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My very first Thanksgiving in Italy was turned into a challenge when everyone got so excited they invited half of Tuscany to join us. There I was, the new Americana on the block, and not used to having familiar cooking utensils (Italian mamas use a fork for everything), few familiar ingredients, and ovens calibrated in centigrade; or just not calibrated at all what with the fire blazing over in the corner (near the fire, very hot oven; farther away from the fire, less hot oven).
Searching hither and yon I managed to find sweet potatoes and brown sugar. My Mom sent measuring cups, baking powder and pecans. My one friend, who by the luck of the stars was coming to Italy, hand-carried a few bags of cranberries. She also warned me about the turkey. She'd tried this once before but her turkey was all floppy. Turns out her Florentine butcher de-boned the thing and it's awfully hard to stuff a de-boned turkey, or so she warned.
The turkey I left up to chubby and angelic looking Valerio the Butcher, who happened to also be one of the guests. He had a chat with his poultry guy and ordered up 2 turkeys for Wednesday delivery, not a second to spare. When I went back to clarify (no heads, no feet, bones in), he told me they were going to come in small as there were no big ones available that time of year. Not to worry he said, if we ran out of food we can all eat pane e olio – bread and oil. Seems Valerio wasn't too sure about this big ole American feast, and he wasn't alone.
Brunero, Valerio's brother and owner of the restaurant where this whole shebang was going to take place, told me we'd be cooking the birds in his wood-burning pizza oven since that's the only oven they use. And he followed up that bit of news with his big idea that we could make one American version and one Italian version, the only problem being trying to sell the American one. Ha ha.
The turkeys arrived on schedule, beautiful and hormone free. What, no artificially inflated breast? No surgically inserted pop-up temperature guide? What I thought at the time was, they are just beautiful. Mostly legs, small breasts. I think turkeys are supposed to look like that.
The final menu, dictated by what ingredients I could get my hands on and somewhat by what I thought the Italians might actually eat, was:
On the day of, when I headed into the restaurant's kitchen and got a look at Brunero's turkey, I got nervous, more nervous I should say. It was gorgeous, covered with sage and rosemary, garlic and oil. Inside there was more garlic and loads of the fresh herbs he'd plucked himself from the bountiful Tuscan earth. It looked so savory good, I couldn't wait to have a bite. Mine, I had soaked overnight in brine, stuffed with cornbread/sausage dressing, and covered with oil, sage, lemon, and orange juices and zests.
So there they were, ready be slid into the pizza oven on the back of a peel. The Italian turkey was plopped down in a pan, legs splayed wide open looking all relaxed. It was clear which was the uptight, prudish American turkey: the one with its wings carefully tucked under and its legs and cavity neatly trussed up just so. Brunero's gave off heavenly aromas every time he pulled it toward the front of the oven to baste with wine. My entry was already less pretty to look at, and then it didn't cook through because the oven with the open fire was so hot and fast. I had to un-stuff it and actually split it open and slide it back into the oven.
In the end though, his was dry as a bone and mine was juicy good. No trouble at all selling the American turkey. USA No. 1.
We sat around tables decorated with trace-your-hand-turkeys and had a little history lesson on the Pilgrims before dinner. The 20 guests loved everything. The five Americans thought it was very authentic; the 15 Italians found it all very exotic. I even spied Angiola, whose judgment for me is always the final word, using a bit of bread to sop up the last drops of cranberry sauce.
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It's Back: FBI Announcing Desire To Wiretap The Internet
from the but-do-they-really-need-it? dept
Either way, it appears that the geniuses over at the Justice Department and the FBI don't seem to care. Despite plenty of people raising these concerns, it's still going forward with a push for such laws. The plan that will be pushed would require any technology provider to offer up a way for law enforcement to spy on "Web-based e-mail, social networking sites, and peer-to-peer communications technology." Of course, the feds already have subpoena powers to get email and social networking info, when appropriate. And, as Kevin Bankston points out in the article linked above, the FBI demanded and received wiretapping abilities over such things a few years ago -- but hasn't explained why that wasn't sufficient. Either way, it's the P2P part that's really questionable, because basically they're asking for a way to wiretap encrypted voice systems like Skype.
What's stunning to me is that the feds don't even seem to consider the inevitable unintended consequences of forcing such wiretapping backdoors into these forms of communications. Such backdoors will almost certainly be hacked by those with malicious intent. If the feds thought Wikileaks and groups like Anonymous were troubling now, just wait until they can also record and listen to a growing number of voice calls.
And, for those who support these kinds of wiretaps, claiming that without them the FBI will "have no way to know" what these people are talking about, that's a bogus complaint. There are all sorts of other ways to figure out what people are doing. It's called basic detective work, and it's what our law enforcement folks are supposed to be doing. Just because it sometimes takes work is no reason to throw our basic privacy rights out the window.


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Knowledge instead of Oil
Arabic is not a language one learns merely to pass the time. When the rector of a German elite university spends more than a year of his precious free time to sit and memorize Arabic vocabulary, then there must be a good reason.
And Burkhard Rauhut has one. The long-serving rector of the RWTH Aachen University has been a professor emeritus ever since mid-2008, but he is already facing new responsibilities. Since 1 September, he has headed the German University of Technology in Oman (GUtech), an affiliate of the RWTH located in Masqat, the capital of the Sultanate of Oman. The country in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula has three million inhabitants, is famous for its incense and mountains, attracts geologists from all over the world, and has amassed a fortune in oil wealth. But in terms of university education, the country is more or less breaking new ground with this project.
In Aachen, Rauhut had 30,000 students, while the student population of the German University should only reach 2000 in a few years. The university is provisionally housed in two beachfront villas on the Arabian Sea. The building plans for the new campus hang on the notice board. "We want to begin small," says Rauhut. There is more deliberation here than in neighbouring countries.
The future lies with knowledge
A real education boom has begun in the Gulf Emirates. As the oil frenzy approaches its end, the sheiks are placing their bets on education to ensure a future for their principalities. The raw material of tomorrow is knowledge. Focus is given to the natural sciences, economics, and technical fields. In order to quickly get ahead and because high quality is desired, they are simply buying what they need – usually from the west. And the universities are pleased to come, especially those from Australia, Britain, and the USA. The Gulf states prosper, there are university positions to be obtained, and education is turned into a highly successful export. Where else can you get a complete campus served up on a silver platter?
Qatar, for instance, has constructed a gigantic "Education City" and numerous American universities offer their programs there. In the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the Sorbonne has opened an affiliate institution and the New York University is also represented. Dubai proudly shows off its "Knowledge Village" and its ruler, Sheik Mohammed al Maktum has announced a 10 billion dollar foundation to promote knowledge and research. Even Saudi Arabia, not exactly known as a country that values science, aims to attract an international scholarly elite to the country's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Some 12.5 billion dollars has already been set aside. Among those interested in participating is the Munich Technical University.
The opportunity enjoyed by the RWTH Aachen University in Oman has a great deal to do with Michael Jansen, Professor of Urban History at RWTH. The founding rector of the German University, he set up an archaeological park in the Sultanate and established a close-knit academic network over many years, without which there would not have been an Aachen affiliate.
