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What are U doing today?
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What are U doing today? (Ongoing thread)
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Joy H., Group Founder
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Feb 06, 2015 05:32AM
PS-Maybe I kept watching "Elegy" just to see how Ben Kingsley's character was going to get over the psychological stew he was in.
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I'll see if I can get it on DVD Netflix. You have aroused my curiosity.
I sent this around to my users at work & it was a big hit. Maybe it can help some of my friends.The recent data breach at Anthem is worrisome, especially as it might take weeks for them to get around to notifying those whose data was compromised. One way to protect yourself is to place a fraud alert or freeze your credit with the big 3 credit agencies.
(It’s your call whether to do this & which one to do. Do not ask me. I am not qualified to give advice.)
Here is one of the many stories with some recommendations:
http://www.marketwatch.com/…/5-things...…
Here are the links to how to put a freeze/fraud hold on your credit:
Transunion
http://www.transunion.com/…/credit-di...?
Experian
https://www.experian.com/fraud/center...
https://www.experian.com/freeze/cente...
Equifax
http://www.equifax.com/help/credit-fr...
Jim, thanks for the links. Anthem happens to be Bluefield College's insurance carrier, so I potentially have compromised data there (although, as you said, they haven't yet identified which individual accounts were affected). In my case, I do not have a credit card number stored on that site, but we've been told that our social security numbers may have been accessed. I don't know whether or not they can obtain credit cards numbers by having the social security number (?).
Jim wrote: "I sent this around to my users at work & it was a big hit. Maybe it can help some of my friends.The recent data breach at Anthem is worrisome, especially as it might take weeks for them to get ar..."
Thanks, Jim!
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-you-...
Possession of your SS # is far more damaging than a CC #, Werner.
Thanks Jim, good advice. Hope I won't need it but better safe than sorry.
Jim wrote: Possession of your SS# is far more damaging than a CC#, Werner." I'm sure it is! (I was just responding to your mention of credit specifically.) At this point, those of us here at BC are still waiting on further information to learn whether or not our records are among the compromised ones. :-(
Werner wrote: "... At this point, those of us here at BC are still waiting on further information to learn whether or not our records are among the compromised ones. :-( ""Those who are at risk are customers of Anthem Blue Cross, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Amerigroup, Caremore, Unicare, Healthlink, and DeCare."
ABOVE INFO IS FROM: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/what-you-...
Werner, 'credit' in the sense that it was used there actually means everything associated with it, not just credit cards. Look at your credit report & you'll see there is a lot more personal information in it than just money. You can order that report for yourself while you're on the web sites I listed. They have to give you one for free once or twice a year, all most typically need them.With amazing ease, your identity can be stolen or subverted with that information, especially if you have any online presence which most of us do. Public online accounts can be searched for information until your life is pretty well documented. It's scary.
I know we are rarely poltical on Goodreads but does anyone have an opinion thay wish to share about the lying Brian Willimas? Becsuse he is supposedly a jounnalist aside from being a 10 million dollars anchor I have an opinion. Besides myself and husband my daughter and son in law all agree he should be fired.
I doubt there's any need to fire him. He's lost all credibility & that's all she wrote. Interestingly enough, he's just a couple of months younger than I am. He should just retire & have fun from now on.
Nina wrote: "I know we are rarely poltical on Goodreads but does anyone have an opinion thay wish to share about the lying Brian Willimas? Becsuse he is supposedly a jounnalist aside from being a 10 million dol..."What I'm wondering is why he felt the need to lie. He had it all. He didn't need those false stories he told. I think his imagination got the best of him. Somethings not right there...
PS-Just wanted to say that I feel so bad for Brian Williams. I'm sure he's suffering a lot over this.BTW, I used to (and still do) confuse him with Peter Jennings (RIP). They don't really look alike but since they were both in the broadcast business I guess that's what confused me. Here are their pics.
Williams: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil...
Jennings: http://fanpix.famousfix.com/picture-g...
I don't really feel sorry for him because I think he knowingly did it, although I can't imagine why. He's at the top of his profession & should have known what he was doing. His reputation is his main selling point. He lied in mainstream media. That's like tossing bloody meat into a school of sharks. Actually, the sharks would be quicker & kinder, but that's a risk he knew he was taking, if he got caught. I can't understand what possessed him in the first place.
Jim, I can't understand it either. It's a puzzle. I wonder if we'll ever see an explanation for such pointless behavior.
Thanks for your input on B.W, He said he made a mistake. No excuse. I agree with Jim and I doubt many will believe him after this. He knowinly lied and that's about it. DARN right he made a mistake.
Interesting article here about BW:http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/09/media...
EXCERPT: "Some are gleeful about what's going on, but many others are saddened by it. Many at NBC News are scared."
Joy H. wrote: "Interesting article here about BW:http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/09/media...
