This is the archive for November 2010
MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
Today is World AIDS Day. AIDS doesn’t discriminate. Over 2,000,000 teens are living with HIV. Come to Logan Health Center for free/confidential HIV testing.
Hispanic University presentation will be held on Monday, December 8th, 3rd period. Interested Juniors and Seniors should sign up in the Career Center.
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Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
For: Nintendo DS
From: Level-5/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone (mild violence)
Three titles on, it's easy to take the "Professor Layton" games for granted, and it's temptingly easy to just recommend them out of hand to anyone who played and enjoyed the first two. If that's you, here's your "Professor Layton and the Unwound Future" review: Get it. It's mostly more of the same — and that's probably all you need to hear.
For the uninitiated, the "Layton" games are collections of genuinely clever riddles — picture rainy day brainteasers more than matching blocks and the usual stuff one associates with puzzle games — packaged inside a charming storyline starring the mystery-solving titular professor and his trusty apprentice Luke. By Nintendo DS standards, the storytelling is surprisingly polished, with hand-drawn animated cutscenes, generous amounts of voice acting and a narrative that ties into the puzzles startlingly well considering how many of them there are (165 and counting in this case) and how unique and meticulously crafted most of them are.
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From wikipedia:
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 3, 2005) was an American politician, educator and author. She was a Congresswoman, representing New York's 12th Congressional District for seven terms from 1969 to 1983. In 1968, she became the first African American woman elected to Congress. On January 25, 1972, she became the first major-party African American candidate for President of the United States. She received 152 first-ballot votes at the 1972 Democratic National Convention.
Read Shirley Chisolm's speech for the Equal Rights Amendment, free from AmericanRhetoric.com.
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The Mojave Nugget, a gold nugget
weighing 156 ounces. from Kern County.
wikipedia photo
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is being left behind by the new Gold Rush.
Despite sky-high prices and the state's rich gold legacy, the industry here is mostly dormant. California trails the leading gold-producing state, Nevada, by a wide margin.
A California revival is hardly imminent. Companies trying to reopen old mines in Grass Valley and near Sutter Creek have slogged through years of red tape, and there are no guarantees of success. The Sutter Creek plan is at least a year away, while Grass Valley is several years from reopening.
Standing in the way: scarcity of capital and strict environmental standards.
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From wikipedia:
The Reverend and Hon. Mr.
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., (November 29, 1908 - April 4, 1972) was an American politician and pastor who represented Harlem, New York City, in the United States House of Representatives (1945–71). He was the first person of African-American descent elected to Congress from New York. In 1961, after sixteen years in the House, he became chairman of the Education and Labor Committee. As Chairman, he supported the passage of important social legislation but was removed from his seat by Democratic Representatives-elect of the 90th Congress following allegations of corruption.
Powell was born in New Haven, Connecticut. His father, Adam Clayton Powell, Sr., was a Baptist minister and pastor of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
Powell attended Townsend Harris High School. As an undergraduate, he studied at the City College of New York and Colgate University. In 1931, he received a Master of Arts in religious education from Columbia University. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha.
Learn more about Adam Clayton Powell Jr., free from the United States House of Representatives.
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From wikipedia:
Charles Henry Alston (November 28, 1907 – April 27, 1977) was an African American artist, muralist, and teacher. Alston graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in New York City, then attended Columbia College and Teachers College at Columbia University where he obtained his Master of Fine Arts.
Alston began his art career while still a student, illustrating album covers for jazz musician Duke Ellington and book covers for poet Langston Hughes. He was influenced by Mexican muralists, Diego Rivera, in particular, who tied their murals into early twentieth century social movements. Alston painted murals throughout Harlem, including depression-era murals as part of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. The best known of his mural works is one of a series of murals created by Alston and other Harlem artists for the Harlem Hospital Center.
Read an interview with Charles Austin, free from the Smithsonian Institution's Archives of American Art.
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From wikipedia:
Eddie South (Louisiana, Missouri, November 27, 1904 - April 25, 1962) was an American jazz violinist.
South was a classical violin prodigy who switched to jazz because of limited opportunities for African-American musicians, and started his career playing in vaudeville and jazz orchestras with Freddie Keppard, Jimmy Wade, Charles Elgar, and Erskine Tate in Chicago.
He was influenced by Hungarian folk music and Roma music starting with a visit to Europe in the 1920s, and adapted the music to jazz. In 1927 he started his own group, Eddie South and his Alabamians, named after the Alabam club where they played in Chicago, and, along with pianist and composer Henry Crowder, toured with them in Europe from 1928 to 1930.
Listen to Eddie South "By the Waters of the Minnetonka, free from YouTube.
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By Ben Fritz
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES - Movie theaters will be stuffed with four new releases for Thanksgiving, but the producers of last weekend's No. 1 film will have the most to be grateful for by Sunday.
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1," which collected $125 million on its opening weekend and an additional $8.8 million on Monday, is certain to top the box-office charts again, people who closely follow ticket sales say. It should rake in $80 million to $90 million from Wednesday through Sunday as it continues to perform similarly to "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," which opened on the weekend before Thanksgiving in 2005.
Meanwhile, three new pictures - the 3-D animated fairy tale "Tangled," musical "Burlesque" and romantic drama "Love & Other Drugs" - will compete for a primarily female audience, while action film "Faster" is the only one pursuing men.
Still, there's one demographic that will make up the bulk of ticket sales over the holiday weekend.
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From wikipedia:
Marshall Walter ("Major")
Taylor (November 26, 1878–June 21, 1932) was an American cyclist who won the world one-mile track cycling championship in 1899 — after setting numerous world records and over-coming strong racial discrimination. Taylor was only the second African-american athlete to achieve the level of world championship — after boxer George Dixon.
Learn more about Marshall Taylor, free from the majortaylorassociation.org.
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By Kevin C. Johnson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
ST. LOUIS _ Nelly reigns atop Billboard's pop songs chart for the fifth time with his new song, "Just a Dream." The melodic single follows previous chart-toppers "Over and Over," "Hot in Herre," "Dilemma" and "Shake Ya Tailfeather."
