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Hi, in this article I will be 4.7 points per game and 3.3 Everybody else is fine for the talking to you about the assists per game. season and they're doing ok. Cleveland Cavaliers The rookies on this team Coach isn?t though. season. The Cavs, this season will not get much playing time He is having problems coaching aren?t doing bad and they are not because of such depth in the his team because they just can?t doing great either they are roster. So until the great players win so he is trying to get his team 19-19. One of the reasons that leave, the newbies might be on the same page and get them they have an even record is waiting a while. The Cavs have a playing great again. The Cavs will because Lebron James is out with while ahead of them if they want have to start working harder so a hurt leg. The Cavs coach is to get a better record and get that they can break that 6 game having trouble with coaching the better than 3rd in the eastern losing streak and start a 6 game team without Lebron because he division, their next game is going winning streak. Anyway the Cavs is the captain and players did rack up without the leadership the points, assists they are falling apart. and rebounds The Cavaliers are going yesterday. Lebron to have to turn it scored 33 points, 7 around if they want to rebounds and 5 have a good season. assists. J.R Smith The Cavaliers scored 29 points, 1 season stats on the rebounds, 2 assists bright side are pretty and 4 steals. good. Timofey Mozgov scored 2 points and James with 25.2 6 rebounds. Kyrie points per game and 7.6 Irving scored 9 assists per game, Kevin points 1 Love is averaging 17.9 and 6 assists. Kevin points per game and Love scored 9 10.7 rebounds per points and 9 game. has rebounds. The Cavs to be tough against Goran Dragic 21.4 points per game and 1.5 next game is against the Chicago and Danny Grangers Phoenix steals per game, J.R Smith is BUlls. Suns. having a good year with 10.3 The Cavs game against the On the 13th of January the points per game 3.7 rebounds bulls went well they won 108-94. Cavs lost their 6th straight game per game, Anderson Varejao has Lebron scored 26 big ones with a to the Suns. They got Lebron 9.8 points per game and 6.5 number of rebounds with 5. James back but they still couldn?t rebounds per game and 2.7 Timofey Mozgov scored 15 points pull through when they lost the assists per game, Timofey and had 15 rebounds. Kyrie Irving game. Even though the cavs lost Mozgov has 11.5 points per game scored 18 points and racked up they all survived and kept the and 10.0 rebounds per game, the assists with 12. season stats going the same. The has 9.7 points scored 15 points and 12 big Cavs faced off against the Kings per game and 7.5 rebounds per rebounds. J.R had 20 points,1 game, has yesterday and they lost 103-84. and 3 rebounds. Lebron boosted his season average of 25.2 is now 26.0. The Cleveland Cavs next game is against the Utah Jazz at the Quicken Loans Arena. The Cavs are at home and they need all the support they can get. The Cavs yesterday won against the Jazz and they got a big win on their part it was a big win. The final score was 92-106. The Cavs sent all 20,562 of the fans home happy and gave them a big thrill. Especially when Lebron threw up the big dunk and jumped 34 inches into mid air. and he got a heaping of rebounds with 6. Timofey All the Cavs players threw up something Mozgov had 14 points with 12 rebounds and 5 whether it was an awesome layup to a monstrous assists. Kyrie scored 18 and had 4 rebounds and 2 dunk it didn?t matter because all anyone cared about assists. Finally J.R Smith scored 21 points and he got was that the cavs won. Lebron James with the dunk 4 assists and 4 rebounds. The Cavs next game is at scored 26 points and added to his assists column the Q at 2:00 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. with 9 assists and 7 rebounds. Kevin Love threw up The Cavs game against the Oklahoma City 19 points and 13 rebounds and 2 assists. Timofey Thunder was amazing as the two M.V.P?s faced off Mozgov had 16 points and 11 rebounds. J.R Smith against each other. The final score of the game was had 15 points and he had 7 rebounds and 3 assists. 98-108. Lebron and Kevin Durant were on a roll as Kyrie Irving had 18 points and he had 4 assists and 4 both of them scored a total of 66 points and they rebounds. So the Cavs went big and got their win both just didn?t stop scoring. Lebron?s side of the and continued that win streak of theirs with 3 and ball had 34 points and he had 7 rebounds and he like I said to see if they could get a 6 game win had 5 assists to put out the previous year M.V.P who streak well it?s looking pretty good. Anyway that had only 32 points and 4 assists. But the Cavs side of season of theirs might be looking up as the Cavs go the ball was still better as the cavs Kevin Love who into their game against the with a scored 19 points and 13 rebounds. Kyrie scored 21 23-20 record and I hope they could make it 24-20 at points and he had 6 assists. Timofey Mozgov only home at the Q. had 2 points but he made up for it with his 6 The Cavs game against the hornets went well rebounds and 4 assists and he helped his team to they won 90-129. Lebron scored 25 points and get the victory. racked up the assists with 8. Kevin Love scored 19 The Cavs have made my prediction come true had 6 assists. Although the cavs have been winning So this season so far was great for the cavs. I have this season it's been more than that they went from enjoyed writing about them, their goals their stats, problems to perfection. Even though they hit some and all their records. So that is my article on the bumps in the road they came back and rose above Cleveland Cavaliers and I hope that you enjoyed it! and thats why the cavs are my favorite team.

