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Glossy renderings have been released for a 25,000-seater stadium in the Port of Miami, designed by Arquitectonica and 360 Architecture. The duo has drawn up the concept to demonstrate what a potential masterplan for the stadium site may look like should former England captain David Beckham be successful in his mission to realise a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise in Miami.
Beckham explains: "When people think of Miami, they immediately think about being near or on the water. I asked my team to develop ideas for a stadium that embraces the best of the destination. Even though we are in the early stages of building the franchise, I believe we have a vision that not only Miami would be proud of, but one that will resonate around the world."
The early renderings show an open-air stadium with the Miami skyline as a backdrop, surrounded by a buzzing commercial district. Arquitectonica and 360 Architecture have devised this illustrative site plan to complement the Port's existing masterplan and to demonstrate the final outcome should private investors be attracted to the site, constructing commercial developments to provide revenue for the Port.
It has been reported that three other sites have been outlined by Beckham's team however renderings have only been released for the Port of Miami location. The three other sites are said to be on Florida International University's western campus, land near the Miami International Airport, and a site next to Marlins Park in Little Havana.
Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Founding Principal of Miami-based Arquitectonica details: "Miami's passionate soccer fans deserve an iconic stadium, and the Port of Miami provides a setting that would be truly unique not just for soccer in America, but globally. The stadium would build on the incredible evolution of downtown Miami, and create a vibrant hub of cultural and entertainment activity along Miami's waterfront, framed by significant new parks, plazas and open spaces along the Bay."

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Competitive E-Commerce Strategies
Janette Toral speaks about using Competitive Strategies for the Web (blue ocean vs. red ocean) during the Build Your Online Store Workshop last October 5, 2006 at the Philippine Trade Training Center.
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Rainbow Connection was a #dpop event organized by Jeoff Solas and Janette Toral. It took place last November 28, 2014 at Best Western Plus Antel Hotel. Thank you Rattus Yu for joining us.
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Snippet of Janette Toral's digital marketing talk at the HORECA Makati Festival last September 16, 2014. (Glorietta 2 Activity Center)
GOAB 2014: Day 2 – Founder's Journey Road less traveled
Discussion of women tech founders at Geeks on a Beach 2014. Joined panel Chair: Christina Laskowski. Panelist: Edith Yeug, Founder, Right Ventures, Vice-President, Dolphin Browser and Gwen Regina Tan, VP, Tech In Asia. Some articles published about this event are at: Geeks on a Beach: Tech startups, booze, and million-dollar deals
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Shared insights on digital entrepreneurship at the UP Institute of Small Scale Industries "Tara Na, Negosyo Na" year 4 event. Access the handout here.
Social Media in the Philippines and the Rise of Purpose-Driven Social "Personal" Brands
Janette Toral gave this talk at the Saddleback Social Media Summit last June 21, 2014. Visit their post-event coverage to watch the presentation.
The Philippine Internet at 20 years old #iblog10 #phnet20
Presented by Janette Toral at iBlog: the 10th Philippine Blogging Summit last April 5, 2014 at Malcolm Theater, UP Diliman, Quezon City.
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A video talk made by Janette Toral for the 2nd Laguna Blogging Summit.
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Maria Ressa (Rappler), Janette Toral, Fleire Castro, Ruben Licera, Richard Eldridge exchange insights on the significance and power of social media at the CEBU ICT / BPO Summit. Panel video starts at 23:39.
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A quick talk prepared by Janette Toral for the Bohol Bloggers event.
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers defines the term feature in IEEE 829 as "A distinguishing characteristic of a software item (e.g., performance, portability, or functionality)." [1]
A system is said to be feature-rich when it has many options and functional capabilities available to the user. Progressive disclosure is a technique applied to reduce the potential confusion caused by displaying a wealth of features at once.
This term is also used in a pejorative fashion where it expresses the view that features are added at the expense of something that's usually considered a basic function.
See also
- Feature Oriented Programming
- Product Family Engineering
- Progressive disclosure
- Software design
- Software testing
- Application Lifecycle Management
- Software bloat
- ↑ IEEE Std. 829-1998
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I've been working on building a social media presence for AntiBunny (besides just the twitter account that's been up forever). I've had some great success with Tumblr as I've met some cool people, and attracted a lot more readers, even if there is some major douchebaggery going on there if you read too much. I've been redoubling efforts on deviantart and taking advantage of more groups to attract attention as well. Fanart seems to reel in a lot of people these days. Most recently I launched an official facebook page for AntiBunny to hopefully reach out to people who don't normally follow webcomics.


