This is the archive for September 2009
ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
There will be a mandatory meeting on Thursday, October 1, for those who want to join the Wrestling Team. It will be held in the Mat Room (next to the Weight Room) right after school. If you want to join you must come to the meeting.
Gym Now Open! Beginning this week the gym is now open during 5th lunch for basketball. Remember, there is no food or drink allowed in the gym, so finish your lunch before you head on over. See you there!
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Pieces of You
by Daniel Armand Lee
229 Pages
is a collection of ten short stories written by Daniel Armand Lee, also known as the rapper Tablo of the South Korean hiphop group Epik High. These stories were all written during his time at Stanford University, from 1998 to 2001.
All the stories explore some type of dark theme, whether it is interactions between young adults and their parents, conflict among friends, or even the way the “Asian” culture is perceived by all kinds of Americans.
Posted by courier at 08:28 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Barack and Michelle:
Portrait of an American Marriage
By Christopher Andersen
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: William Morrow
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061771961
ISBN-13: 978-0061771965
After a microscopic look at several famous marriages, author Christopher Andersen takes his pen-or, some argue, a hatchet-to the Obamas in his latest book, "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage."
He describes a reluctant groom-to-be, sometimes-stormy union, and woman sick of emptying his overflowing ashtrays-and being shut out by his ambition. He says the crucibles of battling infertility, helping to nurse daughter Sasha to health after meningitis, and coping with early political defeat (and debt), the Obamas survived-and thrived. By the inauguration they were "indisputably the First Couple not only of America but of the world."
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"Blood River: A Journey to
Africa's Broken Heart,"
by Tim Butcher;
Grove Press
361 pages.
The Congo River is 2,900 miles in length and could be the highway to the future for the 67 million Congolese and tens of millions in neighboring countries. But today it represents one of Earth's last frontiers. Only the most intrepid venture onto the river or into the interior of this impoverished wasteland known as the Democratic Republic of Congo, a land that has gone from shaky post-colonial state to a primitive, almost impassible jungle.
Henry Morton Stanley, the Welsh-born American journalist reporting for the New York Herald and London Telegraph, was the first to traverse the river through the heart of Africa in 1877, a 999-day journey in which two thirds of his 300 member party died en route. Tim Butcher, the Telegraph's Africa correspondent from earlier in this decade, decided to retrace his steps — with some assists from international charities, which made available motorbikes and drivers, and the U.N. mission, which let him hitch a ride on chartered vessels. He spent 44 days and lived to tell about it.
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From wikipedia:
Lewis Milestone (born
Lev Milstein) (September 30, 1895 – September 25, 1980) was an Academy Award-winning motion picture director. He is known for directing
Two Arabian Knights (1927),
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930),
The General Died at Dawn (1936),
Of Mice and Men (1940),
Ocean's Eleven (1960), and
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
Watch Lewis Milestone's film, The Front Page, free from the Internet Archive.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
There will be a mandatory meeting on Thursday, October 1, for those who want to join the Wrestling Team. It will be held in the Mat Room (next to the Weight Room) right after school. If you want to join you must come to the meeting.
Posted by courier at 09:22 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Joe Facundo,> Courier Staff Writer
Paddy’s Coffee House, in conjunction with Union City’s Leisure Services department, are hosting their 5th annual Film festival on Friday October 2nd and 9th at 8:30 pm.
Paddy’s, located at 3900 Smith Street in Union City, hosts this film festival to encourage the young and aspiring indie film makers to come and show their creations to the world, that is, Union City.
Posted by courier at 09:13 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
Many of us can remember when Pokemon was the coolest thing ever, besides Digimon and Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. Pokemon has made its comeback from Gameboy's into the Nintendo DS Generation. A game which came out recently for DS is the revised version of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl:
Pokemon Platinum Version.
Posted by courier at 06:09 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Halo 3: ODST
For: Xbox 360
From: Bungie/Microsoft
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood,
language, violence)
Lest there be any lingering confusion about what, exactly, "Halo 3: ODST" is, here's the rundown.
It's a standalone game, not an expansion, and you don't need "Halo 3" to play it even though the online competitive multiplayer is ripped verbatim from that game. The single-player campaign is brand-new, as is the Firefight co-op mode (two players splitscreen, four online,) and three of the competitive multiplayer maps. The other 21 maps are from "Halo 3" proper, but if you didn't downloaded the three $10 map packs or the free Cold Storage map, 10 of those are new to you.
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Captain Horatio Nelson,
by John Francis Rigaud,1781
i>From wikipedia:
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KB (29 September 1758 – 21 October 1805) was an English admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, where he lost his life. It was as a result of these wars that he became the greatest naval hero in the history of the United Kingdom, eclipsing Admiral Robert Blake in fame. His biography by the poet Robert Southey appeared in 1813, while the wars were still being fought. His love affair with Emma, Lady Hamilton, the wife of the British Ambassador to Naples, is also well-known, and he is honoured by the London landmark, Nelson's Column, which stands in Trafalgar Square.
Read The Letters of Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, Vol. I. With A Supplement Of Interesting Letters By Distinguished Characters, by Horatio Nelson, one of
two volumes of his letters available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Micah Mahinay, Courier Staff Writer
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week this year took place on September 10-17 in New York City. With high fashion designers such as, Ralph Lauren, Betsey Johnson, Charlotte Ronson, Anna Sui etc…
Judging by all the amazing photos taken by photographers from around the world, all the designers, put their products out on the runway to show people who attended their show what, they have been working on.
Posted by courier at 10:34 AM. Filed under: Features
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
There will be a mandatory meeting on Thursday, October 1, for those who want to join the Wrestling Team. It will be held in the Mat Room (next to the Weight Room) right after school. If you want to join you must come to the meeting.
CLUBS
Do you want to go on the Close-Up Washington, D.C., trip this year? The registration deadline is this Saturday. See Ms. Lombardi in Room 71 ASAP to begin your enrollment.
Posted by courier at 09:49 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Kate Douglas Wiggin (September 28, 1856 - August 24, 1923) was an American children's author and educator.
Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin was born in Philadelphia. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the "Silver Street Free Kindergarten"). With her sister in the 1880s she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers.
She was also a writer of children's books, the best known being The Birds' Christmas Carol (1887) and Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903).
Kate Wiggin died at Harrow, Middlesex, England.
Read
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, by Kate Douglas Wiggin, one of
26 of her books available free from Project Gutenberg.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Cross Country on the track after school. Don’t miss a great experience!
There will be a mandatory meeting on Thursday, October 1, for those who want to join the Wrestling Team. It will be held in the Mat Room (next to the Weight Room) right after school. If you want to join you must come to the meeting.
CLUBS
Do you want to go on the Close-Up Washington, D.C., trip this year? The registration deadline is this Saturday. See Ms. Lombardi in Room 71 ASAP to begin your enrollment.
Posted by courier at 06:19 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh,
Courier Comics Editor
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos,
Courier Staff Artist
Wonderful World by Zola Boyd, Courier Staff Artist
Posted by courier at 03:55 AM. Filed under: Comics
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Samuel Adams (September 27, 1722 – October 2, 1803) was the chief Massachusetts leader of the Patriot cause leading to the American Revolution. Organizer of protests including the Boston Tea Party, he was most influential as a writer and theorist who articulated the principles of republicanism that shaped the American political culture.
Read Reserved: The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 1 by Samuel Adams,one of
four volumes of his writings available free from Project Gutenberg.
Posted by courier at 12:39 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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Straps like these used to be banned,
girls wore them anyway. Sagged
pants are still banned and still worn.