But Nelly's perch doesn't bring him peace.
More than a decade into his career as an unlikely hip-hop phenomenon, Nelly still feels that he has to prove himself.
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From wikipedia:
William DeHart Hubbard (born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 25, 1903 - June 23, 1976) was a track and field athlete who was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event; the running long jump at the 1924 Paris Summer games.
He subsequently set a long jump world record of 25 feet 10¾ inches (7.89 m) at Chicago in June 1925 and equaled the world record of 9.6 seconds for the 100-yard dash at Cincinnati, Ohio a year later.
Read more about William DeHart Hubbard, free from the Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan.
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America by Heart : Reflections on Family,
Faith, and Flag
by Sarah Palin
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Harper (November 23, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062010964
ISBN-13: 978-0062010964
LOS ANGELES — As Sarah Palin begins a book tour Tuesday in Phoenix that will take her to the early presidential voting states of Iowa and South Carolina, the former Alaska governor seems to have set her sights set on something grander than mere wealth and fame.
After all, in two short years, she has become a political star, a publishing star and now a television star. So what's left to conquer?
Well, maybe the White House.
In a rare newspaper interview, Palin confirmed to
The New York Times Magazine that she is discussing with her family whether she should run for president. During a segment on the special "Barbara Walters' 10 Most Fascinating People," scheduled to air Dec. 9, she told Walters she believes she can beat President Barack Obama.
Which leaves the political world engaged in one of its favorite sports: Guessing what Sarah Palin will do next.
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From wikipedia:
Bessie Virginia Blount, born November 24, 1914, in Hickory, Virginia, was a physical therapist, inventor, and forensic scientist. She is also known by her married name, Bessie Blount Griffin.
Bessie Blount attended the Panzer College of Physical Education and Hygiene in East Orange, New Jersey, and Union Junior College.
Inventions
During World War II as part of her work with wounded soldiers, Blount devised an apparatus to help World War II amputees feed themselves. She invented the electronic feeding device in 1951. It was a feeding tube which delivered one mouthful of food at a time, controlled by biting down on the tube. The American Veterans Administration did not accept her invention, so she sold it to the French government.
Learn more about Bessie Blount, and see a schematic of her feeding device, free from About.com.
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By David Sarno
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
If today's fastest smart phones deliver e-mails and Web pages with the speed of a thoroughbred racehorse, then the next generation of phones — now rolling onto the runway — may feel like jet planes.
Powered by souped-up 4G networks (that's fourth generation), new smart phones will be more like mobile entertainment centers, allowing users to watch live, high-definition TV broadcasts, download entire movies in seconds and make smooth, uninterrupted video phone calls from street corners and hilltops alike.
But don't burst into song quite yet: For all their high-flying potential, 4G networks are still a long way from taking off.
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Galactic Taz Ball
For: Nintendo DS
From: WayForward Technologies/WB Games
ESRB Rating: Everyone (comic mischief)
One player's idea of innovation is another player's obnoxious gimmicky solution to a problem that never existed, and a few screenshots from the seemingly innocuous "Galactic Taz Ball" may as well accompany the Wikipedia entry that details this debate.
"Ball's" storyline is easy enough to explain — Marvin the Martian and his fleet have invaded Earth, and Taz the Tasmanian Devil takes it into his own paws to stop him — and if the game had come out 10 years ago, the gameplay probably wouldn't need any kind of explanation at all. Players control Taz in a game that's 80 percent overhead platformer and 20 percent sidescrolling platformer, and each of the game's 25 levels and accompanying boss fights incorporate both perspectives intermittently.
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From wikipedia:
R. L. Burnside (born Robert Lee Burnside, November 23, 1926 - September 1, 2005) was a Delta blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist who lived much of his life in and around Holly Springs, Mississippi. He played music for much of his life, but did not receive much attention until the early 1990s. In the latter half of the '90s, Burnside repeatedly recorded with Jon Spencer, garnering crossover appeal and introducing his music to a new fanbase within the underground punk blues music scene.
Watch R.L. Burnside play "Big Boss Man," free from dailymotion.com.
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Steelhead Trout
(Oncorhynchus mykiss)
Photo: NOAA's Monterey Bay
National Marine Sanctuary
PESCADERO, Calif. — Locals have spent every winter for the past 15 years watching silvery steelhead trout die in Pescadero Marsh. Now they are tired of waiting for state officials to step in, and are preparing for a major fight — in court.
The problem has been studied to death, literally. "We're now 15 years in and the problem is still unsolved. When the system is in utter collapse, you don't study that. You take action," said Ronda Azevado Lucas, an attorney representing a group of Pescadero anglers and concerned citizens who have accused state resources agencies of abdicating their responsibility to protect sensitive fish and amphibians under the California Endangered Species Act.
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By Margot Roosevelt
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — A task force of California politicians, business people, academics and environmentalists is calling on incoming Gov. Jerry Brown to appoint a climate risk council within his office to focus statewide attention on adapting to the effects of global warming.
In a report to be released Monday, the 23-member California Adaptation Advisory Panel, a group convened by the Los Angeles-based Pacific Council on International Policy, calls for stepped-up data-gathering, monitoring and coordination among state agencies and in the private sector to prepare for a steep sea level rise, diminishing water supplies and the spread of wildfire, as studies have predicted.
"Adaptation to climate change has been virtually ignored," said panel co-chairman William K. Reilly, a former administrator with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
"A report like this reminds the agencies to pay attention and stiffens their spines. It implies planning: We're not going to build a road in this place because the odds are it is going to get washed out."
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From wikipedia:
William J. Powell (November 22, 1916 – December 31, 2009) was the first African American to design, construct and own a professional golf course in the United States. Powell was fond of saying "The only color that matters is the color of the greens".
Powell was the grandson of Alabama slaves and was born in Greenville, Alabama. During his youth moved with his family to Minerva, Ohio. In high school there, he played golf and football. Later, at the state's historically African-American Wilberforce University, he played on the golf team.
Read more about William J. Powell, free from the Ohio State University.
