Lung cancer, or brain damage, or usually you have a hard time breathing. Sure, weve all heard how smoking can cause cancer and other serious illnesses, but smoking can hurt us in many other ways. Kids need to know, even if the cancer, the lung disease, the heart disease, might be decades away, there are Health Consequences that are much more immediate. For example, theres whats called smokers face. So, smoking damages your skin. It affects the way your collagen is produced and it makes your skin look significantly older than it should. You sometimes see a 20 or 30yearold person who has been smoking since they were a teenager, they have the skin of a 50 or 60yearold person. And, uh, thats not pretty. Some other health risks of smoking include gum disease, cavities, which may lead to bad breath. It rots your teeth. And your teeth can turn, like, yellow. You can get yellowing or discoloration of the as well. Smoking can or might also affect the density and strength of your bones. So, you have weaker, thinner, more fragile bones that are more susceptible to fracture. Smoking also decreases blood flow and oxygen delivery to the tissues and to the limbs. And so, if you sustain a sports injury or a wound, itll take much longer to heal. It also leads to muscle fatigue and muscle breakdown. And when it comes to the senses, smoking makes no sense. It can decrease hearing, decrease eyesight, decrease sense of smell and sense of taste, as well. Also it costs a lot of money, which is not, of course, a health benefit, but, i mean, thats really difficult because youre spending lots of money on cigarettes when you should be spending on, like, other items. Lets put it this way, if you spend a lot of money now on smoking, no doubt youll end up spending a lot more money later on for doctor bills and hospital stays. For teen kids news, how tall are you . I hope you answer this question in the night. Scientists have proven that you are about 1 taller in the morning. Thats because of the effect of gravity. As the day goes on, the weight of the world is literally pushing you down making you shorter. So if you want to know your true height, measure yourself as soon as you get out of bed. Coming up, ill show you how these can actually help you pay for college. Teen kids news will be right back 15 years ago, almost half of all teens were able to find jobs. Today, only about a quarter of teens are able to find work. Which makes it almost impossible to earn money for things like clothes, or a car, or college. If youre deflated by that dismal news, emily reports on a clever way to pump up your spending money. You might not believe it, but this is actually a money making machine. To explain how is sandi masori, americas top balloon expert and author of the diy balloon hat bible. Welcome. I am so excited to be here. Thank you for having me. Yeah, thanks for coming in. So, how can teens make money using balloons and making balloons . You know, wherever you have balloons youre going to attract the attention of kids, and wherever you have kids, youve got parents with money. So you can go to a park and make balloons in a park, you can go to a restaurant, you can do birthday parties. There are so many ways to do it. Pretty much anywhere that you might find children, you can make some money. So, what can you make out of balloons . Well, tell you what, let me show you. All right. Wow these are amazing. Did you make all of them . Yeah, you know, just a Little Something i whipped up. [ laughs ] really, really, really cool. All right, so im ready to learn how do we get started . All right, well, the first thing that you need to know is that we have different sizes of balloons. So this first one over here, these really teeny, tiny, little skinny balloons, theyre called 160s. And the reason theyre called 160s is because, when theyre fully inflated, theyre approximately one and 60 inches long. So this next group we have here, these are called 260s, guess why . Because when you inflate them, theyre two inches wide and 60 inches long, thats right. And these here we call 350s, because when these are fully inflated, these big guys, theyre about 3 inches wide and 50 inches long. These ones you dont use as often. Actually you can get by with just using 260s and nothing else, especially when youre starting. Okay, so, these over here are the 260s . Thats exactly right. Those are made out of 260s. We make all kinds of things out of the 260s. Its the most common twisting balloon. Right, yeah. I recognize those. All right, so, is there a correct way to blow up a balloon . Yeah so, you wanna use your diaphragm if youre going to blow up by mouth. You just put it to your mouth, you know, the side with the hole. [ inhales ] grab it. Take a deep breath and [ blowing ] like that. Oh, yeah, definitely. [ laughs ] all right, actually, it can be rea kind of difficult, yeah. So i have a pump here. Okay. It will make it a lot easier. And if youre going to use a pump, you want to get a pump that has that takes in air from both sides. So, this pump is a twoway pump, its a dual action pump, it pumps both on the up stroke and the down stroke. Now, when youre using the pump you need to put the balloon on the pump and hold it while youre inflating it, otherwise its going to fly off. Let me just slide it on. Mmhmm, yep. Just open like this . Yep, just pull it up and pull it down, there you go. Hah yep, perfect. Look at that so, actually, let me put these on you here. There you go, good. And. Okay. So, when we get started, the first time that youre blowing up a balloon i really recommend that you inflate it until it pops. So just keep on going. Oh, my gosh. Yep, keep on going, i want you to feel how tight it gets. Is it gonna hurt . Keep going, keep going, keep going. You got this, yep. All right, getting there. Keep on going. The fact that im wearing glasses really scares me [ laughs ] a little bit more. Yep, you see how tight its getting . Oh, yeah. Yeah. So, this is what i want you to feel is look, i mean, you can see that its just [ pop ] oh all right thats how much it can take. You can take off the glasses now. Whoo so, thats the first thing that you need to know, is how much pressure it can take before its going to pop. Because once youve done