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I love apple juice ... how much different? High in sugar still? Very very brown? Moon shine strength? Let me guess .... goats have great breaks and an cast iron pouch ... loving to hot dog it with a grin!! .... your were up at the crack of dawn for an Irish whiskey

Thanks for the share about other countries ... I only know one place ... have you tried riding the SF cable cars or buses all day?? maybe drive a car like they do in streets of SF all day ... wreck the suspension? or the cable cars on the mountains ... while its windy? during those disaster movies :-)

You probably get the same effect if you ride the subway or buses all day in NYC

The yacht is mention in reference to CJ latest story http://cjames.gayaut...mnavigation.php I guess you have to catch up to the story to see what I am talking about. CJ understands As for the yacht is seems to go up and down more than a cruise liner ... not fun if u not have sea legs

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CNN Videos cyber.bully.prevention IReport - Parents and students can share their bullying stories on iReport. Dr Phil - what can you do about bullying My life as a bully victims (see kids talk about it) (continued) Teens share sadness of being bullied Inside the Rutgurs Tradgety - Well Done News Article - Teach empahty to ward off bullying

Credit to Red HairCrow for finding the article. He stated in his blog that even standing up to a bully isn't enough. I read the article and it seems that there was more than one bully ... but a group ... first thing is the victim needs to seek safety in numbers ... the parents need to speak to a professional to learn how to handle this situation. Like in the previous post read the article on about writing your officials in your town ... putting out the word ... to find some official that would listen. Somewhere there is a resolution to the problem. Any one being bullied by a group ... you have to tell your teacher, principal, your parents, your older sibling, etc. Its important to do so. Don't go at it all alone. Its an unfair bully fight. the trevor project http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ 866-488-7386 us_bullying_one_town

Here is some ideas when you tackle bullying with school officials ... its more than just a simple report stop_bullying_by_complaining_but_complain_in_writing_and_send_copies_all_over_town 6_signs_of_cyber_bullying_and_what_you_can_do_about_it From the article: Signs that Your Child Is a Cyber Bully - Uses the computer at all hours of the night. - Quickly switches screens and/or closes windows when you come by. - Child is unusually upset when they cannot use the computer. - Avoids discussions about what they are doing online. - Laughs excessively while using the computer. - Becomes irritable if you question them or interrupt their computer time. Signs that Your Child Is Being Cyber Bullied - Unexpectedly or suddenly discontinues use of the computer. - Appears nervous, jumpy, anxious or scared when an instant message appears. - Discontinues interest in going to school, extra curricular and/or general outside activities - Is visibly angry, frustrated, depressed or sullen, after using the computer - Becomes abnormally withdrawn and distant from family, friends, and favorites activities - Lack of appetite with food in general and specific favored foods cyberbullying_when_enough_is_enough From the article: The main way that is sure to keep your child from suffering the same fate as the young adults in the media is to talk to them. It may seem incredibly simple and like it won't help at all, but odds are if you and your child have a close, open bond, they will come to you if someone is bullying them. Another good alternative to completely restricting or monitoring computer use is to give your child a reason to spend time with the family and not in front of the computer. Children who have other things to do don't normally have enough time in the day to sit and worry about networking sites. Opinion: Its best to seek advice on the matter with a professional ... once you find out the complexity of the bullying schoolyard_bullying_a_survivors_tale From the article: "Hey," said a man I had never seen before "Are you alright?" I remember stuttering through a quick reply, something noncommittal that informed him that I was indeed alright. "Are you sure? Do you need anything? You look pretty sad." He persisted as he fully stopped his car to gaze at me through his driver's side window, his faced filled with obvious concern. the trevor project http://www.thetrevorproject.org/ 866-488-7386 Opinion: Its important that the victim learn that they do matter that someone actual cares about them. Without a leg to stand on ... where do you think they will end up? So make the difference ... be a friend ... let them know they exist and they matter ... that they have a friend.

Well its no luxery liner ... so you have to have sea legs ... Trevor has them and Dirk doesn't ... Why would Rachael marry a guy like that? There must be something good about the guy .... the store and the sea for Rachel ... but thats what sets them apart .. Rachel must have been a loving mother that Trevor responds to ... Dirk ... needs a lot of work ... would Rachel accept Trevor being gay ... maybe we will find out and maybe not. Looks like Trevor has learned a lot about sailing ... more than most teens his age ... definitely a skill and definitely he can run a Dirk store. There is no worry from Dirk about education or job? or Maybe there is.

