This is the archive for April 2007
LUNCH:
Spicy Chicken Patty,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Jamba Juice tomorrow at lunch in Colt Court. Bring $3.50 to help support Logan Girl’s Volleyball team!
Colt Necessities is back open today. Hoodies on sale for $16. Come and get your hoody.
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Note: This is the second installment in The Courier's serialized history of the struggle for independence in the Philippines, written by Filipino Poet, Author and Activist Oscar Peñaranda, who also teaches Filipino studies at James Logan High School. Look for the next installment next Monday.
The U.S.S. Petrel in Hong Kong harbor.
While the Filipino revolutionary leaders were planning to continue their struggle against the Spanish, they were "electrified" in March of 1898 by the news that a flotilla of the American navy had arrived in Hongkong on its way to Manila. "Their surprise knew no bounds when a Captain Wood, commander of the U.S.American ship the Petrel, acting on behalf of Commander Dewey, sought out Aguinaldo for a conference". (Malolos: Crisis of the Republic, T. Agoncillo, U.P. Press)
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By Mark Johnson
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)
"Hamlet" stirs in Room 100.
"Act 3, Scene 1. Lines 55 and following. Let's look closely at it. Miss Graf, will you please give us a reading," says Marquette University associate professor John Curran.
The only sound: a hurried riffling of pages.
"Center of the whole thing," Curran adds.
Allison Graf, a 20-year-old psychology major, takes a deep breath, then begins.
"To be or not to be: That is the question . . . "
Arguably the most famous lines ever written.
Posted by courier at 04:56 AM. Filed under: News
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President George W. Bush exchanges
handshakes with Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe of Japan Friday at Camp David.
White House photo by Joyce Boghosian By Hiroaki Matsunaga
The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday called on North Korea to take initial denuclearization steps stipulated in a February six-party agreement and agreed to strengthen sanctions against the country if it fails to do so.
During their 1.5-hour meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland, Bush said the United States would take into consideration the issue of Japanese abducted by North Korea when it decides whether to remove North Korea from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Posted by courier at 07:35 PM. Filed under: News
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World Bank President Paul
Wolfowitz
Do no Bush officials ever take responsibility for their actions?
In an administration that brags about its moral clarity, it appears that none of the senior officials had parents who taught them to 'fess up when they did wrong.
Take Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who claimed dozens of times in last week's Senate hearings that he couldn't remember his role in firing eight federal prosecutors. Then Gonzales had the chutzpah to say, "I believe that I continue to be effective."
Posted by courier at 07:27 PM. Filed under: Opinion
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LUNCH:
All Beef Hot Dog, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Hey Juniors! Vote for your Prom King and Queen in Colt Court this week! Vote at lunch all week!
Want to run for class office? Come pick up an application at lunch in Room 476!
Your Logan Colts Cheerleading tryouts are here for all interested males & females! May 7-10th and May 21-24 from 3-5:30 pm every day (mandatory). We will meet in Colt Court on first day of tryouts.
Posted by courier at 09:05 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
The following editorial appeared in the Sacramento Bee on Friday, April 20:
The federal Food and Drug Administration is proposing to redefine the very essence of chocolate and allow big manufacturers such as Hershey to sell a bar devoid of a key ingredient — cocoa butter. The butter's natural texture could be replaced with an array of inferior alternatives, such as vegetable fats. And the consumer would never know it.
Chocolate is under attack.
Posted by courier at 06:46 AM. Filed under: Opinion
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From KoreanHero.net:
Yi Sun-sin was born on April 28, 1545 in the aristocratic neighborhood of Geonchondong, Hansung (now Seoul) as the third son of Yi Chong and his wife Byun. Although he was of good ancestry, his family was not well off because his grandfather had been embroiled in a political purge during the reign of King Joong Jong and Yi’s father stayed away from seeking a civil service job. When the economic situation worsened for his family, they moved to Asan, the country home of Yi’s maternal family.
Read The War Diary of Yi Sun-Sin, free from Koreanhero.net.
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By Jeff Long and Carolyn Starks
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Told to express emotion for a creative writing class, high school senior Allen Lee penned an essay so disturbing to his teacher, school administrators and police that he was charged with disorderly conduct, officials said Wednesday.
Lee, 18, a straight-A student at Cary-Grove High School in Cary, Ill., was arrested Tuesday near his home and charged with the misdemeanor for an essay police described as violently disturbing but not directed toward any specific person or location.
Posted by courier at 09:38 AM. Filed under: News
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By Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Congress concluded round one of its historic showdown with President Bush on Thursday with the Senate's passage of legislation that requires that troops start coming home by Oct. 1.
Maneuvering over the next round was already under way.
The 51-46 approval, like the close vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, was far short of the two-thirds majority needed to override the veto that Bush has promised. Democrats now will try to rewrite the $124 billion spending bill, which provides the money Bush requested for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan plus extra military funding.
Posted by courier at 09:01 AM. Filed under: News
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By Diamond Floyd, Courier Staff Writer
Reign Over Me is the awesome drama starring Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Liv Tyler. The movie had met and even exceeded many of my expectations. Adam Sandler was a rounded and skillfully developed character. It was refreshing to see Sandler play an actual character in a movie, and not just an angry, babbling bafoon. Don Cheadle delivers a sensational performance yet again, brilliantly following his amazing performances from
Crash and
Hotel Rwanda.
Sandler and Cheadle play Charlie Fineman and Alan Johnson, two former college roommates that pick up their friendship by chance years after parting ways. Both formerly in dental study, Johnson continues on to becoming a successful dentist, a loving husband and a caring father.
Posted by courier at 07:48 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Mayflower Seafood Restaurant is a short
walk from campus, near Marina Foods.
(between Decoto Rd & Meyers Dr)
Union City, CA 94587
(510) 489-8386
Being a senior during the week of STAR testing might be good, but being a senior with late arrival during the week of STAR testing, is even better! Taking full advantage of having late arrival on Tuesday (when second period started at 1:04 p.m.), I went with fellow Courier staff writer, Jacqueline Truong, and two other senior friends, to the Union City Mayflower (located near the Marina supermarket).
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From Spartacus Educational:
Mary Wollstonecraft, the daughter of a handkerchief weaver, was born in Spitalfields, London in 1759. The family moved a great deal during Mary's childhood and she lived for periods at Epping, Barking, Beverley, Hoxton, Walworth and Laugharne in Wales.
Read Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft,
one of four of her works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
Thirsty for some visual stimulation? Come to Paddy’s Coffee House in Old Alvarado to get a taste of the BIG CUP OF ART Show featuring work by James Logan artists. Show reception Thurs., 4/26 from 4-5:30 pm, show closes 5/3.
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By Bethany Stringer and Roberta Maas, Courier Staff Writers
Helen Farkas, on the
Little Theater stage
Beth Stringer/Courier PhotoLast week, the holocaust assembly was once again in full swing as sophomores were educated on the atrocities that occurred during Hitler’s regime. This year Helen Farkas, a holocaust survivor, again spoke about her experiences.
It's the 15th time she's told Logan students about surviving survivor of Auschwitz and the Death March and the third Holocaust Assembly in the Little Theater of this year's series presented to World History classes.
Posted by courier at 10:51 AM. Filed under: News
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
The Sixth Grade Band
Last Thursday, Guy Emanuele Pavilion hosted the Alvarado Middle School Extravaganza. Truthfully, the theme of the night was “Talent You Cannot Bottle!” The night was full of talent from various extra-curricular organizations, groups, and clubs. There was band, choir, guard, and even cultural dance groups.
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From Ourcivilization.com:
Portrait of David Hume
by Allan Ramsay , 1766
Oil on canvas
Scottish National Portrait GalleryDavid Hume was born at Edinburgh on April 26, 1711 the younger son in a good but not wealthy family. His father, "who passed for a man of parts," died when Hume was still a child, and he was brought up by his mother at the family estate of Ninewells, near Berwick. About 1723 he entered the University of Edinburgh, and, according to his Autobiography, "passed through the ordinary course of education with success." His letters show that when he returned to Ninewells about three years later he had acquired a fair knowledge of Latin, slight acquaintance with Greek, and a literary taste inclining to "books of reasoning and philosophy, and to poetry and the polite authors." His studious disposition led his family to believe that law was the proper profession for him, but he "found an insurmountable aversion to everything but the pursuits of philosophy and general learning; and while they fancied I was poring upon Voet and Vinnius, Cicero and Virgil were the authors which I was secretly devouring."
