Nowadays, it is a very common that there is a computer in just about every household. This means that more and more kids are having access to the internet, are able to post information, and they can see more information as well. Even though there is more access to the internet how much are the parents actually aware of what their child does when they are online? Recently, there has been an increase in cyberbulling. This goes beyond the point of regular school yard bullying. It is information that is posted for everyone to see and will most likely remain uploaded forever.

Cyberbullying is when a child, preteen, or  teen is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated, embarrassed or otherwise targeted by another child, preteen or teen using the Internet, other technology based devices, or mobile phones. Cyberbulling  has to be e a minor on both sides, or  a minor against another minor. Once adults become involved, it is  cyber-harassment or cyberstalking.

The methods are only as much as the imagination of a child can offer. There is no one way to explain cyberbully and there is no saying who can be targeted and by whom. A cyberbully might eventually become a victim of cyberbully or visa versa. Cyberbulling can go to as much as children killing each other or suicide of the victim. Most of the language used are offensive and can really lower down a child's self esteem. Cyberbullying may result to misdemeanor cyberharrasment chages or juvenile delinquency.

What are the types of cyberbulling?

are done with messages sent to kids directly by the bully, blogs/websites posted about the victim, or anywhere where the bully can have direct conversation with the victim

Cyberbulling by proxy-is using others to help either with their consent or not. these include a broad range of people where people can read and start harassing the victim as well. Most of this is done by handing out private information to others and posting false statements about the victim. 

Why do kids cyberbully each other?

There is no straight answer to why kids cyberbully one another.  Just  as every kid is different there are different reasons why a kid cyberbullies. The most common reason is because they are motivated by anger, want revenge, or are frustrated. There are others who do it because they are bored, have too much time in their hands, and have the technology.

How to stop it.

Cyberbulling is hard to stop since there is no one solution to this problem Each problem is different and methods to preventing it can differ. There can be methods of prevention that can help. One of the most common is done trough ISPs who have a way of telling on users who are saying inappropriate things and can kick someone offline for some time.  Another way, is by parents becoming more aware of what their children are doing when they are online and teaching them about respecting others.

For those of you counting the calories for everything you eat, you might want to add a little more to what the label says. Researchers have found that there is a big gap on how many calories the packet says than to what is really in it. 

In a study done by American Diabetic Dietetic Association, a Lean Cuisine package of shrimp and angel-hair pasta listed 220 calories but is really 319, while a Wendy's grilled chicken wrap says is 260 but its an amount of 344 calories. A few items do come at the calories they are advertised, but that is not the case most of the time. Researchers pointed out that restaurant portions vary from customer to customer, and frozen meal makers face stiff penalties for selling underweight packages, so they tend to err on the side of heavier portions.

It's a margin of error of at least 20 percent, by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.  For those who want to lose wight try to keep in mind that you may not be consuming the calories a package says.

ABOUT FHCSD

The Fair Housing Council of San Diego, (FHCSD), is a nonprofit organization, incorporated in 1989. The FHCSD envisions a nation, state and region where the value and worth of each individual and group is evidenced through every aspect of community life. Specifically their housing vision is of harmonious, integrated neighborhoods and communities where any "ism" or civil /human rights violation is a thing of the past and where, through united community intolerance of such violations, the American Dream of equal housing opportunity and access is fully realized.

The mission of the FHCSD is to eliminate unlawful housing discrimination in the housing rental, sales, lending and property insurance markets.

More information at http://www.fhcsd.com/

Mark your Calendars! 2/11/2010

Fair Housing Council of San Diego will be hosting an event on 2/11/10. Where they will be talking about many topics such as:

• The Westchester Case–Implications for “Affirmatively
  Furthering” Fair Housing

• The Many Faces of National Origin Discrimination–
  Impact on Undocumented Tenants

• Affordable Housing & Tax Credit Properties–Building
  Coalitions for Fair Housing Success

• Expanding President Obama’s focus to ensure inclusion of
  LGBT consumers in HUD programs to the Private Market

• Change or More of the Same? Redlining–Steering–
  Predatory Lending–Foreclosures–Loan Modifications
  Remedies–Redlining?

• A View From Both Sides–Plaintiff and Defense Litigation
  and Settlement Strategies

• Condos, Co-ops, Covenants, Homeowner Associations–Recurring Fair Housing Problems

• Strengthening or Creating Legislative Rights & Remedies in Fair Housing & More

Guest Spears

John D. Trasviña

Erwin Chemerinsky

For registration and other information about the event go to:

http://www.fhcsd.com/pdf/FHCSDflyer2010.pdf

Most users of an iPod Touch or an iPhone have heard of a jail broken device and all the extra custom software that can be added to it. Jailbreaking opens a broad range of apps that the itunes store has not allowed in its apps store. Almost all of the jailbroken apps for iPhone and iTouch are the same one except the video camera and picture apps since the iTouch does not have a camera.

So what is jailbreaking?

Jailbreaking is the process one goes through which allows the installation of unofficial third-party . These unofficial applications are usually more useful then the official Apple approved apps found in the App Store. Third-party apps do everything from changing the background and the app icon images. Another popular reason to why most devices are jailbroken are for the games. There are emulators for the most popular game such and Super Nintendo and Gameboy games. You can set up your iPhone to look like a Gameboy. The Apple store would not allow this and if they did it would not be free. In a jailbroken iPhone it is.

Is jailbreaking illegal?

Jailbreaking is not illegal but it does void your warranty. when you buy a brand new iPhone they all have a one year manufacturer warranty but jailbreaking it will void it. That means that whatever happens to you devices hardware is under your responsibility and the Apple store does not have to fix it. There is a small chance for your iPhone to become bricked but most likely there will be an easy solution to this. By holding the home and power button at the same time while it is connected to your computer will most likely restore your device back to its original settings. Most of the creators of third party apps do not own copyrights to the gmes they are creating. If this becomes an issue most apps can be easily deleted or restoring and iPhone will solve this.

Jailbreaking is for those who want a little more from their device. If you are happy with what you got keep it as it is, but if you want a little more then maybe jailbreaking can help you with that.

Most high schools in the area of San Diego offer a wrestling program for their students. Most of the school also have a full tema, which means they have people tha weight as little as 103 lbs to people who wigh more than 215 lbs.  Like all other sprots wrestling is a sport that requires a lot of team work but also a lot of dedication to its training. At Hoover High School practices are held after school for at least 3 hours everyday except Wednesday when they usually have their competitions. Their practice starts off with a 30 minute run around the block and returning to the wrestling room to stretch and get their bodies ready for the long workout ahead of them. Most practices involve a partner of similiar weight since one is always compeating against that same weight level. For most schools its the same routine. Practices are done with a partener and there are always something new to learn or to work on. All of the wrestlers know that there is a lot of dedication involved. If a team member does not make weight that person will be costing the team valueble points for their matches. Overall, wrestling is one of the many sports  that require dedication and discipline but in the end are very rewarding.