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Dear Kids, It’s the MOST wonderful time of the year!

It’s December, and yes, it really is a wonderful time of year. To me, December means holidays (and that means presents!), winter weather and hot chocolate!

Last week when I was hurrying around the mall, I saw people rushing around like crazy to buy presents and get places. I noticed that they didn’t seem so happy. And then I realized, there’s more to the holiday season than that. The holidays are also special time to spend time with your family and friends. I like to have a game night with my family around the fireplace, complete with hot chocolate, of course. Don’t get me wrong; I do love presents, but sometimes it’s more important to give than to get. And a lot of times, you can give something you make yourself that will mean more to your family or friends than something you buy.

This year, I challenge you to not get caught up in the Christmas craziness or the Hanukkah hurries. Instead, go back and read about the holiday you are celebrating. Remember the reason for the season. Slow down, spend time with your family and make something for someone. Come on, I dare you!

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Christians all over the world celebrate December 25 as Christmas, the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. Families usually have their own traditions around the holiday. They may decorate a Christmas tree, sing Christmas carols, have a big family meal, open gifts and go to church with the family. Some families include traditions from their ancestors, such as burning a Yule log, kissing under the mistletoe or burying good-luck trinkets in a cake. Have you ever wondered why we do some of the things we do during the holidays? The facts below just might explain a few of these holiday happenings!

In places all over the world, gifts are often brought to children by a mysterious, magical figure. In the United States, Santa Claus is thought to bring the gifts. Santa is a jolly, fat fellow in a red suit with fur trim. The original Santa Claus is thought to have been Saint Nicholas, a 4th-century bishop in Asia Minor who was famous for his generosity.

He became the patron saint of children. The children of Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands still know him as Saint Nicholas.

In the Middle Ages, a tree called the Paradise Tree, an evergreen hung with apples, was a prop in a play about Adam and Eve. People began to set up similar trees in their homes on December 24, the feast day of Adam and Eve. As the trees became more associated with Christmas, people added candles, cookies and other decorations. The Christmas-tree custom was introduced in the United States by German settlers in the 1700s. But they did not become popular until the mid-1800s, when a German prince, Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, married Queen Victoria of England and had a decorated Christmas tree set up in Windsor Castle.

The first Christmas greeting card was designed in England in 1843 by an artist named John C. Horsley. The design showed a family party, with the words “A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You” beneath.

The song “Jingle Bells” was actually written as a song to celebrate Thanksgiving, not Christmas! It was written in 1850 by James Pierpont, and the original title was “The One Horse Open Sleigh.” It was written to honor sleigh races held in Massachusetts.

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Red, W h i te & True Mysteries Thomas Rolfe Is Forgotten, But His Mother’s a Legend Thomas Rolfe was the product of what is probably the first interracial marriage in U.S. history. But that’s not his claim to fame. Actually, he never became famous, but his mother sure did.

At a time when the country was at war in the 1600s, it was Thomas Rolfe’s mother who helped bring about temporary peace at Jamestown, Virginia.

The long-running wars between the native Indians and the British colonists, known as the Anglo-Powhatan wars, occurred near Jamestown in the 1600s. The first war lasted from 1610 until 1614, while the second war lasted from 1644 to 1646. The second war is the one which forced the Indians from their land.

In 1613, the English colonists captured the princess daughter of the Powhatan tribe’s chief and held her captive for nearly a year, causing an immediate ceasefire. When they finally met up with the Powhatan chief, whose name was Chief Powhatan, the English and the Indians arranged for the daughter to marry the Englishman John Rolfe. The marriage improved relations between the English and the natives significantly, at least until the second AngloPowhatan war.

Her given name was Matoaka, but she took the name of “Rebecca” when she was baptized in 1612. If this cast of characters’ names hasn’t confused you enough by now, then here’s one more: She is known throughout history not as Matoaka nor as Rebecca, but by a nickname that was given to her as a child.

Rebecca and John Rolfe, along with their infant son Thomas, traveled to England in 1616 to meet with British royalty in order to raise money and attract new settlers to the Virginia colony.

