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January 25, 2006
This fall, young viewers will have a new network to watch—the CW.
The new channel is a combination of two TV networks that will soon be going off the air—the WB and UPN. The "C" in CW stands for CBS Corporation, which owns UPN. The "W" stands for Warner Brothers, owner of the WB.
"Every change is an opportunity,'' said Andrew Butcher, a spokesman for News Corporation, which owns several stations affiliated with UPN.
The new network's programs will mainly target female viewers ages 18-24. It will feature some of the most successful shows from both the WB and UPN, including Gilmore Girls, Smallville, Beauty and the Geek, America's Next Top Model, Everybody Hates Chris, and Smackdown! Some shows will not make it into the CW's fall lineup, however. The WB is canceling 7th Heaven.
The CW will take on a schedule similar to the WB's. Weekday afternoons from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday mornings will feature children's programming, similar to what is now known as Kids' WB. Primetime shows will air on weeknights from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday evenings from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Network executives hope this merger will help attract more talented writing teams, and in turn, produce creative new shows to add to this fall's programming.
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Operation Iraqi Freedom, that's the code name. But the young men and women in the military's Civil Affairs Battalion have a simpler name for it: WAR.In this new novel, Walter Dean Myers looks at a contemporary war with the same power and searing insight he brought to the Vietnam war of his classic, "Fallen Angels". He creates memorable characters like the book's narrator, Birdy, a young recruit from Harlem who's questioning why he even enlisted; Marla, a blond, tough-talking, wisecracking gunner; Jonesy, a guitar-playing bluesman who just wants to make it back to Georgia and open a club; and a whole unit of other young men and women and drops them incountry in Iraq, where they are supposed to help secure and stabilize Iraq and successfully interact with the Iraqi people. The young civil affairs soldiers soon find their definition of "winning" ever more elusive and their good intentions being replaced by terms like "survival" and "despair. "
Caught in the crossfire, Myers' richly rendered characters are just beginning to understand the meaning of war in this powerful, realistic novel of our times.
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Chock-full of lists of the wonderful and wacky facts that kids love, the Scholastic Book of Lists includes everything from "10 Gross Things People Really Eat" to the "U.S. Presidents." Kids (and parents) will marvel at the enormous amount of fascinating trivia and useful information on topics such as world history, geography, climate, math, science, pop culture, animals, and more! A fresh, kid-friendly design and humorous illustrations will appeal to children whether they are browsing for their
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