This is the archive for June 2008
By Jan Jarvis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Energy — the high-octane kind that pumps up the most stressed-out bodies — is only a sip away.
Or so goes the promise from the more than 500 energy beverages that are fueling fatigued consumers.
Some of the latest additions to this $3 billion business rely on healthy-sounding ingredients such as vitamin B and ginseng for that extra boost. The names say it best: Cranergy. Crystal Light Energy Wild Strawberry. Dansani Refresh and Revive. SoBe Essential Energy.
These fruit juice-spiked drinks are refreshing, but can they really deliver a healthy jolt of energy?
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Drumheller Fountain on the University
of Washington campus, was a focal point
of the study.
By Kyung M. Song
The Seattle Times (MCT)
SEATTLE — In a study that reaffirms the restorative powers of nature, researchers at the University of Washington report that for stress relief, looking outside trumps toiling away in a windowless room or viewing a digital version of that outdoor scene.
Researchers found that plasma screens displaying an outdoor scene were about as effective as a blank wall in reducing test subjects' tension, as measured by a drop in heart rates.
The study appears in the June issue of the
Journal of Environmental Psychology.
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Pro gun activists stand outside the Supreme Court
on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC Thursday
Chuck Kennedy/MCT
WASHINGTON — A sharply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Constitution protects an individual's right to bear arms, while leaving room for governments to regulate gun ownership.
By 5-4, the court struck down the District of Columbia's strict gun ban as an infringement on fundamental rights. The court's historic ruling reinterprets the Second Amendment for the first time in nearly 70 years, foreshadowing new challenges to local, state and federal gun laws.
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Carlin performing in April
Photo by Bonnie/wikimedia
Wonder if he got "the two-minute warning"?
George Carlin's fans know what I'm talking about. It's part of a routine he did in the '70s, about the possibility of getting notice that you're about to die ... a voice inside your head that goes, "TWO MINUTES. Get your (Bleep) together."
His spirit's probably lurking beneath my car, chewing off the timing belt for censoring him like that, but hey, this ain't HBO.
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By Heather Tirado Gilligan
(MCT)
As Gay Pride Month comes to a close, we need to take stock.
It's difficult to turn critical during an annual pride celebration, especially in this year marked by historic gains like the legalization of gay marriage in California.
But we should pause to acknowledge that the state of the movement is a good news-bad news situation.
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From wikipedia:
Nellie Tayloe Ross (November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American politician, the governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and director of the National Mint from 1933-1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. To date, she remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming. She was a staunch supporter of prohibition during the 1920s.
Learn more about Nellie Tayloe Ross at nellietayloeross.com.
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WALL-E
3 stars
Director: Andrew Stanton
Cast: Voices of Jeff Garlin, Fred Willard,
Kathy Najimy, John Ratzenberger
Rated: G
Running time: 1:38
The most ambitious film yet from the House of Pixar, "WALL-E" is an intergalactic epic about robot romance, furious physical comedy and the fate of humanity.
If that's a lot of ground to cover, if the film's reach exceeds its grasp ... well, this critic is in a forgiving mood. You can't advance an art form without taking risks and making a few missteps. "WALL-E" bravely charges into thematic territory and a presentational style that few movies — much less animated ones — have dared to explore.
In the wordless but exhilarating first half-hour of Andrew Stanton's film we find ourselves on a barren dusty planet littered with the remains of civilization. People once lived here, but they're long gone, leaving behind a ravaged landscape of skeletal buildings and mountains of trash.
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Wanted
3 stars (out of 5)
Cast: James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie,
Morgan Freeman
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Running time: 1 hour, 48 minutes
Industry rating: R for strong bloody violence
throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality
Cheekbones, eye shadow, tattoos and lips — that's the essence of Angelina Jolie.
And guns. At least, that's what the skinny action heroine amounts to in "Wanted," a nervy, stylish and deeply silly movie about a clan of assassins training its newest recruit.
James McAvoy is that recruit, a downtrodden Chicago cubicle drone who suffers from anxiety attacks and apologizes for everything. Until, that is, "Fox" (Jolie, natch) shows up and "rescues" him from his dull life of victimhood, shows him "your long-awaited destiny to join us" and teaches him to use "the weapons of fate."
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From wikipedia:
Andrew Jackson Foster (1925 - 1987) was a missionary to the Deaf in Africa from 19:56 until his death in 1987. He became the first Black Deaf person to earn a bachelor's degree from Gallaudet College and the first to earn a master's degree from Eastern Michigan University. Eventually receiving a Master's Degree from Seattle Pacific Christian College, he founded Christian Mission for Deaf Africans in 1956, and set for Liberia, Africa.
Read more about Andrew Foster and his mission, free from the Christian Mission for the Deaf.
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By Katherine Cole
VOA News, Washington
Traditional Cajun music is a mix of instrumental sounds and styles. It comes from combining music brought to the southern U.S. state of Louisiana by early settlers with the sounds brought by later immigrants. Steve Riley leads one of the most popular Cajun bands in the U.S.; his new greatest hits CD is a good place to begin learning about this all-American sound.
Posted by courier at 07:24 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for June 25:
1. "Viva la Vida," Coldplay
2. "Camp Rock (Music from the Disney Channel Original Movie)," Various Artists
3. "Tha Carter III," Lil Wayne
4. "Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust," Sigur Ros
5. "Love on the Inside (Deluxe Fan Edition)," Sugarland
6. "Saints of Los Angeles," Motley Crue
7. "The Sound of Madness (Bonus Track Edition)," Shinedown
8. "Last 2 Walk," Three 6 Mafia
9. "Last Days at the Lodge," Amos Lee
10. "Modern Guilt," Beck
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
by Tom Farley and Tanner Colby
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult (May 6, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670019232
ISBN-13: 978-0670019236
MADISON, Wis. — Shaking hands with Tom Farley Jr., I don't quite see the resemblance to Chris.
Shorter, darker and much thinner than his late brother, Tom, at 46, looks like the businessman and dad he is, where Chris, who died 10 years ago at 33, never outgrew his resemblance to an enormous kid.
Over coffee, though, I can see that, behind Tom's glasses, his eyes are light blue, the same shade that looked out from all those pictures of his kid brother. Those baby-blue eyes that, coupled with his dangerous bulk, made Chris Farley appear to be two-thirds frat boy and one-third altar boy.
Posted by courier at 08:23 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Gardening at the Dragon's Gate: At Work
in the Wild and Cultivated World
by Wendy Johnson
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Bantam (February 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553378031
ISBN-13: 978-0553378030
The ancient teachings of Zen Buddhism and the art of organic gardening are the inspiration behind the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center, outside San Francisco.