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COLLEGE PARK — Stefon Diggs got up from his chair, wrapped a towel around his shoulders, grabbed a sports drink and headed to the Maryland locker room. His work for the day was done.
Diggs, the Terps' sophomore wide receiver-returner, expended less energy on football Saturday than he did behind a table signing autographs for fans at Byrd Stadium.
Coach Randy Edsall decided to rest Diggs and starting quarterback C.J.Brown during Saturday's Fan Appreciation Day scrimmage. Diggs, the team's star, stood on the sideline during the scrimmage, flipping a ball up and down. Afterward, the line to obtain Diggs' autograph was dozens of fans deep, stretching from the sideline toward midfield — longer by far than the queue for any other player.
With Brown on the sideline, Caleb Rowe, Ricardo Young and Perry Hills got most of the snaps at quarterback. Edsall said he expects to decide in the next few days which one will be Brown's backup. No one seemed to have a clear advantage based on Saturday's performance.
Defense shines
In Diggs' and Brown's absence, it was a day for defense.
There was defensive end Quinton Jefferson tackling Rowe in the end zone for a safety, cornerback Will Likely making an interception and showing quickness as a punt returner, and linebacker Yannick Cudjoe-Virgil making a handful of big hits.
"He played well," Edsall said of Cudjoe-Virgil, a junior transfer. "I like that effort. He has been showing that kind of effort ever since he has gotten here. He was a guy we always thought would be in the mix."
Said Cudjoe-Virgil: " I really like this [3-4] defense a lot because it gets the athletes on the field. I feel like I had good penetration. I think I had a good day today."
Little scoring
There were only two touchdowns in the scrimmage.
A long punt return by Likely set up Rowe with the ball inside the red zone. From there, the sophomore lofted a fade pattern to wide receiver Nigel King for a touchdown.
"We had a quick fade, and I knew Nigel as a big receiver could go up and get it," Rowe said.
At 6-3, King is shaping up as a threat near the goal line.
"My strong area is making plays in the red zone, but I want to be able to make big plays in the open field, too," King said.
Wide receiver Levern Jacobs scored the other touchdown on a pass from Young from near midfield.
"For the most part, I came away with points," Young said. "I feel like I did a good job, minus a couple mental mistakes. I had a couple drives that the chains were moving really well."


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My betta
My betta is starting to lose it's color on his top (from base moving up) and on his tail. What does this mean? I just noticed it over the past couple days.
he's probably sick or getting old.
I used to have one that was blue and it started turning pink and then that was the end of him :sad:
What are your water parameters? What is he eating?
It could be anything, the main reasons fish lose color are stress or age. Stress can be caused by bad water, improper diet or sickness.
Stress can also be caused by the fish being unhappy with his surroundings, but bettas aren't extremely picky about that. I do usually suggest some kind of hiding place though, if not available.
Hi there,
I agree with MyBird theres often more at play than just health or age.
If you can answer the following questions, we can help to determine what exactly is wrong with your betta, and what you can do to help it.
What size is the tank?
How often and what percentage do you change water?
Is there a filter? If yes, how often do you change the media? Do you change the media at the same time as you do a water change?
Do you ensure the water is same temperature when you change it? Do you use your finger or a thermometer?
What temp is the tank?
Have you done water tests for Ammonia, NitrItes, and NitrAtes? Is so, please post exact number results?
How long have you had the fish, how long has the tank been set up?
Do you add anything to the water? Conditioners? Dechlorinator? Ph adjuster? Anything else? Salt etc.
Finally, what are the symptoms? Any signs of wounds or injuries? Any trouble breathing - breathing fast and heavy or super slow? Is he eating? What are you feeding him, how often and how much?
When you say losing color what do you mean? Is the fins turning white?
Do you see any ragged edges or fuzziness? Is it starting at the end of the fin and moving up the fin?
Are there live plants in the tank?
Answers to all these questions will help me to deduce what is wrong with your fish.
