Faux Real by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
Faux Real by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
Faux Real by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
The Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Robinson in 1962 and he was a member of six World Series teams. Jackie earned six consecutive All-Star Game nominations and won several awards during his career. In 1947, Robinson won The Sporting News Rookie of the Year Award and the first MLB Rookie of the Year Award Award. Two years later, Jackie was awarded his first MVP National League MVP Award.
Watch Jackie Robinson portray himself in the feature film, The Jackie Robinson Story," streaming free, or downloadable, from the Internet Archive.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
From wikipedia:
Lloyd Chudley Alexander (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 2007) was a widely influential American author of more than forty books, mostly fantasy novels for children and adolescents, as well as several adult books. His most famous contribution to the field of children's literature is the fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain. The concluding book of the series, The High King, was awarded the Newbery Medal in 1969. Alexander's other books have also won multiple National Book Awards. He was also one of the creators of children's literary magazine Cricket.
Read more about one of Lloyd Alexander's chief works, The Chronicles of Prydain, free from absoluteastronomy.com.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
By Eric Brown, Courier Music Critic
Last Saturday night, the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco was alive with tension and anticipation. Tickets to the sold-out Cold War Kids show were being scalped for amounts far exceeding face value and fans were expecting a passionate and intimate show at the superb venue.
As the lights went down for opener Alec Ounsworth the crowd had a positive energy that is rarely seen in response to opening bands. I was unfamiliar with Alec Ounsworth, but the lead singer of the ensemble eventually introduced himself as Alec and noted that he and his companions were playing material from his solo project, and two other projects, Flashy Python and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.
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Posted by courier at 08:15 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic
If you are someone sitting at home waiting for a new movie to pop into your DVD player, you will need to wait no further than February 16, which marks the DVD and Blu Ray release of Law Abiding Citizen.
Gerard Butler portrays the main character, Clyde Shelton. Shelton is an engineer, who had the unfortunate experience of watching his wife and daughter be murdered right before his eyes. His mental wounds are only worsened, after learning that the man responsible for his family’s murder will only face a prison conviction that is extremely light.
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Posted by courier at 08:08 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Zola Boyd, Courier Staff Writer
Recently I had the chance to dine at Red Chili in Hayward, a Thai restaurant located in the shopping center on the corner of Mission and Industrial.
Upon walking in, the atmosphere was quite pleasant - fancy but not snobby - but the sappy slow jams playing faintly in the background were more annoying than ambient. Fortunately, Red chili has a menu with a multitude of options for both carnivores and herbivores.
For our appetizer, spring rolls were the first choice. They were so-so, and they kind of tasted like paper. I wouldn't recommend those.
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Posted by courier at 08:01 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Zola Boyd, Courier Staff Writer
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is the latest surreal trip through the uniquely brilliant mind of director Terry Gilliam.
Called "disjointed" and "confusing" by some critics, it is a film about the power of the imagination, and its scenes fade in to one another like fragments of thoughts and dreams.
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Posted by courier at 07:53 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Museum of Broadcast
Communications image
From wikipedia:
Allen Balcom DuMont (also spelled Du Mont) (January 29, 1901 – November 14, 1965) was an American scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the cathode ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold the first commercially practical television set to the public. In June Of 1938, his Model 180 television receiver was the first all-electronic television set ever sold to the public, a few months prior to RCA's first set in April 1939. In 1946, DuMont founded the first television network to be licensed, the DuMont Television Network, initially by linking station WABD (named for DuMont) in New York City to station W3XWT, which later became WTTG, in Washington, D.C. (WTTG was named for Dr. Thomas T. Goldsmith, DuMont's Vice President of Research, and his best friend.)
Read more about Allen B. DuMont, free from the Museum of Broadcast Communications.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Some of the lost and found items currently in the Main Office: 1 IPOD, 1 AT&T phone, 2 Motorola phones, 1 Sprint phone, 5 different sets of keys, 3 wallets and 2 pieces of jewelry. If you think one or more of these items may belong to you, come to the front office and speak to Mrs. Leon or Mrs. Whitaker.
Students, if you have not received your 2nd semester schedule yet, please pick it up from your 6th period teacher today. For those students who have made a schedule change request, no changes will happen before CAHSEE testing is done. In the meantime, you must go to the classes designated on your schedule, or you will be marked absent. If you made a change request and haven’t heard anything by Monday, February 8th, see your counselor.
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Posted by courier at 11:31 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
One of my favorite bands, Never Shout Never, just released its very first CD on Tuesday.
The "band" is really just singer/songwriter/musician Christofer Drew Ingle. His new album has many different themes for music, which include love, lost, his parent's divorce, and much more. The songs in his new album are: "Love Is Our Weapon, Jane Doe, Can't Stand It, Sacrilegious, I Love You 5, California, What is Love?, The Past," and, in the version of the album especially made for iTunes, "Fifteen" and "Damn Dog."
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Posted by courier at 08:39 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
John Baskerville (28 January 1706 – 8 January 1775) was an English businessman, in areas including japanning and papier-mâché, but he is best remembered as a printer and typographer.
Baskervillle was born in the village of Wolverley, near Kidderminster in Worcestershire and was a printer in Birmingham, England. He was a member of the Royal Society of Arts, and an associate of some of the members of the Lunar Society. He directed his punchcutter, John Handy, in the design of many typefaces of broadly similar appearance.
Read more about John Baskerville at lawsonarchive.com.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446693804
ISBN-13: 978-0446693806
By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
Nicholas Sparks is a great writer, one whose books will inspire many, and create more readers. His novel, A Walk to Remember, is really touching, right from the start. Sparks has a way with stories and words, and this novel is no different. If you had read his previous novels, then this book is just right, because it shows one of Spark’s most inspiring, touching, and beautiful moments that he has written so far.
It starts with the main character, Landon Carter, as an old man remembering his past and telling the tale of his teenage years when he was 17. Landon was a typical teen in 1958, falling “in love” with various girls in his school, making fun of the minister of his town, who believed that fornicators would rot in hell. His life switches around when he has to find a date to the dance, but his options become limited. So he decides, in the end, to forcefully go out with the minister’s daughter, Jamie Sullivan.
