Basketball in U.S.A

Basketball is a sport, generally played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter and mounted at a height of 10 feet (3.048 m) to backboards at each end of the court. The game was invented by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.
A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the basket being defended by the opposition team during regular play. A field goal scores three points for the shooting team if the player shoots from behind the three-point line, and two points if shot from in front of the line. A team can also score via free throws, which are worth one point, after the other team is assessed with certain fouls. The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but additional time (overtime) is issued when the score is tied at the end of regulation. The ball can be advanced on the court by throwing it to a teammate, or by bouncing it while walking or running (dribbling). It is a violation to lift, or drag, one's pivot foot without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball with both hands then resume dribbling.
There are many techniques for ball-handling—shooting, passing, dribbling, and rebounding. Basketball teams generally have player positions, the tallest and strongest members of a team are called a center or power forward, while slightly shorter and more agile players are called small forward, and the shortest players or those who possess the best ball handling skills are called a point guard or shooting guard. The point guard directs the on court action of the team, implementing the coach's game plan, and managing the execution of offensive and defensive plays (player positioning).
Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports.^[1] The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the most popular and widely considered to be the highest level of professional basketball in the world and NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.^[2][3] Outside North America, the top clubs from national leagues qualify to continental championships such as the Euroleague and FIBA Americas League. The FIBA Basketball World Cup attracts the top national teams from around the world. Each continent hosts regional competitions for national teams, like EuroBasket and FIBA Americas Championship.
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup features the top national women's basketball teams from continental championships. The main North American league is the WNBA, whereas the EuroLeague Women has been dominated by teams from the Russian Women's Basketball Premier League. In women's basketball the ball used is smaller than that used in men's basketball. The circumference of the ball for women is 28 1/2 to 29 inches. The basketball in the men's game is between 29 1/2 and 30 inches.

U.S Taekwondo.

Uniteds States Taekwondo.


last month I visited North Carolina. There have a big Taekwondo Community.
Actually, I went there last year for teaching for Taekwondo. so I was going again.
11.12 have a belt testing. It was so big testing.

there are color belt testing

every student practice a lot about kicking, punching, sparing and form.

there have a 12 kinds of belt. many parents coming and they enjoyed! it so good experience with us.

My first time NEW YORK.

I went to NYC on thanksgiving day.

When I was children, I wanted to go there.
Finally, my dream came true.

I saw CHICAGO in broadway.

The day was very cold and I drunk hot chocolate.

That hot chocolate was more delicious than usual. It was special.

And, my friend and I went to Empire State Building.

I will never forget very beautiful view.

It's good memories for me forever.
I wanna go to Newyork again.

My First Thanksgiving

What can I say?!
It was Christmas and my Birthday at the same time.
I loved it!
Eating together is always good. It's much better if you are with your family. Much better if you have money for food. The best when after you eat to much you don't have to study because it's a Holiday!!! <3
I went to Atlanta, eat turkey, turkey and more turkey. I went to shopping on pre-black-thursday because America it's crazy!!! And I love it. I cannot describe the feeling. It's an amazing Holiday and I think everybody should try it once. :)

SMOKY MONTAINS

          Gatlinburg is a small town about an hour away from the town where I live, Knoxvlle. Practically the local trade revolves around tourism. In cities that are close to the mountains, there are parks, photo booths, cable cars, hotels, restaurants, shops and a community of people striving to preserve this natural beauty and are proud to live in such a beautiful region and have a wildlife . After all, the whole city is surrounded by majestic mountains.

         Last Saturday I visited the city with friends and went up one of the mountain to see the sunset from a belvederE that is at the top. Even by car it was possible to enjoy the beauties of the place. That's why I consider the Great Smoky Mountains, as they are known, a great place to go with the family on Thanksgiving because the lush nature is enough to remind us to thank our lives. From the top of the mountain, despite the cold, you can see a green valley, which probably should be full of animals. I woke up very sad to receive the news two days after a fire destroyed a large area of the park and hit the village houses.

Do not be afraid of Working out

Some peoples think if they start working out, they will became very strong such as photo1 and photo2.

Photo1

Photo2

Actually, if your body can become this size such photo3 and photo4, you are the one of those best exerciser.

photo3

photo4

How to prevent become a too strong guy?
First thing is do not eat too many protein powder. The power, that you need everyday, come from the food, which is you eat everyday, enough.
Second thing is do not lift too heavy weights. Reducing the weights and increasing times of lifting is good way to keep your body size.
Final, to find some friends working out together would be better. I am sure that you will fall in love with working out, if you can meet new friends during working out. 
In conclusion, just do it!

