This is the archive for April 2008
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ACTIVITIES:
The Day of Silence is Friday. See Mr. Roman in Room 52 or Mrs. Lee in Room 451 for materials.
Choir Auditions are May 13-16 at 3:30pm in the Choir Room. May 13 is for the Advanced and Jazz, May 14 is Jazz Callbacks, May 15 & 16 is Show Choir. See Ms. McShane if you have any questions.
Go see Alex Cho’s amazing artwork at the San Leandro Gallery & Museum between May 2 and May 9 at 320 W. Estudillo Ave. His work may turn out to go to Washington DC, if he wins the competition.
Posted by courier at 09:25 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Sarena Kaur,
Courier Staff Writer
LeBron James has been called "the best high school basketball players ever." The book,
The Rise of a Star LeBron James, by David Lee Morgan Jr talks about why LeBron James is as "big" as he is.
This book is the story of LeBron James from growing up in high school to becoming the number one NBA draft pick. This book has over 20 chapters that go directly into his life, which talks about his family, his coaches his friends and his teammates. The book includes over sixty personal photographs of him growing up. It also talks about how LeBron handles all the pressure from being a rising star while attending high school.
Posted by courier at 09:13 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Editor
The War of the Worlds, by H.G. Wells illustrates a war between two species which takes place in England. As with many of H.G. Wells’ novels,
The War of the Worlds is anchored in and around London.
The aggressors are from the planet Mars, as their planet seems to lose vital resources the creatures arrive on earth in search of other resources.
The novel is especially intriguing because it takes the reader into a type of fantasy setting which is rarely explored; this setting includes Martian aliens who are shown as a ruthless, merciless monsters.
Read The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells, free from Project Gutenberg.
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Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial (February 21, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060878061
ISBN-13: 978-0060878061,
Courier Staff Writer
“Name one thing—other than the existence of God—that we take on blind faith.”
Ian Fletcher’s words ring in your ears through out Jodi Picoults’s
Keeping Faith.
In Picoult’s novel, we are thrown into a raging religious controversy surrounding a 7-year-old girl who is believed to be “talking” directly to God. Mariah White is a woman who, after catching her husband cheating for the second time, has been abandoned. Left with nothing but her daughter she becomes increasingly depressed. Amidst what is going on, Mariah’s daughter Faith develops an imaginary friend, which she calls her guard. In the days that follow a rapid divorce from her husband, Mariah finds herself wrapped in a secession of miracles and stigmata, a medical condition where unexplained sores and open wounds develop on the hands and feet corresponding to the crucifixion wounds of Jesus Christ, through her daughter.
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ACTIVITIES:
Choir Auditions are May 13-16 at 3:30pm in the Choir Room. May 13 is for the Advanced and Jazz, May 14 is Jazz Callbacks, May 15 & 16 is Show Choir. See Ms. McShane if you have any questions.
Go see Alex Cho’s amazing artwork at the San Leandro Gallery & Museum between May 2 and May 9 at 320 W. Estudillo Ave. His work may turn out to go to Washington DC, if he wins the competition.
Posted by courier at 02:28 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Etan Horowitz
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
In honor of the month that brings us Earth Day, here are some tips on cutting down the amount of electricity you use to power your gadgets.
POWER MANAGEMENT: Set your computer to go into standby, sleep or hibernate mode after between 30 and 60 minutes of inactivity. This will conserve power and allow you to quickly get back into what you were working on. The less time it takes for your computer to go into standby or hibernate, the more power you will save. Using the power management features on your computer can save between $25 and $75 per year per computer.
Posted by courier at 05:40 AM. Filed under: Features
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The Solio Hybrid 1000
Despite better battery life in today's gadgets, a little backup power is always best — and what more suitable source than the sun?
The Solio Hybrid 1000 from Better Energy Systems is a solar panel and battery in a light, slender case that can charge mobile phones, music players, digital cameras or portable gaming systems.
Posted by courier at 04:29 AM. Filed under: Features
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BEIJING — One of the factors in the Tibetan crisis that hasn't had a good airing is why Tibetans are treated as second-class citizens.
Chinese citizens are generally freer than ever. They can get passports. They can change jobs at will. They can choose where they live and marry whom they wish. Some of that also applies to China's 56 minority groups. But Tibetans don't enjoy all the freedoms of other Chinese. They are restricted in their movements within the Tibetan Autonomous Region, frequently turned back at police checkpoints. They can't get passports very easily, sometimes waiting years and occasionally flatly denied. It is a similar situation among Muslims in Xinjiang. And when Tibetans and Muslim Uighurs travel around China now, hotels often deny them rooms. In the run-up to the Olympics, it simply appears to be an unwritten rule that hotels must turn them away.
Posted by courier at 07:27 PM. Filed under: News
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Sample questions from the survey:
It’s lunchtime! You’re waiting in back
of a long line trying to get some food.
You see a person walk calmly to the
front of the line and get in front of
everyone. What do you do?
Your friend decides to “show off” a
weapon he/she brought to school.
What do you do?
The bell to end school has rung. You exit
campus to go home.
How safe do you feel?
By Jamie Maxfield, Courier Staff Writer
While the sophomores had to take their STAR tests on Friday, juniors and freshmen who bothered to attend school during the testing period took a survey that was created by by S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violence Everywhere). The S.A.V.E. club, which meets after school and was started by junior Cody Harper, aimed to assess students' attitudes toward a variety of hypothetical school violence scenarios.
Unfortunately, some juniors and freshmen took the morning off, because they had no tests to take during their assigned testing periods.
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ACTIVITIES:
Seniors! If you didn’t pick up your cap & gown, Jostens will be here at lunch Thursday in Colt Court.
Unity Fair meeting today in Room 305 at 3:40 . All clubs interested must attend.
CLUBS:
The Day of Silence is this Friday. See Mrs. Lee in Room 451 or Mr. Roman in Room 52 for materials.
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From wikipedia:
Zip the Pinhead, born William Henry Johnson (1842? in Liberty Corner, New Jersey – April 28, 1926 in New York City, New York), was an American freak show performer famous for his oddly tapered head.
William Henry Johnson was born to a very poor African-American family. His parents were William and Mahalia Johnson, former slaves. As he grew his body developed normally but his head remained small. His tapering cranium and heavy jaw made him attractive to agents from Van Emburgh's Circus in Somerville, New Jersey. His unusual appearance caused many to believe that he was a "pinhead", or microcephalic. Microcephalics are characterized by a small, tapering cranium and impaired mental faculty. It is clear, however, that William Henry was not mentally deficient.
Read more about William Johnson's career as Zip the Pinhead, free from weirdnj.com.
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ACTIVITIES:
Seniors! If you didn’t pick up your cap & gown, Jostens will be here at lunch Thursday in Colt Court.
Unity Fair meeting tomorrow in Room 305 at 3:40 . All clubs interested must attend.
MISCELLANEOUS:
Are car sound systems your thing? Then sign up for ROP’s summer school class here at Logan called Mobile Electronics. Registration forms are in the Career Center. Medical and CAD classes also available.
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From wikipedia:
Frank Alvin Gotch (April 27, 1878 - December 17, 1917) was an American professional wrestler credited for popularizing professional wrestling in the United States. He competed back when the contests were largely legitimate (see catch wrestling), and his reign as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion (from 1908 to 1915) is the second longest in the history of wrestling. He became one of the most popular athletes in America from the 1900s to the 1910s.
He was the first inductee to both the Professional Wrestling Writers Hall of Fame in Latham, New York and the Lou Thesz/George Tragos Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame in Newton, Iowa; his professional wrestling record is 154 wins and 6 losses.
Learn more about Frank Gotch at www.frankgotch.com.
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By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
BEIJING — Nervous that troublemakers may slip across the border before the Olympic Games, China is making it harder for foreigners to obtain entry visas and halting public gatherings where embarrassing protests over Tibet might take place.
Authorities suspended a May 1-4 rock festival that's the biggest annual outdoor music event in China, saying the event could be dangerous, an organizer said Thursday.
Other commercial events also have been canceled in recent weeks, including a Celine Dion concert in Beijing and a pillow fight aimed at drawing shoppers to a mall.
