Determination...

This is what I call determination!!

What those sissy lala's should have done to prepare themselves!!

Ball Tapping at School

Jake Arend endured years of repeated ball tapping by classmates, resulting in surgery.

Bob Segall/13 Investigates

It's a disturbing game with devastating consequences, and a new WTHR survey suggests it is rampant in Indiana schools.

"Ball tapping" is the act of intentionally hitting or kicking a male in the genitals. Earlier this month, an Eyewitness News investigation showed the game has become commonplace in some area schools, resulting in serious injuries for students.

As part of the investigation, WTHR also conducted a statewide survey of school nurses. The results are in, and they show the problem of ball tapping is more common and widespread than many school officials had realized.

"New perspective"

School nurses from 163 Indiana schools participated in the anonymous survey, and 33% of those nurses said they're aware of ball tapping happening at their school within the past twelve months.

But a closer look at the statistics shows the problem is much more serious in some schools than in others.

23% of school nurses who work at the elementary level say they've seen or heard of ball tapping at their school. That number nearly doubles in high schools, where 43% of school nurses say they've seen it.

And in middle schools, 62% of school nurses said they're aware of students engaged in ball tapping.

"I would have expected it to be a low number," said Mary Conway, president of the Indiana Association of School Nurses. "I would not have expected [school nurses] to have had much experience with it at all … because I think it's something most kids won't talk about with a nurse. I'm very surprised by this whole issue and it's given me a new perspective."

Among the 72 middle school and high school nurses who participated in WTHR's survey, 50% said they had seen students who came to the school clinic seeking assistance related to an incident of ball tapping. Half of those nurses also reported they had observed the problem several (more than two) times each school year, and about 10% said it happens at their school on a daily or weekly basis.

Some nurses offered comments with their survey responses. A sample of those comments provides insight into what those nurses are dealing with:

"This is not a new situation. It has popped up periodically in our school system from year to year. Students seem to think it is "funny" or "harmless". We have gone to a great length to educate our students (esp. middle school aged students) that this is not acceptable conduct and that it can result in horrible injury. It seems to be a middle grade mentality type of thing. We have issues with both boys "tapping" other boys, and girls "tapping" boys because it gives an immediate reaction."
I heard from one student that he had to have one testicle surgically removed after being kicked in his genitals during summer school. Our school may treat this as an assault if a student or family complains that it is done in a malicious manner. It is probably more often overlooked as horseplay."
"I had a case early this school year of an injured boy, with that type injury, but it was claimed to be accidental & no adults witnessed it. Now, I wonder."
"We had a local male pediatrician talk to the boys about this last year and we have seen a dramatic decrease in incidence of this behavior since then. He talked specifically about the physical harm that occurs and it was very effective. I would recommend a similar discussion at other schools experiencing this problem."
"Just want to fall and cry"

Jake Arend doesn't need survey results to convince him ball tapping is a serious problem.

Classmates began hitting him in the groin when he was in sixth grade and it continued for years.

"I was just the scrawny kid everybody picked on to make themselves look better," Arend said. "If you get hit in that area, you just want to fall and cry, but I tried not to."

By the time Jake got to Danville High School, he says he was being ball tapped every week – sometimes even three or four times a day.

"Sometimes it would be just the flick of a wrist, and there was one time I actually got hit in the area with a socket wrench," he recalled. "When I got hit with that, I actually just hit the ground and just laid there in the fetal position for five to ten minutes for the pain to go away, then I got up and went to class."

Jake never told his parents and he never told his teachers, fearing the bullies at school would hit him ever harder if they got in trouble.

"I just thought 'It's pain. I'll deal with it,'" said Arend.

When Jake graduated in May 2009, he thought all that pain would be a thing of the past. It was just getting started.

Emergency surgery

In late October, Jake was rushed to Hendricks Regional Hospital in Danville where doctors performed an emergency operation. Years of enduring ball tapping had finally taken its toll. Undetected scar tissue had completely sealed off Jake's urinary tract, resulting in horrifying pain.

