Sixers vs Celtics- Game 7 Rivalry

Based on NBA.com, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics have a long history of game seven playoff history. As the Philadelphia 76ers were preparing for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Boston Celtics, head coach Doug Collins showed them film of the 1982 conference finals series between the two teams. That was year that the Sixers won their first and only championship. Yes, the odds seem to be stacked against Philly. There have been 108 Game 7s in NBA history, and the home team has won 87 (80 percent) of them. So, the team that has won Game 6 to force Game 7 has only won the series 35 times (32 percent). Of course, neither Andrew Toney nor Larry Bird nor Bill Russell will have anything to do with this Game 7. This is the sixth Game 7 in the last five years for the current Boston core, and they’re 3-2 in the previous five, 3-1 at home. The lone home loss came the 2009 Eastern Conference semifinals against Orlando, with Kevin Garnett out with a knee injury. The other loss came in L.A. in the 2010 Finals, with Kendrick Perkins out. This time, the Celtics are missing Avery Bradley. And with the way this series has gone so far, you never know what’s going to happen. Each team is going to make a few mistakes and errors, and one scoring drought may just determine the game. The Celtics have home court advantage so the Sixers are going to have to play their hardest. Good luck teams.

Blog #2 Gun Fashion

Is he or she packing? That is the big story in Gun Fashion. A one hundred and eighty two year old clothing company by the name of Woolrich has come up with the idea of crating clothes that look normal but can conceal handguns. It is a cool idea but I think there are some flaws in there. So what, someone has to get a background check to legally carry a weapon, if the store decides that they have to see a permit in order for you get the clothing then wouldn't that crush their sales because eventually people would become impatient. Another thing is, what if the clothes expose the thickness of your weapon, wouldn't that be suspicious? I think that it is okay for people to conceal their guns but aren't the chances of someone using the clothes to do something bad a little risky. Who would think that someone would come and rob you with the clothes when it is already risky for someone to run up to you with the muzzle of a gun pointed at your head forcing you to give them everything you have valuable on you. When you go to identify them you will say they were wearing chino kakis and a hood on their head like there is no one else wearing the same things he is. But, all in all the whole idea of having gun concealing clothing could turn out, bad. What if someone discovers this overseas and figures out the design and who knows what could happen...

Blog #1 Health Fair

Two 12th graders by the names of Shayira Farmer, and Sierra Blagmon came to class explaing the effects of abortion and how they felt about it. Shayira went first. She said, she went to the Youth Empowerment Program where they help teens that are pregnant, and have Sexually Transmitted Diseases. She also stated this thesis, abortion is murder and demeans the value of life. She also said, Adoption, Condoms, and Birth Control, are good substitutes for abortion. Then, she gave some facts, Abortion was passed in the United states by the Supreme Court in 1972. About 1.2 million lives are taken from abortion every year. 2.1% of women between the ages of 15-44 had an abortion in 2000. This was why the empowerment program was created to help prevent these problems. Also, Teenagers have more abortions than grown women. She concluded by saying that highest abortion rate was in 2000. Next, Sierra Blagmon presented her project. She mentioned a non-profit program by the name of project cuddle that is for people who want to give up their babies for adoption instead of getting deadly abortions. She also said that abortion is highest in African American females. About 45000000 babies legally killed every year. She concluded her project by saying that most abortions are by women under the age of 25. Both projects were both very educational and informative. Now I know more ways of preventing child birth before I want to have kids. Then after we heard some of their presentation, they had a health fair going on in the auditorium on the first floor where they had brochures on different problems such as STD's and child birth. They also had free stuff such as pens, fruit, condoms and other stuff of that sort. Those were just some of the things at the health fair. Parkway is getting healthy!!!

The top 10 MVP candidates

According to FOX sports the top 10 MVP candidates are, 10-Steve Nash, 9-Dwayne Wade, 8-Rajon Rondo, 7-Russell Westbrook, 6-Kevin Love, 5-Kobe Bryant, 4-Tony Parker, 3-Chris Paul, 2-Kevin Durant, and #1-Lebron James. I think that Lebron Jame deserves his spot and think that if he keeps playing well, he'll have his next Most Valuable Player title in no time.I also think that this year's MVP candidate votes will be really close because of the simple fact that they all are doing really well and they are really leading their teams. but, all in all I believe that whoever can lead their team to the Finals and or win it, have a GURANTEED chance of getting the MVP spot. But if not then, who ever else gets it deserves it. I really hope LeBron win the MVP AND wins the Finals so he can shut all the critics up that doubt him all the time. LeBron has the ability to win multiple rings because of his ability on the court. Kevin Durant is the same way too. I really hope that one of these guys wins the Finals because they will have a unanimous descion to win the MVP. I guess when the time comes around I will be able to see who wins the Most Valuable Player award.