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It's a School Life by Satpreet Kaur, Courier Staff Artist
To Be Continued...Maybe by Webster Nguyen, Courier Correspondent
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Coleman Randolph Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. Hawkins was the first important jazz musician to use the instrument. As Joachim E. Berendt explained, "there were some tenor players before him, but the instrument was not an acknowledged jazz horn". While Hawkins is most strongly associated with the swing music and big band era, he had a role in the development of bebop in the 1940s.
Lester Young, who was called "Pres", in a 1959 interview with
The Jazz Review, said "As far as I'm concerned, I think Coleman Hawkins was the President first, right? As far as myself, I think I'm the second one." Miles Davis once said: "When I heard Hawk I learned to play ballads." Hawkins was nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean".
Learn more about Coleman Hawkins, and listen to his music, free from the Red Hot Jazz website.
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Charles Sidney Gilpin (November 20, 1878 - May 6, 1930) worked as an apprentice in the Richmond Planet print shop before finding his career in theater and becoming one of the most highly regarded actors of the 1920s. He first came on stage as a singer at the age of twelve. In 1896, Gilpin joined a minstrel show, leaving Richmond and beginning a life on the road for many years. While not on stage in theaters, restaurants, and fairs he worked odd jobs as a printer, barber, boxing trainer, and railroad porter. In 1903, Gilpin joined Hamilton, Ontario’s Canadian Jubilee Singers.
Two years later he performed with the red cross and the candy shop of America traveling musical troupes. He also played his first dramatic roles and honed his character acting while he appeared with Robert Mott’s Pekin Theater in Chicago for four years, until 1911. Soon after, he toured the United States with the Pan-American Octetts and spent some time with Rogers and Creamer’s Old Man’s Boy Company in New York. In 1915, Gilpin joined the Anita Bush Players as it moved from the Lincoln Theater in Harlem to the Lafayette Theater, a time when many famous black theatrical careers were launched.
Read more about Charles Gilpin, free from inRich.com.
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Principals Yvonne Hull, Jessica Lange,
Amy McNamara, Francis Rojas and Abhi Brar
dished up breakfast for the staff Friday.
Courier Photo
Logan administrators this morning served breakfast to the school's staff.
Teachers and other staffers broke their fasts in the Staff Lounge with heaping helpings of scrambled eggs, fancy pancakes, crisp bacon and other side dishes, dished up by the school's administrators
"We want to do our part to send you waddling off to Thanksgiving break," wrote Rhonda Neagle, vice principal of operations, in an email invitation to the event,"Let the Thanksgiving over-indulgence begin!"
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By Philip Bocog,
Courier Staff Writer
This year the Logan baseball team has many expectations. They finished first in MVALs last year with an undefeated record and hope to do well in the upcoming season with the help of their second baseman, senior Michael Johnson.
Johnson has been on the varsity team since his freshman year. However, he didn’t play much because of the depth Logan has had in the middle infield the past two seasons. Still, Johnson plans to have a breakthrough season this year and show why he has been on Varsity for the past two years.
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By Justyna Torres,
Courier Staff Writer
A major trend taking over the fashion scene this fall is vintage apparel. One way to channel this look is by wearing lace. The history of lace dates back to the Victorian era (1837 – 1901) of England. Royals and the upper class society saw lace as a luxury textile. This trend had a rebirth in the 1980’s thanks to Madonna, and once again the ever popular trend is back.
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The Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
wikipedia image
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In a glassy conference room alongside a Sacramento River levee, a committee of 25 people struggled Thursday to do what Californians have never been able to do before: reach agreement on how to drink from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta without killing it.
After meeting for four years and spending $140 million, the committee drafting the Bay Delta Conservation Plan aimed Thursday to complete a "Nov. 18 draft" of their progress so far. This odd name for the document reflects the enormous stakes in crafting a plan that meets two goals: restoring the delta ecosystem and building a pair of tunnels or canal to ferry its water elsewhere.
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'Tangled'
3 stars
Cast: The voices of Mandy Moore,
Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy
Directors: Nathan Grenno, Bryon Howard
Running time: 1 hour 33 minutes
Rating: PG for brief mild violence
Rapunzel, the girl locked in a tower with only her long, golden locks for company, gets a sassy, spirited screen treatment from Disney with "Tangled," an animated fairytale musical from the Not Pixar corner of the company.
Disney has turned her into a missing princess — naturally — and it's not a prince who waits below and calls out "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair." Her hair has magical powers of healing in this version, but only if she doesn't cut it. Otherwise, they play the story pretty much straight out of the Brothers Grimm.
Soldiers pull up a magical flower to help an ailing queen through a difficult childbirth. But the witch who needs the plant to stay young steals the royal infant in revenge and raises the child as her own, never letting Rapunzel leave her high tower in the middle of the forest.
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From wikipedia:
William Attaway (19 November 1911 in Greenville, Mississippi – 17 June 1986) was an African American novelist, short story writer, essayist, songwriter, playwright, and screenwriter. His parents were William S. Attaway, a physician and Florence Parry Attaway, a teacher. At the age of six, the Attaways moved to Chicago, Illinois to escape the segregated South.
Read more about William Attaway, including a high school review of his novel Blood on the Forge, free from mswritersandmusicians.com.
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By Shashank Bengali
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
JUBA, Sudan — As world capitals go, this surely would rank among the more modest. No grand boulevards; only a few two-lane roads. No commanding monuments; only some grim government buildings rising from dirt lots that turn to muck when it rains.
Nothing, however, captures the unassuming air of Juba better than the warm equatorial wind that blows through the city, sweeping across muddy fields and grassy pastures, and deposits into the face of the unwitting visitor that distinctive scent of informality: cow manure.
Juba is a work in progress, but as the capital of Sudan's semiautonomous south its profile could soon increase dramatically. On Jan. 9, the Texas-sized region of some 8 million people is scheduled to hold a referendum on whether to secede from northern Sudan.
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By Andrea Higares,
Courier Film Editor
With a twist of country and pop, Sugarland has stolen the hearts of many--but not all.
