This is the archive for December 2008
By Rick Pearson and Ray Long
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — In a display of political bravado, disgraced Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Tuesday appointed former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris to the U.S. Senate, challenging national Democratic leaders to reject the appointment of an African-American to the seat that propelled Barack Obama to the White House.
The defiant move tests the resolve of Senate Democrats who said they would not admit anyone appointed by Blagojevich, who is facing impeachment after being accused of trying to sell the Senate seat for personal gain. And it reveals to a nation celebrating Obama's victory the underbelly of Chicago's race-based political scene.
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Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo (September 29, 1864–December 31, 1936) was an essayist, novelist, poet, playwright and philosopher from Spain.
Introduction
He was born in the medieval centre of Bilbao, the son of Félix Unamuno and Salomé de Jugo. As a young man, he was interested in the Basque language, and competed for a teaching position in the Instituto de Bilbao, against Sabino Arana. The contest was finally won by the Basque scholar Resurrección María de Azcue. Unamuno later doubted that Basque would endure another century, but the momentum given by Basque nationalism has in fact helped keep it alive, even though only 20% of Basques speak the language.
Read Miguel de Unamono's Tragic Sense of Life, free from Project Gutenberg.
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"Hasbro Family Game Night"
Systems: PlayStation 2, Wii
Developer: Electronic Arts
Web site: www.ea.com
Price: $29.99 to $39.99
Rating: E (Everyone)
Rating: Three stars (out of five)
Game night just got a little more interesting.
Hasbro, makers of table-game mainstays such as Sorry! and Battleship, has teamed up with Electronic Arts to reinvent these and other classics. "Hasbro Family Game Night" for the Wii and PlayStation 2 might change the way your family plays together.
This isn't just a collection of table games that have been turned into video games. We've seen that many times before, most often on Mac and PC but also on game consoles. These family favorites in this new collection have been given a digital upgrade – and then some. To the basic play modes of every game, the makers have added some fun and interesting "power" modes that could only be accomplished in videogame form.
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From Nobelprize.org:
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, but educated in England at the United Services College, Westward Ho, Bideford. In 1882 he returned to India, where he worked for Anglo-Indian newspapers. His literary career began with
Departmental Ditties (1886), but subsequently he became chiefly known as a writer of short stories. A prolific writer, he achieved fame quickly. Kipling was the poet of the British Empire and its yeoman, the common soldier, whom he glorified in many of his works, in particular
Plain Tales from the Hills (1888) and
Soldiers Three (1888), collections of short stories with roughly and affectionate dventures in the Himalayas, is perhaps his most felicitous work.
Read
Kipling's novel, Soldiers Three, one of
39 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Saeed Shah and Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan is moving some troops away from its border with Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said on Friday, sparking renewed fears that last month's terrorist attack in Mumbai, India, could trigger a fourth war between the two countries, both of which are now armed with nuclear weapons.
Media reports in both countries, most unconfirmed and some false or exaggerated, have fueled rising war hysteria in India and Pakistan, and U.S. officials and independent analysts worry that any signs of preparation for war could trigger a conflict that neither country wants and that neither can afford.
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Palestinians help a wounded child after an
Israeli air force attack in Gaza City on Saturday.
Ahmad Khateib/Flash90/MCT
By Dion Nissenbaum
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military Saturday unleashed a devastating series of air strikes on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, targeting security compounds and killing more than 200 people in the deadliest day of the decade for Palestinians.
Saturday night, medical officials in Gaza said that 225 people were killed and 300 more were injured in the prolonged Israeli attacks, which propelled Israel's confrontation with the militant Islamic group into a new and even more volatile phase.
The White House gave tacit support for the assault by blaming Hamas for provoking the Israeli attack.
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School Days by Jamie Maxfield, Courier Editor-in-Chief
Stickies: The North Pole (After Christmas) by Lorisa Salvatin, Courier Staff Artist
The Tao of Sunday, by Idy Tao, Courier Daily Editor
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Dietrich in 1967.Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901 – May 6, 1992) was an Academy Award-nominated German and American actress, entertainer and singer. The American Film Institute named Dietrich among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 9.
Early life
She was born Maria Magdalene Dietrich in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany to Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josephine Felsing on December 27, 1901. Nicknamed "Lena" within the family, she contracted her two first names to form the then-unusual name, Marlene, when she was still a teenager. Marlene studied the violin before starting work as a chorus girl and actress for Max Reinhardt in theatre productions in Berlin and Vienna throughout the 1920s.
See Marlene Dietrich arrive in Paris in a 1946 newsreel, streaming free from the Internet Archive.
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Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894–March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
Born Nathan Pinchback Toomer in Washington, D.C., mixed racial and ethnic descent (Dutch, French, Native American, Welsh, German, Jewish). His parents were Nathan Toomer and Nina Pinchback. His maternal grandfather was Louisiana Governor P. B. S. Pinchback, the first African American to become Governor of a U.S. state. He spent his childhood attending both all-white and all-black segregated schools. In his early years, Toomer resisted racial classifications and wished to be identified only as an American after going to an all-black school in Washington D.C., then an all-white school in New Rochelle N.Y., then an all-black school in Washington D.C. again. Toomer attended six institutions of higher education between 1914 and 1917 (the University of Wisconsin, the Massachusetts College of Agriculture, the American College of Physical Training in Chicago, the University of Chicago, New York University, and the City College of New York) studying agriculture, fitness, biology, sociology, and history, but he never completed a degree. The readings that he would undertake and the lectures he attended during his college years shaped the direction his writing would take.
Read An Interpretation of Friends Worship by Jean Toomer, free from Project Gutenberg.
