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"The Ninth Annual SKYWARN Recognition Day recognizes Amateur Radio operators for their commitment to help keep communities safe. Co-sponsored by the ARRL and the National Weather Service (NWS), the event is scheduled for Saturday, December 1. During this 24 hour special event, Amateur Radio operators, working together with their local NWS offices, will activate Amateur Radio stations and work as a team to contact other hams across the world..."
See CQ CQ de N0UWY for details
I can not go on living this way. Live is not worth living like this... I will call a heart doctor on Monday and try and get an appointment for testing. My doctor has been telling me to do that for a year.
My feet and legs are swollen all the time.
I have chest pain now all the time. My guess is that I have
"Congestive heart failure (CHF), or heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can't pump enough blood to the body's other organs. This can result from
The "failing" heart keeps working but not as efficiently as it should. People with heart failure can't exert themselves because they become short of breath and tired..."
If I could lose 20 or 30 pounds I think I would be better. I am going today to try and cut back on what I eat and try and lose some weight.
It looks like it took me getting in bad condition before I could be moved to see a heart doctor. I am not smart that is for sure.
I thank you all for your concern and advice...the advice from all of you was the same.. and that see a heart doctor right away.
It looks like the British teacher jailed in Sudan maybe allowed to get the hell out of Sudan very fast. Looks like the government of Sudan and everyone wants her out fast.
There are people in the street calling for her to face execution because her class of 7 year old kids named a teddy bear "Mohammed."
I know that the UK has a long history with the Sudan and the area. I know it is good to have contact and exchanges with nations and people but I just wonder how we should treat nations that have the Islamic Sharia law as the law of their land.
If they use the Sharia law for their own nation and their own people OK. But if they apply that law too non Islamic people from other nations I think I have a problem with it.
Sharia (Arabic: شريعة transliteration: Šarīʿah) is the body of Islamic religious law. The term means "way" or "path to the water source"; it is the legal framework within which the public and some private aspects of life are regulated for those living in a legal system based on Muslim principles of jurisprudence and for Muslims living outside the domain.
Sharia deals with many aspects of day-to-day life, including politics, economics, banking, business, contracts, family, sexuality, hygiene, and social issues.
There is no strictly static codified set of laws of sharia. Sharia is more of a system of devising laws, based on the Qur'an (the religious text of Islam), hadith (sayings and doings of Muhammad), (sayings and doings of of the early followers of Muhammad), ijma (consensus), qiyas (analogy) and centuries of debate, interpretation and precedent.
We want to try and have good relations with all people of the world but I think maybe the world should come up with a policy on nations with Sharia as their system of laws.
If the law is for Muslims living in that nation then no problem but if the nation enforces those laws on non-Muslim people that come into their nation then I think we should all do something.
First I would give them the chance to change the way they apply the law.
They should make it clear that the law does not apply to non-Muslims.
If they don't take that action I think then that no non Muslim should go to that nation. That means no ships or aircraft, no teachers, no aid workers ... zero.. So we would in effect cut them off from the rest of the world. (The Muslim nuts in the nation would love that.. that is what they want anyway and we would be playing in their hands.)
I think the problem right now for the UK is that it looks like they are going to get the teacher out of the Sudan and that Sudan is trying to smooth things over and if she gets out OK and then the UK slams a door in the face of Sudan it might not be good for the next person to fall under the Sharia law.
But my advice to everyone that is not Muslim in Sudan and that is get the fuck out of Sudan.
We all been waiting for something like the Clinton hostage event to take place. She is hated by a lot of men. It is the same men that hated President Clinton. I never could understand the wild crazy hate these guys had for him (and now her).
I even worked with a couple of them in Kansas City. One of them, a real nice guy, would get wild in the eyes and foam at the mouth when he saw President Clinton on TV. It was very strange.
It turns out that this guy in New Hampshire was just a guy with mental problems and could not get any help and was looking for a way to bring attention to his problems. Of course this was not the right way.
"The hostage and Eisenberg called CNN multiple times throughout the afternoon and talked to CNN staffers. Eisenberg said he had mental problems and couldn't get anyone to help him. CNN assumed Eisenberg could be watching CNN's broadcast and chose not to report his calls to avoid compromising the safety of the hostages..."
Wow that is a surprise. One of the first times the news people have done the smart thing. My hat is off to CNN.