Courier file photo,
Courier Staff Writer
In the third bullet of the James Logan High School student handbook’s dress code section, it reads:
“Students should not dress inappropriately for school activities as it detracts from the learning environment. Inappropriate clothing such as: Strapless or short blouses/shirts showing the stomach and mid-riff; see- through clothing; any low-cut tops that show cleavage: back on tops must cover the back shoulder blades: pajamas; and sagging pants/trousers/shorts. Undergarments must not be worn over outer clothing and undergarments are not to be visible. The buttocks must be covered completely.”
As many of the students and staff may realize, it is this particular rule that finds itself both under-enforced and disobeyed. It seems students disobey this rule for many reasons.
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From wikipedia:
Edith Abbott (September 26, 1876 – July 28, 1957) was an American economist, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Her younger sister was Grace Abbott.
In 1893, Abbott graduated from Brownell Hall, a girls' boarding school in Omaha. However, her family could not afford to send her to college, so she began teaching high school in Grand Island. She took correspondence courses and attended summer sessions until she earned a degree from the University of Nebraska in 1901. After two more years as a teacher, Abbott attended the University of Chicago and received a Ph.D. in economics in 1905.
Learn more about Edith Abbott, free from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago.
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By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer
Some Logan students who are learning English as a second language are taking the California English Learner Test, or CELDT this month to have their fluency in their adopted language assessed.
CELDT covers listening, speaking, reading, and writing, and generally takes just over two hours.
Posted by courier at 10:06 AM. Filed under: News
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By Ranjana Prasad, Restaurant Review Editor
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation’s just released a new 3D cartoon movie,
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. It was inspired by Ron and Judi Barrett’s children’s book,
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
It’s about a nerdy inventor, Flint Lockwood (voice of Bill Hader) who attempts to solve the world hunger problem by sending his latest invention into the sky. Sam Sparks, a very brainy weather girl (voice of Anna Faris) notice this invention of his stops the rain and turns it into food. The town Flint lives was pleased because lately all they were eating was canned sardines, and now everything they asked to eat was falling from the sky.
Posted by courier at 09:31 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Krislyn Perez, Courier Staff Writer
The James Logan Health Center hosted an open house last week celebrating 15 years of service on the James Logan campus. The Health Center has been serving the youth and community since it opened in 1994. It provides a variety of health care services to students, including pap smears, sports physicals, vision tests, hearing tests and much more for its patients. Patients of the Health Center receive these services for free.
Posted by courier at 09:20 AM. Filed under: News
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By Brandie Moore, Courier Book Review Editor
The new hit series on The CW is
Vampire Diaries. Only three episodes have aired, but it's captured the hearts of millions. This show is amazingly like Stephenie Meyer's
Twilight, but better!
This T.V. show is based on the book,
Vampire Diaries, that came out before
Twilight so as similar as they are, L. J. Smith did not copy Meyer.
Posted by courier at 08:20 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic
The latest film to star Megan Fox,
Jennifer’s Body, is a movie which incorporates a rare mixing of genres, horror and comedy. The movie follows Needy (Amanda Seyfried), who is an average, under the radar high school student. Despite her much less than noticed presence in her high school, she is best friends with her polar opposite, Jennifer (Megan Fox), who displays a very powerful presence in their school, primarily due to her beauty, which garners much attention from all the boys.
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From wikipedia:
Lope K. Santos (September 25, 1879 – May 1, 1963) was a Tagalog language writer from the Philippines. Aside from being a writer, he was also a lawyer, politician, critic, labor leader and considered as "Father of the Philippine National Language and Grammar". He was a freemason.
In the field of literature
Santos was born in Pasig, Rizal, Philippines (now a part of Metro Manila) - as Lope C. Santos - to Ladislao Santos and Victoria Canseco, both natives of Rizal province. He used Kanseko instead of Canseco for his middle name to show his nationalism. During his time, the letter C had begun falling out of use in favor of the letter K in the Tagalog alphabet. Santos studied at Escuela Normal Superior de Maestros (Normal Superior School of Teachers) and Escuela de Derecho (Law School); and got his Bachelor of Arts degree in Colegio Filipino (Filipino College). He became an expert in dupluhan, a popular poetical debate competition in his time, which can be compared to balagtasan, a similar contest but with shorter discourse.
Read about Santos' novel, Banaag at Sikat, one of the first written in Tagalog, free from
Wikipedia.
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Balancing day aimed to reduce
the size of crowded classrooms
lik the one in this Courier file
photo.
Since the beginning of the school year, it's been apparent that the sizes classes at James Logan have dramatically increased. Last year's standard class size of thirty-five students in non-freshman classes, already an increase from the year before, went up to the forties in many cases, while some classes had dramatically fewer students. With that many students in the large classes, it was difficult for teachers to maintain the same level of quality in their teaching. To even out the differences and thus reduce the size of the largest classes, Logan administrators added new classes to the academic schedule Monday, and stocked them with students from crowded classrooms.
Posted by courier at 06:24 PM. Filed under: News
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By Alexys Cran, Courier Staff Writer
Riding your bicycle instead of driving your car to school or to work can help you save money, lose weight, stay healthy, and help the environment. However, according to the Cascade Education Foundation, only 25% of the U.S. population rides their bicycles and 16% of American teenagers ride theirs to and from school. Although not all students should ride their bikes for transportation to school, if the percentage were to increase then pollution would decrease, teenagers would be healtier, and save their parents a lot of gas money.
Posted by courier at 05:51 PM. Filed under: Features
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The Arctic Monkeys perform in England.
wikipedia photo
The mood at the Fox Theater on the night of Wednesday September 16th was far different from that of many shows. The atmosphere was decidedly British, from the bunches of fans hammering back beers to the eccentric man running around the general admission floor area draped in the British flag. The reason for the unique buzz in the air was the headlining band, Britain’s own Arctic Monkeys. Supporting their August release Humbug, the band’s stop in the Bay Area was a wild and exhilarating show, despite it’s occasional signs of the Arctic Monkeys’ youth.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Our Welcome Back Dance is tonight from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Presale tickets are being sold in Colt Court during lunch for $10, or $8 w/ASB sticker. Buy your tickets now so you don’t have to wait to buy one at the door. You must have your ID card to purchase tickets and get into the dance.
Cross Country on the track after school. Don’t miss a great experience!
esday 9/29, Wednesday 9/30, 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. every day. Job application in Room 63. Pick up during 4th & 5th period lunch. See Mr. Richberg.
Posted by courier at 04:27 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
UNION CITY - The New Haven Unified School District has initiated the process for naming the new Performing Arts Center at James Logan High School, and the entire New Haven community is invited to submit suggestions.
Construction is expected to be completed in January on the Performing Arts Center, a $28 million facility promised to New Haven voters as part of Measure A, a $120 million bond passed in 2003. The centerpiece is a 599-seat theater, and the facility also includes support facilities and an educational wing to house music and drama classrooms. The Center could be open for school events as soon as February. A formal grand opening, being coordinated by the New Haven Schools Foundation, is planned for May.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
About 70 people attended a special meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday night to discuss safety at James Logan High School.
The Board received a report from Chief Academic Officer Wendy Gudalewicz on the decline in the number of suspensions and expulsions during the past five years. Although the trend is encouraging, there is concern because of the disproportionate numbers of Latino and African-American students who are being suspended and/or expelled.
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U.S. postal stamp
featuring F. Scott Fitzgerald.(September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. Fitzgerald was the self-styled spokesman of the "Lost Generation", Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age.
Read This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of
four of his books available free from Project Gutenberg.
