This is the archive for September 2008
A printer like the one in the
drafting room created this
working 3d prototype.
Idrees Najibi/Courier photor
Have you ever seen a Star Trek episode in which Captain Kirk pushes a button, and some science fiction machine creates whatever Kirk ordered?
Well, science fiction has become science fact in teacher Richard Lawrence's drafting classroom.
The James Logan Drafting program recently purchased a 3D printer. Now some of you might be asking yourselves, “A printer that prints 3D pics, big deal”.
But it doesn't print pictures; it prints 3D objects.
Posted by courier at 11:29 AM. Filed under: News
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Beef Teriyaki, Chicken Chow Mein, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Happy Birthday to our 39th President, Jimmy Carter, born this day in 1924.
Logan Males: Are you turning 18? If so, don’t forget to register with Selective Service. Besides being the LAW, you also jeopardize any federal financial aid for college. To find out more, pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Posted by courier at 09:41 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Less than a month after being notified it would be in “program improvement” under a narrow definition of federal law that Interim Superintendent David Pava called “absurd,” the New Haven Unified School District has learned it was labeled in error.
“I’m pleased to announce that we are not a program improvement district, but frankly, it bothers me to have to do so,” Mr. Pava said. “We shouldn’t have to ‘clear our name,’ so to speak, not in a district where teachers, classified employees and administrators work so hard every day to care for our students and their families.
“The New Haven community knows this is a quality school district.”
Posted by courier at 09:14 AM. Filed under: News
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From wikipedia:
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (September 30, 1765, Valladolid, now Morelia, Michoacán – December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of México) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811. He was later captured by the Spanish colonial authorities and executed for treason in 1815.
Read more about Jose Morelos and other heroes of the Mexican independence movement, free from Texas A&M University
Posted by courier at 06:27 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Teriyaki Chicken, Veggie Fried Rice, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Want to help your fellow students succeed in school? Then volunteer as a tutor with Logan’s before and after school tutoring program to begin this Saturday, October 4th, earning Community Service. All subjects needed. Essential subjects are chemistry and math. The before school program will operate Monday thru Friday, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., and after school Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays, 8:30 – 12:30. Choose the days and times that fit your schedule. Interested? Want more info? Then come by this week, before school, to Room 77 and talk with Mr. Caruso.
Posted by courier at 11:42 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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A Sikh man wears a turban.
wikipedia photo
Courier Correspondent
During the past seventeen years of my life, I have observed that Sikhs have been underrepresented and underestimated. We are the fifth largest religious community in the world, and such a huge global population does not even know that we are referred to as Sikhs, or that we differ from Hindus, Muslims, and other groups from South Asia. We are from Northern India and fundamentally believe in one God and equality, regardless of caste, creed, gender, economic status, or religion.
As for the turban associated with Sikhs, it’s not an attempt to make a fashion statement, nor is it a “silly little hat”. Actually, it’s not a hat at all. It's called a Dastar or Pagṛi in Punjabi and Hindi, and it’s a long piece of cloth that is used to tie the hair with, and, for the record, there is no room to hide knives, guns, bombs, or any other explosives in it.
Learn how to tie a turban, Sikh-style, free from sikhnet.com.
Posted by courier at 11:11 AM. Filed under: Opinion
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By Chris Winn, Courier Staff Writer
Chris Winn is a member of the James Logan Colts Varsity Football Team
A blocked field goal…
That was the difference in the game Friday night against Deer Valley. They started off returning the opening kickoff deep into our territory, capitalizing on a quick score a few plays later. So we were down but it didn’t phase us: we were ready for a long hard fought game.
We started out slow on offense and weren’t moving the ball very well. So when we had an opportunity to put some points on the board we went for it. But it ended up costing us the game. Our field goal attempt was blocked and returned for a touchdown. The score now 13-0, with Deer Valley missing their PAT.
Posted by courier at 09:15 AM. Filed under: Sports
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From wikipedia:
Charles Harrison Cooper (September 29, 1926 - February 5, 1984), better known as Chuck Cooper, was one of three players with legitimate claims to be the first African American basketball player in the NBA. Each satisfied a different condition of being "first":
* Cooper was the first black player to be drafted by an NBA team, in 1950.
* Shortly afterwards, Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton was the first black player to sign a contract with an NBA team.
* Finally, at the start of the 1950-51 season, Earl Lloyd was the first black to play in an NBA game, as his team started its season one day before Cooper's and four days before Clifton's.
Read more about Chuck Cooper, free from jrank.org.
Posted by courier at 07:17 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken, Veggie Chow Mein, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Attention all students who purchased school pictures from Lifetouch: Please pick up your pictures at the Student Activities Center, Room 67, during lunch.
The price of yearbooks will be going up to $80 on Wednesday, October 1st. Buy yours after school in Room 44.
Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors: PSAT and PACT tickets are on sale during both lunches in the Career Center. Tickets cost $22 each.
Posted by courier at 07:36 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Staff Writer
The James Logan Colts' attempt to come back against Deer Valley Friday came up short, setting them up to try to find a way to come back from a winless preseason to win in upcoming Mission Valley Athletic League play.
Logan has a lot to work in the next coming weeks, as they have fallen into a hole at 0-3. Logan, which has been one of the most successful football programs in the past decade, has brought themselves to an unfamiliar spot: underdog.
Posted by courier at 07:01 AM. Filed under: Sports
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School Days by Jamie Maxfield
The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao
Posted by courier at 06:48 AM. Filed under: Comics
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From wikipedia:
Richard Berry Harrison (September 28, 1864 - March 14, 1935) was a renowned actor, teacher, dramatic reader and lecturer. He was featured on the cover of TIME magazine on March 4, 1935. The son of fugitive slaves, Harrison was born in London, Ontario, Canada, on September 28, 1864, the eldest of five siblings.
Harrison's parents had escaped slavery through the Underground Railroad. His mother named him Richard after seeing a performance of Shakespeare's Richard III. Her interest in theatre placed Harrison on the way to becoming an actor. In his youth, he worked selling newspapers, and managed to work near a local London theatre where he would try to get to know the actors. Whenever he saved enough money he would attend the plays. His talents were recognized early in recitations that he would give at school and in church.
Read "When the Lord was a Black Man, a Fresh Look at the Life of Richard Berry Harrison, by Andrea J. Nouryeh, free from the Mollie Huston Lee Collection of the Richard B. Harrison Library in Wake County.
Posted by courier at 06:12 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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By Dick Polman
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Let us swing the door ajar and invite the elephant into the room. One big reason Barack Obama is locked in a tight race, rather than easily outdistancing his opponent, is because he is black.
That factor is rarely discussed in polite political conversation. People tend to dance around it, talking instead about Obama's perceived inexperience, or his youth, or his perceived airs, or his liberal voting record. And racist sentiment rarely shows up in the polls, because a lot of people don't want to share their baser instincts with the pollsters; they'll save that instead for the privacy of the voting booth.
But the incremental evidence — anecdotal and even statistical — has become impossible to ignore.
Posted by courier at 08:56 AM. Filed under: Opinion
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By Edwin Garcia
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Get ready to remove your fingers from that tiny keyboard while driving.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed into law a measure banning motorists from text messaging and e-mailing while operating a vehicle.
The law, written by state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, takes effect Jan. 1.
Posted by courier at 07:32 AM. Filed under: News
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From wikipedia:
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966 in New York City) was an American Jazz pianist, usually considered one of the most influential in the history of the music. Along with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie he was instrumental in the development of bebop, and his virtuosity as a pianist led many to call him "the Charlie Parker of the piano".
Powell's grandfather was a flamenco guitarist, and his father was a stride pianist. The family lived in New York City. His older brother William played the trumpet, and by the age of fifteen Powell was playing in his brother's band. Powell had learned classical piano from an early age, but by the age of eight was interested in jazz, playing his own transcriptions of Art Tatum and stride pianists Fats Waller and James P. Johnson. His younger brother Richie and schoolfriend Elmo Hope were also accomplished pianists who had significant careers. Thelonious Monk was an important early teacher and mentor, and a close friend throughout Powell's life, dedicating the composition "In Walked Bud" to him.
Watch Bud Powell play in Paris in 1959, free from YouTube.
