Google for Christmas

35 Essential Computer User Google Links

The greatest advent of Google is that you are always connected wherever you go and able to access your account via the omnipresent Google cloud.

The list has been broken down into several sections to make it easier for those beginning their Google experience and those who want to augment their abilities.

Google has many well-known and some lesser-known products that everyone who uses Google should be familiar with. Whether you are practicing social networking as an Internet user, or as a professional you will need to know Google well to share information and continue to get others involved as Googlers.

These are just some of the Google Products that are designed to make your surfing of the Internet more enjoyable and productive for you. Many of these products are very useful aids for helping you to keep up to date with your postings on the Internet.

Google Basics

1. Google Account - Signing-up once here and creating a single Google account will give you access to all of Google's products, features, and services.
   
2. Google Mail or Gmail - For sending and receiving email.
3. Google Top Searches - More search options to help you research more accurately
   
4. Google Hot Trends - With Google Trends, you can compare the world's interest in your favorite topics.
5. Google Blog Search - Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs.
6. Google Web History - Keeps a record of your Internet use while logged into your account.
7. Google News Search - Need more information on a theme or topic? News Search will look for you.
8. Google News Archive Search Allows you to search and explore historical archives.
9. Google Image Search -Need an image for your project? Image Search will speed up the search for you.
10. Google Reader - Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites, RSS feeds, and blogs for new content.
11. iGoogle - Your own personalized Google user interface page that promotes searches and your selected content.

Google Intermediate

1. Google Video - A collection of 'User Videos' that may or may not be on 'YouTube.' And also a place where users can host their videos.
2. Google Alerts - Email updates (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.
3. Google Calendar - A very useful aid that effectively reduces scrap paper and never gets lost, use it in combination with other Google products.
4. Google Docs - Create and share documents on-line. This product allows the creation of documents similar to Microsoft Word and Excel. Very easy to use and permits users work together at the same time despite time zone differences.
   
5. Google Custom Search Engine - Create your own custom search engine for your external hosted website.
6. Google Sites - Allows users to create and host their own website.
   
7. Google Talk - Instant communications, a simple fast chat and messenger program.
8. Google Chrome -Google's browser software, its fast, simple and secure.
   
9. Google Adsense - Google AdSense matches ads to your site's content, and you earn money whenever your visitors click on them.
10. Google Earth - Google Earth lets you travel almost anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, and terrain.

Google Advanced

1. Google Gadget Ventures - Google Gadget Ventures is a new Google pilot program dedicated to helping developers create richer, more useful Google Gadgets.
2. Google Grants - The Google Grants program supports organisations to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy, and the arts.
3. Google Code University - Provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms.
4. Google Ad Words - Display Ad Builder for website advertising.
   
5. Google Analytics - Google Analytics is the enterprise-class web analytics solution that gives you rich insights into your website traffic and marketing effectiveness.
6. Google Data Protocol - The Google Data Protocol is a REST-inspired technology for reading, writing, and modifying information on the web.
7. Google Maps API -
8. Google Base - Simply describe your items on Base to make them as easy as possible for people to find when they search.
9. Google Research - Google’s mission and the enormous scale of Google’s operation lead to fundamental questions in Computer Science and Engineering; the technical excitement of this, and the real and practical benefit we can bring to Google’s users through our integrated approach, all contribute to the excitement of doing research at Google.

Branded Products Owned by Google

1. Blogger -Access thousands of blogs and search through them for useful postings - Or, start your own.
2. Youtube -A collection of 'User Videos' that may not be on 'Google Video'.
3. Picasa - An off-line | on-line tool for organizing and editing your photos and images.
4. FeedBurner - Great program to creating, directing and making feeds and blogged information go all over the place.Supports RSS 2.0 and Atom and more.
   
5. Gears - Gears is an open source project that enables more powerful web applications, by adding new features to your web browser:

This is what love is all about...

Forwarded by email to me this morning.


This Is What Love Is All About...

It was a busy morning, approximately 8:30 am, When an elderly gentleman in
his 80's, arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. He stated that he
was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. I took his vital signs
and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone
would to able to see him. I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since
I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. On exam it
was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies
to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound,
we began to engage in conversation. I asked him if he had a doctor's
appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. The gentleman told me
no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife.
I then inquired as to her health. He told me that she had been there for a
while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer Disease.

As we talked, and I finished dressing his wound, I asked if she would be
worried if he was a bit late. He replied that she no longer knew who he was,
that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and
asked him. "And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who
you are?" He smiled as he patted my hand and said. "She doesn't know me, but
I still know who she is."

I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and
thought, "That is the kind of love I want in my life."

True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of
all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.

"The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they
just make the best of everything that comes along their way."


-- Author Unknown --

The Non-Recycled Plastic Bottle

The Non-Recycled Plastic Bottle

Hands up who carefully recycled the plastic bottles they used in the last year.

Each and everyone of us throws into ever decreasing landfill sites enough plastic bottles for us all to be proud owners of one of these giant footballs!

Great 'Electronic' Wall of China

The Newest Wall against humanity is up, freedom of information is blinding 30% of the world's Internet population.

This entry is taken from the Times onlne and can be followed up by you dear reader anytime you like...
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6996738.ece

Hillary Clinton guards Internet freedom in attack on
China’s new ‘Berlin Wall’

Hillary Clinton has deepened a row over freedom of expression in China by warning Beijing that its alleged attack on Google would have “consequences” and comparing its censorship of the internet to the Berlin Wall.

The US Secretary of State’s criticism — coming days after the internet company said that it would withdraw from the world’s most populous nation in protest at curbs imposed on its users — is a serious intensification of the dispute that now threatens relations between the two powers.

