Gotong Royong

Gotong royong adalah sesuatu pekerjaan yang dikerjakan beramai-ramai baik itu dibayar atau secara sukarela.

Seingat saya kalau dulu sangat sering tiap hari Minggu atau hari libur ada panggilan untuk gotong royong.

Kenapa sekarang itu lambat laun hilang karena ego masing-masing perorangan merasa lebih hebat dan terhormat dari orang lain/tetangganya sendiri.

Coba kalau pemerintah setempat mengalakkan lagi gotong royong dari tingkat terendah (RT) sampai tingkat yang lebih tinggi, untuk contoh : Pembersihan pembuangan (parit) disekitar RT.

Dengan gotong royong selain pekerjaan terasa lebih ringan karena dikerjakan bersama-sama juga akan terjalin tali silahturahmi dan kebersamaan antar tetangga/masyarakat karena bercampur menjadi satu untuk satu tujuan.

Semoga gotong royong jangan sampai hilang karena merupakan satu sifat dasar untuk saling membantu yang sangat bagus untuk dipertahankan.

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KOPERASI usaha bersama

Kita sudah mengenal kata KOPERASI sejak dulu dari zamannya Bung Hatta, tetapi kita lihat sekarang di desa-desa apalagi di kota-kota KOPERASI sudah terlihat sepi bahkan bisa dikatakan mati suri.

Apabila di desa masih ada yang namanya KUD dan dikota ada juga namanya KOPERASI Sekolah, kenapa KOPERASI tidak dimajukan/digalakkan dengan sebenar-benarnnya baik itu didesa, kota, sekolah ataupun lingkungan-lingkungan lain karena prinsip KOPERASI sangatlah menguntungkan anggota dan pengurusnya sendiri.

KOPERASI bisa berjalan dengan semestinya sesuai dengan harapan kita apabila:

1. Manajeman yang bagus dan tranparansi didalam kepengurusan dan kepengawasan
2. Mempunyai lebih dari 1 mata usaha selain Simpan Pinjam
3. Konsentrasi sepenuhnya pada satu mata usaha utama dengan tidak meninggalkan semua mata usaha yang lain (jika ada)
4. Dukungan sepenuhnya dari anggota dan pengurus
   

Contoh dukungan dari anggota & pengurus:

1. Memasukkan MODAL/Simpanan dengan teratur
2. Apabila salah satu usaha adalah WASERDA maka sedapat-dapatnya berbelanja di WASERDA KOPERASI
3. Apabila ada pembelian secara kredit sedapat-dapatnya menghubungi koperasi terlebih dahulu untuk menjadi leasing nya.
4. Percaya dan memilih dengan benar pengurus yang akan diberi wewenang dan tanggung jawab
   

Semoga KOPERASI tetap ada karena hanya KOPERASI yang merupakan usaha bersama dan prinsipnya mensejahterahkan anggota bukan perorangan atau kelompok

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Pendidikan yang semakin Mahal

Sekolah sekarang didengungkan Pemerintah dengan Sekolah Gratis dan ingin Pendidikan yang berkwalitas dengan berbagi test kebali apabila ingin masuk sekolah berkwalitas tapi sayang menurut saya itu semua menjadi celah membuat Pendidikan menjadi mahal karena kurangnya pengawasan, sosialisasi, koordinasi dan tidak transparan dari Pihak terkait. Hanya iklan-iklan saja dengan sosialisasi yang buruk.

Seharusnya celah-celah yang membuat Pendidikan menjadi mahal itu segera diatasi dengan memantapkan pengawasan, sosialisasi, koordinasi dan tidak transparan dari Pihak terkait tersebut.

Contoh Celah-celah tersebut:

1. Biaya Buku semakin hari semakin mahal dan belum tentu buku itu digunakan maksimal dalam kurikulum dan harus dibeli.
2. Pendaftaran sekolah lanjutan yang memakai test yang membuat aparat terkait banyak yang nakal dengan menerima tanda terima kasih dari para orang tua yang berlomba-lomba memberikan itu apabila meluluskan anaknya walaupun sebenarnya tidak layak masuk kesana.
3. Kurangnya koordinasi untuk bea siswa
   

Hal itu bisa sedikit tertutupi biayanya apabila:

1. Memaksimalkan fungsi perpustakaan dan kurikulum yang jelas dari aparat untuk semua sekolah dan apabila sekolah tersebut memang ada tambahan kurikulum harus atas persetujuan dari aparat terkait.
2. Ujian dari sekolah memang diakui keabsahannya dan untuk ke sekolah lanjutan cukup dengan Rayon semestinya tidak perlu test lagi karena memang ujian akhir itulah tolak ukurnya.
3. Bea Siswa harus jujur dan ke semua orang tidak melihat statusnya (orang kaya atau miskin atau anak pejabat atau bukan)
   

Tapi itu semua harus dijalankan dengan proses panjang karena tingkat kesadaran dan tabiat manusia sangat mempengaruhi dan hal tersebut sangat susah diubah baik dari penyelenggara ataupun peserta.

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Kembali ke Desa/Pedalaman

Sekarang ini dikota-kota dan khususnya kota besar kepadatan penduduk sudah sangat banyak dan tingkat penggangguran juga relatif sangat banyak tidak sesuai lagi dengan kesempatan kerja yang ada.

Kenapa tidak digalakkan lagi yang namanya "Transmigrasi" seperti dahulu tetapi dengan penanggulangan yang bersih dan tertib dari Pemerintah.