Thomas returned to Virginia nearly 20 years later and married Jane Poythress. By this time, his grandfather Chief Powhatan had died and the chief’s brother had succeeded him as the new chief. Rather than joining with the Powhatan Indians, Thomas joined the English military where, ironically, he helped take control of the land previously owned by the Powhatan Indians. Despite this, his mother is one of the most wellknown Indians in history.

OK, so you probably don’t remember studying about the Anglo-Powhatan wars in history class, but they did happen.

There are probably a lot of things that you don’t remember from history class, but that doesn’t mean that they didn’t happen.

Thomas’s father John also played a role in history. John Rolfe was one of the first to introduce tobacco to the colonies.

Thirteen years after John died, Thomas returned to the Virginia colony and took over his father’s tobacco plantation.

It was Thomas’ mother who became a household name, though. Her legacy included descendents such as President Thomas Jefferson’s son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. (who married Martha Jefferson) and President Woodrow Wilson’s wife, Edith.

I mentioned earlier that she went by a nickname that was given to her as a child. Her birth name was Matoaka, her Christian name was Rebecca; then she became Rebecca Rolfe when she married. But you remember her as Pocahontas. © 2010 Paul Niemann. This story is part of the Red, White & True Mysteries series by author Paul Niemann. For more information, please visit www.InventionMysteries.com.

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A Social Network for Satellites fun part of school. Tanner’s cousin Stephen is here with us today. Stephen loves all sports. He plays in school and in his neighborhood. Nicole, Carmen, Rudy and Truman the dragon all greeted Stephen and said, “We’re glad you’re here.”

What are some things that make playing a sport fun? Tanner said, “Playing with friends. But don’t tell someone they can’t play if you don’t know them. Invite them to play and make a new friend.”

“Excluding someone hurts his or her feelings,” said Truman.

“That’s not what a ‘Cool Kind Kid’ would do,” Rudy added. “Sports can be fun and cool when we are kind to each other.”

Nicole shared, “For a game to be fun, everyone has to play fair.” What do you think it means to play fair? Carmen said, “Following the rules and playing by them.”

Rudy added, “It’s fair to take turns, share and not cheat.” “Give everyone a chance to do their best,” Stephen said. Tanner added, “Yes, like not playing favorites.”

What would you put into a “Cool Player’s Pledge?” Rudy jumped up and cheered, “Go Team! Be a good team player.” Tanner said, “Learn the rules and practice.” Nicole said, “Don’t brag when you win. Nobody likes a showoff.” Stephen added, “Listen to the coach and accept officials’ rulings.” Those help us be good sports.

Truman said, “Good sports congratulate the winners, even if we’re bummed that we lost the game.” Tanner added, “Shake their hands with a smile and tell them they played a great game.” Rudy said, “Good sports don’t blame others or make excuses when they lose. Good sports accept the loss and say, ‘Next time we’ll do better.’” Nicole added, “Good sports are ‘Cool Kind Kids’ who show respect to coaches, officials and teammates.”

Truman was very quiet for a while, so the kids asked him what was wrong. He said sadly, “I love to play soccer, but there aren’t any soccer teams for dragons. Some kids let me play with them, but when I hit the ball with my tail they make fun of me. They say ‘that’s not allowed.’”

Stephen reached up and put his hand on Truman’s shoulder, which was as far as he could reach, and said, “I know how it feels to do something wrong when playing a sport. It hurts when kids tease me and makes me feel awful.” Kids who do things like that are called “poor sports.”

Tanner said, “If you’re a poor sport, no one will want to play with you or be on your team.” Carmen added, “I’ve seen the coach and other players be mad at a kid who was a poor sport.” That won’t make you feel confident about playing or about being friends with your teammates.

The kids invited Truman to play soccer with them, adding a new rule that allowed hits by his tail. They are learning that “Cool Kind Kids” are good sports.

Barbara Gilmour, Tanner’s grandmom, is the creator and developer of the Tanner’s Manners: Be a “Cool Kind Kid” Social Skills, Character Values and AntiBullying educational materials and the award-winning “Cool Kind Kid” Audio CD. She also writes the Children’s Manners Blog, offering tips for teaching your children manners. http://childrenmanners.blogspot.com. The “Cool Kind Kid” team is committed to helping kids reject bullying by offering them the social skills tools they need to redefine “cool.” © Cool Kind Kid. 866-KID-KIND. www.CoolKindKid.com

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Walking home from school, Alex is lost in thought. He suddenly hears a strange sound from above. A bird? A squirrel?