"It was a pain like I've never felt before. It was like taking a knife and just jamming it down in your stomach and dragging it all the way down through your genital area," he said. "The urologist said the signs can go undetected for years until it hits you like it hit me."

Doctors placed a catheter in Jake's urethra and told him he will need another operation to fix all the damage caused by repeated blows to the groin.

For Jake's father, that recent trip to the emergency room was the first time he had ever heard of ball tapping. "I never in a million years would have thought this was happening to him," said Eddie Arend. "Evidently it's happening at a lot of schools. It's not just his school."

School nurses confirm that's true.

"A real wakeup call"

"It's a more serious problem than what I had imagined," Conway said. "I had no idea the kids were that violent with it. Watching your video, I was appalled and the survey is somewhat surprising."

Conway says the Eyewitness News investigation and survey should be "a real wakeup call" to schools and school nurses across Indiana. She says the IASN board of directors will further research the issue because Conway believes more education and awareness is needed for teachers, administrators and school nurses to help protect students. 52% of school nurses who completed the 13 Investigates survey said they had never heard of ball tapping prior to learning of WTHR's investigation.

"I'm surprised nothing has really been said about it," admitted Conway. "I think any issue that impacts health in a permanent way needs to be addressed."

Jake's father says parents must address it, too.

"A lot of times as parents, do we forget to talk to our own children? I guess we do," he said. "There's nothing I wouldn't do to take away his pain. I just never knew it was happening and the sad truth is, [Jake] has to pay the rest of his life for this."

It's a costly and terribly painful lesson Jake wants other students to remember.

"If you're in school right now and you're dealing with it, don't be afraid to say something," Arend said. "Ask teachers, go to counselors, ask the nurses … I wish I told somebody."

For advice about how to talk to your kids about ball tapping, see WTHR's original investigation.

You can see results of WTHR's survey

The Next Basketball Super Star... Hmmm

Is this vid for real, hmmm. I think not but it is still pretty damn entertaining

Sosa: Cream has bleeched his face. Dudes ashamed to be black!?!

ESPN.com] ORLANDO -- Sammy Sosa says he is not trying to look like the late Michael Jackson, nor is he suffering from a skin infection. "It's a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and whitens my skin some," said the former slugger during the "Primer Impacto" program at the Univision Spanish network. "It's a cream that I have, that I use to soften [my skin], but has bleached me some. I'm not a racist, I live my life happily," said a smiling Sosa during the interview.

Rebecca Polihronis, a former Chicago Cubs employee who keeps in touch with Sosa, said in a Chicago Tribune interview that Sosa had undergone a skin rejuvenation treatment, something very common among women.

"What happened was that I had been using the cream for a long time and that, combined with the bright TV lights, made my face look whiter than it really is. I don't think I look like Michael Jackson," Sosa said.

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WHY WHY WHY?! And to throw an MJ under the skin cream bus? That's just wrong homie, and seriously what kind of dude is so obsessed with his appearance that he would bleach it every night before bed? I mean duh, everyone knows that you are supposed to exfoliate before bed, then apply an avocado and chocolate mud mask and fresh cucumber slices to your eye lids...... and then apply the bleach!! What a moron. But from the looks of it, "skin cream has been berrrrry berrrrrry good" to you Sammy!

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Garden Snake

This Anaconda could have eaten one of those kids within a blink of an eye. That is one enormous snake...

And the winner for best costume of the year goes to...

Transformer

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I have been saving this one for over a month. Halloween is finally here! I doubt you will see a better costume out there.

The economy is transforming into a beast...

Thinks our recent volatile economy has paralleled the life of a Werewolf! The DOW seems to have an unstable fluctuation which has a similar relationship to the Lycan Metamorphosis. The Commodity Metals are seemly coming out of their shirts! Folklore eludes to a Full Moon bringing out the Beast in all of Us , but I would say, the Power of Greed & Envy has much more of a dominate primal mammal feature...

