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Saturday, March 31, 2012
From wikipedia:
Anne Elisabeth Jane "Liz" Claiborne (March 31, 1929 – June 26, 2007) was a Belgian-born American fashion designer and entrepreneur. Claiborne is best known for co-founding Liz Claiborne Inc. which in 1986 became the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500. Claiborne was the first woman to become chairperson and CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
Claiborne was born in Brussels to American parents. She came from a prominent Louisiana family with an ancestor William C.C. Claiborne having been Governor of Louisiana during the War of 1812. In 1939, at the start of World War II, the family returned to New Orleans. She attended St. Timothy's, a boarding school then in Catonsville, Maryland and currently in Stevenson, Maryland. Rather than finishing high school, she went to Europe to study art in painters' studios. Her father did not believe that she needed an education, so she studied art informally.
Since 1991 Liz Claiborne Inc. has been working to end domestic violence. Visit it's Love Is Not Abuse website.
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Friday, March 30, 2012
By Yari Nieves-Rivera, Courier Book Editor
Being one of the many Hunger Games fans that has waited for an eternity to see the movie, it seemed fitting for me to go to the midnight premiere. On a Thursday night, I sat outside for four hours and waited for this movie, one of the most hyped up movies in the world. I sat in the theater and waited with anticipation, hoping that my dearest hopes would be portrayed in the movie. I didn’t know what to expect, but now I know what I should have.
I can only say that the sacrifice that fans like myself and others made to watch this film was worth it.
Only a week since it has come out, and it has broken records, and has even surpassed the record set by the Twilight films for opening weekends. Old fans and new fans alike waited with high anxiety, for the film that was mentioned on almost every channel, and was hyped beyond belief.
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Posted by courier at 12:00 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Rae Atabay, Courier Staff Writer
Many people know the story of The Lorax by Dr. Suss: a young boy goes outside of town to talk to an elder, called the Once-ler, about what once existed, trees, and how the Lorax went away.
The movie version has the young boy, called Ted (Zac Efron), and gave a reason for why he went to the Once-ler in the first place. Ted and his family, containing his disco loving mother (Jenny Slate) and a very superstitious grandmother (Betty White), live in Sneedville where air is sold in plastic containers and everything in the town is plastic. The one selling air is the greedy Mr. O’Hare (Rob Riggle). Ted has a huge crush on the girl next door, Audrey (Taylor Swift), who is a nature lover and has never seen a real Truffula Tree and only dreams to see one. Ted makes it his mission to obtain a tree, along with Audrey's heart, which takes him outside of town to the Once-ler (Ed Helms).
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Posted by courier at 11:49 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of School and Community Relations
Anthony La Rue, principal at Eastin Elementary School for the past two years, will become principal of Cesar Chavez Middle School for the 2012-13 school year, and Jesus Varela, assistant principal at Alvarado Middle School, will be promoted to principal for 2012-13, per recommendations announced today by New Haven Unified School District Superintendent Kari McVeigh.
Debi Knoth, veteran principal at Searles Elementary School, will replace Mr. La Rue at Eastin, and current Alvarado Middle School principal Hui Stevens will replace Ms. Knoth at Searles.
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Naomi Ruth Sims (March 30, 1948 - August 1, 2009) was an African American model, businesswoman and author., who is widely credited as being the first African American supermodel.
Sims was born in Oxford, Mississippi, the youngest of three daughters born to John and Elizabeth Sims. Her father (whom she never knew) reportedly worked as a porter, but Sims' mother later described him "an absolute bum" and her parents divorced shortly after she was born. She was teased for her height of 5’10 at age 13. Mrs Sims later moved with her three daughters to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where Naomi's mother was forced to put her child into foster care. She attended Westinghouse High School. There due to her height, she was ostracized by many of her classmates.
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
By Lauren Mascarenhas, Courier Managing Editor
Fresh off the success of his American Idol win, Scotty McCreery has broken onto the country music scene, earning himself a nomination for this year’s Acadamy of Country Music New Artist of the Year award.
Last May, McCreery became the youngest male American Idol winner in the show’s history. He won particular recognition for his deep baritone voice that seemed developed far beyond his years. Clear as Day, his debut album, went platinum in just three months and stayed at number one on Billboard’s Top Country Albums list for six weeks.
Following his debut single, “I Love You this Big,” McCreery’s new single “The Trouble with Girls” has become his second consecutive gold single.
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Posted by courier at 12:10 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that." Pearl Bailey
From wikipedia:
Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946.[1] She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.
Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.
Watch Pearl Bailey sing on the Bob Hope show, free from YouTube.com.
Celebrate National Womens' History Month with The Courier
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to Julia Shockley and Paloma Zermeno for being selected to the All East Bay Girls Soccer 1st Team. Julia was also selected as the 1st MVP for the Mission Valley Athletic League. Congratulations, Girls!!
Yearbooks are on sale now! Come to the main office windows during both lunches. Cost is $65 with ASB, $70 without. Payment plans are available.
Are you 18? Will you be 18 by June? Come to Colt Court during lunch to register to vote and find out how to save education!
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Posted by courier at 11:22 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By James Sarmiento and Amandeep Singh, Courier Staff Writers
James Logan High School had its annual Sadie Hawkins Dance on March 23, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm. There were lots of complaints from the students who attended the dance pointing out many negative things about the dance. One of the biggest problems students were talking about was the entertainment, the DJ.
It was the same DJ from previous events hosted by this school such as lunchtime activities, homecoming, and both Junior and Senior Prom. Every single event he has done so far, he has gotten lots of negative feedback from the students such as playing bad music and talking too much during songs.
James Logan High School had its annual Sadie Hawkins Dance on March 23, 2012 from 7pm to 10pm. There were lots of complaints from the students who attended the dance pointing out many negative things about the dance. One of the biggest problems students were talking about was the entertainment, the DJ.
It was the same DJ from previous events hosted by this school such as lunchtime activities, homecoming, and both Junior and Senior Prom. Every single event he has done so far, he has gotten lots of negative feedback from the students such as playing bad music and talking too much during songs.
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"Wild" by Cheryl Strayed;
Knopf ($25.95)
By Amanda St. Amand
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
Before I read "Wild," I had never heard of the Pacific Crest Trail.
Now I want to hike it, just like Cheryl Strayed did and writes about in her compelling, warts-and-all book recounting her adventure in the mid-1990s. As Strayed writes, despite her outdoorsy upbringing in a house that lacked indoor plumbing or running water in rural Minnesota, she was ill-prepared for the 1,000-mile-plus journey from the California desert to the forests of Oregon.
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Posted by courier at 10:55 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Dorothy Adelle DeBorba (March 28, 1925 – June 2, 2010) was an American former child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang series of short subjects as the leading lady from 1930 to 1933.
DeBorba was a native of Livermore, California. Of Portuguese Azorean ancestry, she came from a show business background. Her mother was a singer-dancer-actress, and her father was a drummer in Paul Whiteman's band.
Watch Dorothy DeBorba, free from YouTube.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
By Paul Tran, Courier Staff Writer
Potatoes are a wonderful, versatile food. You can boil them, mash them, or put them in stew. Discovered in America by colonists, the use of these easy growing vegetables has spread and they’ve become a staple food in many countries. Unfortunately modern methods used to prepare these roots are far too delicious. They’re often cooked in excessive oil and grease to make french fries or potato chips. These dishes are high in calories, fat, and sodium, and their popularity in the American diet has become a large cause of obesity.
In the past, potatoes were a staple food in Western civilization due to their year-round availability, difficulty to spoil, and high carbohydrate count, and were later picked up as a main food component by European countries for the same reasons. The importance of the potato in Eastern diets was shown by the Great Potato Famine where a potato blight struck Irish potato plants and caused 750,000 people to die from starvation and disease caused by lack of potatoes. Even more recently, mashed potatoes and baked potatoes are seen as parts of a classic family meal. However, potatoes have shifted into a far different purpose in the modern diet.
