E-money's blog for success

2010-03-24T06:51:00.001-07:00

Emmanuel McNeil Mr.Rohlfing
Pace H.S 3/12/10

Should the NBA let High school students play?

The controversy over high school students started in 1962 in the NBA draft. Reggie Harding was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the fourth round of the playoffs. He became one of the first basketball players to play in the NBA straight from High school. In the 1970s two more players followed the same path as Reggie Harding. There names were Darryl Dawkins and Bill Willoughby. Although Bill Willoughby wasn’t that great Darryl Dawkins was a phenomenal player. For almost two decades it really wasn’t a issue to let High scholars play in the NBA. Since 1995-2005 it has been a major issue for people who wanted to go straight to the NBA from High School (NBA High School Draftees, 1).
This topic interests me because basketball is my sport. It also gives me facts and knowledge I didn’t know about basketball. This topic for me omits all the other topics and pursue my attention and keeps me concentrated on the history of basketball.

When I was twelve years old I would always say I’m going to the NBA straight from High school. “My mom would always tell me to plan ahead on what you’re going to do in life and always have a plan A-Z have your priorities straightened out to make your dream happen.”- Michelle McCullough. I think she meant this.

In 2006 they stopped allowing H.S.S in the NBA. David Stern commissioner of the NBA made this rule “No More H.S.S. High School Students were not mature. The NBA made them mature and understand the game. The NBA is hard to survive in. It teaches you life lessons like sportsmanship, being a team player, it also teaches you how to be a leader. The NBA also teaches High scholars how to develop a grown up mentality. Some take basketball serious they will be the ones to accomplish there dream like Jeremy Tyler “ This what I do this will help me grow up.” (Basketball Prospect Leaving High School to Play in Europe,1)

Some stars that came straight from high school to the NBA were successful and got rich but didn’t really know what to do with there money so they either did drugs or bought guns and their career went down the drain.
Some stars went overseas to play basketball because they thought there would be any work skills or school, they also thought better chances of being scouted and that there was more freedom.

It's a girl

2009-07-25T17:15:00.000-07:00

Mr.Flohana is a Father? Yeah he is I saw him on 14th street with his wife he looked like a famous rapper he had his stunning glasses on his daughters name is emmanuella. Mr Flohana is a great teacher so imagine how he is going to be as a father and he loves kids so it works out maybe he is going to do smorka with his little daughter. It's a healthy baby I hope to speak to you soon Mr flohana I'm going to start blogging again thank you for being there Mr Flohana keep rapping and work on your singing na jus kiddin peace out.

Slavery

2009-06-01T17:24:00.000-07:00

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MANNIES SNEAKER OF 09

2009-05-30T18:55:00.000-07:00

Suzuette?

2009-05-30T14:48:00.000-07:00

I know Suzuette and splotchy: 1)They responded to quick
2)They would change the subject
3)If they didn't understand what you were saying they would do this............................................... the dots stand for nothing except this one >>>.

Heck No

2009-05-01T19:46:00.000-07:00

CCCCC

I'm not sorry but I'm going to say Hell I mean heck """"""NO""""""

It is Against my religion to do that and I will get penalized for it and if I do and I won't I will regret it.
We've Only been Girlfriend and Boyfriend for 2 Months and I still don't trust you and I don't know if we break up you will black male me with it and use it as revenge and show all your little Girlfriends which will probably be good for me because maybe one of your friends will notice how cruel you are being and she will treat me better.
You might tell people lies about me and cause everybody to say cruel or think cruel things about me even though I don't care about what people think about me I still don't want to be thought of as a prostitute or a stripper.
It will probably change me and make me want to send it to every girl in the school which then will make me a prostitute because it will get addicting and I won't be able to stop sending.
I will probably loose all my friends and I will probably get teased with cruel and foul language that I won't be able to take and I will have fights everyday getting jumped Physically and Mentally and I will starve myself because of lost of friends and appetite.

MJ Michael Jordan Not Michael Jackson

2009-04-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

By over ruled vote, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time. Although, a summary of his basketball career and influence on the game no one could avoid him, as a phenomenal athlete with a unique, soundness, grace, speed, power, athletic ability and an thirst for a competitive desire, Jordan by himself renamed the NBA superstar.
Even opposing superstars recognized the unknown position of Jordan. Magic Johnson said, "There's Michael Jordan and then there is the rest of us.”Larry Bird, following a playoff game where Jordan dropped 63 points on the Boston Celtics in just his second season, l was impressed as young as he is”. "God gifted him with a talent as Michael Jordan.
Michael Jordan makes the jump shot that catapults the Bulls over the Utah Jazz in the 1998 Finals.

• However, his success is far greater than awards and championships. He burst into the league as a rookie madness scoring in droves with an unmatchable first step and acrobatic drives and dunks and ended his career as a cultural Idol. Along the way, he became a true champion who lead the globalization of the NBA with his perseverance on court abilities and personal sense of style that was marketed to the charts.

Although Brooklyn born, Jordan was bred in the more protective North Carolina. The son of Delores and James Jordan, he shared a special bond with his father, which included baseball being both of their first love. However, following his older brother, Larry, who was Michael’s idol and was a spectacular athlete in his own right too, That’s when Jordan began to play basketball.

Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh yes..........

2009-04-14T12:54:00.000-07:00

Jazmine Sullivan is my Female R&B idol she explains things so anyone and everyone could understand she took the theme of a movie, "The Wizard Of Oz" and she created a song which talked about how a man can be a idiot just to get a girls attention and how she is having switched relationships with a man and she thinks she loves him but sometimes she doesn't love him and she looked pretty in the video.

I live my life

2009-04-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

In My young days when I was like 2yr old I will never forget this my father walked out on me. He would always argue with my mom and keep leaving and coming back. My mom would be getting abused until she couldn't take it no more she was a strong women and still is she fought back. He left one day and he came back trying to apologize but my mom didn't want him to disrupt our peace. One thing my mom didn't say is that he couldn't visit his four boys he took it upon himself to miss out on his children's growth and achievements now he visits every 10yrs and he still is the same way. But, I'm the lucky one I have a great step father who care about me and my brothers and my mom he explain to us from right to wrongs and he is a comedian he even taught me how to play piano and sing and he is visually impaired which means he is totally blind which is cool because I have a father/friend/family that can play instruments and he can't see.
My Step father and I are so close now I call him My father now and I even forget my old man back then I even call him my ancestor but now when I think about My old man I start to get lost in the pain and suffering my ancestor put me through and it get between my grades. I made a commitment that when I have a wife I will treat her with honor and respect and I will never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever ever put my hands on her.

Basketball

2009-04-06T09:42:00.000-07:00

As I practice and practice nothing comes out
I sweat and sweat and nothing comes but my lungs get dried out
my eyes are burning from the sweat
my back and my neck are so very wet.

100 percent is what I give
basketball is my dream my soul my heart and what I live
when I loose I never give up
I always walk around happy and saying what's up.

2.8 seconds left and we are defending
I have the ball and they are depending
This is life that we are spending
As sweat and tears fall down from my face as it is blending.

I shake the other persons hand
And if basketball don't work I will always have a back up plan
But I'll always be a #1 fan
thank god for James Naismith he is the man.
BASKETBALL

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

2009-03-25T08:03:00.000-07:00

Once upon a time there was a funny, short intelligent in the computers man who loved to come to work and didn't like the word hell came back and he saw that death was in the party. Mr I'm sorry Mr.Lahana I mean heck. One day he was teaching his classes when a guy popped up he said " I come for your soul and Mr.Lahana tried to run but it was to late Mr.lahana is all boring and sick now. Mr.Lahana then said " Can you please stop talking with a dull voice the student keeps talking he says it again and then the student becomes soundless". Then his most helpful student Manny noticed that he was sick and that he should rest so Manny sends him home and as soon as Lahana leaves Manny throws a party but Mr. lahana said " Manny that was so nice of you, you threw me a get well party". Manny said " Yeah lets go with that". Death walked quietly walked on Mr. Lahana and said " I'm sorry I got the wrong person I was looking for Angel Quintero I'm going to need Shurlock Homes. It was a happily ever after at least for Mr. Lahana but for Angel not so good.

2009-03-25T08:00:00.000-07:00

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Check this out finally I get to put the fans song on my blog hope you enjoy.

Emmanuel McNeil's book report

2009-03-23T10:00:00.000-07:00

Black No More

Reading the book “Black No More” Written by George S. Schuyler back into the time period of THE GREAT DEPRESSION in 1933 and Mr. Schuyler Past away forty-four years after it was processed and published. Black No More is a gift to all the children, young adults and adults that didn’t have a clue of how things were back when they were not even born or thought of it shows how you need to be a certain color for you to be cool in those days.

