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Saturday, December 31, 2011
From wikipedia:
Robert Grant Aitken (December 31, 1864 – October 29, 1951) was an American astronomer.
He worked at Lick Observatory in California. He systematically studied double stars, measuring their positions and calculating their orbits around one another. He methodically created a very large catalog of such stars, which was published in 1932 and entitled New General Catalogue of Double Stars Within 120o of the North Pole, with the orbit information enabling astronomers to calculate stellar mass statistics for a large number of stars. Aitken also measured positions and computed orbits for comets and natural satellites of planets.
Read The Binary Stars by Robert Grant Aitken, free from Google Books.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Photo: National Park Service
By Julie Cart
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — A lone gray wolf that authorities have been tracking for months in southern Oregon crossed the state line into northern Siskiyou County this week, becoming the first wolf known to be at large in California since 1924.
The radio collar on the young male, known to biologists as OR7, indicated that it crossed into the state around noon Wednesday. Authorities say the animal is in "dispersal" mode, wandering the rugged California-Oregon border to define a home range and searching for other wolves to establish a pack.
"Whether one is for it or against it, the entry of this lone wolf into California is a historic event and result of much work by the wildlife agencies in the West," said Fish and Game Director Charlton H. Bonham. "If the gray wolf does establish a population in California, there will be much more work to do here."
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From wikipedia:
John White Geary (December 30, 1819 – February 8, 1873) was an American lawyer, politician, Freemason, and a Union general in the American Civil War. He was the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, a governor of the Kansas Territory, and the 16th governor of Pennsylvania.
Geary was born near Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, in Westmoreland County—in what is today the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. He was the son of Richard Geary, an ironmaster and schoolmaster, and Margaret White, a native of Maryland. Starting at the age of 14, he attended nearby Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, studying civil engineering and law, but was forced to leave before graduation due to the death of his father, whose debts he assumed. He worked at a variety of jobs, including as a surveyor and land speculator in Kentucky, earning enough to return to college and graduate in 1841. He worked as a construction engineer for the Allegheny Portage Railroad. In 1843, he married Margaret Ann Logan, with whom he had several sons, but she died in 1853. Geary then married the widowed Mary Church Henderson in 1858 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Learn more about John W. Geary and San Francisco history, free from SFCityGuides.org.
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
From wikipedia:
Robert C. Baker (December 29, 1921 – March 13, 2006) was an inventor and Cornell University professor who invented the chicken nugget as well as many other poultry related inventions. Due to his contributions to the poultry sciences, he is a member of the American Poultry Hall of Fame.
Education
A Lansing, New York native, Baker earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1943 and then went on to major in Pomology at the university's College of Agriculture. For his graduate work, Baker took his master's degree at Penn State University and his doctorate at Purdue University. Baker was a member of the Alpha Zeta fraternity.
Read Cornell University's obituary for Robert C. Baker.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Early life
Earl Hines was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Duquesne, Pennsylvania. His father was a brass band cornetist and his stepmother a church organist.Hines at first intended to follow his father's example and play cornet but "blowing" hurt him behind the ears — while the piano didn't.He took classical piano lessons but also developed an ear for popular show tunes and was able to remember and play songs he heard in theaters. Hines claimed that he was playing piano around Pittsburgh "before the word 'jazz' was even invented".
Listen to a discussion of Earl Hines' 65 Piano Solo, featuring examples of Hine's playing from the original recording, free from National Public Radio's npr.org.
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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
By Rob Dennis
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
FREMONT — Jeanne Chan often finds stuff in her closet she'd like to get rid of, but until now she hasn't been too happy with the options for doing so.
"I don't really like selling my items on eBay — I feel like the process takes too long," she said. "But at the same time, sometimes I'm too lazy to take myself to a thrift store."
Now she has an alternative. Poshmark, which launched this month, offers users like Chan the opportunity to buy and sell fashion items through a free iPhone app.
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From wikipedia:
Cyrus Stephen Eaton (December 27, 1883 – May 9, 1979) was a Canadian-born investment
banker, businessman and philanthropist in the United States, with a career that spanned seventy years.
For decades one of the most powerful financiers in the American midwest, Cyrus Eaton was also a colorful and often-controversial figure. He was chiefly known for his longevity in business, for his opposition to the dominance of eastern financiers in the America of his day, for his occasionally ruthless financial manipulations, and for his outspoken criticism of America’s Cold War brinkmanship.
He funded and helped organize the first Pugwash Conferences on World Peace, in 1955.
Read more about Cyrus S. Eaton in 100 Minds That Made the Market, by Kenneth L. Fisher, free from Google Books.
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Sunday, December 25, 2011
Saturday, December 24, 2011
By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent
Students graduate from high school completely disconnected of the value of labor and of how each worker in the economy contributes to the creation of higher paid jobs. Technology and theory are given too easily taking away the opportunities to experience efforts involved in the production of goods. This type of instruction increases the breach between laborers and intellectuals.
Nature does not let us forget where we come from: every human must cover a predetermined evolutionary path experienced through various physical changes during a nine months gestation. Imitating such process, we should not allow any educated citizen forget how laborious has been the journey to achieve current technology that save us time and, because is taken for granted, makes us disregard those who grow and harvest our foods, create our garments, and cover our basic needs.
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From wikipedia:
Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States. Rush lived in the state of Pennsylvania and was a physician, writer, educator, humanitarian and a Christian Universalist, as well as the founder of Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Rush was a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and attended the Continental Congress. He served as Surgeon General in the Continental army, and was an opponent of Gen. George Washington. Later in life, he became a professor of chemistry, medical theory, and clinical practice at the University of Pennsylvania. Despite having a wide influence on the development of American government, he is not as widely known as many of his American contemporaries. Rush was also an early opponent of slavery and capital punishment.