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"Yakuza: Dead Souls"
For: Playstation 3
From: Sega
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and gore,
intense violence, partial nudity, sexual
themes, strong language, use of alcohol)
Price: $60
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
It has always taken a special kind of person to truly appreciate the "Yakuza" series, which re-engineers flaws into points of endearment like few (if any) other series can.
"Yakuza: Dead Souls" takes that bizarre two-way affection into a whole new arena, but it never loses itself in doing so. An existing confluence of brawling and storytelling goes slightly nuts with the addition of zombies, firearms and more sustained action than has typically been present in these games, but everything that those earlier games comprised — including the weirdly wonderful tug-o-war between archaic and charming — remains intact.
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Posted by courier at 11:10 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Patty Smith Hill (27 March 1868 — 25 May 1946) is perhaps best known for co-writing the tune which became popular as Happy Birthday to You. She was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as the National Association For the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Patty Smith Hill was born in 1868 in Anchorage, Kentucky, just outside of Louisville. Her parents were passionate people who instilled in Patty and her siblings the importance of education, the value of play, and the necessity of advocating for others. Her father, William Wallace Hill, was born in Bath, Kentucky, graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky in 1833, and earned a doctorate of Theology from Princeton University in 1838. He dedicated his entire life to ministry and education, which took the Hill family from Kentucky to Missouri to Texas. Her mother, Martha Jane Smith, was William’s second wife (his first died in childbirth), and was born in Pennsylvania, but as an adolescent moved with her brother to live with their aunt and uncle on their plantation in Danville. Martha Jane was intent on learning and passing along education to others, evidenced, for example, by the fact that she taught the slaves on the Grimes plantation to read and write.
Read an interview with Patty Smith Hill.
Celebrate National Womens' History Month with The Courier
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Monday, March 26, 2012
By Candace Laxamana, Courier News Editor
Seniors preformed their Senior Skit at both lunches on Friday, March 23rd. The theme was "Senior Survivors" and their skit was based around it.
The skit started with what seems to be a car accident. The characters Brandon Deadwiler, Jyoti Swamy, and Justin McCarthy were the victims of the accident. An ambulance comes and checks on these kids and an intro starts, "What happens within the 12 seconds when your body dies, and when your brain dies."
The scene then starts with students running away from these creatures. Jyoti and Brandon were left wondering what has happened . After the first dance, Thriller, the main characters figure out that the creatures are zombies. Jyoti and Brandon are then united with Justin, Maureen Diamonte, and Sagar Sen. Slowly everyone dies off into zombies. The people who are left are Jyoti, Brandon, and Justin.
Seniors preformed their Senior Skit at both lunches on Friday, March 23rd. The theme was "Senior Survivors" and their skit was based around it.
The skit started with what seems to be a car accident. The characters Brandon Deadwiler, Jyoti Swamy, and Justin McCarthy were the victims of the accident. An ambulance comes and checks on these kids and an intro starts, "What happens within the 12 seconds when your body dies, and when your brain dies."
The scene then starts with students running away from these creatures. Jyoti and Brandon were left wondering what has happened . After the first dance, Thriller, the main characters figure out that the creatures are zombies. Jyoti and Brandon are then united with Justin, Maureen Diamonte, and Sagar Sen. Slowly everyone dies off into zombies. The people who are left are Jyoti, Brandon, and Justin.
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By Mark Godoy, Courier Staff Writer
The sophomore skit was outstanding. The storyline was simple, cute and easy to understand with the theme of monopoly's "Take a Chance" catch phrase.
Many sophomores participated in in and they utilized everyone's talent. Many dancers and singers participated in skit making it all the more interesting. Many settings from the game were used, such as the board walk, which showed the sophomores creativity.
The sophomore skit was outstanding. The storyline was simple, cute and easy to understand with the theme of monopoly's "Take a Chance" catch phrase.
Many sophomores participated in in and they utilized everyone's talent. Many dancers and singers participated in skit making it all the more interesting. Many settings from the game were used, such as the board walk, which showed the sophomores creativity.
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From wikipedia:
Sandra Day O'Connor (born March 26, 1930) is an American jurist who was the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. She served as an Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement from the Court in 2006. O'Connor was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981. In the latter years of her tenure, she was regarded as having the swing vote in many cases.
Prior to O'Connor's appointment to the Court, she was an elected official and judge in Arizona. On July 1, 2005, she announced her intention to retire effective upon the confirmation of a successor. President George W. Bush first unsuccessfully nominated Harriet Miers to replace O'Connor, then nominated Justice Samuel Alito to take her seat in October 2005. Alito joined the Court on January 31, 2006.
Visit iCivics, an educational website founded by Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
From The Courier's Archives:
The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao, Courier Staff Artist
The Tao of Sunday by Idy Tao, Courier Staff Artist
From wikipedia:
Eileen Ford (born March 25, 1922) is a model agency executive and co-founder, in 1946, with her late husband Gerard William "Jerry" Ford, of Ford Models, one of the earliest and internationally best known modelling agencies in the world.
Eileen Ford, née Otte, grew up on the north shore of Long Island, New York. Eileen was a model during the summers of her freshman and sophomore years at Barnard College, modeling for the Harry Conover modeling agency, one of the first in the United States. She graduated from Barnard in 1943. In 1944, she met her future husband Jerry (Gerard Ford), at a drugstore near the Columbia University campus and married him in November 1944 in San Francisco. After eloping, Jerry, who was in the Navy, was shipped out for WWII. While Jerry was gone, Eileen became photographer Elliot Clark's secretary, a fashion stylist, a copywriter, and a fashion reporter for the Tobe Report.
Visit FordModels.com.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Matilda Electa Joslyn Gage (Cicero, New York, March 24, 1826 – March 18, 1898 in Chicago) was a suffragist, a Native American activist, an abolitionist, a freethinker, and a prolific author, who was "born with a hatred of oppression".
Matilda Gage spent her childhood in a house which was a station of the underground railroad. She faced prison for her actions under the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 which criminalized assistance to escaped slaves. Even though she was beset by both financial and physical (cardiac) problems throughout her life, her work for women's rights was extensive, practical, and often brilliantly executed.
Read The History of Woman Suffrage, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Matilda Joslyn Gage, available in three volumes free from Project Gutenberg.
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Friday, March 23, 2012
By Ronnell Coaster, Courier Sports Writer
On Wednesday, , Logan’s track and field team took first place in almost all of the events in a meet against Mission San Jose.
Sophomore Kareem Dupree grabbed first place in the 300m hurdles junior varsity. Jeffrey Protho, a junior, tookfirst place in the varsity 300m hurdles. Prothro also took first place in the triple jump, setting the state record to beat.
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By Zohal Sharif, Courier Opinion Editor
When 17-year-old Travyon Martin decided to make a quick run to 7/11, he asked his little brother what he wanted from the store. His brother told him that he wanted Skittles. Who would have fathomed that this would be the last exchange that the pair would have?
While returning home from the store, Martin was spotted by a resident in his father’s gated community in Sanford, Fl. 911 was called an alerted to a suspicious person by George Zimmerman, leader of the neighborhood watch. By the time the police arrived to the scene, the teenager was dead from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
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By Michael A. Memoli
Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT)
WASHINGTON — In calling for "some soul-searching" on the incident, President Barack Obama offered a very personal reflection on the killing of Trayvon Martin, a young black teenager in Florida that has sparked a national outcry.
"If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon," Obama said Friday morning in the White House Rose Garden, his first public comments on the incident.