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Foster Care By: Ava Pietrzyk

This paragraph is answering the question, including the holidays. Most foster homes carry a ?What is foster care??. When people have no lot of hope for each child?s life. relatives or family, or their family is in a bad place Foster care information is not that hard to they go to foster homes, hoping to get foster find. In this paragraph you?ll learn all about the parents and eventually adopted, or get their parents foster care stats and information. Starting off with back. Foster care is usually temporary, depending ethnicity, 15% are African American, 61% are on the circumstances. There are systems all over the White, 17% Hispanic,1% American Indian/ Alaska world involving foster care. You will learn all about Native, 3% Asian/ Pacific Islander, and 4% are 2 or foster care (what you can do to help, what life is like more races. 52% are Male, and 48% are Female. for foster children, and foster care stats). 54% earned a high school diploma, but only 2% Lots of people want to help out foster care obtained a Bachelor?s degree or higher. There are companies, so if you are interested in helping or the way more statistics out there, but these are the overall topic, continue reading. You can do the facts I found. obvious by becoming a foster parent, or actually In conclusion, I think foster care systems are adopting a child. Also, you can mentor a child. doing good things for children. I learned a whole lot ?Becoming a mentor or tutor for a child in foster about foster care and so did you. Foster children care is a great way to make the difference of a should stay faithful in getting their parents back, or lifetime for children in need of permanency. There are lots of different ways to mentor children of all ages.?(AdoptUSKids). Another way to help foster care is by fundraising and donating things to foster services such as hats, coats, toys ,etc.Everyone who is able to help and participate with foster kids should. Life in foster care may be rough for some children, but it depends. This paragraph explains the life of a foster child. Some children don?t understand what foster care is. Living in a foster home isn?t that different from a regular home. KidsMatter, Inc states that, ?The only difference is that a child in foster care is not living with his or her getting adopted. This article was all about foster parents because it is not safe.? Although children care,statistics, and more. We should all try to help don?t get to live with their parents, they have a out. I care about foster care, and so should you. chance of seeing them. 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Here are some ways of why they are dying: loss of natural habitat, poaching, human conflict, and little funding for elephant conservation. Those are four main reasons why they are dying. In these next paragraphs I will explain these in more detail. Here I will talk about loss of natural habitat. They are losing their habitat because if people want to build, they have to cut down the trees that are there as shown in the picture. In my opinion, they need to build somewhere else, but will they ever listen, NO. Next, I will talk about poaching. Poaching is illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of wild life. They poach elephants for their tusks which have ivory in them. they use the ivory for things like the picture to the right.------>. In my opinion I never , and I mean NEVER buy ivory things because I'm against elephant poaching. Next I will talk about human conflict. Human conflict is when humans invade elephants space and build villages. Then there is the conflict. ?If humans weren't invading the areas in which the elephants were inhabiting, human conflict wouldn't exist?. In my opinion they need to leave elephants alone. http:/ / africanelephantedu.weebly.com/ endangerment.html For my final topic I will talk about little funding for elephant conservation. ?Most of the areas that you can find the African Elephant are areas of extreme poverty and can't fund for things like conserving populations. Other countries like the United States have many campaigns that you can donate to that are raising money for this exact cause." In my opinion everyone who is against this should donate. http:/ / africanelephantedu.weebly.com/ endangerment.html In conclusion elephant endangerment is very wrong and hateful because they are killing them. It is very wrong. I hope you enjoyed reading and see you next time in SOMETHING TO BARK ABOUT MAGAZINE! Toodles! :-)

