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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Warning Fake Email Paypal identity theft scam and Pasword theft attempt

This diagram is edited from various screen shots of a fake email claiming to be from Paypal in order to obtain passwords. Included are the things to look for and shots from the counterfeit sites. Tips on protecting yourself and reporting similar instances.

Hover over the link in the email and copy shortcut paste it in the browser address bar look at the link and see if it matches the site.

Even when the URL address is shown make sure the version of the link shown is the same as the link in the shortcut. in your email. It is very easy for someone to place a different address in a link than what is shown even if the link looks like an address.

When receiving a notice telling you to protect your account. Log into your account the way you normally do. If there is a problem with your account the main site will instruct you what to do. Be careful of lures, because the unscrupulous will use copyright infringement and copy as much as possible to make a site look authentic.

In this case the counterfeiters left some original links to the actual Paypal site in other parts of the "Fake email" so that it make it difficult for you to recognize the email as a fraud.

By comparing your full headers in the email to the first emails you received when opening an account you can compare and see very many differences in the information.

Make sure mail is from your actual account host site before adding new addresses to your address book.

Do not set your mail accounts to automatically save every address you send mail to. Some con-artist will send you one thing from a address and request you to reply by mail. Once you have replied, they take the chance that they have made it to your address book and start sending spam which no longer gets filtered if you have added them. Though it may seem quicker to set everything to automatic, it saves you time and reduces problems in the long run.

This particular case takes you to a php login page buried under a personal business site registered under the a domain showing "under construction."

Just hitting the spam key will place the sender into a very long list of spammers and the emails still go out for quite some time. By going to the original - Real site and finding their procedures on reporting fake emails you help more. Big companies and small companies do not want to be counterfeited. Send in the report to the people who would like to really stop this and chances are a little better of stopping the fraud. If you receive fake emails you are not the only one.

Con men are sometimes able to get away with sophisticated looking scams because they actually work for the company that they copy or else they are real familiar with the company because they have accounts there and know what you expect to see or find. If that is the case then the main site can easily find matching IP Addresses and identify the source.

Remember, your tax dollars have spent money forming commities of people who have made laws to stop this behavior. Do your part and from time to time do a bit more than just hitting the spam button. It always feels worse if it's your password that got stolen. Help to discourage such behavior.

Monday, July 24, 2006

Mac users Flash Player 9 Public Beta and Windows users Flash 9 Available

Mac users Flash Player 9 Public Beta:

Flash® Player Public Beta for Apple Intel-based Macintosh® computers are available for download. This Public Beta is a pre-release version of the Flash Player 9 software for Safari 2.03 or newer, FireFox 1.5.0.2 or newer , Opera 9 (build 3216) or newer.
This should enable Mac users to access sites which have upgraded their players. The download is available at http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/public_beta/


Windows users should go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/ for their downloads. This is the page for the latest version of Macromedia flash players available. The flash player 9 Now goes by the name Adobe; Macromedia is now a part of the Adobe family of software. If you attempt to go to Macromedia site you will be directed to the Adobe site as they handle all aspects of former Macromedia products and projects.

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Blackouts darken, roast New York - 23,000 remain without power for a fifth day

All Across the Nation Record temperatures are being reported.

As Temperatures reached 100 degrees tens of thousands of New Yorkers remain without power for a 5th day. Blackouts started Monday in Queens neighborhoods. Two LaGuardia Airport terminals lost power Monday night & Tuesday. Rikers Island city jail facility has operated on backup generators. The Power company for the NY Area is Con Edison.

for more information visit :
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/21/ny.blackouts.ap/index.html



tags: New York, weather, outages, record, temperatures

Heat blamed for deaths in California

Triple-digit temperatures in southwest California nine out of 11 San Francisco Bay Area cities broke heat records Saturday. 99 degrees in downtown Los Angeles and 115 degrees in nearby Woodland Hills, which reached a record-setting 119 degrees Saturday. Story posted Sunday, July 23, 2006

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300,0000 in St. Louis, Missouri US Without Power 4 days after Severe Storms

(via cnn.com) â?? 300,000 residents remain without power 4 days after Torrential storms. The highest number without power reached 1.1 million on Friday during a second wave of storms. Bush has issued an emergency declaration for six counties in Missouri. Temperatures reached 100 degrees

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

US New Orleans Convention Center reopens ten months after Hurricane Katrina

Ten months after Hurricane Katrina the New Orleans Convention Center is open and active. The center was used as temporary safety from flood waters by New Orleans Residents that did not evacuate in 2005 while waiting for rescue.

