Vampire vs Ghost

Q. What is a Mummie's favorite type of music?
A. Wrap!!!!!
Q. Why do demons and ghouls hang out together?
A. Because demons are a ghouls best friend!
Q. What's a monster's favorite bean?
A. A human bean.
Q. What do you call a witch who lives at the beach?
A. A sand-witch.

Q. Why did the game warden arrest the ghost?
A. He didn't have a haunting license.
Q. Why didn't the skeleton dance at the party?
A. He had no body to dance with.
Q. What happens when a ghost gets lost in the fog?
A. He is mist.
Q. Why doesn't Dracula mind the doctor looking at his throat.
A. Because of the coffin.

Q. What do you call a goblin who gets too close to a bonfire?
A. A toasty ghosty.
Q. Why did the Vampire read the Wall Street Journal?
A. He heard it had great circulation.
Q. What do you give a skeleton for valentine's day?
A. Bone-bones in a heart shaped box.

Q. What are ghosts' favorite kind of streets?
A. Dead ends
Q. What is a vampires favorite holiday?
A. Fangs-giving
Q. What kind of makeup do ghosts wear?
A. Mas-scare-a.
Q. What happens when two vampires meet?
A. It was love at first bite!

Q. Who was the most famous ghost detective?
A. Sherlock Moans.
Q. What do you call two spiders that just got married?
A. Newlywebbed
Q. What did the ghost say to the man at the coffee shop?
A. Scream or sugar!

Q. Who was the most famous skeleton detective?
A. Sherlock Bones.
Q. Who was the most famous witch detective?
A. Warlock Holmes
Q. Which building does Dracula visit in New York?
A. The Vampire State Building.

Q. Where do most werewolves live?
A. In howl-lywood, California
Q. Where do most goblins live?
A. In North and South Scarolina.
Q. Why do vampires scare people?
A. They are bored to death!

Q. What songs does Dracula hate?
A. "You Are My Sunshine" and "Sunshine on my Shoulders.
Q. What do you call a little monsters parents
A. Mummy and deadly
Q. What do you get when you cross a black cat with a lemon.
A. A sour-puss

Q. What is a vampires least favorite food?
A. Steak
Q. What's it called when a vampire has trouble with his house?
A. A grave problem.
Q. How can you tell a vampire likes baseball?
A. Every night he turns into a bat.
Q. What's it like to be kissed by a vampire?
A. It's a pain in the neck.

Q. How does a girl vampire flirt?
A. She bats her eyes.
Q. Why doesn't anybody like Dracula?
A. He has a bat temper.
Q. Who does Dracula get letters from?
A. His fang club.
Q. What kind of key does a skeleton use?
A. A skeleton key.

Q. What can't you give the headless horseman?
A. A headache.
Q. Why did the headless horseman go into business?
A. He wanted to get ahead in life.
Q. What is a ghosts favorite sale?
A. A white sale.
Q. What's a monsters favorite desert?
A. I-Scream!!

Q. When does a ghost have breakfast?
A. In the moaning.
Q. What do ghosts drink at breakfast?
A. Coffee with scream and sugar.
Q. Where does a ghost go on vacation?
A. Mali-boo.
Q. What do they teach in witching school?
A. Spelling.
Q. What do you call two witches living together?
A. Broom-mates.

Q. What is a witch's favorite subject in school?
A. Spelling
Q. Why didn't the skeleton go to see a scary movie?
A. He didn't have the guts.
Q. What is a Skeleton's favorite song.
A. Bad to the Bone

Q. What did the corpse' mom do when her son was bad?
A. Ground him
Q. Why was the mummy so tense?
A. Because he was all wound up.
Q. Why did the vampire need mouthwash?
A. Because he had bat breath.
Q. What do you call a monster who poisons corn flakes?
A. A cereal killer.

Q. What did the goblin say to the witch?
A. I don't know you tell me!
Q. Why didn't the skeleton go to the Halloween party?
A. Because he had no body to go with.
Q. Who are some of the werewolves cousins?
A. The whatwolves, the whowolves and the when wolves.
Q. Why do skeletons drink milk?
A. To help their bones!

Cyberbullying

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC), cyber stalking is "threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at another using the Internet and other forms of online and computer communications." Cyber bullying is similar to cyber stalking but draws its distinction through demographics. Instead of adults targeting other adults or children, cyber bullying involves minors targeting minors.

The federal Violence Against Women Act, includes cyber stalking in its interstate stalking statute. However, because this is the only federal anti-cyber stalking legislation available, most states have had to define the crime further. The NCVC notes that most states' anti-stalking laws cover cyber stalkers' behavior. While some have revised their statutes or enacted laws specifically to include computer-based harassment, others have written their anti-stalking language broadly enough to include both online and offline offenses.