“Countries that restrict free access to information, or violate the basic rights of internet users, risk walling themselves off from the progress of the next century,” Mrs Clinton said, adding that the US and China “have different views on this issue, and we intend to address those differences candidly and consistently.

“Countries or individuals that engage in cyber-attacks should face consequences and international condemnation. In an internet-connected world, an attack on one nation’s networks can be an attack on all.

“We stand for a single internet where all of humanity has equal access to knowledge and ideas,” she told an audience in Washington, in a speech that also named Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Tunisia, Uzbekistan and Vietnam as nations that censored the internet or harassed bloggers.

About 30 per cent of the world’s internet users had restricted access, she said. “No nation, no group, no individual should stay buried in the rubble of oppression.”

Mrs Clinton challenged China to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the recent cyber- attacks on Google, which also targeted dozens of other US companies. She warned that China’s economy — now second only in size to the US — would ultimately be harmed by its attempts to control information.

Google said that those behind the computer attack tried to plunder its software coding, and the e-mail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. Chinese citizens find information about sensitive subjects such as the Tiananmen Square uprising filtered on google.cn and other search engines.

The social networking sites Facebook and Twitter, as well as the video site YouTube, are blocked. Throwing the US Government behind Google’s new stance on China, Mrs Clinton urged technology companies to refuse to support censorship, and called on US businesses not to support suppression in search of quick profits.

Its rival search engine Yahoo! has come out in support of Google’s move since it was announced last week.

“I hope that refusal to support politically motivated censorship will become a trademark characteristic of American technology companies. And when their business dealings threaten to undermine this freedom, they need to consider what’s right, not simply the prospect of quick profits,” she said.

The State Department is to hold a high-level meeting next month with companies that provide network services, for talks on internet freedom. Mrs Clinton wants technology companies to help to provide new tools that will “enable citizens to exercise their right of free expression” by circumventing censorship.

Relations between the US and China are already troubled by quarrels over trade, Taiwan and human rights. Earlier a senior Chinese minister sought to contain the row, saying that Google’s dispute should not be over-stated. Beijing has until now treated the spat as a commercial matter, declaring that the search giant must obey China’s laws and traditions.

Hours before Mrs Clinton’s speech, He Yafei, the Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister, told the official Xinhua news agency: “The Google incident should not be linked to bilateral relations, otherwise that would be over-interpreting it.” However, two state-controlled newspapers yesterday accused Google of allowing itself to be used by the US Government for political purposes, and warned that it would pay a high price for doing so.

Google, which informed US authorities about the cyber-attacks before going public, praised Mrs Clinton’s words. “Free expression and security are important issues for governments everywhere, and at Google we are obviously great believers in the value to society of unfettered access to information,” it said in a statement.

Wen Yunchao, a prominent blogger based in Guangzhou, southern China, said that the speech would boost the morale of those who sought greater internet freedom in China, but that more details of America’s efforts to advance the cause around the world were needed. China is home to the world’s largest online population of 382 million people.

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Postscript

Many of us have friends in China, Expats as well as Chinese friends on the various sites many of us network on. It is not a case of them ignoring our messages, it is simply a case oftheir access to the Web has been removed against their own free will.

Expats have and are finding ways to get past this Electronic Wall by gaining access to VPN networks (In a nutshell), an escape tunnel avoiding censorship and monitoring by use of virtual networks.

EU Parliament to investigate a Flu Scandal

This entry arrived in one of my 'Mail Boxes' this evening.

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European Parliament to Investigate WHO and “Pandemic” Scandal

by F. William Engdahl

The Council of Europe member states will launch an inquiry in January 2010 on the influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the global swine flu campaign, focusing especially on extent of the pharma‘s industry’s influence on WHO. The Health Committee of the EU Parliament has unanimously passed a resolution calling for the inquiry. The step is a long-overdue move to public transparency of a “Golden Triangle” of drug corruption between WHO, the pharma industry and academic scientists that has permanently damaged the lives of millions and even caused death.

The parliament motion was introduced by Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, former SPD Member of the German Bundestag and now Chairman of the European Parliament Health Committee. Wodarg is a medical doctor and epidemiologist, a specialist in lung disease and environmental medicine, who considers the current “pandemic” Swine Flu campaign of the WHO to be “one of the greatest medicine scandals of the Century.”

The text of the resolution just passed by a sufficient number in the Council of Europe Parliament says among other things, “In order to promote their patented drugs and vaccines against flu, pharmaceutical companies influenced scientists and official agencies, responsible for public health standards to alarm governments worldwide and make them squander tight health resources for inefficient vaccine strategies and needlessly expose millions of healthy people to the risk of an unknown amount of side-effects of insufficiently tested vaccines. The "bird-flu"-campaign (2005/06) combined with the "swine-flu"-campaign seem to have caused a great deal of damage not only to some vaccinated patients and to public health-budgets, but to the credibility and accountability of important international health-agencies.”

The Parliamentary inquiry will look into the issue of „falsified pandemic“ that was declared by WHO in June 2009 on the advice of its group of academic experts, SAGE, many of whose members have been documented to have intense financial ties to the same pharmaceutical giants such as GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Novartis, who benefit from the production of drugs and untested H1N1 vaccines. They will investigate the influence of the pharma industry in creation of a worldwide campaign against the so-called H5N1 “Avian Flu” and H1N1 Swine Flu. The inquiry will be given “urgent” priority in the general assembly of the parliament.

In his official statement to the Committee, Wodarg criticized the influence of the pharma industry on scientists and officials of WHO, stating that it has led to the situation where “unnecessarily millions of healthy people are exposed to the risk of poorly tested vaccines,” and that, for a flu strain that is “vastly less harmful” than all previous flu epidemics.

