• 14Oct

  Security TIPS for ATM Users

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  SECURITY TIPS FOR ATM USERS
  
  Security is a big concern in the ATM industry. Using your ATM/debit card is a simple, hassle-free way to get cash, make deposits, check account balances, transfer funds, make purchases and more. To enjoy these benefits one has to also be cautious during its usage.

  Here are few important safety tips:
  1. Treat your card like cash. Always keep your card in a safe place.
  2. Keep your “PIN” a secret. ATM transactions and PIN debit purchase require the use of a secret code known as a personal identification number or PIN. Memorize your PIN, and never write it on your card or store it with your card. Never let someone else enter your PIN for use.
  3. Do not disclose information about card over the telephone. No one needs to know your PIN, not even your financial institution. If you perform transaction over the telephone using your ATM/debit card, never disclose your PIN.
  4. Do not expose your card’s magnetic stripe to magnetic objects. Magnetic objects can damage your card.
  5. Report a lost or stolen card at once. Promptly call your financial institution if your card is lost or stolen to reduce the chance that it will be used improperly. Prompt notice of lost or stolen cards will also limit your potential liability for unauthorized transactions.
  6. Always observe the ATM surrounding before conducting a transaction. If anyone or anything appears to be suspicious, leave the area at once. If you drive to an ATM, park as close as possible to the ATM. Observe the entire area from the safety of your car before getting out.
  7. If an ATM is obstructed from view or poorly lit, go to another ATM. If possible, report the problem to the financial institution that operates the ATM.
  8. Minimize the time spent at the ATM when conducting a transaction. Have your card out and ready to use. Do not allow a stranger to assist you in making a transaction, even if you have trouble or your card gets stuck. When your transaction is complete, put your card, money and receipt away and immediately leave the area. Never count your money while at the ATM.
  9. Block the view of others when using the ATM. Stand between the ATM and anyone waiting to use the ATM. Shield the keypad as necessary when entering your PIN and transaction amount.
  10. If you see anyone or anything suspicious, cancel your transaction and leave the area at once. If anyone follows you go immediately to a crowded, well-lit area and call the police.

• 10Jun

  Who could resist the Les Paul tribute guitar…

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  On the google.com main search page for the past couple days, they have allowed users to strum the doodle in tribute to Les Paul. so I went ahead and recorded Amazing grace, just because…

  Listen to most of it here:

  http://goo.gl/doodle/axUWi

  or just play it for yourself:
  Amazing Grace
  asf hgfh gf sa
  asf hgfh ghk
  hk hkhf as fsa
  asf hgfh gf

• 10Jun

  Believe I’ll go to Chick-fil-A and get some “Jesus Chicken”

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  Believe I’ll go to Chick-fil-A and get some “Jesus Chicken” and waffle fries for my family at least once a week. Chick-fil-A is an American success story. Founded by Georgian entrepreneur Truett Cathy in 1946, the family-owned chicken-sandwich chain is one of the country’s largest fast-food businesses. It employs some 50,000 workers across the country at 1,500 outlets in nearly 40 states and the District of Columbia . The company generates more than $2 billion in revenue and serves millions of happy customers with trademark Southern hospitality.
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  So, what’s the problem? Well, Chick-fil-A is run by devout Christians who believe in strong marriages, devoted families, and the highest standards of character for their workers. The restaurant chain’s official corporate mission is to “glorify God” and “enrich the lives of everyone we touch.” The company’s community-service initiatives, funded through its WinShape Foundation, support foster-care, scholarship, summer-camp, and marriage-enrichment programs. On Sunday, all Chick-fil-A stores close so workers can spend the day at worship and rest.
  Over the past month, several progressive-activist blogs have waged an ugly war against Chick-fil-A.

  The company’s alleged atrocity: One of its independent outlets in Pennsylvania donated some sandwiches and brownies to a marriage seminar run by the Pennsylvania Family Institute, which happens to oppose same-sex marriage.

  In the name of tolerance, the anti-Chick-fil-A hawks sneered at the company’s main product as “Jesus Chicken,” derided its no-Sunday-work policy, and attacked its operators as “anti-gay.” Petition drives on websites are demanding the company change and disavow their standards. Facebook users dutifully organized witch hunts against the company on college campuses.
  Progressive groups are gloating over Chick-fil-A’s public-relations troubles.

  This is not because they care about winning hearts and minds over gay rights or marriage policy, but because their core objective is to marginalize political opponents and chill Christian philanthropy and activism. The fearsome “muscle flexing” is being done by the hysterical bullies trying to drive them off of college grounds and out of their neighborhoods in the name of “human rights.”

  TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE: http://www.nationalreview.com/ARTICLES/258646/CHRISTIAN-BUSINESS-LEFT-S-CROSSHAIRS-MICHELLE-MALKIN

• 19May

  8th Grade Education….

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  What it took to get an 8th grade education in 1895…

  Remember when grandparents and great-grandparents stated that they only had an 8th grade education?

  Well, check this out.

  Could any of us have passed the 8th grade in 1895?

  

  This is the eighth-grade final exam from 1895 in Salina, Kansas, USA.

  It was taken from the original document on file at the Smokey Valley Genealogical Society and Library in Salina, and reprinted by the Salina Journal.

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  8th Grade Final Exam: Salina, KS – 1895

  Grammar (Time, one hour)
  1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
  2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications.
  3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
  4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of ‘lie, ?play,’ and ‘run.’
  5. Define case; illustrate each case.
  6. What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
  7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

  Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
  1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
  2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
  3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
  4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000.. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
  5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6.00 per ton.
  6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
  7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft.. Long at $20 per metre?
  8. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
  9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
  10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt

  U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
  1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
  2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
  3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
  4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
  5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
  6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
  7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton, Bell, Lincoln, Penn, and Howe?
  8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

  Orthography (Time, one hour)
  [Do we even know what this is??]
  1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
  2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
  3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, sub vocals, diphthong, cognate letters, lingual?s
  4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u.’ (HUH?)
  5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule.
  6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
  7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
  8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy,
  sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last.
  9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane, vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
  10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks
  and by syllabication.

  Geography (Time, one hour)
  1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
  2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
  3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
  4. Describe the mountains of North America
  5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia, Odessa, Denver, Manitoba, Hecla, Yukon, St. Helena,

  Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
  6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U.S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each..
  8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
  9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
  10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

  Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.

  Gives the saying ‘he only had an 8th grade education’ a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!

  No wonder they dropped out after 8th grade. They already knew more than they needed to know!

  No, I don’t have the answers And I don’t think I ever did!

  Have fun with this… pass it on so we’re not the only ones who feel stupid!!!

• 19May

  Phone Repair, A case against VOIP…

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  Lawrence, Kansas, December 12, 2010

  A Kansas farm wife called the local phone company to report her telephone failed to ring when

  

  her friends called – and that on the few occasions,when it did ring, her dog always moaned right before the phone rang.

  The telephone repairman proceeded to the scene, curious to see this psychic dog or senile lady. He climbed a telephone pole, hooked in his test set, and dialed the subscriber’s house. The phone didn’t ring right away, but then the dog moaned and the telephone began to ring.
  Climbing down from the pole, the telephone repairman found:

  1 . The dog was tied to the telephone system’s groundwirewith a steel chain and collar.
  2. The wire connection to the ground rod was loose. 3. The dog was receiving 90 volts of signaling current when the number was called.
  4.. After a couple of jolts, the dog would start moaning and then urinate..
  5. The wet ground would complete the circuit, thus causing the phone to ring.

  Which demonstrates that some problems CAN be fixed by pissing and moaning.

  Tags: Kansas, phone, repair, VOIP

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