This is KWGN-TV article reporting a solution to combat cyber-bullying. I am not sure if top universities are using this or not. But major corporations are using this to combat cyber-crimes. The proposed idea is to use this class of software to scan active emails, messages, and images sent through the school network and intercept the cyber-bully messages before the intended victim receives it. Alerts can be sent to the school official in charge like the principal. Some people would call this Big Brother \ 1984 ... well in this cyber age ... its easy to abuse the freedom we're given ... for committing bullying or spying or crimes. Corporations need to protect their internal documents and intellectual property. Schools need to protect their students. Reducing the liability of a student get cyber-bullied. Even the gov't has similar software to combat cyber-terrorism and cyber-crimes. However, this report does not comment on the cell phone companies that also need to use this software ... on all children phones. This is another way that bullies use (texting, phonecam, and emails). I kinda thought this was the most common way to do bullying then the school system. There will be debate on this solution ... as software companies in this class are eager to make money in this niche market ... selling security policing. We must also remember that policing software can be used for other means as those that read Big Brother \ 1984 would fear. But for now ... cyber-bullying is an issue that needs to be fought in cyberspace, celluar-space, and the social networks ... while society helps the current victims of bullying to come forward and let us know they need help. If successful then the bully will have to return to the old fashion way. From the Website New tool helps schools take control of cyberbullying When it comes to placing blame on the problem many point the finger at parents. Schools are on the forefront of this issue. Schools and Universities can take the steps to prevent hostile messages, posts and images send within the school's network. "A lot of bullying can take place at school, at colleges and universities should also bear some of the responsibility," says Ed Rowley, senior product manager at software security company M86 Security. "Alerts can be generated and send automatically to teachers to principals so that they can act very very quickly. Also the content can be blocked so the intended victim will never get to see it."

Here is an article ... from the Clementi thread .... rutgers_hosts_a_town_hall_meet The NJ Senator came to Rutgurs Uni to have a town hall meeting ... it went very well ... the people share their issues and views ... the people identified with the problems ... the senator explain the new laws that NJ will have and a Fed law too. The idea is to stop bullying and internet harassment. Promote a safer environment for children and college students. The article link above is provided. Its marks a wonderful start for everyone ... Gay or straight ... bullying is independent of sexuality ... but our lives are only made worst when people find out about us and take negative actions. I hope these laws will help change the world we live in. photos - Town hall meeting There are tributes and other things happening ... I think this is all a start ... one step at a time ... one step followed by another ... to move forward ... promote healing ... promote prevention

Thanks Bumblebee ... I appreciate the voicing of your opinion ... (don't worry if you stray - just voice out what you feel) ... its being honest I have to agree about it ... my parents wasn't some people I could turn to at all too ... not even my brothers. Even when something real bad happen to me when I was 6 or 7 years old ... there was no open place in their hearts for me to confide in to tell them what happen. Years of abuses of all sorts and bullying builds up ... some teens are lucky to have someone ... some teens aren't ... that surely does impact their lives ... I am proof of the latter. Again I appreciate your share ... I hope you will continue to participate as the thread takes off. I found an article of a students opinion about campus life ... and it talks about how unsafe it feels to be there. It shows that there is a need to create a safer environment and this is what NJ Senator Lautenberg is trying to push for. Here is what Toby Simon Says!! ( its only a sample ) From the Website Simon.Says.Enough.Already Sadly, on our own campus, we have bias related incidents targeting gay and lesbian students. I sit on the Bias Incident Committee and our group has more reports involving harassment of gay students than any other group of students. We should all be asking ourselves "why?" What kind of community lets this happen? Ask students who are brave enough to be out on the Bryant campus if this is a safe campus. My guess is that the majority of them have had to deal with some kind of anti-gay sentiment if not on a daily basis, a weekly basis. This can include a gamut of behaviors from the use of words that are offensive to gay students to more heinous behaviors which include physical and emotional abuse of students. Several years ago we had a hate crime committed on campus against an out gay student. What happened to Tyler Clementi could happen at any campus.

Here are my comments on those five lessons - just opinions to start us off but I like to hear yours. 0. When I heard somewhere that the old resources need to be repeated to the children. I found that enlightening idea ... like yea right ... it works ... it doesn't or hasn't ... there is proof like five in the past few weeks. 1. Young People and Teens need to know where are the resources for help ... its has to be obvious to them and it has to be show to them like an educator, youth group organizer, or whoever. The message needs to be available like in commercials, ads in the teen magazines, radio stations, Youth church Groups, youth organizations, etc. 2. I love to see more parents have talks with their children about Bullying ... My parents nor my teachers never talk about it ... Parents need to be help on how to start a talk with their children about it. Schools, Churches, etc need to have materials and videos so they can help educate parents on how to have that talk with their children. It can be tricky when it comes to sexuality .. I can imagine how many parents would choke at this. 3. I sure like to see more teachers, police, bus drivers, etc ... a lot of the adults ... get involved to keep an eye out for every child. Every child needs to know that there is someone they can go to in an event of an emergency or needing someone to talk to. In my day ... there was nothing ... except to go to a police man ... but they were never around. Imagine having no one to turn to. 4. Gosh I love to see the parents of bullies make a difference with them. But the biggest eye opener for the parent is "My child a bully?" Its a real shocker but maybe those parents need to show some empathy to their own children. I can probably imagine some of these parents are origins of where bullying came from. I remember visiting various friends houses, They were never happy in their home and you can see the frustrations and anger ... it worried me if they would become bullies or just needed to take their anger out on someone. Another problem ... there are parents that are bullies to their own children ... I don't see how this lesson would ever take place. 5. To the bullies themselves?? ... I say they need a place they can turn to ... to talk to someone ... in a movie called "Boys Town" ... Father Flanagan said there is no such thing as a bad boy ... I am sure bullies have it hard in their lives ... I am sure there is another kind of bully ... the ones that have no empathy ... and that's one enigma that I have no idea how that's handled? Any one got answers to this one?

