The James Logan Courier

By Abraham Rangel, Courier Staff Writer

Talib Kweli’s Gutter Rainbows was not much of a seller in the big markets, but it doesn’t take away the fact that the album was a well produced body of work.

Gutter Rainbows did not sell successfully in the mainstream, with only 19,000 copies sold. Most people judge an album’s success by the numbers of copies sold, not by its content. However, Kweli delivered his best with lyrics pertaining to controversial point of views, witty punch lines and clever metaphors.

MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks are on sale for $90. Come by Room 44 after school to buy yours. Hurry, because supplies are limited.

Need Driver’s Ed? There will be two sessions this summer at the Adult School. The first session is June 20, 21 & 22. The second session is August 8, 9 & 10. Cost is $125. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or details.

Do you love to sing and dance? Choir auditions are May 10-13. Advanced Choir and Jazz Choir are Tuesday, May 10th. Show Choir is May 12 & 13 (Thurs. & Fri.) For Show Choir you must attend both days. Join our championship teams.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations

City Hall will remain open until 8 p.m. on Election Day (Tuesday, May 3) to accommodate voters who want to turn in their ballots in the special election to decide Measure B, the emergency funding measure for the New Haven Unified School District.

Measure B, the “Taking Care of Our Kids” parcel tax, would raise approximately $3 million to minimize class size increases and reductions to the school year and to fund after-school activities. Due to state budget cuts, New Haven Unified is facing a $10 million budget deficit for the 2011-12 school year.

From wikipedia:
Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.

Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy, to an English mother and Italian father. His parents were opera singers who became teachers.

At a young age, Rafael was exposed to many languages, living with his grandfather in England, attending school in Portugal and, as a teenager, in Switzerland. By the time he was seventeen, when he returned to England to live permanently, he was the master of five languages. He quickly added a sixth language — English — to his linguistic collection. He consciously chose to write in his adopted language, because, he said, "all the best stories are written in English."

Read Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, one of 17 of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.