Wodarg says the role of the WHO and its the pandemic emergency declaration in June needs to be the special focus of the European Parliamentary inquiry. For the first time, the WHO criteria for a pandemic was changed in April 2009 as the first Mexico cases were reported, to make not the actual risk of a disease but the number of cases of the disease basis to declare “Pandemic.” By classifying the swine flu as pandemic, nations were compelled to implement pandemic plans and also the purchase swine flu vaccines. Because WHO is not subject to any parliamentary control, Wodarg argues it is necessary for governments to insist on accountability.

The inquiry will also to look at the role of the two critical agencies in Germany issuing guidelines on the pandemic, the Paul-Ehrlich and the Robert-Koch Institute.

(http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16667)

Facebook Account Compromised? - Read on...

Facebook Account Compromised?

Re-produced from Facebooks own Security Pages

My friend's account

My friend's account has been hacked, phished,
or is sending me spam that he/she didn't send.

It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your friend's computer or that their login information was phished in an attempt to send spam from their profile.
We would like to investigate this issue further, but unfortunately, we cannot release information regarding a user’s account to anyone but the account holder.

For detailed information about this matter, please click here -
http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13394

My friend's account has been affected by the money transfer scam
(someone is using my friend's account to ask for money).

We are currently working with people whose accounts have been affected by money transfer scams.
Please use caution around messages from friends claiming to be stranded and asking for money.

Your friend's Facebook account may have been compromised by cybercriminals attempting to impersonate them. Most frequently, these criminals will gain control of a Facebook account, and use the Chat or Status features to claim they are stuck in a far away location and in need of financial assistance.

If you have received a message like this, please enter your friend's account information in this form so that we can make sure your friend's account is secure. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=14257

My account

I can't log in to Facebook or access my account.

If you are having general trouble logging in to your Facebook account, please click here for more information. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=15468

My account has been affected by the money transfer scam
(someone is using my account to ask my friends for money).

We are currently working with people whose accounts have been affected by money transfer scams

The money transfer scam is characterized by cybercriminals using Facebook in an attempt to trick your friends into sending them money.
Most frequently, these criminals will gain control of a Facebook account, and use the Chat or Status features to claim that you are stuck in a far away location and in need of financial assistance.

It is possible that your email account was compromised as well, as obtaining access to a victim’s email is one of the primary ways these cybercriminals have been operating.
Please take the following steps to ensure the security of your Facebook account:

1. Select a unique and complex password for your Facebook account and keep this entirely to yourself. You can do this from the Account Settings page of your Facebook account or by using the "Forgot Password" link on the login page.


2. Select a new, unique password for any email address associated with your account, making sure to avoid using the same password for any account.


3. Verify that you control all of the email addresses associated with your account on the Contact Email section at:

https://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php


4. Add a security question to your account from the Account Settings page if you have not done so already.


5. Visit the following page for more information about Facebook security and how to report suspicious material:

http://www.facebook.com/security

If you require further assistance in securing your account, please enter your account information in this form so that we can make sure your account is secure. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=15111

Where can I find more information about money transfer scams?

The FTC has created an alert, titled "Money Transfers Can Be Risky Business", that explains money transfer scams and other actions one can take. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=16148

My computer has a virus, or I was "phished."

It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your computer or that your password was stolen by a phishing website designed to look like Facebook.

Please carefully follow the steps provided:

1. Run anti-virus software: If your computer has been infected with a virus or with malware, you will need to run anti-virus software to remove these harmful programs and keep your information secure.
   • For Windows:
     http://www.microsoft.com/protect/viruses/xp/av.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/default.mspx
   • For Apple/Mac OS:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222


2. Reset password: From the Account Setting page, you will need to create a new password. Be sure to use a different password than you use for other sites or services, made up of a complex string of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that is at least six characters in length. Do not use words found in the dictionary.


3. Never click suspicious links: It is possible that your friends could unwillingly send spam, viruses, or malware through Facebook if their accounts are infected. Do not click this material and do not run any ".exe" files on your computer without knowing what they are. Also, be sure to use the most current version of your browser as they contain important security warnings and protection features. Current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer warn you if you have navigated to a suspected phishing site, and we recommend that you upgrade your browser to the most current version. You can also find more information about phishing and how to avoid it at http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html and http://onguardonline.gov/phishing.html.
   
   Phishing is an online attempt to trick a user by pretending to be an official login page or an official email from an organization that you would have an account with, such as a bank or an email provider, in order to obtain a user’s login and account information. In the case of a phishing login page, the login page may look identical to the login page you would normally go to, but the website does not belong to the organization you have an account with (the URL web address of the website should reflect this). In the case of a phishing email, the email may look like an email you would get from the organization you have an account with and get emails from, but the link in the email that it directs you to takes you to the above phishing login page, rather than a legitimate login page for that organization.
   
   To prevent your account information from being obtained in a phishing scheme, only log in to legitimate pages of the websites you have an account with. For example, "www.facebook.example.com" is not a legitimate Facebook page on the "www.facebook.com" domain, but "www.facebook.com/example" is a legitimate Facebook page because it has the "facebook.com" domain. When in doubt, you can always just type in "facebook.com" into your browser to return to the legitimate Facebook site.

If you are still unable to access your profile, please send us more information regarding the issue so we can investigate. Please submit your report here.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13393

My account has been hacked.

If your account has been hacked and you can still access your login email address, please attempt to reset the password to your account by selecting the "Forgot your password?" link that appears above the Password field on the Facebook Login page. An email will be sent to you with steps for completing the process.

If your account has been hacked and the login email on your account has also been compromised or has been changed, please send us information about the account so we can look into it further and hopefully restore access. Please submit your report here.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=15838

Messages or posts were sent from my account, and I didn’t send them.