New York Stalking Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 240.30 Aggravated harassment in the second degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the second degree when, with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, he or she:

1. Either (a) communicates with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm; or

(b) causes a communication to be initiated by mechanical or electronic means or otherwise with a person, anonymously or otherwise, by telephone, or by telegraph, mail or any other form of written communication, in a manner likely to cause annoyance or alarm; or

2. Makes a telephone call, whether or not a conversation ensues, with no purpose of legitimate communication; or

3. Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise subjects another person to physical contact, or attempts or threatens to do the same because of a belief or perception regarding such person’s race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability or sexual orientation, regardless of whether the belief or perception is correct; or

4. Commits the crime of harassment in the first degree and has previously been convicted of the crime of harassment in the first degree as defined by section 240.25 of this article within the preceding ten years. Aggravated harassment in the second degree is a class A misdemeanor.

For more details check out the Anti-stalking statues:
http://www.wiredsafety.org/cyberstalking_harassment/us_states/us_stalkinglaws_list.html

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Meanwhile, WiredSafety.org is working with blog (online journal) hosting services. Custom-designed guides will help these services aid law enforcement in investigating cyber bullying. In exchange for WiredSafety.org's safety tips and other support, services like MySpace, Blogger, Facebook and Piczo agree to rewrite privacy policies, store user information (including entries) for 90 days and cooperate with law enforcement - to the extent of requiring no subpoenas in emergency situations.

The kind of threat:
• The communication uses lewd language
• The communication insults you directly - You are stupid!
• The communication threatens you vaguely - I’m going to get you!
• The communication threatens you with serious bodily harm or death - I am going to break your legs! or I am going to kill you!

Evidence should be given to the police as soon as possible. As ISPs vary in terms of how long they save information. AOL, for example, will save information of chat users, such as their IP addresses, for seven days before purging. Other ISPs save information for only 30 days. The sooner incidents of crime are reported to law enforcement, the sooner information can be preserved for an investigation.

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Sgt. John Geraty, of the San Francisco Police Internet Crimes Against Children unit, explains that while there are no laws specific to cyber bullying, there are times when a line is crossed and law enforcement can step in. "Cases that involve threats of death or injury to a person or their family, and which the recipient believes to be credible, should be reported to law enforcement immediately." In such cases, it's important to preserve the evidence. "A copy of the email with the full header information should be given to the police," says Geraty. "This will provide law enforcement with the information needed to trace the sender. The option for viewing the full header is often located in the Mail Preferences tab of your email service browser. If threats of injury or death occur via a chat session, the sender's screen name, the time and date the threats occurred, and the Internet Service Provider should be provided to the police."

E-mail headers for reporting an abusive e-mail
When emails travel from sender to recipient, they hop across multiple computers on multiple networks. Each of those computers stamps information covertly on the emails, which we can use to tell the IP (Internet Protocol) address of each and track back to see which ISP owns the IP address of the computer where the message originated. This information is found in the header of the email, and is not usually displayed by default in email programs. If you enable the viewing of header information, you can identify the sender’s ISP. Once you identify the ISP, you can forward the email — including all header information — to the ISP's abuse mailboxes. Most e-mails can be traced back to the sender’s address. To do this, you need the Headers. These are the codes that are included on the top of most e-mails and with some of the e-mail programs, hidden from view.

For Microsoft Outlook, select "Options" from the "View" menu.

For Outlook Express, select "File", "Properties", then the "Details" tab

Just copy and paste it into the text document report. Turn off the spelling checker, which will try and change the terms in the code, thinking they are typos. The following link will provide instructions for MOST of the various email clients in use today: http://vww.spamcop.com/help_with_headers/

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Play nice and surf safely. You don’t have to be a spy knowing all these, at the end of the day; it’s your own responsibility to make it right.

May It Be

In Times Of

In Times Of
by Kit McCallum

My soul drifts aimlessly in times of hopelessness.
It searches tirelessly for meaning and truth ...
Yet finds no direction.

My heart bleeds quietly in times of loneliness.
It yearns to find warmth and happiness ...
Yet it somehow eludes me.

My eyes seek out visions in times of want.
They gaze endlessly through the blackness that envelops them ...
Yet they cannot see the light.

My ears listen earnestly in times of silence.
They search for familiar sounds to comfort and console ...
Yet they cannot penetrate the darkness that surrounds me.

My arms reach out frantically in times of despair.
They seek strength and compassion to enfold me ...
Yet they find nothing substantial to enwrap.

My mind cries out desperately in times of solitude.
It poses intense questions that demand answers ...
Yet there are none to be found.

My hand reaches out earnestly in these times of confusion.
It dials the number of a familiar and calming voice ...
And gratefully, my lifeline to sanity ... remains intact.

I Have A Dream

Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not snuff out, till he leads justice to victory.

And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.

