The James Logan Courier

MISCELLANEOUS
Some of the lost and found items currently in the Main Office: 1 IPOD, 1 AT&T phone, 2 Motorola phones, 1 Sprint phone, 5 different sets of keys, 3 wallets and 2 pieces of jewelry. If you think one or more of these items may belong to you, come to the front office and speak to Mrs. Leon or Mrs. Whitaker.

Students, if you have not received your 2nd semester schedule yet, please pick it up from your 6th period teacher today. For those students who have made a schedule change request, no changes will happen before CAHSEE testing is done. In the meantime, you must go to the classes designated on your schedule, or you will be marked absent. If you made a change request and haven’t heard anything by Monday, February 8th, see your counselor.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

Though entirely enjoyable as a solo first-person shooter experience, "Borderlands" relies on a story, quest and inventory structure that's best enjoyed with teammates (four players online, two locally) via cooperative play. Happily, players who want it both ways have the flexibility to play parts of the game alone and bring in friends on the fly without starting over as a new character.
Good thing, too, because whether you have played "Borderlands" alone, with friends or both up to this point, there's pretty much no point in playing the "Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot" downloadable expansion without help.

As its name somewhat implies, "Riot" ditches the typical exploratory nature of "Borderlands'" quests in favor of post-apocalyptic arena combat: Moxxi is the host, and her "sport" consists of a survivor or four shooting their way out of a labyrinth that's parts shanty town, stadium and game show studio. Moxxi emcees the action, and between her amusing taunts and the general gaudy design of the three arenas, "Riot" is a fantastic demonstration of the audiovisual spectacle that makes "Borderlands" so unique in spite of its bleak setting and genre.

From wikipedia:
Edward "Sonny" Stitt (February 2, 1924 – July 22, 1982) was an American jazz saxophonist. He was a quintessential saxophonist of the bebop idiom. He was also one of the most prolific saxophonists, recording over 100 records in his lifetime. He was nicknamed the "Lone Wolf" by jazz critic Dan Morgenstern, due to his relentless touring and his devotion to jazz.

Life and works
Stitt was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. Stitt had a musical background; his father taught music, his brother was a classically trained pianist, and his mother was a piano teacher. His earliest recordings were from 1945, with Stan Getz and Dizzy Gillespie. He had also experienced playing in some swing bands, though he mainly played in bop bands. Stitt featured in Tiny Bradshaw's big band in the early forties.

Listen to samples of Stitt's music, free from amazon.com.


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