Semua lapisan penduduk didata (termasuk juga gelandangan dan pengemis) umur, pekerjaan, dan tingkat pendidikannya.
Dari sana kita bisa mengambil suatu keputusan untuk menyebar orang-orang tersebut yang bisa dikatakan tingkat ekonominya rendah dan susah untuk berharap hidup dikota.

Tetapi semua itu tidak terlepas dari sosialisasi yang sabar dan berkelanjutan dari pihak yang terkait.

Pertama, kita harus sosialisasi dulu dikota dimana orang-orang itu tinggal dan harus ditinggalkan dengan fakta bahwa kehidupan didesa/dipedalaman akan lebih baik dan Pihak terkait harus bertanggung jawab memantau terus kemajuan dari orang-orang tersebut.

Kedua, sosialisasi didesa/pedalaman tempat bakal hijrah orang-orang kota tersebut yang sudah dibekali dengan pengertian yang tinggi.

Ketiga, sosialisasi dengan dengan PEMDA dan perusahaan swasta yang bakal dan sudah ada untuk investasi didaerah tersebut, bahwasannya memang orang-orang tersebut di pindahkan disana dan mendapat jatah tanah yang akan digarap dan meminta supaya orang-orang yang baru dan sudah lama disana untuk diberdayakan baik dari manusianya ataupun dari propertinya (tanahnya) dengan ketentuan yang berlaku dari Perusahaan tersebut dan PEMDA setempat.

Khusus untuk investor/Perusahaan yang masuk apabila itu perkebunan, ada baiknya apabila mensejahterahkan orang-orang desa atau sekitarnya dengan pola Perkebunan Rakyat juga memperhatikan kesejahteraan Karyawannya sendiri dengan menjatah tanah yang dibebaskan tersebut untuk Karyawannya karena tidak terlepas dari karyawan yang berasal dari kota setidak-tidaknya apabila sudah tidak bekerja lagi (pensiun atau pindah) mempunyai lahan didesa/pedalaman dan kemungkinan bisa pidah kesana juga.

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Pendidikan Budi Pekerti

Pada saat ini tingkah laku manusia umumnya dan khususnya di Indonesia semakin tidak bisa dikendalikan, itu semua terjadi karena budi pekerti yang buruk yang sudah melekat dan tertanam dijiwa mereka.

Padahal seingat saya dulu kita masih mempunyai pelajaran yang namanya "Budi Pekerti" dan juga pelajaran "Agama" tentunya. Kenapa sekarang pelajaran yang sangat penting untuk pondasi moral kita justru dihilangkan karena tuntutan ilmu pengetahuan yang semakin tinggi. Padahal dengan ilmu yang tinggi dan moral rendah malah akan menghancurkan secara tidak langsung dampaknya pada manusia dan lingkungannya sendiri.

Alangkah baiknya apabilan pelajaran "Budi Pekerti" (moral) itu di hidupkan kembali dan juga jangan dikesampingkan tatanan hidaup dirumah juga sangat mempengaruhi budi pekerti anak/seseorang.

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Harga Standard Barang di Pasar Modern dan Tradisional

Sekarang sudah banyak Pasar Modern yang namanya Supermarket atau HyperMart tetapi jangan kesampingkan yang namanya Pasar Tradisional tetapi ada sedikit permasalahan yaitu standar harga yang di Pasar Tradisional dan Pasar Modern kadang-kadang jauh berbeda, kemungkinan itu dari sumber barang atau hal lainnya.

Kenapa Pemerintah tidak mengeluarkan satu sumber daftar harga standard yang bisa kita lihat sebelum berbelanja sebagai acuan harga baik itu dari Pasar Modern atau Pasar Tradisional, paling tidak seminggu sekali.

Itu paling tidak berguna untuk 3 hal dan selebihnya mungkin nanti ada saj gunanya:

1. Lebih memudahkan konsumen dalam mengatur apa yang mau dibelajakan sesuai dengan anggaran mereka
2. Konsumen atau Pemerintah bisa mengetahui bila ada lonjakan Harga yang tidak semestinya di salah satu pasar bila ada penjual yang jauh melebihi harga standard.
3. Bisa menjadi acuan Pemerintah dalam mengambil sikap berkenaan dengan daya beli masyarakat bila harga-harga sudah melambung tinggi dari harga-harga standard sebelumnya.

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Hari Berpakaian Sopan

Di era modernisasi ini bukan hanya teknologi saja yang lebih maju tetapi dalam segala hal, tetapi ada yang perlu diperhatika secara serius yaitu cara berpakaian warga Indonesia sudah mulai berubah dengan menyesuaikan budaya Barat tanpa mengindahkan lagi Budaya Indonesia yang kultur adat istiadat dan sopan santun nya ke Timuran dan masih berbasis agama.

Alangkah sayangya kalau budaya sopan santun dalam berpakaian hilang begitu saja, karena kalau kita lihat dari beberapa segi khususnya untuk wanita, cara berpakaian yang terbuka (bisa dikatakan begitu) bisa banyak menyebabkan dampak yang lumaya serius, contohnya: meningkatnya tingkat pelecehan sexsual.

Coba Kalau di buat dan disosialisaiskan dalam satu Minggu/satu Bulan ada satu hari yang diharuskan berpakain secara sopan berdasar azas-azas kesusilaan yang benar seperti contohnya dibudayakannya berbaju batik tiap hari Jum'at oleh Instansi-instansi terkait.

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Mencari Anak Yang Pintar

Sebenarnya di Indonesia begitu banyaknya anak-anak yang pintar, tetapi mungkin karena tidak ada biaya atau hal lain maka kepintaran mereka menjadi jalan ditempat dan tidak bisa dikembangkan lagi.