Visit the website of the Benjamin Rush society.
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Friday, December 23, 2011
By Joe Williams
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
This holiday season, the multiplex smells like a manger. Just as puppies and kittens are arriving under Christmas trees, movies with critter characters are arriving in theaters.
Pulling the wagon is "War Horse," Steven Spielberg's battlefield epic about a stalwart stallion that is conscripted into World War I. The movie opens nationwide on Christmas Day.
The menagerie in the heart-tugging true story "We Bought a Zoo" features more than 70 trained animals, including lions, tigers, and Crystal, the capuchin monkey from "The Hangover: Part II."
Virtual varmints hog the spotlight in the 'toons "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked" and "Puss in Boots."
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Posted by courier at 09:33 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Madam C.J. Walker (December 23, 1867 – May 25, 1919), born Sarah Breedlove, was an African-American businesswoman, hair care entrepreneur and philanthropist. She made her fortune by developing and marketing a hugely successful line of beauty and hair products for black women under the company she founded, Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company.
Madam C.J. Walker was born Sarah Breedlove, on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana to Owen and Minerva Breedlove. She was one of six children; she had a sister Louvenia and 4 brothers: Alexander, James, Solomon, and Owen, Jr. Her parents and elder siblings were slaves on a Madison Parish plantation owned by Robert W. Burney. Her mother died, possibly from cholera, in 1872. Her father remarried and died shortly afterward when she was seven years old.
Visit "The Official" Madam C.J. Walker website.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
From wikipedia:
Edwin Arlington Robinson (December 22, 1869 – April 6, 1935) was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work.
Robinson was born in Head Tide, Lincoln County, Maine, but his family moved to Gardiner, Maine, in 1870. He described his childhood in Maine as "stark and unhappy": his parents, having wanted a girl, did not name him until he was six months old, when they visited a holiday resort; other vacationers decided that he should have a name, and selected a man from Arlington, Massachusetts to draw a name out of a hat.
Learn more about Edwin Arlington Robinson, and his hometown, Gardiner, Maine, at earobinson.com.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
"Batman: Noel" by Lee Bermejo;
DC Comics; 112 pages; $22.99
By Tish Wells
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
Somewhere out there, there's a version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" where clerk Bob Cratchit takes an axe to his employer, Scrooge, steals his cashbox and escapes to the Bahamas without his family. The story has been reinterpreted time and time again in stage, screen, animation, book and probably ancient Greek.
Now Batman (aka the Dark Knight) meets Charles Dickens in "Batman: Noel" a graphic novel by artist Lee Bermejo. (For those who read comics only irregularly, a graphic novel is a glossy-papered comic published as a book, dust cover and all.)
The original story penned in 1843 by Charles Dickens was a hit. The story of a stingy old miser who is visited by three ghosts who change his ways, making him into a generous open-handed philanthropist, is a Christmas-time staple.
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Posted by courier at 07:34 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Roger Williams (c. 1603 – between January and March 1683) was an English Protestant theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. In 1636, he began the colony of Providence Plantation, which provided a refuge for religious minorities. Williams started the first Baptist church in America, the First Baptist Church of Providence. He was a student of Native American languages and an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans.
Roger Williams was born in London about 1603. The record of his birth was destroyed in the Great London Fire of 1666 when St. Sepulchre's Church was burned. At age 12 he had a conversion experience of which his father disapproved. His father, James Williams (1562–1620), was a merchant tailor in Smithfield, England. His mother was Alice Pemberton (1564–1634).
Read "A Plea for Religious Liberty," by Roger Williams, free from constitution.org.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
"Kung-Fu High Impact"
For: Xbox 360 (Kinect required)
From: Virtual Air Guitar Company/UTV Ignition
ESRB Rating: Teen (fantasy violence, mild
language, use of tobacco)
Price: $40
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
There's plenty to like about "Kung-Fu High Impact." It is, in fact, one of the year's better Kinect games, and one of the few that reaches past the realm of fitness tools and minigame collections to produce an actual game that tangibly benefits from Microsoft's motion control device.
Just don't be surprised if some of the most fun you have with it is when you have a controller in hand.
"Impact" is a 2D brawler somewhat in the vein of "Double Dragon," "Final Fight" and any number of other games that propagated during the genre's heyday. The stages are small but open-ended instead of large but constantly scrolling from left to right, but the gist — punch and kick the bad guys into submission before they do it to you first — remains the same.
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Posted by courier at 06:48 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Kan'ichi Asakawa (December 20, 1873 – August 10, 1948) was a Japanese academic, author, historian, librarian, curator and peace advocate. Asakawa was Japanese by birth and citizenship, but he lived the major portion of his life in the United States.
He was born in Nihonmatsu, Japan, and was educated at the Fukushima-ken Jinjo School in Fukushima Prefecture and at Waseda University in Tokyo before he traveled to the United States to study at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He was awarded his BA degree in 1899. He continued his studies at Yale University, earning his Ph.D. in 1902.
Read "The Treaty of Portsmouth" by Kan'ichi Asakawa, free from the Russ0-Japanese War Research Society.
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Monday, December 19, 2011
By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Stanford University's ambitious bid to build a New York City campus came to a sudden stop on Friday, when the university abruptly withdrew from the competition.
In a startling announcement, President John Hennessy said the university and the city "could not find a way to realize our mutual goals."
The university was considered a front-runner for the graduate school in applied sciences and engineering, a plan conceived by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as a way to bolster the region's tech talent and catalyze a second Silicon Valley.
