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Key regulator of bone development identified

Loss of a key protein leads to defects in skeletal development including reduced bone density and a shortening of the fingers and toes — a condition known as brachydactyly. The discovery was made by researchers at Penn State University who knocked out the Speckle-type POZ Protein (Spop) in the mouse and characterized the impact on bone development. The research, which appears online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Dec. 5, redefines the role of Spop during bone development and provides a new potential target for the diagnosis and treatment of bone diseases such as osteoporosis.

“The Spop protein is involved in Hedgehog signaling — a well-studied cell-to-cell communication pathway that plays multiple roles during development,” said Aimin Liu, associate professor of biology at Penn State and the corresponding author of the study. “Previous studies done in cell culture suggested that Spop negatively regulates or ‘turns down’ Hedgehog signaling. However, in our study, we show that Spop positively regulates the pathway downstream of a member of the Hedgehog family, a protein called Indian Hedgehog, during bone development. This new understanding adds to our knowledge of the genetic basis of bone development and could open new avenues to study bone disease.”

Indian Hedgehog (Ihh) plays an essential role in bone development. It is near the top of a hierarchical cascade of genes that program cells to produce cartilage and bone. Ihh controls gene expression by regulating the activity of the transcription factors — proteins that control the expression of other genes — Gli2 and Gli3. Gli2 acts mainly as an kmspico 10.0.4 activator  of gene expression and Gli3 acts mainly to repress gene expression. The Spop protein tags the Gli proteins to be degraded in the cell.

“Previous studies led to a hypothesis that a loss of Spop function would increase Hedgehog signaling because the Gli activators were no longer being degraded,” said Hongchen Cai, a graduate student at Penn State and an author of the paper. “We were surprised to see in our study the repressor of gene expression, Gli3, built up in developing bone, but not the activator of gene expression, Gli2. This imbalance led to an overall decrease in Hedgehog signaling.”

In order to study the role of Spop in bone development more closely, the researchers knocked the gene out specifically in the limb. Limbs that lacked Spop had less dense bone, mimicking osteopenia — a human condition characterized by low bone density, but not as severe as osteoporosis. The limbs also had shorter than normal fingers and toes. The researchers also showed that the effects of losing Spop could be mitigated by simultaneously reducing the amount of Gli3 in the limbs.

The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Penn State Eberly College of Science, and a J. Lloyd Huck Dissertation Research Grant. Additional support was provided by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences at Penn State

via source:https://scienceblog.com/490600/key-regulator-bone-development-identified/

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Warto dodać, że Malwarebytes StartUpLITE nie wymaga usuwania programów z autostartu (choć taka opcja również jest dostępna), ale pozwala także na ich tymczasowe wyłączenie. Dzięki temu w każdej chwili możemy przywrócić uruchamianie wybranych aplikacji po włączeniu komputera.

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Dragos Gavrilut, Bitdefender : Au-delà de l’engouement médiatique, l’importance réelle de l’apprentissage automatique dans la détection des APT

Cela fait des années que nous luttons contre cet ennemi, parfois sans savoir qui nous affrontons. C’est arrivé avec le projet Sauron, la menace sophistiquée qui profitait des exploits zero-day pour voler des données à partir d’ordinateurs connectés à Internet dans environ 30 entreprises dans le monde entier, dans les secteurs publics, de la télécommunication, des services financiers et des organismes de recherche.

Avec l’aide d’algorithmes BITDEFENDER TOTAL SECURITY key automatique intégrés il est possible de venir à bout de ce malware, mais les systèmes étant en charge de l’analyse de milliers de fichiers par jour, il est parfois difficile de saisir l’ampleur de la menace.

Plus d’algorithmes, plus de précision

Le malware ciblé est conçu pour ne pas être détecté par la solution de sécurité protégeant le système ciblé. Comme il est particulièrement complexe, il affiche généralement des comportements différents, observés sur plusieurs échantillons de malwares. Ainsi, pour garantir un taux de détection élevé, les éditeurs de sécurité préfèrent corréler les résultats de plusieurs algorithmes. Cette stratégie est efficace dans le traitement des APT, par opposition à l’utilisation d’une technologie unique, car il devient alors beaucoup plus difficile aux malwares d’éviter la détection. Perceptrons, Neural Networks, Centroids, Binary Decision Tree et Deep Learning, pour ne citer que ceux-ci, sont de puissants algorythmes pouvant etre utilisés pour contrer les APT. Certains sont spécialisés dans la détection de familles de malwares spécifiques, d’autres sur les nouveaux fichiers malveillants, et d’autres encore sont conçus pour minimiser le nombre de faux positifs. Tous se complètent, aussi bien pour la détection heuristique traditionnelle que pour celle basée sur les signatures. Une seule technologie ne résoudra pas tous les problèmes, mais plusieurs technologies, ensemble, peuvent résoudre la majorité des problèmes. En travaillant comme un ensemble, elles offrent un taux élevé de détection des nouvelles menaces.

