Keytars

Sound synthesizer or "synths" are a type of musical instrument.This instrument can create a variety of sounds,some of which can imitate the sounds of other instruments.Some can create extra effects or sounds to add style to the music a person creates.These sounds can be made by operating buttons on the neck like:pitch blend,vibrato,portamento and sustain.

This instrument is known for looking like a piano and guitar mixed together like the one to the left.This specifically is called a "keytar" even though the name is not mentioned much when manufacturers make the product.It is hung on a strap around your neck and shoulders when you play.

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New Years Goal Pt.2

Sorry for the delay I did complete both January and February's New Years resolution review January was have a great birthday party. February was give someone else an awesome birthday present and it was in a good price range. My mom was like do this and do that and why is it a used game you didn't write in the card!!! Even though my friend loved it. It is just good enough to know what your friends want without a hint. Now this month is March and my mom's birthday is this month and I want to get her a great present and she is a gamer. One last thing has anyone noticed all my new year resolutions have been birthday related?

Whitney Houston

          As most of us know Whitney Houston has recently died and her family had a little conflict with her ex-husband being able to attend the funeral. So he was able to attend after their big old fight and he ends up leaving just after the funeral started. So why did he leave so early well I will uncover the story.

Bobby Brown ex-husband of Whitney Houston was finally invited but he had left because of seating arrangements.  He was repeatedly asked to move to a different seat by security to spots that were inconvenient to him and his son.

Even though he had brought six uninvited guests he did have a right to sit with his loved daughter and where it was most convenient to him. So his leaving was his own and the family of Whitney's fault.

He was also kept away from his daughter which I believe he had a right to be with her on this occasion to comfort her or the other way around. People do say that he should not have attended but I think that they are wrong and that he has every right!!!

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Snow Circles

A man named Simon Beck makes what look like crop circles in the snow. Simon says the reason he does this is because he has problems with his feet; he can no longer run properly and putting on his snow shoes and  walking around on the snow is his alternative. This art can takes hours and can end up the size of a soccer field! He posts these photos on his Facebook so unfortunately, I couldn't any pictures of this but here is the link. You should really check these out they are pretty amazing.

3ds for your eyes.

Like the Nintendo 3ds it can create fake virtual images projected from a card to on a screen called AR or augmented reality. Google is as we now speak developing glasses that pretty much projects the internet. Futurama's eye phone has almost come to life only. The thing is you look a bit ridiculous since others can't see what you see so it will look like you dancing around like a maniac.

The bad things is that it is (like the 3ds) mostly can be used for a short period of time before it can cause major eye damage " The glasses are not being designed to be worn constantly — although Google engineers expect some users will wear them a lot — but will be more like smartphones, used when needed, with the lenses serving as a kind of see-through computer monitor." (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/23/technology/google-glasses-will-be-powered-by-android.html). So technically it is an android installed into glasses.

Tragedy

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 I'm sure you have all heard about the passing of Whitney Houston, but the autopsy results have not come out yet. They don't know  whether it was drug related or other causes but she will be greatly missed no matter what. Her music was beautiful and she even did movies.One of her well known movies was The Bodyguard, and before she passed away she was in a movie in the making called Sparkle. Even one of her more popular songs and my favorite song by her was called I Will Always Love You won a grammy. She was an amazing artist and she will be greatly missed by all of us. Tragedies like this happen all the time but it seems that when its someone close or someone who is well known all over the planet.

Aeroshots?

Aeroshot is an inhaleable form of caffeine.It is a product that comes in a chapstick shaped gray and yellow container.Aeroshots are used by placing one end of the product in their mouths and then taking in a breath.So far they are only sold in New York and Massachusetts but anyone can purchase them online.

Aeroshot contains B vitamins and as much caffiene as a cup of coffee!The inventor of this product says it is safe to use but it should not be used more than three times a day.It has also been said that the product should not be used by minors (people under 18).

Although it can keep you up and active during the day and only costs $2.99 a shot it should not be abused by anyone even adults.To learn more click here.

A Man Who Gives Birth!!!!!

       I found an interesting and disturbing story on google about a man who was originally a woman but got treatment to change his gender. He later got pregnant from another man and gave birth to a little girl. His parents are still trying to covert him back to a woman but he refuses.

       I think this story is pretty twisted and really weird. I chose this story because I have never  heard of something like it and  because its interesting  to know that science has found new ways to change nature.  The fact that a woman would want to be a man  proves that  the world is getting messed up.  The only good thing about trying to change gender is that we can learn more about our bodies and how they function so we can find new ways to heal  the body. But I believe that the nature of our bodies shouldn't be altered no matter what the reason.

