This is the archive for March 2007
By Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writer
Logan's Junior Varsity Boy's Volleyball team went against Kennedy's Titans and destroyed any chances of a Titan victory, winning the match 2-0.
In their second match of the season, the boys did an excellent job of excecuting their hits, and managing to keep the ball in play. Team Captain, Salvador Sainz (middle-blocker) did exceptionally well throughout the match, racking up the points with his power kills and jump serves. " We did a good job today. [Compared to last Tuesday] we were hitting a lot more efficently," said Sainz, a junior.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
The following editorial appeared in the Miami Herald on Friday, March 23:
General Peter Pace, Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S. government photo"With his witless comment about gays and morality, Gen. Peter Pace has revived the national debate about the military's misguided "Don't ask, don't tell" policy. This discriminatory policy that forces homosexual men and women soldiers to live a lie never was a good idea. Now, there are more reasons than ever to get rid of it.
Read the U.S. Department of Defense's "faq" on the "Don't Ask,Don't Tell" policy, free from defenselink.mil.
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By Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
President George Bush told the National
Cattlemen's Beef Association he'd veto the
war funding bill the Senate passed Thursday.
White House photo by Joyce BoghosianWASHINGTON — Rejecting President Bush's plans to build up American military forces in Iraq, the Senate passed a $123 billion bill Thursday that fully funds the war but demands that U.S. forces start to exit.
The emergency-spending bill, mainly for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, passed 51-47, with most Democrats voting for it and most Republicans against. It was the first time the Senate passed a bill that challenged the president's war plans, and it paves the way for a conflict with Bush in the weeks ahead.
Read President George Bush's remarks to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, free from whitehouse.gov.
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By Abdul Nawabi, Courier Staff Writer
Alex Murillo,
Courier PhotoLogan’s Varsity baseball team, undefeated in the Mission Valley Athletic League play last year, kept that string of league victories going on Wednesday, when Logan played against Newark Memorial, defeating them handily, 10-1. The Colts now have a record of 3-0 in the MVAL and 6-5 overall.
The Colts’ victory was lead by their versatile pitcher Alex Murillo. Murillo won player of the week due to his outstanding performance at the game.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Beth Davies Courier PhotoBeth Davies, a respected teacher, assistant principal and house principal during her nine-year career in the New Haven Unified School District, has been named principal of Hillview Crest Elementary School.
Ms. Davies, who served this year as a house principal at James Logan High School after three years as the assistant principal at Eastin Elementary School, will assume her new duties July 1. She will replace Brenda Lloyd, who requested a reassignment.
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LUNCH:
All-Beef Hot Dog,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Attention 11th & 12th Grade Latinas & Latinos: Raza Day at Ohlone College is April 27! Learn about college, financial aid & have fun. Get a reg packet from your English teacher or in the House 3/6 Office. Deadline Friday, April 6.
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior so you can participate in activities like prom & picnic!
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By John Chau, Courier Managing Editor.
U.S. Army soldiers and an Iraqi National Police officer
patrol a market in Ghazaliya, Iraq, last Friday.
DoD photo by Sgt. Tierney Nowland, U.S. Army. On Wednesday, Democrats in Congress stated that in order for President Bush to receive needed funding for the Iraqi conflict, he must accept the majority opposition’s proposed timetable for troop extraction. With $122 billion of funding in question, the president nonetheless holds firm to resist the Democrats’ withdrawal schedule, claiming in a White House excerpt that if troops went unfunded in Iraq, the American people would hold them responsible. The president also claimed that he will not negotiate with Congress, and will veto all withdrawal-related funding bills.
Why, may you ask, would beloved Dubya bite the hands of the policymakers that are offering him an end to this Iraqi war? Until recently, Bush’s approval rating in the nation has been in its abyss. In addition to the drastic drops in consumer confidence, a steady rash of protests and demonstrations have appeared across the nation, the displays showing even in localized, suburban high schools such as James Logan High School.
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By Iona Childers, Courier Restaurant Editor
Baldie's Cafe
Photo by Elliot L. from Yelp.com
(between Clover St & Lilac St)
Union City, CA 94587
Struck with a sudden craving for pancakes, a few friends and I decided to try the Original Pancake House in Fremont after school. But when we arrived at the small restaurant, we were greeted with the word "CLOSED" in bold black letters (apparently the restaurant closes at 2 p.m.).
Unwilling to drive to the busy IHOP at Union City Landing, we all agreed on Baldie's Cafe since a few members of our group had never been there before. Luckily for us, Baldie's Cafe is open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday, and from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Matthew Callison, an English Language Development (ELD) specialist and third-grade teacher at Pioneer Elementary School, has been named an Apple Distinguished Educator for 2007, and Kim Klindt, a fourth-grade teacher at Emanuele Elementary, has won a Fulbright Award.
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LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
The Canned Food Drive is this week in your 3rd period classes! 1st prize-pizza party; 2nd prize-donut party; 3rd prize-ice cream party! Donate cans, money, toys, or Top Ramen!
Today is the last day to turn in Powder Puff jerseys & ticket money. Bills are being submitted this afternoon!
Come pick up a Unity Fair application in Room 476. A contract must be signed to participate.
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Beyonce Knowles and Shakira collaborated
on the song "Beautiful Liar."Top 10 songs on iTunes Music Store for March 27:
1. "Beautiful Liar," Beyonce and Shakira
2. "Don't Matter," Akon
3. "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne
4. "Glamorous," Fergie
5. "Cupid's Chokehold," Gym Class Heroes
6. "The Sweet Escape," Gwen Stefani
7. "Glamorous (explicit version)," Fergie
8. "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race," Fall Out Boy
9. "This Is Why I'm Hot," Mims
10. "Throw Some D's," Rich Boy featuring Polow Da Don
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
While it is still March, it is never too early to talk about upcoming album releases from hot artists. Before summer even begins, there are plenty of highly anticipated albums to be released by artists like Rihanna, One Chance, Linkin Park, Ashanti, Corbin Bleu, Maroon 5, and more. In the next two months, the new works of Timbaland, Ne-Yo, and Numskull will be known officially to the world.
Timbaland is one of today s most well-known producers. Hits after hits, it was only about time that he releases an album of his own after nine years since his debut album. Timbaland Presents Shock Value will be released on April 3, 2007. The first single is
Give It To Me and it features Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake. The hot track is already climbing up the charts and will definitely be in the top 10 sooner or later. Shock Value guest stars a number of other musical acts, giving it more variety. It will be difficult to find 50 cent, Dr. Dre, Fall Out Boy, The Hives, and Elton John all in one album. If anyone can pull it off, it is definitely Timbaland.
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By Deuce P. Clayton, Courier Staff Writer
Dignity, Hilary Duff
Release Date: April 3, 2007
Label: Hollywood Records
ASIN: B000MV9OHW
2 out of 5 stars
All pop singers have one album they release as a statement of maturation. An image change is almost mandatory, along with acquiring a new musical direction. Hilary Duff's coming of age as a pop star comes in the form of her fourth studio album, "Dignity".
"Dignity" takes a more electronic approach than her first three albums, but it still comes off as unoriginal. Kylie Minogue has been making very similar records for the past 13 years, and has been pulling it off much better.
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Eugene Joseph "Gene" McCarthy (March 29, 1916 – December 10, 2005) was an American politician and a longtime member of the U.S. Congress. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959 to 1971.
In the 1968 presidential election, McCarthy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president of the United States to succeed incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. He would unsuccessfully seek the presidency five times altogether.
Read Eugene McCarthy's 1968 speech announcing his candidacy for president.
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LUNCH:
Egg Roll with Rice
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Today is Kick-Butt Day! Come check out Project Ride at lunch in front of the Pavilion for anti-smoking info and a car show.
All Powder Puff jerseys and ticket money must be turned in to Mrs. Kuhlmann in Room 476 NOW! Bills will be submitted tomorrow.
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
Charles Lindberg: A Human Hero by James Cross Giblin
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Clarion Books (October 20, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0395633893
ISBN-13: 978-0395633892
Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.8 x 0.7 inches
From houghtonmifflinbooks.com
Pilot Charles A. Lindbergh was one of the first Americans to be lionized by the news media. When LIndbergh made his nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927, radio and sound movies were just beginning to be popular, enabling people to learn of events almost as soon as they happened. Overnight, the 25-year-old Lindbergh, a man of modest means and education, was catapulted into the public limelight. He became the American hero whom everyone adored and thought could do no wrong. Lindbergh's popularity lasted little more than a decade. His ties to Nazi Germany and his outspoken isolationist views prior to World War II cost him the respect of many close friend and relatives, and of the general public as well. The story of Lindbergh's rise to fame and abrupt descent into disgrace is told here with frankness and understanding. The meticulously researched text and generous selection of archival photographs present a lively and rounded portrait of a man who earned his place in aviation history despite his faults.
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Grove Press; Reprint edition (August 29, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0802142818
ISBN-13: 978-0802142818
“Could fulfillment ever be felt as deeply as loss? Romantically she decided that love must surely reside in the gap between desire and fulfillment, in the lack, not the contentment. Love was the ache, the anticipation, the retreat, everything around it but the emotion itself.”
Although
The Inheritance of Loss has been viewed as a book about the gaping hole between the old world and the new world that swallows all who dare to toe the edges, and it has been thought to be about the consequences of colonialism and bridging the gap between it and the modern world, to me, it is a story of love and its many forms and consequences. I may just be a hopelessly romantic teenage girl overflowing with hormones that bring to light all things romantic in any situation, thus hiding the true themes of this novel from eyes blinded by estrogen, but I do truly believe that the gaping hole and the bridge are there only to bring a realistic sense to the real theme: love.