Posted by courier at 06:06 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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Paddy's Coffee House
3900 Smith Street
Union City,
Courier Staff Writer
The 4th annual Paddy's Film Festival last Friday was gathering of cinematic clips and coffee. Behind Paddy's coffee house, there was an inflatable screen were four films were shown. The back lot was strewn with viewers on the grass enjoying a night in town.
First,
A Soldier's Story, by Jeremy Pommier, is an in-depth documentary of Marine Don Roberts in the Vietnam War. He shares his experiences, feelings, along with photos and video clips of war activity.
Posted by courier at 07:10 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Ho Chow Restaurant
"Supreme Cuisine of China"
47966 Warm Springs Boulevard, Fremont
(510) 657-0683
Luncheon, dinner, cocktails, cuisine to go, banquets and parties-Ho Chow Restaurant has it all.
Ho Chow has an extensive menu including appetizers, soups, poultry, beef, seafood, pork, vegetarian entrees, and even "healthy and light" entrees. Upon sitting down, hot tea is placed in the center of the table and drink requests are taken. In case you're having a hard time picking an entree or want to know which ones are good, a waiter is placed at the table to help you decide and inform which entrees are most popular.
Posted by courier at 11:28 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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From wikipedia:
Meredith Charles "Flash" Gourdine (Sept. 26, 1929, Newark, New Jersey - Nov. 20, 1998, Houston) was an American athlete, engineer and physicist.
Gourdine studied at Cornell University, where he competed in the sprints, hurdles and long jump, and was selected for membership in the Quill and Dagger society. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki he won a silver medal in the long jump, one and a half inch short of Jerome Biffle's golden medal jump.
Learn more about Meredith Gourdine, free from the University at Buffalo Mathematics Department.
Posted by courier at 06:45 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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Varsity Boys getting pumped up
before their run.
Jamey Padojino/Courier Photo,
Courier Staff Writer
The James Logan Cross Country team is starting the year off right.
Last Saturday the team went to Hayward High for the annual Farmer’s Invitational. This meet was the first invitational for the team, and the team was able to deliver. Although the day started off with drizzling rain and gray clouds, the team was able to keep their focus.
This meet was difficult for sophomore Tom Hu because this was his first run ever in Varsity. When asked how he was feeling before the race began he said, “I feel nervous, really nervous.”
Posted by courier at 11:30 AM. Filed under: Sports
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By Hamed Noorzay, Courier Staff Writer
In the music of the
Dirty Tongues, underground Hip-hop meets high school angst. Sound familiar? Now add a few tongue and cheek lyrics and a passion for the art of rap and you’ve just started to scratch the surface of the boys of DT (Dirty Tongues).
A generally Logan-based group, the DTs members have adopted the monikers Nasty Neeeks, RayLove, Two Propa, Mysta.E, Optik and Mad Cleva. These boys captivate their audience with infectious beats and their harsh yet sensitive lyrics show that there is more than meets the eyes.
Visit the Dirty Tongues' Myspace. (Blocked at school)
Posted by courier at 11:12 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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From wikipedia:
Eric Eustace Williams (September 25, 1911 – March 29, 1981) was the first Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. He served from 1956 until his death in 1981. He was also a noted Caribbean historian.
Williams was born the son of minor civil servant, but his mother was a descendant of the French Creole elite. He was educated at Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain, where he excelled at academics and football. He won an island scholarship in 1932 which allowed him to attend Oxford University where he received his doctorate in 1938. Williams was in part inspired by C.L.R. James and his doctoral thesis, titled
The Economic Aspect of the West Indian Slave Trade and Slavery, owed much to the influence of James's
The Black Jacobins (1938)
Visit the Eric Eustace Williams Collection, free from the University of the West Indies.
Posted by courier at 12:48 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken, Veggie Fried Rice, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Chabot Space & Science Museum will be visiting Logan today during lunch. They are looking for volunteers to help with their young programs. Interested? Then come to Colt Court today during lunch look for the Chabot Space & Science table.
The price of yearbooks will be going up to $80 on Wednesday, October 1st. Buy yours after school in Room 44.
The Logan Health Center will be closed today. The Health Center will reopen on Monday, 9/29.
Posted by courier at 07:35 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Back Bay Books (June 5, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316776963
ISBN-13: 978-0316776967
“My sisters Amy and Gretchen were, at the time, undergoing therapy for their lazy eyes, while my older sister, Lisa, had been born with a lazy leg that refused to grow at the same rate as its twin. She’d worn a corrective brace for the first two years of her life, and wherever she roamed she left a trail of scratch marks in the soft pine floor. I liked the idea that a part of one’s body might be thought of as lazy—not thoughtless or hostile, just unwilling to extend itself for the betterment of the team.”
In his collection of autobiographical essays, Sedaris helps you take a peek at his life—and at the reality of your own. There are some who find this unacceptable. He is cynical and tells you like it is, in the process making fun of himself, his family, his friends, and Americans in general. He sugar-coats nothing. Not his drug habits, not his homosexuality, not his lack of motivation. He is true to himself. Best of all, he is hilarious. Me Talk Pretty One Day is the funniest book I have ever read. I cracked up, I chuckled, heck, I even giggled several times. His sense of humor appealed to me, and I can honestly say that I have never enjoyed a book quite as much as I enjoyed this one.
Posted by courier at 10:43 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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Vampire Academy
by Richelle Mead
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 332 pages
Publisher: Razorbill (August 16, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 159514174X
ISBN-13: 978-1595141743
“I attacked him, leaping out in an offensive maneuver I hadn’t used in two years, not since Lissa and I had run away. The moved was stupid, another reaction born of instinct and fear. And it was hopeless. He was a skilled guardian, not a novice who hadn’t finished his training. He also wasn’t weak and on the verge of passing out.”
The book begins when the main characters, Lissa and Rose, are caught two years after running away and are put back to the one place the do not want to be: St. Vladimir’s Academy, an elegant school in Montana all the vampires attend.
Vampire Academy a vampire story like no other. It differs from the oh-so-popular vampire series
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, but is just as good. If you’re a
Twilight fan I am certin that
Vampire Academy will satisfy you just as much.
Posted by courier at 07:29 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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From wikipedia:
Edward Franklin Frazier (September 24, 1894 - May 17, 1962), was an American sociologist. His 1932 Ph.D. dissertation
The Negro Family in Chicago, later released as a book
The Negro Family in the United States in 1939, analyzed the cultural and historical forces that influenced the development of the African American family from the time of slavery. The book was awarded the 1939 Anisfield Award for the most significant work in the field of race relations. This book was among the first sociological works on blacks researched and written by a black person. He helped draft the UNESCO statement
The Race Question in 1950.
Read excerpts of E. Franklin Frazier and the Black Bourgeoisie, by James Teele, free from googlebooks.com.
Posted by courier at 06:53 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chicken Chow Mein, Beef Teriyaki, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
The Logan Health Center will be closed on Thursday, 9/25 and Friday, 9/26. The Health Center will reopen on Monday, 9/29.
National Guard recruiters will be in Colt Court today during lunch.
Union City Library is looking for volunteer tutors to work with elementary and middle school students. Information flyers are available in the Career Center.
School pictures are in! Come pick them up today in Colt Court during lunch.
Posted by courier at 06:54 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Tawab Fakhri,
Courier Assistant Editor
The hint of fall in the air recently signals the start of the seemingly never-ending cycle of youngsters and their parents getting serious about school, which unfortunately means a dramatic decrease of overnighter frag fests and questing.
To fill the emptiness and hollowness of life without all day and all night gaming, players can turn their attentions to wanting, as in wanting the new games due this winter.
That'll be just in time for the holiday gift-giving, game-buying season. To give gamers something to buy, a large array of new generation RPG’s is flowing out once again, in addition to new battle systems which are growing increasingly popular, after the breakthrough
Final Fantasy 12.
Posted by courier at 05:19 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
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The first credit card
SAN JOSE, Calif. — They called it the Fresno Drop.
Fifty years ago this month, Bank of America mass-mailed to nearly every home in Fresno, Calif., a small piece of plastic called the BankAmericard. The credit card had arrived, a shiny corkscrew for each recipient to unbottle thousands of dollars in spending money that hadn't existed before they ripped open those envelopes.
That first taste went right to Fresno's head. By the second year, cardholders had racked up nearly $60 million in purchases. BankAmericard morphed into the Visa powerhouse. And a half-century later, as America embraced and then exported the concept of buying things with money folks didn't necessarily have, the whole world has gotten tipsy.
