This is the archive for January 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
Colt Necessities is selling alumni sweaters, James Logan hoodies, adjustable hats, flat hats and many more on Monday, Wednesday and Friday during both lunches.
Need Driver’s Ed? Your place is at the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday; April 4, 5 & 6, 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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Fred Korematsu
National Park Service photo
HAYWARD — Twenty-nine eager fifth-grade faces stare up at Ines Trinh between recess and lunch one day last week. The children have been studying stories about perseverance in the face of pain; "Give It All You've Got," the lesson's catchy theme, is printed in big letters on a poster in Room 21.
The teacher has just read her young students at Lorenzo Manor Elementary School a book called "The Bracelet." It's the story of Emi, a Berkeley second-grader sent to an internment camp during World War II just because she was Japanese-American. New vocabulary words: "Injustice." "Inequality."
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From wikipedia:
Kenzaburō Ōe (born January 31, 1935) is a Japanese author and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, social non-conformism and existentialism.
Ōe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994 for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today."
Ōe was born in Ōse, a village now in Uchiko, Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan. He was the third son of seven children. Ōe's grandmother taught him art and oral performance. His grandmother died in 1944, and later that year, Ōe's father died in the Pacific War. Ōe's mother took over his father's role as educator. The books she bought him -
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils - left him with an impression Ōe says 'he will carry to the grave'.
Read an interview with Kenzaburō Ōe, free from the Institute of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
All swim team members, please come to the pool today after school. We will be ordering our competition suits. Please see Coach Lockwood in Room 75 if you have questions.
Colt Necessities is selling alumni sweaters, James Logan hoodies, adjustable hats, flat hats and many more on Monday, Wednesday and Friday during both lunches.
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This Too Shall Pass by Kimmai Nguyen, Courier Staff Artist
Silver Lining by Thalia Hedges, Courier Staff Writer
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From wikipedia:
Roy David Eldridge (January 30, 1911 – February 26, 1989), nicknamed "Little Jazz" was an American jazz trumpet player. His sophisticated use of harmony, including the use of tritone substitutions, his virtuosic solos and his strong influence on Dizzy Gillespie mark him as one of the most exciting musicians of the swing era and a precursor of bebop.
Eldridge was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and originally played drums, trumpet and tuba. He led bands from his early years, moving to St. Louis, and then to New York. He absorbed the influence of saxophonists Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins, setting himself the task of learning Hawkins 1926 solo on "The Stampede" in developing an equivalent trumpet style.
Read an interview with Roy Eldridge, free from the University of Michigan.
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From wikipedia:
Muna Lee (January 29, 1895 – April 3, 1965) was an American author and poet who became widely known for her writings that promoted Pan-Americanism and Feminism.
Born in Raymond, Mississippi, Lee began her writing career as a well-known lyric poet. As a translator and advocate of Latin American literature, she made major contributions to the modern Pan-American literary tradition.
Read excerpts from A Pan-American Life, by Muna Lee, Jonathan Cohen, Aurora Levins Morales, free from googlebooks.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
All swimmers please come to the pool Monday, January 31st, after school. We will be ordering our competition suits. Please see Coach Lockwood in Room 75 if you have questions.
Swimmers, this is a reminder that all swim team paperwork is due today. Please respect this deadline and get your papers to Coach Lockwood in Room 75.
Congratulations to Varsity Girls Soccer for continuing their undefeated streak in the league, beating Irvington on Tuesday 3 – 1. Their record stands at 8-0-0. Keep up the great work, Girls!
Posted by courier at 12:22 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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An Egyptian cameraman films a standoff
in downtown Cairo, Egypt Wednesday
between riot police and protesters who
demand an end to the authoritarian regime
of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a key
U.S. ally in the Arab world.
(Hannah Allam/MCT)— Police and protesters clashed across Egypt on Friday, and opposition leader and Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei was doused by a water cannon before escaping the swinging batons of riot police and taking cover in a Cairo mosque.
Late in the day, army tanks and trucks flowed into Cairo to augment the police. At least one building was on fire, and there were reports that President Hosni Mubarak would address the nation.
A 6 p.m.-to-dawn curfew was imposed, but it was ignored by many protesters, who remained in the streets well after dark. Sounds of gunfire could also be heard in downtown Cairo after dark.
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From wikipedia:
Nien Cheng (January 28, 1915 – November 2, 2009) was a Chinese American author who recounted her harrowing experiences of the Cultural Revolution in her memoir
Life and Death in Shanghai.Born in Peking (Beijing), Cheng, in 1966, became a target of attack by Red Guards due to her management of a foreign firm in Shanghai, Shell. Maoist revolutionaries used this fact to claim that Cheng was a British spy in order to strike at Communist Party moderates for allowing the firm to operate in China after 1949. Her book documents her amazing courage and fortitude that enabled her to survive her imprisonment.
Read more about Nien Cheng, free from Blogspot.com.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Music Editor
After successfully releasing their first full-length album,
A Flair For the Dramatic, male quartet Pierce the Veil has now managed to produce another,
Selfish Machines. Mike Fuentes (drummer), along with his brother Vic Fuentes (singer), Tony Perry (guitarist) and Jaime Preciado (bassist) together create the magnetic and propelling band, Pierce the Veil.