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Posted by courier at 04:53 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
MISCELLANEOUS
Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors: Don’t forget to pick up your PSAT & PACT scores in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Need Drivers Education? Your place is the Adult School! Cost is $125. April 5, 6 & 7, M – W, 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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Posted by courier at 12:34 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Union City police, working with the New Haven Unified School District, have arrested two suspects on marijuana charges after five James Logan High School students became ill on campus last week after investing brownies laced with marijuana.
Police also said that medical tests on two students who required hospital treatment indicated that although marijuana was present, no other illegal drugs were detected.
Union City police, working with the New Haven Unified School District, have arrested two suspects on marijuana charges after five James Logan High School students became ill on campus last week after investing brownies laced with marijuana.
Police also said that medical tests on two students who required hospital treatment indicated that although marijuana was present, no other illegal drugs were detected.
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Sheet music for the 1905
song "Can't You See I'm Lonely?"
by Harry Armstrong
Library of Congress image
By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer
Do you often feel lonely? Do you often feel lonely in a school that's populated with 4000 students your age? It's okay, you're not alone. Believe it or not, the outcasts, loners, and introverted students outnumber the overachievers, and "cool kids" by a landslide.
Being lonely is heart-wrenching, but common among teenagers. It's often a time of self-discovery. Feeling isolated or apart from everyone else is an opportunity to find what makes you happiest, instead of wasting time on people and activities that don't. The young are capable of more than they realize. Being lonely is a state of mind, not a condition with a cure. You can't avoid your feelings, as painful as they may be. Acknowledging your unhappy emotions is the first step toward changing them. Being in denial about what you feel can be more tragic than allowing yourself to feel alone or unhappy.
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A marijuana-laced brownie
DEA photo
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Administrators at James Logan High School are assisting the Union City Police Department’s investigation after five students became ill on campus last week, having ingested brownies or other baked goods apparently laced with ingredients that caused the students to become under the influence and/or sick.
Police issued a statement today noting that “although it is early in the investigation, at this point there is no verifiable evidence to substantiate the fact that anyone intentionally sold or provided controlled substances on campus.”
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Juniors Susan Anderson and Malissa
Sammons share a light moment.
Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
MISCELLANEOUS
Marine Sgt. Galindo will be tabling in Colt Court today at lunch.
Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors: Don’t forget to pick up your PSAT & PACT scores in the Career Center.
Students: 2nd Semester schedules will be distributed 6th period today; those will be the classes you report to beginning Tuesday, February 2nd. If you suspect a problem with your schedule, go to the counseling office on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday and fill out a “Schedule Problem Request Form.” Your counselor will review the form and adjust it if necessary. Note though that any schedule changes made next week will not be effective until after CAHSEE TESTING (i.e. on Thursday, 2/4). Good luck and have a great 2nd semester!
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Posted by courier at 12:06 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Michael Aquino, Courier Staff Writer
To many avid video-gamers such as myself, all of the Blizzard franchise games have some place in my childhood and heart. Warcraft, Starcraft, Diablo--I had grown up with these, and perhaps my abilities had been inherited from my parents. My mom and dad were hardcore players back when Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness was the hit, way back in 1995. In fact, they were winners of 2-on-2 tournaments--I guess it would be natural for their firstborn to have a knack for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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Posted by courier at 05:30 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Colts€™ basketball team was defeated at Washington High by a talented Husky team. The final score was 56-42. Once again, they didn'€™t play their best game. They had many turnovers and could not get into any kind of offensive rhythm.
The first quarter was played well by both sides with Logan coming out on top 11-8. Things went downhill from there. Washington got their shooters open for three point shots that they consistently knocked down. Washington also dominated the boards on both sides of the court and got many 2nd chance points. They went into the half down 30-19.
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From wikipedia:
Arthur (Art) Joseph Rooney Sr (Also known as "The Chief" (January 27, 1901–August 25, 1988) was the American founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise in the National Football League.
The son of Irish Catholic immigrants from Newry in County Down, Ireland. Rooney was a lifelong resident of the Pittsburgh area having been born in Coulterville, Pennsylvania and raised on the North Side of Pittsburgh. He graduated from Duquesne Prep (later Duquesne High School, which closed in 2007). In keeping with his Catholic background, he then went on to Duquesne University. Since then, many members of the Rooney family have graduated from Duquesne and have made many endowments to the university.
Read more about Art Rooney.
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Monday, January 25, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Students: 2nd Semester schedules will be distributed 6th period on Wednesday; those will be the classes you report to beginning Tuesday, February 2nd. If you suspect a problem with your schedule, go to the counseling office on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday and fill out a “Schedule Problem Request Form.” Your counselor will review the form and adjust it if necessary. Note though that any schedule changes made next week will not be effective until after CAHSEE TESTING (i.e. on Thursday, 2/4). Good luck and have a great 2nd semester!
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Posted by courier at 11:05 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Wrestling team was victorious at Mission San Jose. Logan dominated the entire time and showed why they are the team to beat in the Mission Valley Athletic League. The final score was 39-23. Mission San Jose was forced to forfeit some of their matches because they did not have wrestlers at that weight class.
They were 3 very interesting matches on this night. Artemio Flores, the freshman 103 pounder was down 2-3 late into the third period when he took his opponent down to his back and finished victorious by a score of 6-2.
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From wikipedia:
Mikimoto Kōkichi (25 January 1858 – 21 September 1954) was a Japanese entrepreneur and adopter of the Mise/Nishikawa technique for production of spherical cultured pearls.
Born as the first son of an udon shop owner in Toba, Shima Province (present-day Mie prefecture), Mikimoto left school at the age of 13 and sold vegetables to support his family. Seeing the pearl divers of Ise unloading their treasures at the shore in his childhood started his fascination with pearls.
Read more about Kokichi Mikimoto and his company.
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Sunday, January 24, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Our first scholarship winner of the year is Nick Staib. Congratulations Nick for winning the Comcast Leaders & Achievers Scholarship!
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Need Drivers Education? Your place is the Adult School! Cost is $125. April 5, 6 & 7, M – W, 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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Posted by courier at 11:09 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
From wikipedia:
Andrew Ellicott (January 24, 1754 – August 28, 1820) was a U.S. surveyor who helped map many of the territories west of the Appalachians, surveyed the boundaries of the District of Columbia, continued and completed Pierre (Peter) Charles L'Enfant's work on the plan for Washington, D.C., and served as a teacher in survey methods for Meriwether Lewis.
