Hillside’s ~Contents~ Sightseeing P.1 Elsa the Lioness GLOBAL GAZETTE P.2 Café Talk P.3 February 2017 Faculty Profile P.4 2017 Movies P.5 Ping Pong Awards
P.6 Global Club P.7 Teacher Travel Blog P.8
Student Profiles
P.9-12 International Book Review
P.13 Foods from Abroad
P.14 World Mysteries
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~ Global Club ~President Diego Selem Garcia & Int’l Trivia Teasers 1. Vice Presidents Albert Zhang & Hyun Ho Kim P.16
This club was created to foster a continued strong The Traveling Translator P.17 connection between our international students and American students and faculty. We are intent on sharing our international cultures with the Hillside population as well as learning about other cultures.
Sightseeing
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1. Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya, Japan
Nagoya is the capital of Japan’s landmarks and historical sites.
Aichi Prefecture and fifth largest Nagoya has played a significant
role in Japanese history, as the main city in the country. It is situated on city. Today, Nagoya is an city on the Nobi Plain. The Ise Bay between Tokyo and Osaka excellent city to visit because of its ceramics industry was established on Japan’s main island, Honshu. exceptional network of wide, here in the 12th century and has Thanks to its proximity to the modern streets, first-rate become an unexpected tourist Pacific Ocean, Nagoya has become museums, world class art galleries, attraction thanks to its many Japan’s busiest port and ranks as and historic temples. workshops and factory tours offered one of the country’s most Some great sites to visit include: to the public. In the 17th century, important manufacturing sites. The Osu Kannon (hip area known for construction began on Nagoya city has a population of 2.2 million its flea markets and electronic inhabitants and continues to Castle. It serves as a magnificent stores), Sakae District (fashion develop as a vibrant center of structure and the city of Nagoya center), Atsuta Shrine (contains commerce, culture, and education. developed around it. Today, many sacred national treasures), Nagoya also boasts a magnificent Nagoya is a thriving, modern Toganji Temple (home to Daibutu, metropolis and the city expands for skyline with many splendid 15 meter Buddha statue), and miles in all directions from the much more. If you’re ever over in castle. In fact, as one enters Nagoya the Land of the Rising Sun, on the shinkansen (bullet train), one purchase a ticket to Nagoya. You gets a sense for the vastness of the won’t regret it!
Cool Facts about Nagoya
Nagoya Castle destroyed in WWII and rebuilt (1959)
Home to auto-making giants Toyota and Honda
Many subway signs are in Portuguese Nagoya Castle
Page 1 Global Gazette Hillside School International Animal Stories
Elsa the Born Free Lioness 1.
Joy Adamson and her beloved, Elsa the lioness 1. recall as a child being moved by the Born Free TV series in which a I British couple raise an orphaned lion cub named Elsa, and eventually release her into the African wilderness. As the story ended, there was an 1. image of Elsa and another lion, as well as three cubs, on a rock while the couple looked on in sadness from a jeep. The music Born Free started to play and the credits rolled as it was to be the last time these two would see their beloved Elsa. It always made me tear up a bit, but I never really knew the story behind it, until now! What I thought was a fiction is actually based on a real story. It begins in Kenya in 1956 when George Adamson, a British wildlife conservationist and game warden, was forced to kill a lioness that was charging towards him. After he shoots the lioness, 1. Joy and the orphaned cubs
Adamson realizes that it was a mama trying to protect her three young cubs. George feels guilty and vows to take care of the little ones. He brings
home the orphaned cubs (4 days old) and, along with his wife, Joy, raises
them. As the lions grow, they send the largest two to the Rotterdam Zoo while the smallest of the litter, Elsa (Joy’s favorite), remains with the Adamson’s. The Adamson’s bonded with Elsa and loved her dearly as if she was their child. In itself this plot doesn’t sound overly remarkable, but it had a profound effect on the rest of the world as Elsa’s story, told
through Born Free, changed the way people perceived lions. They were George Adamson and Elsa previously thought to be wild beasts that were unfeeling, killing machines. But George and Joy showed the world that, given love and respect, lions are capable of a far wider range of behaviors than typically believed. The Adamson’s relationship with Elsa demonstrated that lions are capable of trust, friendship, and love. The Adamson’s reared Elsa, training her to
survive on her own. She was eventually released into the wild and although