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By Jessica Rosales and Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writers
Erin Cross participates in a non-profit organization that promotes peace through multicultural friendship called Children’s International Summer Villages (CISV). CISV is a worldwide association that has been operating since 1951 and also has it’s own branch in San Francisco.
Founded by Dr. Doris Allen, CISV started off because of her concern for children that were left with nothing after WWII. 50 years later, this program has expanded to be part of more than 60 countries and has gotten more than 190,000 people to participate in the international activities, including Cross.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best sellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 17 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Secret. Rhonda Byrne. Atria/Beyond Words, $23.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 11
2. Women & Money. Suze Orman. Spiegel & Grau, $24.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 3
3. In an Instant. Lee & Bob Woodruff. Random House, $25.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3
4. You: On a Diet. Michael F. Roizen, M.D., and Mehmet C. Oz, M.D. Free Press, $25
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 19
5. I Feel Bad About My Neck. Nora Ephron. Knopf, $19.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 32
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James Logan's Varsity Baseball team won its first two games of the new Mission Valley Athletic League season last week, continuing a league winning streak that extends beyond last year's undefeated season to at least 16 games.
The Colts, 3-5 in preseason play, started the season with a bang Wednesday, defeating visiting Irvington High School by nine runs, 11-2.
On Friday, the Colts came back to win a squeaker against Washington High School, 3-2.
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By Evelyn Shih
The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT)
The blogosphere isn't news anymore. In fact, nowadays, it makes the news. From television newscasts to magazine pages to the radio and digital airwaves, the influence of more than 12 million blogs is being felt everywhere you turn.
But out of all the different blogs now populating the blogosphere — including podcasts and more-recent vlogs (video blogs) — the photoblog is a unique creature. Because photographs are entirely visual, a photoblog updated daily may be viewed and experienced by countless eyeballs worldwide without language barriers.
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By Randy A. Salas
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)
A new Web site offers to help you find out if your Social Security or credit-card number has been stolen and is being used online. There's only one catch.
www.stolenidsearch.com
StolenID Search was set up recently by TrustedID "to give people a chance to understand if their personal information is safe," the site explains. "With data being lost everywhere around us, we all need a free consumer-empowering watchdog service to see if the bad guys have our information." Then comes the clincher: "Enter your social security or credit card number in the box," and press the search button. So to see if your personal info is out there in cyberspace, you have to, well, send it out there in cyberspace.
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LUNCH:
Chicken Caesar Wrap,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Come to Colt Court today to play a game for a treat! Winners receive a Coldstone gift card!
All Powder Puff jerseys and ticket monty must be turned in to Mrs. Kuhlmann in Room 476 NOW! Bills will be submitted on Friday.
The Canned Food Drive is this week in your 3rd period classes! 1st prize-pizza party; 2nd prize-donut party; 3rd prize-ice cream party! Donate cans, money, toys, or Top Ramen!
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New Haven Unified School District press release
Dramatic academic improvement at Alvarado Elementary School and solid gains at Kitayama Elementary and James Logan High School are evident in the latest report on standardized test scores, released today by the California Department of Education.
The state today released the 2006 Academic Performance Index (API) "base reports," including 1-10 rankings comparing individual schools, both to schools across the state (“statewide rankings”) and to schools that are demographically similar (“similar-schools rankings”).
A State Department of Education chart showing Logan's
API score growth.
To read the entire report, click here.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
GOD OF WAR II
For: Playstation 2
From: Sony
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and gore, intense violence, nudity, sexual themes, strong language)
Any fears of a sophomore slump from the PS2's best action game dissipate in ... oh, two minutes, maybe? Yes, "God of War II" has quite an act to follow — and what better way to do so than by kicking things off with a boss fight?
The opening encounter — the plot details of which won't be spoiled here — pits you against hundreds of normal-sized enemies and one ridiculously huge boss enemy. It takes place in three separate areas, including the boss' burning innards. And when it's over, nearly 90 minutes later, you'll have witnessed an opening throwdown that puts most games' final levels to shame.
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By Jacqueline Truong and Iona Childers, Courier Staff Writers
Leadership teacher Cheryl Kuhlmann, who's
retiring after this year, was honored
at a pre-game ceremony. Courier PhotoWhat a game!
The Junior and Senior girls were pumped and determined to win. Defense and offense for both teams were almost equally matched. While Senior Victoria Johnson scored a touchdown in the second quarter, a referee decided to recall it and this resulted in a score of 0 - 0 for the first and second quarters of the game. There were a few fumbles, but this year they were not counted
because in past years it would result in players piling on top of each other, and an increase in fights. Standout players on the Senior team included quarterback Melissa Munoz and running backs Cristina Panuco and La Porsha Merritt. Junior Sarah Brown was an outstanding quarterback and was a powerhouse punter, kicking the ball deep into senior territory on many occasions.
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By Iona Childers and Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writers
Senior Powderpuff cheerleaders rallied
their team with a human pyramid
Victoria McDonald/ Courier PhotoThe Powder Puff preview half-time show, during fourth and fifth period rallies, was some show
The Junior cheerleaders were bedecked in short skirts, pink-imprinted shirts, different colored wigs (we spotted one pink wig with a 60s bob style and five blondes) and about a quarter pound of makeup each. Not only did these Junior 'gals' look the part, but they also showed that they could 'shake what their mommas gave them' to the fullest! Their intro song was none other than "Fergalicious" by former Black Eyed Peas member, Fergie. The crowd responded with many excited screams as they continued their routine with other current hits like Justin Timberlake's "Sexyback" and the Pussycat Dolls' song "Buttons". Their closing formation included their very own three level pyramid.
Watch video of the Junior cheerleaders' Powder Puff Rally performance, free via YouTube.
Watch video of the Senior cheerleaders' Powder Puff Rally performance, free via Youtube.
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German- American architect.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. Mies, like many of his post WW I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras. He created an influential Twentieth-Century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define austere but elegant spaces. He developed the use of exposed steel structure and glass to enclose and define space, striving for an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design, and is known for his use of the aphorisms “Less is more” and "God is in the details".
Learn more about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and his buildings by visiting an online exhibition hosted free by the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of Art.
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By Karen Heller
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
A culture can be defined, in part, by what it consumes. America lists decidedly toward quantity over quality and, increasingly, navigates in the dark waters of the absurd. In this regard, supermarkets are appropriately named. They're bigger than they need be, and devoted largely to marketing rather than food.
Every visit invites new levels of astonishment, revealing an endless mutation of packaging masquerading as sustenance. Why go to the movies to be entertained?
For there, in the snack-food aisle, I stood in a mild state of shock, mouth agape, perplexed, slightly amused as if, unwittingly, I had signed up for a minor walk-on part in some surreal piece of theater, Pirandello perhaps, as I gazed upon the Herr's Philly Cheese Steak Kettle Cooked Potato Chips.
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From the New Haven Schools
Helping struggling students through "Interventions" will be the primary topic Tuesday at the monthly meeting of the New Haven Community Forum.
The Forum, designed by the New Haven Unified School District to give parents and the community access to information and an opportunity to contribute ideas, will meet at Conley-Carabllo High School, 541 Blanche St., Hayward. The meeting will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
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LUNCH:
Egg Roll with Rice,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Come to Colt Court on Wednesday to play a game for a treat! Winners receive a Coldstone giftcard!
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
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A team of evaluators from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges arrived on campus today to begin the three-day process of determining if Logan High School deserves to be accredited and, if so, for how long.
"The 8-member WASC visiting team is "in the building," Logan Principal wrote in an email to school staff this morning.
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Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. His work frequently drew inspiration from rural life in New England, using the setting to explore complex social and philosophical themes. A popular and often-quoted poet, Frost was highly honored during his lifetime, receiving four Pulitzer Prizes.
Although he is commonly associated with New England, Frost was born in San Francisco to Isabelle Moodie, of Scottish ancestry, and William Prescott Frost, Jr., a descendant of a Devonshire Frost who had sailed to New Hampshire in 1634. His father was a former teacher turned newspaperman, a hard drinker, a gambler, a harsh disciplinarian; he had a passion for politics, and dabbled in them, for as long as his health allowed.
Read more about Frost, plus read dozens of his poems, free from americanpoems.com.
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By Sanhita SinhaRoy (MCT)
Equality comes to tennis.
With college basketball brackets on many minds, one major sports announcement was nearly lost: French Open officials recently announced they would award equal prize money to men and women throughout the tennis tournament.
The news is welcome and long overdue. It brings the French Open in line with the other Grand Slams, including Wimbledon, which announced in February it would equalize pay. The U.S. Open introduced it three decades ago and the Australian Open a few years back.
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By Bill Gibron
PopMatters.com(MCT)
Frank Miller.
wikipedia photoHe has the magic touch. Either that, or Hollywood is so bereft of visionaries that his ideas must be copied – in some cases, literally – in order for motion picture innovation to be captured. Of course, it's Frank Miller that everyone is talking about – again. The celebrated comic book artist first came to the attention of film fans when his "Dark Knight" take on Batman was reference over and over again as the inspiration for Tim Burton's reboot of the famed superhero. Then Robert Rodriguez did the illustrator one better, actually giving him a co-director credit on his all-CGI take on the "Sin City" series. It was that unique post-modern noir, a combination of real live actors and carefully crafted digital backdrops that argued for Miller's arrival as a major influence in the world of cinema.
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Fidel Castro
The flag of Cuba By Frances Robles
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Seven months ago, Fidel Castro was considered all but dead. These days, he's reported to be taking long walks with old friends and calling other presidents to discuss global warming.
To hear National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcon tell it, Castro is in fact preparing for a comeback. Last week Alarcon said to foreign correspondents in Havana that Castro would be in "great shape" to run for president of the Council of State, his official title.
"I'd nominate him," Alarcon said after a National Assembly session.