"Obviously this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through. And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids."
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Graham with her son,
Michael Nesmith
wikipedia photo
From wikipedia:
Bette Claire Graham (23 March 1924 – 12 May 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of Liquid Paper. She was also the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith, a member of the Monkees.
Graham was born as "Betty Clair McMurray" in Dallas, Texas to Jesse McMurray, an automotive supply company manager, and Christine Duval. She was raised in San Antonio and graduated from Alamo Heights High School. She married Warren Audrey Nesmith (1919–1984) before he left to fight in World War II. While he was overseas she had a child (Robert Michael Nesmith, born 30 December 1942). After Warren Nesmith returned home, they were divorced (1946). In the early 1950s, her father died, leaving some property in Dallas to Betty. She, her mother, Michael, and her sister Yvonne moved there. To support herself as a single mother, she worked as a secretary at Texas Bank and Trust. She eventually attained the position of the executive secretary, the highest position open at that time to women in the industry.
Read more about Bette Claire Graham, free from the Texas State Historical Association.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Creative Writing Club is accepting donations of used books until April 27th. Drop off books in Room 311 or 213.
Attention Spanish Speakers: Tutoring is available in multiple subjects, in Spanish, Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in Room 417.
Sign up in the Career Center for Chabot’s Assessment Testing. ONLY students who have already done their online application and are part of Early Decision will be able to test at Logan.
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Posted by courier at 12:04 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Rick La Plante, Director and Parent & Community Relations
The Board of Education on Tuesday night approved the second interim report on the 2011-12 budget, along with projections for the next two fiscal years that include nearly $11 million in cuts in 2012-13.
The District is girding for a worst-case scenario prompted by the latest round of cuts to public education caused by the state budget crisis. The projections approved Tuesday night include a total of nine non-student, budget-cut days in 2012-13, increases class-size ratios to 30:1 in kindergarten, first and second grades and eliminates elementary specialists and middle school electives.
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By Christine Cortes, Courier Staff Writer
If you are not familiar with the term "K-pop", it stands for Korean pop music. How is this relevant to the lives of Americans? While there is an obvious language barrier, for most of the songs are in full Korean, the cookie-cutter music is creating a craze all over the world.
The songs themselves are not that great, simple melodies that are addicting and lyrics that seem to be copied from a thirteen year old girl's diary. The random English inserted into the choruses of the songs tend to make no sense, and there is no depth in the meanings. It is as if one just took the most effortless, but appealing recipes for music and gave it to the South Koreans. There are few Korean celebrities with amazing voices, with just an average singing voice. So what is making it so big?
If you are not familiar with the term "K-pop", it stands for Korean pop music. How is this relevant to the lives of Americans? While there is an obvious language barrier, for most of the songs are in full Korean, the cookie-cutter music is creating a craze all over the world.
The songs themselves are not that great, simple melodies that are addicting and lyrics that seem to be copied from a thirteen year old girl's diary. The random English inserted into the choruses of the songs tend to make no sense, and there is no depth in the meanings. It is as if one just took the most effortless, but appealing recipes for music and gave it to the South Koreans. There are few Korean celebrities with amazing voices, with just an average singing voice. So what is making it so big?
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Posted by courier at 11:56 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Greta Kempton (March 22, 1901 - December 10, 1991) born Martha Greta Kempton in Vienna, Austria. American artist. She served as the White House artist during the Truman administration.
She studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts before emigrating to the United States circa 1926 and in the 1930s was a student at the National Academy of Design and Art Students League both in New York City.
Visit GretaKempton.org.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
By Gurpreet Basin, Courier Staff Writer
This year's freshman class skit was based around a "Candyland" theme with a little bit of a twist in it. Despite the freshman being first-timers at something like this event, some observers thought the freshman did an amazing job and they deserve to be recognized.
"I thought the did pretty well for freshman," said Camille Casal, a sophomore who attended the fourth-lunch performance. She said she was particularly impressed with the acting by the freshmen in the skit. Overall, she said, "it was pretty funny."
This year's freshman class skit was based around a "Candyland" theme with a little bit of a twist in it. Despite the freshman being first-timers at something like this event, some observers thought the freshman did an amazing job and they deserve to be recognized.
"I thought the did pretty well for freshman," said Camille Casal, a sophomore who attended the fourth-lunch performance. She said she was particularly impressed with the acting by the freshmen in the skit. Overall, she said, "it was pretty funny."
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MISCELLANEOUS
Attention Spanish Speakers: Tutoring is available in multiple subjects, in Spanish, Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in Room 417.
Attention AP Students: There are only 5 more days left to sign up for the AP test. If you are in an AP class and want to take the AP test, the deadline to register for a test is March 28 – no exceptions! The registration form is on the Logan website, under Academic Info link on the left. Please submit completed forms with your payment to Ms. Muse in the Main Office.
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Posted by courier at 11:23 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN-10: 0345516109
ISBN-13: 978-0345516107
By Yari Nieves-Rivera, Courier Book Editor
Juliet by Anne Fortier is a very twisted turn on the romantic tale of Romeo and Juliet. Set in modern times, Julie and her sister, Janice, have never been on good terms. When the woman who raised them (their great-aunt), dies of unforeseen circumstances, she leaves Janice all of the estate and she leaves Julie nothing but a passport with her ‘real name’ on it, a bank deposit key, and a story about a great treasure meant for her. These things would lead her to Italy, (where her mother once lived) and would unravel not only the truth about her past, but about what truly happened to her mother and what was meant for her and her sister to find out.
At first, Julie is unsure of what to do with this new information. With encouragement from the housekeeper and father-like figure, Umberto, Julie decides to follow her Aunt’s last wishes and go to Italy.
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Posted by courier at 11:19 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Mexico' one gun shop where you can legally
buy a firearm,on a military base in Mexico City,
sells about 8,000 weapons a year.
Heriberto Rodriguez/MCTNews
By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MEXICO CITY — Mexico has some of the most restrictive gun laws in the world. If any of the nation's 112 million citizens want to buy firearms, there's only one store where they can do it legally. It's on a sprawling military base and run by the army.
That, however, hasn't stopped Mexicans from acquiring firearms. The country is awash in illegal guns, many of them assault weapons in the hands of merciless criminal gangs. President Felipe Calderon says authorities have seized more than 140,000 weapons since he came to office in late 2006. Many of them, Mexican officials assert, were purchased in the United States.
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"House of Stone: A Memoir of Home,
Family, and a Lost Middle East"
by Anthony Shadid;
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($26)
By Lorraine Ali
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
A yearning for home, wherever that may be, is one of many themes that the late New York Times journalist Anthony Shadid so deftly touches on in "House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East."
Shadid, a Lebanese-American born and raised in Oklahoma City, takes leave from his job as a Middle East war reporter in 2007 to rebuild the abandoned and war-ravaged home of his great grandfather in the small Lebanese town of Marjayoun.
But even before he takes on the project, Shadid's idea of the Middle East as an ancestral home, a place that yields answers to personal and family questions, is challenged by what he finds during his years covering bloody conflicts in Israel (where he was shot in the shoulder by an Israeli sniper while reporting from the West Bank for the Boston Globe), Libya (where he was taken prisoner last year and beaten with three other journalists by Moammar Gadhafi's forces), and Iraq. Syria was Shadid's last assignment, and it was there he lost his life at 43 in February, apparently from an asthma attack.
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Posted by courier at 09:06 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Rose Stone (or Rosie Stone) (born Rosemary Stewart, March 21, 1945, in Vallejo, California) is an African-American singer and keyboardist. She is best known as one of the lead singers in Sly & the Family Stone, a popular psychedelic soul/funk band founded by her brothers, Sly Stone and Freddie Stone. She often wore a platinum-colored wig while performing with the band, and was noted for her strong vocals.