Posted by courier at 04:24 PM. Filed under: News
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By Emma Graves Fitzsimmons and Bonnie Miller Rubin
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Lauren Pfeiffer said she doesn't have to worry about what's on her Facebook profile, but she can't say the same about her fellow students.
"Some of my friends could get in trouble with their photos," said the junior at Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill. "I wouldn't want it to be a deciding factor in their future."
The idea that a lapse in cyber-judgment could alter a life trajectory might once have been dismissed as paranoia.
Posted by courier at 03:56 PM. Filed under: Features
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"Facebreaker"
For: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
Alternate version coming
soon for: Nintendo Wii
From: EA Sports Freestyle
ESRB Rating: Teen (mild language,
suggestive themes, violence)
In terms of features alone, "Facebreaker" easily signifies a turning point not only in boxing games, but fighting games in general.
That is entirely a credit to the game's boxer creation engine, which provides a sky-high level of freedom in terms of creating the pugilist of your dreams or a fighter entirely in your image. For those seeking the latter, "Facebreaker" allows you to import headshots via the Xbox Vision cam, the Playstation Eye or EA Sports' community Web site.
For those less creatively inclined, "Facebreaker" also lets players download boxers others have designed and uploaded to EA's servers. The game sorts user creations by a number of criteria, making it easy for anyone to stockpile their game with an endless parade of astonishingly good representations of real and fictional characters.
Posted by courier at 07:37 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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From wikipedia:
George Jackson (September 23, 1941 – August 21, 1971) was a Black American militant who became a member of the Black Panther Party while in prison, where he spent the last 12 years of his life. He was one of the Soledad Brothers and achieved fame due to a book of published letters.
Born in Chicago Illinois, Jackson spent time in the Youth Authority Corrections facility in Paso Robles because of several convictions. He was convicted of armed robbery, a felony, for robbing a gas station at gunpoint and at age 18 was sentenced to serve one year to life in prison.
Read excerpts from George Jackson's book, Blood in My Eye, free from googlebooks.com.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken, Veggie Chow Mein, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
School pictures are in! Come pick them up today in Colt Court during lunch.
Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors: PSAT and PACT tickets are on sale during both lunches in the Career Center. Tickets cost $22 each.
Posted by courier at 02:40 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Oscar Avila
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
HAINA, Dominican Republic — Officially, Carlos Noel does not exist.
Although his French last name is a giveaway that his family roots go back to neighboring Haiti, Noel is not an illegal immigrant living in the shadows like his parents. Noel was born in the Dominican Republic country and, according to the constitution, entitled to citizenship.
But under a strict new policy, the Dominican government has refused to issue ID cards to Noel and tens of thousands of others whose parents were illegal immigrants.
Posted by courier at 11:58 AM. Filed under: News
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Treasury Secretary
Henry Paulson
U.S. Treasury Photo
WASHINGTON — President Bush's $700 billion rescue plan for Wall Street ran into trouble Sunday as Democrats insisted on provisions for struggling homeowners and limits on CEO pay that Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson opposes.
With the cost of the proposed bailout effort equal to about $2,000 for every man, woman and child in the United States, Democrats began pushing for language in the rescue plan that would steers additional aid to homeowners struggling to stay in their homes and prevent foreclosures.
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Hillman's Cloverleaf Family Bowl
40645 Fremont Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538
Phone: (510)656-4411 Fax:(510)651-1204
Located at the corner of Grimmer Blvd and Fremont Blvd, is The Hillman's Cloverleaf Family Bowl, frequently referred to Cloverleaf. Whether you're competitive, have some time to kill, or need a thing to do to unwind, here's a place where all can enjoy a good time of bowling.
If you're a beginner, they have bumpers to aid in practice, or you can spend time at their arcade. Cloverleaf is a place to go whether the asphalt outside is melting or if you have nothing to do on a rainy day.
Posted by courier at 11:28 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Chris Winn, Courier Staff Writer
Chris Winn is a member of the James Logan Colts Varsity Football Team
When our game against Foothill High School ended Saturday night, for the first time this season I thought we can turn this season around.
We did lose the game, 27-19, but we played with emotion and that’s what you need to win football games.
Posted by courier at 11:05 AM. Filed under: Sports
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From the Smithsonian Institution:
Alma Woodsey Thomas was born in Columbus, Georgia on September 22, 1894, the eldest of the four daughters of John Harris Thomas and Amelia Cantey Thomas. The family moved to Washington, D.C. in 1906. Alma Thomas graduated in 1911 from Armstrong Technical High School where she was first introduced to art classes. From 1911 to 1913, she took a course in kindergarten teaching at the Miner Normal School, Washington, D.C. Because of the lack of permanent positions in the D.C. public school system, she accepted substitute work until early 1914 when she received a teaching position on the Eastern shore of Maryland. Then, from 1916 to 1923, she taught kindergarten at Thomas Garrett Settlement House in Wilmington, Delaware.
See examples of Alma Thomas' art, free from artcyclopedia.com.
Posted by courier at 06:40 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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By Tim Johnson, Shashank Bengali and Tom Lasseter
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
BEIJING — Signs of crisis rippled around the globe Thursday as fears that the ailing U.S. financial system would drag down the rest of the world ricocheted from trading floors in Singapore to the streets of Hong Kong and energy markets in Europe.
While markets gyrated, Russia's president made an unusual appeal for the United States to calm the global financial turmoil it had unleashed and oil-producing countries scrambled to cope with lower prices, indications that the crisis has the potential to reshape politics, as well as finance.
Around the globe, fear pervaded trading floors, leaving many traders dazed.
Posted by courier at 08:10 PM. Filed under: News
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By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Staff Writer
Logan and Foothill have had their history together, as they have both knocked each other out of the NCS playoffs in the last two years. Foothill's one up on the Colts now, because, by the end of this game, Foothill had taken advantage of Logans six fumbles by recovering four of them on their way to victory.
Logan did not waste time in turning the ball over; fumbling on the first two kickoffs, one of which resulted in a Foothill touchdown.
Posted by courier at 07:58 PM. Filed under: Sports
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From wikipedia:
Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 - June 6, 2000) was an African-American football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback at the University of Minnesota. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans.
Stephens was the first black man to play quarterback at the University of Minnesota and remains the only quarterback to take the Gophers to the Rose Bowl (1960 and 1961). In 1960, he led the University of Minnesota to an 8-2 record and the national championship. Stephens became the first African-American major-college All-American quarterback and finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting. In 1961, Stephens received the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference.
Learn more about Sandy Stephens, free from thinkwebworks.com.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken, Veggie Chow Mein, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Leisure Services needs volunteers to help with the Fall Festival of the Arts on Sunday, September 28th, 8 – 5 p.m. Info flyers available in the Career Center.
Juniors & Seniors: Various college reps will be visiting Logan over the next 2 months. To be part of the presentation, go to the Career Center and sign up. Scheduled for visitation so far are Dominican, UOP, USC, Westmont, SLO, St. Mary’s, and U.C. San Diego, Santa Cruz and Berkeley.
Posted by courier at 12:52 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Jessika Robinson,
Courier Staff Writer
Beauty is as Beauty Does."
Aveda, the mostly natural line of beauty products, has been guiided by mission statement summed up in the above quote since 1978 when Horst Rechelbacher launched the company, maker of flower and plant based beauty products.
Since then, Aveda has launched a cosmetics line in addition to their hair care and aromatherapy lines. In addition to marketing natural products, Aveda gives back to the environment from which their products come. They support and partner with indigenous tribes around the world to obtain the natural ingredients used in the Aveda products.
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By Dick Polman
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
So the battle is finally joined. Without further ado, here are some utilitarian tips for Barack Obama and John McCain, offered in the spirit of helping each reach full potential.
Five things Obama needs to do:
Posted by courier at 06:31 AM. Filed under: Opinion
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By Sequoia Sinclair,
Courier Staff Writer
American Dream X
Most expect a white picket fince
With 2.5 kids
With a puppy named tick
Living the step ford expense
What about the American dream X
For the ones who can’t reproduce to have kids
Or the ones allergic to dogs
Who live in urban suspense
Most expect a loving member of the opposite sex
Who love honor and cherish
Most a high paying job with educated children
Living in mansions
What about the American dream X
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Photo:African-American registry was born in Eustis, Florida on Sept. 20, 1915. He went to school in Cleveland, Ohion and graduated from the Cleveland School of Arts in 1938. He went to work for the Ohio Works Progress Administration, and the Ford factory in River Rouge, and taught art at the Karamu House in Cleveland during the 1930s and 1940s. He served in the Navy during World War II. At the Great Lakes Naval Station in Illinois, he completed a series of paintings called “The History of the Negro in the United States Navy.”
