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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Ugly Americans? Hmph. Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:11 am
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	It was alleged here that Americans are ignorant about the nations of the Commonwealth. But I beg to differ! This piece from AP Top Stories is just the latest of many that keep us abreast of your fascinating cultures. The AP wrote: Australians try to find ugliest sheep SYDNEY, Australia - Australian researchers have launched a search for the country's ugliest sheep — no matter how wrinkled, lumpy, bald or just plain funny looking — to try to identify genes that produce high quality wool. "When something goes really wrong with the genes, it is the most powerful indicator about where to look to identify the genes that can — paradoxically — make things go really right," said Paul Hynd, a researcher from the University of Adelaide, which launched the study with the South Australian Research and Development Institute this week. Australia's merino wool industry is worth about 2.8 billion Australian dollars (US$2.1 billion) each year. Scientists hope to use the study to produce higher quality wool to compete with increasingly popular synthetic fibers.
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Wayne Countryman	Post subject: Re: Ugly Americans? Hmph. Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:19 am
Joined: Mon Apr 08, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1775 Location: Baltimore	Once again, I stand corrected. Australia is just above Great Falls on my list of intriguing foreign lands that I must visit. I hope to enlist Mr. Wiggins as my interpreter and auto adviser.
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KK	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:31 pm
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:42 pm Posts: 22 Location: Australia	Yes, sir, yes, sir, please come. We have many fine sheep here to show you.
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KK	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:38 pm
Joined: Sun Jun 19, 2005 11:42 pm Posts: 22 Location: Australia	BTW, I work in a gentler branch of the noble editing profession, one which doesn't involve AP. I've tried searching here for an explanation about why the dateline is Sydney, not Adelaide, but perhaps I'm not looking under the right keywords. Is this because the AP office is in Sydney?
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:52 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	Presumably. I don't know how it works Away Below, but Up Here the dateline is dictated by where the reporter was working, not where the relevant events took place.
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