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By Emily Low,
Courier Staff Writer
STAR testing has taken over James Logan in a dramatic whirlwind like it does every year at this time in spring, inducing groans of boredom and cries for freedom from underclassmen and juniors, eliciting teasing smiles from seniors who are allowed to sleep in and thus feel obligated to flaunt it, and loading stress-filled days of preparations on teachers. And, like it has been in past years, one more ingredient has to be added: the student forum.
Student forums. The very phrase makes me frown. I cannot ridicule the intent, for it is a good one: it serves to inform students of situations that involve all of the school’s sizeable population, or which we students are a majority, and to involve the student community in contributing ideas to better the school. Lovely. But, as in most cases, the intent doesn’t quite matter in the long run. What is seen is what actually happens.
So what does happen in these student forums? Next to nothing.
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From wikipedia:
Gertrude Malissa Nix Pridgett Rainey, better known as Ma Rainey (April 26, 1886 – December 22, 1939), was one of the earliest known American professional blues singers and one of the first generation of such singers to record. She was billed as The Mother of the Blues. She did much to develop and popularize the form and was an important influence on younger blues women, such as Bessie Smith, and their careers.
Listen to several selections of Ma Rainey's music, free from Rhapsody.com.
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By Najia Qadir,
Courier Staff Writer
The Forbidden Kingdom came out on April 18 and is receiving many mixed review...mostly negative however.
The movie revolves around an American teenager, Jason (Michael Angarro) who is obsessed with old kung fu movies. He somehow stumbles into ancient China when he finds a staff in the back of a pawn shop. There, he discovers that he is "the traveler" who is destined to bring the staff back to the frozen Monkey King who will then be free of his curse and able to defeat the Jade Emperor who is unjustly ruling the land.
Posted by courier at 08:48 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
John Mattos, principal at Eastin Elementary School for the past five years, will become principal of Alvarado Middle School for the 2008-09 school year, and current Alvarado principal Yvonne Hull will become House Principal for the sophomore class at James Logan High School.
John Rodriguez, assistant principal at Conley-Caraballo High School, and Grace Kim, assistant principal at Alvarado Middle, also will become house principals at Logan, New Haven Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi also announced today, completing the house staffing at the high school.
Posted by courier at 11:31 AM. Filed under: News
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
Newark scored five runs in the first inning and only added on to their lead afterwards as the Cougars cruised by the Colts 11‑4.
Cougar Bobby Neves went 2‑4 with four runs driven home. Ryan Hugens and Sean Martin each had a pair of hits and two RBIs.
The Cougars scored five times in the first inning and added three more in the 4th to build a 8‑1 advantage halfway into the contest. The Colts made a bid to come back when they pushed across two runs in the bottom half of the 4th, but the Cougars would score three more times in the final inning to close out the game.
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Current House 9 Principal
Matt Smith Courier Photo
Matt Smith, who as a house principal this year helped introduce “freshman families” into the ongoing effort to establish small learning communities at James Logan High School, will serve as the school’s Vice Principal, Teaching and Learning, in 2008-09.
“Increasing our emphasis on instruction is our top priority at Logan, and continuing to move toward smaller learning communities is critical to that mission,” New Haven Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said. “Matt is someone who has shown he can lead us in both areas.”
Posted by courier at 08:07 AM. Filed under: News
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By Carmen Shiu,
Courier Special Correspondent
Three decades ago, popular singers Janet Jackson and Madonna stepped into the music industry. Two decades ago, pop songstress Mariah Carey also stepped in. Combined, each artist averaged about ten albums over the years.
Together, they are known as the pop divas of today and have all returned this year with brand new albums.
Jackson released her 10th album,
Discipline, on Feb. 22. Working with the likes of mega-hit songwriter and singer Ne-Yo and longtime hip-hop producers Jermaine Dupri and Rodney Jerkins, it is hard to be unsuccessful.
Discipline shows that Jackson is capable of sticking to her own style, but still keeps up with the ever-changing music. The debut single, "Feedback," charted at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her best single since 2001 with "Someone to Call My Lover."
For whatever reason, Jackson released "Rock with U" and "LUV" as singles just one week after another. She needs to be careful in deciding which songs to release as singles and devote time into promoting each one.
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By Krystal Henderson,
Courier News Editor
We've heard her soulful "No One" and "Like You'll Never See Me Again" on almost every radio station. In June, Alicia Keys will release yet another hit single from her November 2007 album
As I Am. The song "Teenage Love Affair" is sweet and delightful, recounting the emotional pleasure of puppy love.
The opening lyrics "Can't wait to get home/ Baby, dial your number/ Can you pick up the phone/ Cause I wanna have ya..." bring to mind the giddy hopeful feeling many of us experience when first experimenting with a romantic relationship.
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Callie Force, from Camp Galileo,
said the job faire was a success.
Both employers and job seekers came out to Logan with high expectations for the recent Job-O Expo.
For the organizations that set up their booths in Colt court last Thursday, associates hoped to find interested and eligible students for open job positions. This created a very effective event, as many Logan students were equally optimistic, hoping to find suitable jobs for the approaching summer.
Circulating through the rows of tables, including ones set up by associations such as the Courtyard Residence Inn, Union City Leisure Services, Great America, 1st United Services, Union City Library, Dry‑wall Apprenticeship, many were not surprised to find the miscellaneous knick‑knacks being distributed to charm the likes of students. The Army was a crowd favorite with their pull‑up bar, enticing students to compete for various prizes. Though many people found the free food and items more pleasing than the actual purpose of the employers, the appeal was able to lead some students to actually sign‑up and receive information from the employers.
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By Debbie Ly,
Courier Staff Writer
April is National Autism Awareness Month and a toy drive is currently being held at Logan by
Asian American Studies teacher, Tina Bobadilla, through affiliation with her nephew, Mario Bobadilla, who is currently attending Irvington High School.
As a part of his year‑long community service project called QUEST, Mario is presently holding a toy drive benefiting the Autism programs and classes in the New Haven Unified School District. His group has chosen “the education of children with autism during the elementary stages of their school career” as their area of interest.
Posted by courier at 01:07 PM. Filed under: Features
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By Jamie Maxfield,
Courier Staff Writer
Ludo, the new hit band is prepared to take over you radios and fill your ears with some more great sounds. Their most recent album,
You’re Awful, I Love You, was released in February of 2008.
Ludo is a band composed of five members: lead vocalist and guitarist Andrew Volpe, guitarist Tim Ferrell, bassist Marshall Fanciullo, drummer Matt Palermo, and Tim Convy on moog, which is a music synthesizer. They started out in St. Louis, Missouri as a two-man acoustic band and their name is based off of a character from the movie
Labyrinth. Later Volpe and Ferrell (the original two members) moved to Tulsa where they were determined to become big.
Visit Ludo's webpage.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
To give parents an opportunity to ask questions and receive information about the changes coming to the District’s middle schools in 2008-09, this month's New Haven Community Forum is being integrated into the annual Open House evenings at each middle school. The Forum will come to Alvarado Middle School this Thursday (April 24), from 5:30 to 7 p.m.; and to Cesar Chavez Middle School next Thursday (May 1), also from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Forum met at Barnard-White Middle School last week.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Drama students at Barnard-White and Cesar Chavez middle schools will present a combined production of Disney’s "Sleeping Beauty," starting Thursday night.
Under the direction of teachers Denise McGinnis and Doris Gallagher, 15 BWMS and 15 CCMS students are working together to present the musical. Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday (April 24-25) at CCMS and at 7 p.m. next Thursday (May 1) at BWMS. Tickets are $5.
The combined musical is among the initial activities designed to bring together students from the two schools before Barnard-White loses at the end of the school year.
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ACTIVITIES:
Seniors! If you didn’t pick up your cap & gown, Jostens will be here at lunch Thursday in Colt Court.
CLUBS:
Day of Silence is coming May 2. We’re making t-shirts tomorrow after school in Room 451. Bring a t-shirt or a dollar.
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From wikipedia:
Edward (Edmund) Cartwright (April 24, 1743 – October 30, 1823) was an English clergyman and inventor of the power loom, a poet and writer.
Born in Marham, Norfolk, he was a clergyman of the Church of England. He was educated at University College, Oxford.