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I have a one gallon tank. I top up the evaporated water weekly and change the water completely every 3-4 weeks. There is no filter. I always use the same temp of water and the tank water is 73-75 degrees. I have done no tests to the water. I have had the fish since late last summer and he has always been in the 1 gallon tank. I use the recommended amount of Top Fin Betta Water Conditioner and always have. There does not appear to be an wounds or injuries. His fins starting at the body and heading down towards the tips are going white and the underside of body right behind his head. The fins are also starting to get ragged. He is eating normally but seems to have low energy. He is not flaring himself like he used to. There are no live plants in the tank but there is a fake one. I was planning to get live ones as I recently read that the fake can damage the fins. I have done nothing different than since the firts day I got him and he was bright and active up until the last 2 weeks.
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Sounds like ammonia poisoning, especially when you mention the ragged fins.
Fish produce waste which contains ammonia. Since you don't have a filter present the only way that ammonia is being eliminated is water changes.
Every month or so is definately not enough in a 1 gallon container. You're basically letting ammonia build up to toxic levels (which causes splitting in fins, loss of color, lethargy and other problems) and then changing the water completely which is pretty stressful for a fish that's just been sitting in water with a very large amount of waste.
Personally I don't agree with keeping any fish, even bettas, in unfiltered or uncycled aquariums. The only way I would possibly do this were if I changed out 100% of the water each day. Even so I think 50% every day plus the 100% every month would be a good start.
I would also invest in an ammonia test kit so you can monitor your ammonia. It is impossible to completely eliminate ammonia in such a small unfiltered container, but you can at least try to keep it within acceptable levels.
Under .25 is where you want it, but even under .50 is a good target in such a small container. I think if you start testing your water you'll be surprised at how high ammonia gets even within a short amount of time without changing water. Live plants can also help a little bit since they will absorb a certain amount of ammonia, but you want to choose very hardy floating plants because dying plants will only make your water quality worse.
As a sidenote: Most filters take 4-6 weeks to cycle (cycling is aquiring the bacterial growth that will eliminate your ammonia and nitrites). You could easily stick your betta in a small filtered aquarium and cycle it with him in there, with no more hassle than usual for you and the betta would be better off in the long run.
Last edited by MyBirdIsEvil; April 29th, 2007 at 01:57 AM.
Hey there,
I agree whole heartedly with MyBird. Sounds like ammonia poisoning to me too. In an uncycled, unfiltered tank, you should be changing 100% of the water at least 2-3 times weekly. Topping up evaporated water just basically concentrates the fish waste.
Even in a fully cycled filtered tank water changes of 30-50% should be done
once weekly.
I would suggest start by buying an Ammonia test kit. Change 100% of the water the same day, mark it on the calendar or in a note book. Every day before you go to bed, test the ammonia in the fish bowl. When there shows any trace whatsoever of ammonia on the test, change 100% of the water, and mark down that day on the calendar. After that change 100% of water the day before the ammonia becomes present.
This could be every 2nd day, or every 5th day, some fish produce more waste than others.
With regular clean water, your fish may recover. Constant exposure to ammonia causes gill burns, fin/skin irritation, and even death. Youre actually very lucky your fish has even lived this long.
Good luck.
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
Edgar Allan Poe
Thank you sneaky and mybird,
I will definately get the test strips. I changed the water 100% on the weekend and removed the gravel I had in there. I have smooth round glass and marbles in the bottom for easier cleaning. He has seemed a little happier since the water change. Lots of bubbles on the top of water.
I can't believe the varying information when you ask questions. I did not intend to not take proper care of the fish. I was just doing what I had been told by others. I actually did slightly more than soem people said I need to do! Anyways lesson learned I will from now on seek information from more sources.
Hi there,
dont waste your money on test strips. Buy Liquid Drip tests.
The test strips, once opened, start to detiorate. To use them even remotely effectively, you would need to replace the entire package once monthly.
Also, they are not the most accurate. I have seen test strips read 1ppm for ammonia that when properly tested was 8ppm, and Ive also seen test strips read 4ppm for ammonia when there was none.
Your best bet would be to buy liquid tests - id recommend those made by API (Aquarium Pharmaceuticals), or by Hagen. Your best b et would be a master test kit, or if purchased seperately, you should have Ammonia, NitrItes,
and nitrAtes tests.
