Where am I as a Writer

I am a strong writer who understands concepts well.  I basically know what to do and what to wwrite.  The hard pard is finding a good topic.  More often than not I pick the wrong things to talk about.  I just need to pick a good topic and be more consistant with my skills.

Reflection On The Ice Cream Social

I believe that the ice cream social helped all of us students and awnsered all of our questions.

Stem Cell Research

               Stem cells are just cells that can change into other cells, like heart cells, nerve cells, muscle cells, and skin cells and many more.  They may also become proven as use for cure for some medical conditions.  Stem cell research may benefit many conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, spinal cord injuries, heart disease and cancer.  The only stem cells that have helped patients so far are adult stem cells.

               I believe that we should keep and continue to research and to find cures for cancer and heart disease and many more sicknesses that we need to find cures to.  So that we are able to save lives that are being taken and not have people even have to go through anything.  Stem cells can now be artificially grown and transformed into specialized cell types with characteristics consistent with cells of various tissues such as muscles or nerves through cell culture.  Cell culture is the process in which one is able to make cells by man.

              

               So what is the controversy all about? Those who value human life from the point of conception, oppose embryonic stem cell research because the extraction of stem cells from this type of an embryo requires its destruction. In other words, it requires that a human life be killed. Some believe this to be the same as murder.

•                  "Pros And Cons Of Stem Cell Research." Popular Issues - AllAboutPopularIssues.org. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Mar. 2011. <http://www.allaboutpopularissues.org/pros-and-cons-of-stem-cell-research.htm>.

Prompt #4 Round #1 of Prompts For Science

Cell division is basically reproduction of cells.  Cell growth is when "the mother cell" grows and divides into two or more "daughter cells".  Only the mother cell can reproduce like this.  In mitosis, daughter cells are identical.  In meiosis, daughter cells are genetically different.  Cell division is the production of more and more cells.

Before cells can divide they make a copy of there deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).  The DNA of a cell is organized into structures called chromosomes.  By copying these chromosomes it without a doubt makes sure it is and exact 100% copy of its parents cell.  Cell division in bacteria is called binary fission.  It means "splitting into two parts".  Binary fission is where the mother cell grows and breaks apart to make two cells which is called cell division.  This process helps children grow because of the fact of when that happens one time it happens twice the next time the four and so on which gives the kid more cells, but it all starts with that one mother cell.

We need this because everyday cell in our body die but other cells reproduce so we will always have cells.  Also because we need cells to survive.  Since if we don’t have living cells we don’t have living body parts.  In order for the body parts to work the cells must work it is like the screw must stay in the wall for the picture to stay on it.  It is all simple once you understand and comprehend the cycle.

World Without Color

               Color is a way of life.  Color resembles your personality.  Color is a choice.  Color is what resembles who your friends are.  Color is a state of mind.  Color’s like blue and red resemble emotions.  Imagine if there were a world without colors. We would all be the same.  None of us would have a personality.  How fun would that be.  My guess is pretty fun.  NOT.  If there were a world without color would you do something about it?

                Someone might do something about it for various reasons.  One being that they might want to choose what they wear or be able to hear or feel emotions.  That was what Harrison Bergeron wanted in the story "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut a kid who was taken away from his family and put in jail.  When he broke out of jail they knew he was dangerous.  He wasn’t dangerous he just wanted to have freedom.  He wanted his rights.  He obviously didn’t get his right because of the fact of him getting shot.  This is an irony because this would never happen in real life and it isn’t a romance because well it is the opposite of romance and for some other reasons.  A few being people are “handicapped to make them equal, weights are being used to make the strong people week, and everyone has to wear radio transmitters in the ear so nobody can think or live or let their true colors show. 

                The people may not do something for also numerous reasons.  So that the less fortunate do not feel even less fortunate and they can be on the top along with everyone else and so the people who were on top feel what it is like to be at the bottom.  This can only happen because of the obstreperously emphatic noises coming from the radios in there ear so they can’t think about any of this. This is extremely unrealistic because who would where the radio and I think that they would be able to at least rip it out and hide and think of a plan to escape.  Possibly that might be something a smart person would do.

                Color is a presence of mind.  Color is life.  Color is anywhere and everywhere all at the same time.  When one lets their true colors show,  it shows who they are as a person.   