A small, red monkey?

What? What’s a monkey doing here? he thinks.

He grabs his cell-phone camera, snaps a picture, and sends it to three friends, texting them to come quickly. Alex and the monkey keep an eye each other. Soon, two of the friends approach. One also has a cell-phone camera. The other has a real camera that records videos with sound. Now, all three of them watch the monkey, recording photos, videos and monkey chirps.

A monkey loose anywhere in the city is exciting. But bigger events happen around our planet every day. A “dead” volcano heats up.

A wildfire threatens homes. A river overflows its banks. Often no one is around to see these events.

Or they are stuck in the middle of it and can’t see how This picture of the Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in big it is.

Iceland was made by the Advanced Land Imager Fortuon the Earth Observing 1 satellite, April 17, 2010. nately, many The colors have been enhanced to show details Earth-watching better. The light-blue area is the hot lava flow. satellites do see such events. They also tell their satellite “friends” to come and help them observe. All with no help from us humans.

This system of satellite “friends” is called a Sensor Web. This useful technology started with some intelligent computer software that can figure out from a satellite picture whether something new and different is happening. It can then tell other satellites, as well as monitoring stations on the ground, to pitch in and help study the new event.

So what’s the point? The satellites get right to work without being told. An intelligent Sensor Web gathers more information faster than if humans were in the loop. Also, future space missions will benefit. It will take an hour or more for signals to travel from Earth to, say, Jupiter’s mysterious moon Europa. NASA’s robotic space explorers will have to figure out for themselves what to observe and measure, rather than wait for directions from Earth.

Back on Earth, one spacecraft often called on to take a better look at new events is Earth Observing 1 because its imagers have super-duper vision. Check out its amazing eyesight at http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/ kids/eo1_1.shtml.

After spending the rest of the afternoon observing the monkey, Alex and his friends send their photos, videos and audio files to a primate scientist at the city zoo. Their observations make a valuable contribution to human understanding of these creatures.

This article was written by Diane K. Fisher and provided courtesy of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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WHAT’S IT LIKE TO BE. . . A COURIER It’s December, and the delivery trucks are busy getting gift packages delivered. In fact, FedEx delivers 223 million shipments between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I wonder what it’s like to have to deliver all of those packages! Derek Crowe is a courier with FedEx. He was born and raised in Pensacola, Florida, and lives there with his wife and infant son. He’s a graduate of the University of West Florida with a degree in Communications and has worked with FedEx for four years. He took some time out of his busy schedule (it is their busiest time of year!) to tell us about his job.

TRUMAN: What does it take to become a courier with FedEx? activities, such as entering our timecard codes, communicating with one another and seeing DEREK: To become a courier for FedEx, you must be at least 21 years old and have a high school diploma or GED and a valid drivers where we need to go to pick up a package. The PowerPads help make the deliveries and pick license. No college is required, but education is always a plus. Having an outgoing personality is a perfect trait for couriers. To be successful ups faster and easier. in this position, you must be able to think fast and work as a team player. The operation is always changing, so being TRUMAN: What is the hardest part of your job? able to adapt to a situation is necessary.

DEREK: Having to deliver in an area that I don’t know my way around is tough. Always having TRUMAN: When and why did you first become interested in this profession? to look at a map can slow you down.

DEREK: I became a member of the FedEx team on November 6, 2006. During my search for a job, I came across their TRUMAN: What is the best part of your job? job post. I knew FedEx was a good company and that there would be opportunities for career advancement.

