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Coronavirus Madness Hack With Travel
These days it's getting to the point where all this talk about Coronavirus is wearing me out. I thought, what's a hack for all this stress? A podcast about travel. Here it is in Coronavirus-Madness-Hack-Travel-Bob Davis Podcast 911.
Too Much Social Media and News
Moreover whether it's social media or TV News sometimes it can be just a little bit too much.
It's Madness
Time for a Madness Hack. Talk about back roads travel across the United States. Above all there are some great places to visit and experience in the United States. Since I just got a new road atlas, time to talk.
Back Roads Routes For Bug Out
Since I only travel on back roads these days, some of the discussion of routes and places might come in handy. You never know when you might have to bug out.
Especially relevant is the word Freedom. The wide open feeling you get on a back road.
All Fifty States
In Coronavirus-Madness-Hack-Travel-Bob Davis Podcast 911 I'll go through all fifty of the states.
Alaska and New England
I've crisscrossed all these states many times. In contrast there are just a few states I've never been to. I'll tell you about my plans for the New England coastal states, and Alaska.
RV Talk
Also we'll talk a little but about RV's. In contrast to Van Life people and some RV folks, I tend to cover a lot of ground. My RV needs might be a little more robust than hauling a trailer or driving a behemoth with three bedrooms. Even though are they are super cool.
Always More
Finally the more I talk about hitting the back roads the more places I remember I've been. I couldn't possibly cover them all in one podcast. There's always more when it comes to travel.
Travel Tips Too
From Alabama to Wyoming I've been there. I'll share routes, locations and places to see. Plus some tips for making travel a little easier.
Take A Break From The Madness
Above all just doing this podcast made me feel a lot better. It's double length just to make your break from the madness even more enjoyable.
(Editor's Note: I absolutely forgot Hawaii. Can't drive there. But, I really want to visit Hawaii too!)
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Time Like No Other-Bob Davis Podcast 826
We're living through a time like no other. Talking heads constantly compare our time to other times. Does that make sense these days? We'll talk about it in Time Like No Other-Bob Davis Podcast 826.
Fall Of Rome Anyone?
We're living through an era 'like' the end of the Roman Empire, the foundation of the American Republic, the Civil War, even the 1920's, say pundits.
Civil War?
Our political divisions are 'just like' those before the Civil War. Is this valid? We'll talk about it in Time Like No Other-Bob Davis Podcast 826.
World War One On The Menu?
In addition our time is supposedly just like the time before World War One because we face trouble in Eastern Europe and the Middle East and there is a backlash to free trade. Does this make sense?
Trump and Hayes
Hapless political figures are compared to President Trump. Andrew Jackson. James Buchanan. Even Abe Lincoln, Andrew Jackson and Richard Nixon. Rutherford B. Hates and George Wallace. These comparisons are inaccurate. Comparisons suggest an outcome. Also inaccurate.
Ours Is A Unique Era
Finally these comparisons hide the fact that we are living through a unique time. Institutions that have existed for hundreds and even thousands of years appear to be in rapid decline today. At the same time scientific and technological advancements promise even more disruption in the days to come.
Borders, Drones, Social Media As A Weapon and AI
From Border issues to Artificial Intelligence to the rise of Social Media as a weapon. New companies and new products generate unprecedented profits. People seem to be losing faith in their governments. How will we handle these issues?
This Is Not A Movie
Above all comparing our population and technology to ancient and bygone times might make great movies, but bad reality.
In conclusion, we don't address critical challenges when we look to the past.
By all means let's learn from history but history isn't a simple template you can apply to the present time. We're making it up as we go. Maybe it's time to accept this really is a new and unique age and act accordingly.
(Editor's Note: This is a complex podcast. When I do these kinds of podcasts I rush a little to get through necessary details, so I can get to the conclusions. And of course, when rush I can misspeak. The most glaring example in this podcast? I confused President Andrew Jackson with President Andrew Johnson. Seconds before speaking about Jackson, I jumped ahead to the 1860's when Johnson, not Jackson was impeached.)
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Privacy-Profound Experiences-Bob Davis Podcast 823
These days we live in a world where our first reaction to an amazing experience is to share it. Does sharing the intimate, profound and sublime degrade their value? Learn more in Privacy-Profound Experiences-Bob Davis Podcast 823.
Over Sharing
We're talking about your shots from Coachella or Burning Man but also pics and posts from the hospital where grandma is dying. Rants about bad service from restaurants and crazy neighbors. Beat down videos on You Tube.
Intimacy and Privacy
Especially relevant are those sublime and sometimes profound human experiences. Intimate experiences. Is it possible that sharing those experiences cancels out the integrity of the moment? Find out why I say this in Privacy-Profound Experiences-Bob Davis Podcast 823.
What Is Special
Furthermore to be intimate is to be private. Certainly there's a lot of talk these days about privacy. In contrast look at all the people taking selfies at that amazing concert, or taking videos at the beach at sunset or the Grand Canyon.
Ours Alone
What would happen if all these most noteworthy experiences remained ours and ours alone? I think we as human beings have profound and exceptional experiences, or witness these kinds of interactions all the time.
Friends Keep Secrets
Finally what do you call someone who keeps your secret? A friend. Can we keep our own secrets?
Our Unique Experiences Become Content
Above all our personal experiences shared out to social media, become the property of FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram or other platforms. By extension they become the property of the world. We lose the pristine nature of those experiences. We turn something unique and hard to define into a mass experience.
Restoring Integrity
In conclusion, I'm not saying don't share at all. What I am saying is maybe we save some intimate experiences for ourselves, alone. And by doing so restore some of the integrity society seems to have lost.
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The proposed Niquet stream biodiversity reserve is located in the Nord-du-Québec administrative region, between 50°04' and 50°14' north latitude and 78°53' and 79°10' west longitude. It is situated some 93 km north-west of Ville de Matagami and some 110 km south of the Cree village of Waskaganish. The proposed biodiversity reserve covers an area of 164.6 km² and lies within the territory of Municipalité de Baie-James.


Sometimes it's strange being an American expat. I certainly think that I look at the world and America's place in it much differently than most Americans… but then again, I think I always did. Anti-Americanism is rampant in the world. Whether it's coming from Westerners, Easterners, or Middle Easterners, it's everywhere.
Well, I can't help but be very proud of my country as these two days pass. For those who don't know, today, January 19th, is Martin Luther King Day in America. He is without doubt one of the finest Americans that ever lived and someone the whole world should celebrate. And tomorrow, Tuesday January 20th, is the inauguration of Barack Hussein Obama II… America's first African-American president.
In the dark days that the world is facing right now, with the economic crisis, the Gaza Strip, and so many other problems… I'm happy to see a ray of light. That ray of light is the knowledge that America, and therefore the rest of the world, can evolve into something better.
You are so right! Wow…brains and talent….I never meet someone like you.


