This is the archive for May 2009
LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Remember Students: Payment of student bills can only be made by cash or money order. Personal checks are not accepted.
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From The Courier's Archives
Note: Due to technical problems, we are unable to display several of the comics we had planned for today at this time. Our technical staff is working on the problem. Check back later for more comics.
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Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910) was an abolitionist and women's rights activist, and the first woman to practice medicine in the United States with a college degree.
Blackwell was born in Bristol, England, the third of nine children born to a sugar refiner who could afford to give his numerous sons, as well as his daughters, an education. In 1831, the family emigrated to the United States, and set up a refinery in New York City. After the death of her father, she took up a career in teaching. Desiring to apply herself to the practice of medicine, she took up residence in a physician's household, using her time there to study from the family's medical library. She became active in the anti-slavery movement (as did her brother Henry Brown Blackwell, who married Lucy Stone), in the course of which she made friends with Harriet Beecher Stowe. Another brother, Samuel C. Blackwell, married another important figure in women's rights, Antoinette Brown.
Read "Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell's Graduation--An Eye-Witness Account" by Margaret Munro DeLancey, free from the Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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Fernando Amorsolo y Cueto (May 30, 1892 - April 26, 1972) is one of the most important artists in the history of painting in the Philippines. Amorsolo was a portraitist and painter of rural Philippine landscapes. He is popularly known for his craftsmanship and mastery in the use of light. Born in Paco, Manila, he earned a degree from the Liceo de Manila Art School in 1909.
Learn more about Fernando Amorsolo, free from the Lopez Museum.
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LOVE N' DANCING
2 stars (out of 5)
Cast: Tom Malloy, Amy Smart, Billy Zane, Rachel Dratch
Director: Robert Iscove
Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes
Industry rating: PG-13 for some sexual references
By Roger Moore
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
"Love N' Dancing" isn't a "Lifetime Original Movie." Not yet. But you can hear the commercials for it as you watch it.
"She couldn't feel until she learned to move. He couldn't hear until he listened to his heart. And switched on his hearing aid."
This edge-free competitive dance drama doesn't drift much from its formula — pretty school teacher (Amy Smart of the "Crank" movies) lives in the shadow with dullish fiance (Billy Zane) until she starts taking West Coast Swing Dance lessons from the two-time U.S. champ, Jake (Tom Malloy).
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By Margaret Talev and Warren P. Strobel
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has a sweeping goal for his speech Thursday in Cairo, Egypt: to begin remaking the dynamic between the United States and Muslims abroad.
He'll declare a clean break from the Bush administration's "war-on-terror" approach to foreign affairs and forcefully endorse establishing a Palestinian state.
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From wikipedia:
Alfonsina Storni (May 29, 1892 – October 25, 1938) was one of the most important Latin-American poets of the postmodernism movement.
Alfonsina was born in Sala Capriasca, Switzerland to an Argentine beer industrialist living in Switzerland for a few years. There, Alfonsina learned to speak Italian. After the family's business had failed, it opened a tavern in the city of Rosario, Argentina, where Alfonsina worked at a variety of chores.
In 1907, she joined a traveling theatre company which took her around the country. With them she performed in Henrik Ibsen's Spectres, Benito Pérez Galdós's La loca de la casa, and Florencio Sánchez's Los muertos.
Read some of Alfonsina Storni's poems, free from famouspoetsandpoems.com.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
CCMS needs 20 student volunteers to help them move back to their old address at Hop Ranch Road. The times are from 8 - 12 this Saturday (5/30). For more details call Ms Mohammed at 471-5363 ext 2015
Don’t miss Logan's fantastic Student Art Show, on display in Century Theater lobby now through this Friday, May 29th. The show features artwork from over 60 AP, Digital and Multicultural Art students.
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By Jenelle Gallardo,
Courier Staff Writer
As the school year comes to an end, students are faced with new beginnings. Seniors are headed out of high school, toward summer plans and beyond.
"I want to get a job at Wells Fargo and a head start on GED's at Ohlone, and maybe a quick trip to Canada to visit my cousin I've never seen before," said senior Mandip Sekhon.
Senior Kristen Kidd plans to spend her near future "cheerleading at Ohlone, shopping, working, boys, more shopping, and [going to] L.A."
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From wikipedia:
Papa John Creach (b. John Henry Creach May 28, 1917, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; d. February 22, 1994, Los Angeles, California) was the fiddler for Jefferson Airplane (1970-1975), Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship, Jefferson Starship - The Next Generation, the San Francisco All-Stars (1979-1984), The Dinosaurs (1982-1989), and Steve Taylor.
Creach began playing violin in Chicago bars when the family moved there in 1935, and eventually joined a local cabaret band, the Chocolate Music Bars. Moving to L.A. in 1945, he played in the Chi Chi Club, spent time working on an ocean liner, appeared in "a couple of pictures", and performed as a duo with Nina Russell.
Read an interview with Papa John Creach.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
CCMS needs 20 student volunteers to help them move back to their old address at Hop Ranch Road. The times are from 8 - 12 this Saturday (5/30). For more details call Ms Mohammed at 471-5363 ext 2015
Don’t miss Logan's fantastic Student Art Show, on display in Century Theater lobby now through this Friday, May 29th. The show features artwork from over 60 AP, Digital and Multicultural Art students.
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By Gene Trainor
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
FORT WORTH, Texas — They offer the dream of a good-paying job in a high-demand field, easy admission, flexible hours and help with the thicket of paperwork to obtain federal financial aid.
For students who work full time, prefer hands-on training and want a degree or certification quickly, private, for-profit schools seem like an ideal solution. And some graduates have found career success.
But others may leave saddled with debt and little else. Many graduates find that public and selective private colleges won't accept transfer credits, or that the degrees or certificates won't land them a job. Ultimately, taxpayers foot the bill when students default on their federally insured loans.
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From wikipedia:
Samuel Dashiell Hammett (May 27, 1894—January 10, 1961) was an American author of hardboiled detective novels and short stories. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (
The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (
The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (
Red Harvest and
The Dain Curse). In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on film, Hammett "is now widely regarded as one of the finest mystery writers of all time" and was called, in his obituary in
The New York Times, "the dean of the... 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction".
Learn more about Dashiell Hammett, free from PBS.org/
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
CCMS needs 20 student volunteers to help them move back to their old address at Hop Ranch Road. The times are from 8 - 12 this Saturday (5/30). For more details call Ms Mohammed at 471-5363 ext 2015
Don’t miss the student art show, on display in Century Theater lobby now through May 29th. See awesome artwork from AP, Digital and Multicultural Art.
