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9-Year-Old Dating Expert Gets Movie Deal

Fox is ready to take advice from a 9-year-old.

The studio has acquired the film rights to “How to Talk to Girls,” a cute 46-page self-help tome written by Alex Greven, a Colorado fourth-grader.

Greven wrote “Girls” as a handwritten, $3 pamphlet sold at his school book fair; he wrote it after he noticed his peers were having some trouble talking to the ladies, though the book is geared for all ages. Among this advice: Comb your hair and don’t wear sweats; control your hyperness and cut down on sugar if necessary; a crush is like a love disease that can drive you mad; it is easy to spot pretty girls because they have big earrings, fancy dresses and all the jewelry but are like cars that need a lot of oil.

Soon enough Harper Collins picked up the book, which came out in November and quickly became a hit. But initially, Fox, which is like Harper Collins is owned by News Corp ., and its book scouts passed on the title. But when the book hit the town last week, garnering heavy interest from multiple parties, Fox stepped back in and took the book off the table. The deal was in the low-to-mid six figures .

No writers or producers are attached yet.

Reliance Customer Care With No Information

What a great customer care we have in our country. The mobile operator reliance is having an excellent customer service and their customer care people are just WOW!

I will tell you one funny incident of mine. Few days ago, on television I saw that reliance launched a scheme of free laptop with netconnect connection (their internet connection), which will cost around Rs.1500/month and we are bound to have a contract of 2 or over years.

I was excited enough with the offer. The reliance in their launch conference said that the laptops are actually not notebooks but netbooks. I hope you all understand what the netbooks are a compact version of notebook with long battery life and small compact machines.

The launch was on 21st Oct 2008 to my knowledge so I took a gap of more than 10days to call to the customer care to get more details and how to subscribe for it.

Now, the funny instance starts, when I called reliance customer care and asked for the details they were more than shocked to hear what I am saying to them. They asked me that what I heard about the offer and where did I hear about it.

After explaining all the things in details that what I saw in their launch offer about the product and service combo. They kept me on hold for about 10min and then said that “we are sorry but we are not having details about this kind of any offer.” What a reply!

This was not the one guy but I called 3 times with a gap of almost 2hours for each call and every time I got to know this only. Now, when the customer care is not having the adequate information about their company’s product and services then how could they help you in any issue if you are having any? Mine was the sales call and due to lack of information their one sale just messed up. Now I will think twice before I subscribe for the same offer.

Do make your try with the reliance customer care about this offer and share your experience here.

Thieves skim credit card data at fuel pumps

Customers and police agencies across the USA are dealing with another pain at the pump – thieves who install hard-to-detect electronic devices at stations to steal credit and debit card data.

The skimmed data are used to create cards used at the victims’ expense, says James Van Dyke, president and founder of Javelin Strategy and Research, a financial consulting firm that focuses on fraud and identity theft.

Investigations of theft related to skimming devices at gas pumps continue in California, Washington, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to various police departments.

Though the most recent cases don’t necessarily represent an epidemic, the Secret Service is investigating incidents across the country, says Ed Donovan, spokesman for the agency, which has financial and electronic crimes units.

Skimming devices have been used for several years, most often at ATMs. Thieves increasingly target pumps because it’s a cheap, easy way to steal credit and debit card information, Van Dyke says.

“Card fraud at gas pumps is a significant problem, and that’s because of the unintended nature of the checkout devices,” he says. “Essentially, every gas pump is an electronic cash register.”

The skimming devices can be installed outside or inside the pump. Thieves glue a plastic sleeve, equipped with covered wires that capture data, over the pump’s card reader or connect the device directly to the reader inside.

The devices are molded and painted to match the machine and are small, making them hard to detect, Van Dyke says. Among recent cases:

•California: San Jose police are investigating a case that began in May, when thieves placed a skimming device at an Arco station, eventually taking more than $200,000 from up to 180 victims, says police department spokesman Jermaine Thomas. The device was on the pump for more than a month, after which the suspects retrieved the machine, Thomas says.

“Your normal, average person would not even know that the skimming device is attached,” he says.

• Washington: The Pierce County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a case where thieves installed a skimming device at an Arco gas pump last August, leaving it there for 11 months and cleaning out at least 120 victims’ bank accounts over the July 4th weekend, says sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer.

Reports of fraudulent withdrawals are still pouring in, and the number of victims could reach 250 with a total of $500,000 stolen, he says.

• Pennsylvania: State police recovered four skimming devices installed inside gas pumps at Wawa stations in Delaware, Chester, Montgomery and Bucks counties beginning in April, trooper Christopher Shoap says. He suspects more devices were used at other stations and estimates that several dozen victims have lost tens of thousands of dollars.

•Delaware: The Pennsylvania case is linked to one in Delaware, where police suspect a device was placed and later retrieved at a New Castle Wawa pump, Shoap says. The Secret Service is investigating, says Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh of the Delaware State Police. The Secret Service would not comment because the investigation is continuing.

•Nevada: The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is investigating two devices placed at gasoline pumps within the past four months, in addition to several cases where devices were placed on ATMs, says Lt. Bob Sebby of the financial crimes unit.

The combined cases total $1 million to $3.5 million stolen from hundreds of victims’ accounts, Sebby says. The department is trying to prevent additional identity fraud by asking gas stations to consider placing sticker seals on the pumps that employees can check daily.

“With identify theft, it’s not a matter of if you’re going to be a victim, it’s a matter of when,” Sebby says.

By Katharine Lackey, USA TODAY

‘World’s oldest blogger’ dies

An Australian woman described as the world’s oldest Internet blogger has died at the age of 108 after posting a final message about singing “a happy song” in her nursing home.

Olive Riley “passed away peacefully on July 12 and will be mourned by thousands of Internet friends and hundreds of descendants and other relatives,” a note on her website said.

Riley had posted more than 70 entries on her blog from Woy Woy on the east coast since February last year, sharing her thoughts on modern life and her experiences living through the entire 20th century.

Born in the outback town of Broken Hill on October 20 1899, she lived through two world wars and raised three children while doing various jobs, including ranch cook and barmaid.

In her final post on June 26, she wrote: “I can’t believe I’ve been here in this nursing home for more than a week.

“How the days have flown, even though I’ve been in bed most of the time. I still feel weak, and can’t shake off that bad cough.

“Penny, who’s in the next bed to mine, had a visit one day this week from her daughter, who’s a professional singer. Guess what happened! She and I sang a happy song, as I do every day, and before long we were joined by several nurses, who sang along too. It was quite a concert!”

Riley’s blog, initially on www.allaboutolive.com.au and more recently at http://worldsoldestblogger.blogspot.com, was “mind-blowing to her,” her great grandson Darren Stone said.

“She had people communicating with her from as far away as Russia and America on a continual basis, not just once in a while,” he told the national AAP news agency.

“She enjoyed the notoriety — it kept her mind fresh.”

By AFP News