In Liberia , in Monroeville , there is hospital , the JFK Hospital.
Heavily involved in the Ebola outbreak. Down the road is a large chalkboard , a sort of news of the world in banner headline style.
People stop to read the board. typical of what gets put up there is this : U.S. brought Ebola to Liberia so that U.S. troops could be deployed
It was so disruptive that the U.S. ambassador had to go public to explain the 3 000 troops that arrived in Liberia.
And the world goes on
Weather : turned a bit , threat of rian , cooler and grey
What the hey , it was good while it lasted
Played chauffeur last night , airport and back to Scarborough.
The plan was M runs in to find the visitors and I would wait in the cell phone parking lot. I drove around 2 x and never found the CP lot. People had pulled over on the shoulder , engines running and waiting.
On the beginning of the 3 rd go round , I got in the slow curb lane
moving at a crawl and said ' Crap ' and pulled over at Post 4 as I saw the attendant who chases cars away , just leave - figured that I had 5 minutes before he could get back.
The ' loading zone at P 4 was empty when I stopped. I looked back in the mirror and there were 12 cars right behind me , stopped and waiting
Just as I figured that I needed to move , I called M - nada
I was near P 16 , our agreed rendevouz and the phone rings " Where are you ? / Where are you ? / what post ? / 16 ? / at 16
----- we were all there. Job done
Enjoy the day , enjoy the day
BTW - did you know on the radio , an expert on the Middle East said ' that if a Westerner uses the phrase , Salaam Alaikum , or peace be w/ you , it is considered an insult by some Muslims '
Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Monday, 29 September 2014
Router , router ????
No , I didn't stutter. This morning a news item was aired on CBC.
There is a virus ( or bad program ) that is attacking computers that are Mac based or Linux or ..... ( other basic computer instruction systems ) .. so my PC is safe.
Nope , b/c the routers that we use also use basic computer instruction systems.
Thus , your computer isn't in danger except for the feed system ( router ) that could be corrupt.
And the basic computer instruction systems ( Linux etc ) are maintained by volunteers ( actually , til recently , a volunteer ).
Now a team , is working on protecting the basic systems.
Volunteers ? And for what we pay , big corporations etc rely on volunteers.
Obviously , you'll need to do your own research.. this message may be garbled b/c I may have heard garble.. half awake.
Weather : boring , warm / sunny - gentle breezes
Relatives fly in , to - night , from Vancouver. This trip would be a maintenance effort - sister visits the nuclear family or what's left of the family. Lots of people but spread out. And not in touch much.
Thats the 3 rd generation out.
Go look at your router... b/c that's about all that I can do.
Time to call some friends.
There is a virus ( or bad program ) that is attacking computers that are Mac based or Linux or ..... ( other basic computer instruction systems ) .. so my PC is safe.
Nope , b/c the routers that we use also use basic computer instruction systems.
Thus , your computer isn't in danger except for the feed system ( router ) that could be corrupt.
And the basic computer instruction systems ( Linux etc ) are maintained by volunteers ( actually , til recently , a volunteer ).
Now a team , is working on protecting the basic systems.
Volunteers ? And for what we pay , big corporations etc rely on volunteers.
Obviously , you'll need to do your own research.. this message may be garbled b/c I may have heard garble.. half awake.
Weather : boring , warm / sunny - gentle breezes
Relatives fly in , to - night , from Vancouver. This trip would be a maintenance effort - sister visits the nuclear family or what's left of the family. Lots of people but spread out. And not in touch much.
Thats the 3 rd generation out.
Go look at your router... b/c that's about all that I can do.
Time to call some friends.
Saturday, 27 September 2014
OpOsm - weekly check in ( this is Sunday )
Despite the ' OP Osm ' title and the date 9 / 27
This is the Sunday blog. The published stuff was to be a draft yesterday and I hit the wrong button
For Op Osm : Start date : Jul 19 190 lb.
to -day the scale said 176.6 lb - 177 last week
Over the 2 months give or take
The week yielded a change of 0.4 lb
However , we ate out 3 times w/ beer.
The O'Neill Pub in Port Hope has ' LugTread ' by Beau's
and I'm a sucker for a micro - brew , such as that - had 2.
Why should you visit O'Neill ?
LugTread .. check
An added touch is their food. We split dishes ordering a sample platter appetizers and Mac n Cheese deluxe. The deluxe part was the side salad
I've become an expert on salads since Op Osm started. At home the salad has arugala , baby spinach , slivered baby carrots , sliced hot mix pickles and lots of cubed tomato. Topped w/ grated 3 mix cheese and crushed pretzels ( which are the croutons replacement , you should see the nutrition info on the crouton box )
The key is variety , keep it interesting. O'Neill went to the same school of salad making.
