Friday, January 27, 2012

Cracking Teenagers online code

Dr. Danah Boyd is a 34 year old woman that acts like a teenage girl. She is a senior researcher at microsoft. She is also an assistant professor at New York University. Dr. Boyd is researching that teenagers are posting to much information on their online pages. She thinks that parents are worried about the wrong things. The article says that parents are worried about their child getting bullied and they also think that unsavory marketers lurk. Dr. Boyd thinks that the childs ability to roam has been destroyed . She also thinks that parents think that the world is getting badder every year but Dr. Boyd thinks otherwise. She stated "Letting your child out to bike around the neighborhood is seen as terrifying now, even though by all measures life is safer for kids today." She also said that children need freedom to explore and experience the things online that might help them. The article states that parents are worried about their child getting bullied online but Dr. Boyd said that children get bullied more at school than online. The article also says that parents are scared that their child might molested but Dr. Boyd said that it is a 9 out of 10 chance a child get raped online. She also said that most of child molestations happen by people that the child already knows.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Wiz Khalifa rises to the top

Wiz Khalifa was born Cameron Thomaz on September 8, 1987.  Wiz Khalifa has been moving up in the charts of the rap game. He began his career in 2005 and dropped his first album Show and Prove which sold 10,000 copies in 2006. He got signed to Warner Bro's Records in 2007. In 2008 he dropped his second album Deal or No Deal which sold 5900 in the first week and sold 55,000 copies all together. After that he dropped a mix tape called Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010. This mix tape was the number 1 search and trending topic on Twitter and Google.  Wiz is also known for his hit single Black and Yellow which was number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His latest album rolling papers was released on March 29 2011. It sold 275000 records in just 1 week of release. He also made an album with Snoop Dogg called High School. That album went platinum. He also has a movie coming out called high school starring him and Snoop Dogg. He appeared on the cover of XXL magazine for the top 10 freshman rappers. In 2010 Khalifa signed with Atlantic Records. He was also named MTV's hottest breakthrough MC in 2010. On November he was arrested for possession of trafficking of marijuana. He then created his own record label called Taylor Gang records which was named after his love for Chuck Taylor All stars. In the 2011 BET awards he was named the best new artist.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

2012 Super bowl Giants V.S. Patriots rematch


In the 2012 super bowl the New York Giants will be facing the New England Patriots in a rematch of the 2008 super bowl with the Giants coming out on top 17-14. This year the same teams are going to be matched up against each other. The Giants had to get through the Dallas Cowboys the GreenBay Packers and the SanFransico 49ers to make to back to the super bowl. The Patriots had to go through the Denver Broncos and the Baltimore Ravens to get back to the superbowl. The Patriots ended the season with a 13 and 3 record and the Giants ended the season with a record of 9 and 7. Both of these teams have star quarterbacks that have been in the same situation before. They both know how much this game means to them and what is at stake. The Giants average 24.6 points a game and 385.1 yards and 295.9 pass yards and 89.2 rush yards per game. On the other hand the Patriots average 32.1 points per game and 428 yards per game with 317.8 pass yards and 110.2 rushing yards a game. Tom Brady has only thrown 4 picks, he has 39 touchdowns and a completion percentage of 65.6 in the regular season. Eli Manning has 16 picks, he has 29 touchdowns and a completion percentage of 61 in the regular season.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

OKC Thunder Rise to the top

The Oklahoma City Thunder are one of the most dominant teams in the Western Conference. They are 10-2 sitting at the top of the west. Their star small forward, Kevin Durant leads their team in scoring and led the league in scoring 2 years in a row. He has 3 double doubles on the year. They also have a dominant point guard named Rusell Westbrook. He averages 18 points a game and 5 assists per game. They average 100 points per game and their opponents average 95 points per game. They are in the Northwest Division of the western Conference. Their home court is at Chesapeake   Energy Arena. The thunder are the only team in Oklahoma in the big 4 North American sports league. The Oklahoma city Thunder was originally called the seattle supersonics until they were sold to a group of Oklahoma city investors. Their coach Scott Brooks has led them to only 2 loses this NBA season. The loses came from the Dallas Mavericks and the Portland Trailblazers. Their forward Kevin Durant led the NBA in 40 point games with 5 and had 30 or more points in 29 games. Their guard off the bench James Harden scored 10 points in the last 27 out of 29 games last season. Russell Westbrook is one of 5 people in NBA history to have 4000 points 1500 assists and 1000 rebounds in his first three seasons in the NBA . He had three triple doubles and 31 double doubles last season.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Facebook break ups

In the article "Teaching Kids how to break up Nicely," Benoit Denizet-Lewis talks about childre dating on facebook. The article includes quotes from teenagers talking about the consequences of them changing their status. It also talks about how the reaction of them. They want to help a teenager break up without breaking the hearts of their partners. They also don't want to get hurt by their old partner. some people say that when they are done with a relationship they hesitate sometimes to update their statuses because they are scared of the reaction that the might get. They talk about some of the most common break up methods. They also say some people don't have the bravery to comfront their partner of face to face break ups. They say it is always awkward when people log onto facebook and see a friend that changed their relationship status from in a relationship to single. I think teaching a child how to break up safer online is useless. I think this because if the person is having a problem in their relationship they should have the courage to go to their boyfriend or girlfriend and tell them they want to break up. Some people think it is easier to break up on facebook or but it will be more painful to the person getting dumped. After a whole day of discussing and confessing to their boyfriend or girlfriend that many of them do not even break up. That is what I think of facebook break ups.

Plan B

The plan b pill is a pill that stops a women pregnancy within 72 hours. You have to be 18 or older to buy the pill over the counter and if you are 17 and under you will need a prescription to get it. 7 out of 8 women that could have gotten pregnant are not because the plan b pill stopped their pregnancy. They say the pill is safe effective and FDA approved. The pill has levonogestrel which is the same ingredient that is in a birth control pill. The difference in the pills is that it only takes one plan b pill but it uses more of the levonogestrel. Unlike all the other birth control pills plan b does not contain the ingredients estrogen and progestin. The plan b pill does not work if you are already pregnant. It also wont affect a pregnancy that exists. The plan b is an effective backup plan. The only thing is that it isn't regular birth control and that pill should not be used as that. the pill is not as effective as other methods of birth control pills. If you are using plan b pills it is important to have another source of birth control that will be best for you. The pill will not protect you from HIVs or any other STDs. The plan b pill is safe and effective and should be approved for non prescription use for all females. On july 2009 the pill was approved for use without prescription for teenagers 18 and older.

Friday, January 6, 2012

Biggest story of 2011

On May 2nd 2011 President Obama announced that the worlds most wanted man Osama Bin Laden was dead. He the man in charge of the most devastating attack in American history. Bin Laden located in Abbottabad, Pakistan. That place was monitored until the time was right to attack. On the day of attack President Obama sent in a small of American to carry out the mission. After they killed Bin Laden they took custody of the body. The mission was carried out by Joint Special Command forces that works with the CIA. The death of Osama was a momentous achievement that will mark a victory for America. The death of Bin Laden ends all the fear in hearts around the world. Osama Bin Laden created the al Qaeda terror network. This group was responsible for the attack on America on September 11. Bin laden has been a man on the run ever since the U.S. led an invasion of Afghanistan. They overthrew the ruler of the Taliban regime, that harbored Osama Bin Laden. His body was buried in the sea. Bin Laden's death marked a psychological victory in a long struggle that began on September 11 2001. The yemen branch of al Qaeda almost took down a U.S. bound airline on the Christmas of 2009. They nearly detonated explosives aboard two U.S. cargo planes