It is possible that malicious software was downloaded to your computer or that your password was stolen by a phishing website designed to look like Facebook.

Please carefully follow the steps provided:

1. Run anti-virus software: If your computer has been infected with a virus or with malware, you will need to run anti-virus software to remove these harmful programs and keep your information secure.
   • For Windows:
     http://www.microsoft.com/protect/viruses/xp/av.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/default.mspx
   • For Apple/Mac OS:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222


2. Reset password: From the Account Setting page, you will need to create a new password. Be sure to use a different password than you use for other sites or services, made up of a complex string of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that is at least six characters in length. Do not use words found in the dictionary.


3. Never click suspicious links: It is possible that your friends could unwillingly send spam, viruses, or malware through Facebook if their accounts are infected. Do not click this material and do not run any ".exe" files on your computer without knowing what they are. Also, be sure to use the most current version of your browser as they contain important security warnings and protection features. Current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer warn you if you have navigated to a suspected phishing site, and we recommend that you upgrade your browser to the most current version. You can also find more information about phishing and how to avoid it at http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html and http://onguardonline.gov/phishing.html.
   
   Phishing is an online attempt to trick a user by pretending to be an official login page or an official email from an organization that you would have an account with, such as a bank or an email provider, in order to obtain a user’s login and account information. In the case of a phishing login page, the login page may look identical to the login page you would normally go to, but the website does not belong to the organization you have an account with (the URL web address of the website should reflect this). In the case of a phishing email, the email may look like an email you would get from the organization you have an account with and get emails from, but the link in the email that it directs you to takes you to the above phishing login page, rather than a legitimate login page for that organization.
   
   To prevent your account information from being obtained in a phishing scheme, only log in to legitimate pages of the websites you have an account with. For example, "www.facebook.example.com" is not a legitimate Facebook page on the "www.facebook.com" domain, but "www.facebook.com/example" is a legitimate Facebook page because it has the "facebook.com" domain. When in doubt, you can always just type in "facebook.com" into your browser to return to the legitimate Facebook site.

If you are still unable to access your profile, please send us more information regarding the issue so we can investigate. Please submit your report here.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13392

My poker chips were stolen.

Unfortunately, Facebook did not develop the third-party poker application and cannot assist you in restoring any lost poker chips. This application is developed and operated by a third party that runs its own technical resources, and we do not have access to this data.

Please reset your password immediately for security reasons, and contact the developer of this application in regards to your situation. In order to contact the developer who created this application, please go to the application's About Page and click on the "Contact Developer" link at the bottom of the page. Facebook is not responsible for the support provided by this developer. If you continue to have problems, please note that you can remove and restrict applications from the "Applications" section of the Privacy page.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=14360

I received an account creation email, but I'm already registered.

If you have received a Facebook account confirmation email in error, it's likely that someone has mistakenly attempted to register using your email address. As long as you do not click the link contained in the email, no action will be taken, and no account will be created. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=14348

What can I do if my group has been hacked?

Please note that is not technically possible to hack a Facebook group. As long as the current administrators of a group keep their login details secure, keep their account enabled, and do not allow any suspicious people to become admins, then the group will remain secure. Please note, however, that if a group is left without an admin, any member will be able to assume that role. If this situation occurs, we encourage you or the former admin of this group to contact the current admin to resolve this matter. Unfortunately, Facebook is not able to add you back as an admin for any group.

In addition, as long as the group does not contain information that violates our Terms of Use, we will not take any action it. For more information on conduct prohibited by Facebook, please read ourStatement of Rights and Responsibilities, which can be accessed by clicking on the "Terms" link at the bottom of any Facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=15654

More information

What is "phishing"?

Phishing is an online attempt to trick users into providing login and account information by pretending to be a login page or email from an official organization. Common examples include banks or email providers.

In the case of a phishing login page, the login page may look identical to the login page you would normally go to. However, in these instances the website does not belong to the organization you have an account with (the URL web address of the website should reflect this).

In the case of a phishing email, the email may look like an email you would receive from the organization you have an account with. However, the links provided in these emails typically direct you to the above phishing login page, rather than a legitimate login page for that organization.

To prevent your account information from being obtained in a phishing scheme, please double check the URL of the websites you have an account with. For example, "www.facebook.example.com" is not a legitimate Facebook page on the "www.facebook.com" domain, but "www.facebook.com/example" is a legitimate Facebook page because it has the "facebook.com" domain. When in doubt, you can always just type in "facebook.com" into your browser to return to the legitimate Facebook site.

Please note that current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer warn you if you have navigated to a suspected phishing site, and we recommend that you upgrade your browser to the most current version. You can also find more information about phishing and how to avoid it at...

http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html
and...
http://onguardonline.gov/phishing.html.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13395

What can I do to protect the security of my account?

1. Never click suspicious links: It is possible that your friends could unwillingly send spam, viruses, or malware through Facebook if their accounts are infected. Do not click this material and do not run any ".exe" files on your computer without knowing what they are. Also, be sure to use the most current version of your browser as they contain important security warnings and protection features. Current versions of Firefox and Internet Explorer warn you if you have navigated to a suspected phishing site, and we recommend that you upgrade your browser to the most current version. You can also find more information about phishing and how to avoid it at http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html and http://onguardonline.gov/phishing.html.
   
   Phishing is an online attempt to trick a user by pretending to be an official login page or an official email from an organization that you would have an account with, such as a bank or an email provider, in order to obtain a user’s login and account information. In the case of a phishing login page, the login page may look identical to the login page you would normally go to, but the website does not belong to the organization you have an account with (the URL web address of the website should reflect this). In the case of a phishing email, the email may look like an email you would get from the organization you have an account with and get emails from, but the link in the email that it directs you to takes you to the above phishing login page, rather than a legitimate login page for that organization.
   