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Echo by Francesca Lia Block
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060281278
ISBN-13: 978-0060281274,
Courier Staff Writer
Francesca Lia Blocks’ compelling novel,
Echo, takes place in LA and is a story about a young girl with many insecurities who is looking to find what makes her special. This young girl is named Echo.
Echo wants nothing more than to be like her mother, who she considers angel-like, and her father’s attention. When her father is diagnosed with cancer her parents come closer together, and somehow leave her out. As Echo’s parents deal with the cancer, Echo goes off to find change and happiness.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Our Welcome Back Dance is this Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Presale tickets are being sold in Colt Court during lunch for $10, or $8 w/ASB sticker. Buy your tickets now so you don’t have to wait to buy one at the door. You must have your ID card to purchase tickets and get into the dance.
Join Cross Country! Learn about your mind, body and soul!
Do you want to join the Wrestling Team? Then come to the mandatory meeting next Thursday after school in the Mat Room next to the Weight Room. Important paperwork will be given out.
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By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan girls’ volleyball team was defeated by Irvington on Tuesday by a score of 3 games to 1. Two points only decided each game and it was a great match. The first game was won by Irvington 25-23 and it was a very even game. The second game was a very winnable game for both teams but Logan had some defensive miscommunications and Irvington won the game 25-23.
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Blue Moon: The Immortals
by Alyson Noel
Format: Kindle Edition
Print Length: 304 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (July 7, 2009)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
Language: English
ASIN: B002MRRTZII unlock my car door and toss my bag on the floor, starting to slide onto my seat as I say to Damen, "Miles has rehearsal and I'm heading straight home. Want to follow?' I turn, surprised to find him standing before me, swaying ever so slightly from side to side with a strained look on his face. "You okay?' I lift my hand to his cheek, feeling for heat or clamminess, some sign of unease, even though I really don't expect to find any. And when Damen shakes his head and looks at me, for a split second all the color drains right away. But then it's over as soon as I blink. "Sorry, I just---my head feels a bit strange,' he says, pinching the bridge of his nose and closing his eyes. "But I thought you never get sick, that we don't get sick?' I say, unable to hide my alarm as I reach for my backpack.
Blue Moon is author Alyson Noel’s sequel to
Evermore, her first novel. As good as
Evermore is, this one is even better.
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The dust storm has led to
eerie red skies across Sydney.
wilf2/flickr/wikinews image.
A huge cloud of red dust driven by gale-force winds is choking Australia's biggest city, Sydney. Residents have described scenes from a Hollywood disaster movie after waking to an eerie dawn.
The suffocating haze has shrouded some of Sydney's most recognizable landmarks.
The Sydney Harbor Bridge and the Opera House were almost lost in a monstrous cloud of dust that has been whipped up by thunderstorms in drought-hit areas of the New South Wales outback.
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Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Dial; First Edition edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0803730020
ISBN-13: 978-0803730021
“True love. Do you even believe in it? I don’t. It’s a trap.”
Nancy Werlin's novel,
Impossible, inspired by the ballad "Scarborough Fair," features suspense, fantasy, and romance in the telling of its intense and original story.
All the generations of Scarborough women, about which the story centers, are cursed. They all are doomed to have children at 17, go crazy, and leave their children to fend for themselves. Lucy, however, is lucky to have a miracle happen. Her best friend, Zach, sticks with her throughout her entire pregnancy. They do research on the song, and figure out that there is a meaning behind the lyrics. The three tasks are required to be completed in order to break the curse. Lucy only has 9 months to complete these impossible tasks and save her daughter.
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Th1rteen R3asons Why
by Jay Asher
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Razorbill; 1st edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1595141715
ISBN-13: 978-1595141712
"A shoebox-sized package is propped against the front door at an angle: Inside the
shoebox is a rolled-up tube of bubble-wrap. I unroll that and discover seven loose
audio tapes... The last tape has a thirteen on one side, but nothing on the back."
- - Th1rteen R3asons Why By Jay Asher
Th1rteen R3asons Why by Jay Asher is a thoughtful and complicated re-telling of a girl, a boy, and seven cassette tapes, which contain thirteen stories about thirteen people who influenced her. This novel is a dark look on high school as a whole: its social cliques, struggles for popularity, romance awkwardness, and much more. It's a story on how each of us influences others' lives in such a way that it may seem impossible. This book is full of twists and turns and keeps the reader addicted until the last page is finished. It shows that anyone can be a victim to high school drama, and that all of us weave a complicated web that can sometimes change our lives indefinitely.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Our Welcome Back Dance is this Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Presale tickets are being sold in Colt Court during lunch for $10, or $8 w/ASB sticker. Buy your tickets now so you don’t have to wait to buy one at the door. You must have your ID card to purchase tickets and get into the dance.
Join Cross Country! Learn about your mind, body and soul!
Posted by courier at 03:10 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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'IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Reviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
Also available for: Sony PSP, Nintendo DS
From: 1C Company/505 Games
ESRB Rating: Teen (mild language, violence)
A game's ability to carry a player through its main menu and opening cut scene isn't necessarily a harbinger for its ability to entertain the player from there. That's good news for "IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey," a versatile World War II dogfighter which enjoys the odd distinction of being a game that has more trouble when the action is paused than when it reaches a crescendo.
The problems are fleeting, insignificant but, at least initially, also a little unsettling. The background music stutters like a skipping CD when the game loads its opening cinema. The video, which packages real World War II footage to introduce the game's campaign, looks nice but also stutters and even freezes before kicking back into gear. Some more stuttering, a so-so menu interface and a long load screen later, we're into the tutorial mission.
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Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (22 September 1694 – 24 March 1773) was a British statesman and man of letters.
A Whig, Lord Stanhope, as he was known until his father's death in 1726, was born in London, and educated at Cambridge and then went on the Grand Tour of the continent. The death of Anne and the accession of George I opened up a career for him and brought him back to England. His relative James Stanhope, the king's favorite minister, procured for him the place of gentleman of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales. In 1715 he entered the House of Commons as Lord Stanhope of Shelford and member for St Germans, and when the impeachment of the Duke of Ormonde, came before the House, he used the occasion (5 August 1715) to put to proof his old rhetorical studies.
Read Chesterfield's Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1746-47, one of 13 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
All students and staff are invited to join the Youth Alive Club as we meet for prayer around the flag pole tomorrow at 7:45 a.m. for the National “See you at the Pole Day.”
Our Welcome Back Dance is this Friday from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Presale tickets are being sold in Colt Court during lunch for $10, or $8 w/ASB sticker. Buy your tickets now so you don’t have to wait to buy one at the door. You must have your ID card to purchase tickets and get into the dance.
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The new Performing Arts Center rises
above the Judson E. Taylor Stadium.
Walter J. Carrasco/Courier Photo
Over the past few months, a giant blue structure has arisen from what once was flat parking on the corner of Alvarado-Niles and H Street. This building is to be James Logan’s new Performing Arts Center, and house new band rooms, a choir room, a drama room, practice rooms, a 599-seat theater with lowered orchestra pit, and upgraded performance technology such as lighting, video and sound recording, etc.).
In comparison, the Little Theater has around 300 seats, and the football stadium 4,050.
In the theater section of the new Performing Arts Center, there is a heating/cooling element under every other seat, and there is soundproofing throughout the building. On top of the Performing Arts Center are solar panels- part of Logan’s “going green”.
Posted by courier at 09:29 AM. Filed under: News
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By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer
In my second period Psychology 1 class, Principal Amy McNamara comes onto the loudspeaker and asks us to please stand- which no one ever does. Not a single person in our over-full class ever stands during, or says, the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America. Why?
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Teachers at James Logan High School have been invited to begin a “re-imagining” process designed to give birth to a “school within a school” to open as a pilot program next fall.