Critics don't really consider their music as country. Their new album,
The Incredible Machine is a new mix of unique sounds. Some songs are upbeat, but other songs can put the listener to sleep. The lyrics are playful but also moving and powerful.
Sugarland as a group is also able to write about almost anything, but their lyrics about love touch a lot of people. Still, it sounds as if they are trying to do more pop than country.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
ACTIVITIES
Homework/Saturday school is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere too. Enter by the carpeted hallway near Media Center to Rooms 77 & 78.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen, Courier Music Editor
Upon entering the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, the vibe wasn't anything out of the ordinary. Above are beautiful chandeliers, while across the stage are glaring beams of light that are almost blinding against the dark ambiance of the venue. Behind the lights was the Fearless Friends Tour poster, a definite attention grabber with its bright colors. On the floor was a majority of female adolescents along with the occasional males, which is expected at a show comprised of mainly pop-punk music groups. The Fearless Friends Tour consists of headliner Mayday Parade, co-headliner Breathe Carolina and supporting acts Every Avenue, Artist Vs. Poet, Go Radio and The American Secrets.
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Prodigy, Roc Royal, Ray Ray and Princeton
By Jazzmine Bates, Courier Staff Writer
Ever heard of Mindless Behavior? Given the music industry powerhouses behind them, the name probably will be on the tip of many tongues soon.
They are a R&B dance, singing, and rapping group which got its start in 2008.
Produced by one of the best, Walter Millsap, who produced tracks by Beyonce, Timbaland, Alicia Keys, and J. Lo, and partnered up with hitmaker Keisha Gamble, these four boys got into show business at a young age, making it big in the Famous lifestyle.
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From wikipedia:
Howard Thurman (born 1899 in Daytona Beach, Florida - April 10, 1981 in Daytona Beach, Florida) was an influential American author, philosopher, theologian, educator and civil rights leader. He was Dean of Theology and the chapels at Howard and Boston universities for more than two decades, wrote 20 books, and in 1944 helped found the first racially integrated, multicultural church in the United States.
Learn more about Howard Thurman, free from PBS.org.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
Interested in free job training? Need holiday work, or community service hours? Please stop by Colt Court during your lunch on Thursday, 11/18, to speak to a Tri-Cities Employment Training Academy Representative for more information.
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By Rick La Plante,
Director, Parent & Community Relations
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received the annual report on Measure A, a $120 million bond measure passed by New Haven voters in 2003.
Counting state matching funds, interest, deferred maintenance funds and local revenues, the District leveraged the bond for a total of $164.8 million. To date, $156.7 million has been committed, for projects at every school in the District as well as at the New Haven Adult School, the Educational Services Center, the Mary Cordoza (Food & Nutrition) Center and the Corporation Yard.
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Decision Points by George W. Bush
Hardcover: 512 pages
Publisher: Crown (November 9, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307590615
ISBN-13: 978-0307590619
Former U.S. President George W. Bush says Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak informed the U.S. that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. He also spoke of other people who had influence on his decision to invade Iraq.
The revelation comes in Bush's memoirs,
Decision Points, in which he highlighted mistakes made during the Iraq war campaign, and the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in the country.
"President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt had told [general] Tommy Franks that Iraq had biological weapons and was certain to use them on our troops," Bush revealed in his newly-released book.
The former president said Mubarak "refused to make the allegation in public for fear of inciting the Arab street."
So far, the Egyptian government has issued no reaction to Bush's claim.
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From wikipedia:
November 17, 1904–April 14, 1976) was both the first African American Governor of the United States Virgin Islands and the first African American judge on a Federal appeals court. He was considered by some as a pioneer of the civil rights movement in the United States.
Read an interview with William H. Hastie, free from the Trumanlibrary.org.
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By Jessica Guynn
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
SAN FRANCISCO — In a bold challenge to its rivals, Facebook Inc. is launching a messaging service for its more than half a billion users, setting off a battle that could shape the future of communication on the Internet.
Facebook Messages will meld the three major forms of communication — e-mail, instant messages and text messages — so that users can manage all their communications through a single inbox on their personal computer or mobile device.
The common gateway will be an "(at)facebook.com" e-mail address.
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Buster Posey
wikipedia photo
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Buster Posey has a trophy to go along with his World Series ring.
The Giants' young catcher showed the leadership of a veteran as he guided a talented pitching staff all the way to the first championship in the franchise's 53 seasons in San Francisco. His acumen also made him the clear choice as the NL Rookie of the Year, as announced by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Monday.
Posey easily outpointed another kid from Georgia, Atlanta Braves right fielder Jason Heyward, drawing 20 of 32 first-place votes to become the Giants' first recipient of the award since pitcher John Montefusco in 1975.
Posey joined an exclusive club of Giants to win the award_a Hall of Fame-studded group that includes Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Orlando Cepeda and Gary Matthews.
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Mafia II
Reviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
Also available for: Windows PC, OnLive
From: 2K Czech/2K Games
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, intense violence,
nudity, sexual content, strong language, use
of drugs and alcohol)
Because "Grand Theft Auto" popularized it and because most other games have simply fallen in line, conventional wisdom suggests that any game with an open world must fill that world with umpteen pointless activities to justify its worth.
"Mafia II" doesn't do this. Empire Bay, the fictionalized but very recognizable riff on 1940s New York City, is wide open for discovery, and players can steal cars and visit shops between missions until their thumbs are sore. But outside of some collectibles and a small smattering of elective activities, there really isn't much of anything for players to accomplish off the storyline's main roads.
But is that really a terrible thing when those main roads include a storyline that spans 12-15 hours and takes players from World War II, through prison and up the ladders of multiple families? "Mafia II" prioritizes its characters and the finer details of their world over obligatory busywork, and the choice pays off at little expense to the game's value.
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W.C. Handy photographed by
Carl Van Vechten, 1941
William Christopher Handy (November 16, 1873 – March 28, 1958) was an African American blues composer and musician, often known as "the Father of the Blues."
