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December 13, 2010

December 12, 2010

www.TellDunkin.com Survey – Dunkin’ Donuts Survey

Filed under: Activities — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 9:47 pm

Take the Dunkin’ Donuts survey and send your feedback at http://www.telldunkin.com.

Www.telldunkin.com is the web address for the Dunkin’ Donuts Guest Satisfaction Survey site. This guest survey site is powered by the Service Management Group, Inc. (SMG). As a top market research and consulting firm, SMG provides services to help its clients to improve their products and services. The Telldunkin survey is a market research study carried out by SMG.

How to participate in the TellDunkin survey

1. If you have recently made a purchase at participating Dunkin’ Donuts stores, please check your receipt to see where there is a Dunkin’ Donuts customer satisfaction survey invitation on it. If you are invited to share your Dunkin’ Donuts dining experience, you have two ways to take the Dunkin’ Donuts survey. First, this TellDunkin survey can be taken on the phone. The survey phone number can be found on your receipt. Follow the instructions on the receipt and make the phone call at the number indicated. Alternatively, you can complete the satisfaction survey on the internet. Many people prefer to take the survey online because they feel that it is more convenient and easier. As long as you have internet capable devices and an internet connection, you can take the online survey anytime and anywhere.

2. Read the TellDunkin privacy policy before filling out the guest survey. That is because you may need to provide some of your personal information during the TellDunkin survey. By reading the policy, you will learn about how your information will be handled. If you are satisfied with the policy, you can continue to work on the customer survey. Otherwise, you can turn your web browser away since you don’t necessarily to answer those feedback questions.

3. The TellDunkin survey is available for both English speakers and Spanish speakers. Choose the language you prefer and then work on the feedback questions.

4. To access the TellDunkin survey questions, you have to type in the 6-digit Dunkin’ Donuts store number which should be found on your receipt from your most recent visit. That is a time window for you to take the TellDunkin feedback survey. Usually it is 3 days.

5. By completing all the questions, you may get some rewards such as a free entry to the guest survey sweepstakes. The winner of the prize drawing will receive Dunkin’ Donuts gift cards as awards. Sometimes, survey participants will be given a validation code which you should copy on the receipt. The validation code on the receipt functions as a coupon for a free donut with purchase.

Dunkin’ Donuts is a chain of stores which specializes in selling donuts and coffee. Most of their stores are operated in the United States but they are also present in many other countries and regions. Starbucks is one of major competitors of Dunkin’ Donuts. Do you like Starbucks coffee or Dunkin’ Donuts’ coffee? If you enjoy their services or have some complaints about their products, you should let them know so that you can improve and serve you better.

Web site for the TellDunkin survey: http://www.telldunkin.com

December 11, 2010

December 10, 2010

www.wachovia.com/mortgage – Wachovia Mortgages

Filed under: Finance — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 8:27 pm

To find out more information about Wachovia mortgages, or to check the balance on your existing Wachovia mortgage online, go on to www.wachovia.com/mortgage.

This site will automatically redirect you to https://www.wellsfargo.com/wachovia/mortgage/, which is the central site for Wells Fargo mortgages. Of course, Wachovia bank itself is now a division of WellsFargo Bank. During the financial crisis of 2008, Wachovia Bank was found to be holding too many adjustable rate and subprime mortgages which were in danger of going bad, and suffered from a near bank run. After the failure of Washington Mutual bank, Wachovia suffered $5B in withdrawals in a single day in September 2008, and was forced to by the government into being taken over by Wells Fargo Bank. Hence their websites are now in the process of being replaced by WellsFargo sites.

Previously, you could check your Wachovia mortgage balance directly on www.wachovia.com/mortgage. However, since the site has been replaced by the Wells Fargo mortgages site, the same Wachovia mortgage login must be accessed via the “managing your account from Wachovia Online Banking” link. Once you have clicked the link, you will be directed to the Wachovia Online Banking site, where you should choose the “Online BillPay” to pay your monthly mortgage. From the same site, you can also access your  savings or checking account, or securities brokerage account.

Wells Fargo is in the process of converting all Wachovia mortgage accounts into Wells Fargo accounts. Eventually, nearly all Wachovia mortgages will end up being Wells Fargo mortgages. So, this is a good time for Wachovia customers to begin learning more above Wells Fargo mortgages. Conveniently, now that the Wachovia mortgage login site has been replaced by the Wells Fargo mortgage site, you can learn about their mortgages on the same site. If you click the “Learn More” button near the bottom of the page, you will be directed to the WellsFargo Home Mortgage website where you can check up on the latest rates offered by the bank. In addition to rate information, there are many tools available on the site which can help a mortgage holder. For example, there is a set of tools which can help you determine whether you will save money by refinancing your mortgage, including a refinancing calculator which can help you estimate how long it’ll take for you to break even if you refinance.

