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Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today is a 9.
today is a 9 Imagine the project completed. This can power you through this busy (profitable) time. Act quickly, but don't spend recklessly. Simplify. Write down at least one dream.
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is a 6
You're lucky in love for the next few days, so be bold. Bring out the candies and delicious treats. Kids bring out your creativity and laughter. Enjoy the company.
Gemini (May 21-June 21)
The squeaky wheel may get the grease, but whining and complaining doesn't help. Polite requests work, especially when the action's intense. Keep it cool.
Cancer (June 22-July 22)
Today is on 8
Love's your motivation and service is the key. Resist the temptation to splurge. For the next two days, study and learning are heightened. Explore.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Find balance between action and contemplation. Concentrate on details and avoid distractions for rewards, Good manners minimize upset and keep the peace.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Tuesday in a F
Ignore a pessimist. You get to choose what thoughts to entertain. Consult a wise friend. Conserve your resources to gain an advantage. You're in the groove.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Todays in on 8
Thanks don't always work the first time. Interruptions happen. Be patient and don't think too hard. The more challenging the effort, the greater the reward.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today is a 6.
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Today is a 7
Someone close provides the answer, and you wonder why you didn't listen earlier. Don't interrupt. Sidestep a controversy. Respond to the brilliant parts.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan.19)
Today is a 6
Take an opportunity to disconnect from work and create an adventure. Keep your feet on the ground while you explore new trails. Or you could learn to fly. Look up.
An investment in your house is okay now. When your home supports you, everything works better. Don't loan money or get conned, though. Ask tough questions.
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Today is a 7
Today is a /7 Your theory could be challenged, so make sure your numbers and proofs add up. Go over it again, just in case. New information might change things.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
Today is an 8
Don't spend what you don't have.
Review instructions carefully, and
take each task slowly and carefully,
despite whatever chaos may
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Georgetown to offer class about hip-hop and Jay-Z
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
LOS ANGELES — Professor, author and radio host Michael Eric Dyson has long been an ardent proponent of hip-hop, and now he's teaching a course on one of the genre's biggest purveyors: Jay-Z.
The course, "Sociology of Hip-Hop: Jay-Z," is a three-credit, twice-weekly lecture in session at Georgetown University, where Dyson has been a professor since 2007.
"Id written a book on Nas, one rhetorical genius, and I wanted to focus on another," Dyson said. "I wanted my students to understand that when you're dealing with an
artist like Jay-Z you're dealing with a genius — a crafter of words, an all-time literary great. (Jay) gives us such powerful poetic passion, I wanted my students to understand that."
This isn't the first time Dyson has brought out the academia of a rapper. He previously offered a course on Tupac at the University of Pennsylvania and penned an acclaimed book on the slain emcee. Picking Jay-Z as his next focus was easy, he said.
"He's a guy from the Marcy Projects that's now worth half a billion dollars, married to arguably the best entertainer out there behind Michael Jackson. I wanted
to probe all of these dimensions of Jay-Z as one of the most gifted and talented musicians of our time." Dyson said.
Students are required to read Jay's book "Decoded," Adam Bradley's "Book of Rhymes" and Zack O'Malley Greenburg's "Empire State of Mind." Dyson also has students examine his lyrics, and they watch "Fade to Black," his 2004 concert documentary.
Dyson's course attracted 140 students, nearly four times the size of an average course at Georgetown, he said. He hopes to tackle Nas, Lauryn Hill and the Roots for future courses.
TELEVISION
Network TV shows having tough time
MCCLATCHY TRIBUNE
PHILADELPHIA — Whatever the networks are selling this fall, viewers aren't buying.
Three weeks into the TV season, four new series have already shut down production or been canceled. Several others are on life support with little hope of recovery.
"The networks are desperate right now. They have to stop the bleeding," said Marc Berman, editor in chief of Media Insights, the online industry tracker. "The trigger finger is getting faster by the year."
ABC's "Revenge" dropped nearly 15 percent of its viewers over its first week; "Charlie's Angels" lost 19 percent; and NBC's "Playboy
For the most part, the new shows got a healthy initial sampling. Viewers simply did not return for a second helping. And that is an indictment of the product.
Club" plummeted more than 20 percent, from more than five million viewers to under four million.
"It's been a lackluster year," Berman said. "The biggest hit is 'The X Factor', and you look at it and you think, I've seen this before."
"I don't understand this reliance on retreads," said media consultant Shari Anne Brill. "Did we really need another 'Charlie's Angels'?
There's a tired familiarity to many of the new series.
"Then you have these throwback shows like 'The Playboy Club' (already canceled) and 'Pan Am' that are so derivative of 'Mad Men.' Why are you putting on a show that references girdles when all of us have moved on to Spanx2?"
You might be surprised at how much thought goes into such a ragamuffin lineup.
"After all the research and testing, and all the pilots, they look at before they make their final
decisions, it's always amazing that there are a few shows that don't make it past October," said Brad Adgate, research director at Horizon Media.
"When I look at these shows," Brill said, "I can only think about the pilots that didn't make it."
The fate of a freshman show often rests on which network has picked it up.
"A show like 'How to Be a Gentleman" on CBS, said Berman, "on another network its numbers would have been good enough. But not leading out of 'Big Bang Theory'. The loss was too big to take."
"How to Be a Gentleman" drew nearly nine million viewers. But that meant that almost 40 percent of the audience from "The Big Bang Theory" did not stick around.
Last Friday, the sitcom, which stars Kevin Dillon, got shifted
That should be the rallying cry of the 2011-12 season: "You can't cancel everything!"
"CW is a disaster," Berman said of the network. "Every show should be axed. But you can't cancel everything."
"Years ago when NBC was in the ratings diddrums, they were forced to hold on to shows like 'Hill Street Blues' and 'Cheers' even though they didn't come out of the gate fast," said Adgate. "Those programs eventually became the cornerstones of their prime-time schedule."
from the promised land on Thursday night to the Gobi Desert of Saturday. The next day CBS ordered a halt to production. And CBS is having a relatively good season.
has proven over and over again to be a programmer's best friend.
The ironic thing is that patience
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