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A guys friends and and girls friends - Cover stories

Friendship between Women:

A woman didn't come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's house. The man called his wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it.

Friendship between Men:

A man didn't come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's house. The woman called her husband's 10 best friends, eight of which confirmed that he had slept over, and two said that he was still there.

Dude dumps his girl on national live TV!

Sometimes you have to be a dick to get the message across. I like this guys style, national TV is the way to go if you mean business. I think she got the message

How to immediately fail a breathalyzer test

Obama & his herd of Donkey's are at it again...

Obama & his herd of Donkey's are getting together 2 raise money for the DNC... $300/400 dinner plates in NY ($2/3 Million Total).... Meanwhile the Liberal National Academy of Sciences revises the # of Poverty from 40 Mil to 47 Mil... Wouldn't it be funny if they actually bred Donkeys to feed the Poor? Double Entendre??
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Motorcyclist texting while driving

Wow, Really Bro?...

Chad Ocho Cinco Johnson on- Child Please - Kiss the baby - His diet

I can never watch this video enough. I can guarantee that Chad will have a promising career as a comedian after he retires from the NFL.

Drunkest guy ever goes back for more beer! Can you say AlCoHoLiC

This is just ridiculous! Drunks like this should be kept on a secluded compound full of beer and video cameras for public entertainment.

Spiritual Help Guru James Arthur Ray put on BLAST

Should of gone 2 school 2 become a self help "Guru," or Snake Oil salesman. $9k per individual, per week, for seminars 2 become a "Spiritual Warrior." Over 5500 individuals went to James Arthur Ray's retreats last year!! $10 Mil. Book Sales. Amazing! Now his Sweat Lodge collapse & kills a couple of Brainwashees. Who's 2 blame? god or James Arthur Ray?? I guess whoever you write your check too.
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Eddie Murphy - ALL MEN CHEAT

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Pee Prank

This dog is a hero! This is why dogs are such amazing animals

Mans best friend strikes again! Only this time he is saving one of his buddies. I truly love dogs more then I love people!!!
Here's the main reason why: (Joke of the day)
Lock your dog and your girlfriend (or your wife) in the trunk of your car for half an hour!! After the half hour is up go let them both out and see who is happy to see you!
That's why we call them "MANS BEST FRIEND"

Baby gets run over by a train… AND SURVIVES!!

um......wow!

- young

(Post by Young King-- youngkingtv.com)

This is a great highlight trailer! Super Entertaining

Singer Leona Lewis gets punched in the face... BY A DUDE!!

LONDON, England (CNN) -- British singer Leona Lewis was "understandably shaken" after a man attacked her during a book signing in central London Wednesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for her record label said.
A 29-year-old man was arrested after he punched Lewis at the Waterstones bookstore in Piccadilly Circus at 4:36 p.m. (10:36 a.m. ET), according to a Scotland Yard statement.
She was signing copies of her new autobiography "Dreams" when the "unprovoked attack" happened, said Sarah Weinstein Dennison of the RCA Music Group.......
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I didn't hear her last album but it couldn't have been that bad, right? Maybe he hit her because he liked her.... like in elementary school. Or maybe he has a problem with extremely hot chicks who look at him funny because he's 29 and wears Micky Mouse t-shirts and still lives with Mummy and Daddy and drinks warm beer, loves watching Guy Ritchie movies while snacking on crumpets and sips tea twice a day?

-young
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THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE!! PICK ME...

Now this is what I call talent! WOW

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Mike "I'll eat your children" Tyson being interviewed by Oprah

Just another funny Mike Tyson Interview. He will never change!! I love how he admits he is a psychopath. "I truly wanted to sock her", he says on national television. If you have ever seen any footage of Iron Mike Tyson from any of his past interviews then you know he is an absolute neanderthal maniac with the mentality of a wild animal a short fuse.