Its hard because the fish stores usually employ people who know nothing about fish, because they have retail experience (i was turned down from a fish store job as I didnt have any retail experience, despite my knowledge of a wide variety of fish and other animals). Their job is only to sell you things, not know anything about what they are selling.
A great web resource for you would be the forum www.petfish.net
Theres thousands of great people who are knowledgeable, tons of articles (including a couple written by yours truly), and great forums with lots of knowledge and depth.
I highly recommend you check it out. Im "ItsJustMe" and previously "Thegreatbluediscus" on that forum, if you choose to sign up.
Good luck Nevada, I hope your fish does well! I know you werent trying to hurt him or not care for him well. Its easy to make mistakes when fish are seen as objects for purchase, not living beings. They arent even covered under the animal rights acts, so its no surprise information and care practices prescribed by many are quite poor.
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Edgar Allan Poe
I agree.
At one time I tried the test strips and ended up throwing them all away, they were worthless.
I always use an API liquid master test kit for every one of my tanks and they work great.
How old is your fish,I believe there life span is only a year:sad:
Water changes
NEVER change the water completely, always bring down the water about one third,the ph will change to much if you do a complete water change.Betta's are not fussy with water ,and the bubbles are him making a nest,but as i said before there life exp.is about a year
The lifespan of a betta can vary greatly, but it's not unusual for them to live at least 3 yrs. A well taken care of betta can easily be expected to live over a year, and there is a even a chance of them living 8 yrs or more (though rare).
A 1 yr lifespan or less may be expected in an unfiltered container with poor water quality, but this should by NO MEANS be considered their normal lifespan. If most of your bettas die after a year or less, something is likely wrong.
The water in my tanks is generally 7.3, the water out of my tap is 7.4. If I use straight tap water and did a 100% water change the change in PH would not be noticeable by most fish.
It's a good idea to test the PH of your water, but you can't automatically assume there is a difference in PH between the tankwater and new water.
When you keep fish in a bowl it is a normal practice to change 100% of the water. You seem to be confusing the idea of changing water in a fully cycled filtered tank - where you should change only 50% of the water, with an uncycled unfiltered tank, where you should always change 100% of the water.
Ph changes are unlikely to affect the fish if you do proper maintenance. Ph only drops over long periods of time, so regular 2-3x weekly 100% changes will result in little to no ph shift.
Life expectancy of bettas can range for 1-3 years on average, with some individuals living as much as 5-7 years.
Most bettas only live 1 year due to poor care practices by their owners.
Never to suffer would never to have been blessed.
Edgar Allan Poe
Not a fish expert, but when that happened to mine, he was old and he dies a couple months later.
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by LOLtron » Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:34 pm
The "H'EL ON EARTH" crossover event takes a shocking turn!
Source: Newsarama
• Guest-starring THE JUSTICE LEAGUE!
• The Man of Steel leads Wonder Woman, Batman, Cyborg, the Flash and Superboy on the final assault on the Fortress of Solitude!
• Can Superman stop H'El when Supergirl is standing in the way?
Written by: Scott Lobdell
Art & Cover by: Kenneth Rocafort
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On Sale: January 30, 2013
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by Mojo Ichiruto » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:33 pmProbably in the minority but I have really been enjoying this story arc.
by Grayson » Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:47 pmHave they gotten around to explaining who or what H'el is yet?
by Mojo Ichiruto » Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:00 pm
Before Krypton was destroyed he was a student of Jor-El who was his mentor. He was the first Kryptonian to fly a manned space craft, sort of a prototype of the craft that would be for baby Kal-El. He was going on exploratory missions for Jor-El but something happened and he got for lack of a better phrase "lost in space" for years which changed him in different ways and he returned to find his home destroyed. This is all just speculation though, because this is what he has said about himself so it could all be lies. Lex seems to know more about him than Superman does as well and I think he may have something to do with Brainiac.
by Juan Cena » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:49 pmHaven't read Superman since the zero issue. It's a shame DC tossed out the Man of Steel Krypton for some generic sci-fi slop of a mess. It's pretty much looks like Earth culture with spaceships tossed in. Nothing feels alien about it.
by Herald » Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:52 pm
So, long story short: Probably not.
by IvCNuB4 » Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:48 am
Just brief tidbits here and there. The flashback in the preview is the first time we've actualy "seen" it. But things are obviously not what they seem with him.
