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5 Gross Food Additives You’ve Already Eaten

(and probably don’t really want to know about)

By Tiffany Dyer & Tyler Walsh

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Natural Flavor

Not to say cat urine is in your food, but you get the idea. One

Sandwiches with a side of virus

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Bugs, bugs and more bugs

head with your macaroni and cheese? Though it may sound

Probably not. An Ohio University fact sheet estimates that we

knowing it. This is Gross, but is it Dangerous? Quite the contrary, -

worthy.

Wood Varnish – yes seriously read onYou know that shiny coating on candies like Skittles? Or the

that glaze from the secretions of the female lac beetle. The substance is also known as shellac and commonly used as a

candies, this leaves little room for quality control measures to

insect-infused treats your entire life. But before you head to the

J-E-L-L-Oh my are those bones and hides?Sometimes the most innocent sounding foods contain ingre-

gross. Jell-O has been gracing tables for over one hundred

by the federal government. Very strict vegetarians avoid gelatin

including Jell-O in their diets.

It’s made of what !!?

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and Zinch work more like matchmakers:

to locate colleges that seem like good

Schools might be looking for students

standardized test scores, or they may be interested in highly tailored searches. The sites share their matches with

wants to share it. Beyond matchmaking, the sites have clever ways students can research schools: snazzy admission tools, videos, and information on

CAPPEX

database, including four-year colleges,

features incude:

assembled information on roughly

which are often worth less than $2,000.

in St. Louis, I instantly obtained a list of

humanities, architecture and science

What Are My Chances? Calculator can

assessment of whether the student has a realistic chance of admission into a

into Wake Forest, the software concluded

admission.

ZINCH

because it focuses on traditional four-

Vanderbilt, along with hundreds of lesser-known institutions. Among its advantages:

on the site so they can instantly discover other students interested in the same

Students can also screen for classmates from their own schools.

can only contact a Zinch user if the student

and getting access to You Tube videos

board, and other information. When UC Berkeley began using Zinch, the college

of and extends Facebook to connect high school students with students currently matriculating at the colleges they are considering attending. After linking to your

school, view ratings from current students, and connect with students at that school.

forum where students can ask questions

actually living it.

virtual college tours which can vary, offering any and everyting from 360

including some narration and interviews, check out YouniversityTV.com. The site aims to showcase some 500 schools. Want the skinny on late-night eateries,

best dorms? Choose from submissions,

or CollegeClickTV.com. The best substitute for an actual visit is a $15 DVD from

actually take the college tour on visiting day, wobbly video camera in hand. Production

- Those stodgy old college review books have all the basic

number of students, etc. But rarely do they touch on any of the things that really

weather like? It was with that in mind that Luke Skurman founded College Prowler in

guidebooks were so far removed from the

what life was really like for students. So Skurman decided to do the most logical thing: he hired students to write the guidebooks.Originally sold only in stores, the hundreds of College Prowler guidebooks are now available for free on the web site, along with thousands of student editorials and college reviews.

section offers a way for students to view

universities. Often those videos will include

colleges that are a great distance away can

students, the ability to check out schools

and which to attend.

iTunes also offers video from a much smaller number of schools via its iTunes U

Spy Camera Shirt

All you James Bond wannabes, here is

something that will help you in your covert

spy missions. The Electronic Spy Camera

Shirt hides the spy camera in plain sight

and is hidden behind the artwork of a

man holding a camera. Genius isn’t it?

The fully-functioning spy camera behind

the soft cotton exterior is discreet and

has a cable with a controller which can be

hidden in your pocket. The Electronic Spy

Camera Shirt holds over 150 color digital

photos in 640 x 480 resolution and can

be purchased from Think Geek for $39.99.

Bag TV

Brings all new meaning to the phrase

“wath my bag.” Bagtv is a totally new

concept in bag design, combining bespoke

luxury bags with high tech electronic

equipment. The first in a range of new

products, is a hand-bag, integrated with a

high quality 7in TVscreen combining, DVD,

and Mpeg player. The screen sits behind a

protective transparent shield and enables

the owner to literally watch Films/Videos

either on DVD or downloaded to the bag.