that, now youre going to be a lot more comfortable to make things out of them. Of course. All right, that was really loud so, i notice that youre not using any helium. Why is that . Well, you know, these balloons, they wont float, so theres no point in using helium in them when theyre not going to float anyway. The weight of the balloon is more than the lift ability of the gas that could be inside. And as for these, we dont need helium, you know. We dont need helium to have a good time. We can do so much without it, with just plain, old, regular air, which is free. Yeah. All right, so, can you show me how to make something out of a balloon . Let me im going to make you a hat. How about that . All right, lets see. Lets pick out some colors here. Hold that for me if you dont mind and hold that one there, too. And, yeah, i like purple. All right. So, im going to make you a basic crown here. So, the first thing, im going to just measure your head. And then im going to bring this over here like that. Its a little bit squeaky, kinda like, little eeheeheeh, squeaky serenade, yeah all right, and you see im gonna make a bend there. Okay, and now im just gonna give this a little stretch. And you see i to save time, i have all the balloons preinflated for you. Okay, and were going to bend do the same thing here, bend it in the center. And now im going to make an x. Oh, my gosh. Im just going to put it straight through. Just like that. You can do this really quickly, wow well, ive been doing it for a few years. But you know what . It doesnt take much to get fast at it. It really doesnt. Its just like anything, its practice. The faster youre going to get, the more skills youll get. Yeah. Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, and then to top it off, lets see, ive got a little round here with some polka dots. Adorable. And, you see, im just wrapping this around, just like that. And there is your crown. Oh, thank you oh, it looks great on you. Perfect very regal. I feel like a princess. I look very nice. Well learn more about making money by making balloons when teen kids news returns. Were back with sandi masori. Shes a cba, or a certified balloon artist. So, how did you get into balloons . You know, totally by accident. It started off that i was a first grade teacher, and i started making things in my classroom. I found out that i could get the kids to behave by making them a balloon on friday. And then the next thing i knew, my school went out for the it was, like, the summer, you know, the big break, and i was invited to go perform in japan. And i went all over the world making balloons. And, you know, one thing just kind of led to the other. And ive been doing it for just over 20 years, and if you would have told me, you know, 22 years ago, hey, youre going to be a professional balloon artist, i would have been like, im going to be a what . But its, you know, i bring people joy. My job is to make people happy, and what could be better . Yeah, thats great. Yeah, its a lot of fun. Okay, lets bring some joy. Can you show me how to make something . Yeah tell you what, how about a sword. You know what . Thats really the first thing that you need to know is how to make a sword. And no matter where you go, if you make balloons, thats what kids are going to ask for. So, lets see here. Lets give you a balloon. Okay. All right, now this is something really important. Now, you feel its a little bit squishy . Mmhmm. Even though this one is fully inflated, weve left it weve given it a good burp. So that means that after we inflated it, we kinda just let some air out like, pbht you know . And then tied it. And the reason that we do that is so that when we put some tw to pop. And now you can feel that youve got some room to play with this, right . Having popped that other balloon, now you get that. Right, yeah, thats why i say you wanna do. Okay, so the next thing that you need to know is that this side here where its tied, this is called the nozzle. We always want to start twisting on the nozzle side. Okay. Now, the next thing that you need to know is that just watch me for a second. If you take a single bubble and you twist it, no matter who you are, no matter what you do, if you let go, its not going to stay. So it needs to be locked to another part of the balloon. So, what were going to do is were going to take it, squeeze and twist a little bubble off. Yep. Perfect. Okay, and now were going to fold it and make a loop like this, about the size of your hand, or about, you know, maybe a little bit bigger than your palm. And then squeeze it like that, good. Yeah. And grab it from the top and just twist. Its easier if you twist from the top. Yeah, good, perfect. Right here, like, just swivel that around. There you go, good. There we go. Yeah. All right, and now what youre going to do is flip itro it kind of looks like a golf club. Okay, and youre just kind of gonna open up the circle, the loop, with your hand. And youre going to feed the rest of the balloon into it. Almost all they way but not quite. Just like that. Yeah, you did it. Now, straighten it out a little bit. There you go, youve made your first sword en garde congratulations [ both laugh ] very good and eventually you get to the point where you see the world in balloons, and you can look at something and say, okay, if i want to make that, heres the shapes that i need to get there. Can you show us anything else to make . Sure lets see, what can we make real quick . Um, you wanna make a quick dog . Sure all right, take this one. I love dogs. And let me get, uh. Lets get a yellow one here. All right. So, we just did a bubble and a loop on the sword. The dog is basically a repetition of that, that were going to do another bubble and loop series. Only this time were going to do three sets of bubbleloop, bubbleloop, bubbleloop. So, were going to start by taking about a handful of balloon, just like that. Always on the side where its tied, on the nozzle side, right. Okay, now this time you want to kind of hold it while you make a small loop. Okay, youre going to squeeze and twist from the top of the loop. Yep. Like that. Yep, good. Yeah. Okay, and now were going to go down, grab about a handful, squeeze and twist, and youre going to make a