George and Joy would get periodic sightings of her, she lived the life of a free lioness. Incredibly, when she was three, Elsa brought her own cubs to
the Reserve to show George and Joy. Elsa’s life was cut short in 1956 by Babesia felis (a tick born blood disease). She was buried in Meru National Park. A makeshift tombstone bearing the inscription “Elsa Jan. 1956 to Jan. 1961” marks her grave. As for George and Joy, they were warned by many to stay away from lions and that they would eventually be killed. They were! But not by the lions they worked with; Joy was murdered by a disgruntled employee and George was murdered years later by poachers. True Love Page 2 Global Gazette Hillside School
Café Talk
February
International Café
Trivia at Ms. Gustofson’s Swiss Cafe
The International Café was in full swing on th Friday February 24 as we celebrated Switzerland with Ms. Gustofson’s outrageous
creamy hot chocolate and mouthwatering
chocolate chip cookies. The boys piled into the Café. President Yu read the introductory remarks then the boys lined up to get a cup of piping hot chocolate with whipped cream, Big crowd marshmallows, and sprinkles. Warm homemade cookies were quickly scooped up and shoveled
down. Tyler Bloomfield held a trivia session and Cooper Frandina won the Most Enthusiastic Participant Award and a free pass to the next
Café. Next, we’ll be celebrating Brazil with Pao Hot chocolate de Queijo (cheese bread).If you are interested in signing up, please send an email to Mr. Brown [email protected] after our Tuesday Switzerland announcement at Morning Meeting.
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Faculty Profile
Mr. Luke Steere
Luke Steere
Luke Steere is that young, Providence, Rhode Island but grew who enjoys life and the little things
straight as an arrow guy who looks up in nearby Hudson. His father is a that make it pleasurable. a little like “Jim” from The Office. construction worker who owns Mr. Steere came to Hillside in the If you could imagine Jim Steere Contracting Coporation, a summer of 2015. Hillside was surrounded by books, listening to business initially started by Luke’s looking for a head librarian and legendary rock, watching grandfather in the 1960s. His someone who could teach English. international films, and getting mother teaches special needs Luke Steere fit the bill perfectly. existential at times, then you might children which is perhaps where He came in receiving rave reviews have an accurate image of Mr. Luke got his inspiration to be an from interviewers and Hillside has Steere. He is our Head Librarian, educator. Mr. Steere also has two not looked back since. Mr. Steere an iLab advisor, teaches Seventh younger brothers, Pete (26) and has been a superior edition to our Grade English, coaches Thirds James (23). Pete is a math teacher community. The kids enjoy his soccer, and is a dorm parent at and James works at a bakery. classes and the faculty admires him Whittemore. He also contributes an Mr. Steere has traveled abroad to for his easy-going way and International Reading Review and Spain and Mexico. He’s also lived collaborative spirit. iLab Update page to the Global in Baltimore, Maryland and Gazette each month and is the In his free time, Mr. Steere plays Eugene, Oregon. When asked why popular host of Reading Rewards at the drums and skateboards. He he chose these unique locations, he Friday lunch. That sounds like a lot reads anything and everything. Mr. answers that “they are very relaxed but if your name is Luke Steere, our Steere has a quick wit, a warm and these societies put value on resident Jack of All Trades, that’s personality, and is just downright spending time well, especially just what you do. interesting to talk to. We’re hoping down time.” It is quite obvious after to hold onto him for a long time. Mr. Steere was born in meeting Mr. Steere that he is a man
C ool Facts about Mr. Steere Last job was as a food journalist in New Hampshire
Mother was born in Canada & became US citizen in 2011
Along with friends, built a concrete skate-park in Hudson
Page 4 Global Gazette Hillside School Night at the Movies
Night at the Movies 2017 promises to be a good year in Hollywood and the movie industry. #2. Dunkirk While some films have announced British forces embark on a
release dates but have yet to begin mission to evacuate Allied
filming, others are in production but troops from Dunkirk (1940). #3. Ghost in the Shell do not yet have definite release dates. The Major (Scarlett Johannson) Here is a look at five anticipated is a special ops cyborg who movies of 2017! Make sure you see at leads an elite task force to least one of these! stop the most dangerous #1. Blade Runner 2049 criminals and extremists. Officer K, a blade runner for the LAPD, unearths a long buried
secret that could plunge what’s
left of society into chaos.
