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VERY IMPORTANT , PLEASE READ THIS

Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on.   This information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton Please share this with everybody you know who has Access to the Internet. You may receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled ‘Mail Server Report’
If you open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: ’It is too late now, your life is no longer beautiful…’

Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it to you will gain access to your Name, e-mail and password.   This is a new virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon.   AOL has already confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software’s are not capable of destroying it..

The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself ‘life owner’.

Though this email that has been circulating the net for a while has been found to be untrue. We all should take precautions in public places. AIDS and many other diseases can be transmitted through blood and needles.
This is the email that I received that has been found to be False:

A new way of transmitting HIV

This is just too shocking; it is amazing to see what the world is coming to!!!!

Dear Friends,
Kindly take a couple of minutes to go through this mail. If useful may advise others also. Please pass this on to
others.

This happened in Paris recently and may happen elsewhere also. A few weeks ago, in a movie theatre, a person felt something poking from her seat. When she got up to see what it was, she found a needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying, ‘You have just been infected by HIV’.The Disease Control Center (in Paris) reports many similar events in many other cities recently. All tested needles were HIV Positive.The Center also reports that needles have been found in
cash dispensers at public banking machines. We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected with vigilance and caution before use.

A careful visual inspection should be enough. In addition, they ask that each of you pass this message along to all members of your family and your friends of the potential danger. Recently, one doctor has narrated a somewhat similar instance that happened to one of his
patients at the Priya Cinema in Delhi. A young girl, engaged and about to be married in a couple of months, was pricked while the movie was going on. The tag with the needle had the message ‘Welcome to the World of HIV family’. Though the doctors told her family that it takes about 6 months before the virus grows strong enough to start damaging the system and a healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years, the girl died in 4 months, perhaps more because of the ‘Shock thought’. We all have to be careful at public places, restrooms… God help! Just think about saving a life by sharing this message. Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass it on.

DRUG RECALL – VERY SERIOUS – CONFIRMED BY SNOPES.COM & FDA

All drugs containing PHENYLPROP ANOLAMINE are being recalled.

STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 in the three days after starting use of medication The FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.

The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:

Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant
Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements
Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control
Alka-Seltzer Plus Children’s Cold Medicine Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or orange)
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold Medicine
BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder
BC Sinus Cold Powder
Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief
Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules
Contac 12 Hour Caplets
Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus
Dexatrim Caffeine Free
Dexatrim Extended Duration
Dexatrim Gelcaps
Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free
Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets
Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels
Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir
Dimetapp Elixir
Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels
Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets
Dimetapp 12 Hour Extendtabs Tablets
Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops
Permathene Mega-16
Robitussin CF
Tavist-D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion
Triaminic DM Cough Relief
Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head
Triaminic Syrup Cold & Allergy
Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough

I just found out and called the 800# on the container
for Triaminic and they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines because of a cert ain ingredient that is causing stro kes and seizures in children

Orange3D Cold &Allergy Cherry (Pink)
3D Cold &Cough Berry
3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant

They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with
the lot number on the box so they can send you postage for you
to send it back to them, and they will also issue you a refund.
If you know of anyone else with small children,
PLEASE PASS THIS ON. THIS IS SERIOUS STUFF!
so people are informed and they can then pass it along to their families.

To confirm these findings please take time to check the following:
http://www.fda. gov/cder/ drug/infopage/ ppa/

This is Serious!
This incident happened recently in North Texas .
A woman went boating one Sunday taking with her some cans of coke which she put into the refrigerator of the boat. On Monday she was taken to the hospital and placed in the intensive Care Unit. She died on Wednesday.
The autopsy concluded she died of Leptospirosis. This was traced to the can of coke she drank from, not using a glass. Tests showed that the can was infected by dried rat urine and hence the disease Leptospirosis.
Rat urine contains toxic and deathly substances. It is highly recommended to thoroughly wash the upper part of soda cans before drinking out of them. The cans are typically stocked in ware houses and transported straight to the shops without being cleaned.

A study at NYCU showed that the tops of soda cans are more contaminated than public toilets (i.e). full of germs and bacteria. So wash them with water before putting them to the mouth to avoid any kind of fatal accident.

___________________________

Although Snopes says this email is false, I checked the CDC site and there is such a disease and can be spread by rat urine not only in humans but in pets.

A MUST READ

ALL FAMILY MEMBERS SHOULD READ THIS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN!