More fortunate than his predecessors, he attacked the problem of mechanical weaving after much initial work had been done, especially that relating to mechanical spinning and the factory system, for without these no power loom could succeed. He designed the first power loom in 1784 patented it in 1785, but it proved to be valueless. In the following year, however, he patented another loom which has served as the model for later inventors to work upon. He was conscious that for a mechanically driven loom to become a commercial success, either one person would have to attend several machines, or each machine must have a greater productive capacity than one manually controlled.
Read Armine and Elvira: A Legendary Tale. In Two Parts. By Edmund Cartwright, free from Google books.
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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: New American Library
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0451528557
ISBN-13: 978-0451528551 by H.G. Wells is a short unique tale which illustrates journey of the man identified as The Time Traveler.
H.G. Wells has a tendency to create characters that are different from the norm. The Time Traveler is an intelligent man of his time who has invented a machine which allows him to travel through time, into the future and the past.
The Time Traveler picks the future in which to explore, and uses his time machine to arrive in a strange world. Thousands of years into the future he finds man has become weak, unintelligent, and uncaring.
Read The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells, free from Project Gutenberg.
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It’s Senior Night for Boys Volleyball! Thursday night in the Pavilion against American. Please come out and support the teams in their last home match for the season.
Tomorrow will be scary at Colt Court, so come out to play Fear Factor. Get prizes! The winner will get a Borders gift card.
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By Jessica Stewart,
Courier Book Editor
Note: The author provided The Courier with a free, advanced copy of Little Brother, which goes on sale April 29, at
amazon.com and other outlets.
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Teen (April 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0765319853
ISBN-13: 978-0765319852“Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.”
Sound familiar? I sure hope so, because it is straight out of the Declaration of Independence, the document that brought freedom to America and created the foundation for our government. It is also an important theme from the science-fiction novel Little Brother and is relevant in the post-9/11 world where the fight against terrorism in America is turning the protectors into the violators, the protected into the victims, and the terrorists into successes.
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From wikipedia:
Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 26, 1894 – December 3, 1955) was an American boogie woogie piano player. He also played the organ and sang.
He was born in Anniston, Alabama. Arnold Caplin, on the liner notes to the album Hot Pianos 1926-1940 reports that Davenport started playing the piano at age 12. His family objected strongly to his musical aspirations and sent him to a theological seminary, where he was expelled for playing ragtime.
Read more about Cow Cow Davenport, free from blues.co.nz.
Hear Cow Cow Davenport play and sing "Cow Cow Blues."
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Courier Staff Report
Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors started the annual STAR testing process Tuesday, but took different tests than originally scheduled because of a testing materials mix-up.
The testing schedule had called for students to take the mathematics portion of the state-mandated battery of standard-based tests, which run until next Tuesday, but a shortage of about 525 Algebra 2 testing booklets forced test administrators to switch to testing English skills today, instead.
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ACTIVITIES:
It’s Senior Night for Boys Volleyball! Thursday night in the Pavilion against American. Please come out and support the teams in their last home match for the season.
Friday will be scary at Colt Court, so come out to play Fear Factor. Get prizes! The winner will get a Borders gift card.
CLUBS:
Day of Silence is coming May 2. We’re making t-shirts this Friday after school in Room 451. Bring a t-shirt or a dollar.
Wednesday's STAR testing schedule:
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By Wailin Wong
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — For many of the 255 million Americans with cell phones, the gadgets are indispensable for everything from tracking appointments to taking photographs to telling time. Now, advertisers want their piece of the mobile phone.
As consumers increasingly use their handsets to browse the Web, it's no wonder that advertisers see mobile screens as valuable turf. In the U.S., cell phones haven't yet proved to be the same kind of advertising bonanza as the Internet, mostly because of the wireless industry's more controlled nature and the slower adoption of text messaging and mobile Web services.
But momentum is gradually building, especially behind text-based marketing campaigns.
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From wikipedia:
Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (April 22, 1873 - November 21, 1945) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American novelist from Richmond, Virginia.
Beginning in 1897, Glasgow wrote 20 novels and many short stories, mainly about life in Virginia. Her own education had been rudimentary, a fact Glasgow compensated for by reading widely. Today, her novels are regarded as more than just depictions of life in the Southern United States.
Read The Deliverance; a romance of the Virginia tobacco fields by Ellen Anderson Glasgow, one of
seven of her works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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MEChA is having their annual Cinco de Mayo Car Show. If you want to enter your car or lowrider bike, see Ms. Esquivez in Room 407.
Friday will be scary at Colt Court, so come out to play Fear Factor. Get prizes! The winner will get a Borders gift card.
Today's Star Testing Schedule:
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By Jessica Rosales, Courier Special Projects Editor
The week James Logan's new security system was implemented, the Union City Fire Marshall cited the school for safety violations related to gates closed as part of the reduction in entrances to the campus.
On April 2, the fire department informed Logan administrators of the fire violations. In both cases, the citations related to the pins that extend into the ground below to secure the gates in a closed position. One was locked in the closed position; another was stuck closed.
Freshman house principal, Matt Smith was actually the one who signed the Fire Inspector’s citation after school that day. In an email response to questions submitted by The Courier , he said that “everything we’re doing in trying to implement the new security plan is for the safety of the students.”
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By Stephen Aguilar and Christine Khayat, Courier Staff Writer
While Thursday’s Job-O Expo in Colt Court brought opportunities that were welcomed by many students, one booth seemed to sprout mixed feelings among Logan—the U.S. Army. Undoubtedly, if you walked through Colt Court and passed the job fair, you most likely saw the men in uniform, surrounded by students eager to talk with them or who wanted to try a few pull-ups, either out of curiosity or to impress those observing. Regardless, many did not feel the visitors were welcomed on our campus.
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From wikipedia:
Raden Ajeng (Adjeng) Kartini or, more accurately,
Raden Ayu (Ajoe) Kartini, (April 21, 1879–September 17, 1904), was a prominent Javanese and an Indonesian national heroine.
Kartini is known as a pioneer in the area of women's rights for native Indonesians.
Kartini was born into an aristocratic Javanese family in a time when Java was still part of the Dutch colony, the Dutch East Indies. Kartini's father, Raden Mas Sosroningrat, became Regency Chief of Jepara, and her mother was Raden Mas' first wife, but not the most important one. At this time, polygamy was a common practice among the nobility.
Read more about Kartini, at myhero.com.
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CLUBS:
SAVE meeting in Room 210 after school tomorrow! New members welcome, hope to “catch” you there!
The Youth Alive Club will be having a guest speaker tomorrow after school in Room 418.
C4 Club meeting Wednesday after STAR testing. Unity Fair volunteer signups. Please come & listen to info. Hope to see you there!!
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By Krystal Henderson, Courier News Editor
It's April. The sun is shining and the birds are chirping madly. As I take notes in APS, my mind wanders and soon I'm doodling while I daydream.
For the last 11 years, I've been busting my butt in school. I show up, give my teachers respect, read, write, do all those ridiculous math problems, eat lunch, and learn. Now that it's my final year of free, required, public school- NOW I've decided that school is lame.
Not really, though; I've just got Senioritis like crazy.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh
Deluxe Edition by Harrison Lee
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From wikipedia:
Dinah Maria Craik (born Dinah Maria Mulock, also often credited as Miss Mulock) (20 April 1826 - 12 October 1887) was an English novelist and poet. She was born at Stoke-on-Trent and brought up in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
After the death of her mother in 1845, Dinah Maria Mulock had settled in London about 1846. She was determined to obtain a livelihood by her pen, and, beginning with fiction for children, advanced steadily until placed in the front rank of the women novelists of her day.
Read The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Craik, one of
10 of her works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Sports Writer
Logan Colts Andrew Rodriguez has turned into one of the more feared leadoff hitters in the MVAL
After tearing up junior varsity, Rodriguez was ready to move up.
And now he's doing what everyone expected hitting with a high average and getting on base.
Rodriguez is batting .423. In a pair of games last week, he went a combined 3-for-5 with three walks, three stolen bases, two runs, two RBIs and a home run against Mission San Jose.
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From wikipedia:
Eliot Ness (April 19, 1903 – May 16, 1957) was an American Prohibition agent, famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago, Illinois, as the leader of a legendary team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables.