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#4. Cars 3 1. #5. The Mummy A 3D computer animated film A team of British archaeologists
about a new generation of discover the mummified remains ultra-fast sports cars of a prince. A curse is unleashed.
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Cool Facts about Movies Breakfast Club was supposed to have a sequel every 10 years
Laurence Fishburne was underage (14) when he played a gunner in Apocalypse Now
Word “zombie” was never used in Night of the Living Dead 1. Page 5 Global Gazette Hillside School
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Ping Pong Rankings
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1. February Ping Pong 1.
Rankings
1. Top 5 at Hillside 1. “Hillside’s Best this Month”
1. Dima Piskun (UKR)
2. Alex Drover (CAN) 1.
3. Diego Selem (MEX)
4. Doyeob Kim (KOR) 1. Top 5 5. Cam Boucher (USA)
Rising Stars Keepin An Eye On
1. Ajay Vempati (USA) 1. Jaden Dejesus(USA) 2. Sekou Soumahoro (USA) 2. Danny Carey (USA)
3. Jackson Marchese(USA) 3. Mateo Torre (MEX)
4. Alex Chen (CHI) 4. Diego Juan (MEX)
5. Aidan Nelson (USA) 5. Jake Sands (USA)
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The Global Club
The Global Club headed out to
that Mexican gem of a restaurant, La Tapatia, on 20 East in Marlborough. Miss Lucey treated the boys and faculty to a night out of great food and fun. Mr. MacDonald and Mrs. Norris joined the Monday night duty team along with John Tan, Alan Ru, Uyo Nakano, Tom Luo, and
The gang at La Tapatia Rodolpho Wang Wu. We ate to our Mr. Mac and the gang heart’s content. Some of the dishes we ordered included tacos el pastor, nachos, tostados, gorditas, huaraches, pozole, shrimp cocktail sauce in gazpacho and so much more. After eating, we thanked our
hosts and got in the Traverse making
our way to Target for a half hour. If you’re interested in signing up for a good night out with some delicious
Persian food at Chop Kabob, please
Mmmmmm send an email to Mr. Brown at Let’s eat people [email protected]
Tacos el pastor The owners Arriving at La Tapatia
Page 7 Global Gazette Hillside School Teacher’s Travel Blog
Teacher’s Travel Blog
by Ms. McKinney
Ms. MacDonald and I will be
participating in a remarkable Pacific
Coast bike trip to raise awareness and money for multiple sclerosis. We will begin in San Francisco and, after six hundred miles and nearly two weeks of inevitable detours, and a visit to Joshua Tree National Park, we plan to arrive in San Diego. Although some of our route is closed due to landslides, most of this trip will be done by bike. With over ten thousand miles of biking experience between the two of us, Ms. West Coast dream Ms. McKinney MacDonald and I will be exploring the coast line of California in our first self-supported bike trip. “Self-
supported” means we will, be
carrying all of our sleeping and
clothing gear we will need for the twelve day excursion. We plan to stay in about nine towns including Monterey where I will get to see the famous Aquarium, and Newport where Ms. MacDonald will get to indulge in her favorite cupcake shop. California riding Ms. MacDonald & Ms. McKinney Even more exciting, we will raise money for Bike the US for MS, an organization that supports people across the country who are fighting this disease. Since its beginning, Bike the US has raised 2.1 million dollars and bikers have completed
over two million miles. We were
proud to add our fundraising to the total through our efforts this spring. We are so excited to see where the We will make it! adventure takes us and what hidden Sherman Pass, Washington treasures we are able to find.