A different culture of learning
The students will be able study in the Faculties of Information Technology, Earth Sciences, Urban Planning, Regional Management, and Tourism. The student fees amount to around 4000 euros a semester. The German University in Oman is not meant to be a teaching institute, but, above all, a research university. The funds for the campus, staff, and research come exclusively from Omani investors – and the content exclusively from Aachen. Appointments are similarly made through the RWTH.
"The greatest challenge will be to maintain our quality. There is a different culture of learning in these countries. Here, memorization is emphasized. We want to promote creativity and independent work," says Rauhut. To ensure quality, the DAAD is also involved. There is a preparation year in order to bring the future students up to necessary university standards. Those who don't pass the exams at the end of the "foundation year" are not accepted.
Günter Flügge, retired Professor of Physics, instructs the new students in mathematics and physics. Looking out from the windows, one can see the waters of the Arabian Sea slowly lapping up onto the shore and fishing boats rocking in the blistering heat. Inside, in room 313, the air conditioning provides for comfortably cool surroundings. Nonetheless, the brains of the young students are heated up. Seven young women sit at tables in two rows. Most are wearing head scarves – black, red, and even leopard patterned. Their laptops and handbags are on the desks. Two young men sit next to them.
Flügge is reviewing the material from last semester with them. Next week are exams. They are covering Faraday's laws and the Newton's third law. The students have to develop the formulas themselves. "That is the best way to understand them," explains Flügge. "Here, they want to learn the formulas by rote and just apply them. They aren't interested in why the formulas exist," he says.
Progress in Oman
Talal enjoys this different style of instruction. He is 20 years old and wants to study earth sciences. He would prefer to someday earn his living in Oman. "We haven't cloned the RWTH. Instead, the courses have simply been tailored for Oman," says Barbara Stäuble, academic director of GUtech. The choice of study material should conform to the regional conditions, just as the manner in which the material is taught. Only the degrees must be equivalent.
"The quality should be the same as that in Aachen," says Christoph Hilgers, vice-rector of the university, "and the way to get there will be a different one." It will also take time, even when the country under the rule of Sultan Qaboos bin Said has made rapid progress. In 1970, there were only three primary schools in Oman with room for 900 boys. Today, there are over 1000 schools for boys and girls and there are over 17,000 students in the country, the majority of whom are women. "Quantitatively, they have caught up quite a bit, but, in terms of quality, there is still a lot to do," says Stäuble. This is a problem that Oman shares with most countries in the Arab world.
Education: The plight of the Arab world
The miserable state of education here is highlighted by the United Nations' Arab Human Development Report. It investigated the quality and quantity of the educational systems in the 22 countries of the Arab League. The results were bitter. Only 0.2 percent of GDP was spent on research in the Arab world (compared to 2.3 percent in Israel and 2.5 percent in Germany). Patent applications are practically non-existent, while the level of illiteracy is shockingly high. Only two universities from the 57 member states of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) make it into the international ranking of the top 500 universities – and both of them are in Turkey. In addition, there is a massive brain drain. Every fourth university graduate emigrates, usually to Europe or the USA.
At least the problem is recognized. And in some countries, an effort is being made, particularly in Qatar. The country is tiny – a strip of sand projecting out from the edge of the Arabian Peninsula into the Persian Gulf, some 160 kilometres long and 80 kilometres wide, with a million inhabitants, 800,000 of who are expatriates, mostly from Asia.
The Lonely Planet travel guide once referred to the capital city of Doha as the most boring spot on the planet. Those times are long gone. The Emirate under the leadership of Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is now the stage of international conferences, the Al Jazeera news network has its headquarters here, and the small country is said to be sitting on a sea of oil and the third largest gas reserves in the world. While this will one day run out, the ruling family is investing heavily in education in order to build an economy independent of oil and gas.
Study like in America, live like in Arabia
The flagship of this endeavour is Education City, built by international star architects. Top American universities offer their programs here: Carnegie Mellon educates computer experts and managers, Weill Cornell Medical College trains doctors, the Texas A&M College specializes in engineering, and Georgetown University has a program for diplomats. Here, also, young men and women study together. The exact same programs are on offer here as in the USA. The same goes for the selection procedure, graduation standards, and degrees. The motto is "study like in America, live like in Arabia" – a better alternative for many students from the region after the events of 11 September.
This is particularly the case for women, as many families in Muslim countries prefer not to send their daughters abroad without a chaperone. They have benefited most from such education initiatives. The driving force behind the education offensive is the Qatar Foundation, which was initiated by a woman – Sheikha Mouza, wife of the Emir.
A glimpse of the university buildings makes it clear that funding has not posed the slightest problem. Students from Germany's dilapidated mega universities would simply break down in tears. The lecture halls are furnished with wood panelling, the chairs have armrests, the tables are equipped with microphones, live video-lectures from the USA are available, and there are work areas with the latest computers for students along the corridors. The campus also includes a science park where international companies such as Shell employ graduates to carry out development work. There is even an adjacent golf course. Admission fees are the same as in the USA – some 15,000 dollars a year at Texas A&M. Students from Qatar can study for free, courtesy of the state.
The only thing familiar from the west that is missing here is the student lifestyle. Most students live with their parents, go to the university in the morning and come home in the evening. On weekends, they meet with friends and family and go on excursions. "The way in which we have fun here is rather different than in the USA," says one female student. She doesn't give the impression that she is missing out on anything.
From brain drain to brain gain
What Education City lacks is more students. The campus was built to accommodate thousands of students – until now there are only 1000. The students are not only to come from Qatar, but also from the whole region, even the whole world. It is meant to become a hub of knowledge. There is still a long road to travel to reach this goal. And it must also be demonstrated that such an education import is sustainable.
This past May, 122 students were the first to graduate from the university. Celebrations were held with great pomp. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was even flown in from London. Guests included foreign dignitaries, academics, and journalists. The students marched past in their gowns between two pillars of light. In his speech, Emir al-Thani praised the students for paving the way towards a "knowledge-based society."
Noor is one of the graduates, having completed a degree in economics. She wears jeans, lipstick, and an elegant headscarf. She could have chosen to go to a university in the USA, she explains in perfect American English, but wanted to remain in Qatar because of her family. She has started up a translation bureau in Doha. A fellow graduate has begun her career at a bank. She says she also wanted to remain in the country. "We can't force students to stay here, but we must do something so that they see remaining here as the better choice," says Fathy Saoud, President of the Qatar Foundation. "In the long-term, we want to transform the brain drain into a brain gain."
Arnfrid Schenk
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Translated from the German by John Bergeron
German-Jordanian University
An Absolute Novelty in the Middle East
The German-Jordanian University, GJU, opened its doors in mid-October. The study programs are designed according to the model of German Universities of Applied Sciences. In this interview, Labib Khadra, GJU president, talks about the university's goals
The Geopolitical Significance of the Gulf Region
The World's Gas Station
In geopolitical terms, the Gulf region has increased in importance over the last few years. The decisive factor in that process has been the presence of large oil and gas reserves in the area as well as its ambivalent relationship with Iran. Christian Koch looks at the rise of the six monarchies which make up the Gulf Cooperation Council
Cultural Politics in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Frighteningly Giant Leaps
The new concept of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair is only a part of the new cultural policy in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Mona Naggar examines the high-flying cultural ambitions of the UAE's richest emirate
Women in Oman
"We Are Better!"
