Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Name:		55 mile birthday bike ride, Start/end in Boulder,CO
Date:		Aug 20, 2015 6:02 am
Map: (valid until Feb 16, 2016)		View on Map
Distance:		55.8 miles
Elapsed Time:		6:37:49
Avg Speed:		8.4 mph
Max Speed:		28.7 mph
Avg Pace:		7' 07" per mile
Min Altitude:		4,986 ft
Max Altitude:		5,737 ft
Start Time:		2015-08-20T12:02:07Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	39º 58' 16" N
	Longitude:	105º 15' 56" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	39º 58' 17" N
	Longitude:	105º 15' 55" W

MotionX-GPS Commonly Asked Questions

What is MotionX-GPS?
MotionX-GPS is the essential GPS application for outdoor enthusiasts. It puts an easy-to-use, state-of-the-art handheld GPS on your iPhone.

Can I use MotionX-GPS?
Sure! MotionX-GPS can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.

How can I display tracks in Google Earth?
Follow the directions on the Google Earth web site to download and install the Google Earth program. Save the attached "55 mile birthday bike ride Startend in BoulderCO.kmz" file to your computer. Launch Google Earth, select File, Open, and open the saved "55 mile birthday bike ride Startend in BoulderCO.kmz" file.

This email was forwarded to me. Where are the attachments?
Some e-mail programs do not include the original attachments by default when forwarding an e-mail. In this case, the sender must reattach the original files for them to be included.

Please contact MotionX customer support with any comments or questions.

All the best,

The MotionX Team

US and Foreign Patents Granted and Pending. Fullpower® is a registered trademark of Fullpower Technologies, Inc. MotionX™ is a trademark of Fullpower Technologies, Inc. © Copyright 2003 - 2012 Fullpower Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Monday, August 17, 2015

Overcoming the critical voices in your head

Check out this cool episode: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/overwhelmed-brain-paul-colaianni/id743537890?mt=2&i=332530327

Tuesday, August 11, 2015

LastPass Now Lets You Sync Passwords on Any One Platform for Free

http://lifehacker.com/lastpass-now-lets-you-sync-passwords-on-any-one-platfor-1721827587?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_facebook&utm_source=lifehacker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Sent from my iPhone

Finding Professional Work Overseas

Listening to Zero To Travel Podcast : National Geographic Type Adventures, Lifestyle Design Like Tim Ferriss Plus Inspiration Like TED (How To Find Professional Work Overseas : Zero To Travel Podcast): http://zerototravel.com/podcast/how-to-find-professional-work-overseas-zero-to-travel-podcast/

(00:56:37)

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In today's episode of the Zero To Travel Podcast we learn how to find professional work overseas. And who better to teach us than Troy Erstling. He has studied in Argentina, taught English in South Korea, took a fellowship in India, and worked for one of India's most promising startups.

Now Troy is speaking at universities inspiring students to travel and work abroad. And he is the 'brainchild' of BrainGain. He is using his entrepreneurial spirit and travel education to help others find ways of exploring an international career.

Thinking about traveling and working abroad? Not sure where to start? Listen now and learn from someone who's done it!

You'll Learn:

What it's like to Teach English Abroad
How to transition from teaching/volunteering to Professional Work
How to utilize personal networks to find opportunities
Most realistic places to find work overseas
Step by Step process to finding work overseas
Typical duration of most jobs and where to find the most opportunity
Understanding Cultural differences when applying for jobs (and how to find the real cost of living estimates)
Going from a tourist visa to a permanent visa
Going to an International School to open up opportunities in your desired country
Ins and outs of BrainGain

Resources:

For more episodes of the Zero To Travel Podcast, check out the archives!

The post How To Find Professional Work Overseas : Zero To Travel Podcast appeared first on Zero to Travel.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

MotionX-GPS Track: Brew tour:Boulder Beer, Redstone Meadery, Whole Foods for $3 wine bottles and free food! Nice bike ride!