MATTHEW 12:18-20, 31-32

Nobel Peace Prize 2007

Congratulaions! Former Vice President Al Gore, and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have just won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Gore emphasised that global warming is indeed the greatest challenge we've ever faced.

He said: " We face a true planetary emergency. The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity."

But this is what I like about what he said: " If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. We have to go far quickly."

Amnesty International vs Yahoo

Yahoo’s and Amnesty International’s position on the Shi Tao case

Amnesty International has raised its concerns with Yahoo. The company has responded but has not addressed all the concerns raised.

Yahoo's response claims they received a valid and legal demand for information according to Chinese law. As a consequence, Yahoo China was legally obligated to comply.

According to Yahoo, their priority is to remain in business in a country even if this means complying with national laws that violate human rights. Yahoo therefore balances the requirement to comply with laws that contradict their own values against the belief that active involvement in China contributes to the continued modernization of the country.

Amnesty International believes that Yahoo’s arguments do not justify the company’s behavior. Yahoo’s contribution to the modernization of China must be respectful of international human rights.

The company has a responsibility to guarantee the integrity of the product they provide to the Chinese people, and to ensure it is not used in a way that assists the government to abuse human rights. Internet companies can exert considerable influence and jointly challenge China’s practices.

China has signed the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which guarantees respect for freedom of expression. This right is entrenched in the Chinese Constitution. In this context, Yahoo's compliance with Chinese law is a weak claim to legitimacy. Yahoo risks being complicit with the Chinese government in violating international human rights law.

This article was written by Amnesty International, for detailed information, please click on the heading or refer to:
http://web.amnesty.org/pages/chn-310106-action-eng

Forgiveness Is The Key

Forgiveness
© By Joshua Daniel

WITHIN ME IS A BATTLE, ONLY THE STRONGEST CAN FIGHT
THE DECISION WHETHER TO DO, WHAT IS WRONG OR RIGHT
MORALITY IS THE ISSUE, BUT THE CENTER IS QUITE NEAR
CAUSE EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT YOU, I'M ALMOST DRAWN TO TEARS

IT'S A MISTAKE OF YEARS PAST, THAT'S BEEN GNASHING AT MY FEET
EVER SINCE THEN, MY ERROR I'VE REFUSED TO REPEAT
MY DEFENSES HAVE BEEN UP, MAN-MADE BARRIERS SET
BUT MAYBE WHAT I DID WRONG, WAS NOT TO FORGIVE AND FORGET

WE'RE ALL HUMAN, SOMETIMES WE DO WRONG
YET I'VE BEEN HOLDING THIS GRUDGE, FOR MUCH TOO LONG
JESUS CHRIST ALWAYS FORGAVE, AND HE WAS THE CREAM OF THE CROP
HE'D WANT ME TO CHANGE THIS; HE'D WANT ME TO STOP

IF I CAN'T LISTEN TO HIM, THERE'S NO HOPE FOR ME
THE MAN OF ALMIGHTY POWER, RULER OF ETERNITY
SO THAT LEAVES ME FIGHTING MYSELF, STANDING TOE TO TOE
IT'S SOUL VS. SPIRIT, TRADING BLOW FOR BLOW

GOT TO MAKE UP MY MIND, I'M LOSING CONTROL
TRYING A NEW STRATEGY, I'M GOING ON PATROL
I NEED TO MAKE THINGS BETTER, BECAUSE THIS IS MY DOING
ONLY GOD CAN HELP ME THERE, HIS PRESENCE IS RENEWING

THE CLOCK IS TICKING DOWN; I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME
WANT TO GET TO THE POINT, BEFORE I FINISH THIS RHYME
SO THAT'S WHY I STAND HERE, WITH HONESTY AND TRUTH
FORGIVENESS IS ALWAYS KEY, I'M LIVING BREATHING PROOF

Right Here Waiting

White Dawg Right Here Waiting

Relationship

Relationship is about people connecting, it isn't one thing above another, it isn't about what you want or what the other person wants, in other words it isn't about getting your ego needs met, although it can be that for some people.

Being in relationship is about learning and observing and growing within that connection with 'other'. It is about letting the bondaries go between our self and the other, it can be emotion, it can be intellect ,it can be soul and it can be spirit, or it can be any and all of these things at the same time. But much more than this, no one has any right to put thier parameters and judgements on what they feel another persons' relationship should be like.

Relationships have no boundaries other than the ones we put on them ourselves. Relationships are the cohesion that keeps people connected throughout time, history, culture, race, diversity and humanity. A relationship is defined by the parameters that the people involved in it choose to put upon it and ultimatley nothing else matters. Forget others' judgements as it is ultimaltely your own decision and your own destiny. Only you know from your own place of integrity what a relationship means to you, and when you find it, it will be the right one for you at this time in your life.

Everything you could possibly imagine in the space of a heartbeat, if you choose to let go of all your fears and preconceived ideas about what a relationship should be.