Kenapa Pemerintah tidak membuka mata mengenai hal itu dengan mengadakan satu kegiatan tahunan yang bersih dan jujur dengan bermacam test untuk setiap anak sekolah dinegeri ini baik itu miskin atau kaya. Apabila masuk dalam kriteria yang bisa diperhitungkan, kenapa Pemerintah tidak langsung menhadle anak tersebut dan terus dibiayai dan dipantau kemajuannya yang kemudian bisa menjadi Sumber Daya Manusia yang benar-benar mumpuni.

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Pemberdayaan Telepon Umum

Sekarang memang sudah maju dan mungkin semua orang mempunyai Ponsel/HP, tetapi tidak semua HP tersebut ada pulsanya, nah?

Seingat saya dulu masih banyak dan mudah ditemukan Telepon Umum tapi sekarang sudah menjadi barang langka atau mungkin mau disingkirkan ?

Tetapi menurut saya telepon umum perlu diberdayakan lagi dititik-titik kota karena fungsinya bisa dimaksimalkan bukan hanya untuk telepon antar keluarga dan hanya memakai koin.

Telepon Umum itu bisa dimaksimalkan:

1. Bisa di Publish no.telepon tersebut untuk menerima telepon dari luar dan bisa diketahui area telepon tersebut tersebut.
2. Bisa membantu apabila ada orang tersesat dengan menekan tombol tertentu dan bisa memberikan keterangan area telepon umum tersebut.
3. Telepon umum bisa menerima pembayaran pulsa melalui debit dengan menekan kombinasi tombol dan dipandu mesin secara otomatis tanpa uang receh.
4. Bisa Transaksi Pembelian pulsa dengan memakai Kartu Debit atau Kartu Kredit

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Tabungan anak di Sekolah

Di Sekolah-sekolah khususnya Sekolah Dasar, kalau saya lihat ada beberapa yang mengalakkan tabungan untuk anak murid yang di motori oleh wali kelasnya masing-masing.

Kenapa hal itu tidak dilakukan atau menjadi hal yang dianjurkan dan diawasi langsung oleh Sekolah masing-masing dan Departemen Pendidikann.

Karena dengan dibiasakan menabung merupakan pola hidup yang bagus untuk kedepannya. Lagipula dengan tabungan tersebut selain bisa membelanjakan untuk kemauan anak itu sendiri bisa juga untuk membantu biaya sekolah mereka sendiri.

Tabungan tersebut bukan diwajibkan tetapi dianjurkan karena masih sebagian dari masyarakat kita banyak yang tidak mampu dan ada juga orang tuanya yang belum mengerti.

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Siskamling yang mulai hilang

Saat ini keamanan di wilayah-wilayah daerah di perkotaan sudah bisa dibilang tidak aman. Sedangkan di wilayah desa/perkampungan bisa dikatakan aman.

Kenapa itu bisa terjadi ? Karena budaya kota yang sudah sangat egois dengan kepentingan masing-masing dan terlupakan untuk bermasyarakat.

Padahal untuk masalah keamanan kan sudah dari sejak dulu ada yang namanya SISKAMLING (sistim keamanan keliling) yang dilakukan oleh masyarakat wilayah itu sendiri secara bergilir/bergantian tanpa mengecilkan peran seorang SATPAM yang ada (apabila di komplek-komplek besar).

Kalau itu ditertibkan lagi tanpa ada sistem sewa orang (membayar orang lain untuk menggatikan) akan terbentuk suasana aman, tentram dan yang pasti akan menjadikan masyarakat disekitar jadi lebih akrab dan saling mengenal.

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Pasar Jajanan

Dikota biasanya banyak jajanan macam-macam bentuknya, tetapi di kota itu sendiri juga biasanya masih belum ada pusat jajanan yang terkumpul disatu area.

Coba bayangkan kalau pusat jajanan dikumpul disatu areal yang luas + taman hiburan, apalagi kalau kota tersebut di Pinggir Pantai atau ada sungai yang membelahnya, bisa dimanfaatkan untuk rekreasi dan bersantai untuk keluarga.

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Jalur untuk Sepeda

Sekarang kita lagi kena dampak krisis energi, ada salah satu pengurangan pemakaian bahan bakar minyak tersebut yaitu dengan cara menggalakkan kendaraan sepeda. Tetapi ada satu hal yang agak merepotkan yaitu pada jalan raya kita tidak mendukung untuk bersepeda.

Coba kalau ada jalur khusus untuk sepeda atau yang semacamnya yang tidak memakai bahan bakar dan diberi sanksi keras bagi pengendara yang memakai bahan bakar memasuki area itu ataupun pedagang-pedagang kaki lima yang memakai area itu.

Coba kalau 25% aja dikota2 besar sudah memakai sepeda untuk keperluannya, berapa besar bahan bakar yang dihemat? dan berapa banyak jumlah pengurangan polusi udara yang dikurangi?

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Mata Pelajaran Seni & Budaya

Mata pelajaran untuk anak-anak disekolah sekarang semakin berkembang dan banyak perubahan dari waktu ke waktu bukan seperti kita dulu.

Tetapi sepertinya ada yang terlupakan yaitu Kesenian dan Budaya Daerah masing-masing di mana tempat sekolah itu berdiri.

Dengan banyaknya kesenian dan budaya daerah kita pada daerah sekolah masing-masing ada baiknya mata Pelajaran itu di pelajari ulang kembali dengan mengkedepankan terlebih dahulu seni dan budaya daerah tempat sekolah itu berdiri baru kesenian dan budaya yang lainnya di Indonesia.