The system comes with full connectivity

for use with computers or digital cameras

through USB port and SD card slot.

The bags come in seven different color

combinations. The battery life for the TV

will last you about 2.5 hours. The set with

the TV will cost you £295 or about $436.

Maybe its fashion-design fiction, or geek gone chic but whatever you call it fashion has gone totally hi-tech in various ways that let us

know that the future is now. It hasn’t always seemed like the perfect pair, with the tech and fashion sets mixing like oil and water, but

now math, science and technology are blending with fashion and design in seamless ways. Clothes are being asked to do way more than

keep you warm or even make you look good, they are being asked to entertain you, find you friends and even handle you communications.

Some our favorite tech-inspired fashions.

Umbrella 2.0

I found out my umbrella was an

underachiever the day I saw the Pileus.

Pileus is an umbrella connected to the

Internet to make walking in rainy days

fun. Pileus has a large screen on the

top surface, a built-in camera, a motion

sensor, GPS, and a digital compass.

The current prototype has two main

functions: photo-sharing through Flickr

and 3D map navigation. A user can take

photo with a camera on the umbrella,

and pictures are uploaded to Flickr in two

minutes with context tags via a wireless

Internet connection. User can also enjoy

themselves watching photo-streams

downloaded from Flickr with a simple

wrist snapping operation. Sadly, the

umbrella is currently only a prototype but

it kinda has that science fiction has come

alive feel and how cool is that!

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The Emergency Bra

Don’t you just hate it when you’re out and

find don’t have a gas mask when you need

it? Problem solved. A Chicago doctor Dr.

Elena Bodnar, who won the Ig Nobel prize

last year at Harvard University said her

invention, an “Emergency Bra” that can

be quickly converted into a pair of gas

masks, is now available for purchase for

$29.95 at ebbra.com. The Emergency

Bra’s primary function is that of a

conventional bra. In case of emergency,

it can be quickly and easily converted

into two face masks without removing

any clothes. In case of emergency, where

no specialized respiratory devices are

available, it can decrease the inhalation of

harmful airborne particles. Because the

Emergency Bra masks can be securely

fixed to the head, it frees a survivor’s

hands to keep balance while running

and removing objects on the way out of

danger. In certain situations, by providing

the wearer with a sense of security

and protection, the Emergency Bra

can reduce the chance of panic attack.

Bodnar said she is currently working on

a dress shirt for men that would convert

into an emergency device. “You can never

be too prepared,” she said.

Heartbeat Hoodie

Heartbeat Hoodie explores the idea of

involuntarily documenting parts of life

using a camera to take photographs at

moments of interest or excitement. The

camera, strategically placed above the

eyes on the hoodie, takes photographs as

the wearer’s heart rate increases. The

camera is wired discreetly through the

seeming of the garment to a basic stamp

that communicates with a wireless heart

rate monitor. The basic stamp uses an

algorithm to analyze the heartbeat for

increases that might signify a moment

of excitement or interest as opposed to

physical exercise. At the end of the day,

you can reflect on moments that caused

interest and excitement by viewing the

photographs. Since the photographs

are taken involuntarily, you may find new

points of interest that you were not

conscious of.

Aqua Chameleon

Textile designer Yun Ding has created

Aqua Chameleon a line of delicate-

looking swimwear printed with smart

pigments such as thermochromatic

and photochromatic ink that change

patterns based on certain conditions.

The patterns gradually shift from a

geometric print into a decorative pattern

by reacting to temperature, sunlight, or

water conditions. These “swim costumes”

challenge our notion of how a garment

should function aesthetically by adding

dynamically changing patterns based on

the changing environment around us and

displaying it back for all to see.

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Wearable Friend Finder

New Media students at the University of Maine

developed a Wearable Friend Finder that brings

the match making, friend finding out of the internet

and onto the streets. The students initially

envisioned the Friend Finder as a dating service

on campus, working from the premise that if a

person were given more information about the

personalities of the people they pass by, other

then what they see, they would be more likely

to break the ice and start a conversation. How

does it work? Users enter their preferences and

personality traits into a computer program and

upload the information to a small, portable device.