Types Of Cancer That Kids Can Get By: Maya Lenart

Today you will learn there is cancer in the body it The cancers that most about what kind of cancer is called malignant. kids get are very scary. Some kids can get. You may know ( meh-lig-nant ) of the few types of cancer some types of cancer, and you There are many kids in that kids can get are may even learn some. There the United States that have leukemia, brain cancer, and are a lot of people in the cancer today. Kids don't get Lymphoma. There are other United States that have cancer very often, but if they types also. The most common cancer. You might have kid cancer is leukemia, but it siblings that have cancer, or is very rare. Leukemia friends that have it. I hope involves the blood and that you enjoy and learn blood-forming organs, such today about what kind of as the bone marrow. Bone cancer kids can get and how marrow is the innermost part they get it . of some bones where blood Cancer that happens cells are first made. If there's to kids and the people a kid with leukemia, then these days are very serious. that kid will produce a lot of Usually cancer happens white blood cells in the bone when the cells that aren't marrow. normal grow too fast, and do they can be cured and treated. Some common treatments are chemotherapy, which means anticancer drugs through an IV, and radiation, which means powerful energy waves, (like x-rays) that can kill cancer cells. Surgery can spread out of control. When also be done to remove the One type of cancer that somebody has a group of tumors. In some cases, like kids get, not often but a lot of growing cells its called a leukemia, a bone marrow or times, is Brain Cancer. Brain tumor .The tumor, in any part stem cell transplant could be Cancer is cancer that you get of the body, it is call benign . ( done to help a kid become on the brain. The brain tumor bih-nine ) That is when they healthy back again. is the group or clump of fast don't have cancer. When growing cells that can be found in the brain in or on the brain, but they As the doctors and the researchers are rare in the children. Of all the children in learn more about the cancer that children and the word 73,000,000 of the kids and teens are getting. They are discovering better teenagers in the United States, and about medicines and more successful ways of trying 3,100 of them are diagnosed with the brain to fight the cancer that they are getting. This tumors almost every year. You might know goal of cancer treatment and cure to kill or people that have Brain Cancer, and it is a bad remove all the cancerous cells so all the situation. healthy cells can take over the whole body. Lymphoma is a general term of the When it happens the children start feeling cancers that start in the body?s lymphatic more healthy and better, and the people who system. The Lymphatic system is made of were worried about and were trying to get hundreds of bean sized help and care for them Lymph nodes. Sometimes feel more relieved and they are called glands, that way more happy. I work to fight off the germs hope you enjoyed or the other foreign invaders learning about the in there body. The Lymph cancer that the nodes are mainly found children in the United throughout the body .This States can face. cancer is common but it is not the main cancer that kids get.

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Veterinarians By: Breanne Balata

owners. If your pet have a sickness go away faster. Others serious infection or sickness, may have swallowed metal or a Have you ever wondered large piece of wood. What if it what veterinarians do got stuck inside them? We to help sick animals? have a solution! The animals Dogs and cats. Birds are put to sleep with a special and rabbits. Any animal shot. The shot usually lasts in danger veterinarians 30-40 minutes depending on take care of them. From how much medicine you put losing a leg to just in. The amount of medicine having a small virus, depends on how bad the they take care of situation is. In their ?beauty animals big and small. they may need to spend the sleep?, they are not able to feel In these paragraphs, I will talk night so they can be watched to anything. Veterinarians often about all the things make sure they are okay. What use microscopes to see small veterinarians do to help if there are large animals such cells in the animals body. animals. Some people don?t know Have you ever where to go when their pets wondered what happens are sick. I have a to animals when they suggestion! My cousin are sick and need to go works at a place called to the pet hospital? Vet Banfield Pet Hospital. I have techs are there to help. been there a few times and ?When I was a child I have watched her work with wanted to be a vet. I'd animals all shapes and come home with "lost" sizes. She works at the one kittens and dogs. My in North Market Place Drive, mother would tell me to Aurora ,Ohio 44202. I have put them back.? Philippa had some great experiences states. They take care of there. I was able to help in most animals.? I love to some things . For more take care of people, so I information on Banfield Pet think I'd be a good vet. I Hospital, you can contact always wanted to be a as horses or goats? Well, the (330) 995-0337. vet when I was little.? says animals are taken to a barn, Jennifer. The vet techs must where they are watched. Some have a good connection with unwell animals may receive the pet, as well as the pet shots or medicine to help their What does it take to become a biology, microbiology, You also may even need to veterinarian? genetics, physics, systemic work overtime, which may It takes A LOT of work physiology, and sometimes, mean that you have to stay to become a vet tech. I have English. You would get about over night to watch the talked with my cousins, I know $96,140 per year. The state animals. that you have to go to school also requires you to have to In conclusion, I really for about 3 to 4 years pass an exam before applying want to become a veterinarian depending on your background for the job. You have to be able some day. I love animals. In knowledge. When you go to to deal with the animals fact, I even have 4 of my own. school, you have to study a lot. behavior even if the animals Animals are really nice to work Some things you have to study are not well behaved. You also with . I cant wait to go to are chemistry, zoology, animal have to have a vet tech licence. college