DEREK: Probably the best part of my job is the people I work with. Everyone has their own personality, an TRUMAN: So, what do you do each day? What’s a typical day like? the work environment is laid back. It is also nice seeing a person get excited when receiving a package, or DEREK: It’s different each day, but a typical day on the job for me goes something like this: At seven a.m., I punch in seeing a sigh of relief when the recipient receives a package that they desperately needed. For instance, on my timecard and gather my equipment. I then proceed to my vehicle. Depending on the route I am running that day, I time I delivered a wedding ring the morning of the wedding. Those people were both excited and relieved. could either be driving a truck, a sprinter (a taller, longer van with shelves) or a van. Once I am at my vehicle, I first TRUMAN: What do you do about dogs that want to eat you? look at the vehicle inspection report or VIR. I verify that the truck was in working order from the previous day, and DEREK: Fortunately, most of the dogs I do encounter are friendly. For the more aggressive dogs, I just keep that it is in good condition to drive again. After I inspect my vehicle, I stretch out my body and get my muscles my space and don’t go into the yard. Sometimes I will carry dog bones in my pocket. Some dogs may act warmed up for the day. Once our stretches are complete, we begin the sort. All of the packages move in what we call tough, but when they find out you have snacks, they tend to change their feelings. Once there was a dog cans. During the sort, there is a group who unloads all the freight onto a conveyor belt. The packages then move down loose in the front yard of the house. As I approached the house, the dog began to growl at me. Keeping m the belt and head to the couriers who are waiting to load their packages onto their trucks. This process usually takes distance, I threw the dog a bone. That kept the dog busy while I walked to the front door. Then as I was Derek Crowe has a busy month ahead about an hour and the whole time you are loading your truck and helping the couriers next to you load their truck. leaving, the dog started to growl at me again, so I gave it another bone so I could get by. It was like I w After all of the boxes have been unloaded, I place them in order on the shelves in the truck, and then I sort my document of him delivering packages for FedEx. paying a toll. I have been bitten before by a chihuahua, but the bite was not severe at all. All I felt was a really shipments, which have already been presorted earlier that morning. Finally, after all of that sorting, I have a route set up and am ready to good pinch on my lower leg. start delivering. We deliver to many different places. I drive anywhere from 30 miles to 200 miles, depending on what route I am running.

TRUMAN: What is the strangest package that you have delivered?

TRUMAN: How does the shipping process actually work? If a grandma in California sends a package to her grandson in North Carolina, how DEREK: The weirdest package that I have delivered would have to be a black rubber swing that looked like a cow. We move does it get there? many different items that are time sensitive, such as live plants, insects, coral and pet fi sh of all kinds. Once I delivered a bo full of butterfl ies which were going to be released at a ceremony of some sort. FedEx has also made many special deliveries, DEREK: Well, the grandma could drop the package off at a FedEx Offi ce where it would later be picked up by a truck around 5 p.m. and taken to the airport in California. At the airport, it would be sorted and put on a fl ight to one of our hubs, most likely the one in such as moving two Giant Pandas from the zoo in D.C. to China and moving turtles from Alabama to Florida to keep them sa Memphis, Tenn., which is the home of FedEx. When it arrived in Memphis, usually around 11 p.m. at night, it would be taken off the plane from the oil spill. and sorted for another fl ight headed to North Carolina. It would arrive in North Carolina very early in the morning, probably around 4 TRUMAN: What is your favorite hobby or thing to do when you are not working? a.m., and it would then be sorted again based on the grandson’s zip code and put on a truck headed for that zip code. A courier like me DEREK: I like to hang out with my family. I have a strong passion for music, so I enjoy playing the guitar and piano, or would pick it up at one of the stations and take it to the grandson’s house, making it there by 10:30 a.m. the day after the grandmother sometimes I prefer just to relax and listen to the radio. I also use spare time to take the family out on the town. Where I liv there is usually some kind of show or festival going on which provides good entertainment. sent it.

TRUMAN: What’s your advice for kids who are interested in a job like yours? DEREK: Be safe. Remember when you are older a TRUMAN: What is that scanner thing that you use? are driving, that a bad driving record does not look good when applying for this position. You also can’t have any kind of DEREK: The scanners we use are called PowerPads. They are basically a computer that allows us to process every package we have. Once a criminal record. scan is put on a package, the system can then tell a customer what the status of the package is. We use the PowerPads for all kinds of TRUMAN: Thanks for talking with Kidsville News and for getting all of our packages delivered safely!

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Story Time with Truman The Great Pirate Adventure Chapter Four — “Pirates and More Pirates!”

A Quality Serials Story

By Mary Maden Last Time: Chee Chee and Mort are hauled aboard Blackbeard’s pirate ship, Queen Anne’s Revenge.

They met some captured sea turtles and learn that Blackbeard and another pirate, Stede Bonnet, blockaded Charleston Harbor. Suddenly, the ship runs aground with Mort, Chee Chee and the turtles on board!