Wendy Johnson, 60, spent 25 years working here, seeking enlightenment through hard work and meditation.
"Everybody has some sense of the garden or farming as being meditative," she says. "Sometimes we ask ourselves, is this a safe haven from the world? Or, is it a field of action? And I think it's, of course, both."
Johnson has written a book on her experiences called
Gardening at the Dragon's Gate.
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From wikipedia:
Crystal Catherine Eastman (June 25, 1881 - July 8, 1928) was a lawyer, antimilitarist, feminist, socialist, and journalist. She was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts and graduated from Vassar College in 1903, receiving an M.A. in sociology from Columbia University in 1904. She was second in the class of 1907 at New York University Law School. She was the sister of socialist American writer Max Forrester Eastman.
Social efforts
Social work pioneer and journal editor Paul Kellogg offered Eastman her first job, investigating labor conditions for The Pittsburgh Survey sponsored by the Russell Sage Foundation. Her report,
Work Accidents and the Law (1910), became a classic and resulted in the first workers' compensation law, which she drafted while serving on a New York State commission. She continued to campaign for occupational safety and health while working as an investigating attorney for the U.S. Commission on Industrial Relations during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. She was at one time called the "most dangerous woman in America," due to her free-love idealism and very fiery spirit.
Read more about Vassar alumus Crystal Eastman's life, free from innovators.vassar.edu.
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By Rob Watson
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
The other day, I was reading this Newsweek online article called "The Coming Energy Wars" by Rana Foroohar. It was a very stark picture of what the world would look like if oil hit $200 a barrel — pretty scary. Nations would be forced to pull away from the global economy, many legendary companies, carmakers in particular, would go belly-up, and of course, the violence that would arise from such an economic hit would be hard to contain.
This is the stuff of video game plots, including recent games such as "Frontlines: Fuel of War" and Tom Clancy's forthcoming "Endwar."
The question is, how will all of this real-life strife over resources affect the game industry?
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"The Incredible Hulk"
Reviewed for: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
Other versions available for: Nintendo Wii,
Playstation 2, PC, Nintendo DS
From: Edge of Reality/Sega
ESRB Rating: Teen (mild language, mild
blood, violence)
Someone sure enjoyed "Hulk: Ultimate Destruction" when it released three years ago. That someone's name?
Edge of Reality, which delivers a product that, depending on your level of cynicism, either pays major homage to "Destruction" or rips it off wholesale.
In fairness, at this point, "The Incredible Hulk's" design seems inevitable with or without "Destruction's" influence. Open-world superhero games are as increasingly commonplace as the technology that makes them possible, and the only satisfactory way to demonstrate the full might of Hulk's might is to set him loose in New York City, to which "Hulk" hands you the keys. No one could fault
Edge of Reality for taking "Destruction's" playbook as long as it improved on it in some fashion.
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From wikipedia:
Memphis Minnie McCoy-Lawler (born Lizzie Douglas, June 3, 1897 in Algiers, Louisiana; died August 6, 1973 in Memphis, Tennessee) was an American Blues guitarist, vocalist, and composer.
Born Lizzie Douglas in Algiers, Louisiana, Minnie was one of the most influential and pioneering female blues musicians and guitarists of all time. She recorded for forty years, almost unheard of for any woman in show business at the time, and possibly unique among female blues artists. A flamboyant character who wore bracelets made of silver dollars, she was the biggest female blues singer from the early Depression years through World War II.
Read the lyrics of dozens of Memphis Minnie's pioneering blues songs, free from completealbumlyrics.com.
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Costco customers in South San Francisco
look for a bargain at the pump.
wikimedia photo
RALEIGH, N.C. — Lauren Wooten and her Mustang have been in demand since she started driving this spring.
"It's 'Oh, let's ride with Lauren — she has her license now,'" said Wooten, 16, a Clayton High School sophomore. "I find myself taking people places, and I'm usually the one driving."
She won't ask friends to help buy gas, she said, "because I would feel rude."
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President George W. Bush, with
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne,
makes a statement on energy at the
White House in Washington, D.C.
Chuck Kennedy/MCT
WASHINGTON — President Bush proposed Wednesday to allow drilling off U. S. coastlines as part of a plan to boost oil supplies, but his plan is likely to go nowhere because of a reluctant Democratic-majority Congress, which fears environmental costs.
Even if U.S. coastal waters were opened to exploration, experts agree that it would take at least seven and probably 10 years before any benefits were apparent.
Bush talked tough, saying "our nation must produce more oil, and we must start now." He said that expanding drilling offshore could produce enough oil to "match America's current oil production for 10 years."
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From wikipedia:
Winifred Holtby (June 23, 1898 - September 29, 1935) was an English novelist and journalist.
Born to a prosperous farming family in the village of Rudston, Yorkshire. Holtby was educated at home by a governess and then at Queen Margaret's School in Scarborough. Although she passed the entrance exam for Somerville College, Oxford in 1917; World War I changed her plans. In early 1918, she joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), but soon after she arrived in France, the war came to an end.
Learn more about Winifred Holtby, free from www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk.
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From wikipedia:
Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22, 1906 – February 7, 2001) was a pioneering American aviator, author, and the spouse of fellow aviator Charles Lindbergh.
Anne Spencer Morrow was the second of four children born to Dwight Whitney Morrow and Elizabeth Cutter Morrow. Her siblings were Elisabeth Reeve (born 1904), Dwight, Jr. (1908), and Constance (1913).
Anne was raised in a household that fostered achievement. Every day at 5 PM, her mother would drop everything and read to her children. After the young Morrows outgrew this practice, they would employ that hour to read by themselves, or to write poetry and diaries. Anne in particular later capitalized on this routine learned in her youth to write her diaries, eventually published to critical acclaim.
:earn more about Anne Morrow Lindbergh and her husband, Charles, free from pbs.org.
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By Christina Hernandez
Newsday (MCT)
MELVILLE, N.Y. — What Ethan Mirenberg, 15, thought was a harmless gesture landed him a lengthy suspension. Now, the noogie he allegedly gave his former teacher earlier this school year is making its way through the courts.
The boy's father, Bill Mirenberg, plans to appeal a New York State Supreme Court judge's April decision that allowed the school district's punishment, a 10-month suspension, to stand.
While Ethan, a 14-year-old freshman at Lynbrook High School when the incident occurred in November, will likely be back in school before an appellate decision, his attorney said the appeal is meant to vindicate the boy — who denies the noogie — and pave the way for further legal action.