I like to ask the question that those said was the answer to suicides? * * * This is a non-soap box thread - so keep things friendly * * * What does Prevention look like? NJ Senator Lautenberg plans to introduce Federal Legistation for colleges and schools to have Anti-Harassment policies in place and NJ Legistation on Anti-Bullying. With laws being introduce and I presume there are more to come or changes to come over time like the next year or so. Isn't it a start before Prevention can be considered throughout the whole country? Below is an article from FoxNews\Dr Dale Archer - he gives a summary of the five suicide victims and the circumstances. And then he outlines the lessons we can learn from this. Are these lesson good enough as Prevention guidelines? Is there more to that? What are they? Many groups, organizations, individuals taking up the cause ... do we call these part of the steps of Prevention? jamessavik posting -> does-it-really-get-better? It gets better project on youtube channel page http://www.youtube.c...f/0/7IcVyvg2Qlo From the Website dr-dale-archer-tyler-clementi-seth-walsh-asher-brown-billy-lucas-teenboys-gay So, what lessons can we learn from this? 1. To those young people questioning, hiding, or struggling to defend your sexuality: Please know that there are resources in every community available to help you and the Internet is the place to start. 2. To the parents of the bullied: Speak out. Ask your child questions. If your child comes out to you, let them know you love them. If you have no idea what they are going through, ask and educate yourself on what it means to be gay in America. 3. To the teachers, officials, and administrators: Take charge. It is your responsibility to teach this new diversity in your schools. Education, understanding and acceptance are the ultimate keys in ending this tragic new bullying trend. 4. To the parents of the bullies: This is not an easy topic for most parents, but you must teach your children about sexuality and that it's OK to be different. Also, that it is NEVER OK to harm another human being, to invade their privacy, or to make another person feel less than normal. Research shows that current adolescents show significantly less empathy for their peers than 30 years ago. This concerning trend must be addressed by parents if it is to be reversed. 5. Finally to the bullies themselves: Understand that just because someone is different than you are doesn't mean that they are any less of a person or any less valued

Out of pure love ... not that hard What life adds in terms of complications ... a little delay ... then he came to his senses. Just happy that some good came out this situation.

Happy Birthday!!! I thought you already had one??? Maybe it was Matt or Jamie Are they invited?

How about Branded "JF was here"

his legal ones!

Happy birthday Paya I am sure westie making all the wishes come true or that candle burning for u to blow

Doesn't people call this Social Suicide? There are examples of this not going well and some rare occasions its a success. Any links to news articles or FB link?

Isn't that Black Jack!! Have fun!

As you say many things are happening but Gonzales could start the wrong things and nothing comes together: * telling Trevor to drop Atlantis in Egypt and he'll respond "go to hell" or when I get to Australia. * If Gonzo sends a man to Seychelles to watch the boat then Trevor can fly from there back to the states. There is an airport there. * unless Trevor can gets independence - he's not coming back ( his father suppose to have completed this - next chapter right?) * the other issue if Trevor does not trust Gonzo ... like he'll impound his boat no matter what - he sails So far Trevor has not show he so gullible - protecting that boat is top priority. If Gonzo messes this up Trevor will sail off while George gets canned by Gonzo. We will see about camping ... I doubt CJ would mention it and CJ needs for once a gay couple to make love while all hell breaks lose. If Trevor comes back ... Bridget could use the drugs to get the Joel, Lisa, Trev to jail - that will solve the Ares leak

But their going camping ... nowhere to be found ... and Trevor sailing ... running from the bad guys ... trevor screaming on the sat phone - then gonzales is going to know their after the wrong guy

yea Trevor running around with a loin cloth ... wating cheata to give him a wank!!! or a poke in the rear No sanchez snipping yeah ... but no gay natives for him to have fun That Ghassan thing ... u going to get flak for that from someone - morons Sounds like police romancing of the stone ... but trevor is not going like it I hope he ignores and heads for austraila or finds a better course to get there quicker and avoid logs? Too bad his yacht friends could not mind his boat Its always that dam boat ... drives him crazy