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How To Know Whether You Can Be A Chef Full Time?

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How to know whether you can be a chef full time?You can’t until you actually become a chef plus there’s no simple answer.

Just like I now know, I don’t want to work at anything 24×7×365 .Luckily I  enjoy being a doctor but not the unnatural unhealthy workload the Government hospitals and Medical Colleges have .Doctor heal thyself made me step back. I couldn’t cope.

I was asked “didn’t you know ,you would have to do this?”.

Honestly at the premium colleges I studied in ,there were many teachers and there was no dearth of faculty .There was a division between the hospital and the medical education side,which is required, as patient care is impossible to juggle with anything else.But I digress I wanted to share about the site culinaryschool.org which gives a very interesting list of culinary schools.

A very close relative ,who was passionate about cooking , wanted to study hotel management and a weird older sister told her that it was too much work since the training starts at the bottom.

If there were sites like the culinaryschools.org it would help.Maybe all career options should have online and offline try-it-out or internship options too ,before you make the choice which can make or break you.

While real life is always better ,sometimes we don’t ever want to try dangerous things,unsuitable or unsustainable carrers,harmful food and that’s why knowing what works for you,what’s junk and what’s not must start early.Good food and junk needs to be strictly separated and kids do learn great with play.

The many games on the culinary schools site are fun ,entertaining and informative,while the extensive Directory of schools are a treasure trove.

I was not as fast as the opponent in Fast Food Run !A good way to help kids understand good food and junk

Fitness Food run is one such game ,which I played to check whether it actually made sense.I also liked Fast food combat .It  was easy  to understand and kids will understand that free fruits and veggies are better than frozen and stale ones.

Fitness Food Run:Can you catch those healthy food?

Sometimes interactive games serve a purpose.That’s why I played the recycling games where Tom and Jerry show river recycle game shows us how Tom and Jerry are cleaning up the river.I am a passionate advocate of environmental health and choosing to keep nature clean is our way of growing food rich in nutrients.

Tom and Jerry show river recycle game shows us how Tom and Jerry are cleaning up the river
Grabbing the saucepan out of the river:Why would people pollute rivers which sustain life ,is beyond my understanding!

In case of online games ,be careful about how long you spend time on sites and kids must always be under supervision.

This is a partnered post .Kindly read my disclosure .

Microsoft Crash and the Crowdstrike puzzle

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I am not a computer expert nor am I a cybersecurity expert .But sometimes back while watching a NCIS episode on Prime I saw a murder happening by manipulation of the navigation system of a car.Is that scary or what?

This Crowdstrike-Microsoft puzzle/mess/crash is going to be a worrying/interesting thing to follow up.We may or may not ever know the truth.

The worst case scenario

Screenshot from the tweet

The technical breakdown by a techie which is somewhat understandable.

Screenshot from the tweet

CEO of Crowdstrike with an apology but not really an explanation!

Screenshot from the tweet

The best part about this is we realized being connected to a bigger system had certain serious,sudden,complications which ideally should have bee foreseen or managed.

Imagine someone performing a lifesaving surgery maybe robotic surgery hooked onto a system like this and their computer shows the Blue screen!Its not just panic it’s going to be life threatening.

So also planes ,train,transport systems,defense, banks everything.

Apparently Russia wasn’t affected because Microsoft had left them as part of some sanction.

What is Crowdstrike?

It’s a cybersecurity company managing Microsoft’s Cybersecurity all over the world.It manages the entire information technology ecosystem of many companies deducting and preventing cybersecurity attacks,malwares,data breaches etc etc.

But how come their advanced system didn’t detect this outage soon enough?

What happened?

Apparently global outages involved emergency services,major banks ,media houses,airports,stock markets and only they know what else.

Who owns Crowdstrike?

It’s owned by Mr.George Kurtz who is a former McAfee employee

Important to remember

We don’t yet know what happened.

We don’t know what or who caused it.

We don’t know if it will happen in the future.

We don’t know whether we will ever go back to believing a  fully connected global system is a good thing.

This is the reason monopoly of systems and services should be avoided and all systems should have backups of backups.In 2024 the problem is unimaginable and gives us an opportunity to put our thinking caps on.Interestingly both companies are based in USA.

This according to Livemint is possibly the largest such “outage” in history and coming so soon after the attack on  “Trump” makes me imagine all sorts of conspiracy theories.