Andrew Ellicott was born in Buckingham Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania as the first of nine children of Joseph Ellicott (1732 – 1780) and his wife Judith (née Blaker or Bleaker, 1729 – 1809). The Quaker family lived in modest conditions; his father was a miller and clockmaker. Young Andrew was educated at the local Quaker school, where Robert Patterson, who later became a professor and vice provost at the University of Pennsylvania, was his teacher for some time. Andrew was a talented mechanic like many of the family and showed some mathematical talent, too.
Read Andrew Ellicott Douglass and the Giant Sequoias in the Founding of Dendrochronlogy by Donald J. McGraw, free from treeringsociety.org.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Sheriff's Dept. Photo
Santa Rita Jail
5325 Broder Blvd
Dublin, CA 94568
(925) 551-6500
By Krystyna Wolny, Courier Staff Writer
Jail is a place feared by many, but not everyone has had the privilege of getting an entire tour of one. As a police explorer, I got a rare behind the scenes look of Santa Rita jail last week.
Santa Rita looks nothing like a jail from the outside. In fact, it’s often mistaken for a community college, which is what the builders were aiming for. Once inside, however, it’s beyond obvious that this is in fact a place that holds thousands of criminals and those accused of crimes.
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5783 Mowry Ave
Mowry Crossing Shopping Center
(at Mowry School Rd)
Newark, CA 94560
(510) 456-3750
www.bjsbrewhouse.com
By Ranjana Prasad, Courier Staff Writer
In 1978, two guys came across a great recipe for deep dish pizza and opened the first BJ’s Chicago Pizzeria in Santa Ana, California. The pizza became a hit and more BJ’s were opened along the southern coast of California. Later on it expanded up north and finally has spread to Newark.
This restaurant is a great place to dine for a date, or with the family and friends. It’s a lively place to go.
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Posted by courier at 09:08 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Ranjana Prasad, Courier Staff Writer
“First comes marriage. Then comes divorce. And then...Divorced...with benefits.”
Meryl Streep plays a divorced mother of three grown kid and owns a bakery/restaurant in the film It's Complicated.
She has been divorced for ten years and meets her ex–husband for dinner at their son’s graduation and from there things go a little crazy. Her ex–husband Jake, played by Alec Baldwin is already married to a much younger woman, Agnes, who is played by Lake Bell. Now Meryl Streep, who plays the character of Jane, is technically the other women or mistress since she is having an affair with her ex.
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Posted by courier at 05:59 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, priest, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician. With a church position in south-east France, he also spent much time in Paris, where he was a leader of a group of free-thinking intellectuals. He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631. The lunar crater Gassendi is named after him.
Read Concerning Happiness, from the works of Pierre Gassendi (1592 - 1655) arranged by Francois Bernier (1620-1688).
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Enette Dumerin holds her twins, Carlebre Dumerin
and Jeff Dumerin, 3, right, in a C-17 on route from
Haiti to Orlando, Florida, Sunday,
Erika Schultz/Seattle Times/MCT
By Alexa Rocero, Courier Staff Writer
Logan's ASB is raising money on campus to aid victims of the catastrophic earthquake that brought tragedy upon the nation of Haiti.
A magnitude 7 earthquake hit the capital of Port-au-Prince on January 12, devastating the country heavily. It left hundreds of thousands dead, and countless injured, with aftershocks and rubble still causing damage to many other lives.
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By Eric Brown, Courier Music Editor
In the canon of nineties rock music, Weezer has its own unique niche. While Nirvana and Pearl Jam championed angst-ridden cynicism of stadium-sized proportions and Radiohead and Beck pushed the envelope of accepted musical techniques Weezer was at work creating its own, admittedly less impressive, trademark—nerd rock.
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Posted by courier at 09:23 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Krystyna Wolny, Courier Staff Writer
Kesha, or to be more creative, Ke$ha is a new upcoming artist in the music world that has become an insta-star. And though Kesha is new to the solo artist scene, many might have heard her in Flo Rida’s single “Right Round”. Her hit single “Tik Tok” is currently being played on almost every radio station in the country. It’s also rumored that her single sold about 610,000 copies, making it the biggest selling single week of a song ever by a female artist.
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Posted by courier at 09:16 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks are still on sale for $90. Stop by Room 44 after school to order yours!
Looking for a community service project? How about picking oranges at the
Tropics Mobile Home Park? Interested? Open your Logan e-mail or pick up an
orange flyer in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks are still on sale for $90. Stop by Room 44 after school to order yours!
Free teen summit seminar on Managing Money Wisely at 1st United Services Credit Union, Union City branch, 33131 Alvarado Niles Road, Thursday, January 21, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm. Parents welcome. Food and refreshments will be served.
Sgt. Galindo from the U.S. Marine Corps will be tabling in Colt Court today at lunch.
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Posted by courier at 11:09 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
L.A. Candy by Lauren Conrad
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (June 16, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061767581
ISBN-13: 978-0061767586
By Krislyn Perez, Courier Staff Writer
If you’re a lover of gossip, Los Angeles and great storylines, then Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Candy is just for you. The name Lauren Conrad may seem familiar to you and that is due to her starring in MTV’s hit series The Hills.
Conrad’s novel revolves around the lives of two best friends named Jane Roberts and Scarlett Harp, who are both nineteen years old. They have just moved to Los Angeles together for two very different reasons: Scarlett, to attend University of Southern California and Jane, to intern for top event planner, Fiona Chen.
On a night out at the club, Scarlett and Jane are noticed by reality TV producer, Trevor Lord. Trevor approaches the girls and asks them to be apart of L.A. Candy, a “reality version of Sex and the City.”
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Posted by courier at 11:58 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Violet and Claire by Francesca Lia Block
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (September 19, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0064472531
ISBN-13: 978-0064472531
By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer
Violet and Claire, written by Francesca Lia Block, is a short novel about two girls who meet by chance. While Violet attempts to finish writing a script for a movie that would begin her career she meets Claire, her complete opposite.
Violet is an independent teenager. She’s not interested in her immature peers or overrated high school. People her age, with no stories to tell or adventurous experiences, aren’t interesting enough to put in her script.