Read An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume, one of
11 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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LUNCH:
Egg Roll with Rice, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
Victoria Humphrey for Sacramento State, and Quentin Powell for UCLA, will have a signing party tonight in the Student Union at 7 pm.
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Where's My Prince? by Melissa Kantor
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Hyperion (September 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786809604
ISBN-13: 978-0786809608
From Hyperion Books for Children:
When high school sophomore Lucy Norton’s father remarries, her life is turned upside down. She and her father move from their West Coast home to a suburb on Long Island. With a small bedroom in the unfinished basement, a wicked stepmother and bratty stepsisters, countless chores, a blank social calendar, and a huge crush on the dashing prince of the varsity basketball team, Lucy’s life has all the makings of a Cinderella story. So with all the characters in place, will Lucy get the prince and live happily ever after?
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
TRADE
1. The Road. Cormac McCarthy. Vintage, $14.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
2. The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards. Penguin, $14
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 42
3. The Measure of a Man. Sidney Poitier. Harper San Francisco, $14.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 12
4. Blink. Malcolm Gladwell. L,B/Back Bay, $15.99
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 2
5. The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls. Scribner, $14
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 41
6. Eat, Pray, Love. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin, $15
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 11
7. Suite Francaise. Irene Nemirovsky. Vintage, $14.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
8. The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion. Vintage, $13.95
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 9
9. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho. Harper San Francisco, $13.95
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 38
10. Everyday Food: Great Food Fast. Martha Stewart. Clarkson Potter, $24.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 3
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
Nothing: Something to Believe In by Nica Lalli
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Prometheus Books (March 14, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159102529X
ISBN-13: 978-1591025290
“A recent study by University of Minnesota sociology professors on the tolerance of ‘others’ in America showed that the group most hated and feared, the group seen as the greatest threat to our country, is atheists. The study also said that nonbelievers are the one group that Americans would least like to have marry into their family.”
Nothing is the autobiography of a nonbeliever that reveals her experiences in life and how her lack of religion influenced her experiences. This book really stood out to me because there are so many books out these days about all of the different religions, but it is very difficult to find one about a complete lack of one. As an atheist, it is sometimes frustrating for me to read really good books but become unable to really relate to them because of the deeply religious roots. It was nice to read a book for once about someone who faces some of the same things as I do, and I could easily relate to many of her emotions. It is an excellent read, for believers and nonbelievers alike.
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Dexter (Keith) Gordon (February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players. A famous photograph by Herman Leonard of Gordon smoking a cigarette during a set at the Royal Roost in New York City in 1948 is one of the more iconic images in the history of jazz.
Life and works
Gordon was born and grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a doctor who counted Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton among his patients. He played clarinet from the age of 7, before switching to saxophone (initially alto, then tenor) at 15. While still at school, he was playing in bands with such contemporaries as Chico Hamilton and Buddy Collette.
Read an interview with Dexter Gordon, free from Downbeat.com
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By Tamara Lytle
The Orlando Sentinel
(MCT)
WASHINGTON — Call it the Youtube Presidential Campaign.
Widespread Internet access is likely to fundamentally change the 2008 presidential race in fundraising, candidate interactions and, most importantly, the messages voters hear. Just five years ago, only 17 percent of American households had broadband Internet connections. Now the figure is nearly half, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
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LUNCH:
Chicken Caesar Wrap,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
Thirsty for some visual stimulation? Come to Paddy’s Coffee House in Old Alvarado to get a taste of the BIG CUP OF ART Show featuring work by James Logan artists. Show reception Thurs., 4/26 from 4-5:30 pm, show closes 5/3.
Posted by courier at 10:01 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
FINAL FANTASY FABLES: CHOCOBO TALES
For: Nintendo DS
From: Square Enix
ESRB Rating: Everyone (comic mischief, fantasy violence)
There are two types of gamers, and their division is assured during the "Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales" title sequence — an adorable, hand-drawn animated sequence that either will charm the your pants off or send your lunch right back out your mouth. "Tales" never hedges its artistic bets, and the cuteness persists throughout, so plan accordingly depending on what side of that fence you sit.
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From the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica:
ANTHONY TROLLOPE (1815-1882), English novelist, was born in London, on the 24th of April 1815. His father, Thomas Anthony Trollope (1780-1835), a barrister who had been fellow of New College, Oxford, was reduced to poverty by unbusinesslike habits and injudicious speculation, and in 1829 Anthony's mother, Frances Milton Trollope (1780-1863), went with her husband to the United States to open a small fancy-goods shop in Cincinnati. The enterprise was a failure, but her three years' stay in that country resulted in a book on the
Domestic Manners of the Americans (1832), of which she gave an unflattering account that aroused keen resentment.
Returning to England, her husband was compelled to flee the country in order to escape his creditors, and Mrs. Trollope thereafter supported him in Bruges until his death by her incessant literary work. She published some books of travel, most of which are coloured by prejudice, and many novels, among the best known of which are
The Vicar of Wrexhill (1837) and the
Widow Barnaby (1839), studies in that vein of broad comedy in which lay her peculiar gift. She wrote steadily for more than twenty years, until her death, at Florence, on the 6th of October 1863.
Read Anthony Trollope's The Warden,one of
fifty-two of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Elliott Almond
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
Former Logan coach Remy
Korchemny retired from coaching
after the scandle.
Don Gosney photoSAN JOSE, Calif. — "Come look inside," Victor Conte Jr. urges while gesturing toward his new silver Bentley shimmering in the springtime sun.
When the architect of sport's worst drug scandal is determined, it's almost futile to resist him.
"Go ahead. Stick your head in."
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LUNCH:
Egg Roll with Rice,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
Thirsty for some visual stimulation? Come to Paddy’s Coffee House in Old Alvarado to get a taste of the BIG CUP OF ART Show featuring work by James Logan artists. show reception Thurs., 4/26 from 4-5:30 pm, show closes 5/3.
Posted by courier at 11:44 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Professional Learning Communities will be the primary topic at the April meeting of the New Haven Community Forum, to be held Tuesday , from 4 to 6 p.m. at Cesar Chavez Middle School, 2801 Hop Ranch Road.
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Courier Staff Report
Jack O'ConnellIn the wake of the Virginia Tech massacre and threats of a similar slaughter at schools in Yuba and Sutter Counties, the State Superintendent of Schools Friday called for the state’s schools to redouble the efforts at securing their campuses.
"As our nation mourns the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy and observes the eighth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings, I want to urge school districts throughout California to make certain that their plans for school safety are effective, comprehensive, and up-to-date,” State Superintendent of Schools Jack O’Connell said in a press release.
Posted by courier at 09:26 AM. Filed under: News
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By Ramon Coronado
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Unidentified parents walk their
children away from King Elementary
School on Thursday after a man
threatened to go on a killing spree
inspired by Monday's mass murder at
Virginia Tech.
(Autumn Cruz/Sacramento Bee/MCT)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Schools in Yuba and Sutter counties will remain closed Friday as authorities continue to search for a man who allegedly threatened a killing spree that would dwarf the Virginia Tech massacre.
Jeffery Thomas Carney, 28, is being sought and is possibly armed with automatic weapons and explosives, Sutter County Undersheriff J. Paul Parker said.
Carney allegedly had threatened a spree of violence that he said would make Virginia Tech "look mild."
Authorities said Thursday afternoon that they are looking for Carney in an aqua blue Ford Ranger pickup truck with a matching color toolbox.
"We are really hoping that we can catch up with this guy today," said Parker, who added Carney's parents are alarmed at the situation.
Posted by courier at 08:48 AM. Filed under: News
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Emilio Aguinaldo and his original design
for the flag of the Philippines
When the United States Armed Forces arrived in the Philippines on May of 1898, the Filipinos had officially already been fighting a War of Independence against Spain for two years. Their revolution against Spain started in 1896 and by June of 1898, a Declaration of Independence, a revolutionary government, and a constitution for a republic had been established by the people. The elected President of that republic was also the leader of the revolution. He was a fighting president because he also had to wage war as a general (commander-in-chief) of the Philippine armed forces against the Spanish. His name was Emilio Aguinaldo. He could be compared to the United States' George Washington. One difference would be that Aguinaldo had to serve in office and fight the Spanish for independence at the same time!
