skijamin.com SKI JAMIN is a nonprofit organization with a focus on two groups of children. Ski Institute for Junior American Minority Inner City Neighborhoods and Ski Institute for Mountain Indigenous Natives. It is our goal to educate, inspire and develope minority youth from the California Central Valley area from ages 9 to 13, to become actively involved in a winter sports program, where they will be taught skills in snow skiing and snowboarding. It is also our focus to help mold and shape future minority leaders, organizers and future business leaders, for our communities, state and county through workshops, camps, motivational speakers and conferences. We hope to enrich not only our students but their families as well. The Mission of SKI JAMIN, Inc. is to inspire, educate and create new experiences for minority children to participate in winter sports. SKI JAMIN’s Program will provide access and instruction to ski and snowboarding areas, in an effort to establish equal opportunity, regardless of financial, geographical or racial challenges. Want to help? Sponsor a Skier/Boarder: We need your help today! With the winter season just around the corner we need to GEAR UP our JUNIOR SKIERS and BOARDERS with the appropriate snow wear and equipment. This includes but is not limited to thermal top and bottom set, winter sport socks, snow pants, snow jacket, helmit, goggles, ski/snowboard boots, bindings, skis, snowboards, sun block,hand warmers and resort pass. The cost to …

[Posted in parenting and psycology]
My son will be 7 next month. He is well behaved, perfect marks and reports from school, never a discipline problem; goes to a good school, lives in a nice house in a good area.
A month ago, my husband took his games and made him clean his room. About 20 minutes later, sitting in the living room, I see my son sneak in and go behind a recliner in the back of the room. I thought he was doing a secret spiderman entrance or something. After 10 minutes I go back there. He says "Shhh, I am about to get my revenge." "What are you talking about? What’s that box?" I open this pencil box and it is full of very heavy items. "I am going to jump out and attack dad with this for revenge." OK, he got sent to his room, got a long lecture, ect.
A couple weeks ago he goes to stay with my mom for the night. While there, my older brother gives him a pocket night and teaches him how to stab pumpkins. My son also got a new ski mask when they went sledding. When he comes home and I put up the knife and discuss knife safety, he says, "If I go stab Caleb (a boy who beats him up) wearing my mask, you won’t tell them it’s me, right?" Ok, another long lecture follows.
Last night I am sitting on the couch after a nice evening, after dinner, homework and chores are done, my son is playing in his room. Suddenly, I see this string drop down in front of me around my neck and pull tighter, I grab it and turn around, "What are you doing, trying to strangle me? That could hurt someone." "I am sorry, i wasnt going to hurt you." "Why did you do that?" "I was practicing." "For what?" "I don’t know." "Ok, don’t do that again, that could hurt someone and you could get in big trouble and go to jail!"
I talk to my brother last night. He went to my mom’s to spend time with my son when my son spent the night there last time. My son got mad at him for some silly reason. A couple hours later, when drawing pictures, my son brings my brother an extremely graphic picture he drew showing my son killing him, total blood and gore, and tells him what the picture means, that he is killing my brother.
So, this is my only child. Is this just kid behavior or is this some kind of warning sign? I am really concerned by this. Any advice would be appreciated. And if you only have a nasty comment, I would appreciate if you just move on. Thanks!

Everytime goggles gave JG double middles, I laughed harder! He consistently gave Jeff Gordon the love almost every lap of the 200 lap race.

