This is the archive for October 2006
ACTIVITIES:
Come see the comedy that is guaranteed to make you laugh! Brighton Beach Memoirs is playing Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2,3, & 4 at 7 pm, and Sunday, Nov. 5, @2 pm in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students.
Calling all performers! Talent show application deadline is extended to November 3.
Andy An, Nick Shutes, Cristian Morales, Daryl Bundang, Gabe Nguyen, Teresa Jong, My Tran, Shaun Shutes, & Victoria Humphrey were all award-winners @ the 8th annual Pumpkin Patch Dash.
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By John Chau, Courier Staff Writer
Photos by Dana Llarena and Jessica Rosales
Despite the recent gang fights and heightened enforcement of Halloween rules, this year Logan students show no decline in their festive dress for Hallow’s eve. The celebration remains as enthusiastic as ever with the introduction of new and exciting costumes.
Members of the Courier staff dressed up for the holiday (Jessica Rosales-Dana Llarena/Courier Photo)
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By Susan Muramoto, Courier Staff Writer
Those who have watched both “Saw” and “Saw II” know the basic background of this twisted movie that was released on October 27. Continuing the plots of the first two movies, “Saw III” delivers another gruesome tale of people who are kidnapped and placed in torturous life-or-death situations in which they must decide how much their life is really worth to them.
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By Pamela Gutierrez, Courier News Editor
Halloween has always been an exciting time on the Logan campus as hundreds of students dress up to celebrate the holiday. This year however, the festivities may be stifled by a few extra rules.
Logan students Aprille Barzaga, left, and Heather Enrile wear costumes that conform with this year's rules. (Courier Photo)
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By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It is a rite of fall almost as familiar as Homecoming: Excited Stanford students decorate their new rooms with desktop computers, laptops, printers, game consoles, wireless routers and assorted electronic gizmos built at home over summer vacation.
Then something breaks. Or freezes. Or takes down an entire dormitory's network.
Melissa Schirmer, left, and her roommate, Stephanie Swenson, laugh at a printing mistake with Xuan Smith, a member of Stanford University's residential computing staff which helps students with computer tech support. (Jim Gensheimer/San Jose Mercury News/MCT)
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
GOD HAND
For: PlayStation 2
From: Clover Studio/Capcom
ESRB Rating: Mature
Awesomely terrible or terribly awesome? That is the question surrounding "God Hand," arguably the most polarizing game to arrive in 2006. The "love it or hate it" superlative is abused to the point of irrelevance, but Clover's bizarre brawler is the real deal.
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Chiang Kai-shek (October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. He began his military education at the Baoding Military Academy, in 1906. Attended the Military State Academy in Japan in 1907. Chiang Kai-shek served in the Imperial Japanese Army from 1909 to 1911. He commmanded the Northern Expedition to unify China against the warlords and emerged victorious in 1928 as the overall leader of the Republic of China (ROC). Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, during which Chiang's stature within China weakened, but his international prominence grew. During the Chinese Civil War (1927–1949), Chiang attempted to eradicate the Chinese Communists, but ultimately failed, forcing his government to retreat to Taiwan, where he continued serving as the President of the Republic of China and Director-General of the KMT for the remainder of his life.
A portrayal of Chiang Kai-shek commanding the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition.(from wikipedia)
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By Barbara Hart, Career Center Tech
The following is a listing of current scholarship applications which are available for your pick-up in the Career Center. This list is intended to give you a brief synopsis of the most pertinent information for each scholarship or award. If a scholarship looks interesting to you, come to the career center to pick up a hardcopy application (located in the money box), or if listed under the on-line portion of this list you can apply directly using the stated web-site. Please note that the deadlines are in red, and that scholarships targeting only a certain population will have the specific requirement noted in blue. Most of these scholarships are for seniors, last year’s class of 2006 was awarded 136 scholarships. Occasionally I do receive scholarships for juniors, sophomores and freshmen as well. These will be duly noted at the end of this list.
This is free money, so don’t be lazy...apply for as many as you can!
SENIOR LISTINGS (Dates refer to filing deadlines)
GoodTidings Community Service Scholarship 11-9-06
Open to all Bay Area high school seniors. Awards will be distributed based on community service and financial need. (25 awards = $2,500 ea)
ACTIVITIES:
Come see the comedy that is guaranteed to make you laugh! Brighton Beach Memoirs is playing Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2,3, & 4 at 7 pm, and Sunday, Nov. 5, @2 pm in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students.
Andy An, Nick Shutes, Cristian Morales, Daryl Bundang, Gabe Nguyen, Teresa Jong, My Tran, Shaun Shutes, & Victoria Humphrey were all award-winners @ the 8th annual Pumpkin Patch Dash.
Posted by courier at 11:26 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Recently, about 55 Logan Juniors and Seniors had the opportunity to attend an informatioinal meeting about California State University East Bay and San Francisco State University.
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By Christine Spolar
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
VIENNA, Austria — When more than 100 ambassadors gathered at the United Nations nuclear agency to mark its 50th year of juggling global arms and energy demands, organizers were surprised by the ambitious agenda that the envoys had in mind:
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William Frederick "Bull" Halsey, Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 20, 1959) was the United States Navy Fleet Admiral who commanded the U.S. Third Fleet during much of the Pacific War against Japan.
Click on the picture to watch Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr at the start of the Cold War, asserting the United State's right to send its warships anywhere, despite Stalin's objections. This 1946 Universal Studios' newsreel footage streams in 256k Mpeg4, free from the Internet Archive. For more information and format choices,
click here.
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By Michael Goodwin
New York Daily News (MCT)
High school football is all the rage. Teams are ranked nationally like college and professional ones. ESPN and Fox Sports Net are televising games across the country and more teams are traveling for out-of-state games. McDonald's and Nike are among the corporate sponsors. Then there's "Friday Night Lights," an NBC prime-time show about a Texas team that spins out of the book and film of the same name.
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By Michael Goodwin
New York Daily News (MCT)
For months, the Iraq war has been reduced to a stark choice: Baghdad or bust. Either the U.S. and Iraqi forces would pacify the capital, or the mission would unravel.
It is time to face the awful truth. Each day is bringing us closer to bust than to victory. We are witnessing the tipping point.
U.S. Army Soldiers from various units prepare their equipment at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, for redeployment into Iraq Oct. 24, 2006. DoD photo by Master Sgt. Steve Cline, U.S. Air Force. (Released)
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By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
For students too bored, too busy or too burdened to write their own term papers, it's tempting to turn to the Web for a little help.
As teachers wise up to the popular cut-and-paste method of Internet plagiarizing and the use of myriad online essay banks, some students determined to outsource their papers are taking a more unusual route: paying for custom jobs.
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Henry George (September 2, 1839 – October 29, 1897) was an American political economist and the most influential proponent of the "Single Tax" on land. He is the author of Progress and Poverty, written in 1879.
Read Progress and Poverty: An Inquiry into the Cause of Industrial Depressions and of Increase of Want with Increase of Wealth: The Remedy by Henry George, free from the Library of Economics and Liberty.
Henry George
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By Jezza Pimentel, Courier Sports Editor
The Logan Colts moved one step closer to the Mission Valley Athletic League varsity football title as they defeated chief rival Irvington last night at Tak Fudenna Stadium.
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Let's start off the day with a classic Betty Boop cartoon, "Stop that Noise," made in 1935. Betty can't sleep with all that racket.
Click the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256k MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive.
Click here for more information and formats.
Next, watch Supermanin "Electric Earthquake," in which a mad scientist attempts to blow up Manhattan. Lois Lane investigates and Superman saves the day. Animation by Steve Muffati and Arnold Gillespie, story by Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber, music by Sammy Timberg. Produced in 1942.