Posted by courier at 07:53 AM. Filed under: Features
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From whitehouse.gov:
Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married.
Presiding over a rapidly dividing Nation, Buchanan grasped inadequately the political realities of the time. Relying on constitutional doctrines to close the widening rift over slavery, he failed to understand that the North would not accept constitutional arguments which favored the South. Nor could he realize how sectionalism had realigned political parties: the Democrats split; the Whigs were destroyed, giving rise to the Republicans.
Read James Buchanan's four "State of the Union" addresses, free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Tina Lam
Detroit Free Press (MCT)
DETROIT — Just in time for today's 37th anniversary of Earth Day, the Earth is back. Green is cool; global warming is hot.
"It's a great time to be an environmentalist," said Lana Pollack, executive director of the Michigan Environmental Council in Lansing. "I really believe the public has reached a tipping point in terms of concern and understanding about global warming. There's been a big change, even in just the last year."
Consider:
Wayne County runs its road-maintenance and salt trucks on biodiesel and Novi is urging all developers to build green buildings, which conserve energy and water.
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From the Courier Archives:
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From the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1911 edition:
PHILIP JAMES BAILEY (1816-1902), English poet, author of
Festus, was born at Nottingham on the 22nd of April 1816. His father, who himself published both prose and verse, owned and edited from 1845 to 1852 the Nottingham Mercury, one of the chief journals in his native town. Philip James Bailey received a local education until his sixteenth year, when he matriculated at Glasgow University. He did not, however, take his degree, but moved in 1835 to London and entered Lincoln's Inn. Without making serious practice of the law he settled at Basford, and for three years was occupied with the composition of
Festus, which appeared anonymously in 1839.
Read "Helen's Song," a poem by Philip James Bailey, one of three available free from
Poets' Corner on theotherpages.org.
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From the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica:
HIPPOLYTE ADOLPHE TAINE (1828-1893), French critic and historian, the son of Jean Baptiste Taine, an attorney, was born at Vouziers on the 21st of April 1828. He remained with his father until his eleventh year, receiving instruction from him, and attending at the same time a small school which was under the direction of M. Pierson. In 1839, owing to the serious illness of his father, he was sent to an ecclesiastical pension at Rethel, where he remained eighteen months. J. B. Taine died on the 8th of September 1840, leaving a moderate competence to his widow, his two daughters, and his son. In the spring of 1841 Taine was sent to Paris, and entered as a boarder at the Institution Mathe, where the pupils attended the classes of the College Bourbon. Madame Taine followed her son to Paris. Taine was not slow to distinguish himself at school. When he was but fourteen years old he had already drawn up a systematic scheme of study, from which he never deviated. He allowed himself twenty minutes' playtime in the afternoon and an hour's music after dinner; the rest of the day was spent in work.
Read The Ancient Regime by Hippolyte Taine,
one of five of his works available, in Engish and French, free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Mike Swift
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
Linguist Rebecca Linquist
helps Eugen Roman, not
pictured, lose his Romanian
accent at her Campbell office
(Patrick Tehan/San Jose
Mercury News/MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two decades after emigrating from Taiwan, Sean Chang's accent was a barrier to friendships with Americans. Native English-speakers found it too much work when conversation went beyond small talk, said the electrical engineer from San Jose.
Luis Ramirez, a home inspector born in El Salvador, developed a case of the mumbles when speaking English because of the insecurity he felt during inspections for Anglos. But when he spoke to Asian real estate agents with strong accents, the Fremont, Calif., man would catch himself wondering, "Did they pass the licensing test?" before feeling a pang of guilt about stereotyping someone else.
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Review by Fermin Sierra, Courier Staff Writer
The views of this ever-so-humble reviewer happen to differ from those of his counterpart.
Unlike other reviewers, such as one Nate Lealao, whose opinion is below, I do not spend nearly one and a half hours quivering in fear and jumping at every turn, only to completely lambast the movie for its lack of originality and suspense. I apologize Nate, I happen to enjoy the movie-going experience and what it allows me to do: forget about everything else.
Read Nate Lealao's take on the movie, and the rest of Fermin Sierra's review, by clicking "Read More."
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Note: The Courier received free tickets to a premiere of Perfect Stranger from radio station Wild 94.9, in exchange for a promotional consideration.
By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Is the perfect stranger not so much of a stranger? Rowena (Halle Berry) is a journalist from New York who quits her job after having her latest story cut from the paper. Deciding to go home afterwards, she stumbles across her best friend, Grace (Nicki Aycox), who tells her about her relationship with businessman Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis). One week later, Grace is killed and Rowena is determined to go undercover to exploit Hill with the help of her associate, Miles (Giovanni Ribisi).
That is only the beginning of the storyline that the viewer is supposed to know. As the movie goes on, more secrets are revealed. Throughout
Perfect Stranger, a flashback with Rowena is shown, leading the audience to confusion up until the end that explains everything.
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LUNCH:
All-Beef Hot Dog,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
Today is the last day for you to nominate your favorite teacher or counselor for the Annual Teacher of the Year Awards. Forms are in your school e-mail, or in the house offices or www.jameslogancourier.com.
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Teachers this week received training in how to administer this year’s STAR tests, scheduled for next week.
On Monday, students will receive a videotaped peptalk aimed at motivating them to give the battery of tests their best efforts. Also on Monday, teachers will make last minute preparations to administer the tests, which commence Tuesday morning in third period classes.
Testing continues Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Logan will take a break from testing on Monday, and resume and conclude on Tuesday.
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By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
Logan had its second blood drive of the year in the Guy Emanuele Pavilion Tuesday, netting the American Red Cross about 10 gallons by the end of the day.
Donating began during period and continued until after school. There were 118 students signed in, however, some were rejected due to tattoos or other things that might jeopardize the safety of the blood supply. Although no students fainted, there were a few that began feeling dizzy or woozy. Some began getting pale in the face. On the other hand, the majority of the students were fine. Students were given an opportunity to participate without a long wait.
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
On April 27, there will be a free event occuring at Ohlone College at the Smith Center, to celebrate dia del la Raza.
This is only for Juniors and Seniors.
Perri Darweesh, Logan teacher and the advisor of the Raza Day event, planned this to help increase the number of Latinos and Latinas who attend college. The day will include information on the admission process for college, financial aid, academic programs, and transferring to one of the California State University campuses or one of University of California's.
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Reviewed by Iona Childers, Courier Foods Editor
Ming's (Chinese Cuisine and Bar)
1700 Embarcadero Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
*Phone: (650) 856-7700
www.mings.com
Imagine the mindset of a five-person family that forgot to eat a hearty breakfast before the hour-and-a-half long Easter Sunday church service. While my family didn't exactly dissolve into the characters from William Golding's novel, *Lord of the Flies;* there was quite a lot of impatient grumbling on the drive to Ming's for lunch.
By the time we arrived at Ming's (around 11:15 a.m.), the place was already in full swing. We had to wait for a couple of other groups to be seated before we finally sat down for dim sum.
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From the Catholic Encyclopedia:
Roman Emperor, A.D. 161-180, born at Rome, 26 April, 121; died 17 March, 180.
HIS EARLY LIFE (121-161)
His father died while Marcus was yet a boy, and he was adopted by his grandfather, Annius Verus. In the first pages of his "Meditations" (I, i-xvii) he has left us an account, unique in antiquity, of his education by near relatives and by tutors of distinction; diligence, gratitude and hardiness seem to have been its chief characteristics. From his earliest years he enjoyed the friendship andpatronage on the Emperor Hadrian, who bestowed on him the honour of the equestrian order when he was only six years old, made him a member of the Salian priesthood at eight, and compelled Antoninus Pius immediately after his own adoption to adopt as sons and heirs both the young Marcus and Ceionius Commodus, known later as the Emperor Lucius Verus. In honour of his adopted father he changed his name from M. Julius Aurelius Verus to M. Aurelius Antoninus. By the will of Hadrian he espoused Faustina, the daughter of Antoninus Pius. He was raised to the consularship in 140, and in 147 received the "tribunician power".
Read Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius, free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Sadaf Khan and Naweed Zemaryalai
Airforce recruiters were on hand at the
Job Opportunity Expo.