Social Networking

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In my opinion too many people are sharing everything online. Of course people want to keep in touch with each other, but there are other ways like, talking on the phone, or even mailing letters. Instead people go out and tell everybody. Honestly, do you really think people will go online just to look at your status update or to see what photo you just took?

People need to start thinking more realistically, it's not like when something just happened to you, you burst out you front door, run into everybody's house and tell them! Basically this is what social networking is kind of like, going and telling everybody what is going on in your life when not everybody cares. Anyway, instead of posting to Facebook, we should just wait until the next time we see the people we want to tell not post it online.

What is YouTube?

Youtube is basically a website where you can upload and watch videos and do many other interesting things.On Youtube you can comment on the videos that have been posted by other people and either like them or dislike them if you want.On Youtube you can also share the videos you see with your friends by Facebook,Twitter or other ways.If you are logged in with your e-mail you can have lists of videos you have liked,will watch later,your favorites,or you entire history.Lastly you can :suscribe to other people,have your own channel,switch your account you're using or just log out.

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Facebook Dominates All.

Almost everyone I know uses Facebook more than anything. Myspace is so old and twitter is blah. Facebook is good to keep in touch with friends that maybe you dont see anymore or they go to a different school. Also keep in touch with family that lives far away. My friend goes on Facebook 24/7.

And on Facebook you can play games, go to pages and "like" them, post status, comment on status, post pictures, videos, put your relationship and music likes, and a lot more. The only thing that confuses me is why its called Facebook. It's not a book with your face on it, it has nothing to do with books, the only thing concerning your face is your profile pictures and other pictures.

So anyway, Facebook is awesome and that's the end of that.

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Be Healthy or Go Sumo Style.

It's never too late to start making healthy choices and living a healthy life full of awesomeness.  Take healthy life tips a step at a time, go at your own pace. Give yourself some time to adjust. By making gradual changes you're more likely to maintain them.

Like they say Rome wasn't built in a day, and your success won't be either, so be patient, improving your health will be a journey not an overnight assignment, but you'll get there.

 Once you understand how these healthy choices can improve your health, hopefully you'll be inspired to make them a lifestyle change.

Step 1-Drink a lot of water but not more than you NEED, (not want).

Step 2-Sleep a sufficient amount to gain energy and growth. A lack of sleep can cause physical, emotional and hormonal damage, obesity, high blood pressure, mood and behavior changes?

Step 3-Exercise, you can go slow or do whatever you need to do, just work on one part or region of your body then move to the next later on.

Step 4- Control your stress by organizing your schedule and not delaying.

And of course eat breakfast just like EnglishAnswerMan said, and if you don't eat breakfast you might end up like a sumo wrestle. (Just saying).

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FACE...BOOK GOOD OR BAD?!

Face book is it really all that safe even with you pictures blocked and everybody posts are only seen by your so called "friends"????
   
NOT really people have found out that other people have hacked in to there profile and have stolen info things. On the news the other day they were saying that people can hack into your computer when there is free Internet access.

YOU should ALWAYS be careful what you put on the Internet!

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Facebook = Life !!! 0.o

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So my post this week is about how people post whatever they want on facebook. They talk about their feelings like the little chat room , you can say whatever you want like this hypothetical conversation : person 1 "how could you do that? I give you my heart and tell you I love you and you go hang out with some other chick!" person 2 " Honey you know I love you  but ..." person 1 "But what? Are you kidding me?" person 2 "she was going through some ruff stuff and I've known her since junior high and i was the only one there for her!" person 1 "how could you go to her first instead of me I am your fiance!" person 2 "Well just because you're my fiance doesn't mean you come first , what if she were my aunt or my sister? Wait don't answer that I don't want to talk about this anymore , we can talk later ..." person 1 "(blank)".

  Now do you see , people put their whole life online not to care who sees. I don't think people need to do that I mean I don't need to know that your a Walmart eating McDonalds seriously. If you need to post to facebook every 5 minutes then you need to go get a job , because you obviously are spending way too much time on face book to have a job that  pays. So come on people get job , get a life , and go out  be active or try doing something better than talking to your grandma on facebook about her cats. (In all honesty i don't have a facebook but from what I here that's all it really is , so again I'm not here to judge just to give friendly advice). ; ) )

Social Networking

With social networks there are dangers and many outcomes. As for what you do on them can change even important things in your life. When you talk you cannot just talk with any kind of speech you want websites like Facebook has many people on there that are college professors and administrators. You need to try to be kind to people I bet those professors might try to go undercover to see how you react to certain confrontation. One last thing is to not just take pictures of you "partying" just for the heck of it; just like everywhere on the internet other people or cyber bullies can change what you do.

The good outcomes are that you can talk to friends. Enjoy interesting conversations. It's just like a blog but much faster.