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Saturday, July 22, 2006

New Star Trek XI Poster by Paramont Pictures on www.startrek.com

This is the link to the poster page for Star Trek XI. The unveiling of the new poster is posted at www.startrek.com where you can find information on past and present star Trek information including user forums.

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Warning fake bulletins at myspace -Steps you can take


fake bulletins at myspace
Originally uploaded by 123flickr.
Notice of a site using fake bulletins on other peoples accounts. Information on checking your account periodically and the url to report similar occurrences or your myspace accounts can be found on the chart. Also by checking the FAQ section at myspace you can find the links needed to report such occurrences. The URL for the FAQ page is .
http://collect.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=misc.faq&z=1&Mytoken=11BAABD4-142B-B350-16998F1EAB0B40AA33942610

Fortunately, the owners of the affected account did post both bulletins and blog to report the "bug" or what is actually account hacking. This is a screen shot from the bulletin received from my friends at my space www.myspace.com/lansdowne

It is important to periodically visit your account because those looking to use your account for fake bulletins could more easily get away with it if you don't visit often. Since the bulletins only stay in the system for 10 days, if you show as an account that hasn't logged in for months you could be easy target. Also, many times when you log in and only go to your home page without actually visiting your profile, you would not be aware if your actual profile page has been compromised. remember to visit your profile also, not just your friend's profile pages.

Defend your Myspace. It's one thing to fix the problem, but reporting it helps prevent it from happening again.

Blogs will be posted with other tips on protecting your accounts at myspace and other networks.

Friday, July 21, 2006

Oil Painting by Debra Ford Ribbon-Dimensions


This painting currently located in Houston, Texas US in a private collection, was done with Grumbaucher oils on Raw Canvas in 2000. This was from one of the earlier sets of oil paintings as Debra Ford had done extensive works in watercolor and acrylics.

Oil Painting By Debra Ford

From the "Ribbon Dimension Series".
The subject is single blue ribbon floating in front an intertwined girder background. The ribbon dimension series is one of Debra's themed styles with "ribbons" afore a variety of geometric backgrounds, preferably with an illusional effect and most often with girders.. Her other dimension series focus on regular and irregular geometric patterns and often illusions.

Oil Painting on Raw Canvas by Debra Ford- Color Wheel

This painting currently located in Houston, Texas US in a private collection, was done with grumbaucher oils on Raw Canvas in 2000. This was from one of the earlier sets of oil paintings as Debra Ford had done extensive works in watercolor and acrylics.

Uploaded by 123flickr on 21 Jul '06, 3.15pm MDT.

Monday, July 17, 2006

Discovery_Mission_7-4-2006_landing-7-17-06

This is a News collage of the Discovery 2006 mission Launching July Fourth 2006 and Landing July 17 2006. It was a six crew team that visited the international Space station during it's 13 day mission. Other news releases about this mission can be found at www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/07/04/shuttle.launch/index.html

Additional Shuttle news available at www.nasa.gov www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/main/
the static image can be found at http://static.flickr.com/55/192168471_79aee2cc39_b.jpg

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Developing story - Israel attacks Beirut airport after rockets hit Haifa

Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:09:03 -0400 From: "CNN Breaking News" Subject: CNN Breaking News -- Israeli officials say a rocket has hit Haifa, a major port city in northern Israel, The Associated Press reports.Watch CNN or log on to http://CNN.com


Photo source: http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/WORLD/meast/07/13/mideast/newt1.1625.leb.ap.jpg


Israel hits fuel tank at Beirut airport
• 2nd Israeli strike on Beirut airport sets depot ablaze• IDF: Rockets hit Haifa; Hezbollah denies attack• Israeli ambassador: Haifa attack "major escalation"• Hezbollah launches scores of rockets into Israel• Israel, Lebanon officials say violence amounts to "acts of war"• Al-Arabiya: Israeli leaflets warn to stay away from Hezbollah centers
DEVELOPING STORY
Rockets fly from both sides Airport strike
• Explainer: What is Hezbollah? Map Gallery
U.N. team heads to 'major crisis' in Mideast
Impact of Lebanon attacks Long-term concerns




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Israel attacks Beirut airport after rockets hit Haifa

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Thursday, July 13, 2006; Posted: 5:23 p.m. EDT (21:23 GMT)

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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli forces struck Beirut's international airport for the second time Thursday, hitting fuel tanks that exploded into fireballs.




Lebanese soldiers stand guard near a destroyed highway on the main entrance to Sidon, Lebanon.

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The attack came soon after two rockets struck the northern Israeli port of Haifa on a day of spiraling violence and deepening crisis.


