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Saturday, June 30, 2007
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
www.pedbikeimages.org / Dan BurdenThe clothes a bicyclist wears when out for a nighttime ride may reduce the chance of an unwelcome encounter with an automobile. In other words, the more reflective clothing a rider wears, the better.
Most accidents between motorists and bicyclists at night usually occur because car drivers are unable to see a biker before it's too late. To help reduce the chance of a nighttime biking accident, cyclists should always consider the following before going out for a ride:
— Make sure the bike has the reflectors required on all new bicycles. Each bike should have front and rear reflectors, pedal reflectors, and side rim or wheel reflectors. Use front and rear lights to help make your bicycle more noticeable to cars at night. Small battery-operated lamps strapped to your legs also help.
www.pedbikeimages.org / Dan Burden
Most accidents between motorists and bicyclists at night usually occur because car drivers are unable to see a biker before it's too late. To help reduce the chance of a nighttime biking accident, cyclists should always consider the following before going out for a ride:
— Make sure the bike has the reflectors required on all new bicycles. Each bike should have front and rear reflectors, pedal reflectors, and side rim or wheel reflectors. Use front and rear lights to help make your bicycle more noticeable to cars at night. Small battery-operated lamps strapped to your legs also help.
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Madge Bellamy (June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s.
Early life
Bellamy was born in Hillsboro, Texas as Margaret Derden Philpott.
She ran away to New York City at age 17, and soon was working as an actor and dancer on Broadway.
Career
Bellamy made her film debut in 1920. After 4 years with Famous Players her contract was picked up by 20th Century Fox. Her best known films include Love Never Dies (1921), Lorna Doone (1922), and The Iron Horse (1924).
See more pictures of Madge Bellamy, free from silentladies.com.
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Friday, June 29, 2007
Courier Staff Report
The house party where 2007 Logan graduate Biniam Yifru died was in high gear until it turned into a scene of horror.
Yifru died early Saturday morning after being shot in the head at a party hosted by another recent graduate at the home of Logan House Principal Beth Davies.
"I was dancing. The party was what you would call "crackin'," a witness told The Courier. "I saw a couple of Decoto dudes, but I didn't think they would cause trouble. then all I see is the lights go on, and people fighting.
The house party where 2007 Logan graduate Biniam Yifru died was in high gear until it turned into a scene of horror.
Yifru died early Saturday morning after being shot in the head at a party hosted by another recent graduate at the home of Logan House Principal Beth Davies.
"I was dancing. The party was what you would call "crackin'," a witness told The Courier. "I saw a couple of Decoto dudes, but I didn't think they would cause trouble. then all I see is the lights go on, and people fighting.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Let’s all clear the air first. “Bruce Almighty,” which is the first "Almighty” movie before "Evan" is one of my favorite movies. It is full of comedy, symbolism, and more. Secondly, commercials and trailers tend to ruin the humor and greatness of many movies. After seeing a number of different scenes already, movies just are not as good as they should be.
“Evan Almighty” is the sequel to Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston’s “Bruce Almighty.” Its cast includes Steve Carrell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, and Wanda Sykes. After being an anchorman on the first movie, Evan Baxter, played by Carrell, becomes elected as a congressman. He moves to Washington D.C. along with his family, including wife Joan Baxter (Graham) for something better and sacrificed the fact that they have to leave home. Struggling between family and work, the last thing Baxter needed to do was to build an ark as a command from God (Freeman) to prepare for a flood. It is easy to see the difficulties of Baxter are changing ways from God when he has to be in front of many other congressmen.
“Evan Almighty” is the sequel to Jim Carrey and Jennifer Aniston’s “Bruce Almighty.” Its cast includes Steve Carrell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, and Wanda Sykes. After being an anchorman on the first movie, Evan Baxter, played by Carrell, becomes elected as a congressman. He moves to Washington D.C. along with his family, including wife Joan Baxter (Graham) for something better and sacrificed the fact that they have to leave home. Struggling between family and work, the last thing Baxter needed to do was to build an ark as a command from God (Freeman) to prepare for a flood. It is easy to see the difficulties of Baxter are changing ways from God when he has to be in front of many other congressmen.
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Posted by courier at 07:11 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Every time I am asked to watch a horror film in the theaters by my friends, I am always hesitant because they tend to be a waste of money. Mostly it is because scriptwriters seem to be incapable of ending the movies correctly. With “1408,” I am pleased to say that I did not waste my money and that a horror movie finally had a horror ending.
“1408” stars John Cusack as an author (Mike Enslin) who writes about the supernatural and paranormal. His latest is about haunted hotels, in which people start to send him postcards and invitations to stay in hotels that they believe are haunted. After going through a number of them, a postcard from the Dolphin Hotel caught his eye as it tells him not to enter room 1408. Samuel L. Jackson plays as the hotel’s manager (Gerald Olin) that warns and bribes him in any way possible that Enslin should not stay in the room. The history of the room includes a number of deaths and injuries, in which Olin does not want to be hold responsibility for another one. Daring and determined, Enslin decides to stay in the room anyway to prove that it is not haunted.
“1408” stars John Cusack as an author (Mike Enslin) who writes about the supernatural and paranormal. His latest is about haunted hotels, in which people start to send him postcards and invitations to stay in hotels that they believe are haunted. After going through a number of them, a postcard from the Dolphin Hotel caught his eye as it tells him not to enter room 1408. Samuel L. Jackson plays as the hotel’s manager (Gerald Olin) that warns and bribes him in any way possible that Enslin should not stay in the room. The history of the room includes a number of deaths and injuries, in which Olin does not want to be hold responsibility for another one. Daring and determined, Enslin decides to stay in the room anyway to prove that it is not haunted.
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Posted by courier at 07:07 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Hollywood
The 2002 kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan is dramatized from the perspective of his widow, French-born journalist Mariane Pearl, in A Mighty Heart, a powerful new film by English director Michael Winterbottom and starring Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie.
In Karachi on January 23, 2002 Daniel Pearl kissed Mariane goodbye for the last time. The Wall Street Journal investigative reporter was off to interview a source for a story he was researching on alleged local links to terrorist groups.
Mariane Pearl, six months pregnant, quickly knew something was wrong ...and her fears were confirmed when a little-known group sent a message accusing Daniel of being a spy and demanding the United States release all Pakistani terror detainees.
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Posted by courier at 06:37 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Karen Herzog
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)
In survey after survey, we say we want to eat healthful foods, but then what do we do?
We eat whatever we want, hoping to somehow avoid the consequences of excess calories, sugar and fat in our favorite treats.
Always eager to give American consumers what they want, the food industry thought, why not make all unhealthful foods "healthy" by adding assorted herbs and nutrients?
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)
In survey after survey, we say we want to eat healthful foods, but then what do we do?
We eat whatever we want, hoping to somehow avoid the consequences of excess calories, sugar and fat in our favorite treats.
Always eager to give American consumers what they want, the food industry thought, why not make all unhealthful foods "healthy" by adding assorted herbs and nutrients?
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George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American solar astronomer, born in Chicago. He was educated at MIT, at the Observatory of Harvard College, (1889-90), and at Berlin (1893-94). As an undergraduate at MIT, he invented the spectroheliograph, with which he made his discoveries of the solar vortices and magnetic fields of sun spots.
Read Robert Aitken's comments about George Hale when he was presented with the Bruce Gold Medal, free from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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Thursday, June 28, 2007
By John W. Cox
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MIAMI — "My `Undisclosed Medical Condition' Didn't Get Me Out of Jail."
"Don't Hassle the Hoff."
"I was drunk & bald way before Britney."
Those are just a few slogans found in the increasingly popular novelty T-shirt industry that parodies politics, pop culture and everything else imaginable.
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MIAMI — "My `Undisclosed Medical Condition' Didn't Get Me Out of Jail."
"Don't Hassle the Hoff."
"I was drunk & bald way before Britney."
Those are just a few slogans found in the increasingly popular novelty T-shirt industry that parodies politics, pop culture and everything else imaginable.
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By Robert Mitchum
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
June, 2007 cover of ScienceCHICAGO — Older brothers and sisters, there's a reason you're the smart one in the family.
A new study adds support to theories that nurture, not nature, is behind the long-observed tendency for first-born children to be more intelligent than their siblings.
The study, published in current issue of the journal Science, analyzed a database of a quarter-million men born between 1967 and 1986. Results indicate that environmental factors — in this case a child's "social rank" among his siblings determine intelligence level.
Since the late 19th century, scientists have wondered whether the order in which children are born affects their intelligence and personality. In 1973, a study of 400,000 Dutchmen found a relationship between birth order and intelligence, with average IQ scores decreasing from firstborns through younger siblings.
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
June, 2007 cover of Science
A new study adds support to theories that nurture, not nature, is behind the long-observed tendency for first-born children to be more intelligent than their siblings.
The study, published in current issue of the journal Science, analyzed a database of a quarter-million men born between 1967 and 1986. Results indicate that environmental factors — in this case a child's "social rank" among his siblings determine intelligence level.
Since the late 19th century, scientists have wondered whether the order in which children are born affects their intelligence and personality. In 1973, a study of 400,000 Dutchmen found a relationship between birth order and intelligence, with average IQ scores decreasing from firstborns through younger siblings.
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By Howard Cohen
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MIAMI — The last time Mika played Miami, about two years ago, the pop singer performed a record company-sponsored, 20-minute showcase set. His meager crowd encompassed a handful of publishing people, some musicians, "and my grandmother and my great aunt and my Lebanese relatives, my Miami hipster friends, a tiny selection of people from every scene in Miami," says the Beirut-born, Paris and London-bred Mika Penniman, on the telephone from Los Angeles on the eve of his U.S. tour's opening date.
Mika, 23, is upbeat, knowing full well Sunday's concert at Miami's Studio A — his first "real" show here — will be populated by people who have actually paid to see him perform.
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Mika, 23, is upbeat, knowing full well Sunday's concert at Miami's Studio A — his first "real" show here — will be populated by people who have actually paid to see him perform.
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Posted by courier at 05:07 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Maria Goeppert-Mayer (June 28, 1906 – February 20, 1972) was a German-born American physicist. In 1963 she received the Nobel Prize in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus, becoming one of only two women to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics (the other being Marie Curie).
Read Maria Goeppert-Mayer's Nobel Prize Lecture, free from Nobelprize.org.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007
By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Three James Logan High School students won individual awards as Logan walked away with another unofficial national championship at the National Forensic League tournament last week in Wichita, Kansas.
Sophomore Cameron Steele finished first in Humorous Interpretation and juniors Taron Grizzell and Karen Joshi finished first in Duo Interpretation as Coach Tommie Lindsey’s team won School of Excellence awards in both speech and debate. It marked the 10th consecutive year that Logan has won a School of Excellence award.
