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Posted on Wed, Aug. 09, 2006
Teens robbed at gunpoint at Willow Glen High School
By Laura Rheinheimer
MediaNews
Three teenagers who had taken a night-time dip in the pool at Willow Glen High School were robbed at gunpoint shortly after 10 p.m. Monday.
An 18-year-old boy, a recent Willow Glen High School graduate, and two 15-year-old girls, sophomores at the school, had jumped into the highschool pool and were getting out when two men jumped over the fence around the pool area.
The men were wearing black ski masks and were armed with handguns. One man put a gun to the head of one of the girls and demanded that the teenagers hand over their personal belongings, including money, cell phones and keys to a 2001 gold Chevy Tahoe owned by the 18-year-old.
The men jumped back over the fence and fled in the Tahoe, according to San Jose Police Department spokeswoman Gina Tepoorten.
A witness who was walking his dog near the high school saw the men jump back over the fence and called 911, according to police. The police responded, but despite a search that included the department's helicopter were not able to find the men. The Tahoe, which was equipped with an OnStar global positioning system,was found abandoned at midnight near Crescent Drive and Willow Street with some of the teenagers' personal belongings inside.
Anyone with information about the crime is asked to contact the San Jose Police Department robbery unit at 408-277-4166 or contact Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
They're cheating on the propoganda war!
This whole propoganda war, which seems to be far more important than actual goings-on of war, is getting a bit too wierd.
As if there wasn't already enough subjectivity in choosing which photos to use, which shots to take, captions to use, etc, now there's Photoshop.
Here in the newsroom, next to the photo department, I hear the disdain of professional photographers who struggle to get someone to smile for a shot. They use Photoshop to sharpen images and crop them to spec. Would you ever doctor a photo, I ask? No, come one, we're professionals.
And so, the propoganda war, tipped in favor of, or rather tipped away from the favor of Israel. But it's no small wonder, really, because of two reasons:
1--Israel is scrutinized far too much to get away with bad photoshop work.
2--I'd think Israel wouldn't do that. Besides, what would they do? Triple the number of Katyusha rockets sailing through the sky?
Reality is bad enough, nobody needs to embellish it in order to get people riled up.
Just my thoughts.
As if there wasn't already enough subjectivity in choosing which photos to use, which shots to take, captions to use, etc, now there's Photoshop.
Here in the newsroom, next to the photo department, I hear the disdain of professional photographers who struggle to get someone to smile for a shot. They use Photoshop to sharpen images and crop them to spec. Would you ever doctor a photo, I ask? No, come one, we're professionals.
And so, the propoganda war, tipped in favor of, or rather tipped away from the favor of Israel. But it's no small wonder, really, because of two reasons:
1--Israel is scrutinized far too much to get away with bad photoshop work.
2--I'd think Israel wouldn't do that. Besides, what would they do? Triple the number of Katyusha rockets sailing through the sky?
Reality is bad enough, nobody needs to embellish it in order to get people riled up.
Just my thoughts.
Monday, August 07, 2006
The J (as in journalism) life.
Yes, just like I had anticipated, it is hard work being a journalist. But I am loving every minute of it.
All the dribble babble coming out the mouths of the people at the SD seems so juvenile at this point. I hear about those who graduated and going off to mostly Bay Area newspapers for jobs. GOYA! Far off places call me even before my time is up.
I knew a group of guys who used to watch videos of them goofing off in high school, they eyes glazed over with nostalgia thinking about the "good old days."
Really? High school?
And then I see people go off to college, graduate, and instead of going out to seek their fortune, they take a job either at the college or where they are dealing with college kids.
School is just a passage to discover who you are, what you love and who you want to be. It's like the birth canal; you shouldn't want to stay there.
And now I can honestly say I've had a taste for what the big abyss is going to be like. Sure it's a bit overwhelming, but I am certainly grateful it's not commanded by some talentless group of puffed up boys who somehow landed manager positions. If I wanted to surround myself with bullies who get off on power, I would have joined the force.
I'm quite skeptical of the motives behind wanting to stay in that transitional phase, full of uncertainty and a bit of recklessness in many ways.
All the dribble babble coming out the mouths of the people at the SD seems so juvenile at this point. I hear about those who graduated and going off to mostly Bay Area newspapers for jobs. GOYA! Far off places call me even before my time is up.
I knew a group of guys who used to watch videos of them goofing off in high school, they eyes glazed over with nostalgia thinking about the "good old days."
Really? High school?
And then I see people go off to college, graduate, and instead of going out to seek their fortune, they take a job either at the college or where they are dealing with college kids.
School is just a passage to discover who you are, what you love and who you want to be. It's like the birth canal; you shouldn't want to stay there.
And now I can honestly say I've had a taste for what the big abyss is going to be like. Sure it's a bit overwhelming, but I am certainly grateful it's not commanded by some talentless group of puffed up boys who somehow landed manager positions. If I wanted to surround myself with bullies who get off on power, I would have joined the force.
I'm quite skeptical of the motives behind wanting to stay in that transitional phase, full of uncertainty and a bit of recklessness in many ways.
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