Dengan adanya Mata Pelajaran ini maka generasi penerus kita tida akan kehilangan informasi akn seni dan budaya daerah mereka sendiri

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Saluran Bawah Tanah

Sekarang ini tiap kota besar masih ada tiang-tiang listrik, tiang telepon dan galian-galian PAM atau telepon pada badan-badan jalan utama.

Itu sangat merugikan pengguna jalan ataupun pembuat jalan juga sangat tidak sedap dipandang mata.

Coba Kalau kita buat/punya satu saluran khusus dibawah tanah ataupun dibawah jalan utama yang fungsinya untuk kabel, listrik, telepon, saluran air bersih, Pipa gas dan saluran pembuangan air kesungai atau ke pembuangan selanjutnya.

Memang dalam proses pembuatannya sangat butuh perencanaan yang matang, baik dari infrastuktur, biaya dan sosial masyarakatnya. Tetapi bila itu terlaksana banyak juga keutungannya:

1. Tidak akan terjadi banjir karena pembuangan sudah melalui gorong-gorong yang benar dibawah tanah.
2. Kota akan semakin Indah dengan tidak adanya carut marut kabel.
3. Pengalokasian/perbaikan struktur dari PLN, PAM, GAS, TELKOM akan lebih mudah dan tidak akan merusak badan jalan.
   

Semoga saja hal ini terlaksana karena itu semua butuh biaya yang besar dan waktu yang lama.

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Koran Digital

Dimasa sekarang kan koran-koran dan Tabloid-tabloid juga majalah-majalh sudah sangat banyak dan edisinya pun sudah sampai ribuan. Apabila kita ada kepentingan untuk mencari artikel-artikel yang lama di koran/tabloid/majalah edisi yang lama kita bingung mencarinya. Nah kalau kita lihat di luar negeri mereka ada satu tempat dimana kita bisa mencari artikel-artikel lama tersebut dengan mesin pencari yang canggih sedangkan ditempat kita belum ada, coba dibuat satu sentralisasi data untuk hal-hal tersebut, buka cuma koran/tabloid/majalah juga buku-buku edisi yang lama-lama kita dapat baca kembali dan ambil informasinya kembali.

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Kartu Chip untuk Pembayaran Jasa di Tempat-tempat Umum

Pada saat ini sudah semakin banyak fasilitas-fasilitas jasa yang bekerja sama dengan PEMDA setempat dan merupakan komponen pendapatan daerah tersebut, seperti parkir umum dan masuk tempat-tempat hiburan atau rekreasi.

Alangkah bagusnya jikalau hal-hal semacam itu lebih di tertibkan lagi oleh PEMDA dengan bekerja sama dengan pihak ketiga yang berkepentingan dengan membuat sebuah Kartu Chip dengan ID unik per orang atau per KK untuk dapat dipakai pada transaksi-transaksi yang telah ditandai di fasilitas-fasiltas umum tersebut dan pembayaran dilakukan perbulan sesuai dengan pemakaian dari Kartu tersebut seperti pembayaran pada PAM, PLN dan TELKOM.

Dengan adanya kartu tersebut berbagai kemudahan akan didapat:

1. Lebih nyaman penggunaanya dan menambah Pendapatan daerah dan meminimalkan korupsi
2. Mempermudah si pengguna dan penjaga loket tanpa harus menyiapkan uang kecil untuk pembayaran ataupun pengembalian
3. Bisa dimaksimalkan kartu tersebut untuk kepentingan-kepetingan lain lagi yang berhubungan dengan transaksi yang di naungi PEMDA dan bisa dimaksimalkan juga ruang lingkupnya menjadi lintas daerah / nasional bukan hanya untuk daerah tersebut dengan kinerja yang lebih baik lagi

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NTOSKRNL.EXE is missing or corrupt

1. Insert the Microsoft Windows XP CD. Note: If you have a recovery CD or a restore CD and not a Microsoft Windows XP CD it is likely the below steps will not resolve your issue.
2. Reboot the computer, as the computer is starting you should see a message to press any key to boot from the CD. When you see this message press any key.
3. In the Microsoft Windows XP setup menu press the R key to enter the recovery console.
4. Select the operating system you wish to fix, and then enter the administrator password.
5. Type expand d:\i386\ntoskrnl.ex_ c:\windows\system32
6. You will then be prompted if you wish to overwrite the file type Y and press enter to overwrite the file.
7. Type exit to reboot the computer.

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How do I clear my browser's cookies?

Sometimes, due to how browsers work, you may need to clear (delete) your browser's cookies in order for Yahoo! Mail to work properly. 

Note: If you have a browser that's not listed below, please check that browser's help for instructions on deleting cookies.

 

To clear cookies in IE 6.x for Windows: 

• Click on the Tools menu in the browser.
• Select Internet Options from the pull-down menu.
• In the middle section, click on the Delete Cookies button. A popup window will appear and press OK in this window to delete the cookies.
• Click on the OK button in the Internet Options window.
• Quit and restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  

To clear cookies in IE 7.x for Windows: 

• In the Tools menu, select Delete Browsing History... from the pull-down menu.
• In the middle section, click on the Delete Cookies button. A popup window will appear and press Yes in this window to delete the cookies.
• Click on the Delete Files button. A popup window will appear and press Yes in this window to delete temporary internet files.
• Click on the Close button in the Delete Browsing History window.
• Quit and restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  

To clear cookies in FireFox 2.x for Windows or Mac:

• Click the Tools menu.
• Select Clear Private Data from the pull-down menu.
• In the window that opens, select the items you want to clear -- in this case, Cookies! :o)
• Click Clear Private Data Now.
• Quit and restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  

To clear cookies in Safari 3 for Mac:

• Click the Safari menu and select Preferences.
• Click the Security tab, and click Show Cookies.
• Click Remove all to clear ALL cookies, or click a specific cookie in the list and click Remove.
• Click Done. Nice work!
• Quit and restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  

To clear cookies in Opera 9.x for Windows: 

• In the Tools menu, click Delete private data.
• Click Details.
• Check the boxes beside "Delete all cookies" and "Delete entire cache."
• Click Delete
• Quit and restart the browser for the changes to take effect.

