...Dr. Saeed, a pulmonary physician from Pakistan, will be deported as of 9/1/03...so will his wife...but his 3 children, born here, could stay...he must sell or liquidate his property & belongings...since 7/31/03, he has not been on the hospital's payrool...two attempts to get him a temporary VISA have failed...Dr. Perkett will take over his duties & answer any questions on his patients...Dr. Bashir is returning from a 2-week vacation...he will definitely have work to do!...many Middle East providers are being subjected to this treatment...
...8/12/03: the Dow creeps over 9300...
…8/13/03: windier than usual in the early AM…cooler & more chances of rain?...coolest day this August, coolest since June…back to school for ABQ!...UNM will start on 8/25/03...expect changes to the I-40 exit at Coors RD...need to find Leona’s in Chimayo for real New Mexican food…5 more cases of W Nile Virus…2 in Bernalillo, 1 in Santa Fe, Taos & Doña Ana counties…4 have the virus; the others have a form of Meningitis w/Encephalitis…the actual news report on this warning came from Tingley Beach…Navajo Nation setting up clinics for horse vaccines for the next 6 weeks...located in Shiprock, Chinle, Tuba City & Window Rock..."super mosquito" in CO, the state with the highest deaths...Durango & Cortez have had horse deaths due to the virus...
…8/13/03: US soldiers cleared of blame for bombing a Baghdad hotel, thought to hide Saddam supporters…in reality, it housed reporters, some of which died in the attack…the reason for the shooting, “in self defense”…the number of soldiers injured may be higher than reported...more of Saddam’s key officers have been captured…oil is flowing again from Iraq to Turkey...8/16/03: a raging oil fire and pipeline trouble stopped all oil flow from Iraq to Turkey, just three days after the pipeline between the two countries was reopened, the US military said...
...at least 100 deaths can be blamed on the European heat wave…Athens, Greece will host the 2004 Olympic Games…Mars is the closest to Earth…the next time this happens will be 60,000 years from now…
…Arnold-free publicity due to his film star status…maybe his movies should not be shown on TV!...but, has everyone forgotten Ronald Reagan?...
…twin beams of light will display at the WTC on 9/11/03…gas prices going up by end of year?...
…8/13/03: the 2nd day that Cassandra has a virus on her PC…called IT…not to worry…recent updates will prevent any software problems…I left @11 AM…not much work…both in PEDS & ER…Geri told us to slow down…easier for me…at home, saw “Boy” & “Queer Eye”…
…4 (D) senators from CO have come to ABQ with beer, peaches & support…
…Bulletin!...Hope was moved to 1650…she had no choice…Rosanne spoke with Pat, Jackie & Sandra…since Hope had returned, she had fought with Arlene, and started to annoy the Coders (that’s us!)…things had been quiet & friendly…there were fewer typographical entries…
...200 troops will be sent to Liberia...SARS claims 2 lives in Canada...the US GOVT set up the meetings for the man buying shoulder cannons...from start to finish...these weapons could be used to shoot down planes...
…8/13/03: oil is flowing from Iraq to Turkey…people should avoid traveling to Saudi Arabia…the US warning comes after threats have been made to attack British Airways flights…
…8/14/03: in NH, lightning strikes a metal table, shocking any who were in contact with its surface…maybe rain in W NM…the number of deaths from the European heat wave may reach 3,000…there will be a “GI George”…it is the President in a flight outfit, the one he wore on 5/1/03 when he flew to an aircraft carrier & announced that the major battle was over in Iraq…
…8/15 – 8/17/03, there is a Bat Festival in Carlsbad…8/13/03: Joe Vigil, the APS superintendent whose alcohol level was .07 above the allowed limit, may have not been the driver of the vehicle that lost control & killed him…a second passenger stated that Joe was not behind the wheel…this person died earlier in the week…the last survivor was in court for unrelated charges…8/15/03: tests show Joe was not the driver...he was in the front passenger seat...
…Isabel likes to collect postcards, so she can “see the world”…
…8/14/03: Cassandra out all day…tepid water from PEDS DEPT faucets…3 PM training sessions…there were actually 2…which lasted until after 4…but I arrived at home earlier than on Tuesday, 8/12/03…favorite phrase from Data Entry staff…I talked to Doreen, and she told me to contact you…
…Brad on a Middle Eastern spice quest to create more delicious meals…1st stop was the Oriental Market…he found some there…the AZ Tribal Collectors suddenly has a very small inventory on its web site…about 16 items, when it used to have about 50 pieces of art…strange!…
…in “BMB”, what happens if a pass is made at one of the “straight guys”?…or maybe a more sexual advance…maybe after some cocktails…maybe just sitting a round a table, or talking in the living room…maybe at the pool…maybe during a meal…maybe when taking showers…what if the straight guy got really upset…and said something very gay “unfriendly”…Ooops!…how would this be explained…there has been no kissing at any time…implied, but limited physical contact…nothing racy…no “real” nudity…as seen or shown on TV…no one has been upset with any of the other guys…egos bruised or rubbed the wrong way…it’s just been “too perfect” or “too squeaky clean”…but, Sean can dance!...