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http:/ / work.chron.com/ education-training-need-become-veterinarian-6828.html Tween Fashion! by: Nikkira McCall For all of the tweens out there here are some fashion updates from 2014 & 2015. In this article you will be reading about the color of the year, fashion designers, clothing, and trade shows. Now you?ll be reading about the color of the year. The color of the year is the best color to wear. Well, last year Radiant Orchid, a tropical purple, was the color of the year stated from industry consultants and forecasters. My opinion is that any color looks good. There isn't just colors that involve fashion. There are also lots of fashion designers. Fashion designers grab today's styles and designs and change them into tomorrow's styles. Wangechi Mutu, a Brooklyn-based modern artist, joined forces with 22 different fashion designers on the Born Free group, involving Miuccia Prada, Isabel Marant, J. Crew?s Jenna Lyons, and Tory Burch. There is still more to talk about fashion.

Clothing is another topic that deals with fashion with skirts some girls like mini skirts or go with a floor-length skirt, but most prefer button-up skirts to be in a confident mood. Guys, they like wearing the latest shoes like KD?s, Jordans, Lebron?s, and more. They also like snapbacks and sweat pants. Clothing deals with trade shows and fashion shows too. Trade shows are when fashion designers show their clothing to other people. On February 19, 2014, retail buyers from around the world met in Las Vegas for the yearly fashion industry?s biggest trade show, Magic Market Week. I know you might be thinking about fashion shows too. Trade shows are very similar to fashion shows because they both walk down the runway. They also show off their clothing (dresses, swimwear, etc.). Trade shows have a lot to do with fashion. In conclusion, fashion is very popular now a days. With all of the new clothing and shopping malls. You could watch some fashion shows on television to update your closet if you want. Just make sure you are dressed nicely because the fashion police are watching you! http:/ / tweentribune.com/ tween56/ youll-see-2015-s-top-color-everywhere-it http:/ / articles.latimes.com/ keyword/ fashion http:/ / www.vmcad.edu/ programs/ fashion-design/ ?_vsrefdom=paidsearch&gclid=CP6Rmev7k8MCFQwEaQod4YYA0g http:/ / www.style.com/ trends/ fashion/ 2015/ levis-net-porter-501-ct Exploiting Workers McDonald?s workers do a lot of work and don't get much out of that work. McDonald's workers can work over hours and don't get paid extra, they still get the same amount as they usually would. Most workers that need jobs have to take this job. They are forced to smile but inside they don't want to. Workers at McDonald's do a McDonald's Fast Food Place lot and don't get paid as they should. By: Jada Richard Why Kids Love McDonald's In these few sentences I will be telling you about why kids love McDonald's. These In these next few paragraphs, I will be kids love McDonald's because they get kid telling you about Mcdonald?s fast food meals, and in those kids meals there are place. McDonald?s is not the place you think fun toys to play with that they love. 37% of it is. Promoting unhealthy food, exploiting the kids chose McDonald's as their first workers, murdering animals, endangering choice of there favorite place to eat. This is the environment, and robbing the poor is why kids love McDonald's and why its their what I will be telling you about. favorite place to eat. Promoting Unhealthy Food. In conclusion, McDonald's is not the Mcdonald?s is not the place you think place you think it is. Its has unhealthy food, it is. Their food is not healthy, its more like that's like junk food. Now that I know that junk food. It has lots of fat and sugar in the what McDonald's does to the food and have food. It could give you bad diseases (such in its food I will no longer be interested in as , cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and their food. McDonald's has good taste but is other diseases) . McDonald's may have food unhealthy. ingredients inside their meat that gives some people kidneys problems. Their food may be good, but in my opinion it's actually not. A lot of people gained a lot of weight eating McDonalds, which is not a good thing.