To log into your Wachovia mortgage account, or learn more about WellsFargo mortgages, visit www.wachovia.com/mortgage.

www.frivschool.com – Play FREE Online Games | Friv School

Filed under: Finance — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 2:16 pm

Play free online games at http://www.frivschool.com.

Www.frivschool.com is a site where you will find safe and free Flash games that are appropriate for children of school-going age. The games are arranged as icons on the website, which the 250 games being laid out in a grid on the site. You are told the title of the game when you mouse over an icon. Clicking a specific icon launches the game. Because the games are all flash-based, you probably can play the games with any Flash-capable browser on both PCs and Macs.

One example of a game at www.frivschool.com is “The Last Village”, located on the 5th column and 9th row on the site. This is an Age of Empires type game where you are the head of an Indian Village in North America which is under attack by invading Europeans. The aim is to protect the village from oncoming attacks. You have access to resources such as wood, gold, iron, food, and the population of your village. You can also build fighting units, each of which is led by a commander. Each commander has his own special attack. There are five types of units that you can produce: swordsman, bowman, spearman, gunman, and spell caster. On the top right of the screen is the minimap. On the minimap, you are able to see the positions of your own units and the positions of the invading units. You will also see the condition of the village buildings. Like Age of Empires, you can build various buildings with the resources, which will produce various units or various improvements that will help you protect the village. Not every building can be built on every spot, and when you mouse over a spot on the map, the buildings that can be built on that spot will light up. There are a variety of buildings that you can build. For example, you can build a blacksmith which will make weapons and armor and make your units more powerful, or you can build a sawmill which will harvest wood and give you more wood every turn. Buildings can be upgraded so that they become more powerful. Every turn, you are also allowed to move your commanders one space, through the “Strategy” button. You can also set traps on empty squares so that the enemy will step into them. Every turn, there is a chance that an enemy will start an attack from one of the squares outside the screen. Your job is to move your commanders into their path to block and kill them. If the enemy reaches your town center and successfully burns it down, then the game is over.

If you want to give “The Last Village” a try, or try any of the other 249 free flash games there, just pay a visit to http://www.frivschool.com.

December 9, 2010

www.GetSpicyChicken.com – Get Spicy Chicken |Chick-fil-A

Filed under: Food & Drink — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 8:06 pm

To get a FREE Spicy Chicken Biscuit from Chick-Fil-A, go to www.getspicychicken.com.

Www.getspicychicken.com is a web site designed for promotional purposes by Chick-fil-A. Chick-Fil-A is a fast food chain in the United States that sells mainly chicken sandwiches. It is the second largest restaurant chain selling chicken in the US, behind Kentucky Fried Chicken. You may know the restaurant chain from its humorous “Eat Mor Chikin” advertisements featuring the store’s mascot, a few cows who are out to save cows by encouraging people to eat more chicken. The chain is famous for its Chick-Fil-A sandwich featuring a delicious and succulent chicken patty made from breast meat. The store also has a tradition of being closed on Sundays. This is because the founder of the store, S. Truett Cathy, is a devout Christian, and the stores are run according to Christian principles. Employees are thus given the day off on Sunday to attend church.

Chick-Fil-A is going to introduce a new breakfast menu in all its stores in 2011. For many restaurant chains, breakfast is a period of low sales where many seats are empty, and introducing a breakfast menu can dramatically increase the profitability of the store. Many restaurant chains are therefore trying to tweak their breakfast menus to attract more customers. For example, McDonalds has recently introduced new items on its menu including a cereal item and premium coffee, while Subway has started a new breakfast menu from scratch. Chick-Fil-A already has a breakfast menu featuring chicken, bacon and sausage items, with the traditional hash brown or scrambled egg sides. The signature item on the menu is currently the Chick-N-Minis sandwich, which is a small all-breast chicken nugget wrapped in a yeast roll, and smeared on the outside with sweet honey butter.