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Here is an outline of the challenges of visualizing and updating OT environments, how they differ from IT updates, and how to overcome those challenges.
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An operational technology (OT) network isn't the easiest thing to visualize. But what if we could simplify the image, using a car as an example? Within an automobile, there are several mini OT networks. An airbag deployment system is one of them.
In order to deploy during a crash, an airbag system needs specific information, such as collision type, angle, severity of impact, and more. It has to know if a driver is hitting the brakes or the accelerator. It has to know road conditions. In the future, as cars grow smarter, it may also need to know whether there are cars ahead of or behind it. Turns out, an airbag is a relatively complex system that requires quick calculations, instantaneous reactions, and, the right balance of pressure and speed of deployment. When operating in a closed loop, as it was originally designed to do, the system can keep passengers safe.
However, the Industrial Internet is changing everything. As cars are equipped with infotainment systems, they start to get over-the-air software updates. They become more connected, and this increased interactivity expands the potential attack surface. With the original airbag deployment system, manufacturers never intended for it to network with other external systems. This means that assumptions made regarding the security of the closed-loop airbag network were correct when built, but they may no longer be valid in today's increasingly "connected" world. Until recently, who envisioned someone's car being hacked?
The same applies across the industrial landscape — to factories, oil rigs, power plants, locomotives, and more. Like the airbags, industrial OT systems were historically designed to work in closed-loop environments — not in modern-day multi-user, multi-connected ones. The expectation was for employees to physically enter plants, log into control systems, and begin work. Yet today, it's common for a user to connect remotely to systems via a virtual private network (VPN).
This increased connectivity has the potential to expand the attack surface of an industrial OT system by introducing new potential entry points.
What's at Risk?
In a typical enterprise information technology (IT) environment, user data software, blueprints, architecture diagrams, and product "recipes" all comprise the valuable intellectual property of an organization. Protection of critical intellectual property and other company assets require an organization to take measures to guard against data theft.
Furthermore, in industrial environments, a cyber security attack may alter how a particular piece of equipment is supposed to function. Imagine an attack on a turbine where the attacker sends multiple commands to increase RPM beyond the machine's intended capacity. An attack like that could not only disrupt production, it could damage the asset or result in catastrophic failure. The risk is significant.
What's the Challenge?
On the IT side, system updating and patching happen almost automatically. If any system becomes ineffective, it can easily be replaced. In OT, it's more challenging. When companies deploy a product, there is much less interactivity. It's difficult to make updates in the field. What's more, manufacturing equipment often has very long lifecycles. Some equipment may be 20 years old, with operating systems that are no longer supported by the manufacturer. Industrial control systems also require much stricter certification processes — and for good reason. After all, you wouldn't want the local nuclear power plant to be free to install just any old software program.
The result? A lot of gear — whether physically embedded devices, operating systems, or applications — cannot be updated, or at least not as frequently as needed. Some power plants, for example, only run updates once or twice a year, and only for certain types of equipment. In between, systems must continue to operate, even with vulnerabilities.
As more companies look to connect their industrial assets to cloud platforms, there is an absolute need for greater visibility and control. These are fundamental security requirements.
If you can't see what's going on in a network, you can't enforce policy or stop to respond to malicious activity. In an IT network, companies have logging, auditing, firewalls, intrusion detection systems, Web proxies, and so much more. If needed, IT teams can quickly and easily deploy solutions. They can echo a stream of traffic to a device that can analyze events. They have visibility.
On the OT side, it's the opposite. It's almost 100 percent dark.
In many cases, if a control system were to fail unexpectedly — and not due to a mechanical or physical failure — most operators wouldn't be able to determine the cause. Was it human error? Did someone send a command that told the device to spin really fast? Was it a cyber attack? Without visibility, there is no way of knowing.
This has to change — because if we superimpose the new wave of connectivity against the limited visibility into OT networks, a perfect storm may be forming on the horizon, leaving your company at risk.
Securing Connected OT: It's a Marathon, Not a Sprint
SANS Study: Security in a Converging IT/OT World
OT Attacks Are Not Child's Play
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BORIS NAILS HIS COLOURS TO THE MAST?
BORIS NAILS HIS COLOURS TO THE MAST? by Robin Tilbrook
During the Leadership "Debate" between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn, a question was asked of them as to whether they preferenced the Union (of the United Kingdom) against Brexit (from the European Union).
Typically for somebody who is really just a footloose Liberal Internationalist (rather than a grounded patriot) Boris claimed that he would preference the Union of the United Kingdom and would drop Brexit.
Not only was this answer very revealing as to his limited attachment to any sort of Brexit, but it was also very revealing about his attitude towards England and English taxpayers.
In the run-up to this Election Campaign he had already committed his Government to giving far more money to Scotland than even the vastly over generous subsidies that it was previously getting under the Barnett Formula.
Naturally for someone like Boris, English taxpayers' pockets are there to be picked for his personal and political advantage.
I do hope that English taxpayers do remember where Boris' "loyalties" lie in due course when people wake up to the fact that his "Deal" is the flimsiest Brexit In Name Only (BRINO) rehashing of May's "Deal".
It really should be considered to be an abject surrender document!
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International ICT Awards - Philippines
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14th Int'l ICT Awards Phils. 2020
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IICTAP 2021 — Nomination Form
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The International ICT Awards Philippines was launched in 2007 by The Canadian Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (CanCham), recognizes outstanding companies in achieving excellence in ICT services
Over the years the event has grown, matured, and received ever-widening recognition internationally as well as within the Philippines. The award categories have increased in number and been adjusted to reflect growth and changes in the ICT industry. It has grown steadily in size, range and stature every year since and is now widely recognized as the most prestigious ICT Awards event in the Philippines.
The theme for 2021 will continue to be "Transcending Excellence". Under the new structure of award categories: The award categories have been regrouped as follows:
Premier Award Categories
Business status Award Categories
Sector Award Categories
The classification has no application for eligibility of judging criteria for each award category which is specified for each award category. Award categories includes new awards for Best Company for Fintech Services, Best SME for ICT Services, and for a Outstanding use of ICT Services to Fight Covid 19. A change in status of Most Innovative Company to a Premier Award and change in scope for award for Best Company for Software Development.
Winning at the International ICT Awards Philippines 2021 will still be challenging as high standards for the award categories are being maintained. To be eligible to be nominated for a Premier Award, companies will still, required to be nominated and a finalist for at least one of the other select or sector category awards. They will also need to have been in operations for at least three years.
A company's support to the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) will also be incorporated in the judging criteria for all categories to recognize the potential role of the private sectorial support to the SDGs. A new third Premier Award will be inaugurated to Best Support for Sustainable Development.
Continued confirmation of the prestigious endorsements by the Department of Information Communications and Technology (DICT), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) since 2019 have assured the stature of the International ICT Award – Philippines as the premier ICT Awards program in the Philippines.
The highly respected and objective judging process will continue to have a preliminary stage of independent verification to ensure the nominations match the eligibility criteria and that all information needed are complete for judging. A webinar open to all nominees is scheduled on 13 November 2020 to provide a platform for them to get information they need to facilitate documentation and process preparations of nominations before the online nomination forms will be available starting 1-31 January 2021.
Announcement of finalists and winners will be on Saturday, 17 April 2021 via TV and Facebook Live with replay on YouTube. A dinner reception will follow for the finalists, winners and partners on Thursday, 22 April 2021 for the acceptance of their awards.
The 15th International ICT Awards – Philippines the award categories will be as follows:
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76ers 101, Knicks 100: Scenes from a victory stolen
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I want to rage vomit and my wife is asking me to hold a very fussy baby, but I need to get 150 words here, so let's go.
The Knicks haven't beaten the Philadelphia 76ers in their last 15 meetings, but none of them were more painful than this one.
With less than one minute remaining and the Sixers up one, Alec Burks stripped Ben Simmons naked and had one man to beat with Julius Randle to his left. Now, if you've watched Alec Burks run the fast break this season, you know it almost always turns into a complete clusterfuck. The dude cannot convert a fast-break opportunity to save his life. Sure enough, he ignored Julius and butchered the layup. The Sixers then went up by three. Randle missed a layup with seconds remaining and Tobias Harris was fouled.
And then...madness. Harris missed both free throws, and the Knicks had the ball with seconds remaining. Everyone in the building knew the ball was going to Randle, and the big man delivered.
Julius Randle you mad man pic.twitter.com/dy5MFPMK7G
— Rob Lopez (@r0bato) March 22, 2021
The Sixers then threw the ball away, and Randle missed a running three that actually would have won the game.
Now let's get to the bullshit: The Knicks were up one in the closing seconds when Randle got called for the worst off-ball foul in history. Tobias Harris hit both free throws this time and the Knicks lost by one point.
I'm so angry. If you're reading this, you're probably angry too. Recap to come.


