Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
BoyCott 955 fm Detroit
'Mojo in the Morning' co-host Sara Fouracre leaves WKQI
Adam Graham / The Detroit News
WKQI-FM's (95.5) "Mojo in the Morning" co-host Sara Fouracre is leaving the hit morning show effective Friday -- a victim, she says, of budget cuts at the Clear Channel-owned station.
"My contract was coming up. My paycheck fit the bill, and boom, they lowered the hammer. That was it," Fouracre told The News Friday.
Fouracre was informed of the move last month, but listeners weren't told of her departure until 10 a.m. Friday, when Mojo announced it on-air. During a teary goodbye, a compilation of Fouracre's clips from her eight years with the show was played over the Jefferson Starship ballad "Sarah." Chad Mitchell, a former "Mojo" producer and on-air talent who now helms the morning show at WDTW-FM (106.7), was present for the good-bye as well.
"It's just heartbreaking, because they're my family," Fouracre said of the "Mojo" team. "These are my brothers, these are my sisters. We've been to weddings and to funerals and to baby christenings together.
"It's just the realities of Michigan and the economy, I guess."
Fouracre says the rest of the Mojo team fought for her to be able to stay on board, but in the end, "the decision was out of all of our hands." She says she's looking for a new job on radio in Detroit, and hopes to be able to announce her next move in early 2008.
A graduate of Michigan State University and Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts, the Ann Arbor-born Fouracre was responsible for the program's popular "Celebrity Dirt" and "War of the Roses" segments. She had been a member of the "Mojo in the Morning" show since its 2000 debut.
A message posted on WKQI's Web site Friday read, "It's with great sadness that we have learned that Sara will no longer be with us. In case you missed our final show of the year, Sara will not be returning, which is heart-breaking news. She has been an original member of our family since our first show in February 2000. Let it be known that this news was not taken lightly and we, as a morning show, did our best to reverse this decision. ... Sara will always be family, and we miss her."
In October, program co-hosts Mojo and Spike signed a multiyear deal with Clear Channel to continue the program. "Mojo" was the No. 1 show for listeners aged 18-34 in Arbitron's summer ratings period.
Prior to their "Mojo" gig, Fouracre and Spike were co-hosts at WXDG-FM's (105.1) morning show.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Isis
A Site I Found About Ancient Egyptian Goddesses Isis
The Temple of Isis
The Outer Court The beautiful litography by David Roberts giving a good overview of the first court and the colonnades as seen even today. The Outer Court is flanked by two colonnades, the eastern and the western one. The western one holds windows which were overlooking the island of Bigeh before the removal of the buildings to Agilkia. The eastern one was never completed, but here are the chapels to Arensnuphis and Mandulis, both Nubian deities, and, next to the main temple, a chapel to Imhotep. The First Pylons(2), built by Ptolemy XII, are 18 m high and lead into the Inner Courtyard and the Mamissi..  Approach along the Western Colonnade towards the First Pylons.  Two granite lions flanking the portal. On the back side of the western pylon wall are depictions of priests carrying the barque of Isis.  Looking back from the entrance towards the southernmost end of the island. In ancient times this place was probably swarming with worshippers, godservants, pilgrims in strange clothing, as well as craftsmen; temple builders, stone masons and painters.   Closeup on the pillar heads of the Eastern Collonade which was never completed. The Builders: Some blocks from the New Kingdom Period have been found on the island but they could have been transported here in later times and their purpose is unclear. Taharqa of the 25th Dynasty left some 18 block here. They were probably used for a small shrine to Amun. There is also the 'Altar of Taharqa' which was found at the southeastern end of the Inner Court. Amasis Khunimbre (570-526 bc) was probably the earliest builder of a temple structure proper on the small island. At least, archaeological evidence has not proven otherwize. There was about 300 decorated blocks from a temple built by him found in the foundations of the 2nd Pylons and the Hypostyle Hall, preserved under the pavement of the temple built by Ptolemy VI. This small temple consisted of three rooms, the last of them serving as a sanctuary. It is thought that it was taken down to make room for the new structure. Nectanebo I (ca 379-360 bc) was the next one. He also made the enclosure walls with a monumental gate. Besides that he also built a kiosk and begun constructing the mammissi, i.e. the birth house. Ptolemy II Philadelphius (284-246 bc) contined the temple and the birth house, and the following ruler, Ptolemy III Euergetes I, (246-221 bc) extended the birth house. Ptolemy V Epiphanes (205-180 bc) added the first pylons. Ptolemy VI Philopator (180-145 bc) added the second pair of pylons, located at the inner court, He also added the court and the pronaos, and the Temple of Hathor on the eastern side of the great temple. Ptolemy VIII Euergetes III (164-163 bc and 145-116 bc) extended the birth house where rituals to certify each ruler´s descent from the deities were celebrated. He also put up a pair of obelisks at the first pylons and extended the Temple of Hathor. Closeup on some of the pillar heads of the Western Colonnade... |
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