Travel Page 8 Global Gazette Hillside School
Spotlight…Student Profiles
Rongming“Ken” Ge
don’t-think-you-want-to-mess-with- skills but, due to his superior work me-look! It was a fun moment but, ethic, he has quickly developed into a strong English language student in the back of my mind I was and someone who makes it a goal to thinking: I’m glad Ken’s on my side! master class content. He’s one of those guys who takes constructive Ken Ge was born in Ningbo, criticism very well and applies it to China. Ningbo is an industrial hub his studies in order to make himself in Zhejiang Province, just south of a better student. Shanghai. It is home to 3.5 million Ken Ge came to our quaint little residents and one Rongming Ge. campus in Marlborough because he Ken’s father, Hu Hai, is a lawyer while his mother, Xiao Ru Xiang, is wanted to be educated in the United
a housewife. Ken grew up as the States and because he was attracted
Ken only child in the family which is by the our prestigious iLab and quite common in China given the One of the nicest kids you’re country’s large population and going to want to meet goes by the government’s One Child Policy. name of Rongming “Ken” Ge. Although young Ken has no He’s the type of guy that brothers and sisters, he was raised admissions teams in independent in a loving and supportive family. schools fight over. He’s polite, He regards his mother as “a great Krav Maga friendly, pleasant, easy going, and and caring mom” and his father as a sheer delight to be around. But, “my role model.” When asked why, Big Brother programs. I’m sure that don’t think he’s a pushover. The would make Headmaster Chase Ken responds: “He is a very word on the street is that Ken Ge knowledgeable person and hard- happy. The headmaster has sought has been trained in martial arts working.” Well, it’s not hard to tell to acquire top student candidates back in the motherland. Some say that in the Ge family the apple since the inception of the iLab two that Ken practices a form of doesn’t fall far from the tree. Ken years ago. Ken also says the people martial arts called “krav maga” places a great emphasis on his at Hillside are very friendly and which is used by commandoes in school work and strives to acquire advisors pay a lot of attention to the Israeli Special Forces. I tested as much knowledge as he can. He is their advisees. this rumor out by dropping into a one of the hardest working students Ken enjoys reading, filming short boxer’s posture when he came into that I’ve had the pleasure of my class once. Ken proceeded to videos, writing scripts, and playing teaching in my twenty years in the reflexively assume a karate kid – the drums. With his gregarious education field. He came to Hillside nature, he makes friends very like stance with alarming speed; being a bit behind in his language weight positioned on his back foot, easily. He says that he’s interested outside leg curled up, arms crossed in criminal psychology and when in pre-strike mode. I quickly threw he’s older he wants to either be a my hands up in surrender, flashed psychologist or a lawyer. Hey Ken, a smile to disarm the situation. No with all your interests, maybe you sir, this is one resident nice guy could film your own TV series that I didn’t want to test out on the about a crime fighting psychologist kung fu mat. Ken gave a chuckle who prosecutes and puts the bad guys in jail, then helps them recover and slapped me on the back in a Ningbo, China from their psychological turmoil. kind of good-try-Mr. Brown-but-I- Page 9 Global Gazette Hillside School
Spotlight… Student Profiles
David Arlos-Viaud
Hispaniola with the Dominican survey in October of 2016, sixteen Republic. He grew up, however, in percent of boys in middle school Cambridge, Massachusetts which is want to be pro athletes when not too far from Hillside campus. they’re older. That was the number He has two moms, Alexa Arlos and one profession followed by: don’t Loune Viaud. The former is a Nurse know at seven percent, firefighter at Practitioner at Boston Medical six percent, and scientist at four Center. The latter is a health care percent. David, like many other worker who serves as Director of young men, dreams of someday Strategic Planning for Zanmi shooting hoops on the hardcourts in
Lasante, a sister organization to front of a national audience. Russell
Partners in Health. It is in this Westbrook is his role model. When loving family environment that young David was raised. David David came to Hillside because he his guy is a little pack of ‘wanted to get better grades and T lightning, wrapped in electricity, make myself a better person.”
