7/10/18

Part 1:

Today, I watched a video called "Beef History: Larry Johnson's beef with Alonzo Mourning included a sad Hornets mural and a weird Knicks-Heat fight". The story talks about the Larry Johnson vs Alonzo Mourning's fight in the playoffs. At the beginning of that year, Knicks coach Pat Riley left New York to join Miami. This led to 4 straight playoffs where the Knicks played the Heat and there were a lot of fights, leading to a lot of suspensions. But the real reason Johnson and Mourning were fighting was because of something that happened in the past. Both had been top two draft picks by the Hornets and they seemed like a young, unstoppable duo. But it turns out they had a lot of beef between them, mainly concerning the fact that Johnson got a 12 year, 84 million dollar contract, the biggest contract up to that point. But Mourning thought he was better and so he demanded a $13 million dollar contract. Charlotte was unwilling to pay this, so they trade Mourning, and since a big mural of Mourning was on the biggest skyscraper in Charlotte, it was really awkward and they had to repaint it with Hugo the Hornet, Charlotte's mascot. Eventually, Johnson was traded as well and that led to the big fight. I really liked this video and will enjoy watching the rest of these.

Part 2:

Today, I went to the PALY Science camp, and we did five different activities. The first activity we did was called Magnetic Goo. We put water in a bowl and put Borax in the water. Then, we put glue in the water and it became "goo". The reason it is called Magnetic Goo is because we mixed iron oxide in the goo, and we used strong magnets to manipulate the goo. The second activity was with Bunsen burners. We dipped a cue tip in different kinds of chemicals and we changed the color of the flame. The third activity was dissolving styrofoam. We discussed how things dissolved and for the experiment, we put acetone on styrofoam, which dissolved the styrofoam. The fourth activity was putting flowers and balloons in liquid nitrogen. The liquid nitrogen freezes the flowers and when you smash it against the ground or a wall, the flowers shatter like glass. The fifth activity was called "Elephant Toothpaste". The counselor put dish soap, iodine, and another chemical to make a big explosion of stuff that looks like toothpaste.