In 1970, when Sultan Qaboos came to power, Oman had only two schools, not one of them for girls. Today, the country's public university protects itself from the female onslaught with a men's quota. Charlotte Wiedemann reports


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DES MOINES, Iowa (June 24, 2010) - Needing to record a top 16 time in the preliminaries of the 100m, senior Buccaneer sprinter Duronal Monal (Belle Glade, Fla.) came up one one-hundreth of a second short of qualifying for the semifinals Thursday evening at 2010 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, located at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Monal, who was facing a stiff field including Olympian athletes, finished 18th overall with a time of 10.57 in the prelims.
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Choosing the Right Law School / Re: Tulane (25K) or St. John's full ride« on: April 25, 2009, 04:04:44 PM »
As a (long time ago) grad of Oyster Bay High School, I hear your comments about wanting something different than Long Island... but law school doesn't leave a whole heck of alot of 'fun time'... especially if you want to be in that top 20% of the class that gets BIGLaw opportunities. As for the appeal of New Orleans, my first visit there was for a bachelor party in mid-March... it's DEFINITELY a place to go for a fun time, but I don't know about living there. In fact, my gut feeling is that the things that make it such a fun place to be are really the last temptations a law student needs if they want to be a top student... I know I'd be sucked into Bourbon Street far too often. ;-)
Well, Rob, I will trust you on every thing else, but I just wanted to speak to living in New Orleans while going to law school, since I'm at Tulane now.
Bourbon St, I have found, is not really a problem. Uptown can be a world away from the French Quarter and Bourbon St if it needs to be. I guess it could take self-control not to go there, but honestly, you will be so busy your 1L year, you will not even think about it.
Granted, I don't have any other law school experience to compare it to, since this is the only one I have. But as I've said, Bourbon St is really not a problem. It just provides a nice place to unwind/go crazy when it is time to do so.
I'm at Tulane with KC'sGF, and I'm going to go ahead and second her sentiments. In the two years I've been here, I've been to Bourbon street maybe 5 times. I think every one of those times was because I had people visiting me from out of town. Trust me, Bourbon gets old pretty fast. When I go out, its usually to a bar a few blocks from where I live, or down on Frenchman street. But I really don't feel any temptation to go out when I'm studying. Facebook interferes with studying a lot more than the party scene down here.
One of the best things about going to school in New Orleans, though, is the Mardi Gras break we get every year. Everything in the city shuts down for 4 days and everyone just has a great time.
Also, I don't know it it helps the OP or not, but I can definitely see firsthand Tulane's national reach. I'm from the Midwest, but I worked here in New Orleans last summer and I'll be in New Jersey this summer. (I have absolutely no contacts in New Jersey.) I have friends that have spent their summers in Birmingham, Dallas, Chicago, Houston, DC, NYC, Atlanta, LA, San Diego, and Rwanda (to name just a few). Some of them clerked for judges, some worked at mid-sized firms, and some worked in BigLaw.


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The 99 cent store near my house is amazing! You can find the greatest stuff there, not to mention really good food, and everything only costs 99 cents! And no one speaks English, not even the clerks. You have to speak either Armenian or Spanish to buy anything. I've always jokingly told people that if I were to ever marry, I'd register there. I didn't think they actually had a registry, though. Wow. Beats Macy's.
A relationship......or do you think that doesn't exist unless someone pronounces some magic words over a couple?
This is very true. What alot of people fail to understand is that there are a few gay men who genuinely care for one another and have established a life together. A few of my friends are in this state. These men really do love eachother, and although I think love is misplaced (because I believe homosexual relationships outside of God's will), I do not deny the genuiness of their bond with one another.
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Look! Wall-Mounted Organization Projects
Running on our annual small burst of New Year's energy (which usually lasts about one week), we tackled a few home organization projects. Weirdly, all of them involved hanging stuff on the walls.
For the bathroom, we bought a two-tiered acrylic shelf from the Container Store ($25), a purchase we've been meaning to make for a long time. The tea tins on the shelf stash our cotton balls, q-tips, and band-aids.
In the kitchen, we made our own pegboard organizer (and wrote up the step-by-step process here). It's been a great space-saver for our pots, pans, and kitchen utensils, which were previously spilling out of our tiny kitchen's cabinets.
We also bought a magnetic knife strip ($20) at the Container Store to replace our old knife block and free up some precious counter space.
To quote Tina Fey on decorganizing, "It's a new beginning, like a Phoenix rising..." Okay, maybe not, but at least now we have a designated spot for our potato peeler, and that's really the first step to getting your life in order, right? ☺ Happy 2010!
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Monday, August 31, 2009
All Over The Map
GOING DOWN: It's no surprise to anyone who follows population figures, but the folks at Nielsen Media Research have announced that the Cleveland TV market continues to lose position in its market rankings.
From the TV ratings giant's release:
The Top 10 local markets, known in the industry as Designated Market Areas or DMAs, will remain the same this season, with a few rank changes in the Top 20. Moving up are Seattle, from 14 to 13, and Denver from 18 to 16. Tampa, Miami and Cleveland are each down one rank.
That drops Cleveland on the new list (PDF link) for 2009/2010 to America's 18th largest market, down from 17. Cleveland's still a top 20 market, but hanging by a thread...if the current population trends continue, that will change in about three years.
Columbus faired worse, actually, as far as losing rank. It fell two ranks, from 32 to 34. Cincinnati gained one place, and moves ahead of Columbus to become the 33nd largest TV market in the country.
Dayton drops one rank, from 64 to 65. Toledo holds steady at 73. Youngstown drops one place to 110. Wheeling-Steubenville is unchanged at 159. Lima is unchanged at 186. Parkersburg(/Marietta) drops one place at 194. And tiny Zanesville is still the 203rd largest market in America...
NO GAMES FOR NOW: OMW informed you earlier that Time Warner Cable's Northeast Ohio Network ("NEON") was trying to add more Akron area games to its extensive high school football broadcast schedule...which already had plenty of games for Cleveland and Canton area viewers.
Well, not yet, at any rate.
TWC local VP and OMW reader Bill Jasso tells us that the cable company was "unable to get an agreement with the local production company to do the Akron area games" due to financial terms, as in the pricetag presented by that unnamed production company being too high for TWC.
TWC's Travis Reynolds says if any Akron area games are added, they'll be announced on a "game by game basis", with the package deal apparently out of consideration now...
GLENN BECK...WHERE?: We had to ask around, double-check and confirm this one.
Premiere syndicated radio talk show host Glenn Beck has landed a Youngstown-market affiliate, and it's not at all the kind of station you'd expect.
An OMW reader tipped us that "The Glenn Beck Program" started airing live, 9 AM-noon, last week...on...oh, wait, we have to drag this out.
No, not on Clear Channel talk WKBN/570 Youngstown, which would be the natural affiliate choice for the syndicated conservative talker. WKBN programs the 9 AM-noon time slot locally with program director Dan Rivers' show, in the time slot long occupied by the late Dan Ryan.
Beck's program, indeed, shows up nowhere on the WKBN program schedule, even in weekend or repeat form.