He began exhibited his works in 1945 in Chicago. Soon after he began winning awards for his art such as, Detroit Institute Founders Prize (1953), National Academy of Design (four times), the Emily Lowe Award (1957), and the award from the American Society of African Culture (1960). In 1967, he was elected as a member of the National Academy of Design.
Learn more about Hughie Lee-Smith, free from answers.com.
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Sushi House
www.e-sushihouse.com
2375 Shoreline Drive, Alameda, CA 94501
510-865-0999
Sunday - Thursday: 11:00AM to 10:00PM
Friday & Saturday: 11:00AM to 10:30PM
On a Tuesday night, a friend called to invite me to a dinner at the Sushi House in Alameda before she heads back to college. As we walked in, we went straight to the outdoor patio area and found our seats, avoiding the long line of would-be diners, since we had made a reservation.
That's one of the problems with this restaurant. Reservations can only be made for the outdoor patio area, but not the inside dining room. Seating on the patio are very limited. On the bright side, there are heaters out there to keep us warm. Even so, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring a jacket if you plan on dining at the outdoor patio area, as it's right across the street from the often chilly San Franciso Bay. This trip, however, the heaters did the trick and kept our party happy and comfortable.
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Muslims waiting for sunset during
Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt. wikimedia photo
Ramadan is a month in the Muslim lunar calendar that has been specifically set aside for religious adherence and reflection. Here at James Logan, muslims of various nationalities are observing the month by abstaining from eating or drinking anything during daylight hours.
For many, the most familiar aspect of the holy month's observance is the fasting that takes place. Fasting is an important aspect of Islam, and other religions, as well. Fasting is practiced by Jews and Christians, but is not as rigidily enforced and practiced as it is by Muslims.
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Andrew Fulwiler, in a scene from
his film.
Logan graduate Andrew Fulwiler, aka "Andrew the Artist," debuts his film, The Teen Workshop Movie, tonight as part of a film festival being held at Paddy's Coffee House.
Fulwiler, who also helps out the Logan Forensics team by providing artwork for the speakers' visual aids, is the director of
The Teen Workshop Movie.
Watch Part one of "The Teen Workshop Movie," free from YouTube.
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By Sandhaya Mansfield,
Courier Staff Writer
The Crepe House in San Francisco offers great food, affordable prices, and a very hip and trendy atmosphere.
Located at the corner of Gough Street, The Crepe House is surrounded by boutiques as well as other restaurants and is just a block down from the Davies Symphony Hall. Crepes are not the only thing served at this house but a variety of other tasty foods, such as meal crepes, dessert crepes, breakfast, omelettes, bagels, sandwiches, salads, and soups.
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By Mia Tungol, Courier Staff Writer
Yoswirl lives up to expectations.
On Thursday, a few of my friends and I went to Yoswirl, a fat-free frozen yogurt shop in Fremont, after eating dinner. Right when we walked through the door, the environment felt very relaxing. The interior designing was also creative. In my opinion, it almost was like being inside of a little doll house. Inside, there are a few couches and tables where you can just sit with friends while playing board games, watching television, or even just talking with your friends.
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If you love soccer, how about combining it with community service? Alliance FC is hosting a “Battle by the Bay” 2-day soccer tournament and need help with setup, clean-up and grounds keeping. The event takes place Sept. 27 & 28 at various Union City locations. Information flyers are in the career center.
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Michelle Obama, wife of Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama,
speaks to supporters at the University
of Virginia Wednesday. (Chuck Kennedy/MCT)
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John McCain blamed Wall Street's "casino culture" and Barack Obama blamed Republicans — including McCain — on Wednesday for the financial turmoil that led to the government's takeover of the nation's largest insurer.
"The government was forced to commit $85 billion," McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, said in a statement about the Federal Reserve's loan Tuesday night to American International Group. "These actions stem from failed regulation, reckless management and a casino culture on Wall Street that has crippled one of the most important companies in America."
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McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
METALLICA "Death Magnetic" (Warner Bros., 3.5 stars)
"Change we can believe in" might work for some campaigns but it's never been easy for Metallica to navigate the tricky terrain of musical growth when its fans consider stylistic shifts a personal affront.
Metallica perfected speed metal in the mid- to late-'80s on a triumvirate of classics — "Ride the Lightning," "Master of Puppets" and "... And Justice for All" The quartet alienated some core supporters, but picked up many more listeners, by courting the mainstream with shorter, more concise and polished songs when they hooked up with producer Bob Rock for 1991's "Metallica," a CD that sold more than 10 million copies. This friendlier version of Metallica reached its logical conclusion when its Wagnerian metal met the San Francisco Orchestra on 1999's "S&M." Afterward, interband squabbles and the debacle of 2003's confused "St. Anger" project seemed to spell an inglorious end for these metal music masters.
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By Jenelle Gallardo, Courier Staff Writer
With much success already achieved from their first and sophomore albums, the Chicago-based band The Academy is . . .'s third album is already the fifth most downloaded album spot on iTunes after only a month of release.
Co-headlining with many other bands during last summer’s Warped Tour, and heading off for another tour along with bands We The Kings, and Carolina Liar this fall, this quintet have even more to add to the slowly ending 2008.
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By Hamed Noorzay, Courier Staff Writer
When you think about up and coming Bay Area artists you think of BMB (Beautiful Music, Baby.). They have a style all their own. With a combination of witty lyrics and "Home grown" Beats, its hard to resist their musical charm. Not to mention that they have their own "Fresh" style of urban clothing. BMB, most of the members of which are former Logan students, is definitely making a name for themselves.
"I love BMB," said 16-year-old Nikki Ramos, a junior said."They are a unique local group that rep's the UC with pride. They are not mainstream so they know what legit Hip-Hop is."
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Yearbooks will be going up in price to $80 on October 1st. Buy yours now for $70 in Room 44 after school.
Washington Hospital’s Medical Explorers program starts back up TONIGHT from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. If a medical career is in your future or you just enjoy helping people, come to tonight’s meeting. Info flyers are available in the Career Center.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received an update from the Division of Teaching and Learning on the status of small learning communities at James Logan High School, in conjunction with Action Plan 5.1 of the New Haven Strategic Plan.
Personalization is critical to meeting individual needs on a 4,000-student campus, Chief Academic Officer Glynn Thompson and Principal Judy Billingsley told the Board, and Vice Principal of Teaching and Learning Matt Smith said the “freshman families” program, entering its second year, has helped clarify needs and identify greater opportunities. Mr. Thompson told the Board that supporting the program will remain a priority in 2008-09, even as the Division and Logan’s teachers and administrators begin working together on a “redesign” that could help solve some of the complexities of a large campus.
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By Angela Luo, ASB Public Relations Commissioner
Greetings! Fellow classmates and friends. I’m Angela Luo, your ASB Public Relations Commissioner here to represent the student leadership team and the student council.
First, I would like to welcome all the new students and the students returning. Hopefully our leadership can provide to your needs, we will of course do our best.
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Top: The Media Center at lunch last year
Bottom: The Media Center at lunch this year.
Media Center photos
With the doors to the "carpeted hallway" closed and locked during the lunch periods, students are finding it difficult to visit the school Media Center during lunch, resulting is a steep decrease in the number of students enhancing their educations through use of the facility..
According to Carla Colburn, the Media Center specialist who runs the facility, “there is a 75 percent decrease in the number of students attending the library since last year.”
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Ink Exchange by Melissa Marr
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (April 29, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 006121468X
ISBN-13: 978-0061214684,
Courier Staff Writer
“He lifted the bottle and tipped it into a series of caps. Some of the caps already had a crystalline liquid in the bottom. In the dim light, it looked as if the ink separated into variations of darkness as Rabbit poured a little into each cap.
Tiny black tears, like a cup dipped into the abyss. She shook her head. Too many weird events, making me think strange things. She asked, ‘Is it the other liquid in there that changes the colors? Like two inks mixing?’