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Note: Due to technical problems with the new, but as-yet-unreliable, Groupwise email system the New Haven Unified School District is using, we're running two of the first comics published by The Courier at www.jameslogancourier.org.
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Mary Flannery O'Connor (b. March 25, 1925, Savannah, Georgia – d. August 3, 1964, Baldwin County, Georgia) was an American author.
Flannery O'Connor was the only child of Edward F. O'Connor and Regina Cline O’Connor. Her father was diagnosed with lupus in 1937; he died on February 1, 1941. The disease was hereditary in the O'Connor family. Flannery was devastated, and almost never spoke of him in later years.
Read Everything That Rises Must Converge at Flannery, A Review by David Abrams, free from ToxicUniverse.com.
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By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Staff Writer
Two girls celebrate Holi Friday.
Courier PhotoThe Punjabi Club celebrated the colorful Hindu spring festival of Holi in Colt Court, during both lunches Friday.
The celebration was led by Harpaul S. Rana, who teaches the Punjabi language on the Logan campus. Students of Logan and a few off-campus visitors joined the colorful celebration, and by the end of lunch many were covered in colored powder. The celebration was accompanied with traditional Punjabi music and posters which explained the holiday of Holi.
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By Michael Goodwin
New York Daily News (MCT)
Courier GraphicSurprise, surprise, a bold Democrat finally has told the truth about Iraq, a truth that goes like this: However chaotic it gets, we can't just pack our bags and come home. Even if a Democrat is president, we've got serious business there and "so I think that we will have troops" in Iraq.
Here's the second surprise: The truth-teller was Sen. Hillary Clinton.
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Joseph Roland "Joe" Barbera (March 24, 1911 – December 18, 2006) was an American animator, cartoon artist, storyboard artist, director, producer, and co-founder, together with William Hanna, of Hanna-Barbera. The studio produced popular cartoons such as
Tom and Jerry, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, and
Scooby-Doo, as well as the musical film
Charlotte's Web.
Early years
Joseph Barbera (pronounced bar-BEAR-ah) was born in the Little Italy section of Manhattan,New York to Lebanese parents.
Explore Hanna-Barbera cartoons at www.hanna-barbera.com
Watch a Tom and Jerry Kids cartoon, in Urdu, free from the Internet Archive.
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By Ron Hutcheson, Marisa Taylor and Margaret Talev
McClatchy Newspapers
(MCT)
WASHINGTON — Internal Bush administration e-mails suggest that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales may have played a bigger role than he has acknowledged in the plan to fire several U.S. attorneys.
The e-mails, delivered to Congress Friday night, show that Gonzales attended an hourlong meeting on the firings on Nov. 27, 2006 — 10 days before seven U.S. attorneys were told to resign. The attorney general's participation in the session calls into question his assertion that he was essentially in the dark about the firings.
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By Mike Dorning
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
A frame from the viral web video.WASHINGTON — The creator of a widely circulated viral web video portraying Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton as an Orwellian Big Brother was identified Wednesday as an employee of an Internet consulting firm that works for one of her opponents, Sen. Barack Obama.
The Obama campaign denied any involvement in the ad and the consulting firm said it fired the employee immediately after the company learned of his role.
Watch the video for yourself, free via YouTube.
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LUNCH:
All-Beef Hot Dog,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Who wants to win a Coldstone gift card? Come play a game at lunch in Colt Court on Wednesday, 3/28.
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
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By Diamond Floyd, Courier Staff Writer
Photography Teacher John McNamara,
from the 1980 Logan yearbook
The James Logan High School photography department is legendary. Over the years, the students have accumulated well over 2,000 awards (2,363 to be exact) and outstanding recognitions for their impressive work. Awards include the International Grand Prize and the International Young Photographer's Showcase Kodak Medallion of Excellence.
Yet, despite his spectacular success and the fame of his program, John McNamara, the photography instructor here at Logan, who is responsible for guiding and molding the students from year to year, usually shuns the spotlight. In fact, he didn't want to be photographed to illustrate this article, so we're using his picture from the 1980 Logan yearbook.
Recently, however, he sat down for an interview with The Courier's Diamond Floyd:
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By Abdul Nawabi, Courier Staff Writer
In Chris Rock's new movie
I Think I Love My Wife, Rock's character, Richard Cooper, lives the well-off but stultifying life of an investment banker.
Rock, who also directed and wrote the script with his frequent collaborator Louis C. K., employs voice-over narration, in the character of Richard, to help tell the story. Richard is the first to admit that his life is pretty good. He has a gorgeous wife named Brenda, played by Gina Torres, with whom he has two cute small children. They live together in a rich man's house in the suburbs, all of it financed by his upwardly mobile career at an established Manhattan financial company.
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By Steven Rea and Carrie Rickey
The Philadelphia Inquirer(MCT)
AMAZING GRACE 3 stars. A compelling period drama about real-life anti-slavery crusader William Wilberforce, the British legislator, who, in the late 1700s, fought to abolish slavery — and changed the face of British politics in the process. 1 hr. 56 PG-13 (adult themes) — Steven Rea
ARTHUR AND THE INVISIBLES 1.5 stars. French filmmaker Luc Besson takes his Cuisinart to Lewis Carroll, Jonathan Swift, T.H. White, Frank L. Baum, and picture books featuring pretty, pointy-eared elves in this glossy, long-winded mix of live-action and animation. What a mess! 1 hr. 42 PG (cartoon violence, scary images, inappropriately attired senior citizens) —Steven Rea
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Ludwig Quidde (March 23, 1858 – March 4, 1941) was a German pacifist who is mainly remembered today for his acerbic criticism of German Emperor Wilhelm II. Quidde's long career spanned four different eras of German history: that of Bismarck (up to 1890); the Hohenzollern Empire under Wilhelm II (1888 - 1918); the Weimar Republic (1918–1933); and, finally, Nazi Germany. In 1927, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read Ludwig Quidde's Nobel Lecture, free from geocities.com.
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By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer
Abel Shifferaw founded his
own political party.
Courier Photo
The ancient Greek playwright Euripides once said that “youth holds no society with grief”. One student from James Logan High School, however, could make a very strong argument against that.
Logan junior Abel Shifferaw started The People’s Vanguard Party for Social Defense (or PVP) in early this March. Described as a left wing political party, the PVP is dedicated to “end all social injustice”.
Shifferaw was inspired to start the organization because of his Ethiopian heritage and vast interest in politics.
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LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Applications for the Unity Fair are out this week, and they are in Room 476.
Powder Puff Rally is today during both lunches in the Pavilion!
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Elliott Yamin may very well be the next best-selling American Idol 5 finalist next to Daughtry (selling 1.9 million copies thus far). Fans of Yamin and Daughtry should actually be thankful that they were not the top two finalists of American Idol's season five. This factor enabled them to record an album better suited for them by allowing more input from themselves rather than the
pressure and demands of 19 Management, the record label finalists are signed to. Yamin's self-titled debut album was released on Tuesday. Apart from the show, Yamin demonstrated growth and talent on this 11-track album.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Pop:
MODEST MOUSE "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" (Epic, 2 stars)
With quaint titles, moaning lyrics and an overall slow twitchiness as its sonic calling card, Modest Mouse has become a brand whose principle product is a yawn. "Fourteen years of yawp" could be Mouse CEO Issac Brock's motto.
But a good number of people find this their favorite cup of tedium. Mouse's ruminations are exquisite in their enervation. Not since Morrissey has repudiation sounded as sexy as it does through the sashaying "Missed the Boat." Maybe that's why Brock recruited Moz's ex, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, for this CD.
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for March 20:
1. "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse
2. "Undiscovered," James Morrison
3. "Neon Bible," Arcade Fire
4. "Daughtry," Daughtry
5. "Live at Massey Hall 1971," Neil Young
6. "Costello Music," The Fratellis
7. "300 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)," Tyler Bates
8. "Music and Lyrics (Music from the Motion Picture)," various artists
9. "Luvanmusiq," Musiq Soulchild
10. "Year Zero," Nine Inch Nails
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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Barnard-White Middle School's production of "Aladdin" opens Thursday night on the BWMS Cafeteria Stage. The curtain goes up at 7:30. An encore performance is scheduled Friday night, also starting at 7:30.
Next week, "Aladdin" goes on the road, to The Little Theater at James Logan High School, for 7:30 p.m. performances Thursday, March 29, and Friday, March 30.
Admission to all performances is $5.
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By Shashank Bengali and Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
An American citizen of Somali extraction,
arrested after the brief U.S.-supported
Ethiopian intervention in Somalia, Amir
Meshal languishes in an Ethiopian jail
because U.S. officials were unable to stop
Kenyan authorities from deporting him
in the middle of the night.
(Handout courtesy of the family/MCT)NAIROBI, Kenya — American diplomats on Wednesday paid their first visit to an American who was detained five weeks ago by Ethiopian authorities after a middle-of-the-night secret transfer from Kenya and said he was in good health.
But U.S. officials couldn't secure the release of Amir Mohamed Meshal, 24, of Tinton, Falls, N.J., who was arrested at the Somali-Kenyan border after the U.S.-backed Ethiopian army toppled the Islamist government in Somalia.
Instead, Meshal will appear at an Ethiopian hearing to determine whether he can be detained as a prisoner of war, said a U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
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By Dave Montgomery
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Bill co-sponsors Jeff Flake and Luis GutierrezWASHINGTON — Bipartisan legislation to be unveiled Thursday in the House of Representatives would offer temporary legal status to millions of undocumented immigrants but would require them to leave the country before they could be eligible for permanent residency and U.S. citizenship.
The bill by Reps. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., and Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., is the first major immigration legislation to be introduced in the current session of Congress, as lawmakers address the status of more than 11 million immigrants who are in the country illegally.
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LUNCH:
Teriyaki Beef Dippers w/Rice and Vegetables,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Applications for the Unity Fair are out this week, and they are in Room 476.