That is romantic, is not it?

Christmas without snow !!

     My last weekend was so quiet. I didn’t go anywhere and I did my homework. Also I had my own time to plan my winter vacation trip with my family. It is not first time planning to travel in the U.S., but as always, I was happy to plan my trip.

     I’m going to Disney World in Orlando for Christmas. I’ve never had a summer Christmas before. So I’m very excited it. Many people will visit there and it will be crowded. I can not imagine Christmas without snow, but I believe this will be a good memory for me and my family.

 

     If you do not have a Christmas or winter vacation plan yet, please plan before December. Because in December, prices will be expensive, and good places will not be able to book.   

http://www.makalius.lt/kelioniu-idejos/naujieji-disneilende/

Thanksgiving Day

    Thanksgiving Day is the oldest American holiday. There is no fixed date for Thanksgiving at the outset. Until 1863, after the independence of the United States, President Lincoln announced the Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday. In 1941, the United States Congress will be officially the fourth of November each year as "Thanksgiving". Thanksgiving holidays generally last from Thursday to Sunday. In addition to the United States, Canada, the world there are Egypt, Greece and other countries have their own Thanksgiving Day, but the UK, France and other European countries are not Thanksgiving.

Men's basketball in University of Tennessee.

Men's basketball in University of Tennessee.


I applied Men's Basketball last Nov. 3.
It was just opening game in Thonpson Bowling Arena. Men's basketball team name is Rowdies.
they have some rules. the first one is "Stand up. Let me see hands up!".
students have the option to start with the surrounding area. (Rob lowe with cable sits..)
next is "Big Heads".
Give your student ID to a marketing staff member to recieve a Big head. Return the Big head to receive your ID back at the end of the game.
third one is "Make it Rain".
Use th time during the intro video to rip up your newspaperinto a million tiny pieces. Do not throw these pieces until the vols score their first point.


last one is "Smocey's Roll".
How it works : seven students are selected. Six will be the rollers and one will be on top. The rollers will lay on the ground and roll as fst as they can with the one student rolling along on top. You will be racing gainst the cheerleaders and Smokey. Beat smokey - win a prize.


Tennessee has a 16 players and 12 slippery rock.

Why Do People eat food will feel happy?

   Everyone will meet to make themselves feel worried about things. Some people go to beach to make themselves happy. Someone travel to ralx, but most people eat food to make themselves relax. Why do people eat food will feel happy? Studies have shown that when people eat food, the brain will produce dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is used to help cells transmit pulsed chemicals.This endocrine brain is mainly responsible for the lust of the brain, feeling excited and happy to pass the information. This is why people eating food will feel happy.

The Korean Thanksgiving day!

Thanksgiving day is soon!! It is a very big holiday in the U.S. So many people who is in the U.S feel excited!! I'm also excited because I can eat a lot of delicious food!!

However, do you know Korean have the holiday like the Thanksgiving day?? It is called chuseok which is biggest holiday in Korea. It is similar with Thanksgiving day so we also eat delicious food and meet the all of the family and also talk with each others. The reason why we celebrate this days is that is as same as American. We also have celebrated about harvesting. So even if the day of celebration is different, but the meaning of celebration is same!!!

Between sportsmanship and strategy

There are two different ways to win in competitive sport meets. One way is to perform well myself, and another way is to make opponents play worse. Which way is more effective? Interrupting other players could be an effective strategy to achieve one's goals in sport. However, NFL, the National Football League, has been applying strict roles to their players since this year. It hasn't been allowed taunting behaviors such as twerking, shooting a fake bow and arrow, and shooting a jump shot over the crossbar to promote sportsmanship. The NFL committee are considering that taunting somebody can lead to other's reactions, and it can be spread out among players quickly. On the other hand, there are several concerns that the regulations can decrease the joy of the games as it makes players paternalistic. Many players have been given penalties as the new roles were adopted all of a sudden, and it sometimes has had significant impact on the results. Sportsmanship is fundamental in sport games, but we need to think about the range of it.


Maske, M. (2016, October 26). NFL is cracking down hard on illegal celebrations. Newsela. Retrieved from https://newsela.com/articles/excessive-celebration/id/23209/.