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Did you know that most people in this world have smartphones? Did you also know that people use them too much and that will probably make you either stupid or make you do stupid things. For instance, when teens text while driving - that's making them do a stupid thing. Also, people maybe can?t sleep thoroughly because of texting or checking apps. Also, maybe people can?t focus on things they need to do. For example, what if someone needs to do something for their job, they will be too busy looking on their phones. Also, some teens suffer from cyber-bullying because they are on their phones. I think people need to stop texting while driving because they don?t know they are putting their life and others in the car in great danger. I think phones need an app that when you are driving it turns off and all the other apps so you can focus on driving. Teens today have been in a car that had a person in the driver seat on their phones texting. So, a result will be a car crash because of this person. 11% of young adults admitted that they were texting or getting texts during the crash and driving and survived this car crash. Some people don?t think texting while driving is a problem, but it is. 77% of young adults said they are very confident about the issues and 55% of young adults thinks it's easy to text and drive but guess what, teens from 16-17 text while driving. 10% of their driving is on the other side of the road. Many people suffer from sleep loss because of their phone. Maybe you?re trying to catch up on work, but you do need your sleep so you can work. This also happens to teens and kids. Kids and teens maybe want to work on their homework or going ahead in their school work. But, then they can?t start to work on one tasks instead they multitask. Sometimes our brains get overloaded and some may pass out from their brains working too long. Did you know over 25% of people today get cyberbullied? Cyberbullying is when kids, teens, and some adults get their feelings hurt over electronic technology. Mostly teens get cyberbullied but it can happen to anyone, even you! If you are getting cyberbullied or see someone else than here are 3 ways how to help: Protect your password Think before you send that post Don?t be a cyberbully You or someone else can always report bullying or cyberbullying and remember don?t be a cyberbully yourself.

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My name is Olivia Krafcik and this article is about new rides . I have been to many amusement parks in the last 9 years. Every year they have a lot of new rides. I am going to tell about new rides. Some of the rides I am talking about are the Space Fantasy, the Medusa steel coaster, and the Extreme Supernova . So hold on to your hat for these awesome rides!!! A great ride is the Space Fantasy. On this ride, you get to ride around dodging asteroids and flying throughout planets .To go on this ride you must be at least 122cm tall. For each guest who is between 102 cm and 122 cm tall, one supervising companion is required to board together. They have special effects like fog, smoke, loud noises ,and blackness! People with motion sickness can not ride this ride. Some of the planets you can go past are Earth and Saturn. This ride is a great ride to go on in the summer. Another ride is the Medusa steel coaster. This is the first hybrid coaster of its kind in the country. The Medusa steel coaster is 3,000 feet, non-stop action. It has steep drops and huge turns that will send you head over toes. This ride is a combination of a wooden track and a modern day steel track. There are two trains each with a freaky Medusa head .You go up 980 feet in the air and then go down a massive hill. One of the last rides I am going to talk about is the extreme Supernova .This ride swings you into the air 50 feet. It will swing 16 riders at a time. You will do massive flips and wild turns. First, the floor will drop out from underneath you.Then, you will go back and forth.finally,you?ll do a flip. You will feel very dizzy when you get off this ride, so people with car sickness should not ride. This is one of the fastest rides you will go on. In conclusion there are tons of cool rides you can go on. These are only some of the rides you can go on. I am planning to go to Six Flags this year and try out some of these rides. I hope you will also try and find time to go to Six Flags and try these rides too. To find more information, you can go to any of the websites below. Have fun!