Interestingly Crowdstrike has been a part of  a conspiracy theory previously and is no stranger to managing difficulties. We hope this “outage” is exactly what they say it is(they are not saying much though) and not something more worrying. Imagine if the same was done by a company based out of  a country not-really-friends with USA?How can an update with such power to harm be let loose in the cyber world without multiple points of checking and cross checking and what about accountability?A

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Tips for Internet Safety for kids: Internet Doesnot Discriminate

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Whether your child is six or sixteen, the internet doesn’t discriminate. Some kids research online for education, some for entertainment, and some searches might have unfortunate unforeseen repercussions. Internet safety needs to work differently for a child, a preteen, and a teenager. It can’t be one size fits all.You need filters in place and that’s why I found Happinetz to be a good solution for my home.

Even though we try to protect them, screen them, and make the world a safer place just like Maa Durga fighting the demons, we simply don’t have her resources.

But guess what?

She answered my prayers and now we have Happinetz a device that helps you set filters to screen content for your little one, and keep your preteen happy and teenager safe.Happinetz helps me set the filters the way I want them so that only certain categories of websites are visible on my daughter’s device.

Yes, she can bypass Happinetz. Does she do it? No, not as far as I know. You might think it’s too much screening, that they will be able to choose right. But imagine being a kid in a world like this. I knew chocolates made me get dental caries, but did I stop eating them? I knew certain friends were unreliable, didn’t it take long years to find the good ones? Happinetz helps you give your kids access to the good of the web. It helps you teach and entertain without becoming a hovercraft. It helps you make a more controlled decision while keeping them safe.

What is Internet security?

Internet security can be provided by the most reliable software like Kaspersky. They help you keep your device protected from malware, harmful software, phishing sites, and the massive dangers on the web which are known to be illegal, dangerous, and harmful and can steal your money,and personal data.. But what about things that need to be age-appropriate? What should you do then?

Life doesn’t give everyone a second chance like the Netherlands mom whose eight-year-old son ordered an AK47 through the dark web. Sounds like science fiction or a parenting horror story. The truth is you do need a village to raise a kid and in this day and age we need all the help we can get, to help our kids. Because unlike you the internet doesn’t know your kid and neither does it care. In this enormous opportunity hides a darkness that must be kept reigned in and that’s why a device like Happinetz helps.

So what needs screening?

Age-inappropriate content. So an age filter a category filter and an option to make allowlists of websites or block them.If you want to have internet safety for teens ,its a different filtering option,while if your kid is a child prodigy adavanced educational content access will be needed.

Certain topics like drugs, buying medicine, buying guns, graphic videos showing violence or sexual content, gaming sites, grooming sites, and access to adult chat rooms need to be blocked. All this may be done through active monitoring. But for that, you will need to sit behind them every time they are online. That going to be difficult and in certain instances impossible as they grow up.

Teaching them to choose right won’t happen instantaneously. The best-behaved kids may be under peer pressure to be more knowledgeable. If you remember yourself at their age you know you will never sit in peace again. But you need to try and do the best you can. Even if the Internet doesn’t discriminate, you can discriminate between good and bad content and what’s good for your kid.

Don’t let Google be the only judge of what your child will see, on their device. You as a parent have a lot of say in this matter and what they learn and see in this impressionable age will go a long way in making their life better or worse.

You know the Internet doesnot discriminate between the people searching online.It will show things which Google thinks is helpful content for the search term.It will screen out content which it thinks is unhelpful .But building a DIY gun or buying a bomb is definitely not the right content access for kids (or adults for that matter) and should definitely be strictly restricted. Who knows what kids want to know more about.

So what will be your decision? Will you sit back and let Google (or some other search engine)do their thing? Or will you research more about cyber security and take charge? Parents are God’s angels to take care of the work that God can’t do himself always. So don’t let down your kids, but let down your hair, as you set a device like Happinetz filter and help kids find content to educate and entertain and not fall for any traps.

It’s not everything and it may not be for everyone. But for parents like me who realize the power the internet offers, it’s a golden opportunity to teach and learn but let it be a force for the good.

This post is a part of Happinetz – Internet Does Not Discriminate and you have a chance to voice your opinion if you do participate.

Managing internet access for children with Happinetz

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Today I talk about managing internet access for children with Happinetz

The best thing about the internet is that it opens up the world to us. That unfortunately is also the worst thing, because managing internet access, especially when it comes to children may need to be done with guidance and intervention.