   To prevent your account information from being obtained in a phishing scheme, only log in to legitimate pages of the websites you have an account with. For example, "www.facebook.example.com" is not a legitimate Facebook page on the "www.facebook.com" domain, but "www.facebook.com/example" is a legitimate Facebook page because it has the "facebook.com" domain. When in doubt, you can always just type in "facebook.com" into your browser to return to the legitimate Facebook site.


2. Have a unique, strong password: From the Account Settings page, be sure to use a different password than you use for other sites or services, made up of a complex string of numbers, letters, and punctuation marks that is at least six characters in length. Do not use words found in the dictionary.


3. Run anti-virus software: If your computer has been infected with a virus or with malware, you will need to run anti-virus software to remove harmful programs and keep your information secure.
4. • For Windows:
     http://www.microsoft.com/protect/viruses/xp/av.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/protect/computer/viruses/default.mspx
   • For Apple/Mac OS:
     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=12266

Where can I find more information about money transfer scams?

The FTC has created an alert, titled "Money Transfers Can Be Risky Business", that explains money transfer scams and other actions one can take.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=16148

What URLs (web addresses, domains) are legitimate, safe Facebook URLs?

Make sure that when you access the site, you always log in from a legitimate facebook.com domain. A good rule of thumb is if a URL ends in facebook.com, it is owned by Facebook. For example, "en-gb.facebook.com" ends in facebook.com and is therefore safe and legitimate.

When in doubt, just type "facebook.com" into your browser's address field. It's a good idea to bookmark the facebook.com address so that you don't have to enter it manually.

Other URLs that look like Facebook but do not follow this criterion could be illegitimate phishing websites. Never submit your login credentials to a site that looks suspicious.
http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=15133

Is it safe to log in to Facebook through another site,
such as through Facebook Connect?

Facebook has enabled third-party websites to use Facebook’s login and authentication system through a program called Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect allows users to take their Facebook identity, network, and privacy settings with them as they browse and interact with the rest of the Web.

Connect-enabled sites often provide an option to log in to Facebook directly from the site itself. When you see this, you should make sure that the login opens in a separate browser pop-up window, and that the Web address (URL) for the pop-up contains the proper "www.facebook.com" domain. If it does, you’ll know that it’s a legitimate Facebook page and not a phishing attempt, and you can log in safely and securely.

Note: if you’re logged in to Facebook, the Facebook Connect partner site should only ask you to "authorize" that site. http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=13929

Does Facebook distribute my user information?

Facebook respects your privacy. We do not distribute your user information to marketers or spammers. You can read more about this in our Privacy Policy. - http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=12260

I want to permanently delete my account.
How do I delete my account?

If you deactivate your account from the "Deactivate Account" section on the Account page, your profile and all information associated with it are immediately made inaccessible to other Facebook users. What this means is that you effectively disappear from the Facebook service.
However, if you want to reactivate at some point, we do save your profile information (friends, photos, interests, etc.), and your account will look just the way it did when you deactivated if you decide to reactivate it. Many users deactivate their accounts for temporary reasons and expect their information to be there when they return to the service.

If you do not think you will use Facebook again and would like your account deleted, please keep in mind that you will not be able to reactivate your account or retrieve any of the content or information you have added.

If you would like your account permanently deleted with no option for recovery, log in to your account and then submit your request by clicking here. - http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=12271

My question is not listed above.

Find more questions and answers here.

http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=12272


Additional Notes from Boffin1157

If an offer you see on Facebook is too good to be true, it is highly likely that it not true at all.
Just connecting with FB users to play a particular Game? If so, place them in the 'Limited Profile' option to provide an extra safety measure on your account.
Make sure your security settings are regularly updated.
Remove and delete all access to all Non Facebook applications you no longer use.
A Facebook user you do not know wishes to befriend you, if you decide to accept, place them in your 'Limited Profile' folder - otherwise click on ignore, just because they are connected to umpteen friends does not mean they are safe to add .

Above all, 'Be Safe, Be Secure, Be Smiling'
- Enjoy Facebook, the rogues are in the minority of FB users.

Internet Safety - Part 2

Internet Safety – ‘Cyber-Bullying’ is ‘Beatable’

By Dr. Peter James – Independent researcher, writer, and web tactician.

Yesterday Part 1 was published here...

Internet Safety Tips - Part 1

Part 2 follows on below.

Fraud Email
Everyone gets junk and scam emails, be it Mr ‘Microsoft’ Bill Gates, your favourite film star or singer, even me, efforts are made to curb this daily threat but without employing many of the suggestions in this article, it is a hard battle to win. Now my own spam emails received is low at around five or six items a week. If your IP address gets hi-jacked, you can send spam unknowingly. A few months ago whilst on holiday I found that despite not being on the Internet during the 5 days away that 1000+ spam emails had been sent using my IP address. The matter was resolved 6 weeks later and the offender caught, literally, no one is exempt from the ‘Cyber-Bully’ or Internet nastiness out there today.

There are always plausible reasons given to get you to respond to them, many are from banks that you do not have an account with at all. Never open or respond to them at all, if it is from your bank, go to the nearest branch and sort it out there, not over the Internet or phone, many bogus emails use false logos, and ghost embedded addresses to fool the recipients into responding. In the time it takes to re-read this paragraph, a computer operator elsewhere in another part of the world could electronically rob your bank account!