Songs such as “Besitos”, “Fast Times At Claremont High” and “The Boy Who Could Fly” are perfectly satiated with a ridiculous amount of energy. Pierce is Veil, which is made up of predominately Mexican musicians, were not afraid to showcase the influence of their culture throughout the entire album. “Besitos” (which means kisses in Spanish) is mastered with rad guitar lines that are reflective of the band’s Hispanic heritage. Although bassists, to be quite frank, are almost always monotonous, Preciado maintains the unique flavor of each song by not failing to create interchangeable notes.
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From wikipedia:
Radhabinod Pal (27 January 1886 – 10 January 1967) was an Indian jurist. He was the Indian member appointed to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East's trials of Japanese war crimes committed during the second World War. Among all the judges of the tribunal, he was the only one who submitted a judgment which insisted all defendants were not guilty. The Yasukuni Shrine and the Kyoto Ryozen Gokoku Shrine has monuments specially dedicated to Justice Pal.
Justice Radhabinod Pal was born in 1886 in a small village called 'Salimpur' under 'Taragunia' union of 'Daulatpur' Upazilla of Kushtia District in India (present day Bangladesh).
Read a New York Times story about Radhabinod Pal.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
Posted by courier at 11:58 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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Checkmate! by Tiffany
Cheung
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 118 pages
Publisher: RoseDog Books
ISBN-10: 1434981290
ISBN-13: 978-1434981295
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Courier Staff Writer
Junior Tiffany Cheung has always had a passion for writing, and with the recent publication of her first novel
Checkmate!, she has fulfilled her longtime goal of becoming a published author while still in high school.
“Ever since I was little, I’ve always been writing. I’ve always known that I wanted to be a writer,” said Cheung. “It’s always been one of my New Years Resolutions to get a book published.”
Getting in touch with a publisher to publish work, however, is no easy task for any aspiring novelist.
“The publisher was actually recommended to me by a family friend,” she explained. “We got in contact and they said ‘Yeah, we want to publish it!”
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From wikipedia:
Elizabeth “Bessie” Coleman (January 26, 1892 – April 30, 1926) was an American civil aviator. Popularly known as "Queen Bess", she was the first African American to become an airplane pilot, and the first American of any race or gender to hold an international pilot license.
Early years
Coleman was born in Atlanta, Texas, the tenth of thirteen children to sharecroppers, George and Susan Coleman. Her father was of part Cherokee ancestry. Coleman began school at the age of six and had to walk four miles each day to her all-black, one-room school. Despite sometimes lacking such materials as chalk and pencils, Coleman was an excellent student. She loved to read and established herself as an outstanding math student. Coleman completed all eight grades of her one-room school. Every year, Coleman's routine of school, chores, and church was interrupted by the cotton harvest.
Read more about Bessie Coleman, free from centennialofflight.gov.
Posted by courier at 06:24 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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Goldeneye 007
For: Wii
From: Eurocom/Activision
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood, mild
language, mild suggestive
themes, violence)
We've seen classic first-person shooters get reissues with slightly sharper graphics and slightly modernized controls. But "Goldeneye 007" represents the first time a publisher has brought a cherished shooter through the nostalgia wall and fully into the present, and the result is an extraordinary mix of old and new that feels startlingly fresh.
For starters, let's be clear: This isn't a simple cleaning up of the classic Nintendo 64 game. The new "Goldeneye" is a new game that adds new layers to the storyline (now starring Daniel Craig instead of Pierce Brosnan), parlays those layers into new environments, and uses the old set pieces as inspiration for new mission designs rather than for purposes of copying and pasting. Modern amenities — destructible environments, regenerating health on lower difficulties, the customary visual improvements and all they bring — make their presence felt, but its the way the game spins revered levels into new experiences that shines brighter.
Posted by courier at 11:31 AM. Filed under: In Quotes
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Pablo S. Antonio (January 25, 1902 – June 14, 1975) was a Filipino architect. A pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, he was recognized in some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his time. He was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1976.
Antonio was born in Binondo, Manila in 1902. He was orphaned by the age of 12, and had to work in the daytime in order to finish his high school education at night. He studied architecture at the University of Santo Tomas but dropped out of school in order to assist in the design and construction of the Legislative Building (now, the National Museum of the Philippines).
Read more about Pablo Antonio, free from Kaluh-doscope.blogspot.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
The James Logan website design contest deadline has been extended! Submit your designs and suggestions before Tuesday, February 22nd, the day after Presidents’ Day. See design.jlhscompsci.com for more info.
Congratulations to the Girls Varsity Soccer Team. They remain undefeated 7-0 in league. Come support them at their home game vs. Irvington tonight at 6:00 p.m.
Posted by courier at 09:20 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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From wikipedia:
Michio Kaku (born January 24, 1947) is an American physicist, the Henry Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics in the City College of New York of City University of New York, the co-founder of string field theory, a proponent of some fringe scientific theories, a "communicator" and "popularizer" of science. He has written several books on physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television and film and writes extensive online blogs and articles.
Michio was born in San Jose, California to Japanese immigrant parents. His grandfather came to the United States to take part in the clean-up operation after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. His father was born in California but was educated in Japan, so spoke little English. Both his parents were put in the Tule Lake War Relocation Center, where they met and where his brother was born.
Visit Michio Kaku's website.