Banks are still not giving out loans!! Obama bill is causing our currency to go down!!

Why R Banks still holding out on SBA loans? Half our job market is correlated 2 Small Business. It’s not like our Fed doesn't have the $$$. Our president is printing so much $$ that the $100 bill depreciated to $86 dollars & the image of Obama took the place of Ben Franklin. Obama is also personally signing the new $100, which depreciated again to $80. I’ve seen Billy Ripkin "F>ck Face" baseball cards w/ more value!
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Best DUI stop you have ever seen!

Best DUI stop ever.. | User Video | SPIKE.com

If you don't find this amusing then you have no sense of humor!! This guy is a pro at taking these drunk tests. Who can even say the alphabet backwards when they are sober? Not me...

Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Obama! Really Bro, wow...

I just fell out of my chair while reading the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize! What's next on his list, an Oscar!! He could become the new Marlboro Man. Both of those would make more sense. He can have my Grandfather's Purple Heart from WWII, for sending more troops into Afghanistan. Do you think the committee was greased? This basically guarantees a 2nd term in office.
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Hefs new crop of Hoes

Check out Hef's new live-in hookers. Once you get past the fact that he CAN'T please you sexually in any way, he's really a great boyfriend. He owns a BIG house, nice cars, has tons of money and his own magazine.... What else can a young lady with an IQ of 3 want in life. Just be home by 9 pm or else your ass is gonna be left in Vegas posing for pics at Wet Republic like his ex-slave Holly.

Wait, lemme guess..... you want to be an actress?! By actress you mean the property of a Saudi Prince or some other wealthy old man by 2012 right?
PERFECT!!

- young

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COURAGE

What is the meaning of courage?

Is it to fight a bull in a bullfight?

Is it to drive a formula 1 car?

Is it to fly a fighter in combat?

Is it to practice free falling parachuting?

Is it bungee jumping, wild water rafting?

Is it to gamble your salary on a coin toss?

Is it to insult the doorman in a bar?

Is it to insult your boss?

Is it to go on a defective ferris
wheel?


Nope! None of those are half as courageous as this!



THIS is COURAGE!!!

Talk about ruining the best day in a girls life!!

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All I can say to this one is, REALLY BRO...

Jewish girl pranks her parents and almost gives "Dad" a heart attack

Jewish Girl Prank Calls Her Parents - Watch more Funny Videos

Good lord, it would be a little overwhelming to have parents that are this aggressive! I think somebody needs to let them know that Judaism is a religion and not a nationality! Yes yes yes, I get it. It is a religious culture thing and that is how they live their lives. However, let’s not forget that there are; Italian Jews, Mexican Jews, Caucasian Jews and etc... Not every Jew is an Israeli from the mother land! This girls parents are definitely the stereotypical type of Jews that everybody likes to make fun of, uneducated and ignorant with thick east coast Yiddish accents.

It won’t be the end of the world if your kid ends up with somebody that is a different nationality or religion. Your grandkids won’t be born with 3 arms or a monster unibrow I promise!

This is what I call losing your marbles

Belgian farmer uses his cow’s milk as weapon of choice in protest

Really Bro? Yeah, get them with your cows milk! That will show them...

Over 3,000 pissed off farmers gathered together at the EU’s headquarters in Brussels September 5th to protest the fallen milk prices. The protest wasn’t anything to be taken lightly as the farmers had driven huge tractors on to the major highway entrances into Brussels causing an outrageous traffic jam close to 25 miles beyond the city limits.

The Farmers are demanding that EU officials put a limit of production through quotas to drive the prices back up. Their main argument is that production costs are now up twice as high as the market price, which is causing them to lose money.