Tldr:

I want Happinetz to solve the problem of kids accidentally seeing harmful content online, including adult games.

But what exactly is Happinetz? I will tell you all about my tech guardian. But before that I need to go back to when the story started.

It was 2020 and the Pandemic hit us hard and out of the blue. Online school was a new normal during the pandemic. I felt lucky to have an education for my child. However, with time, as internet access for children became more common and widespread, we adults realized that all content on the Internet is not child-specific or age-appropriate. I needed a solution that would keep internet browsing safe for my child.



Safe Internet for Kids with @Happinetz #Happinetz #InternetSafetyforKid
#SafeInternetForKids

Thanks to Happy Parents Lab, because of whom I found Happinetz. It is the brainchild of my favourite blogging platform Blogchatter’s founder owners Richa and Vikas. With Happinetz, the good of the internet is accessible with zero headache of managing internet access on my part.

While being a mother means I will never again rest easy, having an ally like Happinetz for managing internet access makes me happy. This is especially true when I am not physically looking over my daughter’s shoulder. Yes, I do that too. But this is getting trickier as she is growing up and when one has a thousand and one things to juggle. A home is never done. And the internet can never truly be safe or kid friendly. It’s the world wide web and there is so much that you and I, regular everyday people don’t know about. I recognise the immense opportunity for education and learning that the internet opens up for all of us. But as a mommy, I am also afraid.

Did I tell you about the real life Jamtara scam I faced? It was horrifying how creepy these crooks are. Now, I am scared of online predators who use chat windows, gaming sites, and ads to harm children and steal data. It’s not too late to have gatekeepers around, both physical and digital because the predators are everywhere.

Happinetz helps me screen for several categories of content while easily managing internet access.

Though Happinetz has divided the internet into 15 categories, some of the common categories that I have found the most useful are:

  • Online learning
  • Education
  • Home and Family
  • News and General Knowledge
  • Video and entertainment
  • Chat and forum

What are the age options of access control you ask?

There are 3 modes, kid, teen and parent and toggling between them is easy. So is setting up internet access timing. Best part, I can do this right on my phone.

I am a curious person. So is my daughter. I also encourage her to do her own research while making her school projects. While I don’t enjoy peeping over her shoulder, I keep a strict watch on her online history, overall time spent and specific sites she spends time on. She doesn’t text or video call friends without our permission and I know it’s not always a ten on ten situation. So I am happy Happinetz is there to keep her curiosity safe from age-inappropriate content.

I know also that while gamified learning is helpful, excessive gaming may be a problem. Happinetz allows her to access quiz sites with fun or educational content while blocking sites I don’t want her to see. That’s where Happinetz’s advanced settings to whitelist specific websites and blacklist others made me relax with a smile.

Children will be children. If you have checked out some recent scary stories about grooming gangs stalking kids through social media, you will know why you need an internet guardian.

How I got Happinetz to manage Internet access

My daughter hasn’t asked for her own phone yet. She uses one of our phones for occasionally chatting with her friends. The school has made a sensible decision of banning children from having social media accounts.

She has access to one phone to check her school messages and a laptop for school work. We connected Happinetz on both these devices. From the laptop it was a simple matter of finding the Happinetz Wi-Fi connection. Happinetz has an exhaustive filtering system, a customisable internet schedule option and insights to help me monitor the websites and apps accessed online by my child’s device.

 

You just need to install the app on your phone (the mommy or daddy phone) from where you can link the devices whom you want Happinetz to monitor.

I like tech stuff which makes life easy, not complicated. The 5 minutes Happinetz setup was worry free. Since the user manual is easy to follow, setting up the connection with the device and router is effortless. In fact, my daughter helped me set it up and make an unboxing video.

My hubby had a few questions when I told him about Happinetz and since men have typical men questions, I am sharing some FAQs.

Will Happinetz impact the main Wi-Fi at home ?

No. Happinetz only monitors the devices connected to its WiFi. Devices connected to the home router will not be monitored.

Will I face problems while accessing news sites ecommerce stores etc using my phone when Happinetz app is installed?

No. If you haven’t added your phone as a device to be connected through Happinetz then your phone internet will be unaffected.

Even if your phone has been added to the Happinetz network, you can keep it on parent mode. When the device is on parent mode, filters or time slots are automatically switched off.

How to check issues with Happinetz?

You can check the activity tab on the app for easy understanding of any issues you encounter.