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Picture Day by Kimmai Nguyen, Courier Comic Artist
Weirdos by Thalia Hedges, Courier Comic Artist
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From wikipedia:
Saigō Takamori (Takanaga) (January 23, 1828 – September 24, 1877) was one of the most influential samurai in Japanese history, living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He has been dubbed the last true samurai.[
Saigō Takamori was born on December 7 in the lunar calendar, on the tenth year of the Bunsei era (January 23, 1828), in Kagoshima in the Satsuma domain (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture). Saigō served as a low-ranking samurai official in his early career. He was recruited to travel to Edo in 1854 to assist Satsuma Daimyo Shimazu Nariakira in promoting reconciliation and closer ties between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Imperial court.
Read excerpts from The last samurai: the life and battles of Saigō Takamori, by Mark Ravina, free from Google Books.
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From wikipedia:
Douglas Corrigan (January 22, 1907 – December 9, 1995) was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. He was nicknamed "Wrong Way" in 1938. After a transcontinental flight from Long Beach, California, to New York, he flew from Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, to Ireland, though his flight plan was filed to return to Long Beach. He claimed his unauthorized flight was due to a navigational error, caused by heavy cloud cover that obscured landmarks and low-light conditions, causing him to misread his compass. However, he was a skilled aircraft mechanic (he was one of the builders of Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis) and had made several modifications to his own plane, preparing it for his transatlantic flight. He had been denied permission to make a nonstop flight from New York to Ireland, and his "navigational error" was seen as deliberate. Nevertheless, he never publicly admitted to having flown to Ireland intentionally.
Read more about Douglas Corrigan, free from centennialofflight.gov.
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By Cody Mongoso,
Courier Staff Writer
The movie The Tourist stars Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. It’s a mystery, romance and action film.
Angelina Jolie plays as Elise, who meets her long-lost love Alexander Pierce after a long journey. Alexander owes money to a man named Shaw, who he borrowed from and never paid him back. Elise is a very independent young woman, helping Alexander not get caught in any way possible. She is a double agent but turning her back on her work for the one she loves.
Posted by courier at 11:31 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
Fremont ROP students: Monday, January 24th is a regular school day for Fremont. So although Logan is off, Fremont ROP students are not. You are expected and required to attend your Fremont classes. Buses will be running as usual.
Congratulations to former Logan graduate David Shaw, who was named Stanford Head Football Coach. David was a football, basketball and Track & Field athlete at Logan.
The James Logan website design contest deadline has been extended! Submit your designs and suggestions before Tuesday, February 22nd, the day after Presidents’ Day. See design.jlhscompsci.com for more info.
Posted by courier at 08:12 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Music Editor
The 20th century raged with acclaimed duos such as Simon & Garfunkel, The White Stripes, The Everly Brothers, Outkast and many others that have made a permanent and appealing impression in the music world. This century brings I Set My Friends On Fire, Breathe Carolina and the Ying Yang Twins, who have produced less-than-influential music.
However, today's music isn't entirely saturated with overproduction and unoriginal material; duos such as Blu & Exile and She & Him are decent examples. The Scene Aesthetic's newest album
Brother, on the other hand, consists of mediocre tunes that do not particularly appeal to the listener's senses.
Posted by courier at 09:30 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
Fremont ROP students: Monday, January 24th is a regular school day for Fremont. So although Logan is off, Fremont ROP students are not. You are expected and required to attend your Fremont classes. Buses will be running as usual.
Congratulations to former Logan graduate David Shaw, who was named Stanford Head Football Coach. David was a football, basketball and Track & Field athlete at Logan.
The James Logan website design contest deadline has been extended! Submit your designs and suggestions before Tuesday, February 22nd, the day after Presidents’ Day. See design.jlhscompsci.com for more info.
Posted by courier at 08:18 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Faiza Elmasry,
VOA News
Whether it is losing a loved one or a job, facing foreclosure or serious illness, people need courage to face what life throws in their path on a daily basis. To explore what courage is and how it can help people transform their lives, authors Nina Lesowitz and Mary Beth Sammons interviewed dozens of courageous people from all walks of life and across the globe.
They share their findings in their new book,
The Courage Companion.
Posted by courier at 11:29 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
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By Justyna Torres,
Courier Staff Writer
James Logan High School will host its first annual Academic Achievement Night, a night centered on garnering parent involvement and support for the school's academics.
Formerly known as Open House, Achievement Night gives parents the opportunity to directly get involved with their child’s education. This year, however, it is revamped with many new features, such as workshops and a family fundraising dinner.
The fundraising dinner at 5 p.m. will give families a place to enjoy a meal together, plan what activities in which they want to take part and help support the school.
Posted by courier at 11:16 AM. Filed under: News
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent & Community Relations
The Board of Education on Tuesday night directed staff to prepare a recommendation calling for a May 6 special election, a mail-in ballot asking New Haven voters to approve a parcel tax that would raise approximately $3 million annually. The proposed tax of $180 per parcel — the equivalent of only $15 per month — would provide stable local funding to offset some of the cuts that continue to be forced on the District because of the state budget crisis. The recommendation will be brought to the Board on Feb. 1.