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If confirmed, Sonia Sotomayor
would be the first latina on the
U.S. Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama introduced his nominee to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, Judge Sonia Sotomayor of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Appearing in the White House East Room with her at his side, Obama called Sotomayor "an inspiring woman who I believe will make a great justice."
He said she met his two basic criteria, intellect and a "recognition of the limits of the judicial role. ... A judge's role is to interpret, not make law."
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"Fallout 3: Broken Steel"
For: Xbox 360 and PC
Requires: Fallout 3
From: Bethesda Softworks
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and gore, intense violence, sexual
themes, strong language, use of drugs)
Your successful ability to download "Fallout 3: Broken Steel" will be acknowledged in "Fallout 3" via a dialogue box stating as much, but beyond that — and unlike "Fallout 3's" previous content packs, which jetted you off to faux-Anchorage and Pittsburgh — "Steel" leaves it up to you to find it.
That, mostly, is due to the fact that "Steel" not only takes place after the events of "Fallout 3," but possibly alters some of those events as well. If you've witnessed the game's final scene, you likely know what, precisely, needs altering.
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By Steven Thomma And Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — North Korea's new in-your-face test of a nuclear weapon poses a grave new challenge to President Barack Obama, one with no clear path to a solution.
Obama vowed Monday that the international community would "stand up" to North Korea for its belligerent action, and the U.N. Security Council unanimously condemned the North Korean test Monday afternoon, calling it a "clear violation" of a 2006 U.N. resolution.
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From wikipedia:
Rosario Castellanos (25 May 1925 – 7 August 1974) was a Mexican poet and author. Along with the other members of the Generation of 1950 (the poets who wrote following the second world war, influenced by Cesar Vallejo and others), she was one of Mexico's most important literary voices in the last century. Throughout her life, she wrote eloquently about issues of cultural and gender oppression, and her work has influenced feminist theory and cultural studies. Though she died young, she opened the door of Mexican literature to women, and left a legacy that still resonates today.
Read selected poems of Rosario Castellanos, free from the Western Michigan University.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Jonathan Wild (baptised 6 May 1683–24 May 1725) was perhaps the most famous criminal of London — and possibly Great Britain — during the 18th century, both because of his own actions and the uses novelists, playwrights, and political satirists made of them. He invented a scheme which allowed him to run one of the most successful gangs of thieves of the era, all the while appearing to be the nation's leading policeman. He manipulated the press and the nation's fears to become the most loved public figure of the 1720s; this love turned to hatred when his villainy was exposed. After his death, he became a symbol of corruption and hypocrisy.
Read The History of the Life of the Late Mr Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding, free from Project Gutenberg.
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From wikipedia:
Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr. (May 23, 1875 – February 17, 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors.
Sloan was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He studied electrical engineering and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1895. While attending MIT he joined the Delta Upsilon fraternity.
Visit the website of the Afred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Former Vice President
Dick Cheney
U.S. Gov.photo
WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney's defense Thursday of the Bush administration's policies for interrogating suspected terrorists contained omissions, exaggerations and misstatements.
In his address to the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative policy organization in Washington, Cheney said that the techniques the Bush administration approved, including waterboarding — simulated drowning that's considered a form of torture — forced nakedness and sleep deprivation, were "legal" and produced information that "prevented the violent death of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of innocent people."
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By Mei-Xin Yang, Courier Daily Editor
We hear from TV advertisements and other media channels that we should go green and save our environment, by recycling papers, using solar energy for electricity and more.
Next week, on Saturday and Sunday, the San Mateo Expo Center is going to have a Maker Faire for everyone who is interested of using recycled materials to make new things. This event advocates going green and saving our environment, just the thing that fits our needs for today's society.
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Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
43337 Christy St., Fremont, Ca 94538
510-651-9000
A small, trendy sushi eatery in Pacific Commons, Little Mad Fish is a treat for the taste buds as well as the wallet.
Walking into Little Mad Fish with my family, we were promptly greeted and led to a table. Seated at the booths, I couldn't help but be intrigued by the design of the restaurant. The perfect mix of classy, modern and traditional the looks of this restaurant are only fortified by its delicious food and excellent service.
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By Weida Siddiqi, Courier Staff Writer
This year's STAR testing went well, but could be improved next year, said Vice Principal Rhonda Neagle, who was in charge of the mandated testing sessions that spread over two weeks of school.
California requires that every year students in the third grade through 11th grade take what's called standardized testing. The tests are taken so the state, the school board and others can see what level students are at in subjects such as language arts, math, and science.
Turnout was good for this year's round of testing. According to Neagle, only about about 35 of the 1100 freshman, 63 of the 985 sophomores, and 147 of the 1009 juniors did not show up to take the tests the first day of testing April 21.
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By Cait Baca, Courier Staff Writer
The annual two-day Dance Concert winds up tonight after opening night performances Thursday.
Every year, Logan holds a showcase where dancers of the Intermediate and Advanced dance classes have an opportunity to present various dance numbers. Dance styles include Tap, Jazz, Hip-Hop, and Lyrical. The dancers have been working hard to create the various pieces all semester, and have experienced some straining rehearsal practices this week. All are anticipated to perform tonight and tomarrow night.
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From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
Self Portrait, Mary CassattMary Stevenson Cassatt (May 22, 1844 – June 14, 1926) was an American painter and printmaker. She lived much of her adult life in France, where she first befriended Edgar Degas and later exhibited among the Impressionists.
Cassatt (pronounced ca-SAHT) often created images of the social and private lives of women, with particular emphasis on the intimate bonds between mothers and children.
See more of Mary Cassatt's paintings, free from the Webmuseum.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Hillview Crest Elementary School made a significant jump in statewide rankings released today by the California Department of Education as part of the 2008 Academic Performance Index (API) "base reports."
Statewide rankings show how each school compares to all other schools in California. A rank of 10 means that a school is in the top 10 percent of all schools statewide, compared separately for elementary, middle or high schools. A rank of 1 denotes the lowest 10 percent.
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EMINEM "Relapse" Grade: D
The most annoying thing about Eminem's latest album, "Relapse" (Aftermath), is the waste.
Oh, sure, he says disgusting things. He talks about giving a woman a crude, old-school abortion in "Medicine Ball." He fantasizes about kidnapping Hannah Montana and then forcing her to choose between marrying him or getting murdered in "Underground." And he graphically discusses getting sexually molested by his stepfather in "Insane."