…8/14/03: rain fell for 5 minutes at home, and then stopped for the day…there was a cool PM breeze…it was 70º @5PM; 67º by 8 PM…
…using ping pong balls, loaded with potassium…drop into forest fires…the chemical reaction ignites the element, and a fire wall is created, without risking human lives…Great Balls of Fire!...
…8/14/03: Brad made Iranian rice, and mixed in the remaining chicken…very tasty!...for dessert, baked peaches & Kanom Taro Tako (Thai Taro dessert)…
…8/15/03: Tropical Storm Erika may become Hurricane Erika, a fast moving (20 mph in a W direction) storm heading towards Brownsville, TX…land fall will be early AM on 8/16/03…winds are now 60, but may reach 75 mph before striking the TX coast…unpleasant memories of Claudette, which struck earlier this summer...
…8/15/03: man in Placitas, NM has built a house that is “handicap friendly”…there are no sills, mobile commodes & cabinets, lower sinks & bathtubs, higher outlets, easy to use door knobs and light switches…the man is an architect…his wife has scoliosis…the house is of the “transgenerational” design…very user friendly…faucets can reach pots on the stove…there are big security peepholes at the front door…and the cost was $300,000…but money well spent for the woman he loves…
…8/15/03: left work @11…enjoyed another great meal at the Ming Dynasty…a combination of Dim Sum items & orange flavor beef…then to the Swiss Alps Bakery…which had an assortment of prices that ranged from the reasonable to the ridiculous…off to a bead shop on Menaul…then home…then to Wal-Mart…then could not figure out who was honking at us…Rudy, our barber…stopped by his shop to argue & show him a mineral speciman...he did the same to us, a sample found in AZ...the Navajo Nation has reported 2 horses with the W Nile Virus…while watching the news on the East Coast Blackout, New Mexicans are amazed that people use public transportation to get to work…on Police TV, there was a chase down I-25 south, N of ABQ...the car was turbo charged, and the police could not overtake it...so the cops radioed trucks to assist in the persuit...an 18-wheeler made the getaway car swerve into the median...it go back onto the road, pulled to the side...and surrendered...
…8/15/03: 66º @5AM…½ the towel fell into the shower…Captain & I were fighting…he scratched me…twice!...I am like a Neanderthal…a little rain today…maybe some on 8/16/03…then we wait to see what Erika does…
…the FAB 5 may redo Arnold?...on ET?...
…a meeting of countries threatened by N Korea suggest a non-aggression treaty, and that N Korea cease producing nuclear weapons…we shall see…the chief of al-Qaeda operations in SE Asia has been arrested…he is linked to the Bali nightclub explosion…his plans were to strike at the upcoming global conference to be held in Thailand…this is the first time that US troops have been sent to Africa in 10 years…the last time was for Somalia…
I've got the power... not!
…8/14/03: 50 million people were without electricity just after 4 PM EST…this is “not a terrorist attack”…the affected areas were NY state, NJ, upper & lower MI, Ontario [Toronto & Ottawa]; parts of VT; northern OH [Cleveland, Akron, Toledo]; Hartford & western CT…most people are not panicking…not Boston or DC or MD...or RI or NH or ME…an overloaded power grid @Niagara Falls?...lightning?...8 PM, and power is slowly being restored to NYC…may take hours, not minutes…this was a “natural occurrence”…9 nuclear plants were shut down…8 PM, and not sure what exactly happened…a similar event took place on 11/9/65…
…8/15/03: parts of the USA & Ontario do not are "powerless"…about 9,300 square miles affected…no NYC subway service…no trains except AMTRAK…just [shuttle] buses…more hot, humid weather for the East Coast, and no A/C in NYC!...many people did not panic, probably due to the ripple effect of 9/11…some tourists slept on the streets of Manhattan…there were no hotel rooms, and their car was stuck in an elevated car-park…MI is still in the dark…so is much of Ontario…NM is part of the 13-state western power grid...they experienced a similar situation to today's outage in 1996…storms were to blame for the blackout in Farmington for a few hours on 8/14/03…and PNM is constantly upgrading & developing new technology…but, on 3/18/2000, 360,000 people lost power in NM…the cause was due to a fire…GOV Richardson was the SEC’Y of Energy from 1998-2001…his comment was that too much electricity flows through an antiquated power grid…hackers could sabotage any computerized energy system in 2-4 hours…
…early 8/16/03: power has been restored to most areas except SE MI, and parts of Ontario, where there are rolling blackouts…NYC subways began moving @7 AM...approx. 10 million people remain in the dark…midday 8/16/03: the power is on in the remaining affected US areas...but gas pumps are not working in MI...water restrictions remain in Cleveland...the original completion time was SUN evening, 8/18/03…there is a Lake Erie power loop that flows clockwise from Erie to Cleveland to Detroit to Ottawa...this is the new blame location…a counterclockwise surge entered the grid…this energy flux was not detected or stopped…what happened to the built-in safeguards?...have electricity regulations been ignored?...”our vulnerable infrastructure”…cell phones did not work in NYC…some people without power for 30+ hours…
...Blackout over America...and Canada, too!...
Powerless to the People!
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