This is the archive for December 2009
From wikipedia:
Rex Elvie Allen (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999) was an American film actor, singer and songwriter who is particularly known as the narrator in many Walt Disney nature and Western productions. For contributions to the recording industry, Rex Allen was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Allen was born to Horace E. Allen and Luella Faye Clark on a ranch in Mud Springs Canyon, 40 miles from Willcox, Arizona. As a boy he played guitar and sang at local functions with his fiddle-playing father until high school graduation when he toured the Southwest as a rodeo rider. He got his start in show business on the East Coast as a vaudeville singer, then found work in Chicago as a performer on the WLS-AM program, National Barn Dance. In 1948 he signed with Mercury Records where he recorded a number of successful country music albums until 1952 when he switched to the Decca label where he continued to make records into the 1970s. He also recorded one album for Buena Vista (Disney, pictured) in the 1960s, although sources vary on the date of issue.
Read an interview with Rex Allen, free from classicmovies.org.
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By Krislyn Perez,
Courier Staff Writer
You prepare yourself for a nice night out with the family. You wear your warmest clothes and bring your best camera. You’re going ice skating, one of the most awesome things to do during the Christmas season. So, of course tonight is going to be a great treat for you and your family.
But when you get to Union Square in San Francisco you can immediately tell that this was a bad idea.
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From wikipedia:
John White Geary (December 30, 1819 – February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, California, and the governor of the Kansas Territory and Pennsylvania.
Geary was born in near Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County, the son of Richard Geary, an ironmaster and schoolmaster, and Margaret White, a native of Maryland. Starting at the age of 14, he attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, studying civil engineering and law, but was forced to leave before graduation due to the death of his father, whose debts he assumed. He worked at a variety of jobs, including as a surveyor and land speculator in Kentucky, earning enough to return to college and graduate in 1841. He worked as a construction engineer for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. In 1843, he married Margaret Ann Logan, with whom he had several sons, but she died in 1853. Geary then married the widowed Mary Church Henderson in 1858 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Read Message of his excellency John W. Geary to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, January 8, 1873, free from the Internet Archive.
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Madame de Pompadour, portrait by
François Boucher circa 1750
Madame de Pompadour (December 29, 1721 – April 15, 1764) was a well known courtesan and the famous mistress of King Louis XV of France.
Madame de Pompadour was born as Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson on December 29, 1721 in Paris. It is suspected that her biological father was the rich financier Le Normant de Tournehem, who became her legal guardian when her official father was forced to leave the country in 1725 after a scandal and she lived with her mother and sister. Her younger brother was Abel-François Poisson de Vandières (who would later become the Marquis de Marigny). She was intelligent, beautiful, and educated; she also learned to dance, engrave and play the clavichord.
She was married in 1741 (at the age of 19) to Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Etiolles, nephew of her guardian. With him, she had two children, a boy who died the year after his birth in 1741, and Alexandrine-Jeanne, born August 10, 1744, and nicknamed "Fanfan."
For more about Madame de Pompadour, visit http://www.madamedepompadour.com/
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From wikipedia:
John Molson (December 28, 1763 – January 11, 1836) was an English-speaking Quebecker who was a major brewer and entrepreneur in Canada, starting the Molson Brewing Company.
Birth and early Life
In 1763, John Molson was born in the village of Moulton near Spalding, Lincolnshire, England. His mother was Mary Elsdale, eldest daughter of Samuel Elsdale of Surfleet. She married John Molson Sr. in 1760. Her brother, Robinson Elsdale, was a celebrated privateer, whose unpublished exploits formed the basis of Frederick Marryat's novel
The Privateersman (1846). About two weeks before the marriage, John Molson Sr. inherited a property known as Snake Hall, which consisted of a home and various outbuildings associated with 38 acres (15 ha) of land.
Read more about John Molson at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography online.
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From wikipedia:
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, African-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.
Read examples of Jean Toomer's writings, free from the Department of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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By Jericho Faustino, Courier Staff Writer
Avatar, starring Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, and Zoe Saldana, takes movie goers into a classic James Cameron adventure. The graphics are unbelievable, and the 3-D experience just adds to the visual beauty of the movie – yet, the plot is another story.
The plot is pretty flat, and predictable. A paraplegic man is somehow in the military despite being in a wheel chair, gets sent to an alien planet, gets turned into an alien and goes crazy after having mobility back in his legs, is forced to spy on the native species of aliens, gets lost because of his excitement of having legs. Aliens capture him, and teach him their alien ways of life, while, at the same time, he is still spying for the military. However, he falls in love with another alien, turns against the military.
Blah, blah, blah.
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From wikipedia:
Isidor Feinstein Stone (December 24, 1907 – June 18, 1989; born Isidor Feinstein, better known as I. F. Stone and Izzy Stone) was an iconoclastic American investigative journalist.He is best remembered for his self-published newsletter, I. F. Stone's Weekly which was ranked 16th in a poll of his fellow journalists of "The Top 100 Works of Journalism in the United States in the 20th Century".
Stone was born Isidor Feinstein in Philadelphia. His parents were Russian Jewish immigrants who owned a store in Haddonfield, New Jersey. His sister is journalist and film critic Judy Stone. He studied philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and as a student he wrote for
The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Visit the I.F. Stone website.
