Welcome to teen kids news. Im mwanzaa. And im siena. Well start with our top story. When is a game not a game . When it starts to take over your life. Tyler reports on how to recognize video game addiction and what to do about it. Today, bobby is on his way to college, but when he was in junior high school, his only goal seemed to be getting the highest score. Sometimes i would lose myself in the game. We would we see him there all day. He would, you know, stop for meals, come down, shovel food in, and run back upstairs again. Bobbys mom feared that he was becoming addicted to playing. And it was like becoming engrossed in this other world. Kevin roberts knows that video game addiction is possible. It happened to him. Over 10 years, i played 14,000 hours of realtime strategy computer games. Thats like having a job, another job, every year. I didnt achieve any of my goals. I had friendships that fell by the wayside. It was a real problem. Kevin wrote cyber junkie to help families recognize the signs of video game and internet addiction. The three big signs that you have a problem are emotional outbursts you get upset when somebody tries to stop you from gaming. If they spend, like, more than two hours a day on video games, thats a little excessive. Youve stopped doing other things in favor of video games. It draws away from their other activities or schoolwork, and it just prevents them from being the best that they can be. Youre gaming into the late hours of the night, and youre not sleeping enough as a result. I do think it can definitely be harmful if you play it nonstop. For bobby, video games offered an escape from having to deal with the more demanding parts of his life, like schoolwork. Kevin says its important for teens to know that any type of addiction usually means theyre trying to avoid something else. Some people who game excessively, theyve got some other issues going on, because when youre playing a video game, its not that youre playing a game you enter a different world. Bobby was lucky. He was able to take control of his game controllers. Over time, he was able to step back. Setting limits helped. He knew that at 9 00 or whatever, that the computer would be shutting down, so he should finish up a game or not start a new one. He also started seeing his friends more and getting into other activities. His advice to kids who love gaming a little too much . Try regulating it, not playing as much, doing other things. The key is moderation, selfcontrol, and maintaining balance, doing the other things in your life physical activity, hanging out with friends, spending time with your family that are very important to a healthy and balanced life. If you think you might have a problem, see if you can stop playing for a week. If you cant, you might need some professional help, so definitely speak to your parents. Video games are supposed to be fun, but lifes supposed to be even more fun. We have a lot more to tell you about. So stay with us. You may have seen the movie school of rock. Well, emily got a chance to visit a summer camp that gives teens a taste of what its really like to be part of a rock band. Heres her report. This is a home for kids that live and breathe music. Welcome to school of rock in montclair, new jersey. Check, check, check. As mark explains, this is more than just a summer camp. Well, the school of rock is a yearround performancebased Music Program for kids age 7 through 18. Campers are divided into bands based on instrument, age, and ability. First day off the bat, we teach them, youre gonna be with this band for a week. Know each others names, make friends, and communicate it, not just musically, but just with each other as friends. And then at the end of the week when they perform, its clear that theyve become friends and theyre a band theyre a real band. Each band has a professional musician assigned as their coach and instructor. Owen, youre gonna be going with phil in the red room today. What do you like better playing in a band or just playing on your own . Playing with a band cause its really just a lot more fun. So, lets go check out these bands. I play guitar, bass, and vocals. How long have you been playing drums . Ive been playing for a few years, and i love it. Ive been singing since the day i could speak. I play drums, guitar, bass, and i sing, so a little bit of everything. A little bit of everything. What do you like the best . Probably drums cause its, like, fun to hit things. [ laughs ] its awesome. They have a blast. So, they get to just rock all day long and hang out and its awesome. Whats your favorite band . Ac dc. Animal collective. Nirvana. Either the beatles or u2. Green day. Radiohead. I like led zeppelin. Just think this could be somebodys stairway to heaven. [ indistinct singing ] one of the things that was so interesting here at the school of rock is how shy teens can suddenly transform into flamboyant performers. [ rock music plays ] [ indistinct singing ] obviously, teaching