wound around fiber optic cables Wow! How many times do you Russell Westbrook inside a revved up engine. Well, hear those words coming out of the
not literally, but this is what I think mouth of a seventh grader? Not asked why, David says that he of when I see this first-year very often! They are honest and “likes the way he plays.” Hillside student out on the wise words and when you listen to Westbrook is renowned for his up- basketball court. He’s a them, you get the sense that this is a tempo style and intensity. Perhaps David likes this All-Star player combination of raw energy and young man on a mission. So far, his because he has a little Westbrook in skill packaged inside the muscular mission has been very successful. He is a good student who is widely him as well. frame of a middle schooler. He’s a liked around these parts by both his fiery competitor too! I was hoping David feels that there are many to get him on the JV basketball peers and faculty. He’s also a good people to talk to at Hillside and that team but he was just too good. guy who has absorbed our core everyone is nice “most” of the time. Coach Norris wanted him on values of honesty, determination, I think if we’re nice most of the
varsity so there he is getting some and respect. time, that’s pretty good! It’s better
quality minutes in and playing than being nice “some” of the time, When David is older he wants to against top-notch opponents. I become an NBA player. He is not Right? Well young man, you’ve
can’t help but think what he would the only one to have aspirations of made a very positive mark on
be like playing in our backcourt becoming a professional athlete! Hillside in the short time that teamed up with Albert Zhang and According to a Forbes magazine you’ve been here. We’re lucky to Ross Kowalsky. We’re frenetic as have you and look forward to it is; with David in the backcourt helping guide you through the next we’d, be downright turbulent, few years of middle school. Keep meteoric, clamorous…alright, you on doing your best and being that get the idea. little bolt of electricity that we all David was born in the countryside admire. And hey, if you want to of Haiti. Haiti is that Caribbean take a step down and play JV next year, I for my part promise to be nation that shares the island of Haiti nice to you ALL of the time! Page 10 Global Gazette Hillside School
Spotlight… Student Profiles
Nick Kruczynski
wrestler? Yikes! I couldn’t imagine them. It is the key to success. If a the poor guy who would have the teacher can forge a relationship unenviable task of going against with a student based on trust and this tireless ball of energy and mutual respect, then half the work frenzied moving parts. is done. I notice that Nick has a strong relationship with several of Nick Kruczynski was born in Newton, Massachusetts and grew his teachers including his wrestling coach, Mr. Morgan. It is in a up in Natick. He’s the son of Christopher and Tina Kruczynski. relationship like this that a young
The former is a computer man really has the chance to
programmer. The latter, Nick’s mom, is a tennis coach at Longfellow Sports Club and can be seen on Hillside campus watching
Nick her son’s wrestling matches with the other wrestling moms. Nick also I was leading a football club in the has a sister, Eliza, who is a student Jordan Burroughs fall of last year and was captivated at Quinnipiac University in blossom. And blossom Nick has! by this little blond flash who was Hamden, Connecticut. Sometimes Everyone is very fond of him diving all over the place for the you can spot the Kruczynski’s at around here and if you ask any boy football. The ball would be headed Hillside; just look for a cluster of around these parts who the best three or four with bright blond hair pound per pound wrestler at for this soft patch of grass and, out of nowhere, this thin, fair-haired kid and big smiles; chances are, you’ve Hillside is, they inevitably answer: wou ld leap headfirst for the pigskin. located them. Nick Kruczynski!
