Sunday, June 30, 2013
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Email Scams - Coca-Cola Lottery
Hey there my Friend, what would you do with 50 kajillion dollars? I'll tell you, you\d hopefully spend some of that fine money to wipe out these assholes that send out phishing email "YOU HAVE WON BIG MONEY" blah blah blah scams. Today I received my first of many and thought: "what the heck", I'm going to start making my own list of those that send me crap. This one is from the Coca-Cola Company claiming I've won their lottery. Here's the content:
COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP. Coupon No.PBL2348974321 We are pleased to inform you of the result that has just been concluded annual final draws held on the 5th Of April 2013 by Coca-Cola company in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your email was among the 4 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS (500,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. However the results were released on the 28th of June 2013 and your email was attached to ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2013) and ballot number (CC/BT:12052012/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). in order to claim your prize contact our fiduciary agent Lottery Claims Officer: MR. William Smith, E-mail: ukfiduciary@bol.com.br (Provide him with the information below: 1.Full Name: 2.Full Address: 3.Marital Status: 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Nationality: 8.Country Of Residence: 9.Telephone Number: 10.a copy of your id or paspport Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning information confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double or false claims of your winning Denis Cole (Lottery Coordinator)
COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP. Coupon No.PBL2348974321 We are pleased to inform you of the result that has just been concluded annual final draws held on the 5th Of April 2013 by Coca-Cola company in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion. Your email was among the 4 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS (500,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS. However the results were released on the 28th of June 2013 and your email was attached to ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2013) and ballot number (CC/BT:12052012/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet, However, no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection machine (TOPAZ) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). in order to claim your prize contact our fiduciary agent Lottery Claims Officer: MR. William Smith, E-mail: ukfiduciary@bol.com.br (Provide him with the information below: 1.Full Name: 2.Full Address: 3.Marital Status: 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Nationality: 8.Country Of Residence: 9.Telephone Number: 10.a copy of your id or paspport Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program. Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning information confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double or false claims of your winning Denis Cole (Lottery Coordinator)
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Windows 7 Search Function Doesn't Work or How to Lose Your Mind in Five Minutes Using Windows 7 Search Trickery
This is a short post about finding some great help from another person on the net. I am a pretty tech savvy go getter and usually can fix most of my computer issues on my own. Except for this problem: My SEARCH function stopped working completely. One of the most frustrating problems I've encountered so far and noted that this occurred after an update, I tried everything under the sun to fix it. I went to about 30 different sites where most of the instructions speak to resetting the indexing on the files, checking and unchecking boxes to no avail.
You wouldn't believe how reliant one becomes on the ability to search. But just think about that for a second. Take away your ability to Google or Bing etc and what would happen? That's right. You go temporarily insane and find yourself drooling like a baby, sitting in a playpen at the local Walmart, whereupon you are thus arrested. And rightly so. Anyways, I finally found the cure to my angst today with my last search for some form of alternate answer. I tried Bobby's fix and voila! worked like a charm. Now I have no excuse on not finding that work I was supposed to turn in on a deadline. Foiled Again Jeeves!
So, thank you, Bobby Jimenez!. You're my Hero!
Here's the problem and the fix:
You wouldn't believe how reliant one becomes on the ability to search. But just think about that for a second. Take away your ability to Google or Bing etc and what would happen? That's right. You go temporarily insane and find yourself drooling like a baby, sitting in a playpen at the local Walmart, whereupon you are thus arrested. And rightly so. Anyways, I finally found the cure to my angst today with my last search for some form of alternate answer. I tried Bobby's fix and voila! worked like a charm. Now I have no excuse on not finding that work I was supposed to turn in on a deadline. Foiled Again Jeeves!
So, thank you, Bobby Jimenez!. You're my Hero!
Here's the problem and the fix:
Microsoft Windows 7 & Outlook search not working, cannot access the specified device path or file.
http://bobbyjimenez.com/fixed-microsoft-windows-7-outlook-search-not-working-cannot-access-the-specified-device-path-or-file/
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
A Doctors Patient Become Fodder In Battle Between Private Practice and Walk-In Medical Clinics
Recently I became acutely aware and reminded that the Physicians in British Columbia have an agenda that is all unique unto their Profession, it's called Active Patient Release. Which means, that if you don't agree with your Doctor's prognosis and treatment OR if you find yourself, like me, having to go to a Walk-In Clinic,you will be promptly avoided and advised that you are an irritant to have as a Patient. How do I know this? Because it's happening to me.