Click the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256k MPEG4,free from the Internet Archive.
Click here for more information and formats.
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Jonas Edward Salk (October 28, 1914 – June 23, 1995) was an American physician and researcher, best known for the development of the first polio vaccine (the eponymous Salk vaccine).
See and hear Dr. Jonas Salk discuss his life and work in an interview for the television show, Open Mind, streaming in 256k MPEG 4, free from the Internet Archive. For more information and format choices,
click here.
Jonas Salk
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By Susan Muramoto, Courier Staff Writer
That time of the year has come for all college-bound seniors to stress over college applications and the "personal statements" some universities require their applicants to write.
A personal statement "is an essay about yourself, used to address things about yourself not previously expressed in an application," said Career Center Technician Barbara Hart.
Career Center Technician Barbara Hart (Jessica Rosales/Courier Photo)
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By Nathanial Lealao, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan's undefeated Freshman football team shut out Irvington, 30-0, Thursday afternoon at Judsen E. Taylor Field.
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ACTIVITIES:
Come see the comedy that is guaranteed to make you laugh! Brighton Beach Memoirs is playing Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2,3, & 4 at 7 pm, and Sunday, Nov. 5, @2 pm in the Little Theatre. Tickets are $7 for students.
Talent show applications are available in Room 476.
They are due back TOMORROW!
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
The Grudge 2
Rated PG-13
95 minutes
The
Grudge 2, sequel to
The Grudge released in 2004, is only mediocre. The first few lines of the
Grudge 2 already displayed the fact that the acting is not the best. Although it is supposed to be a horror movie, they rely highly on shock value of the viewers. However, the graphics were scarier than the first movie.
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Man of the Year
PG-13
1 hour, 55 minutes
Starring Robin Williams as Tom Dobbs, who has his own show and brings out the comedy in politics. One day, a woman in the audience suggests that he runs for president and he does. This movie was a real disappointment. It was a charade of comedy trying to have action suspense. They wanted the best of both genres, but it became a big sloppy mess. It did have a few real good one-liners from Williams, but it was lacking the comedy everyone was expecting. The so-called "action" part was tied in by a way the audience was not expecting. Williams needs to stick to his roots - comedy.
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By Maria Orozco, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan Principal Don Montoya met with his Principal's Advisory Committee today and reassured them that student safety is his top priority.
Extra Union City Police patrolled the campus today to help keep the peace (Bobbi Maas-Courier Photo)
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ACTIVITIES:
Talent show applications are available in Room 476. They are due back on 10/31.
Come to the Red Ribbon Week activity today at lunch in Colt Court. Win prizes!
Wrestlers must turn your clearance form in to Coach Bagaoisan in the P.E. Office by 11/2. The first day of practice is 11/6.
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Two extra police officers will guard James Logan High School today, and teachers have been asked to be extra vigilante, the day after administrators locked down the school to hunt for weapons they learned of after a rash of fights broke out around the sprawling campus.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
The New Ridaz used "Out with the old, in with the new"as their motto since the NB Ridaz split their ways earlier this year. Are they really following up to what they are saying? They somewhat did as they released their new debut self-titled album last week on October 10, 2006. However, this is still a new adventure for Dos and Zig-Zag, the remaining members of the group. The New Ridaz also includes ex-Logan student, Angelina.
The New Ridaz feature ex-Logan student, Angelina
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
It was just a bit more than two years ago in June 2004 when JoJo released her first self-titled album that debuted at #4. She was 13 years old then belting out "Leave (Get Out)" (#12 on the US charts) and 15 now singing her new single "Too Little Too Late." This past Tuesday on October 17, 2006, JoJo's new sophomore album, "The High Road," dropped in stores.
JoJo's new sophomore album, "The High Road," is now in stores.
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Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)
Top 10 songs on iTunes Music Store for Oct. 24:
1. "Smack That," Akon
2. "Too Little, Too Late," JoJo
3. "Lips of an Angel," Hinder
4. "White & Nerdy," "Weird Al" Yankovic
5. "Chasing Cars," Snow Patrol
6. "Maneater," Nelly Furtado
7. "Chain Hang Low," Jibbs
8. "Money Maker," Ludacris
9. "SexyBack," Justin Timberlake
10. "Let Me Talk to You Prelude/My Love," Justin Timberlake
For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)
Pop:
BERT JANSCH "The Black Swan" (Drag City, 3 { stars)
British folk deity Bert Jansch is a cult hero — Neil Young has called him his favorite acoustic guitarist — for his work with Pentangle and his long solo career. "The Black Swan" builds a bridge to a new generation of "freak folk" fans, with contributions from Beth Orton, Devendra Banhart, and members of the Philadelphia ensemble Espers. "Texas Cowboy Blues" takes a gentle jab at President Bush, but, otherwise, "The Black Swan" concentrates on creating beautifully wrought turning-leaf music, richly contemplative but never soporific.—Dan DeLuca
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Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1912 – January 27, 1972) was an American gospel singer, widely regarded as the best in the history of the genre.
See and hear Mahalia Jackson sing "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho," free from Youtube.com
Mahalia Jackson
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Students were ordered to clear the James Logan High School campus quickly this afternoon after being locked in their classes while administrators and police searched for and arrested at least two students, one for possessing a knife and another for assaulting a CST, according to Principal Don Montoya.
Logan staff dispersed milling students after fights broke out.
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Logan students were locked in their classrooms Wednesday morning after several fights broke out during the morning.
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Logan's best golfer, Samantha Kang, is headed to her fourth straight NCS tournament this year, and her teammates on James Logan's Girl's Varsity Golf team may be joining her.
Samantha Kang (Jezza Pimentel/Courier Photo)
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By Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn (nonfiction, 261 pages, ISBN 0805076824)
Reviewed By Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer
“A bomb, Diane DeFontes thought, when thinking became possible again. At 8:46:30, an impact had knocked her off a chair in the law office on the 89th floor of the north tower, 1 World Trade Center.”
Like an onion, this book is layered and might just bring tears to your eyes. Full of the stories of some of the survivors of 9/11, and some stories of those who died, it is a book that fills you with a fear different from that of ghouls and vampires, but a fear of reality. Brimming over with details, 102 Minutes will capture your heart and your mind as you slowly begin to realize just what happened that dark day in our past.
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By Julie Anne Peters, 256 pages, published by Little, Brown Young Readers, ISBN 0316733695
Reviewed by Jenna Garard, Courier Staff Writer
As I picked up this book in the library and began to read the back cover, I thought it would just be a typical book about high school life, until I read deeper and decided it sounded like a good read.
The name Liam is used 100 times in Luna, the most of any word.
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 14, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2006 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1.
For One More Day. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95 Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
2.
Echo Park. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown, $26.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
3.
Act of Treason. Vince Flynn. Atria, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
4.
13 Moons. Charlers Frazier. Random House, $26.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 2
5.
Motor Mouth. Janet Evanovich. HarperCollins, $26.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 2
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By John Mark Eberhart
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
The president refers to the conflict with terrorists as World War III. More scientists conclude we're frying the planet. Even comic books go somber, with some set in Iraq.
Here we are, autumn 2006. Five years after Sept. 11, the world still is not a sanguine place.
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By Matt DiPietro, Courier Staff Writer
Matt DiPietro, #5 for the James Logan Varsity football team,is one of the team captains, and the team's quarterback. He's writing a weekly diary of his experiences, exclusively for The Courier
At the beginning of the game there was not as much excitement as usual. Most of the players were thinking about how big the next game against Irvington is. When the game started the defense went on the field and stopped Kennedy. Our defense played very well in this game. The key players on defense were Josh Neal who had four interceptions, Fenuki Foketi who had big hits and an interception, and Nathanial Lealao.