These crooks are getting very good!

A lady has changed her habit of how she lists her names in her cell phone directory after her handbag was stolen.

Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, purse, etc.., was stolen.

Twenty minutes later she called her husband, from a pay telephone telling him what had happened.

Her husband said, ‘I have just received your text message asking about our pin number and I have replied a little while ago.’

When they rushed down to the bank, the staff told them all the money was already withdrawn.

The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text her husband listed in the directory and got hold of their pin number.

Within twenty minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

Moral of the lesson:

Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people on your call list.

Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Mom, Dad, etc.,

And very importantly, when sensitive information is being asked for through text messages, CONFIRM by calling back.

Also, when you are being text by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call back to confirm that the message came from them.

If you do not reach them, be very careful about going places to meet ‘family and friends’ who text you.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON.

I never thought about THAT!

As of right now, do you have ‘home’ listed in your cell phone directory?

NURSE’S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE

This has been  passed on from an ER nurse and is the best description of this event that she had ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and share this!

FEMALE HEART ATTACKS

I was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is the best description I’ve ever read.

Women and heart attacks (Myocardial Infarction).  Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart attack .. you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the movies.  Here is the story of one woman’s experience with a heart attack.

I had a heart attack at about 10 :30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might’ve brought it on.
I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking,  ‘A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.

A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you’ve been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you’ve swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn’t have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial sensation—the only trouble was that I hadn’t taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m.

After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering CPR).

This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both jaws.  ‘AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening — we all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven’t we?  I said aloud to myself and the cat, ‘Dear God, I think I’m having a heart attack!’

I lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart attack, I shouldn’t be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else … but, on the other hand, if I don’t, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment.

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and dialed the Paramedics .. I told her I thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn’t feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts.  She said she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.

I unlocked the door and then lay down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don’t remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something like  ‘Have you taken any medications?” but I couldn’t make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer,  and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.

I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents.

Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail?  Because I want all of  you to know what I learned first hand.

1.  Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the usual men’s symptoms but  inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act).  It is said that many more  women than men die of their first (and last) MI  because they didn’t know they were having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they’ll feel better in the morning when they wake up … which doesn’t happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you’ve not felt before. It is better to have a ‘false alarm’ visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be!

2.  Note that I said ”Call the Paramedics.” And if you can,  take an aspirin.  Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!  Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER you are a hazard  to others on the road. Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speeding  and looking anxiously at what’s happening with you instead of the road. Do NOT call your doctor — he doesn’t know where you  live and if it’s at night you won’t reach him anyway, and if it’s daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will  tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn’t carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.

3.   Don’t assume it couldn’t be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count.  Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it’s unbelievably high and/or accompanied  by high blood pressure). MI’s are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the  body,  which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know,  the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says, if everyone who gets this email sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life.

Heart Attacks And Drinking Warm Water

This is a very good article. Not only about the warm water after your meal, but about   Heart Attacks . The Chinese and Japanese drink hot tea with their meals, not cold water, maybe it is time we adopt their drinking habit  while eating.

For those who like to drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the digestion. Once this ’sludge’ reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a meal.

Common Symptoms Of Heart Attack…
A serious note about heart attacks – You should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting . Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line .
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack. Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms. 60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let’s be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who reads this message sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life. Read this & Send to a friend. It could save a life. So, please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.
I  JUST  DID

True checked Snopes website: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/hairband.asp

Hair Band Information Important!

Be cautious of hair bands at open markets around the city too – they are probably from China since they are purchased in bulk very very cheap !!!!
Take a good look before buying hair bands in future – specially like the following kind…..

These Hair bands were made from used condoms and threads. That was so disgusting, I would not want to use them!!

BEIJING (AFP) – Used condoms are being recycled into hair bands in southern China threatening to spread sexually-transmittable diseases they were originally meant to prevent, state media reported Tuesday

In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said.

‘These cheap and colorful rubber bands and hair ties sell well ….. threatening the health of local people,’ it said.
Despite being recycled, the hair bands could still contain bacteria and viruses, it said.

‘People could be infected with AIDS, (genital) warts or other diseases if they hold the rubber bands or strings in their mouths while waving their hair into plaits or buns,’ the paper quoted a local dermatologist who gave only his surname, Dong, as saying. A bag of ten of the recycled bands sells for just 25 s en (three cents), much cheaper than others on the market, accounting for their popularity, the paper said.