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From wikipedia:
George Davis Snell (December 19, 1903 – June 6, 1996) was an American mouse geneticist and basic transplant immunologist.
George Snell shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Baruj Benacerraf and Jean Dausset for their discoveries concerning "genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions". Snell specifically "discovered the genetic factors that determine the possibilities of transplanting tissue from one individual to another. It was Snell who introduced the concept of H antigens." Snell's work in mice led to the discovery of HLA, the major histocompatibility complex, in humans (and all vertebrates) that is analogous to the H-2 complex in mice. Recognition of these key genes was prerequisite to successful tissue and organ transplantation.
Read George D. Snell's Nobel Prize lecture, free from Nobelprize.org.
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Sunday, December 18, 2011
[Insert Catchy Title] by The Cartoonminator(Originally appeared Dec. 23, 2007)
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Raman Rataul (Originally appeared Dec. 23, 2006)
Foofy Express, by Bryant Yuen (Originally appeared Dec. 23, 2006)
Peanut Butter and Jelly by Raman Rataul (Originally appeared Dec. 23, 2006)
Foofy Express, by Bryant Yuen (Originally appeared Dec. 23, 2006)
From wikipedia:
Joseph Grimaldi (18 December 1778 – 31 May 1837), was an English actor and comedian who is perhaps best known for his invention of the modern day whiteface clown. He chiefly appeared at Drury Lane in pantomime where his greatest success was appearing in Harlequin and Mother Goose; or the Golden Egg and followed with a successful performance at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Born in Clare Market, London, he was introduced to the stage at Drury Lane; at the age of three and began to appear at the Sadler's Wells theatre.
Read the Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi, free from the Internet Archive.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
From wikipedia:
Charles Olson (27 December 1910 – 10 January 1970), was a second generation American modernist poet who was a link between earlier figures such as Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams and the New American poets, which includes the New York School, the Black Mountain School, the Beat poets, and the San Francisco Renaissance. Consequently, many postmodern groups, such as the poets of a language school, include Olson as a primary and precedent figure. He described himself not so much as a poet or writer but as "an archeologist of morning.
Watch Charles Olson read 'Maximus to Gloucester, Letter 27 [withheld]', via YouTube.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
By Joseph Agharanya, Courier Staff Writer
Guy Mclntyre, a former Forty-Niner player, inspired students with his personal life story on Tuesday. He came to Logan to tell his personal life story on how drugs affected and almost ruined his life and playing career. He is now challenging students in America to live their lives for a higher purpose, that is, other than “getting high” and “chasing girls” as he put it.
Mclntyre opened up his speech and said, “I Love sports … I grew up close to my high school stadium … I could hear the band playing and see the lights … and I soon began to love the game of football.”
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From wikipedia:
George Santayana (born Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás in Madrid, December 16, 1863; died September 26, 1952, in Rome) was a philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. A lifelong Spanish citizen, Santayana was raised and educated in the United States and identified himself as an American. He wrote in English and is generally considered an American man of letters. At the age of forty-eight, Santayana left his position at Harvard and returned to Europe permanently, never to return to the United States. His last will was to be buried in the Spanish Pantheon of the Cimitero Monumentale del Verano in Rome.
Read The Life of Reason by George Santayana, one of eight of his works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
PSAT and PACT scores are back and available for pick-up before or after school, or during student’s lunch period in the Career Center.
Need Driver’s Ed? Check out the Adult School! Cost is $125. The next session is December 19, 20 & 21, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or further information.
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Posted by courier at 06:54 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Jack Bragg, Courier Entertainment Editor
Before their Grammy award winning album, Brothers, The Black Keys were a relatively unknown band formed from two guys out of Acron, Ohio. Now, with their seventh follow-up record,El Camino, the Black Keys have well established themselves as one of the most respectable and promising groups of the 21st century.
Formed from long time friends Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, the group has expanded their sound from the raw guitar/drums/vocals sound that got them on the music scene. With last year’s critically acclaimed album, Brothers, the group had expanded to include a bass and keyboard. El Camino expands even further with a more produced sound and addition of a chorus of background singers on several songs. This change does not at all detract from the raw, rusty blues feel the band gives and only affects the music positively. This new sound can be partially attributed to co-producer Danger Mouse of Gnarls Barkley and Broken Bells fame.
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Posted by courier at 06:50 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Justyna Torres, Courier Editor-in-Chief
Greyson Chance, up and coming singer and songwriter, released an impressive debut album showing not only a full range of vocal abilities but songs anybody can relate to. Hold on ‘Til the Night tells a story of the trials and tribulations of a teenage romance. Chance takes you on a journey from break up and despair to the realizing of his own self worth.
Chance has had a very rapid climb to stardom, that all started with a YouTube video. In April 2010, Chance, then 13 years old, performed Lady Gaga’s “Paparazzi” at a school choir event. That now famous performance became Youtube’s number three most popular video of 2010. The video went viral almost immediately. His stunning vocals and impeccable piano skills impressed people world wide, including his now executive producer Ellen DeGeneres.
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Posted by courier at 12:15 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Larry Gordon
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Trying to ease the burden of middle-income families squeezed by the recession and skyrocketing tuition costs, the University of California, Berkeley announced plans Wednesday to extend financial aid to thousands of students from households earning $80,000 to $140,000 a year.
With the program, which starts next fall, UC Berkeley becomes a pioneer among public universities in a national effort to make a college education more affordable for a wider swath of middle-income families. Well-funded private colleges previously have led the way.
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From wikipedia:
Emilio Jacinto (December 15, 1875 - April 16, 1899), was a Filipino revolutionary known as the Brains of the Katipunan.
