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it is importnat that the gymnast knows what he is doing. The gymnast shouldn’t attempt to try moves that he hasn’t practiced yet

Most times, injuries occur because some of the muscles involved in the execution of a trick are not strong enough to withstand the stress placed on the joints during movement. This often happens to children whose bones are still in the process of growing. The most common of these injuries are sprained or twisted ankles, which occur when the small but vital muscles that run down from the calf to the foot are not tough enough to cushion the joint underneath. To prevent sprained and twisted ankles, the muscles surrounding them should be trained and conditioned regularly.

17-year-olds typically strained or sprained their lower limbs

. But in terms of catastrophic injuries like neck breaks, it ranks right up there with ice hockey

Teens and pre-teens are using their part-time job paycheck to buy grills (a form of jewelry worn in the mouth)

rap music has turned the youth more violent, utterly disrespectful and it is teaching them that it's acceptable to have multiple babies' mommas, stand on the block and hustle or even kill someone over a minor disagreement

being deteriorated by the lyrics and images portrayed in rap music and videos.

rap music is influencing our adolescents to become hustlers, pimps and murderers

Slick Rick, KRS-One, Public Enemy, Special Ed and Big Daddy Kane made popular non-violent mainstream music that spread throughout the world in a matter of two years

12-19 because they are at a very impressionable age and it's hard for them to determine fantasy from reality

Almost one in three women aged 35 to 39 in the city of 6.9 million said they had fewer children than they wanted but many said they did not want to risk a late pregnancy.

It is a participant in the International Space Station and the Japanese Experiment Module (Kibo) is slated to be added to the International Space Station during Space Shuttle assembly flights in 2008.

LARGEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)

Russia 17,075,400 sq km, (6,592,846 sq miles)

OCEANS' GREATEST DEPTHS Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 35,827 ft

10) LARGEST USA CITIES! (By Population) Numbers shown are the population wIThin the recognized cITy limITs, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the cITy (often called the metro). For those numbers, visIT this page New York CITy, NY 8.09 million

DEEPEST OCEANS & SEAS

SMALLEST COUNTRIES (by land mass)

Pacific Ocean (35,827 ft) (10,924 meters)

Vatican City 0.44 sq km, (0.17 sq miles)

OLDEST COUNTRIES

San Marino (301 AD)

LARGEST CITIES ON THE PLANET! Numbers shown are the population wIThin the recognized cITy limITs, and do not include people living in the immediate surrounding area outside of the established border of the cITy. For the largest metropolITan areas refer to the list below this one. Revised (10/01/04) Shanghai, China 13.3 million

MAJOR SEAS (by size) locator map here South China (2,974,600 sq km)

YOUNGEST COUNTRIES Montenegro (July, 2006)

RICHEST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars) Luxembourg ($45,360)

MAJOR ISLANDS (by size) locator map here Australia, (7,617.930 sq km) is widely considered part of a continental landmass, not officially an island. But without doubt it is the largest island on the planet, and when combined with Oceania, the smallest continent on Earth.

POOREST COUNTRIES (GNP in USA Dollars) Mozambique ($80)

LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE WORLD Numbers shown are the population within the immediate surrounding area of the established border of the city, and also include the city limit population figures. Revised (09/05) Toyko, Japan 31.2 million

COUNTRIES WITH MOST LAND BORDERS

China (14)

MAJOR RIVERS (By Length) Nile, Africa (6,825 km)

MAJOR LAKES (By Size) Caspian Sea, Asia-Europe (371,000 sq km)

TOP 10 TALLEST MOUNTAINS Mount Everest 8850m (29035ft) Nepal/China

DEEPEST LAKES (By Greatest Depth) Baikal, Russian Fed. (5,315 ft)