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From wikipedia:
Alfred Moore (May 21, 1755 – October 15, 1810) was a distinguished North Carolina judge who became a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore Square, a park located in the Moore Square Historic District in Raleigh, North Carolina was named in his honor. Moore was buried at the St. Philip's Church near Wilmington.
His father, Maurice, preceded him in the practice of law and served as a colonial judge in North Carolina. Alfred was sent to Boston to complete his education, but he returned to North Carolina and apprenticed at the law with his father before being admitted to the bar at the age of twenty.
Learn more about Alfred Moore, free from jrank.org.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Don’t miss the student art show, on display in Century Theater lobby now through May 29th. See awesome artwork from AP, Digital and Multicultural Art.
BSU meeting on Thursday, 5/21/09, in Room 529 at 3:35. Meeting will be short.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received the annual Superintendent’s report on Measure A and the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee’s annual report on the $120 million bond, approved by New Haven voters in 2003.
Using state matching funds and local revenues and transfers, the District has increased the impact of the bond to $169 million and financed the construction of Conley-Caraballo High School, modernization projects at Cesar Chavez Middle School and Alvarado Middle School, the construction of new classrooms, a childcare center and the Performing Arts Center at James Logan High School, and several other projects. Future projects include the Culinary Arts Institute at Logan.
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Despite backing from the
California Teachers Association
and others, five measures were
defeated Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — Saying California voters delivered a message to "go all out" in cutting government spending, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday promised to make severe cuts in education, health care and law enforcement.
"We tried to not make those kind of cuts, but now we have to," the Republican governor told reporters in Washington. "There's no other choice. I think the message was clear from the people: Go all out and make those cuts and live within your means."
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By Rob Christensen
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Elizabeth Edwards said she became physically ill when her husband, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, told her he was having an affair.
"I cried and screamed. I went to the bathroom and threw up," Edwards says in her new memoir.
Elizabeth Edwards, 59, who lives outside Chapel Hill, N.C., writes that John Edwards told her of his affair with campaign videographer Rielle Hunter shortly after he announced his second run for the presidency in December 2006 in New Orleans.
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From wikipedia:
Faisal bin Al Hussein Bin Ali El-Hashemi, 20 May 1883 – September 8, 1933) was for a short time King of Greater Syria in 1920 and King of Iraq from 23 August 1921, to 1933. He was a member of the Hashemite dynasty, a descendant of the tribe of Muhammad. Faisal encouraged overcoming cleavage between Sunni and Shiite to foster common loyalty and promote pan-Arabism in the goal of creating an Arab state that would include Iraq, Syria, and parts of the Fertile Crescent. While in power, Faisal tried to diversify his administration by including different ethnic and religious groups in offices. He faced great challenges in achieving this because the region was under European, specifically French and British, control and other Arab leaders of the time were hostile to his ideas as they pursued their own political aspirations for power. In addition, Faisal’s attempt at pan-Arab nationalism inevitably isolated certain religious groups.
Read about Faisal's acceptance of the Balfour Declaration, free from the Jewish Virtual Library.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
HopeConnections elections meeting today in Room 521. This will be the last meeting of the year!
Devry University will have an info table in Colt Ct today during lunch.
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Johnny Rodelas, left, with friend
Anthony Guerrero at the Junior Prom
a week before his accident.
On May 9th, Johnny Rodelas was in a tragic accident on Central Avenue in Union City. He was so young and still had such a wonderful life to look forward to. Many of you probably know Johnny because of his sense of humor and great smile. There was never a time in life that he would get mad or hold grudges.
As many of you already know, many of Johnny's friends shared their time together on Monday May 11th, in the Spot. At this time teachers, counselors, friends and family got up in front of all of Johnny's fellow classmates and loved ones and shared their memories, which will never be forgotten. Everyone was given a chance to sign posters and make cards for the family.
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The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT)
TOKYO — The uproar over a Japanese video game featuring the rape of two girls and their mother has led to increased calls by the public to more strictly regulate child pornography.
Although the sale of the rape game has been suspended in response to a protest from an international human rights organization, a large number of similar games are still on sale across the country.
In the computer game, developed and first sold in 2006 by a Yokohama-based game software maker, a player gropes two girls — who appear to be teenagers — and their mother while in a subway carriage, then confines and rapes the three, making them pregnant. The player then forces the three to terminate their pregnancies.
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By Jericho Faustino, Courier Daily Editor
In the large scale WW2 strategic game,
Order of War, you command either the Axis or Allies. The developers Wargaming.net has partnered with Final Fantasy publisher Square Enix in hopes to create a comparably epic game. Order of War offers huge battles in both single-player and multiplayer with upwards of 1.000 soldiers actively fighting.
The game has been in development for some three and a half years; in fact, it has been released in Russia under the name "Operation Bagration." Although "Operation Bagration" only had Eastern Front combat, it still went on to win several Russian gamer community awards.
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Velvet Assassin
Reviewed for: Xbox 360
Also available for: Windows PC
From: Replay Studios/Southpeak Games
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, strong language, intense violence, use of drugs)
Provided you have your wits about you, "Velvet Assassin" — which loosely takes its inspiration from the heroic efforts of World War II Allied Forces secret agent Violette Szabo — is a game with small issues that only occasionally prove troublesome to the overall experience. That's saying something, because if there's a kind of game that really can't afford to get sloppy, it's a stealth action game that, like this one, penalizes you hard for your own lack of self-discipline.
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From wikipedia:
Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor, CH, (May 19, 1879 – May 2, 1964) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament (MP) in the British House of Commons. (Constance Markiewicz was the first woman elected to serve in the House of Commons after running for the Sinn Féin party in 1918, but in line with Sinn Féin policy she did not take her seat.) She was the wife of Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor.
Astor was born Nancy Witcher Langhorne in Danville, Virginia, in the United States. Her father was Chiswell Dabney Langhorne and her mother was Nancy Witcher Keene. Her father's earlier business venture had depended at least in part upon slave labor and had been badly damaged by the fallout from the American Civil War, causing the family to live in near-poverty for several years before Nancy was born. After her birth her father began working to regain the family wealth, first with a job as an auctioneer and later with a job that he obtained with the railroad by using old contacts from his work as a contractor. By the time she was thirteen years old, the Langhornes were again a rich family with a sizeable home. Chiswell Langhorne later moved the family to their estate, known as Mirador, in Albemarle County, Virginia.
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Astronauts Michael Good (bottom) and Mike
Massimino participate in the STS-125 mission's
fourth spacewalk. NASA photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Astronauts Michael Massimino and Michael Good were hoping Sunday their tough repair mission, fixing the Hubble telescope's black-hole hunter, would go as smoothly as Saturday's spacewalk that revived a dead space camera on the observatory.