The best dinner with a different cultur

 Today I went to the best dinner ever in my life!
Three Japanese boy invited me to eat ramen with them and they cooked the food for me.
First time I was scared because the boys in my country cannot cook.
But it was amazing. It was the first time ever when I did nothing on a dinner.
Whaaaaaaaaaaat?!
NOTHING!!!
They said no, you don't have to do anything just sit down and enjoy!
I was like, these boys are aliens! :)
It was very wired for me because in my country the women cook and server the food and wash the dishes. Okey some man do too but you have to be lucky to have boyfriend or a husband like this.
I have to tell that, IT WAS AN AWESOME FELLING, but also a little bit embarrassing.
We are friends and they do food for me?! I LOVE IT!!.
The funny part was when we started to eat the ramen. They eat ramen in a different way. Yes I tried to copy them but I'm not Japanese so please don't ask them how did worked for me.
The food is a different thing in every culture and it was fun to try out how the eat ramen.

I will keep practice because I want to go to Japan and I don't want to be a wired tourist who cannot eat ramen in a right way.

So thank you to Ryota, Yusaku, and Taichi for the food and for a good night!!!

Association Football

Soccer, which is the short from of Association Football. In North American "Football" usually is the name of American Football. However, in other English language country they call Association Football as "Football". According to FIFA, "cuju"which is ancient Chinese competition which is the earliest form of Association Football. "cuju" player can hit ball with any part of body without the hand and got point when the ball into the net. The rule is similar to the modern Association Football.

A new place

Have you ever felt out of place in your life?

There are many reasons to explain how you feel, when you arrive in a place that is not your hometown. Sometimes, can be shocking! The first sensation is good, because you are probably excited about the new place. But, when you have to bureaucratic things, for example renting house, hiring internet services, light and others things and does not succeed, you start to feel as a foreign and we realize how much is uncomfortable.

In some cases, a new place becomes stimulating because they are beautiful buildings, differentes products and the people have behaviors commons to their country. However, it is not always that easy. Unfortunately when we arrive at a new place, we naturally feel lost and insecure.

Other important point is that you can take a while to understand that you are in the different place that you used to live. In the most of times you do not know how to act and the tendency is compare. So, you remember your culture and judge the situation only by your point of view; this attitude can be dangering, because can create troubles.

There are many kinds of conflicting situations, but the first shock is acceptable and contributes to improve we self resistance; Also help us to overcome homesickness and soon we start to feel well into the new culture and accept things better. So, this will certainly will bring pleases moments.

Relations between Culture and politics

Even though many people do not realize culture and politics have a similar meaning, they are systems that express the will or habit of most of a group of people. These two systems are confused with the will of the people, because they reflect the decisions made by the majority. In this way, we can think that knowing the political system of a country, knows its people. However, some reasons lead me to believe that this is not so.

Firstly, I believe that the spaces built by the relationship between politics and culture are always filled with tension, because there are different points of view that are discussed in these spaces and I consider this discussion healthy. In democratic countries, such as the USA, part of the population is always dissatisfied with the result chosen by the majority. After all, you can not please everyone and this applies to both concepts: politics and culture. With the difference that in culture, foreigners usually do not like the customs and decisions of certain people; Already in politics, there is disagreement between members of the same culture.

The second reason to think that a people is not always represented by its political regime is based on the fact that part of the population does not support the actions or promises of elected leadership and this shows that people of the same culture can and do have different thoughts.

Finally, in democratic regimes, if the political leader proposes to maintain freedom and equality, he will certainly have the majority vote. But if the other part of the population wants to maintain a more conservative political regime, there will certainly be problems, because people do not always use diplomacy to argue on the streets. Elections are a fair way to resolve this disagreement. Each person has the opportunity to express their decision without having to justify anything.

I was able to attend an important political moment in the US presidential elections, and I confess that I was surprised. Before the result, I saw many internet discussions about candidate A or B. Some people on the street commented on their choice and even spoke poorly of the opponent. But, when they released the final result I experienced a patriotic shower ... people who were not satisfied with the result said: We are not happy but,  the important thing is to live in a free country.  All of them want the new president to do the best for the nation. In my opinion, this is incredibly surprising, because although I am from a democratic country, I have never witnessed so much respect for a legally constituted authority. I believe I learned to be a bit more patriotic because of the behavior of some North Americans.