Matt DiPietro
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ACTIVITIES:
Jostens will be here all day today! It is minimum day, so they will be here at lunch and after school in Colt Court!!
The girl frosh/soph cross country team placed 2nd in the Mariner Invitational. Great job to Victoria Humphrey, Mason Hartwell, Donnise Powell, and Pablo Moreno, who each medaled.
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By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. ‚ Like a roll of the dice or a sip of bourbon, the glow of the computer screen has an irresistible and dangerous allure to many people, according to a new nationwide study by Stanford University.
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The Seattle Times
(MCT)
SEATTLE — Mozilla will release the latest version of its browser, Firefox 2, today, the company said Friday.
The Courier recommends Firefox for viewing The Courier.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
KILLZONE: LIBERATION
For: PSP
From: Guerilla Games/Sony
ESRB Rating: Teen
Problem: You made a first-person shooter named "Killzone" on the Playstation 2. People really liked it. You want to make more "Killzones" on more systems. But your next destination, the PSP, handles first-person games about as well as the Washington Generals handle the Harlem Globetrotters.
Solution? Make a "Killzone" game _ but don't make an FPS.
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James Logan Principal Don Montoya threatened to end the popular "one-minute" bell next week unless students get to class on time more often.
"If tardies don't go down far enough, the one-minute bell goes away," he said via the school's public address system Monday morning
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ACTIVITIES:
Jostens will be here all day tomorrow! It is minimum day, so they will be here before/after school and at lunch in Colt Court!!
The girl frosh/soph cross country team placed 2nd in the Mariner Invitational. Great job to Victoria Humphrey, Mason Hartwell, Donnise Powell, and Pablo Moreno, who each medaled.
Interested in track & field? Come to the Weight Room after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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By Priya Jagannathan, Courier Staff Writer
Teachers at James Logan today handed out red rubber wristbands to students with the molded-in motto "I Pledge to be Drug Free" to kick off this year's Red Ribbon Week.
Wristbands similar to this one, but with a different motto, are being distributed at James Logan today.
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Many Logan students are displaying their fashion senses, or, some might say, their runaway materialism, all over campus.
Crystal Garcia poses as a "fashionista." (Michelle Raskin/Courier Photo)
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By Jezza Pimentel, Courier Sports Editor
The Logan Colts remain undefeated with an MVAL record of 4-0, as they defeated Kennedy High School at Tak Fudenna Stadium, Saturday night.
The Colts pulled through with an early lead, scoring 28 unanswered points during the first half and another seven points during the second half. They defeated the Titans by a score of 35-6.
Josh Neal had four interceptions and a touchdown for the Colts(Courier Photo)
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By Zachary Gorchow
Detroit Free Press (MCT)
DETROIT — Ginnnah Muhammad of Detroit was looking for her day in court.
Instead, she said she felt as if a judge forced her to choose between her case and her religion in a small-claims dispute in Hamtramck District Court.
A devout Muslim, she wore a niqab — a scarf and veil to cover her face and head except for her eyes — Oct. 11 as she contested a rental car company's charging her $2,750 to repair a vehicle after thieves broke into it.
A Yemeni woman, but not Ginnah Muhammad, wearing a niqab. (wikipedia photo)
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Arnold Joseph Toynbee CH (April 14, 1889 – October 22, 1975) was a British historian whose twelve-volume analysis of the rise and fall of civilizations, A Study of History, 1934-1961, was a synthesis of world history, a metahistory based on universal rhythms of rise, flowering and decline, which examined history from a global perspective.
Read Turkey: a Past and a Future by Arnold Joseph Toynbee,
one of two of his works available free from Project Gutenberg
Arnold Joseph Toynbee in Look magazine in 1961.
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By Carl P. Leubsdorf
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
It's widely believed that a Democratic victory in next month's elections would launch renewed pressure on President Bush to change course in Iraq. But significant pressure is starting even before the balloting — and it's coming from some key Republican allies.
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By J.R. Labbe
McClatchy Newspapers(MCT)
Voting. Volunteering. Raising money for a charity.
These characteristics of a healthy democracy have been hallmarks of American civic engagement since the days when Alexis de Tocqueville was wandering the nation observing its energetic infancy.
If only they were vigorously embraced by today's youths.
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Let's start the day off from school with a cartoon about school, Pest Pupil, starring Baby Huey. The oversized duckling's mental deficiences stymie his frustrated teacher, so a tutor is called in.
Click on the picture to view the cartoon, either streaming or downloaded from LikeTelevision, com.
Next, Betty Boop and her dog, Pudgy, appear in "Not Now," in which a yowling, singing tomcat goads Betty and her dog to take drastic measures. Made in 1935.
Click on the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256k MPEG4 from the Internet Archive. Click here for more options and information.
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John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993) was born in Cheraw, South Carolina. He was an African-American Bahá'í jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. Gillespie, with Charlie Parker, was a major figure in the development of bebop and modern jazz.
In addition to featuring in these epochal moments in jazz, he was instrumental in founding Afro-Cuban jazz. Gillespie was a trumpet virtuoso and gifted improviser, building on the virtuoso style of Roy Eldridge but adding layers of harmonic complexity previously unknown in jazz. In addition to his instrumental skills, Dizzy's beret and horn-rimmed spectacles, his scat singing, his bent horn and pouched cheeks, and his light-hearted personality were essential in popularizing bebop, which was originally regarded as threatening and frightening music by many listeners raised on older styles of jazz. He had an enormous impact on virtually every subsequent trumpeter, both by the example of his playing and as a mentor to younger musicians.
Watch and listen as Dizzy Gillespie and Milt Jackson perform Once in a While, from Google Video.
Dizzy Gillespie at the Nambassa 3-day Music & Alternatives festival New Zealand 1981.
Photographer Michael Bennetts.
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Logan's Sikh Forum organized a lunch time celebration of Diwali, an important Indian religious festival, Friday afternoon in Colt Court.
Members on the Sikh Forum prepare the Colt Court stage for the lunch time celebration.
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James Logan's Freshman football team beat the previously unbeaten Kennedy team 22-12 Thursday at Judsen E. Taylor to preserve a 5-0 record for the season.
Right Tackle Nolan Lealao, Running Back T.J. Matsumoto
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The first of what is intended to be an annual middle school volleyball tournament, the Colt VolleyFest, debuts at James Logan High School tomorrow morning.
Girls Volleyball Coach Danielle Anderson, organizer of the event, said that eight teams from Union City, Fremont and Newark-area schools will participate in the tournament. Alvarado and Barnard-White Middle Schools will represent Union City and compete against Thorton, Horner and Hopkins schools from Fremont,two teams from Holy Spirit in Fremont, and one from Newark.
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ACTIVITIES:
Jostens will be here all day this Wednesday! It is minimum day, so they will be here before/after school and at lunch in Colt Court!!
Talent show applications are available in Room 476. They are due back by 10/31.
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By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer
Every Friday, The Gay-Straight Alliance club provides a place for students to comfortably discuss issues on sexuality.
"[The purpose of GSA is] to provide a place for gay and lesbian students and their friends to hang out, discuss, see films, and hear speakers on topic related to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community." said Michael Roman, one of the advisors of the club.
Members of the GSA staffed a table at the recent Club Recruitment day
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By Ericka Montes, Courier Staff Writer
Gates to the student parking lot that have been installed to restrict would-be parkers to using one entrance and exit at a time have improved safety in the lot, but frustrate students, too.