Hello,

Connie O'Dell uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:

Name:		Brew tour:Boulder Beer, Redstone Meadery, Whole Foods for $3 wine bottles and free food! Nice bike ride!
Date:		Jul 21, 2015 9:39 am
Map: (valid until Jan 17, 2016)		View on Map
Distance:		19.8 miles
Elapsed Time:		3:38:28
Avg Speed:		5.4 mph
Max Speed:		26.1 mph
Avg Pace:		11' 03" per mile
Min Altitude:		5,193 ft
Max Altitude:		5,735 ft
Start Time:		2015-07-21T15:39:28Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	39º 58' 16" N
	Longitude:	105º 15' 56" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	39º 58' 16" N
	Longitude:	105º 15' 55" W

MotionX-GPS Commonly Asked Questions

What is MotionX-GPS?
MotionX-GPS is the essential GPS application for outdoor enthusiasts. It puts an easy-to-use, state-of-the-art handheld GPS on your iPhone.

Can I use MotionX-GPS?
Sure! MotionX-GPS can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.

How can I display tracks in Google Earth?
Follow the directions on the Google Earth web site to download and install the Google Earth program. Save the attached "Brew tourBoulder Beer Redstone Meadery Whole Foods for 3 wine bottles and free food Nice bike ride.kmz" file to your computer. Launch Google Earth, select File, Open, and open the saved "Brew tourBoulder Beer Redstone Meadery Whole Foods for 3 wine bottles and free food Nice bike ride.kmz" file.

This email was forwarded to me. Where are the attachments?
Some e-mail programs do not include the original attachments by default when forwarding an e-mail. In this case, the sender must reattach the original files for them to be included.

Please contact MotionX customer support with any comments or questions.

All the best,

The MotionX Team

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Cool podcast about the future: The Last Job)

Listening to Planet Money (#625: The Last Job): http://podcastdownload.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/blog/2015/05/20150522_blog_pmoney.mp3?orgId=1&d=999&p=510289&story=408313612&t=podcast&e=408313612&ft=pod&f=510289

What if robots did all the work? In today's show, we imagine a world without jobs.

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Sunday, July 19, 2015

MotionX-GPS Track: Track 052

Hello,

Connie O'Dell uses MotionX-GPS on the iPhone and is sharing with you the following track:

Name:		Track 052
Date:		Jul 19, 2015 7:44 am
Map: (valid until Jan 15, 2016)		View on Map
Distance:		6.63 miles
Elapsed Time:		2:32:34
Avg Speed:		2.6 mph
Max Speed:		6.9 mph
Avg Pace:		23' 01" per mile
Min Altitude:		5,669 ft
Max Altitude:		6,594 ft
Start Time:		2015-07-19T13:44:48Z
Start Location:
	Latitude:	39º 58' 15" N
	Longitude:	105º 15' 56" W
End Location:
	Latitude:	39º 58' 16" N
	Longitude:	105º 15' 55" W

MotionX-GPS Commonly Asked Questions

What is MotionX-GPS?
MotionX-GPS is the essential GPS application for outdoor enthusiasts. It puts an easy-to-use, state-of-the-art handheld GPS on your iPhone.

Can I use MotionX-GPS?
Sure! MotionX-GPS can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.

How can I display tracks in Google Earth?
Follow the directions on the Google Earth web site to download and install the Google Earth program. Save the attached "Track 052.kmz" file to your computer. Launch Google Earth, select File, Open, and open the saved "Track 052.kmz" file.

This email was forwarded to me. Where are the attachments?
Some e-mail programs do not include the original attachments by default when forwarding an e-mail. In this case, the sender must reattach the original files for them to be included.

Please contact MotionX customer support with any comments or questions.

All the best,

The MotionX Team

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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

The 20 Most Important Travel Hacks You Should Know

Shared from Zite

Connie shared with you:

The 20 Most Important Travel Hacks You Should Know

blog.tripadvisor.com - Over the years we've lived and learned from our own time spent on the road. We've chatted up fellow travel nuts, and we've done plenty of research to find the most clever, creative, and efficient time-saving and stress-reducing hacks every traveler should know–and we compiled them all into this handy list. We've included some obvious (yet oft-forgotten) tips, as well as some clever beat-the-system hacks, too. From the moment you book a ticket or tour till you're unpacking your souvenirs, these 20 time-saving travel hacks will help to streamline your trips, ease some headaches, and make sure you're spending as much time as possible in blissed-out vacation mode.