music is the real purpose, but thats just a vehicle to help people with selfconfidence and get onstage and be empowered. And when theyre plugged into their amplifiers. [ rock music plays ]. Empowered is what its all about. Its cool to have the experience, just to know that you can be your own person while youre onstage and just do whatever you want and have fun with it. Where do you see yourself musically after school of rock . Well, i think i see myself trying to make a couple new bands. Well, im actually going to Berklee College of music next year. Next year, actually, in school, im starting up jazz band. Maybe starting up a rock band with a few of my friends. Im probably still gonna practice singing and all my other instruments and try to become the best musician that i can be. [ indistinct singing ] by now, i was feeling my own inner rocker. So first, i tried lead guitar. So like here . Yeah, right there. [ notes play ]. Then, the bass. Is it like there . Yeah. Okay. Two. And the drums. The truth is, im a violin player. But, like they say, when in rome, do as the romans do. [ indistinct singing ] its as if theyre the ones that originally created the record. The sense of accomplishment is overwhelming. Like the old song says, rock n roll never forgets, and i dont think these kids will, either. All long live rock and roll whoo for tkn, im emily. Thank you, cleveland, and good night you dont need to be a scientist to know that we need to find new ways to reduce our dependency on oil. First of all, the world will run out of oil one day. And secondly, when you burn oil or a product made from oil, it causes pollution. So finding alternatives to oil is a high priority for companies that care about the environment. Carina visited ford to see how theyre using chemistry to build greener cars. So, here we are in the Biomaterials Research lab at Ford Research and innovation center. This is where weve been looking at making our materials for vehicles more environmentally friendly, both by looking at putting in biobased materials, things that we can grow, as well as recycled content. We started doing this about 10 years ago, and one of the first areas we looked at was including soybean oil into the seating foams that we put into our cars. America is the worlds leading producer of soybeans. By using oil from soybeans to make materials like the foam ellen showed me, ford now uses far less petroleum. And soybeans cause less pollution. So, one of the other areas were working on is over here. And do you know what this is . Its wheat, right . Exactly. So were looking at wheat, as well as other natural fibers, to put into our hardmolded plastics in place of things like fiberglass and minerals to make our plastics stronger. So, in addition to putting natural materials to improve the environmental friendliness, it also makes our plastics lighter in weight. Why is lightweight so important . Well, the lighter the weight of our vehicles, the better the fuel economy. And that means cars can go further on less gas. This is a fiber called kenaf. That can either be combined with plastic and molded into a part like this or something thats more like this. And this one, i think, is one of the more interesting ones weve been looking at recently. Do you know what that is . Money . Yep, this is shredded money. So, every year, the u. S. Government retires money thats too old to remain in circulation, and they shred it. And most of that goes to landfill. But instead, were looking at whether or not we can combine it with plastics to make something more environmentally friendly, to keep something out of the landfill, as well. So heres the regular old material, and heres the same part made with the shredded money. It has really good properties, and it has a really interesting look, i think. And here we just have a couple of things that were looking at, in terms of recycling. This is a fiber that goes into things like carpeting and fabrics for vehicles, but its made from 100 recycled water bottles. [ chuckling ] wow so were starting to look at things that we can have a closed loop, that we can just keep reusing and reusing again to keep things from going into the landfill. And this one is kind of interesting is recycled denim. Oh, whoa. So, jean manufacturers, when they have scraps and things like that, theyre too small to make into clothing anymore, and so it goes into a material called shoddy, like this, that deadens the sound and the vibrations inside our vehicles. Wow. So, do you have any other environmentally friendly ideas on the drawing board . Of course. We always do, but we cant necessarily tell you everything. [ laughs ] a lot of the things were working on in the lab have actually made it to our vehicles. So, let me show them to you in our allnew 2013 ford escape. Okay. Why dont you get in . Sounds good. So, what do you think . It feels like a normal car. Yeah, so lets go through some of the materials that we talked about in the lab. The seat cushions how do they