Safety Tips to have a fun and safe Halloween!

Since Halloween is less than a week away I thought I would share some safety tips with everyone, even though most of us are past the age of going out trick or treating. Everyone knows some young children who cant wait to get out there and get lots of free candy so pass this along to them. All of the tips that I found on this website are all pretty common sense but unfortunately people don't think before sending their child off to go trick or treating. Now a days I feel like parents are letting their children go out trick or treating alone or with their friends at younger and younger ages.When I was a kid my dad always took me and my friends out, since he is a police officer he always told me to never trust anyone. The tips that I found were simple but very important. The main one that I think parents need to take most serious is the one about checking their child's candy once they are home. Unfortunately in today's world there are some people who will try to tamper with candy and treats in order to take advantage of children. Another tip that was on the list that I thought was very important was to have a talk with your child about entering strangers houses even if you are going to be out with them. A child needs to understand the seriousness about entering people's houses that they don't know. Halloween is a very exciting time of the year for children as long as they are warned about the proper safety precautions.

To read the entire list of tips follow this link: trick or treat

Men Against Breast Cancer

Since October is breast cancer awareness month I decided to make this article relevant to what is going on currently. This article talks about how mainly women are diagnosed with this horrible disease of breast cancer and how the men in these women's lives need to be more aware of what they should be doing to help them through the process. This one man created the Men Against Breast Cancer (MABC) in order to help other men that have to deal with this awful experience. Before this association was created there was never really anything like it before because no one ever considered what the men were feeling while there wives or significant others were going through this. The creator of this association thought that it was odd how no one else had ever considered what a man was going through while his poor wife was diagnosed with such a deadly disease. I found this very interesting to. It is true that people kind of forget about the man, I know that this disease is directly effecting the woman, but now that men are more educated about what they should be doing, it can make the process a little more manageable to both he man and the woman. Some of the things that men are taught to do are that they should make sure to attend every appointment with their loved one in order to show support and to show that they are not going through this experience alone. They are also taught to show affection and tell their loved one that love is not about looks, its about the inner person. This is a very important one because with chemotherapy comes hair loss and with hair loss comes embarrassment. These women need a strong support system!

In order to read more about this association click here: MABC

What Extreme Sport Gets Your Adrenaline Pumping?

I have never really considered myself as a risk taker in terms of participating in extreme sports that would get my adrenaline pumping. I usually find myself participating in more common sports such as ice hockey or volleyball to get my adrenaline pumping. After reading this article about extreme sports and what it takes to get your adrenaline pumping, I am changing my mind about wanting to participate in some of these activities. Out of all of the things listed on this list of activities the thing that I would want to do most would be to go sky diving. I am not really afraid of heights or anything but just thinking about the fact that you are jumping out of a plane with only a parachute attached to you makes me feel a little nervous. A number of my friends have gone sky diving and they said that it was one of the greatest experiences of their lives and that they felt so free. Another thing on the list was surfing. I wish that I lived in a place where I could practice surfing everyday because I love the ocean and I think this would be a very adrenalin pumping activity. The article says that once you have mastered the art of surfing, when you look at a wave you will instantly feel an adrenalin rush. There was one thing on the list that said you can get an adrenalin rush from and that was scuba diving. I thought this was a little odd because I have been scuba diving before and I do not think that it is that much of a thrill at all. I guess it all depends on what you are interested in.

To see a complete list of these extreme sports click here: Adrenaline

Exercising While Sick...is it a good or bad idea?

I have always been curious if you should continue exercising if you get sick so I decided to do some investigating. Before I thought that when I got sick or when I wasn't feeling well I should take a few days off from exercising and physical activity until I felt 100% again but this article that I found proved me wrong. This article that i found said that the only way you should stop exercising is if you have a fever or your symptoms of being sick are below your neck. So if you are vomiting constantly or having diarrhea or your entire body aches then you should stop exercising or physical activity until those symptoms go away. If you are having symptoms of the common cold or symptoms above the neck such as a runny nose or a sore throat you should continue your exercising or physical activity. The only thing that is recommended with continuing your exercising during a cold is to reduce the amount of time that you are exercising for.

To find out more information about this topic you can visit this site: Exercising While Sick

A Wake-up Call for the MLB

This article that I found is all about an incident that happened during a Cubs baseball game. The batters maple bat broke into large pieces and one of the Cubs outfielders was punctured in the chest. This piece of bat just barely missed the player's lung. Even though his lung was not punctured he was hospitalized to prevent a collapsed lung. This has made the MLB think about the dangers of different kinds of bats that are used. In the article it says that these maple bats are much harder and when they break they break into larger pieces and disperse much farther than the softer ash wood bats. I think that this is an issue that needs to be considered more because of the risks that go along with it. This issue could become even more of a big deal if this piece of maple bat happened to fly into the crowd and punctured a fan. I found this issue very interesting because I am very interested in following sports and when I found out about this it incident I immediately thought that it was a great topic for my first blog post.

To read more about this issue follow this link: Wake up call for the MLB