Visit RoseStoneUniverse.com
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
By Gene Romero, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan's juniors lead off the Spirit Week class skits Monday. Even though they had less time to prepare than all of the other classes, they still managed to pull together and create an amusing skit. Their story was original, but at the same time held a moral for all people to witness.
The Junior skit featured six secret agents assigned a mission by the president, President Adams. When this mission was assigned, two of the spies got into an argument and decided to try and accomplish the mission with their own squad. After they set out to do their mission, they land on Hawaii. Hula dancers were there to greet them, and before they know it, they have uncovered a plot by a group of villains called the Mean Girls.
James Logan's juniors lead off the Spirit Week class skits Monday. Even though they had less time to prepare than all of the other classes, they still managed to pull together and create an amusing skit. Their story was original, but at the same time held a moral for all people to witness.
The Junior skit featured six secret agents assigned a mission by the president, President Adams. When this mission was assigned, two of the spies got into an argument and decided to try and accomplish the mission with their own squad. After they set out to do their mission, they land on Hawaii. Hula dancers were there to greet them, and before they know it, they have uncovered a plot by a group of villains called the Mean Girls.
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By Matt Krupnick
Contra Costa Times (MCT)
WALNUT CREEK, — The threat of more budget cuts has led the California State University system to shut out thousands of midyear applicants for spring terms starting in January.
Only eight of the system's 23 campuses — including Cal State East Bay, but not San Jose State _ will accept transfer students for the spring 2013 term, and none will accept new freshmen, said Robert Turnage, the university's budget chief.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Have you ever dreamed about working in the fashion world? Be it design and all the creative energy that goes into it, or maybe the business side is more appealing to you. Either way, if you’d like to find out more about what it takes to be successful in the ever-changing, fast paced world of fashion, sign up in the Career Center to be part of FIDMs presentation here at Logan.
Current sophomores and juniors, are you looking for a 3rd year science course? Logan offers AP Chemistry! See Mr. Ting in Room 226 or your counselor for more information.
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Posted by courier at 11:48 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
"MLB 12 The Show"
For: Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita
From: San Diego Studio/Sony
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Price: $60 for PS3, $40 for Vita,
$80 for bundle (through April 10)
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
"MLB The Show" has been the undisputed king of baseball sims for at least five years running, and even though the 2012 edition's additions rank on the weak side, this remains the case.
For the second straight year, a new pitching mechanic leads off the roster of changes. But in contrast to last year's excellent Pure Analog system, the Pulse Pitching method relies too much on a gimmicky (and counterproductively touchy) timing mechanic that doesn't really replicate the sensation of making a perfect pitch. With practice, it can be mastered, but "MLB12's" other delivery methods — Pure Analog, Meter and Classic — are more fun. Fortunately, all remain available to use and tweak as needed via an extensive options screen.
"MLB12's" flashiest new feature — Diamond Dynasty, available only in the PS3 version — attempts to replicate the success of EA Sports' Ultimate Team modes, in which you assemble teams of players from virtual packs of cards you buy with in-game (or, of course, real) money. But while the seeds of compulsion are there if you're willing to look for them, Diamond Dynasty clearly is a rookie effort — all over the place in terms of confusing interfaces, and spotty with how it facilitates team management and rewards.
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From wikipedia:
Pamela Beryl Harriman (née Digby; 20 March 1920 – 5 February 1997), also known as Pamela Churchill Harriman, was an English-born socialite who was married and linked to important and powerful men. In later life, she became a political activist for the United States Democratic Party and a diplomat. Her only child, Winston Churchill, was named after his famous grandfather.
Pamela Beryl Digby was born in Farnborough, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby, and his wife, Constance Pamela Alice, the daughter of Henry Campbell Bruce, 2nd Baron Aberdare, a peer in the House of Lords. Pamela Digby was educated by governesses in the ancestral home at Minterne Magna in Dorset, along with her three younger siblings. Her great-great aunt was the nineteenth-century adventurer and courtesan Jane Digby, notorious for her exotic travels and scandalous personal life. Pamela was to follow in her ancestor's footsteps, being frequently cited as "the 20th-century's greatest courtesan."
Read "The Prime of Pamela Harriman," free from Vanity Fair.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Do you know about the Food Truck Mafia? Every Tuesday, there will be food trucks in the Logan parking lot from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m.! New Haven Teachers and the Food Truck Mafia are bringing this to help support our schools. Come have a good meal, visit with friends, listen to music, and help our schools! Trucks will rotate every week. See you there!
Have you ever dreamed about working in the fashion world? Be it design and all the creative energy that goes into it, or maybe the business side is more appealing to you. Either way, if you’d like to find out more about what it takes to be successful in the ever-changing, fast paced world of fashion, sign up in the Career Center to be part of FIDMs presentation here at Logan.
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Posted by courier at 12:01 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Michael J. Mishak
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
SACRAMENTO #&8212; Energy companies across California are injecting a mysterious mix of chemicals into the ground to tap oil deposits while frustrating attempts to regulate the controversial process, known as hydraulic fracturing.
The procedure has drawn the greatest attention in the Rocky Mountain West and Northeast, where states have debated moratoriums to develop regulations after toxic chemicals were found in nearby drinking water. But a quieter battle is being waged in the Golden State, which could be a candidate for increased "fracking" because of its unique geology. Last year, the energy industry scuttled a bill that would have enlisted California in the growing ranks of states that require companies to disclose what they put into the ground. At least nine states have such guidelines.
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From wikipedia:
Edith Nourse Rogers (March 19, 1881 – September 10, 1960) was an American social welfare volunteer and politician who was one of the first women to serve in the United States Congress. She was the first woman elected to congress from Massachusetts. Until 2012, she was the longest serving Congresswoman, now having been surpassed by Barbara Mikulski, and in her 35 years in the House of Representatives she was a powerful voice for veterans and sponsored seminal legislation, including the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (commonly known as the G.I. Bill), which provided educational and financial benefits for soldiers returning home from World War II, the 1942 bill that created the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), and the 1943 bill that created the Women's Army Corps (WAC). She was also instrumental in bringing federal appropriations to her constituency, Massachusetts's 5th congressional district.
Learn more about Edith Nourse Rogers, free from womenincongress.house.gov.
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Sunday, March 18, 2012
Julia Mullock (born 18 March 1928) became a disputed member of the Korean Imperial Household with the title Her Imperial Highness Princess Julia Lee of Korea when she became the de-facto wife of Gu, Prince of Korea. The two were never legally married by Korean custom, in that Mullock was not included in the Yi family registry, and because of this Mullock later had trouble processing a divorce application in the United States from Prince Gu.
Learn more about Julia Mullock, free from Triptokorea.com.
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Saturday, March 17, 2012
By Tierra Negra, Courier Correspondent
Probably everyone heard how Adam and Eve lost the Garden of Eden. Many theories have tried to explain the metaphor contained in the act of eating the forbidden apple that resulted in expelling us from paradise. Was it the discovery of agriculture, sexuality, consciousness or evolution?
I believe that the prohibited fruit must have been a drug (coffee or cocoa beans) which forced us to create the new way of communicating and originated the first language per se but nobody would say now days that drinking coffee is sinful -even if abusing it may produce bursts of energy that must be paid later on by calcium deficiency, sleeplessness, cramps and, osteoporosis at an elder age. Just as the views regarding our sexuality, times have changed and we are free to do unimaginable things considered taboo barely fifty years ago!