It has, however, landed on a quite unusual affiliate - Beacon Media Group Christian/eclectic rocker WEXC/107.1 Greenville PA, the Youngstown market rimshot known as "Indie 107.1".
No, we're not kidding.
Our ears in the market tells that despite running Beck's show Monday through Saturday in the 9-noon slot (yes, even a weekend repeat), "Indie" maintains its locally programmed mix of Christian rock music and other compatible tunes outside of those hours.
That noise you hear is coming from Central Point OR, where Talk Radio Network sales folks are probably trying to talk to Beacon's Harold Glunt as we put up this item, trying to get him to surround Beck's show with their own programming. (OK, so we're just speculating. TRN's Michael Savage and Phil Hendrie air weeknights on WKBN.)
HE'S ADAM STEVENS, SAMANTHA'S SON, APPARENTLY: Like most local TV stations do during locally-aired NFL football broadcasts, Gannett NBC affiliate WKYC/3 in Cleveland airs "halftime news" during its Cleveland Browns contests.
Local TV Fox affiliate WJW/8 did so last year when it was the local outlet for ESPN's "Monday Night Football" broadcasts involving the Browns. The NFL requires that cable networks sell local rights to cable-only broadcasts in markets where the teams in the game are based.
And like WJW, WKYC records these spots...it makes no sense to force anchors to sit around in the studio when the time of the report depends on the timing of the game. And these mini-newscasts are almost extended promos for the late news, anyway.
WKYC's "halftime news" in the middle of Saturday night's Browns preseason game with the Tennessee Titans featured a couple of news stories, a weather forecast, and sports...delivered by weekend sports anchor Dave Chudowsky.
Then, two minutes after the newscast ended, it was back to the live broadcast of the game, and right before kickoff, a recap from sideline reporter Dave Chudowsky.
If you didn't know the news was taped before, seeing Chudowsky transform from a suit (on the WKYC set) to wearing an orange-colored polo shirt with the WKYC logo (on the field) in two minutes was enough to make you wonder if his name is really Clark Kent.
Even if Channel 3's helicopter was still in service, it couldn't transfer him from 13th and Lakeside to the stadium site in under two minutes, with a clothing change, even if the copter landed on the field right where Chudowsky's live shot took place.
A suggestion to our friends at WKYC - skip Chudowsky's presence in the taped halftime news entirely, and have anchor Jeff Maynor read whatever sports headlines lead back into the game.
Or, put a big red "C" on Chudowsky's chest...and rush him to the helicopter pad at 13th and Lakeside.
Or maybe invoke the classic TV memory of "Bewitched"'s Samantha Stevens, as we did in this subheader. Adam was her warlock son...
SPEAKING OF WKYC'S BROWNS PRESEASON GAMES: It took us a while, but we found out which Dayton outlet has been running the Browns' practice contests this preseason.
And as pointed out in a graphic during last Saturday's game, it's Cox CBS affiliate WHIO/7. Well, sort of.
We can't find the original item about it on WHIO's website, but the Dayton station committed to three Browns preseason games this year from the feed based at WKYC.
However, only one of those games, the Browns' contest with the Detroit Lions, aired on WHIO's main signal. The other two games, including last Saturday's game with the Titans, aired on WHIO's weather subchannel (WHIO-DT 7.2).
Notice that we're talking about it in the past tense, and we said WHIO committed to "three" games...the station is not carrying this Thursday's pre-season final Browns preseason game against the Chicago Bears, either on the main WHIO signal or 7.2.
As Dayton's CBS affiliate, WHIO will air at least some Browns games from the national feed in the regular season, though we presume the nearby Bengals will have priority...
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- J. Moses(Tri-State Media Watch Editor) said...
You're correct about the Bengals. Dayton is in the primary market for the Bengals, and as such Bengals contests receive top priority on that station.
Well this is not the first time we have seen one person appear live and on tape in the same night.
During the infamous "Monday Night Wars," there was an intense competition between WWF (and yes they had the "F" in back in those days) and WCW.
Back in 1998, WWF taped it's flagship show "Raw is War" live one week, and taped the next week. During one of the taped shows, viewers saw a wrestler named "Ravishing" Rick Rude wrestling.
However, in the week between when the show was taped and when the show was aired, Rude jumped ship and signed a contract with WCW. Since their flagship show "Monday Night Nitro" was done live every week. Rude appeared on Nitro. Thus, he appeared on two seperate television programs on the same night on different networks.
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Here is the link to a July story on WHIO's website about pre-season Browns games. It mentions carrying two games for sure, with a third likely:
- emery_r said...
I posted my earlier comment too quickly -- just found another good link from the Dayton Daily News expounding some more on the WHIO-Browns connection:
This takes me back to my childhood in the 1960s, growing up near Dayton. The Browns were THE team back then in Dayton; it took a long time for the Bengals to gain any traction with local fans after they came along in 1968. Since the Bengals were AFL, am I right in recalling that there were no conflicts about "primary markets", etc. until after the AFL merged with the NFL? My fuzzy memory tells me the Browns were on every single week in Dayton during the 1960s, no matter what.


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Britnee Kellogg Gets Motherly Advice From Jennifer Lopez on 'American Idol'
Britnee Kellogg knows a thing or two about heartbreak. On tonight's 'American Idol,' the blond bombshell and mother of two told the story of her lyin', cheatin', good for nothin' ex-husband who held her back so he could pursue his own basketball career. (And in Kellogg's words, "pursue other women," too).
So it only makes sense that Kellogg sang the girl power anthem, 'You're No Good,' originally performed by Linda Ronstadt. Steven Tyler said it best, "You have a beautiful sense of humor." Kellogg's voice was powerful and full of conviction. We could tell she really believed in what she was singing and with her past, we can see why! One judge in particular was digging Brittnee's performance. None other than Jennifer Lopez! Might it have something to do with her recent divorce from Marc Anthony? We can only wonder…
As the judges gave Kellogg their blessing to move onto Hollywood, Brittnee asked Lopez if it's difficult to pursue a career in entertainment being a mother and Lopez gave Kellogg a wonderful piece of advice, "You have to be happy to make them happy." You can say that again sister!
In the words of Britnee's little son, "My mom is the next 'American Idol'."
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Cequent Electrical Products intends to lay off 42 employees — mostly production workers — at its Tekonsha, Mich., facility, according to a report by the Battle Creek Enquirer. The layoffs will be completed by July, the company said.
The facility will remain in operation, but the cuts will reduce its staff level by about one-third, leaving 88 employees at Tekonsha while the company moves a portion of its manufacturing business to Mexico, a company spokesman said.
"Tekonsha is going to remain the center for all electrical product development" for the company, said Cequent's spokesman, Al Upchurch of the Farmington Hills-based public-relations firm Marx Layne & Co. "The company will continue to invest in that key area of their business."
Cequent manufactures automotive brake controls as well as lighting equipment for recreational vehicles and trailers, Upchurch said. One of its electronic brake-control brands for trailers carries the Tekonsha name.
Upchurch said the company intends to move manufacture of original-equipment and aftermarket brake controls to a facility based in the city of Reynosa, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Production of the company's Bargman brand lighting products also is being moved to Reynosa, he said. Aftermarket products are sold to auto-supply stores for use in repairs.