Three James Logan High School students won individual awards as Logan walked away with another unofficial national championship at the National Forensic League tournament last week in Wichita, Kansas.
Sophomore Cameron Steele finished first in Humorous Interpretation and juniors Taron Grizzell and Karen Joshi finished first in Duo Interpretation as Coach Tommie Lindsey’s team won School of Excellence awards in both speech and debate. It marked the 10th consecutive year that Logan has won a School of Excellence award.
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By Faiza Elmasry,VOA News
MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror
by Steve Alten
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Tsunami Books; 2 Rev Exp edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976165910
ISBN-13: 978-0976165910Reading is one of the basic skills necessary for success in school and in life. But there's a difference between being able to read, and enjoying it. Many middle and high school students are reluctant readers, having found television, video games and peer interaction more interesting. But Adopt-An-Author, a nationwide program that uses science-based thrillers and non-fiction stories, is getting teens excited about reading.
"I wasn't really into reading. It wasn't my favorite thing to do," says Alex Rill, 17, a high school senior in Palm Beach Florida. That was before his teacher assigned his class to read Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, the story of a monstrous prehistoric shark with a voracious appetite. "This book, you have to read it, you can't stop reading it. You have to go to the next chapter to see what's going to happen. I had so much fun, like I was watching a movie."
That was three years ago. Not only did Alex devour the novel, he met the man who wrote it, New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten.
MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror
by Steve Alten
Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Tsunami Books; 2 Rev Exp edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0976165910
ISBN-13: 978-0976165910
"I wasn't really into reading. It wasn't my favorite thing to do," says Alex Rill, 17, a high school senior in Palm Beach Florida. That was before his teacher assigned his class to read Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror, the story of a monstrous prehistoric shark with a voracious appetite. "This book, you have to read it, you can't stop reading it. You have to go to the next chapter to see what's going to happen. I had so much fun, like I was watching a movie."
That was three years ago. Not only did Alex devour the novel, he met the man who wrote it, New York Times best-selling author Steve Alten.
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Posted by courier at 06:13 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Michelle Caruso
New York Daily News (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Ron Goldman's family wants TMZ.com to pay big bucks in damages for posting O.J. Simpson's "If I Did It" online Tuesday, destroying the book's potential value in the publishing market.
The Goldmans had fought for months in court to win rights to the manuscript and were "just days away" from a legal settlement that would have allowed them to sell it to a publisher and keep the proceeds, Goldman lawyer Jonathan Polak said.
"It's reprehensible," said Polak, who suspects someone in Simpson's camp leaked the text to spite the Goldmans.
New York Daily News (MCT)
LOSThe Goldmans had fought for months in court to win rights to the manuscript and were "just days away" from a legal settlement that would have allowed them to sell it to a publisher and keep the proceeds, Goldman lawyer Jonathan Polak said.
"It's reprehensible," said Polak, who suspects someone in Simpson's camp leaked the text to spite the Goldmans.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
(Mary) Antoinette Perry (June 27, 1888 – June 28, 1946), was an actress, director, and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing.
Born in Denver, Colorado, she spent her childhood aspiring to replicate the thespian artistry of her aunt and uncle, both of whom were well-respected touring actors. She appeared opposite David Warfield in Music Master in 1906 when she was only eighteen years old. Her career was on the rise, yet she left the stage a star in 1909, to marry Denver businessman Frank W. Frueauff and start a family. Years later, her daughters would follow in her footsteps, likewise pursuing careers in the theatre, Elaine as a producer and Margaret as a stage manager.
Read more about Antoinette Perry and her namesake Tony Awards, free from the American Theater Wing.
Born in Denver, Colorado, she spent her childhood aspiring to replicate the thespian artistry of her aunt and uncle, both of whom were well-respected touring actors. She appeared opposite David Warfield in Music Master in 1906 when she was only eighteen years old. Her career was on the rise, yet she left the stage a star in 1909, to marry Denver businessman Frank W. Frueauff and start a family. Years later, her daughters would follow in her footsteps, likewise pursuing careers in the theatre, Elaine as a producer and Margaret as a stage manager.
Read more about Antoinette Perry and her namesake Tony Awards, free from the American Theater Wing.
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Courier Staff Report
Biniam Yifru's senior yearbook picture.The grieving family of slain new Logan graduate Biniam Yifru has scheduled memorial services for him.
Yifru died early Saturday morning after being shot in the head at a party hosted by another recent graduate at the home of Logan House Principal Beth Davies.
Visitation for Yifru, the 2007 Logan High graduate will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Fremont Memorial Chapel, 3723 Peralta Blvd., Fremont. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the same location.
Contributions to aid the family can be sent to the Chapel of the Roses, 1940 Peralta Blvd., Fremont, CA 94536 .
Biniam Yifru's senior yearbook picture.
Yifru died early Saturday morning after being shot in the head at a party hosted by another recent graduate at the home of Logan House Principal Beth Davies.
Visitation for Yifru, the 2007 Logan High graduate will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Fremont Memorial Chapel, 3723 Peralta Blvd., Fremont. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the same location.
Contributions to aid the family can be sent to the Chapel of the Roses, 1940 Peralta Blvd., Fremont, CA 94536 .
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By Howard Witt
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
HOUSTON, Texas — There are a lot of necessary but unpleasant things — landfills, chemical plants and halfway houses being just a few — that can cause concerned homeowners to rush to the local zoning board to declare, "Not in my back yard!"
But some folks in the small central Texas city of San Marcos recently dodged the ultimate NIMBY nightmare: a forensic research facility comprised of dozens of dead human bodies left out in the open to rot.
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
HOUSTON, Texas — There are a lot of necessary but unpleasant things — landfills, chemical plants and halfway houses being just a few — that can cause concerned homeowners to rush to the local zoning board to declare, "Not in my back yard!"
But some folks in the small central Texas city of San Marcos recently dodged the ultimate NIMBY nightmare: a forensic research facility comprised of dozens of dead human bodies left out in the open to rot.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
"PLANET PUZZLE LEAGUE"
For: Nintendo DS
From: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone
"Planet Puzzle League" has spent its life in some sort of video game witness protection program, having changed its name over the years from "Panel de Pon" to "Tetris Attack" to "Pokemon Puzzle League" to "Pokemon Puzzle Challenge" to "Dr. Mario & Puzzle League."
If you've played any of those games, you know what to expect here. If you haven't, imagine "PPL" as a perfect hybrid between the likes of "Tetris" and the likes of "Bejeweled." Had it simply stuck to a consistent name over the years, it probably would sit right up there with those two games on the brand-name scale.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
For: Nintendo DS
From: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone
"Planet Puzzle League" has spent its life in some sort of video game witness protection program, having changed its name over the years from "Panel de Pon" to "Tetris Attack" to "Pokemon Puzzle League" to "Pokemon Puzzle Challenge" to "Dr. Mario & Puzzle League."
If you've played any of those games, you know what to expect here. If you haven't, imagine "PPL" as a perfect hybrid between the likes of "Tetris" and the likes of "Bejeweled." Had it simply stuck to a consistent name over the years, it probably would sit right up there with those two games on the brand-name scale.
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Posted by courier at 05:54 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Buddy Collings
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
ORLANDO, Fla. — In a case watched closely for a decade by state athletic associations across the country — including Florida's — the Supreme Court said Thursday that rules limiting the recruitment of high school athletes do not violate coaches' free-speech rights.
The unanimous decision, a reversal of a lower-court ruling, was hailed as a victory by the Florida High School Athletic Association and other governing bodies.
"This solidifies that we can establish and enforce rules to maintain the integrity of our programs," said Sonny Hester, an FHSAA associate commissioner for compliance. "Our coaches are specifically told if a parent or kid asks about their program, they are to be directed to the admissions office."
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
The unanimous decision, a reversal of a lower-court ruling, was hailed as a victory by the Florida High School Athletic Association and other governing bodies.
"This solidifies that we can establish and enforce rules to maintain the integrity of our programs," said Sonny Hester, an FHSAA associate commissioner for compliance. "Our coaches are specifically told if a parent or kid asks about their program, they are to be directed to the admissions office."
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"The minds of my own country and of China, my foster country, are alike in many ways." Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, most familiarly known as Pearl S. Buck (June 26, 1892 – March 6, 1973), was a prolific American writer and Nobel Prize winner.
Life
Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia to Caroline (Stulting; 1857-1921) and Absalom Sydenstricker (1852-1931), a Southern Presbyterian missionary. The family was sent to Zhenjiang, China in 1892 when Pearl was 3 months old. She was raised in China and learned the Chinese language and customs from a teacher named Mr. Kung. She was taught English as a second language by her mother and tutor. She was encouraged to write things at an early age.
Read Pearl S. Buck's Nobel Prize Banquet speech, free from Nobelprize.org.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Family, friends and co-workers of long-time New Haven Schools employee Dolly Alfonso will gather today to view her remains in preparation for its interrment on Wednesday morning.
Alfonso was killed in an automobile accident in the Coalinga area when returning from a trip to Southern California last week.
Alfonso was killed in an automobile accident in the Coalinga area when returning from a trip to Southern California last week.
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By Robert Mitchum
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Weighing over a ton, with slender legs twice as tall as a man, a toothless beak and ornamental feathers on its arms, the newly discovered Gigantoraptor was the Goliath of bird-like dinosaurs.
The species, discovered by fossil hunters in Inner Mongolia, could not fly but had avian characteristics including a beak and lightweight, hollow bones. Roughly 25 feet long and more than 16 feet tall, the dinosaur would have towered over its turkey-sized relatives.
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
The species, discovered by fossil hunters in Inner Mongolia, could not fly but had avian characteristics including a beak and lightweight, hollow bones. Roughly 25 feet long and more than 16 feet tall, the dinosaur would have towered over its turkey-sized relatives.
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Sunday, June 24, 2007
By Kirsten Scharnberg
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — The young combat veteran stared at the letter in disbelief when it arrived in his mailbox a few months ago.
The Marine Corps was recommending him for "other than honorable discharge." The letter alleged he had violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice by wearing part of his uniform during an anti-war rally. Furthermore, the letter accused him of being "disloyal," a word hard to swallow for a man who had risked his life to serve his nation.
"All this because I have publicly opposed the war in Iraq since I came back from it," said former Marine Sgt. Liam Madden, 22.
Madden is not alone.
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — The young combat veteran stared at the letter in disbelief when it arrived in his mailbox a few months ago.
The Marine Corps was recommending him for "other than honorable discharge." The letter alleged he had violated the Uniform Code of Military Justice by wearing part of his uniform during an anti-war rally. Furthermore, the letter accused him of being "disloyal," a word hard to swallow for a man who had risked his life to serve his nation.
"All this because I have publicly opposed the war in Iraq since I came back from it," said former Marine Sgt. Liam Madden, 22.