little bit a little bit bigger of a loop. A threetwist dog. Oh. Yeah, maybe you dont want it quite that big. Thats okay, how about right there . And then you make your loop. Okay, and like i said, its always easier if you squeeze and twist from the loop. Yep, right there. Twist the loop. Oh yeah, all right, im going to give it to you, youre going to do the next one. All right, and then one more time. And thats going to make those back legs. So, you can feel its getting a little bit tight. So, we twist, hold and then make a loop, like that. And then twist the loop. Yep, yeah, you got it. There you go. Actually, i think yours is an aardvark. Yeah, it works. [ laughing ] [ barks ] very cute, i like this. Im going to keep this. So were talking a lot about we mentioned the money making aspect of it. How much can a teen make doing ballooning . You know, it depends on how much you do it. If youre going to, for instance, go to the park and do it, most likely youre going to get about a dollar a balloon. Thats thats about normal, that if you make a balloon somebodys probably going to tip you a dollar. They you know, they may or may not, but most likely they will. If youre doing birthdays, you could be making anywhere you know, when you get good, you could be making anywhere from, you know, 25 or 50 an hour, to 500 for a couple of hours. So, youre going to set your own prices. I mean, this is the thing about being an entrepreneur. Youre in control of when and where you work and how much you make. So, if a teen wants to learn how to become a balloon artist, how would they go about learning how to do it . Uh, you know theres books, like my book. Theres youtube videos i have a ton of videos on youtube. Oh, really . Um, and then once you get, you know, a little bit better, theres conventions, theres seminars, theres workshops, and theres also just hanging out with other balloon artists, other balloon twisters we call it balloon jams showing different ideas. Jams . Yeah, we took it from the music industry. So theres a ton of ways to learn. The main thing is that when you start, you really want to, you know, do everything at least three to five times in a row, and that way youll start to own that pattern. Yeah. Well, thank you so much for being with us today. This was so much fun. Thank you so much. Now, go forth and balloonify. I will. So, if you want to. Expayour earning capacity, consider becoming a balloon artist. For teen kids news, im emily. Weve got lots more to tell you about on teen kids news. Well be back in a minute. Theres an entire History Lesson in a state flag. You just need to know what to look for. In 1886, france gave the u. S. A gift to symbolize friendship and independence. Officially named liberty enlightening the world, we call it the statue of liberty. And she proudly stands at the entrance to new york harbor. The concept of liberty is an important symbol for new york. The flag of new york comes from the state seal, and it features both liberty and justice. The roman goddess liberty holds a staff with a cap on it. Known as a liberty cap, it symbolizes freedom from slavery. A discarded crown at libertys feet represents another type of freedom americas independence from england. The goddess justice is blindfolded to show that justice is blind to race, religion, and income. Scales represent equality for all, while the raised sword points out the willingness to fight for it. In the middle of the flag, you see the hudson river, and on the hudson river are two boats meant to represent commerce. Atop the state seal is an eagle sitting on the globe. 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The last time the nationals made it to the national League Championship series was in 1981, when they were known as the montreal expos, but they lost that series to the eventual world seri one of the most successful mobile games ever developed is wait for it yes, candy crush. Released only 5 years ago, it has already generated billions of dollars in profits. So, why is it so addicting . Researchers say that the secret behind its success is that candy crush is easy to learn but hard to beat. Therefore, it leaves players wanting more kind of like real candy, i guess. This Important Message is brought to you by the National Road safety foundation. [ car horn honks ] [ camera shutter clicks ] if you love peanut butter, then i have a great new way for you to eat fruit stick around, and ill show you, when teen kids news returns. Teen kids news got a chance to visit the Culinary Institute of america. Heres a taste of what we learned. Peanut butter lovers, this ones for you. This quick and easy recipe takes fruit snacking to a whole nother level. Lets get started. First thing were going to do is take half a cup of whipped cream i made it myself. You can get any kind of premade whipped cream at the store. Put it in a bowl like that. And youre going to take a quarter of a cup of peanut butter. Right in the bowl. And then six ounces of lowfat or nonfat vanilla yogurt, its your preference. Just like that. And youre just going to combine everything all together until it forms a nice fruit dip. And you can take this on the go with you, you can go take it to a study group or with your friends after school. Its really good to eat all the time. Just like that. Okay, perfect. You can use any of your favorite fruits strawberries, blueberries, apples, bananas. It makes a great snack. Lets give it a try. Mmm, thats really good. At the Culinary Institute of america, for teen kids news, im nicole. Ill have to give that recipe a try. Well, that wraps it up for now. For everyone here at teen kids news, thanks for watching. Its time to put winter behind us and focus on spring sports. Meet a soccer star who could be the future face of the u. S. Womens national team. And well look at a baseball player who could be a first round pick later this summer. Plus, well check in on a track and field phenom as well. Thats all coming up next on sports stars of tomorrow. show open thanks for joining us, everyone, im charles davis. Its time to get away from winter and warm up with some spring sports. Well get started with some soccer. 2015 was an unforgettable year for u. S. Womens soccer. The team captured its third world cup