Amazon Assistant

Have decided to try Amazon Assistant despite the fact that it collects all my Chrome browser data because I’m mostly interested in the Amazon AI.

 

Artificial Intelligence is the next frontier and we need all the help we can get!

 

 

Personal Information
We use information collected from Amazon Assistant to operate, provide, and improve Amazon Assistant and Amazon's marketing, products, and services (including for business analytics and fraud detection). To supplement our Privacy Notice, here's a description of the types of personal information Amazon Assistant processes: 
1. Information We Collect Automatically: Amazon Assistant automatically collects and processes information about websites you view where we may have relevant product or service recommendations. We do not connect that information with your Amazon account, except when you interact with Amazon Assistant as described in "Information We Collect When You Interact with Amazon Assistant" below. This information is used to operate, provide, and improve Amazon Assistant's comparison features and Amazon's marketing, products, and services (including for business analytics and fraud detection). For example, we collect and process the URL, page metadata, and limited page content of the website you are visiting to find a comparable Amazon product or service for you, along with general information about your browser and OS. Amazon shares this information with Amazon.com, Inc. and subsidiaries that Amazon.com, Inc. controls and that are either subject to the Privacy Notice or follow practices at least as protective as those described in the Privacy Notice. 
2. Information We Collect When You Interact with Amazon Assistant: When you interact with Amazon Assistant, we connect browsing information related to that interaction with your Amazon account. In these cases, Amazon Assistant acts as an extension of the Amazon shopping experience and processes your personal information in accordance with the Privacy Notice. For example, you may interact with Amazon Assistant's icon, notification features, or any of Amazon Assistant's product comparison features to explore and compare the product or service you are viewing on a website to Amazon's products and services. In these cases, we will collect and process browsing information related to the Amazon Assistant features you are interacting with (including information on the website you visited, the product or service compared, your Amazon account, and your search query). 
What Choices Do I Have?
You can control collection of "Information We Collect When You Interact with Amazon Assistant" by disabling the relevant Amazon Assistant features in your Amazon Assistant settings. You can also control collection of "Information We Collect Automatically" by disabling the Configure Comparison Settings.

 

 

 

Quicken BillPay

Have a lot of criticisms about Quicken BillPay Support but have been a happy Quicken BillPay client for nearly 20yrs.

 

Hope Quicken will address my concerns but is now working again.

 

Quicken BillPay gives me control of my bills, puts everything in one place for review with activity notifications that give me time to respond.  I recommend Quicken BillPay to anyone that need more control over their bills.

 

 

USPS Informed Delivery

Informed Delivery is a consumer-facing feature that gives eligible residential consumers the ability to digitally preview their mail and manage packages scheduled to arrive soon. Users can see images of the exterior address side of incoming letter-size mail and package tracking information on Priority Mail, Priority Mail Express, and other trackable parcels via email notification, online dashboard, or mobile app. Color images from participating mailers may also be included. See informeddelivery.usps.com for additional information and limitations.

While Informed Delivery is available for most addresses, it is not available for all. Some consumers may not be eligible to receive images of their mail pieces and may only be able to track packages with Informed Delivery. Your ability to sign up for Informed Delivery is dependent on living at an eligible residential address and the ability to verify your identity.

As a business user you are not eligible to participate in the Informed Delivery program. If you want to participate, please create a new USPS account and register as a personal user.

You have to create an account at USPS but its free!

Just signed up myself for Informed Delivery, just sounds like a good idea..

 

https://usps.com

 

 

Church Bulletins

 

 

They're Back! Church Bulletins! Thank God for the church ladies with typewriters.

These sentences (read carefully) actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services. 

 

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The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.  

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Scouts   are saving aluminum cans, bottles and other items to be recycled Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

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The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water. ' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'

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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.

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Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help  

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Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.  

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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.  

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Next Thursday there will be try-outs for the choir. They need all the help they can get. 

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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.  

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A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.  

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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice.

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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.

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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.  

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Pot-luck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.

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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next 
Sunday.  

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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM . Please use the back door.

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The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.

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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge-–Up Yours.'

 

 

 

 

Broccoli Latkes

Was out of 3-pepper mix and found chopped Broccoli so used it instead.

They turned out great!  I add a cup of shredded cheese so you could smell Broccoli-Cheese.

 

Current recipe is:

• Package of Loaded Mash Potatoe instant mix
• 1-1/3 LB of frozen shredded potatoes
• 6 OZ of frozen vegetables  
• 1 cup shredded cheese (any variety) Mozzarella is my favorite
• 2 Eggs
• ½ cup Half-N-Half milk
• ½ cup olive oil
• Turmeric, Garlic Sault, and Seasoning to taste

 

Mix all dry and frozen ingredients first and completely mix and allow frozen potatoes and veggies to thaw for an hour.

This allows Mash Potatoes to absorb the moisture then add eggs, Half-N-Half, and mix completely.

Add Olive oil and continue mixing until regular consistency.

 

Spray pan with olive oil and measure each Latke.

Bake at 425° for 25 min

 

 

Amazon Music

I’m a fan of Amazon music but they don’t make it easy.

 

Prime Music is one of the benefits to Amazon Prime membership, includes over 2 million songs.

 

Amazon Music Unlimited allows access to Tens of millions of songs for $7.99/month.

For the last 3 months have had Amazon Music Unlimited for 99¢, it expires on 2/25

 

Echo Plan: For about half the price of Amazon Music Unlimited, you can instead choose the "Echo plan," which offers all the benefits of Unlimited but can be streamed only to one device–and that device is your Amazon Echo (or Dot or Tap). 

 

Natural Echo Maybe the most fun Music Unlimited / Echo Plan exclusive, however, are the numerous additional Echo commands that are unlocked. For example: 

• "Alexa, play happy pop music" 
• "Alexa, play the song with the lyrics 'when the levee breaks'" 
• "Alexa, play Adele's newest single

 

As they add features then the Echo Plan @ $4/month might be worth it but working on my own GeckoRadio Music App that will mix your music with news and science from podcasts.