EXCERPT: "Some are gleeful about what's going on, but many others are saddened by ..."Thanks for the post Joy, it was tres interesting. I guess it is now a wait and see what happens next.
Have either of you seen "Newsroom"? It was a really good show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_News...
It only ran 3 seasons, about 5 episodes each, but ended very well. It's all about the actual running of a newsroom with Will McAvoy in place of someone like Brian Williams. You bet the whole place worries about the talking head & his/her reputation. Without faith in their integrity, they're sunk. They show this well.
Wilson has no career left. He can't explain away this 'mistake'. He was at the very top & it's too long a fall to survive something like this, IMO. A small, hungry guy lying on the way up is understandable. A big name doing it is an entirely different matter, though.
Jim wrote: "Have either of you seen "Newsroom"? It was a really good show. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_News...It only ran 3 seasons, about 5 episodes each, but ended very well. It'..."
Netflix has it as a DVD, (not streamable).
Amazon has it but it's $2.99 for HD:
http://www.amazon.com/We-Just-Decided...
Sounds interesting, I'll try netflix for Newsroom. Thanks for the suggestion
Just finished my book club's discussion of the book, "The Rosie Project," and although some of them liked the book, I didn't we all wondered how it made it to the NYT Best Seller list. Like what does it take to get there? Any ideas, goodread friends?
I neglected to mention about the "Rosie Project," there is already a sequel and a movie coming out. So, who am I to judge.
Nina wrote: "I neglected to mention about the "Rosie Project," there is already a sequel and a movie coming out. So, who am I to judge."If there's a movie, I wonder which performers they will cast. That'll be interesting!
While I was reading Nobody's Fool several years ago, I immediately pictured Jack Nicholson in the lead as I read. The picture of him came to me unbidden, automatically. That's the only time I've ever "cast" a protagonist for a movie while I read the book. It was strange because it was an automatic reaction.
Of course, I was disappointed when they cast Paul Newman as "Sully". As I said in my review: "Even though I love Paul Newman, it seemed to me that he portrayed Sully in a quiet, low-key manner. I had pictured Sully as more of a lively and lovable rascal."
Here's the link to my review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I can't coment as I haven't seen that movie.Should I watch it?
Nina, I think you'd enjoy the book more than the movie. I'd advise you to read the book before you see the movie. Nobody's Fool by Richard Russo.
Nina wrote: "...we all wondered how it made it to the NYT Best Seller list. Like what does it take to get there? Any ideas, Goodreads friends?"Nina, an objective treatment of the history and known facts about the NYT Best Seller List can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Ti... . The editors derive the list from surveys of bookstores across the country, but the data they gather and how they handle it is a "trade secret." In response to a lawsuit in 1983, the paper argued that the list was "not mathematically objective, but rather was editorial content," and a Federal court bought that view. There have been numerous complaints and accusations of manipulation. And although it's widely believed that the list is based on actual retail sales to readers (rather than, as some have alleged, wholly or largely on sales by the publishers to the bookstores themselves), that isn't confirmed for certain. I don't personally put much stock in the list, nor base reading decisions on it.
Just curious, Werner as we were all wondering at my book club this week how, "The Rosie Project," made it to the list. It is being made into a movie. Do you thnk that propelled it there?
Werner wrote: "... an objective treatment of the history and known facts about the NYT Best Seller List can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_...The editors derive the list from surveys of bookstores across the country, but the data they gather and how they handle it is a "trade secret." In response to a lawsuit in 1983, the paper argued that the list was "not mathematically objective, but rather was editorial content," and a Federal court bought that view. ..."
Werner, thank you very much for that information! A long time ago, I gave up on referring to the "Best Seller" listings in order to find books to read because so many of the books were genres I wasn't interested in.
HOWEVER, I have found that at least, at certain NY TIMES best-seller lists, you can find a very short thumbnail description of what the most popular books are about; usually it's just one sentence. They do this for the first 15 books on the list. Sometimes I find that very helpful.
As an example, see the following link:
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-b...
To access the above page, first go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-b...
and then click on the words: "Complete List".
What do you know about The Nightingale?" I am reading it and really like it. There are 267 on the waiting list.
Nina wrote: "Do you think that propelled it there?" Some readers, and book dealers, would be more inclined to read or stock a book they know is being made into a movie; it's definitely not something that would be apt to hurt sales (unless the movie bombs). Depending on how long this particular book has been on the NYT list, though, the influence might also go the other way; Hollywood is more apt to adapt a book as a film if it's a "best seller," because they figure that will translate into box office appeal.Thanks for those links, Joy; I'll check them out!
Nina wrote: "What do you know about The Nightingale?" I am reading it and really like it. There are 267 on the waiting list."I see it's on the Best Sellers lists. From a brief look at the GR reviews, I can see it's another tear-jerker. Do I need THAT? LOL
Here's a short summary I saw online: "Historical World War II fiction about the choices two sisters must make in Nazi-occupied France."