A government official was quoted as saying recycling condoms was illegal.    China ’s manufacturing industry has been repeatedly tarnished this year by a string of scandals involving shoddy or dangerous goods made for both domestic and foreign markets.

I did the Snopes sight as did the person who sent the email.
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/lockcode.asp

Cars that were made in the mid 1990’s and before are vulnerable to this but the newer ones are suppose to be safer.

Ron received this e-mail from State Farm regional office this morning.

Something good to know especially during the holiday shopping.

This was an E-mail I received from another AFS in Texas. Something to be aware of…

Snopes approved.

I locked my car — as I walked away I heard my car door unlock. I went back and locked my car again three times.
I looked around and there were two guys sitting in a car in the fire lane next to the store.
When I looked straight at them they did not unlock my car again.

How to lock your car safely ~

While traveling my son stopped at a roadside park. He came out to his car less than 4-5 minutes later and found someone had gotten into his car, and stolen his cell phone, laptop computer, GPS navigator, briefcase … you name it … called the police and since there were no signs of his car being broken into- the police told him that there is a device that robbers are using now to clone your security code when you lock your doors on your car using your key-chain locking device.

They sit a distance away and watch for their next victim. They know you are going inside of the store, restaurant, or bathroom and have a few minutes to steal and run. The police officer said … to be sure to manually lock your car door-by hitting the lock button inside the car, that way if there is someone sitting in a parking lot watching for their next victim it will not be you. When you hit the lock button on your car upon exiting … it does not send the security code, but if you walk away and use the door lock on your key chain- it sends the code through the airwaves where it can be stolen, something totally new to us…and real … be aware of this and please pass this note on. Just think about how many times we all lock our doors with our keys…

Keep safe everyone!

Every Woman Should Know

Every woman should know this: How can you tell when you are in a room, restroom, motel etc. with a mirror or a 2-way glass?

Here’s how: I thought it was quite interesting! And I know in about 30 seconds you’re going to do what I did and find the nearest mirror…. Do you know how to determine if a mirror is 2-way or not?  This is not to scare you, but to make you aware.  A policewoman who travels all over the U.S. and gives seminars and techniques for businesswomen passed this on.  When we visit toilets, bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly or denary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a 2-way mirror (i.e. they can see you, but you can’t see them)?

There have been many cases of people installing 2-way mirrors in female changing rooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it. So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at? Just conduct this simple test:

1. Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror
2. However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, IT IS a 2-WAY MIRROR!
3. ‘No Space, Leave the Place’ So remember, every time you see a Mirror, do the ‘fingernail test.’ It doesn’t cost you anything.

Remember:
No Space, Leave the Place’!

Ladies: Share this with your girlfriends, sisters, daughters, etc.

Men: Share this with your wives, daughters, daughters-in-law, mothers, girlfriends and/or friends

“Ability is what you’re capable of doing.  Motivation determines how well you do it.” Marian McCray

Have a wonderful and Blessed day!

Gas Stations Scam

This is a (supposedly) true story, so read it carefully.  On April 24, 2008, I stopped at a Kangaroo gas station in Cartersville, GA.  My truck’s gas gauge was on 1/4 of a tank.   I use the mid-grade, which was priced at $3.71 per gallon.  When my tank is at this point, it takes somewhere around 14 gallon’s to fill it up.  When the pump showed 14 gallons had been pumped I began to slow it down, then to my surprise it went to 15, then 16.  I even looked under my truck to see if it was being spilled.  It was not.  Then it showed 17 gallons had been pumped.  It stopped at almost 18 gallons.  This was very strange to me, since my truck has only an 18 gallon tank.  I went on my way a little confused, then on the evening news I heard a report that 1 out of 4 gas stations had calibrated their pumps to show more gas had been pumped than a person actually got.

Here is how to check a pump to see if you are getting the right amount.  Whichever grade you are using, put exactly 10 gallons in your tank, then look at the dollar amount, if the dollar amount is not exactly 10 times the price of the fuel you have chosen, then the pumps are rigged.  If you find a station that is cheating, contact the Agriculture Department or proper authorities.

We need to put a stop to this outrageous cheating of customers.  The gas companies are making enough profits at honest rates.