The gates were added around the end of the last school year, said Logan Principal Don Montoya and are meant to slow down traffic coming into and out of the lots, he said.
The gates allowing ingress and egress to the parking lot from H Street are closed.
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By Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
Kurdish Director Bahman Ghobadi's film "Turtles Can Fly," is set in a refugee camp located on the Iraqi-Turkish border where he captures the innocence and hardships of the lives of these displaced children. It portrays how these alert and eager children are able to cope with unfathomable dangers.
Turtles Can Fly was released on DVD Sept. 20.
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By Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
The unromantic chick flick,
The Break-Up, starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston is a heartless mess. Brook, played by Jennifer Aniston, acts as a victim of a neglected girlfriend, whereas Gary, played by Vince Vaughn, acts as the "bad boyfriend" with a bad mouth.
The movie is being released on DVD this week.
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Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, who served as Secretary of War, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of State. He was a conservative Republican, and a leading lawyer in New York City. He is best known as the civilian Secretary of War during World War II, chosen for his aggressive stance against Nazi Germany, with responsibility for the Army and Air Force. He managed the drafting and training of 12 million soldiers and airmen, the purchase and transportation to battlefields of 30% of the nation's industrial output, and the building and decision to use the atomic bomb.
Henry Stimson letterRead Henry Stimson's once secret letter to U.S. President Harry Truman requesting a meeting to tell him about the development of the atomic bomb.
Henry Stimson
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ACTIVITIES:
ID makeup pictures are TODAY!! Stop by the Pavilion Lobby before/after school or at lunch. Last chance!! Staff - today is your picture day in the Staff Lounge.
James Logan Puente Program will be selling Jamba Juice today in Colt Court during both lunches. Stop by and get your Jamba Juice!
Girls basketball tryouts are Mon., Tues. & Wed, November 6 - 8. In order to tryout, you must have a completed physical packet turned in to Coach Richberg. See Coach Richberg in the Career Center for a packet.
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By Matt DiPietro, Courier Staff Writer
Matt DiPietro, #5 for the James Logan Varsity football team,is one of the team captains, and the team's quarterback. He's writing a weekly diary of his experiences, exclusively for The Courier.
Throughout the week before the game against Washington, Coach Zuber was telling us that this game could dictate whether or not we go to playoffs. We had great practices throughout the week and prepared hard for the game. We knew that Dejon Gomes and I should have big games.
Matt DiPietro
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By John Chau, Courier Staff Writer
On Saturday, The UN Saturday council unanimously approved a series of economic sanction on North Korea, the leader of which recently announced a series of nuclear tests. It has further terrorized the harried U.S. citizens, who are currently facing the nuclear advent of Iran. To a citizen on the West coast, the sanctions sound like a providential deliverance, but can they offer adequate protection to our beleaguered nation?
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By Steven Dudley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
PEREIRA, Colombia — In Colombia, they like to tell a joke about the promiscuity of women in this southwestern city near Colombia's lush coffee fields: If you ask a Pereira woman to sit down, she lies down.
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By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
BEIJING — It's been called an "evil state," a "psycho state" and even a "Soprano state" that survives on crime, like the fictional television mob family.
Its leader, Kim Jong Il, once a movie director, has come up with an extraordinary plot line: Steer a totalitarian, bankrupt regime to develop nuclear weapons, then use cunning to ride out international sanctions and keep a firm grip on the nukes.
20 Oct. 1998, A North Korean observation post in the Demilitarized Zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Allen) (Released) (Released to Public)
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By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer
Paul Stanley, guitarist and vocalist from legendary hard rock band Kiss, is set to release his first solo album in 28 years. With
Live To Win , scheduled to be released on October 24th, Stanley delivers a great mix of melodic songs and hard rock tunes that will appeal to both classic rock fans and fans of today's rock scene.
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By Susan Muramoto, Courier Staff Writer
The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus—what exactly is that? The name is actually quite meaningless, but it represents a band that’s bound for popularity.
Drop by the Courier's office, Room 509, for Red Jumpsuit Apparatus swag while supplies last, and to register for a drawing to win a free copy of their new CD. Deadline for entry: Nov. 3. Drawing: Nov. 6
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By Diamond Floyd, Courier Staff Writer
Who is Citizen Cope? Imagine a folk/hip-hop fusion of John Mayer and Jack Johnson, and you've got it.
Citizen Cope, also known as acclaimed singer-songwriter Clarence Greenwood, with his third CD entitled "Every Waking Moment", could be a featuring band on a sountrack for the feel-good movie of the year. With great mellow tunes like "Every Waking Moment" and "More Than It Seems", you're bound to begin swaying to the beat.
Drop by the Courier's office, Room 509, for Citizen Cope swag while supplies last, and to register for a drawing to win a free copy of his new CD, IEvery Waking Moment.Deadline for entry: Nov. 3. Drawing: Nov. 6
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Frankie J. finally released his third solo English album, Priceless, this past Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Known for his soulful voice and beautiful ballads, slow songs outnumbered the faster songs on this 12-tracked album, which is different from his previous records, What's a Man to Do and The One. Frankie J. has writing credits for all 12 tracks on this album.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Unified School District Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received information on proposed changes to the boundaries that determine where students attend school. With the closing of Cabello Elementary School at the end of the 2006-07 school year and Barnard-White Middle School at the end of 2007-08, the goal is to redraw to balance enrollments as evenly as possible throughout the District.
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ACTIVITIES:
ID makeup pictures are TOMORROW!! Stop by the Pavilion Lobby before/after school or at lunch. Last chance!!
Talent show applications are available in Room 476. They are due on 10/31.
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Bored of the Rings by the Harvard Lampoon (fiction, 149 pages)
Reviewed By Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer
“This Ring, no other, is made by the elves,
Who’d pawn their own mother to grab it themselves.
Ruler of creeper, mortal, and scallop,
This is a sleeper that packs quite a wallop.
The Power almighty rests in this Lone Ring.
The Power, alrighty, for doing your Own Thing.
If broken or busted, it cannot be remade.
If found, send to Sorhed (the postage is prepaid).”
With a catchy poem like this on the very first page, who can resist reading the pages that follow? A parody of
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkein,
Bored of the Rings is a well-written and humorous novel. Although much shorter than
The Lord of the Rings, it contains most of the key scenes. The authors have twisted everything to make it funny, and in most cases, they succeed.
The cover of the first edition of Bored of the Rings, published in 1969.
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By Megan Twohey
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)
The University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society announced Thursday that they are making nearly 500,000 historical books and documents available for a new search engine that aims to do with books what Google has done for Web sites.
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By Kim Ossi
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
HALLOWEEN HORRORS
Just in time for Halloween, "Nightwood" by Patricia Windsor ($7.95, Delacorte Press), tells a terrifying tale of six teens on a trip that goes terribly wrong. Casey, Maryann and Gena decide to skip out on their class trip to D.C. and instead take a detour to Casey's parents' cabin in Delonga, Ga. (Note that in scary stories, rule-breaking is sure to end in disaster!)
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By Jasmeen Banwait and Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writers
Hundreds of students from around the Bay Area have been and will be coming to James Logan this month to take tests of their aptitude for college.
Students took the SAT Subject Area tests in a classroom in the 500 building Saturday.
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By Rebecca Soltau, Courier Staff Writer
As you watch him teach his English 1 and 2 classes, you‘d never guess that an important part of George Moore‘s life is street fighting.
Logan Teacher George Moore, circled, is learning a martial art with his classmates at the Dragon‘s Den KaJuKenBo Club.