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From wikipedia:
Myrlie Evers-Williams (March 17, 1933- ) is a civil rights activist and journalist who worked tirelessly to seek justice for the murder of her well-known civil rights activist husband Medgar Evers in 1963. In addition, Myrlie Evers-Williams ran for the U.S. House of Representatives from California, actively participated in and became chairwoman of the NAACP, and published several books on topics related to civil rights and her husband’s legacy.
Learn more about Myrlie Evers-Williams, free from the NAACP.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
By Mark Godoy, Courier Staff Writer
Backyard Boiler opened last week. It is located in Union Landing right by Starbucks and Lucky's. The restaurant is based on seafood and a quick alcoholic beverage for those that are 21 and up. I decided to go to Backyard Boiler because many people were talking about the restaurant and how it is based on a primarily seafood cuisine, which is something that most restaurants in the area don't offer. The owner decided to change the restaurant from it's previous focus, Tuttimelon Yogurt, because Union City did not have a seafood based restaurant.
The seafood menu includes crab, crawfish, shrimp, and clams seasoned with mainly Cajun flavors. Another flavor you could get at Backyard Boiler is Garlic Butter. With great sides like Cajun fries and wings to go along with it.
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From wikipedia:
Ursula W. Goodenough (b. March 16, 1943) is a Professor of Biology at Washington University in St. Louis and author of the best selling book Sacred Depths of Nature. This highly regarded book has resulted in her teaching the paradigm of Religious Naturalism and the Epic of Evolution around the world and also her participation in television productions on PBS and The History Channel, as well as NPR radio broadcasting. In December 2009, Goodenough began participating in a National Public Radio blog Cosmos And Culture.
Read an interview with Ursula Goodenough, free from Beliefnet.com
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Sayoni Saha, 17, a senior at Cerritos'
Whitney High School, was an Intel
Science Talent Search finalist.
Rod Veal/The Orange County Register/MCT
By Courtney Perkes
The Orange County Register (MCT)
The young researcher smiles warmly at a teenage girl with Down syndrome, inviting her to a pretend birthday party that the researcher has spent two years meticulously planning.
The video from inside a University of California, Irvine research lab captures two other guests – dolls, wearing the same light blue outfits with matching brunette ponytails. But one of the dolls has so-called typical features, while the other has the features of Down syndrome.
In an animated voice, Sayoni Saha asks the girl to feed the dolls bites of Play-Doh cake and wipe their faces clean. Next, she asks a series of questions about which doll is the prettiest, the smartest, the most popular. Which doll does the girl like best?
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Students purchasing AP tests today, please see Mrs. Whitaker before school or during 4th period lunch only. Next week sales will resume with Mrs. Muse.
Summer school applications are now available in your house office. If you got a D or F in any class, you should seriously consider summer school to make up those credits. Summer school will start on June 26, and end on August 2. That still leaves you almost a month of summer vacation. Classes are Monday through Thursday only. Completed summer school applications are processed on a first come, first served basis. Since classes fill up quickly, you should turn in your application soon!
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Posted by courier at 12:14 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Jack Bragg, Courier Editor-in-Chief
The All American Rejects have become a staple of the pop rock genre in recent years. Their latest album Kids in the Street is the be released in the next few weeks and the Courier was able to garner an exclusive look into two songs on the upcoming album.
The first song, “Someday’s Gone” is a surprisingly heavy track, giving lots of emphasis on the distorted guitars and sometimes screamed lyrics. The song, while heavy, still carries a lot of the pop undertones that have become synonymous with the band’s music.
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From wikipedia:
Marjorie Merriweather Post (March 15, 1887 – September 12, 1973, Springfield, Illinois) was a leading American socialite and the founder of General Foods, Inc.
She was the daughter of C. W. Post and Ella Letitia Merriweather. At age 27, when her father died, she became the owner of the rapidly growing Postum Cereal Company, founded in 1895. She was subsequently the wealthiest woman in America, when her fortune reached approximately USD $250 million.
Read more about Marjorie Merriweather Post, free from the Hillwood Museum.
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Students purchasing AP tests today through Friday, please see Mrs. Whitaker before school or during 4th period lunch only. Next week sales will resume with Mrs. Muse.
Current sophomores and juniors, are you looking for a 3rd year science course? Logan offers AP Chemistry! See Mr. Ting in Room 226 or your counselor for more information.
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Posted by courier at 11:15 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Hardcover: 391 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0439023491
ISBN-13: 978-0439023498
By Yari Nieves-Rivera, Courier Book Editor
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the second book in the critically acclaimed Hunger Games trilogy. Very much like the first novel, it follows Katniss’s struggles to get over the events of the first book and her trying to cope through the mess that has followed her to District Twelve.
It begins soon after the 74th Hunger Games, with Katniss still hunting illegally in the woods. Even though she clearly states that she has not only gained honor to her family, but has provided them the life that she had always wanted for her family--specifically for Prim. Still, this doesn’t help Katniss deal with the fact that she had to end so many lives. To add to the stress, President Snow is displeased with Katniss. It not only does makes the situation worse off for Katniss, but it gives her more to fear and the feeling of being weaker.
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By Molly Eichel
Philadelphia Daily News (MCT)
PHILADELPHIA — Professor Matthew Delmont set out to write about how the '50s dance show "American Bandstand" was an integrated bastion of pop culture, where Philadelphia's black and white teens mixed and mingled on television even though the rest of the country was bitterly divided by race.
Then he discovered his entire premise was dead-wrong.
In the resulting book, "The Nicest Kids in Town," this assistant professor of American studies at Scripps College in Claremont, Calif., details how "American Bandstand" kept African-American teens off the show, despite host Dick Clark's later claims to the contrary.
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Lucy Hobbs Taylor (March 14, 1833 – October 3, 1910) was the first American woman to graduate from dental school (Ohio College of Dental Surgery in 1866).
Lucy Hobbs was born on March 14, 1833 in Constable, New York. She entered the working world by teaching school for ten years in Michigan. In 1859, she moved to Cincinnati, intending to become a dentist. When she was refused admission to dental school, she began a private program of study with a professor from the Ohio College of Dental Surgery.
Learn more about Lucy Hobbs Taylor, free from Ohio History Central.
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Students purchasing AP tests today through Friday, please see Mrs. Whitaker before school or during 4th period lunch only. Next week sales will resume with Mrs. Muse.
Sign up in the Career Center for Ohlone or Chabot’s Assessment Testing. ONLY students who have already done their online application and are part of Early Decision will be able to test at Logan.
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Posted by courier at 11:56 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Photo: Facebook
By Ronnell Coaster, Courier Staff Writer
Two classes from James Logan High School's Marketing and Management Academy went to Oakland yesterday for competition and trade fair. The M&M Academy is a class strictly about business and are for those who serious about starting their own business. This class gives you a feel of the real world.
The two teams from Logan were CaliNights, a Teen Night Club that is strictly for teens only, And Tastee Cakepops, who sells various baked goods. Teacher Wilbert Richberg and the M&M Academy has had a great year so far and returned from Oakland with several awards.
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"Mass Effect 3"
Reviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
Also available for: Windows PC
From: Bioware/EA
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, partial nudity,
sexual content, strong language, violence)
Price: $60
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
Bioware wants everyone to enjoy "Mass Effect 3," which is why it's instituted options that allow players to enjoy it purely as a third-person shooter (with all role-playing upgrades and moral crises handled automatically) or a role-playing game (in which you still must fight, but against a considerably more generous difficulty curve).
But if you've been with the "Mass Effect" trilogy from the beginning and have no desire to play its closing chapter in a compromised state, let there be no confusion: Everyone is invited to play, but "ME3" was very much still made for you.
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Posted by courier at 09:05 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
Monica Cassara uses her iPad during a
freshman Algebra class at Archbishop
Mitty High School in San Jose, California
Gary Reyes/San Jose Mercury News/MCT
By Patrick May
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It's midmorning and the faces of the students in Tim Wesmiller's religious studies class are bathed in the baby-blue glow of their iPad screens.
