Hatsune Miku

Many People don't know who Hatsune Miku is when i mention her.
Hatsune Miku (初音ミク) is a singing computer voice based on human voice created by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology. The name , Hatsune Miku, comes from a combination of the Japanese word for "first" (初 hatsu), "sound" (音 ne) and "future" (ミク Miku), this name refers to her position as the first of Crypton's "Character Vocal Series".  The data for her voice was created by sampling from the voice of Fujita Saki. Hatsune Miku has performed at her concerts onstage as an animated projection before.

Name	Hatsune Miku
Birthday	August 31
Age	16 years
Height	158 cm / 5.2 ft
Weight	42 kg / 93 lbs
Suggested Genre	Pop/Dance
Suggested Tempo Range	70–150bpm
Suggested Vocal Range	A3–E5

Cats Facts

Cats Facts

Cats come in many different kinds of breed (like dogs) like Siamese, ragdoll, calico, tabby, etc. 

There are more than 500 million domestic cats in the world, with approximately 40 recognized breeds. 
The domesticated cat is a small and furry animal that have quick reflexes, and have sharp retractable claws. They're bodies are flexible and strong, and can twist in almost any direction. They're legs are very strong and can jump 5 times it own height. Cats have excellent night vision and can see at only one-sixth the light level required for human vision. They also have excellent hearing and can hear sounds that dogs and humans can't hear.

On average, cats spend 2/3 of every day sleeping. That means a nine-year-old cat has been awake for only three years of its life. One reason why kittens sleep so much is because a growth hormone is released only when they are asleep.

Back in Egypt long time ago, and still now; cats were keep as pets. There are some cats that are indoor cats when they like to stay inside the house instead of outside and other cats that are outdoor cats when they like to stay outside in the fresh and come back for food or sometimes rest on the couch.

In the past a man named Mohammed loved cats and reportedly his favorite cat, Muezza, was a tabby. Legend says that tabby cats have an “M” for Mohammed on top of their heads because Mohammad would often rest his hand on the cat’s head.

People sometimes think a cat can go down a tree head first but a cat can’t climb head first down a tree because every claw on a cat’s paw points the same way. To get down from a tree, a cat must back down.

Type of cats (some)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cat_breeds

Mangas

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                                                               By Bonnie Lee
You are probably wondering "What are mangas?" when others ask right? Well mangas are Japanese comics and they're similar to the American comic book but the book is backwards and the art is different like with details and how its drawn.  The word "Manga" is a Japanese word that refers to both comics and cartoons. Mangas come in many different genres like comedy, sports, horror, romance, action, fantasy, mystery, etc. Mangas can also be made in China(mostly in Hong Kong) called "manhua", South Korea called "manhwa", and Taiwan called "manhua" like in China. Kids have said that it fun to read mangas because it has action and comedy and thats what makes it so good. Kids tend to read it often like everyday, twice a week, or whenever he/she has time. Recently, the manga industry has expanded worldwide. That's where distribution companies license and re-print mangas into their native languages. But most of the time they translate it into English because it more poplular in America. Between the 1950's and 1960's, the first manga made, was created by Osamu Tezuka. He is the created of  "Astor Boy" and some other mangas. He continue to make mangas with other manga artists to entertain all ages. Even till now, Mangas are very popular in Japan, America and other places.

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entertainment - The TMS Dance

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Big Success at the Dance 

On Friday from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., September 28. Taylor Middle School's back to school dance in the auditorium was hosted by the leadership class. Leadership had the dance because they want the students to have fun and enjoy their school life. 125 pre-sale tickets were sold before the dance, while almost 150 tickets were sold at the door. There was delicious pizza, water and Capri Sun sold there for 50 cents each. There was awesome music brought by DJ High Top. The TMS students came to hang out with  their friends or was asked out by someone else. Some students came to eat the pizza and others came to dance and listen to the music. There were many couples and groups slow dancing, but many people also danced by themselves. During the last 10 minutes of the dance, DJ High Top had a contest to see who were good at dancing to come up on stage and dance to Gangnam Style. Right before the dance ended, DJ High Top announced that Dr. Martin and Dr. Toy called in first to book him before any other schools did. 
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interview

An interview is when one person questions or consults with another person.

The difference between a journalism interview and a job interview is that you have to tell your name in a job interview but you don't don't have to mention their name in a journalism interview if the person said to not say their name. You can use the info that you got for that person you interviewed but not mention their name.

When you are getting ready to interview you have to have good question to ask. Like you can ask, "Tell me about ___________." , " How do you know about ___________." , "How do you _______." ,or, " is there anything I haven't asked yet _________."

You have to remember that you must you must be the interviewer and find the interviewee and and not to mention the interviewee's name.
ref~ http://www.ehow.com/info_7791963_good-interview-questions-journalism.html
ref~ http://www.sparkminute.com/2011/11/07/30-tips-on-how-to-interview-like-a-journalist/

When your done with the interview, you gather and record your information like quotes.

