Summer nights cooling off from the scorching days.  Memories of sleepovers, beaches, pool party and lots of sunscreen and aloe.  This is especially true Especially if you spend them with your loved ones, however, there is one thing that can disrupt summer, mosquitoes. 

Mosquitoes, as we may know are carriers of infectious diseases, such as malaria and other infectious diseases from distances beyond our homes.

There are ways to rid off these annoying parasites: one way is to check your home for mosquito laying grounds.  Avoid standing water, such as pond, fountains and areas that would hold water.  Dump all standing waters, as for ponds, fountains or lakes visit San Diego County - Mosquitoes website for more information.

Step two: at nights keep your door closed and make sure windows have screens to keep them out.  Step three: light is a factor that attracts mosquitoes, try to keep itching cream on hand to ease the itching feeling from a mosquito bite.  What left do you have to do?  Enjoy your summer.

Many teens have the habit of turning the volumes to a blaring decibel, headphones so loud that the person next to them can clearly hear what the song is.   This can cause severe hearing damage.

This habit can cause hearing loss, especially if repeated.  Just because you don't listen to rock, that doesn't mean you're not damaging your ears.  The sound doesn't have to be extremely loud, if its loud enough for you not to be able to hear a normal conversation, you're already causing some damage to your ears.  If repeated daily,over time it can cause irreversible damage and can lead to permanent hearing loss.

To avoid this kind of harm to your body try not to have your earphones on less and listen to your music on speaker -- think of it as sharing the wealth.   Try to turn your volume down 2 bars every 2 weeks or every day and allow yourself to get use to a lower decibel, your eardrums will thank you as well as the future you.

As times has progress, woman has become more independent, traditional roles like homemaker, care taker are being dismantled and re-establish.  The woman's role in the economic settings have change since the 1950's.  Woman have taken the challenges in all aspects that were once reserved for men and unpractical for women, one of these is extreme sports.

More and more woman have become more involved in extreme sports, breaking worlds records, and rising to the top.  Six decades ago women were seen as fragile and delicate but now in the year, 2011 woman can jumping from an airplane, participate and win in the BMX, mountain climb and bungee jump.  These are just a few of the extreme sports women are more likely to practice:

• Skydiving
• Surfing/Wind surfing
• Bungee jumping
• Rock climbing
• Mountain biking
• White-water kayaking
• Snowboarding/Wake boarding
• Scuba diving

One of the things we simply can't put up with is harassment of any kind, sexual, physical or mental.   Every person has the right to feel safe and secure, on the street, at school, at a job, at home, anywhere. 

Harassment can cause many psychological and emotional harm, whether its a "harmless" tease or accidental.  Be aware aware of your actions and behaviors, consideration is key.  There are different types of harassment that can occur between co-workers, classmates, strangers and

family:

• Racial
• Bullying
• Stalking
• Sexual
• Job
• Internet

Studies have shown that there is a decreased in the incidents of smoking among teenagers.  However, it doesn't mean that teenagers have stopped smoking.  Smoking can cause permanent damage to your throat and lungs and over a long period of time smoking has been shown to cause cancer.    Quitting has becoming easier with advances in medicine and technology, 'kicking the habit' in the 21st century means going on the patch, chewing some gum or taking pills and don't forget there is always the traditional method 'going cold turkey'.  

What makes smoking addictive? Nicotine.

The nicotine, an ingredient in cigarettes is said to calm nerves and helps lower stress, while some say that smoking does not calm nerves or lower stress, rather it makes a person more anxious.   Smoking also decreases an individual's life span, smokers develop illnesses during their 40's and 50's depending on when they started smoking and the quantity they smoked per day, month and year.   Someone who smokes 1 pack a day in most cases will develop help problems later on than someone who smokes 2 packs a day.  The best way to avoid health problems from smoking is to not smoke at all.