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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Warner Books; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446528056
ISBN-13: 978-0446528054 276 pgs.
The storyline of this book is truly amazing. By the same author as
The Notebook, it’s bound to be a really good book. Dear John is truly a classic of this time. It is a book about long distance relationships and finding out that love can come quickly and be as passionate as a relationship that takes years to build.
John, the main character, is a wild child, and is completely reckless as a teenager. His father, who is usually calm and never lays a hand on John, accepts his son’s rebellious nature. Before leaving for the army, John yells at his father, for no particular reason. His years in the army calm him and make him think about all his wrongs and how unfair he has been with his father, and how he practically threw away his life by spending time and money on alcohol, bad friends, and one-night stands with girls.
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Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345483677
ISBN-13: 978-0345483676
Comfort & Joy is a story that will blow you away. This novel proves that magic can still happen even if you believe you’re too old for it. It’s a story of a woman named Joy who is having a rough time with her life. She’s a high school librarian and enjoys her job. However, she recently found out that her husband was cheating on her with her own sister. Joy can’t wait for Christmas vacation, when she feels like she can have some time to unwind, just not with her family.
She buys a ticket spontaneously because she feels like she needs a break, but has nowhere in particular to go to. Things turn out for the worse, however, when her plane crashes and she suffers a near-fatal accident. She has a vision of her dead mother, and wakes up, only to walk away from her own accident scene. She walks for hours on a deserted road with only trees to guide her. She finally comes upon a lovely hotel called the “Comfort Lodge”. She lives with a widower and his young son for some time, and realizes what it’s like to have a loving family to take care of and be in the company of as well.
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From wikipedia:
Norman Fitzroy Maclean (23 December 1902 in Clarinda, Iowa — 2 August 1990 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American author and scholar most noted for his books
A River Runs Through It and
Other Stories (1976) and
Young Men and Fire (1992).
Born in Clarinda, Iowa on 23 December 1902, Maclean was the son of the Rev. John Maclean, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, who managed much of the education of the young Norman and his brother Paul until 1913. The family relocated to Missoula, Montana in 1909. The following years were a considerable influence on and inspiration to his writings, appearing prominently in the short story
The Woods, Books, and Truant Officers (1977), and semi-autobiographical novella
A River Runs Through It (1976).
Read excerpts of Norman Maclean's work, free from the University of Chicago Press.
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"James Cameron's Avatar: The Game"
Reviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
Also available for: Wii, PSP, Windows PC
and Nintendo DS.
From: Lightstorm Entertainment/Ubisoft
ESRB Rating: Teen (animated blood, mild
language, mild suggestive themes, violence)
If "Avatar" movie experience is as extraordinary as early critical returns seem to imply it is, then, "James Cameron's Avatar: The Game" doesn't do it a great deal of justice. Rather, it's one of those highly imperfect games that, if engaged with dampened expectations and viewed presentationally as nothing beyond a respectable companion to the film, still can amount to a good time.
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From wikipedia:
Deems Taylor (born Joseph Taylor) (December 22, 1885 - July 3, 1966) was a U.S. composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music.
Taylor was born in New York City and educated at New York University (NYU). He initially planned to become an architect; however, despite minimal musical training he soon took to music composition. The result was a series of works for orchestra and/or voices. In 1916 he wrote the cantata
The Chambered Nautilus, followed by
Through the Looking-Glass (for orchestra) in 1918, earning him public praise and recognition.
Read selections from Deems Taylor: selected writings, by Deems Taylor and James A. Pegolotti, from Google Books.
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Benjamin DisraeliPolitician, novelist and bon viveur, Benjamin Disraeli was a man with many interests. He was born December 21, 1804 in Bedford Row, London. In 1837, he became Prime Minister of England and held the job for nearly seven years. He died April 19, 1881 at Curzon Street, London.
Read Benjamin Disraeli's Endymion,< one of
18 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
From The Courier's Archives
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Wesley Branch Rickey (December 20, 1881 - December 9, 1965) was an innovative Major League Baseball executive best
known for two things: breaking baseball's color barrier by signing the African-American player Jackie Robinson, and later drafting the first Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente; and creating the framework to the modern minor league farm system. His many achievements, and somewhat theatrical religiosity, earned him the nickname "The Mahatma".
Read Goodby to Some Old Baseball Ideas by Branch Rickey, free from baseballthinkfactory.org.
1914 E145 Crackerjack Branch Rickey Card
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From wikipedia:
Minnie Maddern Fiske (Mrs. Fiske) (December 19, 1865 – February 15, 1932), was one of the leading American actresses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She also spearheaded the fight against the Theatrical Syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom.
Read Mrs. Fiske: Her Views on Actors, Acting and the Problems of Production, an interview recorded and transcribed by Alexander Woolcott, free from the Open Collections Program at Harvard University.
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By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer
Hard Candy is brilliantly directed by David Slade and starring Ellen Page (most popular for her film
Juno). The film is about a middle-aged photographer meeting 14-year old Hayley Stark on the internet. The two agree to meet in person and things take an unexpected twist. By the time Hayley decides to go back with the cyber stranger to his place, you’re not sure who the antagonist is. Little Hayley turns the situation around and decides to take the potential pedophile hostage. The question is, why?