Social Networking

      There are both good and bad things about social networking. The good things about social networking like facebook or twitter is getting to know more people and having a new way to share information over the internet. The bad things about the social network is that you don't always know who your twittering to, or who sees your information on facebook. Not everyone is who they say they are and sometimes it can be dangerous. Like the online preditors who pretend to be other people their not. I don't have a facebook or a twitter so I don't have experience with social networking, but I do have family that use facebook to share photos and they say its useful but its still dangerous for a minor like me. I think the social network is good and bad depending on how people use it.
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STRAWBERRY JELLY GOOD OR BAD????

Most people think that jelly is good for you because it has strawberries in it but is that true?Although jelly has strawberries one tablespoon has:50 calories,15mg. of sodium,and 12 grams of sugar.The ingredients to this are:stawberries,corn syrup,SUGAR,HIGH fructose corn syrup,natural fruit pectin,and citric acid.From what I have heard,it's better if you make your strawberry jelly homemand.So english answer man back off from the jelly!

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PEANUT BUTTER GOOD OR BAD????

          If you think about it most people eat a lot of peanut butter but is it really that good for you? Just think about it all that oil that is in it of trans fats. The total fat for a 1.13kg bottle of Skippy peanut butter is 25% fat. The ingredients are: Roasted peanuts, SUGAR, Hydrogenated vegetable OIL(cottonseed, soybean, and rapeseed)and last but not least SALT. Snack girl agrees that peanut butter is not to healthy and that they don't have to put all that sugar and salt and crap in there. So englishanswerman lay off the peanut butter!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Breakfast the Most Powerful Meal of the Day

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I love breakfast ... on the weekends, but it is truly the most important meal of the day. If you don't eat breakfast you can't think straight which means you can't focus on much because you are way too hungry and that's not good!

In all fairness we should all get up early enough to get ready and eat break fast. Then we can all think straight and we can focus on more important things such as school work and grades and even being empathetic for once.

Yes that's right not eating break fast really affects all of those things. In fact when your teachers tell you to eat breakfast before a huge test its really the only thing that can help you at that point. So please people eat your breakfast!

Healthy Eating (breakfast)

I am not an early morning eater but it's is almost an option. These days are leaving less and less time for breakfast. I can agree with you Englishanswerman on somethings. One, thing is that yeah people can enjoy one good Ye olde American breakfast. Two, is that it is healthy for your body and if you miss it you end up really hungry later. Three,last but not least that you said breakfast is supposed to help you do better in the educational system.

But these things don't give you a victory for your idea of breakfast. First things first yeah people enjoy a good breakfast but people don't have the time to make breakfast or even the patience to eat or make it. Second, even if you it is good for you body someone can just throws spaghetti on a plate and call that breakfast you call that healthy. Then if you don't eat breakfast suppose-ably you'll be hungry later if that happens you say "You skip breakfast, and by lunch or dinner you're starving, so you binge on chips, crackers, soda, and whatever other garbage you can get your hands on." seems like your pointing at all people like no one has self control and can't pick what you want. Last but not least people can't do really a lot better by having a breakfast it is not like a bowl of breakfast can make you Sir Isaac Newton or Einstein. Also', when you home schooled your mom may instead of actually teach you she will just pass you what ever you want to eat and let you sit your butt on the game and be a fat lards (sorry people But it is the truth).

All i'm saying is what you eat can change somethings. But just leave people to their diets and if there is an opinion there is always another opinion to balance things to a neutrality.

A Crappy Day :(

photo by: Jared Wong

Today has been a pretty bad day. Not only did school take forever, I had to walk home in the freezing cold, I lost my iPod, AND I took my phone out of my backpack and the screen was cracked!! I'm not talking about a little scratch, this is cracked, if you push on the screen it starts to cave in. As if it wasn't hard enough to read text messages because of all the permanent dust(permanent dust in dust that is inside the screen of the phone) now I have a giant crack in the way!

Why is it that everything is being made with cheap products that break so easily and cost so much? This is so irritating! Now I know why my parents get so frustrated when things break.

Motivation

     What is motivation? Motivation is the will or reason to do something. Without motivation there really is no point in doing anything. When you have motivation, you have a perpose to fulfill. Why is motivation important? Motivation is important because everyone needs a reason to accomplish what they're doing. For example, John, a character from the novel The Pigman, wants to visit Mr. Pignati to collect money from him. The money is John's motivation in this situation. Because he wanted the money, John visited Mr. Pignati. Everyone has motivation whether it be money, like John, or a desire to help someone, like Lorraine, another character from The Pigman novel. My own motivation for going to school is to learn so that I can have a good job in the the future. Motivation is something that everyone has in this world. photo by: kingston 99