Ness was born in Chicago, the youngest of five, to Norwegian bakers Peter and Emma Ness. Because his four older siblings were almost grown by the time he was born, Eliot received a large amount of attention from his parents growing up. As a boy, Ness was interested in reading, especially Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. He was educated at the University of Chicago, graduating in 1925 with a degree in business and law. He began his career as an investigator for the Retail Credit Co. of Atlanta. He was assigned to the Chicago territory, where he conducted background investigations for the purpose of credit information. He returned to the University to take a course in criminology, eventually earning a masters degree in the field.
Read Eliot Ness: The Man Behind the Myth By Marilyn Bardsley, free from crimelibrary.com.
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By Carmen Shiu,
Courier Special Correspondent
It has been roughly three years since pop rock singer Ashlee Simpson was caught using a pre-recorded vocal track on Saturday Night Live and booed by thousands after performing during the halftime of the Orange Bowl.
Though she has gone through the downs of her career, she is now up again with her brand new album,
Bittesweet World.
Releasing on April 22, this somewhat controversial singer has a few songs up her sleeve that should please the fans and perhaps, even new fans. The only strategy is to pull them in with the right tracks.
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By Charles Yi, Courier Staff Writer
"Prom Night", a remake of the 1980 film of the same name, is a horror movie directed by Nelson McCormick and starring Brittany Snow.
The film revolves around high school student, Donna Keppel, who loses her entire family at the hands of an obsessive and sadistic teacher, Richard Fenton. After three years, Donna still needs therapy and medication in order to cope with her traumatizing past, but with the upcoming senior prom, Donna seems to be able to forget her troubles. However, this happiness and complacency is short-lived as Fenton escapes from prison in time to crash prom night at the hotel.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
Irvington High manufactured a run in the bottom of the 11th to snatch away a 3-2 win from the Colts Wednesday night.
Vikings Trevor Ramos knocked home a pair of runs including the one-out game winning RBI.
Irvington’s starting pitcher Mike Rogers pitched 7 2/3 solid innings allowing only one earned run for the no decision. Relief pitcher Connor Ratte continued where Rogers left off with 3 1/3 shutout innings while scattering two hits during the frame. Ratte would pick up the win.
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From wikipedia:
Vicente Yap Sotto, also known as
Nyor Inting (1877-1950) was a former Senator of the Philippines and considered as one of the greatest Cebuanos of the 20th century.
His principal achievement lies in two areas: law, politics, and government; and culture and letters.
Contents
Sotto was born in Cebu City on April 18, 1877 to Marcelino Sotto and Pascuala Yap.
Read the decision of the Philipine Supreme Court in it's 1949 contempt of court case against Vicente Yap Sotto, free from lawphil.net.
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By Christina La,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
The ASB election winners were announced Wednesday after school after voting ballots were collected and counted by the Logan leadership class. Voting took place during second periods and all grade levels participated.
The ASB officers for next year are:
ASB President: Tiffany Hoang (11th)
ASB Vice President: Julie Nguyen (10th)
ASB Secretary: Trisha Rivera (10th)
ASB Treasurer: Patricia Rodriguez (10th)
ASB Board Representative: Cody Harper (11th)
Commissioner of Athletics: Josh Oliveria (9th)
Commissioner of Activities: Nhung Hoang (11th)
Commissioner of Public Relations: Angela Lao (11th)
Commissioner of School Improvement: Kayla Nebriaga (11th)
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Attention Gay-Straight Alliance. We meet today to plan the Day of Silence on May 2. Everyone is welcome! Bring t-shirts to paint.
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By Debbie Ly, Courier Staff Writer
Halfway into the second week of the last quarter of the school year, it is evident that most students around Logan are anxious at the thought of summer. For seniors, however, there may be a range of mixed emotions, from excitement about the upcoming prom, Grad Night, or simply graduation, to anxiety about leaving home and long‑time friends, and going off to college.
For some, the approach toward the end of the school year has been something they’ve been waiting for practically the whole year.
“I can’t believe the fourth quarter’s already here! I’m ready to graduate,” said Karla Estabillo, 12.
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The James Logan Boys’ Varsity volleyball team will be playing a game against Moreau Catholic tonight. The game will proceed at 6:30 in Hayward.
Logan’s opposite hitter Mohammad Lodin said, “We came off from a big loss to Washington recently but I have confidence in our chances tonight.”
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By Tawab Fakhri,
Courier Staff Writer
There was a day when a couple of 11-year-old kids decided to leave everything they knew and had behind, to chase their common dream.
Seven years, four number one hit solos, and three number one albums later, Tokio Hotel, The biggest act to come out of Germany in 20 years, has unarguably conquered Europe (yes, the continent) and is bringing the pandemic to the States.
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By Rebecca Soltau,
Entertainment Editor
As short hairstyles become progressively more popular, students who don’t make the cut are finding ways of putting their locks to good use.
Teenagers are swarming to hair salons who work with the public, non-profit organization Locks of Love to donate their hair toward the making of all-natural wigs for financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.
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Sara Bareilles performs in
Amsterdam wikipedia photo
The biggest pop hit of the year — Sara Bareilles' "Love Song" — is not a love song. Nor is it a kiss-off to an ex-lover or wannabe boyfriend, even though the refrain goes: "I'm not gonna write you a love song `cause you asked for it."
No, it's a slap at her record company, for rejecting her songs while offering no artistic direction.
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By Tom Jicha
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)
THE PAPER
10:30 p.m. EDT Mondays
MTV
There still are people with an affection for newspapers. Some are actually young people. Perhaps "The Paper," a new reality series on youth-oriented MTV, will expand this base.
Set at Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Fla., "The Paper" follows the staff of the student newspaper,
The Circuit, from the spirited competition for the position of editor in chief last spring to the mundane but challenging efforts to get out the paper each month.
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Thornton Wilder in 1948
Photo by Carl Van Vechten (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. His best known work is his play
Our Town.
Thornton Niven Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and was the son of Amos Parker Wilder, a U.S. diplomat, and Isabella Niven Wilder. All of the Wilder children spent part of their childhood in China due to their father's work.
Learn more about Thornton Wilder at the Thornton Wilder Society's website.
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By Jessica Stewart,
Courier Book Editor
Too Much Temptation by Lori Foster
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Kensington (February 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0758200846
ISBN-13: 978-0758200846“In so many ways, Grace was taboo. She worked for his grandmother, sacrosanct in her position as personal secretary. She was a marrying kind of woman, not meant for one night or even one week of hot sex—no matter how incredible he sensed it’d be. She was earthy and real and domestic and…honorable.”
Luckily for Noah, the choice is taken out of his hands by Grace herself. This is definitely not a normal Lori Foster novel, although I believe it is one of her best and it is certainly one of my favorites. Admittedly, it doesn’t have much of a plot at all, and a conflict that should have taken backseat to some other issue, but the characters are so lovable that it’s impossible to not truly enjoy the novel.
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Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Country: England
Language: English
Publication date: April 25, 1719 by Daniel Defoe begins with Robinson embarking on a sea journey during which he is almost shipwrecked. This scares Crusoe to some degree but is not enough to keep him away from the sea.
Soon after Crusoe joins another voyage, from which he earns much money, and this encourages him to join another one. Before he leaves for his second journey he leaves much of his earned money with a widow of his acquaintance.
During his third voyage Crusoe is not as successful; he is captured by pirates and is forced into being a slave. However, before long he manages to escape from the pirates and go to Brazil.
Read Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Sarena Bains,
Courier Staff Writer
Mad Girls in Love
by Michael Lee West
Hardcover: 544 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (July 5, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 006018406X
ISBN-13: 978-0060184063
In
Mad Girls in Love, by Michael Lee West, there is a cast of wonderful characters that are easy to fall in love with. Some are from her previous novel
Crazy Girls and she brings some new characters into it as well.
Bitsy is the main girl in the group who knows everything about fashion, but is not too bright when it comes to her education and making smart decisions. The story line of this novel is based along with Bitsy’s life as an eighteen‑year‑old wife, and mother of her baby daughter.
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Self-portrait by Élisabeth-Louise
Vigée-Le Brun(April 16, 1755 - March 30, 1842) was a French painter, and is recognized as the most famous woman painter of the eighteenth century. Her style is neoclassical in exhibiting ideals of simplicity and purity.
She was born in Paris, Marie Élisabeth-Louise Vigée, the daughter of a portraitist and fan painter, Louis Vigée, from whom she received her first instruction. She also benefited by the advice of Gabriel François Doyen, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Joseph Vernet, and other masters of the period.