The user then plugs the device into a shirt or

handbag wired with small LED lights incorporated

into the design. When users with similar

preferences come within 30 feet of each other,you

both light up like laser tag, making it easier to spot

a potential match in a crowd.

Social Networking Clothing?

Ping is a garment that connects to your Facebook account wirelessly

and from anywhere. It allows you to stay connected to your friends and

groups of friends simply by performing natural gestures that are built

into the mechanics of the garments we wear. No phone, no laptop, no

hardware. Simply go about your day, look good and stay connected. Lift

up a hood, tie a bow, zip, button, and simply move, bend and swing to ping

your friends naturally and automatically. Technology is integrated into the

mechanics of the garment. For example, a sensor is integrated into the

hood allowing the natural gesture of lifting the hood and putting it back

down to communicate to Facebook. Lifting up the hood automatically

sends a message and updates your status. Putting the hood down sends

another message. A Facebook application allows you to customize your

messages, assign them to groups of friends and even manage many

different types of messages based on where you are, who you’re pinging,

or what your mood is. Get a ping back through more technology which

is integrated into the shoulder of the garment that provides a subtle

“tapping” feeling. If your friends send you a comment or a message back,

the garment will notify you by tapping you on the shoulder.

Wrist Power

Dyson Energy Bracelet is a gadget that

uses thermoelectric effects to harness

energy and power your mobile phones for

a few precious minutes more, when you

desperately need it. Lemme explain a bit:

The thermoelectric effect is the direct

conversion of temperature differences to

electric voltage and vice versa. Thanks

to the Seebeck effect, the temperature

difference between the surface which

touch the skin and the other which is

in the ambient air allows to produce

electricity that is stocked in a battery.

When the user needs to recharge a

mobile device, he plugs it into the Dyson

Energy through a micro-USB port and can

have some additional minutes of use.

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RAY JRay J, acclaimed singer, songwriter, actor, TV Show creator and celebrated “bad boy” of Hollywood has lived the life most people only dream about. But being in the business as long as Ray J has been has given him the experience to grow in a very mature manner. Ray J shares with CH the importance of family, his love for his career and his appreciation for giving back.

CH:

billboard hot 100 for 8 weeks now. When are we going to be able to get our hands

year when it feels right. The music is

into the Make a wish foundation. We are

come true alongside the club songs and the love songs and the other songs that we have coming on the album. CH: What are we going to see different from the Ray J in 2008 with the album

seen a lot more. I know a lot more as far as what a woman wants as far as

CH: What is your writing and creative

track I go and do something else and

too it has to make sense. CH:

you did 2 seasons of and you were going through different women and

Do you think that reality TV is a

RJ: You never know what a real

Once we started shooting the show I realized she is not in here. But before going on the show you never

CH:

yourself out there. Do you feel

your work at all or do you think you

that. I also believe you gain more

deals on the table that requires me

CH: How do you balance all of it? I mean you have the show, you

And you still manage to make it to dancing with the stars each week

hard to maximize on that. I think

times. Those were the times but

CH: So we can all see from your

By Ashley Ayers

you or your family as a whole with the arguments and confrontations being a big focus?

that is going to hinder the family.

to candy coat anything to make us

me creator of the show and having control of what is being seen. I still let myself go and still show the reckless side and still show the

authentic. CH: Brandy always been this close or did you two get closer as you got older? RJ: We have always been close. But as kids you do not know who

get closer because we know the meaning of family. CH:

RJ: Yes, my dad will be on it but

dad is on the song. It is a family soundtrack. It

it is on itunes. It is a

to family reunions and gatherings. CH: What do you think

working so closely with your family?

There are a lot of snakes out

that are trying to take from you or create these stories that are not true. But when you have your

is one hundred. The con is that sometimes when there is a

deal with the situation because

like that then I have to deal with it differently. CH: Twitter is a big thing and

following, do you ever follow your fans back?

CH: How do you chose who you follow back? I need them to do something for

them back. We make deals. CH: What advice do you have for

industry?RJ: My advice for the fans is

hinders you or makes you feel bad and then you move onto something

that. The obstacles,

and the hard times you

hard times because there will be good times. It is all about how you deal

of you. He is always watching. So you have to stay

CH: What is your new

want to make sure I am always in the community. I want to get it to

angeles area. I want to walk through and everybody sees me all the time.