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From wikipedia:
Soumitra Chatterjee (born 19 January 1935) is an iconic Bengali actor from India, known among other things for his frequent collaborations with the great Bengali film director Satyajit Ray and his constant comparison with the Bengali screen idol Uttam Kumar.
Soumitra graduated from the University of Calcutta with honours in Bengali literature. He has lived for a number of years in Calcutta in Satyajit Ray's old apartment. He also studied for his M.A. examination in Bengali from the University of Calcutta. He worked in All India Radio before pursuing a career in films.
Read an interview with Soumitra Chatterjee, free from ibnlive.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Homework – Saturday School is open this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Take advantage of a place to get some tutoring, computers, a place to work with peers, and a welcome atmosphere, too. Enter by carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
Fremont ROP students: Monday, January 24th is a regular school day for Fremont. So although Logan is off, Fremont ROP students are not. You are expected and required to attend your Fremont classes. Buses will be running as usual.
Congratulations to former Logan graduate David Shaw, who was named Stanford Head Football Coach. David was a football, basketball and Track & Field athlete at Logan.
Posted by courier at 11:58 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Dawn Chmielewski
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — News Corp.'s struggling social network, MySpace, on Tuesday formalized an anticipated restructuring that will result in the loss of 500 jobs worldwide, or about 47 percent of the workforce.
MySpace Chief Executive Mike Jones said the job cuts were necessary to streamline operations and put the site on a path toward profitability, following its relaunch last fall as an entertainment destination for Gen Y.
Posted by courier at 09:19 AM. Filed under: News
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EA Sports Active 2
Reviewed for: Playstation 3
Also available for: Xbox 360 (Kinect required), Wii
From: EA Sports
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Video games may be the new fitness gimmick battleground, but the old truths remain true: If the equipment is a pain to use, it simply won't be used.
"EA Sports Active 2" is exhibit A. As fitness interfaces go, it bleeds promise, with a polished arrangement of tools and a suite of online features that completely outclass those of its competitors. But the actual act of working out — both in terms of preparing for it and the diminished returns from that preparation — provide too much aggravation and not enough upside to make the year's most expensive exercise video game ($100, regardless of system) also the year's best.
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From wikipedia:
Pedro Rodríguez (born Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega, 18 January 1940 – 11 July 1971) was a Mexican Grand Prix motor racing driver. He was born in Mexico City and was the older brother of Ricardo Rodríguez. The brothers both raced bicycles and motorcycles to become Mexican champions. Pedro was national champion in 1953 and 1954 in motorcycles. He made his international debut in cars at Nassau in 1957 in a Ferrari, along with Ricardo in a Porsche.
He was just eighteen when US Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti dispatched them to Le Mans at the wheel of a Ferrari 500 TR Testa Rossa. Ricardo did not drive due to age, so Pedro partnered José Behra, brother of Jean Behra. He came back every year to Le Mans, fourteen times in total, where he won in 1968 with Belgian driver Lucien Bianchi in a Ford GT40 of the Wyer–Gulf team.
Watch a brief interview with Pedro Rodriguez, free from YouTube.
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MISCELLANEOUS
If you are thinking of making schedule changes for 2nd semester, please see your counselor during lunch or after school before the start of 2nd semester. The sooner the better…
Attn. Students: Starting today, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Forensics Tournament will be held at Logan. This event requires the use of all classrooms and common rooms at Logan. It begins at 4:00 p.m. Please plan on leaving campus by 3:45 on the 14th if you are not involved in this or other school-sponsored events.
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VOA News
U.S. President Barack Obama is honoring Martin Luther King Jr. during a national holiday celebrating the life of the slain African American civil rights leader.
Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, are scheduled to participate in a service event Monday in Washington, while members of the president's Cabinet attend memorial events and do community service across the nation.
The King Center in Atlanta caps more than a week of events Monday with commemorative ceremonies, volunteer activities and community programs. The center describes the federal holiday as a day to be involved in community events and service - "a day on, not a day off."
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It's a School Life by Satinder Kaur, Courier Staff Artist
Best Friends Forever by Nataniel Lazaga, Courier Staff Artist
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From wikipedia:
Zhou Zuoren (16 January 1885-6 May 1967) was a Chinese writer, primarily known as an essayist and a translator. He was the younger brother of Lu Xun (Zhou Shuren), the second of three brothers.
Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang, he was educated at the Jiangnan Naval Academy as a teenager. Following the steps of his brother Lu Xun, he left for Japan to pursue his study in 1906. During his stint in Japan, he began studying Ancient Greek, with the aim of translating the Gospels into Classical Chinese, and attended lectures on Chinese philology by scholar-revolutionary Zhang Binglin at Rikkyo University. , although he was supposed to study civil engineering there. He returned to China in 1911, with his Japanese wife, and began to teach in different institutions.
Read Requisites for the New Literature by Zhou Zuoren, translated by Kirk A. Denton, free from Ohio State University.
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From wikipedia.com:
Marie-Fortunée Lafarge, née Capelle (January 15, 1816 - November 7, 1852) was a Frenchwoman who was convicted of murdering her husband by arsenic poisoning in 1840. Her case became notable because it was one of the first trials to be followed by the public through daily newspaper reports, and because she was the first person convicted largely on direct forensic toxicological evidence. However, questions about her guilt had divided French society to the extent that it is often compared to the better-known Dreyfus affair.