‘They mix into what I need for your work. Turn.’ Rabbit motioned for her to look away.
She did, moving her body until her back was to him. HE wiped her skin, and she closed her eyes ----waiting.”
If you read my review last week of
Wicked Lovely, then you should know that this is the second book to the
Wicked Lovely series.
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Courier Staff Report
House Principal John Rodriguez is recovering from injuries suffered Tuesday afternoon when he was run down by a car in the staff parking area adjacent to the band room.
Rodriguez, the 11th grade house principal, "was supervising behind the campus along the Fire Lane near the band room when he attempted to stop a vehicle," which had been driving along the Fire Lane several times before, according to a report by Principal Judy Billingsley. Rodriguez "intended to stop the vehicle to tell the driver that he could not use the road," Billingsley said.
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From wikipedia:
Mary Burnett Talbert (September 17, 1866 – October 15, 1923) was an American orator, activist, suffragist and reformer. Called "The best known Colored Woman in the United States," Talbert was among the most prominent African Americans of her time.
Mary Burnett Talbert was born and raised in Oberlin, Ohio in 1866. As the only African-American woman in her graduating class from Oberlin College in 1886, Burnett received a Bachelor of Arts degree, then called an S.P. degree. She entered the field of education, becoming assistant principal of the Union High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887, the highest position held by an African-American woman in the state. In 1891 she married William H. Talbert, moved to Buffalo, New York, and joined Buffalo's historic Michigan Avenue Baptist Church.
Learn more about Mary Burnett Talbert, free from "Uncrowned Queens: African American Community Builders," from the University of Buffalo.
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By Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Wall Street shook to its foundations Monday after a series of historic events that included the bankruptcy of a major investment bank, the hastily arranged sale of another and the near collapse of one of the most iconic of blue-chip companies.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 504 points, or 4.4 percent, to 10,917.51 — its lowest close in two years and its steepest one-day decline in seven years. The S&P 500 fell by 4.7 percent and the technology heavy Nasdaq was down 3.6 percent.
The colossal market drop came on an unprecedented day that featured Wall Street mainstay Lehman Brothers filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and the sudden, breathtaking sale of investment bank Merrill Lynch to Bank of America for $50 billion.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks will be going up in price to $80 on October 1st. Buy yours now for $70 in Room 44 after school.
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Traffic backs up trying to get
out of the parking lot after school.
Alejandro Samaniego/
Courier Photo
The lack of school buses to ferry James Logan High School students to and from the sprawling campus is proving inconvenient for some former riders, and for drivers stuck in traffic on snarled streets around the school at drop-off and pickup times.
"It takes me 30 minutes to get out of the parking lot," said Chris Arboleda, a senior, because of the additional number of cars on the area streets as parents and others fill in for the absent buses. " I get home a lot later."
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Sony's VAIO Ultra-Mobile PC
SAN JOSE, Calif. — When it comes to surfing the Internet, playing games or watching movies on the road, a laptop can be too big and a smartphone too small. That's why some tech heavyweights have been working on a device that falls in between.
The gadget — essentially a handheld computer — has essentially the same processing power as a laptop but in a considerably smaller size. Like a smartphone, it can connect to the Internet while out on the road, but offers a bigger screen and the ability to display Web sites that most smartphones can't.
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By Pamela Yip
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
DALLAS — The Internet, which has wrought major changes in the way people conduct their lives, is changing the way people manage their finances and borrow money.
What social networking sites like My Space and Facebook have done for online personal interaction, Web sites like finicity.com, Prosper and GreenNote are now doing for personal finance.
"This is the second stage of social networking," said Chris Larsen, chief executive of Prosper. "Social networking started out as communication and entertainment, and now has evolved into more basic things such as business services and finance."
And it shows no sign of letting up.
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From wikipedia:
Francis Parkman (September 16, 1823 – November 8, 1893) was an American historian, best known as author of
The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven volume
France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his work have met with criticism. He was also a leading horticulturist, briefly a Professor of Horticulture at Harvard University and the first leader of the Arnold Arboretum, and author of several books on the topic.
Read The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, by Francis Parkman, free from the University of Virginia.
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LUNCH
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MISCELLANEOUS
Logan males, are you turning 18? If so, don’t forget to register with Selective Service. Besides being the LAW, you also jeopardize any federal financial aid for college. To find out more, pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Come to the Fall Sports Rally at lunch on Friday, September 19th, in Colt Court. Show your support for your Logan athletes!
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U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sumalee Bustamante
forms up the female class of trainees for physical
training at the Kirkuk Iraqi Police Academy, Iraq.
DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Ave I. Pele-Sizelove,
U.S. Air Force.
BAGHDAD — Parliament on Sunday suspended legal immunity for secular Sunni lawmaker Mithal Alusi, opening him up to possible felony charges for traveling to Israel last week to participate in an international counterterrorism conference.
"Are you holding me accountable for not hiding secrets? For being honest? For not walking behind the curtains?" he demanded of his colleagues Sunday. "It is better than visiting in secret."
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By Chris Winn, Courier Staff Writer
Chris Winn is a member of the James Logan Colts varsity football team.
Standing on the sideline at Monte Vista High School in Danville Friday night, all I felt was embarrassment, disappointment and a sense of helplessness.
We came into the game against the Mustangs mentally prepared and I felt we were ready to bounce back from the horrible showing we had at the scrimmage just a week ago. Well I shortly realized I was wrong. We were simply out played by a team who obviously wanted the game more than we did. It felt like we couldn’t do anything right.
The final score was 45-13.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Students: Please remember that there is no sidewalk on the Logan side of H Street near the Performing Arts Center construction site. All students must walk on the swim complex sidewalk when walking from Alvarado-Niles Road to school and back. Also, students should cross the street only within the crosswalk at the corner of H and Syracuse. Those that do not follow these simple safety tips may be ticketed by the Union City Police Department.
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A jammous, a large water buffalo
used by locals primarily for meat and
milk, approaches a Humvee in the
Fedaliyah area of New Baghdad, Iraq.
U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Lyndsey Dransfield
BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government approved in principle a deal potentially worth billions of dollars with Royal Dutch Shell to exploit the immense amount of natural gas in southern Iraq that is now being flared off, the government said in a statement.
Under the agreement approved Sunday, Shell will build the infrastructure to capture and purify the 700 million cubic feet of gas now being burned off every day at the southern oil wells to relieve pressure on the reservoirs below.
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The Adventures of Lorisa, Kidd Wonder by Lorisa Salvatin
The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao
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From wikipedia:
Constance Baker Motley (14 September 1921–28 September 2005) was an African American civil rights activist, lawyer, judge, and state senator.
She was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the ninth of twelve children. Her parents had immigrated from Nevis, in the Caribbean; her mother was the founder of the New Haven chapter of the NAACP. With financial help from a local philanthropist, Clarence Blakeslee, she initially attended Fisk University, a historically black college in Tennessee, before deciding to move to an integrated university. Motley graduated from New York University in 1943, then received her law degree from Columbia Law School in 1946. Her legal career began as a law clerk in the fledgling NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), where she worked with Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg, and others. The LDF's first female attorney, she became Associate Counsel to the LDF, making her the NAACP's lead trial attorney.
Read a speech to the NAACP by Constance Baker Motley, part of The Agents of Social Change exhibit of the Sophia Smith Collection online at the Smith College library.
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From wikipedia:
Maria Louise Baldwin (September 13, 1856 – January 9, 1922) was an African American educator and civic leader born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Baldwin was born to Peter L. and Mary E. Baldwin, and received all of her education in Cambridge’s schools. In 1874, Baldwin graduated from Cambridge High School, and a year later she graduated from the Cambridge training school for teachers.
Learn more about Maria L. Baldwin, at the website of the Maria L. Baldwin School.
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Senior Bilkis Shaikh wears
a hijab.
Tawab Fakhri/Courier Photo
A hijab is the outer garment that is some believe is mandatory for Muslim females to wear, once they reach puberty. Hijab comes from the Arabic word “hajaba” meaning to hide from view or conceal.
A Muslim woman who covers her head is making a statement about her identity. Anyone who sees her will know that she is Muslim and has a good moral character. As a modest, pure woman, she does not want her sexuality to enter into interactions with men in the smallest degree. A woman who covers herself is concealing her sexuality but allowing her femininity to be brought out.