Available on the App Store.

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Monday, June 29, 2015

Got a Call from 866-694-8573? Don't Fall for the "Comcast Loyalty Rewards" Scam, thanks to Stop the Cap!

Got a Call from 866-694-8573? Don't Fall for the "Comcast Loyalty Rewards" Scam • Stop the Cap!

If you saw my previous post, you know I just got a solicitation enough like this that I think it's just the same game with a few different details. I also was surprised that they seemed to have access to the comcast info like what plan I was on, and what I was paying. Pretty sad if comcast has had a breach into its customer database, and it just makes scams like this more plausible-sounding...

Got a Call from 866-694-8573? Don’t Fall for the “Comcast Loyalty Rewards” Scam

Phillip Dampier June 18, 2015 Comcast/Xfinity, Competition, Consumer News, Public Policy & Gov't, Video 4 Comments

A group misrepresenting itself as part of Comcast is offering customers substantial discounts on cable and broadband service, if they agree to pay in advance. Customers accepting the offer don’t get any upgrades and lose their money.

Stop the Cap! reader Don Nelson alerted us that a group calling itself the “Loyalty Rewards Department of Comcast” has called residents in Comcast service areas offering huge discounts and upgrades on cable and Internet service for as little as $80 a month.

Nelson was offered Extreme 105 Internet, HD Premier with an X1 set-top box, Unlimited Phone, and HBO, Starz, Showtime & Cinemax for $79.99 for 24 months if he agreed to pay $239.97 to cover the first three months of the promotion in advance. If he was willing to prepay for six months, Nelson would also receive a free Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 tablet as a gift. It sounded like a great deal. Comcast’s own website sells the same package for $159.99 a month for 24 months with a two-year contract.

“It’s a very slick operation and they have your personal information and exactly what services you receive from Comcast, so I strongly suspect Comcast’s systems have been breached or some of their employees are involved in the scam,” Nelson said.

When he told the representative it sounded like a deal too good to be true, Nelson was reassured he was speaking with Comcast by telling him his account number and current level of service, including the number and types of set-top boxes already in his home. They knew his street address and had two phone numbers on file, a fact that now bothers Nelson because one of them was an old throwaway prepaid cell phone number he gave Comcast five years ago when he signed up to avoid future telemarketing calls.

“Only four companies had that phone number, including Comcast, and now so do these guys,” Nelson told us. “Something is wrong at Comcast for these scammers to have this information.”

As an extra assurance of good faith, the Indian-accented representative invited Nelson to call him back at 866-694-8573 — the same number displayed on Nelson’s Caller ID.

“Most of these scammers go fishing for your personal information, but the person I talked to didn’t ask me any personal details at all because he already had them,” Nelson said. “When I called back, the interactive system that answered sounded professional and authentic, with options to make a payment and report service problems.”

What started to raise Nelson’s suspicion was exactly how the “Loyalty Rewards Department of Comcast” expected to be paid.

Nelson was told he shouldn’t visit Comcast to make a payment, read his credit card number over the phone, or send a check in the mail. Instead, he was asked to acquire a Green Dot MoneyPak “Scratchable Prepaid Card” at his local CVS, Walgreens, or Kmart and load it with the expected pre-payment. Instead of mailing that card to the “Loyalty Department,” he was supposed to call back and read the numbers off the back of the Green Dot card.

“I was assured everything was okay and this was a co-promotion between Green Dot and Comcast that covered part of the cost of the cable deal I was getting,” Nelson said. “But that sounded strange and I requested an email confirmation to make sure I understood the offer.”