Have you brought anything in the last few days? Has anyone brought anything from you? Apart from the odd promotional email from ‘EBay’ or maybe a follow up question from a buyer or seller – You know who they are; there is no need for ‘EBay’ to contact you at all. Any such emails can be deleted without a second thought. The contents look good and the links work to bogus sites – not ‘EBay’ – they usually contain ‘bugs’ of various descriptions, all designed to get into your computer and feed back any useful information found on it. Want to see EBay’s latest offers, go to the EBay website much safer than opening the ‘offer you can not refuse’ email.

The scenario is very similar to ‘EBay’, again they look good and just like all scam emails they contain false links, sometimes phone numbers, impressive reproduced layout and a lot of ‘English’ spelling mistakes. (A fact many non-native ‘English’ speakers miss completely when responding to ‘scam’ emails.) Along with other poorly educated people, they happily answer all questions asked and lose thousands every day to these ‘Cyber-Criminals/Bullies’ - The same rule for PayPal special offers applies as well.

Phone numbers that are not
It is possible to buy phone numbers for other countries and many do this for genuine legally accepted reasons. Just because it is a ‘UK’or 'USA' etc number to ring, does not mean your call (along with the bogus contact name) is going to that country. Invariably the call never does, answered in a completely different country to the one dialled on your phone. In the event that you find such a number in an email, there is a very high chance that is an attempt to reassure that the email is genuine.

Lottery winner
Bin them! Do not waste a second opening them, each one is aimed at making you a lot poorer and the ‘Cyber-Bully/ Criminal’ a lot richer. You have not won anything at all. Your lottery winnings are false, every lottery has a ticket with ‘Your’ chosen numbers on it that will be in your possession, not faceless individual, – Foreign lotteries; do not normally sell outside their own national borders. Again badly written ‘English’ gets thousands of greedy individuals to empty their bank accounts chasing the mythical money they have not won, not only not won – The winnings never exist at all! – If the email were on paper, the paper would be worth more than the contents written on it.

Inheritance emails
Again bin them without opening them, the wording in the mailbox as to ‘From’ and ‘Header’ contents usually give them away first, if any is present in the header that is. As with any unknown names if in doubt – ‘Delete’ without opening. The header usually wants you to contact someone; this someone has a false name and phone number and is only intent on passing you along a chain of fraudsters getting you to part with as much money as possible on the way. Later after a few months respite they get in touch with you again and go through the whole rip-off process again. Think about this: ‘Why they do not know your name if you are actually inheriting such a large sum of money?’

Microsoft Junk emails
Microsoft do not, repeat do not send junk emails, nowadays nearly all Microsoft emails are by subscription only, only sent by request. You can happily delete any you have not asked them to send, as they will not be from Microsoft at all.

Password request / Locked account emails
If your mate across the street, a stranger in the bar where you have a beer, or a bus passenger asked for your password, bank details etc, would you give them to them. No! So why do people happily do so to an unknown plausible electronic enquiry? These details are yours and yours alone not for Jo/ Joe Public – Keep them safe!

If a stranger asked you for your ‘Front Door Key’ would you give it to them?

Passwords
Use a clue to remind you, never write the password down just write the clue down. Anyone can find it in your absence or even in front of you without you knowing.

Incidentally, forget any ideas of using big words from dictionaries or any other dictionary word unless disguised - Once access is gained to your computer from an illegal source, in nearly all cases, an incredible amount of dictionaries come into action as your data is trawled looking for passwords that you may have stored on it.

A far more secure combination today is around 16 characters/symbols long.

I say 'far more', owing to the fact that a 'Secret' is only a 'Secret' until you tell one other person. - So keep those passwords 'SECRET'

Use different on each website
In the event you have so many website passwords, then try to group your site passwords so that in the event that if a password is found, the password will not give access to all of the websites that you use, just a few. If there are several passwords on one site make sure that every password is different, adding a figure at the end of the main password is not a good idea.

Change passwords each month
Regularly change your passwords; it is in your own interest to do so and prior to this if you suspect someone else may know a password. A second option exists; if you do not use particular websites regularly, use the sites password reminder service, yes it takes a few minutes of your time but is well worth the effort involved.

Passwords...
Never share them - Never email them - Ignore requests for them

The passwords that you use to access ‘Chat’, ‘Windows’, your various accounts etc are yours and ‘Unique’ to you! No one else needs or needs to know them, not even the company website that you use, only their computers do. In every case, individuals are ‘locked out’ from this information and no one has any right to ask you for it. Electronic reminders are just that, no human is involved in the reminder at all.

Many systems do not send it; they send a temporary replacement instead, so that you can re-access your account. (A step that stops interception of the email whilst in transit to you)

Yes, there are even 'Spy-Bots' that read the body (Main Part) of your email content in transit looking for email addresses and nothing else, so try to disguise any email addresses you send to others - Doing this, actually makes them invisible to these 'Spy-Bots' - Example... donald(dot)duck(at)quackers(dot)com(dot)au

Email addresses that you enter in the 'Header' of your email are quite safe from illegal interception these 'Spy-Bot' Internet Nasties.

Naughty Websites...
All are lockable by you! Every ‘web site’ is lockable from your browser, just as every unwanted ‘email’ or ‘chat individual’ may be locked on the relevant provider. All responsible parents on every computer in the home should take these actions, before any problems start in the future.

That token fee of 1 Euro / $1 / £1 etc is more than just a means of verifying the users age, in many cases it is a ‘Yippee’ another sucker has given us permission to go on a spending spree at their expense. Result; loads of extra expenses many will go un-noticed by you as the Credit Card is usually paid by Direct Debit, with no questions asked by the Card owner at all. Tracker cookies are now safely implanted on your computer from this transaction.