Born in Trozo,Tondo, Manila. Jacinto was the son of Mariano Jacinto and Josefa Dizon. His father died shortly after Jacinto was born, forcing his mother to send him to his uncle, Don José Dizon, so that he might have a better standard of living.
Learn more about Emilio Jacinto and other heroes of the Philippines, free from globalpinoy.com.
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Note: Each week, The Courier will spotlight books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan High School Media Center
Farishta by Patricia McArdle
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594487960
ISBN-13: 978-1594487965
From Amazon.com
Twenty-one years ago, diplomat Angela Morgan witnessed the death of her husband during the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Devastated by her loss, she fled back to America, where she hid in the backwaters of the State Department and avoided the high-profile postings that would advance her career. Now, with that career about to dead-end and no true connections at home, she must take the one assignment available-at a remote British army outpost in northern Afghanistan. Unwelcome among the soldiers and unaccepted by the local government and warlords, Angela has to fight to earn the respect of her colleagues, especially the enigmatic Mark Davies, a British major who is by turns her staunchest ally and her fiercest critic. Frustrated at her inability to contribute to the nation's reconstruction, Angela slips out of camp disguised in a burka to provide aid to the refugees in the war-torn region. She becomes their farishta, or "angel," in the local Dari language-and discovers a new purpose for her life, a way to finally put her grief behind her.
Farishta by Patricia McArdle
Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1594487960
ISBN-13: 978-1594487965
From Amazon.com
Twenty-one years ago, diplomat Angela Morgan witnessed the death of her husband during the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut. Devastated by her loss, she fled back to America, where she hid in the backwaters of the State Department and avoided the high-profile postings that would advance her career. Now, with that career about to dead-end and no true connections at home, she must take the one assignment available-at a remote British army outpost in northern Afghanistan. Unwelcome among the soldiers and unaccepted by the local government and warlords, Angela has to fight to earn the respect of her colleagues, especially the enigmatic Mark Davies, a British major who is by turns her staunchest ally and her fiercest critic. Frustrated at her inability to contribute to the nation's reconstruction, Angela slips out of camp disguised in a burka to provide aid to the refugees in the war-torn region. She becomes their farishta, or "angel," in the local Dari language-and discovers a new purpose for her life, a way to finally put her grief behind her.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Attn. Students: Don’t forget, we will be having our Holiday Food Faire today at lunch in Colt Court. Clubs, classes and sports teams will be spreading holiday cheer with lots of tasty treats. Don’t miss out!
Need Driver’s Ed? Check out the Adult School! Cost is $125. The next session is December 19, 20 & 21, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or further information.
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Posted by courier at 11:01 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations
The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved an extension of winter break by one day, through Monday, Jan. 2. Schools, which will be closed starting next Monday (Dec. 19), will reopen Tuesday, Jan. 3.
To maintain a 175-day school year, the District’s employee groups agreed to open schools Wednesday, March 21, which previously was designated as one of the six furlough days being forced upon the District because of state budget cuts.
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From wikipedia:
Paul Éluard, born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet who was one of the founders of the surrealist movement.
Éluard was born in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France, the son of Clément Grindel and wife Jeanne Cousin. At age 16 he contracted tuberculosis and interrupted his studies. He met Gala, born Elena Ivanovna Diakonova, who he married in 1917, in the Swiss sanatorium of Davos. Together they had a daughter named Cécile. Around this time Éluard wrote his first poems. He was particularly inspired by Walt Whitman. In 1918, Jean Paulhan “discovered” him and introduced him to André Breton and Louis Aragon. After having collaborated earlier with German Dadaist Max Ernst in 1921, in 1922 Ernst entered France illegally and entered into a menage a trois living arrangement with Éluard and Gala.
Read a collection of Paul Éluard's poems, in french.
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Tuesday, December 13, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
Attn. Students: Don’t forget your money on Thursday. We will be having our Holiday Food Faire at lunch in Colt Court. Clubs, classes and sports teams will be spreading holiday cheer with lots of tasty treats. Don’t miss out!
Need Driver’s Ed? Check out the Adult School! Cost is $125. The next session is December 19, 20 & 21, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or further information.
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Posted by courier at 11:57 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Jessica Li, Courier Features Editor
When is video gaming and computer use too much? In this modern world, technology is king in developed countries. There are many people who like to use computers for internet, research, entertainment and more. It seems like the internet has everything on it. Computer and video game use may become compulsive, necessary, and difficult to manage.
Video game overuse or addiction is excessive or compulsive use of video or computer games that interferes with daily life. While it is not an official disorder, it can cause social withdrawal, bad decision-making, irresponsibility, harm one's health, and even be a cause of death.
When is video gaming and computer use too much? In this modern world, technology is king in developed countries. There are many people who like to use computers for internet, research, entertainment and more. It seems like the internet has everything on it. Computer and video game use may become compulsive, necessary, and difficult to manage.
Video game overuse or addiction is excessive or compulsive use of video or computer games that interferes with daily life. While it is not an official disorder, it can cause social withdrawal, bad decision-making, irresponsibility, harm one's health, and even be a cause of death.
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Posted by courier at 11:46 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
"Carnival Island"
For: Playstation 3 (Playstation Move required)
From: Magic Pixel Games/Sony
ESRB Rating: Everyone (comic mischief)
Price: $40
"Medieval Moves: Deadmund's Quest"
For: Playstation 3 (Playstation Move required)
From: Zindagi Games/Sony
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (fantasy violence)
Price: $40
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
Every motion control system needs its own collection of carnival-themed mini-games, and "Carnival Island" would appear to be the Playstation 3's me-too equivalent. But the hand-drawn animation that opens the game's story mode suggests there's more to this collection than simple imitation, and while that isn't all the way true, it bears out to an encouraging degree.