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London. UK. Human Rights at Sea welcomes a new intern, Alejandro Guzman Woodroffe, to conduct remote research on the charity's pillar of maritime Business and Human Rights.
Alejandro commented on the prospective internship: "I describe myself as a Maritime Lawyer with entrepreneurial and Human Rights experience. Growing up in a country with major difficulties I like to turn challenges into opportunities. I am ambitious, courageous and a team player. I seek to contribute positively to the organization".


MESO-BRAIN initiative receives €3.3million to replicate brain's neural networks through 3D nanoprinting. The MESO-BRAIN consortium has received a prestigious award of €3.3million in funding from the European Commission as part of its Future and Emerging Technology (FET) scheme. The project aims to develop three-dimensional (3D) human neural networks with specific biological architecture, and the inherent ability to interrogate the network's brain-like activity both electrophysiologically and optically. It is expected that the MESO-BRAIN will facilitate a better understanding of human disease progression, neuronal growth and enable the development of large-scale human cell-based assays to test the modulatory effects of pharmacological and toxicological compounds on neural network activity. The use of more physiologically relevant human models will increase drug screening efficiency and reduce the need for animal testing.
ICFO- The Institute of Photonic Sciences is one of the members of this project, providing the know-how and expertise on light sheet imaging techniques as a tool to observe and study the growth of realistic and reproducible functional neuronal networks. Dr. Pablo Loza, head of the SLN facility at ICFO, explains, "It is a great opportunity to be able to participate in such an extraordinary project in which realistic 3D neuron communication will be fully studied. Understanding how such communication patterns occur would have enormous implications, allowing us to move a step forward in fighting neuronal degeneration diseases and brain injuries, conditions that, for the moment, cannot be cured.


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This postcard posted in 1907 and published by Russell & Sons of Baker Street London, shows Edward Stuart Talbot, first Bishop of Southwark.
Bishop Talbot was born in 1844 the son of a QC. He Studied at Charterhouse and Oxford and was ordained at 26. He was a follower of the Oxford movement, and acknowledged the Tractarians as his spiritual fathers.
He was 1st Warden of Keble College and Bishop of Rochester in 1895.
He organised the creation of the Diocese of Southwark in 1905 by splitting the extensive Diocese of Rochester. Southwark was to include the county of London south of the Thames and East and Mid Surrey.
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Aisling Bea had limited Doctor Who knowledge
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Aisling Bea wasn't a big Doctor Who fan credit:Bang Showbiz
Aisling Bea "didn't realise" the Daleks aren't in every episode of 'Doctor Who'.
The 37-year-old star appears in the new sci-fi special, 'Eve of the Daleks', as storage facility manager Sarah opposite Adjani Salmon as her lovestruck customer Nick, but she admitted she isn't a big fan of the programme and didn't know a lot about it.
She said: "I didn't realise the Daleks aren't in every episode!"
However, she was drawn to the down-to-earth nature of the story.
She said: "Sarah feels more like me – or at least my stand-up persona – than Aine in 'This Way Up', who is actually quite removed from me."
Aisling admitted she couldn't keep a straight face when watching the Daleks in action "especially if they have to go down stairs, with two lads lifting them down and resetting for the next take".
She added to the new issue of Radio Times magazine: "It was like watching a toddler learn to walk. We almost lost our minds laughing."
And the comedian praised lead actress Jodie Whittaker for making her feel so welcome.
She said: "For a massive show, it's actually quite small.
"She powers through dialogue like no one else, these huge monologues that pack in so much plot. Working with her was like moving to a new school and finding the head girl is lovely and wants to be your mate."
And Aisling was very impressed by the episode's director, Annette Laufer, who she thought was a very positive influence on the cast.
She said: "I hope she gets sent straight to Marvel after this. Her enthusiasm, excitement and energy bled through the cast."
Energy crisis: Aquind cross-Channel power cable project rejected by government
A cross-Channel power cable project has been rejected by the government despite pressure to bolster energy supplies in the face of an unprecedented surge in prices.
The Nilsen Files: The shocking truth I found in the archives
The filmmaker behind a new BBC documentary focusing on the victims of the case reveals the hard truths behind the investigation
Benedict XVI: 'Rottweiler' who resigned scandal-dogged papacy
Benedict XVI, accused of failing to act in German sex abuse cases, was the first pope to resign since the Middle Ages after presiding over a papacy beset by Church infighting and outcry over paedophilia.
So far, 426 infections have been confirmed – but Omicron BA.2 has not been designated a 'variant of concern'
Dead man taken to Irish post office 'in attempt to claim his pension'
A dead man was reportedly taken into an Irish post office in an attempt to claim his pension. The deceased was carried up to the counter by two other men, reports in Irish media said. When the group approached, a "concerned staff member enquired about the wellbeing of the man being propped up", the Irish Times said.
Lab-grown fish is coming, but what's the catch?
Last week I found myself trying a supermarket's new plant-based 'fishless' fish and chips. The faux fish, made with rice and potato, wasn't fishy at all, the double potato somewhat overwhelming.
Dakota Johnson gave Olivia Colman her first tattoo
After shooting their latest Netflix movie 'The Lost Daughter', these co-stars got so close that one let the other tattoo her!
'My show ain't ready': Adele postpones Las Vegas residency
'My show ain't ready': Adele postpones Las Vegas residency. Singer announces she is rescheduling Weekends with Adele show as half her crew infected with Covid
COVID: Northern Ireland eases restrictions on nightclubs and hospitality
COVID-19 restrictions are easing in Northern Ireland from today, the first minister and deputy first minister have announced. The guidance on working from home will be relaxed to working remotely "where you can", while people will no longer be required to prove they are exempt from wearing a face mask in public spaces. From 26 January, nightclubs will be able to reopen and vaccine passports will no longer be required to attend venues like pubs, restaurants and cinemas.
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Games by Age Group / By Benjamin Sell / Family Gaming
Play Kid Games Online for Free at PBSkids.org
For parents of children who enjoy the educational and entertaining shows on PBS Kids, the PBSkids.org website offers a large variety of episode clips and interactive games featuring their favorite characters from shows like Super Why, Sid the Science Kid, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Dragon Tales.
You can guide Super Why through the sky on his Why Flyer to collect super letters and books that allow you to perform feats of aerial prowess or play connect the dots with Ord, Cassie, and the rest of the characters from Dragon Tales.
There's a lot to do on the PBSkids.org website. Let's take a look at a few of the best features.
Educational Games for Preschoolers – PBS Kids Online Games
Almost all of the available games seem to serve some educational purpose, which is not surprising considering the educational emphasis of most of the PBS Kids shows.
Each show's individual focus seems to shine through in their respective games, as well. The bilingual education aspects of Dragon Tales shine through in many of the games available in that section of the website. Likewise, the phonics and reading basics of Super Why carry through to the games and activities featuring characters from the show.
Most of the games feature very simple controls, nothing too complicated for a preschooler.
Some areas of the website are more well-done than others. The Sid the Science Kid section, for example, positively shines with fun-looking graphics and animation. Any young fan of the show is sure to instantly recognize the characters and find themselves interested in whatever game is on the screen.
Other areas, the Dragon Tales section, for example, are more basic. I imagine it has something to do with the fact that Sid the Science Kid is a relatively new addition to the lineup, while Dragon Tales has been around for awhile.
Rewards and Motivation
Preschoolers can be all about little tokens that commemorate their accomplishments, and the PBSkids.org website has incorporated this into almost every available game. After finishing a round on many of the activities, children can print out a special picture to show off to family and friends featuring their favorite characters.
The games also feature many of the actual voices from the show, and a number of familiar characters are incorporated into each section. It's one thing for a kid to hear Super Why talk about their "power to help" on the TV, but it's quite another to actually be able to participate and solve a problem alongside their favorites.
Of course, the entire website isn't dedicated to just games. Parents and kids can watch clips from their favorite shows and find multiple educational resources available. The Dinosaur Train section, for example, features a "Field Guide" section with printable pictures of different dinosaurs and a quick auditory lesson on each from the show's resident paleontologist.
Watching and learning about reading, dinosaurs, or Spanish on TV is a good way to get your kids started before they enter school. An even better way is to get them interacting and using what they've learned to solve puzzles or spell words. The PBSkids.org website, in concert with the shows on PBS Kids, is a great resource for any parent of a preschooler.
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Els bufs cardíacs són sorolls patològics que es perceben amb una auscultació amb l'ús del fonendoscopi, i que s'originen per un augment de flux a través d'una vàlvula cardíaca.