Scams at the registers

A few weeks ago I got an email about a scam that the cashiers at Wal-Mart are pulling.  You use your debit card without requesting cash back and the cashier does something on her/his machine that requests cash back and then puts your cash in their pocket.  Well, it just happened to me at the Wal-Mart on Route 40.  I know darn well I hit no for cash back.  But had I looked away I wouldn’t have seen the next screen light up for $80 cash back.  I looked at it and said, $80 cash back!!  I hit “No.”  Well the cashier says, “there must be something wrong with the machine because you’re the 2^nd person that happened to”  “the $80 button must be right above the no.”  No, it is not.  The no button is at the very bottom of the screen, nowhere near the dollar amounts for cash back.  I just said, “Give Me My $80!!!”  So she goes back in the drawer for it.  I was heated.  I always look at my receipt; I don’t always watch the screen.  But had I walked away and went back she may have tried to argue with me. 

Nevertheless, the email is true.  They are trying to cheat you when you use your debit card and since I know we all at SSA frequent that Wal-Mart I wanted to let you know it’s happening up there.

This occurred in NC.  The guy is from Raleigh.
                        
Please read this to the bottom. No matter what age you are, this is very
important! For those of you with children and/or grandchildren, please
take note!!

Shannon could hear  the footsteps behind her as she walked toward home.

The thought of being  followed made her heart beat faster. “You’re being silly, she told  herself, “no one is following you.” To be safe, she began to walk faster, but the footsteps kept up with her pace.

She was afraid to look back and she  was glad she was almost home. Shannon said a quick prayer, “God please get me home safe.” She saw the porch light burning and she leaned against the door for a moment, relieved to be in the safety of her home.

She glanced out the window to see if anyone was there. The sidewalk was empty.

After tossing her books on the sofa, she decided to grab a snack and get on-line. She logged on under her screen name ByAngel213. She checked her Buddy List and saw GoTo123 was on. She sent him an instant message:

ByAngel213: Hi. I’m glad you are on! I thought someone was following me home today. It was really weird!

GoTo123: LOL you watch too much TV. Why would someone be following you? Don’t you live in a safe neighborhood?

ByAngel213: Of course  I do. LOL I guess it was my imagination cuz’ I
didn’t see anybody when I looked out.

GoTo123: Unless you  gave your name out on-line. You haven’t done that
have you?

ByAngel213: Of course not. I’m not stupid you know.

GoTo123: Did you have a softball game after school today?

ByAngel213: Yes and we  won!!

GoTo123: That’s great! Who did you play?

ByAngel213: We played the Hornets. LOL their uniforms are so gross! They look like bees.  LOL

GoTo123: What is your team called?

ByAngel213: We are the Canton Cats. We have tiger paws on our
uniforms. They are really  cool.

GoTo123: Did you  pitch?

ByAngel213: No I play second base. I got to go. My homework has to be
done before my parents get home.  I don’t want them mad at me. Bye!

GoTo123: Catch you  later. Bye

Meanwhile……GoTo123 went to the member menu and began to search for her profile. When it came up, he highlighted  it and printed it out. He took out a pen and began to write down what he knew about Angel so far.

Her name:  Shannon

Birthday: Jan. 3, 1985

Age: 13

State where she lived: North Carolina

Hobbies: softball, chorus, skating and going to the mall.

Besides this  information, he knew she lived in Canton because she had
just told him. He knew she stayed by herself until 6:30 p.m. Every
afternoon until her parents came home from work. He knew she played
softball on Thursday afternoons on the school team, and the team was
named the Canton Cats. Her favorite number 7 was printed on her jersey.

He knew she was in the eighth grade at the Canton Junior High School . She had told him all  this in the conversations they had on-line.

He had enough information to find her now.
Shannon didn’t tell her parents about the incident on the way home

from the ball park that day. She didn’t want them to make a scene and stop her from walking home from the softball games. Parents were always overreacting and hers were the worst. It made her wish she was not an only child. Maybe if she had brothers and sisters, her parents wouldn’t be so overprotective.

By Thursday, Shannon had forgotten about the footsteps following her.

Her game was in full swing when suddenly she felt someone staring at her. It was then that the memory came back. She glanced up from her second base position to see a man watching her closely. He was leaning  against the fence behind first base and he smiled when she looked at him. He didn’t look scary and she quickly dismissed the fear she had felt.

After the game, he sat on a bleacher while she talked to the coach. She
noticed his smile once again as she walked past him. He nodded and she
smiled back.

He noticed her name on the back of her shirt. He knew he had found her.

Quietly, he walked  a safe distance behind her.