“Logan has many strengths – its relatively high API score, award-winning forensics and band programs, diverse students and families, and committed teachers, administrators and staff,” said Joe Feldman, Director of Secondary Leadership for the New Haven Unified School District. “However, academic success is not enjoyed for significant percentages of the student population, particularly among African-Americans and Latinos.”
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education of the New Haven Unified School District will hold a special meeting Tuesday night to discuss student safety at James Logan High School.
The meeting will include a review of safety procedures and a discussion about the culture and climate of the campus. Attendees will be given the opportunity to meet in small groups that will include at least one Board member, a District administrator and a Logan administrator.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Educational Services Center, 34200 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City.
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Kanye West
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Kanye West’s recent scandal, in which he embarrassed not only himself but also Taylor Swift and Beyonce, has gotten countless responses from everyone from rapper Pitbull to our own President Barack Obama.
I personally found it amusing that Barack Obama watched the VMA’s. He should try to fix the recession, instead of seeing who wins best “Pop Video”. But, it also shows that the President is just an average guy like any of us.
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By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan varsity football team.
So much for making a statement.
The James Logan varsity football team went to Foothill High School in Pleasanton and expected to come out with a victory. We soon realized that was not going to be an easy task. On our first possession we were forced to punt. This set the tone for our whole game. Our offense had a very difficult time moving the ball and putting points on the board.
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H.G Wells, (09/21/1866 – 08/13/1946), English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian, famous for his works of science fiction. Wells's best-known books are
The Time Machine (1895),
The Invisible Man (1897), and
The War Of The Worlds (1898).
Read H.G.Wells' prophetic novel, The World Set Free, one of
40 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Maureen Ryan
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — The 2009 Emmys looked a lot like the 2008 Emmys, when it came to the winners.
Once again, Tina Fey picked up a best comedy statue for "30 Rock" (it was the NBC show's third win). "Mad Men" won for a second time as best drama.
Glenn Close and Bryan Cranston picked up their second Emmys in the lead drama acting categories, for "Damages" and "Breaking Bad," respectively, and Alec Baldwin also won a second time for his performance as network executive Jack Donaghy on "30 Rock." The only new winner in the top acting categories was Toni Collette, who won for her role on "United States of Tara." All those winners were quite deserving, but there was a certain deja vu quality to the proceedings, as there often is at the Emmys, where certain shows and performers tend to dominate for years.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Last call for Cross Country! Get in shape, find new places to run and travel to runs throughout the Bay Area.
Did you know that Wednesday, September 23 is “See you at the pole day?” That’s when students and staff all over the country meet for prayer at their school’s flag pole. Join the Youth Alive Club as we meet for prayer at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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From wikipedia:
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (Milan September 20, 1833 – February 10, 1918) was an Italian journalist and international activist on behalf of peace (except where Italian interests required war). He won (with Louis Renault) the Nobel Peace Prize in 1907.
Moneta had a personality as paradoxical as the term "militant pacifist" which was often applied to him. He was a nationalistic internationalist, a religious anti-clerical propagandist, and a crusader for physical fitness who daily took a tram to avoid walking across a square to lunch in a restaurant opposite his office.
Read Ernesto Teodoro Moneta's Nobel Prize lecture, free from Nobelprize.org.
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From wikipedia:
René Caillié (September 19, 1799 - May 17, 1838) was a French explorer, and the first European to return alive from the town of Timbuktu.
Caillié was born at Mauzé sur le Mignon, Poitou, the son of a baker. He was born in to the lowest levels of European society. The orphaned son of a prison convict, uneducated, frail, and thin, he was the anti-hero of the traditional military commander adventurer. The reading of Robinson Crusoe kindled in him a love of travel and adventure, and at the age of sixteen he made a voyage to Senegal whence he went to Guadeloupe. Returning to Senegal in 1818 he made a journey to Bondu to carry supplies to a British expedition then in that country. Ill with fever he was obliged to go back to France, but in 1824 was again in Senegal with the idea of reaching Timbuktu. The Paris based Société de Géographie was offering a 10,000 franc reward to the first European to see and return alive from Timbuktu, believed to be a rich and wondrous city.
Read René Caillié's book, Travels Through Central Africa to Timbuctoo: And Across the Great Desert, to Morocco, free from Google Books.
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Thai Grata
846-C Blossom Hill Road
San Jose, CA 95123
(408) 224-8668
Thai Grata, off of Blossom Hill in San Jose, is a new restaurant serving various types of Thai food. They serve traditional dishes such as pad thai, pineapple fried rice, and curry.
My family decided to head over since my aunt is friends with the owner. We didn’t know what to expect, but since we have huge appetites, we ordered quite a few different dishes. The menu has quite a lot to offer, and even allows you to change the level of spiciness in most dishes to tailor to your own spice tolerance.
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By Alyssa Pimentel, Courier News Editor
Language Arts teacher Ross Minor of room 531 is now selling homemade shanghai-pork lumpia for the Breast Cancer Awareness Run or Walk Event Fundraiser. The “Keep Abreast Walk” is a five to ten mile run or walk that is sponsored by a number of companies, and small community service groups including Elpida, the group responsible for this fundraiser.
Elpida, through Minor, is selling a bag of fifty shanghai-pork lumpia for $15 and a bag of a hundred pieces for $25. Anyone can order lumpia through Minor’s email, rminor@nhusd.k12.ca.us, or through elpidaladies@yahoo.com. He said that students can place their order either during third period and fifth period lunch as well but it’s preferable to contact him through email. Those ordering would have to pay when they place their order and leave their contact information. From there, the lumpia will be made in one to two days.
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Staff Writer
Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor’s latest movie,
Gamer, is a science fiction action movie, which focuses on the idea of how dangerous mind control can truly be. The movies main character, Kable, is a death row inmate, who has been forced to participate in multi-billionaire Ken Castle’s latest human controlling video game,
Slayer. In
Slayer, death row inmates are controlled by other players, through the use of mind control, under extremely dangerous conditions, where the consequence of losing for the inmates is death.
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Staff Writer
The latest horror film to hit theaters,
Sorority Row, is a movie which focuses on the tremendous consequences of a prank gone wrong.
The film starts off with the death of a sorority girl, due to a prank in which she was pretending to be dead in the first place. After her real death, the main characters of the film decide to abandon her body while they still can, deciding to move on with their lives and not face the consequences of causing an innocent girl's death. Some months later, instigators of this prank begin receiving text messages from the phone of the girl they killed. Soon after someone starts killing off anyone responsible for the death of this girl, causing them to believe her ghost has come back for vengeance.
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By Ranjana Prasad, Courier Staff Writer
Recently I went to this restaurant called the Rainforest Café in San Francisco and it was a very adventurous place to dine.
The restaurant itself, interior and exterior, is themed as a rain forest, with sound effects of chirping birds, thunderstorms and rain reinforcing the illusion. Also, the ceiling of the restaurant is made into a starry night where the stars twinkle and every so often a shooting star passes by. There are also moving figures of gorillas hiding behind trees who come out thumping their chests and elephants waving their trunks while trumpeting. The best thing about this restaurant is the life-size waterfall they have right in the middle of the place and behind it is a man holding the world in his hands. You are supposed to feel as if you’re in a real rain forest.
