Monday, September 24, 2012

Update: Facebook Confirms No Private Messages Appearing On Timeline. They’re Old Wall Posts.

Updated. Some Facebook users are seeing private messages written in 2009 and earlier showing up on viewable Timelines as messages “Posted by friends.”

TechCrunch has investigated more, and we have found no evidence that the allegedly exposed posts were actually private messages. Our Facebook specialist Josh Constine found that email receipts show allegedly exposed messages were in fact wall posts, and the posts do not appear in users’ Facebook Messages inbox.
Facebook also says in no uncertain terms that there is absolutely no privacy bug. What people are seeing are old Wall postings, not private messages. A spokesperson told Constine:

“Every report we’ve seen, we’ve gone back and checked. We haven’t seen one report that’s been confirmed [of a private message being exposed]. A lot of the confusion is because before 2009 there were no likes and no comments on wall posts. People went back and forth with wall posts instead of having a conversation [in the comments of single wall post.]“

Facebook private message rumour is 'false', site says

Rumours, which appeared to originate in France, spread quickly on social media

A rumour that Facebook users' private messages were appearing on public timelines is false, the firm has said.

Some users, mostly in France, reported that "private messages" sent between 2007-2009 were suddenly public.

However, Facebook told the BBC: "[The] messages were older wall posts that had always been visible on the users' profile pages.

Pediatricians: Bounce Trampolines From Homes To Protect Kids

Eric Wiltz cavorts on a trampoline in New Orleans in 2010. Everything is fun and games on the backyard attractions until someone gets hurt, a leading group of pediatricians says.

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Eric Wiltz cavorts on a trampoline in New Orleans in 2010. Everything is fun and games on the backyard attractions until someone gets hurt, a leading group of pediatricians says.

Parents, have you somehow missed the YouTube videos of trampoline accidents?

There's the one of the kid who knocks his front teeth out trying a trampoline-assisted slam dunk. A whole bunch that show knuckleheads jumping from roofs then bouncing every which way and hitting the ground.

And then there are the videos of a big kid bouncing a small kid into oblivion.

Yes, it's true that trampoline injuries to kids are down from their peak in 2004. But they're still pretty common — around 98,000 injuries in 2009.

So the leading group of pediatricians is out with a sterner warning than ever, telling parents, "the home use of trampolines is strongly discouraged." The latest statement appears in the journal Pediatrics. Previous warnings were issued in 1977, 1981 and 1999.

OK, trampolines can be a blast — until somebody gets hurt.

"Unfortunately, the very forces that make trampoline use fun for many children also lead to unique injury mechanisms and patterns of injury," the doctors write.

There are about 3,000 trampoline-related hospitalizations of kids a year. Sprained ankles are the most common injuries, but there are lots of fractures and dislocations, too. Head and spine injuries from falls and flips can be catastrophic.

Tenants of Diego Beekman Houses now guaranteed affordable rent for decades

Thanks to $19 million investment by pension funds, Mott Haven housing complex survived, now will thrive

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Jose de Diego Beekman Houses in Mott Haven

After successfully taking on druglords and slumlords, it looks like the gutsy tenants of the Jose de Diego Beekman Houses in Mott Haven have yet another reason to celebrate.

City Controller John Liu announced last week that rents at the 1,231-unit housing complex will remain affordable for decades to come, thanks to a $19 million investment....

Contracting company tied to bribery scandal won multimillion-dollar job to build Donald Trump golf course in Bronx

MFM Contracting's sister company at heart of bribes-for-contracts indictment in 2010

Viorel Florescu for New York Daily News

Future site of Donald Trump golf course in Bronx. A construction firm tied to bribery scandal won multimillion contract to build course.

In March, the city Parks Department hired MFM Contracting. MFM’s partners own a sister company that was at the heart of bribes-for-contracts indictment in 2010, records show....

