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Monday, March 8, 2010

DailyOM: Gifts From The Universe / Accepting Your Family

Gifts From The Universe
Accepting Your Family

Accepting our family doesn't mean we have to like them; acceptance can free your soul to live the life you want.

Families can contain a fascinating grouping of personalities. Despite the potential for so many to have similar traits, there are many different ways to express them. As people marry into families and have children, even more personalities enter the picture. There may be some people that we would not choose to be related to, but that's what friends are for.

If we trust in a universe that has a higher purpose for everything, then we must believe that family members are in our lives for a good reason. These reasons may be easy to see and appreciate with some, but others may offer us a challenge. With those, we can look for something we can learn or perhaps teach. In the modern world where everyone seeks to be individuals, many move far away from their families in an attempt to escape them. But when we've successfully built a world around us that requires no one's help, our families are the people who are still attached to us. We can still choose whether or not to honor the family ties, and how to treat each other, but the fact remains that we are energetically tied to our families.

Our families help us see where we have come from so that we may more clearly decide where we'd like to go. If we can learn to accept our families for who they are, then we go out into the world armed with the ability to deal with anyone. Some families are better than others at preparing us for the world. What we learn from our families, even if they are simply blank spots on our family trees, becomes the basis of our identities as individuals. Rather than denying our connections, we can choose to accept their presence in our lives. Acceptance does not mean we have to like them; we simply acknowledge that we are connected to them and honor that connection for like it or not, there is a reason. When we can embrace all that they bring into our experience, we may be grateful for all we have learned from them and have to learn, while we experience everything that comes with family fully and completely.

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Sunday, March 7, 2010

SCAM ALERT _ JURY DUTY PHONE CALLS

This has been verified by the FBI
(their link is also included below).

Please pass this on to everyone in your email address book.

It is spreading fast so be prepared should you get this call.

Most of us take those summonses for jury duty seriously, but enough
people skip out on their civic duty that a new and ominous kind of fraud has
surfaced.

The caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never
received a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social
Security number and date of birth so he or she can verify the information
and cancel the arrest warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo,
your identity was just stolen.

The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma ,
Illinois , and Colorado . *This (swindle) is particularly insidious because
they use intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving
information by pretending they are with the court system. *

The FBI and the federal court system have issued nationwide alerts on their
web sites , warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here: http://wwwfbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

And here: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp
Yep! It's true

Please make sure and pass this on!

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Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Security/Cyber ALERT: U. S. Census Scam

U. S. Census warns of online, mail, and in person Census scams.

Complete details...
http://www.emergencyemail.org/newsemergency/anmviewer.asp?a=489&z=43

Here are some tips to help you recognize fraudulent activity or unofficial data collections.

If you are contacted for any
of the following reasons

Do Not Participate.

It is NOT the U.S. Census Bureau.

Phishing:

'Phishing' is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, social security numbers, bank account or credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out by email and it often directs users to enter sensitive information at a fake web site whose look and feel are almost identical to the legitimate one.

Other Scams:

The Census Bureau does NOT conduct the 2010 Census via the Internet

The Census Bureau does NOT send emails about participating in the 2010 Census

The Census Bureau NEVER:

Asks for your full social security number
Asks for money or a donation
Sends requests on behalf of a political party
Requests PIN codes, passwords or similar access information for credit cards, banks or other financial accounts.

How to report scams and bogus Census web sites

If you believe you have been contacted as part of bogus or fraudulent activity falsely representing the Census Bureau:

In Person Scam

Check for a valid Census ID badge
Ask for a SECOND form of ID
Census workers should NEVER ask to enter your home
Call your regional office to verify you are in a survey

Email Scams

If you think it is a bogus email, do not reply or click on any links within the email.
Do not open any attachments. Attachments may contain code that could infect your computer
Forward the email or web site URL to the Census Bureau at ITSO.Fraud.Reporting@census.gov.
After you forward the email to us, delete the message. You will not receive a confirmation email after forwarding the information to us. However, the Census Bureau will investigate the information and notify you of its findings.

Mail Scams
Contact the United States Postal Inspection Service

Is your survey legitimate?

You may further verify if a collection activity is legitimate by calling your regional census office regarding mail surveys, and our National Processing Center for phone surveys. Other questions may be answered through our Are You In a Survey? page.

From the U. S. Census Bureau- Fraudulent Activity and Scams

The Census Bureau uses a workforce of trained federal employees to conduct a variety of household and business surveys by telephone, in-person interviews, through the mail, and in limited cases through the Internet. We understand your personal information is sensitive, and go to great lengths to protect the data we collect. Although we cannot stop or warn against all bogus or false collections of data.

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Monday, March 1, 2010

GRAY EAGLES FILM BY CHRIS WOODS | www.asb.tv

This film is 28 minutes long, so if you don't have time for it now,

bookmark it for later......

You will not regret the time spent watching this video, and please share it with your friends.

It is truly a beautiful and poignant film.

The video has great resolution and should be watched in Full Screen.

To do so, click on the box with the arrow coming out of it in

the lower right-hand corner of the video presentation:

Click here: GRAY EAGLES FILM BY CHRIS WOODS | www.asb.tv

http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&br=500

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