The story becomes intense as Hayley tortures her cyber stranger as an attempt to expose his sick and repulsive habits. You begin to ask yourself who the villain is in the situation: The underage rebellious teen out for revenge or the possible sexual deviant. Hayley Stark provides evidence that you shouldn’t underestimate the small or innocent. It didn’t take long for Jeff Kohlver’s judgment to backfire. You never expect the ghost of your mistakes to haunt you until they show up at your front door.
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By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer
Young, reckless, and uncertain — we don’t have anything figured out. We hope that with age that will change. When we’re forced into the “real world” unprepared, we expect valuable knowledge to suddenly appear, and guide us in the right directions. Unfortunately, that’s not always the case.
Away We Go is a movie based on the story of an unconventional couple who recently discover they’re having a baby, but fear being incompetent parents. The purpose of the film is for them to decide where to raise their baby. “Where can we go where our baby girl can experience nature? Because being materialistic is too cliché for our daughter.”
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By Krystyna Wolny, Courier Staff Writer
Winter break is a vacation long awaited. However, many teenagers find themselves with a common problem - boredom. The first few days are filled with sleeping in and playing video games, but it gets old quickly. There are a variety of ways to stay entertained over break, and many students agree on one thing; hanging out with friends.
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic
Dec. 4 marked the release date of
Armored, a crime thriller with a plot focused on a robbery executed by the only people who could be trusted.
The main character is an employee named Hackett (Columbus Short), who is struggling heavily in his finances, and is risking the possibility of losing custody of his younger brother. He works for an armored car company that is responsible for delivering large sums of money safely.
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From wikipedia:
Graciano López y Jaena (December 18, 1856 - January 20, 1896[1]), was a Filipino writer and journalist in the Philippine Revolution. He was recognized as the "Prince of Filipino Orators" who wrote great and striking articles in the infamous newspaper
La Solidaridad in Barcelona, Spain.
López Jaena was born in Jaro, Iloilo to Placido López and María Jacoba Jaena. His parents were poor, as his mother was a seamstress and his father a general repairman. At the age of six, López Jaena was placed under the care of Friar Francisco Jayme who raised him.
Read more about Graciano Lopez Jaena, free from the Aklan Forum Journal.
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Jericho Faustino, Yohannes Zecharias and
James Vandermost practice for today's
Talent Show. Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb on the Track for information.
Come support the Boys Soccer teams tonight vs. Kennedy. JV @ 4:00, Varsity @ 6:00.
MISCELLANEOUS
Attention potential CSF officers: See Mr. Ustick in Room 456 for information about responsibilities of CSF officers.
Treat that special someone with a fresh, toasty, warm, big bag of delicious popcorn. Popcorn stand located outside of the Career Center during 4th & 5th period lunch.
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By Gabriele Di Fiore, Courier Staff Writer
The Hope Connections Club was started by former Logan math teacher Linda Rodriguez several years ago. She had a vision to teach students to give without expecting anything in return. The main idea of this club is to help the less fortunate, needy people in the community.
The highlight of the year is the winter drive.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Santa Claus visited teachers throughout the New Haven Unified School District today, sharing nearly $6,000 worth of classroom grants awarded through the New Haven Schools Foundation’s “Innovations in Education” program, for special projects that promote learning.
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Senior Paola Lizoala, founder
of the club.
Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
Being a senior can be quite expensive. Between college applications, saving up for tuition, and new gas expenses (the downside to finally having a license), money is hard to find, especially in this economy. Because of this, many seniors have been forced to sit out on senior activities such as prom and the senior picnic. However, senior Paola Lizaola has created a simple solution to ensure that fewer students' senior years will be inhibited due to costs.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation on campus safety from James Logan High School Principal Amy McNamara and School Site Council President John Shockley.
Ms. McNamara and Mr. Shockley told the Board that the Logan staff has been working on the four priorities outlined during a September safety meeting with the Board:
1) Student activities: ensuring the future of co-curricular activities in uncertain budget times; providing more places for students to gather and eat; a clean campus initiative; improving flow of information to students.
2) Security: addressing gang activity on campus; implementation of video surveillance system; clarifying consequences for negative behavior; increased monitoring of bathrooms.
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From wikipedia:
Erskine Preston Caldwell (December 17, 1903, Coweta County, Georgia – April 11, 1987) was an American author.
Caldwell was born in a house in the woods outside Moreland, Georgia, the son of a minister in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. His early childhood was spent moving from state to state across the South, as his father found a position in one church after another.
Visit the Erskine Caldwell birthplace and museum website.
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ACTIVITIES
Interested in joining the swim team? Come and meet the swim coaches and find out about us at our informational meeting Thursday after school in Room 75. All are welcome to swim!
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb on the Track for information.
MISCELLANEOUS
The senior mobile home park known as The Tropics is looking for help with their holiday party. If you are interested, read your Logan e-mail or see Mrs. Hart in the Career Center.