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Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress, by reputation one of the greatest and most inscrutable movie stars ever to be produced by MGM and the Hollywood studio system. In 1954 she received an Honorary Oscar "for her unforgettable screen performances", and
The Guinness Book of World Records named her "the most beautiful woman who ever lived."She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Watch the promotional "trailer" for Greta Garbo's film Camille, streaming in 256k MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Mark your calendars for the Welcome Back Dance next Friday, September 25, from 7:00-10:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Enjoy an evening of music and dancing with your friends, and make some new ones too! Tickets will be sold next week for $10 per person, or $8 w/ASB sticker. For those of you who plan to bring a non-Logan guest to the dance, guest passes are now available in Room 67.
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Gaga shows her unusual style
at a March 2009 concert on
The Fame Ball Tour.
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You all maybe heard of this artist with hit singles like "Just Dance" featuring Colby O’ Donnis, that catchy tune "Poker Face," "Love Game," and that outrageous musical performance on the recent MTV Video Music Awards singing her latest single "Paparazzi."
But what stunned the crowd and fans wasn't Lady Gaga's music; it's what she wore to that award show September 13 in New York City.
When it comes to Lady Gaga’s wardrobe, “What is she wearing?” must have been a common question. That question could be asked with a good or bad connotation, depending on your point of view.
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By Judy L. Thomas
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The phone calls came in the middle of the night. Three women, each receiving an eerie message from the man on the line:
He was in their house and watching them.
And according to caller ID, the calls were coming from their home phones.
The terrified women found out later that the caller was not in their homes, but playing a frightening prank on them.
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The offending poster.
EDMONDS, Wash. — As a child in Armenia, Henry Gasparian witnessed firsthand the horrors of Nazi Germany. Two uncles were killed, his father wounded and a brother starved to death during the German invasion and occupation of the Soviet Union. So when Gasparian, 70, saw a poster of President Obama with a Hitler mustache near the entrance to the Edmonds Farmers Market Sept. 5, he concedes his reaction was "personal and emotional."
He tried to grab the fliers being passed out by supporters of Lyndon LaRouche, a perennial presidential candidate who has likened Obama's health-care proposals to the Nazi extermination of Jews and other "undesirables."
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By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
Never Shout Never has come out with a six-track EP entitled
The Summer EP.
The "band" in reality consists of Christofer Drew Ingle and other musicians who occasionally play with him as well. This teen, who started writing music and putting it up on his Myspace Page, is now more widely known than he was before in his hometown of Joplin, Missouri.
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The Yeah,Yeah, Yeahs
wikipedia photo
Oakland’s Fox Theater, the venue newest to the Bay Area concert circuit, played host last Thursday night to the popular New York Indie rock band the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The second and final show of the band’s stay in Oakland was visually impressive and musically masterful.
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs lined up two opening bands for their gig. The first was the Beijing based band Queen Sea Big Shark, which features a creative hybrid of electronic and surf rock music. Initally the audience was confused by the band’s appearance and style, as they were not featured on the bill, but many people quickly began to enjoy Queen Sea Big Shark’s musical aptitude and uniqueness.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a report outlining options for the creation of a Community Day School to serve expelled students currently attending Quest Academy or the Hayward Community School or enrolled in New Haven’s special education program.
At least three previous attempts to create a Community Day School have not been successful, and staff recommended that the District suspend pursuit of a Community Day School to focus on reducing the number of suspensions and expulsions, develop action plans for behavioral and academic interventions and monitor expelled students. The Board asked staff to bring an action item on the recommendation at the Oct. 6 meeting, and staff also will prepare the action plans for interventions and monitoring of expulsions.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Mark your calendars for the Welcome Back Dance next Friday, September 25, from 8:00-11:00 p.m. in the Pavilion. Enjoy an evening of music and dancing with your friends, and make some new ones too! Tickets will be sold next week for $10 per person, or $8 w/ASB sticker. For those of you who plan to bring a non-Logan guest to the dance, guest passes are now available in Room 67.
Girls interested in playing soccer should see Coach Tony Villasenor after school on the Big Green, and come out to open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
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Students line up after school to get
their books. Courier Photo, Courier Staff Writer
Among the many changes that accompanied the opening of this 2009-10 school year was the new textbook distribution system. As if the long line of students waiting outside of the new book room across from the 300’s building was not indication enough, everyone is definitely beginning to feel that things are much different from last year.
Unlike last year, when the responsibility of distributing books to students belonged to the teachers, textbook distribution now is in the hands of the bookroom staff, comprised of teacher’s assistants as well as Geneva Tate, the official bookroom technician.
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The Story of B by Daniel Quinn
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Bantam (November 3, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553379011
ISBN-13: 978-0553379013 is a novel written by Daniel Quinn in 1996. It follows the story of a Laurentian priest named Jared Osborne.
Jared is sent to Germany to investigate a man named B, who his superiors think is the anti-Christ. Jared joins B’s inner circle to find out if he is the anti-Christ, but what Jared finds out is wisdom that needs to be known if humans want to survive any longer on this planet.
The Story Of B will make you think of things that you’ve never thought of before. It will let you see things at different angles, maybe an obtuse angle or maybe an acute angle. If you are not interested in learning about human history or the future of human civilization then this book is not for you, but if you then I suggest you read this book.
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Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858–30 October 1923) was a Conservative British statesman and Prime Minister.
Early life
Of Ulster Scots and Scottish descent, Andrew Bonar Law was born in Rexton, a small village in eastern New Brunswick, Canada. He was the son of the Reverend James Law and Elizabeth Kidston.
Visit the City of Rexton's website about Andrew Bonar Law.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Join Cross Country and get in the best shape of your life! Come to the track after school.
Punjabi Club meets today after school in Room 442. We will be electing our officials for this year. Thank you!
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By Maureen Ryan
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
The most compelling moment of the debut of "The Jay Leno Show" (10 p.m. EDT Monday-Friday, NBC) would be several seconds of silence, during which you could have heard a pin drop in Leno's NBC studio.
It came after Leno gently asked Kanye West if his mother would have been disappointed in West's behavior toward Taylor Swift at Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards. After a long pause, a clearly regretful West answered that he'd have to take some time off and ponder how best to live a better life.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum
For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
From: Rocksteady Studios/Eidos
ESRB Rating: Teen (alcohol and
tobacco reference, blood, mild
language, suggestive themes, violence)
Good licensed videogames find a way to mold their subject matter so it conforms to whatever established gameplay genre it's trying to imitate. The bold ones, meanwhile, do the opposite, bending and melting popular gameplay conventions until they do justice to the license rather than the other way around.
"Batman: Arkham Asylum," to both its benefit and detriment, is one of the boldest licensed games around.
Presentationally speaking, it's the best game of the year thus far. "Asylum" toes a line between the animated series and the recent, darker films, but it never displays anything less than a spotless understanding of the Batman universe. A good storyline works in tandem with some incredible voice acting (much of it employing the same actors from the animated series), and the game is stuffed with audio and visual storytelling nuggets that overlay the action (a la "Bioshock") rather than interfere with it. Everything from the character designs to the speedy and stylish map/inventory/menu interface benefits from a superlative level of care.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Scores measuring student performance improved by more than 30 points at both Kitayama and Emanuele elementary schools, and gains by Hispanic students in the New Haven Unified School District more than doubled those of the District as a whole, according to Academic Performance Index (API) results released today by the California Department of Education.
More information is available on the
California Department of Education website.
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Traffic snarled on H Street this morning
Courier Photo
Since the school year started, traffic going to and leaving school has been one of the most discussed topics among the student body. It seemed that this year’s traffic iss worse than all my three years attending Logan.