Read more about arsenic poisoning and the development of methods of detecting it, free from crimelibrary.com.
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By Abeera Sohail,
Courier Staff Writer
The Tourist is the typical secret spy mission type of movie, laced with romance and comedy.
This movie takes the viewer to a different country with some spies, both good and evil. A tourist whom everyone thinks is a spy falls in love with a secret agent, who provides him with a place to stay. Everyone chases after each other—which gets a little confusing—but in the end there is a good surprise.
With stars like Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, this is an entertaining, great movie with which to pass time. There are many twist and turns, which keeps the viewer wondering who is the bad guy, who is the good guy, and who is with whom. This movie was a good movie but it’s a movie worth watching home more than in the theater. Overall this movie is a thumbs up.
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From wikipedia:
Carlos Peña Rómulo (14 January 1899, Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines – 15 December 1985, Manila, Philippines) was a Filipino diplomat, politician, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32. He is the co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines.
He graduated from the University of the Philippines, (BA) 1918; Columbia University, New York City, (MA), 1921, Received from Notre Dame University, Indiana, Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa), 1935; Rollins College, Florida, Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa), 1946; University of Athens, Greece, Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa), 1948, University of the Philippines, Honorary Doctor of 'Laws, April 1949, Harvard University, Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa, 1950.
Read Carlos P. Romulo's "I am a Filipino," free from soulcast.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
If you are thinking of making schedule changes for 2nd semester, please see your counselor during lunch or after school before the start of 2nd semester. The sooner the better…
Attn. Students: Starting today, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Forensics Tournament will be held at Logan. This event requires the use of all classrooms and common rooms at Logan. It begins at 4:00 p.m. Please plan on leaving campus by 3:45 on the 14th if you are not involved in this or other school-sponsored events.
Posted by courier at 11:55 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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From wikipedia:
Carolyn Gold Heilbrun (January 13, 1926 in East Orange, New Jersey – October 9, 2003 in New York City) was an American academic and prolific feminist author of both important academic studies and popular mystery novels under the pen name of Amanda Cross.
Heilbrun attended graduate school in English literature at Columbia University, receiving her M.A. in 1951 and Ph.D in 1959. Among her most important mentors were Columbia professors Jacques Barzun and Lionel Trilling, while Clifton Fadiman was an important inspiration: she wrote about these three in her final non-fiction work,
When Men Were the Only Models We Had: My Teachers Barzun, Fadiman, Trilling (2002).
Read Remembering Carolyn Heilbrun: Feminist Scholarship and Suicide, by Pat Holt, free from FrugalFun.com.
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If you are thinking of making schedule changes for 2nd semester, please see your counselor during lunch or after school before the start of 2nd semester. The sooner the better…
Attn. Students: On Friday, January 14, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Forensics Tournament will be held at Logan. This event requires the use of all classrooms and common rooms at Logan. It begins at 4:00 p.m. Please plan on leaving campus by 3:45 on the 14th if you are not involved in this or other school-sponsored events.
Students, if you’ve been having difficulty accessing the “assignments” function on your Student Connect account, please try again. Technology has been working on it, and says it is working!
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James McDonald, Courier Staff Photographer
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Most of Logan's seniors showed up at school early to sit for the annual Senior panoramic picture, snapped by photographers from Prestige Portraits in Hayward and Lifetouch School Portraits . Seniors were asked to show up at 8 a.m. so they could be done by 8:30 a.m, in time to go to class.
To order an official copy, available from Lifetouch/ Prestige, obtain an order form from the attendance window, or order online by clicking
here.. The cost is $22 for a 10 in. by 30 in. laminated copy, or $34 for a framed copy.
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From wikipedia:
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, born Mahesh Prasad Varma (January 12, 1914 - February 5, 2008) developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and was the leader or "guru" of the TM movement, a "Neo-Hindu" new religious movement. Varma's given name was Mahesh, while Maharishi and yogi are honorifics.
He became a disciple and assistant of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, who was the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of Jyotirmath in the Indian Himalayas. The Maharishi credits Brahmananda Saraswati with inspiring his teachings. Beginning in 1955, the Maharishi began to introduce the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique and other related programs and initiatives to the world. His first global tour began in 1958.
Learn more about Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Transcendental Meditation, free from www.maharishi.org.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Music Editor
Yesterday, James Logan High School teachers met in their house offices and discussed possible schedules to accommodate collaboration for next school year.
The meeting was held to discuss the mandatory schedule change which would come into effect starting the 2011-2012 school year. The school's Site-Based Decision-Making group will examine the possibilities of this change.
The main reason for the implementation of the new school schedule is to come up with another hour to allow for collaboration time. This time would be set aside for teachers to collaborate about issues and suggestions during meetings.
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By Wailin Wong
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
LAS VEGAS — Tablets may have been all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, but with tens of thousands of products on display, there was something for everyone.
Here are some interesting nuggets from the four-day show, which ends Sunday:
—Oh, baby: The Smart Baby Monitor from French startup Withings consists of a small camera that beams audio and video to the screen of any Web-connected smart phone, tablet, computer or TV using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. It's a gadget made for an iPhone generation of parents, as it eschews traditional bulky baby monitors for a smooth, white design. The sensor can track temperature and humidity in the baby's location, and parents can play lullabies remotely through the device. Withings said the monitor will be available in late March.