It’s until Violet meets Claire she finds a strange fascination with everything. Claire is the perfect character for her city documentation. She’s blonde, bubbly, and completely unaware of the reality around her.
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Posted by courier at 09:38 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night heard a report on the governor’s budget proposal for 2010-11 and its effect on New Haven Unified. Interim Chief Business Officer Jim O’Connor told the Board that despite Gov. Schwarzenegger’s assertion that education is not being cut, “that is not the case.”
In fact, Mr. O’Connor told the Board, New Haven Unified will have to cut at least $3.2 million -- and perhaps as much as $4 million to $5 million -- under the governor’s proposal. The proposal includes ongoing targeted cuts, a negative cost-of-living adjustment, a statewide $1.2 billion cut to “school district administrative costs” and $300 million to follow from the reduced administrative costs.
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An Episcopalian primary school, College St. Pierre,
collapsed during the Jan. 12 earthquake.
Photo/Jois Goursse Celestin/episcopalchurch.org
By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer
On Tuesday of last week, the country of Haiti (located near Florida) was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the afternoon. This was the largest earthquake to hit the island in over 200 years, and will have devastating effects on the population.
The quake originated close to the capital, Port-Au-Prince, which has about 2 million people living in it. The Associated Press put out an estimate of 50,000 dead, but agrees with President Rene Preval’s statement that it is too soon to really know how many are dead.
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From wikipedia:
Fleur Fenton Cowles (January 20, 1908 – June 5, 2009) was an American writer, editor and artist[2] best known as the creative force behind the short-lived Flair magazine.
Fleur Fenton was born Florence Freidman in Montclair, New Jersey. Her parents were Morris Freidman, a novelty salesman, and his wife, Lena. She had siblings who used the surname Freeman in adulthood: Dr. Paul William Freeman, a dentist (1906—1966), and Mildred Freeman Goertz.
Read Fleur Cowles' obituary in the Telegraph.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Senior Jericho Faustino and junior Kaikea
Fernando play music during a recent lunch
period. Jade Trombino/Courier Photo
MISCELLANEOUS
Sgt. Galindo from the U.S. Marine Corps will be tabling in Colt Court today at lunch.
Looking for a community service project? How about picking oranges at the Tropics Mobile Home Park? Interested? Open your Logan e-mail or pick up an orange flyer in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Posted by courier at 09:10 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Forensics students from around
the nation gathered at Logan
last weekend.
Justin Chen/Courier Photo
By Beatrice Esteban, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan High School’s nationally renowned Forensics team hosted almost 60 other schools, some from as far away as Minnesota, last weekend at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational forensics tournament.
With the assistance of student volunteers, current team members, alumni and various assistant coaches, Director of Forensics Tommie Lindsey, Jr. runs the tournament on Logan’s campus every year on the weekend of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. This year, the MLK tournament (as the tournament has been dubbed informally) was run from Friday afternoon to Sunday.
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Guitar Hero: Van Halen
For: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii
and Playstation 2
From: Neversoft/Activision
ESRB Rating: Teen (mild lyrics,
mild suggestive themes)
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
"Guitar Hero's" previous single-band releases, devoted to Aerosmith and Metallica, were already of questionable quality before "Rock Band" kicked the bar out of the atmosphere with "The Beatles: Rock Band."
Though a perfectly tenable game for reasons to be detailed later, "Guitar Hero: Van Halen" doesn't brighten the picture. Depending on your opinion of Val Halen's present-day relevance and your tolerance for "Guitar Hero" releases in the span of a single year, it might even constitute a leap backward.
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Posted by courier at 06:19 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Alexander Humphreys Woollcott (January 19, 1887 – January 23, 1943) was an American critic and commentator for The New Yorker magazine, and a member of the Algonquin Round Table.
He was the inspiration for Sheridan Whiteside, the main character in the play The Man Who Came to Dinner by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart, and for the far less likable character Waldo Lydecker in the classic film Laura. He claimed to be the inspiration for Rex Stout's brilliant detective Nero Wolfe, but Stout, although he was friendly to Woollcott, said there was nothing to that idea.
Read Mrs. Fiske: her views on actors, acting, and the problems of production, by Minnie Maddern Fiske, Alexander Woollcott.
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Monday, January 18, 2010
From wikipedia:
Peter Mark Roget FRS (18 January 1779 – 12 September 1869) was a British physician, natural theologian and lexicographer. He is best known for publishing, in 1852, the Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases (Roget's Thesaurus), a classified collection of related words.
Peter Mark Roget was born in London. His obsession with list-making as a coping mechanism was well established by the time he was eight years old. The son of a Swiss clergyman, Roget studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. His life was marked by several incidents of sadness. His father and his wife died young. His beloved uncle Samuel Romilly committed suicide in Roget's presence. Roget struggled with depression for most of his life. His work on the thesaurus arose partly from an effort to battle depression.
Read Roget's Thesaurus, free from Project Gutenberg.
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Sunday, January 17, 2010
From wikipedia:
Peggy Gilbert earned renown as a female jazz musician, with a career that lasted more than 80 years. When she was only 7 years old, she played piano and violin with her father's music band; she later discovered jazz music, and started to play the saxophone. After high school, she performed in local theatres and resorts, and became a pioneer performer on both radio and television.
Learn more about Peggy Gilbert, free from peggygilbert.org.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor
Woods by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist
Woods by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist
From wikipedia:
Ellen Wood (née Price) (January 17, 1814 – February 10, 1887), was an English novelist, better known as "Mrs. Henry Wood".
Ellen Price was born in Worcester. In 1836 she married Henry Wood who worked in the banking and shipping trade in Dauphiné in the South of France, where they lived for 20 years.[1] On the failure of Wood's business, the family (including four children) returned to England, settling in Norwood in London, and Ellen Wood turned to writing. This supported the family (Henry Wood died in 1866). She wrote over 30 novels, many of which (especially East Lynne), enjoyed remarkable popularity. Among the best known of her stories are Danesbury House, Oswald Cray, Mrs. Halliburton's Troubles, The Channings, Lord Oakburn's Daughters and The Shadow of Ashlydyat. In 1867, Wood purchased the English magazine Argosy, which was founded by Alexander Strahan in 1865. She worked as its editor until June 1887. At her death (caused by bronchitis) her estate was valued at over £36,000, then a very considerable sum.
