The James Logan Courier

By Tamara Chuang
The Orange County Register (MCT)

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. — "Of course, there are schnoodles," Nancy Smith exclaimed. "I said, `We're not shipping `Sims Pets' without schnoodles!'"

And that's how schnoodles, a cross between a schnauzer and poodle, came to exist in the virtual world of "The Sims," a game in which people play house and make sure their virtual characters are fed, rested and, um, regular.

The petite Smith, who owns two blond schnoodles, isn't the god of Sim land, but she's definitely a powerful being. In real life, Smith is president of The Sims, the 350-person unit of the almighty Electronic Arts game company.

"The Sims" has frequently had a Top 10 seller since its launch in 2000.

By Carmen Shiu, Courier Special Correspondent

Technology is improving at an exponential rate and cell phones are no exception. Now, this is not going to be some mindless article exclaiming, "Oh wow! 15 years ago, phones were big and bulky, with no cameras or Internet!" as that would simply be stating the obvious.

The evolved cell phone of the future will not be just for communication, the Web, or taking pictures.

The latest talk of the cell phone world is that live events company, Live Nation, has recently teamed up with Rogers Wireless, a Canadian wireless carrier, so that concertgoers will no longer have to bring a paper ticket to get into a concert.

Instead, all they need to do is show the multimedia message that they received from the wireless box office. The message will contain a barcode that can be scanned at the doors of the event.

By David Collins, Courier Opinion Editor

In every moment of conscious existence, we feel one way or another. When something positive happens, we tend to feel happy and when something negative happens we tend to feel upset. But in awareness, there is control. Within every event, there is a cause and effect that flow either in the direction we believe we need it to, or in a way that upsets us. So is it truly the instance that is at fault, or is it our own?

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ACTIVITIES:
There will be auditions to sing the National Anthem for the Top 8 after school Thursday and Friday at lunch on the Track! We need 3 people.

Powderpuff players - please return your jerseys to Room 305 during lunch. If you would like to keep your jersey, you may purchase it for $20.

From wikipedia:
Jimmy Cliff (born James Chambers, 1 April 1948, Somerton District in St James, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician, best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want It" and "Many Rivers to Cross" from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.

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