Refused A Kiss, 92-Year-Old Woman Fires Gun

All Helen Staudinger, 92, wanted was a kiss from the man she had a crush on.

And the Florida police say the love-starved granny wouldn't take no for an answer.

So she fired a semi-automatic pistol four times at her 53-year-old neighbour's house after he refused to kiss her, police said Tuesday.

"If my head would have been over just a little bit further, (a bullet) probably would have hit me in the back of the head,' the neighbour, Dwight Bettner, told Reuters.

Staudinger was in jail on Tuesday, a day after being arrested on charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and shooting into a dwelling.

According to police report, Staudinger told deputies she went to Bettner's house in Fort McCoy, Florida, and refused to leave until he gave her a kiss. When he said no, they argued and she left angry.

Bettner said he was on the phone with his father moments later when he heard gunshots. One bullet went through a window, spraying him with glass.

The former law enforcement officer said his elderly neighbour had seemed attracted to him since he moved in six months ago.

"I've taken her trash out for her, just neighbourly stuff," Bettner said. "I guess she just took that as something else."

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Pergaulan Bebas Laman Sosial Mengundang Padah

Takrifan pergaulan bebas tanpa batasan di zaman kemajuan siber tidak lagi bermaksud bertemu secara fizikal, malah fenomena pergaulan menerusi laman sosial ketika ini turut disifatkan boleh menjerumuskan individu terjebak dalam bencana akhlak.

Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia, (Jakim), Datuk Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz (gambar), berkata pelayar laman sosial selalunya terperangkap mendedah identiti diri dan rahsia menerusi pihak tak bertanggungjawab dengan niat memperdaya.

Menurutnya, apabila mangsa sudah terpedaya hingga sanggup mempamerkan diri termasuk penyerahan gambar tak bermoral sama ada diambil secara sedar atau tidak sedar, pihak yang menganiaya itu akan mula mengambil kesempatan lain seperti ugutan dalam bentuk seks atau wang.

“Bahaya (pergaulan bebas di laman sosial) sama seperti pergaulan bebas secara bersemuka. Secara prinsipnya, sebagai contoh wanita memegang status isteri yang asyik chatting (berbual maya) dengan bukan mahram hingga menaikkan nafsu tetap berdosa walaupun tidak bertemu fizikal.

“Sebenarnya orang yang mampu berinteraksi di laman sosial adalah orang yang ada kepandaian. Tetapi akibat jati diri lemah, orang yang pandai akan menjadi tidak bijak seterusnya mudah terpedaya,” katanya.

Menurutnya, kemajuan teknologi termasuk terciptanya laman sembang sosial seharusnya dimanfaatkan untuk perkara lebih bermakna seperti majlis ilmu, meluaskan pengetahuan atau berguru dengan pensyarah dari jarak jauh.

Katanya, adalah sangat merugikan apabila kita bukan saja ketinggalan, malah menjadi mangsa teknologi daripada kemudahan di laman sembang sosial.

Wan Mohamad berkata, masyarakat kena berpegang kepada prinsip tak boleh bergaul bebas walau apa cara sekalipun dengan gaya hidup yang berubah sepantas teknologi.

“Bagaimanapun, saya nasihat kepada yang terlanjur dan pernah jadi mangsa supaya segera bertaubat. Tinggalkan budaya buruk sebelum hati menjadi keras mendekati Allah.

“Semua pihak perlu menyokong memulihkan kembali kehidupan mangsa kes sebegini. Kita tak boleh terus-terusan mengecam sebab perbuatan itu menyebabkan mangsa akan murung dan berputus asa,” katanya.

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Seven things you should never do on Facebook

There are some things that you should never do on social networking site, Facebook. Ever.

1) Never settle for the default settings

The people behind Facebook are keen for you to share your details with the world. The more you share, the more people you connect to, the more people want to sign up. However, sharing everything with all and sundry isn’t a good idea. To check and opt out of the recommended settings, open your Facebook page, click on ‘Account’ in the top right of the screen and then ‘Privacy settings’.

The ‘Recommended settings’ mean that your status, photo, posts, bio, favourite quotation, family and relationship details are shared with everyone. Photos and videos you’re tagged in, religious and political views and birthdays are shared with Friends of friends. Permission to comment on your posts, places you check in to, and contact information are shared with Friends only.