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From wikipedia:
Mary Therese McCarthy (June 21, 1912 – October 25, 1989) was an American author and critic. She was politically active
Born in Seattle, Washington, McCarthy was orphaned at the age of six when both her parents died in the great flu epidemic of 1918. She was raised in very unhappy circumstances by her Catholic father's parents in Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the direct care of an uncle and aunt she remembered for harsh treatment and abuse.
Read "The McCarthy Case," a review by Norman Mailer of Mary McCarthy's novel, The Group, free from nybooks.com.
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"THE LOVE GURU"
Three of five stars
Cast: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba,
Justin Timberlake, Romany Malco.
Director: Marco Schnabel.
Running time: 1 hour, 35 minutes
Industry rating: PG-13 for crude and
sexual content throughout, language,
some comic violence and drug references.
Mike Myers goofs it old school with "The Love Guru," his first non-Shrek role in ages, a film that flies in the face of all that is Apatow in today's screen comedy.
It's vintage Myers, with an outrageous, broadly played character borrowed from Peter Sellers, silly makeup, bad puns, innuendo, the occasional pause for song and dance and Myers' ongoing obsession with little people. But is there still a place in filmgoers' funny bones for winking farce in an age of raunchy, explicit "Nerd gets the girl" laughers such as "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Knocked Up"?
Here, the Canadian cut-up taps into America's yen for spiritual advisers, from Dr. Phil to Oprah to his old friend Deepak Chopra in a punny put-on about an American born guru (Myers) trying to crack the saturated U.S. guru market. Wearing a beard, sporting a Canadian-by-way-of-Calcutta accent, Myers' Guru Pitka is all about riding catch phrases and pithy acronyms to happiness.
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'GET SMART'
1.5 stars
Director: Peter Segal
Cast: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway,
Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin
Rated: PG-13 for some rude humor,
action violence and language
Running time: 1:50
Apparently there are two actors named Steve Carell.
One appears in sharp-witted, humanistic "small" movies like "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Dan in Real Life" and the occasional smart comedy blockbuster like "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" — not to mention starring in "The Office," one of TV's edgiest comedies.
The other Steve Carell makes overinflated summer gobblers in which more attention is paid to the special effects than to the script — turkeys like "Evan Almighty" and now "Get Smart."
Carell would seem the perfect choice to reprise the role of '60s TV's Maxwell Smart, bumbling secret agent for a shadowy government agency known as CONTROL. Few actors so embody endearing ineptitude.
And every now and then you get a flash of what "Get Smart" might have been if Carell had cut loose — or if writers Tom J. Astle and Matt Ember (working with the characters created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry) or director Peter Segal (a veteran of Adam Sandler films) had gotten off their duffs and actually broken a sweat at being clever
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Toshi, left, and Iri Maruki
Maruki Gallery Photo was a Japanese artist noted for creating, with his wife Toshi Maruki,
The Hiroshima Panels, a series of paintings which portray the horrific consequences of the destruction of that city by an American atomic bomb. Iri Maruki's father, uncle, two nieces and many friends died in the bombing.
Maruki was the eldest son in the Maruki family. Born in Hiroshima on June, 20, 1901, with a port-wine stain over the right half of his face after his mother fell down a flight of stairs in their small village home, he escaped military service in the war against China. Later, he survived the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. He also survived the American saturation fire raids on Tokyo near the end of the Second World War.
After the raids, with the Allied invasion of Okinawa looming, he attempted to rejoin his family in Hiroshima, but lacked the necessary papers to board the already full trains and so he was still in Tokyo when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.
See the Hiroshima Panels, free from the Maruki Gallery.
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CAMP ROCK
8 p.m. EDT Friday
Disney Channel
Reason to watch: Teeny-bopper sensations the Jonas Brothers make their screen debut, and newcomer singer-actress Demi Lovato gets her first substantial TV role.
What it's about: Nice, middle-class kid Mitchie Torres (Lovato) really, really, wants to go to the hot music camp, Camp Rock, where kids learn to be stars. But Mom and Dad can't swing the cost — until Mom gets a gig as camp cook. Meanwhile, teen superstar Shane Gray (Joe Jonas) is about to break up his boy band. He doesn't wanna sing anymore because he's sick of the pop pap the band's been reduced to playing, and yearns for ... he's not entirely sure what. His uncle invites him to teach at CR, where he arrives with his brothers Jason (Kevin Jonas) and Nate (Nick Jonas).
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By Glenn Gamboa
Newsday (MCT)
Sometimes, it's easy to forget Jordin Sparks is only 18 years old.
She has the big, powerful voice and poise under pressure of singers twice — maybe, three times — her age. She has a natural ease at being onstage, at being in the spotlight.
But catch her behind the scenes — like backstage at Nassau Coliseum last summer, when she was bouncing around with Sanjaya Malakar, giggling like, well, the schoolgirl she was — or talk to her about real life, like wanting to go to her prom or struggling to keep her room clean, and the teenager comes out.
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By Rick LaPlante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night adopted the 2008-09 budget and approved multi-year projections through 2011.
The $104.4 million budget reflects $7.7 million in cuts from 2007-08, a product of Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposal to slash state spending for education following his January declaration of a fiscal emergency. Although the governor’s May revise is much more favorable to education than was his January proposal, Chief Business Officer Carol Gregorich told the Board, an intense budget debate under way in the Legislature makes it unlikely there will be a resolution until late summer or fall. In the absence of concrete numbers, and because school budgets must be submitted before July 1, Ms. Gregorich said, she took a conservative approach in crafting the budget.
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By Mike Pingree (MCT)
DO YOU SEE THE LITTLE LEVER NEAR THE DOOR HANDLE? A woman in Oren, Utah, found herself locked inside her car when her battery died. She called the cops, when they came, she couldn't hear what they were saying because the windows were rolled up. They had to call her on her cellphone to explain how to unlock the car manually.
I HAVE TO SAY, MA'AM, WE AGREE WITH YOUR SON: A 73-year-old woman in Fort Worth, Tex., got into a heated argument with her son, who lives with her, because he objected to her walking around the house in the nude. Police involvement resulted.
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By Alyson Ward
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
With food prices skyrocketing, we put our reporter to the test: Eat nothing but dollar-store food for two weeks. Oh, and it had to be healthful, too. Did she pull it off?
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A dollar doesn't go as far as it used to, especially at the grocery store.
Food prices — especially for staples such as eggs, milk and bread — have risen sharply in the past couple of years. And the Department of Agriculture predicts that this year, we'll all spend nearly 5 percent more on groceries than we did last year.
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From wikipedia:
Keye Luke (June 18, 1904 – January 12, 1991) was a Chinese-born American actor.