Powder Puff Rally tomorrow during both lunches in the Pavilion! Come to the Powder Puff game tomorrow night at 7 pm!
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books and other materials newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
Thirteen Little Blue Envelopes, by Maureen Johnson
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins (August 23, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060541415
ISBN-13: 978-0060541415
From MaureenJohnson.com:
Here’s the deal: Aunt Peg, the New York artist and the person Ginny Blackstone depended on to make her life interesting, took off to Europe without a word three years ago. Aside from a few postcards, Ginny hasn’t heard much. Then she gets a horrible phone call that changes everything.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received information on the development of secondary programs for English learners, including a “spotlight on best practices” featuring Pioneer Elementary media specialist Paula Figdor’s program of differentiated instruction in reading and listening.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best sellers for the week that ended Saturday, March 10, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Nineteen Minutes. Jodi Picoult. Atria, $26.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. Whitethorn Woods. Maeve Binchy. Knopf, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
3. Shopaholic & Baby. Sophie Kinsella. Dial Press. $24
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
4. Step on a Crack. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 5
5. Sisters. Danielle Steel. Delacorte, $27
Last Week: 4; Weeks on List: 4
6. Innocent in Death. J.D. Robb. Putnam, $25.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 3
7. The Watchman. Robert Crais. Simon & Schuster, $25.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 2
8. The Double Bind. Chris Bohjalian. Crown/Shaye Areheart, $25
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 4
9. For One More Day. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95
Last Week: 7; Weeks on List: 23
10. Plum Lovin'. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $16.95
Last Week: 8; Weeks on List: 9
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
Ali and Nino by Kurban Said
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Anchor (October 3, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385720408
ISBN-13: 978-0385720403
“God let me be born here, as a Muslim of the Shiite Faith, in the religion of Imam Dshafar. May he be merciful and let me die here, in the same street, in the same house where I was born. Me and Nino, a Christian, who eats with a knife and fork, has laughing eyes and wears filmy silk stockings.”
The story of Ali and Nino is another one of those Romeo and Juliet-type tragic romances that, without a bit of flavor, could bore the socks off of anyone. Luckily, I didn’t have to waste my time with one of those boring books because Said added the flavors of cultural and religious clashes during WWI, a mention of the tragically forgotten Armenian Genocide, colonization, the Russian Revolution, and exposes the truths of love, the battles between religions and cultures, and human nature. It is an amazing read, although at times confusing.
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Eddie James House, Jr. (March 21, 1902 – October 19, 1988), better known as Son House, was an influential blues singer and guitarist. His date of birth is a matter of some debate. Son House himself alleged that he was middle aged during World War I, and, more specifically, that he was 79 in 1965, which would mean that he was born around 1886. However, all legal records place his birth on March 21, 1902.
Watch Son House sing and play blues guitar, in this Real media clip from the Internet Archive, hosted by The Courier.
Download a Son House mp3,
My Black Mama, Part One, , recorded in 1930, free from The Courier and the
Internet Archive.
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Staff Writer Michelle Morimoto contributed to this report
More than a dozen students walked
out of classes Monday to protest the war.
Courier PhotoAbout two dozen students walked out of classes and off campus to take up signs in protest of the Iraq war and demonstrate their dismay at the southeast corner of Alvarado-Niles Road and H Street.
Logan Junior Abel Shifferaw organized the demonstration. He told The Courier that he was pleased with the turn-out, considering that it was raining lightly and the school was busy administering the California High School Exit Exam, which prevented some students from taking part.
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The Courier today marks the end of its first year as a daily, year-round school news source with the publication of its 365th issue.
The school newspaper, which began publishing in 1959, began its transition from its original newsprint format to its current online blog-style format in 2000, when advisor Patrick Hannigan started sending digital copies of the paper-based newspaper to readers via email, mostly to save money, he said. On March 20 last year, he moved it to its current online format, located on the internet at www.jameslogancourier.org, where it has offered daily updates of school and other news, and a variety of features, every day since.
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LUNCH:
Cheeseburger, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Juniors & Seniors - pick up Powder Puff jerseys today after school in Room 476.
Applications for the Unity Fair are out this week, and they are in Room 476.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
GHOST RECON: ADVANCED WARFIGHTER 2
For: Xbox 360
From: Ubisoft
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood, language, violence)
Playing "Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2" is like going on a second date. The food's delicious. The show's first-rate. The goodnight kiss? Spectacular. But you expect all that, what with the first date going so well already, and the "wow" factor that consumed that first night out is nowhere near as prevalent this time around.
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By Lisa Heyamoto
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Right now, Lynn Keane is out there somewhere, going about her business, being Lynn Keane.
Which Lynn Keane finds a little weird.
Even weirder, there are three or four Lynn Keanes walking around in their respective Lynn Keane worlds, living completely different lives from the Lynn Keane in question _ the Lynn Keane who is a 42-year-old real estate investor from Gold River, Calif., who, until recently, hadn't even considered the possibility of there being a band of rogue Lynn Keanes.
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Abdul-Hamid I of the
Ottomans, detail of an
18th century painting.Abdülhamid I (March 20, 1725 – April 7, 1789), was the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He was the son of sultan Ahmed III (1703–30) and succeeded his brother Mustafa III (1757–74) on January 21, 1774.
Imprisonment
Abdülhamid was imprisoned for most of the first forty-three years of his life by his cousins Mahmud I and Osman III and his older brother Mustafa III, as was custom, and received his early education from his mother Rabia Semi Sultana, where he studied history and learned calligraphy.
Read more about the Ottoman Dynasty, the world's longest lasting, free from allaboutturkey.com.
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The New Haven Unified School District will receive more than $300,000 to fund adult school education, one of 256 organizations to get a slice of $64.8 million in grants throught the Workforce Investment Act Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act.
This grant program provides supplemental funds for adult basic education, high school subjects, English as a second language, citizenship, English literacy, and civics education. Eligible applicants included institutions of higher education, local educational agencies, nonprofit organizations, other organizations, or agencies.
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LUNCH:
Spicy Chicken Patty, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ADMINISTRATION:
Powder Puff Rally this Friday during both lunches in the Pavilion! Come to the Powder Puff game Friday night at 7 pm!
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
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By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
A run-off election will be held Thursday to break a tie between ASB presidential candidates Kristen Joyce Ignacio and rival Nicole Soliman, neither of which was able to gain enough votes to decisively win last Friday's student government elections.
The election took place in the beginning of second period classes.
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By Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
President George W. Bush and President
Felipe Calderon of Mexico pause during a
tour Tuesday of the Uxmal, one of the
most famous of the Mayan ruins.
White House photo by Paul Morse
MERIDA, Mexico — Underscoring the complex nature of the immigration debate, Mexican President Felipe Calderon acknowledged on Wednesday that he has relatives living and working in the United States.
"Yes, I do have family in the United States and what I can tell you is that these are people who work and respect that country," Calderon said in response to a question during a joint news conference with President Bush at the end of Bush's two-day visit to Mexico.
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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC (March 18, 1893 – November 4, 1918) was an English poet and soldier, regarded by some as the leading poet of the First World War. His shocking, realistic war poetry on the horrors of trench and gas warfare was heavily influenced by his friend Siegfried Sassoon and sat in stark contrast to both the public perception of war at the time, and to the confidently patriotic verse written earlier by war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Some of his best-known works - most of which remained unpublished until after his death - include
Dulce Et Decorum Est, Anthem for Doomed Youth, Futility, and
Strange Meeting. His preface intended for a book of poems to be published in 1919 contains numerous well-known phrases, especially 'War, and the pity of War', and 'the Poetry is in the pity'.
He is perhaps just as well-known for having been killed in action at the Sambre-Oise Canal just a week before the war ended, causing news of his death to reach home as the town's church bells declared peace.
Read the War Poems and Manuscripts of Wilfred Owen, free from the University of Oxford's Wilfred Owen Multimedia Digital Archive.
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With a chance to even their preseason record, the James Logan Varsity baseball squad instead booted away that chance with a flurry of errors against the Amador Valley Dons of Pleasanton to limp into next week's MVAL opener with a 3-5 record.
Still, there's no reason for despair. Logan Coach John Goulding always pits his team against the best opponents he can find in the preseason to tune up for league play. Plus, Logan's young team has shown flashes of brilliance in its three wins, before reverting to less polished baseball in its losses.
On Friday, six errors and inconsistent pitching doomed the Colts early, leading to their second straight loss.
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By Julian Kesner and Joe Babcock
New York Daily News (MCT)
NEW YORK — College kids might as well be majoring in pharmacology these days, with students illicitly popping pills in record droves, according to a new report.
Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse's four-year "Wasting the Best and Brightest" study says 49 percent of U.S. college students binge drink or abuse drugs, both prescription and illegal.
Download the report, free from Columbia University's National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
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By Jonathan S. Landay and Shashank Bengali
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
NAIROBI, Kenya — A U.S. citizen who was caught fleeing the recent fighting in Somalia was questioned about links to al-Qaida by the FBI in Kenya, then secretly sent back to the war-ravaged country, where he was turned over to Ethiopian forces.
Amir Mohamed Meshal, 24, is now imprisoned in Ethiopia, where the State Department's 2006 human rights report says "conditions in prisons and pre-trial detention centers remain very poor" and that "there were numerous credible reports that security officials often beat or mistreated detainees."
Read more about the U.S./African renditions, from MCTCampus: American's rendition to an Ethiopian prison raises new questions
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By Pablo Bachelet
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
President Bush and Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez
hold a joint press availability March 10 at Estancia Anchorena,
the presidential retreat.
White House photo by Paul MorseWASHINGTON — President Bush returned from his weeklong trip to Latin America Wednesday with plenty of homework.