Yanira Romero/Courier PhotoThe 14th annual Job Opportunity Expo, sponsored by the Marketing and Management academy, was held at James Logan Wednesday during both lunches at Colt Court.
“It gives students opportunities to apply for jobs, join the military, talk to colleges, participate in community service as well as apply, and think about their future,” said Logan teacher Will Richberg.
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By Patrick May
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
A page from Cho Seung-Hui's play,
Richard McBeef.SAN JOSE, Calif. — With reports that Virginia Tech English major Cho Seung-Hui penned plays filled with grotesque bloodletting before his rampage, professors on the front lines of creative writing say that while they'd try and help an obviously troubled student, there are miles of gray area between artistic freedom and the red-flag zone.
Violence in the written word, even as shocking as Cho's characters, who fantasize about killing a teacher just to "watch him bleed," remains just that — words — unless the writer acts out.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Photos by Carmen Shiu
Paula on stageOver the spring break, last Thursday, two of my favorite artists came into town. The beautifully talented singing 17-year-old Paula DeAnda and the skillfully talented Chinese-American rapper Jin performed at the Glaskat in San Francisco for the MYX Launch Party. MYX is a new music lifestyle channel on DirecTV gearing towards Asian Americans. Other performers also include Apl.De.Ap of the Black Eyed Peas, Bento, Not Your Average Superheroes, Native Guns, Roscoe Umali, and Rae.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Jon McLaughlin is a new artist from Indiana that plays the piano. After releasing two albums from independent record labels, Laughlin signed a record deal with Island Records. On May 1, he will be releasing is debut album, “Indiana.” Laughlin’s style is under the pop/rock category. A few of his songs are a reminiscent of singers like Ryan Cabrera, Nick Lachey, and Vanessa Carlton without the upbeat songs. Regardless, Laughlin is only 24 years old and is full of talent.
Laughlin’s debut single is entitled “Industry.” This is the first track of the album as well, introducing himself to the world as his first verse in the chorus is “This is me.” He sings about his feelings as a musician, like how singing affects him and what goes through his mind as he performs.
Drop by The Courier's office, Room 509, for a free Jon McLauglin poster, while very limited supplies last.
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LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
Monday is the last day for you to nominate your favorite teacher or counselor for the Annual Teacher of the Year Awards. Forms are in your school e-mail, or in the house offices or www.jameslogancourier.com.
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for April 17:
1. "Shock Value," Timbaland
2. "The Story," Brandi Carlile
3. "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse
4. "Life In Cartoon Motion," Mika
5. "Cassadaga," Bright Eyes
6. "Daughtry," Daughtry
7. "Minutes To Midnight," Linkin Park
8. "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," Modest Mouse
9. "American Doll Posse," Tori Amos
10. "Vena Sera," Chevelle
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For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
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Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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Note: The Courier received free tickets to a preview showing of this film from radio station Wild 94.9, in exchange for a promotional consideration.
Reviewed by Susan Muramoto, Courier Staff Writer
Disturbia is a suspenseful thriller detailing the story of Kale, played by Shia LaBeouf, and his observances from his bedroom window. Kale is a misled highschooler, driven to rebellion after his father's death. After punching a teacher, he is put on house arrest for 3 months with an ankle bracelet monitoring his every move. He is unable to leave the premises of his house without the police being alerted and sent to arrest him.
Drained from weeks of eating unhealthy food and playing video games, Kale decides to spend his time more productively. With his binoculars, he is able to follow the lives of all of his close‑range neighbors. A pretty new girl named Jessica (played by Sarah Roemer) moves in next door to him and they befriend one another.
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By Priya Jagannathan, Courier Staff Writer
Junior Sana Younus was silent
Wednesday, Jessica Rosales/Courier Photo
Dozens of James Logan's gay students and their supporters fell silent Wednesday, participating in the annual Day of Silence sponsored by Logan's Gay-Straight Alliance club, GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) and the USSA (United States Student Association).
"People keep asking me why I'm silent if I'm not homsexual," said participant Sana Younus, a junior, in a note she jotted to avoid speaking, "Well, I want to prove my support for the homosexual culture and being silent is a demonstration tat be carried out withou violent means or unlawful methods."
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
The Queen’s Fool by Philippa Gregory
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Touchstone (February 3, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743246071
ISBN-13: 978-0743246071
“’What matters is that a man or woman can believe what they wish and worship how they wish, to a God whom they name as they wish. What matters is that we make a strong country here which can be a force for good in the world, where men and women can question and learn freely. This country’s destiny is to be a place where men and women can know that they are free.’”
These are the words of the scholar John Dee, describing what he hopes his country, England, can become under the rule of Elizabeth I. It perfectly sums up the themes of the novel: freedom of religion and the fight for a better England. The book is beautifully written and historically accurate. The characters are believable even if some of the events are not. It offers an interesting perspective on “Bloody Mary” (Queen Mary) and the “Virgin Queen” (Queen Elizabeth I), sisters and rivals for the throne. The main character, Hannah, is the kind of strong heroine that you immediately wish to get to know, and the problems she faces are realistic, although hard to relate to for those living in modern America.
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LUNCH:
Teriyaki Beef Dippers with Rice and Vegetables,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Nominate your favorite teacher or counselor for the Annual Teacher of the Year Awards. Forms are in your school e-mail, or in the house offices. Do it by Monday - the deadline for nominees.
Download the form here
Summer School applications are available in your House Office.
14th annual Job-Opportunity Expo today in Colt Court during both lunch periods. Safeway, Alameda County Fair, Job Corps, Tri-City animal Shelter, Fed X, & many more. Must be 15 or older.
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, at the James Logan Media Center
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Square Fish; Reprint edition (May 15, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312367465
ISBN-13: 978-0312367466
From the publisher:
Elsewhere is where 15-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different from it. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, April 7, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. I Heard That Song Before. Mary Higgins Clark. Simon & Schuster, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. Nineteen Minutes. Jodi Picoult. Atria, $26.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 5
3. Obsession. Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine, $26.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 2
4. White Night. Jim Butcher. Roc, $23.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
5. Kingdom Come. Tim LaHaye & Jerry B. Jenkins. Tyndale, $25.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
6. Whitethorn Woods. Maeve Binchy. Knopf, $25.95
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 5
7. The Alibi Man. Tami Hoag. Bantam, $26
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2
8. The Reluctant Fundamentalist. Mohsin Hamid. Harcourt, $22
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
9. Step on a Crack. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 9
10. Absolute Fear. Lisa Jackson. Kensington, $19.95
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 2
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By Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writer
On Sunday, many families enjoyed fun and music while the Oakland Zoo celebrated Earth Day from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Dozens of Bay Area environmental organizations were there to promote awareness of their causes.
For instance, the Animal Rescue Foundation took advantage of the crowd to advertise dogs and cats in need of homes through their sponsorship of Virtual Pet Adoptions .
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LUNCH:
Cheeseburger, Milk, Baby Carrots,
Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Nominate your favorite teacher or counselor for the Annual Teacher of the Year Awards. Forms are in your school e-mail, or in the house offices. Do it by Monday - the deadline for nominees.
National Anthem tryouts are Thursday at 3 pm on the Track.
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By Craig Crossman
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Apple wants you to see its Macintosh as the control center of all your media or to use the phrase of its CEO, the "Digital Hub" of everything you see and hear. Put all your music, videos and pictures you've taken on your computer for easy viewing. Take all of the DVD movies in your library, and play those TV shows you've downloaded and watch them all on the computer's screen. Display and play all of it on the computer. That's Apple's vision. But just a moment please.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
SUPER PAPER MARIO
For: Nintendo Wii
From: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone (comic mischief, mild cartoon violence)
If you liked "Paper Mario's" brilliantly original art direction and laugh-a-minute storytelling more than you enjoyed actually playing it, good news: "Super Paper Mario" brings back the former with more panache than ever while more or less scrapping the latter.
Role-playing elements — hit points, experience, magic — still run wild, but "SPM" has much more in common with Mario games of old than its predecessors. Imagine playing "Super Mario World" with a chatty storyline and Colorform graphics, and you have some idea, old-fashioned control scheme and all, how "SPM" works.
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The final standings.