"Island" features seven carnival standbys — frog bog, skeeball, hoops, coin/ring/baseball toss and shooting gallery — in its base offerings, and because the Move controller is just plain more precise than the Wii remote or Kinect, the games work exactly as you'd expect and respond to your motions precisely as they should.
The responsive controls are, naturally, "Island's" most important virtue. But the game's best asset lies in the way it breaks from convention in designing 28 additional games simply by rearranging those seven base games.
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Posted by courier at 09:13 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 in Washington, D.C. - May 10, 1950 in New York City, New York) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan and after his death in 1913, Belle continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Belle first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Visit the Morgan Library and Museum online.
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Monday, December 12, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
Need Driver’s Ed? Check out the Adult School! Cost is $125. The next session is December 19, 20 & 21, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for an application or further information.
CLUBS
Support the Writing Club by dining in or taking out at Round Table on Thursday, December 15th.
Come to the Youth Alive Christian Club today right after school in Room 418.
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Posted by courier at 09:18 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Zohal Sharif, Courier Staff Writer
Many species that are used for dissection include cats, mice, rats, frogs, worms, dogs, rabbits, fetal pigs and fish. Some animals come from breeding facilities that cater to institutions and business that use animals in experiments, and other animals are caught in the wild. Some animals are also stolen or abandoned companion animals.
Frogs are the most commonly dissected animals below the university level. The frog dissection has been used all over the schools in the US and other countries. By moral reasons some students or their parents are against it. Some cases go as far as an A student received a C refusing to preform the task. Why a frog? Some reason are: it is small, it is easily found, it is not cute or used as a pet, and they have about the same organs as a human’s body.
Many species that are used for dissection include cats, mice, rats, frogs, worms, dogs, rabbits, fetal pigs and fish. Some animals come from breeding facilities that cater to institutions and business that use animals in experiments, and other animals are caught in the wild. Some animals are also stolen or abandoned companion animals.
Frogs are the most commonly dissected animals below the university level. The frog dissection has been used all over the schools in the US and other countries. By moral reasons some students or their parents are against it. Some cases go as far as an A student received a C refusing to preform the task. Why a frog? Some reason are: it is small, it is easily found, it is not cute or used as a pet, and they have about the same organs as a human’s body.
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William Learned Marcy (December 12, 1786 – July 4, 1857) was an American statesman, who served as U.S. Senator and the 11th Governor of New York, and as the U.S. Secretary of War and U.S. Secretary of State.
Marcy was born in Southbridge, Massachusetts. He graduated from Brown University in 1808, taught school in Dedham, Massachusetts and in Newport, Rhode Island, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1811, and commenced practice in Troy, New York. Marcy served in the War of 1812. Afterwards he was recorder of Troy for several years, but as he sided with the Anti-Clinton faction of the Democratic-Republican Party, known as the Bucktails, he was removed from office in 1818 by his political opponents. He was the editor of the Troy Budget. On April 28, 1824, he married Cornelia Knower (1801–1889, daughter of Benjamin Knower) at the Knower House in Guilderland, New York, and their children were Edmund Marcy (b. ca. 1833) and Cornelia Marcy (1834–1888).
Read more about William Learned Marcy, free from the University of Virginia.
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Sunday, December 11, 2011
Our Beloved Leaders by Jessica Li ,Courier Staff Artist
Doodles by Christine Campa, Courier Staff Artist
Doodles by Christine Campa, Courier Staff Artist
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John Ronald Skirth (11 December 1897–1977) served in the Royal Garrison Artillery during the First World War. His experiences during the Battle of Messines and the Battle of Passchendaele led him to resolve not to take human life, and for the rest of his army service he made deliberate errors in targeting calculations to try to ensure the guns of his battery missed their aiming point on the first attempt, giving the enemy a chance to evacuate. Many years later, after retiring from a career as a teacher, he wrote a memoir of his years in the army, describing his disillusionment with the conduct of the war and his conversion to pacifism. In 2010 the memoir was published as The Reluctant Tommy.
Read a review of The Reluctant Tommy, free from the Daily Mail Online.
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
In ArtBreak, The Courier presents artworks created by James Logan students and other members of the James Logan community.
Drawings by Erick Santos, Jr., James Logan Artist
Artbreak is edited by Rae Atabay. If you'd like your work considered for inclusion, or have comments or questions, contact her at courier@nhusd.k12.ca.us.
The Courier is grateful to the James Logan High School art teachers for their assistance.
Drawings by Erick Santos, Jr., James Logan Artist
Artbreak is edited by Rae Atabay. If you'd like your work considered for inclusion, or have comments or questions, contact her at courier@nhusd.k12.ca.us.
The Courier is grateful to the James Logan High School art teachers for their assistance.
By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent
If one is to pursue the new “American dream”, not a glance should be cast at reason, logic or, compassion. Instead, all efforts must be invested in taking as much money as possible from every person that we “suppose” to serve through our professional career. Suddenly, a job is no longer a source of satisfaction and means to contribute to society but a fast track to achieve petty things such as enriching oneself in a cost effective way.
The system we have now days prevents anyone from ever filling out the voids created in a Maslow’s pyramid because that way we can be manipulated into producing wealth for just a few. This model, based in a consumerism economy, has two major setbacks: it is unsustainable and, once on the tipping point, there is not an easy fix because rich do not return wealth to the middle class which is the one that keeps consumption going (but on the other hand, when consumption is/was happening, middle class uses up all the resources and refuels a negative circle anyway).
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From wikipedia:
Melville Louis Kossuth (Melvil) Dewey (December 10, 1851 – December 26, 1931) was an American librarian and educator, inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification, and a founder of the Lake Placid Club.