It was only a few blocks to Shannon’s home, and once he saw  where she lived he quickly returned to the park to get his car.

Now he had to wait. He decided to get a bite to eat until the time came
to go to Shannon’s house. He drove to a fast food restaurant and sat
there until time to make his move.

Shannon was in her room later that evening when she heard voices in the
living room. “Shannon, come here,” her father called. He sounded upset and she couldn’t imagine why. She went into the room to see the man from the ballpark sitting on the sofa.
“Sit down,” her father began, “this man has just told us a most
interesting story about you.”

Shannon sat back.  How could he tell her parents anything? She had never seen him before today!

“Do you know who I am, Shannon?” the man asked.

“No,” Shannon answered. “I am a police officer and  your online friend, GoTo123.”

Shannon was stunned. “That’s impossible! GoTo is a kid my age! He’s 14
and he lives in Michigan!”

The man smiled. “I know I told you all that, but it wasn’t true. You see,
Shannon,  there are people on-line who pretend to be kids; I was one of
them. But while others do it to find kids and hurt them, I belong to a
group of parents who do it to protect kids from predators. I came here to find you, to teach you how dangerous it is to talk to people on-line.

You told me enough about yourself to make it easy for me to find you.

Your name, the school you went to, the name of your ball team and the position you played.  The number and name on your jersey just made finding you a breeze.”

Shannon was stunned. “You mean you don’t live in Michigan?”

He laughed. “No, I live in Raleigh . It made you feel safe to think I was
so far away, didn’t it?” She nodded.

“I had a friend whose daughter was like you. Only she wasn’t as lucky.
The guy found her and murdered her while she was home alone. Kids are taught not to tell anyone when they are alone, yet they do it all the
time on-line. The wrong people trick you into giving out information a
little here and there on-line.  Before you know it, you have told them
enough for them to find you without even realizing you have done it.” I
hope you’ve learned a lesson from this and won’t do it again.

I just found out that should you ever be forced to withdraw monies from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse.

The machine will still give you the monies you requested, but unknown to the robber, etc, the police will be immediately dispatched to help you.

The broadcast stated that this method of calling the police is very seldom used because people don’t know it exist, and it might mean the difference between life and death.

Hopefully, none of you will have to use this.

All drugs containing PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE are being recalled. You may want to try calling the 800 number listed on most drug boxes and inquire about a REFUND Please read this CAREFULLY. Also, please pass this on to everyone you know. STOP TAKING anything containing this ingredient. It has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke (bleeding in brain) among women ages 18-49 three days after starting use of medication. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.

The following medications contain Phenylpropanolamine:

Acutrim Diet Gum Appetite Suppressant
Acutrim Plus Dietary Supplements
Acutrim Maximum Strength Appetite Control
Alka- Seltzer Plus Children’s Cold Medicine Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold medicine (cherry or orange)
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold Medicine Original
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Cough Medicine Effervescent
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Flu Medicine
Alka-Seltzer Plus Cold & Sinus Effervescent
Alka Seltzer Plus Night-Time Cold! Medicine
BC Allergy Sinus Cold Powder
BC Sinus Cold Powder
Comtrex Flu Therapy & Fever Relief
Day & Night Contac 12-Hour Cold Capsules
Contac 12 Hour Caplets
Coricidin D Cold, Flu & Sinus
Dexatrim Caffeine Free
Dexatrim Extended Duration
Dexatrim Gelcaps
Dexatrim Vitamin C/Caffeine Free
Dimetapp Cold & Allergy Chewable Tablets
Dimetapp Cold & Cough Liqui-Gels
Dimetapp DM Cold & Cough Elixir
Dimetapp Elixir
Dimetapp 4 Hour Liquid Gels
Dimetapp 4 Hour Tablets
Dimetapp 12 Hour Extentabs Tablets
Naldecon DX Pediatric Drops
Permathene Mega-16
Robitussin CF
Tavist -D 12 Hour Relief of Sinus & Nasal Congestion

Triaminic DM Cough Relief
Triaminic Expectorant Chest & Head
Triaminic Syrup! Cold & Allergy
Triaminic Triaminicol Cold & Cough …..