James Logan's World Guard team on Sunday won its 10th straight gold medal at the annual Winter Guard International Color Guard Championships in Dayton, Ohio.
More than 300 color guards from 35 states, Canada and Japan competed in the WGI Color Guard Championships. The finals, on Sunday, were held at the University of Dayton Arena. Preliminary rounds of competition were held at the Nutter Center, Dayton Convention Center and James Trent Arena.
Click here for complete final results
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Estimated Cumulative Percentage of Students
in the Classes of 2006 and 2007 Meeting the
CAHSEE Requirement through February
2006 and 2007 by SubgroupCalifornia's high school Class of 2007 is doing better at passing the state-mandated exit exam than the Class of 2006, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell announced yesterday, and even though their traditional high school careers ended last June, the Class of 2006 is showing improvement, too.
O'Connell said that nearly half the students in the Class of 2006 who failed to pass the test before the end of their senior year have continued to try. Since May 2006, 4,797 more Class of 2006 students have gone on to pass the exam. As a result, the cumulative CAHSEE passing rate for the Class of 2006 is now an estimated 92.3 percent.
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Mexican Poet Sor Juana is represented
on a 1,000 peso bill.
Juana Inés Ramírez was born in 1648 on the farmstead of San Miguel Nepantla on the slopes of the Popocatépetl volcano, some 60km from the capital of Nueva España (now México). She was the 'illegitimate' daughter of a criolla mother (Doña Isabel Ramírez de Santillana) and a Biscayan father (Pedro Manuel de Asbaje), and her four sisters and a brother (some of them by a different father) were also illegitimate.
Read some of Sor Juana's poetry, free from photoaspects.com
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By Bruce Henderson and April Bethea
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
BLACKSBURG, Va. — The deadliest shooting massacre in American history savaged Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on Monday, as an unidentified gunman killed 32 people and wounded 15 more, then killed himself, his motive and identity unknown as of early evening.
The shootings stunned the sprawling campus in southwest Virginia and shocked the country.
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LUNCH:
Spicy Chicken Patty, Milk, Baby Carrots,
Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
The Day of Silence is Wednesday, April 18th. Drop by Room 52 or 451 to participate.
Attention ALL African-American men: The next event for you will be today after school in the Spot from 2:50-3:55 pm. Come talk about the book “Holla Back”, and other important topics. Be there Today!
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Story and Photos By Jessica Rosales, Courier Staff Writer
The DJ’s set up. For a finale to the Spirit Week Skits, the Seniors intrigued many with a show that was as well performed as it was thought out.
“As soon as they started I thought, ‘Well, they won first place,’” said a viewer in the crowd. The majority of those who watched it could not agree more.
On the strength of their preformance, seniors indeed won the Spirit Week competition, with sophomores coming in second, and juniors third followed by the freshmen.
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Bessie Smith (July, 1892 – September 21, 1937) is largely regarded as the most popular and successful blues singer in the 1920s and 1930s, and by some as the most influential performer in blues history.
She has had an enormous influence on singers throughout the history of American popular music, including Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Janis Joplin.
She has often been referred to as the "Empress of the Blues."
Watch Bessie Smith perform Saint Louis Blues, with Fetcher Henderson Band and Hall Johnson Choir, via google video.
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LUNCH:
All Beef Hot Dog, Milk, Baby Carrots,
Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
The day of Silence is Wednesday April 18th drop by Room 52 or 451 to participate.
Attention ALL African-American men: The next event for you will be tomorrow, April 17th after school in the Spot from 2:50-3:55 pm. Come talk about the book “Holla Back” and what it means to be young and a man today & other important topics.
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By Leslie Garcia
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
U.S. Government illustrationChances are, the restaurant platter o' pasta plunked down in front of you is indeed a recommended serving size for one. One family of four, that is.
That said, if we want to keep our weight under control, we need to know serving sizes.
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By Mike Zapler
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SACRAMENTO — Super-sized fast-food combos. Piles of pasta. Dessert. Dining out can be a disaster for those waging war against the waistline.
But a new Web site — healthydiningfinder.com — allows consumers to plug in a city or zip code, and up pops a list of restaurants in the area with a selection of menu items that meet certain healthy criteria, such as lower calories and fat content.
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By Rebecca Soltau, Courier Staff Writer
The Englander Sports Pub
101 Parrott St
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 357-3571
I was involved in an annual NCAA Basketball Pool for the Championship game and a few friends and I decided to make a night of it. The leader of the pool found a little restaurant in San Leandro that had at least three big screen TVs specifically for sports. So we piled into our cars and drove over, expecting a night of cheap beer and crappy food.
We were very wrong, and I couldn‘t have enjoyed being wrong more!
Visit The Englander Sports Pub's website.
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Nellallitea 'Nella' Larsen (April 13, 1891 – March 30, 1964) was a mixed-race novelist of the Harlem Renaissance who wrote two novels and a few short stories. Though her literary output was scant, what she wrote was of extraordinary quality, earning her recognition by her contemporaries and by present day critics.
Biography
Nella Larsen went by various names throughout her life. She was born in Chicago on April 13, 1891 as Nellie Walker, the daughter of the Danish immigrant domestic case worker Marie Hanson and Peter Walker, a West Indian man of color from Saint Croix who soon disappeared from her life. Taking the surname of her Scandinavian stepfather Peter Larsen, she also at times went by Nellye Larson, Nellie Larsen and, finally, Nella Larsen as well as by her married name Nella Larsen Imes.
Read "Self-delusion and self-sacrifice in Nella Larsen's 'Quicksand,"' an article from African American Review, by Kimberly Monda, free from findarticle.com.
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By Anne Chen,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
Sonia Nazario addresses students.
Anne ChenCourier Photo
The Little Theater at Logan filled with students waiting to hear Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times reporter and author of
Enrique’s Journey, speak on her bestselling novel last week.
Nazario has been reporting about social issues for more than two decades and has won the Pulitzer Prize.
For two class periods, Logan students got an insider's view on the life of immigrants and controversial immigration issues. The author's visit was made possible by The AllState Foundation and Facing History and Ourselves a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping teachers lead their students in examining the history of mass genocide and violence.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Hilary Duff released her fifth album last week entitled
Dignity. Since her fame from the hit Disney Original Series,
Lizzie McGuire, Duff has become a successful artist and actress. Whether or not she deserves the success is a whole different story. This time, Duff stayed away from the typical bubblegum pop she is known to sing. She instead decided to go into more of the electronic-sounding and dance-pop, according to Duff. Although it is good to see a change, this style seems to be overdone on this album. The only positive part of
Dignity is her maturing lyrics.
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By Nathanial Lealao, Courier Staff Writer
Austin Ashford
(Nathanial Lealao/
Courier Photo) Logan Junior Austin Ashford has a way with words, such a way that he entered recently entered his first poetry competition, the 11th annual Youth Speaks Poetry Slam in Bay Area region, and won the event's final round March 17 at the Masonic Auditorium, earning the right to compete with the Bay Area team in the National Youth Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas.
“I was surprised that I won because this is my first poetry slam ever,” Ashford said in a recent interview with The Courier.
Ashford's final round victory came after five weeks of preliminary competitions.
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or soon to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Square Fish; Reprint edition (May 15, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312367465
ISBN-13: 978-0312367466
From Squarefishbooks.com:
Elsewhere is where 15-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth, yet completely different from it. Here Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby again and returns to Earth. Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward?
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier staff writer
An artist's conception of how the 9-11
Memorial will look.Art teachers last week began collecting tiles that the their students have worked on for two weeks for use decorating a Union City memorial to the victims of the 9-11 attacks.
A special memorial will be built at the park by the corner of Alvarado-Niles and Dyer, for all those lives lost in Flight 93 and the crew at "Ground Zero." The horrific day that will haunt the people forever will never be forgotten. Union City's head of Art Activities contacted the art teachers of Logan and proposed the idea of having the students make a design on the tiles that will represent a positive, helpful view for the future in the eyes of the students.
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
Beauty by Robin McKinley
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: HarperTrophy; Reissue edition (May 1, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0064404773
ISBN-13: 978-0064404778
“I have no idea how long the silence lasted. I was staring at the rose, silent and serene on the mantelpiece, and I heard my own voice say, ‘When the month is up, Father, I will return with you.’”