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Top 5 Security Resolutions for New PCs

If you’re like most geeks, you’re aching to set up your new desktop, laptop, or netbook as soon as you get it. Don't be too quick to jump online, though. Randy Nash discusses some security resolutions to keep you and your new equipment safe.

Now that you’ve unwrapped that new laptop or desktop, let’s discuss how you’re going to keep it clean and safe. I wanted to keep this simple, so this is a short list of 5 Security Resolutions for the New Year. Let’s start with what I consider my most important resolution:

1. I Will Patch My Systems
With the constant influx of new viruses, worms, and computer bot-nets, the task of keeping our computers safe is never-ending. It’s become so bad that security vendors now track the expected survival time of an un-patched computer connected to the Internet. The survival time is an estimate of how long an un-patched computer will remain uncompromised once it’s connected to the Internet. While the actual time varies, historically it tends to run between 4 and 20 minutes. That’s not even enough time to connect and run Windows Update without getting compromised. And that only addresses the Windows patches. What about the vulnerable versions of Adobe Reader, Flash, or any of the dozens of other software packages that may be installed on your computer? For this reason, it has been determined that almost all PCs are vulnerable in some way. Apparently less than 2% of PCs are FULLY patched. That’s a frightening statistic!

It’s basically a catch-22. You can’t connect to the Internet unless your system is patched, but you can’t get all your patches in time to protect your computer. How can we win this battle?

• Slipstreaming: If you’re installing Windows from scratch, you can make your own patched installation CD. The process is called slipstreaming, and basically it’s a method of integrating patches into the installation files of the original software. This is a great method, but it’s out-of-date almost immediately, and it’s of little use to home users — and of no use if the system is pre-built.
  

• Offline Update: If you can’t go online to patch your system, then you need to patch it while it’s offline (not connected to the Internet). How do you accomplish this? There are now a few different ways you can make your own offline windows update CD/DVD. Obviously, this would need to be created from an already patched and protected computer. Just download and install the tool, run it to gather all current patches, and create the DVD. Then take this DVD to any offline system and voila! It’s patched and ready to go online.
  
  We also need to patch or update various 3rd party software programs. This includes very common programs such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, OpenOffice and a variety of other add-ons that people may have on their computers. Some of these programs have their own built-in update capabilities, but many do not. They may also be disabled by default, or you may have inadvertently blocked it with your firewalls. While I don’t have room to discuss each of them in this article, there are a handful of tools to help with this task as well.

Now that you’re patched and ready to go online, is that enough? Absolutely not! It’s always good to have several layers of security. That brings us to my next resolution:

2. I Will Use Common Security Tools
Security is best applied in layers, and thanks to the free, open-source community, you don’t have to go broke to get all this security. I’ll cover some of the basics:

• Personal Firewall: I know that Windows comes with its own firewall now, but frankly I just don’t like it or trust it. I want to know what’s happening with my system! There are two very nice personal firewall solutions that are free for personal use. For “mom and pop” solutions I recommend Zone Alarm. Zone Alarm was recently acquired by Check Point (the “real” firewall people). It’s a simple firewall that’s easy for non-technical people to use and understand. This is the one I recommend for my folks to use. For the slightly geekier among us, I recommend Sunbelt Personal Firewall. It’s also free for personal use, but gives a more detailed look at the connections in and out of your computer. This is the firewall I use for my personal systems.
  

• Antivirus: We all know we need Anti-virus and anti-spyware solutions. I think Symantec is packaged on most off-the-shelf systems, encouraging many people to buy into their subscription service, but there are many free solutions in this space, too. My personal favorite is still AVG. I’ve used this software for several years and have never been disappointed. My second choice here is ClamWin. It’s another great antivirus product, free for personal use, and comes in a portable version that can be carried on a USB thumb drive.
  
  NOTE
  If you’re on the road, or just want to do a quick double-check of any system you’re on, there’s a long list of online malware scanners that you can run via your web browser.
  

• Anti-Spyware: Spybot Search & Destroy — sounds awesome, doesn’t it? I love this program! It’s a very powerful anti-spyware tool that will also “immunize” your browser against common attacks. Second place in this category is Ad-Aware from Lavasoft. Both of these products will provide an excellent level of anti-spyware protection for free.
  

Now we’ve covered the basics for our security tools, but there’s much more to be done. What about when your system crashes (notice, I didn’t say “if” I said “when)? You do have good back-ups don’t you? Well, that’s my next resolution:

3. I Will Back Up My Data
It’s time to face reality. First, you really do need to back up your data! There are only two types of computer users: those who have had a system failure, and those who will. If you aren’t backing up your data, you’re playing with fire. Home users are especially at risk of using valuable data. My greatest loss from system crashes and disk failures is definitely the loss of digital pictures. There’s nothing worse than losing the only copy of those pictures from your child’s last birthday party or the family trip to Disney World. Disk space is cheap, and back-ups are easy.