Change all to Friends only, and you’re safe from the prying world.

2) Never agree to have yourself listed on search engines

Telling your Facebook mates what’s going on in your life is one thing, but letting any old Tom, Dick or Harriet see your Facebook page via a web search is another.We would recommend opting to never have your Facebook details shared with other search engines.

To make sure you aren’t go to your Facebook page, ‘Account’, ‘Privacy Settings’, ‘Apps and websites’, then ‘Public Search’. De-tick the ‘Enable Public Search’ button.

3) Never put your address and phone number on Facebook

Unless you want app developers knowing where you live and how to contact you we wouldn’t recommend putting any real details in to Facebook for the time being. That means no home address and no phone number.

4) Never let apps lie dormant

One for the advanced Facebook user: Never let an app continue to suck your information once you’ve done with it.Remember the days when you played Zombies or maybe Vampires? Well those apps are most likely still active on your account and sucking in your personal data. Scary, huh?

Nip over to your Facebook page, go to ‘Account’, ‘Privacy Setting’ and then ‘Apps, games and websites’, and remove the ones you don’t want.

5) Never let your mum see your tagged photos

You’ve had one too many drinks and been tagged for all your friends, colleagues and family to see you not looking too hot. Not good. To avoid this, go to your Facebook page, ‘Account’, ‘Privacy Settings’, and make sure Photos and videos you’re tagged in is set to Friends only.

Taking this to the next level, you can also block individual people on top of those groups of people. Go to ‘Customise settings’, ‘Photos and videos I’m tagged in’ and chose to edit settings. Here from the drop-down menu chose ‘customise’ again and then start listing the people you want to hide your photos from.

6) Never give out your date of birth

What’s one of the first security questions you are ever asked when you deal with your bank? What’s your date of birth? And yet here you are giving it away on your Facebook page for all to see. You should never let people see the year you were born.

Go to your Facebook page, ‘Profile’, then ‘Edit profile’. In the first pane (‘Basic information’) chose as to whether you want to ‘Show my full date of birth in my Profile’, ‘Show only day and month in my Profile’ or ‘Don’t show my birthday in my profile’. If you still want birthday wishes go for the second option.

7) Never broadcast that you’re going on holiday

Always be careful about what you say on your status updates and never give out any personal information that you don’t want getting into the wrong hands.

Burglars prey on stuff like the fact that you’ve gone on holiday and left the keys under the flowerpot near the front door and the combination to the safe is…

Laman Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Diceroboh 'Hacker',Facebook Tingkatkan Kembali Ciri Keselamatan Serta Merta

SAN FRANCISCO, Amerika Syarikat (AS) - Pengurusan laman sosial Facebook meningkatkan tahap keselamatan laman itu selepas muka surat milik pengasas laman itu, Mark Zuckerberg digodam oleh seorang penggodam misteri pada Selasa lalu.
Penggodam siber yang dikenali dengan nama #hackercup2011 itu menyatakan dalam muka surat Zuckerberg di Facebook: "Mari mulakan penggodaman. Jika Facebook memerlukan wang, selain pergi ke bank, mengapa Facebook tidak membenarkan pengguna-penggunanya melabur dalam Facebook dalam satu bentuk sosial?

Kenapa tidak mengubah Facebook menjadi satu bisnes sosial, pendekatan yang digunakan oleh pemenang Anugerah Nobel, Muhammad Yunus."
Muhammad Yunus dari Bangladesh pernah memenangi Hadiah Nobel kerana dia menubuhkan Bank Grameen bagi memberi pinjaman kepada penduduk miskin.
Lebih 1,800 orang menyukai entri itu sebelum ia dipadamkan.
Pada Sabtu lepas, penggodam komputer turut menceroboh muka surat Facebook milik Presiden Perancis, Nicolas Sarkozy dan menghantar mesej bahawa beliau akan berundur pada tahun depan.

Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud

Internet Fraud

Listed below are tips to protect yourself and your family from various forms of Internet fraud.

Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud:

• Understand as much as possible about how the auction works, what your obligations are as a buyer, and what the seller's obligations are before you bid.
• Find out what actions the website/company takes if a problem occurs and consider insuring the transaction and shipment.
• Learn as much as possible about the seller, especially if the only information you have is an e-mail address. If it is a business, check the Better Business Bureau where the seller/business is located.
• Examine the feedback on the seller.
• Determine what method of payment the seller is asking from the buyer and where he/she is asking to send payment.
• If possible, purchase items online using your credit card, because you can often dispute the charges if something goes wrong.
• Be cautious when dealing with sellers outside the United States. If a problem occurs with the auction transaction, it could be much more difficult to rectify.
• Ask the seller about when delivery can be expected and whether the merchandise is covered by a warranty or can be exchanged if there is a problem.
• Make sure there are no unexpected costs, including whether shipping and handling is included in the auction price.
• There should be no reason to give out your social security number or driver’s license number to the seller.

Tips for Avoiding Non-Delivery of Merchandise:

• Make sure you are purchasing merchandise from a reputable source.
• Do your homework on the individual or company to ensure that they are legitimate.
• Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is correct and working.
• Send an e-mail to the seller to make sure the e-mail address is active, and be wary of those that utilize free e-mail services where a credit card wasn't required to open the account.
• Consider not purchasing from sellers who won't provide you with this type of information.
• Check with the Better Business Bureau from the seller’s area.
• Check out other websites regarding this person/company.
• Don’t judge a person or company by their website. Flashy websites can be set up quickly.
• Be cautious when responding to special investment offers, especially through unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your own country.
• Inquire about returns and warranties.
• If possible, purchase items online using your credit card, because you can often dispute the charges if something goes wrong.
• Make sure the transaction is secure when you electronically send your credit card numbers.
• Consider using an escrow or alternate payment service.

Tips for Avoiding Credit Card Fraud:

• Don't give out your credit card number online unless the site is a secure and reputable. Sometimes a tiny icon of a padlock appears to symbolize a higher level of security to transmit data. This icon is not a guarantee of a secure site, but provides some assurance.
• Don't trust a site just because it claims to be secure.
• Before using the site, check out the security/encryption software it uses.
• Make sure you are purchasing merchandise from a reputable source.
• Do your homework on the individual or company to ensure that they are legitimate.
• Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is correct and working.
• Send an e-mail to the seller to make sure the e-mail address is active, and be wary of those that utilize free e-mail services where a credit card wasn't required to open the account.
• Consider not purchasing from sellers who won't provide you with this type of information.
• Check with the Better Business Bureau from the seller’s area.
• Check out other websites regarding this person/company.
• Don’t judge a person or company by their website. Flashy websites can be set up quickly.
• Be cautious when responding to special investment offers, especially through unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your own country.
• If possible, purchase items online using your credit card, because you can often dispute the charges if something goes wrong.
• Make sure the transaction is secure when you electronically send your credit card number.
• Keep a list of all your credit cards and account information along with the card issuer’s contact information. If anything looks suspicious or you lose your credit card(s), contact the card issuer immediately.

Tips for Avoiding Investment Fraud:

• Don’t judge a person or company by their website. Flashy websites can be set up quickly.
• Don’t invest in anything you are not absolutely sure about. Do your homework on the investment and the company to ensure that they are legitimate.
• Check out other websites regarding this person/company.
• Be cautious when responding to special investment offers, especially through unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your own country.
• Inquire about all the terms and conditions.

Tips for Avoiding Business Fraud:

• Purchase merchandise from reputable dealers or establishments.
• Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is correct and working.
• Send an e-mail to the seller to make sure the e-mail address is active, and be wary of those that utilize free e-mail services where a credit card wasn't required to open the account.
• Consider not purchasing from sellers who won't provide you with this type of information.
• Purchase merchandise directly from the individual/company that holds the trademark, copyright, or patent.

Tips for Avoiding the Nigerian Letter or “419” Fraud:

• Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as Nigerian or foreign government officials asking for your help in placing large sums of money in overseas bank accounts.
• Do not believe the promise of large sums of money for your cooperation.
• Guard your account information carefully.

Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud

Internet Fraud

Listed below are tips to protect yourself and your family from various forms of Internet fraud.

