If it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Free Wi-Fi is no exception to this adage. Security company Avast tested this theory by setting up a number of free fake Wi-Fi hotspots to see how many people would take the bait. They caught a lot of fish.
From the WebMD website
During a gout attack, avoid the aspirin and reach for the ibuprofen. True or False?
| Power outages can jeopardize the safety of the food stored in your home refrigerator or freezer. If you lose electricity, do you know how to determine if your food is safe to eat? The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers tips to follow before and after a power outage to minimize loss of food and lower the risk of foodborne illness:
+ Gather an emergency food supply of shelf-stable food, boxed or canned milk, bottled water, and canned goods; + Have coolers and frozen gel packs on hand to keep refrigerated food cold if the power goes out longer than four hours; + Buy an appliance thermometer for the refrigerator and freezer and a food thermometer to help you know if the food has stayed at a safe temperature during an outage; + Throw out any perishable food items such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and leftovers that have been exposed to temperatures above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for more than two hours; + Use a food thermometer to test the temperature of food – never taste it! You can’t rely on appearance and odor to determine whether food is safe; and + Discard any items in the refrigerator that have come into contact with raw meat juices. Keep in mind that your refrigerator will keep food cold safely for about four hours if it is unopened. A full freezer will hold the temperature for approximately 48 hours (24 hours if it is half full) if the door remains closed. Did you know that a flood or fire can also impact the safety of food in your home? Be sure to check out the FAQs on the USDA website about keeping food safe after these emergencies |
Thanks to Tim Fujino for emailed these photographs of the latest 204th Airlift Squadron retiree luncheon. The luncheon was held on August 22, 2016 at the Kountry Style Kitchen.
Kountry Style Kitchen is owned retired Air Guard members, Rico and Celia Espinosa. Support Guard run businesses!
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Thanks to CMSgt Kyle Okaneku for sharing this information. The Chief continues to serve as the Plans and Resources Chief of the 154th Communications Flight, Hawaii Air National Guard.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Hire Our Heroes have teamed up to offer training for Veterans in cybersecurity, in support of Veterans join our nation’s cybersecurity workforce.
DHS’s Federal Virtual Training Environment (Fed VTE) offers free online, on-demand cyber security training to government employees and Veterans. Veterans can sign up for an account through the Hire Our Heroes website and follow instructions through “ID me” to verify veteran status and register for a FedVTE account.
A pain specialist is a doctor who is an authority on managing pain in his or her own field, whether it’s neurology, anesthesiology, or even psychiatry. Find out which type of specialist you should consider seeking and how you could benefit.
Betty Hutchison, 80, of Honolulu, a retired secretary at the Hawaii National Guard in Fort Ruger, died on August 3, 2016. She was born in Honolulu.
She is survived by sons Sterling M. and Scott N., daughter Stacy N. Miller, brothers Herbert and Henry Chun, sister Mattie Lum, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.
Inurnment: 10:30 a.m. Aug. 27 at Diamond Head Memorial Park. Condolences: http://www.diamondheadmortuary.net
Ford is recalling around 88,000 late-model vehicles in North America for a problem that could lead to stalling. The recall affects certain Ford Flex, Taurus, and Police Interceptor sedans, as well as Lincoln MKS and MKT vehicles, from the 2013-2015 model years.
On the last inside page of each Air Force Magazine is a feature called “Airpower Classics”. The Editor-in-Chief’s column in the August 2016 issue provides a quick overview on the feature.
“Airpower Classics” first appeared in February 2006 and was the brainchild of former Photo Editor Zaur Eylanbekov and former Editor in Chief Robert S. Dudney, with text by Walter J. Boyne. It featured a different military aircraft every month for 128 months, beginning with the B-17 and ending this month with the F-22. Each page was built around a high-quality, historically accurate artwork. Eylanbekov drew 94 percent of the aircraft featured on the page, through last December’s F-15. But no matter how popular the page was, we knew “Airpower Classics” would eventually come to an end.
The link to the Air Force Magazine “Airpower Classics” archive here.
Robocalls are more that an annoyance. They’re a threat. Scammers, identity thieves, and other unsavory types use them to target victims. One particularly enterprising band of low-lifes even posed as IRS agents to pilfer $26.5 million from people. “Americans are fed up,” says Federal Communications Commission boss Tom Wheeler. “Robocalls are a scourge. It’s the number one complaint that we hear from consumers on a daily basis.”
To address those complaints, Apple, Alphabet (you know—the folks who own Google), AT&T, Comcast and other tech companies are joining an FCC task force charged with ending the scourge of automated pre-recorded telemarketing calls.
Whether they’ll succeed is another matter entirely.
Some burns can be treated at home, but others need a doctor’s care. Here’s how to tell the difference, plus tips to treat burn pain.
Burns are never pleasant to get, but burn remedies for most minor burns can be handled at home.
Your first step is to determine whether your burn is mild enough to forgo professional burn treatments. Consider these factors:
Wayne Yoshioka is a Hawai‘i Army National Guardsman who retired in 2007. He served in many positions with the Hawaii National Guard and a long Title 10 tour with the National Guard Bureau.
He currently works at Hawaii Public Radio as their political reporter for several years. You will see Wayne at the State Capitol whenever the legislature is in session.
His biography at the Hawai‘i Public Radio website reads:
“Wayne Yoshioka is an award-winning journalist who has worked in television, print and radio in Hawai‘i. He also has been on both sides of politics as a state departmental appointee and political/government reporter. He covered Hurricane Iwa (1982) as a TV reporter; was the State Department of Defense/Civil Defense spokesperson for Hurricane Iniki (1992); and, commanded a public affairs detachment in Afghanistan (2006). He has a master’s degree in Communication from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, and is a decorated combat veteran (Legion of Merit, Bronze Star and 22 other commendation/service medals). He resides in Honolulu.”
Wayne’s personal website provide more information about his past and his current positions.
While researching this post, Retiree News ran across this KITV video with Wayne reporting on the 1983 University of Hawai‘i tuition hike. Thirty-three years ago and he looks very young.
Good news, airmen. The Air Force has made its first round of cuts to “additional duties,” miscellaneous responsibilities typically assigned to airmen at the unit level.
The service on Friday identified 21 out of 61 duties under Air Force Instruction 38-206 they found needed to be reduced, realigned or eliminated altogether, Air Force spokesman Maj. Bryan Lewis told Air Force Times. Eight duties, such as destruction officer, records custodian and web page maintainer, have been eliminated.
Going grocery shopping is so ingrained into our culture that we usually don’t even give it second thought. We grab a cart, walk around the store, pick out the food we want, pay, and leave. But in reality, every supermarket is a well-oiled machine, hell-bent on getting you to spend as much money as possible without even realizing it, and they’re got a few tricks up their sleeve to make sure that happens.