Education and personal life
Dewey was born in Adams Center, New York, the fifth and last child of Joel and Eliza Greene Dewey. He attended rural schools and determined early that his destiny was to be a reformer in educating the masses. At Amherst College he belonged to Delta Kappa Epsilon, earning a bachelor's degree in 1874 and a master's in 1877.
Read Melvil Dewey's obituary, free from the New York Times.
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Friday, December 09, 2011
By Kayleen Garingan, Courier Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 6, 2011 an A cappella group from Cal Berkeley University attended James Logan to perform during 4th and 5th period lunches in the little theater. The group, “Note Worthy Guys” consisted of 8 members. Before performing, Alexander Prucha a tenor, introduced the group and shared a bit of background. He explained how the various members had joined and how long they have been in the group. Their originality and style was clearly shown in their performance as they started off with an original song, sung to the tune of the “Family Guy” theme song.
Tuesday, November 6, 2011 an A cappella group from Cal Berkeley University attended James Logan to perform during 4th and 5th period lunches in the little theater. The group, “Note Worthy Guys” consisted of 8 members. Before performing, Alexander Prucha a tenor, introduced the group and shared a bit of background. He explained how the various members had joined and how long they have been in the group. Their originality and style was clearly shown in their performance as they started off with an original song, sung to the tune of the “Family Guy” theme song.
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By Zohal Sharif, Courier Staff Writer
With tiny waists, perfect bums, and endless legs, many would agree that model’s bodies often look too flawless to be real. But in the case of fashion retail store H&M, it seems they actually aren't.
To complete the H&M model, garments are cut and pasted onto the figures along with the heads of real women who they photographed to create some weird animated composite image. Then, adjustments are made to match skin tones for that wonderful lifelike feel.
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From wikipedia:
Emmett Leo Kelly (December 9, 1898 – March 28, 1979), a native of Sedan, Kansas, was an American circus performer, who created the memorable clown figure "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Depression era.
Kelly began his career as a trapeze artist. By 1923, Emmett Kelly was working his trapeze act with John Robinson's circus when he met and married Eva Moore, another circus trapeze artist. They later performed together as the "Aerial Kellys" with Emmett still performing occasionally as a white face clown.
Visit the Emmett Kelly museum online.
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Thursday, December 08, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
Looking for a place to do school work? Need help? There’s a place from 9 to 12 this Saturday, December 10th. Room 77. Please enter by the carpeted hall near the library.
For new volunteer opportunities for December. Check listings on Logan website, or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Tropics Senior Mobile Home Park needs 8 volunteers to help with their monthly breakfast on December 10th. For more information, check Logan’s website or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
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Posted by courier at 11:56 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Howard Cohen, McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
"Like smoke, I stick around," Winehouse rasps on a tune of the same name on her first posthumous release since her death in July at age 27.
As a pop culture figure, Winehouse will stick around in people's imaginations for some time. She was a formidable talent and left a huge impression. "Lioness: Hidden Treasures," a collection of odds-'n'-ends recorded from 2002 through this year's duet of "Body and Soul" with Tony Bennett for his standards album, "Duets II" (and repeated here) doesn't make a strong case that she would have outdone her classic 2006 breakthrough "Back to Black."
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Posted by courier at 11:52 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Eli Whitney (December 8, 1765 – January 8, 1825) was an American inventor best known for inventing the cotton gin. This was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South. Whitney's invention made upland short cotton into a profitable crop, which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery in the United States (regardless of whether Whitney intended that or not). Despite the social and economic impact of his invention, Whitney lost many profits in legal battles over patent infringement for the cotton gin. Thereafter, he turned his attention into securing contracts with the government in the manufacture of muskets for the newly formed continental army. He continued making arms and inventing until his death in 1825.
Read a letter from Thomas Jefferson (as Secretary of State) to Eli Whitney, Jr. regarding his patent application for the cotton gin, free from teachingushistory.org.
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Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873 – April 24, 1947) is among the most eminent American authors. She is known for her depictions of US life in novels like O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop.
Cather was born in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, but her family relocated to Nebraska in 1883 and she spent the rest of her childhood in Red Cloud, Nebraska. She insisted on attending college, so her family borrowed money so she could enroll at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. While there, she became a regular contributor to the Nebraska State Journal.
Read One of Ours, Cather's Nobel Prize-winning book, free from Project Gutenberg.
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Wednesday, December 07, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
Looking for a place to do school work? Need help? There’s a place from 9 to 12 this Saturday, December 10th. Room 77. Please enter by the carpeted hall near the library.
For new volunteer opportunities for December. Check listings on Logan website, or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Tropics Senior Mobile Home Park needs 8 volunteers to help with their monthly breakfast on December 10th. For more information, check Logan’s website or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
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Posted by courier at 11:26 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
An Abundance of Katherines
by John Green
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525476881
By Yari Nieves-Rivera, Courier Staff Writer
In An Abundance of Katherines by John Green, Colin is a very confused child prodigy, torn between being an average adult and wanting to be extraordinary. Throughout his young life he has had to deal not only with the being an outcast among his peers for his intelligence, but also having a crush on certain girls named Katherine. At the tender age of eighteen, Colin has dated over nineteen girls—all named Katherine. They also have a tendency to dump him in the end.
At the beginning of the book, Colin, whose hobby is anagramming, has been dumped by his last girlfriend, deemed in this book as Katherine XIX, after
graduating and goes into a deep depression which his supportive parents just do not understand. Only his best friend of four years, Hassan Harbish, understands what he’s feeling and, through jokes and hilarity, that the only solution is going on a road trip. Colin’s desperate need for a distraction quickly drags him into a car with his best friend, for the trip of a life time.