Fox "news" would not have acted the way CNN did ... I have seen Fox many times when an event like this takes place reporting things on the air that makes me go crazy..If you have watched Fox you have seen it. During the CO school shooting I heard and watched as they reported that they got a call from such and such a class room and the kids had locked the door and the kids reported they were hiding from the shooters and Fox broadcast it. I have seen them do stuff like all the time. They need a delay and someone to be talking in their ear and saying shut the fuck up.
So who ever the people were at CNN thanks for using common sense. I hope the police send you some thank you letters and I hope someone will give you some good stories because you first class in my book (even if President Hugo Chavez does not like you - smile).
"World AIDS Day, observed December 1 each year, is dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 38.6 million people living with HIV, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 3.1 million (between 2.8 and 3.6 million) lives in 2005 of which, more than half a million (570,000) were children.
The concept of a World AIDS Day originated at the 1988 World Summit of Ministers of Health on Programmes for AIDS Prevention. Since then, it has been taken up by governments, international organizations and charities around the world..."
From John Kerry
"I wanted to take a very quick break from my travels not to ask for money and not to talk politics, but just to pass on some thoughts about two big global challenges which need to be on our minds: HIV/AIDS and climate change.
This week, Teresa and I experienced an up close and personal reminder of how far the world has yet to travel to defeat HIV/AIDS. Talking with people in poverty stricken KwaNgcolosi near Hillcrest in Durban, South Africa, we saw both the most inspiring and the most heartbreaking realities of a global struggle to defeat a global scourge.
We met orphaned children left with no choice but to assume adult responsibilities, caring for their young brothers and sisters. We met single mothers scratching out subsistence in mud houses, their husbands lost to a horrific disease. I have to tell you, experiences like this have an impact on you.
I didn't want to wait until I got back to the United States to say something to you, because tomorrow is World AIDS Day - and it needs to be a day of action. Challenge Washington to stop blocking better educational efforts and stop putting ideology before science. Demand that American leadership help convince nations like South Africa not to repeat our shameful denial of HIV/AIDS in the 1980s - and to commit their countries to saving lives not saving face. There is no fixing a problem political leaders refuse to admit exists.
There's something else - and I'll have much more to say about this when I'm back. I'll be leading - with Senator Boxer - a Senate delegation to Bali in December to the global conference where work will start on a new international climate change treaty. We can't wait until we have a new president; we need to get moving now. The world simply can't solve these problems without American participation and leadership. Stay tuned.
Bottom line - these are the huge global issues that demand that America be America again, and that we lead by example - and that we lead now."
Sincerely,
John F. Kerry
John Kerry For Senate
129 Portland Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02114-2014
info@johnkerry.com
www.johnkerry.com
"Hams who see emergency communications over the Internet as the future
of traffic handling might want to rethink their position. This, if a
new report that predicts that Internet usage could outstrip network
capacity worldwide in a couple of years proves to be as accurate as it
seems to be. Amateur Radio Newsline's Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, has the
details:
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The study was conducted by the advisory firm Nemertes Research. The
report is the first to assess the Internet infrastructure and current
model as well as projected traffic patterns independent of one another.
And it says that the Internet access infrastructure, specifically in
North America, will cease to be adequate for supporting demand within
the next three to five years.
But that's not all. The Nemertes report says that the cost required to
make capacity meet demand is in the area of $42 billion to $55 billion
in the United States. This would primarily be spent on broadband
access capacity. The firm says that figure is 60 to 70 percent beyond
the $72 billion service providers are planning to invest.
Even bigger is the required investment globally to keep data flowing
freely
across the Internet. It's is estimated at $137 billion, again
primarily in broadband access."
If the reports authors are correct, Internet users could increasingly
encounter Internet brownouts or other interruptions to their
applications they use online. For example, it may take more than one
attempt to confirm an online purchase or it may take longer to download
the latest video from a site like YouTube. And for hams trying to
communicate using radio to Voice over Internet Protocol technology it
could mean a major slowdown in message delivery speed. And when lives
are at stake, such a roadblock would be intolerable."
For the Amateur Radio Newsline, I'm Bruce Tennant, K6PZW, in Los
Angeles.
Last night at about 2200 hours I took my blood pressure. It was 161/64 and that is sky high. It should never be that high. Remember I am taking blood pressure medication.