feel . Soft. Good. That, as well as the seat back, the headrest, and the headliner up here all contain soybean oil in the foam. Wow. Yeah, theres approximately 32,251 beans per vehicle. Oh, thats crazy. Yep. We also have, in the armrest bolster here, the kenaf fiber material. Thats the natural fiber that i showed you in the lab before. And the use of these reduces our Petroleum Usage by over 300,000 pounds every year. Thats amazing. We also have recycled content. So, right here in the sounddeadening materials under the dash is recycled denim. So, like my jeans . Exactly. So theres approximately two pairs of jeans worth of material inside there. Wow. And then, finally, the carpeting down here, thats made out of recycled water bottles. That is so cool. I didnt even tell the difference. Ford says its committed to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Clearly, thats driving some Pretty Amazing green innovations. For tkn, im carina. You probably know that dogs have a better sense of smell than you do, especially breeds like labradors and bloodhounds. But a grizzly bears sense of smell is even better than a bloodhounds. A grizzly can smell food 18 miles away. Youd better hope hes not smelling you. Barry, time is running out. According to my calculations, 1 in 5 kids in america struggles with hunger. How can so many children face hunger, when there is more than enough food to feed them all . Doo ba baba doo youre right, barry baba doo we can help solve hunger by teaming up with feeding america to get food to hungry kids in communities across the country. Announcer help flint and the feeding America Network of food banks get food to the people who need it in your community. Find your local feeding America Food Bank at feedingamerica. Org hunger together, were feeding america of the United States of america. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation, under god. Indivisible, with liberty. And justice for all. Our disabled veterans pledged to sacrifice life and limb to ensure our way of life. Now, they deserve our support. Find out how you can help disabled veterans in your community. Visit dav. Org. Tell you about a new medical website designed especially for older folks. Website you say i cant work on computers, theyre not seniorfriendly. Blah, blah, blah. But the National Institutes of health fixed all that. Now you can make the type bigger, increase contrast, even make it talk to you. Just go to nihseniorhealth. Gov and get the best medical Information Available anywhere. Nih seniorhealth. Gov. Built with you in mind. This report is brought to you by intel. Summers almost over. So its the perfect time to get some great advice on musthave tech devices for backtoschool. Annie wang is a cofounder of the popular website hercampus. Com. She started the site when she was a student at harvard. Hi, annie. Hi. I understand you were recently invited to test out some new intel inspired devices. How cool was that . It was really awesome. I got to try out some of the latest intel inspired touchcapable 2in1 ultrabooks and tablets. When you say 2 in 1, what does that mean . Sure, so intel has actually inspired a whole new category of ultrabooks and tablets that give you more than one way of using them. So for example, this lenovo yoga is currently in tent mode, and youll see that here. So like say you want to just relax and watch a movie, you can do that in this mode, but it will also convert into a number of different modes for example, back into clamshell mode like a traditional laptop, and then you can have all the productivity you need. What a great idea but is it a budget breaker . So these devices are actually great news for a highschool backtoschool budget. Being able to wring every last cent of that student budget by getting just one device that serves two needs and is also powerful and stylish to boot is a game changer. Okay, say we plan on doing a lot of travelling. What do you recommend . So, i actually travel quite a bit myself, and my pick is this asus vivotab. Its light, powerful and super portable. Just fits right into my carryon purse. So if i want to, you know, work on a spread sheet or change the layout of a webpage in flight, i can do that in this mode. Or if i want to, you know, relax and just watch a movie, i can actually detach the screen right here and just go into this mode right here. I like that a lot. All right, whats next . Yeah, so this is the asus taichi. At first, it just looks like a slim and stylish laptop. But wait. Actually, it packs a Second Screen here on the lid and that will allow you to just collaborate in class, you know, even work on something on this screen while your roommate checks her email on the other. Impressive. I see that you have one more device. Whats special about that one . Yeah, so this dell xps actually has a screen that flips, so if you actually just go like this, it will flip, and then you can use it in tablet mode very easily. And what do these devices cost . These devices