Détecter le trafic réseau suspect

La détection des zero-days commence avec l’hypothèse que l’activité sur un endpoint dans un environnement d’entreprise a un comportement prévisible, donc l’identification de toute activité suspecte devrait commencer par une analyse typique du comportement du réseau. L’apprentissage automatique peut aider à traiter des millions de points de données chaque minute, pour établir une base « normale » en comparant les points de données à un comportement passé, et en identifiant des différences anormales dans les valeurs au fil du temps. Grâce à cette technologie, les transactions, les processus serveur, le trafic Internet, les alertes IPS et les journaux de proxy peuvent être analysés, à la recherche d’activités inhabituelles.

Des réseaux neuraux pour filtrer les URL

Les malwares ont la capacité de se cacher dans un réseau de proxy à multiples couches et d’utiliser des techniques d’évasion capables de fournir de nouveaux binaires à chaque accès.

Une solution pour bloquer une attaque APT est d’utiliser un filtre basé sur le réseau. Puisqu’une URL malveillante est souvent accessible uniquement pendant quelques minutes, cette méthode n’est efficace que si elle est associée à un service basé sur le cloud, pour mettre à jour la liste des domaines et des URL malveillantes dans les ordinateurs de tout le monde, aussi vite que possible. En outre, les techniques d’évasion sophistiquées ont réduit l’efficacité des listes classiques blanche/noire d’URL, entraînant un besoin de techniques plus dynamiques et plus complexes pour bloquer les attaques malveillantes sur Internet.

En utilisant des techniques d’apprentissage machine non supervisées, les experts en sécurité peuvent regrouper des URL ou des domaines pour identifier les DGA (algorithmes de génération de domaine) utilisés par les créateurs de malwares, dans le but de générer des domaines agissant comme points de rendez-vous avec les serveurs de commande et de contrôle. Le « clustering » ou partitionnement de données (une des nombreuses méthodes d’analyse de données) consiste à diviser un ensemble de données en groupes homogènes en fonction de caractéristiques données. Il vise à structurer les volumes non étiquetés de données en groupes ayant les propriétés que tous les objets du groupe partagent. Les algorithmes de clustering doivent être rapides (adaptés aux grands ensembles de données), génériques (pour être en mesure de surmonter l’obfuscation) et spécifiques (un cluster doit contenir des échantillons similaires).

Trier les e-mails spams

Les APT profitent souvent des exploits zero-day présents dans les applications fréquemment utilisées. La plupart du temps, l’utilisateur doit visiter une page malveillante ou ouvrir un document infecté envoyé par e-mail. Ainsi, l’identification des emails infectés par des malwares est toujours essentielle dans le cadre de la cyber-défense.

Un algorithme d’apprentissage automatique bien qualifié, peut déterminer si des e-mails sont des spams, en se basant sur des règles qu’il a apprises à partir d’échantillons pré-classés.

Identification des fichiers malveillants

Parfois, le malware peut etre diffusés à partir de fichiers PDF contenant du JavaScript malveillant. De cette façon, le code peut être exécuté sur les ordinateurs tout en évitant les différentes méthodes de protection. JavaScript est parfait car il est également polymorphes (deux fichiers avec les mêmes fonctionnalités peuvent sembler très différents).

Pour identifier les fichiers PDF infectés, on peut utiliser une méthode de classification basée sur la compilation du code JavaScript dans les fichiers PDF. En compilant le code JavaScript, en le décrivant d’une manière abstraite, et en éliminant les différents opérateurs utilisés dans le polymorphisme, il est possible d’obtenir des classes de fichiers qui sont très semblables sur le plan de la syntaxe. Ceux-ci peuvent être facilement regroupés pour réduire le volume de travail effectué par les analystes humains.

Au fil du temps les vecteurs d’attaque ont beaucoup changé et la technologie s’adapte en permanence. Cette technologie est maintenant disponible pour tous les types de fichiers script, des fichiers PDF avec Javascript intégré, aux documents Office, VBScript, fichiers

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Why the modern man should invest in skin care of his own

A counterintuitive new female grievance has found its voice.