Luke was born in Guangzhou, China to a father who owned an art shop, and grew up in Seattle. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1944. Before becoming an actor he was a local artist in Hollywood, and worked on several of the murals inside Grauman's Chinese Theater. He did some of the original artwork for the 1933
King Kong pressbook.
Luke made his film debut in
The Painted Veil in 1934, and the following year gained his first big role, as Charlie Chan's eldest son in
Charlie Chan in Paris. He worked so well with Warner Oland, the actor playing Chan, that "Number One Son" became a regular character in the series, alternately helping and distracting "Pop" Chan in each of his murder cases.
Read an interview by Keye Luke about his work in Hollywood, free from The Charlie Chan Family.
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By Lou Dolinar
Newsday (MCT)
A few months back, there was a flurry of interest in a widely circulated e-mail that suggested a half-dozen unusual tricks for cell phones, offering, for example, a universal emergency phone number (non-working, as it turned out) and an utterly bogus technique for unlocking your car door by having someone phone you the unlock code from a spare remote keyless entry unit. (Silly, you can't send a radio code over a voice line).
Still, there are some genuine tricks with cell phones, which for some reason continue to be among the best-kept secrets in technology.
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By Mike Cassidy
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
The guy who ended up with Kim Lingel's stolen MacBook and iPhone wasn't counting on Joey Carenza III.
"When he gets the scent of something and it really intrigues him, he's on it," says Lingel, 25, who counts Carenza as one of her best friends. "He's tenacious."
You don't want Carenza on your trail. He is a high-tech, crime-fighting superhero. The guy knows his way around Apple's operating system — so much so that he acts as tech support for his friends. To make his life easier, he subscribes to a $99.95-a-year Apple service that allows him to access their Macs remotely so he can help with their problems.
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Carl Van Vechten's self-portrait(June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.
Born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he graduated from Washington High School in 1898, and later the University of Chicago in 1903. In 1906, he moved to New York City. He was hired as the assistant music critic at the New York
Times. His interest in opera had him take a leave of absence from the paper in 1907, to travel to Europe to explore opera. While in England he married his long time friend from Cedar Rapids, Anna Snyder. He returned to his job at the New York
Times in 1909 and then became the first American critic of modern dance. At that time, Isadora Duncan, Anna Pavlova, and Loie Fuller were performing in New York City. The marriage to Anna Snyder ended in divorce in 1912 and he wed actress Fania Marinoff in 1914.
View Carl Van Vechten's portraits of creative Americans, free from the Library of Congress.
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By Gail MarksJarvis
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
There are plenty of reasons to encourage a teenager to take a summer job. It builds responsibility, provides a glimpse into the work world, develops credentials for the next job and, of course, produces some spending money.
But if you are after serious money for college, there may be a better way.
During the summer, parents can put their high school students to work searching for scholarships and writing applications. If a child will be a sophomore or junior in the fall, the timing is ideal.
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Tyler Nelson, 15, foreground left,
receives training from Sabrina Andrews,
20, at Cold Stone Creamery at White Oak
Crossing in Garner, North Carolina.
Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/MCT
RALEIGH, N.C. — Bad news for teens still looking for work this summer: The national market is horrible — the worst in 60 years, according to one annual accounting.
"We probably get at least 100 applications a week," said Lori Allred, operator of the Chick-fil-A at Crabtree Valley Mall in Raleigh. "I don't hire anyone who is only available for the summer."
Even in a bad market, thousands of teenagers will be found running cash registers, guarding pools, stocking shelves and doing countless other jobs this summer.
But thousands won't be working at all, and part-timers will probably get squeezed.
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From wikipedia:
Geronimo (Chiricahua: Goyaałé, "one who yawns"; often spelled Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English) (June 16, 1829–February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who defended his people against the encroachment of the United States on their tribal lands for over 25 years.
Goyaałé (Geronimo) was born to the Bedonkohe band of the Apache, near Turkey Creek, a tributary of the Gila River in the modern-day state of Arizona, then part of Mexico, but which his family considered Bedonkohe land.
Read Geronimo's autobiography, Geronimo’s Story of His Life written with S. M. (Stephen Melvil) Barrett in 1906, free from ibiblio.org.
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Idealistics like St. Thomas
Aquinas helped end the
reign of the ideationists,
setting the stage for the
rise of Sensate Culture.
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The California Supreme Court says gay marriage is a constitutional right. What a gift to Republicans!
You're kidding, right? Republicans are all talk. Conservatives should quit lying to themselves about the culture war. It's over. We've lost.
How? Polls show that most Americans are against gay marriage.
Yes, but not young voters. There's a clearly emerging social consensus in favor of gay marriage.
Maybe conservatives need better arguments.
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From The Courier archives:
Zucchini and Mushrooms by Susan Muramoto
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By Jack Z. Smith
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Unless America makes some bold moves, the energy world of the future could be even scarier than today's.
The energy picture is scary and depressing, with the U.S. average price for regular gasoline soon expected to top $4 a gallon _ nearly quadruple the level of less than seven years ago. The days of Tod and Buz merrily cruising Route 66 in their fuel-guzzling Corvette appear long gone.
But the long-term energy outlook perhaps is even more frightening for America, the world's biggest energy consumer and largest importer of oil. Here's why:
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Charles Wuorinen with Salman Rushdie
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American composer Charles Wuorinen has been commissioned by New York City Opera to write a work based on Annie Proulx's "Brokeback Mountain," a short story about a romantic relationship between two cowboys, the company has announced.
Wuorinen, a New Yorker, has won both a Pulitzer Prize (in 1970, for "Time's Encomium") and a MacArthur grant. He has written more than 240 works, including an earlier opera, "Haroun and the Sea of Stories." Based on the novel by Salman Rushdie, it was premiered by New York City Opera in 2004.
Obviously, it's early in the game for firm answers about the new commission, but the 70-year-old composer this week offered a few clues in a phone interview about what might be heard when the work arrives on stage in the spring of 2013.
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Dianne Feinstein's official
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FRESNO, Calif. — Arthur Mkoyan, the Bullard High School valedictorian who may be deported to Armenia this month, is counting on letters of support from across the state and nation to help him.
Arthur, 17, of Fresno, Calif., pleaded to classmates, friends and teachers at his hometown Bullard High School on Friday to write letters to Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein encouraging her to introduce legislation that would enable him and his parents to stay in the United States.
Friday was his last day of class at the school. Arthur will graduate Tuesday at the Save Mart Center.
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From wikipedia:
Carlos Antonio de Padua Chávez y Ramírez (June 13, 1899 – August 2, 1978) was a Mexican composer, conductor, teacher, journalist, and the founder and director of the Mexican Symphonic Orchestra. He was born in Popotla, near Mexico City. He was influenced by native Mexican cultures. Of his six Symphonies, his
Symphony No. 2, which uses native Yaqui percussion instruments, is probably the most popular.