I like the detailed book “Black No More” because it was very clear and some parts were very exciting. This book showed readers how people were actually racist and how they want to fit in, For example in the book there was a guy named Max Disher who changed his skin color just to fit in the crowd to get complements and attention but truly he really lost his dignity from being a proud black man.

The best part of the book “Black No More” is how it’s true how most black people want to date a women that’s lighter than themselves that has the body on the outside but have a dishonorable or have a all I want is your money attitude, For example in the book Max Disher wanted a girlfriend that was lighter then himself.

I would recommend that people read “Black No More” because this can teach people that don’t know about black people history things that not only happened in the 1930’s during the Great Depression but this can show them things that our people have went through in slavery but it was worst during slavery.

I don’t recommend this book “Black No More” to people who suffer with immaturity or that really are against the word “Nigger” and that really can’t take the racism. This book is written in the mind set of people in the 1930’s so they have there own language, For example instead of saying what they say what they say whut or instead of saying “Nigger ” instead they use the term “Nigga” what I don’t understand is that why do black people use the word nigger on other blacks but when causations say it they want to fight?
The book “Black No More” has taught me that white people didn’t want to dance, with black persons because of their intellectual skin color. When Max Disher changed his skin color to get attention and so he can fit in the white territory he got more respect then he had ever gotten.

In conclusion What do you think about this racism that has and still is going on? Do you think if you change your skin color you would get more respect? What do you think about Max Disher? Why do black people use the word nigger on other blacks but when causations say it they want to fight? These are all questions no one has every answered and I think it is time for one now.

GREAT DEPRESSION

2009-03-22T15:15:00.000-07:00

Emmanuel McNeiL & Raekwon Butler C.W Post I.S 188
3/23/09 Ms. Johnson

Black No More

Reading the book “Black No More” Written by George S. Schuyler back into the time period of THE GREAT DEPRESSION in 1933 and Mr. Schuyler Past away forty-four years after it was processed and published. Black No More is a gift to all the children, young adults and adults that didn't have a clue of how things were back when they were not even born or thought of it shows how you need to be a certain color for you to be cool in those days.

I like the detailed book “Black No More” because it was very clear and some parts were very exciting. This book showed readers how people were actually racist and how they want to fit in, For example in the book there was a guy named Max Disher who changed his skin color just to fit in the crowd to get complements and attention but truly he really lost his dignity from being a proud black man.

The best part of the book “Black No More” is how it’s true how most black people want to date a women that’s lighter than themselves that has the body on the outside but have a dishonorable or have a all I want is your money attitude, For example in the book Max Disher wanted a girlfriend that was lighter then himself.

I would recommend that people read “Black No More” because this can teach people that don’t know about black people history things that not only happened in the 1930’s during the Great Depression but this can show them things that our people have went through in slavery but it was worst during slavery.

I don’t recommend this book “Black No More” to people who suffer with immaturity or that really are against the word “Nigger” and that really can’t take the racism. This book is written in the mind set of people in the 1930’s so they have there own language, For example instead of saying what they say what they say whut or instead of saying “Nigger ” instead they use the term “Nigga” what I don’t understand is that why do black people use the word nigger on other blacks but when causations say it they want to fight?
The book “Black No More” has taught me that white people didn’t want to dance, with black persons because of their intellectual skin color. When Max Disher changed his skin color to get attention and so he can fit in the white territory he got more respect then he had ever gotten.

In conclusion What do you think about this racism that has and still is going on? Do you think if you change your skin color you would get more respect? What do you think about Max Disher? Why do black people use the word nigger on other blacks but when causations say it they want to fight? These are all questions no one has every answered and I think it is time for one now.

Sorry And I Love You

2009-03-18T08:00:00.000-07:00

Hey I know you don't want to speak to me right now but I was wrong invading your privacy what I did I should be thankful all you did was break up with me I lost something good that I probably can't get back and I regret what happened and I broke into your personal things I didn't trust you I was to protective over you and I also accused you I was being to suspicious of you and that kid but come to find out he was your cousin. Please forgive me and don't tell your parents. Bye hope you can talk to me again.

Chris Vs Rihanna

2009-03-16T09:51:00.000-07:00

I have heard many stories of the story and they all sound stupid they sound like two kindergarten Oh he hit me first so I hit him back. What I have heard was that Rihanna and Chris were arguing until things blew up and then Rihanna through his keys to his Lamborghini out the window and Chris brown choked her until she blacked out how did she get the bit mark on her lip or the bruises on her head Rhianna is still falling in love with him there is something wrong with that story.

If I had powers to Change somethings

2009-03-09T09:54:00.000-07:00

If I had the power to change things I would change the wars that people die everyday I would change the killing into peace in the world and I would change people going to jail that is not suppose to be there.
I would also change the decrease of the economy to a increase because people are loosing jobs because of budget cuts and that's what causes foreclosure and that means you have to be acquitted from your homes.
Another thing I would change is pot holes in the streets of the 5 boroughs there has been many accident because there were cars that have flipped over.

Classes

2009-03-09T09:44:00.000-07:00

Some classes can be boring
and some can be fun.

Some classes you have to Express yourself to someone
Some classes you have to run.

If you are falling asleep that is not cool
you get a grade for great behavior and academics not just for coming to school.

Show your teachers your greatness
Watch out for your absences or latenesses

Don't get distracted or disrupted
Don't get your teachers erupted

Never get in fights
and try to be the student that lights

Tips on being a good singer

2009-03-09T09:30:00.000-07:00

Stay away from certain kinds of foods like , milk or cheese try stuff like tea and water to get your voice ready to get going.
Practice breathing exercises.
Motivation- It should make you want to do it and be committed and not give up.
Perspiration- It should make you work hard until you sweat
Preparation- You should be prepared

These tips could also prepare in class homework and your dreams

Beats

2009-03-04T08:10:00.000-08:00

Have you ever been in a car and you hit a bump and you hear rhythms flowing through your head it's crazy when you can make a beat or beats off of One nature ride in a car it is a influential thing you hear it can make you very unique and it can also make you famous I can play the keyboard and it is crazy when I hear a rhythm on the bridge or the highway boom bahh boom boom boom bahh

In my own words.....

2009-03-03T04:35:00.000-08:00

The sanitation attaches millions of G.P.S systems to each trash container. They do this to pinpiont every spot so it can make there job easier because some people are just lazy except some people work hard. A leachate is a product that they use in landfills especially when there is something contaminated or contaminating some space. biodegredation take samples of the bacteria that is rotten.

We did it together

2009-02-18T10:03:00.000-08:00

PS188 we did it they decided to stop dogs from laying desperately in the puppy mills I am glad so students If we an do that we an stop the wars and we can stop the government of Africa from taking the food that us Americans sent for them he holds all the food. But we did it. Dear e, The HS US offensive against puppy mills continues. Today, thanks to the work of your HS US, nearly 300 puppy mill dogs have a fresh start and are free forever from the horrors of the mass breeding operation known as Thornton’s Kennels in Wayne County, N.C. Just 72 hours ago, misery was the only life these animals had known. The dogs -- found in cramped, rusted-out wire cages stacked one on top of the other -- were saved last weekend by local law enforcement officers and a rescue team from The Humane Society of the United States. Some of the dogs -- well beyond safe breeding age -- had been forced to breed for years on end until they simply collapsed under the strain. Watch our exclusive video that takes you inside the rescue of these innocent victims. Then please make an emergency contribution today to support this rescue operation and others like it. Since Saturday, the animals have been at an emergency shelter, where dedicated teams of local volunteers and veterinarians, along with partners from the animal welfare community, have been tending to the dogs' many critical needs. Finally out of the clutches of Thornton’s Kennels, these dogs are at the beginning of their ultimate journey -- to a loving home of their own. Tragically, hundreds of thousands of dogs still suffer at the hands of this industry that traps them in a dismal cycle of misery. These are the animals our rescue teams are trained to save. In fact, during the past year alone, we’ve rescued thousands of animals from the deplorable conditions of puppy mills around the country. Please help make these animal rescue operations possible. Watch our video, then make a special donation today to fund our emergency response teams. Thank you for all you do for animals. Sincerely, Wayne Pacelle President & CEO The Humane Society of the United States P.S. Last year, with the help of advocates like you, we convinced Congress to ban foreign puppy mill imports into the United States and persuaded several state legislatures to curb the worst puppy mill abuses. In North Carolina, as in most states, no laws addressing puppy mills are on the books. We aim to change that, and this bust will help the animals’ case.

funny show on youtube

2009-02-18T06:04:00.000-08:00

2009-02-16T17:06:00.001-08:00

AGREE OR DISAGREE

2009-02-06T15:47:00.000-08:00

I think beyonce thinks that she can be a better boy then any other boyfriend that thinks they can break up with a girl and go out with anither and do the same thing I was once like that but I see why I did that it was because I thought that girl was cheating and I had a feeling that she would always lie to me and that she wasn't happy and If I went pro she wouldn't want to share but she went on with her life and so did I. I relized that I'm not ready for a girl and that I need to focus on my school work and my career on basketball. Beyonce talks about how bad guys are but what about the women I've also been in a relationship where a girl didn't really like me and she used me and I think this song should relate to girls and boys. I agree wh byonce alittle but she can't only blame it on the boys.