are available at Retail Stores like best buy starting at 500 and up through 1,000plus. Great information, annie. Thanks for joining us. Thank you so much for having me. If youve been unable to decide between a laptop and a tablet, a 2in1 device may be the perfect answer. For more information, you can check out intel. Com music i want some more. Whats he doing . Please sir, i want some more. More . He has asked for. Thank you. Well he did say please. Yes he did. And thank you. Please and thank you. Pass it on. crowd of children thank you. Um] crowd of children thank you. [tum] [tum] [tum] [tum] [tum] [tum] [phone ring,] car brakes hard [phone ring] [car crash] glass shatters [sirens] this video was submitted by a student through the safety scholars program. For more information on teen safety visit driversedge. Org. North by northwest is a classic movie thriller by alfred hitchcock. Its famous for the climactic chase scene that takes place on top of Mount Rushmore. Actually, the actors never got to shoot on the famous president ial heads, but nicole did. Grab your hiking boots. Shes about to take us on a climb very few people get to make. Every year, millions of visitors come from around the world to Mount Rushmore in south dakota to gaze in wonder, take pictures. [ camera shutter clicking ]. And walk the trail. Make sure you bring water to drink. We do have some high temperatures here. Good comfortable shoes cause youll do a lot of walking. Our president ial trail is 1 2 mile long, 400 stairs, so youre gonna get some exercise. Ranger ed had a treat in store for us. We had special permission to leave the president ial trail and climb the mountain. At first, there was only gonna be three president s up there. As you look at the mountain, the order was jefferson, washington, and lincoln. Believe it or not, jefferson was on the other side of washington for 18 months. After 18 months of work, they just got done doing his nose, theyre working on his mouth, and they ran into some bad rock. They couldnt carve it. There was only one thing to do. Borglum had his men go up there, drill behind jefferson, pack it full of dynamite, and they blew jefferson right off the mountain. Now, the order changed. They moved jefferson where he is today, that moved lincoln down further where he is, and now they had room to add theodore roosevelt. How much further . Oh, not too far. Got to go up the stairs, and were gonna be there. Howd the workers get up here . Well, believe it or not, it was a climb of over 760 stairs every morning from down by the studio, walk right up this way. And then in 1936, the upgraded traincar system would carry five people. So you got a free ride up in the morning, walked down at night. Are you ready . All right, lets go. Okay. On the way up, we passed the remains of an old pipeline. It once carried the compressed air that powered the jackhammers used to carve the faces. Ill show you something really cool that most people never get to see. This was gonna be the hall of records. Gutzon borglum was Mount Rushmores ingenious sculptor. He wanted a place where americas most Important Documents would be safely stored for future generations. Although the hall of records was never completed, part of borglums dream did come true. So, in 1998, Park Services were developing Mount Rushmore. They took a titanium vault with a teakwood box inside, put 16 porcelain panels down in the vault describing the history of the United States, why those four president s were chosen, one about borglum. So, right behind us is the repository, and below that is the titanium vault and the teakwood box. Then it was back to climbing. But at least here, there was a stairway a very long stairway. Still, it beat climbing over rocks and tree stumps. Maybe i spoke too soon. Almost there. I can do it. Finally, i could see we were getting to the top. Yeah so, was the long climb worth it . You bet. Far below, you can see the building where the sculptor had his studio. Some of the motorized winches used to lower the workers over the side are still here. The view from up here is absolutely amazing. Being this close, you really get a better appreciation for just how massive these faces are. The president s seem to be keeping watchful guard over our land of democracy. This is definitely an experience ill never forget. From on top of president washingtons head at Mount Rushmore, im nicole for teen kids news. Thats all for this week. Thanks for joining us. Well see you next time, with more teen kids news. Write to us at info teenkidsnews. Com. Heres a shoutout to pr newswire for including teen kids news on their big screen in times square, new york city. The following is a paid presentation forthe wen healthy hair care system, the secret to soft, lustrous, beautiful, shining hair, by celebrity hair stylist chaz dean, brought to you by guthyrenker. What does it take to get your hair this shiny, bouncy, strong, and beautiful . 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