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By Barbara Hart, Career Center Tech
The following is a listing of current scholarship applications which are available for your pick-up in the Career Center. This list is intended to give you a brief synopsis of the most pertinent information for each scholarship or award. If a scholarship looks interesting to you, come to the career center to pick up a hardcopy application (located in the money box), or if listed under the on-line portion of this list you can apply directly using the stated web-site. Please note that the deadlines are in red, and that scholarships targeting only a certain population will have the specific requirement noted in blue. Most of these scholarships are for seniors, last year’s class of 2006 was awarded 136 scholarships. Occasionally I do receive scholarships for juniors, sophomores and freshmen as well. These will be duly noted at the end of this list.
This is free money, so don’t be lazy.......apply for as many as you can!
By Roberta Maas, Courier Staff Writer
The hobby of knitting perhaps may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of the favorite activities of teens, but the James Logan Knitting Club is proving that students like making things out of yarn.
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ACTIVITIES:
Pick up your pictures & ID cards in the Activities Office AT LUNCH today! This afternoon all ID cards will be sent to your House Offices.
Need your car washed? Come to the girls soccer car wash this Saturday, 10/21, in the Logan Swimming Pool Parking Lot.
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By Eric Benderoff
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Can home movies, personal photos and pithy commentaries — known as user-generated content at Internet social sites — successfully co-exist with advertising?
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
JUST CAUSE
For: Xbox 360
From: Avalanche/Eidos
ESRB Rating: Mature
Does "Just Cause" have problems? If you're a stickler for realism, boy does it ever. Any game that lets you scale the side of a mountain by literally running up and along it isn't what you'd call a work of realism.
Screenshot from Just Cause
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By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News(MCT)
The best of college is now available, for free, without unpleasantries such as 8 a.m. classes, pop quizzes or term papers.
In a new deal with Google Video, the University of California-Berkeley is sharing with the public, via the Internet, dozens of videotaped seminars, speeches, special events and even entire courses taught by some of the campus' leading professors.
Screenshot of U.C. Berkeley's page on Google Video
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Shin'ichi Suzuki (October 17, 1898 - January 26, 1998) was the creator of the international Suzuki method of teaching music.
Considered to be one of the most influential pedagogues of the 20th century, he often spoke about the ability of all children to learn things well, given the right environment.
Visit the online memorial to Shinichi Suzuki.
Shinichi Suzuki
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ACTIVITIES:
Pick up your pictures & ID cards in the Activities Office AT LUNCH today! Tomorrow all ID cards will be sent to your House Offices.
Need your car washed? Come to the girls soccer car wash this Saturday, 10/21, in the Logan Swimming Pool Parking Lot.
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By Yanira Romero and Sadaf Khan
Donations made to James Logan High School in late September by owners of an office supply company in San Leandro that retired last summer "went fast," according to Jerry Ortega, who runs Logan's supply room.
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By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
A new restaurant has just recently opened two weeks ago, located down Alvarado Niles near Safeway and Blockbuster called
The Big Kitchen. I was told by a friend whose family ran the business that it was one of the few Filipino and French restaurants here in Union City, so this weekend my sister and I decided to give it a try.
The Big Kitchen restaurant specializes in Manila Fusion cuisine.(Christina La/Courier Photo)
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David Ben-Gurion (October 16, 1886 – December 1, 1973;) was the first and third Prime Minister of Israel. As a leader, he was instrumental in the founding of the state of Israel at the expiration of the British Mandate, carrying Israel through the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and leading the country in its first years of existence, not retiring until 1970.
Read David Ben Gurion's 1947 Statement to the Elected Assembly of Palestine Jewry, free from MyIsraelSource.com.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Tied in first place for the homecoming floats were the seniors and sophomores. Second place went to the juniors and lastly, the freshmen received third place.
The Senior Class Float (Carmen Shiu/Courier Photo)
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Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC), later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the
Eclogues, the
Georgics and the
Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire's national epic.
Read The Georgics, by Virgil, one of
four of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
Statue of Virgil
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By Jessica Mutch, Courier Staff Writer
With all the hype over the homecoming game in the week leading up to it, there was no doubt it was going to be entertaining. The crowd went wild as Logan pulled into the lead early, and made a clean 21-7 finish.
Colt Dejon Gomes scored two touchdowns in the team's victory (Carmen Shiu/Courier Photo)
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By Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MOQOR, Afghanistan — Raz Mohammad, the newly installed police chief in this town of adobe compounds, ramshackle shops and rickety stalls, needed help, and he needed it quickly.
U.S. Army Soldiers play a game of Duck, Duck, Goose with a group of children in Charkh, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2006, during a medical and veterinarian civic action program. DoD photo by Sgt. Joey L. Suggs, U.S. Army. (Released)
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Today, we start with the New Three Stooges, starring in "The Noisy Silent Movie." According to the Internet Archive, "The Three Stooges play the organ in an old silent picture movie theater to accompany an old black and white film. Includes live action intro by the Three Stooges. Animation by Chick Otterstrom, Kay Wright and Frank Onaitis. Music by Paul Horn."
Click on the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256kb MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive.
Click here for more information and format choices.
Next, we have a classic Betty Boop cartoon. According to the Internet Archive, "It features Grampy, the king of cartoon gadgetry. Betty's mean farmer neighbor abuses his animals, refusing to stop even after she sings the title song endorsing kindness. So she calls up Grampy and he shows the jerk a thing or two. He hooks the farmer up to a whipping treadmill which powers all kinds of bizarre machines which benefit the animals."
Click on the picture to view the cartoon, streaming in 256kb MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive.
Click here for more information and format choices.
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By Kim Barker
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
KABUL, Afghanistan— The Pace Picante sauce expired two years ago, and the spider-web witch hat has seen better days. None of the Afghans here is quite sure how to use the Hot Body Tanning Oil, the Magic Smooth Razorless Hair-Removing Cream for Black Men, or the Shimmer Me Sexy lotion. Or why.
U.S. Army Spc. Enver Medrano, left, with 2nd Platoon, 554th Military Police Company, shows an Afghan National Police officer the proper way to hold a 9mm handgun during weapons training in the Paktika province of Afghanistan.
DoD photo by Cpl. Thomas Childs, U.S. Army. (Released)
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By Stephen Becker
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
Opening Oct. 20:
FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS — Strong Oscar buzz surrounds Clint Eastwood's story of the service men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima.
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ACTIVITIES:
Makeup pictures & ID cards are here!
Pick them up in Colt Court AT LUNCH today!
Wednesday all ID cards will be distributed to your House Office.
Boys basketball tryouts are Mon., Tues., Wed., 11/6-8, at 3:30 in the Small Gym. In order to try out, you must have a completed physical packet turned in to Coach Fortenberry before Monday, 11/6.
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By Dunstan Prial
The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT)
HACKENSACK, N.J. _ A federal public health advisory panel recommends that girls ages 11 and 12 be routinely vaccinated against a common sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer.
Gardasil is recommended for the prevention of cervical cancer
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By Maria Orozco, Courier Staff Writer
There is extra ventilation in librarian Carla Colburn's office in the Media Center for the next few days, as she awaits repairs on the smashed window next to her desk.
Someone threw a padlock through this window in a Media Center office.
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ACTIVITIES:
Homecoming Dance is tomorrow from 8-11 pm in the Pavilion! Tickets on sale today in Colt Court at lunch.
Makeup pictures & ID cards are here! Pick them up in Colt Court AT LUNCH! Next week all ID cards will be distributed to your House Office.
Colt Necessities is coming this month to the Career Center. Here is your chance to buy school supplies and goodies in a hurry!