BLOOD DIAMOND

2009-01-29T18:11:00.000-08:00

In some countries like South Africa they recruit little kids to fight in the war and if they refuse they cut your legs arms any body part that you would use in the battle feild so If they can't have you no one can and it is horrible because these little kids shoot bwow to there families chest and them being forced to kill there family members. THESE PICS HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH BLOOD DIAMONDS AND THE WAR. DIAMOND ARE FOREVER THROW YOUR DIAMONDS IN THE SKY IF YOUR STILL ALIVEBY KANYE WEST.

Blood Diamonds

2009-01-28T08:29:00.001-08:00

2009-01-19T16:22:00.001-08:00

NICE!

2009-01-19T16:16:00.000-08:00

Compare this dunking contest to the contest above and tell me what is the difference between them.

BARACK THE COOK !!!!

2009-01-19T15:47:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama ?????????????????

2009-01-19T15:31:00.000-08:00

MY SCHEDULE

2009-01-19T15:23:00.000-08:00

3-Dec MS188 @ SALK------------- W
10-Dec MS188 @ LYONS ------------Forfeit W
15-Dec CLINTON @ MS188 ---------- W
22-Dec MS188 @ EAST SIDE -------- W
7-Jan GREENWICH VILLAGE @ MS188-- W
13-Jan CLINTON @ MS188 ---------- W
15-Jan SALK @ MS188 ------------- W
27-Jan MS188 @ TSMS-------------- L
5-Feb MS188 @ ICE---------------- L
9-Feb EAST SIDE @ MS188----------
13-Feb TSMS @ MS188 -------------

MY BROTHER!

2009-01-19T15:12:00.000-08:00

My Favorite basketball player is My brother he is a sophomore and this his last year in college he will be goin big and will be going to the NBA (National Basketball Association)I can't wait. You can look Him up www.sanjacinto.com.

Patricia F. Sheffer / Emmanuel M. McNeil

2009-01-19T13:38:00.000-08:00

PATRICIA:
A plane hits- many will die
Another hit- people begin to cry
Where is God?
A third plows into the Pentagon
Plane number four crashes- many more are gone
Where is God?
Rescuers rush in- the buildings fall
Our country mourns- death has touched us all
Where is God?
Churches open- people come to pray
People are found in the rubble- alive they say
Here is God
Strangers helping strangers fast become friends
Working together united till the very end
Here is God
Chorus' of God Bless America ringing in the air
Proving to one and all- Terriorists we will not fear
Here is God
Peace will come to those in pain
For as sure as the sun shines after the rain
GOD IS HERE!!

EMMANUEL:
WHEN will peace come
When will peace fail
when you kiss your mama
will we become free for eternity because of jesus or Barack Obama

OH NO NOT 1549!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-01-19T12:45:00.000-08:00

On January 16,2009 a terrible incident occurred the plane crashed in this terrible crash no people were seriously damaged everyone was quite astonished that they lived through this tragedy. One thing that I don't understand is how can one bird blow out two engines what I think is that someone did something to the engine and they should investigate. I believe that they didn't take the plane out because they want the Black box but how doe know it is not already gone I think someone did something to the plane and it's weird how in two minutes the ferries reacted I think the state should focus more on the important stuff like danger instead f stuff like more money. But I'm happy no one died or seriously got hurt.

Everyone on the plane was accounted for and alive, officers said, "About 15 people were being treated at hospitals and others were being check up at medical centers.

Flight 1549, headed to Charlotte, North Carolina, was airborne less than three minutes, according to FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown.

The pilot radioed to air traffic controllers that he had experienced a bird strike and declared an emergency, a New Jersey State Police source said.

"I think a lot of people started praying and just collecting themselves," said passenger Fred Berretta. "It was quite stunning."

Your Opinion.

2009-01-18T22:43:00.000-08:00

Do you think Michael Jackson is messed up do you think what he did was true people usually act a fool and make fun of him even though he was in a mess he still has the best voice and everyone takes his dance moves for example: Chris Brown,Usher,Ne-yo and Omarion but they always only see the bad stuff but I bet right after they joke about Michael Jackson they go and do the same thing but it doesn't matter because they joking on him and if he's not defending himself maybe it's true.

The Real Meaning Of Valentines Day

2009-01-18T22:34:00.000-08:00

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.

According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl -- who may have been his jailor's daughter -- who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.

While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial -- which probably occurred around 270 A.D -- others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

HOW DOES VIDEO GAMES EFFECT YOUR BRAIN.

2009-01-15T18:24:00.000-08:00

How video games effect your Brain

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2009-01-14T07:59:00.000-08:00

40 years ago Martin Luther King J.R said one day us as blacks would make it to the promise land and that we would have a black president and he might not be able to make it there with us and that same day he was assassinated and now look what do we have here 44th president Barack Obama.

MY ADVISE COLUMN

2009-01-12T20:50:00.000-08:00

If you need advise on any problems you have maybe you would like to talk about something and no one is there that will listen maybe I can help or maybe I can be a magician and fix your problem.

Mad

2009-01-12T20:46:00.000-08:00

This song explains everything in a relationship right?

Single Ladies

2009-01-12T20:42:00.000-08:00

Who wishes Beyo`nce was a single lady?

CHOPPED & SKREWED

2009-01-12T20:39:00.000-08:00

WHY DO YOU THINK T-PAIN HAS A LOT OF Images In his video?

FREEZE

2009-01-12T20:35:00.000-08:00

World record.......

2009-01-12T19:50:00.000-08:00

This year I am going for 100 blogs Mr Lahana is gonna help me by putting up more blogs and I have to do my part and stay on task I should be able to get at least 250 blogs by the beginning of March If I don't get my 100Th blog by the everyone in the school can jump me and If I get 250Th blog Mr Lahana either buys me lunch or will buy me 5 sidekicks or 8 ipods or 50 mac books Na just kidding but really I am going for My 300Th blog by the end of this year wish me luck I have a long way to go and Maybe you should try to get your 100Th blog it will give you the excellence and when you start to do it you get addicted to it and then you won't stop and that will get you the grade that you want. I was trying to figure out who has the most blogs but I couldn't find it try to beat me If you can HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA one more thing HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA one more thing HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA alright Im getting tired I'll finish tommorow but for now HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'M JUST DOING THIS TO TAKE UP SPACE LOL.TTYNA.

believe it

2009-01-12T09:45:00.000-08:00

I think the kids parents were intolerant and that this clip was about how parents made there son believe in something and his mind thinks that everyone should believe in what he believes in and in the clip they used a manual as a metaphor instead of using the bible or a religious sore of thing. His parents should keep it straight up and tell him there are different beliefs because he is suffering not having friends and then he is lonely and most people commit suicidal because of depression.

Isn't she the pretty Don't Hate Congradulate

2009-01-10T18:19:00.000-08:00

MY TRUE NOT MADE UP DREAM

2009-01-07T08:22:00.002-08:00

CHEVRON WANT'S YOU TO THINK OF THEM

2009-01-07T08:10:00.000-08:00

CHEVRON WANTS YOU TO THINK ABOUT THEM AS THE OPPOSITE OF THESE BAD PEOPLE THEY WANT YOU TO THINK OF THEM AS

EXPLORERS
UNCONTAMINATED
HELPFUL
CARING
HEALTH IN THE OCEANS AND IN THE WORLD
EDUCATIONAL
CLEANER WAYS
FREE OF DIRTINESS
SMARTER WAYS
EFFICIENTLY
RESPECTFUL
FINDING ENERGY WHERE IT WAS NEVER FOUND
OBSERVING

Words And things I hear and see About Chevron

2009-01-07T07:59:00.000-08:00

CONTAMINATED
CANCER
EXPLORER
ASTRONAUT
KIDS
OIL
WATER
A GUY WITH A FUR COAT
MOUNTAINS
A GUY WITH A BIG ENORMOUS HEAD
A LOT OF MONEY
CURIOUS
FRONTIER
A GUY RIDING A BIKE
POWER OF HUMAN ENERGY
THE SEARCH FOR ENERGY
CARS GOING BY FAST AS LIGHTNING
UNIMAGINABLE

MIRACLES DO HAPPEN

2009-01-01T18:01:00.000-08:00

IN THAT TRUCK WAS MY COUSIN HIS NAME WAS GREGORY MCCULLOUGH HE WAS IN A COMA FOR 2 MONTHS BUT HE MAD IT THROUGH THE STEAM EXPLOSION 80%OF HIS BODY WAS BURNED BUT I THANK GOD HE WAS STILL ALIVE.