Also, in addition to that I do not want to read any blogs. I have to focus on work. When

in the comments then it is all bad from there. CH: If you could tell your fans one thing what would it be?

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I DARE YOU! 20 RESOLUTIONS TO HAVE FUN, DE-STRESS AND LIVE A LIFE OF NO REGRETS

already not doing or know you need to quit. High school is stressful and the four years your have before your life as a free teen kicks the bucket is short. This might even be your last year but whether you are at the beginning or near the end of your

bucket list – ways to have fun, de-stress and start a life of no regrets. Try these suggestions to get started but remember to stay safe, I mean you still want to make it through high school!

Travel somewhere you’ve never been –

Whether its by plane, train, automobile

or foot, see something totally new.

Abandon your clique – Spend a week

hanging with a new crew

Do something good for another person

even though (especially if) you won’t

get the credit you deserve

Dance Like no one is watching

Spontaneously break out into a rap

rendition of The Wheels on the Bus

while riding public transportation..of

course change the lyrics to shed light

on the type of passengers who ride.

Climb a mountain (or at least a rock

wall)

Visit every museum in L.A.

Go to a theme park and ride the

biggest, scariest roller coaster 10

times in a row.

Stay awake to watch the sunrise

credit you can use whipped cream

instead of water)

Spin in circles until you fall down.

Host a bad movie marathon with your

friends

Make a youtube video that gets

1000 views (keep trying until you get

something catchy)

Play hide and go seek at the mall

Sleep outside

Create an alter ego and live it out for

a week.

Go to a sporting event and do

something wild enough to make it on

the jumbo-tron.

Eat something you grew yourself

Race something, a go-cart, an atv, a

jet-ski, a snowboard, a bike whatever

just get there fast.

Tell someone how you really feel

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I DARE YOU! 20 RESOLUTIONS TO HAVE FUN, DE-STRESS AND LIVE A LIFE OF NO REGRETS QUIZ: HOW DARING ARE YOU?

WHEN IN DOUBT GET RANDOM

1. You are invited sky diving. You say:

b. Can we try the indoor version instead?c. Yeah man! Can we leave now?

you see him/her, they are surrounded by friends. You:

-ing the friends will leave

3. You are dared to eat a hissing cockroach. You say:a. Ugghhh. Yuck. No way. Never!!!

c. Got hot sauce?

a. Has lots of good conversation

trouble. c. Would make the kids from the Jersey Shore look like a bunch of librarians

5. You and your friends are at the beach and they all

a. Sit on the sidelines … they know better then to ask me to do something that nuts...b. Fake a cold or some sort of allergy to salt water and

something like: a. Riding a bike without a helmet

c. Skydiving or rock climbing

7. A hairstylist wants to try out a whole new look on you. You say:

c. Go for it! I love make-overs

8. In general, your friends tend to be:

9. What best describes the way you dress? a. You buy most of your clothes from one or two basic stores b. You tend to like to create a style of your own, but nothing too weird

gets you noticed!

10. Someone offered you $100,000 to dive

a. uh-uh no way!b. How much again???

11. Truth or dare?

b. Truth c. Dare

(27-33) Extreme DaredevilYou are extremely daring. This can mean one of 2 things. You are either very brave or have absolutely no common sense. Is there

(19 – 26) Mildly Bold

and about trying new things.

(11 – 18) Super CautiousWhen it comes to being daring you are the one least likely to do anything. You are not at all daring and are afraid to take big risks

want tons of regrets either.

“I spent my holiday break chillaxing on a staycation while eating turducken sandwiches until my frenemy, called complaining about her boyfriend’s new bromance and about this total LBD wardrobe malfunction that exposed her bff’s tramp stamp at the holiday party she went to. I’m silently thinking she’s a total hater and wonder if I should defriend her but out loud I tell her to take a chill pill. Then to get over how much of a buzzkill the conversation had been I head out to the latest tweetup at the mall.” We’re certainly not suggesting you do, but if you answered something like this to your teacher’s “what did you do over the holiday break” essay question, at least he can now crack open the dictionary to find out what it means. Your spell checker is probably going crazy, but every single one of those words are now “real words” officially

part of The New Oxford American Dictionary.