Read more about Carlos Chavez, free from chez.com.
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The cast of this summer's kooky
"I Survived a Japanese Game Show,
on ABC starting June 24.
Once a graveyard of repeats and canceled series, the summer season has become a creatively fertile period. "Sex and the City" was a longtime summer hit for HBO. Last season's "Mad Men" (returning to AMC in July, date to be determined) was not just the best show of the summer, but the most critically acclaimed series of 2007. Of course, summer 2007 also produced Fox's "Anchorwoman," canceled after just one airing.
Here's a selective list of new series, returning favorites and a few mind-boggling oddities that simply defy category.
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By Glenn Gamboa
Newsday (MCT)
NEW YORK — Ashanti is ready to fight.
She's had a lot of training for it lately — going up against murderous crows and flesh-eating zombies in last year's hit movie "Resident Evil: Extinction"; going up against a music industry infrastructure that didn't support her last album, and, by association, going up against federal prosecutors who tried (and failed) to take down her label's chief executive and producer Irv Gotti, who was acquitted on all money laundering and racketeering charges. And now, with her new album "The Declaration," the Princess of Hip-Hop Soul wants to take back her rightful place in the kingdom.
"When you get pushed into a certain position and your back's against the wall, you're either gonna sink or you're gonna swim," she says, leaning forward on the conference room table at Universal Motown's Manhattan headquarters. "I choose not to sink."
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An Air Force recruiter makes his pitch to a Logan
student. Courier Photo<b>By Jowell Caballero,
Courier Staff Writer
Through out the school year you can find a lot of things on campus: good food, overly loud people, couples who just don't understand public decency .and more. All of these things I can handle, but there's one thing that I can't, and that's the ridiculous amount of military recruiters that we have on this campus.
A junior at James Logan, who wishes to remain anonymous, said, "There's just so many of them. At lunch, it feels like they're everywhere you go, bombarding you with this idea that the military is the best thing for everyone."
Sometimes it seems that we have more people here recruiting for the military than we do people recruiting for colleges or trade schools.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
UNION CITY – Penny Loetterle, principal of an Orinda elementary school that was named a 2008 California Distinguished School, and Heidi Green, who runs the largest high school in Oakland, will join the New Haven Unified School District as principals of Eastin and Emanuele elementary schools, respectively, pending approval Tuesday night by the Board of Education.
“A principal’s primary role has to be that of the instructional leader at his or her school, and we have found two wonderful instructional leaders in Penny and Heidi,” Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said. “Not only that, I believe we have found two principals with backgrounds and experiences that make them exceptionally good fits for their schools.”
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From wikipedia:
The Rt. Rev. Barbara Clementine Harris (born 12 June 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion.
Education
Harris attended the Philadelphia High School for Girls (Class of 1948). There, she excelled in music and wrote a weekly column for the Philadelphia version of the Pittsburgh Courier called "High School Notes by Bobbi". After graduation, Harris attended the Charles Morris Price School of Advertising and Journalism in Philadelphia where she earned a Certificate in 1950.
Read more about Barbara Harris at gale.cengage.com.
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By Richard Pachter
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
I love science fiction, but I'm also a proud member of the reality-based community. Though I may prefer things to progress logically, the whimsical intrusion of random or unrelated events makes things interesting. Let's face it, if drama or comedy unfolded in an entirely reasonable manner, snoozes would ensue. Surprise is the most important element in comedy as conflict is the key to drama.
But in business, we usually try to avoid surprises and reduce conflict. Yet both of these things often produce new opportunities, products and profits. At the very least, they may spark some creative thinking.
Here are three new books that examine randomness, irrationality and creativity:
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Carlin Truong, Valedictorian
Bethany Stringer/Courier Photo,
Courier Publications Editor
Saturday morning's graduation ceremony in the Judson E. Taylor stadium will be a time to celebrate completing high school and for one student it means being recognized as the top of the class. This year, that student is Carlin Truong.
For the past four years at Logan, he has worked hard to get to where he is today. He has taken a total of nine AP classes, is the ambassador for the James Logan Jazz Chior, co-founded the James Logan Origami club participated in varsity track for 2 years, provided tutoring for athletes in the morning at Logan and is a member of a choir outside of school and an a cappella group. His GPA as of third quarter was a 4.82.
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U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Mathew J. Daniels
stands guard in the Salad Ad Din province
of Iraq on May 20. DoD photo by Sgt. Rome
M. Lazarus, U.S. Marine Corps.,
Courier News Editor
Unemployment is at 5.5%; The Dow Jones fell nearly 400 points on Friday; Oil is almost at $150 per barrel and gas is selling for $4.45 a gallon. And, as usual, our President seems only to be concerned about “staying the course” in the Middle East.
Now, I love my country, and there are no people like the American People. I’m pro-democracy and anti-terrorist. Now, however, I cannot find any good reason for our troops to still be occupying Afghanistan and Iraq.
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By Kurt Achin, VOA News
North Korea has publicly declared its commitment to battling terrorism, in a move apparently aimed at hastening its removal from a U.S. list of terror sponsoring nations. With talks to end North Korea's nuclear-weapons capabilities expected to resume soon, Pyongyang has also pledged to curb nuclear proliferation.
North Korea's Foreign Ministry issued a statement promising to "firmly maintain its consistent stand of opposing all forms of terrorism."
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By Laurel Rosenhall
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Call it a 21st century field trip.
Fifth-graders at Kingswood Elementary School peered into tide pools, listened to crashing waves and peppered a park ranger with questions — all without leaving their classroom in Citrus Heights, Calif.
Through a live videoconference last week, the students "visited" Crystal Cove State Park on the coast of Orange County, Calif. Ranger Jennifer Langer — surrounded by cameras on the rocky shore — taught a lesson on tide-pool ecology over the large screen at the front of Room 13.
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By Wailin Wong
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Verizon Wireless' plans to buy regional carrier Alltel Corp. in a $28.1 billion deal has some telecom industry observers questioning whether other smaller regional wireless operators could soon be snatched up by larger players.
With subscriber increases reaching a plateau, acquiring smaller operators is one of the main ways bigger carriers can keep growing as they battle for new customers. Intense competition already prompted major companies to introduce flat-rate, unlimited-service plans within days of each other earlier this year, and the carriers also are eagerly pushing data services that make use of their more advanced networks.
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From wikipedia:
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1895 – October 26, 1952) was an American actress and the first black performer to win an Academy Award. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Mammy in
Gone with the Wind (1939).