FROM: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/bo...
This is a really interesting graph of the movement of populations within the US. More interesting is the link to individual states where you can switch between the incoming & outgoing for each.http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/ups...
Thanks for the link, Jim. With everyone moving to other states these days, it's probably harder for some families to remain close-knit. Families are more scattered. But Facebook probably helps. Have you seen the following message:https://www.facebook.com/171371406296...
IT HAS: "1,911,288 shares" AND "63,252 people like this". -as of 2/11/15
In case you can't access the above page, here is what it says:
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"To prove a point... Well, here goes. To everyone who is on my friends list, I enjoy hearing about you and your family, the good news and support during the dark times. I love the pix & all . Whether you know it or not, I come to visit you regularly (on FB), wish I could do it for real. Thank you so much for being part of my life. Whether we talk on a regular basis or not, you are still in my thoughts. Let's see who actually pays attention. If you like this post, copy this as your status for just one minute. I'll be watching to see who actually does cherish family and friendship!!!"
POSTED AT FACEBOOK BY Klyph Black - October 1, 2012, East Hampton, NY
I found the above via Google at: https://www.facebook.com/klyphblack/p...
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Actually, I find Facebook too much to keep up with, but I suppose some people enjoy it more than I do.
I like Facebook as it keeps me up to date on the goinigs on of my grandchildren/sixteen of my eighteen grandchildren live away from me/one in Vietnam and one lives in Africa and I'd rarely hear from them if not for posting on Facebook, besides a daughter in ID and sons in CA and TX. So it is sort of my lifeline to family. And actually it only takes a few minutes of my time to catch up.
I know what you mean, Nina. I have many nieces and nephews who are always posting pictures and other things. Sometimes I do look at them and sometimes I click "like" or even post a question or comment. And of course, I keep in touch with my own immediate family by email.
Joy, I have to post on Facebook that I am sending an email. Now, my younger generation relatives only Tweet(I don't tweet) or use Facebook but if I tell them on Facebook that I am sending them an email they read it and answer. I read recently that no one under thirty uses email as a rule..Oh, the world we now live in..but that is the least of it's problems. I can barely watch the ISIS news.
Imagine! Email is already "old-fashioned"! LOL
Here's an interesting article & list, the top 100 out of print books searched for on AbeBooks.http://www.abebooks.com/books/feature...
Most didn't mean much to me, but were interesting to look up & many were quite reasonable. I was surprised to see some of them.
- I just bought & read The Big Country that last year.
- The Colorado Kid. That was by far the worst book published by Hard Case Crime, IMO. Pointless & I never understood how they made a TV series out of it.
- The King Ranch is actually 2 volumes & sounds interesting. I don't know anything about Quarter horses or their history in the West. Indy, Marg's new horse is a Quarter horse, but not of their line.
Anyway, it was kind of a neat, odd look at what people are looking for.
Jim wrote: "Here's an interesting article & list, the top 100 out of print books searched for on AbeBooks. http://www.abebooks.com/books/feature... ..."I notice that some of those books had been favorites when the people were kids. Imagine a book named Pookie! (by Ivy L. Wallace) The book is #39 on the list at abebooks. "Pookie is a little white rabbit with wings. He is teased about his tiny wings."
Reminds me, I saw a rabbit dash through our backyard yesterday. I don't know how they are surviving this frigid weather. I felt so sorry for him.
Mostly it wasn't me hunting for these books as the majority I've never heard of with the exception of "Airport," and can't remember if I read it or just saw the movie.
"Airport" was the first of that run of movies, wasn't it? "the Towering Inferno" & maybe "the Posiden Adventure" were similar? Big name, good actors in disasters. George Kennedy was in at least the first 2. I don't think I saw the last.
When I think of "The Poseidon Adventure", I see Shelley Winters swimming through the flooding waters on the boat. Funny how certain scenes stick in our minds. When I think of the movie, "The Thing", I see the monster coming through the door. I remember being scared stiff! Recently I came across a scene from that movie (can't imagine where!), but it didn't seem as scary anymore. I guess I wasn't as absorbed as I was the first time seeing it. Funny how some movies and books have the power to completely absorb us.
Sometimes the really right person is cast in the movie, like Gregory Peck in "To Kill a Mockingbird," or jack Lemmon in "The Odd Couple," Or just the right Henry Higgins..in My Fair Lady or Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music," But, as you pointed out Joy, some are not cast as well as we'd like.
Nina, those are very good examples of perfect casting! The cast for "All in the Family" seemed perfect too with Carroll O'Connor & Jean Stapleton.
This is one reality show I might watch:http://qz.com/345584/100-people-will-...
It's an attempt to colonize Mars with 24 people in the year 2025. I'm surprised that one of the finalists is 60.
Yes, Joy can you imagine anyone playing Archie any better or Edith. That was such a funny show.
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