I’m 14. I don’t normally ask these questions but…
last night I had a really strange dream.(its pretty long, so sit tight I don’t know where it started off, but basically, I was "captured" by these "bad" people. Everything was kind of like in a video game, but it was no where near the few that I play (haven’t played any in weeks)
Anyway, I don’t remember much of the beginning, only that I was with my older, and younger brother. we were in this cave thing, with a lot of other people who i don’t know. Basically, after a while the cave wall opened and we all ran out. I don’t remember what happens after, but eventually we get to this place where, there’s a ship in the water that looks pretty big in front of us, but its actualy pretty small.My younger brother is no longer in the picture, and instead its just me and my older brother (18). were on skis because there’s some snow on the ground.
Our goal, is to rid the ship off all the "bad" things, so we can save it. I’m not 100% sure, but I think the ship was haunted or something and the "people" are really ghost, in blackish blue armor, but you can still kill them.
Anyway, my brother and I both take different directions, once we enter the ship, to get the job done faster. I go right, he goes left. These bad guys are each in a little crevis. And they are protecting a girl behind each one of them. All of these kids are the same. They have long dark brown hair, and are wearing a pink t-shirt with black pants. they all have the same expresion on their face. Its blank, with no emotion.
So i start killing these guys in the armor, and then the kids behind them. These bad guys are all seperate, meaning that I only kill one at a time, before moving on to where the next one is. It dosent take us long, not even a minute. I kill 3 bad guys, and 3 of the kids, by brakeing their necks, all the way back. (grusome, I know). when I’m done, I go up to the top of the ship, where I see a bunch of the kids, all huddled together. I kill 2, but then leave the rest, and go up a small ladder that only has 4 rungs, to the very top which is a very small rectanglure platform. I meet my brother, and tell him that I killed the kids, and the bad guys, and he tells me that i wasnt supposed to kill the kids. We were trying to help them.
I feel so terrible, and I look down to where all the children are gathered, and they all (with blank faces, and no emotion) start to crowd around the one I killed. They cuddle up to them, and hug them, and look almost sad, and willing them to get back up. I feel so guilty, and so terrible, that i want to do the whole thing over again, and not kill them. Then, out of nowhere, where back at the begining again, and we are on skis, and just going into the ship. I think what happened is i got another life, and I was able to start over, becuase I’m in a video game. This time, I made sure I didnt kill the kids, and I didnt kill a single one.
My brother and I are back on the platform at the very top, all the kids are huddled just below us. We have to get off the ship fast for some reason. The ship is right beside the gound, so we step over the side, and onto the ground. Then we turn back around, and all the children are on the small little platform, that we just left a second ago, but the platform and the kids have become so tiny, that I could fit at least 20,in the palm of my hand, along with this platform Then my Grandpa’s spirit comes floting over to us. BTW, my grandpa in real life is not dead, and it wasnt REALLY him, it was Ian Mckellen, who I think kind of looks like my grandpa.
Anyway, he comes floating over, and says something like "thank you, you did a great job" and he goes over, and sits right in the middle, kind of on top of some of the kids. I turn my head for a second, to look over my shoulder, and call my brother over, but when i turn back, I cant see him anymore, but I know hes in there protecting the kids. I turn around to talk to someone for another second, and when i turn back, this black stuff is all over this little box (which was the platform) and the only spot without the black stuff, is the place where saw my grandpa (Ian) sit down. I knew tho, that it was only a matter of mintes before it to, was covered in black.
I’m not sure, but I think I kind of felt content at that moment, and then I woke up.
I dont know why, but for some reason, I know that this dream means something, I just dont know what.
Any ideas??

I’m 14. I don’t normally ask these questions but…
last night I had a really strange dream.(its pretty long, so sit tight I don’t know where it started off, but basically, I was "captured" by these "bad" people. Everything was kind of like in a video game, but it was no where near the few that I play (haven’t played any in weeks)
Anyway, I don’t remember much of the beginning, only that I was with my older, and younger brother. we were in this cave thing, with a lot of other people who i don’t know. Basically, after a while the cave wall opened and we all ran out. I don’t remember what happens after, but eventually we get to this place where, there’s a ship in the water that looks pretty big in front of us, but its actualy pretty small.My younger brother is no longer in the picture, and instead its just me and my older brother (18). were on skis because there’s some snow on the ground.
Our goal, is to rid the ship off all the "bad" things, so we can save it. I’m not 100% sure, but I think the ship was haunted or something and the "people" are really ghost, in blackish blue armor, but you can still kill them.
Anyway, my brother and I both take different directions, once we enter the ship, to get the job done faster. I go right, he goes left. These bad guys are each in a little crevis. And they are protecting a girl behind each one of them. All of these kids are the same. They have long dark brown hair, and are wearing a pink t-shirt with black pants. they all have the same expresion on their face. Its blank, with no emotion.
So i start killing these guys in the armor, and then the kids behind them. These bad guys are all seperate, meaning that I only kill one at a time, before moving on to where the next one is. It dosent take us long, not even a minute. I kill 3 bad guys, and 3 of the kids, by brakeing their necks, all the way back. (grusome, I know). when I’m done, I go up to the top of the ship, where I see a bunch of the kids, all huddled together. I kill 2, but then leave the rest, and go up a small ladder that only has 4 rungs, to the very top which is a very small rectanglure platform. I meet my brother, and tell him that I killed the kids, and the bad guys, and he tells me that i wasnt supposed to kill the kids. We were trying to help them.
I feel so terrible, and I look down to where all the children are gathered, and they all (with blank faces, and no emotion) start to crowd around the one I killed. They cuddle up to them, and hug them, and look almost sad, and willing them to get back up. I feel so guilty, and so terrible, that i want to do the whole thing over again, and not kill them. Then, out of nowhere, where back at the begining again, and we are on skis, and just going into the ship. I think what happened is i got another life, and I was able to start over, becuase I’m in a video game. This time, I made sure I didnt kill the kids, and I didnt kill a single one.
My brother and I are back on the platform at the very top, all the kids are huddled just below us. We have to get off the ship fast for some reason. The ship is right beside the gound, so we step over the side, and onto the ground. Then we turn back around, and all the children are on the small little platform, that we just left a second ago, but the platform and the kids have become so tiny, that I could fit at least 20,in the palm of my hand, along with this platform Then my Grandpa’s spirit comes floting over to us. BTW, my grandpa in real life is not dead, and it wasnt REALLY him, it was Ian Mckellen, who I think kind of looks like my grandpa.
Anyway, he comes floating over, and says something like "thank you, you did a great job" and he goes over, and sits right in the middle, kind of on top of some of the kids. I turn my head for a second, to look over my shoulder, and call my brother over, but when i turn back, I cant see him anymore, but I know hes in there protecting the kids. I turn around to talk to someone for another second, and when i turn back, this black stuff is all over this little box (which was the platform) and the only spot without the black stuff, is the place where saw my grandpa (Ian) sit down. I knew tho, that it was only a matter of mintes before it to, was covered in black.
I’m not sure, but I think I kind of felt content at that moment, and then I woke up.
I dont know why, but for some reason, I know that this dream means something, I just dont know what.
Any ideas??