Hear W.C.Handy's Memphis Blues Band perform "St. Louis Blues," streaming in RealAudio, free from redhotjazz.com
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
Students, yearbooks are still on sale for $90. Come by Room 44 after school to purchase yours.
Congratulations Boys Cross Country Team as they captured the MVAL Championship at Coyote Hills!
ACTIVITIES
Homework/Saturday school is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere too. Enter by the carpeted hallway near Media Center to Rooms 77 & 78.
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Sarah Jane Woodson Early (November 15, 1825 - August 1907) was an American educator, temperance activist and author. She was the first African-American woman college instructor.
Sarah Jane Woodson, the youngest child of Jemima and Thomas Woodson, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio on November 15, 1825. Family history has claimed that Thomas Woodson was the oldest son of Sally Hemings and President Thomas Jefferson.
Read Sarah J. W. Early's Life and Labors of Rev. Jordan W. Early, One of the Pioneers of African Methodism in the West and South, free from the University of North Carolina.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
Students, yearbooks are still on sale for $90. Come by Room 44 after school to purchase yours.
ACTIVITIES
Auditions for the musical, Camelot, are Monday and Tuesday, November 15 & 16, right after school. Must attend both days. Monday is vocal and dance. Dress comfortably. Songs and dances will be taught during auditions. Report to Room 722 first for an audition form, then you will be directed where to go.
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It's a Lulu by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
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From wikipedia:
Mabel Fairbanks (November 14, 1916-October 2001) was an African-American figure skater and coach.
She fell in love with figure skating in the 1930s when she saw Sonya Henie in movies. She could not skate in the 1930s because she was not allowed to join a skating club due to being African-American. She was secretly coached by Maribel Vinson Owen at night when African Americans were allowed admission to ice rinks. She eventually left the United States and became a show skater.
Read more about Mabel Williams, free from the Women's Sports Foundation.
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From wikipedia:
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil (November 13, 1911 – October 6, 2006) was an American first baseman and manager in Negro league baseball, most notably in the Negro American League with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he became the first African American coach in Major League Baseball, and also worked as a scout. In his later years he became a popular and renowned speaker and interview subject, helping to renew widespread interest in the Negro leagues, and played a major role in establishing the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.
Read more about Buck O'Neill, free from the baseballhalloffame.org.
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Five Guys Burgers and Fries
43518 Christy Street
Fremont, CA 94538
510-353-1331
Hours: 11 a.m. - 10 p.m.
By Abeera Sohail,
Courier Staff Writer
If you're looking for a quick yet delicious lunch, Five Guys Burgers and Fries in Fremont is the place to go.
Prices are within budget and affordable. The grilled cheese sandwich is fantastic: it's only $2.99 and you can add anything you want in it without any additional costs.
The employees are friendly and treat people with the utmost respect. The sitting area is very modern and clean.
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From wikipedia:
Daisy Lee Gatson Bates (November 12, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas – November 4, 1999 in Little Rock, Arkansas) was an American civil rights leader, journalist, publisher, and author who played a leading role in the Little Rock integration crisis of 1957.
Bates' mother was murdered while resisting three local white men who were attempting to rape her. Her father left the family shortly after her mother's death and she was raised by friends of the family, Orle and Susie Smith.
Read and listen to more about Daisy Bates, free from National Public Radio.
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From wikipedia:
LaVern Baker (November 11, 1929 – March 10, 1997) was an American rhythm and blues singer.
She was born Delores Baker in Chicago, Illinois. She is occasionally referred to as Delores Williams because of an early marriage to Eugene Williams. She was the niece of blues singer Merline Johnson and was also related to Memphis Minnie.
She began singing in Chicago clubs around 1946, often billed as "Little Miss Sharecropper", and first recorded under that name in 1949. She changed her name briefly to "Bea Baker" when recording for Okeh Records in 1951, and then became LaVern Baker when singing with Todd Rhodes and his band in 1952.
Visit the LaVern Baker exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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By Cody Mongoso,
Courier Staff Writer
Logan's Suavecito dance, hosted by the school's Mecha Club, helped introduce a new type of rhythm and beat by playing a variety of culturally-preserving tunes. Held last Saturday, the dance showcased such genres as meringue, bacchante, reggaeton and salsa. It also included hiphop to keep people interested.
In previous years, Logan held the Sabor Latino dance. The difference is that the Suavecito dance--whose name is derived from the Spanish word for smooth--played softer, slower music. Some artists whose songs were played included Alacranes Musical, Pitbull and Nancy Flores.
Students said they were pleased with the dance.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
ACTIVITIES
Come see this year’s fall play, Taming of the Shrew, set in the 1920s Chicago area, November 4th, 5th, 10th and 12th at 7:00 p.m., and November 7th and 14th at 2:00 p.m. See Ms. Hughes in Room 722 in the new Center for Performing Arts for information and tickets, which are $7 with ASB and $8 without.
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Author Shawn Grady signs a
copy of his novel.
Courier Staff Photo
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Courier Staff Writer
James Logan graduate and author Shawn Grady returned to his alma mater Tuesday to talk to current English Two students about his careers as a firefighter and an action-novel writer.
Grady, who was graduated from Logan in 1994 and currently works as a firefighter in Reno, told the sophomores who gathered in the Little Theater for the event that he had wanted to write a novel ever since he was a student here, but that idea daunted him until he jotted down the first lines of his first novel,
Through the Fire, on a napkin while on a dinner date with his wife.
During his first presentation of the day to first period English Two students, Grady told them he didn't know how to begin his novel until he read Ernest Hemingway's book
A Movable Feast, about Hemingway's days as an ex-patriot writer in Europe.
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Sinbad, June 2008
wikipedia photo(born November 10, 1956)[citation needed], better known by the stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the late 1980s and 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films
Houseguest, First Kid and
Jingle All the Way.
Early life
Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Martha and the Baptist Rev. Dr. Donald Adkins. He has five siblings, named Donna, Dorothea, Mark, Michael, and Donald. Sinbad attended Benton Harbor High School, where he was in the marching band as well as the math club. He attended college from 1974 to 1978 at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, where he lettered two seasons for the basketball team.
