How long to paint a feather - Worth forwarding, but with proper source and acknowledgement

Note, This email, with a title, 'I Wonder How Long It Takes To Paint a Feather,' came to me:

Information courtesy: Iftekhar Syed Ali, Laith Khalifa, Adil Al-Kufaishi thro' fun_and_fun_only

Information corroborated @ Collection of forward mails,fun mails,time pass mails,good morning mails... and @ Whats In Your Email?

Info originating from (primary source; not attributed by those of forward): Feather lady Studio: wildlife art by Northwest artist Julie Thompson

Why INDIA is in trouble? [Nice Joke, Yet another forwarded email]

PS. Source, our digg says, the idea of this joke comes from: forwards4all.com; The pictures' courtesy: zadtee's blog

Population: 100 crore

-9 crore retired
-30 crore in state Government
-17 crore in central Government (both categories don't work)
-1 crore IT professionals (don't work for India)
-25 crore in school
-1 crore are under 5 years
-15 crore unemployed
-1.2 crore u can find anytime in hospitals
Statistics say you find 79,99,998 people anytime in jail.
The balance two are you & me.

BOTTOMLINE: You are busy reading my E-mails and sending forwards! I am busy reading your forwards, and forwarding e-mails to all my friends!!! How can I handle India alone?

Forwarding, Forwarded Emails - Quotable quotes about waste of bandwidth, mindwidth and timewidth

“A new chain letter has entered the charts claiming that the MSN will be closed down unless the bogus email is forwarded to family, friends and colleagues. As always, these chain letters are best deleted as they waste bandwidth.” Carole Theriault @ ThinkExist.com

“We advise all companies to consider circulating a policy on virus hoaxes to curb the spread of these annoying emails that can cause mail overload and results in down time and loss of profits. Although they do not cause serious network damage, certain hoaxes, such as the HIV Needle email, are cruel tricks that can be very upsetting for those users receiving them.” Carole Theriault @ ThinkExist.com

“Chain letters like this are too easily forwarded to friends, family and colleagues without people using their common sense. Stories like this become urban legends, constantly being repeated without anyone bothering to check the facts. Hoaxes and chain letters like this are not harmless - they waste time and bandwidth, and can be a genuine headache for support departments. Users need to be more skeptical, and ask themselves whether everything they are told by email can be believed.” Graham Cluley @ ThinkExist.com

E-mail Adds Stress to Daily Life - Strange but true!!!

Reporter: Allen Mask, M.D. Posted: Aug 27, 2007 @ WRAL.com

Lab and researcher administrator Amarillyis Carreira says

the hundreds of e-mails she receives daily cause her to suffer from "inbox stress."

"The conveniences of e-mail - speed and mobility - come along with pressure to also be quick in responding.

Researchers from Scotland found that for some people, the words "You've got mail" increasingly also mean "You've got stress."
Lab and researcher administrator Amarillyis Carreira said her inbox is the most cluttered place on her computer and that simply replying to her e-mails can ruin her day.

"I get about 200, 250 emails a day. It is very stressful," Carreira said.

continue reading: E-mail Adds Stress to Daily Life

forwarding and forwarded email - media monitoring

• Facebook scam causes pocketbook panic for some users
  
  
• Pentagon to talk to Michigan company about Bible verse scopes

More @ Google News

On the same shelf:

Interfaith Alliance head protests Bible verses on military gun sights

Not all forwarded e-mails are accurate, however.

Extract from Friday Flyer, January 10, 2010

These are the signs to watch for with a stroke
     "The Internet can be a wealth of information and well-meaning friends will often forward e-mails that look official or seem to make sense, such as how to look for signs of a stroke. Not all e-mails are accurate, however.
     Snopes.com is a resource that can provide information on the accuracy of e-mails and whether they are hoaxes or urban legends. In response to e-mails about indicators of stroke, writers at snopes.com suggest following the guidelines recommended by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which notes these major signs of stroke: ...
     Continue reading

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins: Another wishful forwarded fiction

The text of the forwarded email states:
"AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY" (aka, Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins):

1. Every person has cancer cells in the body
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime
3. When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed...
4. When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. continued....

Research says this is a FALSE:

• hoax-slayer.com : Cancer Info From Johns Hopkins Hoax Email -- Status: False
[Punchline: In fact, any health-related advice or warnings that circulate via email, blogs and forums should be checked for accuracy before being passed on to others].
• snopes.com: Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins Hospital -- Claim: False
[Note:... The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center has published a detailed rebuttal of the "Cancer Update" e-mail]

Bottomline: What does the Johns Hopkins say about this Cancer Update? The answer is here:

This e-mail is NOT from Johns Hopkins [NEWS] August 11, 2008

Email Hoax: "Cancer Update From John Hopkins" Updated April 2009
A hoax e-mail on cancer has been circulating on the internet. Because this e-mail uses the Johns Hopkins name, we thought we would post a What's New to inform the users of our web page. The e-mail in question is pasted at the end of this Whats New. To learn more visit: www.jhsph.edu/dioxins and The Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center News.

•  Federal Trade Commission says: Cure-ious? Ask. See also: Signs of a scam

Sachin Tendulkar's shell house -- Just Not True

I just received a forwarded, forward, with a catchy header: Fragile Luxury.

Googled, and found:

Sachin Tendulkar's New House - Not True - its SPAM says www.bharatwaves.com.

Hoax Confirmation: Tendulkar's 'shell house' designs a net hoax: India Today.

Plus, shell House Sachin Hoax here.

Noel, a Blogger (Cricket God - Sachin Tendulkar, God Of Cricket) states: "A new weird shell house designed for God Of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar by world famous Mexican architect Javier Senosiain."

See more here, on this shell house: Organic Architecture of Javier Senosiain.

Whereas, Sachin's fans keep circulating this nonstop;

http://sachinandcritics.com/, as well as, Sachin Tendulkar's Official website - www.tendulkaropus.com don't talk about it.

And, this is interesting: "Sachin denies having an account on Twitter: Don't follow his fake twitter account."

Think Before You Click: You have received A Card from a Family Member

There is a long list of emails that come to you and sound genuine, but most of the time are spam, malware, virus, etc., sent to you by robots...

To save us from the above, there are alerts, including:

'You have received A Hallmark E-Card' Urban Legends' say: 'You've Received a Postcard' Virus
See More About:

computer virus warnings

e-cards

trojan warnings

E-Card Fraud Alert, says: Hallmark Site

snopes.com: 'Hallmark Postcard from a Family Member' virus -- MIXTURE OF REAL VIRUS WARNING AND HOAX

Solutions / Discussions:

Greetings! Someone Has Sent You an E-Card Virus, Todd R. Weiss, Computerworld pcworld.com

ECard Virus Removal, By Colin Richards @ ezinearticles.com

Security Alert: Virus Emails - You've received A Hallmark E-Card ... @ Carnegie Mellon University