Google Doodles

By: Mayank and Robert

      Google doodles are very creative and even interactive logos made for special occasion around the world. The first Google doodle was for the burning man festival and was released on August 30,1998. In 1999 Google changed their main logo to something contemporary and modern. This is the same logo we still use. Through out the year Google has developed some amazing designed doodles which were just addons but now designs vary   from interactive ones to moving and completely changed logos.
The first interactive doodle was released in 2008 and it was for PAC-MAN's thirtieth anniversary. Google did a great job making this game like the original PAC-MAN. With the advanced technology now a day Google made one eighth of all the 2012 Olympic doodles are interactive games. One of the most popular is Les Paul's 96th birthday, where Google created a futuristic and playable guitar.Check them out at http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2013/All%20doodles. With all the great doodles now making Google look awesome on certain day. We can't think of better doodles after almost 15 years of them for all national and international events.

Stanford vs UCLA Men's Basketball

Stanford and UCLA Basketball are once again in game mode for their second NCAA match at the Maples Pavilion on the Stanford Campus. In their first game UCLA won by 8 points and a final score of 68-60. In the next game UCLA won again  by 8 points with a final score of 88-80. These 20 points were some of the 3-5 points were slam dunks by the tall kids in the UCLA team. The Pavilion was pretty big with the about more than half of the stadium full of UCLA fans wearing a lot decals, jerseys, caps, and #1 hands . The game had some great moment from the band and their dancer, slam dunks, and challenges for kids and college students. The band perform was incredible with tricks with the heavy instruments in the are in perfect sync. The dancers had a lot of flexibility and used it well by kicking in the are up high, jump with midair tricks, and all were also in perfect sync. The challenges for the kids earn them tickets to the next game and for college student a prize of a paid hotel for 3 days 4 night to Las Vegas.

Electric and Super Hybrids

A new generation of cars are coming out, electric cars and we have been seeing sneak peeks of it from 1904. These started in New York City with 100's taxis built by Electric Carriage and Wagon Company in Philadelphia  The next electric car made in Germany from 1904 was a some what success. The next electric was created in US by Thomas Edison in 1913 called the Detroit Electric Car. Now in 2013 we can and later on find more of these car in all car categories like SUV's, super-cars, road cars, luxuries, and even high brands like BMW with the i series  Many of these cars are also take fuel with great mileage of 37+ miles per gallon. The Chevrolet Jolt which does 379 miles on one charge and the fuel mode will give 240 miles on a full tank. 15 new electric car are predicted for 2013, but 2014 is going said to have almost 30+.

2013 The Year of Movies ?

2013 has some great movies coming out, like G.I Joe 2, Despicable Me 2, The Great Powerful Oz, The Croods, and so many more. Over 150 great movies are predicted in 2013. The most anticipated movies of the year are The Man of Steel, The Wolverine, Iron Man 3, G.I Joe 2, Fast and Furious 6, Good Day to Die Hard (Die Hard 5)  and so many more. You can check these movies out at http://www.movieinsider.com/movies/anticipated/2013/. The most anticpated movies this year are mostly action, but the film industry didn't leave out the kids movies in that catergory. Despicable Me, a great kids movie, has a sequel coming out. The Smurfs also will have a sequal. Disney is making a sequel of a great classic from 2001, Monster Inc. The premis is that the characters will attend a Monster's University. Twelve years have passed when the original Monsters Inc. came out so a great story is expected. 2013 has a lot of enterainment plan so you can't be bored this year with catergories like action, drama, family, martial arts, comdey, and horrors.

 

Next fastest car

The X1 prototype by Red Bull will be the next fastest car, finally leaving Bugatti in the dust. With a horsepower of 1634, the car can reach 311 Mph in less then 1 minute. One seat with the most futuristic interior, and a full carbon fiber body making it weigh only 545 kg (1201.52 lbs). That is lighter then your SUV's, but how does it generate 1634 HP and still be so light. Well, all the parts of the car that generate the horse power are scattered all over the car. The car has a suction fan the keeps it on the floor and not flying away and giving it an incredible amount of performance handling. The driving simulator 'Gran Tursmio 5' was the first to introduce this car. The game is used by real F1 drivers to practice races. Sebastian Vettel, 3 time F1 champion was the first to drive the car in the game from 10 before it was released and with the fastest time the car, a version of the car was made the same as his Red Bull uniform with a faster version of the car reach 315 MPH. The car was finally created by Red Bull and they were amazed by the car. Victor, a former student here at Taylor drove the car in the simulator and just enjoy the speed and the turning that was never experienced in a car. He said "This car will change the racing world and make them more interesting to watch." Sebastian Vettel said " The X1 is definetly a car I would love to drive in a race." According to an interview after the simulator.

                                

Little Lucca A local sandwich shop

                                                         

Little Lucca a place that is crowded many times for a good reason, their sandwiches. A wide variety of sandwiches can be made from BBQ beef brisket, Italian beef, turkey, and even sandwiches for vegetarians. Those are only sandwiches and there are also specials. Check out there menu http://www.littlelucca.com/menu-burl-200911.pdf. I have been there so many times and the yelp reviews for the sandwich shop are true. From taste, texture, and customization for the perfect sandwich they will make for you and it will be incredible. I asked my teacher Mr. Sullivan and he said "I love their sauces like the pesto. There bread are good because that is the basically the first thing you taste."

