Is Facebook Charging Users or Is It Just Another Viral Hoax?

Image representing Facebook as depicted in Cru...Image via CrunchBase The latest rumor circulating online asserts that Facebook will begin charging users for membership. The rumor is gaining traction due to a chain message hoax spreading virally, although the company promises "It's free and always will be."

The latest rumor circulating asserts Facebook will begin charging users for membership in a chain message hoax spreading virally, although the company promises “It’s free and always will be.”

The message comes shortly after Facebook rolled out an overhaul of new changes including Timeline profiles along with a revamped homepage.

A few versions of the chain message stating that Facebook will begin charging for the profile changes have been spreading through status updates, since the new changes emerged early last week.

"THIS IS OFFICIAL... IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS... FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES... IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY!!" one message read.

Another message outlined the false membership subscription prices and the ability to opt out of the charge by re-posting the message.

"FACEBOOK JUST RELEASED THEIR PRICE GRID FOR MEMBERSHIP. $9.99 PER MONTH FOR GOLD MEMBER SERVICES, $6.99 PER MONTH FOR SILVER MEMBER SERVICES, $3.99 PER MONTH FOR BRONZE MEMBER SERVICES, FREE IF YOU COPY AND PASTE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. WHEN YOU SIGN ON TOMORROW MORNING YOU WILL BE PROMPTED FOR PAYMENT INFO...IT IS OFFICIAL IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES"

While there's no telling where the chain message began, it is not the first time Facebook has been the target of hoaxes surrounding charging users to maintain their membership on the social network. Many bogus chain messages and groups, like one group created in 2010 called "300,000 MEMBERS NEEDED TO STOP FACEBOOK FROM CHARGING £/$14.99 A MONTH," have put forth the assertion that Facebook will no longer remain a free service.

The ongoing rumor continues to resurface every so often, regardless of the fact that Facebook has a message on its homepage reading, "It's free and always will be," when prompting its 800 million users to log in.

The chain message stating Facebook will charge a fee is proven to be just a hoax, as Facebook's advertising revenue is expected to reach $4.27 billion in 2011, according to ZDNet.


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Naked Protest on Wall Street 2011 (Video)

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A group of 50 artists and supporters angry with Wall Street descended lower Manhattan this morning dressed as bankers only to quickly strip down and then disappear within minutes. Metro New York report:

“By 7:03 am they were naked.

By 7:05 am they were clothed, disappeared and the performance, the vision of Zefrey Throwell, was finished.

‘I’m trying to illuminate a dark cranny in the financial world,’ said Throwell, 35, an artist and self-proclaimed ‘troublemaker’ who lives in Chinatown.

Throwell organized the performance after watching his mother lose her entire life savings in the stock market crash of 2008 and then saw Wall Street remain the same.

‘Its been three years and nothing has changed,’ Throwell said. ‘It’s still mysterious.’”

The “performers” stuck it to the man by stripping from Trinity Church down to the Water at South Street. While some performers call it art, witnesses disagree:

“Angelo Sarango, 32, a window cleaner from New Jersey was working on Wall Street when he saw the performance.

‘It didn’t look like art,’ Sarango said. ‘People do that all the time on the subway.’”

There are video out there, but we won’t show them to. At least three of the performers were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct.



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Hair Loss in Women is caused by Divorce, Study Findings

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Divorce is not always a pleasant thing, and you don’t really need a study to tell you that.

While the end of a marriage isn’t an entirely abnormal circumstance, it seems that women who have endured the circumstance may be at risk for another, less expected result- hair loss. Loss of spouse through divorce isn’t the only factor that triggers hair loss- death of a spouse can cause the symptom as well. And while stress seems to be the connecting thread for the two, a new study indicates both may have a strong impact on hair loss in women.

Genetics remains the biggest factor for hair loss in women, but the second strongest predictor of the symptom of thinning hair is loss of a spouse. Dr. Bahman Guyuron, department of plastic surgery chair at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine and lead author of the study commented on environmental factors versus life stressors and female hair loss.
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Medicaid Costs Expenses

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Medicaid Costs - Mandated Expenses Make Up Large Part Of Human Services Budget

This is the first in a series of stories looking at departmental budgets leading up to the release of the Chautauqua County budget Wednesday.

MAYVILLE - Republican lawmakers in the Senate introduced a bill last week to freeze and begin cutting away the cost of Medicaid from county governments.

County Executive Greg Edwards and other county officials regularly point to Medicaid and other state-imposed costs as being the factors that drive up the local tax burden.
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Movie guide: Capsule listing of current releases

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OPENING IN HOLLYWOOD THIS WEEK

"Abduction" - A young man who has always felt disconnected from his life begins to piece together his true identity, but he is targeted by assassins and must fight to survive. With Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina and Jason Isaacs. Written by Shawn Christensen. Directed by John Singleton. (2:19) PG-13.

"Archie's Final Project" - For his final high school video project, a student declares that he will film his own suicide, thus throwing the school and community into chaos. With Gabriel Sunday, Brooke Nevin, David Carradine and Joe Mantegna. Written by Sunday, Eric J. Adams and David Lee Miller. Directed by Miller. (1:45) NR.

"Berlin 36" - In 1936, as the Berlin Olympics approach, the Nazi government conspires to prevent Germany's best female high jumper, who is Jewish, from competing. With Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky and Axel Prahl. Written by Lothar Kurzawa. Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach. In English and German with English subtitles. (1:40) NR.

