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NEW SURVEY SAYS INTERNET HEADED TO GRIDLOCK

"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.

My Blood Pressure Sky High

  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.

Working the midnight (grave yard) shift cause of cancer

  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
   

Research finds higher rates of breast and prostate cancer among overnight workers

About 20 percent of the working population in developed countries works night shifts

International Agency for Research on Cancer to list them as probable carcinogen

The American Cancer Society says it will likely follow suit

    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.

Cash Parking update

  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?

Knocked Up

  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!!!! "

Evan Almighty

  I rented "Evan Almighty" from a private rental place a few blocks from here.  They have all DVDs and they have a pretty good selection.  They don't have a lot of each title on hand.  I do not know how they can make a living. 
  They do not charge a membership fee and it cost $3.50 to rent a DVD.
  "Evan Almighty" put a smile on my face a few times.  It would be great for kids and is a great family movie.

   I got three of my medications refilled today.  Two of them did not cost me anything.  Next year those free ones will cost me $4.00 each until I change my health care plan and I am going to upgrade from Gold to Platinum for next year so they should still be free.  (Well not free you know what I mean.)
  I got the new medication.  It is Lisinopril (10 mg).  I think I will take it late tonight before I go to bed.  If I pass out I will already be in bed.  Smile

Colombian Breakfast

 

  I had breakfast at La Parrilla Paisa today.  It is a Colombian restaurant a few blocks from where I live.  It is a nice place.  The woman spoke zero English but she was very nice and friendly. 

 
    Publix has the Christmas trees out and for sale.  They have been out for a week or so.  I noticed the prices and they are not cheap.
    It just does not feel like Christmas time, for me, in FL.

We can not afford the Republicans

The above is from IntelligentGuess

Take a look at a conservative

Every wonder what conservatism is?
Take a look at it.

Gun Deaths in the United States

  The following information is from a PRO gun site.
 "In 1999 there were 1776 gun deaths in the 0 through 17 age group and 3385 gun deaths in the 0 through 19 age group. By subtraction we find that there were a whopping 1609 gun deaths in just the 18 through 19 age group. Historically the 18 through 24 age group is the highest crime-committing group. At age 18 part-time drug dealers leave school and become full-time drug dealers. Despite the propaganda from the gun control lobby, criminals in general and drug dealers in particular are the group of so-called children most likely to be shot by their fellow criminals. You can verify this by reading the local gun death news stories in any city newspaper. School shootings are so rare that every one gets national television coverage, but drug dealers are shot so often that they are barely mentioned in their local newspaper.

Older people's gun deaths are most likely to be suicides. Suicides typically make up 56.5% of all gun deaths according to the Bureau Of Justice Statistics. In fact, drugs and suicides account for more than 2 out of every 3 gun deaths in the USA..."   KISS: Keep It Super Simple

Gun Deaths in Your State 
For 1998, in Florida, there were 676 gun homicides, 1177 gun suicides, 24 fatal gun accidents and 25 other gun deaths.  In case you wonder the number of gun homicides is 5.28 in 100,000 people.
For my old home state of Missouri there were 281 gun homicides (5.85 per 100,000 people) and 424 gun suicides.

  There is a book and you can download it as a PDF and read it on line that is called "Death by the Barrel" and the author David Hemenway applies scientific method to the gun problem.  He points out a lot of interesting things that you may not think about or know about.
  He points out that the United States is not a particularly violent society when you compare against other high-income industrialized nations.  (That was a surprise to me.)
  He points out that the problem is that our American violence does tend to end in death. The reason is guns. He has a lot more interesting data.  The pro-gun people are not going to believe anything he says or even read the book.

  U.S. Lead Richest Nations in Gun Deaths (dated 1998) 

"ATLANTA -- The United States has by far the highest rate of gun deaths -- murders, suicides and accidents -- among the world's 36 richest nations, a government study found.
    The U.S. rate for gun deaths in 1994 was 14.24 per 100,000 people. Japan had the lowest rate, at .05 per 100,000.
    The study, done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is the first comprehensive international look at gun-related deaths. It was published Thursday in the International Journal of Epidemiology.
    The CDC would not speculate why the death rates varied, but other researchers said easy access to guns and society's acceptance of violence are part of the problem in the United States..."

  Each year, in the United States, 30,000 people die from guns and 65,000 suffer from gun injuries. 
  Pro-gun people will not agree with me...I think we need to have stronger and better gun control laws.  The pro-gun people will say that guns do not kill it is people that kill.  Or they will come up with some stats about car accidents or something.