No such luck.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Spring football practice at 3:15 p.m. on the Big Green. All students wanting to try out for football are welcome to attend.
The next Principal’s Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19, at 10:50 a.m. Students on this committee, please report to the Spot.
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"Big Rob" Lealao, center, and a
Polynesian Club member cook
chicken for the Unity Fair Friday.
Courier Photo
On Friday, Logan held the annual Unity Fair to celebrate the various cultures and ethnicities we have at Logan. It was a way to appreciate our culture and learn about other peoples' also. From the great food they had to the wonderful dances each culture presented, it was great.
I enjoyed the Polynesian food the most, which was presented by the Polynesian Club. They served chicken,white rice and macaroni salad. To top it all off I had an iced mocha from the Garden Club.
I feel like the Unity Fair brought Logan's many cultures together. Logan is always known for having racial issues. This one day can change one's mind about how they feel about a culture, either enlightening them or making them appreciate what they already knew.
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From wikipedia:
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus who along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.
Born in Berlin, Walter Gropius was the third child of Walter Adolph Gropius and Manon Auguste Pauline Scharnweber. Gropius married Alma Mahler (1879-1964), widow of Gustav Mahler. Walter and Alma's daughter, named Manon after Walter's mother, was born in 1916. When Manon died of polio at age eighteen, composer Alban Berg wrote his
Violin Concerto in memory of her (it is inscribed "to the memory of an angel"). Gropius and Alma divorced in 1920. (Alma had by that time established a relationship with Franz Werfel, whom she later married.) In 1923 Gropius married Ise (Ilse) Frank (d. 1983), and they remained together until his death. They adopted Beate Gropius, also known as Ati.
See photos of Walter Gropius' Fagus Works, free from greatbuildings.com.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Spring football practice begins today at 3:15 p.m. on the Big Green. All students wanting to try out for football are welcome to attend.
Today West Point Military Academy will be tabling in Colt Court during both lunch periods. If you think you’ve got what it takes to attend this most prestigious of higher learning institutes, or you just want to find out more about West Point, come speak with Cadet VanDusen.
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The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT)
TOKYO — A 17-year-old third-year male student in Kobe, Japan, was confirmed infected with the new type of influenza virus, or H1N1, also known as swine flu, Saturday, according to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
It is the first infection of the new flu confirmed in Japan outside of cases discovered during onboard quarantine inspections at airports.
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FireMouth by Chyna Cunningham, Courier Staff Artist
From The Courier's Archives
J is for Jenius by Christina Jue,
Courier Comics Editor
Oh, Snap! by Fred Jedder, Courier Staff Writer
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From wikipedia:
Horace Elgin Dodge (May 17, 1868 — December 10, 1920) was an American automobile manufacturing pioneer and co-founder of Dodge Brothers Company.
Early years and business
Born in Niles, Michigan, where his father owned a foundry and machine shop, Horace Dodge and his elder brother John were inseparable as children and as adults. In 1886, the Dodge brothers moved to Detroit where they took jobs at a boiler maker plant. In 1894 they went to work as machinists at the Dominion Typograph Company across the Detroit River in Windsor, Ontario.
Learn about Horace Dodge's steam yacht, Dephine, free from ssdelphine.com.
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A U.S. coin commemorating
the Little Rock Nine's
anti-segregation protest.
WASHINGTON — This Sunday, America will mark the 55th anniversary of Thurgood Marshall's historic Supreme Court victory in Brown v. Board of Education.
If Marshall were still alive, however, he would urge us to stop celebrating 1954 and start accepting responsibility for our complicity in the creation of a "separate but equal" education apartheid system — with one method of instruction for the poor and another for the privileged.
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By Tim Higgins
Detroit Free Press (MCT)
DETROIT — General Motors on Friday announced it would inform about 1,100 dealers — or 18 percent of its 5,969 stores — that the automaker no longer "sees them as part of its dealer network on a long-term basis."
"This process starts today, as GM begins contacting dealers regarding its long-term planning," the company said in a statement.
GM said that, in most cases, existing franchise agreements run through October 2010.
The troubled automaker described the dealers being let go as "underperforming" and having "very small sales."
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From wikipedia:
David Edward Hughes (16 May 1831 – 22 January 1900) coinventor of the microphone, and an accomplished Welsh musician and a professor of music as well as chair of natural philosophy at a seminary for women in Bardstown, Kentucky.
Hughes was born in London in 1831 and emigrated to the United States as a young man. He was an experimental physicist, mostly in the areas of electricity and signals. He also invented an improved microphone, which was a modification of Thomas Edison's carbon telephone transmitter. He revived the term "microphone" to describe the transmitter's ability to transmit extremely weak sounds to a Bell telephone receiver. He invented the induction balance (later used in metal detectors) and in 1879 to transmitted and received radio waves. Despite Hughes' facility as an experimenter, he had little mathematical training. He was a friend of William Henry Preece.
Learn more about David Edward Hughes and his inventions, free from Clarkson University.
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Sohail Khan, 13, shows his
shrapnel wound in his stomach.
(Saeed Shah/MCT)
MARDAN, Pakistan — The Pakistani army denies knowing that its war against Islamic militants has caused civilian casualties, but patients and family members at a local hospital told McClatchy Newspapers on Thursday that multiple relatives were killed when the military shelled or bombed their homes.
So far, there appear to be just a handful of civilian casualties from the fighting in Swat, a valley 100 miles from Islamabad. More of them, however, along with damage to homes and businesses and the plight of the hundreds of thousands who've been displaced by the fighting, could undermine hard-won public support for fighting the Taliban.
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Courier Staff Report
Olympic women’s softball silver medalist Vicky Galindo will be the Grand Marshal of the Union City 50th Anniversary Parade tomorrow.
James Logan’s Marching Band and Color Guard, which performed with the official International Olympic Orchestra were hometown hero Galindo won her medal, will also be a featured parade entry in the parade.
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By Jamey Padojino, Courier Daily Editor
The newest version of Star Trek has movie watchers wondering what the future holds for Captain James T. Kirk and the I.S.S. Enterprise crew.
Released last Friday, this movie is said to be the biggest movie of the season. Considering the positive reviews Star Trek has been receiving, this feat nonetheless stands true.
The movie is enjoyable for both sci-fi lovers and the average Joe who has no background on the storyline. It is a prequel to all the other movies, so they storyline is not difficult to understand.
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MISCELLANEOUS
NHUSD Foundation needs volunteers to pass out flyers at this Saturday’s parade. For more information check your Logan e-mail.