Read The Channings by Mrs. Henry Wood, one of four of her works available free from Progect Gutehberg.
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Saturday, January 16, 2010
From wikipedia:
Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 – September 11, 1958) was a poet and writer, sometimes referred to as "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". His writing was so expressive that his readers took him for a hard-bitten old Klondike prospector, not the later-arriving bank clerk he actually was.
Read The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses by Robert W. Service, one of six of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
By Zola Boyd, Courier Staff Writer
Recently I had the chance to try a new restaurant in Aptos, California, near Santa Cruz. Located in the Seascape Resort, the Sanderlings restaurant specializes in seafood but features an array of different dishes and wines for those over the age of twenty one. Unfortunately, though, my dining experience was far from spectacular.
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Posted by courier at 09:54 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Shamal Asnani, Courier Films Editor
One of the first movies to be released in the New Year is Daybreakers, which was released January 8.
Although the movie's main focus involves vampires, Daybreakers definitely provides a different type of entertainment than other vampire related movies, such as Twilight. The movie takes place in the year 2019, when a plague has spread across a large percentage of the American population, turning them into vampires.
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Posted by courier at 09:43 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Beatrice Esteban, Courier Staff Writer
Filipino food has always been a favorite of mine – and not just because I’m Filipino. There’s something about the diversity offered by Filipino food that I find difficult to parallel. The soups can be had in so many different ways: one can drink it straight as soup, mix it with rice, or even add other foods to enhance the flavor. The meats can be dipped in a variety of different sauces and cooked with a plethora of methods. It is quite possible that two people can order the same exact dish and have completely dissimilar experiences with it.
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Posted by courier at 06:42 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Guest judge Katy Perry, center
right, joins Randy Jackson, far
left, Kara DioGuardi, center left,
and Simon Cowell on "American I
dol," airing on FOX.
Michael Becker/Courtesy FOX/MCT
By Denise Martin and Joe Flint
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Simon Cowell is on the move.
"American Idol's" star judge and Fox plan to launch a U.S. version of his wildly popular British music talent show "The X Factor" in 2011, people close to the situation said. As a result, this year may be Cowell's last with a full-time presence on the nation's most popular television series, which begins its ninth season Tuesday.
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Posted by courier at 06:20 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Early years
Kovalevskaya was born in Moscow, Russia. Her father was Vasily Vasilievich Krukovsky (1800-1874), an artillery officer of Polish descent, later general and commander of the Kremlin arsenal. Krukovsky was a distant descendant of the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus; in 1858 the Russian authorities confirmed his noble status, and Krukovsky was permitted to change his surname to Korvin-Krukovsky, in other words, to add "Korvin" (the Krukowski's coats-of-arms) to his family name. "Korvin" comes from "Corvus" (Latin "crow"), and the Polish name "Krukovsky" comes from "kruk" (Polish "crow"), too.
Read more about Kovalevskaya at MacTutor
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Thursday, January 14, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Come out to Colt Court today for live entertainment by members of the Fanny Pak
and Supreme Soul dance crews. They will be performing at the Empower 2 Benefit
Concert at Chabot College this weekend. Tickets are available for $10 during the
lunch performances and proceeds will go toward soulciety.org's efforts to provide
education opportunities in developing communities in Asia.
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Posted by courier at 11:59 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Geoff Boucher
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — With the exception of James Dean, who made only three films, there might be no pop-culture icon who has done more with less than the late Jimi Hendrix. The ultimate guitar hero released just three studio albums before his death in 1970, but new generations of music fans keep plugging into his amplified legacy.
The volume of Hendrix's music is about to get turned up.
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Posted by courier at 09:07 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Quake damage in Haiti
Photo: USAID.gov
By Steven Thomma
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Racing to help save lives, U.S. ships and planes are rushing to the Caribbean as President Barack Obama vows that the U.S. will give its "unwavering support" to the people of earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
"I have directed my administration to respond with a swift, coordinated and aggressive effort to save lives," Obama said at the White House after he canceled a trip to nearby Maryland to spend more time on responding to a tragedy he called heart wrenching.
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In 1864, her work began to be admitted for exhibition in the highly esteemed Salon de Paris. Sponsored by the government and judged by academicians, the salon is the annual juried exhibition of the best new paintings and sculptures, the official art exhibition of the Académie des beaux-arts in Paris. Her work continued to be selected for exhibition in the salon for ten years before, in 1874, she joined the "rejected" Impressionists in the first of their own exhibitions, which was founded by Cézanne, Degas, Monet, Morisot, Pissarro, Renoir, and Sisley. It was held at the studio of the photographer, Nadar.
See many examples of Berthe Morisot's art, free from the WebMuseum.
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Come out to Colt Court today/tomorrow for live entertainment by members of the Fanny Pak and Supreme Soul dance crews. They will be performing at the Empower 2 Benefit Concert at Chabot College this weekend. Tickets are available for $10 during the lunch performances and proceeds will go toward soulciety.org's efforts to provide education opportunities in developing
communities in Asia.
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Posted by courier at 05:47 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670020559
ISBN-13: 978-0670020553
By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer
Lev Grossman’s novel, The Magicians, would feel familiar to any avid fantasy reader. A boy discovers he has a talent for magic and goes to a magic school. He has extraordinary adventures in secret lands, and lives in a segregated magical society. Trauma happens, but he goes on to have more adventures. The book has many references to Harry Potter, Narnia, and other fantasy standards, but it also has something more.
The Magicians uses sex, drugs, alcohol, and depression to create a feeling of misery, listlessness and sorrow over the loss of innocence not usually emphasized in fantasy. The characters here are normal people who make normal mistakes, they are not heroes off to save the world, stand up for truth and virtue, and have the good guys never lose anything. People looking for the easy get away of an easy to read fantasy book will not find it in The Magicians- most likely you will feel depressed and empty at the end.