On the first day of school, my mother insisted that we leave our house at 7:45 a.m. because of traffic. I tried to reason with her saying that it wouldn’t take thirty minutes to get to Logan, since last year we made it to school in fifteen minutes. Once we passed the Shell gas station by Burger King, however, it was clear that leaving at 7:45 that morning was a good choice. None of the cars ahead showed signs of advancing and when I looked back, other cars had already begun to form a line behind us. I remember worrying about making it to school on time because the cars were at a stalemate. That morning, it would have been considered lucky to have moved a block in five minutes.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The New Haven Unified School District has come to the assistance of a new Fremont private school that found itself desperate for classroom space at the start of the 2009-2010 school year.
Mission Hills Middle School opened last week in four classrooms on the campus of the former Barnard-White Middle School on Whipple Road. The school, which serves approximately 25 students, was left without a location in late August, after officials determined that the facility it had planned to lease was too close to a chemical plant.
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From wikipedia:
John Beverley Nichols (September 9, 1898 – September 15, 1983), was an English writer, playwright, actor, novelist and composer.
He went to school at Marlborough College, and went to Balliol College, Oxford University, and was President of the Oxford Union and editor of
Isis.
Read
A Book of Old Ballads compiled by
Beverly Nichols, free from Project Gutenberg.
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Join Cross Country and get in the best shape of your life! Come to the track after school.
Mandatory Boys’ Basketball meeting Thursday, September 17, at 3:45 p.m. in Room 121. All young men interested in playing basketball must attend.
Do you like to travel and meet people? Join Close-Up and spend a week in Washington, D.C. Come to a meeting Thursday after school in Room 71 to find out more!
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By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
Auditions for the Fall 2009 play "Twelve Angry Jurors" will be held after school Wednesday, in the Little Theater.
Debbie Hughes, director and head of the Drama department, will be there to evaluate students. Students should come prepared with a memorized monologue of at least 30 seconds.
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By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity football team.
The James Logan Colts Varsity football team played one of the best games in Logan football history Friday night, but, for the second week in a row, we were disappointed.
The final score was 29-32, with Danville's Monte Vista Mustangs being victorious.
On the opening drive of the game our offense made a huge statement. We went down the field and scored on an 80-yard drive that only took a minute and forty seconds. We showed everybody that we came to play.
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From wikipedia:
Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American writer, mainly of short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. His influence on American fiction was profound; his literary voice can be heard in Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, John Steinbeck, and others.
Read Sherwood Anderson's novel Poor White, one of
five of his works available free from Project Gutenberg
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ACTIVITIES
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The Cross Country Team is still looking for more good girls and boys. Come to the track after school.
Mandatory Boys’ Basketball meeting Thursday, September 17, at 3:45 p.m. in Room 121. All young men interested in playing basketball must attend.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh,
Courier Comics Editor
Daily Life by Angelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
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From wikipedia:
Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann (September 13, 1819 – May 20, 1896) was a German musician, one of the leading pianists of the Romantic era, as well as a composer, and wife of composer Robert Schumann.
Clara Wieck was born on September 13, 1819 in Leipzig, Saxony. She was the second of the five children of Friedrich Wieck, a seller of pianos and piano pedagogue, and Marianne Tromlitz, a soprano who performed as a soloist and pianist. Clara did not speak a single word until she was over four years old. In fact, she described herself as understanding as little as she spoke and as having no interest in what was happening around her, a condition that was not "entirely cured" - as she put it - until she was eight years old.
Download musical scores of Clara Schumann's compositions, free from the International Music Score Library Project
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Feng Nian
2650 Bridgeway
Sausalito, CA 94965
(415) 331-5300
Feng Nian, located on Bridgeway St. in Sausalito, is a small Chinese restaurant that serves Szechwan, Mandarin and Hunan cuisine. Feng Nian serves fresh crab, lobster and other seafood daily.
My meal consisted of honey glazed prawns with walnuts, spicy basil crispy beef, a dish called "Tofu Family" (tofu and vegetable), and a plate of vegetable Chow Mein.
I was expecting better quality food for the price we paid, but the portions where good enough for me and my parents. I thought the spicy crispy beef tasted salty and unappealing and it had a unique texture I can't seem to describe.
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By Micah Mahinay, Courier Staff Writer
If you’re into hipsters, the smell of cigarettes, and live near San Jose, The Voodoo Lounge is a fun, and young club that includes awesome Dj’s and performing artists who put on a great show for the club hoppers.
There’s a bar upstairs and downstairs with couches to comfort you and your date, or to simply make new friends by socializing with them. Last Sunday on September 6th a Los Angeles DJ named Steve Aoki put on a great show for the audience playing many electronic beats and tracks for the crowd to dance and jump to.
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William Sydney Porter
in his thirties.
O. Henry was the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862–June 5, 1910), whose clever use of twist endings in his stories popularized the term "O. Henry Ending". His middle name at birth was Sidney, not Sydney; he later changed the spelling of his middle name when he first began writing as a journalist in the 1880s.
Read
Heart of the West, a collection of short stories by O. Henry, one of
15 if his works available from Project Gutenberg.
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ACTIVITIES
Any young man interested in playing basketball for the 2009-2010 school year, please see Coach Fortenberry in Room 121 or the Pavilion after school.
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The Cross Country Team is still looking for more good girls and boys. Come to the tack after school.
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By Eric Brown, Courier Staff Writer
Just over three years ago, the Arctic Monkeys emerged onto the music scene with their critically acclaimed and massively hyped debut album,
Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not. Immediately rumors began to circulate that the British band was the next Oasis—perhaps the highest praise possible by a U.K. critic.
With their latest release,
Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys along with new producer Josh Homme (of Queens of the Stone Age fame) have avoided the dangerous waters that accompany high expectations by crafting a dark and cynical departure from their typical style.
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By Brandie Moore, Courier Book Editor
As most people know, Kelly Clarkson was the first
American Idol winner back in 2002. Seven years later she came out with her fourth full-length album,
All I've Ever Wanted.
All I Ever Wanted came out last Spring. Since then, she already has three music videos out from the CD. These include
My life Would Suck Without You, I Do Not Hook Up, and
Already Gone.
After listening to this CD a few times, I couldn't stop. Some of these songs have such strong messages in them I just wanted to hear them more to hear the words again. Also, the music behind the words is just so well done that it drags you into the flow of the sound.
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By Joe Facundo, Courier Staff Writer
With a style infused with pure "rugged and raw" lyrics, Nero is one rapper's name people should be watching out for in the future.
This 16-year'old emcee, hailing from Harlem, is a monster when it comes to his brutal wordplay over beats. His Mixtape "Alive and Vibrant: Relive the Moment", produced by Mike Waxx, is a tribute to the golden age of hip-hop, the early 90s. He spits his rhymes alongside fellow emcees such as JRockwell, Hassan Mackley and TreaZon.
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Thom Yorke
wikipedia photo
When one thinks of alternative rock band Radiohead, oddball front man Thom Yorke may come to mind. With a droopy eyelid and questionable taste in hairstyles throughout the years, Thom Yorke is anything but ordinary, just as a song leaking out of nowhere is bizarre.
On August 12, a track entitled “These Are My Twisted Words” surfaced on the At Ease Web Radiohead news website message boards. The song is reminiscent of Radiohead’s 2007 album “In Rainbows,” with a mix of a slow paced alternative sound mixed with different electronic effects.
“These Are My Twisted Words” is available for
free download on the Radiohead online store.
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Carl Van Doren as a
Sculptor of Benjamin Franklin,
by Luis Quintanilla of Spain.
Image used by permission of
Paul Quintanilla and www.lqart.org.(September 10, 1885 - July 18, 1950) was a U.S. critic and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was the brother of Mark Van Doren.
Born in Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois, Van Doren was the son of a country doctor and was raised on the family farm. He earned a doctorate from Columbia University in 1911 and continued to teach there until 1930. He was a world federalist and once said, "It is obvious that no difficulty in the way of world government can match the danger of a world without it"[1].