The “Loyalty Department” did, in fact, send an email “verification,” which only further raised suspicion because of its word choices and lack of familiarity with common colloquial expressions. The grammatical errors did not inspire confidence either:

No legitimate company will tell you to buy a prepaid card to make a payment. Scammers cannot afford to accept standard credit cards that can and will be traced back to them eventually.
Dear Customer,
Good Day!
This email refers to the promotion on your current/new services with Comcast Xfinity, this promotion offers you free upgrades in your existing (new services)services of Comcast.
With this up gradation you will be having i.e.
i) Up to 105Mbps download speed. This package gives you liberty to enjoy unlimited uploading and downloading with no fair usage policy applicable.
ii) The upgraded cable package will be Digital HD Premier Package with 260 digital channels with 40 premium movies and 25 sports packages.
iii) The upgraded Comcast voice package will give you unlimited Nationwide and North American talk and text.
A quick review of the available programming is mentioned below:
FAMILY CHANNEL:
ABC Family, Bloomberg TV, A&E, Cartoon network, Disney, Bravo, E! etc.
MOVIE CHANNEL:
Action Max, AMC, HBO, CINEMAX, STARZ, SHOWTIME, HALLMARK, ENCORE etc.
SPORT CHANNEL:
Big Ten Network, CBS College Sports, ESPN, Fox Soccer Channel, NFL, NHL, NBA etc
NEWS CHANNEL:
ABC News, Weather, BBC, C SPAN, CNBC, FOX NEWS etc.
Green Dot offers this fraud advisory.
Payment Procedure:
This promotion is applicable once you prepay your account for $239.97 (good for 03 months).
As this promotion is brought to you with the Co-operation of Green Dot Inc.
So you have to pay Comcast for the promotion with Money Pak billing card by following 3 simple steps:
i) Go to any of your favorite leading chain store’s checkout counter e.g. CVS Pharmacy, Kroger, Walgreens’ 7/11, Kmart, Circle K, Rite Aid, RadioShack etc, and get Green Dot Money Pak Scratch-able prepaid card (This is a hard paper twofold card without any plastic wrapping in the color green)
ii) Carry enough cash. You can’t use your debit or credit card to buy this Card. ($4.95 Service fee applicable on top of your billing)
iii) Call back the Billing department of Comcast Xfinity at 1-866-694-8573 and pay your bill using that card.
This is a contract free offer for 24 months, with a fix monthly bill of $79.99 after the first three months of Subscription.
Bonus offer: If you are able to clear your billings within 24 hours, you will automatically will be qualified to earn 100 Loyalty Reward points as good as cash from Comcast Xfinity that can be redeemed by you any time to get one month of extra services.
Bonus offer: If you are able to pay for 06 months of service up front, you will be qualified to receive a Samsung Galaxy Tab® 4 tablet free.
Please feel free to contact for further queries from 8am till 6:30pm PST (Operational timings) at 1-866-694-8573.
Regards,
David Clarke
Employee ID LHM
Loyalty Rewards Department
Comcast Xfinity
* 30 Days money back guarantee. No cancellation or recurring fee applied.
This is a service-related email. Comcast will occasionally send you service-related emails to inform you of service changes, upgrades or new benefits. Services and features are subject to Comcast’s standard terms and conditions of service and are subject to change. Copyright 2015 Comcast. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Comcast respects your privacy.

The Better Business Bureau offers its advice about how to avoid Green Dot MoneyPak schemes, which are increasingly common online. (:55)

“That email message convinced me it was all a scam,” Nelson said. “No cable company would write something like this and send it out to customers. They also don’t apparently realize Walgreens and 7-11 have nothing to do with each other. Can you imagine Comcast telling a customer they have to get the ‘green’ prepaid card -without- the plastic wrapping. Most of their customers cannot understand their monthly bill. They are not going to understand the confusing world of prepaid credit cards. It made no sense.”

Stop the Cap! called the “Loyalty Rewards Department of Comcast” and we were disconnected each time we asked a question that did not involve taking advantage of their offer. We called back, trying different departments, and each time we were connected to the same Indian-accented man who had hung up on us before. After the fifth call, they blocked our phone number from reaching them.

We next called Comcast’s security department and got nowhere. They were not interested because we were not Comcast customers inside a Comcast service area and invited us to have our reader call them directly. When Nelson tried, he was left on hold for over 45 minutes and when he finally spoke to someone, they couldn’t be bothered.