Have you ever been to any cabin in a mountain?

Have you ever been to any cabin in a mountain? I went to a cabin in the Great smoky mountains last weekend with my KSPO members. Actually, we have our group presentation on this Thursday. We needed a place somewhere to work together, so we decided to go a cabin. It is about two hours away from Knoxville. and is in the Great Smoky Mountains. I made a reservation through Airbnb which is a website about renting a house. Fortunately, we had a wonderful time in there and I was very happy to experience a good place.

Do you like small towns or big cities

    Do you like you hometown? Are you happy there? Maybe most people like their hometown, but many young people like go to big cities.They choose big cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago. Of course, the big city attracts young people. Big cities have great museums, restaurants, and movie theaters. There are a lot of jobs here too. Most of the older people like small town. The air of small towns is cleaner than the air of big cities, and small towns traffic unobstructed. And the small town is very quiet for the elderly to live. I prefer small towns, I like quiet and I do not like the crowded traffic. What about you? Do you like small town or cities?

        This time I am going to describe two benefit of working out.         、 
        First is that working out in a gym can make you get many new friends. For example, when you lift weight in the gym, to do that with others person is a good choice. Because lifting weight is very dangerous, you need others to protect you. After that, you can protect others. Thus, it can build a steady relationship between you and others who protect you while you work out.
         Second is that working out is the best way to keep your body healthy. A lot of people want to go to the gym and work out because they saw the photo of  exerciser’s muscle. Of course, working out can increase the percentage of muscles. If you have many muscles, your body will become more sturdy. Those muscles will protect you to avoid the feeling of pain when you get hurt.

In addition, working-out can make your heart beat more vigorously. Heart in body is like motor in the car. Keeping heart healthy is a very important thing. When you do aerobic exercise, your rate of heart will be fast. It is like your heart is running. Thus, your heart has gotten exercise. If your heart become stronger, it can carry blood to go to any part of your body more easily.

according to Hedgges(2014), some people says first impression is so accurate, and some says not. however, it is so important to make a good relationship for us.

according to Naudrt, it is dificult to remake a good relationship after people get a bad impression. there are some research about that and it shows his idea is accurate.

according to Macneil(2009), the person says to know the first has a big power. appearance and non verval communication have big influence.we must be care about that in a bussiness.

Hedges, K (sep 5 2014) How Important Is Your First Impression Really? Forbs. Retreived http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2014/09/05/how-important-is-your-first-impression-really/2/#538885806169

Naudrt,First Impressions Are Important for Trusting Relationship, Psych Central. retrived http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/01/08/first-impressions-are-important-for-trusting-relationship/3600.html

Macneil(sep 23, 2009) Ask The Professor. Tufts Journal. retrivedhttp://tuftsjournal.tufts.edu/2009/09_2/professor/01/

 

"Three articles about Hunger Marketing"

"Three Articles about Hunger Marketing"

<Research Questions>

1. What is hunger marketing? Hunger marketing definition.

2. Examples of hunger marketing.

3. Hunger marketing strategies.

<Summary>

1. According to Caixin Online (2014), a web site in China, hunger marketing is a skill that many businesses use to promote their product. Specifically, it stimulate consumers' psychology to make them have desire to get the products. There are two representative companies that use hunger marketing often; Apple and Xiaomi.

Hunger Marketing. (2014 December 9). Caixin Online. Retrieved from http://english.caixin.com/2014-12-09/100761296.html


2. This is what Gordon, S (2016) said, 50 seconds after Xiaomi which is the third biggest smartphone company released their new model, the Mi Note 2, it sold out. The model became the fastest phone to sell out in the world. Actually, Xiaomi is known for a company that uses hunger marketing strategy and usually try not to supply enough comparing to demand. 

Gordon, S. (2016 October 31). Xiaomi's Mi Note 2 sells out in just 50 seconds. Android Authority. Retrieved from http://www.androidauthority.com/xiaomi-mi-note-2-sold-out-725955/


3. Apple also use hunger marketing strategy often. We can easily see the people who are waiting in a long line when Apple release their new IPhones or IPads. According to Jones, L (2015), they follow these steps: "hold a press conferences -> announce the date of the first selling -> waiting -> news about new iphone -> queue overnight -> on selling -> supply shortage -> scalpers raise the price."