Madden is not alone.
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By VOA News
Mahmoud Abbas
U.S.Gov.photoPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has formed a panel of inquiry to look at the failure of security forces to prevent the militant group Hamas from staging a violent revolt in Gaza.
A government statement Saturday says the commission will be headed by Zakariya al-Agha. He is a leader of Mr. Abbas' Fatah party in Gaza.
Mahmoud Abbas
U.S.Gov.photo
A government statement Saturday says the commission will be headed by Zakariya al-Agha. He is a leader of Mr. Abbas' Fatah party in Gaza.
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By Michael Doyle
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
The U.S. Supreme Court building.
U.S. government photoWASHINGTON — The Constitution protects car passengers as well as drivers from illegal search and seizures, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
In a case arising out of a late-night stop in California's Central Valley, the court agreed that passengers enjoy the same constitutional guarantees as drivers. When a car is stopped, both driver and passenger are in police hands and therefore can't be searched without due cause, the court ruled.
"A person is seized by the police and thus entitled to challenge the government's action under the Fourth Amendment when the officer by means of physical force or show of authority terminates or restrains his freedom of movement," Justice David Souter wrote.
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
The U.S. Supreme Court building.
U.S. government photo
In a case arising out of a late-night stop in California's Central Valley, the court agreed that passengers enjoy the same constitutional guarantees as drivers. When a car is stopped, both driver and passenger are in police hands and therefore can't be searched without due cause, the court ruled.
"A person is seized by the police and thus entitled to challenge the government's action under the Fourth Amendment when the officer by means of physical force or show of authority terminates or restrains his freedom of movement," Justice David Souter wrote.
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From The Courier's archives:
From MCT Campus:
Saturday, June 23, 2007
By Greg Gordon
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Judge Royce LamberthWASHINGTON — The former chief judge of a secret national security court took a swipe Saturday at the administration's recently halted domestic spying program and said he insisted from the outset that the information gleaned must not be co-mingled with intelligence gathered under court warrants.
Because of that precaution, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said, he never had to rule on whether President Bush had the power to launch the separate, warrantless spying program in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Lamberth's seven-year term on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ended in May 2002.
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Judge Royce Lamberth
Because of that precaution, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said, he never had to rule on whether President Bush had the power to launch the separate, warrantless spying program in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Lamberth's seven-year term on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ended in May 2002.
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By Tommy Tomlinson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
wikipedia photoCHARLESTON, S.C. — There was no need for the invocation or the benediction.
There was no need for the national anthem sung by a trio or taps played by a lonely trumpet.
There was no need for the mayor or the governor or the dignitary who brought words from the president.
All you needed for the memorial service was what you saw Friday morning when you walked through the door and down the steps.
Nine caskets, side by side.
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
wikipedia photo
There was no need for the national anthem sung by a trio or taps played by a lonely trumpet.
There was no need for the mayor or the governor or the dignitary who brought words from the president.
All you needed for the memorial service was what you saw Friday morning when you walked through the door and down the steps.
Nine caskets, side by side.
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By John Chau, Courier Managing Editor
Recently, Chinese University in Hong Kong provoked city-wide controversy when its Journalism students included a pornographic section in their paper. Not only did the students face heavy condemnation by the general public, their section was declared by the city government as 2nd Class Restricted Media, a classification reserved for explicit and violent material.
All arguments for civil rights and the freedom of expression aside, this incident points to more than a mere tiff between a rebellious student body and a now-beleaguered school administration. Indeed, this is a call for all journalists, particularly those in training and working for educational institutes, to return and reflect upon the morality they employ in their work. True, the freedom of expression and press are now safeguarded in much of the world, but does that mean journalists can now hop on their computers, and at random throw out uninformative and obscene materials for readership? I think not.
Recently, Chinese University in Hong Kong provoked city-wide controversy when its Journalism students included a pornographic section in their paper. Not only did the students face heavy condemnation by the general public, their section was declared by the city government as 2nd Class Restricted Media, a classification reserved for explicit and violent material.
All arguments for civil rights and the freedom of expression aside, this incident points to more than a mere tiff between a rebellious student body and a now-beleaguered school administration. Indeed, this is a call for all journalists, particularly those in training and working for educational institutes, to return and reflect upon the morality they employ in their work. True, the freedom of expression and press are now safeguarded in much of the world, but does that mean journalists can now hop on their computers, and at random throw out uninformative and obscene materials for readership? I think not.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Portrait of the Empress Joséphine, by François Gerard Joséphine de Beauharnais (June 23, 1763 – May 29, 1814), born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, became on first marriage Joséphine, Viscountess of Beauharnais, became on second marriage Joséphine, Empress of the French, was the first wife of Napoléon Bonaparte and thus became the first Empress of the French. Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoleon III.
Early life
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie was born in Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique, France, to a slave-owning family that owned a sugar plantation. She was a daughter of Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher, chevalier, seigneur de la Pagerie, lieutenant of infantry of the navy, and his wife, the former Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois, whose maternal grandfather was English.
Read the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's love letters to Josephine de Bauharnais, free from PBS.org.
Portrait of the Empress Joséphine, by François Gerard
Early life
Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie was born in Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique, France, to a slave-owning family that owned a sugar plantation. She was a daughter of Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher, chevalier, seigneur de la Pagerie, lieutenant of infantry of the navy, and his wife, the former Rose-Claire des Vergers de Sanois, whose maternal grandfather was English.
Read the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's love letters to Josephine de Bauharnais, free from PBS.org.
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Friday, June 22, 2007
By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Camacho’s Cantina
1000 Universal Center Drive
Citywalk Suite 133
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 622-3333
On our second day of the 2007 Senior Grad Nite trip, we went to have fun at Universal Studios. The park closed at 6:00pm, so we needed to check in with our chaperones before we head off to the Universal Citywalk right next to the park for an hour and 45 minutes. My friends and I decided to eat dinner there before we had to go back to the hotel. We were afraid of high prices because it is usually rather expensive near such huge attractions, but we were wrong when we stepped into Camacho’s Cantina, a Mexican restaurant. They conveniently placed a menu outside of their door. The prices seemed fairly decent, so we were good to go.
1000 Universal Center Drive
Citywalk Suite 133
Universal City, CA 91608
(818) 622-3333
On our second day of the 2007 Senior Grad Nite trip, we went to have fun at Universal Studios. The park closed at 6:00pm, so we needed to check in with our chaperones before we head off to the Universal Citywalk right next to the park for an hour and 45 minutes. My friends and I decided to eat dinner there before we had to go back to the hotel. We were afraid of high prices because it is usually rather expensive near such huge attractions, but we were wrong when we stepped into Camacho’s Cantina, a Mexican restaurant. They conveniently placed a menu outside of their door. The prices seemed fairly decent, so we were good to go.
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
After an entire year of delay, former Destiny’s Child member, Kelly Rowland, is finally releasing her sophomore album on Tuesday, July 3, 2007. “Ms. Kelly” (originally “My Story") has thirteen tracks Rowland has worked on since 2004. She included many of her own songwritings into this album. Rowland wanted some “party records” on the album, rather than filled with deep lyrics. Well, she somewhat succeeded. The guest appearances include Eve, Snoop Dogg, Tank, and even Da Brat. The important thing is that Rowland is back again and she is ready to shine better this time around.
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Courier Staff Report
Recently graduated senior Josh Trejo and fellow alumnus Wayman Gooch, now an Ohlone College sophomore, have been selected in the recent Major League Baseball First Year Players draft.
Trejo,a 6-foot-1, 215-pound lefty, gets a chance to play for the Milwaukee Brewers organization, while Gooch was selected by the Colorado Rockies.
The Milwaukee Brewers took Trejo in the 27th round; he was the 821st overall pick.
Recently graduated senior Josh Trejo and fellow alumnus Wayman Gooch, now an Ohlone College sophomore, have been selected in the recent Major League Baseball First Year Players draft.
Trejo,a 6-foot-1, 215-pound lefty, gets a chance to play for the Milwaukee Brewers organization, while Gooch was selected by the Colorado Rockies.
The Milwaukee Brewers took Trejo in the 27th round; he was the 821st overall pick.
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Wednesday, June 20, 2007
By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved the 2007-08 budget and multi-year projections for 2008-09 and 2009-10.
The $105.1 million budget for 2007-08 reflects the realities of declining enrollment – it is expected that about 200 fewer students will be enrolled in the fall than this year, equating to approximately $1.1 million less in state revenue. Salaries and benefits account for 95 percent of the unrestricted general fund (85 percent is desirable). A 4.53 cost-of-living adjustment will be passed through to employees, per the District’s multi-year agreements with the New Haven Teachers Association, California School Employees Association and New Haven Administrators Association.
The $105.1 million budget for 2007-08 reflects the realities of declining enrollment – it is expected that about 200 fewer students will be enrolled in the fall than this year, equating to approximately $1.1 million less in state revenue. Salaries and benefits account for 95 percent of the unrestricted general fund (85 percent is desirable). A 4.53 cost-of-living adjustment will be passed through to employees, per the District’s multi-year agreements with the New Haven Teachers Association, California School Employees Association and New Haven Administrators Association.
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Washington DC
In Remember Me to Lebanon: Stories of Lebanese Women in America, Evelyn Shakir explores the life and identity of second and third generation Lebanese American women.
Shakir, a literature professor and daughter of Christian Lebanese immigrants, draws on current events and her cultural heritage in her writing.
Although the characters in her first collection of short stories are fictional, Shakir says they were inspired by women she knew. "There is no one on one correspondence between people I knew and the characters in the stories. But some of them certainly were inspired specially by older women I knew when I was a child."
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Posted by courier at 05:38 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
By Jim Malone, VOA News
Washington
Virgil GoodeThe war in Iraq and immigration reform continue to dominate the political debate in Washington. While much of the debate takes place in the halls of Congress, small but influential grass roots groups are making themselves heard in a big way, both in Washington and nationally.
Take the issue of immigration reform. Congressional efforts to pass a reform bill have stalled for the time being, in part because conservative Republicans like Congressman Virgil Goode of Virginia oppose efforts to create a path to U.S. citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.
"My message to them is, not in two weeks, not in two months, not in two years, never! We must be clear that we will not surrender America and we will not turn the United States over to the invaders from south of the border," said Goode.
Washington
Virgil Goode
Take the issue of immigration reform. Congressional efforts to pass a reform bill have stalled for the time being, in part because conservative Republicans like Congressman Virgil Goode of Virginia oppose efforts to create a path to U.S. citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.
"My message to them is, not in two weeks, not in two months, not in two years, never! We must be clear that we will not surrender America and we will not turn the United States over to the invaders from south of the border," said Goode.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
"PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END"
For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
From: Eurocom/Disney Interactive
ESRB Rating: Teen (use of alcohol, violence)
There's no worse time to be a game reviewer than the summertime, which annually finds gamers besieged by a crush of movie-based titles that owe their release dates more to their source material than whether or not they're actually ready for release. Witness "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek the Third," two examples of decent games that could have used more baking time but were pushed out the door for maximum cash-in effect.