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My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
423 pgs. Fiction
Paperback
Publisher: Pocket (January 1, 2004)
ISBN-10: 1439163855
ISBN-13: 978-1439163856 is a sad and tragic story of a girl who was created just to be a provider for her sister. This novel pursues various characters’ points of view and follows the story with their contribution. Anna has been artificially created to be a perfect genetic match for her sick older sister, Kate, who has leukemia. Anna, fed up with having to use her body without directly being asked, has a breaking point when she is asked to give up her kidney for her sister. She hires a lawyer for medical emancipation: being free from having to give up her body parts without her consent.
This is a heartbreaking account of a girl who has to supply her sister’s needs, no matter how extreme these needs may be. Cord blood, white blood cells, bone marrow, or ultimately a kidney are just a few reasons why she was created in the first place.
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Carla Colburn
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By Olivia Guitron,
Courier Staff Writer
The James Logan Media Center is a place where students can go to have a good time or to study for a test. The place is brimming with good books, information, and students to hang out with and talk to. However, students these days seem to know little about the school's library, and much less about the librarian herself.
The director of the Media Center, Carla Colburn, has worked in James Logan for 23 years and has worked for six of those 23 as the Logan librarian. She wanted to convert the library into a place where it is fun to hang out, rather than just a place to do work and large amounts of studying.
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From wikipedia:
Elizabeth Carter (December 16, 1717 – February 19, 1806) was a poet, classicist, writer and translator, and a prominent and learned member of the Bluestocking Circle.
Born in Deal, Kent, she was the daughter of a clergyman whose parish was in the town - her redbrick family home can still be seen at the junction of South Street and Middle Street, close to the seafront. Encouraged by her father to study, she mastered several modern and ancient languages (including Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic) and science. She rendered into English De Crousaz's Examen de l'essai de Monsieur Pope sur l'homme (Examination of Mr Pope's "An Essay on Man", two volumes, 1739); Algarotti's Newtonianismo per le donne (Newtonianism for women); the Discourses of Epictetus 1758; and wrote a small volume of poems.
See paintings of Elizabeth Carter, free from the National Portrait Gallery.
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Senior Alex Gonzales enjoys his lunch
period. Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
Interested in joining the swim team? Come and meet the swim coaches and find out about us at our informational meeting Thursday after school in Room 75. All are welcome to swim!
Boys Volleyball informational meeting today after school in the Staff Lounge. See you there!
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb on the Track for information.
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From the New Haven E-News
James Logan High School’s annual Winter Canned Food continues through tomorrow. A container has been set up in the front office for anyone from the community to donate canned/non-perishable food, new toys and money, and students are being encouraged to bring donations to their second-period classes.
The three classes that bring in the highest number of donations will be treated to a continental breakfast, Activities Director Francis Rojas reports.
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By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Colts’ wrestling team won the Bay Area Invitational held at Castro Valley High School over the weekend. The Colts had seven wrestlers place in the top six in a very competitive field. They were also without one of their best wrestlers, heavyweight Kalifatoni Pole, who is on an official visit to the University of Utah for football.
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Put your old phones in boxes
like these to benefit the fight
against AIDS.
Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
The Humanitarian Assistance Club is holding a used cell phone drive from December 1 to January 10 in Colt Court, room 444, and room 67A.
This drive is in honor of World AIDS Day, December 1, and the Hope Phones Campaign benefits those with AIDS in Africa. The phones collected, working or not, are sent to a recycling center called Hope Phones which then evaluates each phone’s worth and pays the club for the phones to be recycled. The money from the recycling center is used by FACE AIDS organizations to “purchase low cost phones for community health workers” in Rwanda, says the Logan club.
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TROPICO 3
PUBLISHER: Kalypso Media
SYSTEM: PC, also for Microsoft Xbox 360
PRICE: $39.99 ($49.99 for Xbox 360)
AGE RATING: Teen
A nation-building game in which the action is confined to islands, "Tropico 3" installs the player as dictator of a fictional Caribbean country.
The game is not unlike this year's "Dawn of Discovery" for the Wii, though it is more involved and more informative.
Players can choose from several prefabricated leaders, such as Fidel Castro, Che Guevara or Augusto Pinochet, or create their own from scratch.
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ACTIVITIES
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb after school on the track. Believe to Achieve!
Interested in joining the swim team? Come and meet the swim coaches and find out about us at our informational meeting Thursday after school in Room 75. Swim!
Boys Volleyball informational meeting – Wednesday, December 16th, after school in the Staff Lounge. See you there!
Seniors, Financial Aid packets are now available for pick-up in the Career Center.
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By Jim Puzzanghera
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)
WASHINGTON — President Obama met Monday with executives from some of the nation's biggest banks at the White House to talk about the economic recovery, lending to small businesses, helping struggling homeowners and the administration's push to overhaul financial regulations.
The meeting comes after Citigroup announced it had reached a deal with the Treasury Department to repay $20 billion in bailout money. The move will still leave the government with equity in the bank but will release it from strict executive compensation rules aimed at the largest recipients of money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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Uganda's flag.
California's Prop. 8, which banned gay marriage, pales in comparison to a bill before Uganda's parliament. The bill goes beyond taking away gay rights, but proposes punishing some homosexuals with the death penalty just for being homosexual.
Under the proposed bill, life imprisonment is the minimum punishment for anyone convicted of having gay sex. Having gay sex with disabled people and those under the 18 could bring the death penalty, as is the case if the accused is HIV positive or a repeated "offender."