“We’ve struck ground!” Chee Chee cried.

“Hurry!” Mort yelled. “We have to get out of here!”

Mort, Chee Chee and the turtles scrambled out of the hold. Suddenly, they all skidded to an abrupt stop. There stood Blackeard himself! The fierce pirate had his back turned to them. Luckily, Blackbeard was so busy yelling and giving orders that he didn’t notice them.

“Follow us!” Mort instructed the turtles. The frightened turtles followed Mort and Chee Chee as they stealthily crept behind Blackbeard. Quietly, they all slipped overboard. The turtles swam rapidly away from the ship. Chee Chee made his escape by riding on Mort’s back.

“Whew! That was close!” the little monkey cried, holding on for dear life.

“I don’t ever want to see another pirate as long as I live!” Mort declared.

“Thank you!” all the sea turtles called out to them as they swam away.

“You’re welcome!” Mort called back.

All Chee Chee could say was, “Arghh!”

With Chee Chee perched on top of his shell, Mort headed south to warmer waters.

“Can’t you swim any faster?” Chee Chee complained. “I’ll never see dry land at this rate!”

“Sorry,” Mort said, adding under his breath, “I have a good mind to give you a flip.”

“What did you say?” Chee Chee asked.

“I see a ship!” Mort yelled, hoping Chee Chee didn’t hear his flippant remark.

The ship came alongside the pair. Chee Chee laid flat against Mort’s shell.

“Are they pirates?” Chee Chee whispered.

“I see two women on the deck,” Mort answered. “So they must not be pirates.”

“I’m saved!” Chee Chee cried, standing on Mort’s back and waving his arms.

The women on the ship threw a rope to Chee Chee. The little

monkey climbed aboard.

“Me thanks to you kind ladies,” Chee Chee said, bowing and tipping his hat.

Then Chee Chee noticed something different about the ladies. They were dressed like men ... and they carried big swords! Chee Chee also saw a man dressed in bright calico pants. It was the pirate, Calico Jack Rackham. The women were the pirate queens — Anne Bonny and Mary Reed!

“Shiver me timbers! More pirates!” Chee Chee screamed, and ran to the back of the ship. He looked over the ship’s rail and spotted Mort swimming away.

“Wait! Mort!” Chee Chee called out to the little turtle. “Wait for me!”

Without thinking, the little monkey dove over the side and straight into the water!

With a big, loud splash, Chee Chee hit the water. Down, down the little monkey sank. Mort heard the splash. He turned around just in time to see his friend vanish beneath the waves!

Quickly, Mort dove under the water.

Down he glided, swimming under the little monkey. With all his might, Mort pushed Chee Chee to the surface.

“Are you okay? Chee Chee!” Mort cried. “Speak to me little buddy!”

Chee Chee’s eyes fluttered open. “I hates water!” the little monkey groaned.

Mort laughed with relief. Chee Chee was okay!

“I’m tired of being a pirate,” Chee Chee declared. “I want to go home and stay on dry land. I’ll never go to sea again!”

“Where’s home?” Mort asked.

“Costa Rica,” Chee Chee answered.

“I know the way,” Mort said. “I’ll take you there.”

“Thanks!” Chee Chee said, adding. “And thanks for saving my life.”

“What are friends for?” Mort responded.

Author’s Note: Chee Chee did give up the pirating life and lived happily ever after. The pirates came to a bad end — as pirates are want to do. And as for Mort, well, because of his exciting Great Pirate Adventure, he went on to become the most famous sea turtle in all of sea turtle history!

A Teacher’s Guide to accompany this four-chapter story is available on the Kidsville News! website at www.KidsvilleNews.com.

Copyright 2010 by Mary Maden. All rights reserved.