It is with these words that Beauty bravely volunteers herself to go live with the Beast in place of her father in the familiar story of Beauty and the Beast. This is no Disney version, with singing teapots and dancing silverware. It is as realistic as a novel about an enchantment can be, from the hardships Beauty’s family must face to the fear that remains her constant companion during the first months with the Beast. It provides an interesting perspective of Beauty’s life before she is forced to go live with the Beast, making it one of the best versions I have ever read.
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By Erik Lacitis
The Seattle Times (MCT)
Fahad al-Balushi, a scholar-in-residence
from Oman, teaches Arabic at Bellevue
Community College in Washington.
(Greg Gilbert/Seattle Times MCT)SEATTLE — After the 36 spots for Arabic 101 were filled at Bellevue (Wash.) Community College this past quarter, there was still a waiting list of 14 students. An additional 21 students were signed up for Arabic 102.
Robert Foulk was one of the lucky ones who got into the introductory class. He showed up recently wearing his Air Force ROTC fatigues.
"I'm planning to be a pilot, and if I'm staying in the Middle East, it's a huge language to learn," said the Maple Valley, Wash., 19-year-old.
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Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. He was the first to synthesize the natural product physostigmine. While at Glidden, his chemical synthesis of human steroids from plant steroid precursors would lay the foundation for the birth control pill and cortisone. After leaving Glidden, he started his own company and competed against Syntex, and testified before a US Senate subcommittee to break their virtual monopoly on synthesizing steroid intermediates from the Mexican yam. His competition helped reduce the cost of steroid intermediates to large multinational pharmaceutical companies.
During his lifetime he received more than 130 chemical patents. Julian was the second African American to receive a doctorate in chemistry. He was the first African American chemist inducted into the National Academy of Sciences, and the second African American scientist inducted from any field.
Learn more about Percy Julian, free from De Pauw University
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Ok, all of you AP students, exam time is coming up, so crack open those books and study.
Test dates are scheduled for May 7 through May 18. Each test is non-refundable and cost $83.00 and each test must be purchased by March 23 in the main office. For those students who cannot afford paying the $83.00, the classes do fundrasiers to help out. Those students who recieve reduced price meals will get a reduced price for the test.
The results will be mailed and House Four Principal Beth Davies will get a copy of her own.
Davies said she believes that the price is high, but "I have no control over the price; College Board determines the price."
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By Stevenson Swanson
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
Pontiac established Motorati Island
in Second Life to promote its cars.NEW YORK — From being a flat presence on a computer screen, the Web is rapidly morphing into a three-dimensional virtual world.
Powered by such popular social-networking sites as Second Life and There.com, where users represent themselves with animated figures called avatars, virtual technology is finding a host of new applications that are likely to prove as revolutionary as the rapid rise of the Internet a decade ago.
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By Eric Benderoff
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
Google's new tool to add themes for brightening its famously stark search page is interesting for one reason: It was a prompt to take a fresh look at a service we take for granted.
What else can you do with a Google page? A lot.
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By Kathy Boccella
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Mark Lapreziosa, Assistant Vice President
of Enrollment Management at Arcadia
University, (left) dicusses new enrollment
background checks with Enrollment
Management Counselor Kyle Danielson.
(Gerald S. Williams/
Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)PHILADELPHIA — Along with SAT scores and extra-curricular activities, college-bound students increasingly are being asked to divulge information that may not be so flattering: their arrest and discipline records.
Since late summer, the Common Application, a form used by about 300 institutions, has asked students and guidance counselors whether the applicant has ever been convicted of a crime or disciplined at school.
Kids with rocky pasts may not make it beyond 12th grade.
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By Colleen Mastony
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
Women pick through impurities in the
coffee beans at the processing plant
in Yabu, Ethiopia. Workers, if
they're lucky, make $1.50 a day in
wages. (Wes Pope/Chicago Tribune/MCT)JIMMA, Ethiopia — Inside the coffee plant's corrugated metal fence, men look more like mules as they lug 100-pound sacks of coffee on their backs.
But as midday nears, a heavenly scent wafts from the corner, where Ahmed Achoumeto, 25, pounds a pile of black coffee beans in preparation for the noontime break.
"I am terribly addicted. If I don't get coffee, I can't see properly," he said, standing barefoot in the dirt, grinding the beans with a primitive 3-foot-long wooden pestle and a mortar made of a hollowed tree stump. "Almost everyone here is addicted."
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Eadweard Muybridge (April 9, 1830 – May 8, 1904) was an English-born photographer, known primarily for his early use of multiple cameras to capture motion, and his zoopraxiscope, a device for projecting motion pictures that pre-dated celluloid film strip still used today.
Early life and career
Muybridge was born Edward James Muggeridge at Kingston upon Thames, England. He is believed to have changed his first name to match that of King Eadweard as shown on the plinth of the Kingston coronation stone, which was re-erected in Kingston in 1850. Muggeridge became Muygridge and then Muybridge after he had emigrated to the United States in the early 1850s.
View Eadweard Muybridge's photos of native Americans in the Yosemite Valley, free from the Modesto Bee.
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By Sue Nowicki
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MODESTO, Calif. - Where were you on Easter 40 years ago?
Ron Cone knows exactly where he was - dropping off South Vietnamese soldiers in a Mekong Delta rice paddy near Hoa Binh that suddenly erupted with Viet Cong firepower.
Although Cone faced other battles in his yearlong tour of duty as an Army helicopter pilot, it is the Easter Sunday battle on March 26, 1967, that has been engraved on his mind through the years.
He went back to Vietnam last month and spent March 26 at the battle site.
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Logan teacher Ramon Camacho packed up his truck March 30 to take donated goods to the drop off site for the farm workers who were affected by this winter's freeze that killed fruit trees and other agricultural crops and put many workers out jobs.
Camacho had a truck-load of donations to deliver because he attended a Community Empowerment Service Meeting last month during which Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Cesar Chavez's daughter, spoke of the plight of the workers. Rodriguez asked everyone at the meeting if they could help out the freeze victims. Over 28,000 jobs were lost; it was a crisis in many workers' lives.
For more information, and to make donations, visit the United Farm Workers website, www.ufw.org.
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By Brian Gilmore (MCT)
We are not doing enough to support our troops when they return home. Some have actually become homeless, and it is a serious problem.
Veterans now account for about one-third of the estimated 200,000 homeless Americans, according to a recent CBS News report. Many of the homeless veterans served in the Vietnam War, but the number of homeless Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is expected to grow in coming years.
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By Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (MCT)
Sen Edward KennedyThree weeks ago, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales wrote that the dismissal of eight U.S. attorneys was nothing more than "an overblown personnel matter." He could not be more wrong. The scandal is important for many reasons, but it is most important as a vivid example of the Bush administration's shameful subversion of the rule of law.
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As James Logan High School prepares for this year's round of federally mandated standardized testing, federal officials have announced changed rules governing the testing of students with learning disabilities.
Logan Assistant Principal Linda Kingston today sent staff the schedule for the STAR testing this year. This year's' schedule, like last year's spans five days, starting on April 24, a Tuesday, and continues for the rest of that week, and finishes, after a break from testing on Monday, on Tuesday, May 1.
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Reviewed by Iona Childers, Courier Restaurant Editor
The Cheesecake Factory
925 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, CA 95123
(408) 225-6948
Fellow Courier Staff Writer, Jacqueline Truong, stared at me in utter disbelief when I told her I had never eaten at The Cheesecake Factory. Her shock was justified when I later found out that The Cheesecake Factory is a chain restaurant, and I had just admitted to never having eaten at one of the many Cheesecake Factories. Four restaurants happen to be within a twenty-five mile radius of Union City, twenty-eight total restaurants in California alone, and there is at least one Cheesecake Factory in thirty-two out of the fifty US states. Wow.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Being a fan of sushi and seafood, there is no doubt that I loved Todai, one that used to be one of the best seafood buffets that I have ever been to.
After shopping in Stoneridge Mall in Pleasanton recently, my family and I decided to eat there. It was a place where you cannot eat too frequently or else the food just will not taste as good, similarly to the economic concept of the law of diminishing marginal utility. Wow, I cannot believe I just used a term I learned in economics class. Anyway.
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By Dana Llarena and Jessica Rosales, Courier Staff Writers
The Freshmen’s lone sign.For the third in the series of Spirit Week skits, the Freshmen delivered a skit deemed confusing by many audience members.