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From wikipedia:
Margaret Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). She was a moderate Republican, included with those known as Rockefeller Republicans. When she left office, Smith had the record as the longest-serving female senator in United States history, ranking 11th in seniority among the members of the Senate, a distinction that has not been surpassed.
Listen to Margaret Chase Smith's speech, A Declaration of Conscience, free from AmericanRhetoric.com.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
Over the Moon by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist
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From wikipedia:
Robert Plot (13 December 1640 – April 30, 1696) was an English naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum.
Born in Borden, Kent, he was educated and subsequently taught at Magdalen Hall, Oxford before moving to University College in 1676. He was a mature commoner at University College and donated a statue of King Alfred to the College (erroneously believed to be the founder of the College).
Read more about Robert Plot.
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Henry Wells (December 12, 1805 – December 10, 1878) was an American businessman important in the history of both the American Express Company and Wells Fargo & Company.
Henry Wells was born in 1805 in Thetford, Vermont, the son of Shepley Wells, a Presbyterian minister who moved his family to central New York State in the westward migration of Yankees out of New England. As a child, Henry worked on a farm and attended school in Fayette. In 1822 he was apprenticed to Jessup & Palmer, tanners and shoemakers at Palmyra, New York.
Read more about Henry Wells, free from wellsfargohistory.com.
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By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer
Looking for a holiday activity for you and the family? Attempt to make memories this year with your loved ones. Christmas is an annual event and a special occasion that should be taken advantage of. Break the tradition and start something new. Looking for a productive event to enjoy during the holidays? Here are some ideas.
—Buy tickets to concerts being held in the Oracle Arena! Live 105’s Not So Silent Night takes place 12/11, Metallica performs 12/20, and Lil Wayne 12/23.
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Fuji San Sushi
123 Great Mall Dr
Milpitas, CA 95035
(408) 263-9588
By Beatrice Esteban, Courier Staff Writer
While doing our annual Christmas shopping at the Great Mall of Milpitas, my family and I were hungry and eager to grab a bite to eat. To our great relief we walked by the sign of Fuji San Sushi, connected to the Great Mall.
Upon stepping into the restaurant, we were quite surprised to find that it looked essentially deserted: there was nobody sitting at the tables eating and chatting, nor were there even any waiters on the phone taking orders. After a momentary wait, the sushi chef came out and kindly had us take a seat. A waiter then promptly came out to both give us menus and take our drink orders. When our drinks came, my mother was upset because her drink glass was dirty – a reasonable protest from a paying customer. However, the waiter was kind and immediately replaced it with a cleaner glass.
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El Gran Amigo
2448 Cabrillo Hwy
Moss Beach, CA 94038
(650) 728-3815,
Courier Staff Writer
This weekend, I went to the Half Moon Bay area for the first time with my boyfriend for his birthday. After a nice time walking along the beach we were hungry, and since he goes to Half Moon Bay often he suggested we go to a place that he swore made delicious Mexican food, including the best tamales: El Gran Amigo.
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic
One of the bloodiest movies to date,
Ninja Assassin, was released in theatres on Nov. 25. The film on a young man named Raizo, who was raised by the Ozunu Clan, a special group of ninja assassins.
The Ozunu Clan is led by Lord Ozunu, the man responsible for taking young children under his wing in order to provide them with the training required to become deadly assassins. Lord Ozunu viewed Raizo as very strong candidate of being his successor; therefore Raizo would constantly receive harsher punishment than the rest of his peers in order to ensure that he becomes one of his elites.
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From wikipedia:
Kamehameha V (1830–1872), born as Lot Kapuāiwa, reigned as monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi from 1863 to 1872. He was born 11 December 1830 , and died on his 42nd birthday 11 December 1872. His motto was "Onipa`a": immovable, firm, steadfast or determined; he worked diligently for his people and kingdom and was described as the last great chief of the olden type, like his grandfather Kamehameha I. His full Hawaiian name prior to his succession was Lota Liholiho Kapuāiwa Kalanimakua Kalanikapuapaikalaninui Ali`iolani Kalani-a-Kekūanaō‘a.
Read "Ali`iolani" - Mele Inoa for Kamehameha V, free from huapala.org.
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ACTIVITIES
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb after school on the track. Believe to Achieve!
Come support the Logan Wrestling Team tomorrow as the Varsity and JV team wrestle in tournaments. The Varsity will be in Castro Valley at the Bay Area Invitational, and JV will be in Newark. Wrestling starts at 9:00 a.m.
Field trip permission slips for the Tuesday 12/15 tour of Fremont Recycling/Waste Station due by Monday 12/14, to Room 421, Mrs. Galaria.
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By Alyssa Pimentel, Courier School News Editor
Cuts in stipends paid to teachers and others who run after-school, co-curricular activities may have big impact on Logan students.
To help close budget shortfalls and save, the Board of Education has decided to eliminate all stipends, extra pay given to teachers and others that lead programs that require them to put in time outside their regular job hours, such as a teacher who also coaches a sport that plays games outside regular school hours.