It alleges that modern men have taken to stealing fancy, female-targeted skin care elixirs from shared bathroom shelves in breach of accepted, gender-exclusive grooming product protocols.

This isn’t good for anybody.

In random chats with female friends and colleagues about the subject of this column in recent weeks, 73 per cent registered this precise protest unsolicited, nearly verbatim, with indignant flourishes.

When pressed on the seriousness of this issue, most eventually downgraded their outrage to ambivalence.

While it may mean for them the premature disappearance of extortionately priced, rose-infused essential oils and age-defying creams, it also means their lads are evolving their skin care regimens.

Such a male grooming upgrade — from bars of Ivory soap to cleansers and toners only found in the well-lit, luxury section of the Shoppers Drug Mart — appears to elicit begrudging welcome from girlfriends and wives.

The deeper question here is what the theft of female skin care products means for men who are adopting this new, lavender-scented identity.

Quick tip lads: If you’re using any skin care product billed as being effective in the treatment of stretch marks, that contains floral ingredients drawn from distant European pools or ancient rain forests, is packaged in ornate bottles bearing calligraphy-fonted labels or was purchased from a mysterious place called L’Occitane, it’s time to man up and get your own bloody stuff.

“Men have different facial skin than women. Their skin is thicker with smaller pores so they need a product that will penetrate easier,” says Toronto cosmetic plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Bray.

Our higher testosterone levels also set our skin apart from women, he says, because it means a more oil-heavy surface requiring degreasing ingredients.

Here’s the daily regimen one physician uses to heal thyself: Bray favours a “medical grade” line called SkinCeuticals.

After morning cleansing and shaving, he uses an antioxidant serum called CE Ferulic.

After evening cleansing, he applies a different serum called Retexturing window 7 activator download free for overnight exfoliation and moisture.

You may already be slightly overwhelmed by these words and concepts. Breathe deeply. Not done yet.

He also uses a separate eye cream (A.G.E. Eye Complex) and, on alternative nights, a retinol cream (Retinol 0.5) to reduce the signs of aging.

There’s more.

Winter and summer, he applies sunscreen before opening his front door.

“Applying regular sunscreen with an SPF of at least 50 is the best anti-aging treatment you can do for your skin,” he says.

Still, not done.

Every three or four months, he has Botox injections to “soften facial lines, angry 11's between the eyes, crow's feet and forehead.”

He calls it the “best 15 to 20 minute treatment you can have to look completely refreshed and rested without any downtime.”

Ok, bro. I know what you’re thinking.

Considering that level of time, effort and money, your old bar of mushy Ivory soap encrusted with hairs is looking pretty sweet.

Here’s the thing: facial care is increasingly part of the contemporary male lifestyle unfolding around you. While our fathers may have shunned such esthetic self-awareness, Bray says nearly half of his clients are now men.

Toronto dermatologist Lisa Kellett puts her percentage of male clients at her trendy Yorkville clinic at 30 per cent and rising, drawn by high-tech procedures, injections and products.

This skin care renaissance is being driven in part, say experts, by our slowly emerging realization (long after women) about the importance of high-quality skin care.

Too many of the economically-priced drugstore brands we’re slapping on our mugs contain toxins, fillers and chemicals that are seeping into us like an Exxon Valdez oil spill.

“What goes on you goes into you,” says Graydon Moffat, a Toronto entrepreneur who launched her own brand of natural skin care four years ago called Graydon Clinical Luxury.

“You can eat at Harvey’s, but if you want to give your body good food, you need to do something different,” says Moffat, who began creating her line in her kitchen at home before finding a laboratory to produce quantities now sold online and through high-end retailers.

While her products are gender neutral, she has carved out a separate space on her website (clinicalluxurybynature.com) catering to a growing male clientele.

They aren’t always the actual purchasers, however.

“I’ve got a lot of women buying for their men.”

Such acts of wife and girlfriend generosity sound, of course, like timeless expressions of female nurturing.

Look closer.

As the bathroom medicine cabinet becomes the site of territorial turf wars, our female partners have adopted strategic diversionary tactics, thus pre-emptively reducing conflict while achieving our quiet acquiescence.

I’m completely comfortable with this.

Both sides win. Gender crisis diverted.