Jones, L. (2015 October 10). Hunger marketing: a sustainable way1?. Lusisite Wordpress. Retrieved from https://lusisite.wordpress.com/2015/10/10/
hunger-marketing-a-sustainable-way-3/

Breakup

1. According to Howe (2016), Good way to recover from breaking up is not that think about why it broke up, but think more about the positive future.

2. Lapidos (2016) suggests that three healthy way to get through a breakup. First thing is that choose a few words to remind your mind for helping go through such as fast. Second thing is that do not think on one side. Last thing is that share with other people.

3. Saul (2016) insists that no one can sure why Pitt and Joile decided to divorce, but we can assume the reason is from Pitt's cheating with Cotillard who famous actress.



        Howe, L. (2016, Jan. 20). Why some people take breakups harder than others. The Atlantic. Retrieved from http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/01/romantic-rejection-and-the-self-deprecation-trap/424842/

        Lapidos, R. (2016, Nov. 7) The healthy way to break up (without the drama). Well Land Good. Retrieved from http://www.wellandgood.com/good-advice/how-to-avoid-breakup-drama/

        Saul, H. (2016, Sep. 21) What caused Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to break up?. Independent. Retrieved from http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/what-caused-brad-pitt-and-angelina-jolie-to-break-up-a7320821.html

Impressions after performance

1. According to Shalwitz, H (Oct 27, 2011), there are some reasons why performance makes our life better. Theater is advanced expression that a human need to have. It might be called an instinct- to mimic or to act real or imagined characters and events like children. Also, it would influence our feeling and thought and encourage us to consider our behavior and value.

- Shalwitz, H (Oct 27, 2011), 7 Reasons Why Theatre Makes Our Lives Better, theatreWashington, http://theatrewashington.org/content/7-reasons-why-theatre-makes-our-lives-better&favtitle=7%20Reasons%20Why%20Theatre%20Makes%20Our%20Lives%20Better

2. Students who watch live theater have knowledge of the plots and vocabulary of the plays, increase tolerance, and can read the emotions of others better than others.

-  Jay P. Greene, Collin Hitt, Anne Kraybill and Cari A (2015), Learning From Live Theater, Education Next, http://educationnext.org/learning-live-theater/

3. Watching your favorite performance can be effects of connection and understanding humanity. Moreover, it makes people think the emotions that they usually don't feel. What you watched has a plot which extended beyond your life experiences.

- How can watching theater benefit the mind? (Dec, 2014), Erickson Living, https://www.ericksonliving.com/articles/2014/12/how-can-watching-theater-benefit-mind

Research questions

• Benefits of watching live theater
• impacts of watching performance
• Reasons for watching performance

What makes us creative people?

    There is an old saying that “Knowledge is power,” In the past, intellect is one of the most important parts in human’s capacity, but since the internet has been invented, intellect does not be highlighted as much as we did once. We can get any information at anywhere through the internet as long as we are available to use our laptop or smartphone. Therefore, we could say that we are living in the world that is made more account of action with intuition. It is called intuitive decision making. How can we get intuition? Here are some ways to improve our intuition.

    According to Rock (2010), you can get intuition when you are stuck at an impasse, and the way you can escape from it is to release your problem, people usually cannot understand this theory but you have to believe that our subconscious capacity exceed our expectation way a lot. 

    Another way to see your intuition is that being by yourself for a while. It helps you think creatively and meet your inner wisdom (Gregoire, 2014). 

    Here is a celebrity who is famous for a deep intuitive understanding, the co-founder of Apple, Steve jobs said, “intuition is a very powerful thing, more powerful than intellect, in my opinion. That’s had a big impact on my work.” He had valued intuition the most in his work and outside of work. And before he passed away, he had made his marks by inventing beloved products by people all around world such as I-phone or Mac book. He is being called a entrepreneur who has biggest effect on the world until now.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/your-brain-work/201009/how-have-more-insights

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/19/the-habits-of-highly-intu_n_4958778.htmlhttp://readwrite.com/2011/11/06/3_key_business_lessons_from_steve_jobs/

3 articles about friendships

1.
According to Mokeyane (2016), there isn't specific tips for friendship, but deep friendships require four things: honesty and trust, and support and encouragementt, effective communication, and respect. These requirements are important to keep good relationships with your friends. For example, respect is shown by valueing and taking their thoughts and feelings.

2.
Robinson (2016) suggests some tips the way to make good relatinships. The first one is being curious, and listening carefully to what your friends say. Then, you should be the friend you want to have who is supportive, trustworthy, and relisble.