The transfer of production to Mexico "allows Cequent to remain competitive and ensures that a large piece of its automotive business will remain with the company through 2019," Upchurch said.
Upchurch said the layoffs would occur in two phases, the first to be completed by the end of March 2012 and the second by the end of July.
The Battle Creek Enquirer reported that Tekonsha Village President Corey Wood said he and other village officials have been in touch with representatives of the Michigan Economic Development Corp., which works with communities to foster new business.
"My hopes are that we can get a little closer relationship with the MEDC and see what they can do for us," Wood said. "We've got a beautiful industrial park, and Tekonsha is in a great location for picking up business, especially with the closeness of the highway and state roads." The village of about 700 residents lies southeast of the intersection of Interstate 69 and M-60.
The local facility opened in 1963 under the name Tekonsha Engineering and was bought in 2002 by Cequent, a division of Bloomfield Hills-based TriMas Corp. The company also cut its Tekonsha staffing by about 50 employees in the spring of 2009.
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The Lady Bisons won their second tennis match of the weekend, edging Central Arkansas 4-3 Saturday in Paducah, Ky.
Winning singles matches for the Lady Bisons were Erin Moakler, Emily Ellis, Casey Hall and Caitlin Khouri.
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No.1: Keilova-Colclough (UCA) def. Jann-Moakler (LU), 8-4
No.2: Miller-Payne (UCA) def. Ellis-Ellis (LU), 8-5
No.3: Hall-Khouri (LU) def. McCullough-Short (UCA), 8-4
No.1: Petra Keilova (UCA) def. Raphaela Jann (LU), 6-2, 6-3
No.2: Erin Moakler (LU) def. Rebecca Miller (UCA), 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
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Of the 15 LeFlore County high school basketball teams left in postseason play, seven of them — Poteau's girls, Heavener's boys, Spiro's boys, Pocola's boys, Talihina's boys, Howe's girls and Talihina's girls — are just a win away from automatically qualifying for next week's area tournaments.These seven teams are in winner's-bracket games Thursday night in their respective regional tournaments. A win will not only put them into Saturday night's regional title games, but they will automatically qualify for going on to the area tournaments as doing no worse than being regional runners-up.The other eight teams will try to stave off elimination for three straight days beginning Thursday to make it to the next stage. If the Whitesboro Bulldogs and the Bokoshe Lady Tigers do so, they will find themselves at the Class B State Tournament next week.Playoff ScheduleThursdayClass 4ARegional TournamentAt Fort GibsonPoteau boys vs. Jay, 3 p.m.Poteau girls vs. Fort Gibson, 6:30 p.m.Class 3ARegional TournamentsAt Muskogee Civic CenterHeavener girls vs. Wyandotte, 1:30 p.m.Heavener boys vs. Kansas, 8 p.m.At WilburtonSpiro girls vs. Coalgate, 1:30 p.m.Spiro boys vs. Antlers, 8 p.m.Class 2ARegional TournamentsAt PanamaPanama girls vs. Quinton, 1:30 p.m.Pocola boys vs. Oktaha, 8 p.m.At TalihinaTalihina girls vs. Savanna, 6:30 p.m.Talihina boys vs. Wewoka, 8 p.m.At CrowderWister girls vs. Crowder, 1:30 p.m.Howe boys vs. Porter Consolidated, 3 p.m.Howe girls vs. Preston, 6:30 p.m.Class B Area TournamentAt KingstonBokoshe girls vs. Kinta, 6:30 p.m.Whitesboro boys vs. Bennington, 8 p.m.FridayClass 4ARegional TournamentAt Fort GibsonPoteau-Jay boys winner vs. Muldrow-Inola loser, 3 p.m.Poteau-Fort Gibson girls loser vs. Hilldale-Wagoner winner, 6:30 p.m.Class 3ARegional TournamentsAt Muskogee Civic CenterHeavener-Kansas boys loser vs. Newkirk-Vian winner, 3 p.m.Heavener-Wyandotte girls winner vs. Verdigris-Vian loser, 6:30 p.m.At AntlersSpiro-Antlers boys loser vs. Tishomingo-Davis winner, 3 p.m.Spiro-Coalgate girls winner vs. Hugo-Davis loser, 6:30 p.m.Class 2ARegional TournamentsAt TalihinaPocola-Oktaha boys loser vs. Stratford-Tushka winner, 3 p.m.Panama-Quinton girls winner vs. Talihina-Savanna loser, 6:30 p.m.Talihina-Wewoka boys loser vs. Quinton-Sallisaw/Central winner, 8 p.m.At CrowderWister-Crowder girls winner vs. Colbert-Silo loser, 1:30 p.m.Howe-Porter Consolidated boys winner vs. Haworth-Vanoss loser, 3 p.m.Howe-Preston girls loser vs. Haworth-Caddo winner, 6:30 p.m.Class B Area TournamentAt KingstonBokoshe-Kinta girls winner vs. Midway-Eagletown winner, 1:30 p.m.Whitesboro-Bennington boys winner vs. McCurtain-Kinta winner, 3 p.m.SaturdayClass 4ARegional TournamentAt Fort GibsonConsolation Title Games, 1:30 and 3 p.m.Girls Regional Title Game, 6:30 p.m.Class 3ARegional TournamentsAt Muskogee Civic CenterConsolation Title Games, 1:30 and 3 p.m.Boys Regional Title Game, 8 p.m.At AntlersConsolation Title Games, 1:30 and 3 p.m.Boys Regional Title Game, 8 p.m.Class 2ARegional TournamentsAt TalihinaConsolation Title Games, 1:30 and 3 p.m.Championships, 6:30 and 8 p.m.At CrowderConsolation Title Games, 1:30 and 3 p.m.Girls Championship, 6:30 p.m.Class B Area TournamentsAt KingstonConsolation Title Games, 6:30 and 8 p.m. (winners to state)


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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have been dating since his very public and well publicized split from actress Demi Moore in 2011. Now, it seems, Ashton and Mila are talking marriage, and all I can say is SLOW IT DOWN PEOPLE.
The rumor got started when their former costar from That '70s Show, Laura Prepon, claimed that she is going to be a bridesmaid and that it's not a question of IF, but when the two are going to be wed. Sounds pretty delicious, no? At least as far as rumors go. And yet, I can't help think: Wasn't he JUST married to Demi?
A person needs time to adjust to a new life and to be single. He may not need to date around or play the field, but getting married again? That's a different proposition.
Marriage is a massive commitment, one that ought to be taken very seriously. If a person can be divorced once, it only makes sense that they would need time and distance away from that marriage to reassess their lives, figure out what went wrong, and bring their newfound wisdom into their new marriage.
Ashton hasn't had that time. He was dating Mila before he was two feet out the door of the house he shared with Demi. It's hard to imagine he has processed anything. That might be fine for him, but for Mila? That could be a nightmare.
She would be smart to encourage him to wait it out. He needs to give it time. Maybe they get married in a year or so, let his divorce breathe a bit. Any sooner and they are just asking for it ...
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I almost cried when I saw Kamshin die, I didnt realize how much I liked him until I saw him leaving. The entirety of this episode was just amazing, when this series ends there is going to be a huge void left in my heart...Im going to miss this
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I'm.. speechless. (not in a bad way) this episode was just..emotional. How Khamshin died, Xanadu was created and.. I assume Yuji was seperated from SnH?
