Reader’s Digest

Maddy’s Magazine

Table of Contents

Page..3 Virtual and Augmented Reality
Page..4 Osgood Schlatter’s Disease
Page..5 Chacos
Page..6 Matched Review
Page..7 Watch Where You’re Going!/The Cake Mishap
Page..8 Interview
Page..9 Doughnut Facts: Strange but True
Page..10 Chocolate Chip Muffins
Page..11 Summer Bucket List

Virtual and Augmented Reality

New technology is everywhere. It can help you get to where you need on

time, manage your schedule, and let you keep in touch wherever you go. Technology
can also help entertain you. Virtual Reality is a cool new way to see and go places
without really going there. When you put the goggles on your face, you can see close
up underwater videos while sitting on your couch. There are endless pictures, videos
and apps that you can view while on virtual reality. Virtual reality works by showing you
an image and as soon as you move your head it modifies that image to make it look
like you're really there! (virtual-reality-work) Also, 3D audio helps to make it seem a lot
more realistic and it can even make you forget your actual surroundings. Virtual reality
isn’t just used as a fun way entertain yourself. It is also used to help training, medical
procedures, and even psychological therapy to treat disorders like PTSD. (virtual-
reality-work) Virtual Reality might even be able to cause amazing breakthroughs in
medical and science.
Augmented reality is another way that people see things without actually going there.
It's a little different than virtual reality. All it does is take the real world and adds things
to it. For example, pokemon go uses augmented reality to let people see Pokémon's in
their daily life. Many different video games also use augmented reality to make their
games more realistic. Virtual and augmented reality are two different ways of seeing
the world in a new way and provide entertainment and learning for many different
people. https://www.wareable.com/vr/how-does-vr-work-explained

http://time.com/3987716/how-does-virtual-reality-work/
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/augmented-reality.htm

Osgood Schlatter’s Disease

Osgood Schlatter’s Disease If nothing else helps and your
affects mostly teens ages 10-16. knees are too painful, then taking a
It is more common in athletes; few months off of physical activities
such as runners, jumpers, and would probably be a good idea.
kids involved in contact sports. Osgood Schlatter’s will usually go
(Health line) Osgood Schlatter’s away on its own. The pain will
is defined as a knee problem usually stop or decrease 6-24
that causes pain and swelling in months after it has started. Even
the shinbone (tibia) just below though the pain has gone away the
the kneecap. (Kids Health) If bump below your kneecap will
Osgood Schlatters affects you usually stay there into adulthood.
then a bone would also be Some kids who have Osgood
sticking out of your knee, a little Schlatter’s decide that they are just
below the kneecap. Doctors will fine and don't go to see a doctor or
diagnose Osgood Schlatter’s by take any time off of physical
doing a thorough examination of activities. This is a very bad idea
the knee affected, it could be and can make your knees much
just one or both knees. worse. Also, like any injury will
(drugs.com) Sometimes an x-ray take it longer to heal. Osgood
is done, but is not necessary. Schlatters is not hereditary and
After you get diagnosed usually doctors usually categorized it as an
wearing a knee brace while overuse injury.
exercising or playing sports will
help with the pain. Also, physical
therapy is sometimes
recommended if the pain

Chacos

A lot of people don’t know what Another thing that I like about Chacos is
Chacos are and that is really that they are waterproof so you never
unfortunate for them because, Chacos have to worry about your favorite shoes
are my favorite pair of shoes that I getting wet while you're out running
own. For the people that don’t know around in the rain. Believe it or not
Chacos are a shoe brand that are kind Chacos have even more great features
of similar to sandals, but they are very about them! They come in many
strappy and I think that's what makes different colors, styles, and sizes. This
them so cute! Chacos are not only means that almost everyone can a pair
cute to wear they are also VERY that fits their needs perfectly! Also, if
comfortable. The soles are made out you or your family is really big on hiking,
of some squishy material that makes great news for you because chacos are
me never want to take them off. Also, actually hiking shoes. Now you have
the straps are adjustable just in case some cute hiking shoes instead of
you get home and realize that you wearing ugly, gray boots that hurt your
have really fat toes and they are way feet.
too tight and don’t fit.