THE WORLDS LARGEST POTHOLE

2009-01-01T17:42:00.000-08:00

I THINK THAT WHEN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FINISH THERE JOB THEY JUST LEAVE WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND THEY GET PAID IF I WERE THEY CEO OF CONSTRUCTION FACILITIES I WOULD ASK DID YOU CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES AND MAKE THE ENVIRONMENT SAFER FOR DRIVING AND IF IT'S NOT I WOULD DOCK THERE PAY UNLESS THEY HAVE KIDS I WOULD TELL THEM YOU CAN'T GO HOME UNTIL YOUR JOB IS DONE.

Lower This!

2009-01-01T16:59:00.000-08:00

HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL SORRY FOR YOUR PARENTS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE THERE CAR CAUSE THE GAS PRICES IT WAS HARD I KNOW YOU ARE THINKING WAS HARD IT IS HARD BUT THE GAS PRICES ARE LOWERING AND LIKE JENNIFER HUDSON SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY.

THE END

2009-01-01T16:37:00.000-08:00

THIS ARTICLE SAYS IN THE FINE PRINT THAT THE WAR WILL BE COMINGTO THE END ON JULY4,2009. DO YOU THINK IT WILL END YES OR NO? I BELIEVE IN MIRACLES.

A NEW YEAR

2009-01-01T16:11:00.000-08:00

This is a New Year to start over and drop all the bad stuff you did in 2008 and start a New beginning in 2009. There is on thing that I don't understand is why do people bring in the New Year with Drinking and partying and doing stupid stuff It is just showing that they're going to do the same stupid things that they did in 2008. See smart people would see what they did in the previous year and fix what they did wrong and if everyone thought like that we wouldn't be in a world crisis like we are and there wouldn't be murderers roaming the states and street and you wouldn't even have to think about locking your door at night I guess for NOW you will have to watch your back. HAPPY NEW YEARS AN MANY MANY MORE.

Basketball team

2008-12-30T16:04:00.000-08:00

Yyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeesssss PS 188 Is undefeated we can't be stop are record is 4-0 we won 4 times and never last On Tuesday we pay the champs that won last year now it's time to take our title back and win a championship and pass it over to the next 6Th,7Th and 8Th graders and maybe they will be the champs but for now let's get a championship you either go hard or go home SHARKS IF YOU HEAR ME SAY CHAMPIONSHIP.

Emmauel On Relationships

2008-12-29T18:17:00.000-08:00

Emmnuel O Relationships

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This Rap is about vilence and how without using your hands you can say words or just not say nothing

2008-12-29T11:27:00.000-08:00

When I come through hit him with the 1..2
If I hit you with the right that means I won fool

If you in college I'll put you back in Preschool
Go back to head-start go back to bed smart

here's the real thing that u know is true
I can serve tennis and I'm gonna serve you too

If you mess wit me TKO you go
I am the Main Event and it's time to start the show

QUESTION OF THE DAY

2008-12-29T10:48:00.000-08:00

I am large and I am venomous I eat my Young and I go through the Sahara I can swallow a human whole.

what animal am I?

do I lay eggs?

what is my name?

(hint: I Slither and I'm slimy

Top Ten Best teachers or helpers

2008-12-29T09:52:00.000-08:00

#1 Mr Lahana he can relate to the kids and he is cool ad everyone in the school loves him and so do I brotherly love.
#2 Mr Marc Texidor he is cool he also gets a long with the kids and he laughs to our jokes even if they are wack just so he won't hurt there feelings.
#3 Mr Kleiman He also gives good advice and he supports me in everything I need him to and if he can't support me that day he stays a man to his word.
#4 Mr McDowell he also can relate to kids and he cares about our education and he gives good advice.
#5 Ms Cesy she was my teacher for two years and she would have a fit if you were stinky see would spray you but she made people laugh even the people she sprayed would laugh
#6 Ms Ducker she is a great math teacher she has patience and if we do good she goes to the extreme she took me to Madison Square Garden to watch a game she is cool to.
#7 Mrs Tammy rivera I love her an she is a great friend and she always knows when somethings wrong it's like tha her job.
#8 Ms Filep she is cool and when she's having a bad day C.W POST MAKE HE LAUGH.

THAT IS ALL I CAN THINK OF RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DOES MY REAL NOT MADE UP DREAM MEAN

2008-12-29T09:40:00.000-08:00

WHITE SHADOW- I think the white shadow means that god sent an angel in my dream to protect me from th devil.

MY Mom- I think my mom floating in the air means that god lifted my mom to live for him and t show that he is real.

Me being hot- I think I was hot because I'm to sexy for my body.

In my room- because that's the place I'm in and maybe my dream doesn't want me to fnd out I'm in a dream.

The real not made up DREAM part 2

2008-12-29T09:24:00.000-08:00

One night it was hot I turned the air conditioner on and I felt better but then I saw shadow and it didn't look like a human shadow and the shadow was bright it was hovering over me so I put the covers over my head and then I saw the light go away and then I took the coves off of me then it went into my moms room I ran in my moms room and she was in the air and he started chasing me then I woke up and went to moms and she said " SHE HAD THE SAME DREAM BUT I WAS CHASING HER". the only difference was that she woke up with laughter and I woke up with tears and I was only 4 years old. TRUE STORY.

MY REAL NOT MADE UP DREAM :)

2008-12-29T09:17:00.000-08:00

On One christmas morning I woke up the end

Response to Mr. L LOWWA EAST SIDE

2008-12-27T18:22:00.000-08:00

I think your dream was about even when your family member(s) die a little peace of them inside of you and that you can have dreams and it feels like you're inside your dreams a sometimes it is hard to wake up from your dream when you are dreaming about something that you adore or hate or are frightened of. Sometimes you love that person so much hat when you wake up you start to cry or it is hard to forge about a person i is always hard to dream about people when they past away or when you just don't see them no more then you have pain and it gets harder but you have to keep walking.

Emmanuel On puppy mills

2008-12-26T14:28:00.001-08:00

Emmanuel On puppy mills

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MAKE A CHANGE

2008-12-26T13:54:00.000-08:00

I think Barack Obama will make a change and he is the best for the job. Not only because he is black but because he represents that all people can do anything especially blacks. Now black people don't have an excuse saying the white man always led the country number one is that is racist and number two is Barack is black.
I believe that Barack will help everyone in the world and settle the war.What my parents taught me was that if you speak it in to existence it will happen and that your mouth is powerful. Barack Obama is great at what he does because he went to school for the studies of economics so he knows what he's dealing with hear in 2009-2013 the years he will be in the office.
I think Barack can relate to everyone all over the world because he is white and black. Some people say he's not white he's fully black just because his complexion I think Barack Hussin Obama is great for president. YES WE CAN. CHANGE,WE CAN BELIEVE IN IT. CAN WE BELIVE IN IT? YES WE CAN.

Emmanuel on weed,cigarettes and cigars

2008-12-26T13:52:00.000-08:00

Emmanuel On Weed Cigarettes And Cigars

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LOVE LEFT

2008-12-25T13:05:00.000-08:00

Has someone in your family ever visited you and stayed for a long time and you get use to them then they leave.That's what happens to me my brother visits from Texas college every year and every time he leaves my eyes start to water and my heart starts to pound and my body just wants to jump on the super shuttle and go to Texas with him. Also he leaves a good personality in his trail everyone that gets to meet him loves him he is a comedian he can relate to everyone kids and adults he can play basketball with his eyes closed and he has what it takes to make it into the NBA his name is Maurice McNeil one of my three brothers and I love him deeply into my heart.