The set up was plain: the only way one could tell where the scene was taking place was because of a single sign. They even had technical difficulties, especially with their simple backdrops. There were many cast members in the Class of 2010’s skit compared to the Juniors, but fewer than the Sophomores. With all those members we would have thought they could have come up with a more original storyline. It was difficult to catch the lines that were said to introduce the plot, which is what led to confusion and the reason why we could not hear the names of the characters.
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Note: The Courier received two free tickets to a special premiere of this film from radio station Wild 94.9 in return for a promotional consideration.
Grindhouse Sends-Up B-Movies with Horribly Hilarious Results
Review by Fermin Sierra, Courier Staff Writer
Seemingly dropped on American Cinema’s doorstep out of nowhere, the action movie event of the year,
Grindhouse, has finally arrived. Paying homage to the shoddy filmmaking of 1970’s exploitation movies, directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino have crafted a double feature (complete with fake trailers crafted by other contemporary filmmakers) that rivals their predecessors in both gore and poor editing.
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By Joe Neumaier
New York Daily News (MCT)
Richard Gere as "Clifford Irving,"
and Julie Delpy as "Nina Van
Pallandt," in "The Hoax."
(Handout/MCT) NEW YORK — In his new film "The Hoax," Richard Gere does a lot of fast-talking. As Clifford Irving, one of the most notorious scam artists the last century ever produced, Gere — wearing a bit of putty on his nose — shmoozes, cajoles, insinuates and babbles. As fast as the actor's feet moved in "Chicago," his mouth moves in this movie. And when Gere-as-Irving isn't talking, you can still see him thinking about what lie he'll concoct next.
Who is this guy, and what has he done with the real Richard Gere?
Not so fast.
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By Stephen J. Hedges
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Children eight to 12 years old are exposed to an average of 21 television food advertisements each day, commercials that predominantly push candy, snacks and other unhealthy foods contributing to childhood obesity. Fully half the ads on children's programs involve the sale of food items.
And they're not pushing healthy foods. "The vast majority of the foods that kids see advertised on television today are for products that nutritionists would tell us they need to be eating less of, not more of," said Vicky Rideout, a vice president at the Kaiser Family Foundation, which reported the research March 28 as part of what Kaiser billed as the first comprehensive study of food advertising and children.
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Harold Edgerton, front left, demonstrates
his invention of stroboscopic photography.
Department of Energy photoHarold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton, Sc.D. (April 6, 1903–January 4, 1990) was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is largely credited with transforming the stroboscope from an obscure laboratory instrument into a common device seen in nearly every camera.
He grew up in Aurora, Nebraska and attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. After graduating, he married Esther Garret in 1928. During their marriage they had three children: William, Robert, and Mary Lou.
See Harold Edgerton's breakthrough photos free from the Massachusett's Institute of Technology website.
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The process for choosing Logan’s teachers-of-the-year got underway today, as nomination forms were distributed to staff and students.
This is the 12th year of the program, according to organizers, through which parents, students, staff and administrators are invited to participate in choosing teachers for the honor of House Teacher-of-the-Year.
LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Congratulations Advanced Concert Choir & Jazz Singers - first place, and Chamber Choir 2nd in Hawaii competition.
Advanced Concert Choir was awarded the Adjudicator Award for the highest individual score, and Joseph Canuto received Maestro Award - best vocal soloist in Hawaii last week!
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
What
is the curse of well-known producers? Have you ever realized how Pharrell Williams is able to provide killer beats to other artists and the songs end up charting well? Yet when he released his own album, it does not receive nearly as much success, even if it does feature a big time artist like Kanye West ( Number One ). What will be the fate of Timbaland s latest release,
Shock Value? Only time will tell.
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By Ray Dequina, Courier Opinion Editor
George Bush is a negative
Republican U.S. Government photoPicture this: I'm sitting in class, minding my own business. A student poses an innocent question to the class. They answer. I am silent. The student persists. I remain taciturn. The student continues asking and in a fit of rage, I finally answer. The whole class goes dead. The inquiring student stands with her mouth agape. Have I said something wrong?
The question, of course, was "What is your political affiliation?" and from the class' reaction, you would think that I had said something like "American Nazi" or "United Federation of Baby Eaters". Something tells me that, whatever other outlandish answer I might have given, none would've been received quite as hostilely as the answer I gave.
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By Bethany Stringer, Courier Staff Writer
In a surprising 2-2 vote, the New Haven Unified School Board did not approve a proposed Surveillance Camera Policy.
The policy entailed allowing any school site to install video cameras as a crime deterrent. Cameras
would not be allowed in certain areas such as school bathrooms or locker rooms, but could be placed in any other part of the campus.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a report on interventions and support for struggling students, including a video demonstration of how “Writing Academy” is working at Barnard-White Middle School. The presentation also included information on the 2007 summer-school program and on how changes in state funding are affecting what kinds of courses the District is able to offer.
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By Jessica Rosales and Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writers.
The '09 Crew boards the Golden Eye.For the second day of skits, the Class of ‘09 performed a more organized skit compared to the Junior skit. Their props and backdrops actually went with their theme of Emerald Cove and were well made. From watching them, it seemed like they took their time in rehearsing, especially with the large amount of participating Sophomore, and compromising the skit. Many parts went off without a hitch and if there were any mistakes, the viewers couldn’t really tell.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
TRADE
1. The Memory Keeper's Daughter. Kim Edwards. Penguin, $14
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 39
2. The Glass Castle. Jeannette Walls. Scribner, $14
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 38
3. Eat, Pray, Love. Elizabeth Gilbert. Penguin, $15
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 8
4. The Measure of a Man. Sidney Poitier. Harper San Francisco, $14.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 9
5. The Alchemist. Paulo Coelho. Harper San Francisco, $13.95
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 35
6. The Year of Magical Thinking. Joan Didion. Vintage, $13.95
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 6
7. Labyrinth. Kate Mosse. Berkley, $15
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 6
8. The Namesake. Jhumpa Lahiri. Houghton/Mariner, $14
Last Week: 9; Weeks on List: 14
9. Everyday Food: Great Food Fast. Martha Stewart. Clarkson Potter, $24.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2
10. The Kite Runner. Khaled Hosseini. Riverhead, $14
Last Week: 10; Weeks on List: 128
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By Bethany Stringer, Courier Staff Writer
The New Haven Board of Education Tuesday praised James Logan High's daily online newspaper, The Courier, for it's adept use of technology and its service to the school community.
There to receive the recognition was Patrick Hannigan, who had brought with him his long time friend and colleague, Tim Campbell.
A story about The Courier's first anniversary as a uniquely daily news site, broadcast by local TV news outlet KGO-TV, spurred the Board's recognition.
Stories about the school's news operation, which Hannigan claims is the only daily high school-based, student-produced news source anywhere, also recently appeared in
the Argus, the local website
www.newbor.com, and the
website of the Peninsula Press Club.
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Note: The Courier received two free tickets to this film from the radio station Wild 94.9 in return for a promotional consideration.
Review by Pamela Gutierrez, Courier Staff Writer
Are We Done Yet?, the sequel to 2005’s
Are We There Yet? proves that Columbia Pictures should have quit while they were ahead.
Nick Parson’s (Ice Cube) life has changed a bit since we first saw him. He married Suzanne ( Nia Long) and has gone from mom’s hot-headed boyfriend to hot-headed step dad.
Read the rest of this review, plus Priya Jagannathan's review of Are We Done Yet?, by clicking "Read More."
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LUNCH:
Teriyaki Beef Dippers with Rice and Vegetables
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
National Anthem tryouts today after school on the Turf for the Top 8 Track Meet..
Congratulations Advanced Concert Choir & Jazz Singers - first place, and Chamber Choir 2nd in Hawaii competition.