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
From: Eurocom/Disney Interactive
ESRB Rating: Teen (use of alcohol, violence)
There's no worse time to be a game reviewer than the summertime, which annually finds gamers besieged by a crush of movie-based titles that owe their release dates more to their source material than whether or not they're actually ready for release. Witness "Spider-Man 3" and "Shrek the Third," two examples of decent games that could have used more baking time but were pushed out the door for maximum cash-in effect.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Artigas en la Ciudadela,
by Juan Manuel BlanesJosé Gervasio Artigas (June 19, 1764 - September 23, 1850) was a national hero of Uruguay and is sometimes called "the father of Uruguayan independence". This is an ironic turn of events, considering that during his life he never sought the absolute independence of Uruguay as a separate State, but the forging of a Federation of Provinces that would include his country, "the Oriental Province" as it was known at the time.
His life
Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family; at the age of twelve he moved to the countryside and devoted himself to rural tasks on his family's farms. Observing the local inhabitants - especially the gauchos - he became good at handling weapons and riding, and entering into quasi-legal activities, especially smuggling, on the border with Portuguese-controlled Brazil.
Read more about Artigas, and a monument to him in New York City, free from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
Artigas en la Ciudadela,
by Juan Manuel Blanes
His life
Born in Montevideo to a wealthy family; at the age of twelve he moved to the countryside and devoted himself to rural tasks on his family's farms. Observing the local inhabitants - especially the gauchos - he became good at handling weapons and riding, and entering into quasi-legal activities, especially smuggling, on the border with Portuguese-controlled Brazil.
Read more about Artigas, and a monument to him in New York City, free from the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Monday, June 18, 2007
I was looking through one of my friend's yearbooks, having been too cheap to buy my own, when two pages caught my attention. They were near the front, pages 26 and 27 to be exact, and they covered the rather controversial subject of teen pregnancy. This did not bother me, that is, until I read the three-paragraph blurb that accompanied the various pictures of teenage parents and their children.
The idea of dedicating two pages in the yearbook to this subject is not itself wrong. Rather, it is the way that teen pregnancy is described by the people responsible for these pages (no offence to Jeffery or Alex, I'm sure that you're nice people). When articles like this are written and placed in a book where thousands of young minds will see it, some discretion should be used.
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
By Scott Canon and Leila Fadel
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of
Multi-National Corps - Iraq, inspects Zaganiyah Patrol
Base in Iraq with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Royce Manis, right.
DoD photoBAGHDAD, Iraq — The day after the U.S. military declared its Iraq surge at full strength, the No. 2 commander in Iraq appeared frustrated Saturday as he was briefed on progress in the restive neighborhood of Dora, an al-Qaida stronghold in west Baghdad.
"I guess I thought we'd make a little more progress," Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said at a combat outpost in the Dora market.
Odierno said he considered Friday the first day of President Bush's Iraq surge, with the last of 28,500 additional troops declared in place. Some of those added troops had already were beginning operations in violence-prone areas, including restive Arab Jubour south of the capital, where Odierno said "we've never had a presence."
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of
Multi-National Corps - Iraq, inspects Zaganiyah Patrol
Base in Iraq with U.S. Army 1st Sgt. Royce Manis, right.
DoD photo
"I guess I thought we'd make a little more progress," Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said at a combat outpost in the Dora market.
Odierno said he considered Friday the first day of President Bush's Iraq surge, with the last of 28,500 additional troops declared in place. Some of those added troops had already were beginning operations in violence-prone areas, including restive Arab Jubour south of the capital, where Odierno said "we've never had a presence."
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From wikipedia, the free encylcopedia:
Dorothy Miller Richardson (17 May 1873 - 17 June 1957) was the first writer to publish an English-language novel using what was to become known as the stream-of-consciousness technique. Her thirteen novel sequence Pilgrimage is one of the great 20th century works of modernist and feminist literature in English.
Early life
Richardson was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire into impoverished gentility. From the age of seventeen she was forced to earn her own living. This she did by working as a tutor-governess, first in Hanover, then in north London, and finally in an English country house. Her mother committed suicide in 1895, leading to the complete break-up of the family. Richardson moved back to London to work in Harley Street as secretary/assistant to a dentist.
Read Pointed Roofs. Pilgrimage by Dorothy Miller Richardson, free from Project Gutenberg.
Early life
Richardson was born in Abingdon, Oxfordshire into impoverished gentility. From the age of seventeen she was forced to earn her own living. This she did by working as a tutor-governess, first in Hanover, then in north London, and finally in an English country house. Her mother committed suicide in 1895, leading to the complete break-up of the family. Richardson moved back to London to work in Harley Street as secretary/assistant to a dentist.
Read Pointed Roofs. Pilgrimage by Dorothy Miller Richardson, free from Project Gutenberg.
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Saturday, June 16, 2007
By Fermin Sierra, Courier Staff Writer
I am one of a kind, so unique that I usually don’t use terms like “one of a kind”. I know what people are thinking because I am people. To put it simply, you believe me because I believe myself. I am the only person in the world who wakes up in the morning (3:15 am, to beat the crowds) and brushes his teeth for five minutes only to reveal the biggest sh*t-eating grin you’ve ever seen. I am determined to be convincing. You know, the guy that calls you “Karen” or “Max” until you think and act just like Karen or Max would.
I am one of a kind, so unique that I usually don’t use terms like “one of a kind”. I know what people are thinking because I am people. To put it simply, you believe me because I believe myself. I am the only person in the world who wakes up in the morning (3:15 am, to beat the crowds) and brushes his teeth for five minutes only to reveal the biggest sh*t-eating grin you’ve ever seen. I am determined to be convincing. You know, the guy that calls you “Karen” or “Max” until you think and act just like Karen or Max would.
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Friday, June 15, 2007
By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Seniors and administrators practiced
their roles in the Graduation Ceremony
Friday morning. Courier PhotoOkay, Seniors, the time has come to walk the stage, look back at all that you have accomplished and look forward to all that you are about to do. The big day is tomorrow, starting at 9:00 a.m. ending around 11:00 a.m.
Seniors practiced their roles in the graduation ceremony this morning.
The graduates must be here at Logan, in the Colt Court at 8:00 a.m. to line up. The gates will open up for the parents at 7:30; seating it first come, first served.
Seniors and administrators practiced
their roles in the Graduation Ceremony
Friday morning. Courier Photo
Seniors practiced their roles in the graduation ceremony this morning.
The graduates must be here at Logan, in the Colt Court at 8:00 a.m. to line up. The gates will open up for the parents at 7:30; seating it first come, first served.
By Jagdeep Singh, Courier Staff Writer
Antonin Turgeon, a junior at James Logan High School won two awards at the Mission Valley ROP 2nd Annual Multimedia Fest of 2007 last month.
Turgeon, who enrolled in the computer Animation ROP class here at Logan, won in two categories. He told The Courier that he usually does computer animation design, for which he won an award for his “Billiard Ball Computer design. He also decided to participate in
the graphic category, in which he won an award for his “Metalclick” computer graphic.
Turgeon, who enrolled in the computer Animation ROP class here at Logan, won in two categories. He told The Courier that he usually does computer animation design, for which he won an award for his “Billiard Ball Computer design. He also decided to participate in
the graphic category, in which he won an award for his “Metalclick” computer graphic.
By Iona Childers, Courier Foods Editor
Bombay Garden
5995 Mowry Ave
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 744?6945
www.dinebombaygarden.com/
There is usually a one year golden period for a newly opened restaurant.
Everything about the restaurant seems absolutely perfect; from the interior,
service, and food, right down to the utensils and the tablecloth. I‘m not quite
sure why, but a lot of restaurants like to pattern themselves after the
beginning of a rollercoaster ride (with a steady amount of quality, a peak, and
then a swift decent into food hell). I could probably compile a long list of
restaurants that have disappointed me on the second or third time around.
5995 Mowry Ave
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 744?6945
www.dinebombaygarden.com/
There is usually a one year golden period for a newly opened restaurant.
Everything about the restaurant seems absolutely perfect; from the interior,
service, and food, right down to the utensils and the tablecloth. I‘m not quite
sure why, but a lot of restaurants like to pattern themselves after the
beginning of a rollercoaster ride (with a steady amount of quality, a peak, and
then a swift decent into food hell). I could probably compile a long list of
restaurants that have disappointed me on the second or third time around.
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Posted by courier at 08:46 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself,
free from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Thursday, June 14, 2007
By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Logan seniors enjoy the Boardwalk and
each other. Carmen Shiu/Courier PhotoA good time was had by Logan's seniors at their last get-together before graduating- — the annual Senior Picnic, held this year at the Santa Cruz beach boardwalk.
The senior class spent the day riding the famous wooden rollercoaster and the other rides at the beachfront fun zone, aided by special wristbands that gave them unlimited access to the rides while they were there.
Logan seniors enjoy the Boardwalk and
each other. Carmen Shiu/Courier Photo
The senior class spent the day riding the famous wooden rollercoaster and the other rides at the beachfront fun zone, aided by special wristbands that gave them unlimited access to the rides while they were there.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Offer a number of artists $10 million to change five songs on an album they worked on themselves into more radio-friendly ones, how many would agree to do it? Most of them would, but the ultimate Kelly Clarkson refused to take up that offer from the “big boss,” Clive Davis. In the business aspect of the entertainment world, Clarkson’s newest album, “My December,” is stirring up quite a controversy. In any other aspect of the entertainment world, her new release on June 26 is just another masterpiece from Clarkson.
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By Yanira Romero and Sadaf Khan, Courier Staff Writers
The first annual M.E.CH.A. recycling program last week turned Logan's cast-off bottles and cans into more than $800 in scholarschips for club members.
The recycling program began in late September. Led by Gabriela Esquivez, James Logan Teacher and M.E.CH.A advisor, students belonging to the club also known as Mechistas, noticed that students on campus would throw items away rather than recycle them. This eventually sparked the idea of starting the program, she told The Courier.
The first annual M.E.CH.A. recycling program last week turned Logan's cast-off bottles and cans into more than $800 in scholarschips for club members.
The recycling program began in late September. Led by Gabriela Esquivez, James Logan Teacher and M.E.CH.A advisor, students belonging to the club also known as Mechistas, noticed that students on campus would throw items away rather than recycle them. This eventually sparked the idea of starting the program, she told The Courier.
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By Annie Chen, Courier Editor-in-Chief
Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley.