I am going to Syracuse University next year, where it will be VERY cold. I already own a Northface fleece (the one that everyone had/was obsessed with haha) and a ski Jacket. I would really like if someone who goes to Syracuse could answer because I want this jacket to be fashionable, and also very very warm. I’d like to know what other kids typically wear during the winter months. Thank you so much. Please no dumb answers.

1) High school cafeterias are vast and spacious — leaving plenty of room to spontaniously break into song and dance — and are in no way packed, crowded or uncomfortable

2) It’s completely acceptable for the female drama teacher to walk into the guys locker room where her young male students are showering.

3) A white, 5-foot-9 junior is the best high school basketball player in the state of New Mexico.

4) There is exactly one fat person at East High School.

5) In school hallways they put up really big posters of the most popular guy in school so that obsessed girls can sing to it

6) Lucas is NOT gay… even though he dances, sings, hangs out with his girly sister, wears pink hats, and stares at sweaty basketball players because Disney does not promote homosexuality

7) In high school, you only have class once a day and it’s only about 10 minutes long. For the rest of the day you can sing, dance, play basketball, make/foil plans, and hide out in secret gardens as much as you want.

You can name a kid in the 21st century "Sharpay"

9) There is only ONE Gabriella Montez on the entire World Wide Web.

10) If you’re the new kid in school, no one is allowed to look at you

11) If you audition for a school play, you send the entire school into pandemonium

12) Some high schools only have 5 adults on campus. That’s how they get away with dancing in the halls.

13) Apparently the winter musical only requires two cast members.

14) Corbin Bleu is pretty much white.

15) If you’re a stressed jock, you need only to go to the school gardens and sing… nobody will find you or pick on you.

16) If you love a girl enough, breaking and entering into her room is not considered a problem.

17) Troy rides the bus to school even though his dad works there

18) You can have a laptop and a webcam pointing at a person ready to record them and they would NEVER notice

19) All stage fright can be cured by the saying “Like kindergarten”

20) Students in high school don’t need backpacks… or books for that matter

21) It takes Gabriella’s mom and Troy’s dad forever to walk to an auditorium.

22) People keep outfits in their lockers just in case someone spills nachos on them

23) If you wear pink and have blonde hair, you are automatically a malevolent popular girl.

24) All fathers with sons in sports are oblivious to their sons’s other needs and desires.

25) A high school can produce 17 musicals in a span of two years

26) It is possible for the random girl you met at a ski lodge at New Year’s to coincidentally move to your school and become your girlfriend

27) An entire school’s network can be crippled by the push of a bottom (Taylor must be a really good hacker.)

28) Interperative dancing is a sign that there is something mentally wrong with you and must see a counselor

29) When the entire East High School student body is decked out in red and white, Troy and Gabriella always seem to be in blue. Until the finale when they finally catch on.

I liked those coats that were given to them, by some company, Jon had said the name of the company of who gave the coats to them, but I missed it completely.