Cookies...
Cookies are useful aids that enable regularly visited websites to open faster. Unfortunately, there are also ‘malicious’ cookies; these tend to turn up in emails and some downloaded programs as well. Employing the email precautions above will help reduce them, as will regular virus and spyware scans and updates of said programs. Another precaution you can take is to ‘Save’ rather than ‘Run’ a new program that you download, this will enable you virus and spyware programs to scan and remove any problems before they get the chance to ‘hide in your computers registry. Many new ‘Bugs’ self-duplicate, meaning you will get it back within seconds of removal as its clone left behind elsewhere in the registry reproduces itself.

Key-loggers sit there on your hard drive recording every keystroke and mouse click that you make. Then your computer sends this information to another (Unknown to you at all) computer in ‘Cyber-World’.

Conclusion...
At the time of writing, There are sadly still several thousand missing children in the world related to ‘chat’ and other instant message issues. There were a little over 4,100 recognised frauds in progress and a list of over 400 recognised Internet Fraudsters at large, with 420,000+ frauds deleted from the Internet. Together with a large number of hi-jacked, IP addresses by unknown parties. With your help in adopting as many of the above advice items, larger numbers of Internet crimes will be solved and the perpetrators caught and punished. Even better still thousands of children will be re-united unharmed with their families and the ‘groomers’ will not be able to lead many more astray in the future.

Another point not yet clarified as ‘a fact’ is ‘chat’ systems being used as an extension to street and playground bullying, to incite violence or crime on the victim against other victims, keeping the ‘actual’ aggressor/ perpetrator safe and sound.

URL Help websites to note:

1. Internet fraud - http://www.fraudwatchinternational.com/
2. Child web safety - http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/
3. Internet Police UK - http://www.wiredsafety.org/gb/law/uk_police_information.html
4. FBI Cybercrime - http://www.fbi.gov/cyberinvest/cyberhome.htm

There are many more, most countries have them, in some form. Your first priority should be to contact your local Police in the event of personal issues and missing persons, they can help far quicker and will take all the necessary steps needed both where you are and contact more specialised units/ teams as needed.

Please enjoy the Internet it has a wealth of information on it and the vast majority of users are genuine, the minority spoil things in the ‘Cyber-World’, as well as the ‘Real World’.
Learn to be safe not sorry, together we can stamp out ‘Cyber-Crime’ - ‘Cyber-Bullying’ and develop a much safer ‘Cyber-World’

In case you ever wondered, there is a last page on the Internet, its URL is… http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm

Enjoy your life and help others to enjoy theirs, together we can make this borderless Internet safer, together Internet crime will be reduced. Everyday people like me are working behind the scenes to give you a better safer Internet, everyday the Internet gets a bit safer for all. With your help, we can all be winners and stop the minority from running our lives, fuelling our fears and feeding our limited knowledge to blame those who are not guilty in any way for the minorities actions against us all.

Part 3 follows tomorrow - Extra anytime tips whilst out and going about your daily life.

Crazy Cartoons - V - Computer Game Violence

Ok, 'Bugs Bunny' is a bit violent I know...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WM5Gwzk3Vfc

But Elmar Thudd and other cartoon baddies in it are always back to themselves in a matter of seconds to have another go at catching 'Bugs'

'Tom & Jerry' are not much different on the violence stakes either... http://youtube.com/watch?v=iG5Px3A0u0w

All sorts of horrible things happen to 'Tom' every episode, he's always better within seconds as well.

Poor old 'Wile E Coyote' forever chasing 'Roadrunner', he is technically killed at least 6 if not more times an episode...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bgsFVqfu-rM

But he really does catch 'Roadrunner' in the end believe it or not, even though it takes years of episodes to do so...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=KJJW7EF5aVk

Which brings me to my frustration...

Why, after 65 odd years of being treated to death and destruction on a regular episodic basis are such animated cartoons cited as inducing violence and inciting said in the so called 'youth' today? .

Yet these cartoons can only be seen on 'YouTube' and the likes in so many Country's now. Yet Computer Games, where you have to deliberately 'Steal', 'Kill', 'Rob' , 'Maim' , 'Blow Up', is one allowed to do these and other such despicable acts to others, sometimes while 'Playing' against others on networked 'Games'. Carry on being allowed and called harmless?

The former mentioned cartoons did not do so, or boost the crime figures through the ceiling, or produce 'Copy Cat' violence etc on 'Real People' as the degenerates of today do, totally unable to unplug their minds from illusion at the right time, believing they can live as the 'Games' teach them, as they unleran reality and learn anti-social skills by 'Playing' and 'Living these games. Society loses heavily. Crime goes up, Fear of todays youth goes up, Trust in said plummets and society loses out 'Big-Time'. So what is the difference between the two items?

Answer is 'Money', loads of it! There is far more generated income from violent computer games in the form of taxes for Governments and Profits for companies than in the 65 year old cartoons. Sod the individual, 'Fill the nations coffers' with blood money please, we make more for wasting than the cost of damage done by them, money first, individuals last, greed is far more important, besides it makes it easier to control the masses if we let the degenerates bully, frighten and scare the decent people into being mice, makes it easier all round and ensures job security for the 'Boy's as well'. Who cares if the youth of today play these games all the time, then get the fixation in their tiny minds that it isn't a game, that it is really reality.

The powers that be don't care, so perhaps we should!

Answers on a postcard (or email) please.

A, B, Catch you later dear reader.

Pause for breath, see what you are miss...

Too many people put off something that brings them joy just because they haven't thought about it, don't have it on their schedule, didn't know it was coming or are too rigid to depart from their routine.

I got to thinking one day about all those women on the Titanic who passed up dessert at dinner that fateful night in an effort to cut back. From then on, I've tried to be a little more flexible.

