Daddy has bronchitis

Daddy started coughing the day after his surgery.
It got worse and worse.  By the end of last week Daddy
called both his Primary Care Dr. Ogden and the surgeon
and couldn't get into them.

Yesterday the surgeon's office finally called back
and scheduled him an appointment today.  First
he went for a chest x-ray that found he had bronchitis.
And then he saw the doctor.

The surgeon's PA has been on vacation and they had
new people at the front desk and the surgeon apologized
for the delay and confused message.  So I still
like the surgeon- but not the hospital where he operates.

Daddy has antibiotics, which hopefully will work so
he stops coughing.  The surgeon looked at his incisions
and said he can soak in the bath tub, so at least something
went well.

Disney Infinity game ends, shuttering Utah company By SEAN P. MEANS | The Salt Lake Tribune May 10, 2016

Craig and Adam have Infinity game systems and
now 300 people are going to be unemployed in Salt Lake, and
Craig and Adam won't be able to add to the Infinity system.

The Infinity system was NOT cheap, nor were the characters.  I have talked
to Craig and he is not sure what this means.  I don't understand the system
so I don't know if they can continue to play with the systems and the characters
they already have.

Two more Disney Infinity playsets, based on Alice Through the Looking Glass and Finding Dory, are coming in June. However, it sounds like those will be the final two ever released for the game.

300 jobs lost » Avalanche Software shut down by Disney after weak earnings report.

Disney is ending its Infinity line of video games and closing the Salt Lake City-based subsidiary that developed them — creating a reported loss of about 300 jobs.

News that Disney would discontinue the games, in which toy figures of Disney characters were incorporated into a console video game, came in a quarterly earnings report Tuesday that fell short of forecasts, the Associated Press reported.

The company based in Burbank, Calif., said it had second-quarter earnings of $2.14 billion, or $1.30 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to $1.36 per share.

The adjusted results, which exclude the $147 million charge — or 6 cents per share — for shutting the Infinity division down, fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.40 per share.

The game was developed by Avalanche Software, a Salt Lake City company that was launched in 1995 and which Disney acquired in 2005.

In a statement, John Blackburn, Avalanche's co-founder and senior vice president/general manager of Disney Infinity, thanked Disney Interactive's staff, including "the incredible Avalanche team for their tireless dedication to this project."

In a statement emailed to Wired magazine, a Disney executive confirmed that Avalanche will be shut down.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/disney-infinity-discontinued-developer-shuttered-w/1100-6439677/

Facebook's motion to dismiss is rejected in photo-tagging privacy lawsuit by Rob Thubron. May 6, 2016

Facebook is facing a civil suit in San Francisco accusing it of “unlawfully” collecting and storing users’ biometric data with its face recognition technology. The case hasn’t started well for the social network, as the judge has just ruled against its request to have the motion dismissed.

The lawsuit has been brought by three Illinois residents who allege that Facebook’s photo-tagging feature violates the state’s Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA), which forbids collection of identifiable biometric data such as fingerprints and faceprints without a person’s explicit consent.

"The court accepts as true plaintiffs' allegations that Facebook's face recognition technology involves a scan of face geometry that was done without plaintiffs' consent," said US District Judge James Donato in his ruling.

Facebook claims that its facial recognition system does not qualify as biometric data because the faceprints come from photographs. It also argues that the plaintiffs signed a user agreement, which people can opt out of at any time, stating that California law will govern any disputes with the company, therefore BIPA does not apply to tag suggestions. But the ruling said Facebook’s terms-of-service isn’t sufficient, and as such the Illinois law is applicable.

As noted by The Verge, the lawsuit isn’t the first time facial-recognition technology has been charged with violating BIPA. Google faced a similar lawsuit in March for its Google Photos tagging feature.

Should the plaintiffs win the suit, which seeks unspecified damages, it could mean Facebook and any other company that uses photo-tagging may be forced to make significant changes to their systems. Facebook turned off its facial-recognition technology in Europe back in 2012, following complaints about privacy violations by users.

Thubron, Rob. Tuchspot.com

Case 3:15-cv-03747-JD Document 120 Filed 05/05/16 Page 1 of 2

http://www.planetbiometrics.com/article-details/i/4453/desc/facebook-loses-first-round-of-face-recognition-case/

Daddy had Surgery Yesterday May 3

Daddy had Laparoscopic gallbladder surgery  (cholecystectomy), at Alta View
Hospital in Salt Lake.  Daddy found a CT scan of his gallbladder in 1999,
17 years ago.  He was having symptoms, but they didn't find anything.

His gallbladder was NOT normal, and he had adhesions growing from
the stomach into the bladder.  They had to remove the adhesions before
they could remove the gallbladder.  The surgery took longer than expected
due to the adhesions.  The incision in the center is quite large and black
and blue.

We had to go to Salt Lake because the doctors in Provo/Orem said his gallbladder
was ok.  The surgeon said the test was abnormal because of the pain daddy
had.  He was referred by a gastroenterologist  again in Draper, who said he
should have his gallbladder removed because of the pain.  The gastroenterologist
said the gallbladder tests are only half accurate.  Neither of these doctors ordered more tests, blood work, CT scans or x-rays than Daddy had in Utah County.

It is a sad state of affairs that Daddy has been in so much pain for so long
and he only needed his gallbladder removed.

He is doing well and not taking the pain medication.  He is only taking
ibuprofen. 

We REALLY like the surgeon, but NOT the nurses at hospital so much.
Unfortunately, this surgeon only operates at this hospital.  

                                The back of Alta View Hospital in Sandy.  You go into same
                                        day surgery from this side of the building.  Parking is
                                          worse than UVU and BYU.

This north of the Alta View Hospital and where the doctor's 

office is located.

                                                  Dr. Shane Lewis, MD, General Surgeon