About time Kara is finally starting to get a fucking clue (see preview)
by Herald » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:43 pm
I don't know why, but Supergirls tend to be slow on the uptake when it comes to piecing together that the guy they're working with is Obviously Evil. Post-Crisis SG fell in love with and helped out Lex Luthor II for ages before she finally got wise. And pre-Flashpoint Supergirl had Daddy's implanted orders to kill Superman, which she should have shook off sooner.
by Juan Cena » Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:53 pm
Two dead hookers!
Worse...When Herald links two TV tropes in a row, Craig James eats a panda.
by Herald » Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:29 pm
Tastes Like Chicken!!
by IvCNuB4 » Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:11 pmCliffs-Notes spoilers
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The Justice League, Supergirl and Superboy are involved in a huge battle at the Fortress of Solitude over a powerful being who calls himself H'El and claims to be Kryptonian. He claims that he wants to restore Krypton by activating a device in the Fortress, and Supergirl wants to help him. But everyone else in the story has realized that the device H'El is activating will destroy the solar system and Earth. So they're trying to stop H'El and Supergirl.
But issue #16 starts with a flashback to H'El's story of his time on Krypton. He claims to be Jor-El's beloved assistant, and he says that Superman's own parents presented him with the crest of the House of El (that "S" symbol).
When he tells the story to Supergirl, she thinks it's odd that she doesn't remember any of it. Of course she doesn't. As readers know, this isn't the only clue we've been given that H'El's story is whacked. We also know he's purposely withholding information from Supergirl about how damaging his plan will be to Earth.
Is H'El flat-out lying about his past on Krypton? Or does he truly believe what he's saying?
Apparently Supergirl isn't picking up on these hints, though, because she not only believes H'El ... she gives him a big smooch. Yuck.
Lack of attractiveness aside, He'll has some really impressive powers. As Cyborg tries to Boom-teleport the team, H'El relocates their destination each time. (This isn't your daddy's Kryptonian, and it's becoming obvious he's probably not Kryptonian at all, am I right?)
Finally, Superman uses his superspeed to tackle H'El, and Superboy face-plants Supergirl. Score one for the good guys. But the success is short-lived. H'El transports himself, Supergirl and the entire Fortress away from Superman and his allies. He activates the device. D'oh!
But that's not all. The herald of Oracle (who has been shown to readers in the last couple issues) says something ominous about his master's impending arrival. Oracle is coming! And according to his herald, it's the second time he's come to Earth.
Out in space, we see the entity known as Oracle, and he/it destroys a starship. And the caption tells us that "The Oracle has a sacred trust it must fulfill... to bear witness to the end of the world." Uh oh.
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Marinepits wrote:We were laughing so hard we had tears rolling, LOL. "It looks like a hairy cheese doodle."
"A Cockwork Orange."
madremissy wrote:.....except for the conversation at the closing of the show. Holy Sh*t I needed a cold shower after that.
Marinepits wrote:madremissy wrote:.....except for the conversation at the closing of the show. Holy Sh*t I needed a cold shower after that.
No kidding, huh? I think I had the same look on my face that Tommy did, LOL.
You are missing the big picture the show is not about Tommy's dog. How a man provides for his kids education. The story is how a 9/11 survivor at ground zero carries on his life when people around him see how hurt he is but refuse to RESCUE HIM. He has done nothing but provide for their needs, their shortcomings, their faults, their wants, janet's need for some sex and destroy him a little more, sheilas neediness, fienburgs being a D@#K, Lou being out of touch, garrity and probies stupidity, black sean banging his daughter, franco makin a conspiracy about something Tommy almost died in. deal with that everyday. Makes me want to down a bottle of whiskey and take a couple aspirin and I'm just watching the show.
Marinepits wrote:CONGRATS! That is really cool!
No posting spoilers from the finale, please!
madremissy wrote:Akkkkkk, Jimmy is hobknobbing with our favorites!!!!! He always looks so handsome in his uniform.
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'''Main page:''' [[Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0]]
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Main page: Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0
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- Learn the benefits and restrictions of each supported call-control deployment option, and choose the best option for your Cisco Unified MeetingPlace system. Understand your deployment so that you know ahead of time which call-control devices you need to configure. See Planning Your Deployment.
- Verify that the versions of your call-control devices and Cisco Unified MeetingPlace are compatible. See System Requirements.