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Splatterhouse
For: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
From: Namco Bandai
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and gore,
intense violence, nudity, sexual
themes, strong language)
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
"Splatterhouse's" legacy undoubtably will be the new heights to which it elevates video game gore. True to the name, it's swimming in blood, with the most minor of attacks spraying the screen with blotches of red while the more advanced moves practically coat the entire level in the stuff. Throw in some special kills that trigger some very painful-looking interactive cutscenes, and the award for the goriest game in existence is now handily in this game's possession. A subtle reliance on cel shading slightly mutes the effect, but only slightly.
But Namco justifies the whole disgusting display by applying some real weight — figuratively as well as literally — to all those attacks. "Splatterhouse's" storyline encompasses a good eight to 10 hours of play time, and the novelty of all that blood would dissipate awfully quickly if the storytelling and gameplay propping it up weren't so surprisingly strong.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Director of Parent & Community Relations
In an effort to meet the needs of families who would like their children to attend school outside their neighborhood, the New Haven Unified School District is opening the intra-district transfer process for 2011-12 earlier than in past years.
Parents and guardians seeking to have their children attend a District school outside of their attendance area must apply for an intra-district transfer. Applications turned in by Feb. 1 will be given high priority for placement; however, placement cannot be guaranteed.
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From wikipedia:
Alfonso Arau (born January 11, 1932) is a Mexican actor and director.
Arau was born in Mexico City, the son of a doctor. He directed the films
Zapata: The Dream of a Hero,
Like Water for Chocolate (adapted from the novel written by his ex-wife Laura Esquivel),
A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production
A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the same name. Among many roles in his career, Arau has played the chief bandit "El Guapo" in
Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase. He played "captain Herrera", a lieutenant of rebel "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western,
The Wild Bunch and the smuggler "Juan" in
Romancing the Stone which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner. Arau appeared in the 1972 Mexican film
El rincón de las vírgenes ("The Virgins' Corner"), where he played the assistant of a fake mystical doctor traveling from town to town, who reminisce about their travels, when a group of women decide to propose the doctor for sainthood. The movie was set in 1920s rural Mexico.
Read more about Alfonso Arau and Like Water for Chocolate, free from the Los Angeles Times.
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If you are thinking of making schedule changes for 2nd semester, please see your counselor during lunch or after school before the start of 2nd semester. The sooner the better…
Attn. Students: On Friday, January 14, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Forensics Tournament will be held at Logan. This event requires the use of all classrooms and common rooms at Logan. It begins at 4:00 p.m. Please plan on leaving campus by 3:45 on the 14th if you are not involved in this or other school-sponsored events.
Students, if you’ve been having difficulty accessing the “assignments” function on your Student Connect account, please try again. Technology has been working on it, and says it is working!
ACTIVITY
Interested in Track & Field? See Coach Webb on the track after school.
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Pima County Sheriff
Clarence Dupnik
image:Pima County Sheriff's
Department.
TUCSON, Ariz. — It was a busy day at the Tucson Mountain Park shooting range Sunday, where the aroma of gunpowder filled the air one day after 20 people were shot, six fatally, at a shopping center.
Alex Anderson, 24, was armed with a 9-millimeter Taurus, the same caliber as the gun that authorities say Jared Lee Loughner used in the shootings. Anderson, who works at the Home Depot next to the Sportsman's Warehouse where the gunman's weapon was purchased, has a permit to carry his gun concealed but no longer needs that, thanks to a state law passed last year.
"Arizona's gun laws are what they should be everywhere," said Anderson, who was teaching his girlfriend to stand and shoot. "More people should be carrying to protect us."
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It's a Lulu by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
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From wikipedia:
Eva Kelly Bowring (January 9, 1892–January 8, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebraska.
Bowring was active in Republican politics in Nebraska. She was appointed to the United States Senate by Governor Robert B. Crosby to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight Griswold, making her the first woman to represent Nebraska in the Senate. She served from April 16, 1954, to November 7, 1954.
Read about Eva Bowring's career in the U.S. Senate, free from Time magazine.
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From wikipedia:
José Vicente Ferrer de Otero y Cintrón (January 8, 1912 – January 26, 1992), best known as José Ferrer, was a Puerto Rican actor, as well as a theater and film director. He was the first Hispanic actor to win an Academy Award.
Ferrer was born in the Santurce district of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the son of Maria Providencia Cintron and Rafael Ferrer, an attorney and writer. He studied in the Swiss boarding school Institut Le Rosey. In 1933, he graduated from Princeton University, where he wrote a senior thesis, French Naturalism and Pardo Bazán; he was also a member of the Princeton Triangle Club.
Read "On Being Mrs. Jose Ferrer," by Rosemary Clooney as told to Margaret Lee Runbeck for Good Housekeeping magazine, free from RosemaryClooney.com.
