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Our Current Events Show # 139

Just Do it Until You Need Glasses

Our Current Events Show # 139 – Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy. An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM -Las Vegas (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT It’s more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us. If you want to participate and be on the Zoom panel contact me. Please join our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

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Did you know the first French fries weren’t actually cooked in France?

They were cooked in Greece.

Make yourself taller

https://finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/leg-lengthening-surgery-changed-life-090000440.html

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Exercise takes 10% off the age of old mice muscles

https://flip.it/7wjTqU

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Help protect your accounts from fraudsters by taking a few simple steps

In honor of cybersecurity month, we’re reaching out to inform you about ways to help safeguard your online accounts from fraudsters. We know that the idea of someone getting a hold of your money is unpleasant. The good news is that there are simple steps you can take to protect your accounts.

Install reputable antivirus software on your devices and be sure to enable automatic updates. This prevents fraudsters from using malware installed via phishing emails or other methods to steal your usernames and passwords or to remotely access your computer.

Always use unique usernames and passwords for each of your accounts. Fraudsters purchase compromised login details from the dark web and test them on various websites to find people who reuse credentials for multiple accounts.

Be aware of social engineering scams. Fraudsters will sometimes pretend to be IT or security personnel from well-known companies and request remote access to your computer or ask you to disclose a password under the guise of fixing some non-existent issue on your device. Unless you have initiated contact with someone, do not grant access or give them your passwords.

Enroll in two-factor authentication (2FA) for your Fidelity account and your email and mobile service provider accounts. 2FA acts as an extra hurdle for fraudsters, even if they find out your username and password.

Add extra security offered by your mobile service provider. Many mobile phone carriers offer features to prevent fraudsters from porting your phone number to a new device and attempting to use your phone number to access account information.

Audio Podcast: https://janlandy.libsyn.com/our-current-events-show-139

Our Current Events Show # 138

Our Current Events Show # 138 – Presented by SoundBroker.com and hosted by Jan Landy.

Recorded on 01/11/2023

An entertaining robust discussion offering opinions on current events. Offer your opinion every Wednesday at 5 PM -Las Vegas (UTC-8)/ 8 PM EDT It’s more satisfying than seeing a therapist and it gives you a chance to laugh while learning about the latest of what is happening in our world and how it affects us.

If you want to participate and be on the Zoom panel contact me. Please join our LinkedIn discussion group Friends of the RoundTable https://lnkd.in/gHE5vCC7

#events #podcast #business #networking #currentevents #humpdaymotivation #news #wednesdaymotivation #mastermind #audiovisual #audioengineer #entrepreneuer #coachingandmentoring #currentevents #industrytrends #roundtable #discussion #businessowner #soundcompany #liveevent

TOPICS DISCUSSED TODAY: The #faa is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. The FAA has ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures until 9 a.m. Eastern Time to allow the agency to validate the integrity of flight and safety information.

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Jeff Beck RIP at 78 – Jeff Beck, the celebrated guitarist who played with the Yardbirds and led the Jeff Beck Group, has died aged 78, his representative has confirmed. #jeffbeck Beck died on Tuesday after “suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis”, the representative confirmed. “

Keystone Has Leaked More Oil Than Any Other Pipeline in US Since 2010 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-12/tc-energy-keystone-has-leaked-more-oil-than-any-other-pipeline-in-us-since-2010 #keystonepipleine ===

#bonnaroo Unveils 2023 Headliners With Foo Fighters, Zeds Dead, Liquid Stranger, Kendrick Lamar & ODESZA

#badbunny , Frank Ocean, #blackpink To Headline Coachella 2023 In 2022 Bad Bunny and Ed Sheeran both ranked in the top three (along with Elton John) on the Top 200 Worldwide Tours chart – Bad Bunny at No. 1 with a gross of $393.4 million and Sheeran third with $251.3 million. But both have the distinction of being the best of the year in one of the chart’s two quantifying metrics: gross and sold tickets.

