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VOLUME 9
SERVING THE INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITIES Can’t Wait until
BIRTHDAY
Thanksgiving!
FREEBIES
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ISSUE 11
What Percentage of the Haman Brain is Used?
Is Broken Heart Syndrome Real?
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PARENTS GET EDUATED TO WHATS GOING ON WITH ALL THESE APPS! THIS THING IS OUT-OF CONTROL! Many parents are unaware what their kids can access and what they are doing when it comes to Social Media (Technology). Seat your kids down and ask them about each of the most dangerous social media apps that will be listed below. Some will educate their parent, but others will not, some feel it is their secret and will ask like they don’t know, which is untrue. The best way for parent to educate them self is to google the apps and know how to have control of what your child is involved in. Many parents are attending social media seminars and learning about the danger being offered to their children, meaning easy exposure to online predators, inappropriate content, and cyber bullying. Parent invest your time in finding out what your children have exposed themselves to. In speaking to some parent, they have walk-in the bedroom of their child and found them on social media at 4:00 am in the morning. Many other situations, the behavior of the child is getting very upset and talking back to their parent. It has been proven that social media is addicting. Hours and hours of time is wasted on social media. Cell phones should be taken at bedtime. With all the games, social media and internet involvement children are not getting enough sleep at night. School work is affected and if not school work their health, it is so important that children get the proper amount of sleep. We are listing just a few of these dangerous apps and listed the names of the other ones. Google and know what are going on with our teenagers and youth! Below is some experience and comments by teenagers and parent about these apps. (Ask.fm) This app is used for cyber bullying and sexual harassment it’s also used for child predators and for people to actually urge people to commit suicide! This website needs to be taken down! (Snapchat). Several suicides have been linked to this app, anonymous questions and torment is used on this app. There's also sexual harassment, solicitation for sex happens on this app, by unknown people. This next comment is from a student: Yes, Snapchat is so dangerous. It is awful. I have had someone take a naked pic of me in a locker room and then post it on snapchat to her story where everyone could see it. I was humiliated and I still am! Also, no privacy people can look on maps and track down where you live. Snapchat is actually a great way to communicate with others if it is used correctly, but some are making it one of the worst apps. (Omegle) when used incorrectly it is ridiculous and unsafe. A warning, please check to see what apps your children are using! This comment was made from a parent; I tried going on once, here's the types of people on Omegle, The Pervert The most common person on here. Some 30-year-old jacking off. The Kiddo: Some 8-year-old looking for girls because, that's what the kids do! The Predators: These are real people and if you see a man over 40 on here instantly close out. They sometimes use videos of girls to lure in little boys "stranger may be using a simulated cam" is a red flag. The Bots: robots putting up ads for other chat sites.
The Real People: Very rarely, you will find a nice person on here to talk to. But this is really rare - It lets you talk to strangers, which is creepy if you think about it. It's basically video chat with strangers. Not such a good idea... (Kik) Another parent comments, many ignorant teens put their Kik account name on their Instagram bio. This would make them vulnerable to complete strangers and online predators. After what happened to that girl at Virginia tech kik is a very dangerous site for younger kids with no common sense. I think it's safe if you give your Kik to just a small group of friends. Facebook- Virus found this app and websites, Fake social media App and website. Facebook is a good app if it is used from healthy reasons. (Tinder) A comment by a parent: Absolutely disgusting app! Lots of marriages have been damaged and or destroyed by this garbage. Lives are ruined by it as well. This app is of the devil. You can pretend to be anyone and cause only horny people enter there you can guess what things could happen to you. Lord knows I warned you. (Avakin Life) This game is a haven for pedophiles. Kids are sexed up with provocative clothes and suggestive dances, and exposed to players of all ages, in a dating site format where kids get to present themselves as single, married, divorced, in a relationship, etc., and indicate what gender they are looking for, just like any regular dating site. A 13-year-old can easily befriend a 40 or 50-year-old, invite them to his or her house, get into bed or into a hot tub, and have a conversation in a private chat, with only a censorship program to protect them, which the kids can easily trick. In fact, for them it is a fun challenge to bypass the censorship and be able to curse and talk about sex. Most contests on Avakin are held via Instagram, so kids have an incentive to get an Instagram account, through which they can share photos and all kinds of information. Already a 13-year-old girl was targeted by a pedophile through Avakin life. (Whisper) You're basically giving your secrets out to strangers, thinking that it's safe. However, the app lets you talk to people near you, making you lose anonymity. (Tumblr) Comment from a user, I personally really like Tumblr because I only follow blogs that I know are safe. Most of the site is REALLY bad though. Lots of arguments and the userbase has a really aggressive mindset. Be careful when on this site. Many adult contents can be found here. The adventure time fanbase on tumblr will traumatize you! (Yik Yak) If you have never been to a gossipy college you have no idea how bad it is. This app is used for bullying those who are different or who rubbed the wrong way with some people. They banned names so users make codes, but it is still obvious who they are talking about. Sometimes users write distinguishing features about the target, and it shows hate towards certain groups of people. Horrible! Sounds like an alternative way of spelling Tik Tok. You can anonymously chat with people within 500 meters. This has caused whole schools to face rampant online bullying.
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West Valley Water District Transitions to Division-Based Board Member Elections
Contracting with a demographer, the District approved five division boundaries within West Valley Water District. The demographer analyzed population, developer draft maps, and gathered input from ratepayers. Through the process, a series of hearings were held to receive input from the public. Creating districts allows further accountability and stronger representation for all areas within the District. If you are a West Valley Water District customer and would like to know in which Division you reside and view the overall division map, please visit www.wvwd.org and click Find my Representative. Election will be November 5th. Should you have any questions, please contact our External Affairs Department at (909) 875-1804.
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In 2018, the West Valley Water District Board of Directors adopted a resolution transition from At-Large to Division-Based Board Member Elections. Although the District had complied with the California Voter Rights Act, the Board of Directors decided that it was in the best interest of its ratepayers to transition to a district-based elections system.