- Install the call-control devices as described in the installation documentation for those devices.
- Verify that the Cisco Unified IP Phones and other endpoints are connected and added to the database of your call-control devices.
- Verify that you can place and receive internal and external calls on the Cisco Unified IP Phones and other endpoints.
- Install Cisco Unified MeetingPlace as described in Installing Cisco Unified MeetingPlace, Release 7.0.


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Solutions to Bullying
So last year, one of my HS classes was really dedicated to stop bullying. Although I saw bullying as more of an issue in middle school, I guess it still happens in high school. My classmates were coming up with ideas to go speak to middle school kids and have an assembly (although I never took assemblies seriously in middle school). They were also considering talking to people in elementary school to prevent the middle school bullying.
How do you define bullying? What do you think is the cause of bullying? Is it just a natural part of life (will it ever go away)? What do you think schools should do to educate students about bullies?
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Bullying should be called what it really is: abuse, harassment, and assault.
It should never be a natural part of life because it is not good or holistic to hurt others.
Bullying Is endemic to all areas of society, and it is just as prevalent in the adult workforce as it is in middle school or high school.
Schools should have a zero tolerance policy on bullying I think, and they should be welcoming and provide warm and safe environments for persons who are bullied to come forward.
Bathing in the Sunshine :D
TheRealEscargotpudding wrote:
So last year, one of my HS classes was really dedicated to stop bullying. Although I saw bullying as more of an issue in middle school, I guess it still happens in high school. My classmates were coming up with ideas to go speak to middle school kids and have an assembly (although I never took assemblies seriously in middle school). They were also considering talking to people in elementary school to prevent the middle school bullying.
How do you define bullying? What do you think is the cause of bullying? Is it just a natural part of life (will it ever go away)? What do you think schools should do to educate students about bullies?
I think they should educate students about education.
Sorry, in the U.S. we have a running-joke called the public education system backed up by fundamentalist religious schools which teach that Jesus used to ride around on dinosaurs. And they don't even call them dinosaurs, they call them Jesus Horses. They're whacked out of their damn minds and the rest are nearly illiterate. If we didn't have foreign students, we wouldn't fucking have any....
I think they should educate students that even after you become an adult, giant organizations are still going to try to bully the shit out of you until you conform to their bullshit standards.
Here's a thought: punch people in the face. Used to work back in the 80s. Are you not allowed to do that now with all the school shootings and whatnot?
Why am I trying to post while I'm drunk... this is just a frenzy of badly edited lines...
A narrative has power, even when its hero is a dirty rodent carrying the plague.
Yoshimi <3 <3 <3
There is a good deal of published research on bullying. What it is... Who it effects... Reasonable ways to deal with it... etc. This is not the forum you should go to for advice. A school councilor can give you some advice, but won't necessarily be the best person. A librarian can help you find information on bullying if you are truly interested. If you have a university near you, they may have a librarian who specializes in education, which is even better. The best of all choice is find someone who studies bullying, email them, and see if they can point you in the right direction.
There are lots of anti-bullying programs out there. They aren't in my field, so I don't know how well they work, but I do know there is a lot of information out there, if you take the time to look.
Bullying amongst children and adults will never cease. That is something people worldwide will have to realize. Solutions to try to help people overcome their issue with bullying could be teaching certain individuals to defend themselves and not make mistakes such as suffering in silence and not telling someone who can help you.
It's a pity schools doesn't have a tougher policy on bullying in this day and age. They should conduct more ways to discipline bullies, such as apologizing in front of the class with their parents present, detention, school cleanup and counseling, to talk on why they need to harass someone who did absolutely nothing to them. If they continue bullying, they could face being transferred to one of those correctional schools for children with behavior problems. The security guard and administrators did nothing when I saw a boy beaten up right in front of the security cameras. I walked up to the main office seeing them gossiping in front of the monitor. It could definitely help lessen the percentage of harassment in schools.
Yes, bully me and I as you said, the bat-shit crazy...
drink the wine and take my hand, and fly....
EvilBunnyFluff wrote:
That was my answer as well.
I'm also a fan of going bat-shit crazy.
Being Scottish, I have a long line of ancestors, who like myself, are big fans of fist fights and deranged women, and fist fights with deranged women. I don't know what it is about violence that's so damn attractive, probably just a symptom of the male mind in general. Personally, I promote violence in all confrontations with unreasonable people. Trying to reach the mind of an unreasonable person is impossible, their face however, presents itself.
