Flowers power memory and fight depression!

Flowers are always an amazing thing to have around, they are part of our everyday life and they are all around us. Flowers symbolize love, friendship, compassion, and celebration, but there are a few things people didn't know about flowers.
Giving flowers makes people more social- studies show exhibited of extraordinary delight and gratitude after receiving flowers encourages more positive behavior in social activities, such as eye contact and smiling. Flowers are a natural mood booster with direct long-term positive effects on emotional well-being authenticating our compassionate instinct to send flowers to people.
Flowers also decrease depression, encourage companionship and enrich short term memories in seniors. Flowers and their essences have been used in medicine for as long as anyone can remember.
Encourage romance with flowers- this is one we should all know, what do women love, FLOWERS all men should know this by now. As humans we are attracted to the majesty of each flowers individual fragrance, color, and symmetry.
If you ever feel the need to cheer a friend up, you know what to do know. If you ask me flowers are the best part of the world, but I'm a girl and I'm totally in love with flowers haha

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Mysterious Cave on Mars

A group of 7-Th grade students from Evergreen Middle School in Cottonwood, California discover a Martian skylight-a hole in the roof of a cave on Mars. The students were participating in the Mars student imaging program at the Mars Space Flight Facility at Arizona State University. The program allows students to frame a research question, then commission a Mars-orbiting camera to take an image to answer their question. Scientist Glen Cushing suggest that these holes are like skylights. At some point the lava channels likely carved out caverns in the rock, and then left behind a tunnel, or a "lava tube" when the eruptions were over. They would have been covered when a solid ceiling of cooled material settled on top, and then sections of the ceiling likely collapsed at come point to form a skylight entrance. Cushing told the students "this pit is certainly new to us, and is only the second one known to be associated with Pavonis Mons." Scientist estimated the pit to be approximately 620 by 520 feet wide and 380 feet deep at the least. The students are very please with their visit and had the opportunities to help and see how thing work when something new is discovered.
What a fun day that would be wouldn't it? This would have been one project i wouldn't want to miss out on, these kids are now a part of history. Its crazy, you never no what will happen and where... this is another reason we should get out and live life!

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6 smart summer snacks for kids!

Summer is here and the kids are on the go, its a good idea to stock up on small portable foods that the kids can take with them when they go to play. Most children enjoy helping picking out their own snacks. Here are 6 snack ideas that are healthful and economical. For healthy kids and a healthy planet, be sure choose organic foods with little or no packaging.

1. Fruit kabobs are easy and fun. Chunks of apples, peaches, pineapples, bananas, grapes, and strawberries places on a skewer. The kids will enjoy and appreciate the colorful snack.
2. Spread almond or peanut butter on think slices of apples, pears, and nectarines. Cut fresh, crisp celery stalks into 3-inch pieces, fill with nut butter and sprinkle with fresh blueberries or raisins.
3. Smoothies are a fun a exciting way to cool down for the summer heat. Combine a handful of frozen strawberries, a medium banana, and a cup of fortified orange juice, soy, almond, or rice milk in a blender.
4. Combine whole grain, ready-to-eat cereal, and granola with dried fruit and nuts in a zipper-top sandwich bag for a tasty high-energy snack to go.
5. Carrot wraps are easy to make in advance. Spread a whole grain tortilla with hummus, top with carrot sticks, sliced avocado, and baby spinach. Roll up, slice in half, and wrap each half tightly in plastic wrap refrigerate until ready to serve.
6. Kids love dips. Hummus and guacamole in many styles are pretty convenient and widely available, but you can mash a ripe avocado with a dollop of your favorite salsa!

The kids will love these snack, but these are also healthy fun snacks for adults as well! I hope everyone enjoys :)

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English 102 :)

Hello fellow classmates, I'm a Jr and a business major at MSSU, i work for my family business, JMTC. All of my family, including me are from Houston Texas the best state EVER!!!!!! I am 22, i have no kids... saving that for later on in life, i have 5 brothers and sisters that all have children so i can hold off for awhile.
I had Mrs. Chism last semester for English 101, she is a great teacher, and this blogging thing really isn't that bad, it keeps you up to date on the news. Feel free to tell me how you feel about the subject I'm writing on in my blogs, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I for one would like to hear it :). Well hope everyone has a great summer, yea i know it sucks we are all in school, and we don't really have much of a summer but lets stay positive! :)
Gina Jordan