“It amazed me how little interest they showed in this operation, which has apparently suckered customers all over the country,” Nelson said. “I asked them to call the number and hear how these people are directly misrepresenting themselves as Comcast, right down to repeating their Xfinity slogans. The representative seemed to have heard the same story before and seemed mostly concerned about telling me Comcast was not responsible for any money paid to the scam artists. They did not even seem to care when I told them they had my personal Comcast account information and suggested the scammers got it off Facebook. Yeah, because I always put my Comcast account number on Facebook, if I used Facebook.”

With further investigation, Stop the Cap! identified several numbers (as well as currently active 866-694-8573) associated with this operation. If any of these numbers call you, hang up: 855-328-7913, 855-859-6946, 800-526-1037, and 800-399-5791.

If you were scammed by these people or have other useful information to share about your experiences with them, please share in the comment section.

WWMT in Kalamazoo, Mich. reports the Comcast Loyalty Rewards scam has affected customers across Michigan through aggressive telemarketing campaigns. (2:01)

Comcast/Capital One credit card scam that I reported to comcast, in case anyone else gets called

This scam calls on the phone first and claims to offer half off the comcast bill for 2 years if you also sign up for a capital one card through them as part of the promotion. They seemed really legit on the phone, but I was very concerned the info they ask for below when they sent me the email, and also the spelling errors seemed like a red flag, and my son helped me decode the headers in the email, and you can see the emkei.cz origin.

My son says that comcast does not have their SPF set up correctly, and that that makes email spoofing like this possible. If that's true, you really ought to have your IT department fix it, because it makes comcast look bad to be lagging in internet security.

Cheers,

Connie O'Dell

odellconnie@gmail.com

720-260-4442

----------------------------------------------------

I will paste below both the original mail, and the one with the email headers decoded:

Original email:

Comcast Xfinity <no-reply@comcast.net>
11:46 AM (1 hour ago)

to me

Dear Customer,

Good Day!

This email refers to the promotion on your current/new services with COMCAST XFINITY, this promotion offers you 50% off in your monthly bill.

With this promotion your existing services i.e. "Comast Internet Blasty" will stay the same as they are right now. No change in equipments or services.

This is a contract free offer for 24 months, with a fix monthly bill of $33.47 per month.

Due balance (if any) will be waived off once you enroll for this new program.

Capital One® is the financial sponsor of this offer and you will keep getting discount as long as you have this card on file. Capital One® card will be shipped to you within 5 working days after subscribing to this promotion.

Kindly fill the following spaces to precede your order:

NAME FIRST LAST NAME
DATE OF BIRTH MM/DD/YYYY
SOCIAL SECURITY # XXX-XX-XXXX
HOME PHONE # XXX-XXX-XXXX
ADDRESS
ADDRESS (with Residential Prove)

*First and Last name of the person who is applying for the card

*Date of Birth of the person who is applying for the card

*SSN of the person who is applying for the card

*applicable for Comcast Voice package (TRIPLE PLAY and DOUBLE PLAY)

*Picture ID (Social Security card/ Driving License/Passport)

*Residential Prove (copy of a bill with Name and address clearly mention)

Please For further queries feel free to call 1866-694-8573 (from 8:00 am till 6:00pm PST).

Regards,

Ross Taylor

Employee ID 36R1

Sales & Promotions Department

COMCAST XFINITY.

_{* 30 Days money back guarantee. No cancellation or recurring fee applied.}

_{This is a service-related email. COMCAST XFINITY occasionally sends you service-related emails to inform you of service changes, upgrades or new benefits. Services and features are subject to COMCAST XFINITY's standard terms and conditions of service and are subject to change. Copyright 2013 COMCAST XFINITY. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. COMCAST XFINITY respects your privacy.}

Email headers decoded:

