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Criminals always have a way to make money from any difficult situation. After the World Trade Tower Disaster (9/11), people registered loved ones as dead or missing so they could receive compensation from the insurance company. Some people registered themselves and just walked away from their lives.

After Hurricane Katrina, in both Florida and Louisiana, people signed up two and three times for FEMA assistance checks. I had a girlfriend that volunteered in Florida and she said that some of the people would come in 2-3 times a day for a check.

Customers of JPMorgan Chase, Washington Mutual, Citigroup and Wachovia customers are all potential targets, according to USA Today (Cyberscams exploit consumers' financial unease - USATODAY.com 10/8/08).

If you are asked to verify your personal information, like name, account number, password, do not give your information to anyone. Do not complete any forms online unless you are sure that you are at the bank site and not a phishing site. If you receive an email that purports to be from your bank, do not click the links within the email. By doing so, you can begin a process by which keylogging or trojan programs may be loaded on your computer.

Be safe, be secure and be sure.

Children were asked, 'What does Love Mean?' Here are their answers ...

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't
bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my
grandfather does it for her all the time, even when
his hands got arthritis too. That's love."

Rebecca - age 8
_____

"When someone loves you, the way they say your name
is different. You just know that your name is safe in
their mouth."

Billy - age 4
_____

"Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts
on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each
other."

Karl - age 5
_____

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody
most of your French fries without making them give
you any of theirs."

Chrissy - age 6
_____

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."

Terri - age 4
_____

"Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and
she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make
sure the taste is OK."

Danny - age 7
_____

"Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you
get tired of kissing, you still want to be together
and you talk more. My Mommy and Daddy are like that.
They look gross when they kiss"

Emily - age 8
_____

"Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if
you stop opening presents and listen."

Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
_____

"If you want to learn to love better, you should
start with a friend who you hate,"

Nikka - age 6
(we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
_____

"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,
then he wears it everyday."

Noelle - age 7
_____

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old
man who are still friends even after they know each
other so well."

Tommy - age 6
_____

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was
scared. I looked at all the people watching me and
saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one
doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."

Cindy - age 8
_____

"My mommy loves me more than anybody You don't see
anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

Clare - age 6
_____

"Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of
chicken."

Elaine-age 5
_____

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and
still says he is handsomer than Robert Redford."

Chris - age 7
_____

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after
you left him alone all day."

Mary Ann - age 4
_____

"I know my older sister loves me because she gives
me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new
ones."

Lauren - age 4
_____

"When you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and
down and little stars come out of you."

Karen - age 7
(what an image)
_____

"Love is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she
doesn't think it's gross."

Mark - age 6
_____

"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you
mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a
lot. People forget."

Jessica - age 8
_____


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If you live in an area of the country serviced by Charter Cable, High Speed Internet and Telephone, you should check out the packages for bundled cable and/or telephone and/or High-Speed Internet on the Charter website. If you compare prices and see that Charter is offering true value for services you need, you should sign up for services soon.

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To keep your car rocking, the Civic has both an USB audio interface MP3 auxiliary input jack and a 160-watt sound system.

So, if you have been thinking of bundling your cable, telephone and high speed Internet services, you may want to check out the offers that Charter has put together for new customers.

A recent article by Chris Brogan discussed How To Take Your Blog to the Next Level. Since most of my readers do not read, LOL, I thought i would summarize it. If you wish to read the entire article, please visit http://www.marketingprofs.com.

Define Your Market and Target Audience. If your blog is to be your business, build every bit of knowledge base abount visiters, commenterst into stats. Know your audience. Start delivering something unique.

Think in terms of form and function. Here, Brogan's advice ranges from choosing graphics with visual appeal to configuring your layout for search engine optimization.

Make your content top notch. Among other points, he gives tips for writing quality posts, and stresses the importance of periodically reviewing your archive to avoid redundancy.

Promote your blog. Adding your URL to an email signature or at your social network profiles is just one of Brogan's suggestions for drumming up interest.

Build business from your blog. According to Brogan, it's perfectly okay to ask for a sale. "Be direct and honest about this," he says. He then shows you how it's done.

Make your blog an authoritative online destination, Bring them and they shall stay.

Personal Note: I have been very ill for the last 6 weeks and I seem to be on doing better now. If you stop by and my blogs have not been updated, it is because I am ill. So, leave me a note, send me an ecard, leave a prayer, draw an amulet, whatever. I need help shaking this disease.

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What if I told you we could use empty TV channels to connect millions of people in Texas to the Internet?

The technology exists to do just that. But a powerful corporate lobby is standing in the way with a multimillion-dollar misinformation campaign aimed at Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Washington faces a critical choice: Use new technology to open the Internet for everyone, or side with the lobbyists and prevent millions from getting connected. Help Senator Hutchison make the right decision:

Tell Senator Hutchison: Open the Internet for Everyone

The latest front in the battle over the future of the Internet is about "white spaces" -- empty frequencies between TV channels on the public airwaves. New technology can open this unused spectrum to powerful high-speed Internet services, bringing ubiquitous and affordable broadband to millions of Americans now left off the grid.

Here's the problem: The National Association of Broadcasters and cell phone companies want to hoard this publicly owned resource. Their lobbyists have been blitzing Washington with misinformation to prevent white spaces from being used to benefit millions of people.

Too many Americans have been left on the wrong side of the digital divide -- sidelined in a nation that increasingly demands high-speed Internet access to get things done, keep up in school and find out what's happening in the world. The answer to this problem is right in front of us.

Take Action: Open White Spaces for Everyone

If you sign the letter, we promise to hand deliver it next week to Senator Hutchison. A second copy will go to the Federal Communications Commission, which oversees spectrum policy.

Unless we urge Congress and the FCC to open up white spaces, Senator Hutchison could side with the lobbyists and deny us one of our last, best opportunities to build a better Internet.

It's a familiar story. Big media companies use any means possible to squash new ideas that threaten their control over information.

With your help today, we can stop them and open up the Internet for everyone.

Thank you,

Timothy Karr
Campaign Director
Free Press
http://www.freepress.net/
http://www.savetheinternet.com/

1. Learn more about white spaces at www.freepress.net/whitespaces

2. Read Free Press Campaign Coordinator Megan Tady's recent article about this tremendous opportunity.

3. Read the New America Foundation's report on white spaces and the "Battle over Innovation."