Anne Chen/Courier PhotoOn Saturday, Live 105 held its annual and highly anticipated BFD, one of Northern California's biggest alternative rock music festivals. More than twenty bands gathered on that hot day at the Shoreline Amphitheatre to entertain ecstatic fans, I being one of them. I was personally looking forward to seeing just Interpol, Sum 41, Tiger Army, Social Distortion, Kaiser Chiefs and Bloc Party. But after seeing all the bands give such spectacular performances, I made it a mission to see everyone at least one more time.
Sum 41 lead singer Deryck Whibley.
Anne Chen/Courier Photo
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Posted by courier at 08:35 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive in the James Logan Media Center.
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights, by John Steinbeck
Paperback: 364 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reissue edition (April 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374523789
ISBN-13: 978-0374523787
From Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia:
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) is John Steinbeck's retelling of the Arthurian legend, based on the Winchester Manuscript text of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. He began his adaptation in November 1956. Steinbeck had long been a lover of the Arthur tales. The introduction to his translation contains an anecdote about him reading them as a young boy. His enthusiasm for Arthur and his affinity for Anglo-Saxon language are apparent in the work. The book was left unfinished at his death, and ends ironically with the death of chivalry in Arthur's purest knight, Sir Lancelot of the Lake.
Paperback: 364 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Reissue edition (April 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374523789
ISBN-13: 978-0374523787
From Wikipedia.org, the free encyclopedia:
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) is John Steinbeck's retelling of the Arthurian legend, based on the Winchester Manuscript text of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. He began his adaptation in November 1956. Steinbeck had long been a lover of the Arthur tales. The introduction to his translation contains an anecdote about him reading them as a young boy. His enthusiasm for Arthur and his affinity for Anglo-Saxon language are apparent in the work. The book was left unfinished at his death, and ends ironically with the death of chivalry in Arthur's purest knight, Sir Lancelot of the Lake.
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Posted by courier at 08:48 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
UNION CITY - A television show promoting healthy eating, starring Searles Elementary School students and videotaped with the assistance of James Logan High School students, will make its debut Friday night.
The first of five episodes of “HEART Smart Cooking With Kids,” produced by the New Haven Unified School District’s Health Education and Resource Team (HEART), will air at 6 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday on Comcast Channel 28 in Union City and Hayward. Ensuing episodes will air on Fridays and Sundays at the same times.
The show also can be seen on Channel 27 in Newark and Channel 29 in Fremont, on the same Friday/Sunday schedule.
UNION CITY - A television show promoting healthy eating, starring Searles Elementary School students and videotaped with the assistance of James Logan High School students, will make its debut Friday night.
The first of five episodes of “HEART Smart Cooking With Kids,” produced by the New Haven Unified School District’s Health Education and Resource Team (HEART), will air at 6 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday on Comcast Channel 28 in Union City and Hayward. Ensuing episodes will air on Fridays and Sundays at the same times.
The show also can be seen on Channel 27 in Newark and Channel 29 in Fremont, on the same Friday/Sunday schedule.
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By Veronica Brown, Courier Staff Writer
Senior Kyle CursonGraduation is an emotional time for parents, teachers and especially the graduating students. It marks a new beginning fraught with fear and hope, and the end of a time peppered with joy and disappointment. It sparked reflection among seniors interviewed by The Courier.
“I am very happy with how I did academically. I got into the college I wanted, and I’m satisfied with how I performed in forensics," said Kyle Curson, who's graduation means he'll no longer attend school with his mother, art teacher Julie Curson, "But, as always, with academic success often comes social disappointment. I mean don’t get me wrong, I have my fair share of close friends, but I feel like I didn’t have enough fun, that my love life sucked, and that I haven’t really discovered myself yet. ” Curson expects to spend the next four years at UCLA.
Senior Kyle Curson
“I am very happy with how I did academically. I got into the college I wanted, and I’m satisfied with how I performed in forensics," said Kyle Curson, who's graduation means he'll no longer attend school with his mother, art teacher Julie Curson, "But, as always, with academic success often comes social disappointment. I mean don’t get me wrong, I have my fair share of close friends, but I feel like I didn’t have enough fun, that my love life sucked, and that I haven’t really discovered myself yet. ” Curson expects to spend the next four years at UCLA.
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); 100 Anv edition (October 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805072454
ISBN-13: 978-0805072457
So starts the children's classic Peter Pan, a rather anticlimactic beginning but a real interest-catcher all the same. As the school year draws to a close, the thing on many people's minds (besides summer vacation, sleep, and finals) is the impending responsibilities that come with growing up. What better way to counter this than by reading about a boy who doesn't grow up? It sure put things in a different light for me.
Read Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, online, free-of-charge, from Project Gutenberg.
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR); 100 Anv edition (October 1, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0805072454
ISBN-13: 978-0805072457
All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end.
So starts the children's classic Peter Pan, a rather anticlimactic beginning but a real interest-catcher all the same. As the school year draws to a close, the thing on many people's minds (besides summer vacation, sleep, and finals) is the impending responsibilities that come with growing up. What better way to counter this than by reading about a boy who doesn't grow up? It sure put things in a different light for me.
Read Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, online, free-of-charge, from Project Gutenberg.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2007
By Jeremy Manier
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
Dr. Anthony AtalaCHICAGO — Outside the bruising politics of stem cell research, scientists are rapidly moving beyond the black-and-white contrasts that have fueled the moral battle over their work.
Conservatives have staked out a position opposed to all stem cell research that involves the destruction of human embryos, championing methods that derive stem cells in other ways.
Advocates of embryonic stem cell research, on the other hand, argue that only embryo-derived cells can form any type of tissue, offering unique hope for diseases such as Parkinson's and diabetes.
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
Dr. Anthony Atala
Conservatives have staked out a position opposed to all stem cell research that involves the destruction of human embryos, championing methods that derive stem cells in other ways.
Advocates of embryonic stem cell research, on the other hand, argue that only embryo-derived cells can form any type of tissue, offering unique hope for diseases such as Parkinson's and diabetes.
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Cheeseburger,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
CLUBS:
Reminder: Ballet Folklorico members - please turn in permission slip and $20 for Water World trip ASAP. Also, don’t forget Wednesday, 8 am, 6/20, in Staff Lounge before we go on trip.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Off Campus ROP Students!! There will be NO ROP buses today. You will be taking Logan finals.
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Posted by courier at 11:41 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Ruth Padawer
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT)
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Dissection, that staple of high school biology class, is slowly going the way of the slide rule, yielding to changes in technology, values, funding and science itself.
"Biology has changed a lot," said Edward Nartowitz, science supervisor at Ridgewood High School. "There was a time when biology was mostly descriptive, so most of what you did was to dissect plants and animals. No more."
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (MCT)
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Dissection, that staple of high school biology class, is slowly going the way of the slide rule, yielding to changes in technology, values, funding and science itself.
"Biology has changed a lot," said Edward Nartowitz, science supervisor at Ridgewood High School. "There was a time when biology was mostly descriptive, so most of what you did was to dissect plants and animals. No more."
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Courier Staff Report
James Rardin, Ramon Camacho and Megan Safford are this year's Teachers of the Year, their colleagues learned at a staff meeting Monday afternoon.
The three teachers won the titles after a process that involved nomination by their students, fellow teachers, adminisistrators and other staff members, and parents. A group of teachers and administrators then reviewed the nominations and narrowed the field to nine finalists: three from Houses One and Four, Houses Two and Five and Houses Three and Six.
James Rardin, Ramon Camacho and Megan Safford are this year's Teachers of the Year, their colleagues learned at a staff meeting Monday afternoon.
The three teachers won the titles after a process that involved nomination by their students, fellow teachers, adminisistrators and other staff members, and parents. A group of teachers and administrators then reviewed the nominations and narrowed the field to nine finalists: three from Houses One and Four, Houses Two and Five and Houses Three and Six.
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Monday, June 11, 2007
By Ray Dequina, Courier Opinion Editor
A screen-shot from the Super Columbine Massacre
role-playing game.The person who said the above quote was responding to an effort by Democratic lawmakers to restrict the sale of Mature‑rated video games to minors. The person who said it sounds like a pretty stand‑up guy. I mean after all, it sounds like some pretty common sense stuff: children are young and aren't equipped to deal with some of the things this world has to offer, so it's the duty of the parents to step in and be the moral compasses for their children. This little piece of wonderful wisdom must have been the product of an equally wonderful individual. Was it the Democratic Messiah Al Gore? Was it blunt‑to‑the‑point‑of‑political‑suicide Barack Obama?
A screen-shot from the Super Columbine Massacre
role-playing game.
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Spicy Chicken Patty,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Interested in Cross Country? Come to the Track today and get all the necessary information.
CLUBS:
Today is the last Youth Alive Club meeting of the year. Meet after school in Room 418.
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Posted by courier at 09:29 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Self-portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron.Julia Margaret Cameron (June 11, 1815 – January 26, 1879) was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of the time, and for Arthurian and similar legendary themed pictures.
Cameron's photographic career was short (about 12 years) and came late in her life. Her work had a huge impact on the development of modern photography, especially her closely cropped portraits which are still mimicked today. Her house, Dimbola Lodge, on the Isle of Wight can still be visited.
Early life
Julia Margaret Cameron was born Julia Margaret Pattle in Calcutta, India, to James Pattle, a British official of the East India Company, and Adeline de l'Etang, a daughter of French aristocrats. Cameron was from a family of celebrated beauties, and was considered an ugly duckling among her sisters. It's said, for example, each sister had an attribute which she used as a nickname. Her sisters had nicknames like "beauty". Julia's nickname was "talent". This instilled in Julia an obsession with idealized beauty.
View 18 of Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs, free from the National Media Museum.
Self-portrait by Julia Margaret Cameron.
Cameron's photographic career was short (about 12 years) and came late in her life. Her work had a huge impact on the development of modern photography, especially her closely cropped portraits which are still mimicked today. Her house, Dimbola Lodge, on the Isle of Wight can still be visited.
Early life
Julia Margaret Cameron was born Julia Margaret Pattle in Calcutta, India, to James Pattle, a British official of the East India Company, and Adeline de l'Etang, a daughter of French aristocrats. Cameron was from a family of celebrated beauties, and was considered an ugly duckling among her sisters. It's said, for example, each sister had an attribute which she used as a nickname. Her sisters had nicknames like "beauty". Julia's nickname was "talent". This instilled in Julia an obsession with idealized beauty.
View 18 of Julia Margaret Cameron's photographs, free from the National Media Museum.
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
RIA Novosti (MCT)
President George Bush met with J-8 delegate
Kavitha at the G-8/J-8 Summit.
Photo:www.J8summit.comHEILIGENDAMM, Germany — Youth delegates from G-8 member countries discussed climate change, economic development and AIDS with the leaders of the eight industrialized nations Thursday on the second day of the G-8 summit in Germany.