Delivered-To: odellconnie@gmail.com
Received: by 10.31.221.131 with SMTP id u125csp1632020vkg;
        Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
X-Received: by 10.180.91.107 with SMTP id cd11mr22839257wib.51.1435599979226;
        Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
Return-Path: <no-reply@comcast.net>
Received: from emkei.cz (emkei.cz. [46.167.245.71])
        by mx.google.com with ESMTP id fm10si74779774wjc.203.2015.06.29.10.46.18
        for <odellconnie@gmail.com>;
        Mon, 29 Jun 2015 10:46:19 -0700 (PDT)
Received-SPF: neutral (google.com: 46.167.245.71 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of no-reply@comcast.net) client-ip=46.167.245.71;
Authentication-Results: mx.google.com;
       spf=neutral (google.com: 46.167.245.71 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of no-reply@comcast.net) smtp.mail=no-reply@comcast.net;
       dmarc=fail (p=NONE dis=NONE) header.from=comcast.net
Received: by emkei.cz (Postfix, from userid 33)
 id E3CE6D57AF; Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:46:15 +0200 (CEST)
To: odellconnie@gmail.com
Subject: Promotional Details
From: "Comcast Xfinity" <no-reply@comcast.net>
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Importance: Normal
Errors-To: no-reply@comcast.net
Reply-To: ross36r1@comcast.net
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Message-Id: <20150629174616.E3CE6D57AF@emkei.cz>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 19:46:15 +0200 (CEST)

<p><img src="http://forums.comcast.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/14435i6E0FEDE67CAF2A8F/image-size/original?v=mpbl-1&amp;px=-1" alt="" width="125" height="70" /></p>
<p><em>Dear Customer,</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>Good Day!</em></p>
<p><em>This email refers to the promotion on your current/new services with COMCAST XFINITY, this promotion offers you 50% off in your monthly bill.</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>With this promotion your existing services i.e. <strong>"Comast Internet Blasty"</strong> will stay the same as they are right now. No change in equipments or services.</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>This is a contract free offer for 24 months, with a fix monthly bill of $33.47 per month.</em></p>
<p><em>Due balance (if any) will be waived off once you enroll for this new program.</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>Capital One&reg; is the financial sponsor of this offer and you will keep getting discount as long as you have this card on file. Capital One&reg; card will be shipped to you within 5 working days after subscribing to this promotion.</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Kindly fill the following spaces to precede your order:</em></strong></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em>NAME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>FIRST&nbsp;&nbsp; LAST NAME&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em>DATE OF BIRTH</em></strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>MM/DD/YYYY</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em>SOCIAL SECURITY #</em></strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>XXX-XX-XXXX</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em>HOME PHONE #</em></strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>XXX-XXX-XXXX</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em>ADDRESS</em></strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p><strong><em>ADDRESS&nbsp;</em></strong><strong><em>(with Residential Prove)</em></strong></p>
</td>
<td>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>*First and Last name of the person who is applying for the card</em></p>
<p><em>*Date of Birth of the person who is applying for the card</em></p>
<p><strong><em>*</em></strong><em>SSN of the person who is applying for the card</em></p>
<p><strong><em>*</em></strong><em>applicable<strong>&nbsp;</strong>for Comcast Voice package (TRIPLE PLAY and DOUBLE PLAY)</em></p>
<p><em>*Picture ID (Social Security card/ Driving License/Passport)</em></p>
<p><strong><em>*</em></strong><em>Residential Prove (copy of a bill with Name and address clearly mention)</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>Please For further queries feel free to call 1866-694-8573 (</em><em>from 8:00 am till 6:00pm PST).</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><strong><em>&nbsp;</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><em>Regards,</em></strong></p>
<p><em>Ross Taylor</em></p>
<p><em>Employee ID 36R1</em></p>
<p><em>Sales &amp; Promotions Department</em></p>
<p><em>COMCAST XFINITY.</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;</em></p>
<p>&nbsp;<img src="http://cdn.comcast.com/~/Media/ImageLibrary/responsive-seo-local/customer-service-logo.png?vs=1" alt="" width="60" height="70" />&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></p>
<p><em>&nbsp;<sub>* 30 Days money back guarantee. No cancellation or recurring fee applied.</sub></em></p>
<p><sub><em>&nbsp;</em></sub></p>
<p><sub><em>&nbsp;</em></sub></p>
<p><sub><em>This is a service-related email. COMCAST XFINITY occasionally sends you service-related emails to inform you of service changes, upgrades or new benefits. Services and features are subject to COMCAST XFINITY's standard terms and conditions of service and are subject to change. Copyright 2013 COMCAST XFINITY. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. COMCAST XFINITY respects your privacy.</em></sub></p>
<p><sub>&nbsp;</sub></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>

Monday, June 22, 2015

The funniest TED Talks | Playlist | TED.com

https://www.ted.com/playlists/235/the_funniest_ted_talks

Was just watching these, especially like the 2nd talk so far. Thought of you all and hope you enjoy too!