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By Micah Mahinay, Courier Staff Writer
Also known as America’s hottest party,
Blow Up held it down on last month for the lovely Ava Berlin’s (club owner/photographer of Blow Up) birthday party weekend. It’s located on 155 Fell St., at the Rickshaw Stop.
The cover charge at the club is $15 for 18+ and $10 for 21+, on Fridays except the first Fridays of the month. The weekly party features the resident house dj’s from the city, like Richie Panic and the co-owner of Blow Up SF, Jeffrey Paradise.
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By Micah Mahinay,
Courier Staff Writer
The Westin St. Francis Grand Ball Room filled with underage teens Dec. 4, dancing and screaming as the headliner The Toxic Avenger (Paris, France), co-headliner Designer Drugs (New York) and openers The Tenderlions (San Francisco) blazed the stage that night.
The show, OH SNAP! Super Force, an all age event, was presented by Time Stop in at the swanky downtown San Francisco hotel on Powell Street.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night decided on the name “James Logan High School Center for the Performing Arts” for the theater and music/drama education complex that the District building at the high school. The name is one of two that were advanced to the Board by the Facilities Names Committee, from a list of 23 nominations suggested by the community.
Construction on the Center, which includes a 599-seat theater, rehearsal spaces and an extensive educational wing, is expected to be completed in late January. A dedication ceremony, which will be a free event and open to the public, is being planned for mid-February. In addition, to raise money to help furnish the Center, the New Haven Schools Foundation will sponsor a grand gala, the “Show of Shows,” on Saturday, May 22.
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From wikipedia:
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815, London – 27 November 1852, Marylebone, London), born Augusta Ada Byron, was the only legitimate child of poet Lord Byron. She is widely known in modern times simply as Ada Lovelace.
She is mainly known for having written a description of Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She is today appreciated as the "first programmer" since she was writing programs—that is, encoding an algorithm in a form to be processed by a machine—for a machine that Babbage had not yet built. She also foresaw the capability of computers to go beyond mere calculating or number-crunching while others, including Babbage himself, focused only on these capabilities.
Listen to a BBC radio program about Ada Lovelace.
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Courier staffers Krislyn Perez and
Micah Mahinay bundled up against
the cold Wednesday.
Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb after school on the track.
MISCELLANEOUS
Zahid Sharif, a Junior in the Marketing & Management Academy, got an 8th place award in the Best Video Commercial competition at the 11th Annual Virtual Enterprise National Competition in Bakersfield, CA for business students.
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The Road, by Cormac McCarthy-
Paperback: 287 pages
Publisher: Vintage Books
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307387895
ISBN-13: 978-0739482643“When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him. Nights dark beyond the darkness and the days more gray each one than had had gone before […] Barren, silent, godless. He thought the month was October but he wasn’t sure. He hadn’t kept a calendar for years. They were moving south. There’d be no surviving another winter here”- The Road
The Road is truly a masterpiece. It is the story of a father and son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. They must go further south, to the coast in search of the “good guys” as they call them, and on their way they meet many misfortunes and casualties that can only happen when food is scarce and everyone is paranoid.
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Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
Teen Fiction
306 pgs. is very much like the
Twilight Saga, for all of those fans of vampires and bloodlust. This is a story of a girl named Zoey Redbird, who is physically Marked by a Vampyre on the forehead with the typical Vampyre mark of a crescent moon. Once marked, a person would have to move into the House of Night campus or suffer a horrible death. Becoming a Vampyre isn’t like
Twilight because being marked has the same allure as being infected with the bubonic plague.
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Baby Help by Marilyn Reynolds
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Morning Glory Press
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1885356277
ISBN-13: 978-1885356277
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Courier Staff Writer
Baby Help is Marilyn Reynolds' sixth installment in the
True-To-Life Series set in the fictional Hamilton High. The novel is about a teen mom named Melissa, a senior, and her baby girl, Cheyenne. Melissa loves her boyfriend and father to her baby, Rudy. She states that he is the most important thing to her, after Cheyenne, of course. So when Melissa starts learning about physical and mental abuse, she doesn't want to believe that these are the things that Rudy has done to her. Her thoughts are that Rudy doesn't hurt her all the time, only when he has been drinking. And he’s never hurt Cheyenne, so everything is okay.
Rudy is a very jealous guy; Melissa isn’t even able to have friends that are guys. She can kind of have friends that are girls, but Rudy is still made jealous by it. Melissa and Cheyenne live with Rudy and his mother, Irma. Irma is the type of wife that submits to everything the husband says and never stands up for himself. So naturally, this is how Irma expects Melissa to be as well.
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From wikipedia:
Clarence Frank Birdseye II (December 9, 1886 – October 7, 1956) was an American inventor who is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry.
Birdseye was born in Brooklyn in New York City. While a student at Amherst College, Birdseye worked as a field naturalist for the Unites States government in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana in order to help pay for his tuition. In the summers of 1910 and 1911, he captured several hundred small mammals and isolated several thousand ticks for research into the cause of Rocky Mountain spotted fever. His next field assignment, off and on from 1912 to 1915, was in Labrador, Canada, where he became further interested in food preservation by freezing, especially fast freezeing. He was taught by the Inuit how to ice fish under very thick ice. In -40°C weather, he discovered that the fish he caught froze almost instantly, and when thawed, tasted fresh. He recognized immediately that the frozen seafood sold in New York was of lower quality than the frozen fish of Labrador, and saw that applying this knowledge would be lucrative.