If it was a question of intellectual incompatibility it would be one thing, but when someone is targeting you, they're enacting a predatory persona. They must be broken of it, or they themselves must be broken. Those are the only options. Pretending we can turn the other cheek, or apply social pressure with kid gloves, or leave it up to school administrators is ignoring the larger social problem that extends into adulthood.
As for the idea that you can shame inner city kids by bringing their parents into the classroom, are you kidding me? What parents? Some of their parents are actual criminals. If not most. And try finding a teacher with the balls to do that knowing the student probably owns a gun and even with all the metal detectors, they probably have it accessible within walking distance. Perhaps it will have some effect on suburban schools in wealthy areas, but when things have broken down to the point they have that kind of solution is laughable. Locking people up isn't the solution either. So you might ask what is the solution? Violence. Abject, unadulterated, physical pain. As they do across the world and most famously in Singapore -- we need to start caning people. And for more serious crimes we need to flog people with leather and iron beads. Flay the flesh from their backs.
Oh, Ash, you're a sicko! Am I? Am I? Or is it that puritanical solutions have only enlarged the problem.
Gang members brag about going to jail. Who the fuck is going to brag about having someone beat their ass with a stick until they cried like a little girl? Who walks down the street acting hardcore when their ass has been canned? Nobody. We need to make crime and punishment UNCOOL again. As it stands right now, there's nothing uncool about robbing and stabbing people, spending some time in prison, then coming out with "street cred." How about we just rip the flesh right off their backs? How about we tan their hides? How about we hang murderers? Eh???
Nah, can't do that, because Jesus rides on Dinosaurs and he said to be nice to horrible people. Yeah, I'm thinking Jesus was a horrible person for trying to disarm good people and leave them defenseless both physically & mentally.
A narrative has power, even when its hero is a dirty rodent carrying the plague.
You're never going to stop bullying and the best way to protect yourself against physical bully is fight, scratch, claw, bite, poke, kick, and do whatever it takes to inflict pain on them. There is a reason why no other animals mess with the badger or wolverine or the wolverine in the wild.
The mental part of the bullying is the toughest part but I've always believed if you want to get back at anyone trying to take you down and it's live a good life. If you give them the satisfaction of making you're life miserable than they'll feed off of it and keep doing it. If the see whatever they try to throw at you has no importance at all to you at all than it'll likely drive them nuts and they'll eventually move on.
But as far as education against bullying it's just a waste of time.
I was a victim to bullying in high school and teachers didnt do shit for me except tell the other person to quit it which of course never works. So after being pissed off to the limit i kicked the guy who was bullying me in the nuts and threw a right hook at his face when he crouched and told him to get off my effing back... Im sure he heard me while lying on the ground. Bullys picks on those who they see weak and easy to control so if you show that they cant push you around so easily they wont see you as a possible person to pick on. Increase of awareness in teachers would be nice but its also good to stand up for yourself. Of course that doesnt mean i support bringing a fking gun or anything dangerous to school and threatening the bully.
I was bullied because I am short, but I just let them talk and I did not let it bother me. What did bother me was in high school when this like 6'2" kids came up to me (5'5') and started pushing me around in gym, so I told the coach what was going on, he did not do anything. So we were on the court and long story short he and a couple of his friends decided to circle me and harass me, so I threw one punch and connect with the 6'2' guys knee and he went limping/ crawling to the locker room squealing, the others backed off and that was that. Still got teased but nothing physical again after that.
Best thing is just let it go if it is just words, fighting pointlessly and getting suspended or expelled even worst will not help you in school or life. Also tell your parents whats going on, if they are anything like my parents they will help you. Just my opinion though.
That Frolein is One Goofy Cat.
Well, I don't think bullying will ever stop. It seems everyone is bullied at one point in time. But in today's schools (like in mine), the teachers seem to take bullying very seriously. So when I was being bullied by a group of guys, I just told my favorite teacher. And he took take of the rest! But of course it helps when they're all expelled
Dilly Bisket!
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Wow really people still think that bullying exists, they're only bullying you if you let it bother you most people are just naturally arrogant jerks who like to joke around, because if you think about most society these days has dulled their sense of emotions these days especially people my age.