Read the memoirs of Élisabeth-Louise Vigée-Le Brun, free from batguano.com.
See examples of her art, free from batguano.com
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By Tamara Chuang
The Orange County Register (MCT)
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — "Of course, there are schnoodles," Nancy Smith exclaimed. "I said, `We're not shipping `Sims Pets' without schnoodles!'"
And that's how schnoodles, a cross between a schnauzer and poodle, came to exist in the virtual world of "The Sims," a game in which people play house and make sure their virtual characters are fed, rested and, um, regular.
The petite Smith, who owns two blond schnoodles, isn't the god of Sim land, but she's definitely a powerful being. In real life, Smith is president of The Sims, the 350-person unit of the almighty Electronic Arts game company.
"The Sims" has frequently had a Top 10 seller since its launch in 2000.
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By Carmen Shiu,
Courier Special Correspondent
Technology is improving at an exponential rate and cell phones are no exception. Now, this is not going to be some mindless article exclaiming, "Oh wow! 15 years ago, phones were big and bulky, with no cameras or Internet!" as that would simply be stating the obvious.
The evolved cell phone of the future will not be just for communication, the Web, or taking pictures.
The latest talk of the cell phone world is that live events company, Live Nation, has recently teamed up with Rogers Wireless, a Canadian wireless carrier, so that concertgoers will no longer have to bring a paper ticket to get into a concert.
Instead, all they need to do is show the multimedia message that they received from the wireless box office. The message will contain a barcode that can be scanned at the doors of the event.
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By David Collins, Courier Opinion Editor
In every moment of conscious existence, we feel one way or another. When something positive happens, we tend to feel happy and when something negative happens we tend to feel upset. But in awareness, there is control. Within every event, there is a cause and effect that flow either in the direction we believe we need it to, or in a way that upsets us. So is it truly the instance that is at fault, or is it our own?
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From wikipedia:
Jimmy Cliff (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, Somerton District in St James, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician, best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want It" and "Many Rivers to Cross" from
The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.
Visit Jimmy Cliff's homepage.
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By Krystal Henderson, Courier News Editor
The Powderpuff game April 4 was described as "one of the most exciting games in the last three years." It was fast-paced and physical.
The Seniors won the coin toss, then got right down to business with a touchdown in the first minute. Jasmine Rubin caught the pass and ran unstoppable from mid-field into the endzone. While the "Senioritas" cheering squad danced and roused the crowd, Rubin ran the ball for the extra point.
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Susan Walerski, 46, of Trainer,
shops for groceries with a limit
of $25 with her daughter Gianna.
Michael S. Wirtz/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT
PHILADELPHIA — Twenty-five dollars. That's all Sandra Walerski can spend in the Save-a-Lot today for a week's worth of groceries.
Walerski, 47, who lives in Trainer, Pa., travels over the Pennsylvania line to shop in tax-free Delaware — part of a mighty fight to keep her family of six afloat as the hard-time economy grows wide and deep.
Food and gas prices soar while the dollar weakens and employers shed jobs. People like Walerski are among the worst casualties — a rising number of working poor, generally defined as families with one or more workers making no more than twice the poverty level.
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By Emily Low, Courier Opinion Writer
Do not do your homework while listening to music.
The above statement is one the student has heard time and time again, from parents, teachers, and, heavens forbid, even his or her own nerdy friends. Of course, the reprimand does not just apply to music, but any other distraction as well, such as television or the telephone or even a friend nearby.
I must admit, I am most certainly guilty of violating the order myself. As I sit at this laptop clicking away on the keyboard, Brahms’ clarinet trio is floating out of the speakers. It can’t hurt, anyway, I reason; this is creative stuff, not…studying and memorization. And it has no lyrics, right? No distraction there.
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From wikipedia:
Christiaan Huygens (April 14, 1629 – July 8, 1695) was a Dutch mathematician, astronomer and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens, a friend of Rene Descartes. He studied law and mathematics at the University of Leiden and the College of Orange in Breda before turning to science. Historians commonly associate Huygens with the scientific revolution.
Read Treatise on Light, by Christiaan Huygens, translated by Silvanus P. Thompson, free from Project Gutenberg.
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Pharoah(Kevin Armonio), portrayed as Elvis,
humor and a modern feel to the play.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
From the blaring musical orchestra to the live action packed display at center stage, the James Logan’s performance of
Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat all-in-all delivered a fantastic showing.
The play featured hardship transformed into glory for Joseph, played by senior David Collins, as described by narrator Vivian Dihn. A tale from the Bible,
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat managed to fuse song, humor and recreation.
“They did a good job of bringing the old testament to real modern life,” said theater-goer and senior Justin Ma.
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From wikipedia:
Lily Pons (April 12, 1898 – February 13, 1976) was a French-American coloratura soprano.
Born Alice Joséphine Pons in Draguignan near Cannes, Pons first studied piano at the Paris Conservatory, winning the First Prize at the age of 15. During World War I, she played piano and sang for soldiers in Paris hospitals. She also sang at receptions in Cannes. In 1925, encouraged by soprano Dyna Beumer, she started taking singing lessons from Alberti de Gorostiaga in Paris.
She successfully made her operatic debut in the title role of Léo Delibes'
Lakmé at Mulhouse in 1928 and went on to sing several coloratura roles in French provincial opera houses.
Read more about Lily Pons from a 1940 article in Time magazine.
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By Rebecca Soltau,
Entertainment Editor
Buster behind the grill, creating amazing BBQ dishes.
Once in a blue moon, you come across a truly original restaurant that provides great cuisine and one-of-a-kind personality. That originality is the most prevalent at Buster’s Barbecue and Bakery, a tiny little BBQ joint on the side of the road in Calistoga, CA, that is reminiscent of a spontaneous picnic spot that just happens to have a huge grilling pit outside.
And the people who work there refuse to provide anything less than food that is true to themselves and their roots.
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By Christina La,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
The ASB elections for the 2008-2009 executive cabinet began Monday. Candidates have been campaigning through posters, fliers, and picket signs all around the school campus. The election will run through the voting day, April 16th. Run-off elections will take place on April 17th, for the positions that have more than two candidates.
The candidates for the ASB elections are:
ASB President: Janessa Canilao (11th), Tiffany Hoang (11th)
ASB Vice President: Amber Abutin (10th), Chloe Mendoza (10th), Julie Nguyen (10th)
ASB Secretary: Trisha Rivera (10th)
ASB Treasurer: Patricia Rodriguez (10th)
ASB Board Representative: Cody Harper (11th)
Commissioner of Athletics: Josh Oliveria (9th)
Commissioner of Activities: Nhung Hoang (11th)
Commissioner of Public Relations: Angela Lao (11th)
Commissioner of School Improvement: Katrina Manaloto (10th), Kayla Nebrigga (11th)
By Sandhaya Mansfield, Courier Staff Writer
Black Bear Diner
Oakley, CA 94561
(925) 625-3555
700 Bancroft Road
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
(925) 941-0000
The Black Bear Diner originated in Mount Shasta, California in 1995 by creators Bob and Laurie Manley along with founding partner Bruce Dean. The Black Bear Diner is a recreation of an inn that used to lie in Strawberry Valley, a mountain meadow at the foot of Mount Shasta. Due to it's growing popularity Black Bear Diner expanded to nearly thirty restaurants in the western United States as well as the states of Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Colorado. Black Bear Diners are decorated in a way to where it sends you back to the days of the 1860s.
For more information, visit Black Bear Diner's website.
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Reviewed by Howard Yang,
Courier Staff Writer
Newark Buffet
35201 Newark Blvd.
Newark, CA
Over the last weekend, I chanced upon a newly opened Asian buffet restaurant called Newark Buffet during a regular grocery run. Although the cost isn’t particularly attractive at $14.99 for dinner on the weekends, the appearance and atmosphere of the place was enough to convince many customers. The interior was neatly decorated and very modern in feel and the service was decent enough for a brand new restaurant.
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Jane Bolin in 1942 LL.B. (April 11, 1908-January 8, 2007) was the first African-American woman to graduate from Yale Law School, the first to join the New York City Bar Association, and the first to join the city's law department. She became the first black woman to serve as a judge in the United States when she was sworn in to the bench of the New York City Domestic Relations Court in 1939.
