Natural Disasters

In this weeks article that i read about natural disasters i read about hurricane Katrina that happened in New Orleans, i thought that this is a important natural diasater because it happened in our country. The article was about rebuilding 2 years after Katrina, it was about a 52 year old man whose house got destroyed my hurricane Katrina. He had to watch his 3 year old granddaughter fall off the roof and disappear under the water and his mother die on the roof. This reminds me of Nectar in a Sieve when there is a monsoon and everything gets destroyed. There are similarities and differences in both texts. The similarities are they both had a type of rain storm, people loose their houses, loose jobs and crops. The differences are in Nectar in a Sieve Rukmani and her family are in poverty to begin with and don't have much, and Robert Green wasn't in poverty. I think that both situations would be very hard to be in. 

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I was reading another parenting article and it was about how to prevent yourself from spoiling your kids. At first when i thought about this topic i was thinking that it really wouldnt be that hard to spoil your kids, when i thought of "spoiling" what first came to my mind was just dont buy your kids what they want when they want it or giving them money whenever they need it but as i started to read the article on spoiling your kids it got interesting and i leared a lot. Teach your children the difference between wants and needs, for example every child needs a pair of shoes. There is no reason to get a new pair of shoes every time you go shopping.

Teach your child to save and budget.

Donate items that are not needed or played with.

I didnt realize that simple things like donating toys that children dont need could be a part f spoiling your child.

I was reading a article on preventing childhood obesity, i learned a lot from the article. Child obesity rates are rising. According to the American Obesity Association, obesity among children ad teens is reaching epidemic levels. Around 30% of children and teens are overweight and about 15% are obese in America. I think this is a issue that needs to be changed, Personally i think parents need to set a good example for their kids and they should eat healthy, and right from when their children can start eating real foods they should be eating food that are good for them and they should eat foods that are low in fat. Also i think that exercise is a big issue also, children and teens should be involved in activities and should be exercising daily, like taking the dog on a walk to playing sports. By doing those things i think children and evan adults would be a lot healthier and in better shape. 

I was reading about cancer research, i'm reading about this topic because its very important to me, both my grandpa and grandma passed away from cancer, and my mom has skin cancer, and we have family friends who have cancer and who have passed away from cancer. I think that cancer is a very sensitive topic, well it is to me. What i read about cancer research today was interesting, i read that they are finding everyday changes to prevent breast cancer, it said thatAlong with age and family history, diet and physical activity are important risk factors for breast cancer. And cancer experts say it’s important to focus on the factors you can control. 

“We know that for breast cancer that develops after menopause -- which is by far the most common type -- maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding weight gain, being physically active every day, and limiting or avoiding alcohol, all seem to lower risk substantially,” explains AICR Nutrition Advisor Karen Collins, MS, RD.   

I read the fishing report for Leech lake with my little brother because he likes to fish a lot. For ice fishing this winter has been very good on Leech lake. When the lake isnt frozen its a great lake for muskie fishing, there are a lot of people who go up to Leech lake to go muskie fishing. 

I read something about fun facts about gymnastics and some of the questions were:

Where did this sport begin?


What's the estimated number of participants of this sport in the USA?


How old is this sport?

• Gymnastics, as an activity sport, has been around for over 2000 years but as a competitive sport it is a little more than 100 years old.
  
  
• In the 1830s, the sport of gymnastics was introduced to United States and its school systems by such immigrants as Charles Beck, Charles Follen and Francis Lieber.
  
  
• The first large-scale competition was the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. There, Germany have been the dominant team by almost sweeping every medal. Five countries have participated in this event. Men's competitions included horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, and vault.

I was reading a article about USA junior diving and the program is for divers who are 18 and younger, and you can start from learn to dive to the gold team which is the team that travels and competes in different states and sometimes even different countries. In the spring there are 10 region championships, from there divers will qualify for other big diving meets, like the speedo invitational.