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Posted by courier at 11:22 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
By Maria Soldana, Courier Staff Writer
In James Logan Drama's most recently performed play, The Diviners, Buddy Layman, played by junior Skyler Lee, is a young boy who nearly loses his life in a river while with his mother drowns. Buddy is left traumatized by this near death experience and develops a horrible fear of all water.
A former priest, C.C. Showers, played by Marcos Enriquez, comes along to Buddy's house looking for a job and tries helping Buddy get over his grand fear of water. In the end, Showers is successful because he gets Buddy to get into a river to wash, something Buddy doesn't do much on account of his fear. Showers turns his attention away from Buddy to yell at a group of women who believe that he is still a priest is baptizing Buddy. Tragedy ensues.
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Posted by courier at 12:50 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to the Junior Varsity Girls Soccer Team for taking 2nd place in the first Logan JV Soccer Tournament.
Congratulations to the Varsity Wrestling Team for winning the Falcon Dual at Freedom High School. The Colts won five dual meets en route to winning the tournament. Good luck at this weekend’s Elk Grove Invitational.
For new volunteer opportunities for December. Check listings on Logan website, or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
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Posted by courier at 11:41 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Alex Pham
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Zynga Inc., creator of "FarmVille" and other social games, is preparing to reap a billion-dollar bumper crop from its initial public offering after company executives spend the next two weeks trying to convince potential investors that their 4-year-old firm is worth $9 billion or more.
The valuation of the San Francisco online game publisher, derived from documents filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, would put Zynga's value on par with Electronic Arts Inc.'s $7.7 billion, even though EA's revenue is roughly three times that of Zynga's.
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From wikipedia:
John Singleton Mosby (December 6, 1833 – May 30, 1916), nicknamed the "Gray Ghost", was a Confederate cavalry battalion commander in the American Civil War. His command, the 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry, known as Mosby's Rangers or Mosby's Raiders, was a partisan ranger unit noted for its lightning quick raids and its ability to elude Union Army pursuers and disappear, blending in with local farmers and townsmen. The area of northern central Virginia in which Mosby operated with impunity was known during the war and ever since as Mosby's Confederacy. After the war, Mosby worked as an attorney and supported his former enemy's commander, President Ulysses S. Grant, serving as the U.S. consul to Hong Kong and in the Department of Justice.
Mosby was born in Powhatan County, Virginia, to Virginia McLaurine Mosby and Alfred Daniel Mosby, a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College. His father was a member of an old Virginia family of English origin whose ancestor, Richard Mosby, was born in England in 1600 and settled in Charles City, Virginia in the early 17th century. Mosby was named after his paternal grandfather, John Singleton.
Read "Col. John Mosby and the Southern code of honor," free from the University of Virginia.
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Monday, December 05, 2011
By Zohal Sharif, Courier Staff Writer
Knock off Uggs are made with the pelts of Chinese raccoon dogs rather than than the sheep skin found in authentic Uggs. In order to pass the savings for these counterfeits on to the customer, the raccoon dogs are tortured and murdered in a mind-blowing horrific fashion.
Knock off Uggs are made with the pelts of Chinese raccoon dogs rather than than the sheep skin found in authentic Uggs. In order to pass the savings for these counterfeits on to the customer, the raccoon dogs are tortured and murdered in a mind-blowing horrific fashion.
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By By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Community and Parent Relation
Gamblers will be using funny money, but for a serious cause, when the New Haven Schools Foundation hosts “An Evening in Monte Carlo,” to raise funds to continue to help students in the New Haven Unified School District.
Black Jack, Texas Hold ‘em, craps and roulette – with guests competing for prizes – will be just part of the fun Saturday, Feb. 4, when the Union City Sports Center will be transformed into a luxurious casino and resort.
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For new volunteer opportunities for December. Check listings on Logan website, or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Try out for Boys Tennis. Sign up during both lunches in Room 455.
Tropics Senior Mobile Home Park needs 8 volunteers to help with their monthly breakfast on December 10th. For more information, check Logan’s website or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
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Posted by courier at 11:35 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
From wikipedia:
Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz (née Cary) (December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe College.
Elizabeth Cary was born in 1822 into a Boston Brahmin family. Because of her fragile health, she received homeschooling. Following the marriage of her older sister with a professor, she began socializing with a group of intellectuals in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1849 she met scientist Louis Agassiz, a widower, who had recently emigrated with his three children (Pauline, Ida and Alexander) from Switzerland to the United States. They married in 1850. She organized the household, took care of the finances and the children. She worked closely with her husband at his scientific research.
Read Elizabeth Cary Agassiz: a biography, by Lucy Allen Paton, free from Google Books.
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Sunday, December 04, 2011
"Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror." Pappy Boyington
Gregory "Pappy" Boyington (December 4, 1912 - January 11, 1988) was a United States Marine Corps officer who was an American fighter ace during World War II. For his heroic actions, he was awarded both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Boyington flew initially with the American Volunteer Group in the Republic of China Air Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He later commanded the U.S. Marine Corps squadron, VMF-214 ("The Black Sheep Squadron") during World War II. Boyington became a prisoner of war later in the war.
Read an interview with Paddy Boyington, in pdf format from EAF51.org.
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Saturday, December 03, 2011
In ArtBreak, The Courier presents artworks created by James Logan students and other members of the James Logan community.
Drawings by Michael Freed, James Logan Art teacher
Artbreak is edited by Rae Atabay. If you'd like your work considered for inclusion, or have comments or questions, contact her at courier@nhusd.k12.ca.us.
The Courier is grateful to the James Logan High School art teachers for their assistance.