Over 2,000 words and phrases were added to the dictionary, among them bromance, cheeseball, defriend, buzzkill, chillax, interweb and wardrobe malfunction (yes that is the sound of your English teacher having a heart attack). Additionally, the definitions of several old words – “friend,” “poke,” “meme,” “tweet”!have been updated to reflect the new ways in which those words can be used in the digital age. A senior assistant to the dictionary told Reuters that the additions are based on their popularity and quantity of use, which perhaps explains the additions of vuvuzela and staycation. Some lexicon fanatics think that many of the new words read more like a list of Twitter trending topics then a set of what should be

considered “real words”

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NEW WORDS IN THE NEW AMERICAN OXFORD DICTIONARY – NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT HERE IS A SAMPLING WE THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE.

AUTOMAGICALLY adv. informal (especially in relation to the operation of a computer process) automati-cally and in a way that seems ingenious, inexplicable, or magical:just type in the name of what you want to listen to, and it automagically appears on your computer BFF n. (pl. BFFs) informal a girl’s best friend: my BFF’s boyfriend is cheating on her.– ORIGIN 1996: from the initial letters of best friend

forever.

BROMANCE n. informal a close but nonsexual rela-tionship between two men.– ORIGIN early 21st cent.: blend of brother and

romance.

BUZZKILL n. a person or thing that has a depressing or dispiriting effectCARBON CREDIT n. a permit that allows a country or organization to produce a certain amount of carbon emissions and that CATASTROPHIZING v. view or present a situation as considerably worse than it actually isCHEESEBALL n. lacking taste, style, or originalityCHILL PILL n. a notional pill taken to make someone calm downchillax calm down and relaxCREDIT CRUNCH n. a sudden sharp reduction in the availability of money or credit from banks and other lenders: the beleaguered company has become the latest victim of the credit crunch.DEFRIEND v. another term for unfriend.DELEVERAGING v. the process or practice of reducing the level of one’s debt by rapidly selling one’s assetsDICTIONARY ATTACK n. an attempt to gain illicit ac-cess to a computer system by using a very large set of words to generate potential passwordsEGGCORN n. a word or phrase that results from a mis-hearing or misinterpretation of another, an element of the original being substituted for one that sounds very similar or identical (e.g., tow the line instead of toe the line).– ORIGIN early 21st cent.: with reference to a misin-

As wild or progressive, depending on how you look at it, the new words seem there were unfortunately (?), a number of ‘non-words’ which failed to make it

conversation) among millions of others. Apparently words added must be used in multiple independent places over a certain period of time to earn their spot, a rule put in place by the overseeing editors of the dictionary. The changes seem to be made to keep up with changing times and colloquialisms, but expect the debate to rage on as to whether we really need words like chillax and frenemy in our dictionary. The new words may never make it to the SAT’s or you next vocabulary exam but one thing is clear, the contemporary world of internet and mobile messages has changed the way language has been used. These two mediums have seen evolution of a whole new set of popular jargons and abbreviations, which are now slowly but surely being endorsed by

terpretation of acorn.

EXIT STRATEGY n. a preplanned means of ex-tricating oneself from a situation that is likely

FREEMIUM n. a business model, especially on the Internet, whereby basic services are provided free of charge while more advanced features must be paid forFRENEMY n. a person with whom one is friend-ly despite a fundamental dislike or rivalryGEOENGINEERING n. manipulation of environ-mental processes in an attempt to counteract the effects of global warmingGREEN-COLLAR adj. denoting or relating to employment concerned with products and services designed to improve the quality of the environment: green-collar jobs.– ORIGIN on the pattern of white-collar and

blue-collar.

HASHTAG n. (on social networking websites such as Twitter) a hash or pound sign (#) used to identify a particular keyword or phrase in a posting.HATER n. a person who greatly dislikes a

not a hater of modern music.informal a negative or critical person: she

INTERWEB n. humorous the Internet.LBD n. (pl. LBDs) informal little black dress: you can’t go wrong with an LBD for premières or parties.– ORIGIN abbreviation.