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School Days by Jamie Maxfield, Courier Editor-in-Chief
The Tao of Christmas by Idy Tao, Courier Daily Editor
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By Cait Baca,
Courier Staff Writer
The two Varsity soccer teams are both on the same page this year when it comes to being unsuccessful.
Both the Logan Girls and Boys teams failed to kick off the new season with a bang, or any confidence of that matter.
The girls' first game was an unexpected to loss of 2-1 during their first league game against Irvington.
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A Very Merry Christmas
by Lori Foster, Gemma Bruce
and Janice Maynard
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Kensington (October 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 075821541X
ISBN-13: 978-0758215413 is a small collection of short Christmas romances by three different authors: "Do You Hear What I Hear" by Lori Foster, "Bah Humbug, Baby" by Gemma Bruce and "By Firelight" by Janice Maynard. I enjoyed them all thoroughly, and they definitely got me into the Christmas spirit. Who needs wistful thoughts of mistletoe when you can read steamy holiday stories like these?
"Do You Hear What I Hear" is one of my favorite holiday stories, and not just because it shares the title of one of my favorite Christmas tunes. Marci Churchill is an animal psychic—she understands what animals are trying to tell the dim-witted two-leggers that just can’t seem to grasp their language. Marci has devoted her life to helping these animals, albeit anonymously. So, when she happens upon a kidnapped donkey in a local nativity scene, she brings him back to her apartment so that she can figure out how to get him back home.
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"WordJong"
For: Nintendo DS
From: Gameblend/Destineer
ESRB Rating: Everyone
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
It's been a down year for the Nintendo DS' puzzle library, which has seen only a trickle of great additions after a few years in which gems practically rained from the sky.
How savvy, then, of Destineer to send reviewers fresh copies of one of those games that got lost in the shuffle of 2007's downpour. "WordJong" combines two dependable concepts — Mahjong and Scrabble — into one sleek game that's simple enough to sell itself, and if you never played or even noticed it last year, it's as good an addition to your DS library as anything that actually came out this fall.
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By Tom Avril
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
PHILADELPHIA — The 1982 vintage of Lafite-Rothschild is among the most storied wines of the past few decades. To the serious collector, it is worth several thousand dollars a bottle, Robert J. Levis explained to his listeners.
Unless, of course, something goes wrong with the cork, and the precious fluid turns to vinegar. But how to tell without popping the cork?
The question was a hypothetical one — and not just because Levis didn't have a bottle of the fine Bordeaux on hand. Most of his audience wouldn't be allowed to drink it anyway.
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From wikipedia:
Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist. He gained popularity first as a graffiti artist in New York City, and then as a successful 1980s-era Neo-expressionist artist. Basquiat's paintings continue to influence modern day artists and command high prices.
Read more about Jean-Michel Basquiat, and see examples of his work, free from the Brooklyn Museum.
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School Days by Jamie Maxfield,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
White House Christmas, by Tawab Fakhri, Courier Staff Writer and
Jamie Maxfield,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
Coal Candy, by Chyna Cunningham, Courier Staff Artist
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From wikipedia:
Robert Brown Elliott (1842-1884) was an African American member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.
Born in Liverpool, England, he graduated from Eton College in 1859, and served in the English Royal Navy. He moved to South Carolina in 1867 and established a law practice. Elliott helped organize the local Republican Party and served at the state constitutional convention. In 1868 he was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives. The next year he was appointed assistant adjutant-general; He was the first African American commanding general of the South Carolina National Guard. As part of his job, he helped form a state militia to fight the Ku Klux Klan.
Read more about Robert Brown Elliot, free from the United States Congress.
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By Jessika Robinson, Courier Staff Writer
Holiday Kits are great to give. No matter who you may be looking for there is a gift kit to fit your need. Many companies have put out kits to give the gift of beauty all in one box during the holidays.
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From wikipedia:
Ferdinand Édouard Buisson (December 20, 1841 – February 16, 1932) was a French academic, educational bureaucrat, Protestant pastor, pacifist and Socialist politician. He presided over the Human Rights League (LDH) from 1914 to 1926.
Buisson helped create France's system of universal, secular primary education in the 1880s.
He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1927.
Read Ferdinand Buisson's 1927 Nobel Prize for Peace acceptance speech, free from Nobelprize.org.
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BJ's Restaurant & Brewery
5783 Mowry Ave
Mowry Crossing Shopping Center
(at Mowry School Rd)
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 456-3750
Last Friday, my friend and I decided to try the new BJ’s next to NewPark mall. The restaurant, which opened in early November, is already a big hit in the East Bay.
Before the opening of the Newark location, the closest BJ’s was in Pleasanton.
The Newark location is off of Mowry Avenue, across the street from New Park Mall on the same block as Mervyn’s.
Although it was a Friday night, we got seated right away. To start off our meal we got an appetizer of chicken potstickers. The potstickers were crunchy around the edge, but soft and chewy at the center.
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By Tony Bizjak
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Deeply in debt, California officials took the extraordinary step Wednesday of halting funds for thousands of public works projects statewide, including roads, levees, schools and prisons.
State Treasurer Bill Lockyer, who voted his approval, called the action regrettable, but necessary to preserve cash as the state General Fund tumbles toward insolvency.
"You can't spend money that you don't have," Lockyer said.
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By Jenelle Gallardo, Courier Staff Writer
Authentic Mexican food. Now we hear that claim from a lot of restaurants but how many actually promise what they say? Los Pericos Taqueria in San Leandro, offers food with big portions, big taste, for a small price. Located in San Leandro's old town, Pelton Center, sits a town's favorite spot for Mexican dishes.