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Posted by courier at 09:31 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Masquerade by Melissa de la Cruz
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786838930
ISBN-13: 978-0786838936
By Brandie Moore, Courier Books Editor
Charles Force was Michael, Pure of Heart, one of the archangels who had voluntarily chosen exile from Heaven to help his brethren who had been cast out during Lucifer's revolt and cursed to live their lives on earth as the Blue Bloods. He was a vampire only by choice, not sin. Her mother, Allegra Van Alen, was the only other vampire who shared this distinction. Allegra was Gabrielle, the Uncorrupted, the Virtuous. Michael and Gabrielle had a long and entangled history. They were vampire twins, blood-bound to each other, and had been born brother and sister in this cycle. The bond was an immortal vow between Blue Bloods, but Gabrielle had forsaken the vow when she had taken Schuyler's Red Blood father, her human familiar, as husband instead.
Masquerade is the second book in Melissa de la Cruz' vampire-themed Blue Blood series, a.k.a The Van Alen series.
In this book, the main character, Schuyler, and her best friend/human conduit Oliver go to Venice to find her grandfather, Lawrence. She needs his help to prove to the blue bloods, vampires that feed on humans, that the silver bloods, who feed on blue bloods, are back.
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Posted by courier at 09:21 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell
by Tucker Max
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Citadel
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0806527285
ISBN-13: 978-0806527284
By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
Tucker Max is so hilarious in his book, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, which is made primarily of his stories that happened to him since about 2000. Tucker has his own website (www.tuckermax.com) where he has a blog in which he writes about the crazy situations he and his friends get into. Many of his stories involve drinking to excess, or him drinking into an almost passing-out stage. He is the kind of guy that has relations with too many girls to count, and can’t even remember their names the next day, because he was either drunk, or didn’t care.
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Posted by courier at 08:57 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Reel Culture by Mimi O’Connor
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Zest Books (November 18, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0981973310
ISBN-13: 978-0981973319
By Ranjana Prasad, Courier Staff Writer
Reel Culture, published by Zest Books, is a great book about fifty classic movies you should know about, classics meaning Superman, The Godfather, The Wizard of Oz, and 47 more.
The book has great information these great films that are relatively old in the teen-aged mind, yet are important to see because they are often referenced in our everyday lives.
I spoke with author, Mimi O’Connor this week, and she said she wrote this book so young people would know more about these old movies. She said that she noticed that classic movies were consistently referred to in her everyday work, so she decided to write a book about these great classics.
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Posted by courier at 08:30 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Jacqueline Charles and Carol Rosenberg
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MIAMI — A powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the capital of Haiti Tuesday afternoon, crippling the poor island nation and knocking out most of its communication with the outside world.
There were no fatalities reported as of 8 p.m. EST, but there were growing reports of mass destruction — a hospital is believed to have collapsed and people heard screaming for help.
Sections of the National Palace have crumbled and there were reports of injuries.
"There are people injured in the palace," said Fritz Longchanp, executive director of the palace. "I'm calling for help and medical assistance for them."
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From wikipedia:
Clark Ashton Smith (13 January 1893 – 14 August 1961) was an American poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mostly remembered today. With Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, also a friend and correspondent, Smith remains one of the most famous contributors to the pulp magazine Weird Tales.
Read Clark Ashton Smith's poems, free from blackcatpoems.com
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
By Jeffry Bartash
MarketWatch (MCT)
LAS VEGAS — Are people really ready to don funny glasses to watch three-dimensional television in their homes? The answer is a resounding "yes," according to the electronics and entertainment industries.
A technology developed in the 1920s, 3-D has often been ignored or ridiculed. For years it was used in cheesy monster movies or similar B-movies and required viewers to wear cheap, eye-straining plastic glasses.
"3-D has had a bumpy ride," Samsung America President Tim Baxter acknowledged.
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Posted by courier at 05:31 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
For: Nintendo Wii
From: Climax/Konami
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, drug
reference, language, sexual themes,
violence)
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
It's always exciting when a game like "Silent Hill: Shattered Memories" takes complete liberty not only with the franchise that bore it, but also the system on which it runs.
It's also a downer when problems that have regularly haunted the franchise creep in yet again and debilitate the mood to a potentially eject button-pressing degree.
"Memories" purports to re-imagine the original "Silent Hill" game by resurrecting its main character and introductory plot. Harry Mason has once again awoken in a snowbound town after a car accident knocked him unconscious, and once again, his daughter has mysteriously disappeared.
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Posted by courier at 05:19 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Josiah Clement Wedgwood, 1st Baron Wedgwood, DSO sometimes referred to as Josiah Wedgwood IV (16 March 1872 – 26 July 1943) was a British Liberal and Labour politician who served in government under Ramsay MacDonald. He was the great-great-grandson of the famous potter Josiah Wedgwood.
Read Josiah C.Wedgwood the man and his work, by Lajpat Rai, free from the Internet Archive.
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Monday, January 11, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Students: Parking in the lot in front of the Pavilion is for construction workers only. Do not park in this area.
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Posted by courier at 11:40 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Howard Mintz
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — As of Monday morning, the epicenter of the national debate over gay marriage returns to the same few blocks in San Francisco where it catapulted into a major public issue six years ago.
This time, the same-sex marriage wars will unfold in the city's federal building, just a short walk from where San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom once riled the country by handing out marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples at City Hall. Now, the legal fight over gay marriage shifts into unprecedented territory with the first trial ever held over the constitutionality of a state's ban on the right of same-sex couples to wed.
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By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan girls' basketball team was defeated by a very good Newark Memorial team on Friday. The game was competitive and no team had a greater lead than 6 points. The final score was 62-58.
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Sunday, January 10, 2010
Students in Logan physics classes
tested the strength of their
toothpick structures last week.
Jade Trombino/Courier Photos
MISCELLANEOUS
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Students: Parking in the lot in front of the Pavilion is for construction workers only. Do not park in this area.
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Posted by courier at 11:00 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist
This Side Up by Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Artist
This Side Up by Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Artist
From wikipedia:
Gerald "Jerry" Wexler (January 10, 1917 – August 15, 2008) was a music journalist turned music producer, and was regarded as one of the major record industry players behind music from the 1950s through the 1980s. He coined the term "rhythm and blues", and was integral in signing and/or producing many of the biggest acts of the last 50 years, including Ray Charles, the Allman Brothers, Chris Connor, Aretha Franklin, Led Zeppelin, Wilson Pickett, Dusty Springfield and Bob Dylan. Wexler was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. Jerry Wexler was one of the most highly-regarded A&R men in popular music history, a status bolstered by his accomplishments with Aretha Franklin.
Read more about Jerry Wexler and his career, free from Salon.com.