More recently, the company has decided to add a new item to the breakfast menu, which is the new Spicy Chicken Biscuit. Before the item is officially rolled out in January 2011, the company is offering loyal fans a chance to taste the biscuit for FREE. All you have to do is to make a reservation for an exclusive premiere tasting at www.getspicychicken.com. The reservation period starts from Monday, December 27 2010, and is for participating restaurants from January 3-8, 2011. This is before the New product is officially placed on the breakfast menu on January 10, 2011. Each store is giving out only a limited number of Spicy Chicken Biscuits, and reservations are on a first come first serve basis. So if you are interested in this promotion, you should put Dec 27th on your calendar, and be one of the first to sign up for a free entree.

To reserve your free tasting of the Spicy Chicken Biscuit at a participating Chick-fil-A restaurant, visit http://www.getspicychicken.com.

Online.CitiBank.com – Apply for Citibank Credit Cards Online

Filed under: Finance — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 7:47 pm

To apply for Citibank credit cards online, you can go to online.citibank.com.

This site is an alias to the www.citibank.com site, which is the main site of Citibank, a major global financial institution that is headquartered in the United States. It has gained notoriety as one of the more prominent banks which had to be rescued by the US government during the financial crisis of 2008. Today, the bank has largely recovered from the financial crisis, and has resumed its full range of operations. In the consumer banking sector, the bank receives customer deposits and issues credit cards.

What kinds of credit cards are offered by Citibank?

On this web site (https://online.citibnak.com), you can browse on the cards issued by the bank by clicking on the  corresponding tab on the top of the page, and then the “Credit Cards at-a-glance” link. This will lead you to a page which shows you the most popular credit cards available at Citibank in 3 card categories : rewards, business, and college student cards. The most relevant facts about each card, such as the APR and the rewards, are listed next to the cards. You can also click on the “Get Details” button next to each card to get a more detailed list of the terms and conditions associated with each card. At the bottom of the page is a “Check all credit cards” link, which will lead you to a page which presents all 23 credit cards issued by the bank. You can view them in a list format, or in a grid format. You can also choose up to 5 of them and compare their features side by side. And you can begin an online application immediately for any of these cards.

How can you apply for a Citibank credit card?

At the pages above, each credit card has a bright red “Apply Now” button associated with it. Simply use the “Apply Now” button, fill out a short form, and then wait for Citibank to email you with the results. There will be an automated check of your credit score and history based on your social security number which you provided, and if successful, a new card will be issued in your name. The card will arrive in a few days by regular mail.

To  file a Citibank credit card application online or learn related information, visit online.citibank.com, and then click on the “Credit Card” tab.

December 6, 2010

www.blogspot.com – Make a FREE Blog

Filed under: Computer & Internet — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 6:23 am

Www.blogspot.com is an alias for the popular free blog hosting site, Blogger.

Blogger is owned by the search engine company Google. It is one of the leading free blog platforms on the web, along with WordPress, Movable Type and TypePad. If you are thinking of taking up blogging, these blogging platforms will make your life as a blogger much easier.

Blogger is a hosted blogging platform, meaning that your files are stored on Blogspot’s servers. When you create a blog, you need to choose a web address for your blog. This can be either a sub-domain of Blogspot (for example, yourblog.blogspot.com), or a custom name that you own (for example, www.yourblog.com). If you choose a sub-domain, Blogspot will create the URL for you, and you need not do anything. If you want to have a custom name, you need to either purchase the domain name through them during the registration process, or you will need to purchase a domain name through an independent domain name registrar such as GoDaddy. Once you have purchased the domain name, you need to alter the DNS settings so that they point to Blogspot servers (see instructions at http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55373 for details). Once you have done this, anyone who types in your webblog’s URL in a web browser will get directed to Blogspot’s servers where they will see your blog. Note that if you have an existing blog at this site, you can also choose to migrate to a custom domain at a later date simply by changing the settings of the webblog. Blogspot will then seamlessly redirect your blog readers to your new custom domain name even if they enter your old Blogspot sub-domain.

All free blogging platforms basically provide a friendly user interface to help you write posts and administer your blog. Blogspots provide a web interface which allow you to draft and publish your posts, view any comments left by visitors, and automatically create an RSS feed which allows visitors with RSS readers to subscribe to your webblog. In addition to the web interface, Blogspot also has a template designer, which allows you to create a beautiful website design and graphics for your blog. The template designer allows you to choose a background picture, a column layout, and a color scheme to complete your template. You are free to mix and match colors and backgrounds to create the design that is most visually appealing to yourself and your readers.

Creating a free blog is simple at Blogspot, so head on to www.blogspot.com today to start your new blog.

December 5, 2010

www.friv.com – Age of War | FREE Friv Games Online

Filed under: Games & Toys — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 4:27 am

Play Age of War and other free Friv games online at http://www.friv.com.