Learn more about Clarence Birdseye from www.birdseyefoods.com.
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ACTIVITIES
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb after school on the track.
MISCELLANEOUS
Zahid Sharif, a Junior in the Marketing & Management Academy, got an 8th place award in the Best Video Commercial competition at the 11th Annual Virtual Enterprise National Competition in Bakersfield, CA for business students.
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Tony Hawk Ride
For: Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii
From: Robomodo/Activision
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (Lyrics, mild
suggestive themes, animated blood)
Without being behind the scenes, it's impossible to discern whether "Tony Hawk Ride" is a case of hardware failing software or software not properly utilizing hardware.
At least on appearance, it isn't due to shoddy hardware workmanship. To the contrary, the board controller that ships with "Ride" — picture a wireless skateboard deck sans wheels — feels durable enough to easily outlast the mountain of iffy plastic musical instruments that paved its way. It looks good, too — like a sophisticated piece of electronics instead of just another one-trick toy.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
A long-awaited video surveillance system, designed to enhance student safety and improve campus security at James Logan High School, will become operational this week.
A total of 24 cameras have been installed, at various points throughout the campus as well as the new Performing Arts Center, the football stadium, the swimming and tennis complexes and the athletic fields behind the school. Administrators were trained today, and parents, students and staff are being notified – by telephone and in the school newsletter – that the cameras are going into operation.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Donate old phones to the Humanitarian Assistance Phone Drive, December 1 to January 10, 2010, and help people with AIDS in Africa. Drop by Colt Court during lunch.
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is at the Adult School. Cost is $125. December 28, 29, 30 – Monday through Wednesday – 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details. Hurry, classes fill up fast!
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By Janet Hook
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)
WASHINGTON — President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill Sunday to rally Democrats on his signature health care initiative as the Senate moved closer to addressing two of the biggest landmines in the bill's path: the terms of a new public insurance option and limits on federal abortion funding.
A showdown on the abortion issue is scheduled for early this week, when an amendment to set stricter limits on federal funding is expected to be defeated.
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Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7, 1985) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Education
Stewart was born in Jackson, Michigan while his family was on vacation. His father, James G. Stewart, was a prominent Republican from Cincinnati, Ohio. His father served as Mayor of Cincinnati for seven years and was later a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court.
Read more about Justice Potter Stewart at michaelariens.com.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
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From wikipedia:
Ira Gershwin (6 December 1896 – 17 August 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.
Watch singer Michael Feinstein sing a Gershwin song, free from youtube.com
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From wikipedia:
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English poet, who wrote a variety of romantic, devotional, and children's poems. She is best known for her long poem Goblin Market, her love poem "Remember", and for the words of what became the popular Christmas carol "In the Bleak Midwinter".
Read Christina Rossetti's works, free from Project Gutenberg.
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1315 Park Street
(between Encinal Ave & Marti Rae Ct)
Alameda, CA 94501
(510) 521-3298
Last weekend I had the chance to try a small Japanese bistro in Alameda. It was call Yellow Tail and it was delicious.
As I vegan I always try to choose restaurants with plenty of vegan and vegetarian options. At Yellow tail the miso soup we started off with was vegan and delicious. For dinner I ordered the tofu with lemongrass and shitake mushrooms, which was quite tasty. Every time I eat Japanese food the tofu is always too salty but here it was just right. Unfortunately I wasn't able to try the sushi but my companion had the unagi and said it was lovely.
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic
Richard Kelly’s latest movie,
The Box, is a science fiction film which explores the lengths people are willing to go to in order to possibly live a happy life. The film stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as a middle class couple living in Richmond Virginia during the 1970’s.
In the beginning scenes of the movie, Norma (Cameron Diaz) receives a package on her doorstep. When she and her husband Arthur open the package, they find that it contains a glass covered button, along with a note stating that a person by the name Mr. Steward will be arriving at their house.
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By Ranjana Prasad,
Courier Staff Writer
The Blind Side with Sandra Bullock is a very touching and eye opening movie.
The movie is about Michael Ore, a football player on the Baltimore Ravens. He is taken away from his mother at a young age and never really has a home until a white family takes him in. This family doesn’t know much about him, but they still take him into their house and make him part of the family.
His life with the Touhys helps him become someone in life. They help him overcome the challenges he faces. He plays football for the high school in which he is enrolled and he is such a great player that many universities offer him football scholarships.
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From wikipedia:
Lillian Russell (December 4, 1860 – June 6, 1922) was an American actress and singer. She became one of the most famous actresses and singers of the late 19th century and early 20th century, known for her beauty and style, as well as for her voice and stage presence.
Russell was born in Iowa but raised in Chicago. Her parents separated when she was eighteen, and she moved to New York with her mother. She quickly began to perform professionally, singing for Tony Pastor and playing roles in comic opera, including Gilbert and Sullivan works. She married composer Edward Solomon in 1884 and created roles in several of his operas in London, but in 1886 he was arrested for bigamy. Russell was married four times, but her longest relationship was with Diamond Jim Brady, who supported her extravagant lifestyle for four decades.