Sometimes he’d catch it, sometimes Nick enjoys surfing and playing Nick came to Hillside because his he wouldn’t. It was irrelevant! I old school was “a very tough the trumpet. He says that his role thought: Who is this kid, Julian school” and his “parents wanted to model is Jordan Burroughs who is a Edelman’s son? Then, there’d be a expand my education.” Nick goes three time gold medalist in specialty teams’ play and again a on to say that the best thing about Freestyle wrestling. Nick watched blond blaze would jump in front of our little boarding school is that Burroughs on TV and saw beauty in his teammate, catch the ball, and “you can be friends with your his style and determination in his proceed to return a kick. Just before teacher instead of being enemies.” effort. Nick credits Burroughs with he was about to be tagged, with It sounds as though Nick’s inspiring him to wrestle because of lightning quick reflexes, he’d avoid experience in public school was not his combination of physical the defender’s grasp, twisting and ideal. I feel that this is what we do toughness and mental resiliency. turning his body in impossibly best with students, connect with Well, Burroughs must’ve made awkward ways then hurl himself quite the impression on you Nick forward and start rolling for extra because you embody those qualities
yards. Mr. Morgan and I would be as well. When Nick’s older he
speechless, mouths agape. I’d say to wants to own a restaurant. I can see him: “I hope this kid is trying out it now. He’s cooking in the kitchen for JV basketball in the winter.” To and a plate falls off the shelf. Nick which Mr. Morgan replied: “Sorry dives and catches it. He gets back to disappoint you, he’s a wrestler up, flashes a big smile, and Natick, MA and you can’t have him!” A continues to cook. 1. Page 11 Global Gazette Hillside School
Spotlight… Student Profiles
Mateo Torre
recognized neighborhood in Hillside offers. When he first came western Mexico City. It was here to visit he was drawn to the idea of that young Mateo grew up in a meeting kids from all over the family of five. He describes his world. After all, we have kids from father, Pablo, as “a hardworking China, Chile, South Korea, Haiti, guy who is cheerful.” His father, Ukraine, Japan, Canada, the United
along with Mateo’s uncle Javier, States and probably a few other
owns a company that makes office countries that are escaping my mind and school supplies (pencils, right now. The point is that Mateo erasers, markers, etc.) called Grupo has the chance to, as he says: Azor. This family-run business has “know all types of people.” Know been highly successful since 1987. them he has, and he’s become a Mateo’s mother, Maria Del Mar, is good friend to most as Mateo has a stay-at-home mom who is one of those warm and Mateo described as “kind and helpful.” approachable personalities that M ateo Torre talks like a character Mateo also has two sisters, one make him popular with students straight out of an Al Pacino movie. older (Marimar) and one younger The voice, the expressions, the (Ana Paula). Both girls go to school moxie; this kid has Pacino written in Mexico. He also has a St. all over him. You could picture him Bernard named Camilo. Mateo says as Tony Montana in Scarface that he comes from a loving and saying something like: “Me, I want supportive family. He misses them dearly along with Mexican food, his what’s coming to me!” Or in Scent Sergio Ramos friends and, of course, the weather. of a Woman:” Whoo Ah! There are two kinds of people in this world What Mateo? You’d rather be in and faculty alike. Charlie , those that stand up and face sunny and warm Mexico than in the music and those that run for snowy and cold Massachusetts? I In his free time, Mateo enjoys cover.” It’s not that young Mateo guess you have a point! sports. He likes playing soccer, ping Torre in any way resembles the pong, and tennis. His best friend personalities of these fictional Even though Mateo misses back home in Mexico is named characters, it’s that Mateo’s Mexico, he is enjoying his life here Francisco. Mateo says that Francisco is “a fun guy. We hang mannerisms, body posture, accent, at Hillside. He says that he has a great group of friends and really out and are very similar!” His could put him in a Pacino classic enjoys school. The classes are fun favorite athlete is Spanish footballer and nobody would bat an eye. He and challenging. He says they are Sergio Ramos. At this point in life has this really cool way of communicating that involves strong smaller than back in Mexico so “I Mateo is not sure what the future can get individual attention.” He holds for him in terms of a career. facial expressions and exaggerated hand gestures. But this Mexican also enjoys the diversity that Maybe he’ll someday take over his
national and first year Hillside father’s business. Maybe he’ll find
student is not Al Pacino, he’s his himself working professionally in own man. some capacity with a job that is related to sports. Or who knows? Mateo Torre Fernandez was born Maybe he’ll be the next Al Pacino in Mexico City in 2002. He lives in and star in his own movie. With that accent and his facial Bosques, an upscale and officially Mexico City expressions, he could be a star! Page 12 Global Gazette Hillside School
International Book Review
International
Book Review
By Mr. Steere
freedom and the price that is paid for it. While the book is
violent, it is a creative retelling of a recent chapter of
world history; a chapter which remains all-too-familiar in recent years. It is drawn with a flair for action and the harsh, against the bright desert of Iraq as the backdrop. Other animal books in our library include:
Laika by Nick Abadzis — The USSR sends a dog to space. Awesome. Very cool artwork that
looks like Soviet-era propaganda throughout.