Watch Sinbad perform, free from YouTube.
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By Julia Ortiz, Courier Staff Writer
Set in the roaring 1920’s, Bianca is a young woman with her whole life set before her. She has suitors waiting on her, an Italian mob boss as a father, and talents to please everyone, however, she will remain alone unless her older sister Katherine gets married. This sets a wheel in motion to set Kate up with a man just as fiery and opinionated as she is.
Hilarious scenes between two of the leads Kate and Petrucio, played by Jaiden Caballero and Jake McKee, filled the theater with laughter. Even old man Gremio, portrayed by Tom Hu, got into the action.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Publisher: LucasArts
Developer: LucasArts
Release Date: 10/26/2010
Platforms: PC, Nintendo DS,
PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii
This latest installment of the Star Wars video game saga gives you full control of your Jedi character, Starkiller.
Stars Wars: The Force Unleashed II starts off with Darth Vader trying to kill a clone of Starkiller, Vader's secret apprentice who died at the end of the first game who you, the player, control. After conducting some tests on Starkiller's clone, Vader claims that your character is another failure and tries to kill him. A vision comes to Starkiller and he defends himself and attempts to break out. After escaping, Starkiller sets out to find Juno Eclipse, your lost love interest and ship's pilot from the first
Force Unleashed.
That’s where the player takes over and the controls are picked up along the way.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
Attention off-campus ROP students: There will be no Fremont classes on Friday. Be sure to have notes or ph one calls from your parents to the attendance clerks in your house office to be excused from Logan’s campus early. Without parent permission you will not be allowed to leave Logan, and will have to sit in your house office for the remainder of the school day.
Today is the last day to purchase PACT tickets in the Career Center during lunch only! Tickets cost $25 for this Saturday’s test.
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By Matea Gold and Jordan Steffen
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)
McLEAN, Va. —: Aja Sutter is the kind of voter the Democrats could not afford to lose this year. The 26-year-old physical therapist, part of a legion of unmarried women that has long been one of the most reliable Democratic bases, enthusiastically voted for President Barack Obama in 2008.
But in last week's midterm election, Sutter cast her ballot for Republicans, frustrated by the administration's lack of progress in righting the economy.
"A lot of the things that were promised, in my opinion, didn't happen, and I wasn't satisfied," said Sutter, who noted that many of her female friends, feeling let down and ignored by politicians, did not even bother to vote.
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Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days
For: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
Also available for: Windows PC, OnLive
From: IO Interactive/Eidos/Square Enix
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, drug reference,
intense violence, partial nudity, strong language)
It's almost reflex to criticize the storyline portion of "Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days" for being too short at around four hours long. But given how dishearteningly the story's backward steps outnumber its forward steps, four hours might be plenty — especially if you find the more inspired multiplayer offerings more to your liking anyway.
On the positive front, "Days" is a more polished third-person shooter than its 2007 predecessor. Finding cover actually generally works this time, and while the automatic weapons remain frustratingly inaccurate, the pistols and absurdly powerful shotguns are sufficiently precise. In addition to smoothing out the framerate, a clever new visual style presents the action as though it's being filmed on a handicam — video grain, compression artifacts, color separation, light streaking — and it effectively enhances the ugliness of the game's violence. (The nauseating shaky cam effect can, mercifully, be disabled.)
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From wikipedia:
Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 9, 1806) was a free African American astronomer, mathematician, surveyor, almanac author and farmer.
It is difficult to people in the world to verify much of Benjamin Banneker's family history. Some writers have stated that he was a grandson of a European American named Molly Welsh, who came to colonial America as an indentured servant. Researchers have questioned this, as Banneker described himself only as having an African ancestry. None of Banneker's surviving papers describe a white ancestor or identify the name of his grandmother. The first published description of Molly Welsh as having come from Europe and as having been white was based on interviews with Molly's descendents that took place during and after 1836, long after the deaths of both Molly and Benjamin.
Read Dear Benjamin Banneker by By Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney, free from Google Books.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Signed ASVAB permission slips are due TODAY! If you do not have a parent signed permission slip, you will not be allowed to test. Turn your permission slip in to Mrs. Hart in the Career Center.
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
The PSAT is over, but the PACT is still coming up in November. Be sure to buy your ticket before they’re all gone!
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From wikipedia:
Eartha Mary Magdalene White (November 8, 1876 - January 18, 1974) was an American humanitarian, philanthropist, and businesswoman.
Born in Jacksonville, Florida, White was the 13th child of a former slave. She was adopted by Clara English White at a very young age and the two had an extremely loving relationship. It was from her mother's example that White sought to improve the condition of the poor and helpless people in Jacksonville.
Learn more about Eartha White, free from the University of North Florida.
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It's a Lulu by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
Just in Time by Justyna Torres, Courier Staff Writer
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From the African-American Registry:
Used with permission
On this date in 1950 Alexa Canady was born. She is an African-American Neurosurgeon.
Canady was the first Woman and First African American to become a Neurosurgeon in America. From Lansing Michigan, Alexa Irene Canady is the daughter of Elizabeth Hortense (Golden) Canady and Clinton Canady Jr. Her father was a graduate of the School of Dentistry of Meharry Medical College, practicing in Lansing. Her mother was a graduate of Fiasco University was active for years in civic affairs of Lansing. She also served as national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.
Read more about Dr. Alexa Canady, free from the National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine.
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From wikipedia:
William Wells Brown (November 6, 1814 – November 6, 1884) was a prominent abolitionist lecturer, novelist, playwright, and historian. Born into slavery in the Southern United States, Brown escaped to the North, where he worked for abolitionist causes and was a prolific writer. Brown was a pioneer in several different literary genres, including travel writing, fiction, and drama, and wrote what is considered to be the first novel by an African American.
Read
Clotel; or, the President's Daughter by William Wells Brown, one of
three of his works available from Project Gutenberg.
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From wikipedia:
James Herman Banning (1900–1933) was an American aviation pioneer. In 1932, James Banning, accompanied by Thomas C. Allen, became America's first black aviator to fly coast-to-coast.