Hi ha dos tipus de bufs:
 El buf funcional o "innocent" és el que es deu principalment a condicions fisiològiques fora del cor.
 Els altres es deuen a defectes estructurals del mateix cor: poden ser, habitualment, valvulars o, infreqüentment, d'altres estructures cardíaques (principalment de comunicacions anòmales entre les cavitats).

Quan es practica una auscultació cardíaca habitualment es detecten dos sorolls secs (batecs cardíacs): el primer correspon al tancament de les vàlvula mitral i la tricúspide i el començament de la sístole ventricular (contracció). El segon és degut al tancament de la vàlvula aòrtica i pulmonar i dona lloc a l'inici de la diàstole ventricular (relaxació). Quan a més es pot sentir un soroll aspiratiu i llarg, se li anomena buf.

Els bufs cardíacs es classifiquen amb més freqüència per la relació amb els sorolls dels batecs esmentats, en bufs sistòlics i bufs diastòlics. Tanmateix, els bufs continus no es poden col·locar directament en cap de les categories anteriors.

Causes
La causa més freqüent de buf cardíac és alguna anomalia de les vàlvules cardíaques. Pot ser que una vàlvula sigui més estreta del normal i això provoqui una acceleració del flux sanguini (estenosi) o que no tanqui bé i es produeixi una fuga en aquesta vàlvula (insuficiència). També hi ha algunes malalties congènites no valvulars que ocasionen un buf.

Referències

Fisiologia cardiovascular
Signes i símptomes cardíacs

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Sie befinden sich hier: Home Technology Instruments Instruments for surgical shunt creation and intraoperative placement of a voice prosthesis Shunt creation with the puncture trocar and the pharynx protector
Shunt creation using the puncture trocar and pharynx protector after Hilgers
The pharynx protector after Hilgers consists of the grip (1) and a protector sleeve (2).
The protector sleeve can be inserted on the left or right of the grip, depending on how the pharynx protector is used.
The puncture trocar after Hilgers consists of a pointed arched trocar (3) for the puncture and an outer tube that fits around it exactly (4), both attached to a grip (5).
The trocar for the puncture is inserted in the tube so the grips are horizontal and parallel (6).
The shunt creation with the puncture trocar and the pharynx protector after Hilgers is demonstrated in the following on a surgical model (no laboratory animals involved)
The shunt model has already been prepared:
The pharynx (1) is open, the larynx has been removed and a tracheostoma (2) set up. Trachea (3) and esophagus should not be separated.
The pharynx protector is fed into the open pharynx (4).
The pharynx protector (1) is pushed forward until its lumen can be seen or felt on the Pars membranacea of the trachea.
In the picture, a light is inserted in the pharynx protector, and the light can be seen on the Pars membranacea of the trachea (2).
The trocar (3) is now fed through the tracheostoma and placed approx. 1 cm caudal of the cranial edge of the tracheostoma. The tip of the trocar must be opposite the opening of the pharynx protector so the puncture can be made safely in the lumen of the pharynx protector
A sterile Provox® Guidewire is prepared. It fits through the outer tube of the puncture trocar.
The trocar is removed once the puncture has been made with the trocar and outer tube (1) through the Pars membranacea and front wall of the esophagus into the pharynx protector.
The outer tube (1) is left in place.
The guide wire (2) is now fed through it and into the open pharynx.
When the guide wire is clearly visible in the pharynx, the pharynx protector is removed, as otherwise it would prevent the voice prosthesis from being drawn in.
The pharynx protector has been removed.
The outer tube (1) is also drawn back, and a voice prosthesis (2) attached to the guide wire (3).
The voice prosthesis is now drawn into the puncture shunt by the guide wire (1).
The tracheal flange usually has to be unfolded using anatomical clamps (2) and gentle pulling.
Nubs (3) on the attachments of the collar of the voice prosthesis serve as orientation for the ?unfolding of the flange. They should lie on the outside, i.e. facing the tracheal lumen.
Note: A sterile Provox 2 prosthesis is now also used for the primary insertion. The Provox 1 prosthesis, which was originally intended for that purpose, will shortly be withdrawn from the market