Anyway, I'll type up a proper review once the subs come out. Judging by the preview, Yuji is still SoF? o_O And he's still fighting Shana? O_O
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So the summoned third god shows up at the climax, talks about Engage Link's plan and then just disappears... . I found that scene hilarious since I thought that was supposed to be Shana's trump card. Yuji also laughs it off since Engage Link's plan doesn't prevent the creation of Xanadu.
Silly Bel Peol, you forgot to let Yuji return to his original form before separating him from the God of Creation. Or is because Yuji himself can transform back? I just wish that if there was a final fight with Shana, Yuji should have the appearance he had for the past two seasons.
With how the story is going, I highly doubt the story will end bittersweet. Yuji will reveal his last plan to Shana and I guess the fight will be how they make up (because after fighting a war on opposite sides, they both need to vent out their stress by punching each other). I wonder what Yuji's plan is since I can't think of anything off the top of my head.
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10/10. Wow, this was probably the best episode of the series! The animation was really good most of the episode and I loved the character interactions. The music played was very fitting most of the time as well. I especially liked the music that was played when the tomogara were leaving the world. It gave an epic feel to the moment.
I have watched the raw version of the episode, but I think that I understood most of it. Shaher was summoned at the same time as when SnH was initiating the creation of Xanadu. Talk about timing. And the God leaves just as quick as she was summoned. That is who she is, the God of Guidance. Her job is to perform an oracle in order to guide the people and nothing else. It looks like nobody can deny her words, since she's speaking through some kind of telepathy. And the oracle is about Pheles and Johan of all people. Looks like nobody expected this.
So the Engage Link sacrificed their own existences to 'create' a new one? I guess that this is Johan's way for life to overcome death. He knew that he was dying and that there was no way for him to live on. Since he and Pheles didn't want to be separated, they came up with this desperate plan. Now they'll always be together in a way. I guess this shows their love for each other. This feat was never accomplished before, since Azis (who was actually shown this episode) failed to do so in the past, and nobody expected that something like this was possible, so Shaher decided to appear to tell the world about this event. The only person who seems to be happy after the oracle is SnH. Since he is the God of Creation, I guess that he must approve of this 'creation' of a new existence.
The creation of Xanadu is beautifully animated. I didn't completely understand how the part with the Reiji Maigo worked. It looks like Yuji/SnH used the Reiji Maigo to increase the PoE that was being formed from the distortions, that were created from the anti-seal, to open the hole between this world and the rift. Beol Peol is surprised after the road is created though. Nothing has changed after Shana and co modified the Taimei Shihen. When she asks why SnH didn't try to change it with his powers, he said that it would make everyone sad. I think that he meant Yuji when he said this. I guess that this is the reason why SnH didn't try to get rid of the new rule after the back-up system failed. Yuji wants a world where humans and tomogara can coexist after all.
Since SnH has now fulfilled all his goals, he has no reason to stay inside Yuji anymore and leaves him. Bel Peol seems to seal the God using her Tartaros. SnH seems sad that he has to leave Yuji though. I guess they've really grown close during this time. After Bel Peol remarks that Yuji should be happy that the tomogara will be leaving this world, Yuji replies that this is just the start. He wants to make Xanadu a world where humans and tomogara can coexist after all. Even though he's just a mystes now, he's going to continue what he started. Bel Peol in turn gives him a piece of her Tartaros and Sydonay even decides to go with him. Looks like Yuji managed to earn the respect of SnH and the Trinity.
Khamsin's final moment was very emotional. He gave his all to protect Kazumi. So it was befitting that she was the last person he saw before dying. The last scene between them was very strong. It nearly made me cry manly tears.
I wonder what will happen in the final episode. Seeing that Yuji didn't go to Xanadu yet, I guess that he indeed does have something left to do in this world. We'll probably be seeing Spiral Organ as well, since we haven't seen him at all this episode. I still think that Yuji made a some kind of deal with him.
Looking at the preview, we'll be getting Yuji/Sydonay vs Shana/Margery battle. If the tears in Shana's eyes are an indication, it'll be a emotional battle. Shana should have the advantage against Yuji though, since Yuji has lost nearly all his powers. He only has his basic control over PoE, his blutsauger and his new spell at the moment.
Will the ending be sweet or bittersweet? Will Yuji and Shana find a way to be together? I can't wait for the final episode!
P.S. The picture of Mathilde is beautiful
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|2012-03-16, 22:28
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Ahhhh it's been a long time since I posted here...
PERFECT 10!!! (I was crying all through out the episode)
It was so beautiful.
The Xanadu was perfect, all of their emotions was perfect, so pure , Shaher never knew you were a woman...
When I saw those tomogaras; I just realized(again) that all they ever wanted is a place for them to live in peace.... ( Prisoyn Y U SO CUTE!) a place where they could be somewhat normal.
Bel Peol is sooo cute/beautiful!!! all throughout the episode.
Khamsin-san Y U DIE!!! this was the most emotional part ever. With the words, the BG sound(curse you! because of being so beautiful!) and the emotions all over it. I know this is just an anime but they made me feel that I was there in that point of situation.
One of the most Beautiful/Great episode they ever produced Thank you J.C. Staff for doing a great job.
Well of course Episode 24 will be the Best like they always say "Save the best for Last!"
|2012-03-16, 23:00
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I'm ashamed to say that I'm pretty much lost here. Well, actually I've been lost for the last 3 or 2 episodes
So Shaher simply appeared to reveal that Engage Link's plan was useless and then went off the screen? And what's with the bottle that Yoshida was protecting? If Xanadu has finally been created then why is the Snake still inside Yuji (powers)?
The only thing I could figure out is that the Tartaros piece that Bel Peol gave to Yuji is to completely separate himself from whatever that is left of the god, but again, why is Yuji still fighting?
I really hope that the novels get to an unexpected yet good ending.
|2012-03-17, 09:20
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Yuji's/SnH's plan to create another world for the tomogara and Shana's plan to modify that world so that humans can't be transformed to PoE, were not enough of a deviation in the already existing flow of events. I guess I can understand why Shaher didn't appear because of SnH's/Yuji's/Shana's plans, since this isn't something that is out of the flow of events. On the contary, since thousands of years ago everything has been building up to this moment:
Spoiler for List with events building up to this moment:
Since the result of the plan of the Engage Link isn't something that was already in the existing flow of events and because nobody expected that something like this was even possible, Shaher decided it to be worthy enough to perform an oracle.
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|2012-03-17, 23:04
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As a part of Shana's plan revealed in Episode 16, they would deploy Ernest Flieder to request Rofocale to contact Shaher. However, no one would know the content of oracle that would be performed by Shaher till now. Then, why were Shana and others certain that the oracle would stop SotF's plan? Up to now, Shana, Wilhelimina and others are unaware of the plan made by Johan and Pheles to create a new existence.
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Would be nice of J.C. Staff to animate Eternal Song after the Shana series. Since almost 85% of the new characters practically came from it.
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A perfect 10/10
Despite the RAW version being the only one out for now, I understood a good majority of the events after reading the last chapter of XXII.
- Anyway, I always thought that when Shaher was summoned, she'd look like from Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Not some shining light like every other god.
