This piece is to say good about Russia and ALT Linux.
I have decided to learn Russian Language for a brief tourist visit to Moscow.
Not dollar but the Ruble is going up by the minute and our agencies are not giving the parity for Ruble.
It is not gold but one should buy Ruble which is tagged to Gold by default.
Buying Ruble is like buying gold.
But I have to go through an European country via Australia probably.
I was given an appointment at 10AM for Bio-metrics and I was dispensed out in about, half an hour.
Thank you.
Australian are only neurotic about Tuberculosis which they probably contract from Aberogenes, Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
I need to add Chinese,too.
We in Ceylon has a good BCG vaccination program given soon after birth before exposure to active cases of pulmonary tuberculosis.
A student of mine who was a chest physician and nurse known to me in Nittambuwa Hospital died of tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis is often diagnosed as a case of cancer since sputum culture for TB is poor in Ceylon.
I need to have a swipe at Anthony Fausi.
What this guy who is an ace crook did to prevent spread of Tuberculosis?
My prediction is with the coronavirus pandemic peaking itself, the relapse of tuberculosis is going to be a real problem especially in Ukraine with Asian mercenaries, already fighting there.
But (VQA) they only took my finger prints for bio-metrics.
Fingers can rarely transmit tuberculosis and TB bacilli are resistant to current detergents.
Even bacterial stains do not penetrate the cell walls of TB and 30 minutes of heating of the slide is mandatory.
Did not do a proper Retinal Test which is the most useful biomarker.
They took a photograph which probably had a macro lens.
I am a microscopic and photographic man and Funduscopic examination is fundamental to Medical Examination and I may be the only one in Ceylon who was not an eye surgeon who has an ophthalmoscope with a tiny auroscopic accessory for kids.
I have not seen a patient for 22 years and retired from teaching pathology 7 years ago and my critical sensing is good and finished a book on Interleukins better term Cytokines, just few days ago (with minimal typing errors).
I told the Tamil Lady, I was not a criminal in Sinhala but a sensible man (did not tell her I was a doc).
So all VISA officers are paranoid and paranoia is a serious psychiatric condition.
By the way. Australians are also obsessed about hook works!
The lady doctor did not ask for a stool sample for testing vermilion.
At ASIRI Hospital I had to wait nearly three hours for the medical having paid Rs.15,000/= for a urine test, chest X-Ray and a putative blood test which I did not need.
This is in addition to the doctor's fee of Rs.5000/=.
Doctors are the worst parasites in this world!
They were only interested in how much they could plunder me in 3-hours.
The nurses were like Barby Doll robots poorly trained but virtual runners in surgical terminology.
Eye testing woman was horrible and the unit did not have the contrast background that is necessary for proper testing of vision.
I was trained in New Zealand to do eye screening on weekly basis using slit lamp examination (of the corneal abrasions), which I was good at.
ASIRI Hospital probably did not have a slit lamp ophthalmoscope for Retinal Examination.
It did not have a proper WHO recommended sphigmomanometer to test my BP.
The worse was there was not a single washbasin to clean my hands before entry into a cubicle.
Toilets were ordinary and not to the Hotel Standards.
I saw a horrified little girl under 7 with her mother waiting for a ??? unnecessary psychiatric examination.
Luckily for me my wife was with me to take my building anger away.
Besides, if a male doctor examined me I would have blasted him.
She did not test my testicles and missed the tiny direct hernia on the right side.
One can miss a testicular cancer.
They did not test my haemoblobin / PCV which is always high probably due to renal overproduction of renin.
I was polycythemic all my life and I take aspirin as a precaution and I did not tell this lady doctor why I was taking aspirin fearing another blood test and money out of my pocket.
After all these, I told her, she is wasting her time on medical examinations (is a waste of her qualifications) for cash dividends.
Furthermore, I did not tell her, I was a pathologist for 40 years.
I am interested only, looking in depth, after an eventful death.
I did not tell her, the doctors miss 60% of the diagnosis at the first examination and after two more examinations and testing, it never gets better and goes below 50%.
I hope this doctor does not read this piece even by accident.
She has no time, I believe to update her experience.
Since she has never seen (at least a single) a PM Examination, the academic upgrade is humanly impossible.
With experience doctors become worse is my catch phrase.
Only Forensic Pathologists become wiser not general pathologists.
I have become bit wiser having read Buddha in my old age.
Now coming to my main topic.
ALT Linux MATE is fabulous.
It was bit slow to Boot and Install and configure my WiFi but once configured to my needs does a very neat job in the Linux Work Station.
I increased the workplaces to 4 which is my standard.
Like Sparky Linux which is at it's very best, a Russian distribution which powers my Laptop, it had cellphone utilities including Telegram and Spotfire.
I booted it with English but I want to boot it with Russian and the Russian alphabet is my next target.
Russia unlike USA is a rich cultural civilization and it's War machine under President Putin is fine tuned to enter the simmering Third War III.
I bet UK cannot stand up to it and USA is currently faltering.