From 1912 to 1935, Van Doren was married to Irita Bradford Van Doren, editor of the New York Herald Tribune book review.
Van Doren died in Torrington, Connecticut on July 18, 1950.
Read
Contemporary American Novelists (1900-1920) by Carl Van Doren, free from
Project Gutenberg.
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ACTIVITIES
Any young man interested in playing basketball for the 2009-2010 school year, please see Coach Fortenberry in Room 121 or the Pavilion after school.
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
The Cross Country Team is still looking for more good girls and boys. Come to the tack after school.
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By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
Not many students would pick up a copy of a news magazine when going through the check-out counter of their favorite store, but they should. News is an important way to learn about our world, and what is going on around us. It can help you become aware of what is going on beyond afterschool programs, math class, and how stressful going back to school can be.
To jumpstart interest in the news, a recent edition of Newsweek magazine, with the help of Kaplan, came out with its report on colleges, made especially for prospective students and students who are still unsure about going to college. This edition of Newsweek is entitled
Finding the Right College for You, and is packed with information on colleges, SAT and ACT testing, and links that could help you register for college. Newsweek has also reported its Top 25 colleges, each with a unique reason for why it was chosen.
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Evermore:Immortals
by Alyson Noél
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031253275X
ISBN-13: 978-0312532758"I wasn't always a freak. I used to be a normal teen. The kind who went to school dances, had celebrity crushes, and was so vain about my long blond hair I wouldn't dream of scraping it back into a ponytail and hiding beneath a big hooded sweatshirt. I had a mom, a dad, a little sister named Riley, and a sweet yellow lab named buttercup. I lived in a nice house, in a good neighborhood, in Eugene, Oregon. I was popular, happy, and could hardly wait for junior year to begin since I'd just made varsity cheerleader. My life was complete, and the sky was the limit. And even though that last part is total cliché, it's also ironically true. Yet all of that's just hearsay as far as I'm concerned. Because ever since the accident, the only thing I can clearly remember is dying."
It's always hard to hear about kids who lost their parents. The main character in this book, Ever Bloom, knows the feeling, but, not only does she lose her parents, she also gains a whole bunch of psychic abilities. After the crash she and her family were in, she can see people's auras, hear people's thoughts and know their whole life stories with only one touch.
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Edward Teller in 1958 as
Director of Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory.(original Hungarian name Teller Ede) (January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-born American nuclear physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb."
Of Jewish descent, Teller emigrated to the United States in the 1930s, and was an early member of the Manhattan Project charged with developing the first atomic bombs. During this time he made a serious push to develop the first fusion-based weapons as well, but these were deferred until after World War II. After his controversial testimony in the security clearance hearing of his former Los Alamos colleague Robert Oppenheimer, Teller became ostracized by much of the scientific community. He continued to find support from the U.S. government and military research establishment. He was a co-founder of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was both its director and associate director for many years.
See video of Edward Teller, father of the hydrogen bomb, free from the People's Archive.
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ACTIVITIES
Any young man interested in playing basketball for the 2009-2010 school year, please see Coach Fortenberry in Room 121 or the Pavilion after school.
Anyone interested in playing boys soccer should see Coach Sills in Room 73 and attend open field after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
All girls wanting to tryout for the Girls’ Tennis Team please come out to the Tennis Courts after school.
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Professor Layton
and the Diabolical Box
For: Nintendo DS
From: Level-5/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone (alcohol
reference, mild violence)
The most surprising thing about "Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box" might be that it's here and ready for public consumption. Nintendo of America has been uncommonly quiet about the game, stealthily unveiling its existence a few months ago and keeping similarly quiet in the run-up to its arrival on shelves.
The hushed tones somewhat make sense, because really, what is there to say? For those who played "Professor Layton and the Curious Village" last year, "Box" is explicitly more of the same — a new storyline, three digits' worth of new brainteasers to solve, but otherwise a nearly-identical game in terms of graphics, music, presentation, interface and philosophy.
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From wikipedia:
Dorothy Jean Dandridge (November 9, 1922–September 8, 1965) was an American actress and popular singer. Dandridge was the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Dandridge was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Cyril Dandridge (October 25, 1895-July 9, 1989), a cabinetmaker and minister and Ruby Dandridge (née Butler), an aspiring entertainer. Dandridge's parents separated shortly before her birth. Ruby Dandridge soon created an act for her two young daughters, Vivian and Dorothy, under the name of "The Wonder Children." The daughters toured the Southern United States for five years while Ruby worked and performed in Cleveland. During this time, they toured non-stop and rarely attended school.
Learn more about Dorothy Dandridge, free from the Dorothy Dandridge: A Life Unfulfilled website.
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From wikipedia:
Anna Mary Robertson Moses (September 7, 1860 – December 13, 1961), better known as "Grandma Moses", was a renowned American folk artist. She is most often cited as an example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age.
Moses began painting in her seventies after abandoning a career in embroidery because of arthritis. Louis J. Caldor, a collector, discovered her paintings in a Hoosick Falls, New York drugstore window in 1938. In 1939, an art dealer, Otto Kallir, exhibited some of her work in his Galerie Saint-Etienne in New York. This brought her to the attention of collectors all over the world, and her paintings became highly sought after. She went on to exhibit her work throughout Europe and in Japan, where her work was particularly well received. She continued her prolific output of paintings, the demand for which never diminished during her lifetime. Grandma Moses painted mostly scenes of rural life. Some of her many paintings were used on the covers of Hallmark cards.
See examples of Grandma Moses' work, free from Artcyclopedia.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
From The Courier's Archives
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From wikipedia:
Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was an American social worker, sociologist, philosopher and reformer. She was also the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and a founder of the U.S. Settlement House Movement.
Read
The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets by Jane Addams,
one of four of her works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Wajahat Ali
Common Ground News Service (MCT)
FREMONT, Calif. — In recent years — and especially since Sept. 11 — many self-proclaimed experts have tried to place Muslims in the United States under a microscope for examination and analysis. But this Sept. 11 "The Domestic Crusaders," one of the first major Muslim-American plays, will present Muslim-Americans on stage as real, living, breathing human beings instead of the simplistic caricatures portrayed by Hollywood or political propaganda.
Visit The Domestic Crusaders website.
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From wikipedia:
Amy Marcy "Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Most of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach.
Early Years
She was born Amy Marcy Cheney in Henniker, N. H. into a distinguished New England family. A child prodigy, she was able to sing forty tunes accurately by age one; she taught herself to read at age three, and began composing simple waltzes at the age of four. She began formal piano lessons with her mother at the age of six, and a year later started giving public recitals, playing works by Handel, Beethoven, Chopin, and her own pieces. In 1875, her family moved to Boston, where they were advised to enter her into a European conservatory. Her parents opted for local training, hiring Ernst Perabo and later Carl Baermann as piano teachers. At age fourteen, Amy received her only formal training in composition with Junius W. Hill, with whom she studied harmony and counterpoint for a year. Other than this year of training, Amy was self-taught; she often learned by studying classical pieces, such as Bach’s
Well-Tempered Clavier.
Read How to Write an American Symphony: Amy Beach and the birth of "Gaelic" Symphony, free from americancomposers.org.
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By T.J. Matsumoto,
Courier Staff Writer
T.J. Matsumoto is a member of the James Logan Varsity Football Team
The anticipation of tonight's planned pre-season game against Fremont High School of Oakland was high this whole week. We had a great week of practice with very few distractions.