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LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Cheese & Pepperoni pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, Burritos!
MISCELLANEOUS
Having a hard time finding your loved ones a gift? Why don’t you get them a Logan hoodie or a beanie that’s knit! Come to Colt Necessities at 4th & 5th period lunch in the Career Center!
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved the first interim report on the 2008-09 budget and multi-year projections. Chief Business Officer Ted Hood reminded the Board that New Haven -- along with every other district in the state -- once again this year was forced to adopt a budget without knowing how it would be affected by the state budget, because legislators once again ignored the deadline for approving a state budget.
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From wikipedia:
General Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002) was an United States Air Force general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen.
Davis was the first African-American general in the United States Air Force. During World War II, Davis was commander of the 332nd Fighter Group, which escorted bombers on air combat missions over Europe. Davis himself flew sixty missions in P-39, Curtiss P-40, P-47 and P-51 Mustang fighters.
Read "A Tribute to Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.," free from the National Basketball Association and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Today you can choose from the Potato Bar or Pasta Bar!
ACTIVITY
Our next dance is Winter Ball on Friday, January 9, 2009. Presale tickets are now being sold for $10 ($8 with ASB sticker) in Colt Court during lunch. Guest pass forms are available from Room 67 or in Colt Court during lunch.
Having a hard time finding your loved ones a gift. Why don't you get them a Logan hoodie or a beanie that's knit! Come to colt court necessities at 4th & 5th period lunch in the career center.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven School Public Information Officer
Santa and Mrs. Claus visited teachers throughout the New Haven Unified School District today, sharing more than $6,000 worth of classroom grants awarded through the New Haven Schools Foundation’s “Innovations in Education” program, for special projects that promote learning.
The Foundation, in the fourth year of its classroom grant program, received applications this year for 34 projects representing the efforts of 37 teachers, from kindergarten through high school. Teachers could apply for up to $500 per project. In addition, the District’s Health Education and Resource Team (HEART) accepted applications for $200 grants, for projects promoting a healthy lifestyle.
A total of 15 projects were selected, including three involving two teachers each. Of those, 17 teachers received their awards today when Santa and Mrs. Claus toured the schools -- accompanied by Foundation, HEART and District leaders -- to surprise the teachers in front of their students. The Foundation funded 11 projects and shared funding with HEART on two others. HEART independently funded another project.
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Seniors Gabe Nguyen, Amy May Tran,
Angelin Cheng, and Lucia Moreno at MVALs.
Jamey Padojino/Courier Photo
Although the Cross Country season has come to an end, the team has learned many lessons and gained memories to cherish.
The MVAL Finals took place on November 13 at Coyote Hills. Congratulations to Ben Jacobson, Gabe Stange, and Ly Ho who made All-League this year placing in the top 5 in their varsity races.
Sophomore Ly Ho had a great season placing fourth at in the Varsity Girls division at 22:23.
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Circle of Three #2: Merry Meet,
by Isobel Bird
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen; 1 edition (February 6, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0064472922
ISBN-13: 978-0064472920
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Kate turned and followed the spiral path back around the island, listening to the beating of the drum. When she reached the shore, she opened her eyes and looked around. She was almost surprised to find herself seated in the garden of the house, surrounded by other people. She half expected to see Gaia sitting in the center of the circle. And when she saw that there was someone seated there, she was startled. Rowan was gone. In her place was a woman wearing a green robe, and on her head was a garland of flowers. She looked around at the people circled about her, smiling at each of them.
Nothing is harder then when your senior boyfriend tells you that he might go to college thousands of mile a way in New York. But with Kate, Annie, and Cooper, central characters in Isobel Bird's novel, Circle of Three #2: Merry Meet, that standard just doesn't work out.
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A Seduction at Christmas by Cathy Maxwell
Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Avon (October 28, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061350982
ISBN-13: 978-0061350986
By Jessica Stewart,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
“The candlelit room was designed for seduction with sound-muffling draperies covering the walls and a linen-covered table intimately set for two. But what made her stomach twist into a knot of apprehension was the four-poster bed that dominated the majority of the room, its bedcovers turned down in open invitation. A welcoming fire burned in the grate.
However, something was wrong.”
Unfortunately for Fiona, things only go downhill from there.
A Seduction at Christmas is an interesting read, if a bit simplistic. It’s a quick holiday read great for a stormy night spend by a crackling fire and a lovely gift for the romance lover in the family. While Christmas is mentioned only every now and then, the story is the stuff of dreams, and, as the old year ends and the new year rolls in, it’s the perfect time of year for dreams and wishes. I enjoyed letting my worries go and basking in the chemistry and romance between the main characters, if only for an hour at a time.
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By Suzanne Wu, Courier Staff Writer
For many, it’s the season of exchanging and hinting at toys, gadgets and clothing. For the Hope Connections club it’s a different story as they are in full swing embracing their motto of giving without expecting anything in return.
In preparation for the holidays, Hope Connections has organized a canned food, and toy drive for forty families around Union City and, with the help of the Logan community, expects to present each with $100 dollar food certificate for fresh fruit, dairy and vegetable products. In addition to the food certificates, toys that are donated by students and staff will be given to the children of those needy families.