You can play 250 free Flash games at www.friv.com. The Friv site design is extremely simple. There is a matrix of 250 icons on the page, with one icon representing one game. If you mouse over the icon, the name of the game is displayed, as well as the download size if the game is large and requires a download. To play a game, simply click on the icon. Friv periodically changes the game lineup, by dropping the least popular game and replacing it with a new Flash game sourced from the web. So if you have a favorite game on the site, you should play it often to support it so that it doesn’t get dropped.

Today, I am going to introduce the game “Age of War”, which is on the 8th row and 8th column currently. In this game, you are fighting a war with an enemy, and are trying to destroy each other’s bases. Your base has a certain number of hit points, which does not regenerate. You can build fighting units, which costs money. Once built, the fighting units will automatically begin walking in a straight line towards the enemy base, and will begin hacking at or shooting at any enemy units it encounters. If your units have killed all enemy units along the way and have managed to reach the enemy base, it will begin attacking the base and decreasing its hit points. The first side whose base’s hit points decreases to zero loses. You can also build turrets, which are static defenses on your base that cannot move, can only fire at enemy units a short distance from your base, and cannot be attacked. Each unit also has a special attack that can be used either protect itself from attacks, or cause additional damage to enemy units. However, the special attack needs time to recharge after being used. The computer-controlled enemy will also be building units and sending them towards your base, so most likely, your units will meet enemy units along the way and begin killing each other. The computer-controlled units do not use special attacks, so you have an advantage. If you kill an enemy unit, you get awarded gold with which to build more units, as well as XP points. You also get awarded XP points if your own units get killed. Once your XP points reach certain set thresholds, you can spend money and enter a new Age. There are five Ages in the game, and each new Age comes with its own turrets and units, which are more powerful than the units and turrets of the previous Age. Winning the game is a matter of balancing offense and defense, and using your units’ special attacks appropriately and often.

To play “Age of War”, do visit www.friv.com, the web site of the Friv Games online.

December 4, 2010

MyAlaska.state.ak.us – MyAlaska Unemployment Insurance Benefits Application Online

Filed under: Finance,Government & Local Politics — Tags: , , , , — Paul @ 12:37 pm

To file for Alaska unemployment insurance benefits online, visit https://myalaska.state.ak.us, the MyAlaska web site.

How to file for unemployment in Alaska

If you lost your job and have difficulties finding a new job, you may need to file for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to get some financial compensation. For Alaska residents, there are two ways to apply for unemployment benefits. One is online at myalaska.state.ak.us, the other is over the phone.

If you prefer to file a new UI claim on the phone, you can call the Alaska’s Unemployment Insurance (UI) claim center in your area. In total, there are 3 UI claim centers in the state of Alaska including the Anchorage, Juneau and Fairbanks UI claim centers. Here are their telephone numbers respectively: 1-907-269-4700 (Anchorage), 1-907-465-5552 (Juneau), and 1-907-451-2871 (Fairbanks). There is also a toll free number that you can use 1-888-252-2557. When calling this phone number, your call will be routed to the UI claim center near your location.

If you want to apply for UI benefits online, you should go to the MyAlaska website at myalaska.state.ak.us. This web site comes with internet security features so you will see an “s” after “http” in its URL. Before using the services provided by this web site, you should check whether your web browser is compatible with this site. Usually in order to use this site, both Cookies and JavaScript should be enabled. To run the web browser compatibility test, you simply click on the link “Browser Compatibility” link. If your browser is compatible, it should pass the test without any problem and your status should be “passed”. They will also show what type and version of web browser that you are using now.

The My Alaska web site is established for multiple purposes. It serves both individual and business users. To apply for AK unemployment benefits on this web site, you should click on the link “Unemployment Insurance Benefits” under “Individuals”. If this is the first time for you are visiting this site, you need to create an account. During the new account registration process, the username, password and the secret question and its answer will be created and your email will be asked for. The username and password is very important for your Myalaska account login purpose. So you should put them in a safe place. If you forgot your username, you need to provide your registered email so that they can send your username to your email. You can also retrieve your forgotten password, but the process is a little bit different.

In your MyAlaska account, you can apply for Alasak UI benefits. There are some info about you and your last job required for your application such as your name, social security number (SSN#), the contact info of your lost employer and so on.
There are many things that you can do in you MyAlaska account. For instance, you can file bi-weekly benefits even though the bi-weekly benefits can also be applied on the phone by calling VICTOR, an automated telephone claim filing system.

Website for MyAlaska UI claim online: https://myalaska.state.ak.us

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