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Q: Numerical Differentiation How can I calculate the numerical second derivative of a function involving an exponential and a singularity at infinity. Unfortunately, the numerical derivative by Ridder's methods provided in "Numerical Recipes in C" can only calculate the first derivative (It requires analytical expression of the function beforehand.) Furthermore I have tried Chebyshev approximation and differentiating the function afterwards but the values given were way off the actual values. I have also tried some finite difference algorithms provided in a mathematical paper yet they were error prone too. The function is e^(x/2) / x^2. I would appreciate any help on the matter.
Thanks in advance
Latest Edit: The issue was solved the FADBAD libraries available in C++ did an extremely good job. They are available via http://www.fadbad.com/fadbad.html
EDIT:
// The compilation command used is given below
// gcc Q3.c nrutil.c DFRIDR.c -lm -o Q3

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include "nr.h"

#define LIM1 20.0
#define a -5.0
#define b 5.0
#define pre 100.0 // This defines the pre
/* This file calculates the func at given points, makes a
 * plot. It also calculates the maximum and minimum of the func
 * at given points and its first and second numerical derivative.
*/
float func(float x)
{
    return exp(x / 2) / pow(x, 2);
}

int main(void)
{
    FILE *fp = fopen("Q3data.dat", "w+"), *fp2 = fopen("Q3results.dat", "w+");
    int i; // Declaring our loop variable
    float x, y, min, max, err, nd1, nd2;
    // Define the initial value of the func to be the minimum
    min = func(0);
    for(i = 0; x < LIM1 ; i++)
    {
        x = i / pre; // There is a singularity at x = 0
        y = func(x);
        if(y < min)
            min = y;
        fprintf(fp, "%f \t %f \n", x, y);
    }
    fprintf(fp, "\n\n");
    max = 0;
    for(i = 0, x = a; x < b; i++)
    {
        x = a + i / pre;
        y = func(x);
        nd1 = dfridr(func, x, 0.1, &err);
        //nd2 = dfridr((*func), x, 0.1, &err);
        fprintf(fp, "%f \t %f \t %f \t %f \n", x, y, nd1);
        if(y > max)
            max = y;
    }

    fprintf(fp2, "The minimum value of f(x) is %f when x is between 0 and 20. \n", min);
    fprintf(fp2, "The maximum value of f(x) is %f when x is between -5 and 5. \n", max);
    fclose(fp);
    fclose(fp2);
    return 0;
}

EDIT: Chebyshev
// The compilation command used is given below
//gcc Q3.c nrutil.c CHEBEV.c CHEBFT.c CHDER.c -lm -o Q3

#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include "nr.h"
#define NVAL 150 // Degree of Chebyshev polynomial
#define LIM1 20.0
#define a -5.0
#define b 5.0
#define pre 100.0 // This defines the pre
/* This file calculates the func at given points, makes a
 * plot. It also calculates the maximum and minimum of the func
 * at given points and its first and second numerical derivative.
*/
float func(float x)
{
    return exp(x / 2) / pow(x, 2);
}

int main(void)
{
    FILE *fp = fopen("Q3data.dat", "w+"), *fp2 = fopen("Q3results.dat", "w+");
    int i; // Declaring our loop variable
    float x, y, min, max;
    float nd1, nd2, c[NVAL], cder[NVAL], cder2[NVAL];
    // Define the initial value of the func to be the minimum
    min = func(0);

    for(i = 0; x < LIM1 ; i++)
    {
        x = i / pre; // There is a singularity at x = 0
        y = func(x);
        if(y < min)
            min = y;
        fprintf(fp, "%f \t %f \n", x, y);
    }
    fprintf(fp, "\n\n");
    max = 0;
    // We make a Chebyshev approximation to our function our interval of interest
    // The purpose is to calculate the derivatives easily
    chebft(a,b,c,NVAL,func);
    //Evaluate the derivatives
    chder(a,b,c,cder,NVAL); // First order derivative
    chder(a,b,cder,cder2,NVAL); // Second order derivative
    for(i = 0, x = a; x < b; i++)
    {
        x = a + i / pre;
        y = func(x);
        nd1 = chebev(a,b,cder,NVAL,x);
        nd2 = chebev(a,b,cder2,NVAL,x);

        fprintf(fp, "%f \t %f \t %f \t %f  \n", x, y, nd1, nd2);
        if(y > max)
            max = y;
    }

    fprintf(fp2, "The minimum value of f(x) is %f when x is between 0 and 20. \n", min);
    fprintf(fp2, "The maximum value of f(x) is %f when x is between -5 and 5. \n", max);
    fclose(fp);
    fclose(fp2);
    return 0;
}

A: That function is differentiable so using a numeric method is likely not the best.  The second derivative is:
6*exp(x/2)/(x^4)-2*exp(x/2)/x^3 + exp(x/2)/(4*x^2)
The above can be simplified of course to speed up computation.  Edit: had original formula wrong the first time.

A: If you want a 100% numeric approach then look at the numerical recipes for a cublic spline interpolation (Charter 3.3). It will give you the 2rd derivative at any location.
call spline() with x and y values to return the 2nd derivatives in y2. The second derivative varies linearly within each interval. So if for example you have
x      y      y2
0     10     -30
2      5     -15
4     -5     -10

then the 2nd derivative at x=1 is y2=-22.5 which is in-between -30 and -15.
you can also make a new splint() function to return the 2nd derivative  a*y2a[i]+b*y2a[i+1]