Bolin was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was the youngest of four siblings. Her father, Gaius Charles Bolin, was the first African-American to graduate from Williams College and became a lawyer. Her mother, Matilda Ingram Bolin (née Emery), a white Englishwoman, died when Bolin was 8 years old.
Read Jane Bolin's obituary, in the New York Times.
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image: World Council of Churches
CHICAGO — Public officials rallied for tougher gun laws Tuesday in the wake of yet another teen shooting, but of the nearly 1,000 Chicago public school students who joined them at the James R. Thompson Center, many said the solutions are more complicated.
In the chanting, sign-waving crowd, Corine Minniefield, a junior at Banner Linc Academy, said that school officials need to get truants and drop-outs back in the classroom and that police need to tighten up their protection.
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By Rick La Plante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
By an overwhelming margin, teachers in the New Haven Unified School District have voted to approve a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract, through June 2011.
Members of the New Haven Teachers Association voted 302-21 on Wednesday to approve the tentative agreement reached last week, NHTA President Charmaine Kawaguchi said. The Board of Education will vote to ratify the contract at its May 6 meeting, Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said.
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By Rick La Plante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Children who are being bused across town to receive special services will attend their neighborhood schools next year – and children being sent to non-District schools will be able to return to the District – under a new plan for special education being adopted by the New Haven Unified School District.
“We’re going to keep our students closer to home and provide them with better service,” Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said. “Our Special Education model is outdated, quite frankly, and we’re going to fix it.”
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From wikipedia:
Frances Coralie Perkins (born Fanny Coralie Perkins, lived April 10, 1882 – May 14, 1965) was the U.S. Secretary of Labor from 1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever appointed to the US Cabinet. As a loyal supporter of her friend Franklin D. Roosevelt, she helped pull the labor movement into the New Deal coalition.
Perkins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frederick W. Perkins, the owner of a stationer's business, and Susan Bean Perkins, but spent much of her childhood in Worcester.[1] She attended the Ferry Hall School in Illinois before graduating from Mount Holyoke College in 1902, and from Columbia University in 1910 with a master's degree in sociology. In between, she held a variety of teaching positions and volunteered at settlement houses, including Hull House.
Read more about Frances Perkins, free from the George Washington University Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project.
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By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Sports Writer
The Colts Varsity Boys Tennis team defeated the Newark Memorial Cougars by a score of 7 matches to 0. All of the Colts tennis players won their matches.
They especially got great play from freshman Ron Arradaza and Vinh Thai.
Both tennis players dominated their matches. Ron Arradaza and Vinh Thai, both defeated their opponent by scores of 6-1 and 6-0.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best sellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 29, 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) 2008 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Compulsion. Jonathan Kellerman. Ballantine, $27
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. The Appeal. John Grisham. Doubleday, $27.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 9
3. Change of Heart. Jodi Picoult. Atria, $26.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 4
4. Remember Me? Sophie Kinsella. Dial, $25
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 5
5. Lost Souls. Lisa Jackson. Kensington, $22
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
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Unity Faire applications are due this Friday in Room 305!
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By Carlin Romano
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Over a simple dinner of chicken breast, potatoes and ginger ale in his Hotel Palomar room, the great Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe explains that he's not sure when his appearance on "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer," from which he has just returned, will make it on the air.
"There's so much happening in the world at this time," says the 78-year-old writer, a longtime Bard College professor touring to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his classic novel, "Things Fall Apart." He smiles — a modest smile seen often by those who know him best.
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The Devil to Pay by Stephanie James
Paperback: 187 pages
Publisher: Silhouette (January 2, 1985)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0373051875
ISBN-13: 978-0373051878“Slowly, unwillingly, Emelina lifted her eyes to the dark, dangerous man who stood beside the dog. It struck Emelina in that moment that Julian Colter was as quietly lethal looking as his Doberman. It was the first time she had seen either of them at this range however, and up close the flashlight’s beam revealed that the man radiated a more subtle element of menace than the beast.”
Of course, the whole situation is made worse by the fact that Emelina was attempting to break and enter a house clearly not her own when she is caught by Julian. This delightful little novel is full of awkward scenes such as this. Stephanie James is yet another pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz, the one she used for many of earlier books. Although it is quite obvious that this novel is one of her earlier books, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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From wikipedia:
Theobald Boehm (April 9, 1794- November 25, 1881) was a Bavarian inventor and musician, who perfected the modern Western concert flute and its improved fingering system. In addition, he was a virtuoso flautist and was a Bavarian Court Musician as well as a celebrated composer for the flute.
Born in Munich in Bavaria, Boehm learned his father's trade of goldsmithing. After making his own flute, he quickly became proficient enough to play in an orchestra at the age of eighteen and at twenty-one he was first flautist in the Royal Bavarian Orchestra.
Read a 1886 letter from Theobald Boehm to Letter to Walter Broadwood, free from www.mcgee-flutes.com.
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There is a Leo Club meeting tomorrow in the Reference Room. We will have elections for the 2008-2009 officers.
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By Jessie Mangaliman
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Usha Lama is expecting eight or nine people at her home in Fremont, Calif. Jamyang Nordup is ready for up to 50 people at his 3,500 square-foot home in Richmond, Calif., and has been collecting bedding for months. Stanford University graduate Yangchen Lhamo is sharing her small one-bedroom in San Francisco's Sunset District with four cousins from Portland, Ore., and Seattle. Sunnyvale, Calif., resident Tenzin Tethong is expecting a guest or two from New York.
An army of 2,000 exiled Tibetans from across the U.S., bedrolls at the ready, began descending on the San Francisco Bay Area Monday to protest the running of the Beijing Olympic torch in San Francisco on Wednesday.
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By Rob Manker
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Technology is making us dumber. How else can I explain my willing invitation to anyone with Internet access that they invade my home and take my family's stuff?
See, I finally joined a "social-networking" Web site. OK, Facebook. I once proudly and prudently vowed never to do this, but after the bosses urged us all to join, it soon became clear that resistance was futile.
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By Rex Crum
MarketWatch (MCT)
SAN FRANCISCO — Almost since the day Apple Inc. released the iPhone less than a year ago, speculation has surfaced about when the company would release an updated version of the touch-screen phone, iPod and Internet device.
Apple has taken some steps in that direction, rolling out iPhones with more storage than the initial models, as well as unveiling a software kit that allows outside developers to build applications for the iPhone.
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By Howard Yang, Courier Staff Writer
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Playstation 3
Rated: M for mature
Packed full of filthy, blooding violence and dark, mysterious alleys,
Condemned 2: Bloodshot for the Playstation 3 is a mix of CSI and Silent Hill that offers up one of the most shocking, intense, and thoroughly disturbing gaming experiences on the market today.
The player takes on the role of Ethan Thomas, a former FBI agent that became a homeless drunk after the events of the first game in the series. After getting recruited back into the Serial Crime Unit by some former colleagues, Ethan takes on the task of hunting down a serial killer responsible for the murder of his mentor. The plot thickens, (and becomes noticeably creepier), as Ethan discovers the source of the violent madness in the city to be a cult called the Oros, who possess a supernatural ability to drive people into committing violent crimes using their voice.
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From wikipedia:
David Rittenhouse (April 8, 1732 – June 26, 1796) was a renowned American astronomer, inventor, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. Rittenhouse was a member of the American Philosophical Society and the first director of the United States Mint.
Rittenhouse was born near Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in a small village called RittenhouseTown, located along a stream called Paper Mill Run, the stream itself a tiny tributary of the Wissahickon Creek. He was self-taught and from a young age showed great ability in science and mathematics. At nineteen years old, he started a scientific instrument shop at his father's farm in West Norriton Township, Pennsylvania. His skill with instruments, particularly clocks, led him to construct two orreries, one of which is currently in the library of the University of Pennsylvania and the other is at Peyton Hall of Princeton University. Rittenhouse was one of the first to build a telescope used in the United States.
Read the Memoirs of the Life of David Rittenhouse, by William Barton, free from Google Books.
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Juniors! This is the last week to buy prom bids at$45 for singles, $90 for couples during both lunches at the Billing Window. You must have your ID card in order to purchase. Jr. Prom is on May 3.
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By Rick La Plante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Carol Gregorich, whose work as Chief Business Officer has enabled the New Haven Unified School District to minimize the financial impact of declining enrollment and state budget reductions – while at the same time maximizing resources for teaching and learning – has announced her retirement.