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Mark Tobey was an American painter. He was one of became interested in different religions and Eastern spirituality. His spiritual journey became a major focus in his artwork throughout his life. the founders of the Northwest School, a small art In the early 1920s, Mark moved out West, settling in movement heavily influenced by the the Seattle, Washington, area. There he dabbled in Chinese natural settings of the Pacific Northwest calligraphy and taught classes at the Cornish School of (mostly western Washington State) and Allied Arts. He also got the travel bug! In 1925, Mark Asian philosophies. set out for Paris. From there, he spent the next two years Mark George Tobey was born on December 11, 1890, in Centerville, traveling the Middle East and learning about Persian and Wisconsin, but moved to Chicago, Arabic art and writing. In 1928, he returned to Seattle briefly before moving to England until 1938. He also Illinois, as a child. Mark’s father was continued traveling to places like Asia, Mexico and across a carpenter who also enjoyed art. He the United States. In the early 1930s, he produced a carved animal figurines out of stone and famous series of abstract paintings called “white writing” would often draw outlines of animals on paper for Mark to cut out and play with because they were covered in thin, white lines that wove in when he was a young boy. As Mark grew and out of one another almost like very fine calligraphy. older, his own interest in art blossomed.

Over the course of his career, Mark showed his artAt 16, he started taking classes at the work all over the world, even becoming the first American Art Institute of Chicago. He studied at to have a solo art exhibit at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

He traveled extensively, studying art and music wherever the institute for two years. But, really, he landed. In 1960, Mark settled in Basel, Switzerland, Mark is considered a “self-taught” artwhere he lived until his death on April 24, 1976. ist because he spent much of his time teaching himself how to Written by Tamar Burris, a former elementary school paint and draw on his own. His work was largely abstract, which teacher who now works as a freelance writer and means that he focused on feelings and colors rather than the way things actually look in real life.

“Canticle,” by Mark Tobey, 1954, curriculum developer for PBS, the Discovery Channel and other education-related companies. Sources: Mark Tobey When Mark was 21, he moved to New York. There he is an example of his style “White Works and biography, http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/ worked as an illustrator for a major magazine and painted Writing.” people’s portraits on the side. In 1917, he had his first art exhibit inglese/collections/artisti/tobey_bio.html; Mark Tobey on Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Tobey. in New York City. In addition to beginning his art career in New York, Mark also

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It’s time to get out your globe! You need to know about the imaginary lines on globes and maps. These lines are called lines of latitude and longitude, and they tell a pilot or ship’s captain exactly where in the world a certain place is located.

Basically, latitude lines (also called parallels) are the horizontal lines on your map. Lines of longitude (also called meridians) are the vertical lines that run from the North Pole to the South Pole. This mapping system is written in degrees and uses the symbol ° . Get ready to travel the world!

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An innocent-looking painting on a wall releases a flood of water that sweeps up the children and transports them to a strange world and onto an ancient Narnian ship called the Dawn Treader. King Caspian is there to greet his old friends. Along with the mighty lion Aslan, the tricky warrior mouse Reepicheep, Tavros the Minotaur and the devious White Witch (Tilda Swinton), the children must use all their bravery to save Narnia from a terrible end.

State-of-the-art special effects promise to make Voyage of the Dawn Treader a fantasy movie to remember. Rated PG for some frightening images and sequences of fantasy violence. (Fox Walden) Tron: Legacy (In Theaters: December 17) Jeff Bridges comes back to his role as powerful video-game developer Kevin Flynn, from the first groundbreaking 1982 science fiction adventure movie Tron, in this Disney sequel. Kevin’s 27-year-old son Sam discovers a computer message that draws him inside a weird digital universe where his dad has been held prisoner for more than 20 years. There Sam meets computer program warrior Quorra (Olivia Wilde), an expert at traversing the complicated cyber creation where super-fast vehicles are part of the neon-lit futuristic landscape created by Sam’s dad. The “grid” is a fascinating place of never-ending possibility and danger where Kevin Flynn’s self-styled creation has rebelled against him. Sam will have to prove himself as a cyber gladiator to have any hope of helping his father escape.

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Yogi Bear (In Theaters: December 17) Happy-go-lucky bears Yogi (voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and BooBoo Bear (voiced by Justin Timberlake) have it made in the shade stealing picnic food from travelers in Jellystone Park when they aren’t doing fun things like “borrowing” a motorboat for a little waterskiing exercise. However, not as many human visitors are coming to visit the park’s great, big outdoors, so the Mayor wants to shut it down and sell the land. Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear decide to make a truce with their human rival Ranger Smith (Tom Cavanagh) and team up and save the wilderness they call home. Yogi might be “smarter than the average bear,” but he’ll have to prove he’s able to do more than steal food if Jellystone Park is to last another 100 years.