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By Victor Godinez
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
Ladies and gentlemen, without further ado, your 2008 video game holiday gift guide:
- Action
All ages: Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts (Xbox 360); LEGO Batman (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, DS, PC)
Ages 13 and up: Prince of Persia (Xbox 360, PS3 and PC); Tomb Raider Underworld (Xbox 360, Wii, PS3, PC); Mirror's Edge (Xbox 360, PS3, PC); Metal Slug 7 (DS)
Ages 17 and up: Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360); Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360 and PC); Resistance 2 (PS3); Call of Duty: World at War (Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, DS, PC); Far Cry 2 (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
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"Sonic Unleashed"
For: Xbox 360, Playstation 3,
Playstation 2 and Nintendo Wii
From: Sonic Team/Sega
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+
(animated blood, fantasy violence)
By hook or by crook, Sega needs to pull the plug on Sonic Team's disastrous dismantling of Sonic the Hedgehog's good name and give the reins to a developer that can figure it out.
"Sonic Unleashed," the umpteenth reboot of the franchise since things started careening south seven years ago, merely drives home this point yet another example of a developer too stubborn to give fans what they want and not nearly capable enough to justify such obstinacy.
To its partial credit, "Unleashed" isn't the technical nightmare 2006's "Sonic the Hedgehog" was. The camera only occasionally rather than constantly interferes, and the game's failings are merely disappointing instead of staggeringly impossible to understand. "Unleashed" also looks considerably better than its predecessor, which was chock full of graphical glitches, and while the story remains a complete mess, it at least won't creep you out the way "Hedgehog's" weird romance did.
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LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Today you can choose from the Potato Bar or Pasta Bar!
ACTIVITY
Our next dance is Winter Ball on Friday, January 9, 2009. Presale tickets are now being sold for $10 ($8 with ASB sticker) in Colt Court during lunch. Guest pass forms are available from Room 67 or in Colt Court during lunch.
CLUBS
BSU (Black Student Union) presents the 2nd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration on December 18th in the Spot at 6 pm to 8 pm. Donate toys and come and celebrate with us.
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By
Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
UNION CITY (Friday. Dec. 12, 2008) – For families of children who were not quite old enough to attend kindergarten when the 2008-09 school year began, a few openings still exist in the New Haven Unified School District’s mid-year, full-day kindergarten program that starts in January.
“One of the things that impresses me most about New Haven is that it’s a forward-thinking district that’s always seeking better ways to serve our children, and mid-year kindergarten is a wonderful example,” said new Superintendent Kari McVeigh, who joined the District on Dec. 1. “It’s exciting to be able to offer families an opportunity to enroll their children in a quality program that will give them a solid foundation when they start regular kindergarten classes in 2009.”
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From wikipedia:
Emilio Jacinto (December 15, 1875 - April 16, 1899), was a Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan.
Born in Trozo,Tondo, Manila. Jacinto was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon. His father died shortly after Jacinto was born, forcing his mother to send him to his uncle, Don José Dizon, so that he might have a better standard of living.
Read a poem by Emilio Jacinto.
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MISCELLANEOUS
ASVAB scores are back. To get yours and to find out what your scores mean you will need to attend today’s meeting at 2:15 in the Spot. Pink passes will be going out 1st, 2nd & 3rd periods today. Student IDs will be checked at the door.
ACTIVITY
Our next dance is Winter Ball on Friday, January 9, 2009. Presale tickets are now being sold for $10 ($8 with ASB sticker) in Colt Court during lunch. Guest pass forms are available from Room 67 or in Colt Court during lunch.
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School Days by Jamie Maxfield,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
Stickies: Dinosaurs (The Remake) by Lorisa Salvatin, Courier Staff Artist
It Came From My Head, by Alejandro Samaniego, Courier Staff Writer
The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao,
Courier Daily Editor
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Red Robin Gourmet Burgers
2200 Eastridge Loop, Suite 2073
San Jose, CA 95122,
Courier Staff Writer
As a few friends and I visited our other friend in San Jose, we had a hard time deciding where we were going to eat lunch. Finally, after many suggestions, we picked to eat at the first restaurant we saw: Red Robin. When we first walked in, I was surprised that there weren't customers waiting in line especially since it was around lunch time. However, I wasn't complaining. We were able to get our table quickly and order exactly what we wanted in less than thirty minutes all together.
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From wikipedia:
Joe Williams (December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was a well-known jazz vocalist, a baritone singing a mixture of blues, ballads, popular songs, and jazz standards.
He was born Joseph Goreed in the small farming town of Cordele, Georgia, on December 12, 1918. His father, Willie Goreed, left the family early on, but Williams' mother, Anne Beatrice Gilbert, who was 18 when she had her only child, provided a strong emotional bond until her death in 1968. Soon after Williams was born, his mother moved them in with his grandparents, who had enough money to support an extended family. During this time, Anne Gilbert was saving for a move to Chicago. Once she had made the move — alone — she began saving the money that she earned cooking for wealthy Chicagoans so that her family could join her. By the time Williams was four, he, his grandmother, and his aunt had joined his mother in Chicago, where they would live for many years.
Watch Joe Williams sing with Count Basie at the Newport Jazz festival, free from youtube.com.
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The United Nations building in
New York City. U.S. State Dept. photo
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON &$8212; A United Nations Security Council committee put three Pakistani leaders of the group Lashkar-e-Taiba and a Saudi operative on a terrorist watch list Wednesday as new evidence surfaced that the group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has expanded its activities and its fundraising well beyond South Asia.
A U.N. document obtained by McClatchy Newspapers said that LeT has sent operatives to attack U.S. troops in Iraq, established a branch in Saudi Arabia and been raising funds in Europe. The group may also have received money from al-Qaida, suggesting that it has close ties with Osama bin Laden's terrorist network based along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, the document said.
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By Louis R. Carlozo
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
So you chug-a-lugged some spiked egg nog, passed out and had nightmares of hearing "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" for the gajillionth time. Then ... you got lost in a megamall, only to be mauled by a gaudy Mannheim Steamroller.