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By Armaghan Nabil and Sahar Naweed, Courier Staff Writers
New R.O.P. Culinary Arts teacher Mari Moschetti soon will open a restaurant/cafe for staff members in the Staff Lunch Room.
The staff cafe could open as early as mid-October, and will be run by Logan students.
ROP Teacher Mari Moschetti
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Dr. Asa HilliardIII, a professor, author and expert on African-American education issues, will speak on the subject Saturday night in the Little Theater.
The event, sponsored by the James Logan Forensics program, will begin at 7 p.m. and is expected to end around 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
Hilliard, left, co-wrote Young, Gifted and Black.
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By Nathanial Lealao,
Courier Staff Writer
Pharrell Williams, as most of you will know, is a well-known producer and Rapper. He has been acqainted with many of the top R&b and Hip Hop stars of this generation, such as Snoop Dogg, Gwen Stefani, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z and many more. Now he's released his first solo album.
The new album, "In My Mind," is Pharrell's first solo album and has been patiently anticipated after his 2003 hit "Frontin". On this album he has a variety of both R&B and Hip Hop. As Pharrell said, "The Hip Hop songs are more the introspective side of my view and how I looked at life, and the R&B stuff is the more vulnerable side."
Drop by the Courier's office, Room 509, for a free Pharrell poster or sticker while supplies last, and to register for a drawing to win a free copy of his new CD, In My Mind.Deadline for entry: Oct. 26. Drawing: Oct. 27.
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By Diamond Floyd, Courier Staff Writer
Papa Roach is out with a brand-spanking new CD, entitled "The Paramour Sessions", and they're back with the same great sound that fans know and love. The CD contains thirteen "in your face" tunes, including the hit single "...To Be Loved".
Want your own copy of the new Papa Roach album? Come to room 509, the Courier's hq, to enter the Courier's drawing for a free copy, compliments of the Courier, Moxie, and Geffen Records. Deadline for entry: Oct. 26. Drawing: Oct. 27.
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James Ramsay MacDonald (12 October 1866 – 9 November 1937) was a British politician and three times Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A socialist from humble origins, he became the first Labour Prime Minister in 1924. His third period as Prime Minister was during the crisis of the Great Depression when he formed a "National Government" in coalition with the Conservatives and was expelled from the Labour Party.
Read Ramsay McDonald's 1931 letter to Chaim Weizmann, in which he denied Great Britain's supposed oppositiion to Jewish immigration to Palestine. Free from mideastweb.org.
Ramsay McDonald
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By Matt DiPietro, Courier Staff Writer
Matt DiPietro, #5 for the James Logan Varsity football team,is one of the team captains, and the team's quarterback. He's writing a weekly diary of his experiences, exclusively for The Courier
Going into the game I could tell that all the players were really relaxed and not worrying about what they had to do. We were all just relaxing and trying to stay focused. As we came out of the locker room I knew we were going to have a great game. As the game was going on and we were handling Mission, I noticed how poised everyone was. there was not much confusion on players not knowing what they had to do.
Matt DiPietro
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ACTIVITIES:
Homecoming Dance is this Saturday!
Tickets on sale in Colt Court at lunch.
Dance guest passes are due to your House Principal by today.
Open field for boys soccer will resume next week - Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. See Coach Sills in Room 73 for more info.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Staff Writer
The homecoming game is coming up this Friday, which means that the classes will be showing off the floats they have been working on for the past two or three weeks.
Senior Stephanie Africa working on the "007" senior float.
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Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld (fiction, 403 pages)
Reviewed By Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer
“At soccer practice, I worried that I would miss the ball, when we boarded the bus for games at other schools, I worried that I would take a seat by someone who didn’t want to sit next to me, in class I worried I would say a wrong or foolish thing.”
A freshman at Ault School, a prep school in Massachusetts, Lee Fiora expresses the same fears that teenage girls in public high school face every day. She is afraid of confrontation so she doesn’t talk, but she feels left out because nobody talks to her. She makes herself blend in but wishes to be noticed. A walking contradiction, she represents the majority of the teenage female population of the world. The only difference is that she is lucky enough to get into a private school miles away from home, although it turns out that this isn’t as great as she believed it would be.
Prep is definitely an interesting read.
Sittenfeld uses the name "Martha" 434 times in his novel, Prep
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
Here are the best sellers for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 30 compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2006 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1.
For One More Day. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
2.
The Road. Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, $24
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
3.
The Thirteenth Tale. Diane Setterfield. Atria, $26
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 3
4.
Under Orders. Dick Francis. Putnam, $25.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
5.
The Book of Fate. Brad Meltzer. Warner, $25.99
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
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By Naheed Dastagir and Priya Jagannathan, Courier Staff Writers
This month, many of Logan's Muslim students are fasting in observance of Ramadan, a holy month in the Islamic lunar calendar.
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States, 1933-1945 to promote her husband's (Franklin D. Roosevelt's) New Deal, as well as Civil Rights. After his death she built a career as an author-speaker, a New Deal Coalition advocate and spokesperson for human rights. She was a First-wave feminist (though she opposed the Equal Rights Amendment) and was an activist role model as First Lady. Eleanor was a leader in forming the United Nations, the United Nations Association and Freedom House. She chaired the committee that drafted and approved the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. President Harry S. Truman called her the First Lady of the World in honor of her extensive human rights promotions.
See Eleanor Roosevelt speaking before 8,000 members of the Illinois Federation of Professional and Women's Clubs, urging women to aid the destitute unemployed during the Depression in 1933, streaming in 256k MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive. For more information and format choices,
click here.
A White House portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt.
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ACTIVITIES:
Homecoming Dance is this Saturday! Tickets on sale in Colt Court at lunch.
Dance guest passes are in your House Office. Forms must be returned to your House Principal by tomorrow.
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By Sarah Jane Tribble
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. —± As a deep bass thumps in the background of a TV commercial, a rich voice describes a sleek device that seemingly offers everything, from simple calling to a mobile music player.
It's a seductive image: One device that can be used as a phone, navigator, computer, camera, video player and mobile music library.
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By Adam Sichko
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
WASHINGTON — On Facebook.com, Sen. Jim Talent reveals that his favorite actress is Reese Witherspoon and that the name of his Great Dane is Dudley. And in a video on his Web site, the Missouri Republican spends several minutes discussing the issues mentioned in his first TV ad in his campaign for re-election.
Screenshot from Sen. Jim Talent's Facebook page.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service(MCT)
NBA 2K7
For: Xbox 360 (coming November to PS3)
Also available for: Xbox, PS2
From: Visual Concepts/2K Sports
If the rivalry between "NBA 2K" and EA's "NBA Live" series were a basketball game, it would be one of those back-and-forth duels in which no lead was entirely safe ... until now.
NBA 2K7 screenshot
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By Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writer
For freshman who have joined the Marching Band this year, the step up to Logan's standards is proving to be a large one.
The James Logan Marching Band performs
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By Veronica Brown, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan’s first dance of the 2006-2007 school year will be Homecoming. Homecoming is the only dance of the year that James Logan alumni may attend.
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Edward Davis Wood, Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American motion picture director, screenwriter, actor, and producer.
For more about Ed Wood and his films, visit edwoodonline.com.
Ed Wood
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By John Chau, Courier Staff Writer
For some Logan students with learning disabilities or emotional problems, Logan's two school psychologists are here to help.
As part of The IDEA law(and now No child left behind), the district is required to have school psychologists to overview compliance issues and to assist with disabilities.
Logan has two psychologists,Barbara Baker and Richard Bromberg, each residing respectively in House 1 and House 3.