The next Principal’s Advisory Committee meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 19, at 10:50 a.m. Students on this committee, please report to the Spot.
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By Dan DeLuca
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
PHILADELPHIA — Asher Roth isn't like other rappers.
The rising star whose debut album "Asleep in the Bread Aisle" went straight to No. 1 when it was released on iTunes on Monday hails from nowhere near the hood.
The 23-year-old rhymer grew up in the middle-class community of Morrisville, Pa. His hip-hop calling card is "I Love College," an ode to higher-education hedonism born of his experiences while sort-of studying to be an elementary-school teacher on the leafy campus of West Chester University.
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By Walter Tunis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
The catalyst was always rebellion. From the time George Clinton merged his Parliament and Funkadelic bands into a single, massive conglomerate, he knew the grooves his fans would flock to would be the ones their parents actively avoided.
"I always try to find the music parents hate and then gravitate towards that," said Clinton, 67.
"Doing that, I legitimize that music. It has always worked like that. When I hear something that parents hate, I know it's going to be the next big music. Hey, kids always like what their parents don't like, right?"
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By Glenn Gamboa
Newsday (MCT)
After reinventing themselves as serious rock artists and reviving their commercial fortunes with "American Idiot," Green Day is in the unusually awkward position of following a masterpiece.
So what do the Berkeley, Calif., punks do? They uncork "21st Century Breakdown" (Reprise) — an album that's bigger, broader and even more ambitious than "Idiot," an album that manages to cram in both more potential hits and more far-reaching sociopolitical statements. Yes, they've raised the bar once again.
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Circle of Three: Ring of light
By Isobel Bird
Reading level: Young Adult
Library Binding: 220 pages
Publisher: Rebound by Sagebrush
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0613492986
ISBN-13: 978-0613492980Kate stopped at the door and turned to look at her boyfriend. His black hair was, as usual, tousled but adorable, and his eyes, a peculiar deep gold color, sparkled in the July sun. Her parents had met Tyler a few times and seemed to like him, but she was still a little nervous. This was the first time they'd all be together for more than half an hour. Tyler was the first guy she'd brought home since Scott, and they'd thought that Scott was the perfect boyfriend for her. They hadn't understood when she broke things off with him, and she knew that might make them particularly critical of Tyler, who had replaced Scott as the guy in her life. "Don't worry," she said, reassuring herself as much as she was reassuring Tyler. "They're going to love you." Tyler grinned. "That would be nice," he said, "but the only one I need to love me is you."ť
Book six of Isobel Bird's popular series
Circle of Three is about all three girls trying to continue their studies of Wicca. Well, except for Cooper, who decided to leave the group in the previous book in the series. So, will Cooper really stop the group altogether or will fate bring her back to Annie and Kate?
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MISCELLANEOUS
NHUSD Foundation needs volunteers to pass out flyers at this Saturday’s parade. For more information check your Logan e-mail.
The 9th Annual Children’s Art & Science Festival is being held at the Hayward Parent Nursery School and they need student volunteers. Want to help? Pick up a green flyer in the Career Center.
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Courier Staff Report
Logan's teachers and others ate a tasty and free breakfast this morning, provided to them by the ASB and the school's administration as thanks and recognition of the Day of the Teacher.
Dozens of teachers and other Logan staff lined up before school to get plates full of bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, fruit and other goodies dished up by Leadership students and administrators.
Tomorrow, they'll be served lunch.
Other recognition of the teachers' work came in the form of praising emails from Principal Judy Billingsley and Superintendent Kari McVeigh.
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From wikipedia:
Georges Braque (13 May 1882 – 31 August 1963) was a major 20th century French painter and sculptor who, along with Pablo Picasso, developed the art movement known as cubism.
Georges Braque was born in Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise. He grew up in Le Havre and trained to be a house painter and decorator, as his father and grandfather were, but he also studied painting in the evenings at the École des Beaux-Arts in Le Havre from about 1897 to 1899. He apprenticed in Paris under a decorator and was awarded his certificate in 1902. The following year, he attended the Académie Humbert, also in Paris, and painted there until 1904. It was here that he met Marie Laurencin and Francis Picabia.
See examples of Georges Braque's work, free from artcyclopedia.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Spring football practice begins on Monday at 3:55 p.m. on the Big Green. All students wanting to try out for football are welcome to attend.
CCMS needs 20 student volunteers to help them move back to their old address at Hop Ranch Road. The times are from 8 – 12 this Saturday. For more details call Ms. Mohammed at 471-5363, ext. 2015.
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Services have been
set for Juan Rodelas
Juan "Johnny" Rodelas' family has arranged funeral and memorial services for the Logan student who was killed after a Saturday night auto wreck.
Viewings will be held at the Fremont Memorial Chapel, 3723 Peralta Blvd. in Fremont, on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. and on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
A vigil mass will be held starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Excitebots: Trick Racing
For: Nintendo Wii
From: Monster Games/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone (mild fantasy violence)
For all the credit "Wii Sports" garners as the Wii's gateway drug, perhaps no Nintendo-branded game better demonstrates the benefits of motion controls than "Excite Truck," which launched
on the same day and aptly set itself apart from other racing games in ways no non-Wii game ever could.
The entirety of that game exists within "Excitebots: Trick Racing," which lifts the controls and methodology and inserts them into an entirely bizarre but blissfully fun racing experience starring giant, mechanized bugs and animals.
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A memorial to Juan Rodelas has
sprung up at the site of the accident
that claimed his life. Courier Photo
Friends and acquaintances of Juan "Johnny" Rodelas, who died from a car wreck Saturday, paid tribute to his memory Monday at the school where he was a popular and out-going 16-year-old junior, at the site of the horrific wreck that claimed his life, and in comments on The Courier's website.
“He will always be loved. I’ll miss him. He was like a best friend, someone I could trust and tell everything. He always knew how to make me smile,” said Logan junior Alyssa Segorini Monday afternoon.
“He was a good man. It’s sad to see him go, but God only takes the best,” said Robert Luke, a junior.
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From wikipedia:
Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 - May 26, 1951) was an explorer from the United States.
Son of James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler, he was born in Chicago, Illinois. He also lived in Hudson, Ohio as a child.
Arctic/North Pole exploration
Lincoln Ellsworth's father, James, a wealthy coal man from the United States, spent US$100,000 to fund Roald Amundsen's 1925 attempt to fly from Svalbard to the North Pole. The craft were forced down onto the ice short of their goal, and the explorers spent 30 days trapped on the surface.