Tips for Avoiding Internet Auction Fraud:

• Understand as much as possible about how the auction works, what your obligations are as a buyer, and what the seller's obligations are before you bid.
• Find out what actions the website/company takes if a problem occurs and consider insuring the transaction and shipment.
• Learn as much as possible about the seller, especially if the only information you have is an e-mail address. If it is a business, check the Better Business Bureau where the seller/business is located.
• Examine the feedback on the seller.
• Determine what method of payment the seller is asking from the buyer and where he/she is asking to send payment.
• If possible, purchase items online using your credit card, because you can often dispute the charges if something goes wrong.
• Be cautious when dealing with sellers outside the United States. If a problem occurs with the auction transaction, it could be much more difficult to rectify.
• Ask the seller about when delivery can be expected and whether the merchandise is covered by a warranty or can be exchanged if there is a problem.
• Make sure there are no unexpected costs, including whether shipping and handling is included in the auction price.
• There should be no reason to give out your social security number or driver’s license number to the seller.

Tips for Avoiding Non-Delivery of Merchandise:

• Make sure you are purchasing merchandise from a reputable source.
• Do your homework on the individual or company to ensure that they are legitimate.
• Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is correct and working.
• Send an e-mail to the seller to make sure the e-mail address is active, and be wary of those that utilize free e-mail services where a credit card wasn't required to open the account.
• Consider not purchasing from sellers who won't provide you with this type of information.
• Check with the Better Business Bureau from the seller’s area.
• Check out other websites regarding this person/company.
• Don’t judge a person or company by their website. Flashy websites can be set up quickly.
• Be cautious when responding to special investment offers, especially through unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your own country.
• Inquire about returns and warranties.
• If possible, purchase items online using your credit card, because you can often dispute the charges if something goes wrong.
• Make sure the transaction is secure when you electronically send your credit card numbers.
• Consider using an escrow or alternate payment service.

Tips for Avoiding Credit Card Fraud:

• Don't give out your credit card number online unless the site is a secure and reputable. Sometimes a tiny icon of a padlock appears to symbolize a higher level of security to transmit data. This icon is not a guarantee of a secure site, but provides some assurance.
• Don't trust a site just because it claims to be secure.
• Before using the site, check out the security/encryption software it uses.
• Make sure you are purchasing merchandise from a reputable source.
• Do your homework on the individual or company to ensure that they are legitimate.
• Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is correct and working.
• Send an e-mail to the seller to make sure the e-mail address is active, and be wary of those that utilize free e-mail services where a credit card wasn't required to open the account.
• Consider not purchasing from sellers who won't provide you with this type of information.
• Check with the Better Business Bureau from the seller’s area.
• Check out other websites regarding this person/company.
• Don’t judge a person or company by their website. Flashy websites can be set up quickly.
• Be cautious when responding to special investment offers, especially through unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your own country.
• If possible, purchase items online using your credit card, because you can often dispute the charges if something goes wrong.
• Make sure the transaction is secure when you electronically send your credit card number.
• Keep a list of all your credit cards and account information along with the card issuer’s contact information. If anything looks suspicious or you lose your credit card(s), contact the card issuer immediately.

Tips for Avoiding Investment Fraud:

• Don’t judge a person or company by their website. Flashy websites can be set up quickly.
• Don’t invest in anything you are not absolutely sure about. Do your homework on the investment and the company to ensure that they are legitimate.
• Check out other websites regarding this person/company.
• Be cautious when responding to special investment offers, especially through unsolicited e-mail.
• Be cautious when dealing with individuals/companies from outside your own country.
• Inquire about all the terms and conditions.

Tips for Avoiding Business Fraud:

• Purchase merchandise from reputable dealers or establishments.
• Obtain a physical address rather than simply a post office box and a telephone number, and call the seller to see if the telephone number is correct and working.
• Send an e-mail to the seller to make sure the e-mail address is active, and be wary of those that utilize free e-mail services where a credit card wasn't required to open the account.
• Consider not purchasing from sellers who won't provide you with this type of information.
• Purchase merchandise directly from the individual/company that holds the trademark, copyright, or patent.

Tips for Avoiding the Nigerian Letter or “419” Fraud:

• Be skeptical of individuals representing themselves as Nigerian or foreign government officials asking for your help in placing large sums of money in overseas bank accounts.
• Do not believe the promise of large sums of money for your cooperation.
• Guard your account information carefully.