Afraid this could happen to you? Well, take heart — and don't leave your holiday music in the hands of deejays, in-laws and other evil elves who serve you the sonic equivalent of brick-hard fruitcake.
Here are 25 songs for a holiday playlist. Burn a mix of these tunes and consider wrapping up the CD as a thoughtful hostess gift or stocking stuffer.
1) "Monsters' Holiday," Bobby "Boris" Pickett
What's to love: This 1962 sequel to "Monster Mash" is a bit more sublime but even more fun. Song ends with Igor going ape over St. Nick: "Ooooooh, Santa GOOOOOOD!" Scary Christmas!
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LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Today is the Salsa Bar!
MISCELLANEOUS
ASVAB scores are back. There will be an interpretive meeting on Monday at 2:15 in the Spot. Pink passes will be sent out Monday during 1st, 2nd & 3rd periods.
ACTIVITY
Mark your calendars for the Winter Ball on Friday, January 9, 2009. Presale tickets will be sold for $10 ($8 with ASB sticker) in Colt Court beginning this Monday. Guest pass forms will also be available on Monday in Room 67 or in Colt Court during lunch.
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By Mia Tungol,
Courier Staff Writer
This Friday, Logan's Improv team will be competing against another school at home for the very first time. They will be competing against Hollister's San Benito High School. To prepare for this, both Improv teams met on Saturday for a workshop in order to set the standards for Friday's competition, set to begin at 7 p.m. in the Little Theatre.
Improv is an after-school activity in which a group of diverse people come together in hopes of entertaining others and making the audience laugh. This year, the captain is Efren Gonsalez, the co-captain is Joseph Rodriguez, and the manager is Jamie Maxfield. There is no script, and everything is made up on the spot. The only times when their performance was not made up on the spot would be when the team would ask for suggestions.
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For wikipedia:
Alfred McCoy Tyner (born 11 December 1938) is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.
Tyner was born in Philadelphia as the oldest of three children. He was encouraged to study piano by his mother. He finally began studying the piano at age 13 and within two years, music had become the focal point in his life. His early influences included Bud Powell, a Philadelphia neighbor. Among many other things, Tyner's playing can be distinguished by a low bass left hand, in which he tends to raise his arm relatively high above the keyboard for an emphatic attack, creating at times a veritable tsunami of sound[vague]. Tyner's unique right hand soloing is recognizable for a detached, or staccato quality, and descending arpeggios, both of a triadic shape and in other patterns. His unique approach to chord voicing (most characteristically by fourths) has influenced a wide array of contemporary jazz pianists.
Visit McCoy Tyner's website.
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Servant: The Awakening by L. L. Foster
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley (October 2, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0425218740
ISBN-13: 978-0425218747
,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
“The sounds of birds awakening, cars driving by, and the relentless, rhythmic beating of her heart swarmed her mind. She wished she could deny the morning. She wished she could be reborn as someone else, someone…normal.”
Nevertheless, Gabrielle Cody, God’s paladin, must respond to the call of duty every time, isolating her from her fellow man. That is, until a few new friends force themselves into her life. Lori Foster, writing as L. L. Foster, proves her versatility with this new book, a mixture of action, suspense, horror and romance. While it is definitely not similar to any of her previous novels, most of which fall strictly under the romance genre, I enjoyed it thoroughly and could not put it down once I had started it.
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Circle of Three: So Mote it be
by Isobel Bird
Mass Market Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0064472914
ISBN-13: 978-0064472913"As the box went down the line, Kate listened to the topics chosen by the other students. Suddenly they all seemed fascinating, and she wondered why she hadn't thought to write about the beheading of Anne Boleyn, Magellan's explorations, or the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth I. When the box was passed to her, she hesitated for a moment and then reached inside. Grabbing a piece of paper, she drew it out and opened it. The witchcraft persecutions, she read frowning."
What if a simple subject for a mid-term paper could change your whole world around in a instant? Would doing something you don't know much about really go as you planned it? Could you get all you wanted just but saying some words and lighting some candles? Kate Morgan is on a journey to find just that out.
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LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Today is the Potato and Pasta Bar!
ACTIVITY
Mark your calendars for the Winter Ball on Friday, January 9, 2009. Pre-sale tickets will be sold for $10 ($8 with ASB sticker) in Colt Court beginning this Monday. Guest pass forms will also be available on Monday from Room 67 or in Colt Court during lunch.
Artists: Don’t forget to ask the Union City Librarian about working on a mural there, or call 745-1464, ext. 11.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Jonas Dino, Kevin Harper and Michelle Matthews were sworn in Tuesday night as members of the Board of Education – Mr. Dino for his third term, Mr. Harper for his second and Ms. Matthews for her first – and the new Board elected Gertrude Gregorio as President and Gwen Estes as Clerk.
Before the meeting, a reception was held in honor of Mr. Dino, Mr. Harper and Ms. Matthews. An Aztec dance group from Decoto, “Olin Nauhauc,” performed at the invitation of Ms. Matthews.
New Superintendent Kari McVeigh, attending her first meeting, was welcomed by the Board.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven School Public Information Officer
The New Haven Unified School District and the California School Employees Association have reached a tentative agreement on a three-year contract, through June 2011.
“Combined with the contracts that we reached last spring with the New Haven Teachers Association and the New Haven Administrators Association, the agreement with CSEA gives our community three more years of labor peace,” said Associate Superintendent for Personnel Derek McNamara, lead negotiator for the District.
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LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Today is a Salsa Bar!
