Almanac Highlights for 239th Day of 2010
Today covers oil history with Drake's 1859 well near Titusville and Mir space station departure in 1999. It lists birthdays for notable figures including Hegel Dreiser Johnson Coltrane Reubens Wilson Chalke and Chalke. It notes Hegel quote and the Mars Valles Marineris spans 2500 miles, up to four miles deep. Moon phase spans between August 24 full moon and September 1 last quarter.
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Edwin L. Drake
United States
Titusville
Russia
Mir Space Station
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Theodore Dreiser
Man Ray
Lyndon Baines Johnson
U.S
Alice Coltrane
Paul Reubens
Chandra Wilson
Providence
Valles Marineris Canyon
Mars
Mars Grand Canyon
Why PBS Should Market as a Cable Channel
The piece argues public television stays in the red while competitors like Nickelodeon profit. It proposes PBS become a cable and satellite network funded by providers, ending pledge breaks and boosting reach with shows such as Sesame Street and Frontline. It recalls public TV history from 1954 Houston to PBS creation in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora the Explorer
PBS
Nickelodeon
History Channel
A&e
National Geographic
Animal Planet
Dora
Frontline
Nature
Nova
Houston
America
Congress
The
Corp. For Public Broadcasting
Public Broadcasting Service
American Public Television
BBC
PBS Channel: A Bold Next Frontier for Public Television
The piece argues that 1970s cable reshaped TV while PBS faces decline and consolidation. It envisions a PBS Channel as the national distribution backbone with WGBH and KCET as examples, noting funding cuts, staff losses, and the political challenge of creating a shared overhauled system led by PBS affiliates. Jack Shakely is cited as a reference point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HBO
Ted Turner
WTBS
America
PBS
Reagan
Public Broadcasting Service
National Association of Educational Broadcasters
Breaking Down At College Departure A Time For Tears
D L Stewart reflects on sending the last child to college and the surge of parental attachment. He notes rising “Welcro parents” and campus strategies to urge goodbyes, offering blunt advice to hug briefly before leaving to cry in the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Cro
Iowa
Grinnell College
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Almanac
Sarah Chalke
Doone
Garry Trudeau
Jeff
Overkill
Uty
WGBH
Boston
KCET
Los Angeles
SoCal Connected
Jack Shakely
California Community Foundation
ATH Battalion
6Th Infantry Regiment
Traq
Mexico
DL Stewart
D.L. Stewart
Dayton Daily News
Owi
Tor
Energy Star
Elyria
Lorain
Lorain County
Elite
Rea’s
Keil
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