Instead of sitting in rigid rows of desks staring at a blackboard, as they would in a typical classroom, kids huddle in groups to brainstorm and blog about Indian culture. Lessons flash from tablets to digitalized white board and back. The "lecture" is a blend of YouTube videos and interactive maps. There's very little paper and no sign of chalk.
Faculty and students in this two-year iPad pilot project at Archbishop Mitty High School say this is the future of education.
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From wikipedia:
Donella H. "Dana" Meadows (March 13, 1941 Elgin, Illinois, USA - February 20, 2001, Hanover, New Hampshire) was a pioneering American environmental scientist, teacher and writer. She is best known as lead author of the influential book The Limits to Growth, which made headlines around the world.
Born in Elgin, Illinois, Meadows was educated in science, receiving a B.A. in chemistry from Carleton College in 1963, and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Harvard in 1968. After a year-long trip with her husband, Dennis Meadows, from England to Sri Lanka and back, she became, along with him, a research fellow at MIT as a member of a team in the department created by Jay Forrester, the inventor of system dynamics as well as the principle of magnetic data storage for computers. She taught at Dartmouth College for 29 years, beginning in 1972.
Visit the Donella Meadows Institute.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Image: calspillwatch.dfg.ca.gov
MARCH 11, 2011, TSUNAMI DAMAGE
Estimated cost of repairs: $17 million
Docks to be replaced: 23, of 29 total
Docks completed: 2
Completion date: end of 2013
By Jason Hoppin
Santa Cruz Sentinel (MCT)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Sailboats glide by, the chatter of outdoor diners fill the air and crab can be bought straight off the boat, but the Santa Cruz Small Craft Harbor in California has a long way to go before normal returns to port.
A year after a tsunami turned the harbor into a whirl of tidal surges that tore apart slips and tossed around boats like toys, just two of 23 damaged docks have been replaced. Despite appearances, Port Director Lisa Ekers said, there is evidence of the work that remains right under the balls of your feet.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Do you know about the Food Truck Mafia? Every Tuesday there will be food trucks in the Logan parking lot from 4:30 to 9:00 p.m.! New Haven teachers and the Food Truck Mafia are bringing this to help support our schools. Come have a good meal, visit with friends, listen to music…and help our schools!
Sign up in the Career Center for Ohlone or Chabot’s Assessment Testing. ONLY students who have already done their online application and are part of Early Decision will be able to test at Logan.
Have you ever dreamed about working in the fashion world? Be it design and all the creative energy that goes into it, or maybe the business side is more appealing to you. Either way, if you’d like to find out more about what it takes to be successful in the ever changing, fast paced world of fashion, sign up in the Career Center to be part of FIDM’s presentation here at Logan.
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Posted by courier at 11:38 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Johnnie Mae Young (born March 12, 1923) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and currently WWE Ambassador.
Young was an influential pioneer in women's wrestling, helping to increase its popularity during World War II and training many generations of wrestlers. She wrestled throughout the United States and Canada, and won multiple titles in the National Wrestling Alliance.
Learn more about Johnnie Mae Young, free from the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Althea Louise Brough Clapp (born March 11, 1923) was a World No. 1 American female tennis player.
She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma but moved to Beverly Hills, California when she was four years old. She was taught by Dick Skeen and had a classic forehand and backhand and a paralyzing American twist serve. She was one of the great volleyers in history. She won thirteen titles at Wimbledon, seventeen titles at the U.S. Championships, three titles at the French Championships, and two titles at the Australian Championships. Her 35 Grand Slam titles ties her with Doris Hart for fifth on the all-time list, behind only Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova, Billie Jean King, and Margaret Osborne duPont.
Read an article about Althea Louise Brough Clapp and Althea Gibson.
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent
I first heard of Ayn Rand in the mid nineties when I read “The Fountainhead” and, “Atlas Shrugged” came along after I looked for more of her material. I found “The Romantic Manifesto” five years later when I decided to take Catholicism out of the picture. I was in dire need of counteracting the negative effects of an upbringing immersed in altruism and it proved very helpful explaining nothing else but virtues of egotism.
The ideas from the last book worked wonders rebuilding my self-esteem until I became aware of her private love life and how Alan Greenspan, one of her original adepts, aided effectively to hand out the country to corporations while blindly pursuing Rand’s ideals on Capitalism. Although he faithfully preached the benevolence of a “free market” system, how was it possible for him to err so badly as to bestow this freedom in a way that could only manage to produce evil?
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Marion Hutton (10 March 1919 - 10 January 1987) was a United States singer and actress.
Born as Marion Thornburg, the elder sister of actress Betty Hutton, their father abandoned their family when they were both young: he later committed suicide. Their mother worked a variety of jobs to support the family until she became a successful bootlegger.
Watch Marion Hutton: Merry Maid of Song, free from YouTube.
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Friday, March 09, 2012
By Lauren Mascarenhas, Courier Managing Editor
Despite rumors that the Institute for Community Leaders at Logan has not been running smoothly lately, House Principal Jessica Lange, takes a positive stand on its progress and continues with plans for next year.
“With any program there are things that we learn,” said Lange. As the ICL enters the final months of its first year at Logan, the “school within a school,” is being evaluated to determine what is working and what changes need to be made for next year.
Despite rumors that the Institute for Community Leaders at Logan has not been running smoothly lately, House Principal Jessica Lange, takes a positive stand on its progress and continues with plans for next year.
“With any program there are things that we learn,” said Lange. As the ICL enters the final months of its first year at Logan, the “school within a school,” is being evaluated to determine what is working and what changes need to be made for next year.
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"All of a sudden I’m being recognized on my own and that really is the ultimate for me," Keely Smith
From wikipedia:
Keely Smith (born Dorothy Jacqueline Keely, March 9, 1932)[1][2] is an American jazz and popular music singer who enjoyed popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. She collaborated with, among others, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra.
Smith showed a natural aptitude for singing at a young age. At 14, she started singing with a naval air station band led by Saxie Dowell. At 15, she got her first paying job with the Earl Bennett band.
Read more about Keely Smith, free from SwingMusic.net.
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Thursday, March 08, 2012
By Zohal Sharif, Courier Staff Writer
The KONY 2012 campaign is a tremendous feat of social media, an unarguably impressive achievement in spreading the word and gaining public awareness about an important issue. Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a radical militant group in Uganda guilty of horrific crimes against civilians, must be dethroned. The problem is, no one knows about Joseph Kony. Take 30 minutes of your time and watch this video about the KONY 2012 campaign.
Genocide is nothing new to human history, and for many of us this isn’t the first call to action we’ve heard in regards to the terrors afflicting Africa. To many privileged first-world citizens it is difficult to understand what the people of Uganda have endured. What strikes many most about this campaign led by Invisible Children is its use of social media and the potential that an effort like this demonstrates. To my knowledge, there has never before been an online humanitarian effort so accessible and well organized.
The KONY 2012 campaign is a tremendous feat of social media, an unarguably impressive achievement in spreading the word and gaining public awareness about an important issue. Joseph Kony, head of the Lord’s Resistance Army, a radical militant group in Uganda guilty of horrific crimes against civilians, must be dethroned. The problem is, no one knows about Joseph Kony. Take 30 minutes of your time and watch this video about the KONY 2012 campaign.
Genocide is nothing new to human history, and for many of us this isn’t the first call to action we’ve heard in regards to the terrors afflicting Africa. To many privileged first-world citizens it is difficult to understand what the people of Uganda have endured. What strikes many most about this campaign led by Invisible Children is its use of social media and the potential that an effort like this demonstrates. To my knowledge, there has never before been an online humanitarian effort so accessible and well organized.