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Capoeira or the Dance of War
by Johann Moritz Rugendas, 1825,
Courier Staff Writer
Kicks, sweeps, slaps, and punches in the traditional Capoeira dance called "Angola," will be on display this weekend when the Roots of Brazil Capoeira Group of Union City hosts their annual Batizado celebration on Sunday from noon to 4:00 p.m. at Ruggeri Senior Center.
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The Olive Garden
39145 Farwell Dr
Fremont, CA 94538
(510) 796-7500
Alejandro Samaniego/
Courier Photo
On a recent Sunday, I went to eat lunch with my family at Olive Garden in Newark. As we arrived, I thought that it would be too crowded since it was around lunchtime. Although there was a line, Olive Garden has the option of being able to seat yourself and eat in the bar area, so we were able to be seated right away. The environment in the restaurant was welcoming and the employees were kind.
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Amanda Tapping, second from
left, stars in the Sci-Fi channel's
Sanctuary,
Courier Staff Writer
"Even the things that go bump in the night need protection"
After playing Colonel Samantha Carter for ten years on the hit scifi show
Stargate SG1 and appearing on
Stargate Atlantis for one season, Amanda Tapping is taking the lead role on SciFi channel's new installment,
Sanctuary.
Dr. Helen Magnus (Amanda Tapping) knows all about the creatures that go bump in the night and has dedicated her life to tracking them. She has set up a sanctuary to protect and harbor these creatures, along with her daughter Ashley (Emilie Ullerup), tech-wiz Henry, and new recruit, Will (Robin Dunne), a psychiatrist who always seems to stumble upon the strange and unusual.
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George Zuber, Courier Photo
This year's James Logan Varsity football team seems to be a quite different than last year's, and those differences will be on display at Monte Vista in the first game of the Head Coach George Zuber's third season in Union City.
“We were more explosive last year, but this year we have a more team concept,” Zuber said.
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Florence Kelley (September 12, 1859 – February 17, 1932) was a social and political reformer from Philadelphia. Her work with children's rights is widely regarded today.
She was the daughter of Congressman William Darrah "Pig Iron" Kelley, a self-made man who renounced his business activities to become an abolitionist, a founder of the Republican party and a judge, and worked for numerous political and social reforms, including the NAACP.
Read "Women in the Trade Unions, by Florence Kelley, free from Harvard University.
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Students: Please remember that there is no sidewalk on the Logan side of H Street near the Performing Arts Center construction site. All students must walk on the swim complex sidewalk when walking from Alvarado-Niles Road to school and back. Also, students should cross the street only within the crosswalk at the corner of H and Syracuse. Those that do not follow these simple safety tips may be ticketed by the Union City Police Department.
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By Etan Horowitz
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Jen Vargas suddenly was laid off from her job as a senior administrative assistant at Universal Orlando in June, the 30-year-old's resume was out-of-date and she had no active job prospects.
But she did have one advantage: She's a member of the networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook.
"People who I wasn't directly associated with at work, or who worked in neighboring departments, are the ones who sent me job leads," said Vargas of Orlando, who is still looking for work. "And co-workers who I would have expected to keep me in mind, I haven't heard from them. It was very surprising."
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By Michael Hamersly
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
— Joan Baez, "Day After Tomorrow" (Razor & Tie). Folk icon celebrates 50 years in the biz.
— Eric Benet, "Love & Life" (Warner Bros.). Fourth neo-soul album from Halle Berry's ex.
— Michael Franti & Spearhead, "Modern Guilt" (Anti).
—Gym Class Heroes, "The Quilt" (Atlantic). Playful alt-hip-hop sensation's third album.
—Hal Ketchum, "Father Time" (Curb Records).
—LL Cool J, "Exit 13" (Def Jam). Hip-hop king's 13th album features team-ups with Funkmaster Flex, Richie Sambora, 50 Cent, The Dream, Wyclef Jean and Fat Joe.
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From wikipedia:
The Hon. Jessica Lucy Freeman-Mitford (September 11, 1917 – July 22, 1996), British-born writer long resident in the United States, was one of the noted Mitford sisters, a member of the Communist Party for some years, and best-known for her book attacking the funeral industry,
The American Way of Death.
Mitford, one of seven children, was the daughter of David Freeman-Mitford, 2nd Baron Redesdale and his wife Sydney (daughter of politician and publisher Thomas Bowles), and grew up in a series of her father's country houses. She had little formal education, since her mother did not believe in sending girls to school, but was nevertheless widely read. Though her sisters Unity and Diana were well-known British supporters of Hitler and her father was described as being "one of nature's fascists," Jessica (always known as "Decca") renounced her privileged background at an early age and became an adherent of communism. She was known as the "red sheep" of the family.
Learn more about Jessica Mitford, free from www.mitford.org.
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Students: Please remember that there is no sidewalk on the Logan side of H Street near the Performing Arts Center construction site. All students must walk on the swim complex sidewalk when walking from Alvarado-Niles Road to school and back. Also, students should cross the street only within the crosswalk at the corner of H and Syracuse. Those that do not follow these simple safety tips may be ticketed by the Union City Police Department.
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Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen (June 12, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0061214655
ASIN: B0018SYYXW
,
Courier Staff Writer
"The faerie world is closer than you think."
"Rule #3: Don't stare at invisible faeries,
Rule #2: Don't speak to invisible faeries,
Rule #1: Don't ever attract their attention."
Wicked Lovely is a dark romance that really captures your attention. It starts out with the summer king, Keenan, searching for the summer queen. Keenan need to find the summer queen to stop the winter queen. The winter queen, also known as Keenan's mother, is slowly taking over Fairyland. When her cold power starts seeping into the human world. Keenan (who doesn't have the power to defeat the winter queen alone) leans that her needs to hurry and find the summer queen to stop her.
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Dark Light by Jayne Castle
Mass Market Paperback: 390 pages
Publisher: Jove (August 26, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 051514519X
ISBN-13: 978-0515145199,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
“Two hundred years ago a vast energy Curtain opened in the vicinity of Earth, making interstellar travel practical for the first time. In typical human fashion, thousands of eager colonists packed up their stuff and lost no time heading out to create new homes and new societies on the unexplored worlds. Harmony was one of those worlds.”
Jayne Ann Krentz, writing as Jayne Castle, returns to the world of Harmony in her newest installment to her Ghost Hunters series, telling the tale of yet another Guild boss and his lover. I have mixed feelings about this novel. It is both the best and the worst yet in the series. Nevertheless, I do recommend it to all Castle fans, and to anybody else who is looking for a quick read that enjoys futuristic romance novels.
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From wikipedia:
Jesse Edward Moorland (September 10, 1863 - 1939) was a black minister, community executive, and civic leader.
Born in Coldwater, Ohio, he was the only child of a farming family. Moorland attended Northwestern Normal University in Ada, Ohio. Then he moved to Washington, DC, where he attended the Theological department of Howard University and earned his masters degree in 1891. He was ordained a Congressional minister. That same year he was hired as secretary of the Washington D. C. branch of the YMCA.
Read more about Jesse Moorland, in Light in the Darkness, by Nina Mjagkij, free from googlebooks.com.
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"Mercenaries 2: World in Flames"
Reviewed for: Xbox 360 and Playstation 3
Also available on: Playstation 2, PC
From: Pandemic/EA
ESRB Rating: Teen (language, use of alcohol,
use of tobacco, violence)
Few games in the Xbox/PS2 era were as eager to please as "Mercenaries," which handed players a wild stockpile of weapons, a roster of enemy targets and every tool one needed to turn North Korea into a personal sandbox of destruction.
As sequels go, "Mercenaries 2: World in Flames" is pure textbook — prettier, more technologically robust and grander in all expected ways, but philosophically unchanged. Venezuela's mix of jungles, rivers and urban cityscapes provide a welcome upgrade over North Korea's murky sameness, and Pandemic places greater importance on telling a story rather than simply providing targets to pick off. But the elements that made the first game such a hit — ridiculous riches of firepower, some humor and total freedom in leveling your surroundings and choosing your alliances to your satisfaction — remains "Flames'" primary selling point.
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Courier Staff Report
Some Courier readers have been unable to access the online student newspaper today due to network problems.
Courier Advisor Patrick Hannigan said the problem had something to do with a domain name server that directs internet traffic the The Courier's site.