Dreaming from boyhood of being a pilot, Banning eventually learned to fly from an army aviator after being repeatedly turned away from flight schools due to his race. He later became a demonstration pilot on the west coast, flying a biplane named "Miss Ames" (he had attended Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa).
Read more about James Banning at Engines of Our Ingenuity, episode number 2230, by John H. Lienhard, free from the University of Houston .
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MISCELLANEOUS
ASVAB permission slips are due back in the Career Center to Mrs. Hart next Tuesday, November 9th. No parent-signed permission slip, NO TEST!
Hey Logan! Did you know that since the beginning of school we have totaled more than 16,800 tardies. That’s 3600 for Freshmen, 5200 for Sophomores, 4900 for Juniors and 3100 for Seniors. That’s the same as each student at Logan having 4 tardies. Imagine if each tardy equaled one minute of class time lost…that’s 280 hours of learning lost. To improve our tardy situation, the Logan Tardy Roundups are back. Starting this week, and each week from now on, there will be random tardy roundups. If you get caught in one, that’s a phone call home and an hour of detention. If you hear the music, you know it’s on…so don’t be late!
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Music Editor
Any band that attempts to maintain their sound while trying not to create repetitiously insipid ballads has usually found it difficult to keep this right balance in mind. This is indeed a remarkable standpoint of the band Anberlin; they present
Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place with tremendous decency and progression.
If there is one thing lacking from this album, it would have to be its lyrics. Ever since the beginning of their awaited successful career, they have written substantial lyrics that never lack depth and meaning. As the band progresses through each and every album they have put forth, it seems they have lost their lyrical touch. In
Dark Is the Way, Light is a Place, the lyrics are basically repetitive lines that start to serve as an annoyance rather than a playful effect. This deficiency in the meaning of their lyrics is found throughout most of the album.
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From wikipedia:
Eileen Jackson Southern (1920 in Minneapolis – October 13, 2002 in Port Charlotte, Florida) was an African American musicologist, researcher, author and teacher.
She attended public schools in her hometown, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In childhood, as she developed as a pianist, young Eileen was introduced to and became partial to the music of those she calls the "piano composers," including Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Claude Debussy. In addition, her piano teachers, mostly white, were concerned that she would know music by black composers and introduced her to R. Nathaniel Dett's In the Bottoms, among other such compositions.
Read The music of black Americans: a history, by Eileen Southern, free from Google Books.
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MISCELLANEOUS
ASVAB permission slips are due back in the Career Center to Mrs. Hart next Tuesday, November 9th. No parent-signed permission slip, NO TEST!
Girls’ JV Volleyball Champions! Congratulations to the Logan Girls JV Volleyball Team for winning the MVAL League Championship! Great job, team! GO COLTS! Keep up the good work and let’s do it again next season!
Hey Logan! Did you know that since the beginning of school we have totaled more than 16,800 tardies. That’s 3600 for Freshmen, 5200 for Sophomores, 4900 for Juniors and 3100 for Seniors. That’s the same as each student at Logan having 4 tardies. Imagine if each tardy equaled one minute of class time lost…that’s 280 hours of learning lost. To improve our tardy situation, the Logan Tardy Roundups are back. Starting this week, and each week from now on, there will be random tardy roundups. If you get caught in one, that’s a phone call home and an hour of detention. If you hear the music, you know it’s on…so don’t be late!
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Cocktails For Three
by Madeleine Wickham
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0312349998
ISBN-13: 978-0312349998
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Courier Staff Writer
Fashion, love, friends and alcohol. For three English women, life becomes simple once every month when they meet up at one of London’s sassiest bars for drinks to let loose and have a great time. Working at a famous fashion magazine seems like a dream, but soon that sweet dream turns into a nightmare. There’s something that each of these women are hiding from each other—a deep, dark secret that they have decided to keep to themselves. But all turns for the worst when these secrets reveal themselves, and their jobs and friendships are at stake.
Maggie Drakeford is a hard-working girl. She never gives up, always does her best and puts her heart into everything she does. But life becomes quite difficult for Maggie. She’s pregnant, and there’s one thing that she can’t seem to cope with—motherhood. She feels inferior to other pregnant mothers, her husband doesn’t understand how she’s feeling and her mother-in-law always makes her feel like she doesn’t know how to take care of a baby. Maggie keeps these feelings to herself and doesn’t tell Candice or Roxanne, instead learning to deal with these issues herself.
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By Rick La Plante,
New Haven Schools Director, Parent & Community Relations
New Haven Unified School District voters elected Linda Canlas and Sarabjit Cheema to seats on the Board of Education in Tuesday's election, both for their first term.
Ms. Canlas, principal of Faith Ringgold School for the Arts & Sciences in Hayward and the mother of two college-age daughters who attended New Haven schools, was the leading vote-getter in the four-candidate race.
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From wikipedia:
Lois Mailou Jones (November 3, 1905 – June 9, 1998) was a prize winning artist who lived into her nineties and who painted and influenced others during the Harlem Renaissance and beyond during her long teaching career. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts and is buried on her beloved Martha's Vineyard in the Oak Bluffs Cemetery.
Dr. Jones began painting as a child and had shows of her work when she was in high school. "Every summer of my childhood, my mother took me and my brother to Martha’s Vineyard island. I began painting in watercolor which even today is my pet medium."
Visit the Lois M. Jones homepage.
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Tim Lincecum in 2008
wikipedia photo
ARLINGTON, Texas — There was no doubt, there was only Tim Lincecum, on the mound, reaching for history.
No doubt: The face of the Giants' franchise was going to take this one home.
There was Lincecum — a small pitcher, at his largest on the biggest stage, under the brightest lights, when the great ones rise above it all.
And begin to etch their names on plaques and monuments.
"There's a time and a place," pitching coach Dave Righetti said, when asked about Lincecum's performance.
Game 5 of the World Series was the time. Rangers Ballpark was the place.
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By Phillip Bocog,
Courier Staff Writer
Union City has always been known for baseball—not just Logan’s team, but also the city’s little league teams.
