SOCIAL NETWORKING SAFETY TIPS

1. Don't reveal too much information about yourself. Your address
along with a brief post such as "We leave for vacation tomorrow!" is
enough to tell a thief where and when to strike. Other details ,such
as your email address,your full date of birth or your phone
number,could leave you open to harassment, bullying or identity theft.

2. What you post can be made more public than you intend (e.g. by likes, shares, comments, screenshots and screen recordings). Also,large
websites back up their databases. Deleted posts never truly go away;
there is a copy somewhere.  You can't delete the notifications of that deleted post from the email boxes of your friends, fellow group members, etc.

3. Mind what you post -- and what others post on your page. Both
reflect on YOU because it is YOUR page. Regularly review such posts.
Many people lose their jobs or get turned down for new jobs because of
the posts on their pages.

4. Befriend only those you know well outside the online world. If they run away after committing a crime, you should be able to direct the police to their parents' houses, mutual workplace'  boss, etc.  Don't
add as friend (or accept friend requests from ) strangers, even if
they are friends of friends.

5. If a friend starts posting objectionable pictures or status
updates,don't feel bad about deleting him/her.

6. Be thoroughly familiar with your social network's privacy settings
-- and use them. Regulate who can post on your page (friends only,
friends of friends, or everyone). Don't allow perfect strangers to
post on your page.

7. Sign out! If you leave your account signed in when you are not
present,others may post material on your page AS YOU. This is especially true
if you are using a shared computer, such as in a cyber cafe.

World's longest wedding veil

Elena De Angelis' wedding dress has entered the record books for having the world's longest veil. A whopping 3 km long, it took dozens of seamstresses several months to create. Some 600 people were required to carry the white silk garment as it stretched down the road behind the bride,who was driven to church in a cream open-top classic car (see the picture above).

SOURCE:http://uniquedaily.com/2011/09/worlds-longest-wedding-veil/.

Twins with different fathers

A mother's fling has resulted in her bearing twins --- by different fathers. 11-month-old Justin and Jordan Washington may have arrived in the world within just seven minutes of each other but, in an amazing twist of fate, they are half-brothers. Each has a different dad because their mum Mia Washington had an affair and conceived the fraternal twins by different men at the same time. One of the boys belongs to her partner James Harrison while the other is fathered by another man , whose identity is yet to be released.

The truth came out when Mia took the twins for a paternity test after noticing they have different facial features.

According to doctors,if a woman has more than one sexual partner during her fertile period,there is a minuscule chance that two sperm cells from different men can fertilize two separate eggs.

See http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/30864533/ns/today-parenting_and_family/t/mother-gives-birth-twins-different-dads/ ; http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378184/Woman-discovers-twins-sons-DIFFERENT-fathers-The-Maury-Show.html ; http://multiples.about.com/od/funfacts/a/Heteropaternal.html .

Woman pregnant in two uteruses

An American woman, Angie Cromar, got pregnant with two babies in separate wombs who were conceived almost a week apart. The 34-year-old maternity nurse has a rare condition known as uterus didelphys, which means she has two uteruses. The babies were not twins and were due at different dates.

Medical experts say the chance of conceiving in both uteruses is about one in five million. Less than one hundred people in the world are known to have had "double pregnancies".

Mrs Cromar, who already had 3 children, said she knew she had the rare uterine condition but it had not affected her previous pregnancies. She admitted she was nervous but very excited at the prospect of the double birth.

SOURCE:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/7900240/Woman-with-multiple-wombs-pregnant-with-two-babies-who-are-not-twins.html

Make the most of your mobile phone (2)

The best way to safeguard your vital documents is to upload photographs of the documents into your email box. In the event of a fire incident or any other unforeseen disaster, you can walk into any cyber cafe and print out new copies. How does your phone come in?

After taking photographs of the documents with your phone, go to your email box via the phone. Compose an email and insert the photographs as attachments. Save the message as draft (if you have only one email address) or send the message to your other email address(es) if otherwise. For easy reference, create a MY DOCUMENTS folder (or label) in each of the email boxes and store the message there.

To print out new copies, go to a cafe and access your email box on the computer. Download and save the needed picture into the computer's MY DOCUMENTS. Open a Microsoft Word page,insert the picture into it, stretch the picture to fill the whole page and save. Then go and print.

Saving your documents into your email box this way also enables you to upload the documents when applying for scholarships, etc without having to pay extra money for scanning. Just download as above and upload into the desired web page.

NOTE: Never upload the pictures of your documents into Facebook or other sites that are accessible to the public. Otherwise, crooks can download the pictures and use the details to steal your identity.