                                                          

Women in Miltary combat

On Janurary 23, 2013 the ban on women in combat was lifted. Since US defence secretary Leon Panetta's decision to lift the ban on women serving in combat roles which was instituted in 1994 , reaction from female military veterans was extremely joyful. However families thought that their precious daugthers are now in more risk of lossing their life. Many say that women will make great soilders but they have to pass some tests and be physical trainer for the battlefield. Leon Panetta, the man who lifted the ban has been in the government since 2003 as divison commander ever since then he has set one of his main priorities as lifting this ban. 10 years was very long but during tha time, Mr. Panetta and General Dempsey said they had met weekly for more than a year about lifting the ban and had kept President Obama informed about developments in this proccess. The General said that now that the ban has been lifted the women will be physically and mentally trained. Marine officials also said they might change the initial physical standards that recruits have to meet before they are sent off to boot camp. A few news articles have said that over 42% of the army will be women by 2015, if they pass the physically test that is.

Food at Taylor good or no good?

1/17/13 I was the day I had school lunch for the first time ever. I had was a cold slice of pizza, a carton of chocolate milk which was like half full and an orange which taste horrilbe. I thought it was just me but no my friend Nourdden got the same. To make sure it was just a us we got a few students to tell us what they got, and it was the same 1/2 carton of milk, and cold food. We asked a few student about how to was and many said it was ok but we can't do much to get it better. Maybe it was because of I contact someone person on the school board for a survey and I would recommend you to do but, Taylor is going to make student do the survey during health within the next 2 weeks (1/22-2/4).

 I asked Johnny A. who eats breakfast, and lunch 4 to 5 times a week. He thought it was ok. He said "The Quality of the food it ok, but cold a lot of times.The lines may be the reason because there is one lunch serving station, and the line are so long."

The weather here at Taylor Middle School has been bad so the cafetria has been moved inside the auditorium. At the starting of lunch it insanely crowded at the start. The school is getting a new cafetria and student expect some food changes.


Here is the video of the old cafetria being destroyed.

Inverted Pyramid

Inverted Pyramid is a figure of speech used by journalist. The three parts of the pyramid are: Most Newsworthy,Important Details, and Bckground Information inverted pyramid mean to tell or show the most important information. I my point of view a greatly discuss topic a being told in this format of the inverted pyramid. This topic is the return of the soldiers from Iraq. KTVU has a part of their site with videos of these soldiers ; check it out here is the link: http://www.ktvu.com/s/news/outofiraq/ . These videos show the major part by interview and show how the veteran is. Near the end they tell details that are important ut not as important.The inverted pyramid is a not only useful in journalism, but also in the common classroom. In the classroom inverted pyramid can be used by like telling the most important part of an answer or an event or in like and essay give important detail and then the minor details.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism has an important fact on Inverted Pyramid here is an
image displayed in guide.

Inverted Pyramid

The story starts off with a great lead.

The, a summary with background information.

Important material.

Becomes unimportant.

Downright dull.

Can be ended now.

Bias

Bias means prejudice, it means to unfair opinion about something or someone, but in journalism it means to have an opinion on something.It is a great thing to use to write a review. To always have an opinion is like personal review to tell the person more details as the reporter on the scene. An example of journalistic bias is the strike at walmart on black friday here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81Z-6zvt4fs. Walmart had some of the most amazing sales and I bought many things but not from there the line were huge, they circled the entire store where I was and the store was huge i think one of the biggest in San Diego.

Bias in a classroom can be used to comment or even insult so choose your correctly before you set a bias for someone. People set there bias about someone by just looking at them sometimes. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Journalism they give and example of bias "The mayor claimed that the measure would save taxpayers money.

Infamous 2 a great game?

                                                                   Infamous 2 a great game?

Infamous, a game about a gene that gives people supernatural power after a nuclear explosion from a device from an object called a ray sphere, these people are called "Conduits. The character that you play as is Cole Macgrath claimed to be a strongest Conduit. A key feature of the game the "Karmic Gauge", from your actions like saving people from bombs or detonating them, and decisions in the middle of mission for good or bad. These decision are critical in the game and to be choosen wisely. You can be Infamous (evil with orange red lighting) or Hero (good with blue lighting).

This incredible game was created by Sony and Sucker Punch so unfortunately it is only for PS3. The game has a strong storyline that in based in New Marais a place similar to New Orleans in my point of view.From amazing gameplay and free roam we asked some people what they thought. A fan of the Infamous series and friend of mine Ethan K. said "The first game won me over and the second one was better, but at the end of one karmic side shows that Cole died so I can't really expect one more game,and also the creator I will think of something for one of there greatest seris. " Johnny A. says "It's a very good game because you can walk around and do whatever you want. " Emmanuel S. says "I like the boss battles, for me the Devouer (a rhino with metal armor) was the one of the best because they it takes some time to find out how to defeat it, also the little thing like the cable car wire on which you can put you legs on and travel around the city, getting point for killing street performer in Infamous mode, and the choice for being good or bad creates a great gameplay."

Interviews

What is an interview? An interview formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant(s). Therer are many types of interview on the most common types is a journalist interview.

A journalist interview is an interview with  question about a certain event a person was in like a movie, book opening, or etc. To prepare for an interview you should know many facts about the topic you are being interviewed about. After the interview you write about it by looking for the key question and answers.