His hosts on his five-country tour appreciated his pledge to work with them to fight poverty, change U.S. immigration laws and push for free-trade agreements, but they also gave him an earful on issues such as U.S. tariffs on ethanol.
The tough part, many analysts say, comes now: delivering on issues dear to the hearts of many Latin American leaders.
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Jim or James Bridger (March, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1840. He was also well known as a teller of tall tales.
Bridger had an extraordinarily strong constitution that allowed him to survive the extreme conditions he encountered walking the Rocky Mountains from what would become southern Colorado to the Canadian border. He had conversational knowledge of French, Spanish and several native languages. He would come to know many of the major figures of the early west, including Brigham Young, Kit Carson, John Fremont, Joseph Meek, and John Sutter.
Learn more about Jim Bridger and the fort named for him, with historical pictures, free from the city of Evanston, Wyoming, via www.evanstonwy.org.
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Reports of a discharged weapon in an adjacent park sent lunching students at James Logan High scrambling for cover in classrooms when Union City police told school administrators to "lockdown" the school while they searched for and arrested suspects in the case.
Half of the school's 4.000 students where in class while the other half were just finishing their lunch period when the warning klaxon was sounded.
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A water pipe break in the construction zone caused
some minor flooding of walkways near the 400s
Rebecca Soltau/Courier photoRestrooms on the south side of the Logan campus were out of commission Thursday afternoon after workers building new classrooms severed a water main serving that side of the school.
Principal Don Montoya told the school's staff about the break in an email: "A main water pipe has been broken in the construction zone. Consquently, we will NOT have water (and restroom) availability until after 4pm today" in the 400s, 500s, Pavilion and staff lounge."
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By John Chau, Courier managing editor
Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
(wikipedia photo)
On Wednesday, the Iranian government issued statements condemning the newest Hollywood smash hit ‘300’, a historical film based on the final struggles between a group of martyred Spartans and the full force of Persian elite troops. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denounced the film as an effort to demonize the Iranians for their nuclear advent. This statement is accompanied by governmental efforts to ban the showing of ‘300’ in the neighboring Muslim nations.
However, on Thursday, Iranian government also announced its dismissal towards any future U.N. sanctions. Despite protests over further nuclear research by moderate parties, President Ahmadinejad claims in a national rally that he regards the U.N. sanctions as ‘torn paper’, and that they will not hamper the nation’s radioactive enrichment. However, according to the U.N. sanction terms obtained by Reuters, in possibly the next week Iranians would be unable to export arms and obtain loans. Individual nuclear missile researcher’s assets would also be frozen.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Sandra Bullock's latest film,
Premonition, is decent. She plays the character of Linda Hanson, a content housewife, who initially had a vivid dream of his husband, Jim (Julian McMahon), dying. After seeing Jim in bed next to her when she wakes up, she realizes it was only a dream. However, random events occur throughout the day, similar to the dream, to make her believe it was more than a dream, perhaps a premonition.
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LUNCH:
All Beef Hot Dog, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
Juniors: you must pay all outstanding student bills in order to participate in the Junior Prom. Please see Sarah Muse in the Administration Office.
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By Bethany Stringer, Courier Staff Writer
Last weekend, 46 different color guards came together to compete at the Union City Colorguard Regional.
This event, sponsored by the James Logan Band and Color Guard, was the product of countless hours of preparation and many volunteers, both parents and students. The event lasted from 9:00 AM to 11:00 PM, with some guards arriving as early as 8:00 AM to begin warming up.
For event scores, click here.
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By Roberta Maas, Courier Staff Writer
The blockbuster greek action file
300 incorporates breathtaking cinematography and incredible fight scenes that dominate the entire movie. All that the film is missing is a solid plot. The attempt at a plot seemes to have been put into place only to break up the battle scenes, bridging from one scene to another.
Visit the movie's website.
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LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITY:
ASB elections are today in your second period class. All grades vote!!
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
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The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Pop:
SON VOLT "The Search" (Transmit Sound/Legacy, 3 stars)
Jay Farrar always does just enough to make a new project intriguing but not quite enough to make it wholly satisfying. Even when the music rocks — and it does, often, on "The Search," Farrar's second album with his new version of Son Volt — his baritone voice remains reserved and somber, and his ballads tend to follow similar melodic arcs.
Beginning with the opening salvo of the deliciously eerie "Slow Hearse," the Son Volt meets Stax/Volt war-as-profit statement "The Picture" (complete with horns!), and the aggressive, bluesy "Action," "The Search" does offer new thrills.
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 songs on iTunes Music Store for March 13:
1. "This Is Why I'm Hot," Mims
2. "Glamorous," Fergie
3. "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race," Fall Out Boy
4. "Don't Matter," Akon
5. "Girlfriend," Avril Lavigne
6. "Cupid's Chokehold," Gym Class Heroes
7. "Glamorous (explicit version)," Fergie
8. "The Sweet Escape," Gwen Stefani
9. "It' Not Over," Daughtry
10. "Break It Off," Rihanna and Sean Paul
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Staff Writer
Aerial shot showing damage to Enterprise High School.
Photo by Robin Cooper, Alabama Governor's StaffJames Logan's principal and student body president have joined together to prod the high school community to donate cash to help disaster victims. This time the victims are the students and staff of Enterprise High School in Alabama, which was badly damaged when a deadly tornado struck it on March 1.
On Monday, Principal Don Montoya and ASB president Catherine Start spoke over the intercom during 2nd period to get the fundraising drive started:
“As most of you know, on Thursday, March 1st, a tornado swept right through Enterprise High School in Enterprise, Alabama, destroying the school and killing eight students. Many were left severely injured and lost their homes due to this tornado. We can only imagine the pain the students of Enterprise High School are suffering," Start and Montoya said in their joint announcement. "These students have just lost their classmates, their friends and their school. In a mere 30 seconds, their lives were changed—forever."
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John Snow (1813 - 1858) was a British physician and a leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene, and is often considered one of the fathers of epidemiology for his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, Westminster, England in 1854.
Early life
John Snow was born on March 15, 1813 in York, England. He was the first of nine children born to William and Frances Snow in their North Street home. His neighbourhood was one of the poorest in the city, and was always in danger of flooding because of its proximity to the River Ouse. His father worked in the local coal yards that were constantly replenished from the Yorkshire coalfields via barges on the Ouse. Snow was baptised Anglican at the church of All Saints, North Street.
Read John Snow's letter 1854 letter, The Cholera Near Golden Square, and at Deptford, free from the UCLA School of Public Health's Department of Epidemiology.
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Dana Llarena/Courier PhotoBy Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writer
Logan's Boys Varsity Volleyball team beat down Head-Royce last Friday, winning the match in three straight games
The boys were pumped up for the match, coming of a victory against Amador Valley the previous night.
The team won the first game handily, 25-20, but Head-Royce fought back a bit in the second game, with Logan eking out a two-point win, 25-23. In the final game, Logan dominated the Oakland school, 25-18.
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A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 for former Hillview Crest and Alvarado Elementary principal Julia Strong Yoho, who passed away March 8.
The service will be held at the Swedenborgian Church, 3200 Washington (at the corner of Lyon) in San Francisco.
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LUNCH:
Egg Roll with Rice, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITY:
ASB elections are tomorrow, March 16, in your second period class. All grades vote!!
PE students - check the top ten 1600 meter times in the Boys & Girls Locker Rooms. Congratulations to all students who made this impressive list!
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books and other materials newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan High School Media Center.
The Anchor Book of Modern Arabic Fiction by Denys Johnson-Davies
Paperback: 512 pages
Publisher: Anchor (October 17, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400079764
ISBN-13: 978-1400079766
From Randomhouse.com:
This dazzling anthology features the work of seventy-nine outstanding writers from all over the Arab-speaking world, from Morocco in the west to Iraq in the east, Syria in the north to Sudan in the south.
Edited by Denys Johnson-Davies, called by Edward Said “the leading Arabic-to-English translator of our time,” this treasury of Arab voices is diverse in styles and concerns, but united by a common language. It spans the full history of modern Arabic literature, from its roots in western cultural influence at the end of the nineteenth century to the present-day flowering of Naguib Mahfouz’s literary sons and daughters.
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco; Reprint edition (May 10, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062502182
ISBN-13: 978-0062502186
“The closer one gets to realizing his Personal Legend, the more that Personal Legend becomes his true reason for being, thought the boy.”
The Alchemist is by far the most beautiful book I have ever read. The words all flow like a brook of crystal clear water and are as inspirational as any episode of Oprah Winfrey. The plot is fast paced enough to keep you interested, and memorable enough to make it possible to just pick up where you left off without having to backtrack a bit to get what’s going on. The characters are as real as anything else in this world, and, even better, they face real-life problems rather than some over-dramatized, impossibly complex problems whose only use is to bring about an exciting climax. Not like there’s anything wrong with that, it’s just that it’s nice to read a book that you can really relate to or understand or believe.
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Reviewed by Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writer
Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
Publisher: Warner Books (May 1995)
Pages: 262
Language: English
ISBN #: 0446600253
Ultima a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic lives with Antonio Marez's famliy in their New Mexico hime when he was six years old. Antonio is the youngest of his three brothers whom went off to fight in World War 2. When Ultima stays with the Marez family, Antonio's relationship with her becomes very strong. As Antonio gets older he has to choose between his father's family's nomadic lifestyle, or his mother's family's settled down agricultural way of life.
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LUNCH:
Chicken Caesar Wrap, Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookies, Fun Chips
ACTIVITY:
ASB elections are this Friday, March 16, in your second period class. All grades vote!!
PE students - check the top ten 1600 meter times in the Boys & Girls Locker Rooms. Congratulations to all students who made this impressive list!