First, get an external hard drive, and go big. You can buy a half-terabyte of storage (500 MB) for around $70. The benefit of an external drive is that you can carry it easily to each computer and copy over all your important files. But this is just another drive, and just as subject to failure as your primary computer. Fortunately, DVDs are cheap, too. Get a good DVD burner and use it to back up your files from that external drive. This doesn’t require any fancy back-up software, and you don’t need to know the difference between incremental or differential back-ups. The final word: Just Do It!

Now that my computer and data are relatively secure, let’s talk about that wireless router you got for Christmas. My next resolution:

4. I Will Secure My Wireless Router
Wireless technology is fantastic! No more drilling holes in the baseboards or trying to run cables through the ductwork of your house. Just get a wireless router and some wifi cards for your computer and you’re all set, right? Wrong! This gets you connected, but a default wireless router configuration is an open invitation to having your Internet connection misused.

Don't forget to change your router's default passwords/configuration! Every router ships with a default configuration. Unfortunately, the bad guys know this, and the default passwords are well known. The default configuration also usually has wireless security disabled. That means anyone can connect to your wireless network. Here are a couple of simple wireless security guides to get you started.

Since we’re talking about passwords, that brings me to my final resolution:

5. I Won’t Write Down My Passwords
Walk around any office and look at the monitors. See any sticky notes with a single word written on them? Yes? That’s probably the user’s password. If there’s nothing on the monitor, look under the keyboard. Those are the two most common places people keep their passwords. I have work accounts and personal accounts, multiple emails, multiple networks, personal logons and separate administrative logons, and TONS of web-based accounts for forums. I can’t keep these all in my head, and it’s very dangerous to use the same password for everything. So, we’re supposed to use unique passwords that are difficult to guess. That’s good practice for password usage, but how can we possibly keep track? Enter the password database!

A password database provides a method of storing all your account and password information in an encrypted database. You only need to remember one master password or pass phrase — just make it a good one! My favorite has been Password Safe for the past few years. It was originally written by Bruce Schneier. It’s free, open-source, and regularly updated. My second choice is more suitable for my work environment due to its use of AES encryption. KeePass may become my new standard, but I’m still getting use to the interface. It’s also been set up as a portable app for use on your thumb drive.

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Cancer - Treatment and Prevention

Will you start diet from now on ?

Under weakly alkaline condition, cancerous cells are not able to grow, or even to survive.

These are real cases which are very important. Please read patiently and pass this on. Even if you had read it, you should read it again, especially the list of acidic and alkaline food stuff.. It's best to read it several times and remember them. Please read this article in full patience.

It About 30 years ago, a Mr. Zhang who worked in the Public Sales Department of a Taipei Brewery, sat for Overseas Study Selection Examination, and passed with flying colours. Before leaving, unfortunately, the medical examination at a public hospital discovered that he had a tumour growth in his lung about the size of a child's fist. Thus, he was not able to make the overseas trip for further study.

Mr. Zhang was very disappointed. He had the feeling that the diagnosis could be wrong. So he went for a 2nd check-up in another hospital but the result confirmed that there was no error in the previous diagnosis. The young Mr. Zhang was in great despair after the confirmation. He made several calls to Mr. Wei, his old classmate who was the Mayor's secretary of Huangsun County , Taidong County Government.

On hearing the sad news, Mr. Wei rushed to Taipei to see Mr. Zhang on Sunday. Mr. Zhang briefed Mr. Wei in detail about his despair and pessimism, and entrusted his friend regarding his affairs after his death. It happened that Mr. Wei was a good friend of Dr Lu Geling, who in 1949-55 was in charge of the Maijie Hospital , and was a researcher and specialist in cancer.

He suggested to Mr. Zhang to seek Dr Lu's treatment immediately. Mr. Zhang initially refused to consult doctor anymore as the result might add further misery to him. But Mr. Wei said that he had called Dr Lu and made an appointment with him. So Mr. Zhang felt obligated and went with Mr. Wei to meet Dr Lu.

When meeting Mr. Zhang, Dr Lu said: " Mr. Wei is my best friend and he has introduced you to me. We are fated to know each other. Let me ask you do you know why is that cancer is referred to as terminal illness?" Both Mr. Zhang and Mr. Wei did not know how to answer.

Dr Lu explained: " There are only 2 approaches so far to treat cancer today. The 1st is to destroy the source of the disease. The 2nd is to increase the immunity to fight the disease. But the strange thing is that, whether we use Cobalt 60 or other drugs to destroy the cancerous cells, before they are killed, the good cells are destroyed first.. On the other hand, no matter what nutrients or supplements we use, before the good cells have a chance to absorb them, the cancer cells have taken them up. This simply speeds up the growth of cancer. Therefore, both approaches are doomed to fail, that is why cancer is terminal."

Dr Lu continues: "Human beings are the most intelligent creatures and they had successfully put men on the moon... But why there is no one ever questioned the above 2 approaches for cancer treatment which lead to ultimate death, and try to look for a 3rd approach? When I was conducting clinical research in Majie Hospital , I had many opportunities to work with many colleagues who had assisted me in the hospital. I found out that the blood tests of cancer patients showed 100% acidic results.

Those Buddhist monks and nuns who are long term vegetarians and live very close to Nature, their blood are prevalently weakly alkaline and none of them has yet been detected of any cancer illness. Therefore, I can boldly concluded that under weakly alkaline condition, cancerous cells are not able to grow, or even to survive.

Mr. Zhang, I would suggest that starting from now you must reduce your intake of the acidic meaty dishes. Consume more alkaline food. Also you can take green algae and soup made from water chestnuts with skin... Modify your physical condition, and try seriously to have a regular life style which is close to Nature. If you live for another 5 years, you should have no further problem. Best of luck."