I also alternate by using cole slaw bag mix.
The carrots are important. At the deli counter , 2 salads , same size had a difference of $ 1 - one had double carrots. I can do double carrots
The upshot of all this , is that I look at food and eating very analytically ,mayhaps a little OCD but ' you gotta care '
Start now , and work at it.
Thats my credo
I pressed the ' next blog ' icon at the top of the page to see other blogs on blogspot and 1 of 7 blogs is current - the rest seemed to have halted , some up to 3 years ago
World news. NOT . Only negative news.
In to - day's editorial cartoon a TV viewer is covering his ears w/ a look as thosugh he got subjected to an AVX sound system ( like at the movies ) , thats my take. The TV has a picture of a sign that says ' World News ' in big red letters. I always thought ' Do Not Panic ' in big red letters was the standard ( ref. 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ' )
Guess I'm not alone in my take on world news.
Weather : same old same old , beuti , bueti , beuti
Are things good in Northborough , Mass ?
Is the knee good in Norton ?
This is the Sunday blog. The published stuff was to be a draft yesterday and I hit the wrong button
For Op Osm : Start date : Jul 19 190 lb.
to -day the scale said 176.6 lb - 177 last week
Over the 2 months give or take
The week yielded a change of 0.4 lb
However , we ate out 3 times w/ beer.
The O'Neill Pub in Port Hope has ' LugTread ' by Beau's
and I'm a sucker for a micro - brew , such as that - had 2.
Why should you visit O'Neill ?
LugTread .. check
An added touch is their food. We split dishes ordering a sample platter appetizers and Mac n Cheese deluxe. The deluxe part was the side salad
I've become an expert on salads since Op Osm started. At home the salad has arugala , baby spinach , slivered baby carrots , sliced hot mix pickles and lots of cubed tomato. Topped w/ grated 3 mix cheese and crushed pretzels ( which are the croutons replacement , you should see the nutrition info on the crouton box )
The key is variety , keep it interesting. O'Neill went to the same school of salad making.
I also alternate by using cole slaw bag mix.
The carrots are important. At the deli counter , 2 salads , same size had a difference of $ 1 - one had double carrots. I can do double carrots
The upshot of all this , is that I look at food and eating very analytically ,mayhaps a little OCD but ' you gotta care '
Start now , and work at it.
Thats my credo
I pressed the ' next blog ' icon at the top of the page to see other blogs on blogspot and 1 of 7 blogs is current - the rest seemed to have halted , some up to 3 years ago
World news. NOT . Only negative news.
In to - day's editorial cartoon a TV viewer is covering his ears w/ a look as thosugh he got subjected to an AVX sound system ( like at the movies ) , thats my take. The TV has a picture of a sign that says ' World News ' in big red letters. I always thought ' Do Not Panic ' in big red letters was the standard ( ref. 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ' )
Guess I'm not alone in my take on world news.
Weather : same old same old , beuti , bueti , beuti
Are things good in Northborough , Mass ?
Is the knee good in Norton ?
Spending Spree
.... top up.
This week saw the consumer crazy household here , purchase a towel warmer , 22 " TV and finished w/ a DVD called ' Captain America - the Winter Soldier '.
A bit extrvagant the DVD , new for $ 24. Expensive , yes , however ,I thought about the $ 40 something trip to see ' Guardians of the Galaxy '. I controlled the vertical and the horizontal and my heart didn't change rhythm when the bombs went off (c.f. AVX sound at the theatre)
Rating : Plenty of action , and if you think that I'm a Luddite , well Cap' is worse ) I'd give the video about 0.6 / 1.0 on the Redbox scale
The backyard view. I am typing looking out on the backyard. Our living room is on the backside of the house and faces the ravine.At this time of the year , the trees and bushes enclose the space. The backdrop are maples , oaks and a black cherry plus larches galore.
The foreground is silver leaf dogwoods and pines. The dogwoods and pines are actually in the backyard and were planted by us. B/c of our elevation in the house , the dogwoods are base of the view.
A long time ago , the cleaning lady admitted to sitting and watching the backyard. She quickly added that she stayed an extra ten minutes working to make up for the viewing break.
Weather : SOG , the same beuti conditions , summer
In the news , Ebola still going crazy and more countries are sending planes to combat ISIS. Canada has promised 6 planes. No , we're not cheap - that 1 / 2 of our air force
BTW - the new LG 22 " flat screen is a gem. The picture is sharp and jumps off the surface. The picture was aided by ' the Winter Soldier ' which does plenty of jumping itself.
