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Healthy kids are really important to me. As a mother and educator I see the value of raising healthy, happy and fit kids.
Healthy Kids Are Important to Our Future: Three Simple Steps To Help Them
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=D_TaRelle_F_Tullis]D TaRelle F Tullis
Healthy kids are really important to me. As a mother and educator I see the value of raising healthy, happy and fit kids. Growing up in New Jersey dancing and athletics were an important part of my life. We were encouraged to play outside every day and to be back home before the street lights came on. I climbed trees and roofs, rode my bike and played basketball, football, kickball and baseball.
Today’s kids don’t do anything like that. If you ask them to go outside and play they feel that’s a punishment. They look at you like you have just turned into someone unrecognizable like an alien or something, not their parent. They answer back with “Why would I want to do that?!” or I want to play my computer game or go on Facebook or watch CSI:Special Victims Unit.
Because of our income I did not take dance lessons as a child in a traditional dance studio. My dancing was done at house parties in our home and the home of our friends and family. Doing all the latest dances was fun and great exercise. It became a love and a passion of mine. Dancing was an outlet and wonderful form of self expression. It was also great exercise and didn’t cost any money doing at home.
As an adult I trained in Classical Ballet, Tap,Jazz, African, Hip Hop and Modern dances and now Middle Eastern dance or Belly Dancing. Because of my love of dance and children and realizing the importance of fitness at an early age I wanted to contribute to the lives of disadvantage youth in my area and expose them to classical dance training at an earlier age, and Pitter Patter Feet was created. During my 18 years, since 1993, of doing this I discovered that dance was an excellent way to develop the brain as well as the body in helping to create happy, smart and fit kids. But all movement helps children to be healthy along with healthy eating.
There are three very simple things that you can do to help your child be healthy. Those three things are one, start as early as possible with giving them experiences that involve movement when they play. Even with infants you can play little games at home where you include movement and singing. The second thing is to be aware of things that catch your child’s interest. Be willing to act on what interests them and explore it further, especially if it is movement based like sports, martial arts, skating, ice skating snow boarding etc. The last thing is to be a great role model. If your child sees you exercising, enjoying some form of movement activity and eating healthy, they are more likely to follow you. Listed below are some ways you can accomplish this.
START EARLY
You can even start as early as when children are in the womb to introduce them to movement by singing and dancing while they are in your belly. This is great bonding and fun for you and your child. Then once they arrive you can sing songs and nursery rhymes and move their bodies to the beat. With older children even as young as 2 you can enroll them in a variety of movement based classes specifically designed for their age and development. You can also take them to sporting events, competitions, shows and dance recitals to give them exposure and see what they are like.
FIND THEIR INTERESTS
By taking them to different events like dance recitals, Little League Baseball, Football and Soccer games as well as shows and even watching people perform activities in the park, you have an opportunity to learn what they might like and what interests them. Kids are more likely to do things that they are interested in and like than if they are forced to do an activity. Even while watching t.v or reading a story to them there are so many ways to expose children to things they might like and finding what those things are.
BE A GOOD ROLE MODEL
You are your child’s best and first teacher. If they see you taking care of yourself by exercising, eating healthy foods and eating plenty of fruits and vegetables and consuming lots of water, they are more likely to follow. Children do as we do not necessarily as we say. Being a good role model is a very powerful method of helping your child to live a healthy life style. But don’t think it’s all up to you though. You can also point out examples of people taking care of themselves in a healthy way that are around them. Not just people either, characters like Elmo, Big Bird, Dora and Yo Gabba Gabba are like stars to your children and influence them also. So use them to your advantage and it will make your job a lot easier.
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Hurricanes rapidly degrade from a category 3, 4 or 5 after making landfall. The same dynamic that forms the hurricane draws up dirt, dust, debris with then changes the energy dynamic and causes rain to fall.
Killing Hurricanes – A Lesson From Fire Sciences
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Joan_McKenna]Joan McKenna
Introduction for the Non-Scientist
Hurricanes are weather phenomena that begin with the rotation of warm air masses over water. The rotation is in a counterclockwise direction as viewed from above looking down into the hurricane. This counterclockwise rotation Is referred to as “cyclonic” rotation.
Under the laws of physics, the phenomena draws more warm air and moisture up into the rotating air mass (cells), and in this way the size, power and force of the hurricane grows.
When a hurricane makes landfall, however, the same process by which the hurricane grew is the cause of its death.
That is, the phenomena over the ocean that drew warm air and moisture into the cells, over land draws dust, dirt, leaves and other solid materials up into the cells. This material is heavier, denser and takes more energy to move around such that the energy that drives the movement of the cells is suddenly transferred to the materials and the power driving the hurricane is quickly diminished.