Toronto Star investigative reporter Robert Cribb’s video series Mankind explores relationships, career, fashion, style, health and fitness for men.

via source:https://www.thestar.com/life/mankind/2016/02/01/the-latest-gender-turf-war.html

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UPDATE - Vancouver Incubator Bringing a Global Startup Education to Entrepreneurs Around the World

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - April 12, 2016) - When someone with an idea wants to become an entrepreneur where do they go? Spring universal keygen generator download free  is launching Spring University to provide globally sourced education that gives equal access and opportunity to those starting up whether they're in Tokyo, Japan, or Whitehorse, Canada. The program fills the gap that entrepreneurs in communities face when deciding whether to move to a larger startup hub for more opportunity, or to start up at home. Spring has acquired Kick Incubator as a part of the launch, resulting in a combined 300+ alumni network and 30+ campus locations around the world.

"Individuals, no matter where they're from, all have the same potential to create change whether in THEIR world or THE world," says Spring CEO and cofounder Keith Ippel. "Spring University exists because while supporting entrepreneurs in hubs like Vancouver and San Francisco is great, we'll change the world by making tools, training, and resources available in all communities. Our aim is to foster collaboration between 'global' and 'local' communities while providing a fast track path from idea, through to seed funding."

"I'm extremely excited for Spring to take Kick Incubator to the next level. Spring has been Kick's strongest partner to date and I believe that with Spring U, they will be the go-to launch resource for social entrepreneurs starting up anywhere in the world," says Michael "Luni" Libes, Founder of Kick. "The world is ripe for change. Spring is making a world class entrepreneurship education more accessible for the people that need it most, providing them with the tools they need to make their own impact on the world and filling a huge gap in the ecosystem."

Spring University will launch with four primary courses: INSPIRE, LAUNCH, GROW, and FUNDING. Each course incorporates a mix of one-on-one mentorship, best practices built on the current experience of active entrepreneurs, and guest speakers. Past speakers have included executives from Hootsuite, Foodee, Unbounce, and Version One Ventures. Remote communities will be able to participate in real time with sessions and are fully incorporated into each cohort.

"I've gone through Spring's programming as part of their first virtual cohort, and am now a facilitator for their Yukon branch. Even though the internet is more prolific than ever, the opportunity gap between starting up in somewhere like San Francisco vs starting up in Whitehorse, Yukon is astounding," says Andrew Kalek, Founder of Yukonstruct and Spring University Facilitator. "Having Spring take on this issue successfully is amazing, entrepreneurs here now have resources and connections that wouldn't be accessible otherwise."

Spring University's next round of courses begin in April, with a full global roll-out slated for Summer 2016. Applications are open now, check out their course list here for more details:http://SpringU.is

About Spring Activator Spring empowers early entrepreneurs operating at the intersection of impact and tech to launch, grow, and change the world. Spring knows that starting a business and trying to change the world for the better is not an easy thing, their goal is to help entrepreneurs maximize their chances of success, avoid common mistakes, and have an easier journey to starting a successful venture. Spring University was launched to address a need for an accessible and comprehensive startup education for entrepreneurs everywhere. We believe that everyone has the potential to create positive impact, whether that's in your world or THE world.

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QUANTUM BREAK CHEATS MAKE THE STEAM LAUNCH A LOT MORE ENTERTAINING

It was mentioned before that Remedy Entertainment’s Dlcracked.com and Xbox One exclusive Quantum Break would be making its way to Steam. Well, it’s now on Steam. In addition to being available for Steam you can also grab a cheat trainer that allows you to cheat your way through the game from start to finish.

A Steam news announcement made it known that the third-person, time-bending shooter is currently available on Valve’s digital distribution platform. The game sees players taking on the role of Jack Joyce as he attempts to save his brother, deal with a time-traveling rival and prevent the fabric of time from collapsing in on itself thanks to a man-made time machine.

Quantum Break had some decent graphics and an okay story that was wrapped up in pretty boring gameplay with unenticing gunplay. If you want to elevate that gaming experience you might want to consider getting a cheat trainer.

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The six cheat options includes infinite health, infinite ammo, the option to never have to reload, super accuracy so you never miss a headshot, the ability to turn off recoil, along with infinite time charge so you can use as many powers as you want without having to worry about being bottle necked.

I didn’t find the game to be particularly engaging but I did find the way the story unfolded to be entertaining. The mix of live-action television-style storytelling with the in-game cinematics helped give Quantum Break a little bit of something special, not unlike Alan Wake. However, I think Alan Wake had a far more engaging plot and it was a lot easier to get invested into what was going on. It would be awesome to see a remastered version of that game with real-to-life graphics.