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Photo Credit: Candace Laxamana
Certificate given to students
By Candace Laxamana, Courier News Editor
For the past week, students have been receiving certificates: On a Roll, Honor Roll, Principal's Honor Roll, and Superintendent's Honor Roll for Academic Achievement week here at logan .
The On a Roll students have an accumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher, Honor Roll students have an accumulative GPA of 3.0-3.5, Principal Honor Roll students have an accumulative GPA of 3.6-3.9, and Superintendent Honor Roll students have an accumulative GPA of 4.0 and above.
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By Rick La Plante, Director, Parent & Community Relations
Girding for a worst-case scenario prompted by a projected budget reduction of nearly $11 million, the Board of Education on Tuesday night was forced to authorize the issuing of precautionary layoff notices to more than 100 teachers, classified employees and administrators.
After the latest blow dealt by Sacramento lawmakers to local school districts, New Haven Unified faces a budget shortfall of an estimated $10.7 million for the 2012-13 school year, according to Chief Business Officer Akur Varadarajan. The District has made $15 million in cuts over the past four years.
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From wikipedia:
Louise Beavers (March 8, 1902 – October 26, 1962) was an African-American film and television actress. Beavers appeared in dozens of films from the 1920s to the 1930s, most often in the role of a maid, servant, or slave. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Beavers was a member of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, one of the four African-American sororities.
Louise Beavers was a breakthrough actress for African Americans. Beavers became known as a symbol of a “mammy” on the screen. A mammy archetype “is the portrayal within a narrative framework or other imagery of a domestic servant of African descent, generally good-natured, often overweight, and loud”.
Watch Louise Beavers in Imitation of Life, free from YouTube.com.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Paperback: 213 pages
Publisher: MTV Books
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671027344
ISBN-13: 978-0671027346
By Yari Nieves-Rivera, Courier Book Editor
As one of the most controversial books of this generation, The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbolsky tackles many of the challenges of today’s society. The book is written in forms of letters to an unknown recipient, from a boy named Charlie.
After his friend’s suicide, Charlie becomes mentally unstable and his councilor suggests that to get on the path for recovery, Charlie should write letters about his life. So, he does. The book begins as he enters his freshman year of high school. There, he makes two unlikely friends: two seniors named Sam and Patrick. Sam, who he has a crush on, helps him to realize many of the things that have affected his mental stability. Patrick, one of his best friends. Openly gay, he holds a secret relationship with the high school’s football star, which is tabooed by normal society.
Charlie, overcome by the emotions he keeps to himself, has mental breakdowns when he reaches a point where he can’t show his emotions anymore. He could fit in anywhere, because he doesn’t care to fit in anywhere. His friends like him because of this. What Charlie is trying to do, is survive through high school and life as a whole. The struggles of being a teenager and fighting against peer pressure often work against him, but overall, he enjoys the company of the friends he has. He is blatantly honest, a good friend to a lot of people. We get to see that through his letters, and we get to see him grow as a person and slowly overcome his problems.
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Posted by courier at 11:26 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
MISCELLANEOUS
Are you in an AP class? Then you must register for the AP test! The registration forms are on the Logan website. Click on Academic Info under the navigation menu. The registration forms need parent signatures and must be turned in to Ms. Muse in the Main Office. Get them in soon! The deadline to register is March 28…no exceptions! If you need any financial assistance, please talk to your AP teacher.
Summer school applications are now available in your house office! If you got a D or an F in any class, you should seriously consider summer school to make up those credits! Summer school will start on June 26 and end on August 2. That still leaves you almost a month of summer vacation! Classes are Monday through Thursday only. Completed summer school applications should be turned into your counselor. All applications are processed on a first come, first served basis. Classes fill up quickly, so turn in your application soon!
Sign up in the Career Center for Ohlone or Chabot’s Assessment Testing. ONLY students who have already done their online application and are part of Early Decision will be able to test at Logan.
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Posted by courier at 11:14 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
"The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection
of Victorian Detective Stories,"
edited by Michael Sims;
Walker and Co. ($20)
By Tish Wells
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
An excellent collection of short stories culled from the 19th-century popular press, "The Dead Witness" by Michael Sims shines a light on long-forgotten "mystery" writers such as Wilkie Collins, Alexandre Dumas Sr., Charles Dickens and Mark Twain. These authors, better known for their other writings, and others, created a fiction genre that continues to be overwhelming popular.
"In the long view of history, detectives are a recent phenomenon. Crime is not," Sims says.
He introduces his history of detective fiction starting with two biblical stories from the Book of Daniel then skipping through time to 1740s France and Voltaire. Finally, in 1841, you reach a familiar name: Edgar Allan Poe and his classic story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
"The Dead Witness" starts with "The Secret Cell" from 1837, a tale of an inheritance, a missing daughter and a laundress. Sims points out that that was the year Victoria became queen and therefore a good starting point for this collection.
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From wikipedia:
Madame Sul-Te-Wan (March 7, 1873 – February 1, 1959) was an American actress. The daughter of freed slaves, she began her career in entertainment touring the east coast with various theatrical companies and moved to California to become a member of the fledgling film community. She became known as a character actress, appeared in high profile films such as Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), and easily navigated the transition to the "talkies".
In an age when film roles for African Americans were limited, Madame was consistently employed in the industry as stereotypical slaves, mammies, and native witch women. She appeared in King Kong (1933) as the native handmaiden and was critically praised for her performance as Tituba in Maid of Salem (1937). Her appearance in Carmen Jones (1954) excited the rumor she was star Dorothy Dandridge's grandmother. Her last role was the charm vendor in The Buccaneer (1958).
Read more about Madame Sul-Te-Wan, free from Jet Magazine and Google Books.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
MISCELLANEOUS
Sign up in the Career Center for Ohlone or Chabot’s Assessment Testing. ONLY students who have already done their online application and are part of Early Decision will be able to test at Logan.
Need Driver’s Ed? Two sessions are coming up at the Adult School – April 2, 3 & 4 and June 18, 19 & 20. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77.
Are you looking for information on college visits SATs, college fairs, community service, military or scholarship opportunities? This and more is just a click away on Logan’s website under the College & Career Info bar. Visit it often as updates are made daily.
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Posted by courier at 11:34 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
Larry LaPre, a biologist with the
California Bureau of Land Management,
keeps his distance from an older male
desert tortoise.
Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/MCT
By Julie Cart
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
IVANPAH Valley, Calif. — Stubborn does not come close to describing the desert tortoise, a species that did its evolving more than 220 million years ago and has since remained resolutely prehistoric.
Its slow-poke take on biological adaptation has exposed modern vulnerabilities. The persnickety reptile is today beset by respiratory infections and prone to disease. Its only defenses are the shell on its back and the scent of its unspeakably foul urine.
How this creature the size of a shoe box became the single biggest obstacle to industrial-scale solar development in the Mojave Desert is turning into a true story of the survival of the fittest.
At the $2.2 billion BrightSource Energy solar farm in the Ivanpah Valley, the tortoise brought construction to a standstill for three months when excavation work found far more animals than biologists expected.
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"Uncharted: Golden Abyss"
From: SCE Bend Studio/Sony
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood, drug reference,
language, mild suggestive themes, violence)
Price: $50
By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
The Vita's most prominent launch game likely will also be its most polarizing. For the most part, "Uncharted: Golden Abyss" plays like an "Uncharted" game, mixing lots of climbing and platforming with third-person, cover-based shootouts against legions of enemies armed to the teeth. In between, though, "Abyss" eschews the blockbuster set pieces of recent "Uncharted" games in favor of intelligence gathering — treasure hunts, charcoal rubbings, photography, examining and cleaning artifacts, a puzzle here and there — that utilizes the Vita's other control inputs. On one hand, it feels like a textbook case of a big-ticket launch game using every piece of a new system by any means necessary. But "Abyss" doesn't cram the stuff down players' throats. A few of these instances lie on the storyline's main road, but most are optional endeavors for those who enjoy the leisurely challenge of finding obscure pathways and gathering all the back story clues.