MISCELLANEOUS
Our annual Winter Canned Food Drive has started! Please donate canned foods, new toys, and/or money to your 2nd period class and help the families in need in our own community. The top 3 classes who collect the most donations will win a continental breakfast hosted by ASB Leadership. Check with your 2nd period teacher for details, and thank you for your generosity.
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Sign language over cell phones is coming.
Source: University of Washington
SEATTLE — Texting over your cell phone works fine to instruct, remind or arrange a meet time. If you want company or context, however, you use it the old-fashioned way and speak. It's no different for the deaf and hard-of-hearing who sign. Texting works, but they want conversation, company and context.
That has spurred University of Washington researchers to work on developing software with processing power great enough to support real-time, two-way video on cell phones that allow signing communication. Supported mainly by grants from the National Science Foundation, the team plans to conduct further field studies on the device, called MobileASL (American Sign Language), next year.
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By Kara McGuire
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)
The recession has many families cutting back spending on gifts this year. But with a little resourcefulness, those of you whose bank balances lack holiday cheer can give presents without adding to your debt or picking up a glue gun.
My favorite strategy of the lot is to use what Mark Lacek calls "the other American currency": loyalty points or miles earned through credit card rewards, store frequent-buyer clubs and airline mileage programs. Lacek, a partner at loyalty marketing company Denali Marketing in Minneapolis, estimates that more than half of the consumers who have earned rewards take advantage of them. But "it is very viable that a consumer could look at the balance in their credit card program and probably find many, many options" for gifts, he said.
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By Jessica Stewart, Courier Editor-in-Chief
A James Logan senior hit by a car on her way to school this morning is recovering from her injuries at home after a brief visit to the hospital.
A little bit before seven this morning, Jamie Maxfield, one of the two editors-in-chief of The Courier, was crossing Alvarado Niles on the way to her first class.
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Principal Judy Billingsley introduces
Superintendent Kari McVeigh to Logan
staff. Courier photo
Making a tour of her new school district, New Haven's newly appointed superintendent, Kari McVeigh, visited James Logan Tuesday morning and met some of the school's staff.
On Monday, she visited Alvarado Elementary School, and after her Logan visit, she planned to visit Emanuele Elementary, the adult school and the food services center.
She'll be introduced to the district formally at a public reception in her honor from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the district office.
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By Brier Dudley
The Seattle Times (MCT)
Buying high-tech gifts is really hard.
It's almost impossible to keep abreast of the latest gadgets and know which ones are getting long in the tooth.
Deals are everywhere nowadays. Yet the frenzy is also clearing shelves to make way for next year's models.
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"Animal Crossing: City Folk"
For: Nintendo Wii
From: Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone (comic mischief)
(MCT)
If you fell madly in love with "Animal Crossing" when it debuted six years ago on the Gamecube, you might want to sit down. Because while Nintendo still loves you and treasures your company, it wants to see other people.
For the uninitiated — which was everyone back in 2002 — the joy of playing "Crossing" is almost impossible to understand until you give it a firsthand whirl. You star as a human character living in a neighborhood full of talking animals, and the purpose of the game, which has no end goal, is to be a good neighbor while earning money to afford a nicer house and all manner of things with which to stock it.
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From wikipedia:
Donald Lee Hollowell (Dec. 9, 1917 - Dec. 27, 2004) was a civil rights attorney in the State of Georgia.
Early life and Education
Donald Hollowell was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas, and earned a high school diploma while serving six years in the U.S. Army's 10th Cavalry Regiment (the original Buffalo Soldier regiment). Although in Kansas, Hollowell did not encounter the racist Jim Crow laws of the South, he faced blatant racism and discrimination while serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Hollowell recounted that “army officials relegated him to eating in the kitchen, sleeping in quarters adjacent to prisoners, and patronizing Jim Crow canteens.”
Watch an interview with Donald Hollowell, free from the University of Georgia.
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LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Tuesday is a Potato Bar and Pasta Bar!
MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to the Varsity Wrestling Team for winning the Falcon Dual Tournament this past Saturday. Wrestling well for the Colts were Kristian Blanco, Lawrence Blanco, Danny Mai, Aaron Boone and Allen Chan.
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By Judith Graham
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
You may think your attentive spouse, your loving children and your good friends are what make you happy. But something else may be going on: The people they're connected with are making you happy too.
So suggests a new study proposing that happiness is transmitted through social networks, almost like a germ is spread through personal contact. The research was published Thursday in BMJ, a British medical journal.
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By Caitlin Baca, Courier Staff Writer
Holiday shopping is definitely in full swing. Malls are full with chaos as shoppers attempt to find the best deals and sales as they shop for others.
The intensity of shoppers seems to be at an all time high this year, especially with the horrific events that happened Black Friday 2008. Two were killed during a shoot-out in a Toys "R" Us of Palm Desert, California. In addition, a 34 year old Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by sale-hungry shoppers.
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From wikipedia:
Zelma Watson George (December 8, 1903 - July 3, 1994) is a well known African American philanthropist who is famous for being an alternative in the United Nations General Assembly and the first African American headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium to play a role that was typically cast by a Caucasian actress.
Early life
Zelma Waston George was born to Samuel E.J. and Lena (Thomas) Watson in Hearne, Texas on December 8, 1903. Her father was a Baptist minister, which caused them to move frequently. In 1917 the family moved to Topeka, Kansas from Dallas, Texas because the white citizens of Dallas did not approve of Samuel E.J. Watson assisting African-American prisoners.
Read an interview with Zelma Watson George, free from the University of Michigan.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chinese Dishes, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Our annual Winter Canned Food Drive has started! Please donate canned foods, new toys, and/or money to your 2nd period class and help the families in need in our own community. The top 3 classes who collect the most donations will win a continental breakfast hosted by ASB Leadership. Check with your 2nd period teacher for details, and thank you for your generosity.