The city is divided into two leagues between the east and west regions of Union City. The east is known as Union City National and the west is known as Union City American.
This summer, UCA topped UCN in the senior division, beating the best team in District 45. They then moved on to play in Livermore, dominating the teams over there as well. They breezed through the competition with a 4-1 record. They then advanced to play in Los Angeles.
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Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate
Ninja Storm 2
Reviewed for: Playstation 3
From: Namco Bandai
Softworks ESRB Rating: Teen
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Courier Staff Writer
"Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2" was released for PlayStation 3 on October 29. Based on the popular anime Naruto, the game starts at the beginning of the shippuden series when Naruto finishes his training with his master Jiraiya; the game ends when he battles his enemy Pain. The story mode has many boss battles, collect/mini games, a storyline similar to that of the anime and the insane cut scenes.
The game has 41 playable characters, including a surprise character from Tekken 6. Some are automatically available, but most of them are unlocked by playing the story mode and earning a specific amount of points. Each character has their own powerful moves as seen in the show.
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By Troy Wolverton
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google's Android software continued its rocket-like ascent over the summer, ending the third quarter with the dominant market share in the United States among smart-phone operating systems and a solid No. 2 spot globally.
Manufacturers installed Android on 9.1 million smart phones shipped in the United States between July 1 and Sept. 30, according to Canalys, a technology research firm, in a report released Monday. That gave the software 43.6 percent of the smart-phone market during the period, up from 34 percent in the second quarter of this year and just 5.4 percent in the third quarter last year.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Reviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
From: Obsidian Entertainment/Bethesda
Softworks ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and
gore, intense violence, sexual content,
strong language, use of drugs)
The Vegas strip in "Fallout: New Vegas" is minuscule compared to the vast Nevada wasteland that surrounds it, but because it's the only place in the whole region that sparkles like nuclear war never happened, it beams in the horizon for miles from any direction.
When you spot it for the first time in your travels, "Vegas" doesn't break from the action with a cutscene or make any fuss whatsoever. Like everything else in a "Fallout" game, it's just there, and players will spot it in ways and under circumstances that are organic and unique to the story they've spun for themselves up to then.
Such staggering freedom is what made the highly imperfect "Fallout 3" a cherished game in 2008, and while "Vegas" rarely improves on those imperfect things, its reverence for discovery — and the terrific stories it tells to complement that reverence — make it a must-play for "Fallout" fans.
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From The Black Renaissance in Washington:
James Lesesne Wells was a leading graphic artist and art teacher, whose work reflected the vitality of the Harlem Renaissance.
He was born in Atlanta, Georgia on November 2, 1902. His father was a Baptist minister and his mother a teacher. At an early age, he moved to Florida with his family. His first experience as an artist was through his mother, who encouraged him to help out with art instruction in her kindergarten classes. At the age of thirteen, he won first prize in painting and a second prize in woodworking at the Florida State Fair.
See examples of James Lesesne Wells' art work, free from Negroartist.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Hey Logan! Did you know that since the beginning of school we have totaled more than 16,800 tardies. That’s 3600 for Freshmen, 5200 for Sophomores, 4900 for Juniors and 3100 for Seniors. That’s the same as each student at Logan having 4 tardies. Imagine if each tardy equaled one minute of class time lost…that’s 280 hours of learning lost. To improve our tardy situation, the Logan Tardy Roundups are back. Starting this week, and each week from now on, there will be random tardy roundups. If you get caught in one, that’s a phone call home and an hour of detention. If you hear the music, you know it’s on…so don’t be late!
Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.
The PSAT is over, but the PACT is still coming up in November. Be sure to buy your ticket before they’re all gone!
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By Beatrice Esteban,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
Motivational speaker Arthur “AR” Renowitzky discussed gun violence and death last Thursday to Logan students.
Renowitzky, founder of Life Goes On Foundation (LGO), was shot and robbed by an unknown assailant outside a San Francisco nightclub in 2007. After a 23 day long coma, Renowitzky was told that he would never be able to walk again. His experience inspired him to help prevent similar occurrences and he founded LGO that same year.
The 22-year-old came to Logan and spoke to students during their second or third period classes with the help of Ramon Camacho, house three principal.
“I think it’s important for everyone to be more aware, and I want to help raise consciousness,” said Camacho. “This is one step in a long process, but I want to help them.”
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By Justyna Torres,
Courier Staff Writer
One can clearly see that the 2010 World Series is under way just by looking out on the sea of orange and black at Logan.
Since playoffs, many fans at the school have been showing their loyalty to the San Francisco Giants by celebrating the team’s wins and proudly displaying their apparel the day after games.
After making it to the World Series, it seems as if the Giants fan base has exploded all over Logan. Many conversations center around major plays and breathtaking moments from the game of the previous night.
Posted by courier at 12:11 PM. Filed under: Sports
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By Amanpreet Tatlah,
Courier Staff Writer
A zombie infestation game among Logan students put a twist on the yearly routine of dressing up for Halloween last Friday.
The game was planned via a Facebook event that Logan students were invited to. To play, people dressed up as either a zombie or survivor. Zombies made a letter Z on any part of a survivor's body and survivors made either an X on the zombie's face or two X's on their neck. Although survivors were allowed to run, zombies were not.
At the end of the school day, zombies and survivors alike had to make it to Colt Court by 4 p.m., where the winning side would be announced.
Posted by courier at 12:05 PM. Filed under: News
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From wikipedia:
Sippie Wallace (born as Beulah Thomas, November 1, 1898 in Houston, Texas; died November 1, 1986 in Detroit, Michigan) was an American Texas-styled blues singer, and songwriter. Although her recording career stretched throughout most of the '20s, her best work was done from 1923 to 1927 when she was recording with Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dodds, Sidney Bechet, King Oliver, and Clarence Williams. She recorded over 40 songs for Okeh Records, many written by herself or her brothers, George and Hersal Thomas.Among the top female blues vocalists of her era, Wallace ranked with Ma Rainey, Ida Cox, Alberta Hunter, and Bessie Smith.
Wallace was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1982, and was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 1993.
Posted by courier at 12:17 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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