Technicians are looking into it. There is no estimate of when the troubles will be solved.
"Please bear with us while we work out these problems," Hannigan said. "We apologize for the inconvenience, but until these problems are resolved, we're not going to be updating the page as frequently."
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chicken Chow Mein & Beef Teriyaki, Burgers, Spicy Chicken Patty & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Eastin Elementary is looking for volunteers to help with their Scholastic Book Faire TONIGHT! They are also looking for help on Monday night during their monthly PTA meeting. Pick up a pink flyer in the Career Center for more info.
Anyone interested in playing soccer for Logan this year needs to see Coach Sills in Room 73, and attend open field after school tomorrow.
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From wikipedia:
Marjorie Lee Browne (9 Sept 1914-19 Oct 1979) was a notable mathematics educator, the second African-American woman to receive a doctoral degree in the U.S., and one of the first black women to receive a doctorate in mathematics in the U.S.
Browne was born in Tennessee in 1914. Her mother died when she was only two years old, and she was raised by her stepmother, Mary Taylor Lee, and her father, Lawrence Johnson Lee. Her father, a railway postal clerk, was also a "math whiz" who shared his passion for mathematics with his children. She attended LeMoyne High School, a private Methodist school started after the Civil War to offer education for African-Americans.
Read more about Marjorie Lee Browne in Notable Women of Mathematics by By Charlene Morrow and Teri Perl , free from Googlebooks.com.
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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki greets
U.S. soldiers in January, 2007 DoD Photo
BAGHDAD — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki has been on a roll, and American officials are getting worried.
Once perceived as a sectarian Shiite Muslim leader, the U.S.-backed Maliki has won over Sunni constituents in recent months with offensives to curb Shiite militias in southern cities such as Basra and Amara and in the Baghdad Shiite slum of Sadr City.
He then turned his security forces north to wrest control of Mosul and Diyala province from Sunni extremists. U.S. forces provided strong backing, and except for Basra and Sadr City, the operations were announced in advance so that militants and insurgents had a chance to run.
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By Larry Eichel
The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
With the conventions over, the stage has been set for the final acts of the amazing 2008 presidential campaign.
And the shape of things to come seems relatively clear.
From here on, the race will be about Republicans saying that Barack Obama is not ready to lead and Democrats countering that John McCain offers more of the same.
It'll be about whether the Republicans, with their groundbreaking vice presidential candidate, can now credibly claim to be the true agents of change.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Teriyaki Chicken & Veggie Fried Rice, Burgers, Chicken Strips & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Anyone interested in playing soccer for Logan this year needs to see Coach Sills in Room 73, and attend open field after school today.
Come to the Ohlone College Fair on Wed. Sept. 17 @ 6:30 p.m. This is one-stop shopping for colleges, universities, military academies, vocational, tech schools and financial aid.
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By Chris Winn,
Courier Staff Writer
Chris Winn is a member of the James Logan Colts varsity football team.
The James Logan Colts traveled to Pittsburg Friday to face the Pittsburg Pirates, De La Salle Spartans and Turlock Bulldogs in a scrimmage. It didn’t go very well for the Colts; we got our butts kicked.
It wasn’t a very fun night for our team, but it was a good wake up call for us before the official start of the season. I truly hope we get our act together and produce a different out come this week.
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From wikipedia:
Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard (September 8, 1907 – November 27, 1997) was an American first baseman in Negro League baseball.
Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Leonard left school at the age of 14 because no high school education was available for blacks in his hometown. He worked in a textile mill and as a shoeshine boy at a railroad station, the latter being typical of the economic situation for many African Americans at that time.
He began his Negro League career in 1933 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants, then moved to the legendary Homestead Grays in 1934, the team he played for until his retirement in 1950. The Grays of the late 1930s through the mid-1940s are considered one of the greatest teams of any race ever assembled. Leonard batted fourth in their lineup behind Josh Gibson. Since Gibson was known as the "Black Babe Ruth" and Leonard was a first baseman, Buck Leonard was inevitably called the "Black Lou Gehrig", an apt comparison in terms of their hitting numbers, although some consider Leonard superior to Gehrig as a fielder. From 1937 to 1945 the Grays won 9 consecutive Negro National League championships. Leonard led the Negro Leagues in batting average in 1948 with a mark of .395, and usually either led the league in home runs or finished second in homers to teammate Gibson.
Learn more about Buck Leonard. Visit the Buck Leonard Association For Sports & Human Enrichment, Inc. at buckleonard.org.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken & Veggie Chow Mein, Burgers, Chicken Strips & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Come to the Ohlone College Fair on Wed. Sept. 17 @ 6:30 p.m. This is one-stop shopping for colleges, universities, military academies, vocational, tech schools and financial aid.
Reminder Students: Be sure you check out with your teacher. Students are being dropped from classes but they are NOT checking out or returning books.
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School Days by Jamie Maxfield
The Adventures of Lorisa, Kidd Wonder by Lorisa Salvatin
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Self-Portrait by Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 - June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem.
Lawrence is among the best-known twentieth century African American painters, a distinction shared with Romare Bearden. Lawrence was only in his twenties when his "Migration Series" made him nationally famous. The series of paintings was featured in a 1941 issue of
Fortune Magazine. The series depicted the epic Great Migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North.
Visit the Jacob and Gwen Knight Lawrence Visual Resource Center for more information and to see examples of their work.
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From wikipedia:
Joel Augustus Rogers (September 6, 1880 (some sources say 1883) — March 26, 1966) author, journalist, historian was born in Negril, Jamaica.
Although Rogers was the son of a minister and a schoolteacher, his parents were not able to afford to give Rogers, or his ten siblings, more than a rudimentary education. Rogers immigrated to the United States in 1906. Rogers lived most of his life in Harlem, but also lived in Chicago for some time. While Rogers was in Chicago he worked as a Pullman porter. The job of Pullman Porter allowed Rogers to travel and observe people. Through this travel Rogers was able to increase his appetite for knowledge, utilizing various libraries in the cities that he visited. This appetite for knowledge would eventually be expressed in Rogers' numerous self-published writings.
Learn more about Joel Augustus Rogers, free from africawithin.com
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Gorki Aguila
Image: procubalibre.org
MIAMI — Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila is irreverent, vulgar — and bolder than any other performance artist in modern Cuban history.
His lyrics blasting the Cuban dictatorship are so strong, the Miami Herald can't print too many of them. The founder and lead singer of the 10-year-old group "Porn for Ricardo" walks around the streets of his western Havana neighborhood with T-shirts that say things like, "59: Year of the Mistake."
In a case that has drawn attention around the world, the 39-year-old rocker went on trial Friday on charges of "pre-crime social dangerousness" that could send him to jail for up to four years.
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'COLLEGE '
One of five stars
Cast: Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell,
Haley Bennett, Kevin Covais
Director: Deb Hagan
Running time: 1 hour 29 minutes
Industry rating: R for pervasive crude
and sexual content, nudity,
language, drug and alcohol abuse.
Josh Peck of TV's "Drake & Josh" left his kiddie TV show days behind him with the indie coming-of-age dramedy "The Wackness" this summer, playing a pot dealer who finds love and sex over one magical summer before college. Drake Bell of TV's "Drake & Josh" — he plays Drake, y'see _ tries to go Josh one better, or worse, in "College," a raunchy comedy that plays like a Superbad without the smarts, the heart, the originality or the laughs.
Oh, to have a 16-year-old son or daughter, just so I could tell them, "No way you're seeing that junk."
Kevin (Bell) is a high school senior heading off to his visitation weekend at Fieldmont University. His girlfriend has just dumped him for being boring. His bookish classmate Morris (Kevin Covais) wants to really go and tour the campus, maybe land a scholarship. But slovenly, party-hearty pal Carter (Andrew Caldwell) figures it's time for Kevin to get his freak on.
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From wikipedia:
Larry Neal or Lawerence Neal (September 5, 1937 – January 1981) was a scholar of African-American theatre. He is well known for his contributions to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Neal was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1961 and received a master's degree in 1963 from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1968 to 1969, Neal taught at the City College of New York. The following year he taught at Wesleyan University. He taught at Yale University from 1970 to 1975. Neal is known for working with Amiri Baraka to open the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School. His early writings—including "The Negro in the Theatre" (1964), "Cultural Front" (1965), and "The Black Arts Movement" (1968)—were influential in defining and describing the role of the arts in the Black Power era. His essays and poems appeared in publications such as
Liberator, Drama Critque, Black Theatre, Negro Digest, Performance, and
Black World. He also uncovered Ed Bullins's plagiarism of Albert Camus's play
The Just Assassins. Neal died from a heart attack in 1981.