I have had my doctor in Burnaby for over 7 years, I chose him after seeking any and all doctors that were taking new patients, my own Physician at that time decided to move back to Nova Scotia (you lucky buggers you!). He was a great Doctor, he didn't pretend to know things and didn't mess around and got you in to see a specialist when really needed. I could say that if it wasn't for him and he taking great interest in the pains I was having in my stomach that I would no longer be here but rather six-feet under, so thanks Dr Peter Segato for not dismissing my pain. While I have gotten off track my own Doctor had worked in a walk-in clinic too, this is what I read about him, I saw that he had some mixed reviews but that was more mainly to do with his Receptionist. I honestly can say that I can see she is abrupt with people but even then, I don't really care if she just gets to the point and doesn't give a rat's ass about me, she's there to put my name down and double or triple book at the same time. It's an awesome way of wasting my time and as well, letting me or others have their blood pressure increase to the point of needing that type of medication too. Pretty great marketing plan; Help induce the illness or exacerbate it and then the good Doctor will tell me that I need that one too.
I had patiently waiting in that little room, hoping to see him smile and ask how I was, instead I was greeted with a stern gaze and scowl and he asked me "what do you want?". It caught me off guard, so I just said exactly what had happened; I injured my shoulder, I don't know exactly how but it was so painful that I couldn't bend my arm to put on my jacket or a shirt" I went on to say that the pain made me feel nauseated and that it would come and go depending on which way I had to move my arm, I had gone to a walk in clinic because it was so bad, it had happened on a Sunday. My own Doctor, looked at me and said exactly this; I am not going to treat you for the injury, you chose to go to a walk-in clinic and they get paid the same as I do but they don't do any of the work, matter-of-fact, patients like you that go to walk in clinics irritate most doctors. I was stunned. I even think my jaw dropped open. I felt like he had just kicked me in the stomach. I said " so what was I supposed to do?". The Doctor then said I should have gone to the Emergency department or I could have gone to see one of his other Doctors at his practice. He is not open on Sundays and I had no clue that there was a problem between the Doctors of British Columbia budgetary issues and the Doctors at the Walk-In Clinics in British Columbia. So I told him that I assumed going to the Emergency was only for severe trauma or life threatening, that his own office was not open on Sundays and the fact was, in the past, I did see another colleague of his, who, after me waiting 3 hours to see, said he would not be able to give me the prescription that my own Doctor gives me because he wasn't comfortable treating my illness. WTF?
I had nothing left to say to my own Doctor. Apparently, I am am waste of time because I am supposed to know that these 2 factions are fighting over the money they make by billing from their patients onto the BC Medical system. I took my jacket, got up and said, "well, if you are refusing to treat me, then there is nothing more for you to say" and I left. My shoulder is still a mess, I live with pain constantly, and I am looking for another Doctor in British Columbia. There are only 3 in the whole lower mainland that are taking patients, one has a "condition" on his license, I researched it and he was accused and convicted of sexual behaviors towards his female patients, he is from Ottawa and now, he's out here. He's still a Doctor. The other two; one doesn't speak English properly and has poor responses and the other only has such a horrid record that I didn't see one positive remark in the past year on her report.
So, to my old Doctor, Dr Wayne Niou, I am glad that you feel so strongly against me, an injured patient, that you refuse to help treat me just because you believe that Walk In Clinic doctors are sub-par and shouldn't make as much money as you. Your character, Sir, has questionable Ethical tones to it. I hope that you one day, you will be a victim of your own system. And hope that you have the opportunity to work with those Colleagues as you did at the Walk-In Clinic where you worked before you opened your practice.
If anyone knows of a decent level-headed Physician in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia that is taking new patients, let me know. The ones that are driven by pure greed to blacklist their own patients and treat them as fodder to be told you are guilty by association with a Walk-In clinic should have their own licenses revoked and that Oath that they take? That's just a piece of paper on the wall that has no meaning to it whatsoever.