But I have a pet peeve. The history shows several sites which give a 404 error when I search for them by URL, though my daughter really didn’t see anything. I don’t know whether that’s a glitch or I am missing something. You have no way of drilling down into what exactly the kid sees on YouTube.

I am sure if kids put their mind on it, they can bypass the best gatekeepers. I was a kid once too. But if there are roadblocks in place, sometimes it’s that much more time consuming to visit a gaming site. Happinetz assures us that they have taken care of all popular methods of bypassing parental control systems.

All in all, Happinetz has really made parenting and managing internet access for my child easy. If you want to get the Happinetz box for your home to manage internet access, buy it here.

 

7 Rules for Safe Internet for Kids #SafeInternetForKids

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Internet safety now is like road safety.If we don’t teach them to navigate the internet safely we are not doing our job.

But just like there is an age for driving license ,there needs to be an age for diving into the maze of the internet.Even when my child knows the theory and practical side of waiting for the traffic signal to be pedestrian safe and cross at zebra crossings,I am not letting her out on the roads to cross in heavy traffic right now and neither will most parents.

But the problem is unlike roads the internet is right in your home.In your device.The more “smart” or digital your home environment is,the more likely your child knows how to switch on the Google mini faster than you can.Plus it’s important for education in many ways.

That means you and I must have an Action plan.

No.1 Because life is not predictable amd even when we know the theory and practical aspect of stuff,real life experiences is the only thing which makes you ready to take on the world.

Like I have a driver’s license and once upon a time I planned to go driving leisurely down the southern avenue roads enjoying the gentle breeze from the green cover .But the last ten years in a small town put a very effective stop to that.Most people don’t know (or care)about traffic rules,right of way ,safe driving.There are hardly any zebra crossings,signals or traffic police .The world is full of back to back empty e- rickshaws (sometimes as many as twelve) clogging up roads vying for passengers.Small town India is blessed to have electric vehicles(less air pollution) but they make driving a nightmare(more noise pollution)with underage, unlicensed, untrained,drivers .Excuse the worry rant .

But that’s exactly the reason I knew I needed to teach my kid to be internet savvy.Possible eye problems because of early screen exposure, made me doubly careful from the very first.

No.2 Internet is a blessing in many ways .It’s all about how you choose to use it.Just like everything else.As a parent teaching my child to choose the right path(especially when I am not around to guide her),is what my parenting mantra is about.Because children will be children and they are not born with internet safety protocols hard- coded in their brain.

When COVID struck,ability to go online was a savior. But we needed ground rules .

7 House Rules for Safe Internet Practice

1.Safe Secure Internet from a reliable provider.Wifi is password locked .

2.Kaspersky Internet Security on all out devices.

3.We occasionally use our Google mini but it’s not a tech-y home.I get jittery with too many devices lying around .So we always put away the laptop after the work is over .The cameras on devices are not left running indefinitely.

4.We haven’t given any personal internet device to our child.She has supervised online screen time during certain classes and whatever she watches online we try to keep it supervised.Not more than 3 hours in a day.We watch child friendly content on OTT .Regional content is a savior.One of our favorite The Eken(Bengali detective series) n Hoichoi ,NCIS on Amazon Prime(we fast-forward the adult parts),the Good doctor(Prime) are some of our favorites as a family.

5. I avoid saying you can’t do this etc.I try to give a better option ,like let’s do some craft together or let’s make some clothes for the dolls by seeing videos.That way it’s not a strict no and less staring at screen.We may occasionally even try gamefied quizzes , fun content which teaches us something .

6.I encourage calling up friends to chat rather than texting.No unsupervised Whatsapp Group .Except for the one for school or online educational activity (where teachers and parents are added to the group), we exit any group she is added by school mates.

7.It is understood that social media is an adult-only platform and she never had a social media account .But she does contribute as an author,artist,video maker on my blog and she is great at it.

But its a lot of work for me and my hubby keeping a watch.Supervision is time consuming. I wish there was an easier way for safe Internet for kids.

The Role of Tech in keeping kids safe

Responsible, sustainable, technology will remember to keep internet safe .Tech has the ability to secure it .It should be done from the design stage itself. Because safe Internet for kids keep the future secure.

Safe online experience for children is both about time spent and quality of the internet consumed. You cannot shut your eyes to the harm of uncontrolled quantity and poor quality .

