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Marseilles Fall Festival
Blast From The Past Car Show
Blast From The Past Car Show
Come out for a family fun filled event at the Marseilles 4th Annual Fall Festival held on October 5th from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. As always, Nucor supplies a free pulled pork lunch while supplies last and loads of activities at no cost backed by generous donations from our sponsors! Back by popular demand, the mechanical bull will return along with zip lining and so much more! Don’t forget to check out the vendors and food trucks while you’re there. Along with the apple cider donuts, there will be a boo basket Raffle with a ton of items up for grabs including a 50/50! All proceeds go to Next year’s event!
Blast From The Past Car Show
Blast From The Past Car Show
Blast From The Past Car Show
Blast From the Past Car Show will be held on October 6th from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Illini State Park
There will be a $10 entry fee along with 50/50 raffles and more.
Best of show trophies, original and best of show modified, and Viewers choice awards to be announced at 2:40 p.m. All proceeds to be donated to the Illini State Park Foundation Playground Fund.
Come view the start of the fall colors at beautiful Illini State Park. Enjoy the day with friends, family, and car enthusiasts alike. Concessions will be available from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pop, water, hot dogs, tacos, popcorn, snow cones and more will be available.
Join Rotary Club
Join Rotary Club
Join Rotary Club
Consider joining Rotary! This is a great group that’s purpose is to give back to the community in any way they can. Please consider joining them. Stop by a meeting on Monday at Noon at Bobaluks, say hi, and learn how to join. It’s easy!
Renovating?
Join Rotary Club
Join Rotary Club
If you are planning on a building project this fall make sure to get your permit first. Here’s how:
https://www.cityofmarseilles.com/forms-applications-permits/?
ENTERTAINMENT & TECHNOLOGY
TV Sun Outages
Increase in Phishing Emails
Password Management
Fall TV sun outages will begin on Saturday, October 5th, and are expected to last through October 10th. You can expect to see video issues these days between the hours of 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Video outages will range from a few blips of interrupted video to channels that may go dark for several minutes.
Sun outages are a natural phenomenon that occurs when a satellite and a receiving earth station come directly in line with the sun. The sun’s energy interferes with the satellite’s signal and affects the signals received by the earth station.
Password Management
Increase in Phishing Emails
Password Management
This is a new article we’ll be featuring each month from MTCO admin Nick Fawcett to pass along quick tips and advice to protect yourself online, offer tech shortcuts, and more!
To protect your data online, always use unique passwords for each of your accounts. This practice prevents threat actors from using stolen credentials to access other assets you may have.
The best way to manage these passwords is by using a password manager. Two top options are Bitwarden and 1Password, both of which offer similar features. One advantage of Bitwarden is that it is open-source, allowing any security researcher to verify its encryption and security claims.
Increase in Phishing Emails
Increase in Phishing Emails
Increase in Phishing Emails
There has been an increase in phishing emails targeting many users, including MTCO customers. These fraudulent emails are designed to appear as though they are from legitimate sources, including our company, but they are designed to steal your personal information.
To help protect yourself, please keep the following tips in mind:
• Look for signs of phishing: Be cautious
of emails that contain urgent requests,
unfamiliar links, or attachments.
• Do not share personal information: Avoid
providing sensitive information through
email.
• If you receive a suspicious email,
immediately delete the email and do not
click on any links or download
attachments.
MTCO has additional information on protecting your email. Go to https://www.mtco.com/?support&email#MTCO and select number 11, “How To Recognize Phishing.”
New TV Channels
New TV Channels
Increase in Phishing Emails
MeTV Toons
A great new channel for kids, and likely adults too! MeTV Toons channel’s programming consists of classic animated cartoon content from Warner Bros., Hanna Barbara, and more, dating from the 1930s to the mid-2000s. The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo!, The Flinstones, Super Friends, Bugs Bunny & Friends, and many more!
MeTV Toons will be available by mid-October on MTCO digiMAX channel 225.
Chicago Sports Network
NBC Sports Chicago and its Plus channel are changing to NBC Sports Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago + on October 1st on MTCO digiMAX channels 562 and 563. There will be little change in the content as they will take over the distribution of the Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, and White Sox.
AI Gaming
New TV Channels
Data Breach
Artificial Intelligence (AI) games are coming, and it’s only a matter of time before the AI Xbox is announced. Look for the concept of AI Non-Player Characters (NPCs) that will enable games to modify themselves based on gamer feedback and observations. A gamer will also be able to fill a team with AI NPCs, and work with AI-driven moderators that can respond instantly to questions or issues by monitoring gameplay
Data Breach
New TV Channels
Data Breach
Hot on the heels of the National Public Records data breach, which leaked over 2 billion records, another background check firm has now suffered a leak. MC2 Data exposed the sensitive data of around one-third of the U.S. population—106 million people—to the entire internet. Full details at: https://cyberguy.com/security/106-million-americans-exposed-as-massive-data-leak-rocks-background-check-firm/