School Psychologist Richard Bromberg (Jenna Garard - Courier Photo)
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ACTIVITIES:
Homecoming Dance is this Saturday! Tickets on sale in Colt Court at lunch.
Homecoming elections at lunch in Colt Court - please be sure to have your ID card to show.
Interested in track & field? Come sign in in the Weight Room on Tuesday & Thursday after school.
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By Jessica Rosales, Courier Staff Writer
On Thursday and Friday, Logan held Club Days to help inform and encourage students to join the many different clubs offered.During the fourth and fifth lunches, different clubs set up tables in Colt Court.
Though there weren't too many students at the Club Day set up on Friday, most of the clubs felt they accomplished the task of informing students about their club and recruiting new members.
"We got a lot of new members. But I think they just signed up for the candy," said Sana Younus of the Leo Club.
Hip Hop Club Jowey Natividad, a junior attempts one of his moves and shows off his skills.
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Ivo Andric (October 9, 1892–March 13, 1975) was a novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His novels
Bridge on the Drina and
Bosnian Chronicle / The Days of the Consuls dealt with life in Bosnia under Ottoman Empire.
Read Ivo Andric's Nobel Prize banquet speech, free from Nobelprize.org.
Ivo Andric
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Frank Patrick Herbert (October 8, 1920 – February 11, 1986) was a critically acclaimed and commercially successful American science fiction author. He is best known for the novel Dune, and the five other novels in the series that followed it. The Dune saga dealt with themes such as human survival and evolution, ecology, and the intersection of religion, politics, and power, and is widely considered to be one of the classics in the field of science fiction.
Visit Dune, the Official Website, dedicated to Frank Herbert's popular novel.
Frank Herbert
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By Jezza Pimentel, Courier Sports Editor
Even though they had just crushed their opponents 55-0 and earned a 2-0 league record Friday night, the Colts had compliments for the defeated Mission San Jose Warriors.
"They had a tough running game and they kept our defense on their toes.” Logan coach George Zuber said, “I give credit to them too, even though they were down by a lot they still kept on going.”
Colts’ team captain Mark Taylor said, “Their offense gave a lot of effort, they didn’t give up. Same goes for their defense, and we give them credit for that.“
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By Jezza Pimentel, Courier Sports Editor
To say the James Logan Junior Varsity squad had a good game yesterday would be an understatement. They defeated the Mission San Jose Warriors 61-0. It was over quickly.
“I’m proud of the guys, we put a complete game together and that was our goal from the beginning of the week. I was overall very proud. “Head Coach Jon Nord said, “I was definitely expecting for us to win, I knew that if we put a good game plan and executed we could possibly score 40-50 points."
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First this morning, we have
Naugthy, but Mice, a Noveltoon starring Herman from 1947. City mouse Herman helps country mice get rid of the big bad cat. Animation by Dave Tendlar and Al Eugster. Story by Bill Turner and Larry Reilly. Scenics by Robert Owen. Music by Winston Sharples.
Click the picture to watch the cartoon, streaming in 256k MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive.
Click here for more format choices and information.
In our second feature, Little Bo Peep and her free-range sheep are threatened when Wily and Jazzy wolves attempt to capture them. But Mighty Mouse saves the day. From 1944.
Click the picture to watch the video, streaming in 256k MPEG4, free from the Internet Archive.
Click here for more format choices and information.
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By Barbara Hart, Career Center Tech
Today's update is from Scholarships.com and can be found under the on-line portiion of the list.
Niels (Henrik David) Bohr (October 7, 1885 – November 18, 1962) was a Danish physicist who made fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics. Bohr is widely considered one of the greatest physicists of the twentieth century.
Read Niels Bohr's Nobel Prize "Banquet" Speech, free from Nobelprize.org
Niels Bohr
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By Jasmeen Banwait and Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writers
Logan Live, the daily school news show produced by students in the Electronic Media Production Academy (EMP) is back on the air and going strong.
"It's been going great," said Lukas Grippa, one of the rotating on-air hosts of the program. "We have had hardly any issues come up. We're having a lot of fun."
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Logan's Varsity Girls Water Polo team earned its first league victory of the season, beating American 20-10.
Veronica Brown scored in the Colts' victory.
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ACTIVITIES:
Homecoming Dance is this Saturday! Tickets on sale in Colt Court at lunch.
Girl’s soccer open field Tuesday after school from 3-4 on the Big Green. You need to bring your cleats and shin guards. You must be on time.
Dance guest passes are in your House Office.
Forms must be returned to your House Principal by Thursday.
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By Naweed Zemaryalai, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan's Varsity Boys Water Polo team, struggling to end a series of losses, got back on the winning track against American High of Fremont Thursday at the Dan Oden Swim Center.
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By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
Elected student representatives from each second period class met with school administrators at the first student senate meeting of the school year Thursday, discussing parking and lunch issues, among other things.
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Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, widely known as Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887– August 27, 1965), was a Swiss (naturalized French) architect, famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style. He was a pioneer in theoretical studies of modern design and was dedicated to providing better living conditions for the residents of crowded cities. His career spanned five decades, with iconic buildings constructed across central Europe, India, Russia, and one structure each in North and South America. He was also an urban planner, painter, sculptor, writer and modern furniture designer.
See some of Le Corbusier's greatest buildings at greatbuildings.com
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By Abdul Nawabi, Courier Staff Writer
With little assistance from anyone or anything other than her own resourcefulness, Logan teacher Erin Cross each month makes sure that dozens, even hundreds, of students receive recognition as Student-of-the-Month.
Logan teacher Erin Cross volunteers to make sure hundreds of students receive recognition for their excellence.
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Courier Staff Report
An over-zapped bag of microwave popcorn set off the school's fire alarm system Thursday afternoon, emptying classrooms and offices of students and staff for about 10 minutes near the end of the school day.
Language Arts teacher Anne Dizon managed her English class, which evacuated to the "Big Green" during the impromptu fire drill.
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ACTIVITIES:
Dance guest passes are in your House Office. Forms must be returned to your House Principal by October 12.
Interested in Track & Field? Sign up in the Weight Room Tues. & Thurs. after school.
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By Martin Merzer
McClatchy Newspapers(MCT)
MIAMI — Hurricane Florence — wide right. Hurricane Gordon — wide right. Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Isaac — wide right and wide right.
What is going on here? What is consistently making these storms hook through the distant Atlantic and remain far from land?
And speaking of hooks, are we off the hook for the rest of the hurricane season?
The number of hurricanes expected to occur during a 100-year period based on historical data—light blue area, 20 to 40; dark blue area, 40 to 60; red area, more than 60. Map not to scale. Source: the National Atlas and the USGS
Posted by courier at 07:46 AM. Filed under: News
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By Dan Paden
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (MCT)
In early October, animal lovers in communities all over the country will bring their dogs, cats, birds and other companion animals to their churches for the annual Blessing of the Animals. This ceremony is conducted in remembrance of Saint Francis, whose love for all creation is well known. It's a nice ceremony, assuming that the animals are not terrified by unfamiliar surroundings, but it raises a question I believe Francis would ask were he here today: In our society of animal lovers, why do the vast majority of animals miss out on the blessing and our compassion?
Detail from The Legend of St Francis: Sermon to the Birds, by Giotto di Bondone circa
1297-99. Fresco, 270 x 200 cm, Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi
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Barry Switzer (born October 5, 1937 in Crossett, Arkansas) is a former football coach, in the college and professional ranks, between 1962 and 1997. He has one of the highest winning percentages of any college football coach in history, and is one of only two head coaches to win both a college football national championship and a Super Bowl (the other is Jimmy Johnson).