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Posted by courier at 08:12 AM. Filed under: Entertainment
From wikipedia:
Anna Margarethe "Molla" Bjurstedt Mallory (March 6, 1884[1] in Oslo – November 22, 1959 in Stockholm) was a Norwegian tennis player, nationalized American.
Tennis career
Although she had won a bronze medal in singles for Norway at the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm, and was the many-time champion of her homeland, Mallory was relatively unknown when she arrived in New York City to begin work as a masseuse in 1915. She entered the U.S. Indoor Championships that year unheralded and beat three-time defending champion Marie Wagner 6–4, 6–4, which was the first of her five singles titles at that tournament. She also won the title in Cincinnati in 1912.
Learn more about Molla Mallory, free from Bleacher Report.
Celebrate National Womens' History Month with The Courier
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Monday, March 05, 2012
Lynn Margulis (born Lynn Alexander) (March 5, 1938 – November 22, 2011) was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is best known for her theory on the origin of eukaryotic organelles, and her contributions to the endosymbiotic theory, which is now generally accepted for how certain organelles were formed. She is also associated with the Gaia hypothesis, based on an idea developed by the English environmental scientist James Lovelock.
Read The Subversive Biology of Lynn Margulis, free from The Alien Next Door, a blog written by SF Writer and Ecologist Nina Munteanu.
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Sunday, March 04, 2012
Rebecca Gratz (March 4, 1781 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania - August 27, 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was a preeminent Jewish American educator and philanthropist.
Gratz was the seventh of twelve children born to Miriam Simon and Michael Gratz. Her mother was the daughter of Joseph Simon (1712-1804), a preeminent Jewish merchant of Lancaster, while her father was descended from a long line of respected rabbis. Miriam and Michael were observant Jews and active members of Philadelphia’s first synagogue, Mikveh Israel.
Read letters written by Rebecca Gratz, free from familytales.org.
Celebrate National Women's History Month with The Courier
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Saturday, March 03, 2012
From wikipedia:
Beatrice Wood (March 3, 1893 – March 12, 1998) was an American artist and studio potter, who late in life was dubbed the "Mama of Dada," and served as a partial inspiration for the character of Rose DeWitt Bukater in James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic. Beatrice Wood died nine days after her 105th birthday in Ojai, California.
Childhood
Beatrice Wood was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of wealthy socialites. Despite her parents' strong opposition, Wood insisted on pursuing a career in the arts. Eventually her parents agreed to let her study painting and because she was fluent in French, they sent her to Paris where she studied acting at the Comédie-Française and art at the prestigious Académie Julian.
Visit the Beatrice Woods Center for the Arts.
Celebrate National Women's History Month with The Courier
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Friday, March 02, 2012
By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations
Faced with possibility of having to reduce the current school year by two additional days because of mid-year budget cuts ordered by the state, the New Haven Unified School District and the New Haven Teachers Association have agreed on a solution to maintain the integrity of the instructional calendar.
The state budget proposal announced in January by Gov. Brown included a mid-year reduction to public education that robbed New Haven children of approximately $585,000 – on top of a $6 million reduction already included in the 2011-12 budget, as compared to 2010-11.
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By Lauren Mascarenhas, Courier Managing Editor
A recent change in the ASB cabinet at Logan has resulted in the promotion of junior, Allison Drumm, from ASB vice president to president.
Allison proved to be successful at her duties as vice president, organizing two blood drives and overseeing monthly teacher appreciation. “As President, my role is more broad and administrative. For example, I lead the leadership class, hold meetings and support the leadership staff in their endeavors,” said Drumm.
“As far as what I plan to do to serve the school, I plan to proceed with the current leadership agenda,” Drumm continued. This will include organization of dances and prom, as well as the annual spirit week skits and rallies – something Drumm said, “Everyone will be proud of.”
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From wikipedia:
Susanna Madora "Dora" Salter (March 2, 1860 – March 17, 1961) was a U.S. politician and activist. She served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, becoming the first woman elected as mayor and the first woman elected to any political office in the United States.
Susanna Madora Kinsey was born near the unincorporated community of Lamira in Smith Township, Belmont County, Ohio, the daughter of Oliver Kinsey and Terissa Ann White Kinsey, the descendants of Quaker colonists from England. At age 12, she moved to Kansas with her parents. Eight years later, she entered Kansas State Agricultural College (present-day Kansas State University) in Manhattan, and was able to skip her freshman year, having taken college-level courses in high school, but was forced to drop out six weeks short of graduation due to illness.
Read more about Susanna Madora Salter, free from the Kansas Collection.
Celebrate National Women's History Month with The Courier.
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Thursday, March 01, 2012
By Jack Bragg, Courier Editor-in-Chief
Band of Skulls, a British band from Southampton, have come back for their sophomore album,
following the smash hit of their debut, Baby Darling Dollface Honey. Their new album, Sweet Sour, features all of the same sounds and styles that made their first album such a success. However, the new album does feel somewhat top-heavy as the great songs at the beginning don’t match up with the weaker songs near the ending.
The band features a very unique male/female vocalist dynamic that is seen in only a few bands today. Singers Emma Richardson and Russell Marsden pull off their wonderfully interwoven voices spectacularly on the new album, and drummer Matt Hayward is as solid as ever.
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Posted by courier at 12:18 PM. Filed under: Entertainment
MISCELLANEOUS
Good luck to Jacob Macalolooy, Jacob Donato, Artemio Flores, Clayton Hartwell and Chewy Dhaliwal as they will be representing Logan at the CIF State Wrestling Meet in Bakersfield today and tomorrow.
Off campus ROP must attend their Fremont classes on Monday, March 5th. ROP busing will be running as usual to take you to Fremont and bring you back to Logan.
Need Driver’s Ed? Two sessions are coming up at the Adult School – April 2, 3 & 4 and June 18, 19 & 20. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77.
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Posted by courier at 11:50 AM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
By Zohal Sharif, Courier Staff Writer
National Self Injury Awareness Day (NSID) was found to inform the public about self injury and what they can do to help someone who is struggling with this addiction. It also brings this matter into the public eye because so often this issue is swept under the rug and is thought of as "out of site out of mind". There are several organizations committed to raising awareness, but March 1st is a day for people to unite for a common cause.
Self-harm can be difficult to understand. Many self-harmers say that they don't fully understand it themselves, so how can anyone else? Self injury is far from being rare, myths and misunderstanding surrounds this psychological aliment -- mistaken ideas are often a result in self-harmers being treated badly by police, doctors, therapists, and some family members and friends. Self harm is not always obvious and it's not always going to be understandable through someone else's eyes.
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Belafonte speaking at the 1963
Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C
From wikipedia:
Harold George Belafonte, Jr. (born March 1, 1927) is a Jamaican American musician, actor and social activist. One of the most successful popular singers in history, he was dubbed the "King of Calypso," a title which he was very reluctant to accept (according to the documentary Calypso Dreams) for popularizing the Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. Belafonte is perhaps best known for singing the "Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". Throughout his career, he has been an advocate for civil rights and humanitarian causes. He has been a vocal critic of the policies of the Bush Administration.
Listen, watch or read Harry Belafonte's speech accepting the 2004 Human Rights Award by Global Exchange in San Francisco, free from Democracy Now!.
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