My Weekend 2/21/11

          Although my weekend was great for the most part it felt more like two much needed extra school days.  It felt like this because of all the homework I had.  Also I was really busy on saturday.  On Saturday I had a basketball game @ Horizon Elementary School at noon. (We lost by 1)  Next I had baseball practice which was good because there were only 6 people so we got to hit and throw more.  Lastly but deffinatly not least I had another basketball game.  This time for my church, St. Anthony in the St. Killian Tourney in Hartford.  We won and I beat one of my old baseball teamates from stone bank.  Our next tournement game is Wednesday in hartford at St. Killian school.  After the game, to celebrate the victory me and 3 other teamates went to the Mineshaft resturante. At the Mineshaft we ordered 2 large pizzas which we only ate half of each.  So we brought it home and it was all mine.  But on our way out I had to grab the pizzas and I left my phone on the ledge by the elevator and I didnt realize it untill we got home so we called the mineshaft and they found it for me and put it in the lost and found.  For the reason of me needing my phone my dad and I set off to the Mineshaft.  With wind speeds at a treturous 10 to 15 MPH and an extremily thick 5 inch layer of snow.  With these amazingly cold and icy conditions my dad turned out to bea good driver intill we got back into our subdivision where we completely turned around and did a 540 degree turn.  Also the car almost flipped.  It was the most scariest thing in my life. but then when we tuned the car around and drove to our house I realized that it was the most awesome piece of driving ever.  Only because we made a full rotation of the car and nobody got hurt.  Otherwise it was a complete nightmare.

Tragedy in the Real World Compared to Literature

To know how to survive is a great component to have on the resume of life but it is not something one can learn.  It is a natural given ability that not too many have.  It is when you are in a life altering situation and knowing what to do when it happens.  People need to know how to survive when they are out in the real world even though there is an extraordinary slim chance something really scary could happen to them.  When someone or something gets into a scenario where they have to survive it is a tragedy since you never want to have to have someone need to survive. One would want the world to be perfect but that isn’t reality.  The reality is that things happen and things happen for a reason and it is all part of God’s plan for each and every one of us.  When someone has the need to survive it is truly a tragedy.

In the story  ”To Build a Fire” by Jack London there are many reasons why this story is a tragedy, one being the plotline.  The plotline for a tragedy shows that the main character's life is in conflict which is where the man is walking in -75 degree weather and traveling to a camp to meet his buddies.  This is an extremely stupid move any way that anyone can think because you could die.  I would have understood it more if he was with another person since even children at age 10 know the buddy system and that would be the perfect time to do so.  The man’s stupidity in this situation is one reason he died, since if he never left he never would have died.

Next came his rise to power where he is making unbelievable time and builds his fire to stay warm.  Everything is good at this point and he is able to think nothing bad is going to happen but you can never think you are going to be living at the end of a trenching trip like that so he was to confident.  Then his journey, life, and world fell apart completely after that.  His one tragic character flaw was he forgot his imagination in his skinny jeans that he had worn 2 days before.  That led to his tragic fall when he build his great fire under a tree with branches full of snow and then something bad happens, again.  The snow fell on his fire and it went out.  What most people don’t get is why he would make a fire under a tree with snow when you have 183,163 square miles of open land and he chooses to build his fire under a tree.  Most people would say “not smart dude”.  Well only in this decade.

Lastly “literally” lastly the man dies due to freezing to death, but I respect him because he never gave up until his last drop energy he had he gave to making another fire to stay warm.  He even thought he should kill the dog.  He thought this because he had his mind on one thing and would not think of anything else that would work to get him to camp warm and cozy.  It was almost as if he was a cat and he had a ball of yarn and you can see nothing but the yarn he could see nothing but one idea.  You always have to keep an open mind kind of like professional sports programs.
Every tragedy has a lesson and there were two of them in this well-written story.  The first one being that you should always take advice from people who know better and may have been in the same situation in their life that you are in now.  Secondly you always remember the cub scouts motto “be prepared”.  If he would have realized that something bad could happen he would have done better and prevented him dying by surviving.

Love > Hate

    Loving and hating is what makes our world what it is. Without one of them we have a totally different world.  Without love there is hate; without hate there is love.  All the bullies of the world hate and when one responds with love there is love shown back (or at least not hate).

                Hating never solves problems since when you hate the person you hate hates you back.  Loving, the reciprocal of hating is how you stop hatred toward others. And bullies and the mean psychopaths who don’t want anyone alive. Those people hate only since they are most likely jealous of everyone else who love life.  For if you do not love life one must think of their purposes that god gave them to be here on our earth, in our solar system, and in our universe that he created.  Everyone has a purpose they just need to find it and the earlier they find it the easier your life will be. 