Wednesday's Minimum Day Schedule
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By Eric Benderoff
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
This week's column is a collection of odds and ends from a tech reporter's inbox. Let's start with the odd:
EVERYTHING iPOD: The iPod continues to push our culture forward in significant ways. No longer is bringing reading material to the bathroom enough; now you can have a soundtrack.
Just pop your iPod into this dock built in to the toilet-paper holder. It comes with moisture-free speakers but is powered by batteries. So don't spend too much time lost in reverie.
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Game Informer Magazine (MCT)
IPTV on Xbox 360
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Web site: www.xbox.com
List price: TBD
At January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Microsoft's Bill Gates unveiled a new functionality for the Xbox 360. The company is planning to debut an IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) service before the end of the year that will allow the platform to act as a digital video recorder similar to TiVo, so users can record and watch TV programs. This new functionality works seamlessly with the 360. For instance, users can play 360 games while recording a favorite TV show or watch TV while talking with someone on their 360 friends list. Users will also have access to Xbox Live Marketplace, and the service would enable picture-in-picture channel browsing, movies and TV on demand, and searches for specific actors or directors.
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James Logan's daily online student newspaper, The Courier, received the one millionth hit on its website Monday night, just less than a year after it started posting stories there.
The newspaper started operating at www.jameslogancourier.org on March 20, 2006. As of this morning, the site had received 1,003,433 hits, according to The Courier's website traffic analysis program, Webalizer. Almost 67,000 visits have been paid to the site, according to the software.
"It's a great improvement in such a short time," said Sports Editor Jezza Pimentel.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
MLB 07: THE SHOW
For: Playstation 2 and PSP (coming April for PS3)
From: Sony
ESRB Rating: Everyone
It was always a little disappointing that the coolest part of Sony's so-so basketball game — the rags-to-riches career mode — wasn't instead instilled into its endlessly-better-than-so-so baseball franchise. The career mode in "MLB 06" was terrific, but it lacked the lone-wolf mentality that could really set it apart.
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Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (March 13, 1884 - June 1, 1941) was an English novelist.
He was born in Auckland in New Zealand and educated in England at the King's School, Canterbury and at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He worked as a teacher before turning to writing full time. His first novel was
The Wooden Horse (1909), with
Fortitude (1913) his first great success. He worked for the Red Cross in Russia during World War I, experiences which fed his
The Dark Forest (1916) and
The Secret City (1919). The latter won the inaugural James Tait Black Memorial Prize.
Read
The Dark Forest by Sir Hugh Walpole, one of
nine of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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ACTIVITY:
ASB elections are this Friday, March 16, in your second period class. All grades vote!!
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
Juniors: you must pay all outstanding student bills in order to participate in the Junior Prom. Please see Sarah Muse in the Administration Office.
Wednesday, 3/12/07 Minimum Day Schedule:
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Alex Smith
Lukas GrippaA squad of Logan students calling themselves the Improv club is serving up comedy to entertain audiences and, most importantly, themselves.
Captain Lukas Grippa and Co-Captain Alexander Smith lead the Improv meetings on Wednesdays after school (which are, by the way, now being moved to every Tuesdays and Thursdays after school), and are supervised by World Literature, Drama, and Stagecraft teacher Paul Vega.
If you've ever seen ther show "Who's Line Is It Anyway?", you've got a little clue as to what they do,
Improv, in Lukas' words, "essentially, is creating a scene off the top of your head." The people who go on stage do not use scripts. All they have is an idea of what they want to do on stage, and they go with it.
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Too many California kids are sitting around getting fat, state schools Superintendent Jack O'Connell says, and physical fitness tests show that many of Logan students are among them, although the school's test results are slightly better than average.
In announcing the results of statewide physical fitness tests of last year's fifth, seventh, and ninth graders in California public schools last year, O'Connell said "too many of our students are leading sedentary lives exacerbated by poor eating habits. This is a destructive trend that has resulted in an epidemic of childhood obesity and must be reversed."
"The 2006 test scores show a modest 1 percent gain in overall performance compared to last year’s results," O’Connell said. "We should be very concerned for our students’ health, their academic success, and the long-term effects this will have."
Click here for complete statewide and local results on the state Physical Fitness Test.
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By John Chau, Courier Managing Editor.
Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
at New York Foreign Press Center Briefing
on the U.S. - DPRK Working Group Meetings.
U.S. State Dept. photoOn March 6, the United States began a series of diplomatic talks with North Korea over the latter's nuclear disarmament and the former's humanitarian deliveries. This is the first of visit of North Korea officials on American soil since 2002, when the nation began its nuclear advent.
Let us review our short-term media memories: remember last October, when Kim Jong-Il strutted himself onto the international playground by flashing a pair of underground nukes? Now, as in the Cuban Missile Crisis, the communists fortunately retract their nuclear programs, in exchange for an astronomical amount of supplies.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
The following editorial appeared in the Orlando Sentinel on Friday, March 2:
Congress is under new leadership, but its spending priorities are still out of whack.
With President Bush seeking an additional $100 billion for Iraq, the Democrats now in charge want to pile on $10 billion for unrelated programs and projects. Meanwhile, space-program supporters on Capitol Hill are struggling to make up a $545 million cut in NASA's budget — a cut that could widen the four-year gap between the retirement of the space shuttle and launch of its successor, Orion.
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Sir Samuel Ferguson (March 10, 1810 – August 9, 1886) was an Irish poet, barrister, antiquarian, artist and public servant. Perhaps the most important Ulster-Scot poet of the 19th century, because of his interest in Irish mythology and early Irish history he can be seen as a forerunner of William Butler Yeats and the other poets of the Celtic Twilight.
Early life
Ferguson was born at 23 High Street, Belfast into a family that had moved to Ulster from Scotland during the 17th century. His father was a spendthrift and his mother was a noted conversationalist and lover of literature who read the works of Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Keats, Shelley and other English authors to her six children.
Read Ferguson's poem,
The Fair Hills of Ireland, one of three available free from poetry-archive.com.
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ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
Juniors: you must pay all outstanding student bills in order to participate in the Junior Prom. Please see Sarah Muse in the Administration Office.
Attention seniors! All bills must be paid to participate in all senior activities such as Senior Ball and Senior Picnic Please see Sarah Muse in the Administration Office to pay your bills.
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By Abdul Nawabi, Courier Staff Writer
Senior year is a great year for many students, one to remember fondly for the rest of their lives, a year where hard work and sacrifice finally pays off in June. For many, it's a time to relax and just finish the remainder of their courses to receive full credit in order to graduate with all their peers.
But for some, it's a year that ends in disappointment.
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By Nathanial Lealao, Courier Staff Writer
Author Mister Mann Frisby
spoke to African-American
boys in the Intervention
Program last monthIn an effort to close the "achievement gap," that has African-American and Latino students generally doing less well in school than other ethnic groups, James Logan High School has established a special "intervention program" to help members of African-American and Latino boys and girls do better.
The Intervention program is run by Logan teacher Perri Darweesh with the help several others teachers on campus.
There are four “support groups”, one each for African-American guys, African-American girls, Latino boys, and Latino girls who have D’s or F’s in english, math, or biology. The groups are set-up to provide help to pass classes and help prepariing for college. This class is open to any of those groups, she also has a list of those that is recommended by other teachers. She will have a list and ask certain students because they are shy to ask.
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By Rebecca Soltau, Courier Staff Writer
Scooter Libby
So, I was watching FOX News (like an idiot) and saw that Scooter Libby has been convicted of lying to the court about the outing of secret agent Valerie Plame. I continued watching, (again, like an idiot) and then, as I predicted, I saw that after a lengthy process of 2 1/2 hours, the National Review demanded that President Bush immediately issue a presidential pardon.
Sigh. Unfortunately, I have to agree. President Bush should pardon Libby.
But before you Republicans get all excited and start thinking you’ve converted me to your side (Ray Dequina), I have a completely different reason than you might think.
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Reviewed by Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
Nobody Knows: written, produced and directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
Distributed by IFC Films (USA)
Release date: August 7, 2004
Running time: 141 min.
Language: Japanese
Inspired by a true story that occurred in 1988, this Japanese film portrays the life of four children (aging from four to twelve) who are forced to fend for themselves when their mother, Keiko, abandons them in a dilapidated apartment in Tokyo.
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Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He played a senior role in two voyages which explored the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502. On the second of these voyages he discovered that South America extended much further south than previously known by Europeans. This convinced him that this land was part of a new continent, a bold contention at a time when other European explorers crossing the Atlantic Ocean thought they were reaching Asia.
Vespucci's voyages became widely known in Europe after two accounts attributed to him were published between 1502 and 1504. In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the new continent "America" after Vespucci's first name, Amerigo. In an accompanying book, Waldseemüller published one of the Vespucci accounts, which led to criticisms of Vespucci as trying to usurp Christopher Columbus's glory. However, the rediscovery in the 18th century of other letters by Vespucci has led to the view that the early published accounts were fabrications, not by Vespucci, but by others.
Read Amerigo Vespucci's account of his first voyage in 1497, free from Fordham University's Modern History Sourcebook.
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By John Chau, Courier Managing Editor
James Logan's student senators convened in the student union Thursday to discuss and be briefed on the school’s upcoming accreditation, an evaluation process that judges the school’s performance, and the validity of the diplomas it issues.
Visit the Western Society of Schools and Colleges' website.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
It has been three years since Lloyd released his debut album,
Southside. His very first single,
Southside, (featuring Ashanti) was merely a one-hit-wonder. However, his latest single,
You, is scoring higher positions on the charts with the help of Lil Wayne on the track. Lloyd s sophomore album releases next week on Tuesday, March 13, 2007, entitled Street Love. The sound of this 13-track album (excluding the introduction) is not surprising, but yet still holds a few potential good singles.
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ACTIVITIES:
Come and support Hip-Hop Day at Colt Court today. During both lunches.