Learn more about Lincoln Ellsworth, free from south-pole.com
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MISCELLANEOUS
If you signed up for Union City’s 50th Anniversary Parade with Leo Club, there is a quick mandatory meeting Tuesday after school in the 400s courtyard.
Choir Auditions: Advance auditions May 18 & 19. Jazz callbacks May 20th. Show Choir auditions (must attend both days) May 21 & 22.
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Courier Staff Report
Juan Rodelas
James Logan junior Juan "Johnny" Rodelas died after a horrific car wreck on Central Ave. Saturday.
He would have been 17 years old in June.
A grieving student is comforted while
Juan Rodelas' fellow Puente Program
students gather in the background.
Courier Photo
His friends gathered in Colt Court to honor his memory Monday morning before school and during first period, and Principal Judy Billingsley called for the Logan community to keep Rodelas in their thoughts.
In an email to the school, Billingsley wrote, "Our 11th grade student Johnny Juan Rodelas Jr., was killed in a solo car accident on Saturday night. He had been driving on Central Avenue in Union City when he had the accident.
"According to this morning's Argus," Billingsley wrote, "it was a "loss of control" accident in which the vehicle crashed into a pole. A passenger in the car, Alejandro Gomez,sustained non-life threatening injuries and was treated at Eden and released early Sunday morning. Johnny was involved in the Puente program. His parents are active members in the Union City community."
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MISCELLANEOUS
Logan Performing Arts presents: Once on This Island on Thursday, May 14; Friday, May 15; and Saturday, May 16 at 7:00 PM in the Little Theater. Tickets are $8 with ASB, $10 without. Tickets sold in the Little Theater after school.
The 9th Annual Children’s Art & Science Festival is being held at the Hayward Parent Nursery School and they need student volunteers. Want to help? Pick up a green flyer in the Career Center.
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The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao, Courier Daily Editor
School Days by Jamie Maxfield, Courier Editor-in-Chief
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By Mohamed Elshinnawi
VOA News
To commemorate Mother's Day on May 10, the international child welfare advocacy group Save the Children is issuing its 10th annual "State of the World's Mothers" report with recommendations for mothers and policy makers to help support early childhood development.
The 2009 State of the World's Mothers report says early childhood - the period from birth to age 5 - is the most critical period of growth and learning in a person's life. What happens - and what does not happen - during these earliest years can influence how the rest of a person's childhood, adolescence and adulthood will unfold. And that is why mothers play such a central role in preparing children to reach their full potential.
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From wikipedia:
Upendrokishore Ray , also known as Upendrokishore Raychowdhury was a famous Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer. He was born on 10 May 1863 in a little village called Moshua in Mymensingh District in East Bengal, now a part of Bangladesh. He spent most of his adult life in Kolkata, where he died on 20 December 1915, aged only fifty-two.
He was the father of the famous writer Sukumar Ray and grandfather of the renowned film-maker Satyajit Ray. Upendrakishore Ray Chauduri was a product and leading member of the Brahmo Movement that spearheaded the cultural rejuvenation of Bengal. He collaborated with the Tagores whose family, in the arts, achieved world renown. As a writer he is best known for his collection of folklore; as a printer he pioneered in India in the art of engraving and was the first to attempt color printing at the time when engraving and color printing were also being pioneered in the West.
Read The Wicked Tiger by Upendrokishore Ray, translated from Bengali by Indrani Chakraborty, free from www.parabaas.com.
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Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882—August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. He established the Kaiser Shipyard which built Liberty ships during World War II, after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel. Interested in industrial medicine and public health, Kaiser organized Kaiser Permanente health care for his workers and their families. He led Kaiser-Frazer followed by Kaiser Motors, automobile companies known for the safety of their designs. Kaiser was involved in large construction projects such as civic centers and dams, and invested in real estate. With his acquired wealth, he initiated the Kaiser Family Foundation, a charitable organization.
Watch a video of the launching of the last Liberty ship launched by Henry J. Kaiser.
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By Chad Brady, Courier Staff Writer
Last Friday, the summer movie season began with the release of
X Men Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to the other three X-Men films.
The film, distributed by 20th Century Fox, has raked in a U.S. Box Office take of $85,058,003 as of today, according to yahoo.com. It's rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity.
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Saturday 10:00am-Noon
Bayfair Center
East 14th Street & Fairmont Drive
Second floor, near the escalator
San Leandro
Saturday, May 9, 3:00pm-5:00pm
Newark Senior Center
7401 Enterprise Drive
Newark
How many of you are taking bus to the school every day since the school district cut the school bus? Due to the economic hard times, AC Transit is facing a serious $57 million deficit next year. The result: service cuts and price hikes in the AC Transit starting in July.
A lot of people might feel upset about the decision since they rely on the bus every day for going to work, school, see a doctor, etc. Therefore, a series of workshops will be open to let bus riders and others concerned to discuss the coming changes and offer suggestions on what AC Transit should do about the budget cuts.
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By Rick Bentley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
In "Next Day Air," Donald Faison plays a delivery man who's more interested in smoking weed than making sure his packages get to the right addresses. That lack of interest is the trigger for this dark comedy/action film that opens Friday.
Faison knows exactly what it's like to have a bad job. Back when he was trying to launch his acting career, he was an administrative assistant in a talent agency.
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By Jim Carnes
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It's not that long a trip from Redding to Nevada City, Calif., but if you're blues guitarist Roy Rogers and you've traveled around the world making your music, it can take a while to come "home."
"I'm a California boy. I love California for all the reasons everybody wants to live here," Rogers said recently, taking a break in sprinkler repair for a telephone interview from his Nevada City home.
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From the President of Mexico's website:
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was born at the Corralejo Hacienda in Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico on May 8, 1753.
He was sent to Valladolid (now Morelia) to study at the San Nicolás Obispo College, where he later taught theology, philosophy and ethics, and eventually became college rector. In 1792, he was ordained (he became a priest) and after working a different parishes, came to practice his ministry at the Parish of Dolores.
Read more about Miguel Hidalgo, at Mexonline.com
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President Barack Obama (center)
with Afghan President Karzai (left)
and Pakistan President Zardari.
White House photo
WASHINGTON — President Obama and the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan, setting aside months of friction, committed themselves again Wednesday to their faltering joint effort against Taliban and al-Qaida extremists.
After a day of talks, Obama said he was satisfied that the leaders "fully appreciate the seriousness of the threats we face, and have reaffirmed their commitment to confronting it."