I know that after my experience that there are others out there like me who have had the book thrown at them without just cause. If this has happened to you, let me know. I want to hear your story too.
I have had my doctor in Burnaby for over 7 years, I chose him after seeking any and all doctors that were taking new patients, my own Physician at that time decided to move back to Nova Scotia (you lucky buggers you!). He was a great Doctor, he didn't pretend to know things and didn't mess around and got you in to see a specialist when really needed. I could say that if it wasn't for him and he taking great interest in the pains I was having in my stomach that I would no longer be here but rather six-feet under, so thanks Dr Peter Segato for not dismissing my pain. While I have gotten off track my own Doctor had worked in a walk-in clinic too, this is what I read about him, I saw that he had some mixed reviews but that was more mainly to do with his Receptionist. I honestly can say that I can see she is abrupt with people but even then, I don't really care if she just gets to the point and doesn't give a rat's ass about me, she's there to put my name down and double or triple book at the same time. It's an awesome way of wasting my time and as well, letting me or others have their blood pressure increase to the point of needing that type of medication too. Pretty great marketing plan; Help induce the illness or exacerbate it and then the good Doctor will tell me that I need that one too.
I had patiently waiting in that little room, hoping to see him smile and ask how I was, instead I was greeted with a stern gaze and scowl and he asked me "what do you want?". It caught me off guard, so I just said exactly what had happened; I injured my shoulder, I don't know exactly how but it was so painful that I couldn't bend my arm to put on my jacket or a shirt" I went on to say that the pain made me feel nauseated and that it would come and go depending on which way I had to move my arm, I had gone to a walk in clinic because it was so bad, it had happened on a Sunday. My own Doctor, looked at me and said exactly this; I am not going to treat you for the injury, you chose to go to a walk-in clinic and they get paid the same as I do but they don't do any of the work, matter-of-fact, patients like you that go to walk in clinics irritate most doctors. I was stunned. I even think my jaw dropped open. I felt like he had just kicked me in the stomach. I said " so what was I supposed to do?". The Doctor then said I should have gone to the Emergency department or I could have gone to see one of his other Doctors at his practice. He is not open on Sundays and I had no clue that there was a problem between the Doctors of British Columbia budgetary issues and the Doctors at the Walk-In Clinics in British Columbia. So I told him that I assumed going to the Emergency was only for severe trauma or life threatening, that his own office was not open on Sundays and the fact was, in the past, I did see another colleague of his, who, after me waiting 3 hours to see, said he would not be able to give me the prescription that my own Doctor gives me because he wasn't comfortable treating my illness. WTF?
I had nothing left to say to my own Doctor. Apparently, I am am waste of time because I am supposed to know that these 2 factions are fighting over the money they make by billing from their patients onto the BC Medical system. I took my jacket, got up and said, "well, if you are refusing to treat me, then there is nothing more for you to say" and I left. My shoulder is still a mess, I live with pain constantly, and I am looking for another Doctor in British Columbia. There are only 3 in the whole lower mainland that are taking patients, one has a "condition" on his license, I researched it and he was accused and convicted of sexual behaviors towards his female patients, he is from Ottawa and now, he's out here. He's still a Doctor. The other two; one doesn't speak English properly and has poor responses and the other only has such a horrid record that I didn't see one positive remark in the past year on her report.
So, to my old Doctor, Dr Wayne Niou, I am glad that you feel so strongly against me, an injured patient, that you refuse to help treat me just because you believe that Walk In Clinic doctors are sub-par and shouldn't make as much money as you. Your character, Sir, has questionable Ethical tones to it. I hope that you one day, you will be a victim of your own system. And hope that you have the opportunity to work with those Colleagues as you did at the Walk-In Clinic where you worked before you opened your practice.
If anyone knows of a decent level-headed Physician in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia that is taking new patients, let me know. The ones that are driven by pure greed to blacklist their own patients and treat them as fodder to be told you are guilty by association with a Walk-In clinic should have their own licenses revoked and that Oath that they take? That's just a piece of paper on the wall that has no meaning to it whatsoever.
I know that after my experience that there are others out there like me who have had the book thrown at them without just cause. If this has happened to you, let me know. I want to hear your story too.
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