Come out and support the boys varsity volleyball team as they take on Head Royce today. Game time is 4:30 in the Pavilion.
ADMINISTRATION:
JUNIORS AND SENIORS! Remember, attendance, missed in-house detention and suspensions will place you on exclusion from activities, so be on your best behavior if you want to participate in activities like prom and picnic!
Friday's Assembly Schedule
Assembly A: room #'s Athletic PE; Dance Studio; Staff Lounge;408-476;501-534
Assembly B: room #'s 21-98; 101-124;201-234
0 07:04 - 07:58(54)
1 08:05 - 08:47(42)
2 08:54 - 09:41(47)
Break 09:41 - 09:51(10)
3 09:51 - 10:33(42)
4/lunch 10:40 - 11:22(42) 10:33 - 11:13 (40)
5/lunch 11:22 - 12:02(40) 11:20 - 12:02 (42)
6 12:09 - 12:51(42)
Assembly A
leave for the assembly @ 12:58
Assembly1:05 - 1:55
Row by Row dismissal 1:55
Class 2:05 - 2:50
Assembly B
Class 12:58 - 1:48
leave for the assembly @ 1:48
Assembly 1:55 -2:45
Row by Row dismissal 2:45
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By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer
Tomorrow, one of rock's greatest albums will be celebrating its 20th birthday. U2's "The Joshua Tree" was released on March 9th, 1987, earning the boys from Dublin worldwide commercial and critical success. To commemorate the landmark album, I compiled and ranked U2's best songs ever recorded.
1.
With or Without You ‑
The Joshua Tree, 1987
Not the most complex or brilliant piece of music in U2's catalogue, probably one of the simplest songs to learn to play. But as far as songwriting goes, it has perhaps the most moving lyrics to come from the band. What makes this the greatest U2 song, however, is just the sheer emotion that resonates from Bono's voice from start to finish.
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By Jim Farber
New York Daily News (MCT)
Iggy Pop performing at
U.C. Davis in 1980
wikipedia photoIt's hard to believe but next month Iggy Pop turns 60.
Not that he minds.
"Only now in my life do I have everything I wanted when I was an adolescent," Pop explains. "Cool cars, hot sex, a really good band that people actually enjoy, proper gigs. And I don't wake up feeling ill."
Better, only at this point has Pop managed to record the first full album in over three decades with his historic blurt of a band, The Stooges. This week, the reunited group releases "The Weirdness," a 12-track spew of whiplash riffs and murderous lyrics more viciously skewed than anything out there now by guys 40 years their junior.
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By David Hinckley
New York Daily News (MCT)
The Beatles album, Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band, was named
the greatest ever.
At a time when CD sales are wobbling like Britney Spears, the National Association of Record Manufacturers and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have fought back with a celebration of the greatest albums ever.
The two organizations Tuesday released "The Definitive 200," a list of 200 albums they think every popular-music fan should own. To no one's shock, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper," Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller."
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for March 6:
1. "Infinity On High," Fall Out Boy
2. "Music and Lyrics (Music from the Motion Picture)," various artists
3. "Daughtry," Daughtry
4. "Taking the Long Way," Dixie Chicks
5. "Continuum," John Mayer
6. "FutureSex/LoveSounds," Justin Timberlake
7. "Corinne Bailey Rae," Corinne Bailey Rae
8. "Not Too Late," Norah Jones
9. "The Evolution of Robin Thicke," Robin Thicke
10. "Alright, Still," Lily Allen
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night heard a report on English language development, highlighting the District’s partnerships with two of the top academic institutions in the country, Columbia University and Stanford University.
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Editor's Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books and other materials newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
300 by Frank Miller
Hardcover: 88 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse; 1098 edition (December 15, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1569714029
ISBN-13: 978-1569714027
From
Amazon.com:
An emperor amasses an army of hundreds of thousands, drawn from two continents, to invade a third continent and conquer a tiny, divided nation. Only a few hundred warriors stand against them. Yet the tiny nation is saved. It sounds like the plot of a preposterous fantasy novel. It is historical fact. In 481-480 B.C., King Xerxes of Persia raised forces in Asia and Africa and invaded Greece with an army so huge that it "drank rivers dry." Then they entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae and encountered 300 determined soldiers from Sparta....
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Official numbers aren't available yet, but an informal accounting indicates that about 30 to 50 percent of seniors took Wednesday off to celebrate an unofficial "Senior Cut Day" holiday.
One senior, who said he couldn't cut for academic reasons, said that seniors, through some mysterious process, decided that Wednesday would be the day because the date, expressed as 03-07, corresponds to both the year they entered high school, 2003, and the year they expect to be graduated, 2007.
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ACTIVITIES:
Come out to Colt Court to play a cricket/bug picking game during both lunches today. The bugs aren’t real. Winner gets a prize. Please play!
Come and support Hip-Hop Day at Colt Court tomorrow. During both lunches.
Come out and support the boys varsity volleyball team as they take on Head Royce on Friday. Game time is 4:30 in the Pavilion.
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By Yanira Romero, Courier Staff Writer
Logan students who are behind schedule earning enough credits to graduate on time are taking advantage of the school's Credit Recovery Program to try to catch up.
The credit recovery program has been in action at James Logan High School for the last ten years helping those students in need. Led by administrator Roxana Mohammed and teacher Steven Callahan, the program was designed for students who failed classes and are behind in credits.
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Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Book Editor
What is the What by Dave Eggers
Hardcover: 475 pages
Publisher: McSweeney's; 1 edition (October 25, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1932416641
ISBN-13: 978-1932416640
“So the first man lifted his head to God and asked what this was, this What. ‘What is the What?’ the first man asked. And God said to the man, ‘I cannot tell you. Still, you have to choose. You have to choose between the cattle and the What.’ Well then. The man and the woman could see the cattle right there in front of them, and they knew that with cattle they would eat and live with great contentment. They could see the cattle were God’s most perfect creation, and that the cattle carried something godlike within themselves. They knew that they would live in peace with the cattle, and that if they helped the cattle eat and drink, the cattle would give man their milk, would multiply every year and keep the monyjang happy and healthy. So the first man and woman knew they would be fools to pass up the cattle for this idea of the What. So the man chose cattle. And God has proven that this was the correct decision. God was testing the man. He was testing the man, to see if he could appreciate what he had been given, if he could take pleasure in the county before him, rather than trade it for the unknown. And because the first man was able to see this, God has allowed us to prosper. The Dinka live and grow as the cattle live and grow.”
This is the Sudanese folktale upon which the title of this fictional biography is based. It is not completely fictional; in fact it’s based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee from Sudan (the current location of the Darfur genocide) and one of the Lost Boys (the boys from the generation of Sudanese who lost their childhood while trekking hundreds of miles from their homes in search of safety during a brutal civil war). It is classified as fictional because some of the dialogues that occur have been fictionalized; other than that, it is the life story of a young boy who is constantly running from a danger few of us can even imagine, and the story of a young man in an America that is quite like he imagined it would be.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Feb. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Innocent in Death. J.D. Robb. Putnam, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2. Step on a Crack. James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
3. Sisters. Danielle Steel. Delacorte, $27
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 2
4. The Double Bind. Chris Bohjalian. Crown/Shaye Areheart, $25
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2
5. For One More Day. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 21
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ACTIVITIES:
Come and support Hip-Hop Day at Colt Court on March 9. During both lunches.
Come out to Colt Court to play a cricket/bug picking game during both lunches tomorrow. The bugs aren’t real. Winner gets a prize.
The James Logan Boys & Girls Track & Field teams won the Mt. Pleasant Relays on Saturday!
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
UNION CITY – Veteran educator Karen Saucedo, who started her career as a teacher at Barnard-White Middle School and went on to become the New Haven Unified School District’s Director of Special Services, will return to Barnard-White as principal for the 2007-08 school year.
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By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
Candidates Princess Valencerina, Kirsten
Ignacio and Trisha Paule have their campaign
posters up.Christina La/ Courier photoCampaigning for next year’s ASB officers began last Monday, and will continue through the next week. Students of all grade levels will be voting in their second period classes on Friday, March 16. If necessary, run-off elections are to be announced.
Candidates for the 2007-2008 ASB officers are:
ASB President: Blaise Bayens, Kirsten “KJ” Ignacio, Alvin Ngo, Nicole Soliman
ASB Vice President: Tiffany Hoang, Princess Valencerina
ASB Secretary: Trisha Paule
ASB Treasurer: Stephanie Ko
ASB Board Representative: Harris Mojadedi, Rajiv Narayan
Commissioner of Activities: Michelle Santiago
Commissioner of Athletics: Mandy Dhahan
Commissioner of Clubs: Fatema Etmadi
Commissioner of Elections: Susan Algarne, Geoffrey Astudillo
Commissioner of Publicity: Patricia Rodriguez, Janessa Canilao.
Commissioner of Public Relations: Bilquis Ayar, Sylvea Wong
Commissioner of Sales: Jennifer Lee
Commissioner of School Improvement: Siju Oonnuny
Commissioner of Spirit: Kriselda Caraos
By Sam LaGrone
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Screenshot from Myst
Online Uru Live RALEIGH, N.C. — Before Will Wright's genius mind unleashed "The Sims" onto the world, the single most popular game on the personal computer was "Myst."
That game was developed by Rand and Robyn Miller, a team of brothers who were among the first to delve into the CD-ROM realm of game production in the early 1990s. Remember back then: trading bootleg copies of "Doom 2" on eight 3.5-inch floppy disks? Calling the Web the Net? Jams, the shorts, not the bands?
"Myst" came in and wowed the world with 3D graphics and non-stupid sound.
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By Jerri Stroud
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
Dane Johnston uses GameRail from
his Lafayette Square apartment in
St. Louis, Missouri, Feb. 12.