As the farmers squirted hundreds of shaken up beers at police they also threw rocks and bottles but there was one farmer that got creative and took it a step further. He began squirting the milk directly from his cow at the riot police forcing them to used their shields to protect themselves from the fresh milk. -Mail Online World News

If you ask me I say they gotta do what they gotta do. If they are losing money they can either sit on their ass’s and complain about it or they can do something to fix the problem. Besides if you really think about it would you rather protest to a bunch of pussy riot police or deal with you’re oversized pissed off Belgian wife?

From ‘Damaged’ to Desperate – The rise and fall of a sad sad broad

Here is one out of a few pics that Aubry O'Day posted on her Twitter account for fans [ and/or me].Ok I get it. Trust me sexy ladies, I get it. I've seen enough internet porn to know that a scantily clad 20 something, is .... well, SEX..... BUT LORD HAVE MERCY. At what point can we just say that Aubry O'Day [of Diddy's penis fame] is just a sad little whore? I mean dont get me wrong. There is a small possibility that I will retract this statement. You know, like when I build a time machine and go back to Making the Band Season 4 (?) when she didn't have deformed horrendous looking lips.- young -- Post by Young King - youngkingtv.blogspot.com

Wondering what world Hollywood is from? I can't believe how many Hollywood Morons signed Polanski's petition. (The Swiss denied his request to be released from Prision) It's just as horrible as all the Fing rejects who think Michael Jackson should be praised as well. Just because he is an "...artist" he gets leniency? RP & MJ's supporters should be concerned for the children who lost their youth, not a Celebrities clemency? Pull ur head out of your A$$ America!! Post by GHW

Married Life

Married Life:

Three women: one engaged, one married, and one a mistress, are chatting about their relationships and decide to amaze their men... That night all three would wear a leather bodice S&M style, stilettos and mask over their eyes. After a few days the women met again...

The engaged girlfriend said: 'The other night, when my boyfriend came back home, he found me in the leather bodice, stilettos and mask. He said, You are the woman of my dreams, I love you... Then we made love all night long.

The mistress stated: Oh Yes! The other night we met at his office. I was wearing the leather bodice, mega stilettos, mask over my eyes and a raincoat. When I opened the raincoat, he didn't say a word. His jaw dropped and we had wild sex all night!

The married one then said: The other night I sent the kids to stay at my mothers for the night, I got myself ready, leather bodice, super stilettos and mask over my eyes and all. My husband came in from work, grabbed the TV controller and a beer, and said, "Hey Batman, what's for dinner?"

- The Conductor

Young King

When breaking news in Iraq the Taliban is WACK and when Octo-Mom is too FAT....... come to ReallyBro.blogspot.com for Young Kings inside scoop to all things Hollywood. WHY?! Because it’s more interesting than your stupid blog!!! As a hip hop artists, film producer and VIP host in Hollywood I see it all. If you have something to say then say it! Speak before you think, be harsh but honest and always be real…-young (Blog by Young King) Youngkingtv.blogspot.com

GHW

Who is GHW? Newport/USC(Finance) Grad level Ed.(Special Ed & Rehab)Worked w/ Special Needs students 4..2 yrs. Lost hope in the system & society. Currently works in Advertising (stimulating). I love playing the Devil’s Advocate everyday not just on Halloween. I don't have sympathy for life, but I am uber protective of those who can't defend themselves. Uncomfortable is a Great Feeling! -Post by GHW

The Conductor

They call me The Conductor; The world we live in is full of extremely weird, pretentious, self absorbed,sick, crazy, psychotic and interesting people. As a result a lot or weird and entertaining shit goes down on a day to day basis. I like to speak up for what I think is right and wrong as well as put people on blast for acting stupid. I like to screw with people to get a reaction out of them. Especially people that take themselves too seriously and girls who think they are super hot. Oh yeah let’s not forget about all the off the wall politicians, kooky celebrities, wanna be models, actors and D-Bags of the night life scene.
People that talk slow annoy me! I have no problem telling people "to go kick rocks," but only if they deserve it and I think it's hilarious to watch creepy dudes hit on girls... Let me put it like this! If you try too hard, we will make fun of you!

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