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Nicholas Sparks Quotes
Birthday: December 31, 1965
Total quotes: 243
"If we'd never met, I think I would have known my life wasn't complete. And I would have wandered the world in search of you, even if I didn't know who I was looking for."
— Nicholas Sparks, The Longest Ride
Tagged: First Love, Love, soulmates, Looking Back, Best Of Sparks, Fear of losing someone
"Everyone is always going through tough things, the irony in it is that everyone thinks what they're going through is just as hard as what you are. Life isn't about surviving this, it's about understanding this."
— Nicholas Sparks, via Amazon
Tagged: Life, People, Tough Life, Tough Times, Understanding, surviving, Pain, Hard Life, Meaning Of Life, Meaning, Inspirational
"I don't think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith."
— Nicholas Sparks, A Walk To Remember
Tagged: Relationships, Love, Faith, God
"And when her eyes met mine, I felt something click, like a key turning in a lock."
— Nicholas Sparks, Dear John
Tagged: Dating, Relationships, Love
"That's the thing about life. A lot of the time, it isn't easy at all. We just have to try to make the best of it."
— Nicholas Sparks, Safe Haven
Tagged: Life Is Hard, Lemons and Lemonade
"I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be."
Tagged: Love, Relationships
"No matter what happens to us in the future, everyday we are together is the greatest day of my life. I will always be yours."
— Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook
Tagged: Losing Love, Lost Love, goodbye, Best Day, Best Of Sparks
"The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected."
Tagged: Heartbreak
"What mattered most was knowing that love was mine to give, without strings or expectations."
Tagged: Dating, Relationships, Guys
"Deep in her heart, she wasn't sure she deserved to be happy, nor did she believe that she was worthy of someone who seemed…normal."
Tagged: Deserve, Happiness, believing, Uncertainty, Doubts
"Watching you walk out of my life does not make me bitter or cynical about love. But rather makes me realize that if I wanted so much to be with the wrong person how beautiful it will be when the right one comes along."
Tagged: Watching, Walk out, Love, realization
"Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you." "
— Nicholas Sparks, The Best of Me
Tagged: life advice, Trust Yourself, Happiness, Life Is What You Do With It
"If it's over, then don't let the past screw up the rest of your life."
— Nicholas Sparks, A Bend in the Road
Tagged: Past, Breakups, Move On
"He stared at her, knowing with certainty that he was falling in love. He pulled her close and kissed her beneath a blanket of stars, wondering how on earth he'd been lucky enough to find her."
— Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
Tagged: Love, Kissing, Luck
"Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment."
Tagged: Defining Happiness, Joy, How Happiness Works, Happy, Shooting Stars, 107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature, Perfect Sentences
"I know I'm not going to be able to change the world, but I think it's important to try to make a difference."
Tagged: Change, Life, Making A Difference, Influential, Self-improvement
"She wanted something else, something different, something more. Passion and romance, perhaps, or maybe quiet conversations in candlelit rooms, or perhaps something as simple as not being second."
"There are too many fault lines to count now."
Tagged: Sad, Relationships, Love
"Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me."
Tagged: Dating, Love, Relationships
"Without suffering, there'd be no compassion."
Tagged: Suffering, Compassion, Love, Loss, Best Of Sparks
"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.."
Tagged: heart, Love, Relationships, The Notebook, Writing, Quotes
"True love is rare, and it's the only thing that gives life real meaning."
— Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
Tagged: Love Again, Rare Love, Meaning Of Love, Life And Love, Best Of Sparks
"And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again."
Tagged: Dating, Relationship, Love
"She views the world through a prism of black and white, right and wrong."
— Nicholas Sparks, The Wedding (Novel Learning Series Book 2)
Tagged: Right And Wrong, Black and White, World Views, Grey Areas
"You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one."
— Nicholas Sparks, The Choice
Tagged: The Choice, Mistakes, Foregiveness, Loss, Best Of Sparks
Tagged: Nicholas Sparks
"Landon: I'm sorry she never got her miracle.
Reverend Sullivan: She did. It was you."
— Landon Carter, A Walk to Remember
Tagged: Miracle, chick flick movies
"I don't know that I've ever felt as happy as I did that day, but then again, it was always like that when we were together. I never wanted it to end."
Tagged: The Best Of Me, Nicholas Sparks
"But most of all, I learned that it's possible for two people to fall in love all over again, even when there's been a lifetime of disappointment between them."
Tagged: Lost Love, Second Chances, Relationships, Marriage, Fighting, Working Through Things
"I guess what I'm trying to say is that you are there, in everything I am, in everything I've ever done, and looking back, I know that I should have told you know much you've always meant to me."
— Wilson Lewis, The Wedding
Tagged: First Love, Lost Love, I Love You, Looking Back, Reflection, Growth, Personal Growth
"I believe that if I've done one thing right, it has been to love my wife."
Tagged: Right Choices, First Love, Marriage, Husband and Wife
"In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was. But in every boy I met in the next few years, I found myself looking for you"
Tagged: hurt, Pain, Fading, Only Love, First Love, Best Of Sparks
"She was struck by the simple truth that sometimes the most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people..."
— Nicholas Sparks, The Lucky One
Tagged: Truth About Love, Right Person, Finding Love, Best Of Sparks
"Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding."
Tagged: Poetry, Love, First Love, inspiration
"But your lives aren't just on different tracks they're on different continents. And that means you're going to have to watch your heart from here on, because if you don't it's going to end up breaking into all sorts of pieces."
Tagged: Distance Relationships, Distance, Love At A Distance, Heartbreak, The Best Of Me Quotes
"Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are those in which the ending is a surprise."
Tagged: first lines of books
"Emotions come and go and can't be controlled so there's no reason to worry about them. That in the end, people should be judged by their actions since in the end it was actions that defined everyone."
Tagged: emotions, Love, Relationships
"What happens in the past, is in the past. But don't be surprised if it comes back and haunts you."
"Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever."
"Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself."