Sent from my iPhone

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Don't forget to file 5500 by July 31, small business owners with 401(K) !

Some cool resources I found if it is your first time, like it is for me.

http://thefinancebuff.com/form-5500ez-for-your-solo-401k.html

http://www.obliviousinvestor.com/sep-vs-simple-vs-solo-401k/

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Over-truthiness (ie, no tact) and "Full Disclosure": 552: Need To Know Basis, thanks to This American Life!

This great episode, especially the story "Full Disclosure", gives me something to hang onto, when dealing with someone who feels they are just telling you their honest opinion, and so why are you offended? ;-)

Transcript: 552: Need To Know Basis
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Ira Glass

Act One, Full Disclosure. You know, most of us, we basically just keep stuff to ourselves. Right? We withhold information. We do not say everything. You run into an acquaintance on the street, and they ask you, how are you? You generally do not tell them how you are, really. Adult life means we provide information on a need-to-know basis.

Your mom asks you on the phone about something you think that the two of you are just going to fight about. Sometimes you dodge, right? You do not talk about things that you don't want to talk about.

But what would it be like to not live like that? Well, Michael Leviton knows.

Michael Leviton

I just have a very unusual family. They valued honesty to an extreme extent.

Ira Glass

Michael's in his 30s, and he was raised by parents who encouraged him and his siblings to tell everything, the whole truth, all the time, believing that it hurts relationships when we avoid awkward truths, that we all should just man up and talk things through. We should work things out.

Ira Glass

That's what I love about this story, is that you thought you were doing a good job. You thought you were acing the date.

Michael Leviton

Oh, yes.

Ira Glass

For a long time, if Michael decided that he didn't want to hang out with somebody anymore, he would just, you know, come out and say it-- let's not be friends. When he would go and hear musician buddies of his perform, they would ask him afterwards, how'd you like the show? He would do the thing that nobody ever does. He would actually tell them, you know, the arrangements could have been better. You shouldn't play with this band. That first number should be in double time.

If somebody told Michael about a TV show that they liked, or really if they expressed any opinion at all on any subject-- like they told him they loved chocolate-- he could not help himself from offering his own opinion, forcefully. He hates chocolate.

Michael Leviton

And they would see it as, why would this person say this thing? Why would this person trash something I love so immediately? They must just be doing it as an act of aggression.

But really, it was more a gut instinct from my childhood, that conversation was expressing whatever was going on.

Ira Glass

In other words, you expressed your honest feelings about chocolate. Now it's my turn to express my honest feelings about chocolate.

Michael Leviton

Yeah.

Ira Glass

But would you do things, like, you would perceive, in a conversation with somebody you just met, oh, this person's kind of bossy. And then would you say, like, you know, I think you're very bossy?

Michael Leviton

A lot of the time, things like that would happen. Yeah. A lot of time, I would feel like it was my job to observe things and to tell people how they were and go like, oh, it's funny. You know, you do this thing.

And I wouldn't notice that it was triggering to people to say something like that, to go, oh, you notice you're very controlling? Have you noticed that? Like, why are you like that? And I would ask these questions that would lead in horrible directions all the time.

Ira Glass

See, I think all of us have met people who will say, well, I just tell it how it is. And people don't like to hear the truth. And I think most of us just feel like, well, that person is just an asshole or just has something wrong with them, that they don't give a damn about other people's feelings.

And what you're saying is somehow you learned this as a kind of, like, strategy for dealing with the world from the start.

Michael Leviton

Yeah. And to me, it was kind of like an exciting conversational thing to do, to be like, let's talk about ourselves. Everyone's having these small-talk conversations. They're so pointless and boring. Really, we should get to the real stuff immediately.

This is so interesting. I'm learning about you. And it'll be much more real and interesting.