J-8 representatives, young people aged 14-17, met with leaders of the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Japan and Germany on the sidelines of the summit in a German Baltic resort of Heiligendamm. The meeting came as part of ongoing weeklong discussions between young G-8 representatives in the Baltic city port of Wismar, which will end this weekend.
During the meeting, the sides highlighted AIDS and poverty in African nations. A Russian delegate to the J-8 proposed reducing customs tariffs for African goods.
President George Bush met with J-8 delegate
Kavitha at the G-8/J-8 Summit.
Photo:www.J8summit.com
J-8 representatives, young people aged 14-17, met with leaders of the United States, Russia, Britain, France, Italy, Canada, Japan and Germany on the sidelines of the summit in a German Baltic resort of Heiligendamm. The meeting came as part of ongoing weeklong discussions between young G-8 representatives in the Baltic city port of Wismar, which will end this weekend.
During the meeting, the sides highlighted AIDS and poverty in African nations. A Russian delegate to the J-8 proposed reducing customs tariffs for African goods.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton (June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, teacher, reformer, and briefly a politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, filling an appointment on November 21, 1922, and serving until the next day. At 87 years old, she was also the oldest freshman senator to enter the Senate. As of 2007, she is also the only woman to have served as a Senator from Georgia.
Read Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth by Rebecca Latimer Felton, free from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Read Country Life in Georgia in the Days of My Youth by Rebecca Latimer Felton, free from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Saturday, June 09, 2007
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Representatives of three liberal-leaning groups came to the Justice Department in 2004, armed with evidence that hundreds of public-assistance agencies had illegally failed to offer voter registration to their mostly poor and minority clients.
Congress passed the National Voter Registration Act, which imposed the requirement, in 1993. But after these agencies registered 2.6 million people to vote in 1995-1996, the total registered plunged to about 1 million in 2003-2004.
Michael Slater, the Oregon-based deputy director of the national registration group Project Vote, said officials of the Justice Department's civil rights division showed little interest in enforcing that part of the law.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
The U.S. Supreme Court building
U.S. Government PhotoThe following editorial appeared in the Raleigh (N.C.) News & Observer on Monday, June 4:
Americans being the independent sort, it's rare for them to advertise to their podmates the size of their paychecks. And corporations are notably reluctant to share information about employee pay levels. Yes, such info may be available in some workplaces — government jobs, union shops. But that is the exception, not the rule. So how is a woman, for example, who suspects that she's being underpaid, compared to men doing the same work for the same period of time, to discover that inequity within just 180 days of taking the job?
The U.S. Supreme Court building
U.S. Government Photo
Americans being the independent sort, it's rare for them to advertise to their podmates the size of their paychecks. And corporations are notably reluctant to share information about employee pay levels. Yes, such info may be available in some workplaces — government jobs, union shops. But that is the exception, not the rule. So how is a woman, for example, who suspects that she's being underpaid, compared to men doing the same work for the same period of time, to discover that inequity within just 180 days of taking the job?
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She is the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read her Nobel lecture, The Evolution of the Peace Movement, free from NobelPrize.org.
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Friday, June 08, 2007
All-Beef Hot Dog,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Interested in Cross Country? Come to the Track Tuesday, June 12, and get all the necessary information.
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Posted by courier at 09:56 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Courier Staff Report
More than 200 seniors and a squad of chaperones who partied all night long Disneyland-style will soon be roused out of their hotel beds to get on buses to go spend another night partying, this time Universal-Studios style.
The 254 graduating seniors boarded "deluxe motorcoaches" Thursday morning to take the circa 7-hour trip south to the Magic Kingdom. Some 21 chaperones, including parents, teachers, a Campus Security Technician, a counselor, and administrator and some significant others, tagged along to keep order and join the party, or parties, to be more exact.
The 254 graduating seniors boarded "deluxe motorcoaches" Thursday morning to take the circa 7-hour trip south to the Magic Kingdom. Some 21 chaperones, including parents, teachers, a Campus Security Technician, a counselor, and administrator and some significant others, tagged along to keep order and join the party, or parties, to be more exact.
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By Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
Inside the Venus Bakery Café
Yelp.com photoVenus Bakery Cafe
6267 Jarvis Ave
(between Dumbarton Ct & Lido Blvd)
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 744-1188
After a long day at work, my coworkers and I decided to go out for a late night snack. Since my coworkers did not want to eat at a typical, American diner, one of my coworker recommended Venus Bakery Café. Venus is a hip, Chinese café with decently priced food.
Inside the Venus Bakery Café
Yelp.com photo
6267 Jarvis Ave
(between Dumbarton Ct & Lido Blvd)
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 744-1188
After a long day at work, my coworkers and I decided to go out for a late night snack. Since my coworkers did not want to eat at a typical, American diner, one of my coworker recommended Venus Bakery Café. Venus is a hip, Chinese café with decently priced food.
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Posted by courier at 07:35 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Bill Gibron
PopMatters.com (MCT)
After Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film
2001: A Space Odyssey,
the science fiction genre
was taken more seriouslyThe serious science fiction film genre is dead.
OK, maybe not actually deceased, but definitely on cinematic life support. With exceptions that are becoming rarer and rarer as the new millennium marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.
There are several villains in this creative cabal, elements and individuals that want to see the motion picture category cater to fanboys, geeks and the easily entertained. But it seems a real shame that the one literary ideal best suited for the most visual of all mediums is constantly countermanded by issues that have nothing to do with either art form's visionary nature.
PopMatters.com (MCT)
After Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film
2001: A Space Odyssey,
the science fiction genre
was taken more seriously
OK, maybe not actually deceased, but definitely on cinematic life support. With exceptions that are becoming rarer and rarer as the new millennium marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.
There are several villains in this creative cabal, elements and individuals that want to see the motion picture category cater to fanboys, geeks and the easily entertained. But it seems a real shame that the one literary ideal best suited for the most visual of all mediums is constantly countermanded by issues that have nothing to do with either art form's visionary nature.
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Posted by courier at 06:20 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Interested in Cross Country? Come to the Track Tuesday, June 12, and get all the necessary information.
CLUBS:
GSA has its final meeting this year at 3 pm today in Room 52.
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Posted by courier at 11:28 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Staff Writer
A memorial image from one of the victims
myspace page.Two students from Evergreen High School in San Jose by the names of Amrit Kahlon and Jasdeep Duhra were killed in a fatal car crash on Yerba Buena Road last Saturday evening.
According to San Jose Mercury News, “San Jose Police Sgt. Nick Muyo said two people were killed in a car accident when the driver, traveling northbound at a high rate of speed, lost control of the vehicle, jumped the median and slid into oncoming traffic around 5:30 p.m. The car hit another vehicle head-on, skidded off the road and became wedged between two trees before bursting into flames, Muyo said.”
A memorial image from one of the victims
myspace page.
According to San Jose Mercury News, “San Jose Police Sgt. Nick Muyo said two people were killed in a car accident when the driver, traveling northbound at a high rate of speed, lost control of the vehicle, jumped the median and slid into oncoming traffic around 5:30 p.m. The car hit another vehicle head-on, skidded off the road and became wedged between two trees before bursting into flames, Muyo said.”
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By Deuce P. Clayton, Courier Staff Writer
In the past three years, the popularity of nu metal has dwindled. Heavyweights in the genre like Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, and P.O.D. have been unable to replicate the commercial and critical success they experienced in the late 90's and early 2000's. So I was a bit excited about Linkin Park's third full-length release, "Minutes to Midnight", hoping it might lead to a resurgence in the genre as a whole.
Unfortunately, it seems like the band has given up on the genre as well. Minutes to Midnight is an almost complete departure from the nu metal sound Linkin Park perfected on their first two albums. Instead, the band draws heavily on the sound of other established bands, resulting in a very uninspired album.
Unfortunately, it seems like the band has given up on the genre as well. Minutes to Midnight is an almost complete departure from the nu metal sound Linkin Park perfected on their first two albums. Instead, the band draws heavily on the sound of other established bands, resulting in a very uninspired album.
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Posted by courier at 12:38 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
One of R&B’s young sensations, Rihanna, has arrived again with her third album, “Good Girl Gone Bad.” After her two previous albums, “Music of the Sun” and “A Girl Like Me,” she has finally secured her spot in the music world this time around. The album dropped on Tuesday, June 5, 2007. In “Good Girl Gone Bad,” Rihanna worked with artists like Ne-Yo, Jay-Z, Timbaland, and Justin Timberlake. There are potential hits all over the album, except for a few. Stripping away the Caribbean sounds, Rihanna is no longer that one-hit-wonder (or perhaps, few-hits-wonder). She is here to stay.
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Posted by courier at 12:24 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
Courier Staff Report
Students mill about during
a fire drill. Courier PhotoMinutes after he announced a $100 reward for information leading to the apprehension of whoever set a fire in the girls bathroom Wednesday afternoon, Principal Don Montoya had his culprit.
Montoya said Thursday that he received information from several sources as to the identity of the female firebug within seven minutes.
Last month, after a series of similar trashcan fires around the campus, it took 11 minutes after he offered a $100 reward for the guilty party to be identified.
Students mill about during
a fire drill. Courier Photo
Montoya said Thursday that he received information from several sources as to the identity of the female firebug within seven minutes.
Last month, after a series of similar trashcan fires around the campus, it took 11 minutes after he offered a $100 reward for the guilty party to be identified.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Tracey Liebig of Alvarado Middle School was named the District’s Teacher of the Year and Rosa Thompson of Barnard-White Middle School was named Classified Employee of the Year at Tuesday night’s meeting of the Board of Education.
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Logan students dance at the crowded
Senior Ball. Courier PhotoWeeks before the class of 2007 held their Senior Ball last month, Principal Don Montoya made an announcement saying that guests couldn't be over an age limit of 20 and that chaperones at the Ball would be checking via photo ID.
Some students and parents disagreed with the rule, which in previous years was not enforce, but most ballgoers arrived at the San Francisco Hilton prepared to have their IDs checked, but the rule was enforced only spottily. Of the five adults who were checking in the students, two adults, Activities Director Linda Kingston and Leadership Advisor Cheryl Kuhlmann,checked IDs. The other three inconsistently checked, setting up a situation in which some students complained that their date's were not asked for ID, and some were angry because they could have attended the dance with their first-choice date who were over the age limit, rather than the back-up dates they did attend with.
Logan students dance at the crowded
Senior Ball. Courier Photo
Some students and parents disagreed with the rule, which in previous years was not enforce, but most ballgoers arrived at the San Francisco Hilton prepared to have their IDs checked, but the rule was enforced only spottily. Of the five adults who were checking in the students, two adults, Activities Director Linda Kingston and Leadership Advisor Cheryl Kuhlmann,checked IDs. The other three inconsistently checked, setting up a situation in which some students complained that their date's were not asked for ID, and some were angry because they could have attended the dance with their first-choice date who were over the age limit, rather than the back-up dates they did attend with.