(Kevin Manning/
St. Louis Post-Dispatch/MCT)ST. LOUIS — Online gamers live or die — in the virtual world anyway — on their ability to respond quickly to opponents' moves.
While part of that response depends on reflexes, a gamer's equipment and the Internet can slow down delivery of the response, cause jittery images or lose a player's move altogether.
GameRail, a new St. Louis company, has developed technology that can shave milliseconds off response time — also called latency — by directly connecting Internet access providers and the servers. The technology also reduces jitter and delivers signals — or data packets — more reliably.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
CRACKDOWN
For: Xbox 360
From: Real Time Worlds/Microsoft
ESRB Rating: Mature (Blood and gore, intense violence, sexual themes, strong language, use of drugs)
Yes, "Crackdown" is the latest in a growing line of video games that overtly takes cues from the open-world formula made popular by "Grand Theft Auto." But "Crackdown" also is what happens when someone argues that "GTA" is, of all things, too restrictive.
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ACTIVITIES:
Come and support Hip-Hop Day at Colt Court on March 9. During both lunches.
Come out to Colt Court to play a cricket/bug picking game during both lunches this Thursday. The bugs aren’t real. Winner gets a prize
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The attack took place near the
UC Landing Transit CenterA fight between riders on the AC Transit 97 bus, one of them reportedly a Logan student, ended with that student being struck in the head with a thrown brick.
According to a rider on the bus, the Logan student was sitting in the seat in front of him when another rider approached and punched him in the face.
Logan Principal Don Montoya said that he hasn't been able to confirm that the victim is a Logan student.
As the fight roiled, the bus driver stopped the bus, and the attacker left the bus for a moment, then returned with a brick and threw it at the Logan student, who was struck in the face. The attacker then left the bus, said the witness, a James Logan senior.
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By Naweed Zemaryalai, Courier Staff Writer
A Darfur village health post destroyed
by a Jingaweit militia attack.
USAID photo
The recent fundraiser for relief of victims of the Genocide in Darfur a sum of $1,620, a paltry sum according to fundraiser Danielle Lemi.
The class that raised the most amount was Stacey Berkowitz' class which came up with a total of $92.
Lemi, a founding member of Suluhiana, a school club formed to bring attention to the Darfur genocide, was in charge of this fundraiser. She said she hoped to raise $2,000, and said that if everyone in the school gave up 50 cents that they could have achieved their goal.
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By Sadaf Khan, Courier Staff Writer
An espresso machine staffed by students
will soon be producing coffee drinks for staff.
Courier photoA new cart selling Boyd’s Coffee will be opening soon in the Curriculum Center to serve James Logan teachers and staff.
Chef Mari Mochetti and her Culinary Arts class will be running a new coffee cart during first and second period only. Staff will be able to use these services in the curriculum center. It will not be accessible to students because of the time it is open.
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By Fermin Sierra, Courier Staff Writer
The Number 23, Jim Carrey’s new “psychological thriller” was released last week to overwhelmingly bad reviews as critics around the country announced the fall of Mr. Carrey’s career. While those rumors are completely unfounded and untrue, it is obvious upon first viewing of
The Number 23 that viewers are watching a movie, and a star who are both going to great lengths to create and the two things that make “psychological thrillers” entertaining: mood and a controllable plot.
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By Jenna Garard, Courier Staff Writer
The girls softball team won their game on Friday night against Arroyo High School with a score of 2-0.
The game was tied with a score of 0-0 up until the 6th inning, when Deena Qualls was walked, and advanced to second base with a single by Melissa Munoz. Julyssa Perry then attempted a bunt, but Arroyo's third baseman caught the pop-up, then trying to get Munoz out on first, over-threw the ball, bringing Qualls in. Stefanie Barnes then brought in Munoz with a base hit.
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By Roberta Maas, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan's production of
The Music Man Friday night was neither a disappointment nor satisfying.
The musical was not consistent. On occasion the performances were quite believable. During other scenes, however, the singing was extremely off key and lines were entirely forgotten. The male portion of the cast suffered from this memory loss most frequently.
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Michelle Morimoto/Courier photo A James Logan junior walked away uninjured after her Honda automobile crashed into a pole, bringing down a traffic signal and some signage at the intersection of H Street and Alvarado-Niles Boulevard Friday morning.
The student said afterward that she was a bit shaken by the experience, but uninjured.
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ACTIVITIES:
Come and support hip-hop day at colt court on March 9. During both lunches.
The first Powder Puff practice for both Juniors and Seniors is today at 3:00 pm on the Big Green.
CLUBS:
The Youth Alive Club will be showing a very powerful video tomorrow after school in room 418 please be on time we will start the video at 3:00.
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Reviewed by Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
"Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room":
Release date(s): April 22 2005
Running time: 109 min.
Language: English
Producer/director Alex Gibney's documentary of Enron unravels the bankruptcy scandal that disintegrated the seventh largest corporation in the country. It goes under the surface of the company and reveals the secrets about the company's employees, stockholders, business associates, and seven casual observers.
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Reviewed by Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
"The Motorcycle Diaries":
Based on Ernesto "Che" Guevara's books,
The Motorcycle Diaries, this Spanish film, directed by Walter Salle, takes place during the '60s when Guevara (Fidel Castro's military sidekick) became a worldwide icon of revolution.
This film follows the journey of Guevara and Alberto Greando's, his friend, 8000-mile journey on a motorcycle from Buenos Aires to Venezuela. However, their journey on the motorcycle is cut short and they must travel on feet when the motorcycle breaks down. The audience is able to see the Guevara's gradual change that transformed him from an affluent young adult to a violent revolutionary.
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By Rebecca Soltau, Courier Staff Writer
Lance Cpl. Eric Frazier, 20, from
Tennessee, practices his walking
during a rehabilitation session at
the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center in Washington, D.C.
Stephen McGee/Detroit Free Press/MCT It has been discovered that Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a hospital specifically for the rehabilitation of soldiers coming home from Iraq and the Middle East, was rapidly falling into disrepair. The severely wounded troops were being housed among rats, mice, mold, cockroaches and rot.
When the Congress finally started to demand something be done (only after the Democrats took it back from the Republicans, mind you), a series of Pentagon and Walter Reed officials expressed surprise and disgust at the conditions that were found in the hospital. They promised that the complaints would be taken care of ASAP.
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By Jim Fry, VOANews
Washington, DC
22 February 2007
General Richard CodyThe U.S. Army's second in command says he is disappointed in the living conditions that wounded soldiers endure at the Army's main hospital for the wounded.
A newspaper investigation in Washington, D.C. revealed what it called neglect of the soldiers, and frustration among those soldiers and their families. The Army is promising action and some in Congress want an investigation.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
UNION CITY – Patsy Lockhart of Barnard-White Middle School is one of a select group of teachers from throughout the state being honored as part of the California Teachers Association Human Rights Awards Program.
Patsy
LockhartMs. Lockhart is the recipient of the 2007 Lois Tinson Human Rights Award, one of eight awards to be presented Saturday, March 3, at the annual CTA Equity and Human Rights Conference in San Jose. The Tinson award is presented to an individual whose activities have helped achieve significant progress toward equal opportunity for African Americans.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Pop:
DEAN & BRITTA "Back Numbers" (Zoe, 3 { stars)
Dean Wareham has excelled at quiescent, Velvet Underground-derived rock for a couple of decades now, stretching back to his days leading the sometimes somnambulant trio Galaxie 500 in the '80s through his years making delicately restrained music with Luna.
But the New Zealand native really got his slow-motion groove on with L'Avventura, his 2003 collaboration with Luna bassist Britta Phillips, who is now Wareham's wife.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Everlife, by Everlife
Release date: February 20, 2007
Label: Buena Vista
ASIN: B000MGUZNE
For Disney Channel viewers, Everlife (Julia, Amber, and Sarah Ross) should be a name they know. Since 2004, these three sisters from Pittsburgh have had five successful singles in Radio Disney s Top 30 playlist. Two notable ones are
Go Figure (from Disney Channel Original Movie, Go Figure ) and
Find Yourself in You (from Disney Channel Original Series, Hannah Montana ). A number of songs on their latest self-titled album (released on February 20,) are not original songs and/or were featured on other albums, which downplays the band.
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 songs on iTunes Music Store for Feb. 27:
1. "This is Why I'm Hot," Mims
2. "Break It Off," Rihanna & Sean Paul
3. "Don't Matter," Akon
4. "This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race," Fall Out Boy
5. "Cupid's Chokehold," Gym Class Heroes
6. "The Sweet Escape," Gwen Stefani
7. "What Goes Around .../... Comes Around," Justin Timberlake
8. "It's Not Over," Daughtry
9. "Say It Right," Nelly Furtado
10. "Here (In Your Arms)," Hellogoodbye
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Neighborhood Rapstar, 2XL
Audio CD (February 20, 2007)
Original Release Date: October 24, 2006
Label: Tommy Boy
ASIN: B000I2IR78
It is hard to believe, but the twin brothers of the California-based rap duo 2XL are only 16 years old. Bennett Laze and Justin Royal Talmadge Armstrong just released their debut album, Neighborhood Rapstar, on February 20, 2007. At such a young age, 2XL are already working with big names as they appear on the album like Cherish, E-40, and Scott Storch.
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By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer
Funeral for Yesterday, Kittie
Release Date: February 20, 2007
Label: X Of Infamy
ASIN: B000MQ55HK
4 out of 5 stars
When it comes to hard rock, the list of female musicians who have made an impact in the genre is very short. Wendy O. Williams, Lita Ford and Courtney Love are the only ones that come to my mind. However, one all-female band from Canada aims to make that list just a bit longer.
You can see Kittie on tour on Wednesday at 8 p.m., at the Fat Cat Music House and Lounge, in Modesto.
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