Ira Glass

You know, which in a way is so idealistic. Think about for a second all the people pleasers who will say anything in a conversation just to kind of get by, all the folks who spend years in therapy getting the courage to tell people what they really think.

Speaking for myself, I feel like I don't even know what I think half the time or what I believe. And I have lots of conversations where I know what I believe, and I don't say it because I don't want to have conflict. I want to avoid conflict. And I think that lots of us are like that.

Michael had told me about this. There were a few stories of parental over-sharing. But the one that I think captured just how disturbingly far this could go sometimes happened while his parents were splitting up. His parents divorced when he and his siblings were teenagers.

And every year back then, the family would go to a place I was really surprised to hear exists at all-- family therapy camp, where counseling sessions were done in public throughout the day in front of other people. And so they're at this camp, and their parents are having troubles. And in front of other families and therapists and also in front of their own children-- aged 13, 16, and 19-- Michael's parents hashed out their issues.

Michael Leviton

So, for instance, I remember one therapy session that my mother did that was all about how she felt being married to my dad. About feeling invisible, about these kinds of-- talking about very intense, personal-- like her despair and the things that she dealt with in that marriage.

Josh

People always just ask me, well, why did you tell them about that? Is there a record of it? And no, there's not a record of anything. But I feel like I have to tell the truth. I just never thought about lying, even. I didn't even consider it.

And it seems like everybody's saying that it is OK to lie in certain circumstances because everybody else does. I kind of look at it like in sports. It's kind of saying, these athletes that take steroids, they have to do it because everybody takes steroids in order to compete. And I kind of want to succeed without taking steroids, even in a world that takes steroids, if that makes sense.

Ira Glass

Michael, meanwhile, seems to have had a much harder time than either of his siblings when it comes to honesty. By the time he was in his late 20s, Michael had noticed that acting exactly the way that he thought a principled person should be acting, he was constantly getting in all these awful clashes with people-- like, all the time. And it was confusing. And he didn't like it.

And the part of his life where it was especially vexing was dating. Over and over, he would meet somebody he really liked, go out on a date, and then they'd never want to see him again. And he had no idea what he did.

Michael Leviton

Well, that's the hard thing about dating. It's hard to learn when you're dating because people don't tell you what you did wrong. You don't know why you were rejected. You have to figure it out yourself.

If anything beautiful or cool happens, I would stop everything and go, wasn't that an amazing moment? Let's just stop and, like, talk about how amazing that was. That barely ever happens.

And a lot of the time, the moment would be ruined by my commenting on it.

Ira Glass

Like what kind of moment are you talking about?

Michael Leviton

Well, OK. For instance, one time I was walking with this woman. And I was having this date that was going well. And she put a cigarette in her mouth to smoke it. And I grabbed the cigarette out of her mouth and kissed her. And it was great.

And then she stepped away. And we finished this kiss. And I said, wow. That's not something I usually do. That was really amazing. I was actually very inspired there. Usually, I'm just so awkward. And actually, that was much-- and I just ruined the whole thing. There was no reason for me to comment on how cool I had just been.

Ira Glass

Well, I think the key word there was "usually." I think "usually" kind of kills that moment.

Michael Leviton

Oh, yeah. Well, that's actually another thing here. It was my tendency to talk about my general dating experience and to talk about those things just because they were on my mind. When I was on a date, I was naturally thinking about other dates and other things that had happened. So I would say, oh yeah. I've done a couple other amazing things on dates like that. I would just start saying these things, and it would ruin everything.

Ira Glass

I feel like when you tell some of these stories, you're like somebody from another planet or something who got dropped into our world.

Michael Leviton

Ira Glass

In the real world, Michael says, people have all kinds of feelings swirling around in their heads and insecurities and struggles. What they say may or may not be what they believe. And he says, that's great. That's normal. It's chaos.
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Transcript: 552: Need To Know Basis

*NAME*	FIRST LAST NAME
*DATE OF BIRTH*	MM/DD/YYYY
*SOCIAL SECURITY #*	XXX-XX-XXXX
*HOME PHONE #*	XXX-XXX-XXXX
*ADDRESS*
*ADDRESS* *(with Residential Prove)*