Mr. Zhang followed Dr Lu's suggestion and was serious in changing his eating habits. Every day, he ate green algae, drank chestnut soup, became optimistic and did an appropriate amount of exercise. One year later, he went back to the same public hospital for a check up. It was found that the tumour not only did not increase in size, but was also skrinking. It's a miracle to the hospital staff who examined him. Five years later, the tumour had shrunk to almost disappearing stage. Now after almost 40 years, Mr. Zhang's health is totally normal, and is living a very pleasant life.

After Mr. Zhang's case, a Mr... Chen Tianshou, who was previously Head of the General Administration of the Taidong Provincial Hospital , was also diagnosed with lung cancer. When Mr. Wei knew about it, he told Mr. Chen what Mr. Zhang had gone through. Mr. Chen started to follow Dr Lu's recommendation of changing his physical condition. Just like the case of Mr.Zhang, he was able to recover fully from the cancer.

At that time, Dr. Lu and his family had migrated to the United States . When he returned to Taiwan and met up with Mr. Wei, he was told of the 2 cases of Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chen. Mr. Wei suggested that let both of them make detailed briefings in person, so that Dr. Lu could publish a report on this self-curing method.

Dr Lu very humbly replied: 'I am too old and I do not have any clinical records of the cases. Please tell your friends and relatives, if they agree, please continue and spread the words to others"

One should take care of oneself and also should be caring about others. 85% of cancer patients are having acidic condition in their physical bodies.

Blood of healthy persons is weakly alkaline in nature, with a pH of about 7.35 to 7.45.

Babies' blood is also weakly alkaline.

As adults age, their bloods become more acidic in nature.

According to a study of body fluid of 600 cancer patients, 85% of the patients are in acidic physical condition. Therefore, how to maintain the weakly alkaline nature of our body is the 1st step from keeping oneself from illness.

Acidic physical condition manifests itself in following ways:
1. Skin without luster.
2. Athlete's foot.
3. Feeling tired even after a little exercise, and feeling sleepy the moment one gets into a bus.
4. Easily out of breathe after going up and down the stairs.
5. Fat and with lower stomach protruding,
6. Move slowly and movement lethargic.

Why does the body physical condition turn acidic?
1. Excessive intake of dairy acidic food.

• Meats, dairy products, eggs, beef, ham, etc are acidic food
• Taking too much acidic food will cause the blood to become acidic and viscous, difficult to flow to the end of blood vessels, leading to cold feet or knee, stiff shoulders and insomnia.
• For those who are young and strong, it's alright to consume suitable quantity of meats, but for older people, vegetables or small fishes are the more suitable diet.
  

2. Any irregularity in the pace of life will cause the body physical condition to become acidic.

• Irregular pace in life will lead to mental and physical stress
• According to statistics, people who sleep late are more likely to have cancer than normal persons, by as much as 5 times.
• Human beings originally lead a life with regular tempo in this world. It's not possible to store up sleep or food and not possible to live a healthy life by mixing up days and nights.
• Human organs are controlled by the autonomic nerves. During day time it is mainly sympathetic nerves activities, and at night it is mainly the parasympathetic nerves which are functioning. If this order is disturbed and reversed, then will encounter all sorts of sicklnesses.
  

3. Over tensed becoming emotional.

• Social stresses in view of civilized society.
• Job related or mental stresses.
• For a person suffering mental stress, a temporary release of stress may lead to death. This is known as the syndrome of imperfect adrenal cortex function.
  

4. Physical Stress.

• Before any operation it would be necessary to check whether the renal cortex does function normally. If the adrenal cortex is lacking, or if the stress imposed by the operation exceeded the ability of adrenal cortex to cope, it could lead to death or other adverse impacts.
• If the patient's face is puffy, it would be necessary to ask for the detailed patient's medical history and medication status. For patients taking adrenal cortical hormone, extra care should be exercised when acupuncture treatment is given.
• Avoid stress due to physical labour or excessive exercise, or playing card games and driving through out the night etc.
  

Appendix: Acidity/alkalinity of Common food stuff

1. Strongly acidic food: egg yolk, cheese, cake baked with white sugar or persimmon, mullet fish roe, dried cod, etc.
2. Mildly acidic food: ham, bacon, chicken meat, squid, pork, eel, beef, bread, wheat, butter, horse meat.
3. Weakly acidic food: white rice, peanut, beer, alcohol, fried tofu, sea weeds, clam, octopus, catfish, etc.
4. Weakly alkaline food: red bean, radish, apple, cabbage, onion, tofu etc.
5. Mildly alkaline food: dried radish, soya bean, carrot, tomato, banana, orange, pumpkin, strawberry, egg white, dried plum, lemon, spinach, etc.
6. Strongly alkaline food: grape, tea leave, wine, kelp sprout, kelp, etc. Especially natural green algae which contain rich quantity of chlorophyl are very good alkaline health food, but avoid drinking tea in excess, and it's best to drink in the mornings.

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NTLDR is Missing.

Issue:

NTLDR is Missing.

Related errors:

Below are the full error messages that may be seen when the computer is booting.

NTLDR is Missing

Press any key to restart

Boot: Couldn't find NTLDR

Please insert another disk

NTLDR is missing 

Press Ctrl Alt Del to Restart

Cause:

1. Computer is booting from a non-bootable source.
   
2. Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS.
   
3. Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file.
   
4. Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file.
   
5. Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32.
   