- Nice to see an actual pic of Tis and Asiz
- @ Hooves : Yes, J.C. REALLY should animate Eternal Song in at least 2 seasons; since I'm sure Totem Glocke can't possibly be fit into just one season.)
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EDIT: So I finally got to watching the subbed episode and I gotta say it cleared up a good amount, was entirely epic and sad (with Khamsin's death & the fact that the series will end this week), and had one hell of an ending. As people on this thread have described a good majority of the stuff that happened, I won't go into it. But either way, everything was terrific.
If I could rate higher than a 10, I would.
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|2012-03-18, 18:09
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|2012-03-18, 19:41
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Finally a subbed version was released!
This episode was so good I already watched it 3 times, since Friday: two raws and one subbed. Anyway I went to Baka-tsuki' SnS volume XXII page and spoiled myself with the translations before the subs were released.
Despite that I couldn't help myself but let a little tear fall from my eye when all the tomogaras went to the other world, SnH praising Yuji and even Bal Marque, and specially when Khamsin died... I liked the little dude...
Anyway I think this story is absolutely beautiful, and I couldn't help but think that, since we've got a little sneak-peek on Azis and Tis, that maybe an OVA of Eternal Song will be released... at least I hope so, as well as a side story about the "Heir to both worlds" since he was so important to make a god summoned.
I know everyone is free to have their own opinion but I have been reading a lot of complains about this season and particularly this episode. This story is so complete, deep and overwhelming and yet it doesn't impress a lot of fans. Don't mind me I am not judging anyone, but I adore SnS so much that I feel a little sad when reading those comments.
Can't wait for the next episode, the last one...
|2012-03-18, 20:26
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|2012-03-18, 22:21
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RIP Khamsin. Out of anyone who died in this third season this was the death that really hit me. A great guy who put his very life on the line to keep Kazumi safe. He'd fought for a long time so maybe going out like this wasn't bad. At least he'll have plenty of people still around who will remember him and that's something that really mattered to him. A sad ending, but there are worse ways to go than surrounded by friends that will grieve your loss.
When you think about it this might rekindle some Kazumi hate. If she'd just been sacrificed Khamsin wouldn't have died .
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Kudos to Rana Foroohar and Bill Saporito for asking whether U.S. manufacturing is making a comeback ("Made in the U.S.A.") As they've observed, exciting developments like "additive manufacturing" are indeed pointing the way to a potentially dramatic new industrial era in the U.S.
But America's manufacturers aren't the only ones jumping on the additive manufacturing bandwagon, and competition for an ever-changing share of global industry is intense.
Unfortunately, America's manufacturers face one overarching challenge: The United States stands virtually alone among industrialized countries as the only nation that does not utilize a national manufacturing strategy.
The truth is that every other advanced economy in the world employs a strategy to maintain and increase their market share of manufacturing. So while America can indeed see a manufacturing resurgence, there's much to do in order to substantially increase any rebound.
To encourage domestic manufacturing, Congress should identify and dedicate financing for a long-term infrastructure improvement program, and we should apply Buy America provisions to all federal procurement rules. The Department of Defense should award procurement contracts to firms that commit to increasing the domestic content of the military equipment they supply to the Pentagon. And we should be mindful of the hostile conditions outside our borders, too, by expanding the tools with which American manufacturers can combat intellectual property theft, currency manipulation, and barriers to market access.
This partial list would be a sensible start, and if we're ever to get anywhere close to creating the 1 million new manufacturing jobs that President Obama has promised by the end of his second term, we should start now.
Yes, the stars are aligning for a real manufacturing rebound. But we need a solid, policy-driven national manufacturing strategy to make that happen.
Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, Washington, D.C.


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Lawrence was inspired by the patterns he saw all around him in Harlem. Conduct a "neighborhood pattern search." Draw three different patterns found in your neighborhood (for example: buildings, architectural details such as windows and doors, street lights, street signs, crowds, or cars).
Study how Lawrence created pattern in Panel No. 23. Which colors and shapes does he repeat?
Lawrence developed a visual language based on simplified shapes that form the gestures of his subjects. Study Lawrence's use of shape and gesture in The Migration Series. Identify some of the essential gestures in Panel No. 1 such as the tilt of the figures rushing to catch their train. Draw or cut out simplified shapes that convey these poses.
Using tempera paint, Lawrence painted in bright matte colors. After completing a line drawing, Lawrence would paint one color at a time. He used this process to create rhythm in his compositions. Try this technique.
Research your family history and write stories about coming to the United States or migrating from one place to another. Interview family members.
Pretend to be someone who has migrated or immigrated to a new place. List ten things to pack in a suitcase if moving to a new place. Why is each item important?
How would it feel to leave your home and friends behind? How would it feel to be in a strange new place where you don't know anyone? Write journal entries about the experiences and feelings you might have.
Find Langston Hughes's poem "One-Way Ticket," 1948, and compare to Lawrence's visual depiction of migration. Do they have the same message? The same tone?
Lawrence didn't call himself a "historical painter," but regarded The Migration Series as "a portrait of myself, a portrait of my community." Discuss how The Migration Series was personal. Research Lawrence's biography to find parallels to students' family stories.
Panel Nos. 1 and 23 of The Migration Series show scenes of railway stations. Map the route of the "Great Migration" from a town in the South to one of the three cities identified in Panel No. 1—Chicago, New York, St. Louis.
Have students place Panel No. 1 from The Migration Series by Lawrence in the context of racial issues in the United States in the 1930s and 40s. After discussing Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination and segregation, students could decide if there were an alternative form of transportation to trains for African Americans migrating North. What were the costs? How did segregation affect travel?
Compare and contrast how the migration of people is similar and different to the migration of animals.
To understand the relationship between city patterns and city rhythms, discuss how Lawrence created "quick" rhythms by placing small shapes close together, and often on the diagonal. Have students listen to different jazz compositions and draw their rhythms in lines and shapes.
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Dan Brown's new thriller "Inferno," starrring his tweedy hero Robert Langdon from "The Da Vinci Code," will be published May 14 in hardcover and as an e-book by Doubleday, the publisher announced Tuesday.
In case you've forgotten "The Da Vinci Code" phenomenon, it spent more than a year -- 54 weeks -- topping the New York Times hardcover fiction bestseller list after it was released in 2003. It has been translated into 51 languages and is considered the bestselling adult hardcover of all time with 81 million copies in print worldwide.
In the new novel, Robert Langdon will travel to Italy to investigate Dante's classic literary work, "The Inferno." In a release from Doubleday, Dan Brown explains, "Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dante's work on the modern world," said Brown. "With this new novel, I am excited to take readers on a journey deep into this mysterious realm...a landscape of codes, symbols, and more than a few secret passageways."
Brown's follow-up to "The Da Vinci Code" didn't do quite as well as its predecessor -- although measuring up to "The Da Vinci Code" may have been impossible. "The Lost Symbol" has 30 million copies in print worldwide and has been translated into 48 languages.