“Like most people in her position, Carol understands the BUSINESS of education. Unlike some, though, she also understands EDUCATION,” Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said. “She’s always worked with the knowledge that the stakes are extremely high.”
Ms. Gregorich has worked in New Haven since 1993. Her last day will be June 30.
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A graffito protest by the pool
Monday has since been removed
Courier PhotoBy Jennifer Torres, Debbie Ly, Karen Mui and Tawab Fakhri
Courier Staff Writers
Despite griping from students and staff, the first week of new security measures at James Logan went relatively well, according to Principal Don Montoya.
"Frankly, it all worked quite well," Montoya said in an email update on the changes Saturday. Even so, "we will continue to refine the procedures until we get it all where it needs to be."
As part of that fine-tuning, he said that interior gates in the school would be unlocked earlier, and that students late to school will be directed to enter campus only through front gate near the attendance windows, so tardy students can be processed more efficiently.
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From wikipedia:
Flora Tristan (born April 7, 1803 in Paris, France - died November 14, 1844 in Bordeaux, France) was a socialist writer and activist. She was also one of the founders of modern feminism and, through Alina María Chazal, Paul Gauguin's grandmother. Her complete name was Flore-Celestine -Therèse-Henriette Tristan-Moscoso. Her father, Mariano Tristán y Moscoso, was an Arequipa-born Peruvian colonel of the Spanish Navy, and her mother, Anne Laisney, a Frenchwoman. Her parents met in Bilbao, Spain during her father's stay there.
Read Peregrinaciones de una Paria by Flora Tristan, in Spanish, free from the University of Wisconsin at Madison's library.
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Self-portrait of Nadar was the pseudonym of
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (April 6, 1820 – March 21, 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist.
Nadar was born in 1820 in Paris (although some sources state Lyon). He was a caricaturist for
Le Charivari in 1848. In 1849 he created the
Revue comique and the
Petit journal pour rire. He took his first photographs in 1853 and in 1858 became the first person to take aerial photographs. Around 1863, Nadar built a huge (6000 m³) hot air balloon named
Le Géant ("The Giant"), thereby inspiring Jules Verne's
Cinq semaines en ballon (
Five Weeks in a Balloon). The "Géant" project was unsuccessful and convinced him that the future belonged to heavier-than-air machines. Afterwards "The Society for the Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier than Air Machines" was established, with Nadar as president and Jules Verne as secretary.
Read the Nadar-inspired novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne, free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Emily Low, Courier Staff Writer
It is impossible, I think, to be completely ignorant of the new policy at James Logan High School if you happen to enter the campus. Whereas ID’s used to be an unregulated form of recognition on campus, now, it is the sole proof an individual has as to whether or not he or she is truly a student or a faculty member of the school. One cannot enter the campus grounds without it. Because of this newly implemented policy, entrances have been reduced to only four checkpoints, just about wide enough to allow a single person to squeeze past after flashing their identification card.
Like many students, I fail to understand exactly how this addresses Logan’s current predicament. Of course, it is a safety measure; one can see that. It keeps unwanted intruders that may be potentially dangerous away from the school, after all. However, the problem of intruders is neither pervasive nor prevalent at this given time. In the past three years here that I have spent at Logan, intruders have rarely posed a problem. As the gut of the true problem lies in violence by students themselves, this hardly seems to be a preventive measure. As a result, the policy seems only to create a new awareness as to the possible circumstances that could surround our school. I can’t help but immediately feel the results of the policy once I step foot on the campus.
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From wikipedia:
Mistinguett (April 5, 1875 – January 5, 1956 from Enghien-les-Bains, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France) was a French actress and singer, with the birth name of Jeanne Bourgeois.
At an early age she aspired to be an entertainer. She began as a flower-seller in a restaurant in her home-town, singing popular ballads as she sold her flowers. When a song-writing acquaintance made up the name Miss Tinguette, Jeanne liked it. She made it her own by joining it together and eventually dropping the second S and the final E (Mistinguett).
Learn more about Mistinguett, and see more pictures of her and the doll made in her likeness, free from lenci-dolls.net.
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By Jasmeen Banwait,
Courier Staff Writer
The movie
Penelope, directed by Mark Palansky, is based on a plot which stresses pure fantasy. Generations back in Europe, a vengeful witch believes the Wilhern family is fully responsible for her daughter’s suicide. For this reason, she conjures up a horrible curse, which promises that the next daughter born into the Wilhern family will be born with a pig snout in place of a normal human nose. Decades pass, and the Wilherns give birth to baby boys until one day, they day Jessica and Franklin Wilhern bear a baby girl, Penelope. Throughout Penelope’s childhood, her mother keeps her confined, to protect her from the disapproving eyes of society.
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By Cameron Lacson,
Courier Staff Writer
The latest Asian-horror remake (and the third this year after “One Missed Call” and “The Eye”) is “Shutter.” Where “One Missed Call” was originally from Japan and “The Eye” was originally from China, “Shutter” is originally from Thailand, although the story takes place in Japan.
The main characters are a married couple named Ben and Jane (Joshua Jackson and Rachel Taylor) who are being haunted by a ghost that appears in photography. Jane seems to be the focus, and she believes in the ghost more than Ben does, but we get the feeling that Ben has something to hide in the matter.
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By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief
"Never Back Down" is a mixed-martial-arts teen drama and an updated version of "Karate Kid." The movie follows Jake Tyler (Sean Faris), an Iowa high school linebacker who channels his violence into football. But say something about his late father, and the boy sees red.
Video of his on-field meltdown-beatdown of much of an opposing team becomes all the rage on the Internet. That viral video follows him to a new school as his single mom (Leslie Hope) relocates the family in Orlando, Florida to help Jake’s younger brother Charlie (Wyatt Smith) pursue a tennis scholarship.
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By Charles Yi,
Courier Staff Writer
"21", directed by Robert Luketic, is a film loosely based on the 1990's Massachusetts Institute of Technology Blackjack Team.
Ben Campbell is an MIT student who needs to come up with $300,000 for tuition. His math professor, Mickey Rosa, is astounded by Ben's ease in comprehending variable change and in solving the famous Monty Hall problem. Mickey recruits Ben, along with a few other MIT math geniuses, and teaches them the art of counting cards. After countless hours of practicing card counting, the group heads to Las Vegas and uses an intricate system of statistics and signals to beat the house. Drawn by the money, Ben begins to push his limits as he needs to stay one step ahead of the casinos in order to avoid the wrath of merciless casino enforcer, Cole WIlliams.
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By Howard Yang, Courier Staff Writer
Superhero Movie Not Very Funny
With all the parody movies that have been coming out in recent years, it was only a matter of time before a superhero parody was introduced. The question is: do we really need another mind numbingly dumb film that repeats the same tasteless jokes from countless other parody movies? Apparently, the producers of
Superhero Movie think so.
Bitten by a genetically engineered dragonfly and granted the usual collection of “superhero” powers, Rick Riker takes on the role of the Dragonfly and goes on to take on the villains of Empire City. His arch nemesis is a supervillain named The Hourglass who drains other people’s life force for himself in order to live forever. As expected of a parody on superhero movies, memorable characters such as Professor Xavier or the Invisible Woman lend themselves to cameo roles that do nothing to amuse the audience.
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By Daniel Carvajal,
Courier Staff Writer
The upcoming scheduled minimum day set for April 24 has been canceled as was the last scheduled on on February 27.
These days had been set to be minimum days when the academic schedule for the year was set back in August, but with first semester final exams taking three days rather that the usual two days, the minimum days must be canceled in order to have students in classes for enough time to satisfy state requirements, school administrators say.
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From wikipedia:
Robert Emmet Sherwood (4 April 1896–14 November 1955) American playwright, editor, and screenwriter.
Born in New Rochelle, New York, he was the son of the prominent American portrait artist Rosina Emmet Sherwood. He was the great-great-grandson of the former New York State Attorney General Thomas Addis Emmet and the great-great-nephew of the notable Irish nationalist Robert Emmet who was executed for high treason in an abortive rebellion attempt against the British. His aunts included the notable American portrait artists Lydia Field Emmet, Jane Emmet de Glehn and his second cousin was artist Ellen Emmet Rand.
Learn more about Robert E. Sherwood and his work, free from the Internet Movie Data Base.