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I hoped you enjoyed this article. In my This is an exclusive from Taelor opinion this is a great article. Why? Thomas Because I like to eat and cook so this is perfect! I hope try the recipes and wish We all have had breakfast, you happy eating. This is reporter Taelor lunch, and dinner. But have you ever Thomas signing off. had foods unlike spaghetti or fried chicken? Well I will be talking about other wacky foods like The Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe, The Hot Beef Sundae, and The Dirty Chips. Hot Beef Sundae Now the The Hot Beef Sundae is like a meat version of the ice cream sundae. It is layered with mashed potatoes, marinated beef, gravy, cheese, corn sprinkles , and a tomato. You can find this and lots of other wacky foods and recipes at: http:/ / www.foodandwine.com/ slideshows/ americas-wacky-fair-foods

The next food is called the the Dirty Chips Dirty Chips. It is topped with shimmered beef, honey chipotle BBQ sauce, Blue cheese, cheddar jack diced tomatoes, green onions, and Sriracha aioli. It can be found in the OC fair along with the Cave Man Club. Now the final food I will be talking about is called the Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe made with ground Krispy Kreme Sloppy Joe beef, onion, tomato sauce, and cheese inside a glazed doughnut. It is currently sold at the San Diego County Fair. Learn more about the last two foods at:

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Technology Past vs Present. by Edward Kropp

Today I would like to talk about technology 20 years ago vs. now (video games, video game characters like Zelda, Mario, Pokemon and Super Smash Bros.) First I would like to talk about video games. Video games just like phones have evolved a lot since the 90s. Video games started out with Atari & Pong. The game controller used to be only 6 buttons and a joystick. Now we have 14 buttons, 2 joysticks, and a home button (Xbox one)or 14 buttons 2 joysticks a home button and a slide pad (Ps4]). There are way more video game systems now. Let me name a few: the Super Nintendo, Xbox 360, Xbox, Playstation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Game boy Pc, and many many more.

Next, I would like to talk about video game characters. I know it is not exactly technology but think of how many improvements video game graphics have seen. Also there are many new games and characters to go along with it. Let's start with the old starting with Mario. You may know Mario from the hit game Super Smash Bros for the Wii U and 3ds. Mario started in 1981 in Donkey Kong. Since then he has starred in over 200 games. Yeah that's a lot. His brother Luigi is very (not) brave.

Next I would like to talk they came out with Brawl. And about Zelda. I love Zelda. There then now Super Smash Bros. 4. In was a new Zelda game called Smash here are a list of characters Hyrule warriors. Which is a spinoff. in Smash Bros 4. Mega Man, Mario, And about 20 main games. Link is Zelda, Link, Pikachu,Bowser, Sonic, the hero of a princess named Wario, Starfox,Kirby, and Donkey zelda. Ganondorf is the main Kong. enemy in the games who wants power. But Ganondorf is not the In conclusion, I think video enemy of all Zelda games, just games have changed a lot in the most. In one there is a guy named past 20 years. Now we have Xbox lord demon ?Ghirahim?.Who is as ones and ps4?s and 20 years ago his name entitles a demon lord. they had the Atari and Nintendo 64. I also think if people would get off of phones they could find the real world very exciting. People Also I would like to talk now a days rely too much on video about Pokemon. Pokemon is a games and phones. Thank you for loved franchise made in Japan first reading my article and bye. called pocket monsters. But the name pocket monsters then caught on as Pokemon in years time. There have been a lot of Pokemon games like a lot. And a lot of Pokemon to go with it. Pokemon have been around since the 90s and have had at least 30 games. Pokemon are little creatures that are so adorable until they attack your Pokemon .

Next I would like to talk about a new game called Super Smash for the Wii U and 3ds, I mentioned this game earlier and it is amazing. I've played it once or twice it is a great game. You are any Nintendo character and you kick other Nintendo people's behinds. But this is not the first in the series there was Super Smash bros. just normal Super Smash bros. And then Melee came out in 2001. Then 7 years later in 2008 Rain Forest Destruction By: Cristian Rodriguez

