Posted on 10/23/2010 8:12 AM By HalfwayInterestingPoster |
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How we mistreat our troops
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Posted on 10/12/2010 8:33 PM By HalfwayInterestingPoster |
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Chilean Miners and the Falsely Convicetd
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Open Discussion - Week of 10/10/10
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Marijuana, Once Divisive, Brings Some Families Closer
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Open Discussion - Week of 10/04/10
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September 29, 2010 my client checked her First Mid-Illinois checking account on line and discovered fraudulent charges against the account initiated by BSS*WEBGRANTACCESS 866-978-9383 CY using her debit card and PIN numbers. My client has never used her debit card online. She uses it only to make small purchases from local vendors and restaurants. The first charge was made on September 27 in the amount of 4 cents, obviously to test the scam. That was followed by another charge made that day and two more the following day. The amount was relatively minor, $61.37. She telephoned the number shown on her account, 866-978-9383 which was answered by a woman speaking English with a foreign accent who told her that she would only refund $40.00 of the charges. My Client had never had any previous contact with the fraudulent Internet company. She immediately reported the fraud to the bank’s office in Monticello, Illinois and was required to cancel her existing debit card and obtain a replacement at a cost to her of $10.00
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How to improve high school test scores
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For the Tea Party there is no such thing as a moderate Republican; no such thing as a loyal opposition; no such thing as compromise. Incumbent Republicans who cast votes of conscience are regarded as Republicans in name only to be summarily excluded from the Party of No and their voices stilled. The Tea Party marches to the beat of a different drummer and those who can’t keep the cadence are banished to the wayside. There is simply no room for individual opinions that point out the contradictions in its shoddily woven platform of slogans that boil down to a resounding “NO!” It is a movement devoted to destruction; to ending, not beginning.
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They call it STUXNET. It is a computer worm, quite sophisticated and apparently aimed at automated control of industrial processes. It is said to intercept commands and switch the effect to the opposite of those intended by the controlling program. For example, a control system might detect a dangerous condition in a nuclear power plant and send a command to increase the flow of cooling water. STUXNETwould intercept the command and order the cooling water pump to shut down. It is, security experts say, the first detected cyber weapon designed to impact and destroy real world systems.
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