ALL I FEEL LYRICS

2008-12-24T09:32:00.000-08:00

ALL I FEEL IS RAINDROPS FALLING OVER ME.
ONLY ONE KISS FROM YOU GIRL I'LL KNOW IT SETS ME FREE.
WHEN I SEE YOU EVERY TIME I KNOW YOUR ALWAYS MINE
MY HEART IS LIKE A DOORBELL AND BABY YOUR MY KEY

CAUSE LOVE MEANS A THING
AND EVERYDAY I KNOW I HAVE THE RING
I'M SO GLAD TO BE YOUR KING
FOR YOU I LOVE TO SING

petland response

2008-12-23T14:03:00.000-08:00

I am so angry and disappointed that petland sent the same thing to everyone who pleaded to stop ordering from pet mills that shows me that they don't care and as long as they make money they will keep doing what they do. they don't know that they are killing millions and millions of animals that don't even deserve to be killed then buying from pet mills where they keep the dogs until they die and that they don't care if they get sick it is horrible I hate it and If I had one of the powers that would be one of my things I would change. The way to describe petland in words is disrespectful , cruel , cheap/stingy ,uncaring , cold hearted and not giving thought to there customers this should be there logo.... stop sufering save lives say no today tommorow to puppy mills.

TOP SECRET.....SSSHHHHHHHHH

2008-12-19T13:06:00.000-08:00

Thank you for letting me know but I don't think it was a great idea to tell everyone some people don't know how to keep there mouths shut and it might be a problem and people will talk about it and she can over hear and then she will disagree and say we have to study for the test then we buy stuff and then we waste our money and then we have to give everything back to stores hope everything comes out good and no one rats us out I think that we can do a better job then the adult party let's have a good party.

SAVE PLASTIC BAGS OR USE YOUR OWN

2008-12-18T10:23:00.000-08:00

Plastic bags go where all garbage goes in the dump and when there is wind the bags fly away and start to pollute our floors and our air and our oceans. It carries all kinds of bacteria the can get you sick and it can give you asthma or allergies it also can get you in a car it can get caught in your windshield and you can be in a critical car accident.I think it it bad to just throw your bags on the floor not just only bags but wrapers,soda cans,cartons and all the other stuff tha pollutes the air and it mostly pollutes the earth that we liv on. SAVE PLASTIC BAGS OR USE YOUR OWN

2008-12-17T07:57:00.000-08:00

Dear Petland,

I think that it I think it's wrong to get dogs and cats from puppy mills because it is wrong to see how these animals are treated. We spend so much money for pet land to pay your bills. I think pet land should buy from shelters because over six to eight million animal in shelters were killed because know one adopted them.If you take this into consideration you can save a lot of animals lives. Most people already know about puppy mills that they put them all together in the cold with know jackets and if one dog gets sick all dogs get sick.They put big dogs in little cages and then they start to loose there hair. I think that you should constantly buy from shelters because animals in shelters don't deserve to get killed because they don't deserve it.

STOP ANIMAL CRUELTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
E.M

THE NASTIEST DAY OF MY LIFE

2008-12-15T09:30:00.000-08:00

When I was in kindergarten Raekwon , Christopher and I would make dares that you can't drink boogers with chocolate milk with veggies that were on the floor and we would give it to the nastiest girl in our grade she said that she is the craziest girl we were saying chug chug chug she was drinking it we were throwing up constantly she had the veggies in her teeth it was nasty I never want to see that again it was horrible I was sick for three days and I wasn't even the one that drank it. She told us that she had to go to the hospital she had a stomach virus it was a bad one too. we would play Fear Factor who ever drops out loses the $1.00 or the money everyone bet on.

Mean Pet Owners

2008-12-10T08:23:00.000-08:00

Mean pet owners
They treat animals like thrash and mean bank loaner

The reason animals run away
Because they can't take that pain and stay

Then you see the mean pet owners sobbing and crying
while the cats and dogs are looking for food and still hiding

When The pet finds some leftover meat
they go to heaven while there bodies are laying in the street

Then the dog owners say sorry and the go to sleep
SORRY SHOULDN'T CUT THE SLICE OF CAKE

Mean Pet Owners

2008-12-10T08:04:00.000-08:00

A responsibility of being a pet owner is treat it like your family members and love it with all your heart adore it so you can be a better person in life to real people.Don't be a selfish punk when you see a stray dog if you have food drop it on the floor or if you won't get in trouble take it in sometimes you have to be careful because some animals were abused and they will bit you and sometimes they won't let go of you but don't take it personal it was probably there owner.I think it's wrong because spay and neutering animals real hurt but it is the right thing to do to stop overpopulation and stopping animals from being killed and injured and they can't talk to tell you that something is wrong and like the movie throwaway said " pet owners treat animals like another thing they own.

DON'T DO DOGFIGHTS

2008-12-08T09:35:00.000-08:00

I think animal cruelty is a horrible thing to do to your animal it is like you are hurting your own family. Don't ever hit a animal especially if they are young because when they get older they might attack you your mom or one of your family members and they will probably think that you abused them which you probably did. Sometimes when you buy a dog or cat and they bark for no reason they probably were abused and they want to be treated like a pet not a bag of trash or a hot dog in the stands on the floor in a yankees game. Don't do dogfights. An example Michael Vick was a rich football player and he wasted a dogs life for what he thought was fun to see two dogs fight for there lives. it's wrong and he didn't even need the money. IT IS WRONG DON"T DO IT BE REAL TO YOUR DOG. You can prevent a dog from fighting when you see another dog come wrap your dogs collar real tight but not tight that your not choking it.DOn't train it to be vicious that it attacks everyone it see's train it and feed it and treat it like a student give it disipline.

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD

2008-12-07T17:54:00.000-08:00

The Underground Railroad was an informal network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th century Black slaves in the United States to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists who were sympathetic to their cause.[1] The term is also applied to the abolitionists who aided the fugitives.[2] Other routes led to Mexico or overseas.[3] The Underground Railroad was at its height between 1810 and 1850,[4] with over 30,000 people escaping enslavement (mainly to Canada) via the network,[5] though US Census figures only account for 6,000.[6]
Contents[hide]
1 Political background
2 Structure
3 Route
3.1 Traveling conditions
3.2 Terminology
4 Folklore
5 Legal and political
6 Arrival in Canada
7 Notable people
8 Notable locations
9 Contemporary literature
10 Related events
11 See also
12 References
13 Sources
14 Further reading
15 External links

[edit] Political background
Even at the height of the Underground Railroad, fewer than one thousand slaves from all slaveholding states were able to escape each year, a quantity much smaller than the natural annual increase of the enslaved population. Though the economic impact was small, the psychological impact upon slaveholders of an informal network to assist escaped slaves was immense. Under the original Fugitive Slave Law of 1793, the responsibility for catching runaway slaves fell to officials of the states whence the slaves came, and the Underground Railroad thrived.
With heavy political lobbying, the Compromise of 1850, passed by Congress after the Mexican-American War, stipulated a more stringent Fugitive Slave Law. Ostensibly, the compromise redressed all regional problems. However, it coerced officials of free states to assist slave catchers if there were runaway slaves in the area, and granted slave catchers national immunity when in free states to do their job. Additionally, free blacks of the North could easily be forced into slavery, whether they had been freed earlier or had never been slaves. Suspected slaves were unable to defend themselves in court, and it was difficult to prove a free status. In a de facto bribe [7], judges were paid more ($10) for a decision that forced a suspected slave back into slavery than ($5) for a decision that the suspected slave was in fact free. Thus, many Northerners who would have otherwise been able and content to ignore far-away regional slavery chafed under nationally-sanctioned slavery, leading to one of the primary grievances of the Union cause by the Civil War's outbreak.

[edit] Structure
See also: Vigilance committee
The escape network was solely "underground" in the sense of being an underground resistance. The network was known as a "railroad" by way of the use of rail terminology in the code. The Underground Railroad consisted of meeting points, secret routes, transportation, and safe houses, and assistance provided by abolitionist sympathizers. Individuals were often organized in small, independent groups, which helped to maintain secrecy since some knew of connecting "stations" along the route but few details of their immediate area. Escaped slaves would move along the route from one way station to the next, steadily making their way north. "Conductors" on the railroad came from various backgrounds and included free-born blacks, white abolitionists, former slaves (either escaped or manumitted), and Native Americans. Churches also often played a role, especially the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Congregationalists, Wesleyans, and Reformed Presbyterians as well as certain sects of mainstream denominations such as branches of the Methodist church and American Baptists.

[edit] Route

Map of some Underground Railroad routes
Many people associated with the Underground Railroad only knew their part of the operation and not of the whole scheme. Though this may seem like an unreliable route for slaves to gain their freedom, hundreds of slaves obtained freedom to the North every year.
The resting spots where the runaways could sleep and eat were given the code names “stations” and “depots” which were held by “station masters”. There were also those known as “stockholders” who gave money or supplies for assistance. There were the “conductors” who ultimately moved the runaways from station to station. The “conductor” would sometimes act as if he or she were a slave and enter a plantation. Once a part of a plantation the "conductor" would direct the fugitives to the North. During the night the slaves would move, traveling on about 10–20 miles (15–30 km) per night. They would stop at the so-called “stations” or "depots" during the day and rest. While resting at one station, a message was sent to the next station to let the station master know the runaways were on their way. Sometimes boats or trains would be used for transportation. Money was donated by many people to help buy tickets and even clothing for the fugitives so they would remain unnoticeable. Soon after the railroad had freed 300 slaves, some of the freed slaves made a store for the railroad.