McDaniel was also a professional singer-songwriter, comedienne, stage actress, radio performer and television star. Hattie McDaniel was in fact the first black woman to sing on the radio in America. Over the course of her career, McDaniel appeared in over 300 films, although she only received screen credits for about 80. She gained the respect of the African American show business community with her generosity, elegance and charm.
Watch Hattie McDaniel's speech on the occasion of winning the Academy Award for Best Support ing Actress in 1939.
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Ohlone radio station is holding summer classes for anyone interested in any aspect of radio and entertainment. For more info, pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Students who would like to earn community service this summer working with elementary or middle school students at Searles, Alvarado Elementary, Guy Emanuele or Barnard-White, please contact Mr. Johnson in Room 225.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER!!
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AT&T Park, the Giants' Home
wikipedia photo
Throughout our lives, we’re brought up with summers smelling of freshly cut grass, sweat, sunscreen, sand between our toes and icy blue slushies that stain our tongues on an especially hot day. And always in the background is the comforting buzz over the radio or television of huge crowds gathered together in one of the last spectacles of brotherhood, deep-seated honor, and pride in one’s home and those who represent it.
The resonating and almost all-too familiar rituals of a major league baseball game have always been integral in our American culture.
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By Karen Mui, Courier Staff Writer
As the 2007‑2008 school year draws to a close, and many are celebrating the graduations of Logan’s seniors, there are still many, unfortunately, who will not be able to share the same joy. Instead, many of these will be studying hard for the next California High School Exit Exam in hopes for another chance to receive their high school diplomas.
For the Class of 2008, 54 of the students have not yet passed the English portion of the CAHSEE, while 54 have not passed the Math. For the juniors, 112 students are not passing both the English and the Math section. The sophomores, who have recently taken the exam for the first time, have about 173 who have yet to pass the English portion, and 213 for Math. Around 40 of the total students unable to pass the exam are actually exempt from the test because they are not on diploma tracks. 10th graders have one opportunity to take the test, 11th graders have two, and 12th graders have three before graduation.
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From wikipedia:
Samuel Slater (June 9,1768 – April 21, 1835) was an early American industrialist popularly known as the "Founder of the American Industrial Revolution" because he brought British textile technology to America. A native of England, he trained as an engineer and violated a British emigration law in 1789 that was designed to keep manufacturing technology within the country when he left for New York in disguise. He soon found work in Rhode Island replicating British factory equipment for a textile mill, and earned the owner's backing to design and build the first water powered mill in the United States.
Read the Memoir for Samuel Slater, the Father of American Manufactures, by George White, free from googlebooks.com.
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By Mark Silva
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
WASHINGTON — In their age, experience, race, faith in the power of government and views of a complex world, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain offer American voters one of the sharpest contrasts in candidates for the presidency in modern times, at least on a par with the Johnson-Goldwater and Reagan-Mondale elections.
The 2008 presidential campaign, without an incumbent president or vice president in the race, will play out against a backdrop of deep restiveness, polling shows, with the public overwhelmingly dismayed about the direction the nation is taking.
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From wikipedia:
Lena Baker (June 8, 1901 – March 5, 1945) was an African American maid who was executed for murder by the State of Georgia in 1945 for killing her employer, Ernest Knight in 1944. At her trial she claimed that he had imprisoned and threatened to shoot her should she attempt to leave, whereupon she took his gun and shot him.
As a child Baker and her family worked for a farmer named J.A. Cox chopping cotton. They were not paid well and even working in a laundry, the family was poor.
Read Missing Mamma: The Lena Baker Story, free from trutv.com.
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By Emily Low, Courier Opinion Editor
Perhaps, on a certain Friday, you may have noticed quite a few empty holes in the usually dense population of your classroom. There’s just a person missing here or there, just three, but out of thirty…that’s one tenth. Dimly, you might recall them bringing up slips of paper to be initialed with a quick flourish by the teacher, then a complaint that half the class is disappearing for their lesson. Ah ha. They’re off on a field trip. Lucky blokes.
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From wikipedia:
Charlotte of Belgium (Princess Marie Charlotte Amélie Augustine Victoire Clémentine Léopoldine of Belgium), (June 7, 1840–January 19, 1927) as Charlotte (or Carlota), Empress of Mexico was the consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico.
Princess of Belgium
The only daughter of Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790–1865) by his second wife, Louise-Marie, Princess of France (1812–1850), Charlotte was born at Laeken Palace in Brussels, Belgium. She was named after her father's first wife, Princess Charlotte of Wales, who had died during childbirth. Charlotte had three brothers: Louis-Philippe, who died in infancy, Leopold, who on the death of their father became Leopold II of Belgium and Philippe, Count of Flanders. She was also a first cousin to both Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and her husband, Prince Albert, as well as Ferdinand II of Portugal.
Learn more about the Empress Carlota and the Mexican Monarchy, free from casaimperial.org.
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By Simmi Sangha, Courier Staff Writer
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hit movie theaters May 23, 2008. Being that it is the fourth movie in its series, I thought it would be a boring run-on type of movie. Little did I know that it was one of the greatest films I have ever seen!
It starts off with Indiana Jones (aka Indy) being removed from Marshall College under unclear circumstances. Indy then joins the rebellious, Young Mutt, who says he knows the whereabouts of one of the most legendary objects in history called “The Crystal Skull of Akator.” Indy and Mutt get together in search of a land of ancient tombs and gold called Peru.
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The MECHA logo
James Logan's MECHA held their 10th annual Raza Graduation celebrating Latino students who are graduating this year Wednesday with Aztec danzantes blessing the stage for the graduates, performances by Ballet Folklorico, forensics student Corey Gomes, plus guest speakers, and scholarship awards.
The banquet, now in its tenth year at Logan, honors the two hundred plus Latino graduates from this year's class. Statistically, Latinos, along with African-Americans, have the lowest graduating rates - which is one of the reasons why counselor Jaime Huertas and ethnic studies teacher Gabriela Esquivez feel it is necessary to hold this event.
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From wikipedia:
Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French tragedian who was one of the three great 17th Century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly 40 years.
Early life and plays
Corneille was born at Rouen, France, to Marthe le Pesant and Pierre Corneille (a minor administrative official). He was given a rigorous Jesuit education and at 18 began to study law. His practical legal endeavors were largely unsuccessful. Corneille’s father secured two magisterial posts for him with the Rouen department of Forests and Rivers. During his time with the department he wrote his first play. It is unknown exactly when he wrote it, but the play, the comedy
Mélite, surfaced when Corneille brought it to a group of traveling actors in 1629. The actors approved of the work and made it part of their repertoire. The play was a success in Paris and Corneille began writing plays on a regular basis. He moved to Paris in the same year and soon became one of the leading playwrights of the French stage. His early comedies, starting with
Mélite, depart from the French farce tradition by reflecting the elevated language and manners of fashionable Parisian society. Corneille describes his variety of comedy as "une peinture de la conversation des honnêtes gens" ("a painting of the conversation of the gentry"). His first true tragedy is
Médée, produced in 1635.