I just found out and called the 800# on the container for Triaminic and they informed me that they are voluntarily recalling the following medicines because of a certain ingredient that is causing strokes and seizures in children:Orange 3D Cold & Allergy Cherry (Pink)
3D Cold & Cough Berry
3D Cough Relief Yellow 3D Expectorant

They are asking you to call them at 800-548-3708 with the lot number on the box so they can send you postage for you to send it back to them, and they will also issue you a refund.  If you know of anyone else with small children, Please share this information with them!

To confirm these findings please take time to check the following:

http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/ppa/    

Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world gets sicker everyday!Folks:
Please  take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping Handles.Warning:

(THIS IS NOT A JOKE!)

Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm hurting.  Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.

Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while they are asleep do not wake up.

The pain in the jaw happened to me and woke me from a sound sleep.
I was one of the fortunate ones. Trust me when I tell you its pain unlike anything you’ve ever experienced before.  Given a choice between natural child birth and a heart attack, pain-wise, it’s much easier to have a baby. Let’s be careful and be aware.  The more we know, the better chance we could survived…

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10
people, you can be sure that we’ll save at least one life. Read this…
It could save your life!!  Let’s say it’s 6.15 pm and you’re driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re tired, upset and frustrated.  Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw.
You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home.

Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far.

You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself.

“HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE”:

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to
feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.
However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.  A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds
without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze
the heart and keep the blood circulating.  The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm.  In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this.  It could save their lives!! “
**PLEASE BE A “TRUE” FRIEND AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE
WITH ALL THOSE YOU CARE ABOUT

Warning on 90#

I dialed ‘0′ and asked the operator who confirmed that this was correct so please pass it on.

A telephone call was received one evening from an individual identifying himself as an AT&T Service technician (could also be Telus) who was conducting a test on the telephone lines.  He stated that to complete the  test I should touch nine(9), zero(0), the pound sign (#), and then hangup.

Luckily, I was suspicious and refused. Upon contacting the telephone company, I was informed that by pushing 90#, you give the requesting individual full access to your telephone line, which enables them to place long distance calls billed to your home phone number. I was further informed  that this scam has been originating from many local jails/prisons.

DO NOT press 90# for ANYONE. The GTE Security Department requested that I share this information with EVERYONE I KNOW. After checking with Verizon they said  it was true, so do not dial 90# for anyone !!!!!

PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE YOU KNOW

Don’t Drive in Cruise Control When Raining: I wonder how many people know about this?

A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago and totaled her car. A resident of Kilgore, Texas, she was traveling between Gladewater and Kilgore.  It was raining, though not excessively, when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air.  She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence!

When she explained to the highway patrolman what had happened he told her something that every driver should know – NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR CRUISE CONTROL ON.  She had thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain. But the highway patrolman told her that if the cruise control is on and your car begins to hydro-plane – when your tires lose contact with the pavement, your car will accelerate to a high rate of speed and you take off like an airplane. She told the patrolman that was exactly what had occurred. The patrolman said this warning should be listed, on the driver’s seat sun visor – Never Use The Cruise Control When The Pavement Is Wet or Icy, along with the airbag warning.

We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control and drive a safe speed – but we don’t tell them to use the cruise control only when the pavement is dry. The only person the accident victim found, who knew this (beside the patrolman), was a man who had a similar accident, totaled his car and sustained severe injuries.

Note:  In some vehicles when the windshield wipers are on, you cannot set the cruise control. Like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE is one of them.

Alert:News from SC Department of Consumer Affairs Credit Card Scam

How it works:

An individual posing as an employee for the Safety and Fraud Department of a major credit card company calls to tell you they have noticed a suspicious buying pattern on your credit card. When you confirm that you did not purchase the item that they describe, they tell you they have been investigating the particular company and will credit your account for the fraudulent charges. To verify your card is still in your possession, they ask you to give them the 3-digit security number located on the back of your credit card. There are seven numbers on the back of your card: the first four are part of you card number, the next three are the security numbers that verify you are the possessor of the card. These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the card. After getting this number, they politely end the conversation by assuring you the problem will be corrected. Before you can realize what has happened, they’ve made costly purchases on your account.

Why it works:

This scam is particularly effective because the caller provides you with all but one piece of information and never asks for your credit card number. During the conversation, the individual will correctly tell you the bank where your card was issued, your mailing address, and even provide you a phone number to call for questions. Prior to calling, the scammer has stolen your credit card number but needs the 3-digit security number to make certain purchases. This is the one piece of information they ask you to supply. The call may seem legitimate, but it is not. Legitimate credit card representative will NEVER ask for card numbers over the phone.