My elliptic room , now rivals , most gyms. If only the trainee rivaled the people in most gyms. I'm trying , I'm trying.
This week saw the consumer crazy household here , purchase a towel warmer , 22 " TV and finished w/ a DVD called ' Captain America - the Winter Soldier '.
A bit extrvagant the DVD , new for $ 24. Expensive , yes , however ,I thought about the $ 40 something trip to see ' Guardians of the Galaxy '. I controlled the vertical and the horizontal and my heart didn't change rhythm when the bombs went off (c.f. AVX sound at the theatre)
Rating : Plenty of action , and if you think that I'm a Luddite , well Cap' is worse ) I'd give the video about 0.6 / 1.0 on the Redbox scale
The backyard view. I am typing looking out on the backyard. Our living room is on the backside of the house and faces the ravine.At this time of the year , the trees and bushes enclose the space. The backdrop are maples , oaks and a black cherry plus larches galore.
The foreground is silver leaf dogwoods and pines. The dogwoods and pines are actually in the backyard and were planted by us. B/c of our elevation in the house , the dogwoods are base of the view.
A long time ago , the cleaning lady admitted to sitting and watching the backyard. She quickly added that she stayed an extra ten minutes working to make up for the viewing break.
Weather : SOG , the same beuti conditions , summer
In the news , Ebola still going crazy and more countries are sending planes to combat ISIS. Canada has promised 6 planes. No , we're not cheap - that 1 / 2 of our air force
BTW - the new LG 22 " flat screen is a gem. The picture is sharp and jumps off the surface. The picture was aided by ' the Winter Soldier ' which does plenty of jumping itself.
My elliptic room , now rivals , most gyms. If only the trainee rivaled the people in most gyms. I'm trying , I'm trying.
Friday, 26 September 2014
Canada First
there are many firsts for Canada , this news item says it all
Canada has claimed the Guinness honours for the oldest pig - right , Ernestine is 23 yrs old - WOW
Weather is amazing Sep 26 and I wore shorts to Costco
Well ,haircut and then Costco
Unfortunately , the trip resulted in the TV purchase
22 " HD TV for the elliptic room and I almost put it back on the shelf - guilt , galore
And the HDMI cables were 3 for $ 24. The first HDMI cable thought I bought was $ 30 for one
Oh well , I'm keeping the people of Bangla - something employed , I guess
The towel warmer cost more than the TV
There was added environmental fee of $ 13 which made me feel a little better
Leonard Cohen is a famous poet / writer and entertainer
You might know him best as the author of the song ' Hallelujah '
He stated that on turning 80 , that he would start smoking again , on the principle ' what have I got to lose ' ah , what the heck
Stay real
Canada has claimed the Guinness honours for the oldest pig - right , Ernestine is 23 yrs old - WOW
Weather is amazing Sep 26 and I wore shorts to Costco
Well ,haircut and then Costco
Unfortunately , the trip resulted in the TV purchase
22 " HD TV for the elliptic room and I almost put it back on the shelf - guilt , galore
And the HDMI cables were 3 for $ 24. The first HDMI cable thought I bought was $ 30 for one
Oh well , I'm keeping the people of Bangla - something employed , I guess
The towel warmer cost more than the TV
There was added environmental fee of $ 13 which made me feel a little better
Leonard Cohen is a famous poet / writer and entertainer
You might know him best as the author of the song ' Hallelujah '
He stated that on turning 80 , that he would start smoking again , on the principle ' what have I got to lose ' ah , what the heck
Stay real
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Gone Wild
Ebola : overwhelming governments and on course to infect numbers such as 1 000 000.
A CBC segment had an epidemiologist saying that WHO got gutted financially as the prevailing wisdom was that epidemic control was not a priority in a world where many feared diseases were now under control. Right !
thus WHO can advise but has no resources to set up themselves
Sorry WHO for the earlier criticism , I didn't realize that you were useless ... relatively speaking
BTW - that big number will accrue come Jan 2015 , making it almost a year since Ebola came to recognition
In defence of those W African countries. one reason that these countries were slow off the mark is the similarities of Ebola to Lassa fever which is endemic in these countries,
Both diseases present similarly at the beginning. Much later in the course of the disease a distinct pattern emerges
Sorry , W African countries for any disparaging remarks made earlier
They haven't asked me to send jet fighters to bomb ISIS , cuz they've asked everyone else
A trusting world : The parcel people left the towel warmer on our front stoop for two days , guess they weren't worried.