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Norwich City College worker grateful to stranger who stopped him choking
Matthew Sparkes
Published: 5:04 PM March 23, 2011 Updated: 6:21 PM October 10, 2020
A worker from City College Norwich has offered his 'huge thanks' to the stranger who saved his life while he ate in a busy Norfolk pub.
John Thompson, 43, was eating dinner with his family at the Vernon Arms in Southrepps last Saturday when he began to choke.
Despite attempts by his wife to dislodge the food, he carried on struggling – until a nearby visitor stepped in to save him.
'I had a meat pie, and I've had this pie before because it's gorgeous,' said Mr Thompson, a technician at City College in Norwich, who lives in North Walsham.
'It's steak and Guinness and you get huge chunks of meat in there.'
But unfortunately one of those pieces proved too much to swallow and got lodged in Mr Thompson's throat.
'I suddenly realised it just wasn't going down at all. I started panicking. My wife started hitting me on the back, but it wasn't doing any good. I thought at that moment 'I can't breathe, I'm going to die'. I actually thought 'this is it',' he said.
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But Ralph Maddison, 45, was visiting the UK for a weekend from New Zealand, and sprung into action. As reported last week, he performed the Heimlich manoeuvre and saved Mr Thompson in front of his wife Sarah and daughters Emma, 15, and Laura, 11, and his brother's family. Mr Maddison grew up in Sheringham and worked as nurse in intensive care at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital before emigrating, something which had given him the training to step in and save Mr Thompson's life.
Mr Thompson said that after he had been saved he sat down in his chair, 'numb' to what had happened, while his daughters cried. At the time he did not get a chance to thank Mr Maddison as he wanted, and later expressed his gratitude.
'It's just a huge thanks to him,' he said. 'He saved my life; I can't thank him enough for it really.'
Do you have a story about someone's heroic actions saving a life? Call reporter David Freezer on 01603 772418 or email david.freezer@archant.co.uk
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The Ecuadorian Library
Posted by Big Gav in bruce sterling, julian assange, nsa, surveillance, wikileaks
Bruce Sterling has popped up at Medium with a great essay (following up on an older one called "The Blast Shack") on Manning, Assange and Snowden - The Ecuadorian Library.
First let's consider Bradley Manning, who is not at all close to the NSA. Bradley was a bored and upset minor military technician who burned a zillion US documents onto a DVD, and labeled that "Lady Gaga."
The authorities finally got around to convicting Bradley this week, of some randomized set of largely irrelevant charges. But the damage there is already done; some to Bradley himself, but mostly grave, lasting damage to the authorities. By maltreating Bradley as their Guantanamo voodoo creature, their mystic hacker terror beast from AlQaedaville, Oklahoma, they made Bradley Manning fifty feet high.
At least they didn't manage to kill him. Bradley's visibly still on his feet, and was not so maddened by the torment of his solitary confinement that he's reduced to paste. So he's going to jail as an anti-war martyr, but time will pass. Someday, some new entity, someone in power who's not directly embarrassed by Cablegate, can pardon him.
Some future Administration can amnesty him, once they get around to admitting that Bradley's War on Terror is history. The War on Terror has failed as conclusively as Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations failed. There's terror all over the sands now, terror from Mali to Xinjiang, and a billion tender-hearted Bradleys couldn't stop that bleeding, no matter how much they leak.
Thanks to the modern miracle of fracking, though, the mayhem in the oil patch means a lot less to K Street. Someday, Bradley Manning will be as forgotten to them as Monica Lewinsky is. Then they'll yield to the hornet-like, persistent buzz of the leftie peaceniks, and let Bradley go. He's not dangerous. Bradley Manning will never do anything of similar consequence again. He's not a power player. He's a prisoner of conscience.
However, unlike poor Monica Lewinsky, Bradley Manning will never lack for passionate adherents who admire him and love him. Before Bradley went into his ugly maelstrom, he didn't have that. Nowadays, he does. Maybe it's worth it.
Then there's Julian Assange. Yeah, him, the silver-haired devil, the Mycroft Holmes of the Ecuadorian Embassy. Bradley Manning's not at all NSA material, he's just a leaky clerk with a thumb-drive. But Julian's quite a lot closer to the NSA — because he's a career cypherpunk.
If you're a typical NSA geek, and you stare in all due horror at Julian, it's impossible not to recognize him as one of your own breed. He's got the math fixation, the stilted speech, the thousand-yard-stare, and even the private idiolect that somehow allows NSA guys to make up their own vocabulary whenever addressing Congress (who don't matter) and haranguing black-hat hacker security conventions (who obviously do).
Julian has turned out to be a Tim Leary at the NSA's psychiatric convention. He's a lasting embarrassment who also spiked their Kool-Aid. Crushing Julian, cutting his funding, that stuff didn't help one bit. He's still got a roof and a keyboard. That's all he ever seems to need.
There's nothing quite like a besieged embassy from which to mock the empty machinations of the vengeful yet hapless State Department. House arrest has also helped Julian with this obscure struggle he has, not to fling himself headlong onto Swedish feminists. The ruthless confinement has calmed him; it's helped him to focus. He's grown and matured through ardent political struggle.
Julian Assange is still a cranky extremist with a wacky digital ideology, but he doesn't have to talk raw craziness any more, because the authorities are busy doing that for him. They can't begin to discuss PRISM and XKeyScore without admitting that their alleged democratic process is a neon façade from LaLaLand. Instead, they're forced to wander into a dizzying area of discourse where Julian staked out all the high points ten years ago.
More astonishing yet: this guy Assange, and his tiny corps of hacker myrmidons, actually managed to keep Edward Snowden out of US custody. Not only did Assange find an effective bolthole for himself, he also faked one up on the fly for this younger guy.
Assange liberated Snowden, who really is NSA, or rather a civilian outsourced contractor for the NSA, like there's any practical difference.
It's incredible to me that, among the eight zillion civil society groups on the planet that hate and fear spooks and police spies, not one of them could offer Snowden one shred of practical help, except for Wikileaks. This valiant service came from Julian Assange, a dude who can't even pack his own suitcase without having a fit. ...
While Julian Assange, to do him credit, has the street smarts to behave as if he's in a situation of feral realpolitik. Because he is. And how.
However, Assange now knows that. He's a hardened veteran of it. And he's gonna stay imperiled for the immediate future, because the upshot of this is pretty easy to see.
The inconvenient truth about the NSA is lying there on a table in the Ecuadorian Embassy, as stark as a poisoned crow. But it'll join our planet's many other inconvenient truths.
Snowden told the truth to the public — but then again, so did Solzhenitsyn, and even Al Gore lets on sometimes. The truth doesn't do the trick for anybody, the truth is just a complicating factor. The present geopolitical situation is absolutely cluttered with amazing lies that didn't work out for their owners.
The Iraqi weapons of mass destruction never existed. Climate change does exist, and could drown Wall Street any day now. The abject state of global finance is obvious, yet it makes no difference to the ongoing depredations. Drones are stark assassination machines, and they don't stay classified. Anyone could go on.
And, yeah, by the way, Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Google et al, they are all the blood brothers of Huawei in China — because they are intelligence assets posing as commercial operations. They are surveillance marketers. They give you free stuff in order to spy on you and pass that info along the value chain. Personal computers can have users, but social media has livestock.