Anyway, if you’re bored and you have $40 to throw away on the Steam version of Quantum Break (which can run on Windows 7, by the way), you can grab a copy from the Steam store. If you want to elevate your gameplay experience you can grab the cheat trainer for Quantum Break from the download page on Mr. Antifun’s website.

source: http://www.oneangrygamer.net/2016/09/quantum-break-cheats-make-the-steam-launch-a-lot-more-entertaining/12993/

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Sometimes, the best way to fix deep-seated Windows issues is to burn everything to the ground and start from scratch. Reinstalling Windows refreshes the operating system, which gets rid of most corruption, errors, and viruses. Microsoft has tried to make this process easier with the Refresh and Reset features starting with window 7 activator download free, but power users still might consider a good ol’ format and clean install. A clean install using a stock Windows disc or flash drive also gets rid of programs and bloatware installed from the factory.

If you take advantage of Microsoft’s free offer to upgrade Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 to Windows 10, the default method is an in-place upgrade. This sounds convenient since it’s supposed to keep all your files and programs intact, but as an IT professional I’ve seen many issues arise from this upgrade method, such as system slowness, errors, and other strange behaviors. A clean install of Windows 10 requires more effort, but eradicates all those potential headaches as well as any lingering bloatware on your PC.

Upgrading to Windows 10 via a clean install is much easier since the big Version 1511 “November update,” which allows you to clean install Windows 10 and activate it using a Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 product key. Before this update, you had to do an in-place upgrade in order to get the free upgrade offer from Microsoft, and then you could do a clean install of Windows 10. Now you can skip the in-between step.

Performing a clean install the right way takes some pre-wipe prep work in order to preserve your files and other saved data, though. Here’s everything you need to know, step-by-step.

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Health Matters guide Tips for a Healthy Lifestyle

I talked with Jessica Kuhn at Essentia Health Pediatrics who advises her patients five brilliant tenets amid their wellbeing check.

As we're getting prepared for the school year she needs you to recall that this.

Living sound is not just about what you find in the mirror.

"It doesn't as a matter of course relate to the way your body is molded and measured, as much as the physical strength of your body." says Jessica Kuhn, DNR with Essentia Health Pediatrics.

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It sounds like a postal district however Essentia Health says it is really a tip to help you commence a solid way of life.

Nine hours of rest, five servings of products of the soil, under two hours of screen time, one hour of physical action, and beverages with zero sugar.

"Routine is the greatest thing, in the event that we keep our children on a consistent routine they realize what's in store and there's no curve balls. In the event that we begin the standard now as we're going into school children are prepared for beginning school and we can proceed with that routine through the school year. " Kuhn says.

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"Sugar influences body weight. It affects our learning. It influences our learning and rest cycles. Everything sort of connections together. On the off chance that you can do one thing it makes the following thing much simpler." Kuhn reminds us.

A few tenets are anything but difficult to do at the same time.

"Limit your screen time under two hours and after that what I need you to do is get your self outside and move your body." says Kuhn.

You can begin with making infant strides , and when you're bringing them with somebody it's a win for everyone.

"In case we're all doing it together as a family, then it's much less demanding for everyone to partake." Kuhn says.

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Israel cuts water supplies to West Bank during Ramadan

Israel's national water company has cut crucial water supplies to large areas of the occupied West Bank, leaving tens of thousands of Palestinians without access to safe drinking water during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan wishes.

Mekorot, the main supplier of water to Palestinian towns and cities, siphoned off water supplies to the municipality of Jenin, several Nablus villages and the city of Salfit and its surrounding villages.

Ayman Rabi, the executive director of the Palestinian Hydrology Group, told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that in some areas people had not received water for more than 40 days.

"People are relying on purchasing water from water trucks or finding it from alternative sources such as springs and other filling points in their vicinity," he said.

"Families are having to live on two, three or 10 litres per capita per day," he said, adding that in some areas they had started rationing water.

The city of Jenin, which has a population of more than 40,000 people, said its water supplies had been cut by half, and warned that it would hold Mekorot solely responsible for any tragedies resulting from water shortages during the hot summer months.

Mekorot did not respond to Al Jazeera's request for comment.

According to the UN, 7.5 litres per person per day is the minimum requirement for most people under most conditions but in some areas of Palestine - where temperatures exceed 35C - the minimum requirement is much higher.

Since 1967, Israel has limited the water available to Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip since its forces occupied the territories.

Israelis, including settlers, consume five times more water than Palestinians in the West Bank, 350 litres per person per day in Israel compared with 60 litres per Palestinian per day in the West Bank.

