopping venue.
Currently in place is a membership program called “Shop Your Way.” Third party sellers are already on board, and that will compete with Amazon’s e-commerce marketplace that also hosts third-party sellers.
Uber drivers, now a large and very growing base of the independent work force across the world are offered significant discounts with Sears automotive services. Uber Technologies, Inc. and Sears are in partnership with “Shop Your Way” which already has tens of millions of members. Riders can earn discounts from Uber trips earning Shop Your Way points by linking up their Uber account to Shop Your Way and earn up to $2.00 per point for each Uber trip. Drivers can earn up to $1,000 in points by signing up with https://www.shopyourway.com/uber
For drivers
People who sign up to drive with Uber at shopyourway.com/uber can earn up to $1,000* in Shop Your Way points, redeemable for millions of products at Sears, Kmart, Lands End, and on shopyourway.com. So if you’re hitting the road to replace that old refrigerator or saving up for a shopping spree, Uber and Shop Your Way can put your goals within reach on your schedule.
Current US driver-partners who link their Uber accounts with Shop Your Way get other perks too: 50 percent off oil changes and 30 percent back in points on all labor at Sears Auto Centers. That means less money spent on car maintenance and more cash in your pocket to spend on what you want.
For riders
Any US riders who connect to Shop Your Way get a new entry in the $10,000 Shop Your Way Sweepstakes** for every ride. Every month 1,000 winners will receive a prize of $10 in Shop Your Way points. Riders in Chicago or New York get even more: $2 in points for every trip.
With Uber, you can push a button and get reliable transportation or meaningful work whenever you want: no hoops, no hassle. We think getting rewarded should be just as easy, and thanks to our partners at Shop Your Way, pushing a button is about to make riding and driving that much more rewarding.
Visit shopyourway.com/uber/rewards to connect your Uber and Shop Your Way accounts and start earning rewards.
*Sign up reward may vary by market.
** See terms and conditions at shopyourway.com/uber/sweeps
iPhone X Review – CWEB.com
Everybody talking about the iPhone X.
The X has the screen size of the iPhone Plus models! The phone is also very fast. Apple says that its processor is “the most powerful and smartest chip ever in a smartphone,” and that it has “four efficiency cores”
Apple also maintains that the iPhone X gets two hours more life per battery charge than the iPhone 7 and 8. The depth camera does more than just recognize your face. Because it can tell the difference between the foreground and the background, the iPhone X can, for the first time. The iPhone X can also create what Apple calls Animoji–a choice of 12 animated cartoon faces whose expressions follow and mimic your expressions in real time, by tracking the motion of 50 different muscles in your face. The new display is beyond gorgeous. HDR is glorious.
e cigarette explodes in teens mouth face and mouth burned – CWEB.com
“I just barely even touched it and it just went BOOM and my ears rang as if a grenade went off,” Chastain told KATU News Friday. “I thought my lips were gone. It was nuts. And apparently, I didn’t see it, but everyone else said part of the mod shot and like went through chairs and stuff.”
“It’s been a hard thing to go through and a hard thing to watch his pain,” his mom Aimie Shepherd said. “I feel very lucky they were able to save his eye.”
Kevin Leon Feinstein – CWEB.com
Kevin de León is a Democratic candidate challenging Dianne Feinstein for US Senate in California. Challenges are good, it keeps the dialogue fresh, and incumbents on their toes.
California has an odd electoral process in which the top 2 candidates in the primary make it to the November election. If no viable Republican enters the race, there could be a DiFi-De León General Election. This happened in California’s 2016 US Senate election with two Democrats.
Get ready for a generational, cultural, demographic and north/south fight like few we have ever seen in California.