As shown in the inspirational and life story, Love > Hate, Brooks Gibbs states many times that you must love everyone as though they are your best friend.  For that is the golden rule.  “Treat others how you want to be treated and it will happen”. They will treat you different.  It will happen you just have to take initiative and start by loving since I will guarantee that the bully, the hater will not start.  Everyone has a heart inside of them some people just need help finding it.

In the famous story of Snow White love conquers all since the evil queen had her moment of fame when she had given snow white the poisonous apple.  Although the queen thought she had won love conquers all and prince charming’s true love’s kiss saved the day and everything was all better.  The day was all better since love beat hate again and a happy loving ending will keep happening if one person can find it in their heart to love and to love everyone.

Loving is always going to be greater than hating.  Even though in some movies there is not always a happy ending those are just movies, but life does not always have happy ending one must find the positive in a negative situation and make that there happy ending.  It is a hard thing to do but it can be done and it is possibly one of the hardest thing to do in the game of life.

Loving is an amazing feeling, well it is way better than hate.  Hating is the most dreaded feeling in the world to most.  It makes most sense since no one wants to hate everyone wants to love.  But you cannot love unless you put yourself out there and if you love maybe and probably you will be loved back.

Bucks Cut Down Nets

          Five players scored in double figures as the Bucks defeated the Nets 115-92 on the road Saturday night. Ersan Ilyasova led the way with 22 points, 13 rebounds and three steals while Chris Douglas-Roberts led the Bucks with 24 points on his 24th birthday.

Baseball Ninth Inning Poem

Walking up to the plate in the bottom of the ninth with no outs

One can feel the hecklers blackening his heart

Something is going through the batters head

It is something that is only understood in baseball

There is a rush on both sides of the field

The fans are standing on their feet

Then you can hear the pitch is coming

It is a fastball 101 MPH and the batter fouled it off

And then strike one and the crowd is silenced almost instantly

Then they realize that there all star hitter has 2 more strikes left

So the catcher throws the ball back to the pitcher

Even though the pitcher grabbed the momentum right out of the at bat

The batter feels he has something to prove

He smells the ball going over the ivy on the left field fence

So with the slow curveball coming he is way out front and hits a groundball to second base

But he hustles to first and the second baseman makes an error so he makes it safe

The next batter comes up and he gets down in the count 0 balls to 2 strikes

Next he hears the count to 3 balls to 2 strikes from the hecklers yells

And the patience of a good hitter gave him a walk

So they have runners on first and second with no outs

With the cleanup hitter coming up he is felling pretty confident

During the first pitch which was a ball the runners steal 2^nd and 3^rd base

Over the next 2 pitches the pitcher gets extremely wild throwing one of the pitches over the catchers head but the pitcher covered home and the 2 of them got the 1^st out

While all of that happened the runner on second base was able to get to third

So with the score all tied up at 0 with one out and the count 3 balls to 0 strikes the batter takes the pitch which was a strike to get the first strike of the at bat

So the count is 3 balls to 1 strike

On the following pitch the batter does a perfect suicide squeeze

And the run scores from third to win the game, the series, and the championship

After the game when asked about the bunt the batter said I would have rather swung away but I did it for the team

With ivy on the wall they celebrated with the champagne and goggles

It was a once in a lifetime deal for some, and it had already happened

But the joy on their` faces could be seen though and through

Bucks Bounced by Heat in Overtime

          Despite a season-high 30 points from Chris Douglas-Roberts off the bench, the Bucks lost to the Heat for the second time this week, falling 101-95 at home Friday night. In addition to CDR, Milwaukee got a career-high 27 rebounds from Andrew Bogut in the loss.

Bucks Lose There Magic For a Night

Dwight Howard led the Orlando Magic to their seventh straight victory with 28 points, 13 rebounds and a defensive effort that frustrated Milwaukee center Andrew Bogut.

The Magic led by 19 before Earl Boykins and Corey Maggette led a fourth-quarter Bucks charge that cut the lead to five with 4:06 left. The final score was 97-87.

Bogut, who had 31 points and 18 rebounds in a Bucks victory over the Magic on Dec. 4, fouled out with six points and seven rebounds.