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Born in London to an Irish mother and a father who had been a British Army officer before becoming a banker, Amelia was educated at home by her mother, showing considerable promise as a writer at a young age. She published her first poem at the age of 7, her first story at age 12. Amelia thereafter proceeded to publish a variety of poetry, stories and articles in a large number of magazines that included Chamber's Journal, Household Words and All the Year Round. She also wrote for the newspapers, the Saturday Review and the Morning Post.
Read A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards, free from A Celebration of Women Writers at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
The Martian Way and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov
Hardcover: 222 pages
Publisher: Bentley Publishers (January 1982)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 083760463X
ISBN-13: 978-0837604633
From bentleypublishers.com:
This collection of four famous science fiction tales masterfully exemplifies author Isaac Asimov's ability to create quickly a believable human milieu in the midst of alien circumstances. Each of the long stores also shows his considerable skill in fully fleshing out a speculative scientific or social possibility.
Hardcover: 222 pages
Publisher: Bentley Publishers (January 1982)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 083760463X
ISBN-13: 978-0837604633
From bentleypublishers.com:
This collection of four famous science fiction tales masterfully exemplifies author Isaac Asimov's ability to create quickly a believable human milieu in the midst of alien circumstances. Each of the long stores also shows his considerable skill in fully fleshing out a speculative scientific or social possibility.
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Posted by courier at 03:01 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
Boneless Chicken Drumettes,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Congratulations to Juanita Dominguez - she received an “Editor’s Choice Award” for “Outstanding Achievement in Poetry”, presented by Poetry.com and the “International Library of Poetry.
Join Logan Gymnastics! A meeting will be held at Pacific West Gymnastics for all that want to join on June 12, at 5:30 pm. See Mr. Rosenthal for more details. Everyone is welcome.
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Posted by courier at 02:48 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Reviewed by Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writer
Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser
Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (April 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN‑10: 0689848935
ISBN‑13: 978‑0689848933
Revenge is a strong action that many people use in our society. We use this action to get back at our loved ones or just to those who are accused of the wrong things.
When I picked up this book, the title sounded interesting so I knew I had to read it.
Mass Market Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (April 1, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN‑10: 0689848935
ISBN‑13: 978‑0689848933
Revenge is a strong action that many people use in our society. We use this action to get back at our loved ones or just to those who are accused of the wrong things.
When I picked up this book, the title sounded interesting so I knew I had to read it.
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Posted by courier at 01:40 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
Courier Staff Report
The Japanime Club raised more
than $224 selling sushi and more
at the Unity Fair. Courier PhotoLast month's Unity Fair on the Big Green raised lots of green money for many of Logan's Clubs, according to Leadership Teacher Cheryl Kuhlmann.
Sales of food and other goods and the lunch-time celebration of diversity and unity at Logan netted more than $3,283 for the clubs, Kuhlmann wrote in an email sent to the school staff Wednesday afternoon.
The top money-raising club was Interact, which added $416.50 to its account with the Associated Student Body.
The Japanime Club raised more
than $224 selling sushi and more
at the Unity Fair. Courier Photo
Sales of food and other goods and the lunch-time celebration of diversity and unity at Logan netted more than $3,283 for the clubs, Kuhlmann wrote in an email sent to the school staff Wednesday afternoon.
The top money-raising club was Interact, which added $416.50 to its account with the Associated Student Body.
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By Helen T. Gray
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Did you know?
You can change anything in your life.
Your life is in your hands.
The universe will rearrange itself to give you whatever you want.
If this sounds like magic, you haven't read or seen "The Secret," the best-selling book and DVD by Australian TV producer Rhonda Byrne that promises to reveal the "Great Secret" that "has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen and bought for vast sums of money."
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
You can change anything in your life.
Your life is in your hands.
The universe will rearrange itself to give you whatever you want.
If this sounds like magic, you haven't read or seen "The Secret," the best-selling book and DVD by Australian TV producer Rhonda Byrne that promises to reveal the "Great Secret" that "has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen and bought for vast sums of money."
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Posted by courier at 08:36 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
<b>Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 10, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400096278
ISBN-13: 978-1400096275
Némirovsky’s insight into the workings of the human mind and nature during wartime and occupation is amazing, and the way she puts it forth urges the reader to agree, despite the usually offensive traits that are portrayed. Her descriptions are stunning, transporting the reader right into France during World War II, before and during the Nazi occupation. Although a little lengthy, and sometimes dry, it is well worth the read in the end.
<b>Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 10, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400096278
ISBN-13: 978-1400096275
“It’s a truism that people are complicated, multifaceted, contradictory, surprising, but it takes the advent of war or other momentous events to be able to see it. It is the most fascinating and the most dreadful of spectacles, she continued thinking, the most dreadful because it’s so real; you can never pride yourself on truly knowing the sea unless you’ve seen it both calm and in a storm. Only the person who has observed men and women at times like this, she thought, can be said to know them. And to know themselves.”
Némirovsky’s insight into the workings of the human mind and nature during wartime and occupation is amazing, and the way she puts it forth urges the reader to agree, despite the usually offensive traits that are portrayed. Her descriptions are stunning, transporting the reader right into France during World War II, before and during the Nazi occupation. Although a little lengthy, and sometimes dry, it is well worth the read in the end.
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Posted by courier at 08:19 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Nathan Hale (June 6, 1755 – September 22, 1776) was a captain in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. Widely considered America's first spy, he volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission, but was caught by the British. He is best remembered for his speech before being hanged following the Battle of Long Island, in which he allegedly said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the State Hero of Connecticut.
Visit the official Nathan Hale website for more information.
Hale has long been considered an American hero and, in 1985, he was officially designated the State Hero of Connecticut.
Visit the official Nathan Hale website for more information.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
Last year's reunion attracted dozens of
Campbell's former students. Courier PhotoTomorrow after school, Language Arts Teacher and Forensics Coach Campbell will be having his 10th student reunion in the staff lounge.
Each year, Campbell invites his previous English students, most of whom are juniors and seniors since he teaches mostly sophomores, to participate in an event to bring the classes together before they graduate from Logan. He asks the students to each bring a dish to the Staff Lounge to share with others. In other words, this occasion can be referred to as a potluck; this is also a chance for Campbell to reunite with his students.
Last year's reunion attracted dozens of
Campbell's former students. Courier Photo
Each year, Campbell invites his previous English students, most of whom are juniors and seniors since he teaches mostly sophomores, to participate in an event to bring the classes together before they graduate from Logan. He asks the students to each bring a dish to the Staff Lounge to share with others. In other words, this occasion can be referred to as a potluck; this is also a chance for Campbell to reunite with his students.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Have pasta for lunch or dinner Wednesday and help the Alvarado Middle School volleyball team.
KenYetta Agregado of the AMS staff has asked that everyone be reminded that the boys volleyball team will host a fund-raiser Wednesday at Pasta Pomodoro, in the Union Landing shopping center.
KenYetta Agregado of the AMS staff has asked that everyone be reminded that the boys volleyball team will host a fund-raiser Wednesday at Pasta Pomodoro, in the Union Landing shopping center.
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Posted by courier at 01:17 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
Chicken Caesar Wrap,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Join Logan Gymnastics! A meeting will be held at Pacific West Gymnastics for all that want to join on June 12, at 5:30 pm. See Mr. Rosenthal for more details. Everyone is welcome.
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Posted by courier at 10:12 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Mark Chediak
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
A sign alerts customers Circuit City
customers that the labled television
won't be able to receive over-the-air
channels starting in 2009.
Roberto Gonzalez/Orlando Sentinel/MCTORLANDO, Fla. — With some high-definition televisions selling north of $1,500 two years ago, John Cantrell thought he found a real bargain when he paid $680 for a new, silver-framed standard television.
Now, Cantrell, an 83-year-old retiree living on a fixed income, understands why the deal looked so good. The 34-inch Toshiba he bought for his family room may be obsolete in less than two years, when broadcasters are required to switch to all-digital signals.
Cantrell's set is an analog-only television, once a mainstay TV model but no longer produced for U.S. consumers as of March 1.
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
A sign alerts customers Circuit City
customers that the labled television
won't be able to receive over-the-air
channels starting in 2009.
Roberto Gonzalez/Orlando Sentinel/MCT
Now, Cantrell, an 83-year-old retiree living on a fixed income, understands why the deal looked so good. The 34-inch Toshiba he bought for his family room may be obsolete in less than two years, when broadcasters are required to switch to all-digital signals.
Cantrell's set is an analog-only television, once a mainstay TV model but no longer produced for U.S. consumers as of March 1.
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From wikinews.org:
Evan O'Dorney, a 13-year-old from California in the United States, has won the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee championship in Washington, D.C.
He spelt the word 'serrefine' correctly to defeat second place Nate Gartke, of Canada, and win the 80th annual bee. Gartke, from Spruce Grove, Alberta, was trying to become the first Canadian to win the championship.
O'Dorney, from Danville, said he knew how to spell the word, which is a noun describing small forceps, immediately after the pronouncer read it out.
He spelt the word 'serrefine' correctly to defeat second place Nate Gartke, of Canada, and win the 80th annual bee. Gartke, from Spruce Grove, Alberta, was trying to become the first Canadian to win the championship.
O'Dorney, from Danville, said he knew how to spell the word, which is a noun describing small forceps, immediately after the pronouncer read it out.
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By Matt Stearns
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — A presidential candidate's macaca moment is coming. Count on it.
When George Allen, a Virginia Republican running for re-election last year to the U.S. Senate, directed the word "macaca" at an opposition worker of Indian descent, the audience extended far beyond the few dozen small-town Virginians who witnessed the incident. Thanks to the Internet — and a Web-savvy opponent — it convulsed Allen's campaign and helped torpedo his bid against Democrat James Webb.
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — A presidential candidate's macaca moment is coming. Count on it.
When George Allen, a Virginia Republican running for re-election last year to the U.S. Senate, directed the word "macaca" at an opposition worker of Indian descent, the audience extended far beyond the few dozen small-town Virginians who witnessed the incident. Thanks to the Internet — and a Web-savvy opponent — it convulsed Allen's campaign and helped torpedo his bid against Democrat James Webb.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Pancho Villa as a boy.Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 23, 1923) — better known as Francisco Villa or, by the nickname for Francisco "Pancho". Pancho Villa — was one of the foremost leaders of the Mexican Revolution and provisional governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1913 and 1914. Villa mostly operated in the northern theatre of the war, centering on Chihuahua, in the north of Mexico. Villa is often referred to as El centauro del norte (The Centaur of the North), due to his celebrated cavalry attacks as a general. Numerous streets and neighborhoods in Mexico are named for Villa. In the United States, Villa is principally remembered for his 1916 raid on Columbus, New Mexico, that provoked the Punitive Expedition commanded by General John J. Pershing, although the raid itself was a fairly minor event in Villa's military campaign history.