Also, what goes up, must come down. As the energy driving the air masses diminishes, the dust, dirt, leaves and other debris start falling earthward and as this occurs, it triggers the release of moisture with resulting rain and also, as objects fall toward the earth, they create a force that causes the air in their wake to rotate in a clockwise direction. The movement of the debris downward and the change in air rotation behind the debris acts like a series of “brakes” that disorganize the hurricane air mass. Like punching holes in it; or shooting buckshot through it; or using an opposite motion to “brake”.
What over water was a Category 3, 4 or 5 hurricane becomes downgraded to a tropical storm.
Historic efforts at killing hurricanes grew out of the use of cloud seeding technology. This involved attempts to seed the moisture filled clouds of the hurricanes with the same chemicals that had been used to seed rain clouds over land. The problem was that the warmth and energy of the hurricane cells dissolved the chemicals making them ineffective as “seeds” to pull the moisture down.
What I propose is to bring the land to the hurricane while it is over water.
Scientific studies of hurricanes involve flying into hurricanes either from above or up through the eye from a lower level. A military or cargo transport plane would serve this application.
Fly into the eye of the hurricane with one or more planes carrying one thousand tons* or more of compressed sawdust logs. Achieve an altitude at least half the height to the cell. Fly from the eye into the rotation of the cells, then turn back toward the eye and release the logs into the moving cell. The planes should be banked for a slightly increasing altitude during the release. This will move the planes out of range of being hit with the logs.
The cell will scatter the logs which will fall, (causing the clockwise wake behind them) , and as they fall, the warm air and moisture along with the force of the fall will break the logs up thereby dispersing the sawdust. The sawdust will absorb water and become heavier and cause rapid release of rain. The mass of the logs and the sawdust will degrade the intensity of the cells. The falling of the logs will disrupt the airflow of the hurricane. The hurricane will collapse.
This will take place over the ocean avoiding the flooding of massive rain over land.
This can be repeated if cell mass is still significant.*
The use of untreated pressed sawdust logs is the most ecological approach.
In those areas where other debris may be more abundant (shells that can be compressed, coconut husks, palm leaves, charcoal bricks) the same process can be used. The advantage of the sawdust logs is the initial density and ease of transport of the material.
*One three pound pressed sawdust log will disperse to a minimum of fifty square feet of sawdust fiber. The proposed volume would disperse over a minimum of six square miles within the hurricane in proximity to the core. The rate of rotation could expand the impact to hundreds of square miles.
How the Hurricane is Disrupted August 15, 2007
While some may think that the full scope of the hurricane is not affected by this procedure, they fail to understand the energy dynamic of the hurricane. Much like the brakes on a car, this procedure shuts down the energy movement that is feeding the speed and growth of the hurricane.
The thermodynamics of a growing hurricane are generally seen as cyclonic moving cells over warm water. Warm water is more easily evaporated
While true, this does not accurately describe how the hurricane continues to grow.
More accurately, we would say that the thermodynamic patterns of the core of the hurricane is creating an updraft of warm, moist air which feeds the cyclonic action of the cells.
Warm air rises. As it rises, it turns in a cyclonic direction. This movement causes a lower pressure underneath and within the air mass. This lower pressure causes faster evaporation of the already warm surface waters. If this updraft does not meet cooler air causing precipitation, the cells continue to grow in size. The increase in cell mass further decreases the pressure which increases the rate of rotation within the hurricane and the strength of the updraft resulting in more rapid evaporation.
In putting out a fire, one does not attack the smoke but seeks the source that is causing the combustion. The vulnerable point for intervention in a cyclone or hurricane’s dynamic is by disrupting the lower portion of the core.
By disorganizing the cyclonic flow in the lower one third to one half of the hurricane nearest to the surface waters, the energetic feeding of the system is interrupted.
Depositing the pressed sawdust longs in the lower half of the hurricane in proximity to the core, disrupts the updraft by transferring energy to the more massive material, causes precipitation in the lower half of the cells thereby changing the pressure over the water and cooling the surface waters The mixture of sawdust and surface water requires greater energy to uplift into the hurricane and, if uplifted, creates another secondary cycle of energy transfer from the cell to the sawdust mass, the sawdust again triggers precipitation, which then creates a change in pressure and cooling of surface waters.
Joan McKenna is a reseach scientist who has specialized in thermodynamic phenomena for thirty years.
She hold the first “life suspension” patents for freezing living materials without damage; she has developed controlled mutation to allow for true genetic adaptation to extreme environments; known for her research in cancer and in optimizing immune competence. Her training in Fire Sciences enabled her to recognize the thermodynamic phenomena that would put out and keep down a hurricane.