Bucks Fall to Hot Heat

          The Miami Heat trailed by four at halftime, but recovered to capture a 101-89 victory against the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday at AmericanAirlines Arena. Guard Dwyane Wade scored a game-high 34 points while forward LeBron James added 25. The Bucks, who were without leading scorer Brandon Jennings, were led by John Salmons' 18 points and six assists. It was the third time in four games the Heat had to rally from a first-half deficit.  The rematch will be @ the BC Friday night.

Bucks Sweep Dallas Series

          Earl Boykins scored 26 points, and Ersan Ilyasova had 16 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to lead the Milwaukee Bucks to a 99-87 victory over the Dallas Mavericks Saturday night at the Bradley Center. Jose Barea led the Mavericks with a career-high 29 points, but Dallas played without Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion and lost forward Caron Butler to a knee injury in the first quarter. The Mavericks lost their third straight.

Bulls Beat Up On Rival Bucks

          Luol Deng and Carlos Boozer each scored 24 points and the Bulls outlasted the visiting Milwaukee Bucks 90-77 Tuesday at the United Center. The Bucks shot just 32 percent for the game but the Bulls could not put them away until the final four minutes of the game. John Salmons led the Bucks with 18 points, but Andrew Bogut had just four points on two for 12 shooting (although he did have 16 rebounds). The Bucks played without point guards Brandon Jennings (injury) and Earl Boykins (suspension).

Bucks Fall To Playoff Rival Hawks

          Al Horford scored 18 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Jason Collins also grabbed 12 boards and led a huge defensive effort as the Atlanta Hawks rolled to a 95-80 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center to snap a five-game road losing streak.

Good Win Versus Kings

          The Milwaukee Bucks flexed their defensive strength and backup guard Earl Boykins scored a game-high 19 points as the Bucks earned a 84-79 road victory on Thursday night against the host Sacramento Kings. The Kings committed 25 turnovers and shot just 36.5 percent on the night.

Bucks Blow Out Defending Champs

The Lakers received an early Christmas surprise.

The short-handed Bucks and Earl Boykins came into Staples Center on Tuesday and bashed the Lakers, 98-79, a defeat that may have been their worst of the season.

Milwaukee (11-16) broke the Lakers' five-game winning streak and snapped a six-game losing streak to Los Angeles (21-8).

For the Bucks, Boykins led all scorers with 22 points, including 4-for-5 from distance. John Salmons added 20 points and Andrew Bogut chipped in 15.

Blazers Blaze Past Bucks

          The Trail Blazers led almost from start to finish in completing their three-game homestand unbeaten with a 106-80 rout of Milwaukee on Monday night at the Rose Garden. LaMarcus Aldridge led the way with 29 points and a career-high 19 rebounds in 44 minutes.

Jazz Rock the BC

          Deron Williams scored 22 points -- including a 3-pointer that gave his team the lead for good and started a 13-2 run -- and dished out 11 assists as the Utah Jazz pulled away for a 95-86 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks Saturday night at the Bradley Center.

Bucks fall short once again to Spurs And Giniobli

          Manu Ginobili hit a fallaway jumper from 17 feet over Luc Richard Mbah a Moute as the buzzer sounded to give the San Antonio Spurs yet another early season win, a 92-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.

Bucks Stop Mavs 12 Game Win Straek

          Double-doubles from Brandon Jennings and Andrew Bogut and some streaky 3-point shooting helped Milwaukee snap several other streaks with a 103-99 victory Monday in Dallas, including a 12-game winning streak by the Mavericks. The Bucks, who won for the fourth time in five games, also halted a five-game road skid and ended a seven-game slide in Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki led all scorers with 30 points, but missed a potential tying jumper in the lane with 11.8 seconds left.

Bucks Rock The Rockets

          Andrew Bogut posted 24 points and 22 rebounds, including two big offensive rebound baskets in the fourth quarter, and Brandon Jennings added 19 points to help the Milwaukee Bucks to a 97-91 victory over the Houston Rockets Friday night at the Bradley Center.

Revolutionary War Essay

When you are put in a life threatening situation it is a true test to see whether one is a man.  It proves to be a really big test in the way if you have people with you when you are put in this life threatening situation.  During the revolutionary war these soldier called the militia had an almost impossible test.  They had to go up against the mighty British.  But what the Americans had going for them was they had something big to fight for.  That something was freedom.

During the movie the patriot it clearly showed how war life was back then since it showed what people did when they were sad when one of the solders committed suicide when he saw that his wife and son had died due to a house fire that we can guess stared by the British.  There was also the black man who had to serve for 12 months but when his 12 months was over he decided to stay and help the cause because he wanted freedom.  Also when the Mr. Martin’s two sons died he could have went back to his family and said I am done but he stayed because he wanted to win the war and be free.  It took a team effort by every soldier but they got the job done.

