Skip to main content.

Archives

This is the archive for 11 September 2008

Thursday, September 11, 2008


LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken & Veggie Fried Rice, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.

MISCELLANEOUS
Students: Please remember that there is no sidewalk on the Logan side of H Street near the Performing Arts Center construction site. All students must walk on the swim complex sidewalk when walking from Alvarado-Niles Road to school and back. Also, students should cross the street only within the crosswalk at the corner of H and Syracuse. Those that do not follow these simple safety tips may be ticketed by the Union City Police Department.


By Etan Horowitz
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

ORLANDO, Fla. — When Jen Vargas suddenly was laid off from her job as a senior administrative assistant at Universal Orlando in June, the 30-year-old's resume was out-of-date and she had no active job prospects.

But she did have one advantage: She's a member of the networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook.

"People who I wasn't directly associated with at work, or who worked in neighboring departments, are the ones who sent me job leads," said Vargas of Orlando, who is still looking for work. "And co-workers who I would have expected to keep me in mind, I haven't heard from them. It was very surprising."


By Michael Hamersly
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

— Joan Baez, "Day After Tomorrow" (Razor & Tie). Folk icon celebrates 50 years in the biz.
— Eric Benet, "Love & Life" (Warner Bros.). Fourth neo-soul album from Halle Berry's ex.
— Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Modern Guilt" (Anti).
—Gym Class Heroes, "The Quilt" (Atlantic). Playful alt-hip-hop sensation's third album.
—Hal Ketchum, "Father Time" (Curb Records).
—LL Cool J, "Exit 13" (Def Jam). Hip-hop king's 13th album features team-ups with Funkmaster Flex, Richie Sambora, 50 Cent, The Dream, Wyclef Jean and Fat Joe.


From wikipedia:
The Hon. Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford (September 11, 1917 – July 22, 1996), British-born writer long resident in the United States, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, a member of the Communist Party for some years, and best-known for her book attacking the funeral industry, The American Way of Death.

Mitford, one of seven children, was the daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and his wife Sydney (daughter of politician and publisher Thomas Bowles), and grew up in a series of her father's country houses. She had little formal education, since her mother did not believe in sending girls to school, but was nevertheless widely read. Though her sisters Unity and Diana were well-known British supporters of Hitler and her father was described as being "one of nature's fascists," Jessica (always known as "Decca") renounced her privileged background at an early age and became an adherent of communism. She was known as the "red sheep" of the family.

Learn more about Jessica Mitford, free from www.mitford.org.