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Come cheer on our Juniors and Seniors at the Powderpuff Rally today at lunch in the Pavilion. The big game is tonight at 7pm. Tickets will be sold at the Pavilion windows for $5.
You can save two lives. Sign up today in Colt Court at lunch to donate blood at our Blood Drive on April 9! Monday is the last day to sign up.
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From JabbaWokeez.com
Winning the majority of the 38 million votes cast, West Coast's JabbaWockeeZ was crowned the winner of MTV's newest hit interactive reality game series, last week against East Coast's Status Quo.
Though Status fans may have had hope, it had to be minimal as Jabba have always had high praises from the judges and boasted a huge fanbase.
It was announced two weeks ago that Jabba and Status were going to be in the finale. By a "razor sharp" number of votes, Status was voted as the No. 1 crew that week, leaving Jabba and West Coast's Kaba Modern to face elimination.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The New Haven Unified School District and the New Haven Teachers Association announced today that a tentative agreement has been reached on a three-year contract, through June 2011.
District Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi and NHTA President Charmaine Kawaguchi jointly announced the agreement, which was reached after only five days of bargaining, a sharp contrast from the previous round of negotiations. In 2005, the two sides narrowly averted a strike.
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By Jamie Maxfield, Courier Staff Writer
Student forums have been going on for about five years now at James Logan, though they have stopped recently and some are questioning if they are worth the time they take out of the school day.
Efren Gonsalez, a junior, said he thinks that the student forums are stupid because they make the students waste their time answering questions that they never see the results of. He said he does not think that enough people take them seriously because they don’t enjoy the forums. With the repetitive questions being asked to the students, there seems to be nothing but foolish answers that will not really help anything. Gonsalez believes that if there were better questions asked that interest the students the forums would become more productive rather than a waste of time.
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Air Force recruiters Dempsey,
left, and Davis.
Rebecca Soltau/Courier Photo, and
Rebecca Soltau,
Entertainment Editor
As seniors wander the halls in our last months at Logan, we are constantly bombarded with questions about what we’re going to do with our lives. “College, of course,” we reply nonchalantly, but as we smile and nod at the encouraging words, we wonder if we actually are going to go to college.
Air Force recruiters visiting Logan this week have an alternative.
“Often times when I ask students who stop by about their plans for the future, the generic ‘college’ answer pops up” says Staff Sergeant Charles Davis of the Air Force.
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By Christina Karma,
Courier Staff Writer
The American Red Cross will again ask James Logan students to give the gift of life by donating their blood.
Twice a year, once in the fall and once in the spring, the organization sets up shop, usually in the Alfonso Roderigues Gymnasium to draw blood from students. Their spring visit this year will be April 9.
Participants are taken out of their classes for a short amount of time to donate blood.
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Edward Everett Hale (April 3, 1822 – June 10, 1909) was an American author and Unitarian clergyman.
Hale was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, the son of Nathan Hale (1784-1863), proprietor and editor of the Boston Daily Advertiser, and the brother of Lucretia Peabody Hale. Edward Hale was the nephew of Edward Everett, the orator and statesman, while his father was the nephew of the Nathan Hale who was executed by the British for espionage during the Revolutionary War. Edward Hale graduated from Harvard in 1839; was pastor of the Church of the Unity, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1846-1856, and of the South Congregational (Unitarian) church, Boston, in 1856-1899. In 1903 he became chaplain of the United States Senate. Hale married Emily Baldwin Perkins in 1852—she was the niece of Connecticut Governor & US Senator Roger Sherman Baldwin and Emily Pitkin Perkins Baldwin on her father's side and Harriet Beecher Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher on her mother's side. They had eight children; one of his grandsons was the actor Edward Everett Horton. Hale died in Roxbury, by then part of Boston, in 1909.
Read The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Edward Everett Hale, free from Project Gutenberg.
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High School doesn’t last forever, but memories do! Buy your yearbook in Room 44 during lunch or after school for $80. Hurry, prices go up in May!
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By Jessica Stewart,
Courier Book Editor
Ravished by Amanda Quick
Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Bantam
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553588699
ISBN-13: 978-0553588699“It was a scene straight out of a nightmare. Gideon Westbrook, Viscount St. Justin, stood on the threshold and gazed into the cheerful little anteroom of hell.”
With an opener like that, who on earth could refrain from continuing? Before I continue, I must warn you that, despite the horror-like opener, this novel is, in actuality, an historical romance. And an excellent one at that. The title would put most people off (I mean, who wants to get caught reading a book titled
Ravished? Talk about awkward.), myself included. Luckily for me, I had already read several of Quick’s (a pseudonym for Jayne Ann Krentz) other novels and enjoyed them so much that I decided to give this one a chance. And enjoyed the naughty novel just as much as I would a sinful triple chocolate cake, and there were no calories whatsoever to regret later.
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Author: Franz Kafka
Original title: Die Verwandlung
Country: Austro-Hungarian Empire
Language: German
Genre(s): Philosophical novella
Publisher: Kurt Wolff Verlag, Leipzig
Publication date: 1915,
Courier Book Editor
The Metamorphosis, by Franz Kafka, involves the character Gregor Samsa and his tale on a life as an insect. The short story begins resembling a horrible nightmare; Gregor the sole provider of his family wakes one day having turned into an insect.
Gregor is a salesman and he has a hard enough job selling with a human body, without one his job is as good as gone. Initially Gregor is unable to handle his new insect body and has trouble leaving his room.
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Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning(2 April 1891 - 1 April 1976) was a German painter, sculptor, graphic artist, and poet, considered one of the chief representatives of Dadaism and Surrealism.
Max Ernst was born in Brühl, Germany, near Cologne. In 1909, he enrolled in the University at Bonn to study philosophy but soon abandoned the courses. He began painting that year, but never received any formal artistic training.
During World War I he served in the German army, which was a momentous interruption in his career as an artist. He stated in his autobiography, "Max Ernst died the 1st of August, 1914."
View six of Max Ernt's artworks, free from the Guggenheim Museum.
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By Emily Low, Courier Staff Writer
Ahh…Spring break: a time for students to take a week away from school to do something, anything, other than schoolwork. Some students might be visiting family for the holiday or perhaps visiting college campuses in anticipation of the years after high school. At schools which take there break this week, many are probably sleeping in as you read this, whether it is ten o’clock in the morning or ten o’ clock at night. Easily, Spring Break can be perceived as the last time in the school year that we all get to take a week off from the ever-so-disdained schoolwork.
Not really.
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Jerry Ortega
Debbie Ly/Courier Photo,
Courier Staff Writer
Jerry Ortega, James Logan’s current “Materials and Equipment Clerk”, is set to retire in August 2008. After working for James Logan and the New Haven Unified School District for the past 17 years, Ortega’s career will soon come to an end.
As the Materials and Equipment Clerk, Ortega’s main duties throughout the year are ordering and receiving supplies, maintaining the stock, and distributing them to teachers as needed. He is also responsible for distributing the books during Language Arts book rotations, and making sure that the teacher access copy equipment is off and running.
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By Bob Fernandez
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
PHILADELPHIA — Software whiz Bram Cohen released BitTorrent for free on the Internet in 2002 so his hippie friends could swap concert videos. The first big success was a Grateful Dead concert.
Today, Cohen's peer-to-peer technology is so popular and powerful that it accounts at times for 50 percent of Internet data traffic, and has the potential to alter the economics of broadband Internet for companies like Comcast Corp. and millions of consumers.
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Physical therapist Adam Young,
top, fits the virtual reality helmet
on burn victim Jamie Nieto, 24.
Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune/MCT
CHICAGO — This must be what torture feels like, Jamie Nieto thought during six weeks in 2003 of physical therapy for burns covering more than half his body. He bore the pain by telling himself that every day he inched closer to going home.
Unlike Nieto, who could only close his eyes to cope, patients at Loyola University Medical Center's burn unit in Maywood, Ill., in the next few weeks will be able to distract themselves by gliding through a world of snowy canyons, launching snowball fights with snowmen and watching penguins cartwheel across icy plains.
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From wikipedia:
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (April 1, 1868–December 2, 1918) was a French poet and dramatist.
Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play
Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late 19th century. One of Rostand's works,
Les Romanesques, has been adapted as the highly successful musical comedy
The Fantasticks.
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