Minimum Day on Tuesday, December 9th. Schedule below:
Period 0 07:56 – 08:33
Period 1 08:40 – 09:17
09:17 – 09:24
Period 2 09:24 – 10:04
10:04 – 10:11
Period 3 10:11 – 10:48
10:48 – 10:58
Period 4/5 10:58 – 11:35
11:35 – 11:42
Period 6 11:42 – 12:19
12:19 – 12:26
Period 7 12:26 – 01:03
Lunch 01:03 – 01:33
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Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A small boat rescues a
seaman from the 31,800 ton USS West Virginia
burning in the foreground. Library of Congress
FRESNO, Calif. — On every third Sunday of the month, about eight men gather at the Hometown Buffet in Clovis, Calif., to talk about an event in American history that binds them forever — the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.
It used to be a monthly meeting for more than 100 Pearl Harbor survivors. Now the group is lucky if just a handful show up. And it's likely that within the next several years, the Central California Chapter 8 of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association will officially shut down.
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By Jose Rodriguez, Courier Staff Writer
For any Bay Area hockey fans, the Sharks are the team to watch. With only 4 losses and 22 wins, they are the best team in the NHL. Not only do we have the most wins in the NHL, but also we lead in defenseman points, goals by a defenseman, least shots against in a game, and most shots taken in a game.
If you’re a visiting team, WATCH OUT!!! The Sharks are 14-1 at home. Not only do they lead the league in wins, but all the goals scored added up is 100. They have only been scored on 60 times. That is why the entire NHL is trailing the Sharks.
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Eggette's COM
639 El Camino Real
South San Francisco, CA 94083
(650) 266-9919
eggettes.com
,
Courier Staff Writer
Last week was Thanksgiving break, and since I had a whole week off my aunt took me out to a treat at Eggette’s COM in South San Francisco. Eggette’s COM is a café that sells boba drinks and their popular snack, eggette’s.
Eggettes are Hong-Kong style mini pancakes that come in a bite-sized form. They have a fluffy interior and a crunchy exterior available in vanilla and chocolate flavors. This was the first time I had ever eaten eggettes, let alone learning what they are, so as I waited for my order I anticipated trying out a new delicacy. As I popped the first eggette in my mouth, I recognized a particular flavor that tasted all too familiar. The best way to describe the flavor of eggettes is to compare it to a warm, soft fortune cookie.
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Maggiano's Little Italy
3055 Olin Ave
San Jose, CA 95128
(408) 423-8973
www.maggianos.com
Recently, my grandparents from Oregon came to town to visit. My mom wanted to treat them to a nice dinner, so she chose to take us to Maggiano's Little Italy at Santana Row in San Jose. Usually, it is hard to find parking since Santana Row is a popular area to be around. Luckily, we were able to have free valet parking, so we had good parking that wasn't too far away from the restaurant.
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From wikipedia:
Mary Modjeska Monteith Simkins (born 5 December 1899 in Columbia, South Carolina - 5 April 1992) was a civil rights leader.
Modjeska Monteith Simkins was an important leader of African American public health reform, social reform and the civil rights movement in South Carolina. Born in Columbia, Simkins attended elementary school, high school, and Benedict College and received a bachelor of arts degree in 1921. The same year, she began teaching at Booker T. Washington High School. Because public schools in Columbia did not allow married women to teach, she was asked to resign when she married Andrew Simkins in 1929.
Read more about Mary Modjeska Simkins, free from the University of South Carolina Aiken.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chinese Dishes, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Our annual Winter Canned Food Drive has started! Please donate canned foods, new toys, and/or money to your 2nd period class and help the families in need in our own community. The top 3 classes who collect the most donations will win a continental breakfast hosted by ASB Leadership. Check with your 2nd period teacher for details, and thank you for your generosity.
Minimum Day on Tuesday, December 9th. Schedule below:
Period 0 07:56 – 08:33
Period 1 08:40 – 09:17
09:17 – 09:24
Period 2 09:24 – 10:04
10:04 – 10:11
Period 3 10:11 – 10:48
10:48 – 10:58
Period 4/5 10:58 – 11:35
11:35 – 11:42
Period 6 11:42 – 12:19
12:19 – 12:26
Period 7 12:26 – 01:03
Lunch 01:03 – 01:33
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By Bob Albrecht
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Civil rights leaders gathered Wednesday to declare that they had finally overcome their money obstacles and raised more than $100 million to build the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial near the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall.
The group, headed by St. Louis native Harry Johnson, unveiled an elaborate design of the long-delayed memorial, which will include a 30-foot-high granite statue of the slain civil rights leader.
"We're doing everything within our power to get this built," Johnson said. "Once the memorial is built you cannot take it away."
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By Preston Jones
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
In a bid to inject some much-needed life into a ceremony that, traditionally, is one of the stuffiest awards shows going, the Grammys tried something new Wednesday night.
The clumsily titled "The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown to Music's Biggest Night," hosted by Taylor Swift and LL Cool J, was an attempt to blend star-studded performances with the announcement of a handful of nominees (of the 110 categories the Grammys recognize, a mere six were announced on air; the full list of nominees was made available on
grammy.com).
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By Hamed Noorsay, Courier Staff Writer
"Crush", the new single by David Archuleta, is an up-beat pop song about having a crush on someone who doesn't even know who you are.
The single unites a familiar theme with a very bland, typical, cookie cutter monotonous pop beat. It's just another piece of boring pop music with nothing very special about it.