That all stopped when our coach stopped our Thursday afternoon practice with the news. Our first game against Fremont of Oakland had been cancelled.
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Chart of monthly unemployment rate.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
WASHINGTON — The nation's unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent in August, the highest rate in more than 26 years, even as the pace of job losses slowed sharply last month, the government reported Friday.
Employers shed 216,000 jobs in August, a significant slowdown from the revised 276,000 jobs lost in July. Taken along with a key manufacturing index showing growth for the first time in 18 months, Friday's job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are one more indication that the U.S. economy appears to have hit bottom and is on a slow upward climb.
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By Troy Wolverton
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
Those who remember the cheesy horror flicks of the '50s might not believe it, but 3-D movies are experiencing a renaissance and may usher in an era where viewing images in three dimensions is the rule, not the exception.
In the past five years, about 20 3-D films have hit theaters, most recently "The Final Destination" last weekend. Another 50 or so are in production, including "Avatar," the latest film from "Titanic" director James Cameron.
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LUNCH
Cheese, sausage and veggie pizza, veggie chow mein, chicken teriyaki, chicken strips, burgers, salads, deli sandwiches and more!
MISCELLANEOUS
All off-ground Fremont ROP students must see Mrs. Hart in the Career Center to obtain their off grounds pass. No students will be allowed to leave Logan without valid off grounds permission.
Students: We are currently out of Community Service forms. They should be in soon. Watch for an e-mail from Mrs. Hart and/or an announcement when they come in.
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By Michael Matza
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
PHILADELPHIA — The U.S. State Department is looking for ways to better protect the 30,000 teenagers who come to America annually as foreign exchange students.
In a notice Wednesday in the Federal Register, the department asked the public to contribute ideas on how it could better vet, select and monitor the thousands of host families that participate in the half-century-old federal program.
The goal: to prevent a repeat of a scandal this past spring in Scranton, Pa., where as many as a dozen foreign students were found to be either malnourished or living in deplorable conditions, including one home littered with dog feces and another later condemned by the city.
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By Carla Meyer
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — On the road most of the past decade, Papa Roach singer Jacoby Shaddix and guitarist Jerry Horton try to make the moments count when they come home to the Sacramento area — whether that means family or philanthropy.
When Horton, 34, returns home, he might take a bicycle ride along the American River trail with his 3-year-old daughter in tow in her trailer. They also might listen to a little Norah Jones.
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From wikipedia:
Louis Henri Sullivan (September 3, 1856 – April 14, 1924) was an American architect, and has been called the "father of modernism." He is considered by many as the creator of the modern skyscraper, was an influential architect and critic of the Chicago School, was a mentor to Frank Lloyd Wright, and an inspiration to the Chicago group of architects who have come to be known as the Prairie School.
See examples of Louis Sullivan's work, free from greatbuildingsonline.com.
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WELCOME BACK STUDENTS AND STAFF!
MISCELLANEOUS
All off-ground Fremont ROP students must see Mrs. Hart in the Career Center to obtain their off grounds pass. No students will be allowed to leave Logan without valid off grounds permission.
ACTIVITIES
If you are interested in learning Mexican folk dance, come to the orientation meeting for the Ballet Folklorico on Wednesday, 9/9 at 3:45 in the Pavilion Dance Studio. For more information, see Mr. Huertas in the Counseling Office.
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Seniors Andre Totari, Andro Bautista, Christian
Montero, and Christian Foster relaxed during
the first lunch of their last year at Logan.
Courier Photo
The first day of school for about 4,000 Logan students and their teachers got underway with few problems, according to reports.
"So far, so good," said Campus Security Technician Molly Rudnick. It's been "much smoother than last year."
After last year's difficult school opening, this year's debut has "been going well, better than last year," said Rhonda Neagle, Logan's Vice Principal of Operations. For an example, she said about "3,950 students have already had their ID pictures taken," she said. Last year, only around 3,700 had gotten pictures.
"This year's opening was easier to me," said junior Asma Malakzay.
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"Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters"
by Jane Austen and Ben H. Masters;
Quirk Books, Philadelphia
(344 pages, $12.95)
"Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters" is a hoot, but Jane Austen purists will shudder.
Ben H. Masters, playwright and author, has created an amusing mash-up of Jane Austin's classic novel using Jules Verne's fantasy, Robert Louis Stevenson's adventures, the eldritch horror of H.P. Lovecraft, and extensive use of a thesaurus.
Austen's original "Sense and Sensibility" covers two years in the life of the three Dashwood daughters — mostly the elder two, Elinor and Marianne — as they fall in and out of love, according to the rigid social strictures of the 19th century English Regency period. Survival dominates "Sea Monsters" where every fish lusts for human blood.
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From wikipedia:
Romare Bearden (September 2, 1911 – March 12, 1988) was an American artist and writer. He worked in several media including cartoons, oils, and collage.
Bearden was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended De Witt Clinton High School in the Bronx and completed his studies at New York University (NYU), graduating with a degree in science and education. His education was interrupted by stretches of time he spent as a professional baseball player in the Negro Leagues. Bearden took extensive courses in art and was a lead cartoonist and then art editor for the Eucleian Society monthly journal The Medley. Bearden had wide-ranging interests and abilities. He wrote and published articles on numerous topics and created political cartoons. He designed costumes and sets for prominent dance and theater companies, illustrated books by influential authors, co-wrote books about African American art and culture and composed songs. He was also offered an opportunity to play professional baseball for the Philadelphia Athletics, if he would agree to “pass as white”—an offer he refused.
Visit the Romare Bearden Foundation website.
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Little King's Story
For: Nintendo Wii
From: Marvelous Entertainment/XSEED
ESRB Rating: Teen (crude humor,
mild cartoon violence, suggestive themes,
use of alcohol)
There's nothing particularly little about "Little King's Story," which takes the gameplay sensibilities of Nintendo's "Pikmin" and mashes it into a kingdom-management game that's as ambitious and guilefully challenging as it is charming and surprisingly accessible.
As "Pikmin" did, "Story" stars you as the central figurehead — the titular king, in this case — and lets you instruct your underlings to do your bidding and heavy lifting. In "Story's" case, those underlings come from your kingdom and train to become soldiers, carpenters, cooks and more. You can train your citizens (the population of which grows as you expand your kingdom) to embody different job classes, and you then can instruct different configurations of workers (up to six at first, and eventually up to 30) to follow you as you complete tasks each class is best suited to handle.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Ball Foundation, which has adopted a handful of districts across the country to support the development of high-performing schools, has made New Haven Unified its first Northern California partner.
“The Ball Foundation’s goal is to help children learn at high levels, regardless of race, national origin, socioeconomic status, native language or culture, and the Foundation believes that the key to accomplishing that goal is supporting instruction in literacy,” New Haven Superintendent Kari McVeigh said. “We share both that goal and that philosophy, and we’re thrilled to join a very select group of districts where the Foundation has agreed to work.”
Visit the Ball Foundation's website.
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From wikipedia:
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
Burroughs was born on September 1, 1875 in Chicago, Illinois (although he later lived for many years in the neighboring suburb of Oak Park), the son of a businessman. He was educated at a number of local schools, and during the Chicago influenza epidemic in 1891 spent a half year on his brothers' ranch on the Raft River in Idaho. He then attended the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts and then the Michigan Military Academy. Graduating in 1895, and failing the entrance exam for West Point, he ended up as an enlisted soldier with the 7th U.S. Cavalry in Fort Grant, Arizona Territory. After being diagnosed with a heart problem and thus found ineligible for a commission, he was discharged in 1897.
Read Edgar Rice Burrough's At Earth's Core, free from Project Gutenberg.
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