Media Release

Media release is something newsworthy that reporters can report on. We use it to help us find news to report on so other will know it.

An example can be like there is a big chess game at a curtain place and time. But the people don't know about this event. So the people who hosted the game, would send out a note to the reporting company. Then the company will send out some reporters to ask questions about the chess game. Then they go back and there, They made an advertisement for the chess game.

We can use the media release to get the news out the the TMS students.

inverted pyramid structure

What is Inverted pyramid structure? Well, inverted pyramid is a way to present the leading story. You write the important things first to tell the reader what its' about (just in case the reader doesn't want to read the whole thing) then you can  work down using supporting details to the least important information.

If i were to say an example about a animals' habitat was going to be destroyed for mine oil, i would put that at the begining. Then say when and the place it happening at. If the leader of the mining process allowed you to tell their name, then tell the readers the name of the person who is in charge of the mining. Their reason of mining can be because there is a two year supply of oil under the animal's land. Or there is a SUPER big deposit of oil down there. These reasons can be added to the first paragraph.  The reader that is least interested usually stops here. At least the reader got the most important information. Then you move down to the second paragraph,  this is where the less important info is. Like it tells you how the process will work. The less but, interested reader would stop here. The third paragraph is where the least important info is found. This part shows the least interesting information. The third paragraph sometimes get cut off or stays and the most interested reader would finish.

The inverted pyramid is sample, your write the most important at the top then work down to the sample details. But these small details could be cut off. I will try to use the inverted pyramid structure to help me write a good article.

Sources~ http://www.ehow.com/how_4515724_use-inverted-pyramid-writing-news.html 9/9/12

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism 9/10/12
http://www.tmsjournalism.blogspot.com/ 9/9/12 & 9/10/12

Bias in Journalism

Do you know what the word bias is? We use it all the time, everyday and when we think. Bias is similar to the word opinion and you don't take sides to the story. For example if I said, " I hate pizza." You would think I'm crazy to not like pizza. But in journalism the base of it is, "Everyone likes or dislikes some foods that other likes or dislikes." 

To understand how to avoid writing bias in journalism is hard at times. You have to take both sides of the story to not make a conflict. Like for example, showing the name, race, gender or age of the victim. In journalism opinions are not optional, they are not allowed. But its true that all of us have opinions to one side or to the other side of the story. But still there is some opinions that are true and other not true.

Ref~ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/03/

Lets say that someone was to write about "The Newly Invented Pizza". - The newly invented pizza was made with the worlds best cheese and  tomatoes with the freshest dough. Many people have tried the pizza and everyone rates it #1 pizza ever made. - The example of this is to not have opinions. A bad example of this with the same topic "The Newly Invented Pizza" is - The newly invented pizza!! It have final been made!! It's so yummy that you have to try. It's made of the worlds best ingredients like the cheese and tomatoes. I know that i would rate it #1 pizza and I know that everyone will rate it #1 too! - This obviously shows a journal with bias but the true is that not everyone would rate it "#1 pizza" (like me). 

Ref~  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias

Using the word "bias" in my journalism is like trying to caught a mouse with sound and not cheese. You have write about the story with no one sided opinions. Its kinda hard to do that some times. But when I first read what bias was, i like it because it something we are doing right now. Bias fits into journalism for the reason that opinion and are the similar but they can offend others in journalism.

Wiki and owl- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias _ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/735/03/ - 9/5/12

Journalism Integity

Have you ever heard of the word "integrity" before; well if you don't, it means to be honest and good. This word is the key thing to journalism.

Ref. ~ http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/integrity

The key to writing a successful piece in journalism is to be honest and tell no lies. This is also called, "Journalistic Integrity". You have to give a trusting and fair report to the public. There must be facts that you have collected and opinions that shows the honesty of the problem.

Ref. ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalism_ethics_and_standards

A case of bad journalism is like, ~ "The contract between Wal-Mart and the lady was that if you get someone else to pay the medical expenses Wal-Mart doesn’t have to pay for them. That makes sense.Wal-mart is taking advantage of a poor old lady by making her pay twice and that is what makes Wal-mart so evil." ~ Ok, that is an example of bad journalism because it has the journalist's opinions in it. This is the wrong way to write because it's has opinions and there shouldn't be any opinions in journalism, especially telling wrong about the topic. On the small topic, a better one would have on opinions in it.

ref. ~ http://www.shaunconnell.com/an-example-of-bad-journalism/

Learning this kind of information in journalism will help me in this class by writing an article with honesty and fairness with no lies. I will investigate and interview many people to get the truth. To give the truth to other students.

 I used. Wikipedia, http://www.wikipedia.org/ , found 8/29/12