Learn more about Barry Switzer at the College Football Hall of Fame site.
Barry Switzer
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Courier Staff Report
Fresh off a narrow defeat at the hands of Castro Valley Monday, the Logan Varsity Girls golf team roared back with a "personal record" match against San Leandro Tuesday.
For the first time ever, according to Coach Neal Fromson, the varsity girls combined for a team score of 200 strokes, and three players had sub-40 rounds, the first time three were under 40 in the same match.
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Unified School District Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received information on how the District is redirecting resources to improve teaching and learning by offering additional training for all classroom teachers, hiring teacher specialists to assist classroom teachers in targeted subject areas and reintroducing curriculum leaders, among other initiatives.
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ACTIVITIES:
Dance guest passes are in your House Office. Forms must be returned to your House Principal by October 12.
Interested in Track & Field? Sign up in the Weight Room Tues. & Thurs. after school.
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By Drew Brown
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq has become such a drain on the Army and the Marines that it's seriously damaged the U.S. military's ability to respond if other crises arise, two Democratic congressmen said Thursday.
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.
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By Alison Malmon (MCT)
WASHINGTON — As another academic year shifts into full gear, millions of college students once again are settling in with new roommates, adjusting to new course schedules, and adapting to life away from families and friends.
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The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton (fiction, 303 pages)
Reviewed by Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer
“Perhaps at the end of the day, despite the fact that his studies and writings flow from an event that is singularly reprehensible, of which only I and a few others have knowledge, he does possess some attributes of greatness.”
These are the fictional words of Elizabeth Darwin describing her father, Charles Darwin, the man made famous by his theory of natural selection, in John Darton's novel,
The Darwin Conspiracy.
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Lucky, by Alice Sebold, 272 pages
Reviewed by Victoria McDonald, Courier Staff Writer
It is amazing that a book written about a brutal rape can leave the reader feeling inspired and, in some ways, almost comforted. But that is exactly how Alice Sebold’s memoir, Lucky, leaves its readers. Sebold writes her account of her story as if she is pouring out her heart to a dear friend. Her sassy, brash tone through out the story shocks and entices her readers until the very last page.
Sebold uses the word "mother" 302 times in Lucky
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service(MCT)
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 23, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2006 by Reed Elsevier, USA)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1.
The Thirteenth Tale. Diane Setterfield. Atria, $26
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
2.
The Mission Song. John le Carre. Little, Brown, $26.99
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
3.
The Book of Fate. Brad Meltzer. Warner, $25.99
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 3
4.
Rise and Shine. Anna Quindlen. Random House, $24.95
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 4
5.
The Guy Not Taken. Jennifer Weiner. Atria, $24.95
Last Week: 6; Weeks on List: 3
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Damon Runyon (October 4, 1884 – December 10, 1946) was a newspaperman and writer.
He was best known for his short stories celebrating the world of Broadway in New York City that grew out of the Prohibition era.
He spun tales of gamblers, petty thieves, actors and gangsters; few of whom go by "square" names, preferring instead to be known as "Nathan Detroit", "Big Jule", "Harry the Horse", "Good Time Charlie", "Dave the Dude", and so on. To New Yorkers of his generation, a "Damon Runyon character" evoked a distinctive social type from the Brooklyn or Midtown demi-monde; this type is also commonly referred to today as "Runyonesque", though not limited to just people. These stories were written in a very distinctive vernacular style: a mixture of formal speech and colorful slang, always in present tense, and always devoid of contractions.
Read Runyon's short story, "Death Pays a Social Call," free from informalmusic.com.
Damon Runyon
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By Matt DiPietro, Courier Staff Writer
Matt DiPietro, #5 for the James Logan Varsity football team,is one of the team captains, and the team's quarterback. He's writing a weekly diary of his experiences, exclusively for The Courier.
Playing against Cardinal Newman was very tough considering our team played really well. The first half went really well for us and we executed the plays greatly. When they scored the players could tell that our defense was losing confidence in winning the game. We ended up losing 31-13, but with our heads up high.
Matt DiPietro (Michele Morimoto-Courier Photo)
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By Bridget Carey
McClatchy Newspapers(MCT)
MIAMI — Weina Scott answers about 100 tech support e-mails a day. The Web site must be perfect — one glitch, and 6,000 irate customers will bombard her inbox.
But first, she has to study her physics.
Weina Naissa Scott, 17, works on programming for the ipodcasting host website she created, September 10, 2006, in North Miami Beach, Florida. (Ronna Gradus/Miami Herald /MCT
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By Elise Ackerman
San Jose Mercury News
(MCT)
An effort by San Jose State University to ban the Skype phone service has been put on hold in the face of fierce objections from students and staff.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
OKAMI
For: Playstation 2
From: Clover Studio/Capcom
ESRB Rating: Teen
You know that sound a politician makes when he promises to reform government and lower your taxes? That same hollow thunk is what you can expect to hear from hundreds of games that proclaim, "You've never seen anything like this!" only to arrive months later looking exactly like (insert previously released game here) with (insert slight improvement here).
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James Logan High School
DAILY BULLETIN
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
ACTIVITIES:
Jostens will be here at lunch today! Order your class ring or cap & gown.
Didn’t get a chance to nominate for Homecoming court? Nominations extended to lunch today! Last chance!
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Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke (3 October 1554 – 30 September 1628), known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was a minor Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman.
Read about the life and work of Fulke Greville, free from the Luminarium.org.
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By Yanira Romero and Sadaf Khan, Courier Staff Writers
The New Haven Unified School District's independent study program now is based in Logan's room 80 after a year Conley-Carabello High School and stints at various other district sites over the years.
Independent study program instructor Louise Schultz works with an independent study student in room 80.
Posted by courier at 11:20 AM. Filed under: News
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ACTIVITIES:
Jostens will be here at lunch tomorrow! Order your class ring or cap & gown.
Make your nominations for Homecoming court in Colt Court today!
Homecoming Dance guest passes are available in your House Office. Forms must be completed and signed and returned to your House Principal by October 12.
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By Ericka Montes, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan High School about 150 students than expected this year, swelling class sizes and forcing the school to hire more teachers to open more classrooms for the overflow.
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By Kibret Markos
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (KRT)
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Jennifer Santangelo of Lyndhurst, N.J., was walking home from school one day, wearing her blue and white uniform, when a 31-year-old man said hello and began chatting with her.
He was nice, she said. He gave her a box of pens and offered to let her into his nightclub for free, she said, if she handed out fliers for him.
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Marcel Duchamp (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was a French artist (he became an American citizen in 1955) whose work and ideas had considerable influence on the development of post-World War II Western art, and his advice to modern art collectors helped shape the tastes of the Western art world. His influence continues into the 21st century.
Read The Creative Act by Marcel Duchamp.
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By Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer
The unromantic chick flick, The Break-Up, starring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston is a heartless mess.
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By Jessica Mutch, Courier Staff Writer
The Colts varsity football team won their first MVAL game of the season against the American Eagles convincingly Friday night, 60-16.
“We didn’t expect to win. We expected to play well, and we did. “ Logan Coach George Zuber said.
“The team was really happy. It was such a commanding win. The whole team had practiced so hard, and many of them played tonight, not just the starters.” Colts’ team captain Mark Taylor said,” It felt good to see everyone out there getting their fair share of playing time.”
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Annie Wood Besant (Clapham, London October 1, 1847 – Adyar, India September 20, 1933) was a prominent Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator.
Read
Annie Besant,an autobiography by Annie Wood Besant, one of 1
0 of Besant's works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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