The president also moved to quell any doubts about U.S. support for the two embattled leaders, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, saying U.S. backing would not waver.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Juniors and Seniors who played in Powder Puff: Please return your jerseys or submit your $20 to purchase by Wednesday, May 13 to Room 67 or you will be billed.
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Evanescence singer Amy
Lee in Brazil. wikipedia photo
Despite the nearly three years since their last album dropped, Evanescence has been awarded Platinum and Gold certification by the RIAA, a recording industry association, for the 2003 single "My Immortal" in digital form, with more then 500,000 sold, and the digital single "Call Me When You're Sober" has been certified platinum (more than a million sold.)
So perhaps it's a good time to review this fantastic band's output.
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By Cait Baca, Courier Staff Writer
Hip-Hop Artist, Rick Ross, dropped his new album last month. The highly anticipated album, "Deeper than Rap" is considered to have "restaged the rapper's self image" said
The New York
Times. In addition, one of the purposes of
Deeper than Rap is to diss fellow rapper, 50 Cent, in an on going battle amongst the two to raise the expectations of Rap and top the music charts.
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From wikipedia:
Ishirō Honda, sometimes miscredited in foreign releases as "Inoshiro Honda", (May 7, 1911 in Yamagata Prefecture – February 28, 1993) was a Japanese film director. His early film career included working as an assistant under the famed director, Akira Kurosawa.
Alongside his film duties, he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II in China and was a prisoner there when the war ended.
Visit the official Ishiro Honda website.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Building on the Strategic Plan that was crafted by the community to reflect its vision for the New Haven Unified School District, the Board of Education on Tuesday night adopted a Comprehensive Strategic Planning Framework to help meet the District Goal of having all students performing at grade level in core academic subjects.
The framework is made up of Seven Essentials for Continuous Growth and Improvement, each defined by five to nine Leading Indicators, said Superintendent of School Kari McVeigh, who was tasked by the Board with developing a theory of action to improve student performance. The Seven Essentials are designed to assure that the District:
• Provides District-Wide Instructional Foci
• Uses Data to Inform Instructional and Professional Development Decisions
• Implements a Targeted Professional Development Plan to Grow and Strengthen Instruction
• Learns and Uses Research-Based Best Instructional Practices
• Creates and Maintains Effective and Safe Learning Environments
• Aligns Resources (Human, Time, Money) Toward Instructional Focus and Student Learning
• Involves Parents and Community in Student Learning, Assessments and Learning Supports
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By Alejandro Samaniego, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan's boys volleyball team beat Washington High School in the first round of MVAL playoffs Tuesday.
With James Logan High seeded second in the playoffs, they took on the third seeded Washington High at Mission San Jose High School in the first round of MVAL playoffs. The boys started off with the first two games close, but they pulled together and raised the intensity of their play to crush Washington in the final two games (25-23, 20-25, 25-10, 25-18). The statistic's of the teams leaders were Aniq Masood with 16 kills, Lutful Asifi with 12 kills and 11 digs, Henry Lam with 14 digs and 2 aces, and finally Minh Ngo with 43 assists.
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Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446610399
ISBN-13: 978-0446610391,
Courier Staff Writer
Many of you have heard of the author, Nicholas Sparks, who wrote
The Notebook, which was made into a major motion picture last year. Sparks has written several other books, too, including
The Rescue, which I read recently.
The Rescue, the first of Sparks' books to reach number one on the
New York Times bestseller list, is about a man named Taylor McAden, a volunteer fireman who dreams of saving as many lives as possible. To do so, Taylor takes extreme and terrifying chances while carrying out his fireman's duties.
While he's eager to face the dangers of firefighting, he's reluctant to face the dangers inherent in falling in love. In heroic firefighter mode, he rescues several women, and sometimes romance with the rescued seems ready to catch fire, but he quickly snuffs out such relationships before the nascent loves become inflamed.
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Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the
Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Free Press (October 3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743284283
ISBN-13: 978-0743284288,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
“Women had come so far, I learned, we no longer needed to worry about objectification or misogyny. Instead, it was time for us to join the frat party of pop culture, where men had been enjoying themselves all along. If Male Chauvinist Pigs were men who regarded women as pieces of meat, we would outdo them and be Female Chauvinist Pigs: women who make sex objects of other women and of ourselves.”
Female Chauvinist Pigs is one of the most interesting books I have read for years. As the title implies, it explores the new breed of chauvinist pigs: females. I do not say women because female chauvinist pigs (FCPs) can be found at any age, something one cannot help but notice when walking around Logan’s campus or flipping through a teen magazine. I definitely recommend this book in the hopes that some FCPs read it and realize just how ridiculous they and their confused excuses are.
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From wikipedia:
Motilal Nehru (May 6, 1861 – February 6, 1931) was an early Indian independence activist and leader of the Indian National Congress. He was the founder patriarch of India's most powerful political family, the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Motilal Nehru was born in Garden Grove, to Ganga Dhar in a Kashmiri Pandit family. He became one of the first generation of young Indians to receive a 'Western-style' college education. He attended Muir Centeal College at Allahabad, but failed to appear for the final year B.A examinations. Later he qualified "Bar at law" from Cambridge and then enlisted as a lawyer in the English courts.
Read more about Motilal Nehru, free from congresssandesh.com
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Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Students taking AP exams: Last day to request a refund for an AP exam is Friday, May 8. A $13 restocking fee will be deducted from any refund. This is a fee that the College Board charges Logan for returning an exam. See Sarah Muse in the Student Services Center.
The 9th Annual Children’s Art & Science Festival is being held at the Hayward Parent Nursery School and they need student volunteers. Want to help? Pick up a green flyer in the Career Center.
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By Brandon Bailey
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — President Barack Obama has outlined a series of proposals for cracking down on overseas tax havens and eliminating tax breaks for U.S. corporations that do business overseas — a sensitive subject for tech companies that have extensive global operations.
The president did not propose eliminating the current law that allows U.S. companies to defer taxes indefinitely on overseas income, which some industry leaders had feared. But his call for ending some deductions drew negative reaction from groups representing tech and other industries, which argue that the changes would make it more difficult for U.S. companies to compete abroad.
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By Dan Gallagher
MarketWatch (MCT)
SAN FRANCISCO — Amazon.com is widely expected to lift the wraps on a new large-screen Kindle device this week, which could be the first in a line of electronic reading devices geared toward newspapers and textbooks.
The online retail giant has scheduled a news conference for Wednesday — 10:30 a.m. Eastern — at Pace University in New York City.