A recent article on Fox News called "Taking Liberties: Arrested for reading the Bible?" tells about a man named Mark Mackey arrested for trying to preach the word of Jesus Christ to his local neighborhood in California. As he preached before a crowd of people he then approached by a California state policeman, and immediately arrested. Mackey then said, "Folks, this is what the world is coming to." I personally think he shouldn't have been arrested because my mom goes out on the street and tells everyone about jesus christ and never arrested for it before. Also another reason I think this man shouldn't have been arrested is because of the first amendment which allows the freedom of speech. The man that arrested him had to be apart of another religion because there is no way you should be discriminated against for having a peaceful announcement to make. It is just common sense, no one was hurt, upset or even talked about against this man. Did this man make his preaching so exposing, no. Did he ever disrespect anyone, no. Did he make it seem like everyone else was inferior to his religion, no! So, why did he get arrested, for no apparent reason to me. He was just doing what he thought was right. That is just what I think, that's it.

Most Marriages under 30

The article explained that most babies born today are created by mother's unmarried and under the average  age of thirty. I personally do not care because the women can do whatever they want because they are grown and usually are over the age of 21. But I really do not understand why people are making a big about adults having unprotected sex. I know plenty of people that had a sucessful parenthood experience and they had kids before they were married.I like the fact that people are starting to be aware of all the babies being born to unmarried families but it really does not matter because again they are adults and they  can do what ever their heart desires. But on the other hand there are those traditional families that believe that marriage is the first key to starting a family. My mother said that I should get married before I start my   family. I really do not know what I am really going to do when I start a family, I might just wait to have kids and get married.I know one thing is for sure, I might wait until I am like thirty to start having kids, but  until then, I am going to stay protected, no doubt in my mind I am not going to change this descion. But  back  to the article, the scientists are full of tested information but what I do not understand is why they would take out the time to figure out this information? Why didn't they do a study on the average children being born by women at the age of 21 or something like that.

Photoshopped or not?

Photoshop is a computer program where flaws can be corrected, blemishes erased, thickness is thinned, and coloring is fixed. To me photoshopping is cool, I like it because it makes everything easier to look at and it creates better pictures. I also like the fact that photoshop is easy to access and it allows anyone to look good. I used photoshop to crop a picture I drew into a background and it looked great. I added shading and all sorts of innovative props that look like the picture was an ad on the internet. I enjoy using photoshop.
Then again, sometimes people make mistakes and errors and maybe you will see an extra hand, a prop out of place or something of that sort. I really do not understand why people photoshop sometimes, because people should just be left the way they were.
Also, if I were to photoshop something, I would not advertise it if it is a person, only cartoons or something. If I were to mess up it would look weird and unprofessional. Photoshoppping is cool and all but sometimes people get out of hand and try too much or do too much to a picture. I love photoshop because of the ability to crop and drop. If I fail a paper, I can photoshop it using the help of a scanner and I could give myself an A. Photoshop or not, the choice is yours

I'm a criminal and so are...

     So this is saying that we are all criminals because of our pety crimes and the people that do really big crimes get treated like crap so we should be considerate of them. To me, the people that these criminals hurt or abused think that these criminals can go to hell. Second, I really don't care because they should not have committed that crime in the first place so I could really care less about why or how they got to prison. THEY DESERVE TO BE THERE IN FIRST PLACE.
    Then on the other hand, there are those people who were innocent and do not deserve to be in prison and need to be released. My mom said that she could care less too about those in prison because they were idiots for trying to be all big and bad and ended up in the prison. But for real, I do not understand why she is saying people are criminals despite the fact that they did not get caught.
    Lastly, what about children? Are they criminals or are they just angels? What about the authorities? Are they criminals too because she is saying everyone is a criminals or what? I do not understand why she said that. Is she a criminal, to me this lady seems vague. But, I am not a criminal, I don't care what anyone says what I did, Im not a criminal.