3.
Rubin (2010) states sevral ways for maintaining relationship with friends. She said using social network service, going to meeting, and thinking what is fun for you are significant.


Mokeyana,N,K. (2016). Requirements for a griendship. Our everyday life. Retrieved from
http://oureverydaylife.com/requirements-friendship-5381.html

Robinson, L. (2016, October). How to make good friends. Help guide. Retrieved from
http://www.helpguide.org/articles/relationships/how-to-make-friends.htm

Rubin,G. (2010, January). Eight tips for Maintaining friendships. Psychology today. Retrieved from
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-happiness-project/201001/eight-tips-maintaining-friendships

Negative sides of perfectionsim

  These articles are about negative impact of perfectionism related to productivity, emotions, and health.


  Research question: What are negative sides of perfectionism?

  Perfectionism makes people hard to begin and finish tasks through procrastination. Perfectionists believe that one's self-worth is depending on their achievements. It causes fear of failure that makes people avoid the situations. In addition, perfectionism affects our emotions.People who have tendency towards being perfect usually set unrealistic goals. They often can't reach where they want because the goals are too high. Also, their inflexible mindset, all or nothing, brings anxiety and depression. For health, perfectionists are likely to be exposed to significant stress. It can make people experience chronic fatigue, pain, heart disease, and irritable bowel syndrome.

  http://news.health.com/2014/10/03/why-perfectionism-could-be-killing-you/
  http://www.theemotionmachine.com/how-perfectionism-destroys-happiness/
  https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-modern-time-crunch/201309/perfectionism-roadblock-productivity           

Happiness is The  Effect of Our Choices?

Happiness is an emotional state that we must consider important.  Is happiness  the result of our elections or does it come from our genes?

Happiness is always  important  it doesn’t change with  age, but teenagers are usually the happiest. Happiness starts to drop when people are over 30 due to high expectations that seem far from reality.

Happiness is the result of our choices since we have  reason use. Our elections can be crucials in order to maintenance happiness economics, health, and education, although this may be true, we must choose well: a loyal friend, a good career, a lovely friend, an enjoyable job, a nice house and so on, everything counts to raise happiness.

Is happiness in our genes? According to the study conducted by professors M, Bartels and F. Koellinger said, the genetic difference for happiness are in our nervous system, however it influence is not much than an small part in how people reacts to happiness.

In conclusion we are the happiest generation ever by doing what we like most and having good happy genes in our DNA.

By Mela

1 summary  http://www.livescience.com/52771-why-teens-are-happy-adults-miserable.html

2 summary https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2013/sep/03/happiness-economics-wellbeing-mdgs

3 summary https://the-happy-manager.com/articles/what-causes-happiness/

San Antonio Spurs

   Basketball is one of the most important sports in the United States. The NBA is the the world basketball players aspire to. I watch the NBA games. My favorite NBA team is San Antonio Spurs. Spurs are regular NBA playoffs, is the annual NBA championshio team won the popular team. The Spurs have superstars like David Robinson, Tim Duncan and Keboe Leonard, but the Spurs are known for teamwork. Spurs not only rely on teamwork success, but also by the famous coach Gregg Popovich and assisitan coach team. I love San Antonio Spurs. My dream is to go to the Spurs to see a NBA basketball game.

What makes people happy?

What makes people happy?

ARTICLE 1 CITATION
 CHATEL AMANDA(2015, Mar 20),What Really Makes A Person Happy? 9 Things Science Knows About What Really Keeps Us Content? https://www.bustle.com/articles/70762-what-really-makes-a-person-happy-9-things-science-knows-about-what-really-keeps-us-content

Summary

Having happiness is very simple and easy. There are 9 things that make a person happy by the scientists' research: taking care for somebody, old age, the 5 traits of positive thinking, exercising, enjoying cultures, having pets, volunteering, having sex and not thinking too hard to being happy. As for me, I believe that being happy is very easy. For instance, sharing food with my friends, my dog sleeping on my arms and hiking with my family.

ARTICLE 2 CITATION
TOM SCHEVE, What makes people happy?http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/what-makes-people-happy.htm
Summary

 In fact, for each country, happiness are very important.A healthy and active lifestyle is the key to happiness. At the same time, a good and positive life attitude is also essential. When you feel unhappy, it's better to reflect on yourself. Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Do you have a positive attitude towards life? In meeting these two conditions at the same time, I think we should become a contented person. There is an old saying "Chinese contented people are usually very happy".

