The James Logan Courier

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

Fans of Rockstar-published games might look at "L.A. Noire's" marketing, see the usual Rockstar game symptoms, and very understandably assume that, just as "Red Dead Redemption" was "Grand Theft Auto" in the Old West, this is "GTA" in 1940s Los Angeles.

But while "Noire" looks and sounds like a "GTA" game, it plays almost nothing like one. In fact, it plays quite like no other game out there, and if you can give it a chance to grow on you, this police detective simulator achieves its objective skillfully and with exceptional confidence.

First, a word on what "Noire" is not. Though you're free to explore this massive, meticulously replicated chunk of Los Angeles however you like, this isn't your typical open-world game. There are random street crimes scattered outside the game's main storyline, but the overwhelming majority of "Noire's" activity lies along the main road.

By TJ Matsumoto, Courier Correspondent

Led by the arm of sophomore Alex Martinez who threw a complete game shut out, the James Logan Baseball team won their first NCS title in 10 years on Monday night by a score of 1-0 against the De La Salle Spartans.

The game began as a pitcher’s’ duel and remained that way for the rest of the game as neither team scored an earned run. The two pitchers dominated the first five-and-a-half innings of the game as the score remained at 0-0.

Logan scored their only run of the game when, with two outs, senior Pasqual Flores skied a ball into shallow left field where the De La Salle defense misplayed and allowed the ball to drop, permitting Flores to advance to second base.

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Beau Brummell, born as George Bryan Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840(1840-03-30) (aged 61), was the arbiter of men's fashion in Regency England and a friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV. He established the mode of men wearing understated, but fitted, tailored clothes including dark suits and full-length trousers, adorned with an elaborately-knotted cravat.

Beau Brummell is credited with introducing and establishing as fashion the modern man's suit, worn with a tie. He claimed to take five hours to dress, and recommended that boots be polished with champagne. His style of dress is often referred to as dandyism.

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