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To tell you the truth, the Jennifer Aniston VS. Angelina Jolie one-sided feud is my favorite tabloid-fueled feud, possible EVER. "Really? How did you manage to pick a favorite when they're all so good and none of them, not even the one you mentioned, are fabricated, malicious wastes of time that are so maddening, even just to have to scroll through on your Google Reader?" you're probably wondering. That's a fair question! To answer it I'll say that I love this one specifically for how it has persevered over the years, and how it has painted Jennifer Aniston, a beautiful highly-paid actress with a handsome boyfriend, as a disgusting, lonely hag who is fixated on a boyfriend she had a million years ago. Hahaha. It's a very powerful feud! And it is the best. And I love it. And anyway LOOK AT WHAT JENNIFER ANISTON SAID TO HER FRIENDS ABOUT ANGELINA JOLIE! From The Enquirer (perfect), via Celebitchy:
Chit-chatting with a coterie of girly-pals on the Beverly Hills circuit, Jennifer Aniston triggered hysterical giggles when she gored Angelina Jolie over that scary-looking set of horns she's sporting for the horror flick 'Maleficent,' sniping: "Those horns suit her perfectly… she's always been a horny bitch!" Jen went on to call Jolie a "she-devil."
Classic Jennifer Aniston. Ah, to be a fly on that brunch — to be a member of that coterie of girly-pals on the Beverly Hills circuit. What would you have said? How would you have chimed in? This is how I would have chimed in:
- More like Angelina Jol–EEK!
- It's very brave of her to be filming the entire movie without makeup on her head to cover up her natural horns!!
- How many horny toads did Brad have to kiss before something something Angelina Jolie was one of them?
- Those behind-the-scenes photos of Angelina filming her stunts are weird because why doesn't she just save the production some money and use her own awful witch powers to fly?
- Angelina Jolie is a goblin.
Ahhhh! INVITE ME TO BRUNCH, JENNIFER ANISTON!


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Historical Theology
Theologians who just won't die
Christianity: A Fourth Century Fabrication?
Peter Williams
- Peter Williams is Warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge; he was previously senior lecturer in New Testament at Aberdeen University. View all resources by Peter Williams
Was Christianity fabricated in the fourth century for political reasons? Was belief that Jesus is God something that developed hundreds of years after he lived? The answer to both is no! Pete Williams outlines the evidence.
Peter Williams - Christianity A Fourth Century Fabrication
This talk was given at a Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union Friday lunchtime event. Thanks to CICCU for permission to use it! More lunchtime talks available here.


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Different types of bacteria can cause pneumonia. A blood culture is a test that lets the healthcare provider know which bacteria may have caused your pneumonia, and which antibiotic should be prescribed. It is best to do the blood culture within 24 hours of arrival at the hospital and before antibiotics are started. It is also important to start antibiotics as soon as possible. A blood culture lets your health care provider know how to best treat you and if any precautions are necessary to prevent the spread of your illness.


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Gardena, CA - (January 6, 2005) - Clarion Corporation of America, a leading manufacturer of mobile entertainment systems, gives customers yet another option with the VS755.
This single-DIN standalone DVD/MP3/CD Player features a brushed aluminum mid-section and black faceplate. The unit also has a front auxiliary input so you can connect other components to the source unit.
"The cosmetics on this unit will be very appealing to a wide audience," says Jerry Bedoy, Product Category Manager at Clarion. "The VS755 will be very well received because it is a multi-functional source unit with a very reasonable price point," according to Bedoy.
This versatile product can be discreetly placed in a glove box or under a seat, and can be controlled with its included IR remote control and external IR eye. It has an optical output that can be used with the Dolby Digital/DTS/Dolby Pro Logic II 5.1 surround sound processor.
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Award requirements
These awards are presented for distinguished service in natural resource conversation for units, Scouts, Venturers, and Scouters. Boy Scouts may earn the Hornaday Badge or the Hornaday Bronze or Silver Medal.
William T. Hornaday Badge
- 1. Earn First Class rank.
- 2. Plan, lead, and carry out at least one project from one of the categories listed (below).
- 3. Complete the requirements for any three of the merit badges listed in bold (below). In addition, complete any two of the others listed.
William T. Hornaday Bronze or Silver Medal
- 1. Earn First Class rank.
- 2. For the Bronze Medal: Plan, lead, and carry out three projects from three seperate categories listed (below). For the Silver Medal: Plan, lead, and carry out four projects from four seperate categories listed.
- 3. Earn the Environmental Science merit badge. For the Bronze Medal: Earn at least three more merit badges listed in bold plus any two others listed (below). For the Silver Medal: Earn all six merit badges in bold and any three more.
Project categories
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Carlos F. wrote:Elder Statesman wrote:JWBrahman wrote:SPH,
The weird part is you have two Australians, an Englishman, and an Argentinean doing the most whining about American Herefords. Foreign competitors talking trash about America.
Look what happened when Nash Herefords posted photos of functional cattle with good feet, udders and pigment. They were immediately accused of being impure Hereford. Not by someone who has actually purchased and used their cattle, but by a foreign competitor.
How many cattlemen in the United States sell based on purity? Crickets
1) live calf every year
2) calf grows well on minimal inputs
3) carcass has above average yield with choice grade
Everything else is BS marketing, propaganda, and an outright attempt to destroy our reputation in the global marketplace.
My thoughts exactly. The Argentinean wouldn't take those good cattle because of black tail hair. lol And pigment and spots on their faces. They need to take a look at some of the paintings of some foundation Herefords from England in the 1800's.
And when I see pictures of some of those "pure" Herefords from South American and England, I am not impressed. And the commercial guys who buy bulls here wouldn't be either.
I fully believe this is a marketing gimmick by a few who want to claim they are the only source of "pure" genetics. Here and in England. It also serves as a platform for others to protest against the "big boys" and make themselves feel better.
If you read my post in HT you will find why I don't take a very good bull with black hair. Those are the rules of the local Association.
And as far as breed purity, you better take it in account, since the dilution of the breed eventually ends in its dissaperance with all the business related to it, and that is true for any breed.
I have a commercial herd, starting to register some, and the degeneration of the breed type that I see in the last 40 years is the reason of my stance on breed purity. I am not selling seed stock but planning to do it in the future. I love the breed and I feel obliged to breeders that in the UK, USA, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa and Australia have struggled to keep it pure and improve it.
As one of my uncles used to say: "freedom is free". You can accept the facts or negate them.
Which we are still waiting on by the way.


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Burt Wolf: What We Eat "Milk's Leap Toward Immortality: The Story of Cheese" Columbus brought the first cows to the Western hemisphere. Burt traces the history of cheese making in the Americas.G
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Simply Elegant" Joanne greets her student Sarina with a bruschetta salad and it is quickly apparent Sarina is the perfect student for dishes that are simple enough for a weeknight, yet elegant enough for Saturday night. They recreate the vinaigrette from the salad, discover how easy it is to cook clams, and finish with a warm blueberry maple compote melting over vanilla ice cream. Recipes: Bruschetta Salad with Prosciutto di San Daniele and Greens, Clams with Chorizo and Orange, and Vanilla Ice Cream with Blueberry Maple Syrup Compote. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Dubrovnik and Balkan Side-Trips" From Dubrovnik, a remarkably preserved medieval fortress city, Rick ventures into less-visited corners of the former Yugoslavia. In Bosnia, he visits Mostar. In Montenegro, he sails the fjord-like Bay of Kotor.G


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