Facebook is using you...

    Yesterday in class, I read and article that said that facebook makes money by using your personal information to give to spammers or advertisers to put on your page. I told my mother about this because she uses facebook all the time and she said these ads can fill someone's computer with viruses from all the people with bad network connections. I think that facebook can do facebook's thing because they will eventually go bankrupt possibly if this plan backfires.
    Also, then again I really do not acre at all because I do not like facebook like that and it is very boring. I only get on it to talk to people from long distance. Plus, the last time I like something was in eighth grade which maybe one and a half years ago. So, what reason would facebook have to put ads on my page, None. I guess facebook won't be making any more money from me anyway.
   Lastly, even if I do decide to like something I am pretty sure i am going to forget about it. But anyway I recently noticed that facebook now is trying to spam your email because my old yahoo account was loaded with facebook notifications. I really don't understand why facebook is being so difficult with their weird way to make money. To be honest, facebook is really using you.

Apple products too deadly to be created?

     Recently there has been a fatal accident in a Apple factory with two DEAD immediately and a DOZEN more injured. All of this happened in Chengdu, southwest China. Then, while Apple is becoming one the biggest businesses across the world, there are workers in these factories who stand so long they can't even attempt to walk because their legs are so swollen and in pain. These people suffer in harsh working conditions, exposure to deadly chemicals to clean Apple screens, and to top it off companies like Dell, I.B.M, and Sony are putting their employees through the same torture.

    What I don't understand is why anyone is not trying to do anything to stop this madness. These people are going through so much trouble to build these machines and their employers care less about how these conditions are affecting someone's life. I mean come on, was Steve Jobs in on this too? Or, did care less because of how much money he made in his pocket. But, what I really do not understand the most is why people go through so much trouble for money. This same situation reminds me of children working in factories during the Industrial Revolution in Great Britain during the 1800's! This is ridiclious!

    If I were Apple I would reconsider my employees working conditions or get ready for a long drought in sales. But I really believe that Apple should do better with their working conditions. I hope we can go through another sucessful year without any more of these problems.

Super Bowl preview: The Giants vs The Patriots

   Last sunday the New York Giants beat the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC championship to go their third Super Bowl while New England is going to their seventh Super Bowl appearance after beating the Baltimore Ravens. I think that the New York Giants will win once again because they are undefeated in the Super Bowl and they will win again because they beat the Patriots before when Patriots were about to become one of the squads of all time. Actually, it will come down to who wants it more. I also believe that if the Giants cannot figure out a way to stop the Patriots tight ends then that game will be practically over.
   I really do not understand why or how the Giants let the 49ers get back into the game but they sure did play very well and they finished off the 49ers to eventually win the NFC Championship. But as far as the Super Bowl, I really think that New York Giants will win the game because despite the fact that I did not watch that much football this year to know about the key players or important stats on the teams this year. But once again it will come down to wether Tom Coughlin or Bill Bellichek can make the better call to win the game.
  To conclude, I once again say that the New York Gaints will win Super Bowl Forty Six. From now on I will just have to wait and see who will win the game

PIPA and SOPA want to censor the internet!

   So these two companies called SOPA and PIPA are trying to censor the internet because they believe the internet is too wild fro all viewers. I personal think that you get whatever you make out of the internet just because people want to post think they feel is appropriate. I guess that's why PIPA and SOPA want to censor the internet, they are a bunch of uncreative dorks who want to take internet creativity. I personally don't care about how hey acting because I think they might censor this blog for calling them dorks which they are. But all in all, thinking about blocking internet is something schools do.
   On the other hand, I'm really surprised that someone finally wants to censor the internet after al these weird videos have been posted. The amber cole video, the vulgar videos of people taking pleasure hurting themselves. Let's not forget the videos posted on Youtube, I think that's what really made them mad. Also, the PIPA and SOPA companies possibly look at uncut internet programs too and they'll possibly try to make up more things to censor if they get the chance to censor the internet.
   Lastly, If the internet gets censored then I think that the people who own the websites will be going on strike for a long time or maybe try to take PIPA and SOPA to court because they'll be losing lots of money because their websites got blocked. So as a result I think that PIPA and SOPA should stop trying to block something that is used in everyday life though.

Which is better: Call of Duty or Battlefield?