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Saturday, January 09, 2010
From wikipedia:
Richard Halliburton (9 January 1900 – presumed dead after 24 March 1939) was an American traveler, adventurer, and author. Best known nowadays for having swum the length of the Panama Canal and paying the lowest toll in its history—thirty-six cents—Halliburton was headline news for most of his brief career. His final and fatal adventure, an attempt to sail a Chinese junk, the Sea Dragon, across the Pacific Ocean from Hong Kong to the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco, made him legendary.
Read "Richard Halliburton and Moye Stephens: Traveling Around the World in the ‘Flying Carpet’," free from HistoryNet.
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Friday, January 08, 2010
By Geoff Boucher
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Iovine, one of the most powerful figures in the music industry, has been lining his walls with gold and platinum records for decades, so when he declares that he's found "the next big thing" it's worth lending an ear. This time, though, his passion project has nothing to do with radio hits or album sales — and that alone says a lot about the state of the recording industry.
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Jimmy Iovine, one of the most powerful figures in the music industry, has been lining his walls with gold and platinum records for decades, so when he declares that he's found "the next big thing" it's worth lending an ear. This time, though, his passion project has nothing to do with radio hits or album sales — and that alone says a lot about the state of the recording industry.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Thanks to the generosity of a current Board of Education member, a past Board member and a local business, the New Haven Schools Foundation Thursday presented four more New Haven Unified School District teachers with “Innovations in Education” classroom grants, for special projects that promote learning.
Board member Kevin Harper, who has independently funded projects in each of the five years since the Foundation began the classroom grant program, gave $500 to Alvarado Middle School teacher Karen Stock to purchase educational software. The software will be used in a Resource Support Program (RSP) “mini-lab,” to help students improve their math, writing and study skills.
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By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic
Any fans of the legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, should be excited to hear that December 25 marked the release date for the film adaptation of the detective. Robert Downey, Jr. stars as the movie’s title character, with Jude law portraying Dr. Watson. The movie begins with the arrest of Lord Blackwood, after his attempt to sacrifice a human being in order to perform a ritual. Months later, Blackwood insists that Holmes be present to witness his hanging. Moments before he is hung, Blackwood explains to the detective that three more deaths will occur after his hanging, and reassures Holmes that nothing can be done to prevent these deaths either.
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Posted by courier at 09:27 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer
A classic Edward Norton film is The Painted Veil. He’s most famous for the film Fight Club but this movie captures his talent as a brilliant yet sensitive bacterial scientist who’s forced to become responsible for hundreds of lives. As uninteresting as that sounds, his co-star Naomi Watts, causes conflict in his hopes to win her affection. His convincing performance helps you to understand his character and sympathize with his good intentions.
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From wikipedia:
Francisco González Bocanegra (January 8, 1824 – April 11, 1861) was a Mexican poet who wrote the lyrics of the Mexican National Anthem in 1853.
He was born in San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí to Spanish soldier José María González Yáñez and Francisca Bocanegra y Villalpando, sister of the Foreign Relations Secretary under President Vicente Guerrero, José María Bocanegra. Despite his father being exempted because of being married to a Mexican, in 1827, his family moved to Spain after a law was enacted expelling all remaining Spanish citizens in the country. They settled in the port of Cádiz until the family returned to San Luis Potosí on December 28, 1836.
Read the Bocanegra's words to the Mexican National Anthem, in English and Spanish, free from wikipedia.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Which do you prefer, a pullover or a zipper hoodie? The choice is yours at Colt Necessities, located in the Career Center during 4th & 5th period lunches.
Treat your special someone to a fresh, toasty bag of delicious popcorn. Popcorn stand is located outside of the Career Center during 4th & 5th period lunches.
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Posted by courier at 06:38 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By T.J. Matsumoto, Courier Sports Editor
The Lady Colts were defeated by the Mission San Jose Warriors 49-29 in the Lady Colts league opener. Mission San Jose opened up with an 11-0 run and held the lead for the rest of the game. This game was never close and a disappointing showing for the Lady Colts.
The difference in the game was in the ball movement by the Warriors. They continued to get good shots on the basket and made most of them. The Warriors also were able to play great defense and shut down Logan's posts and centers. Even some difficult shots bounced the right way for Mission and added to their lead.
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Chef Herve LeBiavant
Walter Carrasco/Courier Photo
By Jericho Faustino, Courier Staff Writer
Culinary Arts with Chef Herve LeBiavant is not your average class. Everything is hands-on. Copying recipes and learning from a book is not all that the class is about. Every once in a while, Chef Herve himself does a demo and cooks for the class. From Thanksgiving turkey to regular omelets, then the class will cook and based on how well the class follows directions dictates how their food comes out.
Born in France, LeBiavant graduated form Culinary Arts School in Paris and has worked all over the world. His resumé that includes work in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and moved to the U.S. He then began work in New York, Miami, and Boston. From there he moved to Tokyo, Japan, and came back and took a job at the Fairmont Hotel.
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By Krystyna Wolny, Courier Staff Writer
Many can agree that Lady Gaga is one of the most bizarre celebrities out there nowadays, but it’s her music that goes along with her image. Her new album, The Fame Monster, came out on November 18th. I recently bought it and was surprised at how different it sounded compared to her previous CD.
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Posted by courier at 09:38 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Happy Birthday to our 13th President, Millard Fillmore, born this day in 1800.
Yearbooks are still on sale in Room 44 for $90. Buy yours now before they run out!
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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By Brandie Moore, Courier Books Editor
Dimitri. There he was again, popping back into my mind. I had no clue if he really would be lurking near his hometown, but I had nothing else to go on at this point. Again, that weird feeling came over me. My mind blurred Dimitri's face with that of the Strigoi I'd just killed: pale skin, red-ringed eyes. "No, I sternly told myself. Don't focus on that yet. Don't panic. Until I faced Dimitri the Strigoi, I would gain the most strength from remembering the Dimitri I loved, with his deep brown eyes, warm hands, fierce embrace.
Here it is everyone! Book four of Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series. It was a long wait, but oh so worth it. Just when you thought these books couldn't get better, they bring out the next one and the cycle repeats.