Jam band legends #Phish will make multi-night plays in Seattle, Berkeley and Los Angeles for its spring 2023 tour.

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https://www.yahoo.com/amphtml/lifestyle/tik-toker-caught-cutting-line-at-nashville-event-claims-she-can-because-shes-beautiful-and-has-70000-followers-193029635.html

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[All-time high: Number of weed-using California seniors in ER jumps 1,800% | Daily Mail Online](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11619151/Sharp-18-fold-rise-number-seniors-ending-hospital-using-pot-study.html) #california #pot #marijuananews

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Candy maker Mars announced that the limited edition all-female pack will include only Purple, Brown and Green — the candy’s trio of female characters, who are upside-down on the package — to “celebrate women everywhere who are flipping the status quo.” The packs are currently on sale. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/10/business/m-and-ms-female-pack/index.html #m&m

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The truth, and strategy, of food expiration dates https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/17/business/sell-by-dates-food-safety/index.html #food #foodexperation

In The Car On The Way To Work – Episode 3

https://soundcloud.com/soundbroker/episode-3-jan-landy-in-the-car

Internet Fraud, What is a honest man to do? Part 2

Follow up to Fraud Alert June 18, 2015: 

Frustrated and hopeless are the two words that come to mind when trying to abort these crooks from committing the crime they are attempting.

1) I called GoDaddy whose is the registrar of the crooks domain. Spoke to someone who although tried to be helpful fell quite short of being helpful. He did give me an email address to send my complaint.  “abuse@godaddy.com”.  This was the email that I sent them and below is their response:

I have been notified that someone is pretending to be me and is attempting to commit fraud using my name and a similar email address.   My domain is SoundBroker.com and they are using SoundBrokerinc.com  They have my address, and federal tax and my duns number.   I have attached an email that I just received from someone that was calling me that received the email.   Please investigate this and shut these crooks down ASAP before they steal money from some unsuspecting victim.    Please confirm receipt of this email.

GoDaddy’s Response:

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I followed their instructions and emailed the IC3-  FYI: Their form is long and asks for too much information as it is totally generic.  I clicked submit and this is the splash screen that appeared:

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Almost immediately I received this email:

Thank you for filing a complaint with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).  

This is the only reply you will receive from the IC3.  Because we receive thousands of complaints per week, we cannot reply to every complaint received or to every request for updates.

However, once we forward your complaint to investigators in the field, they may contact you for further information.   Consequently, it is important that you maintain any evidence you have relating to your complaint. Evidence can include canceled checks, credit card receipts, phone bills, mailing envelopes, mail receipts, printed copies of websites, copies of emails, or similar items. 

If you wish to view, download, or add information to your complaint, go to http://complaint.ic3.gov/update and log in with the following: 

Complaint Id: Ixxxxxx  –  Password: xxxxxx

To learn more about Internet schemes and ways to protect yourself visit www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com.

More to follow, if there is more to report……..

 

NV Las Vegas Sun Reports: $3 Taxi Fare Increase

Taxis want to cement $3 credit card fee for fares
http://bit.ly/kLIVAR

My comments:
Anyone that gets in a taxi has the option of paying with cash. That is true. However today, most people don’t carry that much cash, thanks to multiple factors, one being the ease and security that a credit or debit card provides.

Having said that, Charging $3 to use a credit card is an outrageous ripoff. $3.00 on a $10 dollar fair is 30%. What other industry adds a 30% charge to their price? I can understand adding in the extra cost of the % that the credit card companies charge in to the price on the meter so that it works out, so the taxi doesn’t lose money, but at most that would only add 3 cents max (The fare would have to be $300 for the charge to be $3.)

Can you imagine going into a Starbucks and buying a coffee for $5.00 and the cashier tells you that will be $8.00?

The problem here is that when one gets in a cab, they need a cab. I know that money is tight, but how can anyone justify such a blatant surcharge? (I thought I read somewhere that Las Vegas taxi fares are the highest in the US already.)

Just another example of how dysfunctional and out of touch with its people our government has become.