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From wikipedia:
Evelyn "Bobbi" Trout (January 7, 1906–January 24, 2003) was an aviatrix (female-aviator) notable for her pioneering flying activities. Trout began her aviation career at the age of 16 however her first solo flight and solo certificate was only given on April 30, 1928. In the spring of 1928, Trout’s mother bought her an International K-6 biplane. Bobbi received her pilot's identification card from the United States Department of Commerce on September 1, 1928. She was the second woman to break the non-refueling endurance record for women when she flew 12 hours straight from California in 1929. The record was previously held by Viola Gentry and was the first record where Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) rules of the endurance record were revised stating that endurance records had to be broken by a full hour. Trout also participated in the Women's Air Derby of 1929 which was dubbed as the Powder Puff Derby. In 2001, she was recognized as the only living participant in the first Women's Air Derby of 1929. Evelyn got her nickname “Bobbi” when she copied the hairstyle of 1928 actress Irene Castle which was a short “Bob” haircut.
Learn more about Bobbi Trout, free from BobbiTrout.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Treat yourself and that special someone to a tasty bag of popcorn. The popcorn stand is located just outside the Career Center in Colt Court. Monday, Wednesday & Friday during 4th period. A fun bag of popcorn is just 50 cents.
Yearbooks are still on sale. Buy yours in Room 44 after school for $90. Hurry! Supplies are limited.
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 carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
If you have not yet picked up your PSAT or PACT scores, they are back and available in the Career Center.
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Logan students count and collect canned
foods from this winter's Canned Food Drive.
Courier Staff Photo,
Courier Music Editor
The beginning of January signals the end of the holiday season, where giving without receiving should be an important instruction. With the holiday season coming to its close, so does the winter food drive, which showcased James Logan High School's attempt at spreading the holiday generosity by gathering donations for families in need of assistance. Mainly, the annual food drive is Logan's opportunity to adjoin both Logan staff and students to aid families that are struggling during the holiday season.
The Canned Food Drive began on December 6, when Logan Leadership requested donations for canned foods, toys or money. Donations are sent to Hope Connections, a service club which provides assistance for needy families.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Music Editor
Following the April release of their full-length album
Blue Sky Noise, Circa Survive continues to please their fans with yet another release: the
Appendage EP, which features three new songs, a remake and a demo.
Appendage showcases some of the band's best work so far, adding onto their highly notable albums
Juturna and
On Letting Go. With bassist Nick Beard, drummer Steve Clifford, vocalist Anthony Green and talented contributions from Colin Frangicetto and Brendon Ekstrom on guitar, Circa Survive is one of the more subtlety dynamic alternative bands ever to emerge into the industry.
First on the EP is the demo “Sleep Underground”, which could not have been more perfectly placed. It features an intro that represents Circa's successful attempt of inducing an octave-generator effort, producing an organ sound. This playful technique adds a blend of old and new Circa Survive. Along with the honest and haunting voice of Anthony Green, the song is unquestionably interesting, reflecting both the slow paced rhythm of Anthony Green's solo project and Circa Survive as a whole.
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Congratulations to the Varsity Wrestling Team for winning the Western Invitational in Modesto. The team also placed eleventh out of 95 teams at the Sierra Nevada Classic over the Christmas break.
Treat yourself to a toasty bag of popcorn. The popcorn stand is located just outside the Career Center in Colt Court. Monday, Wednesday & Friday during 4th period. A fun bag of popcorn is just 50 cents.
Yearbooks are still on sale. Buy yours in Room 44 after school for $90. Hurry! Supplies are limited.
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 carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
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By Nataniel Lazaga,
Courier Staff Writer
I collected all the watches recently sold with McDonalds' girls' Happy Meals. The characters featured on the watches were from Sanrio, a Japanese company that sells popular Japanese items, to honor the company's 50th anniversary. There were seven different characters feature on the watches: Hello Kitty, Keroppi, My Melody, Badtz-Maru, Chococat and Sugar Bunnies. It took me about a week to get all of them because I had an interest in the characters and wanted me to get them all.
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By Arthel Cargill,
Courier Staff Writer
In the riveting story
Glass, author Ellen Hopkins picks up where she left off in the novel's prequel,
Crank, and pulls the reader into the world of addiction and the battle between right and wrong, into the world of the monster.
In
Crank, Kristina Georgia Snow (or "Bree") goes to visit her father in Albuquerque. She meets a boy who introduces her to "the monster", crank (amphetamine, colloquially known as "speed"). Hopkins shows the reader Kristina's struggle and the ultimate fall from grace that she experiences, in the form of an exciting novel.
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How To Make Peace In The Middle East
In Six Months Or Less Without Leaving
Your Apartment by Gregory Levey
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Free Press (September 7, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1439154155
ISBN-13: 978-1439154151
Gregory Levey, author of 'How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment,' decided to act as a freelance diplomat and solve the Middle East conflict.
Gregory Levey, author of 'How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment,' decided to act as a freelance diplomat and solve the Middle East conflict.
The territorial conflict between the Jewish state of Israel and the region's mostly Arab Palestinians has raged for generations, frustrating mediators and diplomats. How could one person make a positive difference? Gregory Levey tried, and titled the book about his effort, "How To Make Peace In The Middle East In Six Months Or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment."
Gregory Levey is an unlikely peace-maker. The Canadian Jew - now a professor of communication at Toronto's Ryerson University - was a law student with no experience in diplomacy when he was hired in 2005 to write speeches for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. He says the year he spent in the Middle East was a transforming experience.
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From wikipedia:
Herbert Bayard Swope (January 5, 1882 - June 20, 1958) was a U.S. editor and journalist. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he was the younger brother of businessman Gerard Swope.