"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" - This documentary about the black power movement in the U.S. combines archival footage shot by Swedish journalists in the 1960s and '70s with audio interviews of contemporary black artists and activists. With Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale and Angela Davis. Directed by Goran Hugo Olsson.(1:32) NR.

"Bobby Fischer Against the World" - A documentary tracing the life and career of the world champion chess player Bobby Fischer. Directed by Liz Garbus. (1:33) NR.

"Dolphin Tale" - A dolphin whose tail is damaged in a crab trap is rescued and rehabilitated by a marine biologist, a prosthetics doctors and a young boy. With Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson. Written by Karen Janszen and Noam Dromi. Directed by Charles Martin Smith. In 3-D. (1:53) PG.

"House of Boys" - In 1984 Amsterdam, a young man leaves home and immerses himself in the emerging gay dance club scene. With Udo Kier, Stephen Fry and Layke Anderson. Written and directed by Jean-Claude Schlim. (1:53) NR.

"In Search of God" - An American woman embarks on a spiritual quest to her ancestral home of India. With Kavita Srinivasan and Babu Ram Saikia. Directed by Rupam Sarmah. RJ International. (1 hr.) NR.

"Jane's Journey" - A documentary exploring the life and work of the renowned primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall. Written and directed by Lorenz Knauer. (1:53) NR.

"Killer Elite" - An ex-special-ops agent is lured out of retirement to rescue his mentor, which will require him to take on a group of assassins. With Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro and Yvonne Strahovski. Written by Gary McKendry and Mett Sherring. Directed by McKendry. (1:56) R.

"Machine Gun Preacher" - A former drug dealer becomes a minister and establishes an orphanage for refugee child soldiers in Sudan. With Gerard Butler, Michelle Monaghan, Kathy Baker and Michael Shannon. Written by Jason Keller. Directed by Marc Forster. (2:03) R.

"Moneyball" - The general manager of a cash-strapped professional baseball team uses advanced new statistical tools to try to field a competitive team on a budget, but his nontraditional approach doesn't always go over well with the old guard. With Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Written by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin. Directed by Bennett Miller. (2:13) PG-13.

"Pearl Jam Twenty" - This documentary portrait of the alternative rock band Pearl Jam marks the group's 20th anniversary and includes archival footage, interviews and recent concert material. With Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready and Eddie Vedder. Directed by Cameron Crowe. (1:59) NR.

"Programming the Nation" - A documentary about the history of subliminal messaging in American media, politics and pop culture. With Amy Goodman, David Fricke and Wilson Bryan Key. Directed by Jeff Warrick. (1:45) NR.

"Puncture" - Two small-time lawyers - a functioning drug addict and his strait-laced partner - take on a case that has them challenging the pharmaceutical industry. With Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, Vinessa Shaw and Jesse L. Martin. Written by Chris Lopata. Directed by Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen. (1:40) R.

"There Was Once" - This documentary tells the story of Gyongyi Mago, a Hungarian Catholic high school teacher who educates her students about tolerance during a time of racial tension. Directed by Gabor Kalman. In English and Hungarian with English subtitles. (1:43) NR.

"UrFrenz" - A withdrawn teenage girl meets an interesting new boy on a social networking site, but he may not be what he seems. With Lily Holleman, Gayla Goehl and Najarra Townsend. Written and directed by Jeff Phillips. (1:30) NR.

"The Weird World of Blowfly" - This documentary tells the story of the musician Clarence Reid, a fixture of the Miami soul scene in the 1960s and '70s who moonlights as a profane rapper. Directed by Jonathan Furmanski. (1:29) NR.

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Heather Locklear - September 25, 2011 - Celebrity Birthdays

Heather Locklear - September 25, 2011
Born: September 25, 1961 Blonde and buoyant actress Heather Locklear had the distinction of co-starring simultaneously in two weekly series within a year of her 1981 TV debut. Locklear played Steven Carrington's long-suffering wife Sammy Jo on Dynasty, then went down the block to essay the role of ever-imperiled lady cop Stacy Sheridan on T.J. Hooker. Since that time, Locklear has made several efforts to establish herself as a comedienne, ranging from a forgettable sitcom to her wiselipped heroine in Return of the Swamp Thing (1991). Far better at inducing feminine envy than laughs, Locklear has most recently been seen as elegant villainess Amanda Woodward, on the Fox Network series Melrose_Place, a show she is credited as saving from cancellation with her sexy but catty performance. When not participating in series television, Locklear has functioned as spokesperson for the Health and Tennis Corporation of America. Locklear was for several years married to rock star Tommy Lee; after their breakup she wed yet another rocker, Bon Jovi guitarist Richie_Sambora. Lee in turn married another blonde TV icon, Baywatch star Pamela_Anderson. Hal Erickson, Rovi.

 
A star of the boob tube since age 18, Heather Locklear is one of Hollywood’s ageless wonders. The feather-haired actress turns 50 today and looks as sexy as ever. From her early years on T.J. Hooker, Dynasty and most famously Melrose Place, to revisiting Amanda Woodward on the recently revamped Melrose Place, Locklear brings her fresh-faced glow to every role she touches. To celebrate this ever-hottie heading over the hill, let’s take a look back at Heather through the years.
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