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Israel Defense Forces said the Haifa rockets came from Lebanon and blamed Hezbollah, whose guerrillas abducted two soldiers and killed eight others one day ealier.

the rest of the story at :
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/13/mideast/index.html

Earlier: Israeli warplanes strike Beirut airport
I found a reachable link on the story at MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13823680/
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:09:03 -0400
From: "CNN Breaking News"
Subject: CNN Breaking News

-- Israeli officials say a rocket has hit Haifa, a major port city in
northern Israel, The Associated Press reports.

Israeli warplanes strike Beirut airport


Israeli warplanes strike Beirut airport July 13,2006. Hezbollah retaliates after TV station hit, 22 civilians said killed in Lebanon:






Israeli aircraft attack Palestinian Foreign Ministry Wed July 12,2006 Gaza Strip- Reuters

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-07-13T052842Z_01_L12236669_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-GAZA.xml

Isreali attack Beirut Airport and TV station July 13,2006
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13823680/

Officials close Beirut international airport after Israeli jets - CNN Breaking News

Comment: There is extremely heavy traffic on line and it may be very difficult to Reach World news. Internet connection speeds are extremely slow right now and it may take a while to get online at any sites.
Headlines may be picked up on local home pages if you can reach your IP Provider. Yahoo & MSN Tied up for the last half hour. Google page feeds active, but connection speed still slow. Pop Servers are intermittently available. Expect delay for connection. CNN is currently unreachable. Local news available on some stations, but attempts to switch to World news has faile. Pages with pictures and video embeds slow to not available many sites in the last hour. Circuits busy. (Note to other bloggers : Your blogger will load after 5 minute delay, but expect reduced features...do not navigate away until you have made your entry because it may be extremely difficult to check back in.)
This comment added by Debra Ford.

News Alert:

Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:24:03 -0400
From: "CNN Breaking News"
Subject: CNN Breaking News
To: --------------

-- Officials close Beirut international airport after Israeli jets
attack runways, AP reports. Details soon.

Watch CNN or log on to http://CNN.com and watch FREE video, plus live,
commercial-free video with CNN Pipeline.
Only one news network has been the most trusted for nearly two decades:
CNN - Still the most trusted name in news.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Weather REACTION Chart - 103 deg F - The Desert - El Paso,Tx US 7-12-2006

July 12 Weather Reaction chart for my first year in the desert. It is reportedly much cooler this month due to recent rain in the area. The high temperature for the day is 103 F. Former years news reported cows dropping dead at 105 F in Texas. Much effort will me made to meet the local residents to find out what I need to do in order to stay alive this summer.

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

TV Exclusive: CNN Interview with Dan Rather - Wed, July 12, 2006 9 pm ET 8 pm, CST 7 pm, MST 6 pm, 5 pm PST

CNN Breaking News message received Tue, 11 Jul 2006 09:50:33 -0400

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TV Exclusive: Dan Rather's first in-depth interview on life after
CBS and what's next. He's taking your calls. Watch Larry King
Live Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. http://www.CNN.com/larryking
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New" Music Mix" with Piano Jazz, Classical, New Age and Jazz Music samples

My profile page at Music Freedom:
debraford123


Stand alone player for :
My music mix at Music Freedom samples includes titles by
:
Kevin Burdick -

Fire Fly
Robies Song
Plastic Hearts
(Myspace page at http://myspace.com/kevinburdick)

Douglas Johnson -

Meditation
(Myspace page at http://myspace.com/douglasjohnson)

Cataclysmic sounds-

Turning heart for Piano a
Hypnotized
722

Frantic cupid69 -
Claustrophobia
Luxor

Patrick L. Halliwell-

A deep road in the Mountanins
Lucky's piece
River of dreams


Marco Esu-

333
Primo risvelgilo parte 1

Dean Stevenson Dawn-

The Journey home
On the Move

Tom Tallitsh-

Propella head
Coming Around

Fran Senden-

Crime Calls
Stan Satin
River of Dreams

This collection includes( and will feature) Jazz, Classical, Contemporary Classical, Soundtracks, New Age, Piano /Jazz/rock, alternative, indie, guitar, & piano. Many of the music artist here have a wide variety of styles. Some have exceptional collections which transends across generes with a timeless appeal. Some have a a range showing many different styles that depends highly on tastes. As these are only samplings links to the band websites are available on their profile pages.

As my song mix player is "full," additional notable music and music artist will be added in as my subscribed list with a periodical rotation of the song clips. The "song clips" link to the music artists' profile pages through subscribed list icons on my profile page (where you will find the links to the band sites for those music artists).

Extended blog entries and personal reviews will be placed at my blog on Music Freedom as the majority of the artist on that playlist do not have pages at myspace. Those who are also on my Friend's list at myspace will be posted in the blogs at myspace also.

A version of this posting appears at Music Freedom and http://blog.myspace.com/debraford123

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