Hear Lillian Russell sing "Come Down Ma Evening Star," free from the Internet Archive.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Donate old phones to the Humanitarian Assistance Phone Drive, December 1 to January 10, 2010, and help people with AIDS in Africa. Drop by Colt Court during lunch.
The Cross Country Team Banquet will be December 8th. See Coach Webb for more info.
Eastin Elementary is looking for students interested in babysitting during next Monday’s PTC meeting. For more info, read your Logan e-mail or see Mrs. Hart in the Career Center
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By Krystyna Wolny, Courier Staff Writer
Justin Bieber is a baby-faced yet spirited 15-year-old with a big voice that has captured the attention of many, young and old. He was discovered by his current manager via YouTube, which has had over 40 million views, and is now signed to Island Records. This Canadian native is a self-taught musician, and he has worked with Usher. His new single “One Time” is a catchy song about what he describes as “puppy love”.
Drop by room 509 for a free Justin Bieber sticker and poster, while supplies last.
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By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer
Before Thanksgiving Break, the Garden Club was selling apple and pumpkin pie during lunch and at Homecoming. They also recently had a harvest of fruit and vegetables.
The pie was a fundraiser, of which profits go toward buying more plants, going on trips, and making official garden club clothing- sweatshirts and t-shirts. The club currently works in the small garden by the teacher’s lounge, but wishes to expand all over campus in a beautification effort. However, they face the issue of how to water potential plants, because there is no watering system currently at Logan.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Enid Lee, a well-known authority on the subject of equity in education and the country’s Multicultural Educator of the Year in 2008, will visit four schools in the New Haven Unified School District on Tuesday.
Ms. Lee, author of "Letters to Marcia: A Teacher's Guide to Anti-Racist Education" and "Beyond Heroes and Holidays: A Practical Guide to K-12 Anti-Racist, Multicultural Education and Staff Development," will meet with principals and other staff members and visit classrooms at Pioneer and Searles elementary schools, Cesar Chavez Middle School and James Logan High School. She also may meet with leaders of the District’s Equity Task Force.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Donate old phones to the Humanitarian Assistance Phone Drive, December 1 to January 10, 2010, and help people with AIDS in Africa. Drop by Colt Court during lunch.
The Cross Country Team Banquet will be December 8th. See Coach Webb for more info.
Barbizon School of Modeling will be in Colt Court today during lunch.
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City of Glass (The New York Trilogy, Vol 1)
by Paul Auster
Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Penguin
Language: English
SBN-10: 0140097317
ISBN-13: 978-0140097313
City of Glass is one of those books that will both confuse and severely interest you. It catches your attention from the very first sentence and keeps it there even after you have finished it.
The book is set in the 1980’s, New York. It follows the story of a man named Daniel Quinn, a simple person who loves to spend his time walking around the streets of New York and makes his living by writing mystery novels. He gets a weird late-night phone call from someone asking for a “Paul Auster.”
Quinn pretends to be this “Paul Auster” and meets the strange caller whose name is Peter Stillman. Stillman tells Daniel of his past history where his father trapped him in a room for nine years of his early life to learn God’s “language”. He asks Quinn, or Auster, to investigate and track the movements if his father who he believes is trying to murder him.
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Shadowland by Alyson Noel
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031259044X
ISBN-13: 978-0312590444I kneel beside him, hands on my knees, toes buried in sand, wishing he'd look at me, wishing he'd speak. Even if it's only to tell me what I already know - that I made a grave and stupid mistake - one that will possibly never be erased. I'd gladly accept it - heck, I deserve it. What I can't stand is his absolute silence and faraway gaze. And I'm just about to say something, anything, to break this unbearable stillness, when he looks at me with eyes so weary they're the perfect embodiment of his six hundred years. ‘Roman.
Here it is everyone, book three to the Immortal series!
If you read the first two books make sure to get this one. You'll love it and all the information it holds. If you haven't then I suggest you pick up the first one and read it. If you like
Twilight, Vampire Academy, or the
Wicked series then you'll like this one too.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Air Force recruiters will be in Colt Court during lunch today.
Donate old phones to the Humanitarian Assistance Phone Drive, December 1 to January 10, 2010, and help people with AIDS in Africa. Drop by Colt Court during lunch.
The Cross Country Team Banquet will be December 8th. See Coach Webb for more info.
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By Justin Hoeger
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
RATCHET & CLANK FUTURE: A CRACK IN TIME
4 stars
The latest in the always dependable "Ratchet & Clank" series sees the heroic duo still separated after the events of "Tools of Destruction." The action is just as fun as ever, and the game looks absolutely gorgeous.
Ratchet scours the galaxy searching for the abducted Clank, collecting new items such as hover boots, and battling robots, monsters and minions with various weapons (several of which can now be customized).
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Julia Ann Moore, the "Sweet Singer of Michigan", born Julia Ann Davis in Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan (December 1, 1847–June 5, 1920), was an American poet, or more precisely, poetaster. Like Scotland's William Topaz McGonagall, she is famed chiefly for writing notoriously bad poetry.
Read some of Julia Ann Moore's poems, free from Western Michigan University.
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