Can anyone recall where they said they got those coats from?
I believe they were ski coats, it was in the episode that Kate tape over the kids name that was on the back of their backpack because they were going on a trip, and she didn’t want people to be able to read off her kids names from their backpacks. And every kid wore a different color jacket, so that they could identify each kid.

The company apparently makes children’s coats and clothes they Grow With the child so that they may keep that same coat for 1 – 3 years.

Anyone know the name of that company?

If not, any compnay that you know of that sells clothes like this for kids, is appriciated.

Thank you ahead of time!

Okay, give me your honest opinion. Tell me what you think I should add or take away. You can even tell me that "YOU’RE FUCKN HORRIBLE, DON’T EVER WRITE AGAIN!" Okay here’s my story so far:

Lia Rose wheeled her Louis Vuitton carry-on to baggage claim, an expression of jet-lag-mixed-with-frustration masked her beautiful face. Her expressive grey eyes read tired, her silky, inky black hair was pulled up into a messy bun, and her tall and lean body sulked as she walked.
As she grabbed the rest of her bags, she looked around and spotted a newsstand; most of the magazine covers featured her parents, famous actor Landon Rose and retired supermodel Ana Carla Talvares. Ugh, her parents, she thought. She huffed. Lia wasn’t sure which parent she should hate the most. Her dad, for sloppily having an affair with ditzy Playboy Playmate Phillie Moyer, who’s whole body was practically artificial, or her diva mom, who hated being embarrassed and hightailed it out of LA, back to her adopted hometown of Boston, dragging Lia along, and later filing for divorce.
For the full five minutes she had been in Boston, Lia was already hating the place. Most of her vague predictions of Boston-nites or Boston-ians or whatever they were called, had already come true; there were snobby, rude people who kept bumping in to her without so much of a “sorry” or “excuse me”, moms were yelling at their kids in those annoying Boston accents, and if she saw another guy wearing a Celtic jersey, loudly barking into his phone, she would scream. The only stereotype left was Boston people being bad drivers, and as she approached her chauffeur holding up a sign that read “L.Rose”, she was sure he would prove that last stereotype.
She caught his eye and nodded to confirm his suspicion. The chauffeur, who looked about 40, very short, and had salt-and-pepper hair, led her to a black Range Rover. As she climbed in the back, her iPhone vibrated in her ash-colored Miu Miu hobo bag. She dug for it, only to find out it was her mom video-calling.
“Yes?” Lia had to double take to make sure that wasn’t her face staring back at her. Her and her mom were basically twins; same eyes, same hair, same pouty lips, same figure. The only thing she’d inherited from her dad was her ski-slope nose.

What is an astronaut? The answer I will give you may differ in different age. When I was a kid, I thought an astronaut was a fly guy. Just like superman who can always attract people’ attention. But now, astronaut means differently to me. Astronaut is a job which demands lots of difficult trainings and varieties of knowledge. And you can even say that being an astronaut maybe the most difficult job in the world. Look what they have to do before becoming a qualified astronaut.
First, they have to grasp lots of knowledge in a variety of areas. Even the basic subjects to learn includes as many as dozens. Such as driving a military jet, training for extra-vehicular activity, engineer, biological science, physical science, mathematics, aeromedicine, geography, astronomy, mechanics, English, to name just a few. Even one of these subjects can be very tough to learn, let alone mastering all of them.
Secondly, being an astronaut should be physically healthy. The physical examination includes the examinations of height, weight, flexibility, speed, eyesight, blood pressure and so on. And even your body is good enough; you still cannot be an astronaut right away. There are still lots of physical trainings ahead of you. For example, when the former Soviet Union and the United States together started the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, it was required that every astronaut should finish driving a bicycle as far as 1000 kilometers , and skiing over 3000 kilometers, cross-country racing 2000 kilometers in one and a half year. And in Houston Space Center of America, in order to improve the astronauts’ endurance, they should keep walking 30 kilometers wearing the eighty-kilogram space suit in the scorching hot Arizona dessert everyday.
Thirdly, being an excellent astronaut should also be mentally strong. Living in the outer space doesn’t like living in the earth, where we have been used to since we were born. But traveling in the space is totally a different thing. The first problem we have to confront is loneliness. There are very few people we can talk to, and what’s more, we are far away from our family. The second problem is the worries the job may bring to our family. Being an astronaut is a dangerous job, since every step should be perfectly done, which makes the risks even greater. This can bring great worries to his or her family.