[edit] Traveling conditions
Although the fugitives sometimes traveled on real railways, the primary means of transportation were on foot or by wagon.
In addition, routes were often purposely indirect in order to throw off pursuers. Most escapes were by individuals or small groups; occasionally, such as with the Pearl Rescue, there were mass escapes. The majority of the escapees were young bondmen, usually artisans from border states who believed their skills gave them a chance of survival in the North. The journey was often seen as too arduous and treacherous for women or children to complete. Many fugitive bondmen, however, who escaped via the Railroad and established livelihoods as free men, later purchased their wives, children, and other family members out of slavery. Because of this, the number of former slaves who owed their freedom at least in part to the courage and determination of those who operated the Underground Railroad was greater than the many thousands who actually traveled its secret routes.
Due to the risk of discovery, information about routes and safe havens was passed along by word of mouth. Southern newspapers of the day were often filled with pages of notices soliciting information about escaped slaves and offering sizable rewards for their capture and return. Federal marshals and professional bounty hunters known as slave catchers pursued fugitives as far as the Canadian border.
The risk of capture was not limited solely to actual fugitives. Because strong, healthy blacks in their prime working and reproductive years were highly valuable commodities, it was not unusual for free blacks — both freedmen (former slaves) and those who had lived their entire lives in freedom — to be kidnapped and sold into slavery. "Certificates of freedom" — signed, notarized statements attesting to the free status of individual blacks — could easily be destroyed and thus afforded their owners little protection. Moreover, under the terms of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850, when suspected fugitives were seized and brought to a special magistrate known as a commissioner, they had no right to a jury trial and could not testify in their own behalf, since technically they were guilty of no crime; the marshal or private slave-catcher only needed to swear an oath to acquire a writ of replevin, for the return of property.
Nevertheless, Congress believed the fugitive slave laws were necessary because of the lack of cooperation by the police, courts, and public outside of the Deep South. States such as Michigan passed laws interfering with the federal bounty system, which politicians from the South felt was grossly inadequate, and this became a key motivation for secession. In some parts of the North slave-catchers needed police protection to carry out their federal authority. Even in states that resisted cooperation with slavery laws, though, blacks were often unwelcome; Indiana passed a constitutional amendment that barred blacks from settling in that state.

[edit] Terminology
Members of The Underground Railroad often used specific jargon, based on the metaphor of the railway. For example:
People who helped slaves find the railroad were "agents" (or "shepherds")
Guides were known as "conductors"
Hiding places were "stations"
Abolitionists would fix the "tracks"
"Stationmasters" hid slaves in their homes
Escaped slaves were referred to as "passengers" or "cargo"
Slaves would obtain a "ticket"
Just as in common gospel lore, the "wheels would keep on turning"
Financial benefactors of the Railroad were known as "stockholders".
As well, the Big Dipper asterism, whose "bowl" points to the north star, was known as the drinkin' gourd, and allegedly immortalized in a contemporary song. The Railroad itself was often known as the "freedom train" or "Gospel train," which headed towards "Heaven" or "the Promised Land"—Canada.
William Still, often called "The Father of the Underground Railroad", helped hundreds of slaves to escape (as many as 60 a month), sometimes hiding them in his Philadelphia home. He kept careful records, including short biographies of the people, that contained frequent railway metaphors. He maintained correspondence with many of them, often acting as a middleman in communications between escaped slaves and those left behind. He then published these accounts in the book The Underground Railroad in 1872.
According to Still, messages were often encoded so that messages could only be understood by those active in the railroad. For example, the following message, "I have sent via at two o'clock four large and two small hams", indicated that four adults and two children were sent by train from Harrisburg to Philadelphia. However, the additional word via indicated that the "passengers" were not sent on the usual train, but rather via Reading, Pennsylvania. In this case, authorities were tricked into going to the regular train station in an attempt to intercept the runaways, while Still was able to meet them at the correct station and guide them to safety, where they eventually escaped to Canada.

[edit] Folklore
Main article: Quilts of the Underground Railroad
Since the 1980s, claims have arisen that quilt designs were used to signal and direct slaves to escape routes and assistance. According to advocates of the quilt theory, there were ten quilt patterns that were used to direct slaves to take particular actions. The quilts were placed one at time on a fence as a means of noverbal commnication to alert escaping slaves. The code had a dual meaning: first to signal slaves to prepare to escape and second to give clues and indicate directions on the journey.[8]
The quilt design theory is disputed. The first published work documenting an oral history source was in 1999 and the first publishing is believed to be a 1980 children's book,[9] so it is difficult to evaluate the veracity of these claims, which are not accepted by quilt historians or scholars of antebellum America.[citation needed] There is no contemporary evidence of any sort of quilt code, and quilt historians such as Pat Cummings and Barbara Brackman have raised serious questions about the idea. In addition, Underground Railroad historian Giles Wright has published a pamphlet debunking the quilt code. Scholars note that rural Americans hardly had to be told which way was North, since the sun rose daily in the East.[citation needed]
Main article: Songs of the underground railroad
Some accounts also mention spirituals and other songs that contained coded information intended to help navigate the railroad, but most scholars doubt this too. Slaves who wished to run for their freedom could simply discuss their plans at night; they had no need to sing about their plot in coded language.[citation needed] Songs such as "Steal Away" and other field songs were often passed down purely orally, and others, like "Follow the Drinking Gourd," were published after the days of the Railroad.[9] Tracing their origins and meanings is difficult.[citation needed] Most scholars believe songs sung in the fields pertained to freedom in the next life, not an escape in this one.

[edit] Legal and political
When frictions between North and South culminated in the American Civil War, many blacks, slave and free, fought with the Union Army. Following passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, in some cases the Underground Railroad operated in reverse as fugitives returned to the United States.

[edit] Arrival in Canada

International Underground Railroad Memorial in Windsor, Ontario.
Estimates vary widely, but at least 30,000 slaves, some[who?] saying more than 100,000, escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad.[5] The largest group settled in Upper Canada (called Canada West from 1841, and today southern Ontario), where numerous African Canadian communities developed. These were generally in the triangular region bounded by Toronto, Niagara Falls, and Windsor. Nearly 1,000 refugees settled in Toronto, and several rural villages made up mostly of ex-slaves were established in Chatham-Kent and Essex County.
Important black settlements also developed in more distant British colonies (now parts of Canada). These included Nova Scotia, Lower Canada (present-day Quebec), as well as Vancouver Island, where Governor James Douglas encouraged black immigration because of his opposition to slavery and because he hoped a significant black community would form a bulwark against those who wished to unite the island with the United States.
Upon arriving at their destinations, many fugitives were disappointed. While the British colonies had no slavery, discrimination was still common. Many of the new arrivals had great difficulty finding jobs, in part because of mass European immigration at the time, and overt racism was common.
With the outbreak of the Civil War in the United States, many black refugees enlisted in the Union Army and, while some later returned to Canada, many remained in the United States. Thousands of others returned to the American South after the war ended. The desire to reconnect with friends and family was strong, and most were hopeful about the changes emancipation and Reconstruction would bring.

[edit] Notable people
Alexander Milton Ross
Dr. Anderson Ruffin Abbott
John Brown
Levi Coffin
Calvin Fairbank
Thomas Garrett
William Lloyd Garrison
Josiah Bushnell Grinnell
Josiah Henson
Henry "Box" Brown
James Butler ("Wild Bill") Hickok
Isaac Hopper
Samuel J. May
John Parker
John Wesley Posey
John Rankin
David Ruggles
Samuel Seawell
William Still
Harriet Tubman - made 19 trips back to the South and helped free over 300 people
Charles Augustus Wheaton
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth

[edit] Notable locations
Bialystoker Synagogue
Boston, Massachusetts
Buffalo, New York
Burkle Estate, Tennessee
Burlington, Wisconsin
Chatham-Kent, Ontario
Chicago, Illinois
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cyrus Gates Farmstead
Detroit, Michigan
Wabaunsee County, Kansas
Dresden, Ontario
Elmira, New York
Farmington, Connecticut
Ironton, Ohio
Jacksonville, Illinois
Lawnside, New Jersey
Lewis, Iowa
Mayhew Cabin
Milton, Wisconsin
Nebraska City, Nebraska
Oberlin, Ohio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Portsmouth, Ohio
Ripley, Ohio
Rochester, New York
Salem, Ohio
Sandusky, Ohio
Sandy Ground - Staten Island, New York
St. Catharines, Onatrio
Westfield, Indiana
Wilmington, Delaware
Windsor, Ontario