I took it again right away and it was 161/70.
Well I took my new blood pressure medication and this was the first time for this medication and it is in addition to the other blood pressure medications. I then went to bed.
It is now 0600 hours and I just took my BP and it is 135/68. I am going to be taking my BP a number of times today and I am going to watch what I eat today and see if I can see what is going on with my body.
I am going to try and just stay home today and take it easy.
Someone a year or two ago left a comment here saying I should hold sodium to no more than 2000 MG a day. I think I will try reading the sodium content of the stuff I put in my mouth today and see what numbers I get.
It is sort of hard to count the sodium content I shove food into my face so fast I can't read the content.
I still have swollen feet. Right now it is better than it was last night. I suspect, if I paid attention, that the swelling gets worst as the day goes on.
I had to pay $650.00, my part of the rent, yesterday maybe that made my BP go up. Smile. I also sent Darlene, my ex-wife, $100.00 via PayPal. I know I know she is my ex-wife but she needs help. Our son, Jimmy, is going to move from CA, with his wife, and they are going to move in with her just a few days before Christmas.
This will be a big help for Darlene. It is very hard for her to walk. Right now she can't get to her own mail box to get the mail. Sometimes it is a week or two before she can get someone to get to her mail box. She has to pay a woman to take stuff to the post office for her. She also pays the woman to go to the store for her.
Jimmy and his wife can help Darlene a great deal. Plus it will be good for Jimmy and his wife. If they all share a place and help each other out I think it will be good for them.
Darlene, and I, have been worrying about Darlene's computer. Just about the only money she has to live on is what she makes selling on eBay, Half-Com etc. She used to do excellent. She sells mostly videos. She was selling some game machines and doing well but it got were she could not carry the game machines and get them to the post office. Then after a while she could not afford to stock them up when she found them cheap. When the turn down took place she had $1300.00 is saving and with the poor sales now she has zero in savings.
So Jimmy and his wife will be a God send for her.
We have known for a long time that people that work the midnight shift (grave yard shift) have more problems (medical, mental, family and others). Now research finds higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among overnight workers.
See the CNN story
I have not counted how many years I worked the midnight shift but God it was years and years. I know at one hospital I worked 11 years on the midnight shift and that was just one hospital.
Even here when I worked security I worked on the midnight shift and that was for one year.
Those of us that have worked the midnight shift know it tears your body up.
You have to have some people working those shifts. People like police, fire, medical care, ATC and many others.
We need to take better care of those people. We need to pay them better and do other things for those workers.
I even worked as a welder on the midnight shift (KW Dart Truck Company).
It is hard working midnight. You people that work the day shift do not know how hard it is to work that shift.
I think we can forget that idea. What idea? The idea of buying some domain names and having them just appear on the Internet and get x amount of money for us.
I set up three domains (hnbbbs.com , hnb1982.com and poultrarian.com) on GoDaddy under their "Cash Parking" plan. It has been over a week and I have taken in less than $2.00 so far. HNBBS1982.COM took in 27 cents and I had it setup with an "adult" template. HNBBS.COM took in $1.43 and I used their default template. POULTARIAN.COM has taken in zero.
So we are not going to get rich by using Cash Parking. Well GoDaddy.Com will but the rest of us it does not look like it. I will keep testing it. Maybe if one of the domains were to get indexed in Google or someplace like that maybe a bit more money might be earned. But I am not going to hold my breath.
My feet are still swollen and my left leg. It is almost 8 pm here and in an hour or two I am going to start the new medication.
Have your heard the phrase "cast your bread on the waters.."?
Yesterday I did a good deed and today I went to store and donated $1.00 to feed the homeless. When I got home someone had made a $60.00 donation, via paypal, to me. They said that felt God wanted them to do it.
I guess to make the story complete I should say that yesterday I donated money to someone that needed it using paypal. Do you think that God monitors paypal?
OK I know your going to think this is a chick video but it is a great video and very funny movie and guys will like it too. It is "Knocked Up" and take my word for it a funny movie.
"Slobby Ben and up and coming career girl Alison meet at a bar, and end up having a one night stand. Eight weeks later, Ben is shocked when Alison meets him and reveals that she is pregnant. Despite having little in common, the two decide that they have to at least try to make some kind of relationship work for the baby's sake. Written by ENGAGED!!!! "
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