If you noticed the past couple of years, people them alive. This problem has spread so much around the have been destroying forests around the world. Why are world that Robert Repetto of the World Resources they doing this, you say, and that?s a good question. In Institute ranks that commercial logging is the biggest this article it will show you 3 types of causes, how it is problem of forest destruction. The extra damage they destroyed by people, how it is destroyed naturally, and cause is causing a lot towards the forest. Landless how it is trying to be saved. farmers are currently being blamed 60% of plant loss in forests. There is another name for them and that is shifted cultivators most of those farmers are forced to On this first paragraph, I will be talking about be pushed of their own land. In Guatemala, forest land how people are logging. If you don?t know what logging has been cleared for farmers for coffee and sugar plants is, it is when people cut down trees and transport them to be grown. The people who were growing it had their to somewhere else. People who do logging defend land taken away from the government. That?s how they themselves by saying that they have logging method got the name shifted cultivators because they have that the forest is naturally grown back and once it is moved to a different rain forest area to grow his crops. In ready, they will cut down those trees. In most cases, this Brazil, about 42% of farmed land is only owned by 1% is not true because of destruction of nature in the rain of the population in Brazil. Farmers without land make forests and logging practices. Large parts of forests are 50% of Brazil?s population. The ?shifted cultivators? damaged only to cut down only a few trees. The heavy move into forests, but they most likely do it from the machinery used to destroy forests and to create roads encouragement of the government. In Brazil, they made causes a lot of damage to the forest. Trees have fallen a slogan to make people change their mind and move to and the soil is compacted by the machinery, which the forest and it said, ?Land without men for men makes a lower chance for it to grow back. If one tree without land.? After a while, the farmers have the same falls, it tears down with its climbers, vines, epiphytes and problem as the cash crop growers. The soil does not stay lianas. A large hole is there in the canopy and for it to rich enough for the plants to grow in it. The farmers are grow back completely, it takes many of hundreds of forced to move to a different area, shift again, go further years. Removing a fallen tree causes even more damage in the rain forest and causes more and more of it to be to the forest and more when it is not carried out of it destroyed. Most of this paragraph is carefully. The wood from the about people causing destruction in trees is sent to market in rich forests for different reasons. countries. That wood is used for doors, furniture, coffins, crates, chopsticks, household utensils, window frames, On this second paragraph, I will be plywood sheets, and other items. So another reason why people are logging is for farmers without land to get land in the forest. "Logging roads are used by landless farmers to gain access to rain forest areas. For this reason, commercial logging is considered by many to be the biggest single agent of tropical deforestation" Apart from that, cutting down trees plays a major role of forests having less and less plants when building roads. Those roads are used for farmers without land to have access to land in a forest area. Those people then clear the forest by cutting and burning down the forest so the farmer can grow enough food for his family and to keep talking about how the forest is destroyed naturally, so it is not completely our fault. Right now I will be talking about invasive species and invasive species are organisms brought from another part of the world and nothing really eats it from that place so it takes over. These weeds are invasive species that are taking over neighborhoods and forests in the United States. There has been invasive species before but they are more serious, are growing rapidly, and are seen more often. Although they are only in Oregon, they can spread easily and they are called Clematis Vitalba and English Ivy. If anyone in Oregon or anywhere in the United States have vines growing very fast either on their property or in a forest, it is almost 100% these plants. They can destroy more than any other plant in Western North America and can destroy any herb, tree, or shrub in our area. If they are left alone and nobody does anything to them, they kill and take over all the other plants. It is not safe at all to leave them alone on your property. They escape by birds eating those plants or the wind taking the seeds and scattering them. They often go from your property to somewhere else and rapidly makes the place worse. These two plants put up when they are in the shade or when a drought happens and are not affected by diseases from the plants and animals here. Our insects don?t do anything to these vines and since the vines take over everything, it gives less food to our wildlife. Most animals can be poisoned by ivy. If these vines continue to control everything, there will be nothing for our wildlife to eat. The next invasive I will be talking about is the Ohia tree and what the Ohia Tree produces, the red Lehua Flower. From the data that somebody collected named Anser said that those invasive trees are changing a rain forest in Hawaii by taking away resources from the original plants in Hawaii. The invasive species that they studied destroy the rain forest by covering the original species in a shade. "Some of the non-native species physically impede the growth of native plants by forming an impenetrable barrier at the soil surface that prevents the seedlings of other species to grow." By changing the soil?s fertility, which is how rich soil is, can attract 120 invasive plant species that are in Hawaii which is said that they are highly invasive. On that note, this paragraph included some invasive species that are in the United States destroying forests so it?s not completely our fault. On the third paragraph, I will be talking about how people are trying to save forests by trying to stop logging or stop the invasive species. Rain forests are disappearing and quickly but people want to stop that, but is not easy to stop it. Therefore people need to work together with many efforts so they can stop rain forest destruction so people can appreciate, enjoy, and benefit from it. These are some steps to stop rain forest destruction around the world abbreviated TREES:

Teach people about how important the rainforest is and how they can try to help the rainforests. Restore ecosystems that have been destroyed by planting trees and plants. Encourage other people how they can live without hurting any parts of the environment. Establish parks so there is more places for rainforests. Support companies that work to make less damage to the environment. So that finishes up the third paragraph and this means that I ask you to help the environment by at least one way so we can get a lot more of our environment back.