Fact ? Smoking kills 1 / 3 of people who smoke I've got to check this one out
Fishing was fishing , not catching as the joke goes. As in thats why they call it fishing not catching
The boat runs fine
The grass got trimmed and major carpentry repaired two boards on the dock that had rotted at the ends. I recycled boards that I found laying around , lazy boards. Wow , the boards even fit the space that was needed. Not professional but pretty good. I dood it myself
( pat . pat )
Summer happened and no one told us. Beuti , warm sunny days and light breezes. The nights are cool and clear.
" Our far flung navies " Rudyard Kipling
Barack could have used those lines
On the Facebook front , I checked off about 20 friends requests
2 people confirmed the friend status. Haven't figured out what I'll do when 18 more people ' friend me '
Suggestions ? readers of mine
The Luddite log :Case 56
You know the tale of the DVD player that crashed in the exercise room. The new razzle dazzle Samsung BluRay DVD replacement went upstairs to the living room.
The exercise room inherited the 'old ' BluRay DVD player.
Well , the little CRT 14 in jobby in the exercise room is feeble c.f. the BluRay DVD player. Yes , I'm going to buy a flat screen TV for the elliptical work out room.
That means , we will have 3 CRT TV s kicking around somewhere , and the environmentalist in me is having kittens. I'll live , I guess.
Hope the kittens do , too !
I suppose this house just staggered into the world of ultra consumerism
So for ' give away ' , 3 CRT TV s. Apply here.
A CBC segment had an epidemiologist saying that WHO got gutted financially as the prevailing wisdom was that epidemic control was not a priority in a world where many feared diseases were now under control. Right !
thus WHO can advise but has no resources to set up themselves
Sorry WHO for the earlier criticism , I didn't realize that you were useless ... relatively speaking
BTW - that big number will accrue come Jan 2015 , making it almost a year since Ebola came to recognition
In defence of those W African countries. one reason that these countries were slow off the mark is the similarities of Ebola to Lassa fever which is endemic in these countries,
Both diseases present similarly at the beginning. Much later in the course of the disease a distinct pattern emerges
Sorry , W African countries for any disparaging remarks made earlier
They haven't asked me to send jet fighters to bomb ISIS , cuz they've asked everyone else
A trusting world : The parcel people left the towel warmer on our front stoop for two days , guess they weren't worried.
Fact ? Smoking kills 1 / 3 of people who smoke I've got to check this one out
Fishing was fishing , not catching as the joke goes. As in thats why they call it fishing not catching
The boat runs fine
The grass got trimmed and major carpentry repaired two boards on the dock that had rotted at the ends. I recycled boards that I found laying around , lazy boards. Wow , the boards even fit the space that was needed. Not professional but pretty good. I dood it myself
( pat . pat )
Summer happened and no one told us. Beuti , warm sunny days and light breezes. The nights are cool and clear.
" Our far flung navies " Rudyard Kipling
Barack could have used those lines
On the Facebook front , I checked off about 20 friends requests
2 people confirmed the friend status. Haven't figured out what I'll do when 18 more people ' friend me '
Suggestions ? readers of mine
The Luddite log :Case 56
You know the tale of the DVD player that crashed in the exercise room. The new razzle dazzle Samsung BluRay DVD replacement went upstairs to the living room.
The exercise room inherited the 'old ' BluRay DVD player.
Well , the little CRT 14 in jobby in the exercise room is feeble c.f. the BluRay DVD player. Yes , I'm going to buy a flat screen TV for the elliptical work out room.
That means , we will have 3 CRT TV s kicking around somewhere , and the environmentalist in me is having kittens. I'll live , I guess.
Hope the kittens do , too !
I suppose this house just staggered into the world of ultra consumerism
So for ' give away ' , 3 CRT TV s. Apply here.
Monday, 22 September 2014
Notice......
...... if you haven't backed up your computer , do it.
You can not predict when you will encounter a problem.
My case , while downloading Skype , I used a website CNet that sells computer stuff and does a referral service for AVG - anti virus program. I imagine that Cnet buys the basic AVG program at cost then offers the basic for free.
While researching this ' free ' offer , another site warned a) AVG really ,REALLY wants you to buy the upgrade AVG program. But , BUT , b) Cnet has to make money too !! .
Cnet sends advertising and a tool bar and search engine ( which allows pop - ups ) as well.
Now , you try and get rid of that ' pop up ' generating system , you try.
The best way is to go back and find a restore point before you got the ' pop up ' generator. And that is hard to do w/out a back up. W/ a back up , you wipe the computer and re - install your personal settings etc from the back up.
I'm using a 1 Tb second hard drive. FYI , the back up uses less than 1 / 10 of the hard drive2 capacity.