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Dianetics: A Weekend of Healing at Mosque Maryam

A Weekend of Healing at Mosque Maryam
Minister Farrakhan on Scientology

CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Nation of Islam opened the doors of its international headquarters to the public for a weekend of healing through its life repair seminar on June 29-30.

The gathering stemmed from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan’s desire to share a tool that helps promote healing: Dianetics.

Dianetics was created by Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and addresses the reasons for stress, depression and anxiety. It helps people uncover and deal with subconscious negative emotions and reactions.

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Word of wisdom and explanation

Min. Farrakhan dismissed criticism by naysayers upset over the Nation of Islam using techniques from Scientology for the benefit of Black people and the world. He said he isn’t upset and doesn’t mind criticism that comes from misunderstanding.

“As the Qur’an says, unfortunately, you are a people that dispute without knowledge,” Min. Farrakhan said, during his July 1 Mosque Maryam address titled, “All Is Vanity.”

“The critics are saying, ‘Farrakan’s talking all this Black talk and went over to this White man, L. Ron Hubbard ... I am you. I haven’t changed my religion. You know all the prophets taught us to seek truth from the cradle to the grave and wherever knowledge is, you should seek to be a possessor of it,” Min. Farrakhan said.

He asked audience members with degrees to raise their hands. He then asked if all their teachers were Black. “No sir!” some replied.

“You mean to tell me you sat in a class with a White professor and got you a degree and now you’re working for White people? Getting a salary? Did you ask your teacher, ‘How many times have you called Black people n----r?’ ”

“So it didn’t matter what religion that person was, what race or ethnic group they belonged to because you didn’t go there to join their ethnic group or to condemn them for being White or Asian or Hispanic or Black. You went there to get some knowledge to help you be better at what you wanted to do with your life,” Min. Farrakhan said.

Black suffering is worse than any other ethnic group’s because Blacks have been deprived of self knowledge and suffered unspeakable acts during enslavement by their slave masters, Min. Farrakhan said.

Though Blacks bury the pain, inside of their heads are impediments to their human development and progress, he explained.

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The Minister found value in the auditing and teaching of Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s Dianetics.

“The auditing process brings (negative experiences) up and it’s like bringing up demons out of us and just as this book Bible says, that was the work of Jesus. How can you say you love Jesus the Christ when he was an excorcizer of demons out of the people?” Min. Farrakhan rhetorically asked.

Dianetics auditing brings personal demons from unconsciousness into consciousness so they can be eliminated and people can make a better future for themselves, Min. Farrakhan explained.

“How could I see something that valuable and know the hurt and sickness of my people and not offer it to them?” he asked.

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Natural Hair Will NEVER Die!

Black hairstyles: Do women with natural hair still face employment discrimination?

Singer India Arie arrives at the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute To Paul McCartney held at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

From Clutch Magazine: The natural hair movement among African Americans has experienced resurgence, as evidenced by the many YouTube videos, blogs, and products created to aid in grooming unprocessed hair, or what is at times called nappy or virgin hair. Natural hair has been constructed as radical, extreme, and unkempt, despite the fact that a natural hairstyle simply means wearing our hair the way it grows out of our head, without the addition of harmful chemicals. This natural aesthetic should on its face be unproblematic, but because whiteness has an ongoing interest in policing our bodies, many have found the decision not to relax their hair, or cut it into a short style, has lead to negative results. In a market in which all must sell their labor for profit, this decidedly limits the options of people of color, who at times must choose between being true to themselves or conforming to racist and other appearance standards.

Beautiful Looking Sister! You Go, India!

South Carolina: Breaking the 'Pavement of Enslavement' in the 21st Century!

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Monday, September 24, 2012

Update: Facebook Confirms No Private Messages Appearing On Timeline. They’re Old Wall Posts.

Facebook private message rumour is 'false', site says

Pediatricians: Bounce Trampolines From Homes To Protect Kids

Tenants of Diego Beekman Houses now guaranteed affordable rent for decades