For the family side of things a lot of the children back then had to live with their aunts or uncles and sometimes they didn’t have a house because the  British soldiers fired it down.  Like the kids in the story they had to live on their aunt’s plantation in South Carolina and their dad was gone so much they latterly hated him for a little while anyways.  Overall it would be hard in all aspects of family life since you would not be able to see your dad.

If I had to choose between the two sides in the war it would be the Americans since they were the ones who were fighting for something and we the Americans didn’t kill people at random.  What the British did was wrong and when we go the French at perfect timing the war was done.  The French did not like the British so there was even more of an erg to beat them.

The revolutionary war was hard for all people the British and the Americans.  It was easy for the French because they came over and helped the Americans win one battle and that was it it was all over and history was made.  The Americans were free.

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Backup Quarterbacks

Quarterbacks are the most valid player in football and perhaps in sports.  The ways that they must use their brain to think in all of these ways is extraordinary. Then they must have the physical strength to make an accurate throw for the first down or touchdown.  They must be thinking of many things at all time on the field.  One might be that they need to know the playbook better than any other player which also means on pass plays they need to know the blocking scheme, where the receivers are and if there is nobody open where to go with the ball. In many eyes being a backup quarterback is almost just as hard as being a starting quarterback.

 Although they do not play as much as the starting quarterback they must be ready throughout the entire game in case the starter gets injured in which then he must leave the game.  When he leaves the game he must know what will happen in a pressure packed situation.  Then be good enough to make the plays.  In recent weeks of the NFL there have been several different quarterback’s stepping up and making plays.  One being two weeks ago when Aaron Rodger’s had a concussion the week before versus the Detroit Lion’s so matt Flynn had to step in and boy did he have the game of his life against the top team which was from New England named the Patriot’s.  The Packer’s lost that game by three but if it wasn’t for the stellar performance by Matt Flynn the Packer’s may have lost by a lot more.

 In the book Second Stringer Kevin learns that because Rob, the star quarterback got hurt Kevin needs to take control of the game and season but he is kind of shy cause he doesn’t have his teammates on his back.  When you are playing a crucial position such as quarterback you must have all of your teammates on your back.  Otherwise you cannot do your job to the fullest.  That would be like 1 cat versus 11 mean dogs since you are pretty much alone versus the other team who wants to hit you hard and to win in that scenario would almost be impossible.  But for Kevin all that mattered was that his coach was behind him then he was ok.  After that Kevin won the championship for his team and league MVP.

It is also like how last season Donovan McNabb of the Eagle’s now with the Redskin’s got hurt and Kevin Kolb the Eagle’s backup got his chance and made the most of his one opportunity.  He did by passing for 400 yards per game and leading his team to two crucial wins in the playoff race.  Having a reliable backup is key to having a good team.  Even though he may not play as much he is a viable force if the starter gets hurt since the team must trust his abilities and he must trust his team’s abilities.

Playing for a whole game is a little easier because you are able to prepare the whole week of practice.  Also the QB is able to warm up properly and possibly he is able to get into a groove and make multiple good throws in a row, where as when he would come into the game on the fly he may still not be warmed up.  That happened for the Seahawk’s last week since Matt Hasselback had a hip strain so Charlie Whitehurst had to play for the chance to play in the playoffs.  He played the whole weeks practices which helped him out in the game even though he has played with the first string guys on the field he may have never practiced the play’s with them because the starter would be but getting a feel for what your wide receivers are going to do.

Lastly one of the better showings in recent weeks was Joe Webb of the Minnesota Viking’s who took the Viking’s to Philadelphia and went on a terror.  Sometimes when the quarterback plays well the defense takes that momentum onto the field;  that is exactly what they did.  He led the team to the 24 to 14 win over the number 2 seed, Eagle’s, and the defense played their best game of the season.  Joe went 17 for 26, 195 yards passing and a rushing touchdown.  That could possibly be why the defense was good.  Since the offense can change the momentum and affect how the defense plays and vice versa.

Being a quarterback is one of the hardest positions to play even if you are the backup and it even may be harder.  To use your brain in that many ways at a time is extraordinary even for an athlete of this type of caliber.  These are just a couple of reasons ESPN has named 2011 the year of the quarterback to honor these fine athletes.