6. New hard disk drive being added.
   
7. Corrupt boot sector / master boot record.
   
8. Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP.
   
9. Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable.
   

Solutions:

Computer is booting from a non-bootable source

Many times this error is caused when the computer is attempting to boot from a non-bootable floppy disk or CD-ROM. First verify that no floppy diskette is in the computer, unless you are attempting to boot from a diskette.

If you are attempting to boot from a floppy diskette and are receiving this error message it is likely that the diskette does not have all the necessary files and/or is corrupt.

If you are attempting to install Windows XP or Windows 2000 and are receiving this error message as the computer is booting verify that your computer BIOS has the proper boot settings. For example, if you are attempting to run the install from the CD-ROM make sure the CD-ROM is the first boot device, and not the hard disk drive. 

Second, when the computer is booting you should receive the below prompt. 

Press any key to boot from the CD

Important: When you see this message press any key such as the Enter key immediately, otherwise it will try booting from the hard drive and likely get the NTLDR error again.

Note: If you are not receiving the above message and your BIOS boot options are set properly it's also possible that your CD-ROM drive may not be booting from the CD-ROM properly. Verify the jumpers are set properly on the CD-ROM drive. Additional information about checking the CD-ROM drive connections can be found on document CH000213. 

Additional information: This error has also been known to occur when a memory stick is in a card reader and the computer is attempting to boot from it. If you have any type of card reader or flash reader make sure that no memory stick is inside the computer.  

Computer hard disk drive is not properly setup in BIOS

Verify that your computer hard disk drive is properly setup in the BIOS / CMOS setup. Improper settings can cause this error. Additional information on how to enter the BIOS / CMOS setup can be found in document CH000192. 

Corrupt NTLDR and/or NTDETECT.COM file

Windows 2000 users

If your computer is using Microsoft Windows 2000 and you are encountering the NTLDR error. Create the below boot.ini file on the floppy diskette drive.

[boot loader]

timeout=30

default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT

[operating systems]

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional" /fastdetect

Copy the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM files from another computer using the same operating system. Both of these files are located in the root directory of the primary hard disk drive. For example, C:\NTLDR and C:\NTDETECT.COM should be the locations of these files on many computers.

• Please keep in mind that these files are hidden system files, if you need additional help with viewing hidden files in Windows please see document CH000516. 
  

Once these files have been copied to a floppy diskette reboot the computer and copy the NTLDR and NTDETECT.COM files to the root directory of the primary hard disk drive. Below is an example of what commonly should be performed from the A:\> drive.

copy ntldr c:

copy ntdetect.com c:

After the above two files have been copied, remove the floppy diskette and reboot the computer. 

Windows XP users

• Insert the Windows XP bootable CD into the computer.
  
• When prompted to press any key to boot from the CD, press any key.
  
• Once in the Windows XP setup menu press the "R" key to repair Windows.
  
• Log into your Windows installation by pressing the "1" key and pressing enter.
  
• You will then be prompted for your administrator password, enter that password.
  
• Copy the below two files to the root directory of the primary hard disk. In the below example we are copying these files from the CD-ROM drive letter, which in this case is "e." This letter may be different on your computer.
  

copy e:\i386\ntldr c:\

copy e:\i386\ntdetect.com c:\

• Once both of these files have been successfully copied, remove the CD from the computer and reboot.
  

Misconfiguration with the boot.ini file

Edit the boot.ini on the root directory of the hard disk drive and verify that it is pointing to the correct location of your Windows operating system and that the partitions are properly defined. Additional information about the boot.ini can be found on document CH000492.

Attempting to upgrade from a Windows 95, 98, or ME computer that is using FAT32

If you are getting this error message while you are attempting to upgrade to Windows 2000 or Windows XP from Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows ME running FAT32 please try the below recommendations. 

• Boot the computer with a Windows 95, Windows 98 or Windows ME bootable diskette.
  
• At the A:\> prompt type:
  

sys c:

• After pressing enter you should receive the "System Transferred" message. Once this has been completed remove the floppy diskette and reboot the computer.
  

New hard disk drive being added

If you are attempting to add a new hard disk drive to the computer make sure that drive is a blank drive. Adding a new hard disk drive to a computer that already has Windows installed on it may cause the NTLDR error to occur.

if you are unsure if the new drive is blank or not try booting from a bootable diskette and format the new hard disk drive.

Corrupt boot sector / master boot record

It's possible your computer's hard disk drive may have a corrupt boot sector and/or master boot record. These can be repaired through the Microsoft Windows Recovery console by running the fixboot and fixmbr commands.

Additional information and help in getting into the Microsoft Windows Recovery console can be found on document CH000627.

Seriously corrupted version of Windows 2000 or Windows XP

If you have tried each of the above recommendations that apply to your situation and you continue to experience this issue it is possible you may have a seriously corrupted version of Microsoft Windows. Therefore we would recommend you reinstall Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP.

If you are encountering this issue during your setup you may wish to completely erase your computer hard disk drive and all of its existing data and then install Microsoft Windows 2000 / Windows XP. Additional information about erasing the computer and starting over can be found on document CH000186.

Loose or Faulty IDE/EIDE hard disk drive cable

This issue has been known to be caused by a loose or fault IDE/EIDE cable. If the above recommendation does not resolve your issue and your computer hard disk drive is using an IDE or EIDE interface. Verify the computer hard disk drive cable is firmly connected by disconnected and reconnecting the cable. 

If the issue continues it is also a possibility that the computer has a faulty cable, try replacing the hard disk drive cable with another cable and/or a new cable. 

Additional information:

See our NTLDR dictionary definition for a complete definition on this term.

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