See historical photographs of the Mexican Revolution, free from Michigan State University.
Pancho Villa as a boy.
See historical photographs of the Mexican Revolution, free from Michigan State University.
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Monday, June 04, 2007
By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
New Haven's buses will be retrofitted
to reduce emissions. Courier PhotoUNION CITY – Continuing its efforts to be a leader in environmental consciousness, the New Haven Unified School District will retrofit its entire fleet of buses, to reduce emissions by up to 85 percent.
The District, home of the first school in Alameda County running primarily on solar power, has won a $350,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to retrofit all 28 of its school buses. The grant is part of the Lower Emission School Bus Program (LESBP).
New Haven's buses will be retrofitted
to reduce emissions. Courier Photo
The District, home of the first school in Alameda County running primarily on solar power, has won a $350,000 grant from the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to retrofit all 28 of its school buses. The grant is part of the Lower Emission School Bus Program (LESBP).
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Egg Roll with Rice,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
All young men interested in playing basketball for James Logan High boys teams in 2007-2008 school year, please come to the Pavilion at 3:15 today and tomorrow for a meeting and Open Gym.
Anyone interested in playing water polo next fall please come to Room 45 to get a flier for summer camp, which starts Monday, June 18.
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Posted by courier at 02:51 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Seniors queued up to get their yearbooks
Friday. Courier Photo
Students began the annual ritual of signing each other's yearbooks Friday after school, when Logan Yearbook Advisor Erika Viray's staff distributed the newly arrived annual book to seniors who bought one.
Yearbook distribution to juniors, sophomores and freshmen began during the lunch periods Monday, and is scheduled to continue after school today, and during lunch and after school tomorrow.
Students who haven't yet bought one can do so for $90 each.
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By Chris Ott
(MCT)
Enjoy today's low gas prices while you still can.
With gas topping $4 a gallon in some parts of the country, it might seem hard to believe that things could get worse. But in the long run, there is really only one direction for the price of gas to go, and that's up.
Sure, the price of gas will probably dip from time to time again. But experts estimate that world oil production is already at or beyond its peak. That almost certainly means higher prices for the fuel that's left.
(MCT)
With gas topping $4 a gallon in some parts of the country, it might seem hard to believe that things could get worse. But in the long run, there is really only one direction for the price of gas to go, and that's up.
Sure, the price of gas will probably dip from time to time again. But experts estimate that world oil production is already at or beyond its peak. That almost certainly means higher prices for the fuel that's left.
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Sunday, June 03, 2007
The Courier's visitor counter at the bottom
of the page hit 50,000 tonight.
Apparent software glitches at The Courier's Internet Service Provider, Visionhead Technologies, sidelined the Union City-based online student "newspaper," said to be the only daily, 365-days-per-year, high-school-based news operation of its kind in the world, for most of the day Sunday, but the problems were solved in time for the paper to greet its 50,000th visitor.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology. He excavated at many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt such as Abydos and Amarna. Probably his most important discovery was that of the Merneptah Stele.
Early life
Born in Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent (now S.E.London), England, Petrie was the grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the Australian coastline. Petrie was raised in a devout Christian household (his father being Plymouth Brethren), and was educated at home. His father, a surveyor, taught his son how to survey accurately, laying the foundation for a career excavating and surveying ancient sites in Egypt and the Levant.
Read Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri by Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie, free from Project Gutenberg.
Early life
Born in Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent (now S.E.London), England, Petrie was the grandson of Captain Matthew Flinders, explorer of the Australian coastline. Petrie was raised in a devout Christian household (his father being Plymouth Brethren), and was educated at home. His father, a surveyor, taught his son how to survey accurately, laying the foundation for a career excavating and surveying ancient sites in Egypt and the Levant.
Read Egyptian Tales, Translated from the Papyri by Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie, free from Project Gutenberg.
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Saturday, June 02, 2007
By Joni Balter
Seattle Times (MCT)
While everyone else is focusing on Bush incompetence and the red-state/blue-state standoff, a more significant and quiet revolution is under way among younger voters. They are identifying more and more with the Democratic Party.
In an effort to classify the newest generation of voters, researchers say obvious things about those now ages 18 to 25. These so-called Gen Nexters rely heavily on technology and the Internet. Knew that. They maintain close contact with parents and family. Figured that. They wear a ton of tattoos. Yes, of course.
Seattle Times (MCT)
In an effort to classify the newest generation of voters, researchers say obvious things about those now ages 18 to 25. These so-called Gen Nexters rely heavily on technology and the Internet. Knew that. They maintain close contact with parents and family. Figured that. They wear a ton of tattoos. Yes, of course.
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All-Beef Hot Dog,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Curious to know where your ancestors came from and how they migrated around the world? In a partnership with Cal State East Bay, next year’s biotechnology students will be using their own DNA to do just that! Sign up for Biotechnology and learn you unique ancestry, and earn college credit while you learn! See your counselor to sign up!
CLUBS:
Very important Drama Club meeting this Wednesday after school at 3 pm. We will be electing officers for next year. Be there!
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Posted by courier at 07:02 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Friday, June 01, 2007
By Karen Robinson-Jacobs
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
CHICAGO — With lights burning 24-7, grease by the gallon and storm drain clogging to-go cups, the nation's restaurant industry hardly screams green.
But its largest trade group, with prodding from a smaller, eco-driven one, is preparing to change the industry's stripes.
In January, the board of the National Restaurant Association voted to promote more ecologically friendly practices in the nation's 900,000-plus eating establishments.
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
But its largest trade group, with prodding from a smaller, eco-driven one, is preparing to change the industry's stripes.
In January, the board of the National Restaurant Association voted to promote more ecologically friendly practices in the nation's 900,000-plus eating establishments.
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By Stephen Becker
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
Opening today:
KNOCKED UP — Opposites Seth Rogan and Katherine Heigl plan for a baby after a one night stand.
RISE: BLOOD HUNTER — A woman seeks revenge against those who turned her into a member of the undead.
GRACIE — A teen strives to even the playing field for women's soccer.
MR. BROOKS — Kevin Costner plays a businessman who murders people in his spare time.
(c) 2007, The Dallas Morning News.
Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide Web at http://www.dallasnews.com/
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
Opening today:
KNOCKED UP — Opposites Seth Rogan and Katherine Heigl plan for a baby after a one night stand.
RISE: BLOOD HUNTER — A woman seeks revenge against those who turned her into a member of the undead.
GRACIE — A teen strives to even the playing field for women's soccer.
MR. BROOKS — Kevin Costner plays a businessman who murders people in his spare time.
(c) 2007, The Dallas Morning News.
Visit The Dallas Morning News on the World Wide Web at http://www.dallasnews.com/
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
Posted by courier at 02:17 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
A group of religious demonstrators
shouted at students leaving school
Thursday. Courier Photo
For the second time in five weeks, a small group of religious zealots stationed themselves on the corner of Syracuse Avenue and H Street to shout a religious diatribe to departing students and staff.
The small group of men, holding signs warning passersby of the possible consequences of a variety of listed sins, also used a megaphone to deliver their message, all under the watchful eye of school administrators and Union City police.
District officials are trying to find a legal way to stifle the street-corner preachers, largely because they sometimes shout slogans condemning adherants to religions other than their brand of Christianity.
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By Iona Childers, Courier Foods Editor
Tea Station Newark
39115 Cedar Blvd.
Newark, CA
510-713-9588
Sometimes having the element of surprise isn't all it's cracked up to be.
This past Tuesday was the birthday of a co-worker, and a mutual friend of ours decided to take her out to eat afterschool. The meeting place was at the tennis courts, but as we stood there waiting - it became quite clear that our friend wasn't going to show. She had been competing in the duct tape boat races during the day, and my friend wasn't able to reach her on the cell phone. Great.
The friend who decided to plan everything ended up wanting to go home -feeling a little disappointed by a backfired surprise. Well, I had my heart set on eating something and I just hate having to disappoint my stomach. Luckily I was able to get a hold of a friend who was still in the parking lot and she suggested we try a new place by Ranch 99.
Tea Station Newark
39115 Cedar Blvd.
Newark, CA
510-713-9588
Sometimes having the element of surprise isn't all it's cracked up to be.
This past Tuesday was the birthday of a co-worker, and a mutual friend of ours decided to take her out to eat afterschool. The meeting place was at the tennis courts, but as we stood there waiting - it became quite clear that our friend wasn't going to show. She had been competing in the duct tape boat races during the day, and my friend wasn't able to reach her on the cell phone. Great.
The friend who decided to plan everything ended up wanting to go home -feeling a little disappointed by a backfired surprise. Well, I had my heart set on eating something and I just hate having to disappoint my stomach. Luckily I was able to get a hold of a friend who was still in the parking lot and she suggested we try a new place by Ranch 99.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Statue of Marquette
carved in marble by
Gaetano Trentanove,
a 1896 gift from France,
located in the U.S. House
of Representatives.
US Gov. photo Father Jacques Marquette (June 10, 1637–May 18, 1675) and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River. Father Marquette was born in Laon, France, and joined the Society of Jesus at age seventeen. After working and teaching in France for several years, he was dispatched to Quebec in 1666 to preach to the Native Americans, where he showed great proficiency in the local languages, especially Huron.
In 1668 Father Marquette was redeployed by his superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes. He worked at Sault Ste. Marie and at the Mission of the Holy Spirit in La Pointe, on Lake Superior, near the present-day city of Ashland, Wisconsin. Here, he came into contact with members of the Illinois tribes, who told him of the existence of the Mississippi River and invited him to come teach further south. Due to wars between the Hurons at La Pointe and the neighboring Dakota people, however, Father Marquette had to relocate to the Straits of Mackinac, where he informed his superiors about the rumored river, and requested permission to explore it.
Read Father Jacques Marquette's journal of his explorations, free from Creighton University.
Statue of Marquette
carved in marble by
Gaetano Trentanove,
a 1896 gift from France,
located in the U.S. House
of Representatives.
US Gov. photo
In 1668 Father Marquette was redeployed by his superiors to missions farther up the St. Lawrence River in the western Great Lakes. He worked at Sault Ste. Marie and at the Mission of the Holy Spirit in La Pointe, on Lake Superior, near the present-day city of Ashland, Wisconsin. Here, he came into contact with members of the Illinois tribes, who told him of the existence of the Mississippi River and invited him to come teach further south. Due to wars between the Hurons at La Pointe and the neighboring Dakota people, however, Father Marquette had to relocate to the Straits of Mackinac, where he informed his superiors about the rumored river, and requested permission to explore it.
Read Father Jacques Marquette's journal of his explorations, free from Creighton University.
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