Read The Cid, by Pierre Corneille, one of two of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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Sophomore Thomas Nguyen
examines his yearbook.
Courier Photo
Most of the James Logan High School yearbooks for the 2007-2008 school year have been distributed after the book debuted June 2. For the second consecutive year, the yearbook will all be in color.
The sales began back in the beginning of the school year where they were sixty-five dollars. Prices then rose in October to $70. As the year progressed, the price increased to $80 and finally to $90 in May.
“Prices had to keep raising to encourage students to purchase their books earlier,” said yearbook staff member, senior Gino Lorico.
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China's flag flies at half-mast
over Tiananmen Square to
mourn earthquake victims.
wikinews photo
On May 12, a 7.9 earthquake rocked the southwestern province of Sichuan China. This major earthquake devastated the area leaving thousands either dead or missing. This new earthquake named the Wenchuan earthquake, after the city in which the epicenter was located, has left about 4.8 million people homeless. The statistics confirmed as of June 1st state that there are approximately 69,016 dead, 385,545 injured, and 18,830 missing. This earthquake is the most devastating earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake.
Roughly 7,000 miles away, here at James Logan, two students took it upon themselves to help raise money toward relief efforts. Juniors Suzanne Wu and Jane Tian felt that they needed to get the Logan community involved. So they wrote Logan Principal Don Montoya an email entailing their plan to raise money for the victims in China. They devised a drive in which all the money raised would be donated to the Red Cross to be used as needed in China.
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By Emily Low, Courier Opinion Editor
The earthquake that shook Sichuan, China and the cyclone that swept through Myanmar have made international headlines throughout the past month. Flip on the TV to any news channel, or open a newspaper to the international news section, and you will inevitably hear about the events that have wrecked these devastated areas. With the rising toll of missing and dead, it is no wonder that aid is being offered from many places around the world. Starting on May 27th, students of James Logan High School will become a part of the many to offer aid to those who have suffered these natural disasters.
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By Ron Poblete,
Courier Staff Writer
"Shawty wanna thug,
Bottles in the club,
Shawty wanna hump,
You know I'd like to touch,
Ya lovely lady lumps"
Nowadays hip hop is all about violence, the "bling‑bling" materialism, and the bad portrayal of woman. Just turn on the radio and you will hear songs like Lollipop, by Lil Wayne, who truly give hip hop a bad name.
But, is hip hop truly dead? With the emergence of various rappers who speak about their "bling," some people truly think so.
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By Ron Poblete, Courier Staff Writer
The Filipino Heritage Studies hosted their annual
Transcendence: Commencement Day on Monday, showing what they truly learned from this past year's course. Taking it's audience through different time periods throughout the Philippine history, the FHS class was able to showcase, and teach its audience about the Philippines.
Throughout the show, the students took the audience through an educational journey, while showing their various arts and talents. With various musical performances, different skits, and many other forms of entertainment, the FHS class not only educated, but also entertained.
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From wikipedia:
Ruth Benedict (born Ruth Fulton, June 5, 1887–September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist.
She was born in New York City, and attended Vassar College, graduating in 1909. She entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1919, studying under Franz Boas, receiving her PhD and joining the faculty in 1923. Margaret Mead, with whom she may have shared a romantic relationship, and Marvin Opler were among her students and colleagues.
Read the obituary of Ruth Fulton Benedict, written by Margaret Mead, free from americanethnography.com.
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Film making alumnus
Candice Nguyen
A presentation of “The Lost Boys of Liberia” will take place in the Little Theatre this Thursday from 3:30 to 5:15 PM. It is a free eventwhere Logan alumni Candice Nguyen will be sharing her experiences from her volunteer work in Africa.
For six months Candice was in Ghana, a country in West Africa, teaching ex-child soldiers public speaking. The classes encouraged them to speak out against the everyday injustices that are going mostly unnoticed by the international community. Over 20 countries have used children as direct participants in armed conflict. Many adolescents are forced to wield weapons and are under constant gunfire. According to Human Rights Watch, approximately 200,000 to 300,000 children are currently serving as child soldiers.
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By Rick LaPlante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night heard an assessment of the implementation of District-wide instructional initiatives this year, featuring a presentation by Eastin Elementary kindergarten teacher Sarita Chawla and one of her students. Young Ameerah Hameed showed the Board a progression of her writing that demonstrated the improvement she has made as Ms. Chawla’s students have “published” their work as part of Writing Workshop.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Judy Billingsley, who engineered a dramatic improvement in student achievement during the past three years as a high school principal in Sacramento, was appointed Tuesday night by the Board of Education to serve as the new principal of James Logan High School, effective July 1.
“When the folks on our hiring team were reviewing candidates, I kept hearing that we had several good ones but that one in particular was fantastic,” New Haven Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Pat Jaurequi said. “When I met Judy, I understood why everyone was so excited. She’s the right person, at the right time, committed to doing the right work.”
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One Moonlit Night
by Samantha James
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon (December 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0380786095
ISBN-13: 978-0380786091,
Courier Book Editor
“Olivia smiled politely, reaching for the yeasty chunk of bread that was her meal. As a man of God, her dearest papa—God rest his soul—had always regarded gossip as a grievous sin. No doubt Papa would have chastised her for even listening. Still, Olivia could not help it. Lord knew she harbored no affection for the Gypsies—nay, not after what happened to Papa—yet she could not help it. She was intensely curious about the new master of Ravenwood.”
This is one of those rare historical romance novels that not only present us with a love story, but present us with the issues of the time—and realistic issues between the lovers. I literally could not put this book down. Even when I was doing laundry the book was in my hand, my finger saving my place (making the process a bit slower than usual, but there was no way I was going to waste my time looking for my place). It was excellently written and well-researched, and I enjoyed it the whole way through.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Lynne Thomson of Alvarado Middle School has been selected as the New Haven Unified School District’s Teacher of the Year for 2008-09, it was announced Tuesday night before the Board of Education. Sue Hollman of Barnard-White Middle School was named Classified Employee of the Year.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Girls Softball team flourished during the regular season only to see their season end in the NCS Semifinals losing to Freedom 5-2.