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
Overturned Chariot: The Autobiography of Phan Boi Chau by Phan Boi Chau, Nicholas Wickenden (Translator)
Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press (December 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 082481875X
ISBN-13: 978-0824818753
From the University of Hawaii Press:
Phan (1867-1940) was the most prominent leader of the Vietnamese independence movement during the first quarter of the twentieth century and a living link between the older generation who initiated the struggle against French rule in Vietnam and the younger generation who carried that struggle to its conclusion. From the earliest days of the nation-wide Loyalist movement of 1885-1895 to the 1930s, Vietnamese resistance to foreign domination did not lose its cohesion and vigor thanks mainly to Phan and his associates. For this reason, during the more than twenty years following 1954, when Vietnam was divided between North and South, Phan's memory was honored and numerous studies of his life and writings were published in both parts of the country." "Looking back, Phan believed his career had been a failure, but one from which his compatriots could learn. For today's reader, Phan's memoir vividly conveys the vision of Vietnam and its position in the world held by one of the first and most influential leaders of Vietnamese anti-colonialism.
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (April 30, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0142001430
ISBN-13: 978-0142001431
“’But how would we repay the kindness of those who received us, if we carried the seeds of the Plague to them? What burden would we bear if, because of us, hundreds die who might have lived? No! Let us accept this Cross. Let us carry it in God’s Holy Name!’ The rector’s voice had been gaining in power till it rang like a bell. But now he dropped back into a tone of intimacy, like a lover addressing his beloved. ‘Dear friends, here we are, and here we must stay. Let the boundaries of this village become our whole world. Let none enter and none leave while this Plague lasts.’”
Year of Wonders is the story of the sacrifice of a small mountain town in England where the deadly Plague hits. In order to save the lives of others, the town decides to keep everyone in and all others out in order to prevent the spreading of the Plague, knowing full well that such close proximity to each other could very well mean their deaths. It is a depressing story, but also an inspiring one.
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Hundreds of Heads (MCT)
Moving? Here's some advice on getting rid of extra stuff from the book "How to Survive a Move" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $13.95), straight from people who've done it:
—"Always know where a good consignment shop is. I've made so much money selling my things instead of just throwing away old items that I thought were useless. There is always someone else willing to buy your used stuff_and you can profit from it!"
Sara Faiwell, Buffalo Grove, Ill., 7 moves
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By Priya Jagannathan and Bobbi Maas, Courier Staff Writers
Photos by Carmen Shiu
The Junior Skit had a King Arthur theme.
Here, Nifae Lealao as King Arthur confers
with Merlin-Merl, played by Austin Ashford.
Overall, Tuesday's junior skit, performed during the lunch periods in the Pavilion, was…interesting. Even though some scenes were confusing, the acting was okay and the dancing was good, though sort of random, but it was a skit good for a laugh.
The entire skit was a mockery to the Arthurian legend. The skit’s focus is on King Arthur’s ( Nifae Lealao) journey as he tries to find a queen for his kingdom. With aid from Lancelot and Merlin-Merl, a poor substitute for Merlin who could easily have had Snoop Dog beaten in a battle of ghettoness, Arthur is able to attain Guinevere’s affections.
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LUNCH:
Cheeseburger, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
During Spring Break, Fremont Sikh Temple is offering FREE SAT prep and coaching/tutoring April 7-15, from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm daily. Contact Mr. Rana in Room 63 for more information.
The Youth Alive Club is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt, so keep your eyes open for hidden eggs around campus starting today. You might even find a special egg with a gift card!
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By Ray Dequina, Courier Opinion Editor
In terms of territorial dominion, the Spartans didn't get much done in the way of conquering. For their fabled tenacity and fearlessness in the face of insurmountable odds, Spartans never really could extend their rule past the city‑state and a small blotch of outlying land. Even so, with the recent deluge of Spartan themed entertainment, you would've thought that the warriors of the Classical Age had come back with a vengeance. Movies, books, comic books, and video games—in short, Sparta's big nowadays, and it only took about 2500 years. Oh well, better late than never.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 07
For: Nintendo Wii
From: EA Sports
ESRB Rating: Everyone
The first eight swings I took in "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07" had no place in a backyard, much less the PGA. Each veered wide left or right, landing either out of bounds or in the water. Swinging the Wiimote like a virtual golf club was fun, but not exactly productive.
The problem? I was playing "Woods" like a video game. For the ninth swing, I employed every trick I'd ever learned on a golf course — knees bent, shoulders and feet square, eyes on the "ball" instead of the game, swinging in two motions instead of one. I swung the Wiimote, looked at the screen, and to my great amazement, the ball was en route to the fairway. It missed by inches and landed in the rough, but it was some serious progress — and one of the coolest "ah ha!" moments I've experienced in six years of reviewing video games.
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By Benjamin J. Romano
The Seattle Times (MCT)
SEATTLE — Microsoft will sell a high-end version of its Xbox 360 entertainment console beginning this spring in a bid to woo videophiles and gaming enthusiasts away from Sony's PlayStation3.
The company released details this week of a $480 "Elite" model with a black finish, 120 gigabytes of storage and a new output for high-definition video and audio. It is set to go on sale April 29 in the United States and Canada and will be a permanent part of the Xbox 360 line.
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author of the early 19th century. Best known for his short stories “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip van Winkle” (both of which appear in his book
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon), he was also a prolific writer of essays, biographies, and other forms as well. He and James Fenimore Cooper were the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and Irving is said to have mentored authors such as Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Read The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon,
one of 21 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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LUNCH:
Spicy Chicken Patty
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
The Youth Alive Club is sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt, so keep your eyes open for hidden eggs around campus starting tomorrow. You might even find a special egg with a gift card!
This Thursday in the Spot after school help decorate spring bags for needy children.
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By Andy Mead
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Animatronic dinosaurs and people
are throughout the Creation Museum
as pictured March 20, 2007, in
Petersburg, Kentucky. The museum
is a $27 million religious showcase
scheduled to open Memorial Day.
(Mark Cornelison/Lexington
Herald-Leader/MCT)
PETERSBURG, Ky. — Tyrannosaurus rex was a strict vegetarian, and lived with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.
There were dinosaurs of every kind aboard Noah's ark. Some dinosaurs managed to hang around until just a few hundred years ago. The legend of St. George slaying the dragon? That probably was a dinosaur.
Exhibits showing all this and more will be at the Creation Museum, a $27 million religious showcase nearing completion in Northern Kentucky.
The museum, in Boone County, is being built by a non-profit group called Answers in Genesis. It is scheduled to open on Memorial Day. Museum and Northern Kentucky tourism officials expect it to be a boon to the region, bringing in at least 250,000 visitors in its first year.
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Courier Staff Writers Sahar Naweed and Armaghan Nabil contributed to this report.
The second of this year's Holocaust assemblies will be held Thursday, when sophomore World Studies students will go to the Little Theater to hear Jacques, who survived the Holocaust as a "hidden child" in France, recount his experiences.
This will be Jacques' first appearance at the annual assemblies, the fifteenth annual Holocaust assemblies to be presented.
Visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's website.
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Francisco Baltazar (April 2, 1788—February 20, 1862), known much more widely through his nom-de-plume Francisco Balagtas, was a prominent Filipino poet, and is widely considered as the Tagalog equivalent of William Shakespeare for his impact on Filipino literature. The famous epic, Florante at Laura, is regarded as his defining work.
Early years
Born in the town of Bigaa (now named Balagtas in his honor) in the province of Bulacan, Francisco Balagtas was the youngest of four children. His parents were the blacksmith, Juan Baltazar, and his wife, Juana de la Cruz. He was nicknamed Kiko, while his siblings were named Felipe, Concha, and Nicholasa.
Read Forante, by Francisco Balagtas, in
tagalog, or
spanish, free from Project Gutenberg.
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James Fisk, Jr. (April 1, 1834 – January 6, 1872), known variously as "Big Jim," "Diamond Jim," and "Jubilee Jim," was an American financier. Fisk was born in Bennington, Vermont. After a brief period in school, he ran away in 1850 and joined Van Amberg's Mammoth Circus & Menagerie, a circus. Later, he became a hotel waiter, and finally adopted the business of his father, a peddler. He adopted what he learned in the circus to his peddling and grew his father's business. He then became a salesman for Jordan Marsh, a Boston dry goods firm. A failure as a salesman, he was sent to Washington D.C. in 1861 to sell textiles to the government. By his shrewd dealing in army contracts during the Civil War, and, by some accounts, cotton smuggling across enemy lines (in which he enlisted the help of his father), he accumulated considerable wealth, which he soon lost in speculation.
Read Avoiding the Big Bang, by Kurt Vonnegut, source of the Big Jim Fisk quotation, free from vonnegutweb.com.
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