In a weird way, it is reminiscent of the Backstreet Boys and N*sync, except with a solo boy artist rather than a band of boys.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chinese Dishes, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Our annual Winter Canned Food Drive has started! Please donate canned foods, new toys, and/or money to your 2nd period class and help the families in need in our own community. The top 3 classes who collect the most donations will win a continental breakfast hosted by ASB Leadership. Check with your 2nd period teacher for details, and thank you for your generosity.
Minimum Day on Tuesday, December 9th. Schedule below:
Period 0 07:56 – 08:33
Period 1 08:40 – 09:17
09:17 – 09:24
Period 2 09:24 – 10:04
10:04 – 10:11
Period 3 10:11 – 10:48
10:48 – 10:58
Period 4/5 10:58 – 11:35
11:35 – 11:42
Period 6 11:42 – 12:19
12:19 – 12:26
Period 7 12:26 – 01:03
Lunch 01:03 – 01:33
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Deadline by Chris Crutcher
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (September 18, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060850892
ISBN-13: 978-0060850890"A lot of guys use their senior year to coast; catch up on partying and reward themselves for making it this far. Not me. This was my year to read everything I could get my hands on, to speak up, push myself and my teachers to get the true hot poop on the World At Large, so I could hit the ground running."
Deadline is about high school senior, Ben Wolf. He comes from a family that consists of his hardworking timid father, all around nice guy, star quarterback "big little" brother, and a depressed alcoholic mother, from Trout, Idaho, or as Ben puts it, the middle of nowhere.
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Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Razorbill (November 13, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595141979
ISBN-13: 978-1595141972"‘There you are. What happened? You missed dinner.’ ‘I'd completely forgotten. Sorry...got carried away with some guardian stuff. It's a long story.’ She'd changed for dinner. Her hair was still pulled up, and she now wore a form-fitting dress made out of silver raw silk. She looked beautiful. She looked royal. I thought about Victor's words and wondered if she really could be the power for change he swore she was. Looking like she did now, so glamorous and self-composed, I could imagine people following her anywhere. I certainly would, but then, I was biased. ‘Why are you looking at me like that?’ she asked with a small smile. I couldn't tell her that I'd just seen the man who frightened her the most. I couldn't tell her that while she'd been out living it up, I'd been off watching her back in the shadows, like I would always do. Instead, I returned her smile. ‘I like the dress.’"
Richelle Mead came out with her third novel to the
Vampire Academy series last month. In the latest addition,
Shadow Kiss, Rose Hathaway, a teenage half-vampire half-human, has to make the biggest decision of her life: she has to choose between her best friend, Lissa, or the love of her life, Dimitri.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chinese Dishes, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Minimum Day on Tuesday, December 9th. Schedule below:
Period 0 07:56 – 08:33
Period 1 08:40 – 09:17
09:17 – 09:24
Period 2 09:24 – 10:04
10:04 – 10:11
Period 3 10:11 – 10:48
10:48 – 10:58
Period 4/5 10:58 – 11:35
11:35 – 11:42
Period 6 11:42 – 12:19
12:19 – 12:26
Period 7 12:26 – 01:03
Lunch 01:03 – 01:33
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By Tim Barker
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
ST. LOUIS — Next time you install a piece of software or visit a new Web site, pour yourself a cup of coffee and really dig into that arcane document labeled something along the lines of "terms of service."
It's your chance to do something few have ever done.
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Susan Rice was named United Nations
Ambassador-designate by President-
elect Barack Obama in Illinois, Monday.
(Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune/MCT)
CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama named his national security team Monday, vowing to bolster military strength with diplomacy. Highlighting the change, he named Hillary Clinton as his secretary of state.
Obama noted Clinton's "tremendous stature" as he picked her as the nation's chief diplomat.
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'Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe'
For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
From: Midway
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood,
suggestive themes, violence)
"Gimmick" is something of a dirty word in gaming circles, and leaning on DC Comics' heavy hitters — Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, the Flash and the Joker, among others — to breathe relevance back into "Mortal Kombat" most definitely qualifies as a gimmick.
But it's hard to knock a gimmick when it works, and so it's hard to knock "Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe," which freshens up a franchise stuck in neutral while taking full advantage of the moment to trim much of the fat that had accumulated since "Kombat" went 3-D.
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From wikipedia:
Charles Harris Wesley (December 2, 1891 - August 16, 1987) was a noted African American historian, educator, writer and author.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, he graduated from Fisk University in 1911 and received a Master's degree from Yale University in 1913. In 1925, Wesley became the third African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Read excerpts of Charles H. Wesley's writing, free from googlebooks.com.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chinese Dishes, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Logan males – Are you turning 18? If so, don’t forget to register with the Selective Service. Besides being the law, you also jeopardize any federal financial aid for college. To find out more, pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
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Kari McVeigh
Kari McVeigh begins work today as Superintendent of the New Haven Unified School District, bringing experience in improving student achievement and enthusiasm for focusing on literacy - qualities matching both the goals and strategies of the District.
"Kari's experience and her skill set are a remarkable fit for our district," Board of Education President Kevin Harper said when Ms. McVeigh's hiring was announced Oct. 31. "She understands our needs and priorities - she has more than 30 years of experience in dealing with such issues - and she also understands that we've started on a course here, with our Strategic Plan, and we need someone to step in and take us to the next level.''
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By Joe Crawford
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
ST. LOUIS — Seventh-grader Tristan Papes has been keeping an eye on the recent turbulence in the stock market.
So has professional money manager Chris Lissner.
Lissner, president of Acropolis Investment Management, has studied the market for more than 30 years. Papes, who attends McKinley Middle School in St. Louis, has been purchasing imaginary stocks for about a month.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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