Rated PG for some mild rude humor. (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Gulliver Gulliver’s Travels (In Theaters: December 22) New York mail-room-clerk-turned-travel-writer Lemuel Bermuda Gulliver (Jack Black) worms his way into a writing assignment in to the Be Bermuda. It seems there is a man there who claims to hold the secret places hi to the Bermuda Triangle. Gulliver’s boat ride goes upside-down and ll d Li places him on an island called Lilliput that’s full of miniature people called Lilliputians. Grabbing the opportunity to lord over the little people as their “hero,” Gulliver claims to be “Manhattan’s President-the-Awesome,” with Yoda as his Vice President. Gulliver befriends little Horatio (Jason Segel) and advises him on winning the hand of the lovely princess Mary (Emily Blunt). Adapted from Jonathan Swift’s classic novel, Gulliver’s Travels is an interesting fantasy story about a man who learns to see the world in a very different way.

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First and foremost watch portion sizes. In our super sized world this can be a source of many extra calories a day.

Make healthy foods easy. We’re all familiar with the phrase “eat the rainbow.” To make it easy to get your family to eat fresh fruits and vegetables, chop bite-sized portions in advance, so you can ALWAYS EAT BREAKFAST take them out of the fridge and run. Sneak fruits into children who eat breakfast not only smoothies, and veggies into sauces, salsas or soups. weigh less, but also perform better in Look for individually packaged whole-grain products, school. A few good suggestions would be like 100 percent whole wheat bread, nonfat Greek yogurt, oatmeal, berries, oatmeal and brown rice. peanut butter or eggs. It is also Create healthy eating habits. important to schedule regular meal times.

Avoid the clean plate system, which only promotes overeating.

Don’t ban treats, which can encourage sneaking food or overeating when sweets are present.

Get active. Exercise is important regardless of your child’s weight or age. If your child is overweight, focus on maintaining that weight while the child grows in height, which can be accomplished through exercise. No matter your child’s size, activities like team sports, swimming, hiking, cycling or just taking a family walk can help manage weight, increase energy and improve self-esteem.

Keep a positive attitude. When your child makes healthy food choices, recognize his accomplishment. Be consistent with verbal praise and rewards when they make good choices. As is the case with many children, behavior is often repeated when there is a positive response.

Try involving your children in the preparation of each meal. Take advantage of this time to help your child understand the importance of good food choices. Including them in the preparation process can be an important step for children who take more interest in hands-on activities.

Be a role model. Probably the most important step is to practice what you preach. Most children learn by watching their parents. When you try to teach a child good behavior, incorporate these same principals into your own everyday actions. Otherwise “do as I say and not as I do can be confusing” ‘Tis the Season of Giving. This time of year reminds us to be thankful for what we have and help those around us that are not as fortunate. Consider helping your local food pantry. Food pantries are in desperate need of food and help.

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Try this fun recipe on a relaxing holiday morning and reread Green Eggs and Ham with your family!

GREEN EGGS AND HAM MINI TARTLETS Yield: 4 servings Prep time: 30 minutes Cooking time: 12 to 14 minutes WHAT YOU NEED: • 1/3 cup finely chopped fully cooked ham • 4 1/2-inch-thick slices soft white sandwich bread, crusts removed • 2 tablespoons butter, softened • 1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry • 2 ounces reduced-fat cream cheese, softened • 3 tablespoons grated fresh Parmesan cheese • 1 teaspoon 2% milk • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder • 4 medium eggs • Freshly ground black pepper HOW TO MAKE IT: • Preheat oven to 375°F. Press white bread with palm of hand until flat and doughy, and butter both sides. Gently place in 2 1/2-inch muffin cups or 4-ounce ramekins, pressing to form 4 individual tartlet crusts.

• Mix spinach, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, milk and garlic powder in small bowl; set aside.

• To assemble tarts: Divide ham among the 4 bread cups in muffin cups. Crack 1 egg into each tartlet crust, season with pepper and top with a generous spoonful of spinach mixture. Bake in oven for 12 to 14 minutes or until egg whites are firm, but yolks are still moist. Cool slightly. If using muffin cups, remove from cups to serve.

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