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Posted by courier at 10:19 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Brandie Moore, Courier Books Editor
Across the street, Schuyler saw a cab pull up to the curb, and a tall blond guy stepped out of it. Just as he emerged, another cab barreled down the street on the opposite side. It was swerving recklessly, and at first it looked like it would miss him, but at the last moment, the boy threw himself in its path and disappeared underneath its wheels. The taxicab never even stopped, just kept going as if nothing happened. "Oh my God!" Schuyler screamed. The guy had been hit - she was sure of it - he'd been run over - he was surely dead. "Did you see that?" she asked, frantically looking around for Oliver, who seemed to have disappeared. Schuyler ran across the street, fully expecting to see a dead body, but the boy was standing right in front of her, counting the change in his wallet. He slammed the door shut and sent his taxi on its way. He was whole and unhurt.
Book one in Melissa De La Cruz' Blue Bloods saga is another vampire book, but it has a different twist on how we all know and see vampires. Unlike most vampires we know, in Cruz' book, instead of being bitten and turning into a vampire you are either born a vampire or a human. Another difference is instead of living forever these vampires live a regular human life and their memories lives on through different human bodies.
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Posted by courier at 10:10 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
For families of children who were not quite old enough to attend kindergarten when the 2009-10 school year began, a few openings still exist in the New Haven Unified School District’s mid-year, full-day kindergarten program that starts in February.
To be enrolled in regular kindergarten in 2009-10, a child must have been born on or before Dec. 2, 2004. For children born between Dec. 3, 2004, and March 19, 2005, the District will offer the mid-year kindergarten program beginning Feb. 1 and continuing through June 17.
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By Krislyn Perez, Courier Staff Writer
Christopher John Francis Boone is the main character and narrator of Mark Haddon’s novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Christopher is fifteen years old and a mathematical genius. He is autistic; he loves and needs order. Christopher absolutely hates to be touched and understands very little about human emotions. He loves animals and has a pet rat named Toby.
His mother died a few years ago of a heart attack. Christopher often goes on late night walks and one night finds Mrs. Shears dog, Wellington, with a garden fork sticking out of him; Mrs. Shears is Christopher’s neighbor. Christopher decides that it is his duty to investigate the murder, just like Sherlock Holmes investigated many murders.
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Posted by courier at 09:28 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Olivia Guitron, Courier Staff Writer
One of Dan Brown’s first books, Angels and Demons was published about three years before his greatest, yet controversial, novel about the Illuminati and the Roman Catholic church, The Da Vinci Code.
Angels and Demons has proved its marketability by being turned into a movie last year. Although the novel Angels and Demons is set in a time before the events of The Da Vinci Code, the film version is set after.
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Posted by courier at 09:23 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks are still on sale in Room 44 for $90. Buy yours now before they run out!
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Which do you prefer, a pullover or a zipper hoodie? The choice is yours at Colt Necessities, located in the Career Center during 4th & 5th period lunches.
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By Michael Aquino, Courier Staff Writer
On the chilly night of December 14th, invited by a friend to the event, I attended the first musical-symphony event I had really ever seen. I was really unsure of what to expect. What was I supposed to be anticipating for James Logan's Winter Concert?
Honestly. I had the assumption that this would be just some bunch of kids playing instruments and playing lullabies to put me to sleep. I thought it might have been one of the worst times ever and that I would eternally hold a grudge against such symphonic performances forever after.
I was so wrong.
On the chilly night of December 14th, invited by a friend to the event, I attended the first musical-symphony event I had really ever seen. I was really unsure of what to expect. What was I supposed to be anticipating for James Logan's Winter Concert?
Honestly. I had the assumption that this would be just some bunch of kids playing instruments and playing lullabies to put me to sleep. I thought it might have been one of the worst times ever and that I would eternally hold a grudge against such symphonic performances forever after.
I was so wrong.
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Posted by courier at 09:51 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
The anniversary of Vernon
Eddins' murder in part lead
to the Talent Show postponement
By Alyssa Pimentel, Courier Staff Writer
Logan administrators postponed the much anticipated James Logan Talent Show, scheduled for the last day of school before the holiday break, just hours before the assembly due to concerns about student safety and violance.
On the morning December 18, with teachers and students expecting to be on a special assembly schedule, Logan principal Amy McNamara made the announcement over the public address system postponing the annual talent show.
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By Jericho Faustino, Courier Staff Writer
The highly anticipated Call of Duty - Modern Warfare 2 is finally here and is quickly taking over online servers as the game to be reckoned with.
The latest in the infamous Call of Duty franchise, "Modern Warfare 2" has already been regarded by gamers as one of the hottest games, EVER. You can't blame them for that assumption, especially with an action packed campaign, a Cooperative game mode called Special Ops, and online play where all hell brakes loose.
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Posted by courier at 09:08 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Zebulon Montgomery (Calhoun) Pike Jr. (January 5, 1778 – April 27, 1813) was an American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named. His Pike expedition, often compared to the Lewis and Clark Expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase.
Read The Boy's Story of Zebulon M. Pike, free from the Internet Archive.
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Monday, January 04, 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Financial Aid packets are available for seniors to pick up in the Career Center.
Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77. Daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.,
Tuesday-Thursday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Which do you prefer, a pullover or a zipper hoodie? The choice is yours at Colt
Necessities, located in the Career Center during 4th & 5th period lunches.
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Posted by courier at 11:23 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Saturday, January 02, 2010
Photo: Ben Spaisman/yiddishtheater.net
From wikpedia:
Zypora Spaisman (b. January 2, 1916, Lublin, Poland - d. May 18, 2002, New York City) was a Polish-American actress and Yiddish theatre empresaria.
Born as Zypora Tannenbaum, she worked in her native Poland as a midwife for many years, delivering hundreds of children, including during World War II when she witnessed horrendous suffering. After emigrating to the United States in 1954, she became an actress.
Read Zypora Spaisman's obituary in the New York Times.
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Friday, January 01, 2010
From wikipedia:
Alfred Stieglitz (January 1, 1864 – July 13, 1946) was an American photographer and modern art promoter who was instrumental over his fifty-year career in making photography an accepted art form. In addition to his photography, Stieglitz is known for the New York art galleries that he ran in the early part of the 20th century, where he introduced many avant-garde European artists to the U.S. He was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe.
View hundreds of Alfred Stieglitz' photos, free from masters-of-photography.com.
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