ARTICLE 3 CITATION
Eric Barker(2014, March 7), 6 Secrets You Can Learn From the Happiest People on Earth.http://time.com/14296/6-secrets-you-can-learn-from-the-happiest-people-on-earth/

                                    Summary:

A secure and reliable communication circle can also make you happy. You can go shopping with your friends in your spare time. You can also find friends in a stressful time to relax. You can enjoy your time with your lover. At the same time, your happiness comes naturally to you.

What is your Soul food??

Do you have soul food?? Actually 'Soul food' is a food of southern style in the U.S. But in Korea use different. Soul food means if you eat soul food, you can remember about memory that is related on food. Also it is stuff what you really really love, not just like it. I have!! My soul food is Sam-gyup-sal!! It is pork belly which isn't cooked. So I, actually almost of Korean, eat like this.

First, grill it with vegetable, especially Kim-chi. Second, if it was well cooked, picked the meat up and wrapped in lettuce with vegetables. Third, you should eat deliciously!!

The reason why it is my soul food is that my family also like it. If we have events which is worthy of congratulations, always eat Sam-gyup-sal together.

For these reason, Sam-gyup-sal is my soul food. So what is your Soul food?? I want to know!!

What you should do when you feel homesick?

              Last weekend I was so confused about what I'm doing here right now. I felt myself a little

bit depressed because I talked with my friends and they doesn't understand what is going on with me

right now. They said "Panni you made your dreams come true. You are on the right place! You did it!

Everything is good!" True! We all made it but homesick is a different thing when you can not control

your feelings. You will cry on Mr. Howard solders because you had a bad grade on your test, and

after that you will go to the restroom and cry like a baby for your mother you will feel yourself worst

then ever. It can happen with everyone. To connect to my magazine theme I have to talk about the

culture. So being at an other place it's hard. It's a culture shock. You cannot eat your favorite food,

you cannot go out with your old friends make a picnic or just drink and you can not hug you sister

everyday after you went home from school. These are hard things and every culture is different. We

have to learn new things about new cultures and new people which is really hard and make you sick,

home sick or physically sick. But I have some good news. We have some solution for the home sick -

culture sick problem.

Tips if you feel sad, depressed, or homesick:

- Go and if your roommate is not at home get naked! (you can skip this)

- Go on your laptop and search some rally sad video. Like when the army people come home and surprising their family. (it's really emotional)

- Cry, cry, cry.

- If you cried enough let's watch some NIKE just do it video. We need some motivation!

- Done with NIKE? Go and take a hot shower or bath and listen music read some book or sing as loud as you can. Just think for yourself not for others. Be selfish for a day.

- Dress up and go for a walk(with your new friends or alone) and if you see a good picture of a food or you see a dress just go to the store or a restaurant and buy it for yourself.

That's all you can do! Do what ever you want and don't worry about other people's opinion. This is all what you can do to survive the new culture where you are the new guy!


Have a nice day and don't be sad! Let's be naked! :P

THERAPY DOGS Help Ease College stress

Canine Assistants spokes dog and therapy dog "Kevin" works his magic on college students at Emory University.

Students have stressful time before or after the exams week at any university, many sites at internet contains information about animal benefits, an increasing number of student believe to interact with dogs or any pet is important. Dogs provide happiness and relief stress.

           Dogs are able to cause happiness. When people pet or hug animals an smile come out.   “Therapy Dogs” by Kevin Ballance is a positive  Expert Blogger and dog trainer at Canine Assistants, his work is bring together dogs and people. Dogs walks freely  between students and they   are allow to sit near and play. According Kevin and Henry, another dog trainer, the emotional support to feel comfort is instantaneous, hug a dog is equal happiness.

           How to deal with stress at week exams. Some students feel loneliness at the competitive environment at universities. The Therapy Dogs has proved that interact with dogs, help to manage stressing moments, the Scientific explained: students increases the Oxycontin levels it is a stress-relieving hormone, even an small amount of it, help students  focusing on  improve their grades.

           Therapy Dogs have magical effects on happiness and relieve stress, many students have look at this option as a beautiful solution. Dogs are the man best friend. UT the official mascot is Smokey smokeys-trail.com/TN/traditions.html

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