Endangered by Eliot Schrefer — Another book
that questions the idea about safety, like Pride
does. This one is set in the Congo. Pride of Baghdad Mouse Guard by David Petersen — Lions are the
kings of the jungle, but mice we think of as by Brian K. Vaughan much lower. This comic series features the trials of a trio of mice called the Mouse Guard Deadpool meets Animal Farm. If you are a fan of who try to protect their kind. slam-bang-POW action comics and innovative storytelling, then get Pride of Baghdad. Set during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and featuring talking lions, author Brian K. Vaughan has taken a small news story and turned it into an inspiring tale of a family during war time. When US fighter jets bombed the capital of Iraq in 2003, the city’s zoo was destroyed and escaped animals added to the chaos as American
troops swept in to capture the city. Vaughan uses the
point of view of a pride of lions how war affects all living things. Ali, the young tiger cub, is interested by everything around him while his parents, Zill and Noor, are wary of their surroundings. Apart from exploring the war, it also brings up questions of freedom and the price that is paid for it. While the book is violent and not for everyone, it is a creative retelling F acts of a recent About chapter of world history,Vauaghan a chapter which remains all-too-familiar in recent years. • Drawn Born with in Cleveland, a flair for actionOhio inand 1976 the harsh, bright desert of Iraq as the backdrop. Other animal books in our library: • Awards won: Hugo Award for Best graphic Story Laika by Nick Abadzis — The USSR sends a
Storydog toeditor spac e.and Awesome. producer Very for coolTV seriesartwork Lost (Seasons 3-5) that looks like Soviet -era propaganda
Page 13 throughout. Global Gazette Hillside School Endangered by Eliot Schrefer — Another book that questions the idea about safety,
Foods from Abroad
From Ghana
Waakye is the signature dish of Ghana. This delicious
concoction truly shows the world Ghana’s love for rice and beans.
It is a spicy Ghanaian food that can be eaten with fried fish, egg, spaghetti, or fried chicken. The rice is cooked with coconut and indigenous leaf and pulse such as congo or black-eyed beans. A typical meal usually consists of cooked rice, beans, moist gari, boiled eggs stewed meats of many varieties, fish, boiled cowhide, cabbage, onions, and tomatoes. Wow! Talk about a whole host of ingredients. Waakye is eaten for breakfast or lunch. It is thought to have originated in the northern part of Ghana. At any rate, it’s a must if you happen to be traveling in Mr. Osae’s home country. Waakye
From Thailand Tom Yum Gung is a Thai masterpiece that I have personally tried several times while visiting the Land of Smiles. The dish is teeming with shrimp, tomatoes, lemongrass, galangal, and kafir lime leaves. Usually, the Thais add coconut milk to this recipe. The combination of flavors is distinctly Thai. The soup unifies the
following tastes: sweet, sour, salty, and spicy all in one bowl. It
can be found in restaurants all over the country as well as food
stands along side streets. Try it! You’ll love it! Tom Yum Gung 1.