LIPSTICK LESBIAN n. informal a lesbian who favors a glamorous, traditionally feminine style.LMAO abbr. vulgar slang laughing my ass off.overthink v. think about (something) too much or for too longPARKOUR (also parcour) n. the activity or sport of running through an area, typically in an ur-ban environment, using acrobatic techniques to negotiate obstacles.– ORIGIN early 21st cent.: French, alteration of

parcours ‘route, course.’

NEW PHRASES

PAYWALL n. (on a website) an arrangement whereby access is re-stricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.SOCIAL MEDIA n. [treated as sing. or pl.] websites and applications used for social networking.SOCIAL NETWORKING n. the use of dedicated websites and applica-

with similar interests to oneself.STAYCATION n. informal a vacation spent in one’s home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions.– ORIGIN early 21st cent.: blend of stay and vacation.

STEAMPUNK steam-powered machinery rather than advanced technology.TAG CLOUD n. a visual depiction of the word content of a website, or of user-generated tags attached to online content, typically using color and font size to represent the prominence or frequency of the words or tags depicted. toxic debt debt which has a high risk of default.TRAMP STAMP n. informal a tattoo on a woman’s lower back.TRUTHINESS n. informal the quality of seeming or being felt to be true, even if not necessarily true.– ORIGIN early 19th cent. (in the sense ‘truthfulness’): coined in the

modern sense by US humorist Stephen Colbert (1964–).

TTYL abbr. informal talk to you later: Anyway, gotta run now! TTYL.TWEETUP n. a meeting organized by means of posts on TwitterUNFRIEND v. [with obj.] informal remove (someone) from a list of friends or contacts on a social networking site: she broke up with her boyfriend, but she hasn’t unfriended him.VUVUZELA n. S. African a long horn blown by fans at soccer matches.– ORIGIN perhaps from Zulu.

WARDROBE MALFUNCTION n. informal, humorous an instance of a person accidentally exposing an intimate part of their body as a result of an article of clothing slipping out of position.WEBISODE n. an episode, esp. from a television series, or short

– ORIGIN 1990s: blend of Web and episode.

BE ALL THAT informal be very attractive or good: he thinks he’s all that—yeah, God’s gift.MY BAD informal used to acknowledge responsibility for a mistake: Sorry about the confusion. It’s my bad.THE NEW BLACK a color that is currently so popular that it rivals the traditional status of black as the most reliably fashionable color: brown is the new black this season.LIKE HERDING CATSan attempt to organize a group of people: controlling the members of this expedition is like herding cats.COP TO accept or admit to: there are a lot of people who don’t cop to their past.WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE? informal used as a rhetorical expression of approval or satisfaction: cleaner air, cooler temperatures, and mountain views—what’s not to like?SHARE A MOMENT informal experience a joint sensation of heightened emotion: Alan and Barbara shared a moment yesterday after the memorial service.TALK THE TALKintended to please or impress others: we may not look like true rock jocks yet, but we talk the talk.

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blueberries. I try to stay away from the breads as much as

You want to think clearly. It is not

really angry to knock someone

Are you still working with Naazim Richardson?Yes, he is a great trainer. He

like a big brother.

some of his words of wisdom?One of his famous words that he

Coming from a father that did boxing, did you ever

I started at eight years old. I remember when I was 10

mother was afraid of her son boxing so she said maybe when you turn 14 you can quit because boxing is dangerous

You have been in the game for over 30 years. What have been some of the challenges that you had to overcome in your career?Some of the challenges when I was younger were hanging out with the guys. I had a car when I turned 16 and that

or I could go after school to hang out with the guys or go

out where I was and tell me to go to the

you need to go to gym.

Coming from a dad that was a boxer, did you get a different

My father boxed as an

me a lot. Every time I left my

swats. That is what he called it. Whenever I did something

wrong at school which was often, I would get swats. Pretty

much every day I would get swatts and every day I would be mad at my

father. He would say son I have to do

to be your friend and I would go run away for a

Then he would say I thought you were running away. I would

away again.

Boxing is more of a mental

sport.

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