Atlanta, GA--  A report released by the National Institutes of Health found that kids who are victims of cyber bullying are at a higher risk of depression.  Cyber bullying is defined as the use of e-mail, instant messaging, chat rooms, pagers/cell phones or any other form of technology to communicate offensive, violent or harassing messages to a victim.  The prevalence of bullying is high, with 20.8 percent of U.S. adolescents in school having been bullied physically at least once in the last two months, 53.6 percent having been bullied verbally, and 51.4 percent bullied socially (excluded or ostracized), and 13.6 percent having been bullied electronically.

Listed below are four easy tips, provided by Geek Squad, to help keep kids safe from cyber bullies.

Atlanta, GA--  The 18th annual Bus Trip Across Georgia is visiting seven public schools and programs that are doing things right.  The tour provides recognition for their efforts and showcases best practices that might be adapted and used elsewhere.  The theme this year is “Greater Flexibility, Greater Focus on Results.”

More than 70 education stakeholders representing business, government, education and citizen groups will participate as riders on two tour buses. Several other participants will join the tour at the respective sites.

Atlanta, GA--  Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has recently been granted Provisional Candidacy Accreditation as an Institutional Sponsored Center with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education (ACPE).  NGMC has offered Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) since 2000 and has served as a clinical placement site for students under the accreditation of another institution prior to its recent accreditation.

NGMC will now be able to offer clinical training to area clergy under its own accreditation.  “We are very proud to have received this accreditation,” says Jeff Thompson, chaplain and director of the Clinical Pastoral Education Program at NGMC.  “NGMC is currently the only hospital in the North Georgia area and only the second hospital in Georgia, outside the Atlanta area, accredited to offer CPE.”

The ACPE is a multicultural, multi-faith organization devoted to providing education and improving the quality of ministry and pastoral c