From Panama Sancocho is a hearty Panamanian soup. It is typically regarded as a countryside dish and combines such ingredients as chicken pieces, potato, plantain, corn, sancocho, and culandro (a leaf similar in taste to cilantro). Although chicken is primarily used in
Colombia, other meats that can be utilized include hen, pork, ribs, fish, or ox tail. Some top it off with a squeeze of fresh lime. It is also served with a slice of avocado and a heaping plate of white rice. Panamanians love this meal and when you’re visiting it is 1. one of the first dishes they will recommend. Sancocho
From Germany Schweinshaxe is a great German dish. Essentially, it is a roasted
ham hock or pork knuckle. In German cuisine, it has typically been regarded as “armeleuteessen” (poor man’s food). It is usually marinated or pre-boiled in a caraway seed or garlic brine for several days. The meat (end of the pig’s leg just above the ankle and below the meaty ham portion) is then roasted until the skin is crisp. It is served with mustard, horseradish, and peppers. Schweinshaxe 1. Page 14 Global Gazette Hillside School World Mysteries
D.B. Cooper Case Closed
The last time anyone ever saw D.B. Cooper, he had parachuted out of a Pacific Northwest 727 somewhere over southern Washington with a briefcase filled with two hundred thousand dollars. The infamous th hijacking took place on November 24 , 1971 and had become one of the FBI’s longest and most exhaustive investigations. Forty-five years later the FBI is closing the case on this perplexing mystery. What ever happened to Cooper? And even more pressing: Who was he? There have been an immense number of leads in this case but none of them have panned out. The leads have ranged from cases in which people
have suspiciously come into large amounts of money to descriptions of suspects who looked like the famous composite sketch. Family members, friends, and strangers alike have sworn that they know who the infamous hijacker is but to date, none of the suspects have satisfied the authorities. Countless manpower and money have been invested in this mystery and it has all been for naught. Special Agent Frank Montoya Jr. officially closed the case on July 8th, 2016, forty-five years after Cooper jumped. In that time span, detectives and amateur sleuths have engaged in the hunt for D.B. Cooper. No one knows for sure if he even survived the ten thousand foot jump. Some suspect he parachuted into a lake where he drowned. Others say that he landed safely and perished in the woods while still others say he escaped with the money. No one knows for sure and we may never know the truth behind this fascinating case.
Mysterious Bird Deaths in Jatinga, India One of the strangest mysteries to date takes place in Jatinga, India. This village has a measly population of 2,500 residents and is the center of a bizarre rash of bird suicides. Many of the migratory birds visiting the village never leave. They drop to their inexplicable deaths on the streets. One would think that there may be something in the air or water but the case gets even more inscrutable when time is factored in. The birds plummet to their deaths precisely between 6 PM and 9:30 PM on moonless nights in September and October. The apparent suicides cease outside of those times. What on Earth could account for this mass phenomenonsuicide phenpmenon that takes these specific times into consideration? Furthermore, the death s only occur on a six- hundred foot strip of land and have been happening for centuries. Some theories that have arisen have to do with the village lights. According to this theory, the birds are attracted to the lights, then become confused and slam into buildings causing them to fall to the streets below. But, the lights haven’t been there for over a century and why doesn’t this happen in other villages? Another theory that is gaining momentum has to do with the presence of an excessive magnetic field that disorients the birds’ natural flight systems. At any
rate, the deaths have attracted the interest of wildlife organizations and tourists and thereby making the
small village famous worldwide. On a sad note, many of the local villagers have attacked the birds with
sticks after they have fallen and are injured as they believe the birds to be evil spirits sent to terrorize them.
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Int’l Trivia Teasers
10 International Trivia Questions for the Month of January
1) In which country would you find the Pripet Marshes? a) Ukraine b) Serbia c) Lithuania
2) Which city has never hosted the Olympics?
a) Cairo, Egypt b) Montreal, Canada c) Mexico City, Mexico 3) Which country does NOT border Georgia?
a) Turkey b) Armenia C) Turkmenistan
4) Which philosopher famously said: ”I only know one thing, and that is I
know nothing!” a) Aristotle b) Socrates c) Plato 5) In which South American country can you find the city of Georgetown?
a) Venezuela b) Guyana c) Colombia 6) The Magyars were a tribe located in this present-day country?
a) Bulgaria b) Romania c) Hungary
7) Jack the Ripper terrorized this district of London?
a) Whitechapel b) Westminster c) Lambeth 8) In which American city would you find the Gateway Arch?
a) Kansas City, Kansas b) Kansas City, Missouri c) St. Louis, Missouri
9) What is the most common street name in the United States? a) Main b) Park c) Second
10) Which country has the most debt in terms of percentage of GDP? a) United States b) Japan c) Italy
Answers: 1) a 2) a 3) c 4) b 5) b 6) c 7) a 8) c 9) c 10) b
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“Love” from around the world
1.
English -Love
Spanish - Amor
Korean - Aejeong
Japanese - Ai
Hindi -Mohabbat
Malay -Suka 1.
Chinese -Ai
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