The Lady Colts were one win away from advancing to the NCS Final game, but faltered as the softball juggernauts Freedom Falcons(26-2-0) knocked off Logan and then went on to capture yet another NCS title.
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From wikipedia:
Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 – November 28, 1976) was an American award-winning film and stage actress, perhaps best known for her role as a fast-talking newspaper reporter in the Howard Hawks screwball comedy His Girl Friday, as well as originating the role of Auntie Mame on Broadway and in film.
It is notable that she won all 5 Golden Globes for which she was nominated. She was tied with Meryl Streep for wins until the 2007 awards when Streep was awarded a sixth.
Watch Rosalind Russell sing "Rose's Turn," from the film "Gypsy," free from YouTube.
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Artists: Paint temporary murals for community service credit this summer. Call 279-2906 for info.
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Senior Sarah Brown swabs the
inside of her cheeks during the
registration drive last week.
Hassina Obaidy/Courier Photo,
Courier News Editor
Eighty percent of cancer patients that need a bone marrow transplant never find a donor match. Only 30% of patients in need find a suitable match within their family. The chance of a patient finding an unrelated donor match is as great as 1 in 1 million.
Two weeks ago, Eleventh Grader Supada Sritanyaratana requested a bone marrow registration drive at Logan. “My family friend, Michelle Maykin, has leukemia and she just relapsed early.” Michelle is 26 years old and has acute myeloid leukemia. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy, but needs to find a bone marrow donor match by June 21.
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By Sofia Santana
South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The FBI recently issued an alert warning that wireless Internet networks, often called Wi-Fi hotspots, are more vulnerable to hackers than most users probably realize.
Wi-Fi hotspots are at airports, fast food restaurants, book stores, coffee shops, sports bars, school campuses, malls, supermarkets — just about everywhere. Several cities and neighborhoods host or plan to install networks for residents.
Posted by courier at 08:16 AM. Filed under: Features
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By Mike Antonucci
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Buzz about the new iPhone — expected to be released in June — has less to do with the phone itself than its use of AT&T's 3G network.
That 3G network, which refers to a third generation of wireless networks, would dramatically improve the performance of some iPhone features, such as Web browsing. Apple's current iPhone uses AT&T's Edge Network, a 2.5G network that undermines some of the device's most appealing technology — such as the display of full Web pages — because of relatively slow download speeds.
Posted by courier at 08:09 AM. Filed under: Features
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By Anne Chen,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
Youth from all over the Bay Area joined at Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton to learn about human rights violations at the African Human Rights Conference Saturday. The event was hosted by Amador’s Amnesty International Club and focused on ways to address problems such as genocide, disease and poverty that are rampant in Africa.
The main goal of the conference was to empower youth with the knowledge they need to generate meaningful change in their communities. The high school club itself was started this year but has already reigned in much student and outside support. Amnesty International, a worldwide organization dedicated to improving human rights for all, funded Saturday’s conference through a grant.
Posted by courier at 04:48 AM. Filed under: News
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By Kevin Harper, President, Board of Education
New Haven Unified School District
Tuesday is Election Day, and even though our presidential primary was in March and there is only one state issue on the state ballot, it’s an important election for Union City residents. Measure K, an extension of the public safety parcel tax, is on ballot.
Legally, I can’t ask you to vote for Measure K. But I can point out that even though it is a city measure, its passage would help the New Haven Unified School District in several ways:
● It would provide $1 million for the Union City Police Department to hire five new officers, including School Resource Officers for our middle schools.
Posted by courier at 01:47 PM. Filed under: Opinion
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By William Mckenzie
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
Summer.
The best season of the year is upon us.
See, right there, I branded myself.
The marketing executives who run our world talk incessantly about "brands." That's one reason advertisers are so bent on snagging young folks, who don't necessarily have that much money. Marketing gurus want to hook college kids and the young 20s on their "brand," whether it's their soft drink, type of jeans or make of car. Over time, they reason, merchandisers will make money off them.
Posted by courier at 01:43 PM. Filed under: Opinion
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The state Supreme Court building
in San Francisco hosts that court
and other regional courts as well.
U.S. State Dept. photo
Just two weeks after finding California's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, the state Supreme Court on Wednesday found itself thrust back into a legal conflict over gay rights.
This time, the justices were tackling a collision between religious freedoms and strict state and federal anti-discrimination laws in a case involving a doctor's right to deny infertility treatment to a gay couple based on religious views about same-sex relationships.
Posted by courier at 12:51 PM. Filed under: News
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If you are interested in joining the Wrestling team next year, there will be an informational meeting Thursday after school in the Weight Room.
Artists: The City of Fremont will give community service for temporary murals for its Festival of the Arts. Introductory meeting Sat, 6/21 @12:30 @ YMCA in Fremont. Call Melissa Dougherty @ 510-279-2906.
Posted by courier at 10:58 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Ron Poblete,
Courier Staff Writer
In sports, there are always historic rivalries that make the game a little more interesting: in baseball, the Yankees and the Red Sox; in soccer, the United States and Mexico; in college, North Carolina and Duke. Now, one of the best rivalries in sports has reignited the NBA finals after 21 years: The Celtics and The Lakers.
Posted by courier at 10:53 AM. Filed under: Sports
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From wikipedia:
John Hope (June 2, 1868 - February 20, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an African-American educator and political activist. He was the son of a white father, who was a farmer, and a black mother.
Hope graduated from Worcester Academy in 1890, then taught at Brown University. On December 29, 1897 he married the former Lugenia D. Burns[1], who would become a well-known social reformer. In 1898, he became professor of Classics at Atlanta Baptist College, (now Morehouse College), and in 1906 was appointed the institution's first black president.
Read more about John Hope, free from the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
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Artists: The City of Fremont will give community service for temporary murals for its Festival of the Arts. Introductory meeting Sat, 6/21 @12:30 @ YMCA in Fremont. Call Melissa Dougherty @ 510-279-2906.
Swim Team, want to know what to bring to our potluck awards night Wednesday, 6/4? Come see Mr. Lockwood in Room 75.
Posted by courier at 12:58 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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From wikipedia:
Dr Henry Faulds (1 June 1843 – 19 March 1930) was a Scottish scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting.
Faulds was born in the Scottish town of Beith, North Ayrshire into a family of modest means. Aged 13, he was forced to leave school, and went to Glasgow to work as a clerk to help support his family; at 21 he decided to enroll at the Facility of Arts at Glasgow University, where he studied mathematics, logic and the classics. He later studied medicine at Anderson's College, and graduated with a physician’s license.
Read Henry Faulds' 1905 Guide to Fingerprint Identification, along with other documents on the use of fingerprinting, free from galton.org.
Posted by courier at 12:02 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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