[edit] Contemporary literature
1829 Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World by David Walker (a call for resistance to slavery in Georgia)
1832 The Planter's Northern Bride by Caroline Lee Hentz
1852 Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

3 words.....Jennifer salas GREAT STORY

2008-12-01T15:35:00.000-08:00

I woke up to the sound of my cellphone ringing. It was Parker! And it was 7:02 AM. Parker dropped me off late after we celebrated out 2 year anniversary last night. I wonder why he's calling so early. I answer the phone and hear Parker yell "congradulations! You have just won two 50 yard-line seats to the biggest game of the year! open your bedroom window and claim your prize." And before i could answer he hung up the phone. Courtside seats? I say to myself.....To the biggest game of the year...? "The superbowl!" I yell. I hop out of bed as quikly as i can. I open my bedroom window and see Parker standing about a foot and a half away from me outside my window. And in his hands were two 50 yard-line seats to the biggest game of the year. "So get dressed. I'm taking you out." Parker said excitingly. "Now? But its so early. Where would we go?""You'll see"... said Parker, grinning as he blushed and looked into my eyes. So i quikly got dressed and quietly slipped out my window so i wouldn't wake my mom. my parents are very lenient. as long as i do my chores and i get good grades and im back by 10:00 pm, they pretty much let me do as i please.But my dad works nights so hes not going to be back until 9:00 AM; and its only 7:23 AM right now. So i rode on the handlebars of parkers of Parkers bike as we rode all the way to... Denny's! So we sat there for about 2 and a half hours talking while we ate our breakfast special. "It's 10:08 Am," i say. "Shouldn't we be leaving?" 'yeah ur right, lets go." So Parker and i rode his bike all the way to his house. His mothers old suburban car was parked in the driveway. So Parker went inside and told his parents that we were leaving. " it only takes 15 minuts to get there so we'll be there in no time." Parker said. " How could you have gotten such amazing tickets!?" i exclaimed. " I mean, 50 yard-line seats! Thats incredible!" " Yeah, i got them like three months ago" " Wow Parker, i think im falling in love with you." i joked. "uh, yeah." Thats what parker always says when i joke about things like that. Its almost like he's hidding something. So while we were driving i called my parents to tell them that i was going to the superbowl with Parker.They were thrilled that he even got the tickets." well, were here" "The game starts in 30 minutes, lets take to our seats." i say. As we finally took our seats in the stadium, Parker looked at me for a few seconds then said, "Ya know Val, You make me really happy, you really do." And as i looked back my simple reply was, " Ditto." As the game went on , Parker and i yelled and shouted at the players along with all the other pycho fans. The Bears were up 22 points and the giants were down 12 points. There were only 30 seconds left on the clock.The Bears have the ball, he's running! he's running! he's running! Touch down!!! The Bears win! The entire stadium thunders with cheering and shouting. I feel great! I grab Parker and hug him. And at that very moment when the rest of the world cheered for the Bears, Parker held me and said the three most important words that i had longed to hear. And as i held him i said the four most important words back, ....."I love you too....."
The End

Leader

2008-11-30T16:21:00.000-08:00

Being a leader is one way to succeed in life. Always leave a great path behind yourself. If you follow people Listen to these words turn your life around be a LEADER. If you see your parents or parent struggling and getting depressed give them some cheerful comments, like keep your head up or have confidence what my parents tell me keep your head up.
also, If your parents are leaving a grat path for you this is the time to be a follower. Only follow what you think is right in your life just learn by your parents. I your parent drink or smoke try to convnce themor pursue them to quit and if you are religious take hm to church these tips are a garenteed to a better relationship of all families. BY EMMANUEL MCNEIL

DREAMS OF DISABLEDS

2008-11-30T16:02:00.000-08:00

Disabled people are just like others
It's not cool to make fun of them cause they can be your brother or your mother.

If people were like everyone it will be chaos
people would kill for know reason because their just a like.

The reason I wrote this is because My father is blind and he knows how to use his mind
everthing is clear and he knows how to use his ears.

dreams of disableds
you will be abl
to do what you do best and not be labeled
love yourself no matter what then If they say something mean walk away and keep your head up.

SS paper WHY PEOPLE AREN"T TREATED EQUALLY.BY EMMANUEL MCNEIL

2008-11-30T15:59:00.000-08:00

I believe people aren’t treated equally because through out history, there has been injustice with certain races. In this research paper I will tell you how people were treated differently and how they were treated like garbage.
Throughout history, African American people have struggled to gain equality in America. For example ,some white slave owners imported blacks and used them as slaves. Most slave owners/masters kept their slaves from learning , reading and writing making them ignorant. They even have little kids working dangerous machines they have them loosing feet , arms and legs.
For example : In world war II, many Jewish people suffered greatly at the hands of some German people , simply because, some Germans believed that they were the master race and other races were inferior(all races were hated by German). In some parts of the world Jewish people are still struggling to gain equality.
Many people died in painful deaths for example: Gas chambers, gunshots and starvation. People even attempted to hide in secret compartments in the house for example: Ann Frank she wrote dairies to show us how people are not different.
Douglass continued traveling up to Massachusetts. There he joined various organizations in New Bedford, including a black church, and regularly attended abolitionist meetings. He subscribed to William Lloyd Garrison's weekly journal The Liberator, and in 1841 heard Garrison speak at a meeting of the Bristol Anti-Slavery Society. At one of these meetings, Douglass was unexpectedly asked to speak. After he told his story, he was encouraged to become an anti-slavery lecturer. Douglass was inspired by Garrison and later stated that "no face and form ever impressed me with such sentiments [of the hatred of slavery] as did those of William Lloyd Garrison." Garrison was likewise impressed with Douglass and wrote of him in The Liberator. Several days later, Douglass delivered his first speech at the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's annual convention in Nantucket. Then 23 years old, Douglass said later that his legs were shaking but he conquered his nervousness and gave an eloquent speech about his rough life as a slave.

In 1843, Douglass participated in the American Anti-Slavery Society's Hundred Conventions project, a six-month tour of meeting halls throughout the Eastern and Midwestern United States. He participated in the Seneca Falls Convention, the birthplace of the American feminist movement, and signed its Declaration of Sentiments.

I made it

2008-11-30T14:12:00.000-08:00

I finally made it on the blog of he month I am proud of myself I use my time wisely no by just getting fatter and fatter even though the turkey as good and the ham and the potato salad and the stuffing and the cranberry sauce and ribs.I feel like I won a Grammy I like to gave a shout out to Mr. Lahana for tha lowwa east side it really get me energized SHARKS IF YOU HERE ME SAY LOWA EAST SIDE LOWWA EAST SIDE.

MY BROTHER IS GONNA BE IN THE NBA GOOGLE HIM AT www.sanjac.edu/athletics/mbasketball/roster/3.html

2008-11-30T13:51:00.000-08:00

#3 - Maurice McNeil
Year: Sophomore Position: Forward Height: 6’9” Hometown / High School: New York, New York / University Park Prep (Houston)
As a freshman Started in 16 of 30 games… Averaged 12.8 points per game, third on the team… Connected on 54 percent from the field… Grabbed 251 rebounds, averaging 8.4 per game… Had 32 blocks and 20 steals.
High School A 2007 graduate of Park Prep… Averaged 20 points and 21 rebounds per game for the Wolverines and coach Lucas.
Personal Full name is Maurice McNeil… Born in New York, New York… Son of Michelle McCullough and three brothers David McNeil ,Eligah Craig , Emmanuel McNeil , father rnest McCullough and cousin Raekwon Butler In his free time enjoys listening to music and sleeping.

Gernander on McNeil: "Maurice made great strides last year. He is being highly recruited right now. He plays with a lot of energy. For a big man he is mobile and fast. I look for him to be one of the top players in the country this year."

More about Maurice… Three words that describe me are: laid back, confident, determined.

My teammates would describe me as: a comedian.

My hidden talent is: singing.

The most interesting place I’ve visited (and why): Washington D.C. I got to go inside the White House.

The best advice I’ve ever been given is: You can do anything you put your mind to.

Favorite Movie: Love and Basketball

TV Show: Martin

Book: Dr. Seus Song: anything by Jay Z

Musical group: Boyz II Men Food: Steak and rice Holiday: Christmas

Professional athlete: Allen Iverson Professional sports team: New York Knicks

Sport (other than basketball): volleyball Color: blue Season: winter

Saying: You are as good as what you put in.

