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Sesame Street requests Obama Big Bird ad be taken down

By BYRON TAU   The production company behind Sesame Street is asking political campaigns to refrain from using their characters in campaign ads — including an Obama campaign ad that uses Big Bird.   “Sesame Workshop is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization and we do not endorse candidates or participate in political campaigns. We have approved [...]

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T.E. Lawrence….Lawrence of Arabia

One of my favorite historic personalities has always been Thomas Edward Lawrence, popularized many years ago by newspaper writer Lowell Thomas as “Lawrence of Arabia.” He is famous for helping lead the “Arab Revolt” against the Ottoman Turks, who were allied with Germany in World War I. Because so much has been left out of [...]

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CHRIS BOTTI IN BOSTON | “Emmanuel” w/ Lucia Micarelli | PBS

Got back from a family dinner tonight and surfed the political web as is my custom (addiction) and thought I’d spend a little time searching for something new and interesting in a YouTube music video and I rediscovered a PBS performance by the incomparable Lucia Micarelli accompanied Chris Botti on trumpet. I hope you like [...]

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