Matched Review

The book Matched was an amazing, Also, I just realized that Matched is a
interesting, love triangle. Until you got trilogy and that there are two more
about halfway through the book and then books and they are probably just as
it just got bad. I mean like it got bad. It bad a the first one. If the author
was so boring that it was hurting my eyes wanted to improve the second half of
just to have to look at the words. The first him/her book it would probably be a
few chapters were pretty good because, good idea to find a new concept or
interesting stuff was happening. For have something else dramatic happen
example, the main character found her that changes everything and makes
match, (the person she was supposed to the reader want to continue reading
marry.) Then, the mistake happened so and know more. Overall, I would
that she saw someone else's face when probably give this book 2 ½ stars. Just
she looked at his file. Then, she met that because it did have some good parts,
person and started to have feelings for but I could barely force myself to
him too and had to sort out her feelings. finish it.
That was around chapter 12 or 13 and
after that things started to really go
downhill. Everything else in the book
after that was just her trying to sort out
her feelings for the two guys in her life
and her interactions with both of them.
Chapters 13 through the end of the book
was basically just dragging that out.

Watch Where You’re Going!
When my sister and I were little, my dad thought it was funny to swerve the
car side to side when we were the only ones on the road. He mostly did it to
freak my mom out because, she thought he was a terrible driver and he would
crash the car. She would always scream out OH MY GOD! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE
GOING! One time he was swerving and “accidently” got the car up on the curb!
There was also a car behind us who honked their horn soooo loud. My mom
nearly had a heart attack.

The Cake Mishap

Round and round the mixer goes. Grumbling and grumbling my stomach
complains. Finally I just can’t take it anymore. My 4-year old self rips the mixing
bowl off the mixer, sending little chocolate bits flying across the clean, white
kitchen. Then, I feel the sweet taste of raw eggs and cake batter fill my mouth as
I throw my face tongue first into the batter, and I know it was all worth it. I barely
get in those six seconds of goodness before my dad rips the bowl from my
hands, sending even more chocolaty pieces across the room. The last thing I
remember about that day was feeling satisfied with myself for getting the first
piece of cake.

Angie Harmon
Angie Harmon is a wife, mother, and Occupational Therapist. She
spends her time at work, taking her kids places, helping out around the
house, and occasionally relaxing. She didn’t choose her occupation until
her freshman year of college when she was observing at her mom’s
work. (She was a nurse.) Angie went to the University of Kansas and
studied Occupational Therapy. The hardest part about getting her
degree was getting into MED school. It took her two tries, but she finally
got in! After she graduated from school, Angie got married and had two
kids. Her favorite part of her job is getting to work with kids everyday. In
her free time, Angie likes to hang out with her family, go on walks, and
take naps. Angie is also trying to pursue her own business. She calls it OT
for Life. She rents out space and teaches young kids ages 2-8
handwriting. In ten years she hopes to see herself with her own space,
expanding her business and a lot more clients. Also, she hopes to spend
a little more time with her kids and family. Angie also wants to take on
new hobbies like cooking. Angie is great at all of the many things she
does and helps out everyone in many different ways.

Doughnut Facts: Strange but True

Doughnuts are a delicious, unhealthy sugary treat. Even though the first one was
made over 150 years ago there are probably many things that you don’t know about them.
November 5 has been dedicated to doughnuts and today is known as doughnut appreciation
day. Someone also decided that they liked doughnuts so much that there should be two days
dedicated to these sugary treats. So, June 7th is also National Doughnut Day. Did you know
that Americans eat around 10 billion doughnuts a year, no wonder we have two whole days
dedicated to them. Also, there are two different ways to spell doughnut. Donut and doughnut
are considered acceptable spellings. Even though in the dictionary it is spelled doughnut.
Donut is just a shortened version of doughnut and was made popular by Dunkin Doughnuts in
the late 1900s. Speaking of Dunkin Doughnuts did you know that they were once called Open
Kettle, but changed their name in 1950 because, people were apparently mislead by the
name and didn’t realize they sold doughnuts. Another weird fact is that doughnuts were
called olykoeks when they first came to America. Olykoeks means oily cakes in Dutch. These
wonderful sugary items were actually not supposed to be invented and happened on accident
by a cow kicking over a pot of oil into a mixture of pastry.

Homemade Chocolate Chip Muffins

Ingredients
2 eggs
2.5 cups flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup sugar
.5 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. vanilla
.5 cup applesauce
1 cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips

Importance
This recipe is special to me and my family because, whenever it's anyone in my
family's birthday or a big holiday my sister and I always make these muffins for
them and the rest of the family. We found this recipe online and it was just a
standard muffin recipe. Then we added chocolate chips to it, because everyone
on my family loves chocolate. Also, my mom and Grandpa can’t eat butter so, my
sister and I also decided to use applesauce instead. Another thing that we added
was brown sugar on the top after they came out of the oven. Whenever my
grandma helps us make them she puts a whole tub of butter on top of hers after
it comes out of the oven, even though she tells us that she on a diet. Everyone in
my family loves to eat these delicious, chocolate chip muffins and looks forward
to eating them on holidays.