SHARKS IF U HEAR ME SAY LOWWA EAST SIDE

2008-11-29T16:56:00.000-08:00

SHARKS BASKETBALL TEAM

ANDREW ROBINS-HE'S A FUNNY DUDE HE NEEDS SOME WORK ON THE COURT THOUGH HE'S NOT THAT BAD.

ANGEL WITHERSPON-HE NEEDS TO MAN UP ON THE COURT HE NEEDS TO OWN THE COURT GET REBOUNDS BUT, EVERYONE HAS TO GIVE HIM TIME

ANDRE MONTE-HE CAN PLAY IF HE KEEPS USING HIS LAY-UPS DON'T EVER SHOOT AGAIN!!!

CARLTON SWINDELL-WHERE IS WILL,AUNT VIVIAN,ASHLEY, UNCLE PHIL HOW IS IT IN BELAIR.

CHRISTOPHER SANTOS- YOU KIND OF CRAZY SO ALL IMA SAY IS ANGELICA/ANGEL:).CAN I GET YOUR NUMBER

ERIC HILL- DO YOU TAKE STEROIDS CAUSE WHEN U GIVE NILA A HUG SHE COMES IN THE CLASS DISCOMBOBULATED.

EMMANUEL MCNEIL- TEAMWORK IS THE KEY AND EDUCATION IS MORE IMPORTANT.

GABRIELLA ROBINSON- YOU RELATED TO NATE ROBINSON NICE TEARDROPS.

J'QUAN-YOU THE SHORTEST PERSON THAT I KNOW THAT CAN TOUCH BACK BOARD GET LIGHT.

TOMMY CEDENO-TOMMY,TOMMY,TOMMY I JUST LOVE BLOCKING YOUR SHOT DRINK MILK.

VICKY- YOU CAN PLAY BALL

Abraham Lincoln SS Emmanuel McNeil

2008-11-29T16:28:00.000-08:00

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Left Behind

2008-11-29T15:54:00.000-08:00

Never get left behind,
It will be the worst days of your life.
you'll feel like nothing,
and you will always have strife.
things yu did bad just cut youlike a knife.

Don't get left behind
us kids speak your mind
take your time
Don't get on the wrong path
go on the true vine

Protect your family don't let anything
rip your mind up
then you will find someone
That you love and you never give up
then you say that's what's up

Enemies

2008-11-29T15:29:00.000-08:00

Enimies get on your nerves sometimes but, you have to deal with them. To stop your fo's try to treatingthm with respect and then maybe they will treat you the same way.
Sometimes they might say No or they something that might tick you off , If you pay them No mind and don't stoop to there level then they will leave you alone or even say sorry. For example: If they say shut up when you are ting to apoligize just don't say nothing to them walk away.
I know these things because sometimes would be the one apoligizing or the one to say shut up but, I would feel bad and I would tel that person how felt and wonder how I would feel if they told me to shut up.

FAMILY

2008-11-28T19:08:00.000-08:00

Family is not family if you only see them ata funerals.

If you don't even see them on a important holiday like christmas ,thanksgiving ornew years that's not family.

We would not see my family If my parents couldn't sing
we wouldn't even be noticed in the family in the family tree

family is people that love
each other and that comes together for little things like birthdays ,holidays or just to come together that's I think family is.

Feelings

2008-11-28T19:01:00.000-08:00

Feelings are important
some people can't express themselves
some people don't even talk
sometimes you feel left out
If your dad or mom leaves you before you were born you wold be mad

feelings eat away from your preey personality
feeling can get to your emotions
If you wish you had a great stepfather
I hpe it comes true
If it comes true I hope you have one like I do

mother

2008-11-28T18:50:00.000-08:00

Mother, how have you turned out to be so sweet?
How did you raise me by yourself ?
How did you eat?
As I grew up we bonded more and more
Even though I did somethings yu weren't proud of and yu could of kicked me out the door.

God has matched us up perfectly
I love you because your real with me

If you get fired I don't care
As long as we have our love to share
Oh yeah can you clean my underwear

A typical day without my hearing

2008-11-28T18:15:00.000-08:00

Hooray I finally go to the hospital to get my hearing aid. I wonder what this button does beep.... beep.... beep.... everyone covers there ears so I try to fit in and cover my ears too as the nurse comes out and presses the button to turn the alarm off. They called and said"Emmanuel michael McNeil McCullough". They repeated it three times and no one replied so I waited and then the nurse talked to me in sign language and said " what's your name I told her "Emmanuel Michael McNeil McCullough''. she helped me into the doctors office and she told the doctor something and the doctor laughed I red her lips and she said "see this is what I hate about disabled people.
The doctor came to me with a flashlight and he saw a tear come down my I he checked my ears and he put a camera in my ear to varify that I was really deaf then he put a black microphone and the I heard people in the background then talked to the doctor and said" you might not think I'm norma but I was born the same way as you , I walk the same way as you and I eat th same as soo if I'm dumb your dumb and one more thing thanks for the hearing aid now you can't talk behind my back".

THE MORAL OF THE STORY DISABLED PEOPLE ARE JUST REGULAR PEOPLE SO IF YOU MAKE FUN OF THEM YOU MAKE FUN OF YOURSELVES BY EMMANUEL MICHAEL MCNEIL MCCULLOUGH.

My disability

2008-11-28T18:06:00.000-08:00

If ihad to give up my one of my it would be hearing because it I can wear a hearing aid and it will be like I am a regular person without disabilities. For all the other sensee there are no cures or devices for touching ,tasting ,smelling and sight.

2008-11-28T15:13:00.000-08:00

bank- A bank is where you can go cash your checks when your parents and or where you can save your money.

commercial bank- Just like a bank but you use a card to take out the money from what you save or what you want to save.

bonds- help the companies that you are in by giving you a gift raise more money. the reaon they give you gifts is so you can stay in there companies.

checkings account-A place where your parents money goes so when she leds money of the card it comes straight out of the card without using cash.

credit- When you get a card you have debit and credit. Debit is when you use a card and it comes back to the company slower then debit. Credit is when if you don't pay your bills the govenment can take all the money tey think it is then they take it out your card.

Dept- Is when a person owes a lot of money and you can pay it back at the time they give you.

National Dept- When the state owes banks all around the world a lot of money but they can't pay it at the time.

personal Dept- Is when you owe someone a lot of money.

Depression- When your parnts boss doesn't have enough money to pay for all his employees (workers) so he kicks them off the job.

Dow Jones Industrial Average-When they see how they are doing with there price and if they're dropping the prices go up.

Economy- The way the world uses there money and now in 2oo8 it's not looking to good.

Federal Reserve- you can see it on a quarter it is to reserve the banks and can allow the banks to take money out if they go over the spending limit.

Foreclosure- When a home owner is forced to leave cause he can't make payments cause he/she was let off.

Barack Obama

2008-11-28T14:57:00.000-08:00

Barack Obama winning the presidential election to me is a very very very big change. Now black people can't say that the white man held it down because now we made it. 40 years ago Martin Luther King j.r said " One day us as blacks would make it to the promise land but he might not make it there with us ", and that was when he was assinated I think Barack is the best cause he can relate to black people and white people and he knows how to campaign. I hope Obama will focus on the killing in Iraq and focus on everyone in america safty because I think everyday people all over the world are getting killed by gangs and people like drunk drivers.

how much is he worth?r.i.p

2008-11-28T14:36:00.000-08:00

Awoken as the day go by I finally relized in the corner of my eye
The devil tries to win but jesus is in my heart and will always will be apart
when my last days come i'll know that we have won and relax cause the battle is done!!!

heaven is what you need in your life
not a wife that constantly gives you strife
jesus can cut you like a knife so watch your back and think twice

My creator created me on earth
theres no price on jesus cause he is first
If you listen to me you were born under his birth
if you know tell me how much is he worth?????

thief in the night

2008-11-28T14:27:00.000-08:00

I think aceyalone thinks that when you die you either live you life over again or you go to heaven or hell I mean heck Mr.lahana. another thing that I think he thinks is that when you die is that you have no one to hear you and that you are all alone. I am a christian so I belive that god will count yur blssings and depending on what path you take you will go to heven or you will go to hell I mean heck Mr.lahana.

My Child Labor Poster

2008-11-03T10:10:00.000-08:00

met program

2008-10-15T08:08:00.000-07:00

I just watched this video where a girl named Joseanna never had the resources to help her parents. So Joseanna had to work and drop out of school. She was frustrated confused and and she probably felt discouraged.The met program helps people stay in school and not work on farms by paying you to study and come everyday to learn and not lose their education. I would say to a store owner that little kids work hard making food in farms and we don't care who made we just put in our mouths. They have to drop out of school and waste the education. He shouldn't buy from farms that employ children.

Emoney's summer

2008-09-17T08:00:00.000-07:00