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Memorial Day quickly approaches as we slide into the home stretch of May. But what do you really know about the Memorial Day Holiday, which should not to be confused with Veterans Day? Let’s test your holiday skills and see if you are smarter than a 5th grader.
Memorial Day Holiday – Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Priscilla_Parham]Priscilla Parham
Memorial Day quickly approaches as we slide into the home stretch of May. But what do you really know about the Memorial Day Holiday, which should not to be confused with Veterans Day? All I know is that most get a three day weekend and the school year is just about over. So, let’s test your holiday skills and see if you are smarter than a 5th grader.
Go ahead and see if you can answer the following 7 questions, no peeking at the answers.
When is Memorial Day?
What was the original name of this Holiday called?
What year was the name changed to Memorial Day?
What president proclaimed Waterloo, NY the birthplace of Memorial Day in 1966?
What is the nation’s largest national cemetery?
What is the difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day?
In what year was Memorial Day declared a national holiday by an act of Congress?
Here are the answers:
Memorial Day is the last Monday in May.
The original name of the holiday was Decoration Day.
The name was changed in 1882.
President Lyndon Johnson made the proclamation in 1966.
Arlington National Cemetery is the nations largest cemetery.
Memorial Day typically honors military personnel who died in service of their country whereas Veterans Day honors all military personnel, past and present.
Memorial Day was declared a national holiday in 1971.
So how did you do? Don’t worry if you only got half of the answers correct, we all remember quite vividly our family members who have served in the armed forces. This day can also be used to remember and honor the memory of loved ones who were not in the military. In 1915, Moina Michael was inspired to write this poem in reference to Memorial Day.
We cherish too, the Poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led.
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies.
As you fire up the grill, head to the beach or just relax at home, take some time to reflect on someone who is no longer with you. Celebrate with others by sharing stories of memorable moments of the past with your loved ones. Imagine, the ability to take an old picture of your loved one who has passed on, add your short story and make it into a beautiful card. Then have your card mailed to the rest of all your family members with just the click of your computer mouse. Your memories will be shared and saved for a lifetime.
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Looking to unwind after a stressful day at work? Why not give aromatherapy a try! Aromatherapy has been around for many years and has gained credibility for being able to relax the mind, release stress and provide sensual pleasure.
Who Uses Aromatherapy?
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Amrit_Pal]Amrit Pal
Looking to unwind after a stressful day at work? Why not give aromatherapy a try! Aromatherapy has been around for many years and has gained credibility for being able to relax the mind, release stress and provide sensual pleasure. It can serve as a form of alternative medicine to regular healing procedures. Some common illnesses that aromatherapy is said able to heal are asthma, headaches and menstrual issues. Aromatherapy derived its name from aroma that means scent and therapy which means treatment.
The essential oils being used during aromatherapy are volatile plant materials and also other organic compounds. They can be extracted from flowers, stems, leaves and other parts of plants. The most common products of aromatherapy are oils, candles and soaps. Some of these oils have anti-microbial effect, however, there is not much evidence that aromatherapy can actually treat medical conditions due to the lack of in-depth studies. There is however, evidence that these oils have therapeutic potential.
Their application can either be through applying the oil to the skin or through inhalation of the scent. You would be able to feel the effects of this therapy once the brain starts to relax physically, emotionally and mentally. The applications of the essential oil on the skin can actually make your skin soft. So if you are looking for a relaxing massage, you might want to choose to go for one that uses essential oils as they would make your skin softer and can relax your mind while you are enjoying the massage at the same time!
There are many types of essential oils available today. Some examples can be eucalyptus, lavender, lemon, and orange blossom. Lavender is said can give a relaxing sleepy feeling, so if you suffer from insomnia, you can choose to try this therapy. The pleasant scent of jasmine can improve the intimate moments with your partner in the bedroom. If you are feeling tired, you can try aromatherapy using peppermint as it is said have the ability to make you feel energized. If you are busy and afraid that you do not have time to enjoy an aromatherapy session, worry no more! You can take advantage of these essential oils without even having to visit a therapist. Manufacturers now include essential oils as one of their ingredients in the contents of products such as lotions, shower gels, soaps, room sprays and even perfumes. So before you go to sleep at night, you can scent up the room with a room spray to make the ambience more cozy and comfortable. However, be careful when buying such products as some manufacturers include artificial ingredients that instead of being useful can be harmful. The prices of products with essential oils usually tend to be higher than regular products.
The best part about these oils is that you can create your own aromatherapy products by purchasing essential oils from stores or the internet. However, you need to be very careful in creating your own recipe as some essential oils may mix well with other ingredients but some may not. You can search up on the internet about recipes of aromatherapy products to be sure that you are doing the right thing.
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