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Bullies As Neighbours

Posted on August 23, 2011 by dhiekanya27

Neighbour Bullying

There are thousands of people suffering the effect of a neighbour from hell either living next door or in their region. In the ACT, Australia, the police attend more than 200 jobs a week related to this crime. That in a city of only some 350,000 and one can only imagine what the bigger cities are facing.

It was a huge shock when one moved into the house next door to me. After a short time when she seemed to want to get along she suddenly started verbally abusing, tossing over my garbage cans in the street, jumping the fence and stealing tools and vegetables from my yard and hurling bricks at my roof during the early hours of the morning. The explosion of large fireworks beside the fence outside my bedroom window at 2 or 3 am sent me hurtling out of bed thinking something in the house had been the cause.

Perhaps it all started with her dogs. The two small animals barked all night long and it was impossible to sleep. Repeated requests for them to be kept quite eventually saw one given away but the other kept up the noise. It got worse when he decided to dig under the fence and present himself at my back door on numerous occasions. Taking him back and pleading for better control of the animal did nothing and eventually I resorted to leaving a note in her letter box after which the real horror began.

The Trigger

One day soon after the police contacted me and in an interview passed on some information about her. The 3 children had been taken into care after she severely injured them in a violent attack that had caused the neighbours to ring them for help.

That may have been the trigger for worst behaviour but who knows. She had lost her licence previously for drunk driving and the family were known for drug addiction and supply.

The Problem

It is not possible to catch bullies of this nature during such attacks. They are cunning and hide their intentions while being active during the night or when the victim is out. Verbal abuse must be recorded and evidence by way of photos or videos is required by a court. This can involve setting up security cameras around the home and not everyone has the money or know-how to do that.

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Comparing The Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet To The iPad 2

Posted on August 15, 2011 by dhiekanya27

As a heavy iPad 2 user, it is hard for me to write this article. I can’t believe I am allowing myself to compare the iPad 2 to a Kindle fire. But I have seen enough evidence lately that shows me the new Kindle may be a contender for Apple.

Now at this time, nobody actually has got their hands on the Kindle fire so there is no real reviews out there. Anybody that says otherwise is flat out lying. I have however done extensive research on the upcoming device and I believe that the Kindle fire is going be a real contender in the tablet market space. Not only is the Kindle already a very popular device used worldwide, but they have just stepped their game up and can now truly compete with android, apple and blackberry devices.

In the new Kindle, you can now read books on a rich, vibrant color screen. You can also read magazines, watch videos and TV, listen to music and surf the web. There is also a built in email function, cloud storage and access to millions of other applications. And this is just the start.

Looking at all the factors of the economy, the holidays around the corner and the ever increasing demands for tablets, the Kindle may have come in at just the right time. So looking at the features above, what does the iPad have that the Kindle doesn’t? Sure, I know you apple fans can come up with a mile long list. But how important are those items when you have all the advanced media functions on the Kindle. Besides, there is always the amazon app place where you can download all types of applications.

Now let’s talk about pricing. The iPad is the highest price device on the market. And it rightfully should be. You are going to spend near a grand to take the iPad 2 home today. And that’s okay for the apple nuts. But what about the people that want to enter into to tablet game for the first time? Do they really need an iPad? Don’t they just want entertainment, media and communications? At a $600 price difference, my vote is Kindle.

 

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