I cannot count the times I called my friend and said, 'How about going to lunch in a half hour?' A various stammered responses, such as, 'I can't. I have clothes on the line. My hair is dirty. I wish I had known yesterday, I had a late breakfast, It looks like rain.' And my personal favorite: 'It's Monday.' She died a few years ago... We never did have lunch together.

So many of us cram so much into their lives, we tend to schedule our headaches. We live on a sparse diet of promises we make to ourselves when all the conditions are perfect!

We'll go back and visit the grandparents when we get Steve toilet-trained... We'll entertain when we replace the living-room carpet... We'll go on a second honeymoon when we get two more kids out of college. We love excuses!

Life has a way of accelerating as we get older. The days get shorter, and the list of promises to ourselves gets longer. One morning, we awaken, and all we have to show for our lives is a litany of 'I'm going to,' 'I plan on,' and also 'Someday, when things are settled down a bit.'

When anyone calls my 'seize the moment' friend, they are open to adventure and available for trips. They keep an open mind on new ideas. Their enthusiasm for life is contagious. You talk with her for five minutes, and you're ready to trade your bad feet for a pair of Roller blades and skip an elevator for a bungee cord...

Not touched ice cream in 10 years. I love ice cream. It's just that I might as well apply it directly to my stomach with a spatula and eliminate the digestive process. Go on spoil yourself, you deserve it... If the car hits an iceberg on the way home, You will have died happy, a few millimetres on the stomach is nothing it gives a loved one more to cuddle.

Now... go on and have a nice day. Do something you WANT to... not something on your SHOULD DO list. If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? Why are you waiting?

Have you ever watched kids playing on a merry go round or listened to the rain lapping on the ground? Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night? Do you run through each day on the fly? When you ask ' How are you?' Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next hundred chores running through your head?

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift... Thrown away... Life is not a race... Take it slower.Hear the music before the song is over.

Every Day is National Friendship Day.. Show your friends how much you care. Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND. If it comes back to you, then you'll know you have a circle of friends.

Life may not be the party we hoped for... But while we are here we might as
well dance and enjoy ourselves! A frown is a smile tht is upside down!

A Daily Quote from Boffins Neuron - 22nd to 28st August 2009

A Daily Quote from Boffib1157's Neuron to start each day...

Saturday - 22nd August 2009
"Reality is - Waking up realise what you could have done may have helped someone besides you."

Sunday - 23rd August 2009
“Living life as an amateur will build you a road to serious wounds”

Monday - 24th August 2009
"There are no White lies, they are all as Black as night!"

Tuesday - 25th August 2009
"There are times when it is wise to turn a blind ear and / or a deaf eye for notice to be taken by someone."

Wednesday - 26th August 2009
"When all is said and done, try to make sure it leaves a positive memory for others to live with."

Thursday - 27th August 2009
"Reality is - Realising you are not as old as you thought you were, as you have now grown up."

Friday - 28th August 2009
"Reality is - Growing up and realising that it is a never ending part of life’s wonderful tapestry"

A Daily Quote from Boffins Neuron - 8th to 14th August 2009

A Daily Quote from Boffib1157's Neuron to start each day...

Saturday - 8th August 2009
"Native speakers know their own tongue better than anyone, never order them to do otherwise, there is more to protocol & manners without adding your 'Ignorance' to it"

Sunday - 9th August 2009
"Opportunity knocks only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell! (Various)"

Monday - 10th August 2009
“Failure to master a particular skill will cause many delays in multiple lives around you”

Tuesday - 11th August 2009
“Do not give up learning about a subject, even if it has become second nature to you”

Wednesday - 12th August 2009
"Reality is - Not making a name for yourself, rather a case of letting others make it for you!"

Thursday - 13th August 2009
"Getting there is easier when you remember that the 2nd step is the hardest."

Friday - 14th August 2009
“Pragmatic thinking is essential, just entertaining likes and dislikes is a waste of ones life”

Cele 7 minuni ale comunismului / The 7 wonders of communism

1. Toti aveau de lucru/ Everybody had a job

2. Desi toti lucrau, nimeni nu munce/ Even if everyone had a job, nobody worked.

3. Desi nimeni nu muncea, planul se face/ Even if nobody worked, the production was achieved.

4. ... Desi planul se facea, nimic nu se gasea/ Even if the production was achieved, there was nothing to buy.

5. Desi nimic nu se gasea, toti aveau/ Even if there was nothing to sell, everybody had enough.

6. Desi aveau, toti furau/ Even if everybody had enough, everyone was stealing.

7. Desi toti furau... nimic nu lipsea !/ Even if everybody was stealing, nothing was missing!


De ce nu ne-o fi placut? / I wonder why we didn't like it.

Who Did You Ignore Today Then?

A wonderful collection of anecdotes for you to read, inwardly digest, share and (I trust) put into daily use.

First Lesson - Cleaning Lady.

During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I read the last one: 'What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school? Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50's, but how would I know her name?

I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. 'Absolutely,' said the professor. 'In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say 'hello.'

Second Lesson – Helping Strangers

One night, at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her; generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 60's... The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.

She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console colour TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached...

It read: 'Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away ... God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.'

Sincerely; Mrs. Nat King Cole.

Third Lesson - Always remember those who serve.

In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. 'How much is an ice cream sundae?' he asked. 'Fifty cents,' replied the waitress.

The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. “Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. 'Thirty-five cents,' she brusquely replied.

The little boy again counted his coins. 'I'll have the plain ice cream,' he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were 2 nickels and 5 pennies... You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

Fourth Lesson – Life’s obstacles in our path.

In ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand! Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

Fifth Lesson - Giving when it Counts...

Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.. The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, 'Yes I'll do it if it will save her.' As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the colour returning to her cheek. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, 'Will I start to die right away'.
Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her but he had chosen to save her anyway.