Drawings by Michael Freed, James Logan Art teacher
Artbreak is edited by Rae Atabay. If you'd like your work considered for inclusion, or have comments or questions, contact her at courier@nhusd.k12.ca.us.
The Courier is grateful to the James Logan High School art teachers for their assistance.
By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent
We must look back in history and beyond the country’s borders in order to understand immigration phenomena but it is not necessary to go all the way to the first waves of H. sapiens leaving Africa (roughly a little more than 100, 000 years ago) since causes remain the same: a need to find better living conditions and opportunities to thrive and survive.
Climate changes and, using the resources locally were the main reasons to migrate in the early days of our history when we were still nomads. Later on, as we became sedentary these motifs were replaced by military, ideological and religious persecutions.
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From wikipedia:
Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards (December 3, 1842 – March 30, 1911) was the foremost female industrial and environmental chemist in the United States in the 1800s, pioneering the field of home economics. Richards was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and its first female instructor, the first woman in America accepted to any school of science and technology, and the first American woman to earn a degree in chemistry.
Ellen was a "pragmatic" feminist, as well as a founding "ecofeminist" who believed that women's work within the home was a vital aspect of the economy.
Read Good luncheons for rural schools without a kitchen, by Ellen Swallow Richards, free from the Internet Archive.
Ellen was a "pragmatic" feminist, as well as a founding "ecofeminist" who believed that women's work within the home was a vital aspect of the economy.
Read Good luncheons for rural schools without a kitchen, by Ellen Swallow Richards, free from the Internet Archive.
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Friday, December 02, 2011
An adult corn root worm.
USDA photo
By Georgina Gustin
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
ST. LOUIS — Corn plants genetically engineered by Monsanto to repel pests are suffering severe damage from insects in more areas than previously reported, according to government scientists, who called the company's monitoring of the problem "inadequate."
In a memorandum posted this week by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, scientists reported that corn plants genetically engineered to kill the corn rootworm are showing signs of severe damage in Minnesota and Nebraska fields.
This past summer, researchers from Iowa State University and the University of Illinois reported damage in their states. At the time, those appeared to be the only states with reported damage. But the EPA memo, dated Nov. 22, said that reports of severe damage in Minnesota and Nebraska actually surfaced three and four years ago.
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By Kayleen Garingan, Courier Staff Writer
Black Friday is widely known across America as the biggest day for sales all around the U.S. It’s widely known as day where people camp outside their favorite stores and malls just to get the best for the lowest prices. For my family, Black Friday is a tradition. All year-round we save our money and on the midnight of Thanksgiving Day we head out and go shopping. Usually the men and boys stay home, but occasionally we drag one of the boyfriends along to carry the bags.
Black Friday is widely known across America as the biggest day for sales all around the U.S. It’s widely known as day where people camp outside their favorite stores and malls just to get the best for the lowest prices. For my family, Black Friday is a tradition. All year-round we save our money and on the midnight of Thanksgiving Day we head out and go shopping. Usually the men and boys stay home, but occasionally we drag one of the boyfriends along to carry the bags.
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From wikipedia:
Charles Edward Ringling (December 2, 1863 – December 3, 1926) was one of the Ringling brothers, who owned the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was in charge of production and greatly admired by the employees, who called him "Mr. Charlie" and sought his advice and help even for personal problems.
Sarasota, Florida development
Charles Ringling bought large tracts of land in the Sarasota, Florida area, including the Gillespie Golf Course. He developed the Courthouse Subdivision, which extended the business center of Sarasota beyond the bay front. He donated land for a courthouse to serve as the county seat for the newly created, Sarasota County. He built the high-rise Sarasota Terrace Hotel near the railroad terminus and a bank through which he encouraged development in the community. Ringling Boulevard, which winds eastward from Tamiami Trail was named in honor of Charles Ringling because of his many civic activities in the community.
Learn more about Charles Ringling from the New College of Florida.
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Thursday, December 01, 2011
MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to Cristian Monsalud, who qualified for the Cross Country Nationals in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina!
Great job to Amihan Agustin, who won the half marathon at Quarry Lakes. Wilson Marinez was second in the same race.
Congratulations to the Girls Cross Country Team, 3rd at the North Coast Championships. Ranked #11 in the State, and Logan’s best team EVER for girls!
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Posted by courier at 12:24 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Jack Bragg, Courier Entertainment Editor
Sigh No More is the title of Irish newcomers Mumford & Sons and has so far gained major critical success. One of the key reasons for this critical success is in the band’s use of incredible lyrics and thought provoking phrases. One may also notice in many of the lyrics a certain familiarity with some of them. That is because Mumford & Sons borrows heavily from classic literature to make their music, and the combination comes off brilliantly.
The album title itself, Sigh No More, is a reference to Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. In the play Balthasar plays a similar song by the same name, and Mumford & Son's song borrows heavily from the Shakespeare version. The title-track often borrows entire lines from the lyrics in the play or from other parts of the play in general. Some of these lines include, “One foot on land, one on shore” “Man is a giddy thing” and “Serve God, love me, and mend”.
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Posted by courier at 11:49 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912 – February 7, 1986) was a Japanese-American architect, best known for his design of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, buildings 1 and 2. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "New Formalism."
Yamasaki was born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese American, son of John Tsunejiro Yamasaki and Hana Yamasaki. He grew up in Auburn, Washington and attended Auburn Senior High School. He enrolled in the University of Washington program in architecture in 1929, and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.) in 1934. During his college years, he was strongly encouraged by faculty member Lionel Pries. He earned money to pay for his tuition by working at an Alaskan salmon cannery.
Learn more about Minoru Yamasaki, free from Great Buildings Online.
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