Swope spent most of his career at the
New York World newspaper.
He was the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting in 1917 for a series of articles that year entitled "Inside the German Empire" The articles formed the basis for a book released in 1917 entitled
Inside The German Empire: In The Third Year Of The War, which he wrote with James W. Gerard.
Read more about Herbert Bayard Swope, free from www.pokerplayernewspaper.com.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Music Editor
Asian-American Studies teacher Tina Bobadilla-Mastel has developed a creative project to benefit both her students and the younger generation, prompted by New Haven Unified School District's focus on improving literacy. Bobadilla wants high schoolers to join in on the effort to encourage children to read.
“Logan students have so much talent and energy and I am always trying to think of ways to channel it all to benefit the greater community. Also, I searched through about 500 children's books that my own children and my nephews have on their shelves at home. Guess how many I found which featured non- white characters? Three. Just three. This is a problem,” says Bobadilla.
She said she believes that there is minimal representation of other ethnic groups in mainstream media, which is a potential problem that could affect a child's self-esteem. Having few inspirational resources for children to look up to is a limitation for children whose ethnicities aren't represented in a positive light.
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Yearbooks are still on sale. Buy yours in Room 44 after school for $90. Hurry! Supplies are limited.
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 carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
If you have not yet picked up your PSAT or PACT scores, they are back and available in the Career Center.
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God of War: Ghost of Sparta
For: Playstation Portable
From: Ready at Dawn/Santa
Monica Studio/Sony
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood
and gore, intense
violence, nudity, sexual
content)
This is the third "God of War" game to release in less than three years. If you count last year's rerelease of the first two games, it's the fifth.
It's little surprise, then, that most of "Ghost of Sparta" feels pretty familiar. A few new ideas aside, Kratos' latest adventure overwhelmingly follows the template established by his previous escapades: There's a ton of melee combat against the usual minions, some multi-level boss fights against gods and monsters, a few environmental puzzles and platforming challenges to break up the pace, and a dash of new insight into the mental makeup of gaming's angriest protagonist.
At its worst, "Sparta" treads beyond familiarity into outright predictability. Players with legs in the series will know almost psychically when the game is about to switch gears, and even little details like the locations of secret treasure chests are so predictable as to feel automatic when found. Familiar enemies with familiar attack patterns make repeat appearances, and the patterns in which larger non-boss enemies appear — by themselves the first time players see them, and in pairs and eventually sets later on — is customary at this point.
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From wikipedia:
Malietoa Tanumafili II, GCMG, CBE, (4 January 1913 – 11 May 2007) (also called Susuga) was the Malietoa, the title of one of Samoa's four paramount chiefs, and the head of state, or O le Ao o le Malo, a position that he held for life, of Samoa from 1962 to 2007. He was co-chief of state in 1962 and became the sole head of state on 15 April 1963. At the time of his death, he was the oldest national leader in the world.
He was born in 1913 as the son and third child of his parents, Malietoa Tanumafili I and Momoe Lupeuluiva Meleisea. He became the Mālietoa in 1940 following his father's death in 1939.
Watch part of the state funeral for Malietoa Tanumafili II, free from YouTube.com.
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Students: The District Technology Department is working on a new Technology plan and would like to get input from students. Please take a minute or two to take the online survey. You can find it at: districtsurvey.com. Your help would be very much appreciated.
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 carpeted hallway near the Media Center to Rooms 77 and 78.
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The Delta Smelt
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — Delta fish continued to languish at very depressed levels in 2010, according to the latest numbers from the California Department of Fish and Game.
A key annual survey performed each fall showed the Delta smelt population continues to hover at a level some biologists believe is near extinction, while year-old striped bass, a popular sport fish, dropped to a record low.
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Lucretia Coffin Mott (January 3, 1793 – November 11, 1880) was an American Quaker, abolitionist, social reformer and proponent of women's rights. She is credited as the first American "feminist" in the early 1800s but was, more accurately, the initiator of women's political advocacy.
Read A Sermon to the Medical Students, an 1849 moral reform sermon in Philadelphia by Lucretia Mott, with antislavery content. Digitized by the Antislavery Literature Project.
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Daisaku Ikeda ( born January 2, 1928) is president of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a Buddhist association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions.
Daisaku Ikeda was born the fifth son of seaweed farmers at Ōta, Tokyo. He had four older brothers, who fought in World War II, two younger brothers, and a sister. As a child, he suffered from poor health and later tuberculosis, and doctors predicted that he wouldn't survive beyond the age of 30. Ikeda's family endured the hardships of the war. In his youth, he lost his eldest brother Kiichi Ikeda (1916–1945) to World War II, which developed in him a strong opposition to war.
Read quotes and aphorisms by Daisaku Ikeda, free from ikedaquotes.org.
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From wikipedia:
Mariano Azuela González (January 1, 1873 in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco – March 1, 1952 in Mexico City) was a Mexican author and physician, best known for his fictional stories of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. He wrote novels, works for theatre and literary criticism.
Azuela wrote many pieces including the newspaper piece "Impressions of a Student" in 1896, the novel
Andrés Pérez, maderista in 1911, and
Los de abajo, (or
The Underdogs), in 1915.
Read The Underdogs by Mariano Azuela, free from pinkmonkey.com.
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