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August 29, 2016 February 10, 2018 Curtis Lipsey Uncategorized
A few days ago I finished competing in the US Rowing Masters National Championships on a lake outside of Boston in the sizzling August heat as my wife and twin 10-year-old daughters were there to support me. My prior rowing career could have never prepared me for what I just experienced. I raced in college at UCLA and Edinburgh University in Scotland in 4-man and 8-man boats. After a nearly 20 year hiatus, I finally got back to rowing about six years ago with the same mindset of competing again. I learned how to scull (rowing alone in a skinny boat with two oars) as it was immensely easier to coordinate with the guy in the mirror versus seven other people at this stage in life.
I competed in my first Masters Nationals Championships a year later in the single scull and won bronze. I had never before been to this national regatta and had no idea of what to expect. I was surprised and pleased with the result. After that, I was invited to row in an 8-man boat from San Diego Rowing Club in the famed Head of the Charles regatta in Boston. Back at UCLA, I had only heard of it since we never traveled there for the race. I found my sculling training translated to being a better rower in the team boats. And after a couple of years competing we did well to the point of winning a medal at that regatta – no easy feat.
Last year the crew that myself and a number of guys from San Diego were supposed to be a part of decided to go a different route and we found ourselves a crew without a rowing club for the Head of the Charles regatta. I had been training hard all summer when that news arrived just a couple of weeks before the event. My stomach turned. A quick call from a crew-mate to Lesleh Anderson Wright, a former coxswain from the Canadian Olympic rowing team, to see if Chinook Performance Racing might be willing to attempt to get us a lottery spot provided a glimmer of hope. This regatta is probably the most competitive and hardest to gain acceptance to race. It is hands-down one of the most watched rowing events in the world with 400,000+ spectators crowded up and down the 3-mile course on the banks of the Charles River in Boston. We were entered under Chinook, but our acceptance would come down to being selected by a lottery. We waited. Then we waited some more. Would months of summer training have been in vain? We continued to wait to hear if we got in. We did!
The Head of the Charles has many categories of events with 40-50 entries per category. As a result, the boats fire off in single file line and the faster boats will catch and pass the slower boats. It's not like a sprint that you may have seen at the Rio Olympics where the boats line up on a starting line and race to the finish. The river isn't wide enough for that. As a new entry, we lost our prior position near the start of the pack and were near the very end of the boat line up with slower boats from the prior year race. When we blasted past the starting line we overtook the boat in front of us almost immediately. Then something happened that I had never experienced. We came roaring up to two boats where one was in the midst of overtaking another boat. As we approached them, Demitra Good, our coxswain (the person who steers and is our eyes and eyes), told us what we were approaching: two boats next to each other. She yelled, "We're going to split them and go right up the middle!" She hollered to both coxswains to move aside as we were overtaking (which means we have the right of way). They must have moved further apart because the next thing I noticed from my peripheral vision was two other 8-man boats, one on each side of us, come into view. Then they seemed to fall behind us and disappear like we had jumped to hyperspace in Star Wars. It was incredible to "split" two boats like that without a single clash of oars with either boat. That was a surgical steering job from our coxswain. We passed many more boats and due to congestion at one point we had to stop rowing to avoid a boat collision. In the end, we finished as the 9th fastest crew in our race from our initial starting position #51.
Last weekend I rowed with Chinook Performance Racing at the 4-day US Rowing Masters National Championships. Each race was 1,000-meter "sprint" which can last between 3 minutes to 5 minutes depending on type of boat, number of rowers, and wind conditions. Here the boats are lined up and it's the first to the finish line. On the first day, I had my single scull race. It was a heat and the top three would go to the semifinal and top three go to the final. I came in third in my first Masters Nationals in the final and in my second Masters Nationals I got through to the final but the final race was canceled due to thunderstorms. I had trained hard and had high expectations. In my heat of the single scull, I had a bad day and didn't even qualify for the semifinal. I was bummed. I explained to my daughters that the most important thing was that I had prepared and followed a training program and never quit along the way because I didn't feel like it. It was a good teaching moment. But there was more racing to come.
I had the following day off and the next day I had two boat races: 8-man boat and mixed quad sculls (2 women and 2 men each person rowing with two oars). The 8-man boat started at a semifinal and we qualified for the final. In the final, we won gold by less than one second. It was a barn-burner of a race and Lesleh was our coxswain whose years of expertise was apparent. In the mixed quad, we progressed nicely from the heat to the semifinal then to the final. In the final sprint, we were in bronze position when one of our crewmates had an oar problem that slowed us down and we ended up fifth. I wasn't disappointed. For me, it was more important to reassure my boat mate that early in everyone's rowing career (this person had only been rowing a year) this kinda thing happens. I explained that at next year's Masters Nationals there will be twice the experience and will be improved by light years – as happens during everyone's learning curve of rowing. My crewmate was reassured and that was more important than a piece of metal. After five races I felt remarkably good as I had developed a recovery ritual that I do after every race in preparation to put my body through the grind of another 1,000-meter race again. It seemed to work.
There was an amazing comradery that I discovered at our Chinook tent which was like base camp at Everest only much hotter since it was Massachusetts in August. There were 70+ rowers, women and men, who had their own races. Everyone was recovering from her or his own races using their own ritual. Perhaps the most important thing about rowing is relationships. It is what Chinook's foundation is. The four women who started the team, Lesleh Wright Anderson, Nancy Dynan, Deb Davis, and Merida Scully were friends first and a rowing crew (in some way shape or form) second. Their relationship to each other bears a lot of weight on each and every crew they race in together. That has permeated the team.
Under the Chinook tent and shade of those green tall bushy trees that swayed in the breeze is where I got to know many others on the team and their families. The other thing that I learned there was that families are extremely important to the rowers – just like my family is so vital to me. Many of the women and men rowers have children and families that they are managing all while committing to this rigorous training. It is quite extraordinary. It was fascinating to pause and reflect on the unique experience that I was part of: regardless of what the team did in their occupation back home, during this event everyone was just as focused on the racing as an elite athlete. That was no surprise considering everyone had been seriously training for months for this regatta (which the team does for all its regattas). It was very social while we were milling about in the protective shade of the tent and trees. Back in college the atmosphere was so intense between races, but here in the "masters world of rowing" it was much more relaxed off the water. Thus is was enjoyable. The same observation was shared by some women I met on the team there. It was a phenomenal organizational feat by Lesleh our leader to put together who was rowing with who and in what events. Chinook didn't forfeit one race despite all the racing happening each day with all of us. I joked that she could be a general in the military and she said Stephen Covey, author of 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, once told her that too.
The final day of the Championships had another five races in store for me: mixed 8 (4 women and 4 men), younger 8-man boat, and a mixed 4 (two women and two men). Our mixed 8 was stroked by Caryn Davies, an extraordinary athlete and highly accomplished 6′ 4" lady who won a Silver in the 8-woman boat at the Athens Olympics and Golds in Beijing and London Olympics in the 8-woman boat. It was an honor to be in her boat. We won our semifinal and went on to win the final. After that race, I had the other 8-man boat, but almost all of us had just raced about 30 minutes prior and we placed fourth. We rowed as hard as we could, but our bodies didn't have the power that comes from a longer recovery. Nonetheless, I was proud of our effort since I know not many crews could give it their all in that situation the way we did. Our mixed 4 semifinal went well and we got through to the final – that last race of the day for Chinook. The other man in the boat was a fellow former UCLA rower who stroked the boat. It was a brutal headwind and we fought our way down the course to cross the line with a bronze. We had been thoroughly drained by the many days of heavy racing. Medals aside, I felt it was a personal accomplishment to have done what I did with five races in back to back days. I never had such a draining experience in my years of elite college rowing that was one race a day.
Chinook had also won the trophy for the most points of all the teams entered (based on boats that medaled and get to the final) – a first for this young organization. It was truly the epitome of teamwork – which is what rowing is about – working together to accomplish a common goal. It's never too late for someone to learn to row and to join a club and, if desired, compete in races. I feel fortunate to have found Chinook even though my road there was filled with plenty of ups and downs. But then again that's life – filled with ups and downs – and rowing certainly prepares one to weather those storms that we all face at various times.
My twin 10-year-old daughters come to almost every regatta with my wife and I use my up and down rowing experiences that they witness as "teaching moments." I don't know if they will ever pursue this sport (one loves basketball, the other adores volleyball), but hopefully what they see their dad go through in rowing will help them handle the hurdles of their life journeys. As one educator I know says, "You can't prepare the path for your child, but you can prepare your child for the path."
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The death toll from the worst floods in nearly a century in the Indian tourist state of Kerala rose to 43 on Wednesday as rising water stranded tens of thousands of people and forced the closure of one of its main airports.
The five latest fatalities from the rain that began a week ago came when authorities in the southern state were forced to release water from 35 dangerously full dams, sending a surge into its main river.
"Presently, 35 reservoirs in the state are releasing water. Many districts in the state are facing floods," the state's chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, said on Twitter.
The Indian Meteorological Department has forecast heavy to very heavy rain in the state until Saturday, and it has issued a "red alert" for 12 out of its 14 districts.
A senior official with the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, Sekhar Lukose Kuriakose, said the seasonal rains have killed more than 200 people in the state since May and displaced many.
The state last saw such devastating flooding in 1924.
Famous for its coastline and picturesque backwaters, Kerala has become a major destination for domestic and international tourists.


First, I echo the hon. Lady's condolences. She tempts me to go beyond my jurisdiction. My portfolio is pretty broad, covering energy, industry and the industrial strategy, but she refers to matters that are, properly, for the Ministry of Justice. I am happy to talk to the Lord Chancellor and meet the hon. Lady if she would like to talk about such grouping of cases.