About parental control tools

There are at best poor parental control tools in the market.That’s because as kids grow older it gets more difficult to outsmart them.The only thing that will work (I hope) is understanding the issue at hand It’s not just about control ,it’s safety first.Prevent harm .

It’s okay right now because my daughter is a voracious book reader and likes playing outdoors.She is disciplined and we have deals in place about screen time.Alternative to screen is important if you are serious about implementing ground rules for anything.

About Parenting

In this world of mixed messages,this blog post is not meant to be a lecture.Honestly I feel confused while trying to decide what’s good and what’s not.Everything shifts with your life experience. That’s called perspective .Some of it is also influenced by genetics.That’s the hard coding.So each parent and each child is unique.Your parenting style,choices are unique.It’s a human interaction, reaction happening in real-time, which will change both of you forever.

One thing I suggest is to walk the talk.

Do not share their photos,videos online in any social media or public platform to avoid AI stuff and deep fake.In this podcast I talked about this very issue.

Definitely not share their full face videos online as influencer accounts. It creates the kind of digital footprint you want to avoid.

It’s okay to share their artwork or stories if they want to share it .However, their identity needs to be kept safe for ethical,legal, and security reasons.

This post is a part of Happinetz – #SafeInternetForKids

Real Life Jamtara? #CyberCrime Awareness

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I am an ENT surgeon and often receive payment for consultation online.It’s usually a routine affair.We keep one number for Digital payments for ease of checking.

That helped me.Plus my publicly available phone number being different from the one linked to bank if PayTM saved the day.

Now the story.

One fine Tuesday morning a man who introduced himself, to be a local CISF personnel called me up claiming to be in charge of arranging medical check up for new recruits.Since ENT medical checkup is a routine procedure I asked him to make an appointment and visit the clinic.

That’s when things got interesting. He was polite and said several hundred recruits were to be checked and I should recommend the right number per visit fir easy procedure.

Since mine is a small town local practice I needed to tell my staff about arranging other appointments accordingly.It was decided that 30 patients would be optimum per day for me to checkup .

When I conveyed this to the man over phone,he told me the finance officer would be clearing the payment online through PAYTM and I will then just have to screen the recruits.Payments would get done in batches of 30.

Our clinic has a specific number for receiving payment seperate from all other services and that was a good thing because the call turned out to be a scam.A video call with a man dressed in army fatigue was made who wanted me to open my back camera to record the PAY T M transaction happening in the other phone.

Stupid of me.I agreed.But the man had sent me his ID card the one below as proof of being a CISF personnel.

The Fake ID sent

He gave me a Credit card number to add to PAYTM .I did.Then he said he would send me 10 rupees to confirm account and then send the rest of the money.But in the app it should we were sending him ten rupees and linking the card to the account.We didn’t click on it .My husband refused further transactions. The man kept insisting.

We requested him to visit clinic and confirm their ID ,bring official order for health check up before we accepted payment online .The man started cajoling me and said you can’t give 10 rupees for the country what will you do for your country?That’s when the coin really dropped in my head .

I immediately cut the connection.The dialogue was straight out of a B grade Bollywood film and no one I their right mind would say such a thing,during a financial transaction.

The day was saved,I was lucky .Thank you God and thanks to my husband’s quick thinking .

These people have fake ID,fake uniforms and research their victims.Stay vigilant

My sister was aghast and told me to watch the jamtara series and it was spooky ,how this menace is spreading its tentacles and trying to undermine the digital payment ecosystem.

Receiving payment online,Teleconsultation is routine affair nowadays and things like these strike at the heart of the community wellbeing.

Crimes like these are not just financial fraud by crimes against society.I complained to the cyberpolice division online and my complaint is under process.I was lucky ,hope this helps you.It could definitely have had a different sort of ending.

Things to Remember

Portal where I registered my complaint

https://cybercrime.gov.in/

Keep your mobile data off!

ATM ,POS machines may be location for hacking through debit and credit cards

Phonecall,email SMS could all be ways of stealing digital data and hacking your phone.

Keep your digital wallets secured.

Having a different phone for banking related transactions,is another layer of security.

Don’t reveal your card numbers to anyone.

Don’t receive video calls from strangers.

Keep your mobile data and wifi off ,when not using the internet and just receiving calls.

Other posts which will help you.

Amazon Delivery scam

Income tax refund scam
Fake Income tax Return Scam
Digital Arrest scam/Customs parcel Scam
How to avoid being a Victim to Cyberfraud

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