Source: Al Jazeera\

via source:http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/israel-cuts-water-supplies-west-bank-ramadan-160614205022059.html

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Emails and text messages go off half-cocked all the time, whether it's a sensitive work message on which you unintentionally copied the whole company in on, or — as in Peter Dutton's recent stuff-up — a ranty text message that went to the target of your ire rather than to a crony. send free sms to pakistan on any network The worst part is that once an email or text message is sent, it's sent. Generally speaking, there's nothing constructive you can do (except apologise). Don't worry, help is at hand. Photo: Louie DouvisSure you could rip out the ethernet cable of your PC, toggle flight mode on or throw your phone as hard as you can at a nearby wall and hope the message hasn't gone through, but there's no guarantee.AdvertisementFortunately there are a number of services available that will delay the sending of your messages so you can safely cancel them if you need to, with no damage done to your social standing, your employment status or your phone.EmailIf you're on Gmail there's an easy-to-use abort button already built in. Undo Send began life as an experimental "lab" add-on but gained so much popularity it's now a core part of Gmail. On a desktop computer, simply head to your settings and look for the "Undo Send" option under the "General" tab. Here you can set a delay of between 5 and 30 seconds, and every time you send an email an "undo" option will appear for that amount of time. The option is also available on mobile devices, but only with Google's "Inbox" app, which is available on Android and iOS.Speaking of iOS, the default "Mail" app on your iPhone or iPad doesn't offer this functionality at all, so beware. Ditto for the Outlook mobile app, although desktop versions of Outlook do allow you to delay your emails. It's in the "Rules and Alerts" section of the Tools menu.SMSButter-fingered Android users can breathe easy, because the range of available SMS apps means there are plenty of options for delaying messages. Popular choices Chomp and Textra both include options for delaying your SMS messages, while there are a few apps — including the aptly named Undo SMS and SMS Undo, as well as On Second Thought — which are wholly designed around the feature.iPhone users are at a bit of a disadvantage again, as Apple controls the SMS app and has not included the ability to delay. All you can really do is make a habit to be extra vigilant and double-check each message before you send it. If you own your iPhone outright and are tech-savvy enough to jailbreak it, there are several options for delaying SMS messages available on the Cydia store, including SMS Delay, confirmSMS and BiteSMS.Social networksAccidental postings on Twitter or Facebook can be particularly embarrassing because they have a tendency to be very public, but thankfully they're also the easiest to remove. Twitter allows you to delete any tweet or direct message you send. As long as you do it quickly, you can usually avoid anyone seeing it (unless you're a politician). Just select "delete" from the ellipsis menu on desktop or the menu that appears when you long press a tweet on mobile.Facebook also allows you to get rid of anything you post publicly or on a friend's wall, but again swiftness is key (your friends / critics will delight in screenshotting your gaffes, and it's really, really easy). Facebook users should note that private messages cannot be erased once they are sent, so make sure you're talking to the right person!

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This Is the Average Age Most People Meet Their Soulmate

Anyone who’s ever been on a date (like, really just one date) knows finding “the one” is no easy task. Even if you took an online soulmate test and signed up for every dating app, it’s highly likely that you still end your day wondering when the universe is finally going to gift your lifelong partner. If you’re searching for a little bit of scientific insight, you might want to check out a recent survey conducted by Match.com’s UK branch that reveals when most daters meet their match. In a comprehensive new study that dives into all the major dating milestones, the dating website has revealed that people in Britain tend to meet “the one” at age 27.

Match.com surveyed over 2,000 men and women to map out the average dating journey, from first meeting to getting hitched to having kids. They’ve also gone ahead and illustrated that info in this well-designed infographic – which kind of looks eerily like a real life version of the board game Life, right?!

Contrary to what we learned in grade school, it looks as though daters are more willing to kiss than to hold hands. The study revealed that the first kiss might happen immediately but folks will wait one to two weeks to begin holding hands. When the skipping starts, we’re not totally sure.

Match.com also mentions that those big three words (we’re talking about “I love you”) are spoken on average after five months of dating (144 days). British daters also see that milestone as the time to update their social media relationship status. A  quick trip or major vacation is likely to happen after the first year (between 204-298 days) and you can expect that major “where do you see this going” chat to go down shortly after that.

Now, back to that magical age when you might meet the one. According to Match.com’s findings, women are more likely to meet that special someone earlier in life at age 25, whereas men meet their match closer to 28. However, 50% of the folks the website surveyed all meet their partner at some point during their 20s.

via source:http://www.brit.co/average-age-soulmate/