Learn more about Larry Neal and his work, free from the African American Literature Book Club.
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By Shay Quillen
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — While other high school kids in Santa Monica, Calif., were listening to Green Day and starting up garage bands, Chris Chu was immersing himself in the Beatles and the Beach Boys and educating himself in music theory.
He missed out on groupies, but he got a solid grounding in how to craft a pop song. When he finally got around to writing songs, while pursuing a music degree at the University of California-Berkeley, he quickly generated buzz on the indie-rock blogosphere. Then he and the others in his band, the Morning Benders, had to learn to be a working band.
"We didn't know anything about how booking stuff worked, or promoting and all that," says Chu, 22. "It was just playing with friends."
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Chicken Teriyaki & Veggie Chow Mein, Burgers, Chicken Strips & various Deli items. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Reminder Students: Be sure you check out with your teacher. Students are being dropped from classes but they are NOT checking out or returning books.
Students, remember there is a dress code at Logan. Strapless tops or shirts with spaghetti straps are not allowed. Logan has a NO HEADGEAR policy except for unaltered Logan headgear. Non-Logan headgear that is worn or visible will be confiscated. Remember, Off and Away for cell phones and all electronic devices. These can only be used before school, during lunch, and after school.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Hillview Crest Elementary School recorded one of the most dramatic improvements in student achievement in the state – a remarkable 71-point gain – and Alvarado Middle School jumped 38 points to join the “800 Club” according to Academic Performance Index (API) scores released today by the California Department of Education.
As a whole, the New Haven Unified School District recorded double-digit improvement for the third time in four years, jumping 13 points. Every sub-group improved, including African American students by 22 points, socio-economically disadvantaged students by 17, English learners by 12 and Hispanics by 11. Scores also improved among whites (24 points), Asians (14), Pacific Islanders (8), Filipinos (7) and students with disabilities (4).
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Students sit on the floor in Tim Campbell's
American Lit class. Courier Photo
Overcrowding in classrooms is being addressed by counselors, who are laboring to "level" out the most crowded classrooms by reassigning students, Vice Principal Matt Smith announced to the school this morning, but it hasn't happened quickly enough to prevent annoyance and frustration among students and teachers.
In an email to staff, Smith wrote, "Many of you have commented on the large class sizes that we've opened with. While to a some extent this was expected, our hard-working counselors are actively trying to reduce and balance class sizes where possible."
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From wikipedia:
Gerald Stanley Wilson is an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer/arranger, and educator. He has been based in Los Angeles since the early 1940s.
Wilson was born in Shelby, Mississippi on September 4, 1918. He graduated from Cass Technical High School in Detroit. Wilson joined the Jimmie Lunceford orchestra in 1939, replacing its star trumpeter and arranger Sy Oliver. While with Lunceford, he contributed numbers to the band's book, including "Hi Spook" and "Yard-dog Mazurka," the latter being a big influence on Stan Kenton's recording "Intermission Riff."
The Dozens: Essential Gerald Wilson, by Jeff Sultanof, free from jazz.com.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Pizza, Orange Chicken w/Fried Rice, Burgers & Burritos. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Students, remember there is a dress code at Logan. Strapless tops or shirts with spaghetti straps are not allowed. Logan has a NO HEADGEAR policy except for unaltered Logan headgear. Non-Logan headgear that is worn or visible will be confiscated. Remember, Off and Away for cell phones and all electronic devices. These can only be used before school, during lunch, and after school.
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Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Genre(s): Satire, Historical fiction, Dark comedy
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: November 11, 1961
Pages : 453 pp (1st edition hardback)
ISBN 0-684-83339-5,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
“There was only one catch and that was Catch-22, which specified that a concern for one’s own safety in the face of dangers that were real and immediate was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could be grounded. All he had to do was ask; and as soon as he did, he would no longer be crazy and would have to fly more missions. Orr would be crazy to fly more missions and sane if he didn’t, but if he was sane he had to fly them. If he flew them he was crazy and didn’t have to; but if he didn’t want to he was sane and had to. Yossarian was moved very deeply by the absolute simplicity of this clause of Catch-22 and let out a respectful whistle.”
This is the essence of Catch-22… and Catch-22. Both of them are confusing and understandable. The reader will either love the novel, will be offended by the novel, or will be totally confused and unable to comprehend even their own feelings on it. I myself fall under the category of “love the novel”, but I can understand any of the standpoints. In fact, I love it because it is confusing and offensive.
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From wikipedia:
Prudence Crandall, (Sept. 3, 1803-Jan. 28, 1890) a schoolteacher raised as a Quaker, stirred controversy with her education of black girls in Canterbury, Connecticut. Her private school opened in January 1832, was boycotted when she admitted a 20-year old black female student in the autumn of 1833, creating what is generally regarded as the first integrated classroom in the United States. Parents of the white children mostly withdrew their daughters, leading Crandall to found a school for "Young ladies and Misses of colour".
Read Report of the Arguments of Counsel in the Case of Prudence Crandall, free from googlebooks.com.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pasta, Cheese & Hawaiian Pizza, Tukey Cheese Wrap & Burritos. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Today is Make-Up Picture Day
Today is picture day for those students who have not yet had their school picture taken, or those students who want picture packets. Lifetouch Photography will be in the old (Rodriguez) gym according to the following schedule:
12th graders: 1st Period
11th: 2nd Period
10th: 3rd Period
9th: 6th Period
Students who have not had pictures taken will be sent to the old gym at the start of their designated period. Students wanting Picture Packets should go at lunch.
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"Too Human"
For: Xbox 360
From: Silicon Knights/Microsoft
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood, language,
mild suggestive themes, violence)
The story behind "Too Human's" creation — nine years, three platforms, countless restarts and even some pending litigation — is packed with more mythos than the game's actual story. The long process also leaves an indelible mark on a final product that's both unrelenting in the pursuit of its vision and saturated with design choice that were more acceptable when development began than they are today.
The heart and soul of "Human" centers around its gameplay mechanics, which most closely resemble those of the "Diablo" franchise of PC games. "Human," like "Diablo," is a dungeon crawler in which the primary objective, beyond carrying out the storyline, is to slay thousands of enemies, build up your character's attributes and hopefully stumble some one-of-a-kind piece of weaponry or armor.
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From wikipedia:
Adolph Frederick Rupp (September 2, 1901 – December 10, 1977) was one of the most successful coaches in the history of American college basketball. Rupp ranks third (behind Bobby Knight and Dean Smith), in total victories by a men's NCAA Division I college coach, winning 876 games in 41 years of coaching. He set a remarkable standard of excellence at Kentucky that exists to this day. Rupp is also second among all coaches in all-time winning percentage (.822), trailing only Clair Bee. Adolph F. Rupp was enshrined in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame on April 13, 1969.
Read more about Adolph Rupp, free from bigbluehistory.net.
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LUNCH
Featured entrée selections include Pepperoni & Veggie Pizza, Teriyaki Chicken & Burritos. Lunches include a variety of fruits, veggies and milk.
MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks can be purchased after school in Room 44 for $70. Buy yours now before prices go up!
MISSED YOUR PICTURES? Buy your picture package on September 3, 2008.
CLUBS
Would you like to attend the inauguration of our next President this January? Join CLOSE UP and spend an exciting week in Washington, D.C. See Ms. Lombardi ASAP in Room 71 for information.
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Workers make last minute finishing
touches on the stage at the Republican
National Convention at Xcel Energy
Center in St. Paul Sunday.
Brian Baer/Sacramento Bee/MCT
MINNEAPOLIS — For John McCain and the Republicans, Hurricane Gustav carries both political peril and opportunity.
The storm is an unwelcome reminder of the Bush administration's bungled response to Katrina three years ago — but also a chance to show the party of nominee-to-be John McCain was different.
The initial hurdle was cleared when McCain largely suspended his convention's opening day Monday, avoiding the prospect of split-screen TV of delegates reveling in St. Paul while a killer storm lashed the Louisiana coast.
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