In conclusion, all of this has been about how the environment is being destroyed by not only us, but also invasive species. It also talked about how we want it back and how we can get it back hopefully by trying. All the websites listed below is how I got my information for the rainforests. http:/ / www.savetherainforest.org/ savetherainforest_006.htm http:/ / www.soundforest.org/ news/ invasive-alert-oregon http:/ / news.nationalgeographic.com/ news/ 2008/ 03/ 080303-invading-trees.html http:/ / kids.mongabay.com/ elementary/ 601.htm MEET THE AUTHORS

Cristian Rodriguez

Cristian is a 5th grader in William Foster Elementary school. He is an ambassador and a K-Club member. His favorite sport is soccer. His birthday is in July 25th, in the Summer. His favorite color is blue. Nikkira McCall

She is an ambassador in 5th grade at William Foster School. Nikkira is also a Straight A student. Her birthday is July 19. She loves the color purple. Nikkira has four pets: 2 parakeets, a bunny, and 1 miniature poodle. She enjoys calling her friends.

Maya Lenart

Maya is a 5th grader at William Foster Elementary School, and is a hard working student. She has many friends and is funny, helpful and nice. She is a nearly straight A student and is also an Ambassador at her school. She is very athletic and will play any sport she can. Maya's birthday is July 15,2004. Taelor Thomas

Taelor is a 5th grader at William Foster. He likes cars and electronics. His favorite color is yellow. He does swimming and works on remote control cars .

Willie Rose

Willie is involved in a lot of theater in Garfield Heights. He is currently in Pippin at Trinity High School playing Theo and Into the Woods with Garfield Heights Youth Theater as Rapunzel's Prince. Jada Richard

Jada Richard is a fifth grader at William Foster. She is also an Ambassador at William Foster. Her birthday is September 25, 2003. She is now 11 years old . Jada enjoys doing gymnastics. She has a pet dog named , Snickers. Also, she is the middle child of her little brother and older sister. Olivia Krafcik Olivia is 10 years old. She does a lot with theatre. She is in Garfield Heights Youth Theatre. Right now she is doing the play Into The Woods with GH Youth Theatre. She also enjoys the movie ,"Enchanted ". Her dog's name is Theodore Beaumont Wellington the third. Devon Cash Devon is a 5th grader at William Foster Elementary he enjoys school and learning and he is a straight A student and he is an ambassador at his school. Also, he plays many sports such as football, baseball and sometimes basketball.

Eddie Kropp Edward is a fifth grader at William Foster school. His birthday is December 6th 2003. He has nearly straight A?s. He is in Mrs. Kondash?s class. He likes to play video games like the X-box 360 in his spare time. He also likes math and reading. He was also chosen to be an ambassador. Ava Pietrzyk

Ava is in 5th grade at William Foster and she is an ambassador. She likes gymnastics and she likes to listen to music. Her favorite season is summer. Her favorite teacher is Mr. Bobeczko.

Karisma Howell

Karisma Howell is a 5th grade ambassador at William Foster Elementary. She loves to to play with her dog , Dasiy. Her Birthday is July 5. Her favorite color is green. She wants to be a veterinarian and actress when she she grows up. Zach Samarin

Zach Samarin is a 5th grader at William Foster Elementary. His birthday is December 4th, 2003. He has all A's in every subject. His favorite subject is science. He is in Mrs. Turk's class. He likes to watch wrestling and play video games. He has 3 siblings. Tania Powell

Tania Powell is a fifth grader at William Foster. Her birthday is November 30 , 2003. Her favorite thing to do is sing because she is in the Singing Angels . Her favorite subject is gym. Her favorite class is reading . She has Honor Award for 2nd quarter. Breanne Balata

Breanne is a fifth grader at William Foster school. She is a hard working student. She gets all A's and B's. Breanne is an ambassador at William Foster school. Her birthday is November 4th , 2003. This is a little bit about Breanne.