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Ninja Blade
For: Xbox 360
From: From Software/Microsoft
ESRB: Mature (blood, violence)
"Ninja Blade" has garnered an unsavory reputation for its dependency on quick-time events —those instances in which a game has you complete some amazing stunt by following a series of onscreen button prompts that bear no resemblance whatsoever.
The rap checks out, because "Blade" indeed employs the technique like perhaps no game ever has. Rarely do five minutes pass where you aren't interrupted by some bland recitation of prompts that allow your onscreen likeness to do something significantly more exciting than what you're doing.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Attn. Logan: Elections are this week! Please vote for your candidates online starting Wednesday at lunch until Friday during lunch time. Vote on eduballot3.votenet.com/jlhs.
Want to know more about your ASB candidates? Come to Colt Court on Wednesday, May 6, during both lunches!
Posted by courier at 11:17 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Logan's Andrew Lozano showed
off his car at the show.
Andrew Alcazar/Courier Photo,
Courier Staff Writer
Every year, the Puente class holds a car show of low rider and muscles cars around the time of Cinco de Mayo, but this year was a little different as rain affected the turn out of students and volunteers to bring their cars.
Freshman Andrew Lozano, whose father usually brings his car, said “the rain would not be best for his dad's car, so he wasn't going to make it todayť."
Posted by courier at 09:17 AM. Filed under: Features
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By Alejandro Samaniego, Courier Staff Writer
After back to back games for the Logan Boys, the team pulled out two strong victories against Castro Valley on Wednesday, April 29th, and Kennedy on Thursday, April 30th.
Before the Castro Valley game on Wednesday, April 29th, a ceremony was held for the four seniors on the volleyball team. Two seniors are graduating after their first year in the volleyball program, Lutful Asifi and Sunny Bal, while the other two seniors have played their entire high school careers, Dexter Lising and Aniq Masood.. Coach Mike Soltau praised the four seniors in the ceremony for their hard work, great personalities and most importantly their best effort. For the boys’ senior night, the last home game of the season, they came from a slow start to take the victory. After falling in the first game (23-25), the boys struck back taking the next three games (25-19, 27-25, 25-19). Aniq Masood had 21 kills in his last home game in high school, Minh Ngo put up 54 assists, and Henry Lam came up with 19 digs.
Posted by courier at 09:05 AM. Filed under: Sports
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From wikipedia:
Carlos Monsiváis Aceves (born May 4, 1938, in Mexico City) is a Mexican writer and journalist on the El Universal newspaper. He writes political opinion columns in other leading newspapers and is considered to be an opinion leader within the country's progressive sectors.
Monsiváis studied economics and philosophy in the National Autonomous University of Mexico. His writings, some of which are written with an ironic undertone, show a deep understanding of the origin and development of Mexican popular culture.
Learn more about Carlos Monsivais, free from culturebase.net.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Girls, check it out! We have 4 gently used prom dresses to be given away. Ranging in size from 3 to 6. If you are interested, come to the Counseling Center, see your Counselor!
DeVry University will have an info table in Colt Court today during lunch.
Posted by courier at 11:34 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao, Courier Daily Editor
Beware of Rooster by Chyna Cunningham, Courier Staff Artist
Word Play by Gabriel Hinojoza, Courier Staff Writer
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Detail of 1500 portrait of Niccolň
Machiavelli by Santi di Tito (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was an Italian philosopher, writer, and politician and is considered one of the main founders of modern political science. As a Renaissance Man, he was a diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet and playwright, but, foremost, he was a Civil Servant of the Florentine Republic. He is known as "The French Chanakya" in the eastern world. In June of 1498, after the ouster and execution of Girolamo Savonarola, the Great Council elected Machiavelli as Secretary to the second Chancery of the Republic of Florence.
Read Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Niccolň Machiavelli, one of
several of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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From wikipedia:
Clyde Fitch (May 2, 1865 – September 4, 1909) was an American dramatist.
Born William Clyde Fitch at Elmira, New York, he wrote over 60 plays, 36 of them original, which varied from social comedies and farces to melodrama and historical dramas.
As the only child to live to adulthood, his father, Captain William G. Fitch, a graduate of West Point and a Union officer in the Civil War, encouraged him to become an architect or to engage in a career of business, but his mother, Alice Clark, in whose eyes he could do no wrong, always believed in his talent. Fitch graduated from Amherst College in 1886, where he was a member of Chi Psi Fraternity.
Read The Smart Set by Clyde Fitch, one of
five of his plays available free from Project Gutenberg.
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Sprinkles
393 Stanford Shopping Center
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(650) 323-9300
Sprinkles is a bakery chain famous for their dreamy cupcakes.
Located in Palo Alto at the Stanford Shopping Center, Sprinkles may be a little far for people to get to, but their cupcakes are like no other.
In fact, their menu is comprised solely of cupcakes, featuring more flavors than you can imagine. It is a cupcake that is rich in cake and adds extra sugar to your frosting.
Posted by courier at 10:23 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Sampan Kitchen
24297 Hesperian Blvd.
Hayward, CA 94545
(510) 300-3388
Featuring a unique, sophisticated design, Sampan Kitchen is the place to go for fine dining that won’t break your wallet. Going in for lunch on a lazy Sunday afternoon, my family and I arrived at Sampan soon after it opened so there weren’t that many people there. Being seated immediately, the server brought over our menus and poured us all glasses of water.
Prompt and kind, service at Sampan Kitchen was excellent. Serving fusion Chinese food - a mix of foods of different places incorporated into many types of Chinese dishes - Sampan Kitchen offers an unique dining experience.
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Calamity Jane at age 43.
Photo by H.R. Locke. better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), was a frontierswoman and professional scout best known for her claim of being a close friend of Wild Bill Hickok, but also for having gained fame fighting Native Americans.
Early life: 1852 – 1870
Cannary was born on May 1, 1852 as Martha Jane Cannary in Princeton, Missouri, the oldest of six children, having two brothers and three sisters. Robert W. and Charlotte Cannary are listed in the 1860 census living in Ravanna, Mercer County, Missouri. Robert packed his family and moved by wagon train from Missouri to Virginia City, Montana in 1865. Charlotte died along the way in Black Foot, Montana in 1866 of "washtub pneumonia". In the spring of that year, Robert took his six children on to Utah, arriving in Salt Lake City in the summer. They were there a year before he died in 1867. At the tender age of 15, Martha Jane took over as head of the family, loaded up the wagon once more, and took her siblings to Fort Bridger, Wyoming Territory. They arrived in May of 1868. From there they traveled to Piedmont, Wyoming, on the Union Pacific Railroad.
Read Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane by Calamity Jane, free from Project Gutenberg.
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