As your friend , get w/ it - Back up.
While , I'm giving free advice , photos and storage. Yes , there is the cloud and other on line services for storage.
My system : each grouping of photos ( videos ) is saved on hard disc. I publish thumbnail cover sheets that are kept in a 3 ring binder.
Next , the photos are backed up on a thumb drive , sort of all lumped to - gether , but in their indexed state.
Lastly , the photos could be found , if you search on the hard drive2
Why should you be so redundant. I discovered that some experts predict a fixed shelf life for hard discs ( something like 3 - 10 yrs )
Computers crash - no , not when you plan , they just crash.
Heard the stories over and over
As your bud , take some steps
While on the topic of photos. you may as well profit from the misery of others. When I bought my first digital camera ( Fuji )
someone said ' buy the biggest chip that you can '. They said 16 Gb will hold 1 000 s of photos and save money b/c bigger is cheaper. Nope , I opted for 4 Gb chips and paid more.
But I switched out chips when one got filled or used ( each chip held 300 photos or some such / you try and take 300 photos). At leisure , I would save to the computer and likely have an empty chip to swap out.
The friend and his 16 Gb chip still in the camera were separated at a hotel.
The range of photos included 3 summers worth of shots and 2 Xmas'... you see he was waiting for the chip to fill or a time to come when he would download. Thus , he saved $4 and lost 400 photos
Preachy , preachy..... you're full of it this AM.
Weather : ' a grey dawn on the seas face and a grey dawn breaking '
John Masefield , ' Sea Fever ' OK . Alright , there is no sea but the lines describe the day
If JM could have included windy , you'd have to -day
We watched the new series premier of ' Madam Secretary ' starring Tea Leone - and I'm in love ... always was ... lucky Duchovny
Interesting and rife w/ possibilities , we shall see said the Zen master
Go for it and back up ..... back up ..... back up
You heard it here
You can not predict when you will encounter a problem.
My case , while downloading Skype , I used a website CNet that sells computer stuff and does a referral service for AVG - anti virus program. I imagine that Cnet buys the basic AVG program at cost then offers the basic for free.
While researching this ' free ' offer , another site warned a) AVG really ,REALLY wants you to buy the upgrade AVG program. But , BUT , b) Cnet has to make money too !! .
Cnet sends advertising and a tool bar and search engine ( which allows pop - ups ) as well.
Now , you try and get rid of that ' pop up ' generating system , you try.
The best way is to go back and find a restore point before you got the ' pop up ' generator. And that is hard to do w/out a back up. W/ a back up , you wipe the computer and re - install your personal settings etc from the back up.
I'm using a 1 Tb second hard drive. FYI , the back up uses less than 1 / 10 of the hard drive2 capacity.
As your friend , get w/ it - Back up.
While , I'm giving free advice , photos and storage. Yes , there is the cloud and other on line services for storage.
My system : each grouping of photos ( videos ) is saved on hard disc. I publish thumbnail cover sheets that are kept in a 3 ring binder.
Next , the photos are backed up on a thumb drive , sort of all lumped to - gether , but in their indexed state.
Lastly , the photos could be found , if you search on the hard drive2
Why should you be so redundant. I discovered that some experts predict a fixed shelf life for hard discs ( something like 3 - 10 yrs )
Computers crash - no , not when you plan , they just crash.
Heard the stories over and over
As your bud , take some steps
While on the topic of photos. you may as well profit from the misery of others. When I bought my first digital camera ( Fuji )
someone said ' buy the biggest chip that you can '. They said 16 Gb will hold 1 000 s of photos and save money b/c bigger is cheaper. Nope , I opted for 4 Gb chips and paid more.
But I switched out chips when one got filled or used ( each chip held 300 photos or some such / you try and take 300 photos). At leisure , I would save to the computer and likely have an empty chip to swap out.
The friend and his 16 Gb chip still in the camera were separated at a hotel.
The range of photos included 3 summers worth of shots and 2 Xmas'... you see he was waiting for the chip to fill or a time to come when he would download. Thus , he saved $4 and lost 400 photos
Preachy , preachy..... you're full of it this AM.
Weather : ' a grey dawn on the seas face and a grey dawn breaking '
John Masefield , ' Sea Fever ' OK . Alright , there is no sea but the lines describe the day
If JM could have included windy , you'd have to -day
We watched the new series premier of ' Madam Secretary ' starring Tea Leone - and I'm in love ... always was ... lucky Duchovny
Interesting and rife w/ possibilities , we shall see said the Zen master
Go for it and back up ..... back up ..... back up
You heard it here
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