Always fails. At first I thought there was an issue with the SD card. Then I read that you have to right-click and run as Administrator from your windows box. I could not get this to work – it never ran. In the end I had to enable the local Administrator on my windows box and login to that account and run the windows dashboard from that account. It then worked. Hope that helps someone.
Over the last couple of weeks I was very privileged to have some of the software that I have worked on being used for the 57th Presidential Inauguration. It is probably my biggest career moment ever – so far !
My employer Global Emergency Resources LLC landed a contract to supply the first aid locations and command centers with their product – HC Standard.
Ex·cerpt from Global Emergency Resource’s website:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 2013 Presidential Inauguration brought landmark changes in emergency management and spectator safety. For the first time, inaugural personnel used a powerful situational awareness software suite to track medical emergencies; reunite lost family members; and provide real time information to event organizers. Emergency personnel from The District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, and the United States military integrated emergency data using HC Standard® – a patient tracking and critical asset software solution developed by Global Emergency Resources, LLC based in Augusta, Georgia.
HC Standard® allowed local, state and federal agencies, including the National Parks Service, US Secret Service, the Red Cross, and Homeland Security officials to have a common operating picture of major events during the Inauguration, including the Presidential Candlelight Reception; the Inaugural Parade; activities along the National Mall; the Commander in Chief Ball; the Inaugural Ball; and the Inaugural Prayer Service.
The DC Department of Health partnered with the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Service Systems (MIEMSS), the Northern Virginia Emergency Response System (NVERS), and the Maryland Department of Human Resources (MD DHS) to provide patient care and tracking throughout the event. Each partner used its own installation of HC Standard® to enter patient data with Motorola MC65 handheld devices. The data was aggregated and shared in all systems so that EMTs, first responders, and command center leaders could see the full picture of Inaugural events as they occurred.
During the Inauguration, HC Standard® tracked every emergency or first aid case and plotted it in each of the three emergency operations centers used for the event tracking and management. Additionally, family members who were lost, and those who were looking for them, had their information uploaded to a multijurisdictional database so they could be more easily reunited. Even the 100+ horses that carried the mounted police were part of the HC Standard® operating picture.
“Interoperability was key,” says Stan Kuzia, CEO and founder of Global Emergency Resources. “The EMS and Healthcare partners in the National Capital Region (NCR) have worked diligently over the years to eliminate information silos and enhance communication. This Presidential Inauguration demonstrated their hard work is paying off”. The various civilian agencies in the NCR also worked closely with their military counterparts to share a combined picture of patients and missing persons being treated and handled during the entire event. HC Standard® helped to bridge the interoperability gaps on Inauguration Day as near real-time data was available to military responders just as fast as their civilian counterparts.
Original document can be found here: http://www.ger911.com/news-and-events/17-news/133-inauguration2013
Now I keep forgetting the key combination for getting the hash key on my MacBook Pro. Now this is as much for me as everyone else.
Wait for it, its ….
Alt + 3
One of my experiences here in the USA has been to be a voice over for a set of TV commercials. My friend from church Tom Kotti asked me if I was willing to use my English accent and be the voice over for a TV commercial he was making. I was game, so I said “yes sure”. The TV commercials were for the 36th annual Palmetto golf tournament at the Palmetto Golf Club which has been established in Aiken since 1892. Here is one of the commercials.
I enjoyed the experience immensely and if any one wants to use my voice again please contact me via this blog.
Back in May of 1994 I opened my company Farrow Computing Limited when I was a mere boy. I never thought I would be as successful as I was with it. But finally because of my emigration to the USA, it was closed at the end of March 2010, sixteen years of running my own business.
Looking back there were plenty of times of “what if I cant get work..” “What if I mess something up”, but looking back it really did go well. Enjoyed most of it.
Truly the end of an era.
I noticed in my stats that everyone is coming to my blog from search engines looking for white Mini Cooper S’s and I realised that I dont actually have a picture of mine from the front. So here it is on the day I bought it waiting to be driven by myself. Shame I sold it back last year. Any way here it is in all its glory …..
Drove it many times to France and once to Madrid. It was great fun, nearly as great as my GSX-R 750. Wonder where it is now??? Registration was HV57UOA – post here if you have seen it.
If your looking for more photos or stories about it try clicking the mini tag in my tag cloud.
Yesterday I got invited around a very good friend of mines – Rick Marden. It was excellent we had fajitas and they were good. Also had to have a photo with the hat !!.
It was such a great send off for my emigration to the USA. It ended up with him giving me a bottle of Pol Roger which was Winston Churchill’s favourite champagne and a special edition scalextric mini cooper from the Italian Job. So kind, thank you.
It was just great and I will miss him and his wife Judy a lot.
ok I updated my wordpress blog to use a plugin from watchcount.com, so that I can list my ebay items on my blog. I will be selling a lot of stuff soon due to my impending emigration to the USA yahooooooo !!!!
There was a small FEATURE in the plugin that didnt allow it to work when php is hosted on IIS but have worked with the author and have now solved that which is great. Actually great support from them and it works a treat.
So I now have ebay items on the sidebar and you can post directly into the text like this… Check out the tattoo flash from my impending brother in law !!! yahoooo. OK OK I am getting a bit wild for a Monday morning I know any way check this out.
[EBAY 110487838245]
Not sure on the ebay header bit but I guess thats ebay doing that so probably nothing we can do about it.
Well first blog of the new year and its snowing once again.
My road outside the window has been white for nearly the whole time over Christmas. It just hadn’t cleared. This morning I woke up to find heaps and heaps of snow. The news is saying its the longest cold spell for 30 years. One thing is the UK grounds to a halt when its snowing.
Looks rather beautiful though – don’t you think?
First snow of the Winter hits us here in Guildford, Surrey. Its not as bad as last year but looks like a substantial amount of snow none the less.