   There has been lots of indications about which game is better. But, lots of controversy leaves me myself at a tie between both of these games. But as far as GameInformer, they gave Battlefield 3 a 9.5/10 and Modern Warfare 3 a 9.0/10. As for me, I give both of them a 10/10! I personally say this because I love the weapons and gameplay in both games and plus, I like how they use their innovative features to pull gamers more and more each year.
   Also, I like the fact that in call of duty, you don't just level up to unlock more weapons but you level up your weapons as well getting your weapons gold. On the other hand, I like Battlefield 3 because of all of the destruction and creative game modes like for example Rush. One team has to destroy objectives by blowing the up using dynamite which is similar to the game mode on Call of duty called Search and Destroy.
   In addition the online multiplayer for both games is very engaging and they both provide hours of non stop action! I also like both of these games just because there is always some competition lurking in every pre game lobby so that is also a plus as well. My favorite part about these games is they are military shooting games that are my favorite genre of video games.

How to break up "nicely"?

    There was an article that was basically about how tens came to a meeting to discuss appropriately end a relationship. It also discussed ways to keep yourself from ending a relationship using Facebook. For example, taking a technology timeout is a good way to help reduce the chances of immediately changing your status to single. Or, you could just become friends with your EX to help create a healthy breakup.
    The article also gave a few examples of healthy and unhealthy breakups of celebrity relationship breakups. One example of a unhealthy breakup was, when Kanye West and Amber Rose broke up. Kanye West was so mad at her that he offensively wrote a song that contained vulgar lyrics about Amber Rose. On the other hand, an example of a healthy breakup was, when Justin Timberlake and Cameron Diaz were separated. The two eventually became friends and as a result, the end up guest starring in a movie together and are currently still friends.
   But as for my point of view, I think that personally breaking up using Facebook is immature and silly because if you have the heart to meet and create a relationship with someone on person then you should definitely be able to break up in person. It makes complete sense because no one should have to use a computer to end a relationship. Well, maybe I think it's because people use everything else on a computer so the really is why I think people use Facebook to end relationships, but when push comes to shove, breaking up using Facebook is immature...

Biggest story of 2011

   I think the biggest story of 2011 was when LeBron James went to the Miami Heat with Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh. I think this is the biggest story because LeBron is such an electrifying player. What really stirred up his leaving Cleveland was when fans were seen burning LeBron's old Jersey, his coach posted vulgar comments about his leaving and how this ties into Cleveland's "Bad Luck".
   But, I really couldn't doubt LeBron because unlike any other successful athlete, he wants to "WIN". So this story lasted for almost a month on NBA TV and Sports Center.  Then the Heat go to the Finals and lose to a team they won against earlier in the decade! Maybe LeBron wasn't meant to go to the Miami Heat, or was it? But what I do know is that if LeBron doesn't win this year, I think he'll be traded once again.
   But the real thing I think LeBon should have did was go to team that had recently went far in the playoffs. Maybe like the Hornets because I think he would be a great fit for Chris Paul. Or, Maybe he should have stayed with Cleveland because now they have Kyrie Irving who LeBron could have helped become a great basketball player like himself. But you can't change the past... This is what I think the biggest story of 2011 was in why I think it was.

Chris Paul to the Clippers

   Just recently, the superstar on the Charlotte Hornets, point guard Chris Paul was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers for shooting guard Eric Gordon, small forward Al-Farouq Aminu, center Chris Kaman, and a 2012 first round draft pick. Personally, I think the Chris Paul is going to average almost 20 assists per game knowing that he has Blake Griffin in the post.
   Also, Blake Griffin's point total is going to skyrocket knowing that he has Chris Paul, a very excellent passer at the wing. I also think that the Clippers are finally going to beat the Lakers. The Lakers' long time rival is going be competitive and put up a fight. Chris Paul could get to playoffs by himself so with more weapons, he could definitely has a better chance at taking on any competition.
   Including the Los Angeles Lakers, San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Dallas Mavericks. Right now the Clippers are sixth in the Western Conference with two and two. But if the Clippers chemistry can come together they can go really far this year. I believe that the Clippers traded too much  for CP3 just because the Hornets have so many different progressing young stars, and who knows, maybe Aminu or Gordon can become the new go to guys for the Hornets. I guess we'll just have to sit on our couches and see what happens.